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#He didn't wanna? Like. I don't think he was bloodthirsty
vynnyal · 7 months
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Y'all, how do I be normal about hollow knight.
Anyways, here's the unofficial 4th installment of that series I started a while ago where I throw together a bunch of random hk theories into one post... this time ordered to make mildly more sense!
So the context here is this:
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My friend came up with a cool oc and I was immediately obsessed with the idea. I explained everything relevant... err-- mostly relevant, anyways-- but I extrapolated on a few points here.
It got kinda bloated because I tried to tie-in some of my random tangents. The rest... are just gonna be at the end, lmao.
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Basically, there are Gods in Hallownest. They mostly fall under the category of "Higher Beings", though not all Higher Beings are gods.
All of these gods are Gods specifically because they use dreams as their life force, which is directly tied to how powerful their influence can be.
The mother of Greenpath, Unn, is the epitome of a good-ol' classic Hollowknight god.
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She IS Greenpath. The plantlife came from her and is likely a direct conduit of her power (greenpath lore tablet). The Mosskin Tribe themselves are her dream-children-- they either literally spawned from her or were merely formed in her image.
And now remember, the entirety of greenpath and queen's gardens were her domain. That's like 1/6th of Hallownest.
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She was The Shit. And then, for reasons untold, she went to sleep. Though it's hard to pin down when it started, it's implied her slumber predated the Dreamers; Quirrel's dreamnail dialogue mentions her, likely as a memory from the times he was Monomon's apprentice, and even then she was just "something revered" sleeping in the waters.
Which is to say, when Mr Columbus waltzed in to pave roads through their lands (and when his wife laid claim to a decent chunk to be her personal playground), they likely didn't meet much resistance. From Unn herself, anyways. Which makes it all the more shocking that they didn't smite her image completely when her domain was so throughly invaded and remolded to PK's satisfaction.
He had, in his grasp, an entire tribe of people that followed *a different God than himself,* aka the worst thing you can be in the eyes of another God. People are dreams, and dreams are power. More worshippers= more power. If you're a God, you HAVE to actively be thought about by many people to survive. A forgotten God is a dead God. (This exact conflict was, in no small part, the beginning of the series of dominoes that led to Hallownest's downfall, albiet with a different God.)
That Unn herself was left relatively alone, despite this, is likely because Unn/the Mosskin Tribe gave juuust enough to avoid conflict while also keeping their "dream" distinct from PK's (meaning: continue to worship Unn and not PK). I can only imagine he allowed this because if he didn't, both Unn and her people would simply cease to be; the Mosskin needed Unn, and Unn needed them. That, and he was probably pretty busy dealing with the aforementioned other God that was... decidedly less submissive.
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Either way, WL took Unn's land and pushed out her followers, inadvertently (or possibly purposefully) greatly diminishing Unn's power and influence. (It's possible this was the event that knocked her out, and she was merely too weak to oppose two entire Higher Beings to begin with.)
The other important character of note is Fierce Dryya. She was one of the Five Great Knights, and WL's personal guard.
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After WL birthed and subsequently killed her children, she isolated herself in the depths of her Gardens, presumably "well-protected" from the fate the rest of the world faced.
There, Dryya held her last stand before a swarm of infected mantis Traitors who sought to remove WL from their territory. Sadly, WL doesn't even know she's dead, even though you have to step over her corpse to enter WL's cocoon.
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It's hard to think about, but theres an equal chance that she fought off the Traitors for good... and that her death was entirely in vain. She is found next to the mound of Traitor corpses she undoubtly killed, but in the end, she died as well.
Implying that, before breathing her last, she managed to terrify them enough to never come back..
Or that she was just eventually worn down and killed, and the Traitors simply gave up when they couldn't get through WL's own protection.
....Which is to say the time between Dryya's death and events of the game is almost completely unknown!
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Things I just couldn't fit in:
1, The name greenpath is just because PK put a bunch of roads in it, really. It likely had a different name before Mr Columbus came along.
2, Btw I wondered if there were any actual children in hk. Turns out, yeah, most bugs can propogate (lol), but the only ones referenced in the game that are not directly from a God are openly NOT worshiping ANY God. I'm talking the Mantis tribe, the Spider tribe, the Flukes, the mushroom clan, and weirdly enough, a specific spirit called Joni whose whole thing was being a heretic-- aka not only Not a worshiper of PK, but actively outcast and perhaps outlawed by PK's people.
*I'm disregarding Millybug. They're implied to be childish, but that's all we know.
Other notable characters that were at least a child at one point are Hornet, who was the child of Herrah and PK, and the Vessels, the product of the WL and PK. Grimmchild doesn't count as its not an actual bug, but a vessel created by the Nightmare Heart. The PK's Vessels are unique because they were originally independent, living creatures.
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3, This talk about gods and such made me think about what happens after the game. Unn isn't dead, just actively dying because Miss Rad keeps stealing all her followers. She barely has enough energy to be like "hey kid, take this thing and remember me plz."
With both Miss Rad and PK gone, there's nothing stopping Unn's revival. Like, imagine Hallownest getting repopulated by the remaining tribes, returned to their natural glory. The only place left untouched being the city and the abyss-- forever monument to the horrors that nearly killed them all.
4, It just occurred to me that most of the real Godly gods in the game get cop-outs in the pantheons so you can't fight them. White lady just kinda peaced out, Unn's on the respirator, PK is fully snapped out of existence, the Lifeblood entity is chilling out in the basement, and... well I guess you are the void king by then so it's a bit of a moot point. NKG, THK, and Miss Rad are the only ones that're ready to throw down. Good for them!
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5, The story of Isma is perplexing. It's implied the grove she died in is the source of the weird acid ravaging Hallownest, though it's unknown how or why. The wiki presumes this only affects the lower regions of the world, but I personally haven't found whatever supports this*. There's pipework lining the broken elevator pass between Ogrim and the Grove, of which is literally glowing with acid, so...
*there is one spirit in the Spirit Glade that mentions acid as a biological defense mechanism, so acid does exist in some capacity outside of this weird angry stuff.
Besides that, her dreamnail dialogue is "there's no time." Seriously? That's the most cliffhanger-y quote of the bunch, I can so clearly imagine team cherry being like "have fun! No we will not elaborate lol" before they spike the ball into our court.
In any case, while down this rabbit hole I have come to terms with the fact that Ogrim is still the best character in the game. He's literally the "I lie to myself :)" guy. All his friends are dead or missing. His lover drowned in 10 feet of acid. His idol the King was sent to superhell. Everyone else is a shambling husk. But he's still out here like "hey again, I realized you're not dead! Sorry about that, everyone else is so I got confused. Oh you saw my gf after pulling the lever that lowers the 10 feet of acid in her grove? Yeah she's super cool. Yeah no I can't go see her even though she's literally right over there, I got my, uh... oath. Haha. Good luck!"
6, While reading about Essence, it occurred to me that when you dreamnail a spirit, you don't actually kill them. You merely collect them. When the seer speaks to you about how much essence you have, she mentions she sees memories peering back at her. (1200 essence dialogue)
Most clearly don't want to be collected. They are at their final resting place, and desire to stay there, whether they're aware of their current state or not.
...buuut technically, TECHNICALLY, you aren't actually harming the spirits you dreamnail and can totally collect em' all to chill with you instead of lingering, listlessly, forever. You're just kinda rude for it. Also, none of the other spirits can tell what happened to them, so just dreamnail Revek too! He'll be fiiiine. :D right?
7, What really messes with my understanding of the timeline is WL's whole physical situation with what the blindness and such. She's the Higher Being, but within such a relatively short span of time, she has aged to the point of her body breaking down? More importantly, she's not immortal?? There are no mentions of the queen ever having any physical ailments, publically or privately, until you see it for yourself. Meaning that the worst of it happened after the Vessels were born and THK began their training. Perhaps the matter with the Vessels took more of a physical toll than originally assumed?
If we're assuming the pair hooked up after PK turned tiny, then you have to wonder just how old she was at the time. Judging by the rate at which she's aging now, she was likely pretty young. Frankly, I doubt it'd change much either way. She'd have that matter-of-fact, gung-ho demeanor at any age.
