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hotluncheddie · 5 months

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20 Questions for Fic Writers

ty @steddieasitgoes !! this was fun!!

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

16!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

26,316 (wtf)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

steddie / st only 😤

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Tiny Green Shorts

2. Seasons change, but people don't.

3. extra credit

4. that's when boys kiss

5. pretty boy

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

YES! i luv comments! its one of the best parts of writing anything and makes it extra fun! its connecting with people!!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

mmm i don't really like angsty endings. i guess Little Lamb has the most general angst but tbh that's not even gonna be a sad ending once its done - its gone have a lot of hope. maybe just high masking but again the connected part is comfort heavy

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

everything :) happy endings only in this house! 🍓 is maybe the most good vibes all the way thru piece

8. Do you get hate on fics?

its honestly a dream of mine to get cyber bullied one day, so no but if anyone wants to u can just this once

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

ya - mmmm mild d/s dynamics and graphic descriptions of bellies :)

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

no - sometimes i think about doing like film inspired steddie but idk if i'll ever get around to it (like school of rock au or dead poets society au)

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

no???

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

no! but that would be cool!

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no :) i think having to consider someone else's schedule when writing would be stressful - i am slow

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

steddieeeee 😤👌🫡💪

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i'm working on a openly bi steve / queer eddie fic and it needs a lot of editing and keeps growing and it could honestly never get done but i really hope i work it out one day (i wanna incorporate music into the like theme of the scenes somehow but i dunno if i'm capable enough for it to be good - plus rewriting is hard bc what's there is good its just not right for this)

16. What are your writing strengths?

i like to think i can write my rancid sewer goblin dream boy eddie munson pov well

and maybe dialogue, or like metaphors?? i also have a thing about rhythm when i write so hopefully that come through, like pace and flow of sentences or whatever.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

i have like pictures in my head and i never know how much to describe, like do i go full setting and facial expressions but then that feels like too much so idk. but ye that - the stuff around the dialogue

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

i dumb baby i wouldn't even try bc it would just be google translate n that's embarrassing

19. First fandom you wrote for?

this one! i only lurked before hehe I've used ao3 for like over 10 years and this fandom was the first i ever wanted to make anything for

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

uhhh i think unmasking is very dear to my heart. but also Seasons change, but people don't. just bc its still my longest fic to date

that was fun! no pressure tags!! and sorry if you've already been tagged don't be mad a meeee!!!

@pearynice @numinosmoon @2btheanswertothequestion @flowercrowngods @aringofsalt @scarcrossdlvrs

#hotlunch #steddie #<3 #ask game #i can't get the bi steve wip out of my head dude #but i just think about it #no new ideas at all

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turquoisedata · 9 months

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this is about me really, not GO. Please stay, I won't make a post like this again.

it took me a week to watch Good Omens season 2. I mistimed my S1 rewatch and then the week after it came out was insanely busy* so I couldn't think about it at first. I watched the first ep Thursday 3/8, then the day after my son went to his other parent's house so I could watch the rest in one go.

I think maybe that wasn't the best of ideas?

It's been 9 days now. 9 days in which I have struggled to think about anything else. 9 days in which I have signed up to Tumblr, which I've been avoiding since the site launched. Thought I was too old, ha. 9 days in which I've been away to visit family but during which I've sneaked views and rewatched the show with my son** and started to reread the book and watched Staged and cried. 9 days in which one of my friends *died*, unexpectedly but also not, and still all I can do is cling onto this frigging show. All I can do is watch the kiss gif and the chest stroke (that I legit didn't even spot) and Az grabbing Crowley's waist (that I very definitely did).

I want to know why this has grabbed so many of us so hard. I mean, partly because fucking Neil has BROKEN ALL OUR FRIGGING HEARTS, so of course we're finding comfort together. But.

My friend didn't have a person, a partner to share her life with. I always thought that wasn't fair. I know she would have liked to find someone. A piece of my grief will always be sadness that she deserved that and didn't find it.

I don't have a person either. I thought I'd found my soulmate, but after two decades of thinking our souls fit together I realised he was a bit of a shit, actually, and that I deserved better than someone who was just plain mean to me. I didn't want our kid thinking that was expected or normal.

And I think, maybe. When I see Crowley and Aziraphale gazing at each other with such longing and love and affection and want and lust, it gives me hope that even this late 40s perimenopausal AuDHD mess might actually find someone, some day, who looks at her with love like that.

I dunno. It's been the best part of a decade being single, in that time I've realised I'm autistic, realised I'm not straight, lived through a plague, entirely broken down. I'm so much more broken than I used to be. I feel like... why would anyone ever want me.

But maybe they will?

I really hope none of my IRL friends followed me when I shared one post that I made on my Facebook. Also really hope my ex never finds this. Hey ho blah blah blah blah plausible deniability

*stupid work getting in the way of my obsessions

**he's also devastated, I feel like such a terrible parent

#heartbroken #Unexpected death IRL

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purrincess-chat · 10 months

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Hi Cat! May I ask you to rank S5 episodes aired so far? and what did you like the most about each of them?

