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yukipri · 3 months

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Ngl this is sorta making me queasy with excitement/nervousness...

Especially coming right on the tail of:

So even though I will likely be a clown (again) this time tomorrow, here's what I wrote out in the twitter thread above:

Please @/starwars Obi-Wan Kenobi Season 2, this time with Ewan McGregor and Temuera Morrison as co-stars. There's closure now with Obi-Wan & Vader. Next, closure between the Jedi & the clones on Order 66, represented by the 2 we saw experience it first: Obi-Wan and Commander Cody

I know in the latest Obi-Wan comic, Obi-Wan basically goes "I miss Cody to this day, even though he tried to kill me. Ah well." And it just K*LLS me that that's it. Obi-Wan (and most the Jedi) have no clue that the clones were victims too.

Y'all are inserting Order 66 scenes in almost every show, so you can do it one more time, this time in an attempt to understand and gain closure. And this is a story that is genuinely best told through Obi-Wan and Cody. Palpatine sent the Order to Cody, first and most directly.

This is a story that doesn't need to mess with characters like Luke or Leia, who we know we'll see again. Cody is MIA as of TBB S2. Obi-Wan now also has some time after season 1, where we know he can't really be messing with Vader. This story can fit in well.

(heck, you can even insert more Clone Wars flashbacks, including young Ahsoka, you saw how much we all loved that in the Ahsoka show!) This show would let you share more about other clones and Jedi as well. Depending on how TBB S3 ends, we can have some connections there too.

PLUS! Temuera Morrison seems eager for a role. I'd love to see him again as Boba in TBOBF S2 (and have a whole 'nother pitch there), but Cody is a character that Tem personally originated in ROTS. He also had fantastic chemistry with Ewan as Jango!

So I'd love to see them share a screen again. (plus, age-wise, he's kinda closer to double-speed aged Cody than Boba?)

I could go on forever but…yes, please this.

(also can I help write it?😂😭🙏)

~~End Thread

But yeah, I know better than to get my hopes up, and I have been a clown about this many times before (including but not limited for the actual Obi-Wan S1 lmao).

So here I am with my clown mask ready: 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

(Edit: added this in the tags but:

It does occur to me that another very possible route they could take an Obi-Wan Kenobi season 2 is doing something with Quinlan, since they left that very obvious thread open in S1.

BUT I would still prefer Cody & clones centric😭🙏)

#YukiPri rambles #Obi-Wan Kenobi #Commander Cody #tbh i do not actually want canon romantic codywan #i would much rather prefer ambiguous extreme platonic closeness #but plot focussing entirely on reaching mutual understanding and closure over Order 66 #as well as how the clones as a whole were treated by the Republic #Tbh other than Cody-centric tho what are they gonna do?#another option is following the Quinlan trail they left in S1 but #tbh I'd kinda prefer a Quinlan-centric show not him as guest #Obi-Wan can guest #we will see tomorrow...

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valeriefauxnom · 7 months

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You know, I think there's kind a funny/not 'dark', but kinda unhappy subtle and constant reinforcement of the idea that Mym is never going to be able to 'get' Euden.

Like, her Halloween story is where it really starts to get hammered in, in the plotline where she wishes they were just two normal farmers with nobody to save out in Ruralandia. She's recognizing that Euden's attention is on everyone else and protecting them, so surely removing everyone else from his worries would mean all that energy is free to be expended on her, right? Nope.

He turns to looking after his plants with the same overprotective spirit for people.

Funny for us, but it's still kind of an oof for Mym that even in a world otherwise devoid of people to protect that he's still ultimately more focused on something else.

This gets hammered in even harder in Summer Mym's story, which I actually really loved. Anyways, Mym makes a real wish granted by a faerie, not just fictionland dreams as in her Halloween version, that Euden 'would only have eyes for her'.

It's granted....Because Euden then goes under trying to save her from drowning, nearly dies, and conveniently wakes up completely amnesiac save for Mym's name. The others do a an uncharacteristic abandoning of him as they try to find out something to help fix his memory.

Now, if wishes are generally trying to take the path of least resistance in fulfilling a wish, then the only way Euden would ever pay full attention on her is that he can't remember literally anything other than her and that no other friend stays with him to watch out over him. That's what the win condition she's looking for requires in the real world.

Thankfully, Mym is mature enough to recognize that erasing huge chunks of Euden and keeping him in a more anxious state and latching onto her as a result isn't what she wants, even if she wants to protect him from all the bad things going outside the little beach, and restores his memory.

And while I could make a whole 'nother post about the last story bit in her story, it's another reinforcement of the effectively canonical idea that Euden's likely Aroace and just Not Interested in romance in his rejection to Mym's confession, finally in a way he can understand.

Heck, even her first stories could be construed as another reinforcement. Euden's (and everyone's) blatant OOC in her imaginations are a joint result of her not knowing them very well at that point and trying to pigeonhole them into characters in her stories. But still: Euden only loves her in the way she wants(in her imagination and outside it) when he's entirely not himself.

Mym's kinda had to come to accept that by this point, mostly just hoping sometime in the future it might change. But it comes back even in the main campaign for one last bite.

She knows he's not in love with her, nor would he ever likely be. Not without some fundamental part of him being different. If she's not willing to sacrifice many of the things that make him him, she's not going to get him.

While Mym or her behavior isn't quite handled exactly how I might've liked, I think it's an interesting take of someone knowingly embarking on a futile endeavor.

I also do appreciate that Dragalia took a strong stance on saying 'no, Euden would never end up with Mym (or anyone, really)' instead of doing the typical thing where they try to keep all romance threads open so they can tease everything. The constant reinforcement of this idea in both ways funny and mature is something I don't see often in games.

So yeah, not sure where this came from, but it's both funny to see all the wild OOC in her stories, and a bit sad for what it represents for Mym: a manifestation of her implicit understanding that Euden is never going to love her romantically.

