#we have class about marriage its so funny

[alexanderwales]

The spell showed you how another person saw you.

It was expensive, but not so expensive that it didn't find its use. If you were in the burgher class it was expected that you would experience it a few times in your life. One of those was before marriage.

Cordelia went in with great trepidation. She was sure that Aldwin was right for her, but less sure that she was right for him.

And then, two hours later, once it was all over, they had to talk about it, in a way that Aldwin loved to talk about everything.

"There was a sweetness to him," said Aldwin. "But now I worry, only lightly, that you think I make more concessions than I really do. There was more romance to him, I suppose. Very lovey, which I suppose is good."

"Well, that's good," said Cordelia.

"Is something the matter?" asked Aldwin.

"No," said Cordelia. "You can go on."

"I need some time to stew," said Aldwin. "We talked a lot, but I do fear that we got tangled in tangents. I think we could have been good friends, actually, if he were real, though ..."

"Yes?" asked Cordelia.

"He was intelligent, but I knew more than him, which I suppose is an artifact of the spell. He didn't know all the things that I knew, he knew all the things that you knew, except you don't expect me to know much about textiles, so some of those things that you knew were barred from him, and that meant that he sat at the intersection of our domains of knowledge." Aldwin looked at the ceiling for a moment. "I do wonder if there's a way around that."

"Perhaps," said Cordelia.

Aldwin looked back down at her. "Is something the matter? You haven't said what your experience was like. Was she pleasant?" He grinned at her, a winning grin that had made her fall in love. It was heartbreaking.

"Aldwin, I'm ... not sure that I can do this," said Cordelia.

His grin turned to a frown. "Why not?" he asked. "I love you, you should have seen that."

"Aldwin, she was perfect," said Cordelia.

"You're perfect," said Aldwin. He laid his hand on hers.

"No, Aldwin, I'm not," said Cordelia. "And when I've heard you say that before, I've always thought that it was you being poetic, but I met her now, the me that lives in your mind, and she is perfect, she has none of my blemishes, none of my flaws, she's kind and gracious and intelligent and funny."

"My dear, you're all those things," said Aldwin. "That's why I'm marrying you."

"But I'm not those things," said Cordelia. "My version of you, did you think that he was handsome?"

"I suppose it didn't occur to me," said Aldwin. He looked to the ceiling again and considered that. "His hair was a bit curlier, and his nose somewhat broader, but no, I think he looked like me."

"The woman I saw was a goddess," said Cordelia. "I can't compare to her."

"You are her," said Aldwin.

"Won't you believe me when I tell you that I'm not?" asked Cordelia. "And if we follow through on the engagement, and you marry me, how can I help but worry that you'll figure that out one day and leave me?"

Aldwin frowned at her. "Is that what this is about?" he asked. "You think my love is fickle? It hadn't even occurred to me to ask my other whether he was wavering."

"I think you're brilliant and handsome," said Cordelia. "But I looked at her, spoke with her, and kept thinking to myself that I couldn't live up to her. I yelled at her and she calmly defused my anger. When I cried, she comforted me."

"It was really so bad?" asked Aldwin, raising his eyebrows. He had very expressive eyebrows, it was something that Cordelia had always found herself appreciating.

"I fear that you don't actually know me," said Cordelia. "You don't see the ugly, twisted, miserable creature that I am."

"Come now," said Aldwin. He seemed befuddled. "Perhaps I think more highly of you than you think of yourself, but I won't have you talking so poorly of my bride-to-be."

"It's how I felt, next to her," said Cordelia, looking down. She had tears in her eyes. It was undignified. Her other would have never.

Aldwin moved closer to her and tilted her chin up. She looked at him, blinking away her tears, which rolled down her face and made her lip salty. His eyes, that saw her so.

"My sweet, we have our entire lives to get to know each other better," said Aldwin. "I will love you no less if you falter, if you yell, if you cry, if you flop around and fail. If we do this again, ten years from now, I expect that I'll have the same rosy view of you, overly rosy, in your estimation. That's love. That's what it is."

But of course for her, that wasn't true at all. He'd said as much, he'd spoken to his other, he'd seen a more or less accurate portrayal of himself. Didn't he see that? Or would he realize it only later? She wasn't sure. Did she not love him? Is that what it meant? She thought that she loved him.

"I do love you," said Cordelia.

"Good, because we're getting married soon," said Aldwin. He patted her on the hand. "Come, let's dry those tears and find someplace to eat."

She let herself be led for the rest of the day, and returned to herself within half an hour, letting the shadow cast by the spell slide off her, joking with him, engaging him in his interests, putting on a smile that she didn't entirely feel.

But that night, as she lay in bed, the image of the goddess, the woman she was not and could not become, would not leave her mind.

[merlinssassybeard]

'Ex' husband Gojo - The Aftermath- 02

Tags- smut, angst, cheating, TW seizures, bad mental health of reader

Synopsis- The events of the fateful night of Christmas...

The Aftermath- 01 // series masterlist

24th December, 2016

"Hey y/n! Wanna get some drinks on Christmas? If you don't have any plans! Or are you too busy for us 'poor people'! Haha!". Your friends have called and they joked.

You come from a very lower middle class family. Raised by your grandmother and elder sister(by six years) due to your parents being absent.

It was difficult, you grew up watching your grandmother working at an age where she should be enjoying life and your sister when she should be studying. You grew up knowing what's it like to have nothing.

With a decent education, you and your sister started supporting your grandmother with a decent corporate job until your sister got married to her co-worker.

It was just you, helping financially your grandmother with her medical bills while saving up enough for a decent enough wedding dress to follow your sister's path, where you marry an average man like she did, have kids, take care of your children and man and thats it.

An average life.

But you wanted more.

You prayed. Day and night for an extraordinary life, a life memorable and not like your sister's.

You wanted more from life.

And the Gods heard your prayer.

Your whole life changed when you became an essential part of Japan's prolific Aristocratic family.

The news was everywhere. Its a rags to riches, The modern Cinderella story in everyone's eyes.

It was beautiful.

It was memorable, everything you wanted..

Until it wasn't...

"Uh.. yes i am free.", it felt so different, talking to people you worked with after so long. "What's the timing?", you asked.

"25th, 7pm! At the usual place. Also y/n! Could you maybe bring your husband! I mean we would all love to meet Mr Gojo! He's so funny! Only if Mr Gojo is free that is!"

Ah yes. Mr Gojo, the funny, entertaining Mr Gojo. He has met your friends from work enough times to make an image of the grounded but arrogant, funny rich guy.

"Oh! He-he isn't home. He's quite busy. Maybe next time, i will bring him!", you managed as if there will be a next time!

"Oh(disappointed) , nevermind then. Send my regards to Mr Gojo. And you do not forget to come y/n!"

"Yeah".

You wanted to go out, outside and away from this house of memories, with Satoru, that trapped you. You wanted to breath fresh air and move on.

Move on?

How could you move on?

The fact that you were 3 months in your pregnancy after 4 years of marriage. But you failed to carry the child. You failed to maintain the marriage with the person you love. And you're talking about moving on when its just 2 months?

How cruel y/n, how cruel...

25th December, 2016 || 6.45pm

You got dressed up in a simple black turtleneck, jeans, an overcoat and knee high boots with a woolen cap on.

A thick layer of concealer was enough to hide the under eye dark circles. You put on a red lipstick and went out.

The staff stared at you, secretly though, but nonetheless they stared and judged you.

'Is Lady y/n really pregnant?' One said. "She doesn't have a bump though", other quoted. "Come to think of it, her monthly(period) hasn't arrived either. She is pregnant!".