Finally getting around to answering this now that s5 is officially over. Overall, I'd say s5 was definitely not as bad as people have made it out to be, and I'll share my full thoughts on it later and go over some of the notes I took upon rewatching, but I'd say this season on average was pretty mid? Adrinette hard carried a lot of episodes that otherwise were just okay. Again, I've said it a bunch, and I'll say it a bunch more times, ML's biggest problem is pacing. S5 is probably the most ambitious season of this show by far, and they crammed a shit ton into this one season that would have been more digestible if it were spread out I think.

But anywho, I'll discuss more later. For now, here is my episode rankings for season 5! The ratings are rough, and I will likely adjust them to be a bit more specific when I eventually do my complete episode ranking with all the other seasons, but for now these ratings correspond to how I relate just the s5 episodes to each other. None of them got a 10, and tbh most of these eps sit around 6-7/10, so ranking them was actually kind of hard because as I said, Adrinette hard carried some of these eps, and I just did not care for the other things going on in them. Okay, here we go:

Protection: 9.5/10

Anyone who knows me or is in any way familiar with me probably knows why this episode is here. The picnic will go down as one of Adrinette's iconic moments. The whole set-up was incredibly sweet, and I could stare at that scene for hours.

2. Emotion: 9/10

Outside of thinking that Felix should have come back sooner and that perhaps this should have been the mid-season conflict rather than the Kwami's Choice eps (I'll talk more about why in another post eventually), I really liked this episode. I love how much Marinette has grown. I enjoyed Felix being a lil gremlin man. Idk, I liked it.

3. Elation: 8.5/10

"Cat, but you always shit talk MC-"

Incorrect. I shit talk toxic stans. I'd be lying if I said seeing those two losers kiss didn't make me feel things. I also appreciated the realness of this ep on why they couldn't be together, and that Chat Noir/Adrien had enough respect for Marinette to realize that there was a power imbalance between them. It was very sexy of him.

4. Revolution: 8.5/10

This one honestly surprised me being this high, but so much shit happened in this episode. Like I needed to sit for a sec after watching it because it was a lot to process. While I was rewatching it, I had moments where I was like wait, is this a new episode? But then I'd remember, nope. It's still the same one where all this other shit happened. And weirdly, it didn't feel too rushed? A lot of episodes this season felt like they were moving a million miles a minute and rushing to get to the point, but I felt like for as much shit as went down in this episode, it flowed pretty well.

Also, I'm Adrinette trash so of course I'm gonna rank their first kiss high fucking sue me

Also, hardly anyone talked about the LadyNoir power up! Like hello???

5. Deflagration: 8/10

I know I just dunked on the Kwami's Choice arc, and I will probably do it again because these two episodes were HARD carried by Adrinette. I didn't care about Kitty Noire or Scarabella at all. Their fight was lame, why the fuck did they start talking like that, just, ugh-anyway. I felt like part 2 was the stronger of the two episodes, and not just because of the Ladrien crumb! (though the ladrien crumb was v nice) I enjoyed the Resistance swooping in to help. I enjoyed Marinette outsmarting Gabriel. I enjoyed Adrien ripping the earrings off his dad like how dare you touch her things, you crusty eggplant. I liked the Adrinette scene in the cafeteria. I dunno. I don't think giving up their Miraculous was really necessary, but I appreciated several of the moments in this episode.

6. Passion: 8/10

So, in prior seasons I came to really not care for Nathalie when she was simping for Gabriel, but I gained a lot more respect for her this season. I just kind of wish she'd been like that from the beginning. There to make sure Gabriel doesn't go too far, someone to love Adrien and carry out his and Emilie's wishes. I wouldn't have minded even if GabeNath happened as a result if they were able to talk Gabriel down from his madness and truly let Emilie go in the end. But alas, we didn't. I loved the Adrinette moment in this episode where Adrien just immediately tells her what's wrong. It was such a huge step for him as someone who usually just buries his feelings. And the kwami swap was much better this go round.

7. Jubilation: 7.5/10

My cat is sleeping on my notes, but I remember enjoying this episode. A thought that I had in regards to the fantasy that they saw is that the gift sees beyond the masks, even if they don't. Like, yes, of course they want a life together because they're soulmates. They just can't quite see the whole picture yet. Idk how to explain it, but anyway, it was a cute episode. The nightmare children need to be burned at the stake, but overall, it was nice.

8. Transmission: 7.5/10

Listen. I did not give a single fuck about the new heroes, and their battle was very anticlimactic and lame, but god dammit, the Adrinette in this episode! Adrien audibly recognizing he shouldn't have played with her feelings as Chat Noir. Him seeing his photos in her trash can and telling her he loves her! The motherfucking hand game! Nothing else happened in that ep. It was just them.

9. Determination: 7.5/10

I absolutely loved seeing Adrinette go all pink sparkles when he looked at Marinette, and how Kagami was like stop being a fucking wuss and ask her on a date. As much as I cannot with the statue scene, I loved that Adrien was just like lol yeahhh you kissed me, it was kind of awesome. Like baby boy XD I liked him being lowkey jealous and wanting to be more with Marinette and trying his damnedest to get closer to her when she was freaking out. His patience with her this season has been so sweet.

