#who actually care about each other and i think thats neat

[stinkb0mber]

here is hope i will actually write on that predator headcanon post today because. he has so many issues.

[krisp-xyz]

Was experimenting with halftone effects after watching this video and it almost has spiderverse vibes honestly. I actually learned some neat things about why printers use CMYK instead of just CMY so I thought I'd share !!

So in our optimal little computer space, Cyan (0,255,255), Magenta (255,0,255) and Yellow (255,255,0) all multiplied together gives us a perfect black (0,0,0) Awesome! The issue is that ink colors irl arent exactly perfect like this, and color is a bit more complicated irl compared to how computers represent it, so they aren't the greatest at combining into black if they aren't those perfect CMY values:

Left: CMY

Right: CMYK

(thats not even black, its a dark blue in the original image but dark colors just look so much richer)

An important step to make sure you arent doubling up on the black values though is to divide the image by it's own "value" (the max of all 3 color channels) that way the value is equal to 1 everywhere, and you're letting the black ink take care of the value on its own.

Left: CMY (normalized value)

Middle: K (black)

Right: Combined

Now obviously the grids of dots cant be aligned perfectly with each other because you'd just get a bunch of black dots in unwanted areas, but if the grids are misaligned, then some dots become more prominent than others which tints the whole image. This was an issue because older printing methods didn't have great accuracy and these grids were often misaligned.

The solution was to rotate these grids such that they can move around freely while getting rid of that tint effect if they aren't perfectly aligned :D

(I have no idea how they came up with these angles but that might be something to look into in the future who knows)

SPEAKING OF MISALIGNMENT

I wanted to implement that in my own filter to get some cool effects, and I discovered another reason CMYK is better than CMY for lots of stuff !!

With CMY, you're relying on the combination of 3 color channels to make the color black. This means if you have thin lines or just details in general, misalignment can make those details very fuzzy. Since CMYK uses a single color of ink to handle value, it reduces color fringing and improves clarity a lot even if you have the exact same misalignment as CMY!

Left: CMY

Right: You guessed it! CMYK

(yes these comparisons have the exact same color misalignment, the only difference is using a fourth ink color for black)

ANYWAY I just thought there was a lot of cool information in this tiny little day project, I also just think it looks really neat and wanted to share what I learned :3c

EDITING BECAUSE THERE'S ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO ADD

So, I talked about how to get K in addition to CMY instead of just CMY, but how exactly do you separate CMY from an image in the first place?

Well, CMY is a subtractive color space, meaning the "absence of color" is white, compared to RGB where it's black. This makes sense because ofc ink is printed on white paper. You can use dot product to get the "similarity" between two vectors, and this can be used to separate RGB actually! Using the dot product of a color and red (255,0,0) will give you just the red values of the image. This is cool though because if we get the dot product of our image and the color cyan (0,255,255), we can get the cyan values from our image too! If we first divide our colors by their value to separate the value from them, then separate CMY using those dot product values, and using K for our final black color value, our individual color passes end up looking like this:

While it's called a "subtractive" color space, I find it more intuitive to treat white as the absence of color here, and then multiply all these passes together. It makes it much easier to understand how the colors are combined imo. Notice how cyan is the opposite of red: (255,0,0) vs (0,255,255) and magenta and yellow are the opposites of green and blue respectively! This means you can actually kinda get away with separating the RGB values and just inverting some stuff to optimize this, but this example is much more intuitive and readable so I won't go too deep into that. THANKS FOR READING I know it's a very long post but I hope people find it interesting! I try my best to explain things in a clear and concise way :3

oh thank you I realized I should probably add an eyestrain tag

[coffeewithcocoa]

Hi💕

Can I request male reader x Alastor were they are enemies by day and lovers by night? If you can thank you💕

:0 THIS ONE! THIS ONE RIGHT HERE IS BEAUTIFUL!

Playing Pretend

Alastor x Male Reader

Warnings: Fluff//Romantic Relationship//Female DNI

Sorry if it’s not perfect or too short😅

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You and Alastor hated each other. No, Correction. You guys pretended to hate each other. It’s not for the reason you think but it’s just because he wants to keep his, ‘big, bad, scary, overlord’ self. He’s actually a big fat softy when and behind closed doors.

He’s been like this since you’ve joined the hotel, as bad as that may seem when it’s clearly not. Like said before, behind closed doors this man’s a big fat softy. Giving you, hugs, kisses, cuddles and much more. The only time you guys fought was in the morning. Why?

It’s so that he wouldn’t show weakness to the blind sinners eyes. Alastor thinks they’re clueless and don’t deserve to see an overlords soft side. Plus he still has Vox to worry about. Showing a soft side around him would cause everyone In pentagram city to see him as a damn joke. So when you guys got into an established relationship he made you swear to only show him love at night, in private, when everyone’s asleep.

It worked for you perfectly though since you weren’t the one for touching anyone who doesn’t have a good bond with you. That’s kind of why Alastor fell for you in the first place. The moment he laid a finger on you when you were knew you almost blew his head off, almost.

You’ve changed, sure, but you still would do that if you didn’t crave or want touch in that moment. A subtle noise made you snap from your thoughts. The jazz noises that filled the room now being mixed in with your boyfriend’s return from working that night.

Charlie has been making him up and down with more and more ideas for the hotel, hoping that it would get more patrons. “Good evening, Cher.” He showed his true voice towards you. It was tired and craving a break.

“Evening.” You replied. Knowing he wants a break but he wouldn’t get one till he allows himself for one. You went back to what you were doing before he arrived in your room, reading. Silence came between you as the room was still filled with the jazz you’d left on. Your voice breaking the short silence, “Charlie I’m assuming?”

“As much as I care for the doll she’s just a little too talkative Cher.” Alastor answered with a small hum. His lovely grin, that covers his face everyday, faded as he moved further into the room. Your head turned, placing the book down to stand up. “Is there anything you’d like me to do?” You asked going over to the radio that played the genre that your lover enjoyed when he was alive.

“Hm. Just your presence is fine.” The smile he had finally gained confidence again. Going back to its original bright self that everyone is familiar with. Alastor’s hand was focused on his dress coat. He may need it for when he was working or when it was morning but wearing such a thing around you felt weird. Yes he likes being neat and tiddy but he just wants a break.

Your foot steps being further away from him when he started and you being right in front of him when he finished made his gaze turn to you. A small smile placed into your face as you wrapped your arms around his neck. “I hate waking up.” Alastor knew the answer to that and he on the same boat as you. “I know Cher. We do it because it’s to protect an innocent, handsome, sinner such as yourself.”

He has a way with words. And you hated it. Thats the only thing you really hated value him though. Everything else was something someone wanted really bad but he happened to fill up the categories perfectly! “I understand but why in front of all the others?” It was pretty obvious as to why the others didn’t know about the relationship going on between you too, but wouldn’t they be the first to know?

“Ha! They would be the last ones to know about such a thing Cher.” The speed that he can change moods scares you quite a bit. Even with it being as simple as him being tired to him enjoying the presence he brought to the room.

