#when do we get a live action movie with him 🥺

[nowritingonthewall]

Oscar Isaac as Gomez Addams The Addams Family (2019)

[mikuni14]

4 Minutes - Ep 6

Boy, but I loved this episode ✨💖🤩 Happy my favorite theory almost came true, yay!

Everything was great, the realism of what was happening, the behavior of the characters, the aesthetics and visuals, the disintegration of what exists, like families, frienships, lifes, but also relationships that didn't even have a chance to be created and are already falling apart. The breakdown and the heartbreak, the regret for what was lost and for what could have been.

I like that everything that happens has consequences, which as we all know, doesn't always happen in movies and series. And here everything has its consequences, including omissions - because the series clearly shows that although Great is not technically a bad person, his sins of cowardice and failure to act, of not helping the victims, also have to be paid for. (How very DFF of them lol 😍)

I absolutely love Great in this episode, showing him as a lonely young man drifting listlessly and lifelessly through his life, resenting and loathing his family, subconsciously sensing that in addition to the lack of care and affection for him in this family, their obsession with money, something really bad is also happening. A very telling sign about the current state of his mind, soul, mental health is his reaction - or rather - his lack of reaction to the bad events happening in his life, his wallowing in hedonism. And the first real, human connection which he felt with Tyme, with someone who is being torn by some deep inner emotions, who in his revenge, anger, despair, but also those few moments with him when he forgets that he should hate Great - is so SINCERE, which somehow speaks to him, as if he's the first real and raw in his feelings and honest person in his life. And also hot, that helps a lot, I guess? lol

How amazing is the juxtaposition of Great in reality with that of his own visions. It shows that what Great regrets most is the lack of ACTION, the lack of decision-making. The real Great just lets things happen around him, he doesn't think about what's happening before his eyes, he doesn't think about the consequences, not even about how he drives. The real Great isn't a bad person, but he never learned, no one taught him to be responsible for himself and for others, his parents only thought that with money alone they would solve everything and fulfill everything in their and their children's lives. In his visions he "plays" with the ideal of himself as he would like to be: strong, decisive, taking action, being decent and kind, getting the man he wants on his own 😊 The real Great lets Tyme go every time, while in his visions he always chases him.

The series perfectly shows the star-crossed lovers trope in an absolutely amazing way. Great and Tyme are clearly fascinated by each other, they are compatible with each other and in another reality, without all this burden resting on their shoulders, without the soul crushing baggage their parents gave them, they could be a perfect couple madly in love.

Of course we support Tonkla in his revenge, you are doing amazing sweetie! 💯 Go ahead and use Win and Korn as much as you like 😏 (I just hope Title suffered an even worse fate, I mean, he was the second victim in the field by the lighthouse? I don't know if I missed something, it was him right?)

Poor Mio and his back 😧 (This is also a good time to remind everyone how much I love him and miss him. In case anyone didn't know that already 🥺)

I liked the whole episode, but my heart skipped a beat for a second having serious The Untamed flashbacks here:

🥺💖

[ask-missparker]

Things Mia Said/Done..

~ Pregnancy edition (Pure Fluff and tiny bit of angst! 🥰)

~ All the young avengers and friends are included -> Liane, Rick, Luna, Cole, Cassie, Jeremy, Rochelle and etc

- Pairings: Mia x Nik, Cole x Jeremy, Rochelle x Michelle, Rick x Luna etc. 🎬

Wearing comfy cardigans, graphic tops, and her hair in a cute messy bun. Painting her nails and wearing certain earrings too

Being a cuddle/hug bug 🤗

Buying pillows and blankets for the living room in the house. Cause of course who doesn’t want pillows and warm weighted blanket??

Binge watching tv shows with the gang (like Voltron with Luna, certain documentaries series with Rick and OUAT with Liane)

Watching movies, such as classic Disney movies, sci-fi and action comedies 🎬

Aunt May becomes a grandma 💜

Making Bruce Banner and Natasha Romaneoff grandparents (again!) heheh ( AND HULK TOO OBVIOUSLY! 😌)

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Going to the Disney store and shopping in general.

Mia appear in the living room holding up car keys, “I’m going the mall, who wants to join me?”

Liane grins, “Where we going?”

“Target, H&M, Pandora and of course The Disney Store. Might buy some plushies!”

Luna gasped and squealed, “You had me at plushies! How much can we buy?!”

Rochelle already packing a bag and grabbing money

~~

Being emotionally invested in everything she does and becoming a little passionate about something as mundane as making breakfast for everyone at home

Cooking and baking all the time! (No one going hungry in The Avenger Tower 👏 )

MIA BE EATING 🍽️ SNACKING AND SHARING FOOD

Eating sweet and salty foods

Ricky finding a eating buddy in Mia ☺️ as they are always eating together or creating combos of meals

~~

“Ooh nachos!” Mia said as she entered the kitchen and taking a bite.

Rick gasp chuckled as he glared, “Hey that was mine!”

“Sorry, eating for two…”

“Eating…for two? But you’re not—OH MY GOSH?! Wait you-?!”

“Hehehe! You just found a foodie friend for the next few months.”

“OH MY GOODNESS! I’mma be an absolute legend of an uncle!”

~~

A little forgetful but eventually remembers!

“Is it too early to pick names? And no we’re not naming them Cole Jr!”

Playing music and dancing in the kitchen

Passionately singing out lyrics 😂

Gets annoyed with her favorite Star Wars t-shirt doesn’t fit her cute belly and decides to steal one of Nikolai instead

“Aww they’re kicking!”

Squeals at cute baby clothes

Doesn’t mind when one of her friends rubs her belly for good luck 🍀 and finds it adorable

A little sensitive to smells and comments about it

“Yo! Who farted?!”

“Someone needs to take a shower!”

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“I’m a hot mess.” She said randomly

Cole snickers, “Tell me something I don’t know, love.”

The two just start laughing

~~

Sometimes question why her friends and hubby bought SO much stuff.

“What did you guys do?! Buy the whole mall?!”

Becomes emotional and just wants to wrap her arms around her friends, after getting worked up

Or one of her love ones are sad and she just wants to do EVERYTHING to make sure they feel better ❤️‍🩹

Find Mia napping or sleeping in (she’s a night owl so this a shocker to everyone!)

She will sometimes finds herself taking care of others and even doing chores for them

She blushes when someone decides to chat with the baby

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Mia is laying down on the couch flipping through channels and smiling. Then suddenly Nikolai pops beside her and cuddles his wifey, telling her about his day.

“What are you doing?” She asked giggling looking at him.

Nikolai grins and rubbing her belly, “Gossiping with our baby boy.”

~~

Everyone suddenly becomes overprotective and careful around her, even though Mia has to remind them that she’s fine

Jeremy reminded her to take it easy and she making a witty remark to him

Luna and Mia putting the baby’s room 🥺 together

Rochelle wanting to return the favor to her, due to Mia being supportive during Rochelle’s pregnancy ☀️ meanwhile Michelle is freaking out over everything and being super excited

Nikolai becoming a huge fan of wifeys cooking and becoming extremely protective of her. Hell, he figures it out before her 😂

Mia creates t-shirts for everyone as gifts!! Baby lab coats too

Bruce, Liane and Nikolai telling Mia to chill out 😤

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Rick would be sooooooo excited and want to do things for Mia (chores, errands, paperwork) and also spoil the kiddos. Bruce, Natasha, Hill and others want her to listen to the doctors advice too.