LN stans can roast me all they want, idc, but I have a lot of thoughts about her switching her affection to CN. Not to say that she doesn't genuinely have feelings for him because I think she definitely does deep down, but I have always seen her pursuit of him this season as a means to run away from her problems. (i.e. her feelings for Adrien) Because she never got over Adrien, and that much was obvious. And Alya even called her on her bullshit. Marinette was trying to force herself to stop loving Adrien by throwing herself at Chat Noir, and while her feelings for him might stem from a genuine place of love for him, she was trying to love him for the wrong reasons. Rather than it being a natural thing, it felt very much like she was only doing it because she thought it would be easier, and she was refusing to face and process what had happened as a result of her loving Adrien. I just wish that the reversal were handled differently. She can and absolutely does love Chat Noir, but in this context, it just felt a little cheap to me. Not as genuine because she was still clearly hung up on Adrien and avoiding that.

10. Multiplication: 7/10

We have reached 6-7/10 territory. A loooot of eps are in this range, so it was actually pretty difficult to rank. I went solely on vibes for this section. Any single scene that sticks out in my memory for each episode were the breaking points on these.

Idk why, but I liked this episode. I loved the scenes of Adrien trying to greet Marinette. I loved everyone getting progressively more bored with waiting for Monarch to show up again. It was cute.

11. Derision: 7/10

Do I think this backstory should have come way, way, way, WAY sooner? Yes. Like s1-s2 sooner. Did I still slurp up all of the Adrinette anyway? ...Well, I'm only human.

12. Evolution: 7/10

I actually skipped this episode in my rewatch to save time because I know it's solid. Bunny Cat was cute. Seeing Gabriel fucking wreck himself because he's an idiot was funny. Alix being the GOAT was fun. Yeah. It was a nice start to the season.

13. Pretension: 7/10

I'm not a Feligami hater like some people. I think it was a bit rushed, but I think that's more of an issue with ML's general struggle with pacing rather than a reflection on the viability of their relationship. I liked seeing how Felix has a softer side because he was always meant to be morally grey. Emotion talked about that a little bit. He had no dog in the fight between Gabriel and LB/CN. He has his own motives for doing what he does, and he's not a bad person, just has done some questionable things to get what he wants. And I think Kagami would be good for him. I loved her roasting him and kicking his ass (and he loved it too).

14. Confrontation: 6.5/10

As the pilot of the Lila downfall plane, you'd think this episode would rank higher, but like, listen. Was Marinette's plan very sneaky and big brained? Yes. Did I enjoy seeing them get caught? Yes. Did this shit need to happen way sooner? Yes! The fact that Alya said with her whole chest in the episode before, "You know we're always ready to believe you." When she fucking wasn't? Like, bitch, your bestie is LADYBUG. Perhaps if she doesn't like someone, recognize that it's for a good ass reason? And I hated how dismissive they were of Adrien when he tried to speak up in that scene too. My honest reaction to Lila being outed was just fucking finally. I rank this one lower as well because they cut a small moment that I wish they fucking hadn't where everyone apologizes to and hugs Marinette after they're exposed. Because they fucking gaslit her for months about this bitch, and she absolutely deserved that apology!

15. Collusion: 6/10

Ya know, I'm not much one to care about Andre. They really tried to paint him as a victim this season, and I just was not there for it. It's okay for him to just suck too. They're all rich, sucky people. It's okay to just say that.

A note I did make that I might talk about later is on the topic of Chloe and her alleged redemption that everyone is mad about and how Astruc just hates Chloe, and I'm not going to say he doesn't. I just think that overall what happened there is when they started planning out future seasons, it was more plot convenient for her to be mean than it was for them to put in the effort to redeem her fully. And looking at some of the other redemptions they've done in this show, we know they would have botched it anyway. They kept her mean because it served their purposes for making things happen. That's it.

16. Revelation: 6/10

For reasons mentioned above in Confrontation, I ranked this episode lower because I wanted to fucking strangle everyone. Everyone in that god damn class knows Chloe is a bitch and always will be. The fact that they all turned on Marinette, including fucking Alya who knows she's FUCKING LADYBUG just ugh. Honestly, when their future plans got fucked in the next episode, I was lowkey like GOOD. Suffer, dumbass bitches! It's what you get! But I'm also just really petty, and I wanted to see Lila finally get shut the fuck up.

17. Adoration: 6/10

This one was fine? Let's go lesbians, I guess. Idk, in comparison to the myriad of other shit going on in s5, this one just felt like filler. Gabriel is an asshole, what else is new? I kind of wish Marinette got a better confession, since, ya know, we've been waiting for it since s1. I wish it were a bigger moment and more heartfelt, but like, eh, I guess.

18. Intuition: 6/10

Seeing Gabriel fuck himself over was nice. Other than that, it was just okay. Get dunked on, you moldy cheeto dust of a human being.

19. Perfection: 6/10

"Cat, did you rank this episode this low because of Adrien's cringy-ass song?"

AND I'D DO IT AGAIN! And the fight was kinda boring. I love Kagami, and she deserved the love in the end, but like c'mon.

20. Illusion: 6/10

A big thing I noted from this episode that became kind of a recurring thing throughout s5 is the illusion of choice. I'll talk more about it in my s5 analysis, but I think that illusion of choice extends to Gabriel's wish too in the end. I did love Nathalie fucking bodying him the second Adrien walked away. It's what he deserves.

