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you know why season 0/the early manga of yugioh is interesting, because it was so clearly written before it was clear that atem was like...actually atem
the early version of the character was pretty transparently meant to be the other yugi, and only the other yugi, really until somewhere between bakura's first arc and the end of duelist kingdom. but they definitely weren't treated as especially separate characters at first, rather as two halves of a whole, until that point. it was first presented like magical DID more so than ghostly possession.
what's interesting about this is also kind of what's unfortunate about it- it's that yugi's character development also becomes atem's character development. as yugi becomes stronger and grows closer to his friends, so does his other self. yugi's friendships fuel all of atem's actions- atem isn't driven by anything that isn't also driving yugi. he acts like an extension of yugi's will, taking over only when yugi's soul isn't strong enough or physically able to continue.
earlier in this first arc, that tends to happen earlier in the conflicts. as the arc progresses, however, and yugi gets stronger and more confident, atem waits longer and longer to show himself. hell, in bakura's shadow game, it's not until yugi's soul is literally sealed away that atem even appears. as it was written, this arc seems to be the culmination of yugi's first arc- he is now strong enough and confident enough to believe in his friends wholeheartedly, and that faith allows his other self to believe just as much, and ultimately win the game. the two of them are treated like a whole person, like one duelist.
but what you can read into all this, once you know that atem is in fact an entirely separate person, is that this first arc is really about atem first becoming like yugi- about the healing effect yugi inadvertently had on him. when atem first appears, he's this demonic entity with a gambling addiction, meting out sadistic punishments on anyone who hurts yugi or his friends. I think we're first meant to believe this is an alternate personality that the dark powers of the millennium puzzle draw out, but actually no it's this amnesiac ghost in possession of ancient egyptian shadow magic who just got slammed with all the memories of the person whose body he can now possess.
so with hindsight, and you do kinda have to read this into it because atem's character is not explored as his own person until later, but this arc really becomes about how atem finds his chill. over the course of the season he doesn't stop doling out vigilante justice exactly, but he does calm the fuck down. the more he adopts yugi's identity as his own, the more he becomes like yugi- and it softens him. about mid way through season 0 the penalty games become a lot less sadistic and violent- atem goes from burning men alive and torturing them to insanity to making them think their make up is constantly flaking or getting doused in water on stage. there are several opponents he just lets go free, and by the end of the death-t arc he's not only saving mokuba's life, but he's shattering only the corrupted part of kaiba's soul, leaving the good parts of him totally intact. he gives kaiba the chance to heal, something he never did for his earlier opponents. he goes from morally ambiguous to outright good guy. and during the very last arc of this series, he's actively incorporated into the friend group in his own right, even if he is still being treated mostly as the other yugi.
and I think you can and should also infer that this is how he thinks of himself- he has no identity at this point so he totally and completely takes on yugi's and doesn't think twice about it. that would seem to contradict the later reveal that actually no he's a whole other person, but it kinda inadvertently works in its own way. because if the final arc is about atem and yugi separating, this first arc is how they come together.
#considering season 0/the early manga as part of duel monsters canon also improves the story line of season 4 but we'll get to that later#anyways this is my thesis on why you can and should consider season 0 part of the anime canon even though there's times they contradict#........and repeat plot points#I love this dead gay pharaoh with my whole chest#...nobody following me signed up for this I am so sorry you're just gonna have to sit through the yugioh rewatch and suffer with me#yugioh
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enough horror movies with haunted protagonists forced to confront traumatic pasts. i want a horror movie starring a well-adjusted layperson with common sense and high self-esteem whose default reaction is "fuck this shit I'm OUT"
#they spend the entire movie complaining VOCALLY about being trapped in a horror movie situation#at one point they have to stop running from the villain because they can't rant and run at the same time#they are screaming not in fear but in frustration bc they are NOT having a good time#every plot development is met with a repeated chant of 'are u kidding me? ARE U KIDDING ME???'