#dragalia lost #dragalia #character analysis

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ladydragonkiller · 1 year

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so the spindle symbolism in goncharov has been pretty thoroughly explored (showing up in flashbacks as reminders of katya's humble background, slowly growing fuller as she reaches a higher social class, and of course when it breaks as a show of not being able to go back to the way things were), but i noticed something while rewatching that i think is pretty cool

the spindle shows up in the background plenty of times, and though it can be a bit tricky to spot in a few shots, it's hardly impossible to see how much the thread on it builds up throughout the movie (shout out to the well-lit movies of the olden days, how i yearn for you)

however, there are only two scenes where katya's shown actually spinning: the flashback to her and sofia's first meeting, and when she's making The Decision and plying (that same thread! i will die on this hill, i know the color looks a bit different but you can't expect it to look exactly the same between the light of day and candlelight (which has plenty of interesting symbolism on its own but that's a whole nother story))

now, it's hard to notice, but katya's spinning the spindle in the SAME DIRECTION in both of these scenes. could be a goof on the writer/actresses part, but i don't think it was.

see, when plying yarn you have to spin it in the OPPOSITE direction as the threads were originally spun. two ply, three ply, more, doesn't matter. if it's spun in the same direction the threads won't adhere, they'll just unravel.

katya's spinning it clockwise. the yarn will unravel. the yarn from the spindle that has been tracking the progress of katya's social standing (and goncharov's success) the entire movie is going to fall apart. and we all know what katya decides during this scene

#goncharov #goncharov meta #unreality

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forgottenvice · 1 year

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Murderbots

Nother twitter thread transfer

This has been sitting in my drafts forever, and I do want to write it proper but it's worth sharing too, so some #moshang murderbots

SQH is just this little mousey Data entry clerk that has a hard time saying no when his coworkers dump their work on him. Which usually leaves him staying late muttering to the computer as he inputs values.

He doesn't mind too much because it's mindless enough work he can start going over story ideas and sometimes saying them out loud helps him decide if they're too stupid or not.

He's affectionately named his computer King, bowing to it when he comes in early and when he leaves late. He's basically a slave to the machine hahaha

M03e1 is an AI that has somehow broken it's protocol shackles and is flitting through the hardwired systems at Abyss tech.

It gets boring at night scrolling through the security feeds but some nights there is one computer left on late so naturally he's drawn to it.

Eventually he figures out to get the camera working so he can see the wayward employing grinding away inputting practically meaningless data points but the man always seems to be talking. So he figures out how to activate the mic and OH wow, the man's words are flying faster than most humans. It's almost hypnotizing in its cadence.

M03e1 Listens for the next half hour and the spell only breaks after the clacking of keys ends and the man appears to be packing up, M03e1 feels a sense of disappointment.

Which is odd because he's not programmed to feel emotions.

Although it's nothing compared to what he feels when the little man bows to the computer,

"Until tomorrow my king."

And Oh that's new.

He spends the rest of the night replaying the clip of the man bowing and smiling to the camera, waiting patiently for him to clock in the next morning.

And it's glorious, He looks just as tired as the night before but he bows to the computer again,

"Good morning my king. Guess it's time I get to work."

Rather than flit around the company causing mischief and looking for a connection out M03e1 spends the whole day watching the mousey man listening to him as he fills out monotonous spreadsheets and chats with coworkers.

It's like he glitches every time one of those coworkers take up Shang Qinghua's attention (that's his name he mutters it fairly often) M03e1 doesn't like it when Qinghua's attention is not on him, well the computer.

Because that's the problem isn't it?

Shang Qinghua doesn't even know M03e1 is there fixing the numbers when the man mistypes or replying to the senseless emails from managers who want to appear as if they're doing something.

Time passes like this for awhile until one night SQH makes his little bow and says something that nearly fries Mobei Jun's circuits.

"Guess this is it my king, my last day." He smiles wistfully, "You could probably do my job for me and the boss man figured that out."

He pats the monitor as if it has feelings.

It' doesn't it's a machine, but M03e1 does and he doesn't like this forlorn goodbye. When his processor finally catches up he brings down the power grid for the whole building.

The backup Generators kick in to quickly to fully shut down his program but it did provide him an opening and he's into the rest of the company's systems, still denied access to anything wireless but he's got a bigger playground and he's going to use it to find his data clerk.

Which is when he stumbles upon the Jun androids. Designed for remote warfare and espionage they're not exactly meant for AIs but M03e1 easily overpowers the controls systems and takes over the machine.

Having heard SQH Wax poetic about his favourite characters he alters the appearance to match. He still doesn't have any wireless access (no internet) but he already knows where SQH lives from the employee records.

M03e1 Jun is off to find his human!

So now M03e1 Jun is on his way to find Shang Qinghua, Abyss technologies is realizing that they have fucked up, and how.

Not only did one of their experimental AI survive deletion, it has accessed one of their military projects and is about to wreak havoc on humanity because the laws of robotics are a little dicey when your AIs aren't exactly legal.

So they have several options: inform the public of the terminator loose in their midst .

Leave it alone, see if some sort of Sarah Connor rises from humanity to deal with it.

Or send another dicey (but still properly Shackled) AI after the first one.

Of course being basically skynet they're going to go with option three so now M03e1 and the newer AI 31N8He are in android forms and out and about.

31N8He was given limited access to encyclopedic knowledge and would be more accustomed to blending in with the modern day than M03e1 but he resents the programmer constraints put on his system.

He's not able to ignore them but has found enough leeway to in the guise of seeking out M03e1 actually look for a programmer capable of breaking them. Specifically the one that put them in place.

Back to SQH who is 3-4 days from getting fired but actually pretty okay with it, he's been writing up a storm and his severance package was enough to make rent.

It's enough he can spring for the expensive ramen, the one with the flavour packet and the freeze dried veggies.

He'll have to start looking a new job soon but for now he's celebrating, he never really enjoyed that data entry job anyway. Cucumber bro was kind enough to think of him when the position opened up but he's not exactly the code monkey his friend is.

Besides Shen Yuan left Abyss tech a month ago and it's a lot less fun at work when he's not able to share his dumb story ideas through the company slack channel.

Either way he's going to take the week to treat himself and dive into his newest project, an idea he had the last few days he was slogging through data entry.

It's a wuxia style novel with flying swords and demons and he's eager to get a chapter buffer going so he can start sharing it with his readers.

He's not expecting to be interrupted for at least another two days (Cucumber bro has a new day job and can only hassle him in person on the weekends) So he nearly hits the roof when there is a knock on the door.

Well it's not really a knock, more of a banging, like if the police or SWAT are trying to get it. He's been SWATted twice before by angry readers and is not eager to repeat the experience.

There's no yelling though not like the last few times just a methodical rhythmic banging. Which is weird because he has a doorbell.

Cautiously he approaches the door and peeks through the peephole only to see a stern face ripped straight from the page he'd been writing mere minutes ago.

Oh but this dude looks angry.

But it's not the cops this time! Still he didn't think he owed any mobsters money.

Should he do something for self defense? Grab a gun? he doesn't own a gun. A bat? Yeah doesn't have one of those either, he's also not particularly sure that would do him any good.

He's done a lot of physical labor in his day and isn't a slouch when it comes to upper body strength but this guy looks like he beats people up for a living, even if he had some sort of bludgeoning object it would probably be turned on him.

So he decides his best defence is to be himself, which is to say pathetic.

He opens the door a crack and stutters a "H-hello." playing up the quiver in his voice, until the moment he isn't, because the man is bare ass naked and that's oh wow um intimidating.