This is also why I specified that not all Higher Beings are bona-fide Gods. WL doesn't need the dreams of others, and judging by the weaver's seal she uses to protect her mind, doesn't want others to dream of her. And yet the Godseeker recognizes her as... something. (Third encounter)
So at least she's not just a really old tree. But she's also not a God like PK. She's a weird, third thing.
8, but I'm not letting go of her weird orb cocoon thing. What's that about?? What is it made of? Was it constructed by others and she was sealed within? Or did she somehow create it herself? The architecture seems to imply it's inorganic, but how did she get in there, then?
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To top off the weirdness, there's the conveniently ghost-sized hole in the center of her carved face. So I'm leaning more towards "exaggerated metaphor for entering WL's mind" or "easy-to-read entry point for players to go to visit WL that isn't literally there in canon" and not "there's a big glowing hole in this literal rock that inexplicably leads to a tunnel* that then leads to a room very obviously bigger than what's seen from the outside."
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There's no way, dude.
I'm leaning more towards there being a large structure she could walk into, that was then barricaded to fully seal her within. The knight, being so small, managed to get their way in through some sort of tunnel.
But then something happened to the plan and the outside of the structure turned into whatever Ari thought that orb was supposed to be.
*Although, I do like the interpretation that the tunnel is actually Ghost slowly making their way through her roots to meet her.
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eldritch-spouse · 1 year
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I wanna peg Grimbly so bad and praise the fuck out of him the whole time. Like yes pretty boy, look at you taking it so well! Keep making those sweet little sounds and cum nice and hard for Mommy❤️
[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) yes.]
TW: Obviously mommy kink; Minor degradation (giving).
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You don't know how it ended this way.
Or, well, you should have seen it coming. Yes, that's more accurate overall.
You already have a natural urge to gravitate towards his kind. Petite, needy, girly. It was hard to think twice about how eager Grimbly was to spend time with you, supposedly a complete stranger, when you were very much dazzled by his cuteness. You know now you're a fool, that you're trapped with a scarily possessive, jealous freak of a monster man who wants to monopolize every second of your life.
It's almost horrifying how someone so small and precious-looking can hold so much malice inside.
Luckily, Grimbly doesn't seem intent in tearing you down, or sucking you dry like a bloodthirsty mosquito- He just wants something very simple, as he puts it.
Your love and attention. Forever.
The mommy thing... Well, while it did shock you how quickly he dropped that bomb on you, Grimbly always had this knowing look to his bright magenta eyes, somehow knowing you were into it, daring you to say otherwise. You rolled with it. Just as you rolled with his desire to be increasingly femme for you, to be under your supposed control and brag about how "possessive" you are to others.
While all of this was decidedly very scary and tentative for you, and at times continues to be, especially considering some of his prior tantrums- You can't really say that it isn't sexually satisfying. Because it is. More than it should be.
It's hard to stay mad at his underhanded little tactics when he flashes you a puppy look and agrees with your scolding, gets flustered by your anger- Tells you to discipline him.
It's mind-boggling how much control this bat monster has over you. You suppose you should be thankful that he doesn't need that much to stay happy. Just a draining level of attention and babying that is steadily becoming more second nature than a chore to you.
" Babyboy? " You call idly, slicking the purple length on your strap.
It's a lengthier one this time. Several bumps give it texture. Considering Grimbly's small size, you think he could be biting off a bit more than he's able to chew here, but the monster's been training with you for this, so you'll trust him if he says he's ready. Aside from the strap, you wear nothing but a flimsy white robe.
A tap tap tap tap rings out, nearing. It's him, those pointed feet that always intrigued you so making their way over. Tip tip tip tap-
The door to the bedroom opens and your short, ever-pretty boyfriend walks in. You don't know what he was up to these past moments, Grimby just said he needed to prepare. Though, the moment you turn around to face him, hand still around the silicone cock, you freeze.
He's... He dressed for the occasion.
A... A maid's dress? Sort of? Yes, a very light pink, frilled maid's dress. He didn't say anything about roleplaying, but you could roll with it, especially since it looks soooo cute on his petite figure. It looks bouncy and hugs his waist perfectly, there's- Oh lord, he even put a bow around his tail, this goof. You know he must have spent a small fortune on those custom elbow-length gloves too. Has he been planning this for long?
You silently raise an eyebrow at Grimbly.
" A-Ah so- What do you think, mommy? " He does a twirl just for good measure, a dust of color to his cheeks.
" I think it's gorgeous baby- But when did you buy that? " God, you really hope he did it with his own money, that shit looks fucking expensive. You cannot take another blow to your wallet right now.
The bat waves. " I- Well, I actually had it for a couple of weeks now! You know, sometimes we have to dress nicer for big occasions, and I'm thinking of bringing this one to work... " He pauses, now twiddling his fingers and avoiding looking you in the eye. " ... But I wanted you to help me make a good memory in it first. "
A blood vessel bursts somewhere in your body.
That's right, he's a waiter. At that really odd place he keeps talking about. It's strange, you've asked to see it before but your vampiric little pest keeps insisting it's not that important. That not a lot of humans go there, that his coworkers are kinda lame. Smells fishy, he clearly avoids talking about his job, and while that puts you off a tad, you know Grimbly isn't as cutesy and innocent as he looks- So maybe it really is wise not to push him on this topic.
" You want to get railed in your new work outfit? My, what a dirty boy. " You snicker.
He winks, flashing you his tongue.
" Lift it. " You order.
" H- Huh? "
There's a beat of stunted silence.
" Lift that skirt, I want to see what's beneath it. "
The small monster "hum"s and "ha"s a couple more times, heat steadily pooling on that pale face while his legs shimmy together. He doesn't dare defy you for long, grabbing the hem and slowly dragging it up to reveal-
Nothing.
Exactly as you expected.
" Tsk, and you think that's decent? "
He shakes his head, but his tail wags.
You march up to the monster, delighting in the confusion shining through those big round eyes as you grab him by the exposed slit none too gently. Grimbly yelps, quickly curling forward.
" What's stopping anyone from just walking up to you and taking what they want, huh? "
He gasps, caught up in the feeling of you rubbing at him incessantly, evoking all the finesse of a greasy pervert who'd want nothing more than to cop a feel of his local waitress- Probably some of the creeps he has to deal with.
" Answer me, babyboy. "
" N- Nothing! "
" Exactly. " You jam two fingers into him, neither slow nor careful, hooking them for good measure. " What's stopping me from touching you everywhere, from using you like the common fucking street whore? "
" Nothing mommy- " He's teary-eyed already, trying to grind onto the sudden intrusion.
Tutting quietly, you take several steps back, keeping your digits firmly inside his wet hole so Grimbly has to follow as well, effectively being led around by the slit. There's no curbing the smirk that decorates your face when you feel his cock brush your hand, jumping in excitement at being manhandled.
You lead him to the bed, picking Grimbly up with little effort -Thank fuck he's so light- And tossing him onto the sheets. He lands on his back, dress scrambled, already biting his lip. The lack of a barrier allows his equally cute cock to slip out, and some part of you thinks he should have put a bow on it too. To complete the look.
" Did you prep? " You ask, climbing on after him, hands on his legs.
" Y- Yes, mommy. " Sure enough, once you spread them, you find his hole wet with the shine of lube already.
" Good boy. "
You flip him around mid-purr, always happy to be able to handle him so roughly. It's a novelty.
Grimbly's practiced enough to raise his ass and plant his head on the pillows, tail kept out of the way as he grinds against your faux member. Needy slut. You know you could slam inside and he would probably only moan for more.
A devious idea pops into your head.
" M- Mommy? " The bat monster questions when you refuse to initiate anything. " ... Please fuck me? "
Hah cute, he thinks you want him to beg.
" No baby, I want you to work for it. "
You know you're treading a line here, Grimbly's such a pillow princess, it's a challenge to get him to move it. He whines already.
" Ah ah, none of that. " Curving over him, your thighs dwarfing his, you whisper where his ear would be. " You're going to fuck yourself on my dick, and then maybe, I'll give you that plowing you want so bad... "
You're close enough to feel his whole body shudder.