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Sorry that it’s quite short. I’ve been tired and busy and nothing exactly came into mind once I got to this point, hope you like it though!<333

[dionysism]

Please. Tell us your thoughts on epic the musical if you will. Positive and negative

i think i have before but its spread out across multiple posts so i will just go ahead and put everything into one place lol

trigger warning again for light reference to s/a cause i'm referring to what happened in the odyssey

positive:

i think they have clever word play. i made a post before about how the "i've got you, don't worry, circe's got you now" has the neat dual meaning with "i've got you" in its positive reassuring meaning and "i've got you now" in it's sinister "you're trapped i've got you" meaning. same thing with zeus' "a foe who won't run, unlike anyone you have faced before" sounding like he means some big dangerous enemy when he's actually referring to an infant.

the songs are catchy, i must admit! the musical scores are impressive too. i also like how the use the instruments to tell the story. like how each character has an instrument thats associated with them, and how you can tell the penelope in suffering is not actually penelope because her signature instrument is missing. neat stuff. i also like how eurylochus' instrument is the crew themselves.

negative:

i think some of their creative liberties undermine the point of the story or just do it a disservice, something i've said before in other posts. to be specific, i feel they have made this into a story of a Good character who turns ruthless after everything he's had to endure, and while that is an interesting story to explore, it's not odysseus' story. odysseus is, for lack of a better word, morally gray from the start. i think morally gray is really too simplistic to describe him as he is a rather complex character but what i mean is he is not a Good guy but he's not entirely a Bad guy either, you know? the odyssey is not about a honorable hero who sacrifices his morals by the end, it's a guy who's already kinda questionable who continues to do questionable things at times. for example "lets lead from the heart, see what starts" is just not something he would really say 😭😭 also in monster when he says "what if ive been far too kind to foes" hes not really kind to his foes. yes, he is capable of mercy, but hes not always approaching things with a "lets be kind ❤️" attitude.

having him spare polyphemus out of mercy was stupid to me, personally. in the odyssey he doesn't kill polyphemus because he needs him to move the boulder blocking the cave exit, and also, given his size, odysseus isn't fully certain they can kill him. blinding him instead of killing him was not an act of mercy, it was a strategic choice. and also having them kill his sheep first was senseless to me. the whole thing in the odyssey is polyphemus is in the wrong, and odysseus is in the right. they don't kill his sheep immediately, and polyphemus violates xenia, because polyphemus doesn't care about xenia. this why odysseus feels comfortable to reveal his name at the end, because he knows he's in the right, and he assumes he has delivered a punishment in accordance with the gods for the violation polyphemus has committed. it's still unwise of him to do so, but at least you can see where he's coming from. in epic it kind of makes no sense because they came into his house, killed his sheep, and then he reveals his name and home address after that?!:?:?:? and then athena fucking off forever like okay?:$:?:?: what was that about.

circe saga really irked me, aside from the compliments i've already given. they removed the aspect of him having to sleep with circe by just having him say no. the situation is not this simple. he literally could not say no. one, because hermes already warned him on the way there not to say no to anything she asks of him and two because shes literally a goddess. like yes the moly protects him from her spells but she could still very much kill him if she wanted. and there's also the factor of her having his men captive as swine. in the odyssey this shows you how powerless he is before the gods, which, is a pretty important aspect of the odyssey! also it's just simply unlike circe, as a character, to be like "ah i'm so moved by your faithfulness and acts of kindness i think i will just let your men go and aid your journey for absolutely nothing in return ❤️" whole saga just came off very sanitized. curious as to how they intend to approach calypso.

underworld saga like i said before its the sudden switch of him being about "leading from the heart" and "kindess" to "then i'll become the monster" like woah... just felt like abrupt 180 to me. and again it just annoys me in general cause this character arc is simply not accurate for him 😭 i've also said this before somewhere but sometimes i feel like the odysseus in epic is more like an oc than an adaptation of homer's odysseus. hence why i see him as a completely separate character (and get annoyed when people conflate them as one)

thunder saga i had more minor gripes with like the fact that odysseus also had the beeswax in his ears unlike in the odyssey where he doesn't and has his men tie him to the mast while he listens. this is just simply because i thought a song from odysseus' perspective while he's deluded by the siren song and begging to be untied would have been really interesting. but oh well ☹️ i actually will admit i didn't complete hate the change with his mens death for the cattle. obviously, in the odyssey, he's not given a choice by zeus—they kill the cattle, they leave eventually, zeus strikes the ship and odysseus is the sole survivor. however i do think this is interesting to explore. odysseus obviously cares very deeply for his men, and would do near anything to bring them home. he's not the type to just sacrifice them willy nilly like they don't matter. (the bit in the circe saga where eurylochus wants to leave them behind and odysseus says no we need to at least try is biblically accurate, that does happen in the odyssey) but at the end of the day... getting back to penelope trumps all else. so would he, do you think? if he had been given the choice, would he let them all die to see her again? i think he would have. especially by that point. so that's one change i'm like, okay, that's kind of interesting. i don't hate this.

so overall, theres multiple things i do like about it! and i do appreciate the creativity and effort that's gone into the project and it always makes me happy to see people passionate about greek mythology. i just think they've lost the plot a little. i feel like it's become a story about a Good man who continuously gets punished for being good until he caves to ruthlessness which like i said, is an interesting concept, but just not the story of the odyssey.

[bee-ina-boat]

hello gay people. i mentioned awhile back about a possible concept for a tma au but its mixed with mythology/religion based stuff. i have since finished this chunk of concept/reference art of the Ceaseless Watcher for this au!!!

im dubbing it: The Magnus Mythos!! please talk to me about it i am insane

putting my rambling au nonsense under the readmore!!!!!

edit!!!: new mythos post just dropped :3

alright- bare with me because my thoughts are everywhere lol

random various au information:

the fear entites are instead more general gods, much like those from various mythologies (greek, norse, egyption, etc.) like the eye, rather than an entity that feeds on the fear of being watched, is rather the god of knowledge and sight!

all of the gods have influence over the world, some mortals will devote themselves to one specific god entirely, others will become devout to multiple, and some will simply be neutral among all 14 and live life out as they please.

avatars are mortals who have been blessed with power by the gods while creatures (like mr spider, the not them, etc) are simply beings who have been born into the world by the gods power seeping into it. artifacts are items that have either been blessed/cursed by the gods or avatars, or have been affected by the gods power seeping into the world also.

theres multiple sects, cults, and churches for each god much like how many real life religions have different sects with their own rules and standards. some have beef, others do not.

the gods themselves are entirely morally neutral, they have their own interconnected relationships with eachother, and kind of view mortals as pets in a way, picking favorites and seeing them as of lesser importance in comparison to themselves.

since the gods here arent necessarily evil and theyre actually sentient beings, their titles are changed to be more fitting (the mother of puppets -> the mother of fate as an example)

the story is set in an era resembling the early 1900s because idk. vibes are neat i guess

thats all the basic world building crumbs for now, ill go deeper into it when i have more art and story stuff ready!

for now- heres some actual lore :3c

Jonah magnus is basically eye jesus. thousands of years prior to the start of the story, the eye favored him and he became a messiah of sorts.

the House of Magnus is a church sect of the eye founded in what is now london. but it doesnt operate JUST as a simple church. many sects of the eye devote themselves to gaining knowledge of the world around them and the House of Magnus is no different there. operating with a library, research centre and all. the research not just on history and knowledge, but also the holy and divine. documenting stories that deal with the divine powers and researching cursed/blessed artifacts aswell.

its a common legend that if one tells their story under the eyes watch (either in a church of the eye or directly to an avatar of the eye) that theyll receive good fortune and foresight, and since the House of Magnus has become a well known sect of the eye, many will come far and wide to detail their accounts under its roof

all of this documentation leads down to the Magnus Mythos, a large archive under the church where the written documents are filed, curated and cared for by the head Archivist. as such, the position of Archivist has become a most sacred role among worshippers of the eye comparable to the head of the church itself.

they arent just revered for their care of the mythos (though the devotees of the eye view the care of documented knowledge to be a sacred and ever important responsibility) Theres a prophecy, hand woven by the Mother of Fate herself, one that states an ordinary archivist will one day be gifted by all 14 of the gods and awaken the great change, bringing about a new and blessed age.

but is this newest archivist even ready for such pressure and commitment? and what if the prophecy is more devious than one might think?