"When's she going to announce?" One servant asked. "Maybe after Lord Satoru arrives?". "Oh! Maybe on the New Year's eve! Seems perfect timing as well.", one replied.

The servants maybe nosy but they know their places. They know, something so sensitive as the pregnancy of the great six eyes sorcerer's wife, its not their place to give the news to the family.

Generally, almost every household's staffs know about anything and everything that goes on in Gojo household. But the word, luckily, doesn't reaches to their employers most of the time.

But this time, it wasn't just some other light news from the Gojo House and the servants of other households started talking to their employers in no time...

It was already past 11.30pm.

Reunion with your office friends and straight up five bottles of your favorite vodka felt so nice that you almost forgot about all and everything that had gone wrong in your life.

You meet up with your co-workers every Christmas for the last 4 years. Sometimes Satoru would company, sometimes he wouldn't.

Talking about politics, sports and who's dating who, both in the office and among celebrities. These were mostly the topics you spent discussing while drinking.

"Hey, its almost going to be 12. I think that's it for the night guys!", one of your girlfriends announced after a slight glance at her silver wrist watch.

"Whaaat?", your speech was slurred and vision blurry after five drinks. "Isss overrr already? Whyyyy? Less get the party started.."

Everyone chuckled. "Ah y/n san had too much to drink! Now we'd have to drop her at her royal palace!", the other girlfriend smiled, a little jealous of your luxurious life.

"Whaaaaat? Less playyy! C'mon ya lot!", you continued babbling frustrated.

"I'll drop y/n. If its okay with everyone."

Out of all the twelve co-workers, one of them stood up and offered to help you reach home.

He knew none are interested in insuring you reach home safely. Everybody was just ignorant and busy to get back home to be on time for work.

He, Kenzo, always have had feelings for you. From the moment you entered the Office to present, when you're married and babbling gibberish while totally drunk.

Everyone agreed to leave you to Kenzo since it was no secret, the feelings he has and someone like him would definitely make sure you reach home safe and secure.

26th December, 2016 || 12.26 am

The group gave their farewells to each other and went on their way.

You, on the other hand, are so drunk that its impossible for you stand up without your legs wobbling and bringing you down.

Kenzo helped you and got you on the passenger seat of his car and started driving towards your 'palace'.

Your head felt heavy with all the drinks you had. You could hear voices in your head, all distorted, words lapsing onto each other.

"You did this y/n!"

"Because of you y/n your baby is dead"

"Satoru will never love you"

"All you've done since marriage is sitting on top of your husband's fortune... living the life you never had"

"Satoru's family....They were right...Everyone was right.."

"You are just a whore"

"Whore for money"

"WHORE"

You let out a scream and started twisting and turning your head and hands to stop all this annoying gibberish in your head. Your eyes closed tight shut.

Kenzo, while driving through almost an empty road, saw this and was absolutely horrified. He thought you're having seizures so he stopped his car in an empty underground parking lot that was luckily near when he saw you.

"Y/n! Y/n! Are you okay?". He grabbed your cheeks to hold you still while his other hand held forcefully onto your shaking arms. "Talk to me y/n. Talk to me!"

"Talk to me y/n"

You heard.

"Talk"

You opened your eyes, slowly letting in the artificial bright lights hit your eyes. Lips trembling. Cheeks red, tears rolling.

You felt a grasp on your cheeks and lowered your gaze to see Kenzo, worried and sweating.

You let out a sigh and without any thoughts hugged Kenzo.

He didn't know what just happened but if hugging him makes you feel better, he's okay with it. He hugged you back. Caressing your back.

All the thoughts had stopped now in your head.

You calmly pulled away from the hug and locked your eyes with Kenzo's.

He is so handsome, same age as you, has beautiful hooded eyes, his nose, his lips.

You gently brought your lips closer to his and he to yours. You both so close but so far. You wanted to kiss him, he wanted to kiss you.

Your lips brushed upon his and he kissed you. You put your tongue in his mouth and fought for dominance. After a few pants for air, you won, a battle you never won with your husband.

Kenzo pulled back though halfway through. You were puzzled. Didn't he want you? But then you saw him looking at your big blue and white diamond wedding ring.

Oh so thats what it is.

You quickly removed the two rings from your left hand and put the expensive rings onto dashboard. One ring being your wedding band and the other ring was an official platinum-diamond band symbolizing that you are the Gojo Clan head's wife.

In a rush you jumped sat on his lap. Fixating yourself just above his crotch, continuously rubbing your clothed groin over his. You both panted.

You unbuckled your jeans and threw them in the backseat and unzipped Kenzo's pants, about to slide in his member in you. You were so in heat he could see right through you if he'd have to be honest.

He held your wrists and stopped you from doing it...

"Y/n, we shouldn't... its not right... you're married-", he protested with his voice low.

"I decide whats right or not... so shut up and do it already", you growled at him in frustration and just put his cock in your unprepared cunt.

You were finally tainted wholly...

It hurt a lot in the beginning, doing the deed all dry, without any foreplay after so long and after your miscarriage but slowly your body adjusted.

'God! he's so small', you thought to yourself while pushing in Kenzo's 5 inches hard cock in you since for the last over 7 years you've gotten used to Gojo's 8 inches.

This lowly act of yours went on for around 2 hours. Doing it anywhere and everywhere inside the car, in all and every position.

26th December, 2016 || 4.50am

The radio was playing 'Lovely Day' by Bill Withers.

Kenzo was driving you to your house.

You were quiet. He was quiet.

The drive to your uphill estate was easy since it was early morning so the streets were traffic free. He drove his car through the beautiful posh Uphills neighborhood of Tokyo. Your house was almost there.

Each house in this posh area are mindfully distanced to provide full privacy and personal space to the owners. That is why Satoru bought his married house here.

You were looking outside the window with a cigarette between your lips and suddenly your heart skipped a beat, eyes widened, forehead sweating when you saw your husband's black Audi sedan parked in the driveway...

You gulped when the car stopped outside the Gojo Estate's premises.

Door opened, left foot out and you got out. Before entering the gates of your premises, you leaned down a little to look at an equally annoyed Kenzo.

You both didn't share any words or any final looks and he just drove his car as soon as you got off.

He knew what he had done was crossing the line and beyond. It was so unethical to sleep with a married woman, doesn't matter if you were his crush once or not.

You closed your eyes and let out a deep sigh.

"Well technically y/n you are separated and will be divorced soon. So its not cheating. Technically?" Your head convinced you in case when you'd be caught you'll have an argument ready.

You started walking through the cobblestone walkway, a little nervous... Actually, truth be told, you are scared of seeing Satoru. Finding you in your current state at this late hour.

You took one last big puff and then crushed the cigarette with your boots.

You rang the bell once, twice. You started thinking maybe its not Satoru but its Mr Ijichi. Yeah! He's busy anyway.

The door opened just as you were about to ring the third time and all your fears came true...

Satoru Gojo opened the door.

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[ilikepjo24]

On Azula and rebellion...

It's so funny to me how in some fics, Azula is written to be the leader of a rebel group against Zuko. And the reason it's so funny is because it's just a lazy and unrealistic way of making Azula the villain.

Zuko ended the war. Realistically, that causes problems for the economy, seeing as the army was likely the to-go for young boys who's family struggled with money and couldn't afford a good education to send their son to some white collar job. War requires a military force and a strong military force requires lots and lots of soldiers. Meaning that by ending the war, the amount of soldiers required would become significantly smaller and the funding for the military would be cut. So you can't go enlist in the army for a stable income anymore.