21. Destruction: 6/10

This one was fine, I guess. I wasn't super into the format of it being a flashback that Marinette was explaining to Alya at their sleepover after the fact? And that it kind of just glossed over them Cataclysming Monarch, since that was kind of an important thing for this season. ML made some weird choices for big moments throughout this season that kind of cheapened the impact, imo. Idk. Baby girl is smart and all that, we been knew.

22. Representation: 5.5/10

Adrien fighting his dad was the highlight of this episode. You go off, king. The play was incredibly info-dumpy, and I feel like this information should have been spread out more organically. Rather than hinting at all of this shit in s3-4, they should have just sprinkled in these details as actual confirmation back then rather than dumping it all in our laps now.

23. Reunion: 5/10

Listen, this episode wasn't bad, and Adrien being a horse girl is funny, but in the context of this season and compared to the other episodes, this one is honestly just filler. Like, it's cool lore, but feels a bit out of place in this season, especially because she didn't call on her past holders for advice on how to like, idk fight her villain, she called on her for love advice. Just felt very unserious in the context of this season.

24. Conformation: 5/10

This one was fine-ish? The whole finale is definitely the weakest finale we've had. And I've ranked Miracle Queen in my bottom 10, yall. This is saying something. I'll go ahead and continue in my next point because

25. Re-Creation: 4.5/10

Both of the finale eps were just... They happened? I feel like they were pulling at too many threads bringing in everyone the way they did. I feel like the perfect alliance thing was an okay choice? I kind of dislike that Adrien was just no where to be fucking seen for most of these episodes. I know a lot of people are upset that he doesn't know about his dad, and there was no reveal between him and Marinette. Which, no identity reveal, I can live with, but I feel like letting Gabriel make his wish was such a weird choice. I'll talk more about it later, but we've been following this show since s1 and rooting for Ladybug and Chat Noir, and they just let the villain get what he wanted? And you can argue that he didn't really get what he wanted because he died or whatever, but like he got the Miraculouses and made a wish. Stop being obtuse about it. Like what is the ultimate lesson here? What's the message? I'm willing to give s6 a chance, but my future with this show is going to depend on how they unpack some of the fallout of this finale.

And for those arguing over Emilie v Amelie in the ending scene, it was Emilie in the original script and storyboard, and her memorial statue is gone, meaning they no longer have to memorialize her because she's not dead, so unless they randomly decided to not bring her back last minute, that bitch is his mom. Also, they removed a scene where she and Adrien smile at each other, but I digress

26. Migration: 4/10

I'm not going to explain this one, but anyone that knows me, knows why this one is here, and why I didn't care about this episode.

Anywho, my biggest takeaways from this season were that it was a bit too ambitious at times, and I think in general it lacked a lot of the heart of ML. Big moments we've been waiting for fell flat because they got lost in the mess of them trying to cram storylines we should have been getting this whole time into one season. It's not a bad season, and I think it is definitely a step in the right direction. ML just needs to get better about pacing its story arcs so that it maximizes its time and doesn't have to rush through shit to get their point across.

#ml spoilers #miraculous ladybug #cat replies #asks #cat ranks ml s5

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a-what-without-who · 8 months

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9 people you’d like to get to know better!

absolutely thank you @lightningbee for tagging me in i love this little activities ✴️

1. 3 ships: right now brainrotting with doorkeay (michael shelley and/or michael the distortion/gerry keay), mellice (melly plinius/alice de ross) and for the grand final let it be hannigram i pretty much adore them

there is more than only three but this is a thing for another tedtalk ahh

2. first ever ship: i didn't actually care enough about shipping back then but there were brandeis/donovan from the red strings club. oh how much i was thinking about this game and how still it is tragic in it's own unique way.

3. last song: there is two! kiss me until my lips fall off by lebanon hanover & last summer night by ABBA

4. last movie: paprika! the artstyle and whole theme is pretty mesmerising

5. currently reading: la Nausée by Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre; Letters to Milena: Briefe an Milena by Franz Kafka and some literature for my studies

kinda have a list of literature recommendations but it's a bit too looong

6. currently watching: good omens season two! also pretty much looking forward for something to watch next and it's prolly gonna be our flag means death

7. currently consuming: black tea with two spoons of sugar (i have a soft spot for sweets)

8. currently craving: CINNABONS FROM THIS ONE LOCAL CAFE THAT I ADORE,, warm and definitely sweet pastry makes me truly happy.

and oh god this is gonna be truly specific I've never in my little life had tasted the dino nuggets. i even dunno why i want them right now. it's just a thought that stuck with me for the last days

@esttillie no pressure i kinda dunno who to tag and you truly look like an interesting person!

#tag game #random thoughts #as well as random ramblings

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kcrabb88 · 1 year

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Black Sails!! 8,9, and 22! :D

8. Common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

I mean, I dunno that I would call this common so much as it is THE great debate in fandom and is pretty split, and that's whether or not Silver is lying at the end of the show about taking Flint to Thomas. So, did he, or is Flint dead? And I respect the other side's opinion on this, which I can't say for a lot of other fandom debates that I have deeply held opinions about because I'm petty, but the ending does leave itself open and it's meant to be like that. I have different friends with different thoughts and it's interesting to talk about it with them. However!! I firmly believe that Silver told the truth, and that is largely because if he shot Flint, then that's just, Flint AND James McGraw being dead. I'm obsessed with the concept of Silver UNMAKING Flint and leaving behind a tattered James McGraw at that farm with Thomas. I have other reasons, but this is one of the big ones.