oooOOOOoooOO mysterious lore- i know this is heavily self indulgent but i refuse to apologize for that because im havin FUN. if you read all of that just know i love you so much and i hope you liked it ;w; im very excited and ive been working on archivist +archival assistant lore for the past few days and im excited to do art for them ;_;

[just-call-mefr1es]

more factS!!!1!!1!! -Hypnos' moons are all hypnotized, made to follow her orders. She hypnotized them for territorial reasons, but she doesn't harm them. -all planets can adjust their size to their will, which is why some are HUGE and some are small af -True to his species-sake, Kamu can bite and drain star energy. (Star Energy is Plasma, which equals to human blood.) -Chloris and Eros used to be dating (Eros got dumped due to his bigger ego) -Eburonia is disliked by my friends (not a system fact just a thing i wanted to say LOL) -The Ring bearers are Eburonia, Eos, and Hera. -The Gas Giants are Eburonia, Galileo, Eos, and Chloris. -The Rockies are Amechania, Eros, Ophion, and Prometheus. -The Ice Giants are Hecatia Eros (thats right, Eros is BOTH!) -The only water giant is Hypnos! -Hypnos is able to hypnotize moons from other planets and make them her own, usually out of jealousy or interest. From my sayings, she would take Callisto, Europa, Titania, Ariel, Miranda, Dione, Rhea, Umbriel and Charon. (She's a women moon collecter HELK) -Hypnos can also hypnotize planets, with one example being a planet from the Proto-era, named Phanes. -Eburonia's psychic abilities predicted the death of 5 of her moons. She does not wish to gain any more moons out of respect for the dead moons. -Galileo's moons are all trained in archery, as respect for their protector and caretaker. -The moons of Chloris have a one-sided hatred with Chloris. Chloris dotes on them, while the moons dislike him. -Ophion's moons are his other three friends! They manage his therapy appointments with the other moons (He's the Taenarum Therapist, like how Mercury is with the Solar System.) -Prometheus's moons are like tiger cubs; sticking close to their parent. They're always near Prometheus, only gone to hang out with friends. -Amechania's moons are one of the only ones who remember her. -Hecatia's moons are usually with other moons; Hecatia doesn't care about them much, unless they get hurt. -Eos's moons also take up alchemy, always trying to make new recipes for Eos, with most of them ending in failure. -Styx's moons always try to calm her down, but she's also scared of them most of the time. And now, for the big shocker.. THE TAENARUM SYSTEM HAD ITS OWN MOON REVOLUTION!

The Taenarum Moon Revolution was caused by one of Hypnos's moons getting mad that the planets didn't have restricted orbits. With her resolve, she gathered some of the moons who agreed with her sentiment and led an attack. Thankfully, it ended like the revolution in Solarballs. And fun fact, it happened because the Taenarum System moons heard of the Solar System Moon Revolution! In an AU, where the Solar System planets inhabit the Taenarum System, it would be stopped by Titan, since he doesn't want a repeat of his actions to happen again, lest in a Planet System with a planet with 1000+ moons. (answer each individually!)

(ill try lmaoo)

aaaaa hypnos’ moons bein hypnotized is so fucking awesome and deadass makes sense??? no wonder girlie has a whole ass collection of moons😭well atleast she doesnr hurt em💗

i think its rlly neat how the planets can change their sizes!! thats a rlly unique detail! ,,also, kamu draining tue star energy?? so fucking badass?? holy shit?? and damn chloris rlly gave eros the L with that💀💀 dont blame em ngl

end this eburonia slander NOW💔💔⛓️⛓️🙏🙏 shes done nothing🤬🤬 (and damn eros trying to catch em all by being both rocky and ice giant)

hypnos wqntinf all the girl moons is honestly relatable, i feel her. and WOAHG?? she can hypnotize planets too?? yikes f in chat for phanes💔 eburonia ilysm, actually💞💞 can i just say i love all the relationships of all th moons n their planets?? thyre literally so interesting and the dynamics just MWAH😵‍💫 i live for moon n planet relationships, positive or not. i think galileos relationship with her moons is honestly so cute like?? omgggg >w< SAME GOES WITH PROMETHEUS’??? thats so fuckij cutee DIWJSKSMDM

woooo moon revolutionn🗣️🗣️🗣️ we repeating history with this onee🗣️🗣️🗣️

LMAOOO the moons hewrinf abt our solar systems moon revolution is crazy i lvoe it (imagine the taenarum moons write fanfiction abt the solar systems moon revolution lolololol)

thar was a long list u sent but i love readinf so:3 i rlly like these facts/lore drops u send me! feel free to send more if ud like^_^

[dollivication]

OMG IM SORRY IF I NEVER WENT ON ANON LAST ASK AHHAHAHA FUCK FEEL FREE TO POWT THIS ONE IF UOU WANT

BUT TYSM FOR PUTTING G ME ON YOUR FRIENDS LIST OMGEE MUCH LOVE MUWAH

but anyway i would like to say again….daddy dante….

he’s your cool neighbor…the guy in his mid 40s who’s always wearing cool shirts and blasting nu metal in his garage while drinking pbr….he’s seen as retired (but ofc hes a secret devil hunter) thats also a older weird guy….but he’s so friendly?

your shitty dad always talks so rude about him.,,seeing him as some weird ass white guy but…you secretly think he’s cool!….really cool….whenever you think about him you blush or get a warm feeling in your tummy….or stare at him shirtless in his garage a bit too long from the bedroom window….but thats wrong isn’t it?

one day you’re walking home from school wearin a cool metal band shirt thinking your cool as shit at school….despite being seen as invisible to boys at school….walking past his garage…he notices your shirt….

ofc he would be like “didn’t think your generation knew about this kinda stuff!” and be such a typical boomer….gushing about how cool he was in his youth and how many concerts he would go to….and you were feeling so jealous being the sheltered and controlled teen you were….then you get distracted and he invites you to his basement…you text your parents you’re at a friends house totally studying while you squeeze your legs sitting on the leather sofa while he mansplains about horror punk bands and shows all the vinyls he’s collected….

in which somehow ends up in you wrapping your legs around him while he pushes his 🐓 up against your clothed 🐈….right after you cried to him about your shitty parents….tells you how your body is meant for real men and not those shitty boys at school….promising he’ll be like the cool dad you always wanted….sneaking you out to concerts and “bonding” with you….you’re each others dirty little secret….

-🌷

DONT APOLOGIZE, IT HAPPENS BABES!!! I DIDNT REPLY BC I DIDNT WANT TO OUT YOU </33 AND MWAMWA I LAUV U TEW SO BADLY!!!

immmGETTINGickydaddydantefever 🌷NON IM CHEWING ONBTHIS SO HARD ITS SO BGUCKING YUMY IM GOING TO SCREAM

dante knows you’re just a college girl who doesn’t know any better, but that’s what makes it feel sooo good :3!! and it’s not like it’s THAT bad, you guys have some cute moments!!.. when he isn’t fucking you… which is rare… BUT STILL!

he’s such a pervvv, he can’t keep his hands off of you! loves hearing your tiny mewls when he slaps your ass, cups your pussy, or gropes your tits! that’s right, just let him show you how cute girls like you should be taken care of by their daddies <333

he knows very well you wouldn’t be a tattletail! not when his cock is the thickest you’ve ever taken, if any at all! it makes you see stars, and he often has to clamp a hand over your mouth to keep you quiet! your parents are literally next door after all! he can’t have them knowing their daughter has been squirting on his dick and face >.<

daddy dante treats yu so well thow!!! showing you stuff from when you weren’t even born and that had long been out of stock, used then resold on websites for thousands. he had some pretty neat stuff, blowing his money on concert tickets for his sweet little girl!

maybe he’ll even fuck you to some of the music he listened to in his prime, sneak a finger into your panties as he tells you about his wacky experiences at events :3

the only reason he really ever sat out in his garage was to see you walk by anyway, so this arrangement is a dream come true for him too!!

and god fucking forbid there actually ever come a day that a boy expresses any interest in you.