" Got it, sweetie? "
Grimbly moans something incomprehensible, shifts so the very tip of the silicone toy prods at his entrance, and turns to look at you with a heated nod.
Even if you don't feel a lick of it, the sight of him sliding back onto your girth is hot enough that you both moan in unison.
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Of Those That are Sanguinary    Pt.2
Eager to shed blood; bloodthirsty.
Detailed descriptions of a murder scene and body.
It's The Lost Boys. That should probably be expected.
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"Here!"
Laddie yells from Dwaynes bike and they come to a stop just under the boardwalk with the smell of blood in the air stronger than before mixing with an intoxicating scent.
Laddie gets off the bike and starts walking a fast pace towards the smell.
Dwayne caught up to Laddie facing him and telling him to go watch the band currently on stage.
"Why can't I help?"
"Not this time bud. We don't what's up there, okay? Go watch the show."
"Can I get a new ice cream?" "Yeah." "Alright!"
He ran off and they went onwards.
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The sight in front of them left them in various states.
Marco and Paul were obviously drooling with starstruck expressions while David looked more amused and Dwayne interested.
There was the question of who did this?
Who took this man and skinned him? Who recreated him? Revived him.
The man, or well used to be, was skined. That skin was pinned to him and together in the shape of bats wings. Scraps of skin were thrown to the side it seemed, the peices cut to make divots in the wins.
Paul fell to his knees dramatically, Marco soon following after.
"Oh fffuck. This has to be for us. It's to beautiful." Paul says with a dreamy look.
"Someone here finally has a sense of art!" Marco says, spread fingers lightly touching the wings.
David takes the newly lit cigarette out of his mouth to speak."Not a thought in your head questioning who did this, huh? Who might be in our territory?"
Something shiny catches Paul's eye. As he shuffles towards it he see it's small and black with red, ruby eyes. It's a bat. He picks it up and Oh the smell coming off of this small thing. Now being able to differentiate the intoxicating smell from the blood, he knows. That pretty babe from the boardwalk.
He woops and jumps up going to David.
"Looky what I found!"
David picks it up and recognizes first, while Paul caught your eyes the bat caught his while he was scoping you out. Then the smell hit him. An intoxicating smell that was the same as yours and all over the area. All over the body. " Ooo I wanna see!" Marco reached over with his blood spotted hands but David batted him away. "Blood, Marco. You'll get that pests smell on it."
Marco sulks back over to the body.
"Do you think the girl did this?"
David's eyes lock with Dwaynes as uses the link.
"It's a possibility. I don't smell anyone else here. Even Laddies smell is basically nonexistent at this point. Laddie said her name didn't he?" "YN. A beautiful name. Fits." Marco joins into the telepathic conversation. "Guys? There's a bone missing. Like, an entire bone."
Them as well as Paul, who had been listening in, go over to Marco and see that there in fact was a bone missing.
How they missed that before, they don't don't know but now that they see it it's obvious the right thigh is missing its skeletal structure.
"What would she need a bone for?" Paul crouched down, scratching his head.
"What wouldn't you need it for? There's so many things you can do with bones!" Marco nudged his shoulder and gets ip looking towards David. "So where do we go from here?"
"Disposal." He states taking a drag from his cigarette.
"Ack- disposal!? Just like that!? Can't we like dry him out or something?"
David tilts his head and narrows his eyes at Marco,"No."
"A picture! A picture!" Marco rushed taking out his Polaroid from the bag attached to his bike proceeding to take pictures of the proclaimed peice of art before him.
"Now we can have at 'em."
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You walked under the boardwalk hoping to find an empty section of beach or at the very least not get spotted in nothing covering you but undergarments and mesh, ones covered in blood at that, as well as a very incriminating object.
A little ways back you could hear the sound of bikes stopping and your body decided it wanted feel as if a string was a attached, saying hey let's look. We wanna know. We should  know. That's when you decide to quickly and quietly haul ass away from where you came.
Thankfully you only had to dodge one couple making out and hide behind pillars until you got far enough from them to keep on going peacefully.
Eventually you made it to a part that was mostly empty except for a few strays that dotted the beach sparingly. Thankfully it was mostlikely after midnight on a school night in fall and tourists were mostly gone until Christmas or summer.
Stripping out off you mesh top and fish nets so that any one that saw you would think it was a bikini. You came out from under the boardwalkand, covering the trophy as much as possible, and headed straight for the water hoping the dim lighting and distance would be enough for someone to miss you looking like a massacre.
You dropped your shorts and jacket on the sand, keeping hold of your mesh garments, and step into the water. You head into the the water, stopping until you were covered from the shoulders down and began squeezing out the mesh and ultimately using it to help scrub of blood from you body.
It's been so long. All it took was one child bullying asshole and here you were. A memory surfaces of another life, a past life. A different state with police that were getting too close to the truth for comfort.
After cleaning up and wiping down the femur bone you kept, you went back on land grabbing your clothes and hiding bone.
Making your way back under the boardwalk you glance both ways and stall. In the distance you see four large figures in the sky, looking to be carring something, mostlikely prey back to a nest.
Those are some damn big birds.
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itstokkii · 8 months
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Turkuzbek hcs because I don't give them enough love!!!!
Age: I was talking to a couple of friends about this! @peonycats believes turkey to be born around the years 900-1000 CE. meanwhile, uzbekistan would be born around the late 1200s, meaning that turkey's older than uzb by 300 years... 😔 rip my sexy milf uzb hcs...
History: they go wayy back. the Timurid Empire actually had a battle with the Ottoman Empire, largely out of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I's concern that the Timurids were expanding too far west. while the Ottomans were heading to the east, Timur's forces cut from behind and sieged Ankara, which started the Battle of Ankara(1402). the Timurid Empire won, also holding the title to being the only ones to capture an Ottoman Sultan in person in all of the Ottoman Empire's history. Not only that, but the Timurid Empire kinda caused a civil war in the Ottoman Empire due to the Sultan dying in captivity, causing all his sons to fight about who the legitimate heir was.
Nothing says teenage romance like causing a civil war in someone's empire and starting a record that was never broken for all 700 years of its history ❤️
(it's also said that allegedly the sultan was kept in a gold cage...)
turkey jokes about her bloodthirsty era, to which she tries smashing her face into his neck and slapping his shoulders "stop!!! I was 17 back then ok 😭😭" but will also say "ok but we caused a civil war at your place so"
after the Timurid Empire collapsed, the Ottomans and Uzbeks got along better. the Khwarazm and Bukhara khanates asked turkey to help them with the threat of russian expansion. and the Ottomans and uzbeks worked together to launch offensives against Iran in the late 1500s to early 1600s.
unfortunately i don't really have much for turkuzbek during the rule of imperial russia and the ussr as they barely interacted, and though turkey was the first nation to recognize uzbekistan's independence, relations soured during the first president's administration due to um. Driving turkish companies out because they had prayer mats in their offices 💀💀
BUT after the first president karimov died, the vice president mirziyoyev began to issue reforms and lifted bans on religious activity, causing a revival of islam in uzbekistan. turkey was all for it, so they began to get closer than ever. That's where they currently are in terms of relationships!
hcs:
THEY ARE LOSER HUSBAND X PRETTY WIFE THEY REALLY AREEE
you know when you have that trusted, dependable friend and one night at a sleepover they wanna tell you something and they confess to having a crush on the WORST person for them but they're head over heels in love? yeah that's uzbekistan 😔
she may be younger but if you didn't know it, you'd assume she's the older one based on maturity.
when they do get together, kazakhstan and kyrgyzstan are both...shocked. kazakhstan just thinks turkey's ego is massively inflated and that russia wouldn't appreciate their relationship getting closer, limiting russian economic support, whereas kyrgyzstan looks like one of those stick figures violence reaction images and kazakhstan has to hold him back
he's definitely the type of guy to slam his hand against the wall and corner her just to see her facial expression
he also calls her "Nargiz," a nickname of her name "Nargiza" which also alters her brain chemistry
though, i want to think that uzbekistan does try to make her move...just in private. idk how she'd do that use your imagination i guess?
even when they're in an established relationship, she's mostly affectionate in private. the most turkey's gonna get out of her in public is....h*nd h*lding or arm clutching but even then...she won't do that until they're married(turkuzbek wedding when???)
uzbekistan reading or scrolling through her phone after a long day of work and turkeys like "nargiz...pay attention to me......come on let's make tea......"