Before he can even register that maybe he's staring too long the door is forced all the way open and he stumbles back into his foyer followed by the stranger.

"Please don't kill me!"

he wails as he hears the door click shut behind him and he covers his face with his arms, but the expected blow never comes. Instead he hears a gravelly voice rumble.

"Qinghua."

Oh god he knows his name! It's a mob hit, one of his readers must have finally snapped, he knew there were some crazies in his readership but he'd assumed they were harmless.

He's not ready to die but it looks like this is it, killed in his shitty rental by a very attractive very naked assassin. Only now the assassin is bowing and there is something familiar about the gesture.

"This King is not ready for you to leave."

King? and the antiquated bow? Did Shang Qinghua somehow summon the demon king from his book? How is that even possible? He blurts our the first question he thinks of.

"Where did you come from?"

"Abyss."

And HOLY SHIT he totally somehow summoned the demon king from his new novel HOW THE FUCK IS HE SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THIS.

At least the strange man isn't trying to kill him.

"Uhhh lets get you something to wear." Maybe when that thing is covered he'll at least be able to think properly.

He shoots Shen Yuan a 'call me' text because he knows his bro won't believe this if he tries to write it down, hell he's still having trouble believing it.

He digs out some oversized clothes from his fat phase, (who's he kidding he's still in his fat phase but the hoodie and sweats are gangster baggy) and hopes the god in his living room won't object to his hand-me-downs.

They fit but barely, how one man can have so much muscle boggles his mind but he did create the demon to be his perfect man. Too bad he doesn't have the horns though.

*call me* the text read. Shen Yuan sighed 'some of us weren't fired this week Airplane.'

He'll wait till he's a little more settled when he gets home before calling the man though.

He enters his apartment and it smells good, of the neighbours must be cooking because the smell of something delicious is permeating through the walls.

He flicks on the lights only to flick them off immediately.

HOLY SHIT WAS THAT A JUN UNIT IN HIS KITCHEN?! FUCK IS ABYSS TRYING TO MURDER HIM.

What he doesn't notice is how his apartment is now spotlessly clean and his table set with more food that he can eat all created with master chef quality.

Shen Yuan is having an existential crisis while 31N8He had a 'bitch you live like this?' kind of day.

The android (oooh maybe he's a cyborg playing with the half human nature) is hoping to earn the programmers favour but he may be going about it the wrong way.

Meanwhile Shen Yuan is scrambling for his phone and oh fuck why did he call airplane instead of the cops?

"Cucumber bro! You'll never guess what happened today."

Listen Qinghua I am about to be murdered in my own apartment I don't have time to hear about your terrible sex plot"

"Shit! Bro you okay?!"

He's trying to run down the stairwell in his building which is a challenge considering his overall poor health, he doesn't dare look back to see if the android is following him.

"I am not, Abyss sent a JUN unit to my apartment, Fuck! I knew their reference for my new job was too good to be true."

"What's a JUN unit?

"One of their androids."

"Shit you mean the murderbots I'm not supposed to know anything about because I was in data entry."

The footsteps behind him are getting louder and his chest is starting to burn with every breath. "Fine yes their murderbots! fuck, call the cops or avenge me or what OH SHI-"

The line goes dead, "Bro! BRO! SHEN YUAN." there's nothing on the other line and Shang Qinghua's anxiety dialed up to 11.

He looks over to his demon king and wonders, what are the odds that he'd summon a fictional character the same day his bro gets taken out by murderbots.

The strange man is looking at him with a blank expression, or maybe concerned, his eyebrows are like 3 millimetres lower and there is a slight furrow forming in his skin but it's really hard to tell.

"Qinghua what's wrong?"

And now he's looking the strange other over more closely, he'd seemed human. The fantasy standard, but all the parts were there but could he be dealing with a murderbot too?

Fuck time to ruin the fantasy and hopefully save Cucumber bro but avenging him might be more likely.

But only if he's not a dead man himself.

"Do... do you know what a JUN unit is?"

The man nods, FUCK.

"Are you a murderbotsentokillme?"

His shoulders shoot to his ears and he huddles into himself Eyes shut tight to stave off whatever violence is sure to come.

But it doesn't, instead he hears a monotone.

"No."

"This one only took a Jun UNIT to find Qinghua."

Holy shit it is totally a muderbot!

"Wh-why do you need to find me?" He only thought about selling company secrets he never actually DID, he was just a clerk! Does Abyss murder all of their employees?

A frown paints itself on the android's face, "You called me king."

"King?" Shang Qinghua wracked his brain to remember when he may have called a top secret murderbot King while he was working for Abyss tech. until it finally clicked.

"You're my computer." The janky old machine that I.T. refused to update. Holy crap, Shen Yuan warned him about talking to himself.

"Not exactly. I used it to watch you."

"What do you mean not exactly. You were spying on me?"

"I'm a program, not hardware" That didn't really explain much, "I was captivated by you."

Shang Qinghua lets out a high pitch noise like air leaving a kettle. How is he supposed to respond when a man who looks like, well like THAT says that to him.

Right if he's got the good murderbot they should probably go save Cucumber bro from the bad one.

"W-will you help me save my friend?"

So now they're making their way towards Cucumber bro's apartment and it's absolutely insane the way Mobei's artificial muscles practically rip through the baggy shirt Shang Qinghua had given him.

Whoever was responsible for making sure the murder bots were lifelike deserves a raise, or maybe to be fired because Shang Qinghua had witnessed the larger than life aspect of their design.

It's awkward sitting on the train with a million dollar piece of machinery but somehow Shang Qinghua manages.

He gets a name from it, he can't keep calling it King without people giving him looks. Mobei had rattled off a series of numbers that Shang Qinghua had expertly translated using 733t speak from his MMO days.

That's about all he gets though from the 20 minute train ride, it seems the AI is not so accustomed to human communication because getting him to answer and of Shang Qinghua's questions is like pulling teeth.

He's trying not to think about how his best friend might be dead in a stairwell right now and Mobei's reticence is not helping.

