#we love Liam Obrien characters

[shorthaltsjester]

there are literally no standouts in downfall because everyone sat down at that table and said hey you wanna see something cool and proceeded to Become their characters but idk if it’s because they’re beside each other and that aids the dynamic or just because it’s the delicious similarities and insurmountable distance between the god of death and the god of (in various ways) life but ayden and emhira’s interactions were so chewy and delicious. i’ll be thinking of their exchange fairly early on after ayden cast lesser restoration on that old man and emhira not cruelly but just simply stating “you cannot heal everything.” and ayden’s equally simple reply “we can always try.” emhira seeing the family trist has built and wondering at the presence of children, “surprised there is laughter in such a horrible place” and i know she’s speaking of hawk’s hill but i wonder if she is also speaking of exandria itself in some ways. the delicious space between in and out of character that only really happens in improv stories where as brennan is narrating and says “in this dark room” and nick interrupts and adds “it is not dark.” brennan’s incisive point in the cooldown that while the love that ayden and trist have for mortals and for exandria is warm and the kind of love someone would likely Want from gods, there is something maybe more honest or whole about emhira who says . actually these mortals are little shits that will kill you not because they fear you but because they hate you. whose very existence should be (and still often fails to be) a reminder that the gods can be usurped by mortals. the insight nick shared in the cooldown that ayden does not forget emhira’s origins but in a way dismisses them, that the god of death is a different beast. ayden wanting to find. way to save the people of aeor, insisting that the prime deities Win if they can find a way to do so. emhira reminding everyone that death is inevitable (and she does not add anything to clarify that she intends such a statement to only exist for mortals) as she argues for them to work to take down aeor and the people in it. the fact that the god with the most present connection to mortality is also the one given the most explicit clarification that she Is the god we know as SILAHA calls her the matron, brennan’s narration clarifies purvon is her champion, taliesin as asha asks for clarification on the recognition of emhira as a god and prompting the familiar spectre of a woman in a white mask.

i want to be very clear that when i say there are no standouts i Mean it because i’ve been awed and endeared and intrigued by every single character choice everyone made and as always brennan’s narration is so incredibly well suited for the mission impossible greek tragedy vibes that comes with this story and i’m so fucking delighted by the fact that laura, ashley, and taliesin are playing gods that their characters have known quite well in the past. i’m incredibly excited by what we’ve already gotten to see from abubakar, nashir, and nick and cannot imagine what other greatness is to come. i’m psyched to see the relationship between asha and the law bearer and am delighted that (perhaps for now perhaps for the whole arc) it is being seen through the lens of “my wife promised me a visit with apples and all i got was a rock ice emissary”. i also have many incoherent thoughts about the fact that, of the players who appeared as the same character in the opening and the story, taliesin’s ash and asha are the ones whose name remains the most unchanged.

i’m obsessed with the fact that this creature sent as a stand in by the god of law and duty believes his primary gift is love. while there is a certain mourning and sadness to every god we see, that SILAHA has a certain playful whimsy and jofyful curiosity about the world. that the only one of them who has been mortal before stops to steal an imp necklace from the neck of a drunk on the train (and that moment between brennan’s narration that this man will be dead by morning but, with death standing invisible in front of him, he is incapable of seeing it coming, and then laura as emhira breathing in deeply and brennan having that spark a coughing fit. they are Story Telling). asha seeing the erased image of a god, of a family member and saying “there’s a hole in all of us.” brennan narrating “this is a place where they tried to kill a story. it’s a very frightened thing to do.” (and god. the motif of fear. especially given the very present fear felt by the gods in current day exandria. they’re doing insane things in the critical role 3 part departure).

trist reminding ayden “he never tells the truth” and asha contesting “he only tells the truth, it’s just rotting.” emhira and asha both as perhaps the less Good™ much more neutral but doing so in such different ways, asha as bitter and hungry while emhira seems uncomfortable but there’s a familiarity and a certainty in her discomfort with mortality (the law bearer would also be included here but the emissary seems much more like trist and ayden (for now) than emhira or asha). something as insignificant as trist and her husband speaking to their children and affirming that little lies are okay while trist has lead a significant part of her life likely dishonest about who she is. the fact that there’s a certain childlike quality to the emissary who they’re all charged with ensuring makes it to the end of things even if they cannot. the fact that nahal (unclear which god they were, and i’m assuming it’s the first god of death but regardless still an absolutely compelling development in a short amount of time) in those opening moments is horrified by the concept of away which is unfamiliar to them only to soon after look upon their family and say. maybe away was better. Especially if those were words spoken by the god who would one day be replaced. these three episodes are going to haunt me and i’m excited to meet the ghosts.