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We've been talking for so long, yet I still have no clue who you are.
If I tell Sun that I'm actually Earth, she would be disappointed that I'm not a guy like she thought I was.
23.5 Degree the World Incline GMMTV 2023 Trailer | 23.5 Degree the World Incline Official Trailer
#23.5#23.5 degrees#23 point 5#23.5 the series#milklove#milk pansa#love pattranite#thai gl#gmmtv gl#did you know that the plot of 23.5 is them texting each other when sun doesn't know ongsa is earth?#it's not just cutesy fluff we have a goal here people#but honestly when i watched the og trailer i was very unfamiliar with the thai language and how it sounds#but love's intonation at the are you hitting on me stuck in my head it's just so cute#hence why when they repeated it in the official trailer it made my heart really happy#th: 23 point 5
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Maybe the real plot was the characters we developed along the way
#mine#this is ideal actually#tbh i could care less if the plot is super consice or some sick metaphor#like it's important to a point#but the characters?#they gotta be gooood#they gotta have layersss#they gotta be complicated#grey#complex#and they gotta GROW#or FALL APART#and not in a STRAIGHT LINE#give em hope and then TEAR IT AWAY#beat em down and then SURPRISE REDEMPTION#and REPEAT#yeah
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No because Zhao speculating felt like such a
Looks into the camera
"I bet you're wondering why that happened. ;) heres maybe a reason ebina was deep..."
moment
no literally- like other antags' endgame Deep Moment scenes worked because there was SOME build up throughout the game to key us in on them from a deeper level but it just doesnt work with ebina
#iw spoilers#spoilers#snap chats#a big part To Me really is because hes just an aoki clone like its really not something to look over when its so half-assed#they did have his flashback and backstory but like .. i repeat it just feels like such a lame plot twist ...#a plot twist that could have been really interchangeable ... before i get into the orphan-under-kazama rant again..#YK1 nishiki got his build up from watching his added backstory scenes and even the scenes with yumi in the beginning#yk where its clear yumi gives more attention to kiryu#ryuji .. ok i mean tbf he was majorly there to fuck around he wasnt trying to be overly deep but even he still has his issues#HE STILL AT LEAST HAD A PRESENCE and even so his moment with kaoru was real sweet .. big bro ryuji my beloved im cryin ...#like a character doesnt have to be OVERLY deep to be fun/enjoyable i love ryuji ... hi king ... im getting off topic ....#MINE-- //is pulled off stage before i get into it//#and aoki is built up from the arakawa's accounts of him coupled with his Dog Eats Dog mentality and esp that NYE flashback#that shot of the No Dumping sign lives in my mind forever .... so good im going to kill myself thinking bout aoki bye ...#im rambling point is Do Better RGG what happened. the stories and characters had been bangers from 0 to 7 to gaiden and then. ???
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god it’s so weird brainstorming for agnes’s plotline in book two while writing her in book one like obviously there’s a breaking point but oh BOY is there a breaking point
#it’s also good to keep in mind because i worry A Lot about her being to much of a passive protagonist in book one then i have to look#in the mirror and just repeat that’s the point that’s the point that’s THE POINT over and over again#she’s trapped and trying to survive by keeping her head down and biting her tongue and smiling through it and trying to be capital g Good#on top of everything there’s a reason her gamechanging plot defining act of agency comes#literally at the end of the book after chapters and chapters of forfeiting that agency to others!!#this is all to say book two agnes i love you you can commit as many atrocities as you want#yes don’t let those grudges go! yes embrace your new power even as it consumes you! yes give in to confusion and rage and grief!!!!!!!!#wip: ghost story#agnes
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What's this about a clexa bones au 👀
So its kind of a bones au and while it does follow some of Bones format it isnt fully fully a Bones clexa au.