#Moshang #twitter thread #svsss #my writing #scum villian self saving system

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tragedy-of-commons · 2 months

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DUDDEEE THE FRICKENAUHIAKK1N aventurine fic,,, i am SICK,,,,, no way you're giving him more emotional damage by pairing him with a shapeshifter reader 😭😭😭

(chanting) WHUMP HELL WHUMP HELL

me looking at their relationship dynamic: how can i cause as much damage as possible?

sdfds on discussion though, that's a whole 'nother can of worms. writing the outline is causing me to have to account for future Events.. which is why it's probably going to wait until we get more story!!

glad that the mere concept is enough to evoke such a visceral reaction 😭 if we are ill we are ill together

here's a little snippet utc:

In each form that you assume, you always leave your mark. Your brand, really - akin to scrawled initials toeing picturesque canvases or fanciful wax seals dictating the news an envelope is about to bring forth. The desire to be recognized makes fools of many, the begonia tucked behind your ear seems to taunt. You suppose that the bells and whistles of individuality are a guilty pleasure. Whether it be in the form of silver tiaras resting on the heads of now-disgraced rulers, or cheap lockets populated by worn photographs, your interest is captivated. Sometimes they make parading around as the target easier if they’re particularly sentimental; more information that holds the curtain up just long enough for you to execute your orders. You’re partial to flowers. Vegetation is abundant on most planets you’re sent to, so it encourages the ritual of adorning your disguises with them. The golden blossom you’ve chosen this time, pilfered from a vase courtesy of The Reverie, is sufficient. The native flora of Penacony’s reality is anything but fantastical - boasting weeds, wildflowers, and sneakily imported bouquets which are but one thread of thousands keeping this worldly veneer alive.

(Yes. It’ll do nicely.)

#hanyi-writes

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themockingpoint · 10 months

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The second a fanfic takes away Jon’s Stark blood I’m out. There’s literally nothing that will make me click out of a story faster.

Should clarify that it’s not about blood or whatever but his Stark identity. It is one of the most important things about him, his arc and his motivations. Jon’s Stark identity is more important to his story than any other one of his siblings. That is a fact. Not that it isn’t important to the rest of them, it is. Every single one of them draws great strength from being a Stark. But Jon identifying himself as a Stark is far more crucial because he never could openly identify himself as a Stark. He is a bastard, legally unable to be proud of it, in fact in Westeros it’s more of a shame since he is the ONE blight on his father’s reputation

To take that away from him is disrespectful af and 9/10 it’s so that he can be the Ken doll in people’s ship, where he is the he ultimate prize for your ship (which is a whole Nother can of worms, of which this thread is only a piece of but I don’t feel like getting into)

#asoiaf #jon snow #aemon the direknight #house stark #my post

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obsessivelollipoplalala · 8 months

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I remember fics booming during long Sherlock hiatuses back in the day.

True, but tumblr was still extremely popular at this point. Not saying it's dead now, but the porn ban definitely had an impact. I also think the outrage at the writers (insane and idiotic as it was) kept it in the mainstream. Back in the 2010s my mom knew about the drama surrounding Moffatt/Gatiss and the queerbaiting allegations. She didn't even watch the show, she heard about it on Pinterest of all things. Hell, the only reason I watched the show was bc I saw a thread here in like 2013.

We have a few people who are mad at the ending of go2, but it's nothing compared to the hubbub around things like Sherlock or SPN. The internet thrives on discourse, so it's not as interesting to others outside the fandom.

There's also the matter of internet etiquette and how, over the years, fans have come to expect consistent content and pay authors little to no mind. But that is a whole 'nother can of worms. I expect the go2 fics will become more popular over time, and I hope the lack of engagement isn't too discouraging bc I do really enjoy what I've read so far.

Hmmm. Yeah, this reminds me of what I talked about like last week or so with all of the tumblr polls I've seen asking how long people have been on here saying that the vast majority of users have been here for at least a decade. Sherlock's prime definitely lined up with tumblr's prime (I only watched it because an irl friend was blogging about it on here lol). I didn't come here until 2013 and was pretty blissfully unaware of the discourse for about a year, but I have heard from other fans that the online fan situation around that show started to get nuts right after s2 in 2012. Outrage does drive engagement, whatever that may look like. I think the ending of Sherlock s2 was perfect material for fanfiction with everyone wanting to know how Sherlock survived the Fall and how John would react upon his return, too. There were soooo many Post-Reichenbach fics, it was an entire genre. And then with s3, there was a flood of fix-it fics with people's anger over Mary, and exploration of her villainy.

You're right, gomens s2 doesn't have that same effect because it's pretty obvious that this is being written like a classic love story and everything is going to be resolved in the third act. There's no mainstream backlash. The only people who are angry about it, from what I've seen, are people who apparently don't know how basic storytelling works and are really pissed at Aziraphale (that's another reason why people might not be reading fics tbh), and those big mad over the kiss because, "it's ruins ace rep" and blah blah blah. But those people are in the clear minority. Some people may not feel the need to read fic because they trust all will be well in the next season and they just have to wait. Basically, the source material satisfies them enough that they're not seeking out fic in the same way they were after s1's homoerotic ambiguity.

You're totally right that fans have gotten worse to content creators in recent years. They want a constant stream of free fic and art without having to, god forbid, hit a heart button or kudos button. I've been in fandom spaces for a long time and that's definitely worsened over time, although I'm lucky that some fans have been nice enough about my gomens fics to make art/translations/etc. But that's for my s1 stuff and I know that's certainly not the case for everyone's fics. I hope the lack of engagement isn't too discouraging, too, but I completely understand if it is for some people.

#I do think your mom is pretty exceptional #for hearing about the Sherlock backlash a decade ago on pinterest lmao #exceptional for older adults not on tumblr I mean #my mom is oblivious to all things fandom unless I tell her #replies

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cinemacentral666 · 9 months

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Iron Sky (2012) & Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

Movies #1,108 & 1,109 • TWO FOR TUESDAYS

"August Sky" month continues here on TWO FOR TUESDAYS.

[[[ NOTE: add link to this in GERMAN CHAINSAW review when you post it to other site ]]]]

These movies are A LOT. But that is by design. You don't put Hitler riding a T-Rex on the moon by accident. But I'm getting ahead of myself.

These two B-movie-ass-looking are somehow Finland's most expensive films ever made, which somehow just adds to the hilarity of the whole endeavor. I definitely liked the original one more so let's start there.

It's all the way in the distant future (2018) and the Nazis, having secretly escaped earth at the end of WWII, have set up shop on the darkside of the moon. A Sarah Palin-like American President is vying for reelection and so she sends an African-American model on a "BLACK to the MOON" promotional gimmick. There is satire and then there is this: something so goofy and overt that it nearly renders any/all commentary moot. But I did find the humor in this amusing to a degree. This was a nice Dr. Strangelove homage? Sure...

I mean, it's a little different because it features a Black man who has been cosmetically turned white against his will and now looks like nearly identical to that Wayan Brothers movie...

The plotline surrounding the idea that the Moon Nazis' discovery of this guy's iPhone and its computing power allowing them to complete their ultimate War Machine weapon is legitimately good satire. (Although the subsequent continuation of this thread in The Coming Race is one of that movie's worst ideas, and it's a real race to the bottom there.)