[hibiscussoupbowl]

Yk what ive already made all my statements abt the teen wolf movie on instagram but imma say it here

As much as i love and breath teen wolf, its not the perfect show which is fine bc recognizing that is what makes its good. The thing is the movie? Godawful. The one thing i can appreciate is that the movie had an opening and the graohic design was cool

My problems with it?

-the plotline being abt allison. I think alisson (is it allison or alisson?) Is a fine character especially in s3, however, you killed her off. That whole s3 ending was abt her dying and isaac leaves BECAUSE of allison dying. Now ur gonna reopen that plotline that was TIED OFF? Ur not even gonna get stiles or isaac back into play even tho theyre arguably the most important for that season. And ur not gonna tell us how s6 ended??? Even with a flashforward of 2 years??

-the fbombs. Im sorry, what? U make a show that doesnt use f bombs at all and u make it creepy and horror but when u make the movie thats r rated meaning u can go even harder... u use it on fbombs? Might i add in the worst way possible. "Darkness motherfucker" wow. It just sounds so cringey. Either use it once meaningfully or dont drop one at all. U managed to make s3 be creepy without it do it again

-why the absolute fuck was liam in japan. By the hour and a half mark that question wasnt explained and it never was. Him and this girl hikari (whos gr8 actually) are just in japan and i guess own a bar??? I dont even know what they are to eachother let alone how they ended up there. I only knew that they love eachother bc they say that in jpn but like still??? Is it a sibling ily or a were dating and ily?

-the actors. Im sorry but if ur gonna get all these actors like masons and parrish and malia and whoever but u give them like what one line? Mason had legit like 2 lines in that movie. And u dont even know how he beacme a police officer! He just is! And they dont even say anything abt corey??? U could easily get his actor i know he aint doin anything rn. Liam and hikari? Also have like 3 lines in the movie

-personal thing lol but not everyone looks good with a beard and a shaved head

-lydia and stiles. Just bc u coudnt get dylan obrien cuz hes like the most succesful does NOT mean u just break up the couple that u built for six. seasons. You couldve said literally anything you couldve said stiles was dealing with some fbi shit or another supernatural disaster. Lydia having the dream? Tragic but stiles wouldnt have cared bc he loves her and wouldve just wanted to be with her forever.

-how can u not tell us who elis mother is. We ALLLL wanna know who derek banged im sorry but he slept with the enemy like three times and with his history and family history everyone just wants to know who it was.

-dereks death. WHAT THE FUCK this man survived a *pipe* going thru his back for like 10 minutes and survived, got brutally slashed and survived and ur telling me he died by magical fire. Sure teen wolf sure.

-if ur gonna introduce a character like alec in the season finale, bring him into play somehow recast him idc but do smt. Even nolan! Someone !

-what was with the whole nogitsune temple thing?? It was so... not scary at all and it looked bad. Like idk it was just so kiddy. Like oh noooo we re trapped bc we re tied to a pole with rope -_-

-sorry but again why continue a plotline that has been tied off? And not continue with the one that was open ended when u cant even get the significant actors for the s3 plotline? Bring daniel sharman into play, medicis over he has the freetime.

-malia and scott breaking up is also stupid bc again they were "endgame" and they had no reason to break up other than the fact that allison was alive again and for plot reasons.

-harrison coming back was so stupid i was so glad they killed him off even tho i guess they never found his body. I was hoping

-are argent and melissa not dating anymore? Its been like 3 months since ive seen the movie so i dont rememeber that but if they arent, why are the writers/producers, whoever, so desperate to break up everything great they had goin at the end of the show.

The interesting parts of the movie were

-the intro

-elis backstory with his dad, except why would u hate derek its literally tyler hoechlin

-and scott having an animal clinic bc i think thats funny

[jewul]

my definitive teen wolf world tour rewatch ship tier list awooo let’s go!!