9. Worst part of canon

Actively hard to pick with this show because I have not many critiques of it, but I don't like the becalming episode as much as other folks do? I get kind of bored during it. Most people agree that season 1 needed some work in places, but that's not salty cause we all agree (though! I will say once you see the whole show and go back and watch season 1 it actually really hits in a lot of places. Some GREAT monologues).

22. Your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

Madi I mean I'm not being fair, Madi def gets love, but not as much as she OUGHT to. I think especially Madi and Flint's friendship doesn't get the focus it should. To me. It's why both my Black Sails fics are, indeed, this.

Ask me my salty fandom opinions!!!

#The way Black Sails is one of the least irritating fandoms I have ever been in #I very rarely see posts that make me want to SCREAM #Which is nice #KCrabb does asks memes #Black Sails #Thanks Pilf!

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wicked-ghoul · 7 months

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I feel like season 7 of Dragons The Nine Realms was good but a step down from last season and I can't put my finger on why???

There was a lot I liked about it (especially the score, like, I would genuinely love a soundtrack for this shows score!), but something felt off...like...more than usual lol

SPOILERS:

I think it was the group disbanding thing...felt a little forced, thought the pay off was pretty good though.

This was the first time Jun ever actively pissed me off tho! Like, she was always obnoxious and self interested but WOW was she a pain in episode two! I literally snapped "Shut the fuck up!" at her at some point lol

Thought it was very funny that Alex had a black shirt on throughout her entire episode...like...was it to show that she was emo and edgy or something? Like she's going to the dark side, for one episode, but not really? And then in the next episode she's back to the green shirt. Just thought that was funny lol

Also, Olivia was mentioned offhandedly in the first episode and then never showed up??? Like, was her voice actress busy? What gives!? Yet another bizzare writing choice on this show's part I guess XD

Dunno how I feel about Hiccup and Toothless creating a cage for the Jormundgandr, but honestly Hiccup going down there and building a bunch of traps for dragon hunters in the first place was kind of ridiculous. My feelings on the ending of The Hidden World are complicated, I don't hate it conceptually but I've read a lot of really good arguments about why it didn't work, part of me wonders if this was the writers way of giving Hiccup and Toothless more time together? *shrug* Thought it was funny how Thunder realized his recessive gene of retractable teeth lol

this show is still very much My Trash and I am very interested to see what happens in season 8 (and I'm assuming season 9 since, you know, 9 realms lol)

#dragons the nine realms #dragons nine realms #wickedghoul posts stuff #i'm positive no one cares about my d9r thoughts but it's my blog and i'll post about the dumb httyd spin off if i feel like it! lol #how many times am I gonna write lol in this post??? ... LOL XD

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bowlingforgerbils · 9 months

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Good Omens Season 2 Thoughts (spoilers!)

I just need to blab about it for a hot minute and then I can go on with my life.

Things I loved about Season 2:

Investigative Journalist Aziraphale is the most adorable detective boy who ever existed. Here he comes with his little hat, ready to crack the case!

2. Magician Aziraphale!!! The whole trusting Crowley to shoot at him without a miracle! Crowley's suit!!!

3. Nina, the owner of the braincell this season.

4. Muriel, the sweetest cinnamon roll angel, I will protect her at all costs.

5. Gabriel's redemption arc. I was not an ineffable bureaucracy shipper before, but this sold me on it. I hope he and Beezlebub come back in Season 3. They really owe Aziraphale one.

6. The fact that it was made explicitly clear that (a) Nazis go to Hell and (b) they get tormented for eternity.

7. The set design, the different shop owners, just the general vibe of the street was very visually appealing.

8. Honestly, as emotionally devastating as the ending was, it made perfect sense to me for Aziraphale to take Metatron's offer. Metatron is saying all the things that Aziraphale wants to hear and making promises that everything will be better this time around. Aziraphale wants to badly to do good, plus he remembers that Crowley was happy as an angel, so it's a win-win! He doesn't understand why it hurts so much for Crowley to not be accepted for who he is. And the worst part is, I don't think Aziraphale looks down on him as a demon, necessarily, he just sees it as a way they can be together and happy. It's unintentionally very dismissive of everything Crowley has gone through to be the person he is now.

9. Metatron is SUCH a good villain, omg. He knew just what to say to split up Aziraphale and Crowley, damn. His kind but firm old boss man persona isn't fooling me, though. I'm onto you, dude.

Things I was not so keen on:

The Nazi zombies, but that's because I really really really don't like zombies, even if they are used for comedic effect. Why did Aziraphale just let them wander off like that, wtf?

2. Maggie. She didn't feel as fleshed out a character as Nina. It was like she was just there as a plot device.

3. I liked Shax's vibe at first, but she kinda fell flat for me by the end. She didn't quite hit that perfect balance of mean and stupid that Hastur did. It made me miss Hastur. :(

4. Aziraphale's weird smile at the end there. Maybe he thinks it's the face that he needs to present to Heaven? I dunno, it was weird and unsettling. (There were some other acting choices that I was not super excited about, but that's more to do with my own headcanons so I won't bother with them here.)