IMSICKIMGAGGEDIMILLIMKEELINGILOVEHIMMIgughh

[r26yz]

Rambles incoming :D

idk, i just... I FREAKING LOVE the dazaku writers in pixiv and lofter. I am not fluent in japanese or chinese, heck im not even fluent in english, i read them using google translate (i want to thank google for dazai obama) and its wonky af but THE FEELS!? It hurt, it grabbed me in the lungs and heart. The translation is off but damn the emotions are conveyed perfectly.

And... hm.. i noticed that, how hopeful they are about dazaku relationship? Yeah, they are not good-ish, kinda, sorta abusive. But like, there's hope? You understand? By no means there are lot of writers that don't hesitate to dunk on dazai for what he did to akutagawa. But the things, there's still something.

Im thinking how to say this.

Akutagawa's hate.

Dazai's taunts.

Akutagawa's want for approval.

Dazai withholding that approval.

If dazai don't like akutagawa that much, shouldn't he just gave him that approval and be done with? I know he already acknowledge him way before. He even gush on him to odasaku. akutagawa would probably wont bother him again. But then he doubled down on him, Atsushi is better than you ;). Why taunt him with Atsushi? Atsushi is his coworker, not a student specificaly (something that a lot of writers emphasize, very neat).

Why dazai? do you need him to go crazy for you :D bahahaha loser. Is it because akutagawa the first thing you own that is actually yours? yours that you got to choose yourself? you freaking gave him a mating offer by killing his friends' murders. you idiot. you sad man. what a sad little man. do you want akutagawa to kill you someday so its still considerd suicide by your own hand/creation? you sad sad wet man? you really think that he'd hate you enought to kill you? really? you, the man who gave the akutagawa sibling a home and warm meal? really? hmm? hmm?

see, that's why... call it shallow, but i don't think akutagawa could ever really hate dazai? ish? kinda? the man did save him, even though then he got thrown to another kind of hell on earth. He gave him home, meal, and hope. The meaning of life. Hahahah indeed he's like a dog. that makes dazai that type of dog owners who made a shitty job at taking care of their puppies. the kind that was excited first and (sorta, kinda, idk) neglect/abuse them when they don't do their tricks properly.

i only know games bcs i watch rtgame's youtube, and when he played "Slay the Princess" and then proceed to search about them on tumblr, yeah. "The opposite of love is not hate, but indiference" and yeah, i believe that it also true to dazaku. because in a way, they are in this two person tango of chasing, taunting, i need you to be my eyes, you've become stronger, can you give me the meaning of life. Hate is really visible and the love is so between the lines. But they are not really indifferent to each other.

The love is there! the love is there. yeah, the love is there.

also.

i'm not sure how i came into this conclusion but, "akutagawa doesn't need dazai, but dazai need akutagwa" and yeah, maybe their bsd counterpart is reversed from their real life, but the essential part is still there? Thats my delusion is. I just wanna said that in the end.

if you manage to reach this part. Uh, thank you for reading. Sorry for the typo. I hope its understandable. suffer with meeeee!

[blasphemyisjustforyou]

So, since i dont do a lot with my time right now besides play games I acquired through various means and use tumblr, I think it'd be fun to start using that time for something at least somewhat decent. Mutuals and followers, I introduce to you

The defininitve guide to Zelda:tm:

A list of Zelda games I've played, my opinions on them, and their rank against each other (or against the number one slot).

Starting this off strong, we have The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for N64 and Gamecube. Arguably the best of the original 3D Zelda games, and a fairly short title as far as the 3D titles go, Majoras mask easily hits a 9.5/10. Its almost perfect. The graphics are lacking by modern standards but it makes up for it by having an interesting story, a fucking stellar mechanic that sets it apart from literally every other game in the series, and a weird level of complexity that you wouldn't necessarily need.

The general premise of the game: You are (The Hero Of Time), following the events of Ocarina Of Time. You are riding through a forest with said Ocarina, and you end up getting beaten up, robbed, and turned into a fucking creacher by some guy who just got back from a masquerade party. On top of that, upon following him through a fucking portal to a literal alternate universe (Because apparently those exist now) you find out that he is basically god and you have to stop him from killing everyone in the new universe.

Now you might be thinking "But Maeve, why is this any different than any of the other Zelda titles where (The Hero) goes and saves the world from someone trying to kill everyone?" and the answer is: It kinda isnt, unless you are story oriented. The main antagonist isn't Ganondorf, which isn't too strange, but he's also not like, inherently malicious. Spoilers ahead, don't read if you dont wanna know about the game.

<spoiler>The antagonist is a Deku Child, one who has been abandoned by his friends. The mask in question is just a plain evil mask that alters the Deku Child's personality, turning him into a monsterous evil creature. Sorta. Anyways, the big point is that the actual antagonist is just a mask, not the silly little guy wearing the mask.</spoiler>

Following that, the three day mechanic is the most important part of the game. Each game has a 3 day cycle. You start the game on day one, with 72 hours (Just under 1 real life hour) to complete the main objective of the game. Which, surprisingly, isn't actually entirely impossible. Speedrunners actually have the game down to 1h12m without major glitches, and just 15 minutes with major glitches for an any%. Of course, 100% glitchless runs take about 6 hours at their fastest, so you are in for a few hours worth of gameplay on your first run. Now, to beat the game you need 4 boss remains, and thats it. There's optional upgrades like 2 sword upgrades (technically 3), a mask that doubles your damage, magic bar upgrades, and obviously weapons, but realistically you can just Do The Bosses And Fuck Off. The mask that doubles your damage is actually the most difficult to get, as it requires you collect Every Other Mask In The Game, but the swords are easy to get since they're basically handed to you from the 3rd dungeon's city, and all you have to do is wait 2 in game days (after you pay the rupees for the first upgrade and give some gold dust for the second one.

Now you might have read That Fucking Paragraph and wondered "Maeve, why do you enjoy a game that not only sounds kinda complicated but also takes up so much time inherently?" and the answer is: Its just solid all around. The game itself is actually fairly easy, but it has its challenges. The time limit for each cycle means you have to be careful as you progress. If you start a dungeon on day 3 and you don't finish it before midnight, you have to start it over. Its a neat game that presents a unique challenge. Every other game is is so linear, but this game has you backtracking all the time if you wanna truly finish it.

I'm super sorry this is running long, but this is the first entry in the series. I still have to write up OoT, TwiPri, and Windwaker (once I finish TwiPri and Windwaker)

[itspkuwu]

EEnE characters ranked (MY OPINION)

Let’s cut right to the chase, because I really wanna put this out there.

Lee Kanker is in last place. She gets lower than F tier. Where Marie and May had moments where they seemed to genuinely care about each other, Lee just sits there, manipulates, and spreads cruelty. And as for the times where Marie and May were fighting/being mean etc? Well, I have a theory. Remember in Big Picture Show where we see that Lee has a third eye? You know who else has a third eye for no good reason…?

DEMONS. LEE IS AN ACTUAL DEMONIC MENACE WHO BRAINWASHES HER SISTERS JUST TO MAKE OTHERS FEEL MISERABLE. AND EVEN THEN SHE MISTREATS HER “MINIONS” TOO.

And remember when Nazz kissed Double D and Eddy on the cheek? Compare that to how they react to the Kanker’s kisses. How big those lips are… that specific shade of red… the way the Ed boys become horrified every single time…

THE LIP STICK IS CREATED BY LEE AND HAS DARK MAGIC INSIDE OF IT. THATS MY THEORY. IM STICKING TO IT. SCREW YOU LEE.

(that was a joke lolol)

Everybody in the “lol why” tier it’s just an object that isn’t Plank or I haven’t seen those episodes yet. So I can’t really give my thoughts yet.