She doesn’t always listen to them and regrets it later, knocking out cold on the couch.

~~~

Miss Mia will never admitted it fully but she’s emotional and has her moments insecurity across the board. In response she is often used humor to cope with any kind of worries she got. But sometimes she brings up the thoughts she has.

“Will be a good mom like mine is? I hope so.”

She knows that Nikolai wonders if he will be a good father. Of course she will find him and talk it out, how they’re both feeling about everything going on.

“We’ll be alright and this kid is gonna have a great village to raise them.”

Sometimes Mia is found on the couch or sitting at her desk doodling thing too, it’s a great mental break to relax. Relive herself of any kind of tension and sometimes she ends up with a good laugh.

Sometimes she is just embarrassed and emotional for no reason and honestly it’s cute

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“I cried over a meeting yesterday and an email.” Mia exclaimed, “I never cry during a meeting!”

“What was the meeting about?” Cole asked

“Saving and investing in Panda bears for cute press releases..” She admitted

Jeremy burst out laughing, “Oh jeez! Okay, that’s cute.”

Cole snickered, “Oh you poor thing you’ve gone soft.”

~~~

This girl sometimes end up saying random stuff…😂

“I know what I should do! I should cut my hair like Princess Diana.”

“If Donkey and that dragon ended up together, why are their kids donkey size?”

“Why don’t donuts grow on trees?”

“Hercules was a good movie and the cartoon was fun too.”

“If I listen to Justin Timberlake and dance around, do you think the baby would like to dance as a toddler?”

“What? Tom and Jerry is educational…if you don’t about the violence part..”

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Other times she is saying sweet and sappy stuff 🩷

“I love you guys! I don’t say it enough.”

“Shut up, you are beautiful and smart and wonderful human being!”

“I know I have been emotional lately and a little annoying, I don’t mean to act that way…so I got you a little something to show my appreciation for you.”

“Did anyone ever tell you that you are amazing and doing your best today? Cause you are.”

“Who wants donuts? I’m buying!”

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“You gotta stop baking so much.” Cassie says chuckling, “You gotta eat some healthy food too.”

Mia dressed in a white apron and wearing Mickey Mouse ears while making Goofy themed treats.

“You weren’t complaining last week when I made you Hogwarts theme snacks for your movie night!” She remarked yelling.

Luna gasped, “She got a point!”

Liane eating popcorn with Rick watching it all go down giggling

~~

Mia tends to go a little overboard with things especially when she starts nesting too early in the season

SHE JUST WANTS THE PLACE TO LOOK COMFY AND COZY! That’s all she ask 😌

She tends to be a bit dramatic and silly too, often when she’s in a mood.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Am I forgetting something? Oh god, did I say something wrong? Don’t laugh!”

She will eventually get over it and go back to normal

She gets excited over the littlest things too!

Mia is often a tad bit clumsy and lack the energy to do things around the house at times. She adopts a lazy era 💅🏻

But everyone loves her all the same in the end!

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[transingthoseformers]

pleaaase tell us about bayverse pharma that sounds so interesting 🥺

i havent watched those movies in so many years so i dont remember the plots super well but also would it be like when sentinel appeared? supposedly best friends with ratchet but then he turns around and saws someone in half

I've posted about him before a bit but in my mind, there's a lot of room with where we can put him, is he a protagonist or an antagonist or somewhere in between, his relationship with the humans, hell is he alone??

I've considered bayverse Tarn and the DJD as a concept too

I do like the idea of him becoming an antagonistic figure in bayverse though, for the visuals and the vibes. Yeah in my mind at least SOMEONE is getting sawed in half

(Pharma would lOOK SO SO COOL IN LIVE ACTION, OUGHHH ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHAINSAWS)

honestly you don't need to remember much of bayverse canon to roll with this idea, considering bayverse canon (especially in the last two movies...)

[cayennesugar]

Hiii!!

Could we possibly get some head cannons for quick shadow if you didn't do that already? (I love your blog and I agree quickshadow is definitely pookie)

- she was hella popular in the academies she went to growing up but preferred to live a low-profile life once she graduated

- she sneaks on the bot sized console in the firehouse every night to play GTA and Forza Horizon

- she’s everything LUXURY if you present her something she doesn’t like she will gag and walk away from you

- she’s secretly a literal goober around people she’s comfortable with, it’s basically how she and Blades got along so well after she settled on Griffin Rock

- before Quickshadow and Heatwave devoted their sparks into a committed relationship together; Quickshadow would barge into his room at night and wake him up because she wants a sparring partner

- it annoyed heatwave at first but he eventually warmed up to it agreeing without hesitation whenever she demanded a sparring partner or someone to go on late-night drives with🎀🎀🎀🎀🎀

- She loves late night drives, she will use her built-in space/ground bridge tech to go anywhere in the world and take a breather, and all the beauty around her

- nobody else knows but she watches Mavin Dangers movies (idk and idc if I spelled that guys name right lmao) and other action/spy/mystery films

- she loves watching Formula 1, her favorite driver is Max Verstappen because she understands how it feels to be pressured into performing her best

- she someday hopes to attend a race in her free time and scan an F1 vehicle

- she has entire collections of luxury and exotic vehicles hidden in some of Windblade’s cashes, she can scan any of them, enabling her to blend in in different countries during missions. 💶💶💶

- one of her favorite songs is perfect love by House of Prince (literally listening to it as I’m typing this 😍)

- in her human form, she met Lady Gaga 👀

- she takes everyone shopping and offers to look after the kids when needed

- she HAD an ex boyfriend who was very abusive (Heatwave killed him and obviously didn’t go to jail) 🤭

- she’s really good at long and short-range combat, which made her climb the autobot ranks pretty fast and allow her to roam freely around the galaxy

- she and Blurr squabble every single day and they somehow end up racing with each other or falling asleep like cats in a lil pile on a bot-sized beanbag 💀🥺

- she and Hightide are a therapy duo; in Faxian, they take time and go to the beach and just talk about whatever they feel needs to be heard, like stuff from the war, deaths of loved ones, life before the war, etc. 😔

- Quickshadow does the Cybertromian equivalence of ballet, which is how she’s so immediate and firm on her peds 🩰✨

- she shares gossip and talk with the local residents of Faxian 💥

- she knows how to play the violin and piano very well

When you said some I hope you meant a lot 🫣🫣🫣

[cal-writes]

(Anon who asked the question) You were coherent, don't worry :) I see your point. I just wanted to see your opinion, because you put a lot of thought in your characters. And I really like how you write Zoro. I read a lot of fanfiction, but I keep returning to your fics, because your Zoro feels so real and actually poseses the qualities which made me like him in manga :)

And, like, even if it was a big deal for him, I think, he would still get a skar on his back than let a person he cares about die.

