#which is just YIKES imo

[theirwolfbicanthrope]

See, regardless the intention with the new Nosferatu what I see over and over especially on Twitter with -no joke- over 400,000 likes are posts about how all this happened because Thomas was way too invested in getting a promoyion instead of staying home and fucking his wife

I mean, it's hard to have sex with your wife if you don't have a home. just saying.

Really, though, the victim blaming going on with these takes makes me so frustrated. Even IF we ignore that Orlok already knows Ellen and feels entitled to her, even IF we ignore that he is doggedly determined (now that she's married to someone else) to show up and reclaim her for good - Thomas. Had. No. Choice.

Not to rant at you, anon, just using your ask to go off on this narrative.

The thing is - Thomas is already in debt at the start. That it's to his friend doesn't matter to Thomas. Honestly it might make the debt seem even worse. He is indebted to Harding financially, he and Ellen are not off to the most secure start, he's already been away for a while due to the honeymoon - this actually is vitally important for them. He needs his job. He was already late - if he hadn't been so late or hadn't realized it, he likely would have stayed home longer. But he couldn't. Then when he's offered this big, lucrative deal, he can't refuse it. Knock commenting about 'if you close this sale, you're job is guaranteed' isn't just tempting him with success, it's also threatening him with failure.

What happens if Ellen relapses and they're destitute? What happens if Ellen is having her seizures again, the sleepwalking, the melancholy, what if it gets worse? Ellen of course is still in the sweet honeymoon phase and thinks that love will be enough to stave those things off because so far Thomas' mere presence and affection has worked. But the thing is, that high is going to come back down. It happens in even the most wholesome and genuine of relationships, and stress - especially financial stress - will not do them any favors. Will not do her and her mental health and her attempts to keep her bond with Orlok suppressed any good whatsoever. I mean, that's basically what is happening in the film. The more they struggle financially, the more desperate things get, the greater the fissures and cracks that form in their marriage, giving Orlok more opportunity to come in and use it against them. Which is quite literally what he does. Thomas staying home, refusing the job, etc., only changes the how and when.

Ellen doesn't quite get it because based on what we know of her background and her father, she's never struggled to make ends meet, she's struggled with wealth and status being used against her. Of course she comes at this from the angle of 'being in a wealthy household didn't protect me', which Thomas can't understand. Neither can Ellen understand Thomas' perspective of being in debt to someone, worrying about failing to provide. I don't think it's simply that Thomas wants to make Ellen comfortable and have a life like she used to - he quite literally is worried that he cannot provide for her at all, especially if she gets sick (mentally or physically).

Like, Thomas in the 2024 movie isn't solely and completely driven by financial success - if you contrast him in the film with how Eggers originally wrote him in the 2016 script or how he's portrayed in the 2023 remake, this Thomas comes across to be more of the mindset that 'having financial success and being of similar standing to Ellen and Friedrich will make everything fine and I will be good enough to deserve her love and his friendship.' The driving factors are really that Thomas a) wants everything to be will for him and Ellen and b) wants to live up to the rigid societal standards of his gender. He's insecure, and he's overcompensating. Which isn't great but is a relatively normal character flaw, and certainly isn't one that is so inherently damning. His love and concern for Ellen still factor into things. He's not turning into a money-obsessed, toxic masculinity-minded asshole or something of the sort. That's why as soon as he's no longer naive to this darkness in the world - the things that Ellen has known of all along - his motivation shifts entirely to protecting Ellen. He understands now that unfortunately, in this rigged, supernatural game they're all trapped in, money means nothing. Money can't save Harding and his family, it certainly won't save Thomas and Ellen. But even IF he had known that all along - it wouldn't have made a difference.

Thomas and Ellen still need to live, Thomas would have to leave for work, and would have to take that job that sends him over to Transylvania. And if somehow they could circumvent that? Orlok still would find a way to separate them. Orlok would still come to Wisburg. Thomas is not the hero in this story, he's the damsel in distress, and unfortunately for him, while he gets to make it out alive, the actual hero who saves the day does not. Thomas loses his wife, but that is not his fault. It's not his fault he got assaulted, traumatized, left for dead, and it's not his fault he couldn't save Ellen. It's not his fault she died.