They give each other shoulder massages occasionally
when turkey catches uzbekistan reading he joins her
🇹🇷: hey stop turning the pages so quickly
🇺🇿: i can't stay on this page forever
one second he's talking about how manly of a man he is, next second he asks uzbekistan to cuddle him
they both love cats! and they occasionally have friendly fights about who's more hospitable
turkey and uzbekistan also argue about who did it wrong(uzbek osh vs turkish pilaf, and turkey gets upset at uzbekistan's pahlava because "it's a cheap ripoff")
i was reading about strengthening turkey uzbekistan relations and the article said something like "together, the uzbek and turkish presidents band together as hanafi against the wahabi-salafism sect" so imagining this whole convo:
🇸🇦 circa 2018: congratulations on getting your religious freedom back, uzbekistan! what is your next step moving forward?
🇺🇿: well actually i-
🇹🇷: she's with me lol
turkey has a weird obsession with mongolia and the casians' nomadic pasts
🇹🇷: HELLO MY TURKIC MONGOLIC NOMADIC ISLAMIC MARE MILK DRINKING HORSE RIDING STEPPE BROTHERS AND SISTERS
🇺🇿: im sorry sir this is a choyxona(tea house/restaurant)
though turkey is a fellow islamic nation and they do belong to the same sect as uzbeks do, uzbekistan is still a little stricter. lots of turkish dramas had scenes cut from the uzbek premiere, and some dramas were just...not broadcasted due to...spicy scenes(making out i guess??)
🇹🇷: awww, come on they cut out my favorite scene
🇺🇿: your what 😃🔪
they also get along because they have similar tastes in tea! might as well call them tea lovers
turkey prefers his tea with sugar, whereas uzbekistan just drinks it without.
russia looked down on her and the rest of the central asians because "they were in their ignorant peasant barbarian era before I came and changed everything for the better!!!!"
she also had to unhealthily bottle her feelings of nervousness, anxiety, and overwhelming anger as russia kept taking and taking from uzbekistan(things like cotton, and forcing the aral sea into irrigation, causing the 4th largest freshwater lake in the world to dry up), giving little back or nothing at all to uzbekistan
so one of my earliest turkuzbek hcs was that turkey helps her recover from nightmares by the ussr despite her not telling him what happened, and trying to get her to calm down with tea and desserts and that's when she realized she liked him so much.
saudi arabia initially didn't believe someone as "sensible and mature" as uzbekistan would get with turkey, until she herself confirmed it to him 😔 he mourns the loss of another normal person...
🇸🇦: Dear Diary, today we lost the land of Al Tirmidhi...Al Bukhari...our last bastion...to Turkey...now my allies are no more...
turkuzbek use scent as comfort. when one has to go back home after a meeting or event, the other spends the night hugging the pillow they slept with, or wearing a jacket or other article of clothing they left behind.
they steal each other's clothes for this reason!
back in like...2020 a turkish director partnered with the Uzbek Ministry of Culture and Sports to make the Mendirman Jaloliddin drama based on the last ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire before it fell to the Mongols. so anyways they're hyping up their country's actors before they go on set, and meanwhile all actors from both countries see how turkuzbek are and ship it as well lolol
and lastly: just because I'm also korean...soojin is their wingman lolol
This is all my brain could record, so if anyone has anything to add, please do not hesitate and add your hcs!
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You talk about Dami like Yuri and this makes me think in Jon like those novels where the protagonist falls in love with the villain and finds out the villain is not a bloodthirsty demon with cold heart, just someone who needs to work with communication skill and no comun sense who also come from a fucked up family (I think I already read a Yuri novel with this plot)
Jon is just "I know I'm not the target audience for these types of stories, but these are so fun"
and Kathy: you want to feel validated in knowing that you're not the only one who can love a known demon who isn't that demonic, just very misunderstood and comes from a terrible family
Jon: ...
Kathy: you want validation to love Damian
Jon: ahahhaa i'm not in love with... omg I IN LOVE WITH DAMI!
"Kathy, what do I do?!" Jon yells, shooting upwards into the air. His hands find his way into his hair and his fingers get tangled in the curls. "What if he knows! His family is full of super smart detectives and I read that they can tell if you like someone!!"
Kathy gives him a dry look. "Jon. This is Damian we're talking about. He doesn't know a thing when it comes to emotional intelligence. He doesn't know."
"Oh, good, I was really worried there for a second." Jon says, touching down.
"Everyone else does, though. Well, except Bruce and your father."
Jon groans. "Aw, why me? There are so many other normal kids in the world and I'm--"
"Shut. Up. You weren't normal anyways. We're both aliens. And being gay isn't weird, it's natural, over 3,000 species on this planet practice homosexuality. Your aunt Kara once told me that bisexuality was the norm on krypton."
"Really?"
"No, I made that krypton bit up. But it could be true! You should ask her."
"Well I guess you're right either way. I'm never going to be normal. Might as well commit to it."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm gonna ask him out."
"No."
"What do you mean? You don't think he likes me?"
"That dunderhead is head over heels for you. But he can't see that because he's obsessed with bloodlines and shit. He won't see you as an option unless you show him you can offer babies, or convince him that he should adopt."
"But... I can't make babies with him... I don't have a uterus." Jon looks at her with big sad, wet cat eyes. "What do I do Kathy?" He pouts.
She breaks into a laugh "You're adorable! Okay I'll help. Let me call up my friend Maya."
"I know Maya you don't have to specify that she's your friend."
"But she's my best friend! Other than you... I guess... eheh... anyway, it makes me super happy to know we're friends so I wanna say it!" Kathy says while pulling up her contacts on her phone. She presses call. It rings a few times and is answered.
"Kathy? Are you okay? Usually you text me before you call!" Maya says through the phone.
"Sorry. I'm hanging out with Jon right now. Jon just realized he has a big crush on Damian." Kathy replies.
"Seriously?! Sweet! Hi Jon, how's the gay panic?"
"It's not so bad once you get used to it..." Jon replies.
"So, the reason I called;" Kathy breaks in. "Jon wants to date Damian but Damian wants biological children so we need to convince him that he can still have that and date Jon."
"Oh. I'm way ahead of you. I've got a plan all layed out."
"are we going to take a tour of an IVF facility?" Kathy asks.
"That's boring. No. We're taking him to the fortress of solitude." Maya responds.
"What's there?" Jon asks.
"Last time I visited your fortress I looked into any information on cloning, since y'know, Damian's a clone, I want to know if he's gonna glitch out or something. Your dad has a cloning machine. It's a kryptonian thing, Kelex built it in his free time. It can be used to combine the genes of different alien species to make babies. Apparently, Kryptonians used to meet a lot of other aliens, and they wanted a way to have children that wouldn't be sick and die young.
"Your dad didn't need it because humans are surprisingly compatible with a lot of alien species naturally. But here's the kicker! It can combine two male donors into a baby as well! I guess that's why they kept it after they went isolationist."
"See Jon! Being gay was normal on krypton!" Kathy says.
Jon smiles. "Wow. I have got to read more. That's amazing."
"So? Great plan, right? We sneak in, or your dad lets us in or whatever, and we show him the machine! Then all you have to do is be yourself and he'll have a gay awakening! Kathy, bring tissues. If he doesn't cry I will."
Later, Jon is at the dinner table with his parents. "Dad, can me and my friends use the fortress for a science project?"
"it's not like that time with dinosaur island, is it?"
"nope, I'm following the scientific method and everything."
"It's your superhero friends, right?"
"Yeah dad, c'mon I'm not gonna reveal our identities just to get a good grade."
"Just making sure. It's fine with me."
"Yes!" Jon hisses in excitement.
Damian arrives at the fortress of solitude from the batplane. He's bundled up in orange insulation. He looks adorable.
Damian notices that they're all looking at him weirdly but ignores it because he can't figure out why. "Nobody. You said you had something important to show me?"
Jon waves awkwardly.