But you still can't exactly afford a good education because as far as we know, Zuko did nothing for the education system of the Nation. So those who could previously afford it, may still be able to, and those who couldn't, are still uneducated. And this time they're also unemployed. And the people that worked at the factories that creater battle equipment probably shut down too, so more unemployment which means more poverty.

So all in all, Zuko increased the percentage of people with no jobs and no money flying by the seat of their pants. Way to go, Firelord! That's why there's rebel groups against you!

And on top of that, all the war generals and nobles that were funding the war or commanding the troupes and were rich and/or had Ozai's favour were most likely displeased with Zuko, since they lost power and money/status because of him. The peasants hate you, Zuko, you should at least have the upper class in your corner like most leadership personalities in capitalistic societies, but nooooo!

If we take a good look at it, the rebel groups against Zuko would either be:

1) The peasants that took a look around and saw that they're poor and barely getting by because of Zuko, while he still gets to live in a place and be king and decided "yeah, no, fuck that actually" and decided they wanted nothing to do with the upper class and the monarchy, and that they're interests should be a priority.

2) The peasants that took a look around and saw that they're poor and barely getting by because of Zuko, who stopped the war, throwing them under the bus, and decided they wanted nothing to do with Zuko specifically, and they need Ozai back because he'll return the nation to its former glory, when they used to be a force to be reckoned with.

3) The nobles that took a look around and saw that they're losing money and power and status because of Zuko, who stopped the war, throwing them under the bus, and decided they wanted nothing to do with Zuko specifically, and they need Ozai back because he'll return the nation to its former glory, when they used to be a force to be reckoned with.

It's very likely that groups 2 and 3 would be allies, and form a considerably strong opposing party. So assuming that Zuko is center (which is a stretch, since he's a king, but regardless) we have our right and our left wing.

And which one of these groups would Azula lead, exactly? Is the princess going to mead the socialist, anti-monarchy group against her brother to take the throne? Or is she going to lead the conservative group that will most likely be let down when they're Firelord doesn't have fire anymore? And then... What? We're hoping that the elitist party that is too elitist for a non-bending Firelord will put a woman in charge? And an unmarried one, at that? Because we know from the original plans regarding Azula's character that she won't stand for an arranged marriage.

Of course, there's always the option of creating a rebel group that is Mad At Zuko™ for whatever reason and care about their ideology enough to rebel but not enough to let it stand in Azula's way, just for the sake of making Azula the leader of said group because we really want her to be the villain in our fic. In my opinion, that's lazy writing, but pop off, it's your fic. I just don't think that any realistic rebel group would want Azula as their leader.

This proven.

[lesb0]

last week at dinner my friend in grad school for museology without an art history background taking her 5th art history class asked me why her professor shows an artwork she's never seen and expects them to automatically know hyperspecific arguments about it. I explained that art history is so deeply systematic that if you show me the artwork, the arnolfini portrait, I immediately know that panofsky wrote that they were a struggling immigrant couple who were deeply pious, seidel refutes panofsky and suggests that it was a business deal trading a teen girl to her rapist, carroll, also feminist, wrote that it was a legal document certifying the marriage, and harbison as a male says that theyre all wrong and its a funny sex joke about court culture because I read them all, which is what her professor was really asking. we as art historians are expected to immediately look at ANY famous painting and know all the famous arguments around it.

if you say "Argenteuil"

I go right to the boating couple: marxism, tj clark, myths of the bucolic french countryside, and ideas of 19th century french middle class leisure as class analysis because that's exactly how we're all trained to look at how this painting says something. If you say hellenistic, I say contrapposto. If you say african ceremony mask, I say picasso.

If I'm not careful to check myself, for a second, everyone's brain works exactly like this and I need to explain nothing to general audiences, this is survey level information. This is how my pedagogy work constantly teaches ME not to assume art is a priori.

so how do we "fix" it? do we stop assuming everyone has base knowledge of every famous artwork? do we teach kids these complex concepts in visual literacy earlier, like I did in my 3rd grade renaissance class? or do we just rip the whole system down to shreds and stop having art history departments in colleges, like many institutions are doing every year? I don't have any answers.

[starlightseraph]

sighhhhh…

i saw a post claiming that being uncomfortable with some of the wild rpf blogs is homophobia (or rather, that we’re only so uncomfortable with the rabid david/michael shipping because they’re both men, and not by georgia/anna stuff because they’re women), and i find that very funny.

firstly, most of us are queer to begin with, and while being queer doesn’t mean you can’t be discriminatory to other queer people, it’s important to mention.

secondly, the reason no one’s weirded out over georgia and anna is because no one is actually, truly shipping them in the real, actually world. it is very clearly a joke, and some of it is fun stories on ao3. the whole making out thing (which i’ve now seen brought up as evidence that we’re not as uncomfortable with f/f rpf) is literally in response to neil gaiman’s tumblr joke about dottie and sadie, who are fake characters that he uses to deflect from people wanting spoilers. the fandom has imagined them as being played by georgia and anna. they won’t be, because dottie and sadie aren’t actual characters in any fictional work. no one’s saying that georgia and anna, the real people, should make out, we’re making a joke about a fake storyline that only exists in several posts on tumblr.

we’re not grossed out because the the david/michael shipping is m/m. we’re grossed out because these are real people that are being treated like puppets to serve some fantasy. not hypothetical characters created for the purpose of a gag that will never be in any official form of media. not characters in a show who don’t actually exist. actual fucking humans.

rpf stands for real person fiction. fiction. i’m not even sure this qualifies as rpf anymore; no one’s treating it as a fun, made-up story, they’re presenting it as an “investigation” into the real lives of real people. people who are strangers, people who we know almost nothing about.

rpf very often morphs into this, and i really think it’s in a class of its own.

it’s one thing to write silly little stories on ao3 using the names and personalities and likenesses of real people, it’s a completely different thing to dissect every single thing you see about someone and to come to a conclusion that just so happens to perfectly fit your ideal of their lives.

i find even the purely fictional rpf to be a bit strange and uncomfortable, but i don’t have any real moral objections to it. when it bleeds into reality, though, and the wishful thinking of fans presents as a vast, complex conspiracy, that’s straight up creepy. like i won’t even go into why it’s creepy, it should be obvious. celebrities are genuinely afraid of people like this. they’re afraid of the rumours, they’re afraid of stalkers, they feel like they can’t even have innocent fun without it being “proof” that their marriage is just for show. they hate it. i hope all these blogs know that david and michael would all but certainly be very unamused by all of this. they’d probably be a bit terrified, and also embarrassed that anything they did could possibly be interpreted in these ways. no celebrity ever signs up for this, the extent of the obsession some people have is impossible to comprehend until it’s in front of you. even if they’re used to it by now, why, in the name of god, would you pile on?

please, touch grass. smell the roses. leave the parasocial echo chamber. do something to reacquaint yourselves with the real world and how real people function. if you’re really fans, leave them and their loved ones alone.

[mikeellee]

I see your rank about water based quirks, and it's quite interesting because I've commented the same thing on reddit before and people seem to agree on the fact water quirks have little representation of MHA.

Not only because they are portrayed as way weaker that any other elemental quirk, but usually pure water quirks (not ice ones) only belong to minor and diposable character.

You have:

-Manual "the normal hero" which is sort of a joke character which most prominent moment was keep Aizawa and Monoma's eyes hydratated.

-The firefighter hero from the first episode which I don't think appears ever again and he's only there to extinsguish fire.

-Kota parents are dead imao, and Kota himself is just a child so his quirk doesn't really come into play.

-There was an unnamed villain in the USJ attack who controls water but he's fooder.