Ellen was doomed long before she met him, and that wasn't her fault, either.

anyway, all this to say - I'm glad I'm not on twitter. I'm glad I can block people with these takes.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

if superman 2025 isn't a good movie i will recover i'll be fine i survived not liking maws that much but BY GOD will i be disappointed for the rest of my life until i die

[waywardsalt]

im so fucking tired i just deleted a like. 200+ hours fe fates save

[futurefind]

//The sudden realization that Pseudo-Servant/Thetis!Rea (esp if she's also Master) has the most chaotic potential/dynamic due to the combo of shounen protag magnetism/unflappable all-loving-ness and Goddess Core:

Douman.

They're both gremlin bastards and more importantly fking Nerds wrt magecraft (if in v disparate ways), and more specifically he focuses on curses. Her Divinity eats them for breakfast.

Just. They keep crafting honing and throwing ever-higher levels of Shit at Rea hoping for something, anything,

And then she just uses any level of active magecraft to counter it and oop there it goes. Gg + gl next time ig

[confusedspaceotter]

Damn WN twitter you doing okay man

(Context : kty deactivated her Twitter account possibly because of a fan dug up old photos of her and post it on their account )

[melikedraw]

stumbled across ur blog n omg im in love literally went thru all ur stuff today n last night u r feeding the people

would love to hear ur thoughts on christmas with gaolang and ohma and any of ur faves!!! feeling very christmasy rn