Rolf’s animals get their own tier. They have an amazing caretaker :3

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH DORK DORK DORK DORK ITS KEVIN DJDJUDUFHDBRJRIRID.

He’s just a jerk lol.

Eddy’s brother (whose name is apparently Tarry??) is also a jerk. But he makes a pretty cool antagonist. And he just makes me like Eddy even more.

also i feel like he would be a tumblr sexy man

Mildred blinks at you :D

Plank is an immortal God who will one day rule the world. This is my canon.

I REALLY wish we could have seen more of what happened to Jonny post Big Picture Show. Him being “The Gourd” and having a villain arc just sounds super fun. Other than that he’s just a weird kid. I like him.

Don’t let Jimmy fool y’all. He’s a lil maniac. He probably gets it from Sarah. And it’s always a shocker to me given how much he acts so innocent and harmless. He’s a pretty neat anti hero.

I KNOW I SHOULD HATE SARAH. But I feel like there’s more to her than meets the eye. I honestly think her parents taught her the hate her big brother. If they weren’t around, she probably wouldn’t been to mean to him. Making me feel extremely sympathetic for both of them. And at least she looks after Jimmy, giving her redeeming qualities.

To be honest this show needs a character like Nazz. Everything has to be balanced out with someone who isn’t constantly out to get something, being mean, or acting like a weirdo. But yes, she does have her moments, which are rightfully deserved. Plus, I just really like her chill and hippie way of going about.

Marie Kanker and May Kanker are being ranked together. The potential they have to be redeemed is through the roof. They deserve so much better. If Lee wasn’t around to mess with their heads, I think they would be truly happy. Marie could spend her days jamming out and living on the edge, while May is cute and ditzy and a voice of reason at times. Plus both of their hairstyles are really eye candy for me.

The Ed boys are also being ranked together. What else can I say that hasn’t been said already? The way these three bounce off of each other is extremely enjoyable and definitely gets good laughs out of me. I know they have their moments where they aren’t so friendly, but you don’t always have to get along with someone for you to still love them. And when the gentle giant goof, the soft hearted nerd, and the selfish man with a heart of gold do get along, it’s sweeter than jawbreakers :)

AND NOW WE HAVE ARRIVED AT THE TRUE GOD. THE LIGHT IN DARK TIMES. THE DIAMOND WITHIN THE DIRT. THE ONLY BOY ON THE SHOW WITH A GOOD HAIRCUT.

ROLF. THE SON OF A SHEPHERD.

Rolf is hands down one of if not the best side character in animation history. He’s a goober for one thing. But a goober that’s gets us to take him seriously. You do not mess with this man. His pride is enough to break you leg. And yet, he still manages to be one of the nicest characters in the show. He’s so friendly and upbeat! And when he isn’t… his dark side is also a fun time.

And another thing, he’s a fish out of water. Which also allows the viewer to feel sympathetic for him. Like in Wish You Were Ed. Seeing Rolf cry is something you’d never think you’d see, but when you do, it makes you feel a somber emotion you had no idea existed. It’s amazing.

yeah, Rolf is amazing.

Also I asked my sister if she wanted to dance to That’s My Horse at her wedding and she said no. What a loser right?

So uh, that’s my list. Hope you enjoyed.

Go hug a chicken.

[piss-wizard-ao3]

dndads s2ep45 spoilers

re: that one quote that absolutely emotionally obliterated a decent chunk of the fandom

alright fuckin bear with me i have some Thoughts and Feelings about particularly how the Close-Foster-Swifts deal with a) parenting and b) intergenerational trauma Anthony: 'As you're saying this, without even wanting it to, tears are rolling down your cheeks. And in that moment, you, and Taylor, and Nick all realise... That there is no fixing this. That this is as good as it's going to get. That you are stuck with each other in the forms that you are now.' this fucking DESTROYED ME and, from what i can tell, a lot of other people in the fandom also. i think this brings up some really important points that resonate w/ me personally about intergenerational trauma, and that are super important to talk about like with the wilsons and the oaks, they manage to (in varying degrees) realise what they did wrong, or what they could do better, and actively try to do better. they actively try to go out of their way to fix things, which is great! breaking that cycle is important, and it takes a while, but they're trying. with the stamplers (+ marlowes), specifically ron and terry jr, they do the 'acknowledging i havent been good enough' to 'trying my best to be what you deserve' pipeline and its Beautiful. and we get a little of that with terry jr and scary too, with terry jr just trying to do his best and scary slowly coming around to realise that she does, actually, care about her stepdad. and its so wholesome and good. it really pays homage to the ron and terry jr relationship i feel, where they end up before he died (F). BUT THE CLOSE/FOSTER/SWIFT FAMILY. i fucking. it hurts. but its the one that hits the closest to home. 'This is as good as it's going to get' fucking resonated with me. im sure it resonated with a lot of people. intergenerational trauma and the effects it has on people is such a core theme of dndads, and the way its handled so differently through each family line is honestly artful. but an important part of the story of intergenerational trauma is when it's not something that you can fix, or go back and apologise for, or something that you can become better from. sometimes trauma just is. sometimes you can't recover from it. families will break up, lineages will die out, stories and lives will be forgotten. and as tragic as that is, as much as it hurts, it's so real. in a way, its a double-edged sword that they all still talk to each-other, that they still cling to what they have, what they wanted to have. especially in the case of Taylor, who does spend a lot of the series with questions about his dad but ultimately thinking he's pretty neat, to then break down to wishing there was time travel so Nicky could be there for him, so they could re-do childhood. i just. screams. thats such a pivotal moment for him. to finally come to terms with and admit the fact that no, things aren't okay, this isn't what he wanted, and if given the chance he would go back and fix them himself. that his father, and his father's father, have failed to do it, and now it falls upon his shoulders. (this also resonates very well with the whole 'our parents unleashed the doodler and both our grandparents and parents failed to fix it so now that's our burden to bear') i wonder if we'll ever get to know if the teens from this series go on to have families. if Lincoln ever introduces his children to grandpa Grant, or if Normal ever feels, well. normal enough to even consider the possibility of raising kids. if Scary ever takes her children to visit Terry Jr's grave, or tells them about his exploits, or recounts to them the things he did for her before she grew to appreciate him. i wonder if Taylor will ever even consider the concept of having a family, upon looking back like this at his own, upon knowing first-hand the stakes if he gets it wrong. would he think that he can break the cycle? that he could be better? or is it, truly, as good as it's going to get?

[elisedonut]

albus x percy is inspired tbh

Thank you I'm glad you understand the vision

i wish i had concrete thoughts other then just the Marge potato meme in my head

Like

Percy views him in a not great light by the time he graduates which I think is a good thing in this case I think Albus with someone who doesn't put him on a pedestal would be really neat and maybe dare i say good for him

Also Albus has got that baggage when it comes to his ex which is always fun in an age gap ship imo

like you have a lot of things you can do here in my opinion

though I do think they fall into that category of ship that needs some kind of outside push to happen which is not a bad thing imo

like i know some people are very

mehmeh if you need them to be in a weird situation its not really shipping mehmeh

which I think is just incorrect personally and i don't really like get that argument at all sometimes it's hard to imagine a pairing happening just out of the blue like i cant see either of them making any kind of actual move on one another

but i don't think that's a bad thing

In Percy's case because while i don't think he despises him i do think he has alot negativity about him. he blames him as the headmaster for a lot of things that happened in his last few years at Hogwarts and thinks hes insane and while at one point i don't think he saw that madness as a bad thing as he got older he seems to view it more negatively

as for Albus I just get the vibe from him that he's closed himself off from non-platonic love after Gellert to like avoid fucking up like that again? avoid the heartbreak? idk

point is i think something has to happen to not only show Percy that Albus is not just how he appears and can be trusted but also show Albus that it's ok to let himself fall again or something

anyway

Like a soulmate au where you only find out after you reach majority?(because by then Percy would be disillusioned by him which I think is important and less likely to happen if he knows before hand)

I think would be very funny and neat. It has drama. flavor.