"J." He acknowledges. "Beacon." He returns his attention to Maya, though he's bodily aware of where Jon is in the room, he always is when they're together.
"So after the fortress of attitude was built," Maya starts.
"stupid name..." Damian mutters.
"Kelex built this handy dandy birthing matrix." She speaks up, leading them to the machine. It's tall and complex, with two pods for a person to stand in, needles on robot arms to take the DNA sample, all connected to the central casing and an advanced terminal for calculating and adjusting genome sequences.
Damian steps closer to the machine, resting his hand against the artificial womb of the machine. "How does it work?" He says in awe.
"Looks... painful." Jon winces. Kathy elbows him. "But I guess birthing humans involves some pain anyway!" He hastily amends.
"Damian, the really interesting thing is, this isn't made just for kryptonians, or just for male and female pairs. It can create compatible gametes from DNA regardless of species or sex." Damian breaks his gaze away from the machine to look at her in surprise.
"...Huh. That's... Good. I need to sit down."
Damian sits on the floor in a meditation pose but doesn't start meditating. "I just realized I was banking all my hopes and dreams on having a kid. But I'm just a kid myself. I don't know what I would want in the future! I sure as hell don't want a kid now! But I was so sure that I needed to continue the bloodline I didn't even consider being with a man as an option!" Maya sits down on the floor with him.
"I heard about it, of course, but I didn't really think about it much. It's a cheap playground insult. Until it's not... until it's who you are." Damian continues. Jon sits next to Damian, and Kathy sits next to Maya, passing her tissues.
"I'm so proud of you, brother. It's hard to realize you're not what people expected you to be. You push it down until you just can't anymore." She takes his hand and holds it. "You're gonna be just fine. I love you."
Damian squeezes her hand and tries to ignore the salty tears dripping from his mask. "Maya... you're always there for me. Even when you do sneaky shit like this you do it to help me. I'm just embarrassed you had to help me at all, I thought I was past all that!"
"it's fine. Healing takes time. It'll come for us."
Jon grabs Damian's other hand and holds it. "Lean on me. I'll help you carry on." Jon sings briefly, encouraging Damian to lean against him, which he does. They sit in silence until they're emotionally ready to get up. Jon can tell him another day, right now Damian needs his best friend.
--- epilogue
Damian opens his locker and a stuffed envelop falls out. Curiously and cautiously he opens it, used to threats from Ra's. It's a typed note asking him to meet the sender in the courtyard after school. Damian stuffs the note back into his locker and continues on with his day, but when the day ends he decides to follow the note's direction.
When he gets there, Jon is waiting for him, his shoes freshly shined, holding a bouquet of a flower he mentioned he liked one time. "Jon? Did you write that letter?"
Jon smiles. "Yeah! I wanted to do something nice for you when I ask you out. I want it to be a nice moment."
Damian blushes. "Oh. Yeah?"
Jon smiles and steps closer. "Yeah. Damian, I like you, a lot. I thought maybe we could try dating? If you want."
"You like me?"
"Yeah. Have for a while."
"I didn't expect that." Jon's heart sank. "I've thought of this moment so many times and I never imagined that I'd feel so surprised." Jon regained hope.
"How did it go in your imagination?"
"Well, I intended to be the one sweeping you off your feet. You'd smile so bright and wrap me up in a hug, and I'd hug you back. Or you'd smile awkwardly and let me down gently. Even in my nightmares I can't imagine you saying all the things I'm afraid you'd say."
"I wouldn't hurt you. We vowed to protect eachother, remember? Sure you're cantankerous and crabby--"
"Hey!"
"but you're so much cooler than that alone implies. You're a good person, and I know that in my heart."
"If we're gonna date--"
"so it's 'if' now?"
"You have to be patient with me. I hate PDA and I'm not very accustomed to physical affection. I'm not going to suddenly climb in your lap or make out in the student lounge."
"I wouldn't expect you to, Dami. I just like you. I like being around you. Cuddling is great, too... but your comfort is more important. We'll take it slow."
"What if I never get used to it?"
"I'm not going to do something if you hate it that much."
"People have needs in relationships that I am not adequately prepared to provide."
"I don't care. I'm not going to leave you because you don't hold my hand. You show you care."
"I accept your proposal."
"I didn't say we should get married!"
"Nevermind. I can't date someone so stupid." Damian teased. "I meant your proposal that we should try dating."
"Yes!" Jon stomped his feet in excitement. "Can you take these flowers? My hand is getting sweaty from where I'm holding the plastic."
Damian took the bouquet. "I'm suprised you remembered these."
"I try to remember everything about you."
"My act of love is graciously forgetting your mistakes and spending time with you regardless."
Jon smiled. "Different strokes for different folks."
"Tt."
~end~
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vnmpior · 2 years
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EXOTIC ☆ BUTTERS
MICHAEL ☆ AFTON (post scoop)
x reader (gender neutral)
summary: michael finally comes home from his job, but the basket of exotic butters wasn't what surprised you the most.
I am genuinely addicted to writing about michael afton
not proofread
genre: fluff
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it was nearly seven in the morning, and you were starting to get worried about michael. he was always back around six-thirty. maybe he was caught up in some early morning traffic? he'll be back soon.
you knew about how his past jobs were dangerous, him working to survive the entire night. he was always exhausted and shaken everytime he came back.
you never truly knew what he was doing at circus baby's, but you knew that it was a lot different than his previous jobs. you hoped it was a lot safer than having to watch out for bloodthirsty animatronics.
you kept rolling around in bed until you decided you were overthinking it. he was gonna come back and the two of you were going to enjoy the weekend together. he promised that, and he never breaks his promises.
minutes flew by, until you had spent 30 minutes looking up at the ceiling. now it's been an hour since he got off work.
you slipped out the bed, padding your way downstairs and into the living room, plopping onto the sofa. you absently stared at the door, waiting for michael to come through the door. maybe he told you he'd be late before he left and you simply forgot?
you wouldn't be surprised if he went to the gym, since he hasn't had time this entire week. he has to keep those arms in shape somehow. you chuckled to yourself. you were overthinking this.
okay, maybe you weren't.
you shook your thoughts off and turned the tv on. since he's late you might as well watch the new episode of the immortal and the restless without him. you can't wait to see him pouting for starting without him.
then you heard a click come from the door.
he's back!
you scrambled off the couch, throwing off the blanket you pulled over yourself and hurrying to the door.
"mi- michael?" you stood there in shock. "you're looking. . . a bit different."
bit different was an understatement. you weren't even sure if it was michael except for the fact he still had his work uniform peeking out from under a hoodie.
he was surprised, expecting you to still be asleep. he opened his mouth to respond but closed it. he dropped a basket full of something on the floor.
"what happened?" you walked up to him, examining him like a child that got hurt at a park.
he was definitely not thinking that was going to be your reaction.
"babe, I-" he started before you cut him off.
"what happened?" it was less of a question and more of a demand for him to tell you. there was no logical explanation for the blood splattered on him and the purplish tint to his skin.
you dragged him to sit down, and you sat close to him, urging him to spill everything.
he sighed, and started off his story.
by the end, you embraced him and he stifled his sobs into your neck. you patted his back, rocking him back and forth.
"hey, it's alright mikey. you're alive and that's what matters."
"you still love me? even like this?" he glanced up at you.
"you think I loved you for your looks? c'mon, you were a solid 5 when you didn't have skinny jeans on," you joked.
he let out a laugh and embraced you closer.
"you're going to be dating a grape," he mumbled.
"I've always wanted to," you grinned. "wanna watch the new episode?"
"you already started without me," he pouted.
"don't be late then," you countered, draping the blanket forgotten on the floor over the two of you.
"will the basket of exotic butters I got make up for it?" he questioned, snuggling into you.
"exotic butters?" you raised an eyebrow.
"it was either that or some cash, you can guess which one i picked."
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soulsxng · 2 months
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If my oc's were misinterpreted by fanon, pt 2:
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Ezra
Sweet sunshine baby that can literally do nothing wrong ever. They'd completely glaze over the whole addictive personality thing, or only make it a thing if it only gave him cute, palatable little quirks that are going to have absolutely no effect on his health and wellbeing.