Christmas with the kengan boys🎄🎄

Various kengan men x gn! Reader

(gaolang, ohma, Jose, himuro, saw paing)

~~~~~

Gaolang:

- he doesn't typically celebrate Christmas, I'm also pretty sure 25 dec is still a working day in Thailand (don't @ me I got this from Google)

- HowEVER he will take the day off to celebrate it with you because you always come first

- if you celebrate with your family, he would take that chance to make a good impression on your parents (they will love him, he's just perfect like that)

- he would even make a dish to bring to your parents house

- if you celebrate alone, he'll cook up a feast for you

- may not have much of the typical Christmas meals but there will be many homely, warm, comforting traditional Thai dishes

- he'll even practice making dishes from your home country

- would appreciate it if you join him in the kitchen, even if you can't cook

- he just loves your presence

Ohma:

- what's Christmas? (KIDDING) (or am I)

- has never celebrated Christmas before meeting you, probably thought it was a myth at some point

- but once he heard about the Christmas turkey or whatever y'all eat for Christmas, he was READY

- literally just comes to your house and goes "food where?"

- he also expects you to have a present for him

- he'll get one for you too, of course. Probably something he found on the ground that reminded him of you

- that said, he doesn't really get the big whoop around Christmas

- all he wants is to be wrapped up in your blanket with you in his arms as he sleeps through the cold day

- tries to fight mall Santa

Jose:

- the Boyfriend Ever™

- wants to make everything as perfect a Christmas as possible

- wakes up early to make you a nice breakfast and brings you out the whole day

- he'll get you whatever you want too, gifts and all

- probably wants it to be a day of just the two of you though if you usually celebrate with your family, he expects you to bring him along (he wants to make a good impression on your parents)

- candle lit dinner is a MUST. His own home cooked dinner of course. He'll turn off all the lights in your shared house, light a few candles he found laying around in the store room, set a plate heaped with his meals made with love and pour you a glass of wine (or whatever drink you like. It'll still be in a wine glass though, for the vibe)

- wants to end the day early so that you two have time to cuddle, maybe watch a few cringey Christmas movies

- he loves it if you fall asleep in his arms, trust me, he told me himself

Himuro:

- yikes, with all the girlfriends he has, you might not even have the day with him

- okay, let's assume he stops playing around after meeting you

- he'll bring you out shopping, spoiling you with whatever you want to get

- then, he'll take you to a fancy restaurant, typical date style since he's not the type to make home cooked meals imo

- will be extra sweet to you (he is always a dear, but he's seriously EXTRA charming today)

- probably takes you to places with a bunch of Christmas decorations set up or a big Christmas tree so that y'all can take photos together for him to flex on the three other idiots (lihito, okubo, kaneda)

- he hopes to end the day with you in his bed/ him in yours

Saw paing:

- he is SO excited

- weeks before Christmas itself he'll be talking about how much he wishes to spend it with you

- he is a yappatron 3000 so be ready to have your ears talked off about what he plans to do for you

- unlike all the others who would celebrate Christmas with your family, Saw paing will fly you (and your family if you request it be done) to his home village and celebrate there

- you're saws s/o, which means you're now family to the entire village. The kids will call you big sis, the adults will treat you as if you and saw were already married

- you'll probably have a lot of "when will we have our grandkids/nephews/whatever" questions asked, but other than that, it's a really chill, homely experience

- however, a downside to this is that you and saw never get time alone

- if you're in saw's rooms, don't be surprised if someone just barges in, because that's how siblings be

- even giving him a kiss will get you stares from the grandma across the room or something and a giggle from a gossipy aunty (good luck, you'll need it)

[wild-magic-oops]

I had hopes for this but the end result is not particularly an improvement imo

There are 4 options

1st option - ends the dialogue but you can ask the twins again

2nd and 3rd option - end the dialogue and you can't ask the twins again as long as Gale's your LI (I assume)

this is what you get if you try to ask again

And this is pretty much where any positive changes end imo

The 4th option can lead to sex. And they decided to word it like that. In Gale's mind, making love as gods is about intertwining their spirits. It's intimate on a profoundly deep level. It's not just about sex, but also about a connection to the person you love.

And that is used as a reason that he must be curios about having sex in a brothel with a couple of hired randos... It's just so disappointing and yikes to me.

The problem with this whole scene for me wasn't the persuasion roll itself, but the coercive manner the option plays out. That hasn't changed, but now you also don't need to roll for this decision which undermines that it's a shitty decision actually. Does this look like the face of a person who's enthusiastic about smth?

To me it reads that he definitely doesn't want to participate, but would tolerate watching his partner participate. But he sure af doesn't look like he wants any of this.

The rest of the scene plays out like it did before I think, soothing the player for their choice by implying that Gale enjoyed it actually, it's all fiiiine.