While other elemental quirks have a lot of characters which are depicted as really overpower by MHA standards. For example:

-Fire has Endeavor, Dabi and Bakugou to an extent. Self explanatory in this case.

-Air has Inasa, who was probably the most powerful student of his generation before any quirk awakening bs from Class A. Inasa even was stopping Sad Man Parade by himself at one point.

-Earth has Cementoss who was described as op in urban enviorenments, Shindo who is way more powerful than people give him credit for, and if we count metal here Wolfram from the first movie was a really powerful fighter.

So yeah, the difference between water with the rest of the elements is kinda big. Even ice users aren't treated as particulary powerful in the story.

Geten needed to train his whole life without go to school and have a quirk awakening but had problems with a Dabi who was holding back, and he lose against Cementoss for some reason despite there wasn't concrete during their battle.

Shoto is a special case, because notice how the story always treats his fire side as the real powerhouse and not his ice. I mean even Endeavor thinks on the ice quirk as just a way to baypass the overheat rather than a power Shoto can make shine on it's own, isn't that ironic? The ice in Shoto is just a patch for the weakness of his strong side, not this perfect balance between elements.

Perhaps the only truly badass water quirk user we have (despite he's treated as fooder as well) is the nameless leader of the Cider House gang.

Seriously I love this guy for some reason. His design and quirk are awesome, and he's such a fun minor villain.

Wish we had more content of him and his real name, despite calling him Cider is funny.

Hi @nyc3

So before I answer your ask...let me ask you this: where is the others' healing quirks? Is R.G the only one who has this quirk? Bc if so that raises some questions...so are all the doctors quirkless? I´m especualting here as Hori has no desire to do worldbuilding but if we take this as true...then Izu could have been a doctor.

"Quirkless doctors face discrimination" its something I can see someone saying IF the quirkless are the doctors and this is so supremely dumb. I don't think quirkless discrimination IS a thing in the text, what we have is IZU BEING ABUSED.

Now as for the question...yeah, people in MHA prefer quirks that are stronger, fire IS strong...but then again, on the same wavelength, they don´t care to know more about quirks (Izu is seen as the odd ball for analyzing quirks when this should be the obvious, everyone should have a quirk analyst)

Endy wanted a child from a woman whose quirk is ice. Still, he looks down on water type quirks...while yes, he did that to make sure his kid has a cool off system in him for the fire (HIS PLAN IS SO DUMB HOLY SHIT). I ask, ignoring the implications, if he wants to do a quirk marriage and thinks FIRE is the best, why not marry someone who already has a quirk?

Water is seen as weak and I don´t get why. Maybe Hori has some bias on the power scale.

Wind is something Inasa has but... let's be real, Inasa is an ass in canon. He is an Endy´s fanboy and hates Shoto bc Endy didn´t smile at Inasa...entitled fan much? (I HATE HOW PEOPLE MAKE IZU BE THE CREEPY FAN WHEN WE DO HAVE CANON CREEPY FANS)

Hori doesn't seem to care to make powers interesting...nor consistent.

Look at BK, how many quirk awakenings this asshole had?

To make this short, I believe is not about the power, is how you use...and no one in mha wants to think outside the box.

(on that note, why Toga is the only one who has a transformative quirk?)

[lily-alphonse]

Sam/Haley?

(Saley? 🤭)

Saley? Or Ham. LMAO

Hmmmmmmm this one. This one irks me. They sure would be pretty though.

I'm itching to put them in some kind of AU because my mind screams that they don’t make sense in their current context. There has to be an inciting factor like both working as camp counselors in a nearby town or going to college together or something. (Or… Scooby Doo AU? A little Fred/Daphne dynamic perhaps?)

Like maybe Haley has considered it, kinda liked the rogue skater, class clown thing Sam had going on. But she was always expected to be with the star athlete.

Ok wait maybe the inciting incident is Alex coming out as gay. That could work. Farmer shows up, we have an “oh no he’s HOT 😩” moment and Haley is left in the dust.

She’s pissed at first but then realizes she’s free. She can truly do whatever she wants. Who is going to care, now that the rumor mill is abuzz with Alex’s scandal?

She experiments with her fashion. Tries new hobbies. She goes to visit Emily at work and even gets a little tipsy and dances. And one Friday night she sees Sam there playing pool with Sebastian and she can’t help herself. He’s so fucking tall and edgy, it’s an exciting kind of intimidating. But Haley can be intimidating too, despite her size.

“Sebastian. Sam.” She greets them both with her arms crossed and an easy smile.

“Uh. Hi.” Sebastian is the first to respond, straightening up from where he was lining up a shot.

“In light of recent events I feel the need to ask if either of you are gay,” Haley starts.

“What?” Sebastian asks in disbelief.

“No,” Sam says immediately.

Haley meets his eyes with a predatory sort of smile. “Alright, prove it. Dance with me.”

Sam kind of chuckles and bites his lip, looking over at Sebastian. “Man I know we’re in the middle of something but…”

Sebastian rolls his eyes and points to Haley. “You, wait there two turns. If you still want him after I kick his ass you can have him for tonight.”

Haley chuckles. “Deal.”

It’s actually kind of torture, in a good way. She has a front row seat to watch his body move, his eyebrows furrow and tongue sticking out when he’s concentrating.

She doesn’t know much about pool, so she doesn’t care that Sebastian is right about kicking his ass. All she cares about is the man rounding the table to meet her, as Sebastian goes off to find Abby.

“Hi,” Sam says with a cheeky smile down at her. He isn’t shy, getting close and personal already.

“Hi,” she gives him her best flirty smile.

“Still up to dance with a loser?”

“Can’t really be considered a loser with the hottest girl in here on your arm.”

He chuckles at that, taking her hand to guide them to the dancefloor. She’s caught a bit off-guard by his forwardness but damn if it isn’t sexy as hell. And his hand is big 🫠

His hands move to her waist on the dancefloor and they sway with some distance between them to continue speaking.

“I don’t know how you can be so confident about that by the way," He says once their settled into a rhythm.

“Oh?”

“Yeah, I mean, just look at Pam. You’ve got some stiff competition.”

“Oh har-har very funny,” she rolls her eyes but fights a smile.

“Ooo tough crowd.”

“I’m tough to please.”

“I can imagine. But correct me if I’m wrong Princess, seems like you’re already sold on me.”

The sudden nickname almost gets her flustered. She decides to ignore it. Ignore it and definitely not file it away in her brain to obsess over later. “Not sold at all, that’s why I asked for a dance and not your hand in marriage.”

“I see. This is my test drive then?”

“You could call it that.”

“You look beautiful.”

It’s obviously a line. But it comes so suddenly that Haley does get flustered this time. “I know,” she blurts, and then, “thank you.”

His smile widens at her blush. “I’m serious, I like the new look. You seem more like yourself.”

“Myself? And how would you know?” she raises a perfect eyebrow at him as its his turn to get sheepish.

“Oh, well I just mean like, I don’t know. It suits you. You seem happier.”

She thinks about that, looking at his shirt instead of his eyes. She has been feeling happier. She sighs and leans into Sam, closing the distance between them to lay her head against his pounding chest. He stops swaying, surprised. She smiles at how fast his heart is going under his facade.

“I am happier, I think.”

