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POV you're Lois Lane.

Your partner is trying to hide their nonhuman nature. You figured it out months ago but play along because you find their antics amusing.

#poor girl really did go through it #Lois Lane

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You know, the WORST part is, this book has my exact writing flaws. And I KNOW that it has my exact writing flaws. I too tend to play fast and lose with worldbuilding and characterization, especially beyond my one or two protagonists. Mostly the worldbuilding, though. I KNOW that my worldbuilding sucks.

BUT AT LEAST I AM NOT A TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED AUTHOR WHOSE WORK HAS BECOME AN INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS...!

#fanfiction writer problems #yeah if you trained yourself to work well with pre-existing worlds than you struggle making one from scratch #see where I am leagues above some authors is that I KNOW THAT THIS IS A WEAKNESS I HAVE #also I am quite good with characters #because fanfiction writer #and my plots are also quite nice if I say so myself #meanwhile this book sucks on all three fronts #the characters are shallow the world is mostly shapes made of smoke and the plot consists to 98% of them slowly reinventing coffee shops #as in. One thing you can get in a café after the other #there is no real reason for them to do that either #like no external or internal pressure #they just have a brilliant idea! and it works! Ta-da!#damn this book sucks

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Posts that genuinely rewired my brain. Like. There is so much TRUTH in this post.

#my entire family whenever one of the cats is present for real #LOOK AT THE CAT!!#IT'S JUST SITTING THERE!!#OR EVEN EATING!!#OMG CAT!!#Cats just do this to your brain #cats

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oldtvandcomics · 2 days

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Aaaaw, thank you!! <3

Well now I am in love with burned out Lilith with saviour complex.

Just the perfect unhealthy mix with depressed and traumatised Lucifer.

They are a mess and they cling to each other without knowing how to help each other, only making it worse.

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin hotel lilith #Lucifer/Lilith #they probably have a ship name.... Who cares

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I wonder. Why Lucifer's mental health is still bad? Sure you won't 'get over' your depression with a snap of a finger, but he had 10000 years. So what if Lilith unintentionally prevented him from it?

Now I 99,9% believe she isn't evil and she loves Lucifer. But their stance on Heaven and Hell seem opposite. For Lucifer it is home. Even though he resents it now, he still misses it. And Hell is a constant reminder of his failure and trauma. But Lilith does not have this personal connection to Heaven. And she thrived in Hell.

After the Fall Lilith was the ONLY person Lucifer had, the only one that was always on his side. So he disregarded his own feelings to not bring Lilith down. The fall was hard for both of them and he could have blamed himself for Lilith being dragged into this.

This won't erase his trauma and depression. But it crippled his ways to cope with what happened to him, to come to terms with it to be able to move on. He just shut it out, but consequences are still there. And so he keeps dealing with them.

He was happy with his daughter and wife and yet from Charlie's memories we see Lucifer still had down times, was still not 'present' a lot of the times. And after splitting with Lilith 7 years ago it became so much worse, he fully secluded himself, barely keeping himself present.

#honestly this would be The Dream #Expectation: Funny musical set in Hell #Actual story: loving and well-meaning people becoming toxic to each other #because they don't know how to properly deal with deliberating chronic illness #there are still banger of musical numbers twice an episode #hazbin hotel

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oldtvandcomics · 2 days

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The third chapter is up, btw. Only one left to go.

Meanwhile I started to write a Hazbin Hotel fanfiction .... a while ago.

It is Alastor/Lucifer, the idea being that they keep making deals that accidentally (or "accidentally") bind them closer and closer together.

It is a work in progress, but I'm already halfway through. In case that anyone want to read it and say some nice things to me about it. ;-)

#hazbin hotel #fanfiction #my writing

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oldtvandcomics · 2 days

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#imagine charlie finally learning mental health is not just trust exercises#so she knows her parents need more than just be together

THAT. And that she can't just "fix" people. Be it the residents of her Hotel or her own father, there is only so much she can do, and that is mostly just supporting them while they work things through with a professional. WHICH SHE ALSO NEEDS. I think that Charlie needs help untangling her own issues from that of other people. Like, that is something that mental health professionals need to be trained for, of course she can't do that!

I agree with what you said about the pilot, that's my headcanon, too! Lucifer shut down Charlie while she was talking about her dreams one too many times, because well, it's all hopeless anyway, better spare her the disappointment of trying and failing, and Charlie took it as a comment on her value as a person.