[cieloclercs]

what would you say (if i told you i love you)? — charles leclerc

PART: 4/? (read part 3 here)

summary. in which childhood best friends blur the lines between what they’ve always known, and something more

warnings. pure angst lmao, charles is an idiot with a capital I, swearing, basically everyone hates charles, the leclercs (minus charles) and joris being iconic + your unnamed bestie, i used pictures from france 2022 so sorry about that 🫠

pairings. charles leclerc x artsy!reader

face claim. tara michelle

author’s note. alex is in one of the pictures as a face claim for a different character but absolutely no hate is intended to her at all !! sorry for the angst in this one 😭 but i promise it won’t stay like that for much longer! <33

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y/nsart experimenting with new textures and media! super happy with the outcome 🖤

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f1wags Charles Leclerc arrived in the Monza paddock today with Italian model Bianca Santoro. Sources suggest they looked pretty cosy 👀

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username y/n’s rep era (painter edition) loading…

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y/nsart the heart was made to be broken

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leclerc_pascale ❤️

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formula1updates Charles Leclerc after his DNF in Monza 💔

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yourfriend

yourusername toujours mon amour 🩷 arthur_leclerc take care of her please ↳ yourfriend what do you think i’m doing? 🙄 joris_trouche can’t believe i wasn’t invited 😔 ↳ yourfriend do you understand the meaning of a ‘girl’s trip’? charles_leclerc please can you ask her to answer my texts? ↳ yourfriend why should i? you’ve already hurt her enough.

three weeks later…

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tagged: yourfriend

yourusername healing 🌊🤍🌙

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yourfriend la plus belle fille 💕/ the most beautiful girl

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*yourusername liked this comment

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➜ part 5

tagged: @incoherenciass

[ihopesocomic]

People are so weird about xenofiction

"Who cares if they die! They're animals! It's nature. Them getting killed isn't a big deal because animals die in nature all the time"

If I watch an animal documentary and an animal dies in it I'll still feel sad? I can acknowledge it's natural for anything to die and still feel bad. Hell I feel bad when PLANTS die or get hurt.

It's just so weird to me that some people genuinely want fictional animal children to die or get hurt and think it's normal because "they're animals"

Idc if they're animals, the characters are kids

There's a difference between going "lol this character sucks I hope he dies" and not being serious, and genuinely wanting these characters(whose biggest crimes are following their parents and Fade's a lil shit ig lol I love him) to be harmed because "they deserve it"

It just says a lot about a person imo

While I feel this situation is more 'these characters remind me of people I don't like personally so they should therefore die!' vs. folks being dismissive of animal life, this argument is certainly applicable to the amount of times we've heard 'who cares? It's realism/how nature works!' in response to how eh we feel about the lionesses in My Pride being chill with their cubs being slaughtered.

And it's like I mentioned in another ask: yes, these characters may be fictional animals but we've also had irl readers say they relate to them or they feel some kind of connection to them because they share very similar circumstances so when folks are saying they should die horribly or be rendered disabled as a punishment (which is also very yikes)... It can have an impact. It doesn't matter if they're animals or not. oof - RJ

[marzipanandminutiae]

a.) your new doll is so neat I'm so excited to see your updates when her legs get here! and also: did you ever read a book series called The Doll Hospital? It was about a kooky old hippie lady who fixed up old dolls and her two granddaughters who come to live with her and it's not like written to be esoteric or profound or anything but I really enjoyed those books as a kid. I'd completely forgotten about them, but one of the dolls was a wax doll whose nose melted in a fire, which is why I remembered them and had to ask. b.) can you say more stuff about the history of jingle bells, please?

I LOVED THOSE BOOKS

their grandmother could communicated with the dolls she fixed. I was totally enchanted, though I only read the first two books

thank you for complimenting Sylvia! I love her very much; her face is so lovely and pensive

as for the history of Jingle Bells, that's about all I know. the man who wrote it c. 1850, James Pierpont, was from Medford (where I lived for about six years, acttually; love that place) and was inspired by their tradition of winter sleigh races up and down Main Street. he may have written it in a tavern in Medford, right on that same sttreet!

or he wrote it about Medford while living in Savannah, Georgia. there's a Dispute. I choose to believe the narrative that it was written at Simpson's Tavern in Medford, though. there's a plaque to that effect near the site where the tavern used to stand

and after that, he. um. moved to Georgia and went on to fight- and write music -for the Confederacy in the American Civil War

yikes