🥺🥹💕

i am a zoro expert, i know this character like nobody else (translation: i project onto him a whole lot 🫡)

i’m really glad you like how i write him. to be perfectly honest, the reason i can’t engage with a lot of a certain ship with zoro is bc i feel like a lot of fans just see him as a blank slate.

ive complained about this before but zoro as a quiet character takes a while to get to know and he was introduced in an era where his prominent traits were tropes of a lot of one dimensional macho guy characters. and it takes a while to see that hes just not that at all.

its very easy to read zoro as a strong fighter who only cares about one thing, who’s a dumb meathead (which i think is ironically a bit how zoro sees himself) when hes very wise and emotionally intelligent. but he doesnt talk much and we dont get thought bubbles so its up to the reader to interpret his actions and well. with a character as long running as zoro its hard to move on from the way you would interpret him when you first saw him.

(thats also why i think a lot of people hate the curse of the holy sword movie and say zoro is out of character like… hes really not but this takes place around alabasta arc where he only started to show an inclination of his motivation and core)

i think its biting oda now that he introduced zoro as the first crew mate bc luffy doesnt care about peoples past and zoro doesnt tell and in the manga everyone’s like “oh zoros just always been here i guess everyone knows his deal”

thats where the live action had somewhat of a leg up bc zoro and nami are introduced at the same time and nami is nosey as shit so she can be like “youve known this guy as long as me maybe we should question him a bit more” and in that way zoros like a dnd character you play to be mysterious. if nobody asks about your backstory youre not gonna blabber about it

anyway huge tangent i love zoro im glad people like the way i write him 🙏

and agreed i think in ultimately we know zoro would do anything for the people he loves. (see him getting beat up with luffy in that one bar, begging mihawk on his hands and knees to be trained) at the end whats a scar for a life

[pianostarinwonderland]

Thoughts on Episode 4 of Masquerade

Can you still believe that this is not the last part yet? I can't.

In general, I absolutely love that this part really makes the characters shine, especially the SSR characters.

Epel gets to protect Riddle using his UM!! Riddle makes himself the bait at first but eventually he gets affected by the flowers, so Epel protects him. It just makes me so proud of how far Epel had come from the start of the game. We can discuss and argue about the semantics of Epel having a UM during Halloween when he got it around Feb-March (when chapter 6 is supposedly set), but honestly, it doesn't really matter to me when we get to see this kind of growth from him. 🥹

Riddle willing to sacrifice himself 🥺 he's truly such a noble character. He also mentions how the Queen of Hearts would march into battle. An allusion to the live action Alice in Wonderland? :0

Ruggie and Jamil are the bastards as always. They use their UMs to make the NBC students as bait, and I think that's pretty funny of them. Go boys, do what you need to do.

Actually, I'm pretty surprised that they're all using their UMs when the flowers would absorb their magic. UMs use up a lot of power too, I'd think that that would be such a risky move.

Deuce protecting Idia from the falling chandelier!! That part made me feel so proud of him. He got a twisted ankle from it, though. 😭 It also kind of mirrors how Meg pushed Hercules away from the falling pillar in the Hercules movie and ended up dead. So, Meg!Deuce??????

Can't leave this post without mentioning that brief cut to Ace going, "Man, everyone must be having a great time in NBC." then going back to Deuce aggressively weeding out plants.

Rook meanwhile... I love how he can be himself despite everything. 🥺 Idia volunteered to stay with Deuce just so he'd stop running, but Rook interprets that as him being grateful to Deuce for saving him. And then he even makes Deuce say 'oui'............ the rookification of Deuce Spade...................

Sebek, though! Thank him for actually calling out Idia's complaining. Idia complains about how he wasn't left behind, but Sebek yells at him for it since it's like he's sullying Deuce's efforts to save him. Which is fair honestly, I think I would have been the same in Sebek's place. 😂

And Silver! I love how he managed to protect Azul, and I also love how he was the one who calms everyone down. We stan a chill guy like Silver.

And the way that he and Sebek fight the flowers!! Both of them really just teamed up and went, "There's nothing we can lose to when we fight together." Like girl 😭 SebeSil stans got fucking fed this event, congratulations. They were even protecting each other, with Sebek going, "Silver behind you!" and Silver going, "Sebek, to your right!" Like bro 🥺 And the way that they both made it a competition to see who can take out the most flowers!!! I swear, they may act mature (kind of), but they are Boys at heart. They just have a little rivalry........

Now onto the three SSR characters because save the best for last.

I will proceed to be annoying for the next 5 bullet points.

First off, I just love how Azul's not afraid to call out on Idia's bullshit. 😂 "Please give up on giving up" and even making him move to the back of the line when it was just the three of them so that Idia actually does shit. I love how he has that bluntness, but it does come with the friendship too.

And secondly, the moment that I am still down bad for: Azul getting rid of the flowers without damaging the tower.

Fucking bear with me here: none of the other characters attempted to destroy the flowers because they would absorb their magic. It would take so much magical power to make them wither, and the only other person who was able to get rid of them was Malleus. And we already know how terrifyingly powerful Malleus is. And even then, that caused his power to get wiped out (makes you also wonder just how much flowers within the vicinity he was able to take out).

But then Azul was able to do it. He was able to do it guys, he did it.

What's more is that he did it without destroying any of the architecture. It takes a great amount of power to take out the flowers, and that could definitely damage the tower. In chapter 6, it was seen that his magic is very precise. And you really get to see this here, because Azul concentrated his magic on the flowers and ensured that it wouldn't touch any of the walls of the tower. So effectively, he was able to get rid of the flowers without compromising Idia's and Malleus' safety (and preventing them from paying NBC for damages lmao).

What I would even love to add to this is that when the flowers surrounded them at first, Malleus volunteered to take them out, but Azul stopped him so that he could conserve his energy. And he says he'd take it out, but then Idia tells him to just let Malleus do it. That caused Azul to yell at him to shut up and let him concentrate, but think right here: Can you imagine how much his ego probably got hurt because of that comment? Like, everyone is very well aware that the strongest person with them is Malleus, so of course you'd want him to do the biggest work. But imagine just hearing that over and over and having someone say the equivalent of "let him do it because he's the only one capable of doing it". That shit definitely would hurt his pride, and Azul just... proved it in front of the two of them that he was capable of taking out the flowers with his own magic.

And he got praised by the Malleus Draconia. Please, I'm so happy for him, you don't understand.

As for Idia, him being a bitch is understandably annoying, but it's also funny and a mood. There's so much to say here about him.

First of all, you really get to see his genius shine. When he was tasked with taking care of the flowers, he uses the handkerchiefs he bought to be bait for the flowers. They held a tiny bit of magic, but the thing is, Idia tinkered with them while he was drinking his grape juice earlier, so the handkerchiefs are now much stronger and contain more magic.

Also confetti whee

But more than that, when they read Rollo's diary, Idia went really silent. And it reached a point where Azul had to tell him that no matter what, Rollo is still their enemy. Like... poor guy. Whatever was in Rollo's diary impacted him so much. It's such a sharp juxtaposition from how self-centered he was the entire event. Suddenly, he's empathetic to the point that he couldn't say anything.