DAMN OK I DONE GONE AN CONVINCED MYSELF LMAO these two are kinda fire ngl I think theyd both be sassy and flirty the banter is top tier

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[pynkhues]

literally sooo fascinated by logan and caroline's marriage tbh. give us all your thoughts!! (if you want ahah)

Oh, man, I could talk about them all day, haha. I kinda feel like people can sometimes rob both Caroline and Logan of any nuance, because yeah, sure, they’re often the central antagonists of the series, and their abuse and neglect of their children permeates the series, but the show’s always also been careful to show that the cycle of violence never started with Logan, and Harriet Walter’s talked in interviews too about the cycle of neglect not starting with Caroline either. They’re victims and perpetrators in the same way that Kendall, Roman and Shiv are victims and perpetrators, and the fact that neither of them were able to break that cycle is the exact sort of tragedy that's at the broken heart of this series.

It makes it really fascinating to me in that sense that Caroline and Logan found each other at all, and I think really slots into what we know about his three marriages – namely, that he marries women who are in some ways as damaged by life’s cruelties as he is. We understand that explicitly with Marcia, who pretty much says out loud that their connection has been born out of the fact that they’re both survivors, but I think it’s implied in his relationships with both Caroline and Connor’s mother too. At least Marcia and Connor’s mother became somethink like partners for a while too – Marcia was a co-conspirator with Logan for the bulk of season 1, and the RECNY Ball episode I think also showed that Connor’s mother, for at least a while, was the sort of socialite who could lubricate and work politicians alongside Logan.

We don’t really know what role Caroline played in that sense, but she’s obviously intelligent and savvy enough to have worked to secure the kids real power in the divorce, something we see her give back to Logan in 3.09. We also know that her title gave Logan the class elevation that he wanted (even if its one he also seems to bitterly resent), and that his money gave her security, and in a lot of ways, that’s a strategic match that sees them both step forwards in power together.

I was actually listening to an old episode of Vanity Fair’s Succession podcast recently where they interviewed Dame Harriet Walter, and she talks quite a lot about Caroline’s backstory.

She says that Caroline was born into a neglectful aristocratic family, an only daughter who due to the social structures of British aristocracy, wouldn’t have inherited her father’s estate as a result of her gender. Instead, his estate would’ve gone to a distant male cousin, which ties into what Connor says in 1.09 to Willa about the house being the ancestral home Caroline didn't inherit.

She was disregarded by her family but encouraged to marry rich, and she sees Caroline as having gone through a bit of a wild child phase, that she partied, used drugs, tried to escape herself. That she was probably featured frequently in the social columns ‘in disgrace’, and then married young to a rich British man who bored her. She sees Caroline as having escaped to New York on a trip, and met Logan who dazzled her. Who was the opposite of the men she’d grown up with, the men who’d cut her out of her own inheritance, and that he was exciting and creating something and married too, and that they likely left their spouses for each other. That he married for a title, but he also married her because he found her fun and funny and different from the other women of her class and station.

I actually love that backstory a lot, and in particular I think it feeds into the themes of cycles on this show, both with Shiv, but also in Caroline being cut out by her own family, and then cut out by the one she tried to make for herself, and the damage that likely caused her. It also I think really beautifully depicts this idea of legacy and succession which is so crucial to the show – that Logan can spend a childhood brutalised by a man who’d give him just enough to build an empire on and that Caroline can spend a childhood in luxurious neglect with parents who will leave her with nothing.

What that meant for their relationship - - I think they did love each other, as much as they could love anyone, and I think that vulnerability between them was something that probably allowed them as true an intimacy as they’d ever have for a while. I also think that that vulnerability and that intimacy gave them power over one another that they’d use often and likely cruelly, and that the final years of their marriage were probably torturous for both of them.

After all, at the end of the day, Logan had the wealth Caroline could marry but never inherit, and Caroline had the title Logan could marry but never inherit, and what is that if not a reminder of the poisoned soil they sprung from?

[boggyblazingmood]

My only question is why is this user pretending to like Eloise's feminism all of a sudden?

Okay girlie, Daphne's first love was Simon. Fran's first male love was John and her first female love was Michaela. By her sisters' characterization, Eloise should literally end up with her first love, Theo Sharpe. She shouldn't be treated like a Bridgerton brother in which she doesn't end up with her first love. Anthony didn't end up with Siena, Benedict didn't end up with Genevieve, and Colin clearly didn't end up with Marina. It's funny that with the Philoises genuine hatred of Theo/Theloise they want Eloise's characterization to be like her brothers instead of her sisters 🙄

If that user had a longer attention span then they would have seen Claudia not mention Phillip/Philoise/TSPWL a single time. If she was intended to set up her book endgame, shouldn't the S3 press start that foundation? Maybe I'm thinking too much but it is indeed basic storytelling...

No Theloise, Creloise, nor Elorina is against Eloise falling in love. We just want her to discover herself and improve on herself. We don't see her improvement as suddenly becoming marriage minded and loving babies. Which a lot of Philoises are in favor for because of Book Eloise.

I really hate that Philoises call Theloises, Creloises, and Elorinas anti-motherhood and anti-stepchildren because of our dislike of Philoises/TSPWL. NO! We understand that Show Eloise HATES the countryside. If that person knew how to read, she would know that Claudia Jessie herself said that Eloise feels just as trapped in the countryside as she does in the Ton. No her running away to Romney Hall throws away three seasons worth of her characterization. Not to mention, Eloise is NOT FOND OF CHILDREN! Funny that when Daphne, Penelope, and Fran all got married as teenagers to become mothers young no one thought or asked hey they are awfully young, are they mature enough to be wives and mothers? No, as the fandom basically praised them. But Eloise who doesn't want to get married or have kids, the fandom questions her maturity? It's gender essentialism at its finest.

Eloise doesn't want it all. Philoises cannot comprehend this about Eloise's character. They just see their Plant Daddy and get excited. Eloise wants a different life. In the society she lives in, upper class women are encouraged to have the most advantageous match. Eloise balks at that as she argues or is incompatible with the men her mother throws her way. Like if she can't get along with Lord Morrison, what makes Philoises think she'll get along resoundedly with Phillip Crane??? Also, instead of enjoying balls, soiries, garden parties, and operas, Eloise feels best with her books and attending assemblies. Yes you got that right, Eloise LOVES ATTENDING ASSEMBLIES!

Unless they decide to make Phillip into a radical feminist, there's no way for Eloise to be allowed to become her true outspoken self. Which is unlikely if they are sticking with Philoise (also unlikely!). As Phillip is clearly a Regency era character. He gives up on his dream of becoming a Cambridge professor to marry Marina and protect the kids. And that wasn't a feminist action, he was complying with the patriarchal society to protect Marina through marriage. Not to mention, why doesn't he let Marina run Romney Hall by herself so that he can teach at Cambridge? Oh yes, because he abides by Regency norms. Additionally, if he really was a feminist, then why the fuck did he invite Colin to his house without Marina's permission? It is because of that action, that the braindead, feebleminded Philoises think that Marina is depressed and miserable. Like who wouldn't be pissed as fuck with their spouse inviting their ex?!

In conclusion, we don't misunderstand Eloise's character. We just understand that the show's version is a lot different to TSPWL. Something that the dimwitted Philoises can't comprehend. Because they foolishly think Philoise is show canon despite Phillip being married, Phillip being a boring man, Eloise hating the countryside, Eloise not being fond of children, and of course neither Phillip nor Eloise EVER sharing a scene together!

[theophagie]

I've seen people on all sides say that the stolitz conflict is entirely based on their Class&Species difference (honestly it's not a perfect or unproblematic fit, but I think that casteism is the closest real world equivalent we can use to wrap it up in one word only) and that the show isn't concerned with integrating homophobia into it, but I want to poke at this notion with a stick, at least where Stolas is concerned. Though I do agree that it's not a focal point, but rather a predictable outcome of how the Goetia family is seemingly structured......