(his father was a chaplain for the 22nd Massachusetts Infantry in the same war, so they were technically both in the military on opposite sides)

"does that mean we should cancel Jingle Bells?!?!?!" well, no; Pierpont is very dead and not getting any money for it. lots of things were written or created by terrible people. it's just an interesting wrinkle to the story, IMO

[saltlickmp3]

☕how the writers delt with river song

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP THEY DID MY GIRL SO DIRTY there are so many. good river song moments. and there are so manythat make me want to tear a strip off steven moffat like every goddamn episode with her they have to make some obnoxious sex joke or some Honey Im Home type shit & i understand this is like. A Moffat Theme & i dont always hate it but goddddd its so reductive like there is so much!!!! that could be done with her character !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is overshadowed by haha what if she was sexy like STOPPPPPPPPPPPP.

like silence in the library was a really good character lead in & i like her!!! as a character !!!! even the overly flirtatiousness unfortunately that would work on me but even aside from that. she is a good character let down but the sheer pull-it-out-of-your-ass writing of her backstory. like?? she could regenerate cos she was conceived in the tardis okay thats really cool much weirder stuff has happened when it comes to tardises & making babies but then WE SeE THIS FOR LIKE. ONE OR TWO EPISODES BEFORE THEYRE LIKE WHOOPS THAT DOESNT WORK ACTUALLY COS SHE'S DEAD UHHH SHE BETTER UHMM IDK SAVE TH E DOCTOR OR SOMETHING WHATEVER> COS HER ENTIRE LIFE HAS TO REVOLVE AROUND HIM. HASHTAG MARRIAGE AMIRITE like even the fact that her entire life was shaped around him isnt a Bad Idea it just feels like no one considered the tragic impies (implications) of this, & simultaneously doing amy so dirty in the process as well like??? she loses baby mels & then discovers she was her (never previously mentioned) childhood friend but then she uhhhh dies & turns into this woman you already know and them????? barely eveer mention it again???? holy shit?????????????????????? amy & river is a freaking horror story but one that the writers seem imcapable of dealing with because sOMEONE is too busy making obnoxious jokes about married life

a lot of thsi is specific to the General Vibes of the eleven era stuff as well which was in general so so weird about women & while its not like twelve or any of teh other doctors are expemt from this eleven is a massive dick to people quite a bit & a lot of this falls on river b/c he is seemingly (iirc i havent seen some of this stuff for a while though it Haunts Me) almost careless? with her? like a sort of 'welllllll she's here now so it was all okay in the end :)' sort of attitude ignoring that she went through A Fuckton Of Stuff before she was even a concious human(mostly??) being

even the husbands of river song is tragically guilty of some of that stuff like. she's seen some wild shit & she should have known it was twelve wayyyyyy way way quicker. like i understand why she didnt for plot reasons but she is in fact very intellegent like. she's allowed to show that. unfortunatley sometimes women cant be smart & have their boobs out at that same time I GUESSSSSSSSS

also the nine & river audios from earlier this year? i really like archipelago i listened to that a couple of times & i thought it was really powerful but AGAIN the writers make river So Fucking Obsessed With Romance like. you'd let it go by that point. nine had literally just proved he's the most aro guy in the universe (good for him) and shes stillllllll flirting at him. which. imo she wouldnt do anymore because, shock horror, she does actually like him as a person & values his company and you would think you would be friends wit hthe guy YOU ARE GONG TO MARRY OR WHATEVER. NOT THAT THEIR MARRIAGE WAS PARTICULARLY ROMANTIC EITHERIM GONNA BE SO REAL. obviously sex is important to her & good for her but yikes. it doesnt need to be mentioned so often.

like its the whole 'inherent tragedy of waiting for a time traveller' stuff which i do eat up every time meeting her in silence of the library & knowong that there is so much more there - VERY COMPELLING !! really good character intro augahagaauuaajaaajahhahahahhhh but nooooo her Entire Fucking Goddman Life has to revolve around being manipulated & The Doctor AS WELL AS !! the completely uncalled for ohhhh im a PSYCHOPATH ( <- unfounded & demonstrably untrue lowkey this is saneism right. thats an ableism there yes? ) thing they alllwaysssss have her say like well!! shes not !! theres 'youre talking about commiting a murder'/'no im not, i'm actually commiting a murder' which i like & is funny & she would say that and then theres teh vauge oooohhhhh im so Freaky & I Have A Gun or whatevr like augsugsaihuahahaouoauauoouauoauoauoauuo

also twelve & river had freaky t4t bi4bi aroallo sex after the end of husbands of river song but no actual dw writer is enlightened enough to see that because they have to flatten her into The Doctors Wife & she would have had a far better dynamic with 12 than with 11 (not that i'm biased) i wish they got more time togetherrrrrrrrrrr also you should listen to the bekdel test (diary of river song audio with missy)

[iamnmbr3]