... though on that note, Rollo leaving his diary in the student board room of all places is pretty funny.

Anyway, onto Malleus. I really think he did so much this part.

Absolutely love how when Silver said "look at Malleus, be calm like him", he immediately says that he's thinking of how to make Rollo feel terrible for falsely inviting him. 😂 Go Malleus, beat his ass for wronging you like that. I fully support.

When he froze from the talking gargoyle!! That. Was so cute. Like, I was smiling a lot when the gargoyle was poking him 😭 and then Malleus just suddenly unfroze and then formally introduced himself. He looked so so happy, and that had to be the most adorable thing. 🥺 And he wanted to save the gargoyle when the flowers started growing around them... I felt so bad for him in that moment because he couldn't save someone dear to him.

You know, I really like that he couldn't save the gargoyle in that moment. I think one of my favorite things about how Malleus was written in this event is that we really see just how much people look up to him. They see him as this super powerful mage who should be the one to solve the problem at the end of the day. And Malleus is very well aware of his power and of how people perceive him. He takes it all in, and he expects himself to do the job done. That's why when it came to taking out the flowers, he was the first to volunteer.

Even in the entire game, Malleus was always looked up for being powerful. But here, it's not the case. He had his power drained to the point that he couldn't fly. We actually see Silver and Sebek being able to do their jobs as guards. And we see him having to rely on the others so that he could make it to the tower. When he was going to go to save the gargoyle, he had to be stopped by Azul and Idia because he needed to conserve his energy. And now, if he wants the gargoyle to be alright, he has to rely on the bell of salvation.

I kind of wonder how he feels about this. But it's also a pretty neat change of pace from the usual 'Malleus is all powerful' narrative. And it shows something more relatable about him. I don't know, I admit that I'm rambling, but yeah. I like Malleus' writing in this event, I'm really glad for it.

[animeomegas]

Hey Amy💓, I've been wondering about this lately... i love how we all have this community on tumblr where we enjoy the idea of top!/dom!/alpha!reader - especially as female or gender neutral reader. But sometimes I feel disheartened that we'll ever get to really have relationships like that in the real world - ya know conventional gender roles and all... do you have any thoughts on this🥺? Has anyone of the other followers or yourself been successful "in the real world"?

Hey <3

(I'm happy for any of my followers to chime in with their own experiences in my inbox, I'll post them :D)

THIS IS ALL MY OWN OPINION/EXPERIENCE, THANK YOU

I know a lot of people who prefer role reversal relationships feel anxious about finding a partner that wants the same, I remember that being brought up in the role reversal subreddit a lot, back when I still used the site.

My experiences with role reversal in real life have actually been very positive, I'm pleased to report!

I'll never forget my first proper boyfriend that I dated when I was 15-16, I think he was 17. We were discussing films, at the time I was big into horror films and hated romcoms, he loved rom coms and hated horror. I suggested we compromise with an action film or even a non-comedy romance, but he was weirdly insistent that we should watch a horror film and that I could introduce him to the genre properly. I agreed, letting him choose the horror movie so he could pick a chiller one if he wanted, and a week later, we were getting ready to watch one on his bed.

He did not pick a chill one, to my confusion. He picked a pretty intense one, although I can't remember which one now. At the first jump scare, he flinched and grabbed my arm before tucking his face into my neck to avoid looking at the screen. At the next scares, he shuffled closer until he was pretty much on my lap. Of course, as you're probably realising, I was played XD He was so insistent about watching a horror because he wanted an excuse for cuddling and for me to protect him and dote on him lol. He was very cute.

I don't really have any sexual experience, so I'll leave that part of role reversal for someone else to chime in on. Although, anecdotally, I will say that there are many men who lean submissive but aren't comfortable saying that in public.

Try to remember that a lot of men are touch starved and starved for positive affection (toxic masculinity hurts them a lot in this regard). They likely won't think to ask you to do things like stroke their hair, but if you do it, they'll hopefully respond positively and it can set the tone for the relationship. Insist on not following gender roles in a relationship, no one can make you. Be confident in what you want. Communicate, communicate, communicate.

Most people want to be spoilt and doted on, men included, they just aren't used to it.

I know some people find it hard to even find men that are just nice people and willing to be equal partners, let alone try to find someone who fits your lifestyle preference, but it is definitely possible, believe me. Where you live and who you are will impact how easy it will be to find these men too, but it's never impossible, I promise <3

Anyone else with any anecdotes, positive or negative, is welcome to chime in or ask some questions if they'd like to :D

[arwenkenobi48]

My thoughts after seeing Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama

Rama and Lakshman are the best brothers ever (also Rama literally killed multiple demons with divine weapons as a teenager and that’s honestly more than I accomplished at 15)

Sita has Disney Princess powers

“I will cleave your filthy brain in two!” is not a line I expected to hear from a PG rated movie

Bharata is underrated

Surpanakha needs therapy (and a nose job)

Why is Maricha kinda- 😏

Ravana seriously needs to keep it in his pants (I was mentally shaking his shoulders and yelling “when will you learn that your actions have consequences!?” at him the entire time)

Rama furiously declaring he’ll hunt Ravana to the ends of the universe and then Lakshman just casually telling him to calm down was way funnier than it had any right to be

RIP Jatayu

The sentient mountain turning out to be a demigod literally felt like an NPC side quest in a fantasy RPG

Hanuman is the GOAT

I love how Jambavan just randomly drops the bombshell on Hanuman that he has divine powers, also his voice is weirdly amusing

Hanuman gets swallowed by a sea serpent, then promptly chops the thing up into sushi

Ravana’s giving off vaguely yandere vibes and I’m all here for it

Hanuman introducing himself to Sita with a beautiful song legit warmed my heart so much, he’s so wholesome

Ravana filing his nails while listening to Hanuman’s speech only to be like “kill him” was darkly hilarious

“alright, but set fire to his tail first, then let him go home” Ravana WTH-

Then Hanuman subsequently commits arson and burns down half the city of Lanka (cue the theme from It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia)

I have only known Vibhishana for a minute and a half but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself /j

Bridge building montage woohooo

Why do all the rakshasas sound either animalistic or flamboyant?

Speaking of which, there’s no way Indrajit is straight, no man who wears indigo eyeshadow, a crop top, no trousers and knee high boots isn’t at least a little bit bent

“Oh, what a nuisance! This is bothering me!” Ah yes, just how I’d describe being in the middle of a battle between literal demons and very floofy monkeys

Rama’s speech about respecting life was genuinely one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard

Kumbhakarna is the best boi

Kumbhakarna is the best round sleepy boi in the history of everything

His sons were absolute badasses and their deaths made me sad (not at all helped by his heartbroken expression when he found out)

I love how it literally took being waterboarded to wake up this giant

Vibhishana just casually mentioning to Rama that Kumbhakarna would become immortal after sleeping for SIX WHOLE MONTHS

Literally everything about Kumbhakarna is immensely endearing to me in a way I cannot explain, I just wanna smoosh his cheeks and feed him strawberry mochi, also he so ROUND

Kumbhakarna, don’t eat the Vanaras ffs

Kumbhakarna getting increasingly frustrated by the flying demons buzzing around him like mosquitoes should become a meme/reaction gif, purely because of how he yells “yOu ArE aNnOyInG mE!” at them

*two strikes of a divine sword later* NUUUUU MY BABYYYYY 😭

“I wish I’d known him as a friend, Vibhishana” that’s it, happy AU where everybody lives and they’re all besties let’s gooooo *crying inside*

The way Ravana’s voice quakes when he hears he’s now sans a brother 🥺

Indrajit is horrible but I love him

HANUMAN JUST AIRLIFTED A FUCKING MOUNTAIN HOLY SMOKES-

Omgggg an aerial battle this is so cool- INDRAJIT NOOOOO

RAVANA WHERE DID YOU GET AN AEROPLANE???