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K I've had this post in my drafts for an embarrassing amount of time, and the plan was to expand on it at some point, but since that never seems to happen. Shitty very bad no good graphic tldr be it

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K pt 2 because despite everything the yaptron instincts never allowed me to hit post to this, but I'm leaving ⬆️ in because it's funny. to me. In the end these are more observations about the Goetia family in general than on Stolas' specific situation, but anyway

The idea that lacking ~virility~ makes for a lesser man is, indeed, rooted in all those fun things on the left of my silly little tldr (yes, the misogyny bit too. A man as we traditionally envision him, degraded and thus assimilated to femininity as we traditionally envision it, women, the horror!). Like this post could have ended here, this is literally homophobia both in its sentiment and in its target, coated with that good old gender stereotyping and bigotry

Same with the expression of Feelings and Emotions. The expectations of how people in power are supposed to behave generally go hand in hand with a number of things that are expected specifically out of men, because those two things (power and men) have been going hand in hand since the dawn of time

And and and. Paimon. The idea of the pater familias with full authority over his children's lives (and those of the other members his family, and of his subjects)...... for all intents and purposes, their ruler and owner. Very patriarchal, very crunchy

I'm also going to disagree with the notion that Stolas' affair with Blitz was only a problem due to their Class&Species difference. Stella's a character who's profoundly concerned with self-image and reputation, true, but in light of everything else... because of it even, yes I do imagine that the Goetia family would indeed have thoughts about someone trying to break free from their mould, indirect involvement of an itty bitty imp or not. Marriage and monogamy do have a seat up there in uh oh girl, the Patriarchy and its historical expressions

Re: Stella. Obviously family members are bound to come with a certain degree of... well... familiarity. But I think it's Interesting.jpeg how Andrealphus can casually belittle and talk down to her despite her technically outranking him (I think? A princess consort is above a marquis, surely?), if only because her general demeanour points to someone who wouldn't put up with something like that, at all. That same familiarity and whatever upbringing she had leave her open to his manipulation, but I do wonder about the treatment of women in the Goetia family in general...... *looks at "your purpose in life is to be an incubator for that guy"*. Mhn. The prospects seem bad. Also. We don't know what/who Andrealphus might be hiding back at home, but there's some juice in thinking about how he might be more free than Stolas - sexually speaking - by virtue of his apparent lack of obligations to the Goetia family......

Tldr of the tldr, even if so far helluva boss hasn't been outwardly interested in addressing some aspects of Living In A Society, those aspect do have a foundational presence in the story. Eg we won't see Stolas or any other gay bird actually get hate crimed at ball n.204471, and a character like Stella was probably not written with "homophobic" as one of her traits in mind (see: she doesn't comment on Blitz's gender; possible underlying horrors aside, clearly Andrealphus isn't otherwise an issue for her), but...... They Live In A Society

[grandpizzaponypie]

Reality’s of living in a superhero world is all I think about

I just know the nerds in superhero worlds go BRAZY

Trading cards of your favs, omg the prices of signed copies. People handing them decorated like photo cards. Photo cards of your fav 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ omg image getting saved and asking for a photo so you could make oneeeeeeee

Justice leagues/ averages official merch drops would look like battle fields lawdy

Good imports around the galaxy/supernatural world being to set up port after realzing earth had made it past its arcane stage (aka realized life exist outside of their own)

I know Halloween is so teaaaaaaaasaaaaaaaa, image being a little kid and finally seeing a hero who looked like you and dressing up as them yessssssssss

Which superhero’s you think got a patent on there name, Tony fsssssssssssss. The fanatic four do too

Edits of hero’s in action 😃

Music festivals and Emma frost just chilling with her daughters and the pictures going rival cause we alr know Emma would be a celebrity ⁉️‼️‼️‼️‼️ I know the met gala hate to see the Wayne family cominggggggg

The idea of fan wars expect its genuine villain Stan’s vs superhero Stan’s *insert thread on Twitter of everything victor von doom has done wrong in response to onna his fans shitting on the fanatic 4

The beef between ppl with tec from Queen industry’s and Luthor Corp mirroring iPhone v Android.

Imagine a popular influencer on a brand trip sponsored by lex corp. omg all the think pieces that would come out of that

God tier rage baiting Loki on twitter >>> Rage baiting joker (he’s older so it’s lowkey easy and the danger level would not stop ppl)

At the same time getting rage baited by Loki on twitter I equally as funny

I just know the humanitys majors having a fucking field dayyyyyyyyyy, Thor walking in the flesh on your campus !!!!!!! A living breathing Amazonian teaching you Ancient Greek class

The jokes about working for hockheed and Martin no 🙅🏽‍♀️ jokes about working for Lordtech

Liek China town it’s like Magic town where a bunch of non human people live and all the architecture looks different and it’s bustling for all different culture and markets

Political implications of superhero’s omfg I could go ONNNNNNN FOREVERRRR *cough Wally west republican jokes already exist imagine seeing your fav at a political conference*

Hero/villain fan pages

Following hero’s on social media !!!!!! Johnny storm liking your art of him on your page !!!!! Being able to @ shehulk in your post and she reposts it on her story cause you we sweet and a wonderful conversation ‼️‼️‼️

Magneto/ Bruce Wayne speaking at Jewish events

Black lighting speaking event recognizing black ppls achievements

Forge at a land back event

Ms. Marvel speaking at Muslim events

(I hc cloak and dagger based on the show so I place them in New Orleans)

Cloak speaking at a black history event in New Orleans.

Shang chi speaking at Asian events

(Again I don’t agree much with the aquaman movies but I do like the Pacific Islander change they made so I hc that too)

Aquaman speaking at an event for Pacific Islander

PETA loosing its mind regularly about all the knew mythical creatures it has to keep up with

Seeing someone fitted down in public and learning theyre wearing Atlantian/Wakandan fabrics

Getting the letter in the mail saying you’ve been accepted to go to the Fantastic University founded and partial built by the fanatic four and ofc they will be guest professors on campus

The fda having to hire a whole new department of research for outer planetary/ mythical food

Currency discussions, the boom and resurgence of bartering

Slur discourse/ oppression Olympics being a whole different best

Like tornado chasers there villain fight chasers, researching and trynna plan were to be for the next blow out between a villain and hero.

Sasaeng but for hero’s

Monsterfckers highkey having to fight for legislation to legalize their marriages cause it’s now a very real situation.

All manner of random shit just kinda pops up in random places so now your random middle of nowhere Measum has a genuine demonic artifact/ old suit of a hero

A list celebrity now includes names like — Storm, Hulk, Green arrow, Black panther, wonder women , flash, Batman, Superman , Harley Quin, Black lighting, Captain America, Magneto, Xavier

B list celebrity’s be like — Constantine, Batwomen, Venom, Blue beetle, Bumblebee, Donna Troy. Daredevil, Black cat, Cloak and dagger

Nepo bby talk that ensues about side kicks and heroing

[the-nibrahim-project]

Nigar/Ibrahim wasn't going to be a "love story" because of ideological reasons

Now that I think about it, Magnificent Century couldn't have Ibrahim cheat on an Ottoman Sultana with a fellow enslaved servant and have him love that fellow enslaved servant more than he loved the Ottoman Sultana. And it couldn't really have Nigar run away with her daughter and be happy in her hometown away from the Ottomans either. These wouldn't make much ideological sense.

Magnificent Century is a tragedy showcasing how a "lost golden age" came to be "lost". Its name, "Magnificent Century" is meant to be bittersweet but it is not ironic. The show does try to convince you that the Ottoman dynasty was, while not perfect, still great. In the show most characters who have to choose between a member of the Ottoman dynasty and a non-Ottoman loves the Ottoman one more. (Shout out to Sadıka and Aybige for being the exceptions). Ibrahim wasn't going to be an exception and Nigar wasn't going to go unscathed.