[S TIER] INTERGALACTIC SLAY

sciles: they are boy best friends 4 LIFE. no further explanation required

thiam: admittedly I was not around for when this became a thing but from whispers on the street i can see the vision. liam dunbar is kinda the mitch marner of teen wolf and fanon thiam has mitch marner/matt martin energy. also as a teenager I remember being violently repulsed by theo but upon rewatch I am allured by his sociopathic ken doll tendencies

[A TIER] WE LOVE YOUR PUSSY

stalia: singlehandedly ranks this high because of the sheer combined force of dylan obrien’s and shelley hennig’s charisma DESPITE the fact that they lost their virginity to each other in the basement of a mental institution (so riverdale-coded when you think about it!!). when I was blogging about teen wolf at 15 my tumblr username was babygirlmalia. i wouldn’t leave without you. no i would never leave without you…

scira: this is one is fueled purely by my love for kira and my desire for her to have nice things :3 kira/malia exists as a footnote here because of the brimming potential they exhibited in that one scene. if kira had chemistry with anyone else on the show they’d be up here too

scisaac: LET’S GET ISAAC A BOYFRIEND COME ON WE CAN DO IT!! isaac you and your gay little scarf are everything to me. daniel sharman struggling to do an american accent i love you. sorry stiles but this one is also boy best friends 4 life… mixed in with some healthy tussling. bi4bi4life

[B TIER] I HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THEE

sterek: entire civilizations have been reduced to ash over the union of these two characters. but where would we be without them? that’s what I thought

stydia: I can appreciate the dedication to the Longest Slow Burn ever, but this is a lavender marriage. they are dyke4gay, e.g. lydia: (does some sociopathic shit) -line break- stiles: honestly, work

[C TIER] THIN ICE

scalia: I wasn’t around for when this came to fruition either but gut instinct says this is UNLAWFUL!! an egregious breach of the bro code!! I am willing to amend this placement if presented with significant evidence that they acknowledged how weird this is when it happens but for now I cannot accept these two together. WHAT ABOUT STILES?? will someone PLEASE think of stiles!!!

derek/braeden: Everyone Is Beautiful and No One Is Horny. to be fair we can apply this to most teen wolf ships but these two together especially make me feel like I’m watching a calvin klein ad. also why does braeden have to sleep in a victoria secret lingerie set. i know that underwire is killing you girl </3

lydia/parrish: despite him being a cop I am actually a parrish enjoyer. I just think he’s helpful and nice. with that said please can we give him an adult love interest. thank you

[D TIER] IRRELEVANT!

peter x anyone. i want to see him in a relationship less than I want to see derek’s house burn down again (is this contentious?? sound awf in the comments)

im sorry hayden and liam you did nothing wrong but you are a FLOP. extremely forgettable to me. and for that I am truly sorry

honourable mention goes to liam and mason’s bestie shenanigans. If liam actively participated in more of mason’s gay scheming they’d be up there with the best of them

[life-with-hogwarts-students]

Thread of Dorcas playing Persona 3: Portable whilst Regulus watches (Very Out of Context)

(Dorcas is playing as a female protagonist)

Regulus: This unknown boy is creeping me out

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Regulus: OO PRETTY GIRL SHES HOT Mitsuru queen

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Regulus: Awe Yukari’s cute

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Regulus: WHY DOEES SHE HAVE A Gun

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Regulus: HOBBYY???? WHAT HOBBY NEEDS A GUN

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them: was everything okay?

Regulus: NOTHING WAS OKAY!!! THE STATION WAS WEIRD AF

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Regulus: when the game says you need to sleep you sleep

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Regulus: 'dont tell anyone what i saw???' tthats not concerning at all!

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Regulus: HELMET MAN!!!

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Regulus: 11TH GRADE???? THE PROTAGONIST IS SO SMALLL

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Regulus: sexism??? in this economy??? its more likely than you think

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Regulus: GOOD GODS THE PRINCIPAL IS SO CREEPY WTF

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Regulus: 'SMIRKING CLASSMATE????' THATS WHAT THEY CALL THE LIAM OBRIEN???

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Regulus: OMG HE LOOKS LIKE A FRAT BOY AND HES GONNA BE OUR FRIEND!!!

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Regulus: yukari didnt havve to come for junpei like that but she really did

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Regulus: omg junpei sweetie, hes such a himbo but also not a himbo???