Yikes, Ravana, you’re really laying on the body horror here 😳

Awww Rama and Sita are together again yayyyy

Yasssss happy ending we love to see it!

Why are they flying to the moon in a glittering gold helicopter???

Basically, I love this movie and everything about it, especially Kumbhakarna 💞

(Also for the record I mean absolutely no disrespect by any of this)

[pianostrings]

Rebel Moon Part Two: The Scargiver Spoilers!!

- I AM HURT

- Really liked the camaraderie moments between the team, particularly with Tarak and Titus, and with Milius. I feel like there could have been more. Tarak was definitely carrying those moments.

- Nemesis my love!!! I was not expecting to be so emotionally affected by her backstory and performance! The parts with that little Aryan kid were so cute 🥺

- There were so many shots of them harvesting the grain lol. They really got their worth planting that field of wheat.

- But also they really could have dropped the grain talk at some point. I don’t think that dreadnought really needed it... They could have just sacked one of the other planets they recently visited if they needed food? Or stopped by one of the other planets on the way back to the Motherworld? This wouldn’t have bothered me at all if they didn’t keep bringing it up

- The five days deadline really felt like it could at least have been two weeks or something. They really needed more than a few days to teach the villagers how to fight.

- Some of the dialogue was a bit stilted. Like. “Remember when I told you all these things from the first movie, well, here they are again in case the viewer hasn’t seen part one?”

- Sam and Aris. Heart eyes motherfuxker!!!

- Kora’s tragic backstory!!! I knew it was a let’s stab Caesar situation but I was really hoping it wouldn’t be Kora involved in actually killing anyone. Issa 🥺

- “I forgive you.” “Don’t” 🫠

- The hurt on Kora’s face when Balisarius and the senators are screaming at her. AND I just worked out why they made a big deal about her being an offworlder. Balisarius needed the assassin to be an offworlder to continue invading other worlds

- Ok but why was there a live orchestra at the assassination… shouldn’t they want fewer people present as possible?

- I don’t know why I didn’t realise Jimmy was short for James 😭 But when Kora kept calling him James, it was giving parent calling child by their full name vibes

- Gunnar and Kora ❤️💔

- I’m getting vibes from Cassius and Noble… like gay vibes. Cassius feels a little too devoted to him?

- Noble not falling for Aris’s charade at all lol

- I didn’t get the Noble doing an Olivia Colman accent in the first movie but it’s really obvious here.

- Those woven blankies Sam made for everyone were so cute

- Everyone in that village was indistinguishable from each other. I really felt nothing when those peeps were getting shot down

- I did breathe a sigh of a relief when Sindri oop I meant Hagen Sindri got bonestaffed in part I was shown to be OK though. Can’t shoot the old guy.

- Den just got yeeted off a ship after an admirable admiral-killing attempt 😂 RIP. No back-up love interest for Kora.

- That last hour of action was so flipping good

- Jimmy’s entrance & stare down moment 😏😘

- The moment between Kora & the Kali when it’s eyes opened.

- I didn’t mean to laugh when Gunnar went sliding past Kora when the ship was tilting but I kinda did lol

- Also when Noble said “fucking farmers” I was like lol are they allowed to swear in this cut. I swear that was the only swear word.

- Kora killing Noble again was so satisfying

- “Why can’t I have this one thing?” Nooooo how dare you 😭😭😭

- (Someone should wellness check the Michiel Huisman blogs btw)

- Devra rocking up. Yes girl thank you 🙏🏻

- Gunnar’s burning heart flag at the funeral. It hurts.

- Kora owning up to her identity and Titus just being like, yeah.

- That reveal was. Holy cow. Does that mean Balisarius is keeping Issa in a room somewhere? 🫠🫠 Is her life force being used like the Kali??

- The soundtrack. Phenomenal. 10/10. No notes.

- I need the extended cuts

- I NEED PART THREE!!!!!

- And yes, I know we probably aren’t getting it but please Netflix 🙏🏻

- (Have I mentioned I am hurt??)

[oldsargasso]

Re: Winner cooking for his boys

SLKGDFGSFHSHIHGJO I'M SO! EMOTIONAL! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!

First of all, it's so easy to picture Winner doing all this coz Pop is such a cook 🥺 BUT ALSO! HE LIKES THEM! HE LIKES LIVING WITH THEM! WHY AM I SO AFFECTED BY THE MERE FACT OF THIS

I love that Kim's laundry habits are a recurring detail. I'd LOVE to be a fly on the wall watching Kenta's probably very intense negotiating tactics with market vendors.

As soon as Winner set the chilis aside I got mushy 🥺 I know I asked for a token of mild (hah) thoughtfulness but! It's such a small and yet thoughtful action!!!

Kenta sitting in the car after therapy - you had to stab me extra good didn't you hmm. But also just the way that Winner is so used to their rhythm GETS ME!!! Also KimDean shopping date 🥺 And Kenta getting post-therapy kisses my GOODNESS!!! I'm such a mess good god

One other domestic detail we must consider is that Winner is the tallest in the household and is therefore in charge of top shelf duty. And perhaps he takes advantage of this at moments, such as when Dean is struggling on tiptoes to reach a large mixing bowl stored just out of reach, and Winner presses his body flush against Dean's back as he reaches up from behind him to grab the bowl. "Need this?" he might say, before planting a sly kiss on Dean's cheek and laughing when Dean playfully shoves at him.

Also your tags!! Kim and Dean cuddling 🥺 Of course they'd share a bed. Winner takes up absolutely too much room and probably also snores at night. Kim and Dean are less particular about touch, they don't have to worry about it, whereas Kenta deals with a mix of touch aversion and touch starvation and needs his own space. BUT THE IMAGE OF HIM LINGERING IN THE DOORWAY WANTING TO BE WITH THEM AND NOT KNOWING HOW TO ASK. LET ME LIE DOWN FOR A MOMENT!!!!

In regards to cuddly Dean, I had been thinking about how he probably touches Kenta in the most casual way out of the three of them.

Winner probably (at first) uses touch to get on Kenta's nerves and rile him up (Winner likes getting shoved against hard surfaces ok), and then has an awkward period where he realizes he doesn't want to upset Kenta and has to figure out how to not be annoying.

Kim's touches are always heavy and intentional, there's a tangible weight to them, and they calm Kenta rather than rile him up.