(Sure, the show could have Firuze fool the Ottomans and then go back to Persia happy and sound but Firuze was so unpopular a character that while her arc was being aired the creators had to assure the viewers in interviews that Hürrem would defeat Firuze "as Hürrem defeats everyone". You don't care about Firuze. Nibrahim on the other hand always had its fans, and letting Nigar be happy would be more complicated in my opinion. Of course there is the "sexual morality" aspect too with Nigar).

Ibrahim is one of the most important Grand Viziers in Ottoman history. He is not Sadıka or Firuze who are fictional female spies. This must be depicted as "He is mostly devoted to the Ottomans, but sadly his goddamned poisonous inferiority complex ruins it all and the connection he has with an enslaved woman can only be a sign of his arrogance and giant ego". The viewer wants to see this guy as an Ottoman hero. Despite the Hatice-Ibrahim marriage not being a real thing in history, some "historical accuracy fans" are still outraged at the Nigar storyline for "sullying Ibrahim's good name"! Because, you know, a high-ranking government official in a country where polygamy and sex slavery were completely legal would still be totally loyal to his one wife and this is doubly so if this government official was clearly a deeply-troubled guy who was going around equating himself to the "Sultan" and getting executed for it! He was good at war strategy and diplomacy, which means that he was a perfect hero, which means that he was loyal to his wife! 2 + 2 = 5.

And Ibrahim must be extra devoted to his noble beautiful wife because he is pro-Mustafa and Mustafa was "Ottoman Empire's only hope".

This is the level we are working on here.

Meral Okay was a brave woman. She received death threats over writing Magnificent Century. Even the amount she was able to show of Ibrahim's homesickness and class-based resentment is pretty valuable. And the Nigar/Ibrahim relationship is a brave writing move. If she were able to write the show beyond Episode 56, how would she write the end of their relationship? Would Ibrahim still heartlessly and indifferently break up with Nigar in Episode 57 (Yılmaz Şahin's - the new writer's - hurry in breaking them up is still so funny to me)? I think she enjoyed writing Nigar/Ibrahim and was less devoted to the "Saint Mustafa/lost golden age" narrative, but we will never know...

[thefisherqueen]

Watching The good soldier (1981) with Jeremy Brett

I've been meaning to watch more older movies, and since I always tend to not get started at all if I'm lost where to start, I decided that I might as well watch another movie starring Jeremy Brett. I stumbled upon The good soldier, made in 1981, on youtube.

This movie is an adoptation of an early 20th century book and classified as a drama or even tragedy, so it's not exactly a fun watch, but I found it intriguing. Much of the appeal lies in what everyone says or - rather, says but does not mean, or does not say at all, instead of in action. It tells the story of two upper class married couples, one American, one British, who meet up each summer at a German spa treatment resort. They try the hardest to keep up an outward performance of perfection - manners, apperance, conversation - yet as the movie goes on, it becomes clearer and clearer that not all is at it seems, that the lives of these people are rife with personal problems and barely-contained scandals, and that the social structures of the old elite class are but a fast crumbling shell that they nonethess desperately cling to. It's almost funny to watch their sad, arrogant, world-strange antics that in the end do not even save them.

Besides this critical gaze at class, there are also some other layers touched upon - powerful wealthy men who have so much yet do not appreciate it and hunt after whatever they do not have mindless of consequense, constructions of masculinity and virtue and modesty, the institution of marriage, how well we truly know the people we think we know, desire verses other people's wishes, at what point not knowing turns to ignorance or even self-deceit.

Robin Ellis is sadly the only one of the actors portraying the four main characters who is still alive. He tells something about the filming of this movie in this blog of his I found. Apperently, it took a frustratingly long time to shoot because the director wanted to have each scene filmed from many different angles. Also, Robin Ellis at one point jumped out of their horse drawn coach in protest because he did not trust Jeremy Brett to drive them safely down a steep decend, which - very valid of him.

This movie looks stunning, the possibly-not-quite-truthful narration is compelling, and its pace suitably slow. Funnily enough, it was not Jeremy Brett who I ended up staring at the most. He portrays the title character of this movie, the soldier Edward Ashburnham, a serious, mysterious, heartbreaking type the ladies (and even the narrator, the American John "God I loved that man" Dowell) find irresistable. Despite my recent near-infatuation with Jeremy Brett, it took a while (maybe it was the character's mustache and self-restraint ways, maybe it was me being aroace and quite faceblind), but eventually he got a little more screentime and dialogue and I better understood the appeal to him. His singing helped! What a beautiful voice that man had. Interestingly enough, it's actually his character that I ended up feeling the most sympathy for - in all his selfishness, he's at least sincere in a way that the others aren't. That doesn't mean that the last part of the movie wasn't profoundly uncomfortable to watch (you'll understand why if you see it).

But in this movie I was most fascinated by Susan Fleetwood, a tall, imposing, gorgeous actress who portrays the soldier's wife with much nuance as she works tirelessly to cover up his mishap after mishap, yearning to for once be the one loved by her husband and meanwhile perfectly willing to shame and ruin each victim of his conquests, "It's sinful to be as good as you are and make men love you. You must pay the price". Robin Ellis and Vickery Turner both also did excellent work in their portrayal of the American couple with all their insincere, willfully ignorant ways - I loved to hate them.

There were some weaker points to this movie - pretty much any of the tragedies did not make any sense to me, but the book with its Edwardian plot points and my modern gaze are probably to blame here. We're just not used anymore to narratives with persons dying or going mad from heartbreak alone - it takes more than that to kill characters these days! Yet these were such common tropes back then, certainly in this genre. Nevertheless, this was a surprisingly good movie to watch on a winter afternoon.

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

Today's episode was Protection, the one with the... oh gods, it's the Ferris wheel episode. Whhhhyyyy???? It's also the episode where Kagami gets akumatized because Lila somehow convinces her that Marinette is pretending to be a mess around Adrien and, oh, if only.

Real talk, did anyone find the Ferris wheel scene funny? I know people complain about seasons 4 & 5 turning Chloe into a caricature instead of a character, but they're doing it to everyone. The class has gone from Marinette and Adrien's friends who would like to see them together, but still have their own lives to the Adrienette squad whose sole purpose in life is shipping. It's creepy, unfunny, and frankly makes them all look like terrible friends. Even 8-year-olds would know this plan would never work. Who wants to have their first kiss with a captivated audience? It's just gross.

Adrien is also a victim of this. He's always been underdeveloped, but this season reduces him to Marinette's Perfect Boyfriend and it's.... not great. But I'll make this its own post because I don't wanna get too serious here since the episode is anything but.

Then we move on to the funniest thing that season five did: the introduction of the "arranged marriage" plot. Aka, the scene where we learn that Adrien and Kagami are supposed to end up together. Which is hilarious when you actually look at what Tomoe and Gabriel did to get Adrien and Kagami together:

Raised them on separate continents

Did nothing to introduce them beyond sending Kagami to Adrien's fencing team to try out

Did nothing to get them to start dating

Did nothing to support their relationship once it actually got going

Sent Kagami to a different school

Until this episode, I honestly had no clue that Gabe and Tomoe even knew that Adrien and Kagami had started dating. The way Lies presents the relationship, I thought it was a massive secret. Why else would Kagami have to lie about their fencing lessons to get alone time? If these two are supposed to end up together, why were they never sent on parent-approved dates? Were the senticouple designed to just go at it as soon as they saw each other, but Adrien was defective? It would explain Kagami's out-of-nowhere crush on Felix. He activated her Adrien-programming!