5. The fact that it ended on a CLIFFHANGER. Very rude!

I will feel better when I know for sure that we are getting a Season 3.

#good omens #good omens 2 spoilers #gos2 spoilers #use your words

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heretherebedork · 2 years

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BL ~ Drama Asks

I got tagged by @pose4photoml! Thank you!

1. If you had to watch one drama forever what would it be?

Utsukushii Kare. My Beautiful Man. Or Tossara. It's a toss up for me because, as a non-rewatcher, I'd... probably just not watch stuff? But if I had to try, it'd be one of those two.

2. If you could change the ending of a drama which one would it be?

My Gear and Your Gown. I've actually rewritten this entire series to make it better several times on here, good luck finding them with tumblr's algorithm but they do exist! I really think there was potential in this show but it needed better pacing, damnit.

Enchante. Oh, Enchante. I would just change the ending but boy would I change that ending.

Plus & Minus. Absolutely would change, like, the last three episodes and the resolution of the issues and it could have been so, so good.

My Extraordinary. Fuck that ending.

3. Name your favorite drama and tell who your favorite character was.

Utsukushii Kare and Hira is my darling baby of low self-esteem and no self-worth.

4. Name a drama you dropped within the first few episodes ~ we all have at least one!

Chasing Sunsets turned out to not be a BL and to not... have anything happen in two episodes so I dropped that one. Also My Chinito Prince was just... not good, though I do think I made it to episode four? B X J Forever, I watched one episode that was free, realized I didn't want to watch more, read a summary at the end and felt real good about not bothering. Beloved Enemy just... wasn't for me.

5. Name a popular drama you've never watched and why?

I Told Sunset About You. Too serious, too real, not exactly escapism. Very gorgeous. May someday try it. Still haven't bothered. Uh. I mean, I otherwise basically watch everything BL and especially popular things.

6. Name a drama you regret watching.

Fish Upon the Sky. Ugh. Uh. In some ways, KP? Mostly for the fandom. Limited Edition was horrible and had nothing redeeming in it and then had the audacity end with a ooooh he had cancer and you don't know if he's alive or dead?!?! oh, fuck off with that. Also, My Extraordinary. What a show with potential that just went NOPE.

7. Name a drama you thought you’d never watch but did and did you end up liking it?

Addicted Heroin. @absolutebl takes complete blame for this, FYI. I was never planning on watching it because it was unfinished, they talked it up, I watched and I did end up adoring it, unsurprisingly.

8. Name a pairing you want to see?

Uh. I dunno? I definitely want a BL about a zookeeper and someone else working at a zoo? Can that count for my answer? I don't know enough about actors to talk about this.

9. Name a pairing you didn’t think had chemistry?

Dun and Bas. Dun and Bas who the fuck let these two men brand pair together and star in multiple seasons of a show!??! Who's idea was that and how do I punish them?

Also, what the fuck is going on in Sky in Your Heart? Dude. Just... get away from each other, please.

10. Name a pairing you have seen in another drama that you like?

Sorry, I don't watch enough non-BL or just... in general? I dunno. This one is a mystery to me.

Do it if you wish! If you see this and wanna, consider yourself tagged?

#bl drama #bl series #bl drama asks #did my best?

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dragonnguard · 1 year

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I know I always love reading everyone’s first thoughts with no filter after a season, so here are mine!

EPISODE 2

Claudia maybe don’t take your newly exhausted dad up the entire spire?

Pls Zym not eating his veggies with Ibis was adorable

I LOVE THE DRAGON LAIR OH MY HECK ITS SO MAGICAL CAN I LIVE THERE, the happiness is 🥺

Viren is like kill me now i DoNt want to hang out with my daughter and her bf any more after all the fart jokes

HEIGHTS SHOULD FEAR YOU 😏

Pls Terry 🥺🥺🥺🥺

@hoothalcyon GET YOUR GAY during the whole janaya scene

Stella you are evil don’t take that cube

Noooooo his face looks so sad when he sees rayla 😭

EPISODE 3

Pain and love I’m our hearts at the same time 🥺😭 ezzzzzz (out here giving a full therapy session haha)

The overlay of Ezran talking about pain and love when terry kills and the implications of doing and undoing happening at the same time was so good

EPISODE 4

Bait being so excited like he was going to get food from Barius 🥺🥺🥺

FLEXIO (love you Soren)

I’m so angry about the human putting out the flame. Interesting Native American parallels

EPISODE 5

MMMMM CALLUM - strong mind, strong heart, fascination with magic. gotta love more dark Callum foreshadowing

I dunno how I feel about rayla being gone two years and finding nothing. Why did it take her so long to come back. I hope they answer this when her and Callum finally talk. I guess it plays in well to the whole “she needs to figure this out” because she is literally isolating herself for no good reason and hurting herself and others in the process. (Ah ha ha actually this mirrors my own life in some trauma responses in ways that are way too telling)

DRAGANG 🥺

Lol Soren is the court jester according to Zubeia (one of my fave quips)

I would die for the gate guardians

EPISODE 6

Love the parallels between ezran and janai in choosing peace and doing things differently than history

EPISODE 7

HELLO HAI THEY ARE GOING TO KILL JANAI?