Lexa's a renowned forensic anthropologist of course but Clarke is not an FBI agent, she is actually a forensic artist that ends up working at the same lab as Lexa thanks to Lexa's intern and Clarke's friend, Octavia. Indra is the coroner and the lab director; Raven is the tech side of Angela while Hodgins is split between Anya and Murphy (Anya is dirt and fabrics, Murphy is bugs).
Lexa is Brennan if Brennan had a drop of self awareness at the start. She's everything Brennan is mostly aside from that and she is also an author - the only difference is that she writers crime with a twist of straight erotica because it flies off the shelves and hey., Lexa knows a few things about what ladies like 😌 she's crazy smart, direct to the point, extremely confident. Doesn't really believe in relationships but does enjoy casual sex 👀
Clarke is Booth without the FBI side and without the catholic guilt. She served in the army and does have a gambling addiction from before. She doesn't have a kid but she does have a kid brother that lives with their step dad since their parents died. Cocky yet very caring everyone but herself, she is eeary of relationships and has some commitment issues but casual sex is fine with her.
And thats really where they end up. Fucking for the sake of fucking, sneaking some quickies here in there at work that are fine as long as Indra doesn't catch them or ot doesn't interfere with their work.
And then Lexa falls.
And she confesses.
And Clarke rejects her. "Not yet."
Lexa respects that. And she tries to move one.
Then special agent Costia enters and before they know it they hit it off. Costia takes Lexa on dates and sends her flowers. And they spend more time at Lexa's apartment than separate so they move in together. And Lexa is perfectly content.
And Clarke tries to be happy for her too. She tries. She was the one who said no. She doesn't get to be jealous as Octavia reminds her even if "Dr Bitch Bones deserved it".
When a headless skeleton ends up at their lab, Clarke finds the source of her jealousy gone... but at what cost for Lexa and the engagement ring in Costia's pocket?
Or the fact there's a serial killer on the lose seemingly wanting to play a game with Dr Woods?
#letter opened#:D#i actually have the ENTIRE thing planned out the entire plot points 😅😅😅#costia actually did propose to lexa but she said she wasnt sure yet - a repeat to what clarke told her#Costia is fine with it but shes called for a case#the next day - her body is on their table#lexa does not take it well#and clarke jumps to comfort her and she has some horribly mixed feelings#it has some Bones plot points#including a surprise baby for clexa 🤣
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Never Again, Don't Leave Me
Content warning: mentions of blood, swearing
(This is my first time writing fanfic so feedback is greatly appreciated.)
Five days.
That's how long it had been since Tim was admitted to the hospital. And Bernard didn't even find out until the second day. Through a news report. Not from Stephanie. Not from Dick Grayson. Not from Bruce Wayne. The fucking Channel 8 news.
'Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne Admitted to Hospital After Sustaining Gunshot Wounds'
'Fuck. Not again.'
Darla bleeding out in the school nurse's office. Tim bleeding out on a ballroom floor.
'Please god not again.'
Bernard doesn't even remember how he got to the hospital, let alone leaving his apartment. His socks are soaked. Must've run there in the rain. Entering the hospital was a blur. A lot of pleading, yelling, screaming - most of it from him he thinks - and the same phrase repeated over and over again: "Family members only."
"Family members only."
"Family only."
"Family."
'I'M HIS FUCKING BOYFRIEND!'
So here he is. Day 4 of sleeping in the uncomfortable waiting room chair, nibbling on the shitty energy bar he got from the hospital vending machine. Bernard's honestly surprised they haven't kicked him out yet. Pity most likely. The nurse he yelled at on the first day keeps bringing him water when he's asleep. He really should apologize to her, she's just doing her job.
Right now he just feels numb. Stephanie's probably tried to call him, but he's pretty sure his phone is dead by now. Now he's just sitting, waiting for someone, anyone, to let him see Tim or at least let him know how he's doing.
'He's fine he's fine he's fine. They would've sent you home already if he was-'
"Bernard?"