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Regulus: LIN MANUEL MIRANDA????

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Regulus: I dont need to but im gonna ask ALL THE QUESTINs

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Regulus: HES GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSSING US HOW DARE

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Regulus: idk why but whenever he talks i hate him

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Regulus: mysterious old gentlemen?? thats me

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Mitsuru: the moon is beautiful tonight

Regulus: SO ARE YOU

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Regulus: I THOUGHT SHE WAAS GONA CONFESS

FOR A HOT SECOND

AND THEN I REALIZED THAT WOULDNT HAPPEN CAUSE PEOPLE ARE COWARDS

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Regulus: THESE MONSTERS ARE FIGHTING CAUSE THEYRE DISTRESSED??? WELL IM ALWAYS DISTRESSED TOO YOUU DONT SEE ME STARTING FIGHTS EVERYWHERE

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Mitsuru: are you ready

Regulus: never

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Regulus: DEPRESSION IN THE BUILDING BAYBEEEE -ooo blood

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Regulus: FIGHT THE GHOST MOPS YASS

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Regulus: oof them good beats im vibing

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Regulus: merlin, this game takes the english out of me

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Regulus: smollenemy boisss

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Regulus: ITS A GHOST PIXIE WITH A HAND

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Regulus: THAT HAND HAD A FACE ON IT??? or am i SEEING THINGS??

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Regulus: we love the mcfucking stairs, thanks Dorcas

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Regulus: aweee ghosties wearing cute pink pyjama pants

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Regulus: i wish these hand things fought with their middle fingers, would be so mucch more interesting

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Regulus: Shuffle time -EVERYDAY IM SHUFFLING

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Regulus: junpei's me; burning my mouth with the hot food knowing FULL WELL THAT ITS FUCKING HOT

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Regulus: yukari??? tired?? EXCUSE ME???

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Regulus: im love fortune telling lady

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Regulus: EAVESDROPPINGGGG TIMEEE

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Regulus: apparently rio is Dorcas' beloved lmaoooo

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Regulus: YUKARI FLIRTING WITH USSS YESSS

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Regulus: FRIENDS THAT ARE GIRLS??? NOPE YUKARI IS OUR GIRLFRIEND (remember they're playing as a female protagonist)

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Regulus: akihikos mood changes tho; one minute hes like 'you better be training' and the next hes like 'go have some fun'???

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Regulus: YUKARI FLIRTING WITH USSSSSSSSSS

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Regulus: WE GOING ON A DATE WITH MITSURU!!!

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Regulus: YUKARI DATE WITH US ON A DATE SHE SWEETIE SHES POURING HER HEART OUT TO US THIS IS TOTALLY A DATE

Regulus: LOVERS ARCANA??? I WAS CORRECT THEYRE DATING

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Regulus: HORROR HOUSE??? I THOUGHT SHE SAID WHORE HOUSE!

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Dorcas: are you ready to hang out with junpei

Regulus: im always ready

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Regulus: hes stopping to stare at us??? well, we are beautiful

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Regulus: sausage fest??? JUNPEI WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

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Regulus: what type of life has theo been living??? wtf??? spoonfuls??? my guy does he need help??

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Regulus: fuck tanaka, and not in the fun way

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Dorcas: you wanna take theo out on a date

Regulus: FUCK YES I LOVE HIM

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Regulus: men are cowards

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Regulus: the way junpei talks about akihiko is like hes in love with him like dude you tryna set us up or yourself???

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Dorcas: you can date any man in this (as a female character)

Regulus: disgusting

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akihiko: i dont want u to rely on me during fights

Regulus: thats completely fine we have Dorcas

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Regulus: i love being talked about behind my back

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Regulus: SIT YOUR ASS DOWN AKIHIKO

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Regulus: MOTORCYCLE??? IM EVEN GAYER NOW

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yukari: what are we gonna do?!

Regulus: cry

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junpei: what type of messed up ride is this??

Regulus: a fun one

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Regulus: YAS STRIKE A POSE JUNPEI GOOGLE MAP ALWAYS TAKING PHOTOS BAYBEEE

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Regulus: does someone know how to drive a train???? i feel like that would be a good skillset to have

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Regulus: Dorcas' making us cry and now junpei's freaking out, great

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yukari: how did you know which ones the break

Regulus: ITS CALLED GUESSING -or Dorcas has played this before

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Regulus: a yawn-b-gone??? do you mean energy drink???