Lilith having a savior complex would be interesting! I imagine her to be simply burned out, which is why she has spent the past seven years sitting on a beach, but imagine her showing up and being like "step back everyone, I will FIX this"! And Lucifer immediately retreats into his bubble, because, well, Lilith knows best, like always. Best he can do is not get in her way.

I wonder. Why Lucifer's mental health is still bad? Sure you won't 'get over' your depression with a snap of a finger, but he had 10000 years. So what if Lilith unintentionally prevented him from it?

Now I 99,9% believe she isn't evil and she loves Lucifer. But their stance on Heaven and Hell seem opposite. For Lucifer it is home. Even though he resents it now, he still misses it. And Hell is a constant reminder of his failure and trauma. But Lilith does not have this personal connection to Heaven. And she thrived in Hell.

After the Fall Lilith was the ONLY person Lucifer had, the only one that was always on his side. So he disregarded his own feelings to not bring Lilith down. The fall was hard for both of them and he could have blamed himself for Lilith being dragged into this.

This won't erase his trauma and depression. But it crippled his ways to cope with what happened to him, to come to terms with it to be able to move on. He just shut it out, but consequences are still there. And so he keeps dealing with them.

He was happy with his daughter and wife and yet from Charlie's memories we see Lucifer still had down times, was still not 'present' a lot of the times. And after splitting with Lilith 7 years ago it became so much worse, he fully secluded himself, barely keeping himself present.

#hazbin hotel #the problem is that this is a complexity I don't trust them to be able to deliver #but would be nice to get at least some of it!!

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Oh dear. I am a third through Legends and Lattes, and I already feel that this book is going to end up on my List Of Infamy for 2024. Like, the concept is so good?? You could do so much with this premise?? And then it doesn't.

Listen. There are, generally, two reasons why someone would do a "people doing mundane things in a fantasy setting" story. You are either there for the world, or you are there for the characters. The world, we still know close to nothing about, beyond that it has generic DND vibes. What is the climate? What species exist in there, and how do they interact with each other? What is the role of adventurers in this society? What even is the city we're in like, beyond having a harbour, a market, a university and a main street?? And the characters, they seem to have zero internal conflict. Viv just left her life of adventuring and killing monsters, and it doesn't seem to impact her at all? Does she miss it? If so, what parts? Who were the people in her party? Even the ones who already appeared "on-screen", we only know their names. You mentioned that there is some prejudice against both orcs and succumbi, are you planning to elaborate on that?? AT ALL???

Just. *frustrated groan*

#listen.#I have read books that do it RIGHT #the Dreamhealers series most of all #A+ worldbuilding #wonderful characters with complex inner lives #which sometimes put them at odds with each other #So. Good.#makes you feel so cozy and comfortable too #Robin Banks' work with the exploration of neurodivergence and how that affects your relationships with people #but like. they're in space #meanwhile THIS is the book that vent viral #it's just so empty #Legends and Lattes #books

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My theory is that Lucifer's mental health hasn't been always this bad, it kind of fluctuates. He is going through a difficult time at the moment, and has been at a low for a long time, but he'd also had some centuries when he was mostly OK, despite being a little absent from time to time. And of course Heaven kind of cursed him, so that he can only see the worst of humanity. Which isn't the same as cursing him with depression, but it comes VERY close. Like, how could he NOT be depressed.

I think that the most interesting thing the creators could do with this family is to make them dysfunctional in the way normal families with a severely mentally ill member are. And yes, Lilith would 100% be making things worse, while having the best intentions.

Her husband is ill, so she takes it upon herself to rule Hell. This leaves Lucifer free to isolate himself even further, and completely forget that he himself would also be a good leader.

Her husband is ill, and she tries to protect her daughter by keeping them apart as much as possible. This ends up hurting both, by keeping them from forming a proper connection. Charlie is left with a father who seems cold for no reason, Lucifer is kept away from one of the few genuine sources of joy in his life.

Her husband is ill, and Lilith tries to shoulder as much of his burden as she can, instead of actually talking to him and working out a solution together. A few thousands years later, she simply can't take it anymore. Her temper becomes short, she snaps at Lucifer in ways that he absolutely will take too personally, and eventually, she has to leave, which pushes him into despair.