He recognizes that voice, from Tim's video calls with his family. He's even heard it on TV a couple of times.
He turns to face Dick Grayson, eldest son of the Wayne clan and the brother Tim's closest to based on their weekly phone calls.
"Hey." Bernard's voice came out raspy and quiet. When was the last time he drank something?
"Hey," Dick said, moving to take a seat next to him. "How long have you been here?"
"What day is it?"
"Tuesday."
"Oh. Um" - he pinched the bridge of his nose - "since Saturday I guess."
Dick's face is weird. He seemed to be going through at least five different emotions at once, the most prominent being anger. Bernard really wished he was better at reading faces. Then he would have never made that dumb joke about Tim's dad abusing him back in high school, noticed how weird he was when the girl Robin appeared, or understand the emotion that crossed Tim's face whenever he had to cancel a date.
"Have you seen him yet," Dick asked softly.
"No," he responded bitterly, "'family only.'"
"Oh. And no one's-"
"No."
He heard a large exhale after that. Bernard didn't bother to remove his hands from his eyes after hearing the chair next to him scrape across the linoleum floor. Less than a minute later he heard Dick's sneakers squeak towards him.
"Come on," Dick said, holding his hand out, "they said we can see him now."
He takes his hand and doesn't let go until they get to Tim's room.
Stopping in front of the door Dick starts, "They said he's in a coma right now but he's stable. It shouldn't be very long until he wakes up."
Bernard knows those words should be comforting, but the fact that he didn't know that for almost a week just makes him angrier.
"You go first, okay?" Dick says, flashing him a small smile. "I'll be right out here."
He feels so fucking selfish. Dick is his brother and he's probably been worried sick about him. He deserves to see him a lot more than Bernard does. All he can say is, "okay."
Walking in he doesn't know what he expected, his boyfriend covered in blood? He looks peaceful like he's finally getting the eight hours of sleep Bernard keeps forcing him to get or when he falls asleep watching Blade Runner for the 700th time. He's pale, paler than his normal Gotham pale, but still looks peaceful. If it wasn't for the steady beeping of the heart monitor or the breathing apparatus strapped to his face, Bernard would've thought he walked in on one of Tim's random cat-naps. Rounding the bed, he takes a seat in the armchair next to the window. It's a lot more comfortable than the chairs outside.
For a while, he just sits and watches Tim breathe, his exhalations fogging up the oxygen mask every so often. He starts reaching for Tim's hand, wondering if he's allowed to touch him.
'Fuck it.'
Bernard grabs his hand like Tim's going to sink right through the pristine hospital sheets and he starts talking.
"Hey, Timmy. Yeah, I'm gonna call you that because you're asleep and you can't stop me. I just wanted to tell you that you better wake up soon or you're gonna miss all the fun things I got planned. They're holding another Jonathan Lord marathon soon. I know we missed the last one because you had an emergency. And Tweedle-D's is opening again. They're giving out complimentary milkshakes to Louis Grieve kids who come. I'm so close to getting my certification too, just a few more classes and we can go together. We can be totally disgusting and share one. Then there's that new amusement park opening up in Burnside. I know you said your last amusement park date didn't go well but hey, maybe we can try something new. And I can't wait to go to my first pride with you. I've never had the guts to go by myself, even after I figured out I wasn't straight. And I would really love to spend it with you. A day to hang out at the park, party with other people, and just be ourselves. Sounds super fun right? I just... I can't lose you... not like Darla or... or Laura - shit! Just... fuck. Please..."
'Don't leave me again.'