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Regulus: someone pls get akihiko high, he needs it

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Regulus: Theo, my sweet boi i love him

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Dorcas: someone was injured their car fell-

Regulus: nice

Dorcas: ????

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Dorcas: i will cheat to get these questions right

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Regulus: not Dorcas losing her cool over rio

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Regulus: not Dorcas tryna murder headless ghosties while they couple dance

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Regulus: lets get us some boiiisss and by bois i mean personas and not actual bois cause yike

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Regulus: oh no, drunk man. we don't love drunk man

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Dorcas: Translate 'pan' into english

Regulus: BRAID!

Regulus: Wait- I MEANT BREAD

Dorcas: BRAID?????

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Regulus: i cant believe we have to do the test

Dorcas: REGULUS YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IM ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

[niallloverontheloose]

https://princeescaluswords.tumblr.com/post/639223509452783616/we-still-have-to-hear-years-after-the-fact-how#notes https://camelotpark.tumblr.com/post/639232331430969344/we-still-have-to-hear-years-after-the-fact-how#notes “I guarantee you if Dylan O’Brien had played Scott with the exact same script and Tyler Posey had played Stiles with the exact same script, they would have treated Scott and Derek like they do Liam and Theo now. Stiles would have been just as irrelevant and/or annoying and ‘taking up time’ as every other secondary minority character in the show��� @princeescaluswords Actually, it was reported that Dylan O’Brien was originally supposed to audition for the role of Scott, but politely turned it down and chose to audition for the role of Stiles instead because he thought Stiles was a much more challenging and interesting character to portray: https://www.tvguide.com/news/shows-lead-eclipsed-teen-wolf-dawsons-creek/ https://daman.co.id/exclusive-fashion-feature-dylan-obrien/ And he’s absolutely right, since everyone in the Teen Wolf cast is utterly and completely head over heels in love with Stiles and with Dylan’s superior acting – including Posey ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ If Dylan O’Brien had chosen to play Scott McCall, he would have done a much better job than Tyler Posey, because Dylan O’Brien is an exceptionally talented actor who can actually act, unlike Tyler Posey. Also: True Toxic Scumbag Scott McCall violating, humiliating and dehumanizing Derek Hale (a rape victim) and using him as his own personal murder weapon to kill Gerard Argent IS rape. Stop trying to justify Scott’s canonical abusive actions and behavior @princeescaluswords @camelotpark

Let’s be real here, Dylan carried that show. He really did. Were Hoechlin and some others good? They were, but no one was better than Dylan. Tyler Posey was a shit actor and if Scott McCall died in season 1, no one would have missed him.

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Talks Machina Highlights - Critical Role C2E52 (Feb. 26, 2019)

There’s a lot to unpack here.

This week’s guests are Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien!

Announcements:

Travis Willingham’s Yeehaw Game Ranch debuted today on CR’s Twitch channel! Travis and Brian will be livestreaming every other week at 4 PM Pacific (alternating with MAME Drop). Today’s episode will go up on YouTube on Thursday. On Monday, March 4, the Kickstarter for the VM cartoon will go live! They’ve been talking about this almost since the start. This episode of TM will be uploaded to YT on Thursday morning, and will be available on a one-week delay in podcast form!

The cowboy hat makes the rounds. Laura points out that she was actually in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.

Okay, on to episode 52: Feral Business. (Liam, just as the splash screen comes up: “That means masturbating.”)

Laura: “I think everybody should refer to their penis as a tiefling. Anyway, continue.”

There’s a discussion about classes for said tieflings. It gets a little out of hand.

Stats! Jester got her 5th HDYWTDT of the campaign against the shoosuva. Caleb has now dealt over 1,400 points of damage. (Liam: “Really?”) Frumpkin got his first natural 20 to perceive the rats and shoosuva. 

Laura and Liam have a heated negotiation about who gets to cuddle the Jester and Kiri plushies.

100% of the out-of-character motivation for the Disguise Self was just Liam missing being Laura’s twin. Liam: “You know, I like to have fun in my D&D games.” They enjoyed getting to sit next to each other again at the live show. 