OR Lilith despairs and reaches out for whatever help she can find, and when Heaven offers her a deal, she feels like she needs to accept it, for the sake of everyone. In the end, Lucifer is still abandoned by the one person he has become dependent on.

OR we can go with the theory that Lucifer knows that Lilith has gone to Heaven, for either of the reasons above, and now he's sick with worry.

It would just be the most tragic, but also the most interesting way this story could go. Everyone does everything right, they all love each other very much, and yet they still go on to hurt each other, maybe beyond repair.

I wonder. Why Lucifer's mental health is still bad? Sure you won't 'get over' your depression with a snap of a finger, but he had 10000 years. So what if Lilith unintentionally prevented him from it?

Now I 99,9% believe she isn't evil and she loves Lucifer. But their stance on Heaven and Hell seem opposite. For Lucifer it is home. Even though he resents it now, he still misses it. And Hell is a constant reminder of his failure and trauma. But Lilith does not have this personal connection to Heaven. And she thrived in Hell.

After the Fall Lilith was the ONLY person Lucifer had, the only one that was always on his side. So he disregarded his own feelings to not bring Lilith down. The fall was hard for both of them and he could have blamed himself for Lilith being dragged into this.

This won't erase his trauma and depression. But it crippled his ways to cope with what happened to him, to come to terms with it to be able to move on. He just shut it out, but consequences are still there. And so he keeps dealing with them.

He was happy with his daughter and wife and yet from Charlie's memories we see Lucifer still had down times, was still not 'present' a lot of the times. And after splitting with Lilith 7 years ago it became so much worse, he fully secluded himself, barely keeping himself present.

#I also want it to be acknowledged that Lucifer DID hurt his family #unintentionally and because he himself was suffering of course #but he probably still said some VERY bad things from time to time #maybe even just something like 'come ON Charlie you are never going to get any good out of the people here'#which then Charlie went on to understand as her father thinking that she would be useless as a leader #because she was the demon princess equivalent of twelve #and also both of her parents worked REALLY hard to hide from her just how ill her father was #so she completely lacked the context for the things he said #she has a heart of gold and rainbows she would NEVER have abandoned Lucifer is she'd known the true scope of his mental illness #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #hazbin hotel lilith #hazbin hotel theory

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I love how this post is still making the rounds. That poor wolf must have been so confused, lol. I wonder what happened to them.

Edit: Never mind, I looked at the notes. So, apparently, this was a young wolf, who was released with a collar tracking his movements. The collar stopped transmitting, so it is assumed that the wolf is dead, but technology can fail for other reasons too, so who knows.

#funny #wholesome things #animals #yeah this is the kind of thing that would happen in 2020 isn't it

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The pain is real.

Get that damn twink wizard outta my face where are my knights

#BBC Merlin #Arthurian Legend #they should have just changed the names #it would have saved everyone SO MUCH TROUBLE down the line #the writers included #like it may have started out as a King Arthur AU #but it quickly devolved into being so AU that there is barely anything common with the actual source material #like both have knights...#it would have been GREAT original fiction #but nooo...

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oldtvandcomics · 8 days

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While I'm finishing off things I should have done to some degree of urgency or the other:

Review of A Searing Faith by Audrey Martin

A Searing Faith is the first book of The Heart Pyre series, based on the podcast by the same name. This book is an adaptation of the first season, the next one will probably be out sometimes this year. Also worth noting is that Audrey Martin is Luxembourgish, and that I know her personally. So this book was rather high on my To Read List. (Martin is also here on Tumbr, as @audreywritesfantasy. Moien, Audrey...)

Sixteen-year-old Rena skips school to gather herbs in the forest, but when she gets back, she finds her entire village aflame. There are no survivors except for her, and maybe her sister, who she suspects had been kidnapped by whoever set the fire. The only clue Rena has is her sister's ring, and a bird figurine made out of clay that she finds in the ruins. Still, Rena sets out to find the truth, helped by a group of random people she meets along the way.

I liked this book. It was an easy read, and only took me forever because I had a bunch of other things to do. One of the things Martin told me when she sold me the book at a book fair, was that she wanted to write a story where the trauma the protagonist goes through isn't just some inciting incident, but actually affects her throughout the story. I would argue that she succeeded with that. Rena's trauma feels real, she is triggered or suffers from panic attacks, and is also nerfed by being a normal village girl who has no experience with cheating the system or sneaking around Government organizations.