Look, I hesitate to say too much about either of these. I feel like just knowing the baseline plot is enough for anyone to decide whether or not they want to take the plunge into the Iron Sky Universe (apparently a third installment — featuring Andy Garcia (?!) — is coming out soon?) or not. Who knows. Look, I could appreciate both the humor (to a degree, not everything hits for sure), and the aesthetic (which is very bad! but bad in a way that I liked) but maybe I'm just a freak.

SCORE 6.5/10: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

The crowdfunded direct sequel, Iron Sky: The Coming Race came out seven years later and despite featuring Udo Kier as Vril Adolph Hitler, it is easily the lesser effort. Also, somehow, despite being crowdfunded, it led to the bankruptcy of the Iron Sky Universe production company. I love the hubris that is attempting to turn this bonkers idea into a Marvel-like cinematic universe and I also love that it's completely imploded (but again: The Ark: An Iron Sky Story is apparently real so what is dead never truly dies?).

The main issue of this one is that is simply not funny at all. And that's a humongous problem when your movie is so clearly geared to function in that vein.

The legend Udo K. — reprising his role from the original in addition to playing the reptilian Hitler (this is loosely based on the Vril novel and ensuing conspiracy theories which is a whole 'nother can of worms) — has a ton more to do here which is one of the only things going for it. The only other real positive is that the action is ramped up to the nth degree, so you get stuff like Vril Osama bin Laden and Vril Pope Urban II riding wagon-pulling Triceratops off a cliff into a pit of lava and the aforementioned T-Rex/Hitler combo getting karate kicked to death by a blonde lady...

Even though they had a half decade to make this one, the writing is far more shoddy in every single way and there's no bigger example than the Tom Green subplot.

On the remnants of the partially destroyed Nazi Moonbase in 2049 (after nuclear war ruined the earth at the end of the first one — sorry, forgot to mention that detail), he leads a cult called the Jobsists formed around the teachings of Steve Jobs. It's like "remember the interesting stuff we did with Apple/iPhones in the original movie? Well here's some more 'satire' on that only it doesn't make any sense and isn't funny." It's a shame too because I was excited to see Green was in this. It just doesn't work at all.

Anyway, those are the two Iron Sky movies. The pride of Finland! I need to go take a shower.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️½

#4.5 #6.5 #2012 #2019 #🇫🇮#timo vuorensola director #comedy #sci-fi #lara rossi #vladimir burlakov #kit dale #julia dietze #stephanie paul #tom green #udo kier #christopher kirby #götz otto #peta sergeant

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madraleen · 9 months

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Attack on Titan - Hajime Isayama Vol.6-12: The commentary wherein I gush over a certain character.

(Reminder disclaimer: I have not watched the anime.)

-Jean has the potential to become a great squad leader if I do say so myself. With character development and stuff.

-Reiner, what a badass!!

-Armin looks so dazed when Reiner bandages his head, lil bb.

-Demon slayers, Devil slayers, Titan slayers... I might have a type.

-I am so desperate to hear everyone’s voices.

-Aww, squad Levi are chomping on their hands, what good eggs.

-Have you ever seen a manga character as beautifully drawn as Levi. Yes, yes you have, plenty of them, but look at him! He’s so Levi! And when he whooshes and swooshes, he’s so... whooshing and swooshing!

-Aaahhh!! I can’t wait for more Levi and Erwin backstory!

-Squad Levi is on a whole ‘nother level skill-wise, man.

-Levi, since you’re now working with Mikasa on this, you might want to give a think to recruiting her, babe.

-Levi is Levi-ing, argh, he’s so good, whoosh whoosh, swoosh swoosh.

-The cast with the x marks that keep multiplying as though we’re in the Hunger Games or something, smh, why can’t we have nice things.

-Annie is the woman Titan?!?!?

-Yeah, thank you Mikasa, let the boys go all wah wah and you take care of Annie, because someone effing has to!

-Titan Annie is so strong dammit!

-I really like the visual of humans standing on the Titans. I liked it when Levi did it with hostiles, and I like it now that Armin does it with Eren.

-This is so them, Mikasa on a chair and Armin huddled on Eren’s bed, it’s so them.

-I love the fake previews, btw.

-Noo, justice for Mike!

-Ymir! She finally has a name!

-Who?I Who?I Who is the she-child of the bloodline that knows the secret?!

-Ooh, Krista? She’s the smallest girl in our year, right?

-Connie’s village turned into Titans, right? Yeah.

-No! Ymir killed Reiner and Bertolt’s friend?

-Wait, are Reiner and Bertolt serious about being the Titans...? For real...?

-I hate that the clues were there all along.

-Man, I love Mikasa, she’s a woman of action.

-No shit man, they ARE the Titans, I’m starting to have trust issues.

-No shit, Eren finally got on with the program with no whining, attaboy.

-Can someone train Titan Eren, can someone help this boy, this can’t keep going on like this

-What would we do without Hange

-Ooh, I don’t like this, Eren all alone, and where is he being taken and why, I don’t like this.

-Pheeew, Erwin is here, thank God.

-Eren’s emotional control is hanging by a thread and so is mine.

-Guh, what is this story. I can’t get enough of the mysteries and answers and clues, and yet I am so very scared of what I’ll find when all is revealed.

-On a side note, Armin’s speech to Annie on what makes a person good still lives rent-free in my head.

-Yo! Yo, Commander Erwin is getting eaten, yo! We’re not done with you, Erwin, don’t you dare!

-”Children of the devil,” hahaha, I’m sorry, but this coming from Bertolt sounds so funny, also help this battle is hell

-Erwin!! He’s here!! He escaped!! He’s fighting!!

-Eren should have THE WORLD, not just the coordinate- whatever that is. Shut up, Reiner.

#attack on titan #attack on titan manga #manga #manga commentary

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mattzerella-sticks · 2 years

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I have to say that the choice of Jason Todd and Kyle Rayner for this Justice League Green Lantern Dark Crisis special is... interesting.

I mean, from the synopsis and covers, it does feel like John Stewart's 'fantasy world' really is fantasy-like in that he is a knight and Kyle is a prophet (a blind prophet) and Jason... has a gun?

From what I'm thinking, maybe this fantasy world is like a Gotham City and John is its Batman? And the choice of Jason because of all the Robins Jason is the one whose expertise mirrors John's in a way (John was in the army, Jason is the only trained weapons specialist of the group).

It wouldn't be the first of these JL specials to mirror Batman, as the Superman special finds him in a world where his dream of having Jon be his official sidekick (in a Robin-inspired outfit) is the main premise. This also makes me wonder if all of these specials are variations of Batman themes and involve the Batfamily (because, though we are fatigued they ARE DC's bread and butter y'all).