Like did Albus ever think he didn't have one?

Is this a "you can't die until you find each other" au so now Albus is like GDI about it

How do they feel about it??

it's just mwah fun

time travel au

it's simple but effective

preferably Percy not going back so far that they're the same age though like let them keep a gap preferably a pretty decent one

Let Albus still have gone through a bunch of shit and not even fully trust this kid that just dropped out of no where in front of him so he keeps him close to him as much as possible just in case he's lying

oh forced proximity in general could be fun with them

Time loop where they are the only ones not stuck (thought it takes months to realize that because of them being in different places) or you know just them getting locked in together somewhere for a few days force them to talk

OH you know how I've talked about the Pyramid concept before about how there's alot of fun things you can do using the fact Fred and George locked Percy in a Pyramid by using it as a catalyst of some kind?

AU where the Pyramid specifically took Percy to a different world thats like close to the current one but different enough that its obv that Percy doesn't belong like maybe one where all the Weasley's died in the first war? maybe? it would be the easiest but im sure others exist that could work too

point is maybe Percy ends up in Albus' care because you know he's Albus and this is before his position is really being question forced proximity with added drama or losing family and not really trusting one another

[themetalvirus]

prime spoilers

its so funny that shadow kept screaming SONIC JUST FUCKING LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND into sonic's face and he just KEPT. IGNORING HIM. DUDE LISTEN TO SHADOW HES A FUCKING GHOST STUCK IN THE VOID YOU SHOULD PROBABLY HELP HIM. JESUS CHRIST. i'd punch sonic too after that

i love rusty rose. i love her. i LOVE her. i hope she gets her free will back, she is clearly capable of good (and was turned good in that one episode). get all of the programming OUT of her and just let her make her own decisions, i don't even care if she returns to eggman anyway because it's all she's known for so long, i just need to see her with free will. please. someone help this poor girl

speaking of people who need help, nine :( NINE. nine. NINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes SO!!!! he needs to experience the magic of friendship and shoot his first friendship rainbow beam so bad. hes so lonely and USED to being lonely that he chose a barren wasteland to call home. that's no way to live, man.

also captain knuckles had a reeeeally concerning turn in that last episode, his Gemstone Guarding Instincts kicked in and he went a little nuts. i want more of that tbh. more nutso knuckles

i was expecting a lot more from prime but this is very very clearly not the end, it's clearly not even the whole of season 1 and is being split up into different release chunks for netflix (like glitch techs is 1 season but was released in two seperate chunks as "seasons 1 and 2"). i personally hoped to see more worlds, but i'm also glad what we DID see was fleshed out. i was expecting a more episodic format in terms of visiting the worlds so i'm happy we get to spend actual time in each of them and get to know the characters and their problems

i'm wondering if sonic erased his original friends out of existence when he shattered the paradox prism (like how green hill doesnt exist anymore) or if they also landed in different worlds. or the void. or something else entirely

speaking of green hill, isn't it super weird that they just... decided all of sonic's world is green hill. i guess it's for budgetary reasons? and to control the scope? but it's super fucking weird right, like, i'm not the only one that thinks that's weird? there are. other places in sonic's world. sonic doesn't live ANYWHERE he just ends up in green hill a lot. maybe it's also for a point of comparison, like how the loop-de-loop is always in the same place? just to have more solid landmarks to see what's different. i just wish they did that with like. multiple areas of the world. instead of multiple landmarks of Just Green Hill

anyway waiting for the next part of this show to drop is gonna be torture. i have some Gripes and Grumbles (WHERE IS BLAZE IN THE PIRATE DIMENSION? WHERE IS SHE!) but nothing is ever perfect and also i love having stuff to gripe and grumble about. rusty rose is my new best friend btw. (also the knuxouge enjoyers are eating well, congratulations to those who that applies to)

theres gonna be so much fanfic about these goddamn places i can tell. especially the fucked up eggman won world. theres so much potential there. i'm hoping (like another person said) that rusty rose's backstory is that she got kidnapped, sonic wasn't there, and she got turned into a fucked up robot thing. because wouldn't that be fucked up. that would fuck this version of sonic up too, he'd feel so upset and guilty that he couldn't help her (and then be determined to help her NOW even if shes evil). i wish they spent more time on rusty and the pirate amy recognizing each other and being freaked out tho. thats also a lot of potential

i also want to see sonic find another version of himself. i don't think that'll happen? because like, he doesn't exist in any of these worlds because he's the god of these gajillion universes. but also i want him to find a fucked up version of himself and go dear god that could have been me. itd be neat i think

in any case i am kissing these writers on the mouth for rusty rose and nine. i am a sonic fan who craves being spoonfed more funny little guys so i can point and go HEY I KNOW THAT GUY but i'm also just really glad that big is part of the crew. hes so good :)

i have more thoughts but also i am eepy and i dont feel like typing anymore. sonic prime flawed and for babies but also good. i'm glad we finally got a proper action cartoon this time, it's wicked cool. i love rusty rose did i mention that yet. i love rusty rose

[astro-break]

Thoughts on the 10th ep of Hypmic Rhyme Anima+. Spoilers beware

Season 1 | Ep.1 | Ep.2 | Ep.3 | Ep.4 | Ep. 5 | Ep. 6 | Ep. 7 | Ep. 8 | Ep. 9

LETS GOOOO MCD flashbackkkkk

Oh look finally a good look at TBH and the mastermind's faces, nice thanks OFC the big bag is Kaibyaku the medical dude

ah so in the end it all leads back to that company if all three of them worked in the same place

Ofc the classic cheek punch then pass out, always happens

LMAOO they knocked each others teeth out and made friendship bracelets out of it thats a romance right there.

Oh damn does that mean that kaibyaku has some of of medical issue? that was an IV in his arm im pretty sure or at least some sort of drip. Maybe Jakurai will play some sort of big end of series role that heals him? I hope not, that would be a bit boring but it would make sense since kujaku posse is the only duo not affiliated with the whole TBH trio thing

Leader battle lets goooo we'll probably get another leader song which is always fun

I hope we get a TBH one

EYYY HEADSET MIC LETS GOOO I looooveddd rosho's one and im so glad theres another one which is always fun

Huh mic embedded in the hand? Thats an interesting concept

[On a second rewatch I think its interesting how Kenji specifically says "I can't fall here. Not we. Theres some foreshadowing that he is the only real one here. He specifics in his rap vers that its "that wretched party" that belongs in a grave, not any of our characters in particular]

[also another detail. The necromancy + skull imagery to their rap verse…. they are bringing back old ghosts with their song… they are so tragic. The rap on as second watch is just so much more tragic once you know everything]

Kuko's rap uses the letters T B H as the starts of his verses which is fun

NIce imagery of three dragons fighting for dominance, a very apt metaphor for IchiSamaKuko who are just hothead extremes

huh wonder what was ripped up

oh thats a neat explanation of how they were able to do a lot of supernatural stuff. I feel like it would have been more interesting if it was a hallucination, but hey I'll take that L its not that bad even if a bit uninspired/not very well foreshadowed

Also the vibrations as controlling element, as someone who can hear electronics, is something that would work for me 100% wwwww I would go crazy if i had to hear those annoying sound waves 24/7

I mean exposition episode but its kinda cute actually? I hate that they're doing this after revealing that they're dead but it does put in the point that they were people, not good people, but still people

bro… bro… satoru specifically says in his rap that the world's our kitchen… he has so many kitchen metaphors here…. bro still holds his dream of opening a restaurant with his totally platonic life bro even after death… bro…..