Another thing that I know that Martin was going for (because she said it in the tags of a Tumblr post) is for her story to be kind. I feel like this is one of the things that stands out the most: Not only Rena is acting in a very realistic way, but so are the people around her. Which is to say, when they see a terribly traumatized teenager who just lost everything, their first reaction is to help her. Rena herself is very confused by this, but decides to lean into it, and actually trust random strangers, because, well, why wouldn't they help, if all the others did? It is always so nice to find a story where the majority of the people is just kind.

So yeah, good book, I'm looking forward to the next.

#books #book reviews #A Searing Faith #fantasy

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I've just had this the day before yesterday. An acquaintance from our queer centrum is currently working on a thing for the Government to improve the situation of disabled, elderly and homeless queer people in our institutions, and she wanted to do an interview with me about it. It kind of went:

Me: Well, as an aro-ace person, one of the problems I'm facing really is that when I get old, I won't have a family to take care of me.

Her: What is your opinion on including chosen families into the hospital system, so that they could be named as your contact person?

Me: Oh, absolutely, that would be a very important first step. But we NEED to go further. I for example don't have anyone I'm close enough to trust with such a burden. Like, I actually do have friends, but we are talking people you know will handle your medical information in emergencies, that is a completely different level.

I love it when Aro/aces talk about having amazing friends but we also need to talk about it when aro/aces aren’t able to make meaningful friendships because of their current situation because it hurts

or anyone in general — aro/ace or not it sucks

#that and clean out your stuff when you are dead #I wouldn't ask any of my friends OR housemates to do that #so yeah that will be an issue #or let's hope it will #as that would mean that I get old enough to outlive my parents #but yeah DEFINITELY a thing we need to talk about more #aromantic #asexual

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oldtvandcomics · 9 days

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The Lone Ranger Origin Story is So Good Though (essay)

As far as origin stories go, the one of the Lone Ranger goes HARD. I'm going to base this on the first episode of the TV show, because the first of the radio show doesn't seem to exist any more (?), but I do assume it's close to being the same. Interlaced with some stuff from later adaptations.

So the first thing we see, is this:

"Six Texas Rangers ride across a western landscape, all courageous, straight-shooting men." Their leader, as we learn, is Dan Reid, a Very Brave Texas Ranger About To Do Very Brave Texas Ranger Things™.

.... and now he's dead.

This kind of bait and switch is something that we are used to in our story telling, but at the time, it wasn't exactly something you expected. The massacre of the Texas Rangers is shocking, even if you know that it's coming. So anyway, the guy you expected to be your Traditionally Masculine Protagonist™ is dead, and the only survivor is...

.... his younger brother, who manages to drag himself to a nearby cave where he finds some shelter and water.

So from the get-go, we have:

A traditionally masculine figure, who is presented to us in a way that we 100% expect him to be a "normal" Western protagonist.

Said masculine man getting killed unceremoniously, and replaced by his younger, therefore "lesser" brother.

Who then vanishes into a cave, which is a very traditional symbol of death/rebirth/transformation.

Also we never see his face, a creative decision that this show was very famous for.

(It's also something that later adaptations mess up, by introducing John much earlier. The whole point is that he was a Nobody before his brother got killed and him catapulted into a completely different genre.)

Then The Other arrives.

Said Other being of course our second hero, Tonto. And look, this is a story from the 1950s, based on the original from the 1930s. It has some issues with racism. But also, Tonto IS an Other, in that he is from a completely different culture than the (white) characters we've so far been introduced to. (And an outsider even to his own culture, but that is never really addressed.)

So anyway, he recognizes John BY THE RING HE GAVE HIM WHEN THEY WERE CHILDREN, a thing I'm VERY NORMAL about, and this kind of makes him stay to take care of him - which he definitely would have anyway, given the way he acts in every single story. (Homoerotic cave scene from 1981 my beloved. The only good part of that movie.)

Tonto's motivation in the entire story can be pretty well summed up with "either it's hella gay, or the writers were just racist and kind of forgot to give their character of colour a motivation beyond caring about the white hero".

Anyway. Moving on.

John recovers, and him and Tonto construct him a persona in the very fun way that he just goes with every single of Tonto's suggestions, even if said suggestions are nothing more than a throwaway line. One of said suggestions is The Mask, which Tonto very helpfully makes him from his brother's vest. The Mask doesn't really make too much sense in-universe (at least not past this first story), but narratively speaking, it fulfills the very important role of marking John too as An Other.