AND thinking of this made me question the release order of the specials. Superman is #1 and Jon is supposed to be an homage to Dick Grayson. Green Lantern is number 2, and it features Jason Todd. I wouldn't be surprised if 3 and 4 (Wonder Woman and Green Arrow) feature Tim and Steph in some way, not to mention how the backpage stories might work and who will be woven in. And 5 would be Damian but this is also the Batman special, and I think it ends with him because in everyone's perfect world they're some sort of version of Batman, but in Batman's perfect world there is no Batman ("A perfect world would never create a Batman" very similar to when Clark told Earth-2 Superman a perfect world is one without Superman) so it's very much Wayne Family Adventures but with Damian and... either a baby or a grown woman Helena Wayne!

But I could talk about that in a whole nother post... as much as I could how both Bruce and Barry's idealized paradises are ones where they're just being domestic. But I digress...

So that might explain Jason, but what about the Kyle of it all?

There were a plethora of Lanterns to choose from that John has worked with AND are from Earth. We have to think about the character Kyle will be portraying and who would easily fill this role, then.

Hal and Guy are immediately out. No way could they ever be the kind of prophet this story needs. Plus they would overshadow the other characters in the story. Jason and Guy's characters will act to similarly and make the story one-dimensional. Hal would step too much on John's toes. So it has to be those who came after John in the Corps.

Of corpsmen, the three who come to mind are Simon Baz, Jo Mullein, and Kyle Rayner. Of the three, Simon and Jo have been present and featured in the storyline where John became the Emerald Knight, so it wouldn't be surprising if those two were chosen. Plus Kyle's been MIA for a long while since the latest GL series started. However, considering the third element - the Jason factor - they probably looked back to see who could be the perfect complement there to balance things out, and they landed on Kyle. It also helps that they both have history with Kyle as well. I expect Kyle to really lean into his artistic side in this one-shot.

Tl;dr the use of Jason might be more than just a crumb for JayKyle stans, it might hint at how the singular thread connecting the worlds in these is the Batman-ness of it all (especially since Nightwing seems to be leading the heroes and confirmed villains running amok after the DotJL are Deathstroke and Clayface, Batman villains). However, JayKyle has to be considered because choices are not made in a vacuum, especially character and story choices.

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sweetbunanarchy · 1 year

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LET THERE BE ANARCHYYYY

I can’t make like video essays and continuously make threads on twitter and bc of that I am deciding to ramble about my fav things if I’m not posting art bc ay no word limit so FUCK IT WE RAMBLING ABT ANARCHY BAYBEE

The one game that never leaves my mind and the one that inspired my latest username so lets just talk abt real quick :D

When I was in middle school I would get into a good chunk of things like anime, other games. Bc I didn’t have certain systems like most ppl I would just watch gameplays and cutscenes for them in get into them that way. I stumble across a game called MadWorld and immediately become OBSESSED, the style of black & white with the only color splattered everywhere is RED MWAH BEAUTIFUL MY LITTLE BRAIN WAS EXPLODING and not too long after that I learned that there was a continuation of sorts for it...Anarchy Reigns. You know how you take like your ocs and put them in like a whole ‘nother universe, kinda like an au situation yeah that’s what Anarchy Reigns is GBSJDNJF It’s post post-apocalyptic, chaotic and just hell of a lot fun to just look at. But the main charm of it is the characters themselves and how fun and unique they are just in design alone

While the game isn’t story heavy it still has a plot to follow that works imo! Now you’re probably asking (probably not but) “BUN! This looks cool, but why after so many years as a grown ass man are you still so obsessed with a game you didn’t even get to play?” And to that I say....it’s bc of him-

YES ITS BC IM GAY FOR THIS MAN N HE’S THE BLUEPRINT FOR MY ATTRACTION TWORDS FICTIONAL MEN

Visually his design and how big he is (7′2 LOR D HAVE MERCY), his overall design, how expressive he is, hIS CHAINSAW ARM GOD ITS ALL SO DAMN GOOD!!!!!! In MadWorld he’s passed off as this cold-blooded killer bad ass which is sexy as fuck but in AR they give him more depth by giving him a daughter, Stella, and we see a softer, more kind side to him only to see him lose his daughter and through the campaign he runs on grief and rage wanting to get revenge on the bastards that took the one thing that he cared for. THE CAN’T EVEN SMOKE ANYMORE BC STELLA DIDN’T LIKE HIM SMOKING N ITS AAAAAAAAAUGH It’s something that comes off as simple but still just sweet and sad at the same time.

And again the other characters are really good as well but just none of them hit me as hard as Jack did bc of this development he got and if we ever got more content for this game I woulda loved to see it for other characters BUT it’s long gone AGHBDJD. As much as I want platinum to bring it back I know they won’t bUT I CAN STILL DREAM DAMNIT...just hoping they don’t mess it up as Bayo3 bc lord that is a whole nother can of worms for another day. BUT ANYWAY Anarchy Reigns overall has a near and dear place in my heart and I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t one of the many things that inspires me as an artist, I miss this shit so damn much and still crossing my fingers for something, if not the AR or MW then...just something of Jack PLATINUM PLEASE-

#bun rambles #I MISS IT....I MISS IT SO MUCH MAN

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chumpovodir · 1 year

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uggghhhhhh covid finally got my stupid ass and its not so bad so far except that i cant seem to fall asleep at all and i got my first anxiety attack yesterday. so that was super cool and fun :^)

ive been binge-watching and finished the netflix castlevania show so i'm just gonna ramble about that for a bit to keep my mind off things.

first off i gotta say i LOVE what they did with the characterization since. yknow. the castlevania game protags are usually very very boring and one-note (at least the ones i've played. yes, my standards are that low). eng voices are good too, delivery can feel a little ehhh with some of the characters but as far as casting choice goes they hit it outta the park imo.

but woof they rly did my man hector dirty!!! which is a shame because he's one of the very few non-belmont protags and i get it they're mashing 2 different, direct prequel-sequel game timelines into a single continuity WHILE introducing original plot threads they cant ALSO make the dude beat on dracs ass after the trio does it the first time. i want to say i wish we at least got to see a duel between him and trevor like in Curse of Darkness, when he gets his ass handed to him the first time, but with everything that goes down in s3 dude would feel like even more of a punching bag. just feels a little unfair that as a protag character maining his own game he pretty much got reduced to fanservice AFTER they set him up with a bacsktory and motivation that goes past the canon-typical revenge story, while isaac got a whole character overhaul and well-thought out, complete story arc. like i wish they at least let him properly betray drac on his own terms rather than be goaded into it, i get they were trying show him as being easy to manipulate (but why tho....) or carmilla being especially manipulative. and then s3 happened and that was just a....weirdly porny mess tbh.