#yuri writes stuff#this plot bunny has had a chokehold on me since 125 came out#leaving it there because i have nothing else past that point#i keep writing things thinking it'll be a couple paragraphs and then they come out as full-length novellas#why can't i put this much effort into my schoolwork 🙃#me while writing this: *takes the time to look up where the amusement park they went to is - doesn't actually look up#how a gunshot wound to the neck would be treated*#also yes timeline stuff - i decided to put batman 125 between the pride special and 'special delivery' bc i can/j#it's actually bc there's a whole 6 months between the ul stuff and the travis moore story and i think it just works better there#wrote this while listening to a mix of lo fi and chelmico's 'touhikou' on repeat (which is where the title's from)#batman 125#timbern#tim drake#bernard dowd#dick grayson#batfam#dc fanfic#timber#i love making my boy suffer#also couldn't resist inserting a little bit of emt!bernard in there#emt!bernard#ficlet
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Grabs DHMIS tv show by the shoulders and draws blood like that one meme please please please PLEASE let duck have a turn on the self awareness. Let him go insane. Let him see the situation he is in or show us if he knows it and how he copes with it please please i am begging you they're gonna kill my wife if you don't
#dhmis#dhmis meme#dhmis duck#i was gonna add 'and make him gay married' but i want everyone to hear me out not just the Fluffybird believers i failed you uys#dont hug me im scared#duck might be perfectly aware of his situation and decide to not fight against it because he fears that#so thats qhy he gets nervous everytime things get out of script. or at least what HE thinks is the script#because if he really REALLY knew he wouldn't worry about things like yellow guy changing because it happens everytime electracey shows up#but if he thinks he KNOWS whats supposed to happen but he actually doesn't then#i dont know if im making sense but i thimk you know what i mean#point is i want duck having a repeat of episode 5 of the webseries#....... preferably without dying actually but#actually the whole duck going along the show for safety in obedience can also fit with the theory that lamp already told us the plot#since he /is/ the one that gets the pound after the jobs episode#maybe he thinks whatever is in charge here will reward him for playing along#also why he's not very helpful when the others are trying to break the cycle#and you can take the fact that the coin fucking cut his eye open as a metaphor for whatever#god i really hope duck doesnt die but i have zero hopes on my man im so sorry
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One of the things I wish the remake had done was do something a little different with Vanessa (because her part was really the reminder of Just Another Remake and sorta broke the chain of original/expanded choices and characters that led up to her), like maybe reinvent her character or role or something like that.
But given how quickly too many people are racing to praise Vanessa’s actress and ignore Halle Bailey, I think that leaving Vanessa as she is was definitely the better choice in the movie.
#i saw some promo materials that sorta made me think maybe vanessa was another poor soul caught in a deal with ursula#and sent to interfere in the marriage. like she was a minor but more original character#her inclusion was really just a repeat of the plot point from the animated movie#and don't get me wrong the actress is gorgeous but too many people are too quick to ignore halle in favor of her#the little mermaid 2023#the little mermaid spoilers#the little mermaid
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Onyx Prime = Shockwave time travel plot is such shitty writing I could and WILL (eventually) write multiple essays about it it's so fucking bad.
#squiggposting#for a brief preview of what i would be writing#1. time travel was done better in the same continuity by JRO#2. the plot by barber completely contradicted and undid most of the themes he was trying to build up#3. the plot introduced a lot of shit out of nowhere with no foreshadowing and had to be done via excessive exposition#4. it's just a really fucking bad logic loop that relies on a character doing things 4 THE EVULZ and not because he's like a person#can't believe ppl are actually defending it because 'oh it's silly lol'#it's not just silly it's stupid and it destroys most of the agency and drama of the rest of the story#including parts of the story that the same people who like S = onyx also praise as good writing#have higher standards for writers ffs don't accept shitty writing just because he made some points you agree with#genuinely don't understand it at all lmao#like barber made a whole story about the legacy of colonialism and how history is propagandistic and corrupt or whatever#and then introduced the big plot twist that actually it was all machinated by just one guy#hmmmm and here i thought this story was about responsibility and the way bigotry seeps into society's instutitions or something#NOPE actually the reason society is racist and imperialistic is because one guy went back in time and decided to make all of it happen#and the reason that guy wants a cybertronian empire is because he was raised during the golden age... which was brought about by the primes#...who were created by that very same guy. so like it's just an infinitely repeating circular logic error#in which this guy's motivations exist bc of the times he lived in but he literally invented the times he lived in
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They need to put “thrillers” for people who hate suspense in a separate category. They need to put a disclaimer after the summary thats like: “Although this premise may sound a little too exciting, fear not, gentle readers! This author will never let you wonder about the protagonist’s thought process for a single second. No part of the plot will occur off-page, and for those Sneaky Susans who like to use their little brains to figure out the mystery before the characters do— we’ve given you more than you need to figure it out. So just sit back, relax, and enjoy hundreds and hundreds of pages of meandering dully around a murder.”