But I think Dean would just be outright cuddly with Kenta, like he's touchy without thinking about it. Kenta will be sitting on the couch and Dean will plop down with his head in Kenta's lap, jabbering away about some new car he got to test drive, or he'll lean his head on Kenta's shoulder when they're watching a movie. And it's just. Something Kenta hasn't had since Pete left.

And he doesn't really know how to be physically affectionate (not at first), how to let himself just… touch someone for the sake of touching them. But it never phases Dean, if it takes Kenta ten minutes to convince himself to put his arm around Dean's shoulder. Dean doesn't pull away in a "oh I must be making you uncomfortable" manner. He doesn't withdraw his affection unless Kenta pushes him away.

And I think that would mean so much to Kenta? That Dean doesn't worry at all about being cuddly with him. He's not scared that Kenta will lash out at him, even though Kenta does occasionally snap when he's in a "don't treat me like I exist" mood, which is something they learn to navigate. But Dean still comes right back to him once things settle, simply because he likes Kenta and he enjoys being in contact with the people he likes.

Kenta also simply finds it cute at times and tells Dean so, which is how I ended up at the first ask I sent you 😌

YOU BROUGHT THAT ON YOURSELF!!!

onmg is he? I basically don't know anything about the actors beyond what photos/videos are shared on tumblr lol. that's funny though. I very much ascribe to cooking as a form of love. and spending time in the kitchen together is like THE activity so I always use it to show how people care!

listen if nothing else I will make up tiny details that I can tenuously connect to onscreen characterisation and carry it through all my stories. you KNOW Kenta has a Reputation in the market. half of it is intense negotiation and the other half is old ladies seeing his sad puppy demeanour and adopting him.

food is a language of love!! thoughtful consideration!! I feel like Winner would be big on these little actions where nothing is said and nobody has to say anything but it's obvious that he was paying attention. and making an effort.

I need Kenta to go to therapy so bad. also the car is the perfect place for containing maybe a little mini breakdown or just collecting yourself. like it's so obviously an in-between space that while you're there you can just process. that's why road trips are the best. imagine them all going on a road trip lmao there'd be at least one roadside argument and constant judgement of whoever is behind the wheel. Winner claims front seat privileges for height reasons. Kim for sure creates a perfect playlist or two (and then everyone keeps talking over the best songs so they have to start them again a bunch of times). that post that's like "doesn't matter how old you are, all road trip snacks should look like a child was given $20 and free reign" that's Dean. and then Kenta also packs some healthy snacks but he's the first one into the junk food.

Kim and Dean deserve to go shopping together! Kenta has no style and Winner has a very particular style so it is up to Kim and Dean to look good for everyone. also they're the only two who can be trusted to behave properly in a dressing room. by which I mean keep quiet. Winner doesn't give a fuck and Kenta doesn't like being forced to keep his noises in. they're buying jewellery and going to an ~adult store btw. KISSES FOR KENTA agenda.

!! YES. omg Winner would be the best/worst being the tallest. he'll help BUT. he definitely stores everyday items up high and is like "you just have to ask nicely~"

(uh I just read your newest ask and now my brain is like. derailed completely.)

I think Kim likes the closeness of sharing a bed and Dean likes knowing someone is always there. and Winner definitely needs his own space - for sprawling but also because I think he's the one out of all of them that very much needs His Space and His Things. Kenta would have had his own room in Tony's mansion right? or no??

stopppp cuddly Dean is KILLING MEEEE. also the thought that Pete was casually touchy with Kenta even with his power? death for me actually. but ughhh yes it's the fact that there's no expectation behind Dean's physical contact! it's just so natural and unconscious, like of course he's gonna reach out! I wonder too because North, Sonic and Alan are all pretty touchy as well, like Dean might be so used to it he doesn't even think twice about it. and now. they're pack! they're family! of course Dean isn't concerned about touching Kenta; he's not only allowed he's encouraged to do so because of that. am thinking of Kim and Dean in their bed with Kenta at the door and it's Dean who wakes up and welcomes him in, gently pulls his arm until Kenta climbs into bed and into prime cuddling position. and Kim sleeps through the whole thing because he knows he's safe.

deeply love the thought process that lead from this to where you ended up, you have a beautiful brain.

[omegansamurai]

Heyo!!!

Hope you're doing well and I hope I'm not being too much of a bother, but I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on Toph's characterization on the ATLA comics, please? 🥺

Especially from another Taang shipper, I think you're perspective is really knowledgeable and interesting (and you seem so smart with your words)

Oh my goodness!! Thank you! :D I was just about to message you! ^_^ 

LOL, well, I was the fortunate one to not read the comics, as I heard horror stories about them. XD But I just feel like...Toph isn’t treated really fairly in those comics? Like all Bryke can do is make her snarky and tough, but it’s like...she’s so much more than that? She can feel, she can cry, she can even act girly when she wants to! It’s like Bryke are so sheltered, they can’t make her interesting...maybe it’s because they see her as a dude-bro, and don’t want her to be involved with Aang, because Aang has Katara, but...well, why not? You think Aang would be totally fine with just having one girl when there are other girls out there that he can communicate with(like Toph?)? Like let’s be real, he’ll be a teenager soon, and he’s gonna notice some changes in girls...and the whole ‘Aang is a saint thing? Like...kid, you’re twelve. You got a whole life ahead of you. Meaning, different tastes in women change. And honestly, they, being Bryke, screwed up Aang as well. Like he’s too preachy, he’s too...I mean, I like Aang, I just don’t like Bryke’s Aang. Aang could’ve been so much more of a character that grows, but we don’t get that, we just get him to go through the easy way out, without any growth, just so he can get the girl, that girl being Katara. It’s just...it’s lazy. 

Honestly, I’m not even going to watch the ATLA grown-up movie, because it’s going to have Bryke at the helm. I know it’ll be a trainwreck, because they have to make them the way they were in the show...which, look at Korra, they did spectacularly with that show, didn’t they? X( Like, the writing is not on par with ATLA. And even then, the third season of ATLA felt botched. Like they just don’t want him to grow, and they want him to get the girl, which the story of Avatar is so much more than that! Like, care about your story, dudes! DX

Really, what I’m actually waiting for, is the Netflix live-action ATLA. At least that could be good without Bryke’s influence on the show. And it sounds great from all the stuff that’s been said about it! Like, seriously, the live-action sounds like it’s going to be good. I don’t even know what Bryke was pitching a hissy-fit about after they left(it could be ship preference, I don’t know!), but if it’s doing good, just know that they want in on that fame. XP

Okay, I’m gonna stop here, because I feel like I could go on and on about certain things, but just to end this message, the only reason Avatar is so different right now, is because the head writer and his talented writers aren’t on Avatar anymore. Bryke scared them away, because they are petty and stupid enough to cancel a fourth season for (get this) the greenlit of The Last Airbender movie! D: And they threw M. Night under the bus when it did very poorly when they had a hand in it as well! X(

Either way, yeah, I just don’t like Bryke. XP

(Sorry, I feel like I didn’t answer your question. I hope I at least kind of did. ^^; )

[larrikin-is-a-himbo]

Thoughts on rewatch of the Batman 2022

"Ave Maria" faintly playing in the background in the beginning. Hadn't noticed that before.