Oh no Soren is alone

Soren is going to lose his shit when he sees Viren is alive

SOREN IS SO CUTE - PJs under armor

Geesh is one of the siblings going to die eventually? I feel like it may be setting this up

YIP YIP of course they had to do that

OMG rayla are you high why are you doing cartwheels

Wow they went straight angst. No messing around. Rayla kill me if i mess up

I legit thought Callum was about to fling himself into the lava

EPISODE 8

OMG pls Is ez going to give Rex igneous jelly tarts 🥺🥺🥺🥺

EPISODE 9

IM GOING TO DIE PLS. I can’t watch. This is how rayla is going to be in danger 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

THEY DID NOT

IM SCREAMING

we did get a coin reveal

I could not control myself after this point haha

Terry is the GOAT tho

Also for fun, here’s my bingo card before and after based on what kinda happened and didn’t!

#tdp s4 spoilers #they really killed it #everything was amazing

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kitcat-italica · 2 years

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I'm realizing that ASOIAF is at its best (or at least, at its most personally enjoyable for me) when there's a stable fulcrum of power in place in the realm, and all these characters with lesser power are revolving around it to try and make their plays and survive or get ahead in the world.

The best season of Game of Thrones was Season 1, when that center of power is unquestionably Robert Baratheon. No one questions that he's king. The realm is prosperous for the people (ticking time bomb of debt notwithstanding), and every other character like Ned, Cersei, Littlefinger, etc all grapple with each other behind the scenes, all trying to accommodate for the agreed-upon power center that holds all their fates in his hands: Robert.

Eventually, these players push each other too far, and Cersei makes the calculation that her survival odds are greater without Robert in the picture than with him. So she has him killed. And that's when all hell breaks loose across the continent. But that hell breaking loose is paradoxically more...boring to me? Idk why. Maybe it's that, when there's established rules of how these characters have to play the game in the shadows and tiptoe around the shadow of Robert, they are forced to make more interesting choices, and there's higher stakes for their every small action? Whereas once the big war breaks out openly, yeah there's still politicking behind the scenes (bc arguably Tywin Lannister becomes the replacement power fulcrum everyone turns around instead), but there's little to no established rules that they have to accommodate. They're all just committing betrayals and war crimes unchecked. Makes for less interesting choices for me as a reader/viewer.

I bring this up because I'm noticing the same pattern watching House of the Dragon. In this case, the unquestioned center of power is Viserys Targaryen. No one ever questioned that he's now the king. Everyone— Otto, Corlys, Daemon, then eventually Rhaenyra and Alicent as they enter the game as adults—all have to make their plays and maneuvers around this gravitational pull of Viserys's authority. They couldn't just jump toward the war crimes and unchecked violence that's now about to happen in the Dance. And how characters express their motivations within those political constraints on their power is, so far, way more fascinating for me to watch in Episodes 1-8 than it has been for Episodes 9 and 10, which deal with the immediate aftermath of Viserys's death.

I dunno. Maybe I'm not explaining my thoughts very well. I'm just noticing what I enjoy more as a reader/viewer, and potentially will keep it in mind as a writer of my own fictional worlds and the ensuing political scenarios :)

#my fandom thoughts #asoiaf #got #hotd

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sage-is-in-fact-very-tired · 1 year

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Okay! Finally I have the recent sherb lists (only from Sherbert's stream though- I gotta go check Centross' and the one heyhay mcci one today-)

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[FROM SHERBERT STREAM "MESSING AROUND IN THE 1.20 SNAPSHOT!"]

-Blood is still faint, but further down their face

- Maniquine (The one with C!Sherbert's fit) is gone from frame

- They open minecaft, light doesn't change

- Among Us are white and red

- Wack Music #1 (A Jack Stauber song started playing)

- Wack Music #2 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- Wack Music #3 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- "It's *my* music, nice." (The only music C!Sherbert listens to is Jack Stauber. Presumably this is why CCC!Sherbert refers to it as "My Music," once again referring to C!Sherbert in first person.)

- Searching up "NETH", really quietly they went, "Netherum?"

- Wack Music #4 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- "I love these songs, they're my songs. I listen to them all the time."

- "Which look most like my converse?" (Refering to C!Sherbert's Yellow/Purple converse as 'my converse')

- "I can make my armor at some point" (Referring to C!Sherbert's armor in 1st person)

- Wack Music #5 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- Wack Music #6 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- Sherbert going "Don't take this as Canon" when trying to remember their wings name. (Implying the rest of this whole bit *is*)

- Wack Music #7 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- "I won't lie, my favorite flower is a blue orchid, but it may change to this."

- Wack Music #8 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing)

- Wack Song #9 (Another Jack Stauber song started playing. This one ran shorter.)

- "Rae is gonna- Rae is gonna ascend." (Talking about the new bookshelves.)

- "Rae is gonna love these. I gotta make him some whenever I- whenever I see him again." (Again, talking about the new bookshelves.)

- "I've never speedrun before." "I've only been to the end once." "I have no idea what I'm doing."