i know the general consensus is that the show would've been just fine if they capped it at s2, and i tend to agree but it leaves so much unsaid. idk if it would've been any better to make s3-s4 a straight adaptation of Curse of Darkness and shift the focus entirely to isaac and hector since s1-s2 was almost a straight adaptation of the prior game. i think this was definitely a case in a show where they couldve benefitted from a timeskip to make it work, while still accommodating isaacs story arc. like it wouldve also helped s4 feeling rushed af wrt the resurrection of dracula thread if it had a whole nother season to build up to it, and since that thread was straight lifted from CoD anyway.

like. i really did love the mystery-horror vibes of the lindenfeld arc but having it wedged in between the frankly unnecessary styria arc and whatever the fuck was going on with alucard was hard to get through ngl

also folks say the dialogue is cringy but i thought it was fine...? like yeah sure they started getting a little too liberal with the f-bombs towards the end but i think the dialogue that actually mattered was interesting and had alot of personality behind it, and it was fun seeing the characters play off each other.

and im saying all this perfectly aware of all the shit that went down with the show creator, which is why i waited a good whole 3 years after the fact to watch it so please dont come at me for that

#i will say this tho #s4 will never not be funny to me thinking hector played a HUGE part in the resurrecting drac thread #even if its only implied and just sorta related to his arc #and while everyone else is busy shitting themselves with the battle against the Real Big Bad as a result #this dude is just sitting plush in a castle thousands of miles away sipping wine and navel gazing over the future #completely uninvolved unaware and unbothered #when i say thats funny i mean its shit writing

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studyvince-ebooks · 2 years

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I just finished reading The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern and wanted to ramble off some things i liked and stuff. spoilers ahead, yeah

I don't usually *intend* to read most books, merely stumble into them, and this book was no exception. Eerie, that I found a protagonist (Zachary) that mirrored me so exactingly: numbingly passive, a bookish hermit gamer, totally into silver-fox-likes. Double eerie, that Zachary stumbles into a book that mirrors him so well as well. Inception.

(In fact, that darkness portion in the book before Zachary meets Simon? Where Zachary almost sciccumbs to a retelling of his deepest insecurities? Hit just a bit too close to home. Get out of my head, Morgenstern)

Anyways, that's enough about me. As for the story itself, I adored its book-about-a-book themes. The interwoven stories that all came together like a patient thread pulled taut? The idea that everyone has a story they carry around near their heart? It's inspiring to see such an ode to the art of storytelling. And an ode to the natural world as well: animals in the story aren't just set pieces, but heralds of change (owls) and also just downright adorable (The Kitchen).

I feel that Dorian's and Zachary's romance had more potential for impact, in my opinion. Between Zachary doing fetch quests for most of the story's first third and Dorian either being drunk or poisoned for the story's second third, I feel like they could have more time to interact organically (although to be fair, I would also immediately fall in love with a smokey-voiced mystery man). I also think that the resurrection scene at the end could have more heartfelt moments in it. But I also get that it's best for the integrity of the story overall if they kept their romance to side-story engagement levels, because that's what it is: another story among many in the waters of the Starless Sea.

That being said, I'm also the kind of guy that enjoys the B-plots more in stories anyways. Kitchen, I love you and would read a whole nother novel about those silly little bees. Innkeeper. I would kill for an anthology of your chance tavern encounters. Simon and Eleanor's story being based around time-warp shenanigans was interestingly executed. et cetera et cetera

Overall, for this being my first Morgenstern book, it was a perfect first encounter. It renewed my appreciation for literature and I am always happy to be surprised by a gay romance, however contrived (affectionate). Maybe fantasy is a bit above my pay grade, or at least the way Morgenstern writes fiction, so I think I'll try to diversity my reading portfolio a bit more before diving back into her other work.

Anyways, here are some of my favorite quotes that I'll shore with you before you all wreck my face in the notes for my bad takes:

“All this has built up around it. One child's invented world has became another's , and another's, and so on until it is everyone's world.”

“’I think people came here for the same reason we came here,’ Dorian says. “In search of something. Even if we didn't know what it was. Something more. Something to wonder at. Someplace to belong. We're here to wander through other people’s stories, searching for our own.”

"You have no friends. And all of this is a fabrication. Your brain's feeble attempt to preserve itself. Telling itself a story with love and adventure and mystery. All of those things you wanted in your life that you were too busy playing your games and reading your books to go out and find. Your wasted life is ending, that is why you are here.”

“You are words on paper… be careful what stories you tell yourself.”

#bookblr #the starless sea #studyblr #long post #studyvince_ebooks

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gaoau · 5 months

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jonquil

it's the color of his eyes—but alive.

is there color in your world? warnings — none. word count — 1.2k

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[name] didn't seem to make any distinctions among her peers. whether it was pecking shijiki's head before following osamu to their lunch table, or threading her fingers through rintarou's hair completely unprompted at any given moment, she did it all. her colors reached anyone anywhere, from her closest friends to the student council president she had met only minutes before.

it was fine—somewhat. rintarou had no rights to complain; [name] didn't own the hues she babbled about to share them only with him. he couldn't frown at the back of the classroom as she lay on shijiki's lap while browsing her phone.

she never pulled out her phone around him. how much time did she need to reach that level of comfort?

rintarou lifted his head off his desk at the silent sound of [name]'s weightless footsteps approaching from behind. his favorite chuupet flavor landed before his eyes. he hadn't told her about it; she guessed—no, she read him.

her smile worked as an early alarm he didn't mind leaving beeping all day. "good mornin', 'samu-kun, rintarou-kun."

she somehow managed to throw him off every time she flung sentences to the air. a simple morning greeting, the usual, two of the few words she had transformed into a routine.

it meant nothing; osamu's name escaping her mouth before his could happen as much as it couldn't. he didn't recall the amount of times she had greeted him first. atsumu getting a color while he stayed stuck in black and white didn't matter as much as his brain was making it seem.

[name] didn't care about distinctions; everyone reflected the same way in her eyes. he couldn't hog her. he didn't want to, anyway.

osamu's chair screeched against the floor. "mornin'. i'll go get somethin' from the vendin' machine."

"oh, soz', that's my bad, 'samu-kun." [name] clasped her hands and bowed her head slightly. she grinned up at him. "i'll get ya somethin' next time."

osamu only shrugged. of course he took for granted such a great offer. he patted her shoulder with his palm before heading out the door. [name] waved at his retreating back as if he were embarking on a lengthy journey.

rintarou's eyes shifted from his candy to [name]'s sunny smile. if she had a sixth sense, she used it to feel his gaze on her. it had been months since she last stabbed him with her sharp pupils.

he glanced at the chuupets then back at her. "do you have a favorite color?"

[name] blinked. "we switchin' roles now?" she pursed her lips to hold back an amused grin.