Would probably be portrayed as a pillow princess.
I can also see people portraying him as a crybaby, just because he's always been pretty open about his feelings. And that apparently translates to being an overly emotional crybaby to a lot of people?
His curse is another thing that would be severely downplayed, or used for kink fuel. Or it would be just be forgotten about entirely, because it doesn't fit the sunshine baby mold.
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Jaspern
Stuff about Jassie would be pretty mixed, I think-- mostly because of his relationship with JJ. There'd be a lot of people that paint him as an unfortunate single father that has never done anything wrong when raising JJ...and then there's be the opposite, where people say that Jas is/has always been abusive toward JJ, and is a terrible person because of it.
Him being a recovering alcoholic would probably be mostly ignored or erased.
Less sarcastic, more asshole. But people say it's fine because "It's hot" when he's mean.
I don't even think I would be capable of listing all the ways people would screw with his marriage to Kalliah. Or even his friendship/familial thing with Nel. Probably a lot of erasure, or a lot of people complaining the the girls are "in the way" of whatever other ships they wanna push. Would probably also say that his relationship with Kalliah was toxic or abusive in one way or another.
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JJ
This one is tough. I can see him being a character that the fandom really loves, but gets him all wrong at the same time. Painting him to be this completely selfless, "gives anyone a chance", bordering on naive at times type of person is one way I could see it going.
Sort of "happy-go-lucky" protagonist syndrome type of thing. Completely undaunted and able to accomplish anything he sets his mind to easily.
Would completely ignore the fact that a lot of the things he does/has done is because he feels like he doesn't know who he is. Yes, there's the whole wanting to protect his loved ones thing, but beyond that, he feels like he's always lived in a way that other people have needed or wanted or expected him to, and wants to figure out where he wants to be. That would all be tossed aside for the most part for the false confidence that he usually tries to show, instead.
Possible Mimi erasure, because again, "he gets in the way of shipping" Unforgivable tbh.
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Lerato
He'd either get the "He's so misunderstood!" treatment, or the "He's absolutely psychotic and bloodthirsty all the time" treatment. A lot of his curiosity, and the sheer amount of knowledge and wisdom that he has would probably be thrown by the wayside.
Never Without Joseph (@sansloii). And if he ever is apart from his beloved husband, he's a complete wreck the whole time, unable to function in any way that matters. They're one and the same, don't you know? They never have conflicting opinions and beliefs, or disagreements, or anything like that.
I feel like a lot of people would ignore his paternal side, too. Or if they didn't, it probably wouldn't be to say anything good about it. I can already hear people saying that the reason Ber's the way he is, is because Lera neglected or abused him in some way, or that he was just a bad parent in general.
...Another one that I'm not sure why, but I just get the feeling that there would be at least one group that would try to paint him as being unfaithful to Joey at some point.
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Meinyr
There would be one group that plays up his drug addiction and makes him seem like a wild, out of control playboy that's constantly chasing his next bed partner or his next hit.
There would be an opposing group that downplays his addiction to the point where it is, or is almost completely non-existent. Because it's not "pretty". Because Mei could also be painted into the "Princely" type of person, the addiction wouldn't really fit nicely with that image.
Alternatively, his whole character centers around his mommy and daddy issues, and it ends up woobifying him a lot. Gives him a more "damsel in distress", or "Needs someone else to fix him" sort of vibe, almost
On top of any of those tropes would also be the dumb blonde trope. He's got no thoughts in that pretty head of his at all, whatsoever. Who knows how he manages to run an entire kingdom of Hell like that. His family probably does it for him, or he got lucky when hiring workers.
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Some off the cuff 1k of Skirk & Tartaglia (skirtaru???) hcs before 4.2 proves me wildly wrong, they are very much a dynamic in process to be changed as we see more of them and as I think and consider them more, but I wanna see them interact so BAD.
Anyway. Tartaglia is an idiot who develops a crush, or at least something like a crush, on anyone who can give him a good fight. Obviously there are plenty of people who can just kick his ass- he's ranked at the bottom of the Harbingers. But they all suck, and there's no passion when they fight! They don't appreciate it the way Tartaglia does! So it's not a good fight and those assholes don't count!
So I think little Tartaglia was doomed the second he saw a very very pretty lady with a very very sharp sword and she immediately beat the shit out of him. Like she awakened something in him right then and there, unfortunately for the rest of the world haha
And then! Not only could she beat him one handed! But she took the time to teach him! And this! This was exactly what Tartaglia had wanted when he ran away from home with nothing but some food and his sword! He'd wanted an adventure! He'd wanted something new and different and wild!
And he can have that now, with Skirk and the Abyss! So his crush could have instantly dissolved right there, but it didn't, because Skirk was weird and interesting and Tartaglia adored that.
((Wheezing imagining Tartaglia trying to show off because he wants to impress his shifu, and she genuinely is impressed because Tartaglia progressed so fast, but then she pops his teenage boy ego with a pin and he deflates sjzjnskdkz))
He develops such an endless amount of respect and admiration for her. He's so happy and so proud of himself when he masters the Foul Legacy, because this was a goal laid by his shifu and hell yeah, he blew it out of the water!! And I'd like to think this was when Skirk said those words in his profile-
"You shall ever be the eye of the storm,"
"And the clashing of steel shall ever accompany you."
"The pitch-black memory of stepping into uttermost darkness,"
"Shall, at last, become the strength by which you will overturn this world."
-with Tartaglia knelt before her and her sword at his cheek, as though she were knighting him. And Tartaglia realizes then that oh. He likes it here. He likes being in the Abyss. He likes being with Skirk. He likes hunting and killing and surviving here in the Abyss with Skirk. Morepesok is and will always be home, but it was stagnant there. Too much of the same. No room for growth.
But the Abyss is boundless possibility to explore in every direction, and Skirk has never flinched away from him even once. Tartaglia can be as violent and bloodthirsty as he wants; Skirk is worse. She gives zero shits. She loves to fight and hunt and kill and make things bleed. Tartaglia is free to explore and revel in all of his worst inclinations and instincts and that is what the Abyss and Skirk become to him. Freedom.
And then he falls out of the Abyss just as suddenly as he had fallen into it. He didn't even get to say goodbye.
And it's not all bad or anything. Tartaglia isn't miserable. He's plenty capable of making his own happiness. He brings his own joy everywhere he goes (derogatory, unfortunate for everyone else ndkdjdjkd) and he genuinely likes being around other people. He would have missed a lot of things if he'd been permanently trapped.
But now there is an itch that he can't scratch. And it's driving him nuts. And he misses Skirk. She was fun to be around. He liked her.
He finds himself seeing things in everyday life and wishing he could show her. He pulls out ingredients in the kitchen for dinner and wants her to eat his special dish and show off how good he can cook. He reads through reports about the Abyss and he never finds what he's looking for (a swordswoman, an entrance, anything-), but he wants to ask her her opinions about them. He sees a really nice sword and wonders if she would like it. Little things.
Tartaglia decides he's going to find her. Even if it's just for a chance to thank her. Even if it takes years, decades. He just wants to see her again.
And then, it finally happens! They really do get to reunite! I have no idea what will happen in the archon quest of course, but like. I really like the idea that after things settle down, Skirk decides to stay for a while. She doesn't really want to live here or anything, but she's curious. She wants to see what Teyvat is like. She especially wants to see Snezhnaya, like Tartaglia used to talk about. And Tartaglia decides to go with her, he's an experienced traveler, a man of the world after all! He'll take her wherever she'd like to go.
And I'd love for them to say goodbye to The Traveler and Paimon and depart from Fontaine on a classic will-they-won't-they sort of vibe, where it's obvious that Tartaglia has Some Feelings about Skirk, but it's not clear how Skirk really feels about him yet. But it's the kind of thing where it's hopeful, and you want to root for the guy to get his love interest haha.