I mean its not that bad of a motive, im not that convinced that they're in the wrong. I'm also very much a sucker for acts of destructive love which is why i may be more inclined to cheer for kaibyakumon

While I do wish that they had fleshed out Kenji's relationship with Satoru and Akira a bit more, I do feel like the duo's dynamic on its own was really well presented before the big reveal. Like what's Kenji's feelings about SatoAkira, why is he so invested in this whole plan other than borderline idolizing kaibyaku?

I feel its hilarious how kenji's just sitting there while kaibyaku is just going on his monologue wwww

Nice, i like how they used Oosaka's island nature into their planning but there Are other bridges going into the mainland im pretty sure?

okay but why should you care? Like hes doing a overall good? Kaibyakumon's goals are aligned with the overall cast's motive of making sure that the government is placed in check so if the team wants us to have a reason to root against them, gotta give a good reason, esp after that backstory

LMAO HIFUMI oh i feel so bad for him

[goatpaste]

in what ways would you improve part 5?

ykno everyone ask me that and i never really have a clear awnser for it

i dont love p5 its not my favirote, but i think its such simple things as like it might not be a part that suits my taste. it also have a lot of characters i really could be bothered to care for one way or the other. like i love bruno a lot i think hes sooo well written, and trish is great... i think mista and naracia are fun.. mm.. i dont really think i care much for any other characters? in that part? shrug

but also like pacing and not having character who just flow with the narrative. i know they all have their excuses as to why but everything works its way to where its supposes to go so quick and easy with no hiccups or anything. nothing feels suprising or interesting, just feels like its happening. which i guess is the theme of destiny at play

but the only time i was engaged witha character ard was probably Bruno. i Really love trish but she does NOT get enough time to shine she really doesn't

and im not a fugo hater im just a fugo neutral, i did REALLY like araki's choice to stick to fugo's character in that moment and have him not go with.

but beside the pacing and everything just feeling like an inevitable downer for all of p5

i think im just not that into a lot of characters and i dont know if thats something that can be 'fixed' lol like their characters arnt bad, i just dont care for them. except Giorno. i think Giorno was written bad. i think Giorno has soooo much potential to be a very fun character, but araki blew it imo

i think! trish and giorno shoulda been one role. Because giorno and trish both have fun neat personalities that we dont get to actually explore and enjoy because araki kinda side lined them. even Giorno in his own part. Like Giorno gets more screentime at least... but Trish kinda takes what Giorno coulda been with the complexities of the history of his father and does it actually good. I just think Giorno/Trish fill out similar roles but trish is more enjoyable at filling out the role but gets less screentime than giorno who already feels like a tourist in his own part. idk! i think i just wish Trish played a bigger part and was the one who got to kill her dad...

also id change that fucking last batch of story with them following requiem for wht felt like a million episodes, that the fuck was that...

i just

found P5 sooo slow and boring at times and very unengaging. i often forgot Giorno was there and literally couldn't remember his name until a lil over halfway through watching p5. Depite growing up in the area, he acts like he knows fucking nothing and is a tourist rather than a long term citizen. Barely any on the team pays much attention to him and no one feels like their friends despite establishing they have been together for years and care about each other. and im not talking about the silly bullying each other like pour soda on naracia speakers. It just feels like their all their own separate guys who sometimes remember they care about each other, or remember Giorno is there.

Giorno, son of Dio is just some guy lol. normalist man

also arakis whole statement on like 'i didnt want dio being giornos dad to be a big deal' like.. you make dio a big deal in every part... you couldnt even talk about the complexities in moralism in giornos character with who his father is/who his family is/who he is

idk

im like, p5 had some stuff, but it just feels like araki worked on it aimlessly for YEARS and just both was dragging it on and wanted to end it so fast and get it over with. so idk what to do with that part i dont

its kinda locked in a state of a bit wonky

[zip-toonz]

talk abt pkmn characters? YESSSS OF COURSE OF COURSE !!!! id like to hear anything u have to say abt the kalos rivals.....OR the lumiose siblings i care them too...

YEAAAAAAA

I have a lot of thoughts about Kalos as a whole all the time!! Heres a little something for everyone

Shauna: OK LETS TALK ABOUT SHAUNA!!!! I don't think I paid much attention to her as a kid but now adays I love picking apart her character. She's by far the most flexible of the the Rivals. In the game she's Sweet but doesn't seem to have a whole lot going on besides being really supportive and upbeat and I may have missed something while replaying the story of X but I don't think she really had a unique goal? Besides being the Rival who has the starter weak to yours. Which SUCKS cause she's such a charming character for what she is in the games. I know she states she's enjoys making memories with you and her friends and honestly I wish they did more with that. Shauna could have been the Rival who was in it for the adventure! maybe have a scrap book of all the things she saw and enamored with exploring the region. In the Anime (my personal favorite version of her due to nostalgia) She's energetic and social and has a established dream a goal! She wants to be a performer, she wants to be Kalos queen and knowing she succeeds brought me a lot of joy! I love that she's not above snarky remarks, I LOVE IT! She's a teen girl and Im glad she acts like one. To this day the playful "You're so slow" directed at Trevor in the summer camp arc lives rent free in my head. You can FEEL that they've know each other since for as long as she can remember. Or her "wow you don't know anything!" when talking to Serena and Bonnie about Pokémon showcases like YES I LOVE THAT! It doesn't really feel mean but rather like she's being playful. In the manga (I love her so much in the manga) the bluntness is bumped up to a 10, I lost my mind when she calls Trevor a wimp. She makes a snide remark about X or Y and again it doesn't feel mean spirited rather that's she's really comfortable with them and calling it as she sees it. And honestly I love that. She's down to earth. She's not afraid to call bullshit and make a scene if she has too. AND despite all that she's still a 12? (based on X's wiki age being listed at 12) year old girl who's still sensitive and has moments of vulnerability. She cried over her furfrou she cried when she hurt Viola while under the influence of Honedge. Then cried harder when Y scolded her before Y ALSO burst into tears. She cried over Pokemon getting hurt. like SHE STILL CARES DEEPLY SHE JUST ACTS TOUGH. (Also furfro groomer Shauna was so neat too! I'm just bias to Performer Shauna because pokemon performances blew my mind as a kid and still do)

Tierno: I often feel bad that when I was younger I didn't really like Tierno all that much as a character because when I got back into XY I was like WOW HES SUCH A COOL CHARACTER. ESPECIALLY IN THE MANGA. In the games he's a sweet kid who loves dancing and is self admittedly not that great at battling. He often gets distracted by the moves the Pokémon are using rather than the battle itself and that's really sweet. In the anime he's a skilled battler that integrated his love of dancing into battling and going so far as to use that to deflect opponents. He has a rhythm with his Pokémon and it strengthens their bond in a way that isn't as traditional as most other trainers and its COOL. And in the Manga he's sweet but not a pushover. He loves his friends, cares deeply for those around him, and went so far as to take care of X's Pokémon while X locked himself away. He wants just as much as the others for X to come back out of his shell but when X blows up on him early on he stands his ground while remaining civil about it. I was in awe of his sheer strength. He can do a flip on skates while carrying Shauna and Trevor like!? THATS SO BADASS ACTUALLY. and while he doesn't battle a whole lot in the manga he can handle himself pretty well. I love that his weight is not used as a joke. He's a fat kid who loves dancing and never he's a fat kid isn't that soooo funny like no its not funny I'm glad he's just allowed to exist as he is and love dancing. I love that the manga made his strong and sweet. I'm sad that he like the Kalos rivals as a whole tend to be ranked really low on tier lists or are just blatantly forgotten due to the time constraints and the in Game story suffering because of it. (READ THE XY MANGA PLEASE I BEG YOU IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE)