#i want to SCREAM sometimes i hate feeling like I’ve been tricked by an exciting premise and glowing reviews#i would say these books are for babies but they have GORE its just splattered so thinly through the painfully slow narration#did you miss a plot point? don’t worry It’ll be repeated 3 or 4 times before it becomes relevant#and I’m not a snob i love a crazy shlocky thriller like i don’t need it to be GOOD i just need it to be NOT BORING#like the WHOLE POINT of a thriller is its THRILLING#its like. idk there must be romance novels where the characters have no chemistry. idk i don’t read those
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Work is on fire, so close to finishing the current work and now the old work has broken, however: I get to work with the old boss again. Fuck but I missed her
She comes in, tells me the horrible news, I start cussing, she starts laughing, and then we both get to work, immediately and without needing to discuss what we’re doing, while both continuing to cuss and laugh. Fuck but I missed her
#yapping tag#IT is working away diligently at the requests I've made and the data structure stuff is at a good holding point#so of course it's time for the old ESL institute to need me back again! in December we hired in a new lady to replace me there#and now she is /hospitalized from the stress of the position/ thank you I will be screaming now#not even two months! the school was closed for Winter Break for half that time!#/hospitalized from the stress of the position/ I am going to eat my own feet I am going to peel my own face I am going to /cry/#she didn't make it through one graduation! she didn't do any of the scheduling for the new session! she didn't even get trained on /how/#HOSpitalized from the STRESS of the poSITION I am going to screeeeeeeeeam#anyway it's Tuesday and I have until 9:00am Friday to do everything this woman was supposed to have done since last Thursday#and oh yes of course also I /still have my own new job to do in the meantime/ I am going to BITE SOMEONE#(not her not her I'm angry but I'm not angry /at her/ I'm not going to take it out on her it's not her fault the job is a nightmare#I will continue to repeat this to myself until I remember it /I am not angry at her/ aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh)#good news though I have been confirmed a plot at the community garden so the Good Boss and I can talk about gardening while we#you know. put out unlimited unceasing and overlapping fires
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Come Back, Little Sheba by William Inge / Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) Dir. Daniel Mann / The title song off Bruce Springsteen's fifth studio album The River (1980)
#springsteenfilmfest#come back little sheba 1952#ok i tried#shirely booth repeating ''vanished into thin air'' + the basic plot points#of the play/film and doc being a violent alcoholic make for amazing springsteen parallels im just bad at this
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20k words into the secret fic and im just now realizing. there is a major plot point almost identical to another one of my fics. a;ekjfnslejrgjb
#bangs head against the wall I AM SO UNORIGINAL#grrrrrrrrr#whatever im gonna keep it#bc at this point ive written too much i don't want to change it#you guys are just gonna have to deal with my PLOT REPEATS#writing rants
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Suffering from “listened to the Pride (2014) rendition of Bread and Roses while hormonal”-itis. it is a very specific condition. i am dehydrated.
#literally why is it that in any version of this poem I just start sobbing at ‘hearts starve as well as bodies’#the worst part is this is riverdale’s fault#I just got to That One Plot Point#and was so disappointed by their rendition that I’m listening to better versions on repeat#bread and roses#pride#pride 2014
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