Brian: “What were you gossiping about?” Liam: “Your tiefling.” Laura: “Specifically yours.”

Jester’s view on Caleb hasn’t changed since his backstory reveal. Laura: “I feel like it makes more sense that he’s more standoffish, and it made me feel much more guilty for the times I gave him shit for being muddy and stinky and stuff.” She points out that Jester got to see a lot of different types of people pass through, not to mention listen in on their conversations, and probably has a broader experience with a variety of people than some might expect.

Liam talks about how Xhorhas is “rough, and the customs are different, but it’s a real place” and not the bogeyman often presented to the Empire.

He objects to a question talking about how Caleb’s planning to take down people in the Empire, pointing out that he’s never confirmed that. Laura immediately concocts a theory about Caleb being a top-secret spy for the Empire.

Laura: “Jester has no idea that her charisma isn’t as high as... Beau’s or... is Beau’s very high?” She loved leading a diplomatic conversation, and didn’t know how it would turn out, but she feels like she killed it.

Snoozy Henry!

Liam: “Caleb’s not scared of being manipulated. I think that’s done.” It feels off being away from the Empire, not because he still feels loyalty, but mainly because everything that matters to him is still there.

Another round of dick jokes comes to a climax (sorry) with “Cocks Machina”.

Gif of the Week! Jester learning the ways of the goth.

If the opportunity presents itself, even in Xhorhas, Jester will 100% pull a prank and try to spread the word of the Traveler. “Nothing is sacred to Jester!”

Laura mentions that she has no backup character planned if Jester dies; she feels like having a backup will make her more likely to accept the possibility of losing Jester.

Jester doesn’t really care about the Empire vs. Krynn conflict. “Political bullshit. I don’t think the Krynn are necessarily evil, but I don’t know.” Liam points out that nobody really knows the motivations behind the conflict in the first place. Caleb mainly sees it as a big mess. “Caleb will still have emotional ties to where he was born and raised, but he knows they’re flawed and awful. They’re really terrible people.”

Laura’s theory: “The Empire stole a lot of artifacts. They stole the dodecahedron. The Krynn just want it back. And now we have it. And we’re fucking everything up.”

Big Tiefling Energy.

Jester on tattoos: “Nah, I’m not afraid of the pain! I can take it! I’m really strong!” She’d totally get a tattoo if the right idea came along.

Caleb isn’t too concerned about the group getting sidetracked, since he doesn’t really have “an agenda for where he wants to go”. He wouldn’t want to do something boring, but that’s not exactly a worry with this group. “They keep going to places with things he’s interested in.”

Laura on Jester’s changing dynamic with Nott: “It’s interesting to find out that Nott’s a mom. She knows what that relationship means, and she is just devastated for Nott that she can’t be with her son.” What seemed the worst was that she didn’t have someone who thinks of her the way Jester thinks of her mom. “I thought about so many times just her not taking a bath. It just makes me so sad.”

Fan Art of the Week! A giant city-tortoise.

Liam: “Man, get a load of Brian’s kenku.” Dani: “This has to stop.”

What the heck does “consecuted” mean? Laura: “I think it means something about being reborn.” Liam: “Yeah, reincarnation.”

Liam on potentially picking the wrong spells: “I don’t worry that I will. I just know that I will.” Marisha warned him.

Brian asks Laura about where her vote’s hovering in the vote for DnD Beyond’s president. Laura: “I feel like Liam has a stronger platform.” Liam: “Is that a dick joke?” Laura: “I’m sitting next to Liam. So Liam.”

Dani: “Contractually, as Sam’s campaign manager, I have to vote for Sam. But he’s also not paying me, so I’m just saying, Liam, if you paid me, I could maybe switch sides. Look, I’m working for exposure only, and I’m feeling very exposed.” Liam: “Listen, my shell corporation will talk to your shell corporation after the show.”

Jester’s not too worried about the group being disrespectful by hanging onto the dodecahedron. “It’s a powerful thing! Look at it! We can play with it!” Liam: “Yeah, it’s not her god.”

Liam: “I miss playing twins.” Laura: “I do too, buddy.”

Henry is moved to the couch when Liam starts literally curling up on the floor to be closer to him:

Jester would create a Magical Viagra spell. Dani: “Like the Wand of Smiles, but for dicks!” Laura: “The point of it would be to just make people feel awkward.”