(The Traveler and Paimon bump into them a few months later and Paimon chides Tartaglia because Childe have you seriously not confessed yet the hell have you been doing all this time, which he responds to with hey, Skirk is a classy lady, give me time to do it right! and meanwhile The Traveler can see around Tartaglia to where Skirk is sitting at their campfire, manspreading on a fallen log, eating raw meat with blood on her face and dripping down her arms BNSKXJSMKDMD)
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clarajohnson · 3 months
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the magicians s2e7
STOP IGNORING ME STOP IGNORING ME YOU PUSSY !!!!!!
you will know exactly what i'm going to say i'm going to say it until she goes away. i love you niffin alice.
one of these dummies is gonna call the brain police and you've got priors!
Evil Things Inside of Me That Used to Be Alice
SOOO fucking interesting, their conversation on "boxing her up" because alice is right! he IS trapping her! the first time i watched this show i was truly TRULY so angry at him for this. when he says "or you could be quiet and you could let me try and solve this" like my god the man never lets anything go! it's so unhealthy and like NOW i don't blame him because he's my best friend but the first time around i could only think of it as selfish and sinister and controlling.
the world's foremost expert on all things me... an all timer quote. god what a quotable scene!
i'm not bloodthirsty i just wanna be free :-( sorry but she's so hot if she was bloodthirsty i'd still do what she wanted
julia's hair is so nice in this scene
i love you korean knife magicians i really love you so much sometimes this show really just charms me
BANK HEIST !!!!!!!!! one of my favorite moments in this show
GOOD BECAUSE I DON'T margo marry me
sometimes i think about how many plots are running in any given scene/episode/season of this show and i swear i could pass out like who remembered ember shitting in the wellspring except tick pickwick did !!!!!
also love the magic-seeing lenses in this show that's always been charming to me. same with the mann reveal but i like the little lenses more.
when they kill off the haxenpaxen it feels to me like they were like okay we can't keep track of all this. which must have been a difficult decision for the magicians showrunners.
that poor girl is ~fucked!~
yeah to circle back to the one million concurrent plots i like that q's plot for the time being is "liberate the being of pure chaotic energy that looks like my girlfriend which is trapped in the tattoo on my back" in the grand scheme of things here it's kind of a minor issue lol
raise your hand if she's the reason that you fucking exploded in this life!
my best friend in the world does crazy shit and doesn't listen to me and like he probably means jules but unfortunately it's true of literally every character on this show
q is a remarkably good friend very attentive very concerned
help us rob a bank oh my god yes
love the anthropomorphic books also. fun throughline.
kady and penny have crazy fucking chemistry CRAZY chemistry
THERE'S OUR LITTLE KING. oh my god ohhhhh my god
margo's hair is sooo so so good.
aw i love that eliot didn't know margo had robbed a bank. it's so obviously a device so she can walk them through the security procedures because he would absolutely know that within like a month of them knowing each other but it's so cute.
ohhhh margo's little two-piece outfit. i'm not gonna look it up but i'm pretty sure this was from 2016 and i know this simply because i wore a two-piece dress to my high school winter formal. it was a dark fucking time.
yeah pass i like air >:-(
kady could've had her own show there's so much going on with her. and you know what? i'm not ashamed to say it. underutilized in fic.
alice had the bedroom of a precocious seven-year-old daughter of a single mother in a 2009 dramedy. where the wild things are ass bedroom.
return of the best bitches !!!!!!
brakebills must have some CRAZY fucking wards you ever think about it?
"oh nut up it's just a finger"
penny and kady grow up as though q did not get that finger in an orifice he was perfectly fine with
margo is so excited to coordinate a bank heist she is the number one girl in the world
remarkably extraordinarily fake bees i have to admire it
q and his FUCKING inability to take a sweater off
penny not touching the floor stresses me out SO badly. toe on the floor. (penny voice) god damn it.
love the security guards in love
the wrecking ball is a weapon of peace :'-)
(cuntiest voice in the world) oh well, rest in peace penny
i understand his reasoning for not telling anyone about niffin alice in his head but if i was q i would've been immediately telling everyone like that's not the shit you keep inside
"i've always been good at math" i would never believe that
q's saddest little "oh no :-o" this heist has everything !!!!
once again i feel like horomancy only becomes a big tricky thing later in the series because jules invents a time machine within like an afternoon. maybe two days.
ohhhh the fucking dokkaebi stress me out
first of all el taking a fatal injury for q :-( second of all KADY FUCKING DECKING THE BATTLE MAGICIAN !!!!! third of all q struggling to leave even the golem oh this gentle little guy who is in love with eliot waugh
somebody find out how they did julia's lashes i'm jealous
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jennyandvastraflint · 3 months
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Xena Reactions S2Ep17
I love Gabrielle's storytelling
"You should hear me tell stories about you, that's when I really get going" 🏳️‍🌈 Gabrielle your gay is showing
A TAVERN
"Toast this"
FITEEEE. Gabrielle is so skilled
They just shove door open
A judge
Gabrielle has a lot of blind faith in this man, whoever he is
Oh no. Death. Etc
Gabrielle believes him very immediately... Hmm
Do they sell replicas of the murder weapon 😭
"The execution of Maliga is for everyone, not just you early birds. Now shush, I need to focus on my knitting."
Oop he was like I could judge you, Xena
"Sometimes the truth can be a heavy burden"
"He's not a cyclops, he's just a one-eyed guy"
My poor Gabrielle :<
Food???
DID GABRIELLE PUT A SLEEP DRAUGHT... EHEHEHE YES
Uh oh he nicked a sword
OH NO. I worry about you tho, Gabrielle
NOOO They wanna hurt Gabrielle!
Xena is very worried gf
She doesn't want anyone to hurt Gabrielleeee
I love that they ride together now
"Please, I'm begging you" AAAAAH
Omfg is she gonna try and fight Xena
"Let's just walk away"
THERE'S LOTS OF EMOTIONS HERE
She jumped over Gabrielle...
MY BABYGIRL FELL
OH God they're fiiighting
"If you don't go back it's Gabrielle who'll pay"
SHE IS SO DEFENSIVE OVER HIM T_T
He's breaking Gabrielle's faith in him :( He did do it
Gabrielle my babygirl SHE LOOKS SO SAD SOMEONE GIVE HER A HUG
"Which lie? The one about the drinking or about the killing?"
"Argo's fed, watered, and so brushed she shines" sdjfhd
"You put people on a pedestal" HHHH T_T
Oh is the skull he mentioned the one Xena inspected earlier
UH WHAT'S GOING ON
dhfhdhd she catches all the arrows
"You dropped these"
She just leaves him hanging there
SPIN SPIN SPIN
Faaancy sword
"You didn't kill that man, I did" WATTTT
oops, Xenaaa... 😂
I love how Gabrielle is apparently chill with Xena having killed the guy
"Why don't you go change into some comfortable clothes?" "These are my comfortable clothes" sdhdhs
Oh ffs Arbus, don't be so bloodthirsty
"Cause if I had, you'd already be dead"
UH OH IS ARBUS THE GUY. Oh yea he's a corrupt snake.
Awww he considers her family
Uh oh. YEA DON'T...
NOOOO he took them both with him
Xena is going to rain hell upon him
"If Xena shows, kill her" Fuck offfff
"I want the last face you see in this world to be a friend" 😭
Poor Gabrielle :(
OMG the executioner deciding between his two robes 😭💕
And Xena stole the other one
The intense old man yaoi eye contact. I think Arbus just needs some d-
GABRIELLE! SOMEONE GIVE HER A HUG
Omg it was the actual executioner... I actually did NOT expect that
"Justice" fuck off
HU. HEHE.
AHAHA SHE JUST HELD HIM ON HER SHOULDERS
Arbus fuck offfff...
POOR GABRIELLE MY BBG
Yes hug her, everyone. She needs so many hugs.
Awww, that was surprisingly sweet at the end :3
"When I'm old, I hope I'll be knitting socks" "Don't worry about it, people in our job never get to thst age" PLS- XENA.
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helluvashitposter · 11 months
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This is the first time I'm gonna get in on reviewing the new Helluva boss episode because this was the one I was most excited for! But before I do that, I'm saying it now:
I saw a lot of negative reviews were focused around the Ozzie texts between Stolas and Blitzo and well...I'm sorry guys but my main focus is on THIS MAN RIGHT HERE
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So without further a dooooooooo...