So.

Normal man walks (crawls) into a cave, comes out visibly marked as an Other,

He symbolically carries with him the Traditionally Masculine Hero in the form of said hero's clothes,

Which he LITERALLY wears as a mask.

Then they complete his metaphorical death/rebirth by digging a fake grave.

The rest of the story is spent chasing down the criminals who killed the Texas Rangers, but, like. This whole transformation the protagonist goes through, from a minor but traditionally masculine hero archetype to being his own (still masculine) hero who is visibly marked as An Other, is just, really nicely done. In my opinion.

#this was fun!#also leaves me kind of thinking (again) about how great the Lone Ranger would fit as a queer hero #like the symbolism is pretty much already there #meta #character analysis #The Lone Ranger

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All the crimes the 2013 movie committed, etc etc, but the sad thing is, you COULD bring magic into that world, if you really wanted. Just. Not Like That.

What I would do, is make Tonto magic. So, I fully stand with what I said - at some point in 2020, maybe? - about Tonto being a Science Superhero. He really is. In a way that is just so 1950's, the supernatural doesn't really have any place in the Lone Ranger mythos. But if it did? It would show itself in all the small ways that the story itself bends reality, to make it something softer, something more child-friendly.

Like, you have a Realistic Situation, and then these two figures show up with their horses, and suddenly Reality doesn't quite work that way, and you can outwit the bad guys and silver bullets are actually a good weapon (they are not. Silver is not a good material to make bullets from. There is a reason why we don't do that). And then they leave, and normality resumes, and you will never understand what happened there.

So it is the heroes themselves who have reality bending powers, and, well, Tonto is the one who has been doing it longer. It could explain why he is always where needed, why everyone seems to be his friend, how he always has the right medicine, why he doesn't need a tent, how he can spend weeks riding through the desert and come out looking perfectly clean and well-groomed, how the fuck he hasn't died of a concussion yet....

And John, John would kind of drop out of the Real World, and be bewildered about these things first, but the longer he spends living with Tonto, the more he himself would start to bend reality. Bullets always miss him. His horse never grows tired. One day, they arrive at a town, and he catches a glimpse of himself in the mirror, perfectly clean and well-groomed, despite having spent weeks in the desert with no water to wash his body, let alone his clothes...

(You would of course have to be very careful doing this to avoid racist stereotypes, but that is the case while writing Tonto no matter what. Also, this started out as a dig to the 2013 movie, and, come on, they had MORE than enough money for sensitivity readers, if only they'd used it)

#Silver is of course magic #we all agree that Silver is magic right #as in he is magic even IN THE UNIVERSE WITHOUT MAGIC #but that's a different question #my point kind of is:#these are superheroes #superheroes are kind of inhuman in the way they bend Reality around them #so that it stops being Reality and becomes a Story #The Lone Ranger would be a fun example because he is NOT part of a gigantesque extended universe #just two men who are clearly not quite of this world #could be SUPER FUN if executed correctly #fanfiction ideas #Lone Ranger #superheroes #fuck the 2013 movie don't watch the 2013 movie all my homies hate the 2013 movie #had to be said somewhere

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oldtvandcomics · 9 days

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Lone Ranger modern day AU: John is a young and idealistic lawyer who genuinely believes that the Police is a force for good, and Tonto is a rogue doctor/pharmacist driving around in an old van and offering free medical assistance to disadvantaged and impoverished communities. There are no pubs, only coffee shops.

I don't even LIKE modern day AUs, but not gonna lie, this one has potential.

#also worth adding that this is still a fairy tale #so Tonto ALWAYS has the right medicine and it ALWAYS works #John is still wearing his mask and people are still weirded out by it #and for some reason all the US officials take a look at those two idiots #and go 'ah yes THIS is the perfect example of American patriotism'#fanficion ideas #Lone Ranger #modern day AU

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There is a very special Feeling to it when you have been in shipping spaces for long enough to realize that you have A Type. And, like, I already KNEW that I have A Type, but even so, every time when I run into some ship that is clearly My Type, I am there like... I guess this is a knowledge about myself I have to live with now.

#I actually have two Types and they have been the same since like what feels like for ever #but I just looked at some old fics of mine and...#definitely a pattern there #first ship I wrote for has a strikingly similar dynamic to the one I'm writing about now #so that's a Thing...#personal #fanfics #shipping

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