Trevor: I've talked about Trevor a ton because I constantly put him through the horrors. But It's wild to know that of all the kids Trevor has this vague hidden lore just chucked into an interaction with his sister if you just happen to talk to every npc and end up in the right house in Jaune Plaza. Its just sitting there. It really makes me think he was intended to be a bigger character in the games. I felt like I interreacted with him the most while replaying the games so maybe he was. He's your Dex rival. he wants to fill the pokedex and its not until you happen to talk to his sister that you find out why he's so fixated on doing it. Its like he's coping with the fact his parent's left him to train Pokémon. Trevor is also not the best at battling in the group so maybe filling the Dex is the next best thing to him. And the lack of parents is never touched upon in the manga or the anime as far as I'm aware so its just this little piece of trivia sitting abandoned in the game. I love that Trevor despite being shy is kind of snooty in the anime. He can be full of himself or a bit of a smartass at times and I like that. Makes him feel less like "oh he's just the shy kid" and more like he's a teen boy who can be a bit full of himself its a welcomed change of pace. I love that the anime makes him a photographer. Its a neat idea. Making a Photo Dex is so unique and the fact he's determined to photograph every Pokémon and hopefully discover a new one is sick! The scene where he's geeking out about Spewpa (I think?) is cute. Like of course he as a photographer and a huge nerd is gonna notice the little things. And in the manga they just commit to him being a huge Pokémon buff by making him a Professor. His dynamic with Sycamore is just Adoptive father and son to me because of the manga and the one in game interaction. Trevor clearly looks up to sycamore but even better is in the manga Sycamore RESPECTS HIM. And of all people Sycamore is (by game lore) the only known positive adult figure in his life. I like to think sycamore has been helping his sister and him for years and honestly the thought that Trevor probably has slipped up and called sycamore dad and then died inside is so funny to me. (Unrelated tangent but I love that they keep giving Trevor scary dog privileges with huge Pokémon twice his size being on his team like why do you have an Aerodactyl and a Tyrantrum Trevor!? and I love that he specializes in Fairy egg and Fossil Pokémon exclusively in the games like what a weird restriction but also a fun one)

X/Calem: WHY ISNT HE IN THE ANIME WHY WHYYYY. I love X a lot. I like the concept of his character I like his dynamic with his friend group and the fact that he clearly has a favorite (Trevor)/j. But more than anything I love that X is a burned out gifted junior trainer. One who locked himself in his room to avoid the fame. Its such a neat angle to go with for a Rival. He never deserved to have his privacy invaded so consistently. He never deserved for people, grown adults even, to disrespect his boundaries. And the fact of the matter is that it traumatized him. Enough to give up what he loved. it's so upsetting and yet so real. His whole arc is one I really enjoy. His trauma feels real. His depression and anger breathe a lot of credibility to it. Child stardom does tend to do a lot of harm. He felt so unsafe to the point he chose to shut himself away to avoid it. And it wasn't even just him it was his Pokémon too. He didn't want them involved with what he saw as his problem. its just GOD!! I know he doesnt have an anime counterpart but personally I think an anime Calem could have worked. They made a rival for ash in the series and I get that they tend to avoid making anime rivals based on the male player character cause that's what Ash is meant to represent but like DUDE. In my mind an anime verse Calem (as opposed to X and game Calem) is a really lax dude who loves being a trainer (And just happend to be really good at it). He like the rest of the rivals in the anime could have been traveling separately (Maybe even returning from traveling abroad for training) and been introduced in the Summer camp set of episodes along side the other rivals. How funny would it have been if he recognized serena as his neighbor. I have more thoughts on an anime Calem but I feel like at some point ill just make him real and properly flesh him out.

Y/Serena: Honestly I've always played as the female player character and since Cal and Serena are the same as far as I'm aware in the games I'm gonna jump to the anime. UNPOPULAR (?) TAKE BUT I HATED ANIME SERENA FOR A LONG TIME. I know why of course. I was mad because of how much they pushed the crush on Ash. It really pushed me away from her character. I never liked how it ended up reducing her character at times to "she likes Ash" when there was so much they could have done with her. I've since come to accept that its not her as a character I hate but how she was handled that I hated. I like her dynamic with Bonnie in the anime. They act like sisters and its fun to watch them hang out. I liked her in the first 2 episodes when we see her interacting with her mom. I like her being bitter about her mom pushing her to train as a Rhyhorn racer. I like her making snide remarks about it. I like the episode where she teaches ash how to Race. I like episodes where the focus is on her and not on her Crush. I just wish she had of been more than what they made her at times. In the games your rival is a skilled trainer. Why couldn't Serena have been? I never really saw the chemistry between them and it really hurt Serenas character. I like parts of her but I feel like there was more that could have been done. IN COMPARISON Y IS SO WELL DONE. Shes pissed her mom kept putting her in the spotlight and being expected to follow in her footsteps so instead she becomes a sky trainer!? BAD ASS AND REALLY FUNNY. Shes the groups glue and holding them together!? INTERESTING! Shes stubborn but well meaning?! COOL. Shes a strong trainer and a force to be reckoned with!? SICK! Despite her strained relationship with her mom she still worries about and misses her!? NICE! Y is what I wished Anime serena could have been. I don't mean that to down play Anime Serena I've come to like her but Y is so strong of a character while Serena was just beginning to get there. I wouldn't say I want A!Serena to be Y I just think if she had at least one of Ys characteristics she would have been stronger. If I was given the chance to change Serena in the anime Id keep the Performer aspect and the lack of serious interest in battling those are fine but I'd think adding naturals leadership skills or hell having her develop an enjoyment for racing would have given her a little more grip. at the end of the day I want her to be better because I do care about her character

Clemont: Anime Clemont my beloved. Watching this kid fail time and time again only to keep trying is everything. I like his dynamic with Bonnie in the anime he's a good older brother stern with her but not mean to her. Keeping dedenne for her until shes old enough to be a trainer. Protecting her when theres danger. Correcting her behavior. You can tell he cares about her and it never feels like he hates or resents her. I like his dynamic with Ash in the anime they really admire each other. His whole deal being that Ash gives him the confidence to venture out of his comfort zone is sweet and fun to watch. I love seeing his wacky invention of the day. And I LOVE CLEMBOT BAYBE!!! Anime Clemont is really fun to watch in general. Hes sweet yet very awkward but doing his best to better himself. I like how much he cares for his Pokémon and his friends. I find the running gag that hes a terrible runner funny. I think about how much that backpack must weigh too given his inventions. I love his team in the anime straying from that of the games with Bunnelby and Chespin being my favorites. Overall I understand why I liked him so much when I was younger because hes just enjoyable to watch (Talking about the anime cause my memory of Manga and Game Clem is basically sticker residue)

Bonnie: I ADORE BONNIE. Usually I have the hardest time enjoying little kid characters in a show because they tend to be written for the sake of annoyance or just poorly developed but Bonnie is a delight. She's a kid yeah she does childish things but its never pushed to the point where its actually grating to me. She gets upset, sometimes irrationally so but she's a child. That makes sense for her character. Like her puffing her cheeks and arguing that she wanted to hug Pikachu because it was cute only for Clemont to ask if Pikachu liked it is Kid behavior. and she apologizes when corrected that good! her finding every Pokémon super cute or getting sleepy because it past her usual bedtime its like YEAH she's like 6 -8 ish if I had to guess. She loves taking care of pokemon and I kind of wished we got to see her as a trainer starting her own journey. I love the bit of her trying to find clemont a wife because like SHES A KID SHE DOESNT FULLY GRASP THE WEIGHT OF THAT SHE JUST WANTS SOMEONE TO KEEP AN EYE ON HER BROTHER CAUSE SHE CARES ABOUT HIM. I love bonnie focused episodes. She's very well done for a little sibling character