This is also another case of the writers forgetting that Emilie is supposed to be a good mom unless we're supposed to think that Gabe only came up with this plan after Emilie was gone? If so, how is he going to explain any of this to her?

Then we get to the part of the episode that actually could have done something clever: Lila tricking Kagami. As-is, Kagami looks like she's breathed the stupid gas that Lila emits for her lies to work. (SO's theory is that Lila is an ancient sentimonster who makes people believe her lies which would make more sense than my gas "theory") If the writers had been smart about it, this was where we could have introduced Lila's multiple identities. Have a random girl "from Kagami's class" be giving Kagami advice. Then the audience thinks it's an objective third party misreading Marinette and not Lila manipulating Kagami for... reasons? As-is, it's just dumb. Why would Kagami believe Lila? How did they even meet? I have questions....

Mild credit where it's due moment: This is also the episode with the Adrienette picnic date and while Marinette showing up in her pajamas felt super forced, Adrien matching her was super cute and I liked their almost kiss. The writers clearly can write these two cute, the hand raise scene shows that, they just chose the drama route instead. Unfortunately, they suck at drama and so does this episode.

[momo-wants-siesta]

SAMURAI OF HYUGA -BOOK 1- [REVIEW]

I did not originally intend to read this IF. But by popular demand I have been pressured to write this review.

Apparently it's the story of a "samurai" who lives on an island called "Hyuga" which is literally Japan, but I guess giving it a random Japanese name was cooler. More original.

This IF is divided into different books, and the adventures of this "samurai" and his companions will be told. Let's get down to business.

CHAPTER 1

Well. Let's see what this brutal interactive heart-pounding interactive tale is about.

The text of the Chapter 1 (Along with the Kanji) basically reveals to us that the author doesn't know Japanese and basically used a kanji dictionary.

As a tip, Japanese translation doesn't conserve plurals, So instead of "Sake with the Oyamas" it should be "Sake with the Oyama" and probably specificy it's a group or family. But I digress.

Steamed dumplings, nice. It's good that we start a japanese setting with a dish that is from Chinese origin (Nikuman in Japanese, Baozi in Chinese) and probably wasn't introduced until later.

I'm starting to have my doubts about the MC being a samurai, given how the dude seems to love to mix themselves with "Bakuto" people that were basically part of the modern "yakuza" today.

So for some reason we are stuck with a "spoiled kid"

Next scene. Someone getting close to a "samurai" and asking for a favor. Yeah, that was totally normal back then.

But it get's funnier when the title of the game is "samurai of Hyuga" but the two options are basically saying "I'm not a samurai". I don't understand what the author did there.

Okay. So this MC that has been living on the slums, suddenly know all about nobility and "royals". Its funny using "royals". It's good to know that the author doesn't seem to have studied Japanese history. Mostly how the correct term would either be "nobles" or "clanmen" or "imperials".

MC: *Says they are not a samurai* Random dude/woman: Master samuraaaai

I'm starting to feel like the author has been under the influence of sustances while writing this. Since the lack of consistency is apalling.

I don't want to make this review too long. But I really need to ask. Why two nobles are trying to make an alliance marriage, in a fucking Inn. And not in their houses. That doesn't make any sense. And then "let's ask this random no life to pose with us". I think that the author believe the Japanese to be stupid, or have watched too much mainstream brainless anime.

The "how the bride looks" options seems to have been written by the horniest individual to have ever existed for Google play standards of non lewdity.

I feel like I need to stop and point this. Why is the groom wearing a Kamon? Why do they need a samurai if they are samurai?

I think the author needs to understand what a samurai was. Because I think they are confused and believed all the nobility to be samurai. And that's a grave error. That's not how it worked. Nobility didn't need to be samurai. And some samurai weren't even nobility. Samurai was a social class on it's own.

I don't understand why they didn't ask the MC name. What kind of way to refer to someone is "Samurai-san" is like someone comes to you, if you are barista, even if you have your name in the tag, and go "Mister Bartender, nice to meet you".

Japanese are polite. They would ask the name. We entered full weebish anime paradise and we are only on chapter 1.

Not to say, this marriage would never happen, in those guys were not part of the nobility. Unlike in Europe were the burgesy could buy titles and marry into nobility, in Japan that was socially forbidden. And blood was really important, to the point of eugenics.

The day i find a "japan" IF that has been written by someone who did actual research instead of watching anime, will be the day I plant a tree or something.

But what is bothering me the most, is how the MC is all knowing. Not only we cannot decide on their personality (even tought there are a lot of useless stats) but the guy is basically a Gary Sue. He knows everything. He looks at you, and he knows your tragic backstory already. There's some fucked up powerfantasy there already. And it still kills me how I haven't been able to customize anything yet. I'm playing with a MC that I don't even know the game. Its fucking awesome. /s

I love how threating each other in the middle of an Inn it's great. Or how for some fucking reason, the author believe that your typical western bar fights would happen in Japan.

Fuck's sake. This author needs help. That our a japanese history book in the head, to gain some brain cells.

.......I'm going to kill someone.

So some guys appear with what I supposed it's irezumi, or the ancient version of it.

MC: they are not criminals.

Me: THEN WHAT THEY HAVE TATTOS.

Just you guys know, back in the day the "yakuza" didn't exist yet. And Irezumi exist, because back in that day criminals were tattoed, as a way to mark them. So irezumi started as a way to hide those markings.

Why would the author write something called "Samurai of Hyuga" which is clearly Japan themed, but then refuse to do even the most minimal research? I'm baffled.

So suddenly we are at "Yamato" but the game calls the place "Hyuga" then the MC goes I'm from "genfu". Someone seriously need to decide on a name, or make a fucking map.

Good Lord, this is hard.

"Wish I had an escort of Ninjas" yea because Shinobi totally escorted people. FUCK.

"That was low even for a shinobi". What the fuck is this. Shinobi were not considered dishonorable, basically because they didn't have to follow the bushido.

AUTHOR, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, ONLY THE SAMURAI WERE FORCED TO FOLLOW THE BUSHIDO. NO ONE ELSE.

Stop calling him samurai-san after hearing his fucking name. ITS FUCKING OFFENSIVE. WHY ARE YOU OFFENDING PEOPLE, TOSHIO.

Okay. I need to make this stop. So for fucking reason, to keep going I need to kill a Carp. Because fuck yeah. If I don't want to? I better quit the game.

It's good to know that the Author is complete psycho who is into stupid edgy protagonist.

Why is this even an IF? Where are the options? Why I'm still playing?

I'm gonna skip for a while to make a more compact review, because if I have to stop at every fucked up part...

So super random fight where we get more male powerfantasy. Then it's me or it's the Masashi kid a RO? Because that basically child that acts like a child. So now the author is a fucking pedo too? What's next? The guy is into lolis?

AAAAAAAND I CAN'T KEEP DOING THIS.

PRECOCIOUS FINAL TOUGHTS

How the fuck was I ever convinced to read this?

This is not even an IF. There's not even real choices. Like, the MC is totally 100% set on stone. And this is pure anime weebish trash.

This is one of the most questionable tales I read in a while. I don't event wanna now about the other ROs. This bad, this is horrible. This is something who jack up to lolis and decided to make a fucking work out of their personal waifu fantasies.

What the fuck is this. Seriously. The worse part is how people actually bought this, and how there are so many books. Unless it suddenly improves.

I been deeply disgusted and I don't even want to hear about this work ever again in my whole life.