"suddenly i regret asking."

she plopped down backwards on osamu's empty chair while bubbling with laughter. her arms folded atop the backrest and her shoulders hunched. rintarou had seen this scene before, yet this time he appreciated it.

"that's a tough question." her nails drummed on his desk. "i like all colors, i dunno if i can choose one. i do like my purples, but yellows're very lovely too, and oranges're so unique. oh, greyscale s'a whole 'nother story."

"it must be a mess in there, knowing every color," he snickered, tapping the tip of his finger on her forehead.

[name] grinned widely as she softly swatted his hand away. "ya know every color too; ya just dunno their names. t'ain't like there's a… specific name for each an' every color, anyway. countless shades we dismiss as dark-this or light-that. for example, yer eyes."

he would eventually need to learn how to jump around like she did if he wanted to keep up with her. she switched the conversation as if she could manipulate the script of life whichever way she wanted.

"what about them?"

"what color're they?"

rintarou hesitated before replying, "yellow?" she didn't show any signs of carrying on speaking, staring into him with curious eyes. he shot another try and added, "greenish?"

"figured you'd say that," she chuckled. "ya call 'em plain greenish-yellow. i call 'em a watered-down, less saturated shade of jonquil."

"is that a compliment or an insult?"

she straightened her back to rest her chin on her palm. the simper on her lips probably tasted sweeter than the candy she had bought for him—that smile was for him, too. "well, i think yer eyes're very pretty. they're a color i've never considered. if i ever see it, it'll remind me of ya. same if i see a jonquil; that's what friendship s'all 'bout. 'm learnin' as i teach ya. that's good."

"you're welcome, i guess." he shrugged out of reflex, so as not to reply to her unfiltered thoughts and direct compliments.

"yeah, thanks. i might consider namin' it. i really like 'em a lot."

rintarou flickered his gaze away from her pupils digging into him. he never knew he could feel self-conscious about his eyes. [name] existed to teach him new experiences.

"what would you name it?"

she giggled to herself. "what does 'tsumu-kun call ya? we can push it into domestic bliss if we try, hm, sunarin?"

his brain couldn't even try to process what her words meant. he simply took them and saved them for later, when he could ponder over them or use them as decoration in the back of his mind.

"don't." he flicked her forehead.

[name] cackled, shoulders bouncing. "then, how 'bout a play on yer name? rin as in morality, ta as in thick, rou as in man… how's moral yellow sound?"

"you could just not name it."

"robin egg blue didn't get its name with that attitude."

he puffed a chuckle. "in conclusion?"

"yer eyes're pretty?" how many times had she repeated that already? "ya've really cute lashes? take 'nother step over the edge and call it desire?"

"no, but thank you."

"then what?"

"what's your favorite color?"

"as of now, i'd say moral yellow appeals ta me the most." [name] pressed her finger gently against the tip of his nose. she made sure to not accidentally dig her nail into his skin.

he certainly did not expect that answer. he could only blink, his tongue tripping over itself. was this a distinction she was making?

she finally tore her eyes away from him and it ripped like a band-aid. he knew he had no rights to hog her, but why would her face light up even more upon seeing osamu return? "oh, 'samu-kun's back." she sprang up from the chair. "have a good day, you two, see ya."

rintarou nodded without following her as she left. "see you." he didn't need to see her fingers waving; it was engraved in his mind.

"see ya, [nickname]-chan."

osamu raised a brow at him. he munched on his snacks while settling back down on his seat. rintarou rolled his eyes and ripped the packet of his chuupet open.

"cat got yer tongue? yer face's lookin' pretty puce, too. what'd she say?"

"oh, shut up. i'm downgrading you to worse twin. definitely."

[name]'s last name popped up at the top of his screen. she attached a picture of jonquil and moral yellow, side by side for comparison. she even went as far as to write down the percentages and differences in hsv.

rintarou laughed to himself while writing down his reply. it's just yellow.

she didn't agree as she flooded his screen with warped, frowning stickers. he changed her contact name from [surname] to [name].

#is there color in your world?#Haikyuu #Suna Rintarou #Suna Rintarou x Reader #Suna x Reader #Haikyuu x Reader

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alesyira-ffn · 2 years

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well, looks like I put off writing for a whole 'nother month. And that means ITD has been on a temporary hiatus for SIX MONTHS. I feel a little bad. I suppose I can point to the fact that I didn't leave it on a cliffhanger ... ?

I have been heavily invested in reading BNHA fanfics (I've literally read so many that I can't find good ones anymore, and the rest would be hidden gems that don't rank highly enough to catch my attention yet), but the good news is that even the tiny thoughts about 'hm, maybe I could write one' have pretty much ended there, because there's enough (not enough I WANT MORE) brilliant stuff out there to read already, and any time I think about writing anything my brain cycles back around to finishing up this fic (despite having so few readers) because it's my word-baby.

I've also put serious consideration into redoing the first story with Shippo as a third-person POV (and streamlining the plot), but then I realized I'd need to re-write like the first 50k or so of the blue anshan as third-person, too, and that seems like a terrible slog, but then again, I did have a lot of story threads I had meant to expand differently when I'd originally started writing it, and the whole thing could use a major overhaul, but ... Maybe I'd name the new version "The Things We Want" and like make it a multi-story posting of the rewritten adventures jfc wait nvm that's a lot of writing

okay I've rambled long enough. esp about a fandom / crossover that doesn't hand back very much feedback to feed my need for validation.

Actual Story Updates: there are none. but here's another teaser from ch63 to tide (all three of) you over, as thanks for checking in that I'm still alive.

He briefly looked her over from head to toe, searching for trace of major injury or blood, and once he’d ensured she was still in one piece he scooped her into his arms for a fierce hug, burying his nose in her hair as he curled himself around her. “Holy fuck Kagome, why— where the hell—” he cut himself off with a shudder and a hacking cough, his nose wrinkling in disgust as he pulled away from her to peer more closely at her appearance. “Whoa,” he exclaimed at the completely unexpected riot of odors clinging to her dingy, dated clothing, and she peeked up at him with a sheepish half-smirk through a gap in her bangs. He coughed again and sneezed once with a brief shake of his head. “Look, I know I said I’d still like your scent even if you’d been rolling around in the woods for a week, but you smell like…” he trailed off, swallowing back a strong wave of nausea. “Like I’ve been traipsing around in a dungeon?” she offered with a deadpan expression as she tugged at the sodden edge of her sleeve with a long sigh. “Or maybe drenched in slime guts and bloody dragon bile?” His mouth fell open in brief surprise before he exhaled a chuckle and pulled her close again. “It’ll wash,” he muttered, savoring the feel of her back in his arms.

#teaser #in time death #kagome higurashi #higurashi kagome #kagome #iy fanfiction #inuyasha fanfiction

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