On Jester checking on Fjord’s tusks: “It’s important to her that he appreciates himself as much as others appreciate him.”

Liam: “My character will probably die soon anyway.” Everyone: “LIAM O’BRIEN.”

Laura points out that Jester’s come closer to death than Caleb. “If anyone’s going to die soon, it’s me.” Brian: “Stop it! Stop!”

Search for Grog Questions (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)

The group played a private home game as Vox Machina for fun recently (”It didn’t make sense, but it was fun!”). Liam was envious of the group getting to play their characters again, so he wanted to play something at least VM-adjacent. He also loves building out the world and wanted to continue fleshing that out. “She saw VM, unbeknownst to them, a couple times.” He also wanted to be able to keep people from dying and “breaking the universe.”

Laura on playing VM again: “It was really crazy, and me and Taliesin gave each other the biggest hug after the show. I missed Percy and I missed that relationship so much!”

Having Lieve’tel around was painful, but Vex “didn’t have the same reaction to it the way Keyleth did. It was bittersweet. I think she appreciated that someone appreciated what her brother did.”

Gilmore and Allura’s voices were big moments of nostalgia. Percy-Vex banter. Scanlan wanting to kill Trinket. (Laura really thought she’d have to leave Trinket behind, and the “I can carry him” killed her.) Scanlan’s singing. Pike! Liam: “Roasting the shit out of Travis.” Laura: “Oh my god.”

[validplsubjectoftheday]

Dimitri Allen

WE ARE CELEBRATING DIMITRI TODAY BECAUSE REASONS.

Name: “Dr Ah-len Stahnguuun!”

His real name, Dimitri, according to a random baby site:  ‘From the Greek Dēmētrios (of Demeter), which is from Demeter, the Greek mythological goddess of agriculture and fertility.’ His name sounds like ‘Dementor’, which is a soul-sucking monster from Harry Potter that Dimitri shouldn’t be compared to. Even if he is grey, gaunt and looks like he hasn’t slept for a decade. Dimitri is a million times better than that.   

He’s proud to be a scientist - see his lab coat - and he’s stylish to boot. He has a goatee, a grey scarf, a belt and a fedora hat. (Luke had to get his inspiration from somewhere.) And he wears a red rose because he’s hopelessly in love with Claire. Some good symbolism there.

Dimtri loved Claire. He loved Claire so much, but he admits that love became conflated with his pride to complete the time machine. Still, he dedicated 10 years of his life to working on the time machine mostly to save Claire. 

Remember THIS scene where Dimitri finds Claire’s dead body and starts sobbing? A++ voice acting from Liam O'Brien.

Bill wanted to use Claire as the first test subject for the time machine. Dimitri claimed to vehemently oppose the idea. He didn’t want to risk Claire getting hurt, even though she didn’t return his feelings.

Those are his exact words Claire ‘didn’t return his feelings’. Not ‘I never told Claire my feelings’. So... sounds like Claire turned him down, probably because she was already in love with Hershel. Reminder that Claire makes her own choices and takes responsibility for them like an adult.

Despite this, Dimitri kept working on the time machine and trying to save Claire. Claire begged him to stop, but Dimitri wouldn’t listen, so Claire knew they had to get Hershel involved. In a way, Dimitri brought Claire and Hershel back together.

Dimitri has 3 disguises in Unwound Future. (Beat that, Descole.) For the first one, ‘Dr Stangun’ he literally just stuck on a moustache- it was so obvious even Bill Hawks looked suspicious. Then he didn’t even try to alter his voice with the Future Layton disguise. I’ll admit, his bar tender getup had me fooled. It’s hilarious when he puts on this higher-pitched accent and talks to “‘Ershel”... This is the first and only time the bartender has a voiced line after his identity has been revealed. Why did they even bother? It’s like Liam Obrien just wanted to do this accent lmao     

He owns a bar

Probably hates Doctor Who for all its time travel errors 

He has 4 - FOUR - profiles that you can unlock at the end of the game

He’s one of the only villains to call Professor Layton ‘Hershel’ consistently. Not even Descole, his own brother, did that. Randall, Layton’s high school best friend, did. Makes you wonder if Dimitri wanted to be Hershel’s friend- or at least an ally. He’s constantly trying to win Hershel over to his way of thinking with the time machine.  