IMO the structure of HP doesn’t "allow" for a well-written Harry/Ginny romance: the books are protagonist-centered and Harry’s relationship with his best friends and the main Slytherin antagonist are what the books are about. Any romance that is not related to either of these two core elements would always feel "underwritten" or change the nature of the books. To me, if Harry’s romance were to be well-executed and actually be relevant to his story, he would either need to date one of his best friends; but Ron and Hermione are set up romantically themselves, therefore not an option. Any other friend would first have to elevated to Ron/Hermione level of importance and therefore disrupt the Golden Trio dynamic. Or Harry’s love interest is the main Slytherin antagonist; here a 70 year old man…. yikes, therefore NOT an option. Now there is an age-appropriate Slytherin antagonist: Draco Malfoy. Haha.  I remember in the 00s someone saying Harrys love interest shouldve been a slytherin (new character if needed) because it thematically just makes more sense, and even tho I was a Harry/Ginny and remember being like "yes that make sense..."

Eh. Maybe. But I think bringing Ginny more into the narrative would have solved that problem. Hermione gets plenty of development - and turning her relationship with Harry into a romantic relationship would fit very well within the narrative. Same with drarry (though obviously a very different relationship). Even Luna gets plenty of development.

With hinny there's plenty of opportunity but it's not used. We get an intro to her in book 2 and then she just vanishes in book 3 even though, given all the time Harry spends with Ron having him checking in on Ginny and the trauma she's presumably dealing with would be easy. But nope. Book 3 and 4 give us basically nothing.

Then book 5 rolls around and we get reintroduced to Ginny. Great start. But once again she fades out of Harry's narrative in book 6 (and also gets a bad personality makeover) and gets relegated to love interest TM. This, despite the fact that she and Harry can bond over having had up close and person Voldemort encounters and both understand what it's like to have Voldemort inside their heads.

Furthermore, in book 6 Harry is trying to learn everything he can about Tom Riddle. And there's Ginny - a ready made expert. They could have worked together on that and also developed their romance more. But nope. She's totally shunted to the side. In book 7 she could have opened the chamber and destroyed a Horcrux there. She could have been the one to give Harry hope at his lowest point, rather than Luna. But no. She doesn't. She's kind of a non entity other than being the nebulous love interest TM. There's opportunity to do something different but it's not used.

And I don't hate that. I like Harry falling for the idea of someone rather than the reality, and then having that fall apart post war. I buy hinny as is, and I actually think it's more messy and complex and interesting. But only as a relationship that falls apart postwar. Not as the endgame. If JKR wanted it to be endgame she should've written something different. Which she totally could have, but chose not to.

[a-song-upon-the-waves-wishclan]

Moon 3. Part 3/3

Rimeshade has finally returned home.. The reason She wasnt featured in Moon 1: She instantly left the clan upon become a warrior! (12 Moons old...) To be with her outside mate that was 42 MOONS OLD! And it gave me such iffy vibes. I know that the game just treats them as everyday cats, which means they dont care that much about how old the cat is, but the game really picked the worse choice!!! I don't mind an age gap between consenting adults!! It just gave me the creeps in-game cus she was so YOUNG! And it would mean she was with him before she was 12 moons?? (He's totally gonna be villain and get what he deserves..) (Her status was: glad to be back to the safety of the clan! when she returned. Yikes...)

Anyway... we now got two Rimes...

Rimemist is proving to be a bit of a biggot imo lol...She's so mean to certain cats!

Think I will removed a mod and go back to the moon/monthly timeskips. (in-game.)

It does seem we are getting some more villains in this story.

And there are no thoughts behind those/Quietstep's eyes, but i got tired of redoing them./wanted to get this page out already.

Also.. Mudpaw gonna kick ass if you are mean to her mentor..

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[dangerliesbeforeyou]

ok sardines headcanons & character thoughts let's go

(aka cos i've been writing a carl x stu fic i've ofc been thinking about them constantly so i have thoughts and i'm making them in a post lol)

carl:

so in the ep they mention he has 2 sisters, rebecca the youngest, and caroline who isn't there but i headcanon as being the middle child, which ofc makes carl the oldest which SO fits with his whole vibe imo!

& i also think because rebecca is younger it maybe explains why she's less affected by the whole thing w/ their father (and why she still calls him daddy, like look, i'm a youngest child, i know we have the reputation of being the spoilt favourites lol) & also why caroline wasn't there! (also the subtle hint as to why, when the nanny mentions how it's been a while since she saw 'the boys'... as in caroline literally moved to another country with her sons to stop her father's abuse Yikes...)

(also i LOVED the sibling moment where pip calls rebecca a bitch and they both turn and glare at him lol... )

also r&s always have amazing costumes in their stuff that speak SO much to the characters and carl's is no different!! that he's wearing a 3 piece suit to a party, keeping as much of himself covered up as possible!

even the way he shoves himself further into the corner of the wardrobe as more people come in... it all speaks to his struggles with intimacy brought on by that childhood trauma...

stu:

i love that on the surface stu doesn't feel overly complex: he's camp he's gay he makes jokes he drinks, that's about it BUT the closer you look at him and esp his relationship to carl it reveals there's so much more to his character than just that!