- "It's been a long time since I've had to, I dunno, start over."

- "It's been about a year or so." (Season 2 of Fable went on for about a year before the finale.)

- "I don’t know I’ve never done this before"

- "I guess I killed the dragon that one time but I don’t know."

- "I am birb, I got my little wing ears and everything"

- "Yeah, I'll be used to the thunder, I'm not worried about that."

- "'Funky eyes,' I already have a funky eye, i cant handle more."

- "I am not used to being in a new world, kinda forgot this was a thing."

- "I guess if Momboo’s not here then it won’t rain, huh."

- "Always thunder is a lie. I geuss Momboos not here to do that, so I guess that's fine."

- "We gotta go to the moon again."(Refering to the time they played portal. (Portal!Sherbert))

- "'Turn yourself into a warden,' Uh, that's trauma."

- "I guess we're going to the moon again. I wasn't on the moon for a very long time last time, but i definitely was up there." (Portal!Sherbert)

- Sherbert seems a tad stressed (While trying to get to the moon.)

- "Last time I was here I was just kinda getting rid of a robot." (Portal!Sherbert)

- "Well I guess the dude I left up here is doing pretty good for himself." (Portal!Sherbert)

- "Honestly not the weirdest thing that has happened to me. I wont lie, I've had way weirder things happen to me. Objectively. "

- "Giant warden? But this is just going to give me trauma."

- "I got to go to the moon again." (Portal!Sherbert)

- Goes to sleep at the end, same way they end lore.

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[FROM SHERBERT STREAM "THIS GAME MIGHT MAKE ME CRY"]

- Blood a little further down their face

- Blood around their eye a little darker

- Scar (C!Sherbert's scar) is back

- When asked what crimes they commited, they listed some thing that C!Sherbert did.

- "Jerold where are you? I thought you left me too..." (..so many things. So many things about that sentence.)

- "At least this box is grey, i think I would be a lot worse if I was in another one of the black boxes." "'No obby.' Yeah, exactly."

- "How long is my sentence I’m not necessarily saying I want to get out."

- "I've spent time in boxes before."

- "Might rip up my clothes a little, but it's okay."

- "At least I have something to do in prison this time."

- "You know. This isn't - This isn't to far off from my communicatior.."

- "'Are things talking to right now?' I mean, sure, yeah. I'm in a prison, not sure how else you would be talking to me."

- "'Charles did it,' Yeah, probably."

- They sound nervous. Very akin to how C!Sherbert sounded when they got put in the prison

- Light Blue and Green/Lime Among us.

- "You don’t have to spend your money on games, I’m okay."

- "I've done this before."

- "Do I get out ever?"

- "Atleast not in the ones I've been in, isn't there supposed to be an outside area?"

- "I'd like to get out I probably have some people I'd like to see, maybe… Maybe…"

-"'You remember the prison?' Yeah I remember a lot of things."

-"I'm pretty sure I have people waiting for me on the outside."

-"'Time seems to go slower when in prison,' Yeah. Something like that."

-"Is that an eye? Ugh….Illuminati confirmed."

- "I'm sure they don't want my eye."

- "'What's you eye doing?' Bleeding like always."

- "You know, my communicatior didn't have games."

- "Me and a significant amount of objects that can speak-"

- "I've done things in the past, but I'm pretty sure in the past - 8 days, not the ones in here, i havent done anything that warrents prison." (The finale was 8 days ago.)

- "'Another almost happy ending.' Yeah."

- When Sherb closes the game, they sorta do their thing they do at the end of lore. (You know what I'm talking about-)

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[FROM SHERBERT STREAM "ADVENTURE FOR THE LIL CRAB GUY"]

- Blood seems a tad darker

- Orchids have moved (??)

- Scar (C!Sherbert's) is still there

- Among Us are Red and Orange (Differing from the last time they were on Mer - Which was Orange and Green.)

- They opened minecaft and the light changed to lime green

- "'What happened to the purple and yellow Among uss?' These are the Among Us? This is what they've always been."

- Krit finds an emerald with Quixian written on it, Translates to 'MAYBE THIS ONE?' (Ψ⦚⍔⏚⏅ ṽ⌗⌘⏄ ⍕⍔⌮ - FILTH ZAOP ULV - YBEMA STHI NEO - MAYBE THIS ONE) Presumably Quixis attempting to figure out where Sherbert went after they went through the portal. (Though, if they are in charge of the Rave-Room, presumably they do know where the portals go, and would know that they didn't go through the one to Mer after tye Fable one went out.)

- Centross walks into their room, They have a little crab-claw thingy. They click it. A lot, and Sherb goes 'It's like me, Ahhh-' (Acknowledging things IRL while also in character.)

- "'Little Itty Bitty Bell,'" Yeah, for the Bits!" (Acknowledging things IRL things in character.)

- Wack Music #1 (Not the usual ambient Mer music. At least, I don't think.)

- They close minecaft, Lights change back to yellow.

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#might have missed somethings #i apologize #but these lists are long #and its getting a little annoying to go back between theings and add kr delete things #so if i do cajnge anything #i will #but it probably wknt change anything here #i think that bit with netherrum was a thing only i caught #and #screaming #funky times #wacky times #fable smp #fsmp #a tag to help find my own posts

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