He’s well-spoken and polite. He actually talks to Luke a couple of times... Dimitri is like an awkward uncle trying to connect with the kids

On the other hand, Dimitri Allen is savage af. Did you see how he insulted Chelmey and how he gaslit Bill at the time machine presentation? No pun intended

The face he pulls here makes me laugh:

(”So done with your crap, Clive.”)

In his Trivia section of the Layton Fandom Wiki, it says, ‘It is unknown if Dimitri went to prison with Clive after the events of the game.’ But we see Barton has him in chains during the credit pictures, so it’s implied he was arrested? And he did agree to ‘close the book’ on the time machine in the end. That’s not to fault the Layton Wiki creators, they work hard

Dimitri is one of the only characters who doesn’t give our heroes any specific puzzles, aside from the Puzzle Battles, which are awesome. I consider ‘Puzzle Battle’ Dimitri’s theme song. (Yes, I know Clive used it first but Dimitri deserves it more.)

He can teleport, apparently 

He disappeared from the time travel presentation with Bill and that’s never explained? Therefore, he can teleport.

‘In the blink of an eye, I lost my life’s work and the love of my life. To say I was a broken man would be an understatement.” Ouch.

[teh-abyss]

here are my thoughts on shadowgast:

first of all, i love them, i adore them, and wizards falling in love is everything ive ever wanted. and as much as i wanted a love confession/kiss to happen on screen, i get why it didnt happen

where we left off in the series was the beginning of a relationship, there was lots of complicated feelings still happening, and there was still so much shit that the m9 had to deal with and as much as i would have wanted it, I feel like it might have been out of place and/or out of character for it to happen with what else happened in the finale

that being said, caleb and essek and romantically involved and that did happen in the finale and it was confirmed and i feel like that just seems so fitting for them. these two are most definitely the type to not actually define what they are to each other, like they flirt in metaphors, come on (and the thing about the metaphors is that its an important language between them, and its not to make things ambiguous necessarily, but because that is just how these two wizards work, speaking to each other in a way they know the other will properly understand, and that the other will be able to see the other meanings behind what they say), but yeah, i just dont know if i ever see them explicitly defining their relationship, because they know, and their friends know and thats really all that matters

and in the same vein, because of the life span difference, i think the idea that they part as old friends makes a lot of sense too. they dont really change anything, they dont really address it, but theyre both realistic people, and they both know that caleb will die way before essek, and so, although they were romantic before hand, the idea that in the end they see each other as friends just makes more sense to me

now, onto caleb’s bisexuality

there are people who were/are going on about how critrole goes about avoiding mlm relationships, or really avoiding the topic of mlm characters, but i think thats a weird point to put on caleb

hes always been a reserved character, and isnt much for overt romance (hence the “life partner” and “together for a long time” kinda thing) so i think it makes sense that he isnt really open about his attraction to anyone. for me, the only people he really seemed to noticeably be attracted to were astrid and essek

 theres this idea thats been floating around that he only seems to be attracted to women in game, and that his attraction to men has been all done word of god, but i sort of have a feeling that may be due to the default usually being heteronormative attraction/relationships, because i did not notice his attraction to jester until i saw posts about it online, but i immediately noticed how he spoke about  essek and how he spoke about eadwulf 

obviously, his relationship with astrid has been the most defined, but also? that kinda makes sense? the blumendrei was a thing, but from how they appeared on the show, caleb and astrid seemed to be closer personality wise, and were also definitely pushed together in an academic sense (this is cominf from astrids seeming resentment the trent always favoured caleb, despite the fact that she was more so the model student) as well as the fact that them hearing about her was a fluke that happened in the early part of the campaign, when he wasnt as open about sharing, and the m9 took her name and ran with it, continuously bringing up her and only her

plus, critrole isnt scripted

like, yes they are actors, and they are professionals, but when creating a character for yourself that you are playing, you gotta pull from your own experiences, and liam obrien obviously has a bias towards women (idk if hes said what his sexuality is, but whatever) so him playing characters with bias towards women doesnt not make sense (although i personally dont think caleb has much of a bias) and also? that happen? bi people have preferences sometimes and might tend to swing more one way but that doesnt make them less bisexual?