Gotta look fabulous before going to beat the life out of criminals.

This movie does a perfect job of separating Batman and Bruce Wayne. How different those two people are, despite being the same person.

Another aspect I love is that this is the very beginning stages of Batman's journey. He's not the "perfect, no mistakes, flawless detective work" Batman that most movies portray. He's learning, making mistakes, still needs to improve his skills and craft. And since it's the first years and he hasn't been established as an asset to the Gotham PD yet, the officers, rightfully so, *do not* like him which makes a lot of sense than letting him run amok. (Not that that gets any better with time but you feel the difference in how they take Batman's presence.)

"The city's eating itself. Maybe it's beyond saving. But I have to try." SEE that is how you characterise Bruce, hope and endurance in the face of despair.

The narrative parallel between the death of the mayor and his son finding the body, and young Bruce watching his parents being murdered. Oh, it's so good, I'm gonna eat my hand.

Bruce saying he doesn't care what happens to his family's business and all the work they've done, equating his worth to what he does as a vigilante just goes to show how much the trauma and mental anguish has taken over his life, and now the severe depression, suicidal tendencies, even subconsciously just looking for an excuse to not live hits too close to home.

Robert Pattinson's back 😳 (I am a whore, leave me alone)

Batman fucking up the twins will never not be funny.

You've gotta be honest, our edgelord's entrance into Penguin's lair is nothing short of iconic.

I love this version of Penguin so much, he's the right amount of menacing and goofy.

THE FIRST MEETING OF BATCAT. Love-at-first-sight if I've ever seen it.

I fucking LOVE seeing Catwoman in action.

If I don't meet my S/O with us having a 1v1 and them manhandling me, what even is the point of it all.

Selina and Bruce's socio-economic background play such a big role in their reasons and aspirations to be heroes (or vigilantes). Glad this movie doesn't gloss over that.

Batsy is such a bastard in his early days. Selina should deck him.

He has so much to learn and grow, not just as Batman, but as a person. Yes, this is about him sending Selina as a spy.

Bruce Wayne looking like he's having the worst time of his life when he's in public. I love this socially repulsive man with all my heart.

Bruce seeing his child self in the mayor's son, but now with new responsibility of solving this mystery, just wow. A lot of movies, at least the live-action ones, tend to not prioritise portraying Bruce's childhood or the trauma he experienced with the gruesome murder of his parents, because at his core that's what led him down this path, it's just as, if not more, important, to him being the saviour, the knight of Gotham.

Him getting jealous thinking that's Selina with Falcone. Somebody's in love.

Riddler and his stupid love letters. Get a life.

Batman, you idiot, why would you stand with your face right infront for the bomb.

The police station scene is so funny. Poor Jim is losing it. "Great, now I got you on assaulting an officer." "You got me on assaulting three." Bad bitch energy.

"We gotta get you out of here buddy." "🥺" Gay behaviour.

OOOOOH. THE ESCAPE SCENE. Can't wait to see Batsy hit the ground and eat shit. THERE IT IS.

The fucking chase scene. Hell yeah. Emo Batman has some of the best entrances and chases in this movie. It's actually fun to watch and isn't cringe. What a refreshing change.

"Good cop, batshit cop." Jim shoving the pictures of the mutilated face into Penguin's face. I can't breathe.

Jim and Bats interrogating Penguin. Penguin roasting the fuck out of them. "No habla espanol, fellas?" "Shut up!" FUCKING HILARIOUS. Them leaving his tied up, and him waddling while cursing. THAT'S how you do comedy without breaking the tone of the movie, especially for dark superhero movies.

I know Alfred doesn't die but godsdammit I hate seeing him hurt.

Bruce lashing out because he feels betrayed but also reeling from getting flashbacks to his father's death while seeing Alfred in that bed, my boy was in the worst emotional state. I forgive him for being a little bitch to his dad (Alfred).

The heart to heart between Bruce and Alfred is such a tender and love-full moment. I needed that :,)

Selina should have just killed Kenzie before Bats came around. I support women's rights, but more importantly I support women's right to murder.

Carmine Falcone is such a sleazebag character. He gives me the creeps.

I love Jim Gordon. No particular scene inspired that statement, I just love him.

THE SECOND BEST HALLWAY FIGHT SCENE IN THE WORLD. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I want it injected in my veins.

When Falcone is arrested and Penguin speaks against Carmine, I love that scene because it's a subtle indication to the end of the movie, where we see Penguin will now take over the criminal underworld of Gotham. The mighty Falcon has been taken down, the city is drowned. What better opportunity for a flightless bird to takeover?

Riddler with his dumb ass jokes and reddit lives. What a clown. He's dangerous but I can't take him seriously.

Batman appears and he just [starts screaming] peak teenage boy behaviour. Cringe lord. Be better.

Starting the movie with "I am darkness", contemplating if Gotham can even be saved, and ending it with Batman lighting the way, leading Gotham out of the destruction. GODS. Him coming to the realisation that Gotham, and by extension himself, need hope and change, not clinging to the past, not vengeance. That is so poetic.

In regards to BatCat, the last meeting really signifies their love story. He loves her, he truly does, and maybe in this version of the story they end up together despite all the, but Gotham will always be his priority. She wants him to live, not just exist, but live, but Bruce gave up on that idea long ago.

"The Bat and the Cat, its got a nice ring to it. [Pause] Who am I kidding? You're already spoken for." OK, Mr. Matt Reeves, why don't you just shoot me between the eyes?

[ambrossart]

Hello 👋 I recently read the new chapters and they made me 😢, because my favorite character is Henry, I think that's why it hurt me so much, my heart broke when Henry said that she wasn't worth it and did nothing to protect her nor save her and the saddest thing is that from the perspective of both Henry and Evelyn they both feel betrayed and deceived, but well Henry took it in the worst way when Evelyn did not remove Patrick's hand instead of thinking that maybe Evelyn was not comfortable with that and was afraid that maybe if she slapped him or rejected him Patricio could do something worse, it's not like that was going to stop him, he is Patricio, his supposed friends are supposed to know him and know very well what He is capable, but my question is, how do you write to Henry? Do you have any outline or structure or rules for writing about his personality, what kinds of things he would do and what he wouldn't do? How do you get into his mind, I feel like that is very difficult and complicated? I feel that all his interactions are also thought out, you also capture his energy and his personality unlike other stories that make him be like a simple bully or bad boy and his entire character is flat and empty but not your character of Henry. I love it sometimes when I read it, I visualize it as if I were watching it in the movie, you are incredible writing, I'm very excited about the next title, I'm dying to see what Henry has to say about it ❤️😊

First of all, thank you! 🥺 And I love Henry, too.

Well, what I do with all the main characters is I create a profile for them, which has their backstory, physical traits, personality traits, etc. I haven’t had to consult that in a while, though.