for me he totally has youngest sibling energy tbh! (not just saying this cos i love oldest sibling/youngest sibling relationship dynamics lol) he maybe didn't get said no to often as a kid, but at the same time is aware of how often he plays mediator between his parents and his older siblings (no i'm not projecting shut UP), so when he lashes out at carl and makes the intimacy issue remark it felt just like that: that he was lashing out trying to get a reaction (cos stu is crass but i don't see him as cruel, and 100% he would have understood why carl has those issues even if carl hadn't properly told him everything about it yet...)

+ all the times he made his innuendos and jokes and carl shut him down, he's fully aware of what he's doing and obviously enjoys pushing his buttons lol (see the 'you're pretty when you're angry' remark he makes about rebecca and carl lol) and i love that we get a glimpse of carl doing the same when he makes the roommate remark lol

there is obviously still turbulence there (mostly brought on by the fact carl is back in the place he was abused so it's like... understandable he would be on edge and snapping at stu), and with every rewatch i am constantly desperate for them to make actual amends before the final reveal, but what gets me is how much love you can still feel between them despite all the animosity :')

oh also stu is a hairdresser i decided lol it just fits perfectly lol (how beautifully styled his hair is in the episode, him loving to gossip and chat and make jokes, i can literally HEAR him say 'you doing anything nice on your holidays?' lol)

[hestzhyen]

Some JP Kagurabachi Ship Tags

Hi void. This is absolutely not exhaustive- it's just based on what I've come across while crawling tags for HakuHiro art. Sorry, yuribachi shippers.

チヒ伯 or チ伯 [ChihiHaku or ChiHaku] (Chihiro/Hakuri) - HakuHiro basically doesn't exist in JP fan spaces so this is the tag to search/follow for best boys being cute with each other. But if you want an exercise in futility then search 伯チヒ.

チヒ緋 [ChihiHi] (Chihiro/Hiyuki) - Chiyuki is a common name in Japan so it makes sense for the JP ship name to use a different portmanteau

柴チヒ [ShibaChihi] (Shiba/Chihiro) - super popular in JP for some reason

国柴 [KuniShiba] (Kunishige/Shiba) - "old man" yaoi ftw 国薊 [KuniAzami] (Kunishige/Azami) - the least popular "old man" yaoi on both sides of the ocean

柴薊 or 柴アザ [ShibaAzami or ShibaAza] (Shiba/Azami) - Sorry for the people who enjoy this pair but it's rare and scattered under different tag names.

バン漆 [BanUru] (Bandanna Guard/Uruha) - significantly less funny than the EN fandom name (Yogurt) 昼幽 or 昼統 [HiruYu or HiruTou] (Hiruhiko/John) - not sure which will be the final name for the ship. I don't know if I care enough about it to keep tabs TBH. As a note: 統 (tou) means "leader/control" and is NOT the same as the Tou (濤, "wave") from the Sazanami clan.

統チヒ [TouChihi] (John/Chihiro) - Yes this is for John Hishaku/Chihiro ship art. Not sure if this ship name will change since it's been around for a bit.

柴宗 [ShibaSo] (Shiba/Soya) - rare but hilarious every time

宗伯 [SoHaku] (Soya/Hakuri) - yikes

Genuinely sat on this post in private for over a month because I wasn't sure if sharing that last ship name was a good idea. In the end, I'm including it for three reasons. One, because I'm just a random nobody ranting into the void; hardly anyone sees my posts anyway. Two, because it can help people protect themselves if they want to explore JP fan spaces. Three, because I trust that the small handful of people who see this will all be mature about it. Or into it. Whatever floats your boat if it's purely fictional, IMO.

No outro we end awkwardly like MEN (who like MEN).

[cyren-myadd]

Which Ships do you like about Avatar 2?

I am very neutral about ships tbh. I just kind of like all of them, but I don't have any that I really really hate or really really love (except for the pedophilic ones cause yikes!). I don't think I could muster up a strong opinion about ships if you put a gun to my head lol

I enjoy the canon ships of course, like JakeXNeytiri and Lo'akXTsireya, but I can also appreciate people playing around and exploring noncanon ships.

Like NeteyamXAonung is a popular noncanon ship, and while I don't really get where it came from, I can imagine they'd have an interesting dynamic with them starting out as rivals but then gradually developing a mutual respect for each other and realizing they have things in common as the eldest sons of their clans' olo'ektans.

NormXTsutey is another one I've seen that I think is fun just because of the opposites attract trope.

I also see the appeal of SpiderXKiri even though I'm personally hoping their relationship will stay platonic/sibling-like.

Polyamorous ships are also really fun, like JakeXNeytiriXTsu'tey, cause then you don't have to pick just two characters from a love triangle, you can have all three! I've seen some really cute fanart of Jake, Neytiri, and Tsu'tey starting a family together.

Bitter exes QuaritchXJake is probably the funniest interpretation of any Avatar ship, cause the way Quaritch lets Jake live in his head rent free 24/7 is pretty gay lmao. Plus they lowkey share custody of a kid together. "Neytiri, I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to kill my crazy evil ex if you want to marry me." "Ma Jake, I have to kill your WHAT?"

Honestly, I can appreciate any ship, whether it be canon, non-canon, or crackship. Imo, people get wayyy too upset about shipping sometimes. Unless it's pedophilic, who gives a shit if somebody wants to draw two characters kissing even if they would never kiss in canon, ya know?