The way I approach Henry is that he’s someone who’s just overflowing with hurt and hate. He hates his dad for abusing him. He hates his mom even more for abandoning him. He hates the town he lives in. He hates the school he attends because the teachers all think he’s stupid. Henry would have dropped out of school and left town by now, but he can’t leave because he doesn’t want to leave Evelyn. She’s the only place he’s ever felt safe and he loves her… in his own imperfect way, he loves her. So now Henry's trapped in a town he hates, in a house he hates. He's drowning in all these horrible feelings and his only outlet for them is anger and violence. Anger is the only emotion he’s comfortable expressing because that’s the only emotion he ever saw growing up. That was his dad’s answer for everything: get mad and hit something—or someone.

When we first meet Henry in Paper Men, he’s dealing with a problem that he’s never had to face before: intimacy. He doesn’t know why he can’t be physical with Evelyn. He doesn’t know why he flinches whenever she tries to touch him. He knows he loves her and, based on her actions, he wants to believe that she loves him, too. So why can’t he be intimate with her? Henry’s abuse has affected him in ways he can’t even comprehend, in ways he’s not emotionally equipped to handle. Because of this, Henry is in an extremely fragile state, which is only made worse by the sexual assault he experiences in Ch. 12. Right now, he’s teetering on the edge, and seeing Evelyn with Patrick is the lucky spark to make him completely explode.

Sure, Patrick is just being Patrick, but Evelyn’s supposed to be better than that. She’s supposed to be perfect. (That’s not fair to Evelyn, of course, but that’s what Henry needs her to be in order to feel secure.) And if Evelyn’s not perfect, if she’s just like all the other girls at school, if she’s just like his mother, then maybe she’s not the safe place he thought she was, and that’s terrifying for Henry.

I’ve said this before, but Henry Bowers is a slave to his emotions, particularly his anger. Sooner or later, it’s always going to get the better of him. He’s a very tragic character.

Sorry, I don’t think I answered your question at all. Honestly, I don’t have a method for approaching his character. I just read the book, watch the movie, and think about him way too much. 😂

[luvrodite]

Hey Ro my beloved!! Here to indulge on the self-shipping. I was curious, do you have an actor or model that you see in your head as faceclaim for Jason? Or does your mind come up with a very specific iteration of him when you think about him? I ask because, when I like a written/drawn character, my mind is always on the lookout for an actor or a model that fits the description, just to have more of a solid idea of what they may look like in the flesh.

(Granted I used to be such a huge fan of all things Batman related but have fallen super behind and I don’t know if he has been adapted into a live action series or anything yet, so!)

Love you!! X

hi babydoll!!!! hehehehe thank u i love love love selfshipping and i love jason and i love YOU !!! i’m sorry in advance for rambling, i went on a small tangent because despite literally running a blog about him i don’t talk about him nearly enough as i’d like to hahaha

jason has technically been adapted in the live action series but curran walters (the actor) is definitely not the jason i envision in my mind in my selfship au. i’m super super picky about face claims when it comes to him so i don’t actually have one that i go to every single time BUT in my mind he looks exactly like this one random guy i saw in 2017 whose face i cant even properly remember anymore 😭

usually in my mind apart from that i kind of imagine him as tanned and a bit beefy - but just a liiittle bit less than some of the official art. like a minuscule amount less just because i’m not a fan of the way they draw him a lot of the time. i think one of my favourite versions of him is in this panel because he looks so beautiful. tw for the joker tho i hate that clown.

a lot of the time they draw him so stocky and very…idk how to describe it but he looks much older than his age and it’s not very flattering. my mind’s jason is a mix of pretty/handsome and strong features i think. like he has pretty eyes and high cheekbones and a nice jaw but he’s also like. soft and strong. i like the idea of his muscles being covered in a layer of softness so it’s not like movie star six pack and gun show, he’s got big arms but they’re also soft. does this make sense? also he 100000% has the white streak and i imagine him with scars bc he earned them!! he looks a little scary but he’s a softie!!!!

i think he gets a little softer as our relationship progresses. this is a more personal thing but the idea of gaining weight in a relationship because you’re being well fed and loved is so important to me, for the both of us, because it’s like. you’re safe enough to relax, you’re happy enough to live and be healthy. it makes me emotional thinking about it. also with this - i think he looks more his age in my selfship au and it’s in that same vein of finally getting to rest. drawing from my own personal experiences, i looked a lot older than i was for most of my teenage years because of stress etc and it’s only in recent years that that’s stopped, so i imagine it’s the same with him. we get to be young together and we get to rest. this is so grossly sappy but there’s such a big healing element to that relationship and it’s so important to me.

anyway thank you a billion times for sending this ask in 🥺 i hope your weekend was so lovely and im sending you soooo much love

[neardestruction]

Oh Beom-Seok (Hong Kyung)

I recently watched "weak hero class 1", and fell in absolute love with Hong Kyung playing the role of Oh Beom Seok.

He portrayed the character in a very transparent yet subtle and delicate way 🥺

Beom Seok is very complex in the way that his actions are not explained at all. If you're not interested in his character you'll think "all of this because Soo Ho didn't follow him back on insta??" but he's so much more than that.

we know enough of his circumstances and why he began to feel this way, but we can't understand why he would go that far.

and we don't know the amount of trauma he has, but it's implayed that his actions are a reflection of what he learned growing up.

He was bullied in his past school, to the point he had to transfer to an other. and "raised" by a violent & uncaring adoptive father. he never had friends. and never once in his life, had he a caring figure around him to show him what is understanding and love.

He watches and replicate what he learned, without understanding that it's wrong.

Like when he asks Young Yi if she's getting out with Soo Ho in exchange of living with his grandma, it's meant to hurt her. But he genuinely think that friendships are a "give and take" deal and she must have given something to Soo Ho.

Or when he thinks Soo Ho's arm around his shoulders means that Soo Ho is looking down on him, because the bullies (he just barely escaped from his past school) did that very. same. thing. (Meanwhile Soo Ho is just an angel and doesn't have it in him to hurt him, consciously anyway.)

We could probably think that Beom Seok misunderstanding of Soo Ho could've been avoided by communication. But as Beom Seok himself doesn't know why he's doing all this, he couldn't have talked about it.

Beom Seok was a ticking time bomb, a result of years of hidden abuse, that was meant to implode at any moment. It couldn't be avoided.

Hong Kyung did a wonderful job at portraying the delicate nature of Beom Seok's changing emotions, as he run towards self destruction and tragedy like it's what he always wanted.

I actually love that the show doesn't explain or justify his actions and leave place to interpretation. the whole experience feels like a coming of age movie that went wrong.

Beom Seok's rage and despair. The way he is just. numb. And his heart is just a big wound that keeps growing until he's just unable to feel anything else but pain.

Favorite scenes :

After Soo Ho is in the coma and Si Eun is in his way to pay back. Beom Seok is just sitting there, in the class, as if he's given up on life. As if he's numb and doesn't seem to care anymore. Just waiting for the world to end.

His last scene :Beom Seok as he makes his way to the airport and leaves to the Philippines. The wide angle of his back as we don't see his face but we know he's crying his heart out because he knows he ruined the life of the only person he cared about, and won't ever see him again.