I honestly enjoyed Striker in this episode! I love seeing a wackier side of him and not just edgy edge lord, low voice, "I'm gonna eat your kids" through the whole episode. I understand why some people were super disappointed in him not being as threatening as he was in the first episode, but hey. This is a cartoon about dumb demons and sex, I try not to take it too seriously already! (⁠๑⁠•⁠﹏⁠•⁠)
(I also wanna say this now, I was also one of the people taken back by the change in voice actors, but I ain't even gonna let that bother me too much: I know folks like Norman are gonna be mighty expensive or too busy to keep around. As sad as it is, if I can get used to Stolas new voice, I can do the same for this one as long as it means more Strike!)
Speaking of Striker, the main criticism I keep seeing is that he was too egotistical, and because of that statue everyone is just saying he was another Chaz. But I honestly don't get this one?
Striker was ALWAYS just as entitled and self centered in the first episode: Did we forget this man literally made a song all about how awesome he is (That didn't even rhyme) And his speech to Blitz where he talked about how he was above the imps? The statue seems pretty in character for him! Striker has always sucked his own dick, maybe it was a little overzealous but definitely not enough for me to say he was just a full blown Chaz!
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Plus, that man still took his job pretty damn serious! Never once was Striker incompetent or a dumbass in this episode. He knew his mission and he was damn malicious about, I mean if you gonna try to tell me this man wasn't just as bloodthirsty as he was last time-
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This man has never once hesitated to hurt anyone who gets in his way or just for the fun of it and I think it still shows greatly here!
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All and all, I have to disagree with everyone saying his character was "ruined" or "too Chaz like" Striker definitely did not spend the episode going on and on about how his dick is the biggest or how everyone wants to fuck him like Chaz would. (R.i.p Chaz, I love you sweetie!) As left field as the statue was, it definitely didn't steal from the fact that this man was once again determined to finish his job. Which got taken away from him by Stella at the last minute, which he was super bummed about, but he does get paid extra soooo! 🎉🎉🎉
(Full disclaimer: I didn't really care for the Stella part of the episode, I do like the voice actor for snowy owl though. But overall they really were just there...it's really hard to say anything about it other than the fact that she didn't want Stolas killed sooooo (⁠@⁠_⁠@⁠;⁠))
Now for the big stuff: The pacing.
I have to say...I do have to agree with everyone when they say the pacing was all over the place. I have to admit: With all the trailers that we were getting, I was expecting this bad boy to be long as hell! At least a good 25 to 30 minutes because we were getting all kinds of things! But man...
Even though the little vet visit was funny, and I am a huge fan of that cute lil goat doctor, it did take away from the actual tension. I came here for badass Striker! And not to mention M&M barely got time to shine as well! The pacing really was just:
BOOM! STRIKER KIDNAPPED STOLAS--
Loona scared of vet 🥺
BAM! MOXXIE AND MILLIE ARE GONNA TAKE ON STRIKER BY THEMSELVES, OOOOOO POWER COUPLE--
Blitz and Karen yell at each other 🤬
RAAAAAH, STRIKER STABBY STOLAS, MILLIE AND MOXXIE CRASH THROUGH ROOF THOUGH, IT'S TIME FOR THE MOST EPIC FIGHT--
Loona got her shot 😊
I feel like we totally got robbed on a much more epic fight and some shades thrown from M&M and Striker, especially when it was a highlight of the trailer! These two being able to properly settle a score with Striker would have really made for such an amazing tension scene since they were the main ones who were affected by him in the first episode. LIKE GUYS, LET MOX AND MILL SHINE WHEN BLITZO ISN'T AROUND, I BEG YOU! THEY'RE AMAZING TOO!! 😭
I will stand by everyone when they say: WE NEED MORE MILLIE DAMNIT!
The ending with Stolas definitely tugged at my heart strings, I won't lie! But again, I'm not here for the Stolitz angst, I was just here to see Strikey boy. WHO DIDN'T DIE, SO YES! TAKE THAT TWITTER!!! MY BOY GETS TO HUNT ANOTHER DAY, AND NOT ONCE DID HE GET HIT BY A TRAIN, IN FACT HE APPARENTLY LOVES THEM SO HA!!
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All and all, I will say Harvest moon was peek Striker. It's gonna be hard to ever top that, Norman Striker will forever be missed! But at the end of the day, I did enjoy seeing my favorite cowboy again, and there's apparently some more lore behind him as well that we'll hopefully get to see in the later seasons. I'm just glad I can easily sleep tonight knowing that he wasn't just killed off in the second episode we get him in! 🙏
So it was a good time all around! Especially watching it with my favorite person 💕
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fulminare-art · 5 months
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they don't say anything about it because they're afraid they'll scare people but greylock is a documentary all that happened we just don't talk about it I know because I live in massachusetts but we keep it on the dl because like the government doesn't wanna admit they fucked up with the whole mind experiment thing but we all know regardless yeah the people who went to the mountain are basically just like super bloodthirsty coyotes atp we don't even care anymore we just reenforced our houses and didn't let anyone weird inside and the casualties have gone down some kid went to the mountain because of some urban legend thing and when he came back he said he was totally fine and should let him into the house havent seen him in a while wonder what happened to him anyways yeah more an inconvenience than anything my buddy hyperfixated on trying to bring his favorite anime boy to life by thinking about him really hard and now nagito or whatever that danganronpa guys called is out there real scary shit huh massachusetts is massachusetts ig
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house-of-daena · 7 months
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you’re mainly an nsfw acc BUT I NEED TO RELEASE THIS
i doubt dottore’s body isn’t disfigured in SOME way (even with some clones). he’s definitely got lots of scars that hold countless tales of failed experiments and even brushes with death, some of which have altered how he goes about his actions in science. imagine when he finished his projects and finally gets to relax in your comforting arms and the warm aura you always seem to emit, and, like usual, you sweep him off his feet and pepper endless kisses on his tanned, ridged skin. your lips, that were as soft as the fabric of your clothes, gently touched the scars that were engraved on his skin. each touch lingered as if left by an angel, leaving your maniac, bloodthirsty lover to be nothing but a mushy mess.
— @solticest
I AGREE SO MUCH , because it's imposible he'd have perfect unblemished skin. i don't believe it!! he has so so many scars, and I wanna kiss each and every one of them individually... gliding my hands on his sensitive skin, kissing it so sooo gently and worshipping his scars like a prayer UGHHH i just think he's sooo pretty no matter how much he'd wanna hide them... memories of wicked vulnerability and weakness... scars that indicated that he's human among the rest of them but ohhhh archons it's not so bad when u give them so much love... when you coo and tell him he's so so handsome and knead his aching scars as if his body needed your touch or he'd absolutely perish if you didn't..
it's so rare for for him to snuggle up on you in your bed to sleep with you in times where both of you weren't in the mood, yk? but dottore fucking loves each and every time you do, and for once, there's just peace and silence in his head, and you're the only one with him, nothing else. the world can collapse for all he could care, as long as he could turn to dust with you in your arms, he could ask for nothing more.
also the segments 😭💞 my precious babies, they think it's sooo unbecoming to bc what kind of artificial life bore scars??? but u kiss them and love them even though they don't ache like the original body does and ooohhh they love it... so so so starved of your touch and your affections...
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chvoswxtch · 14 days
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hi again, court!
it's once again the anon that sent the massive ass paragraphs rambling about the punisher after i finished watching it. i feel like i should either just un-anonymise myself or give myself a name or something to make it easier to identify myself?? but idk?? i'm still new to tumblr so i dunno how these things work
anyways, just wanted to say, i also am just so happy that they are taking the reboot seriously!! i only really got into like the daredevil/punisher in like the past year or so. so i feel like i don't really have the same grounds to stand on as some longer term fans but i just remember being so disappointed with karen/foggy originally not being part of born again so i'm so so glad that that changed and we have the true trio back. and frank being in it just makes me SO happy because i have become incredibly incredibly attached to frank (it might be a little unhealthy but big strong men who are morally questionable is my type haha)
i totally agree with season 2 feeling rushed, it definitely felt like some of the plots were supposed to be fleshed out more or like storylines would have carried on into a season 3 and billy not being fucked up enough is SO FUCKING REAL. like frank literally BRUTALISED him but he comes out looking okay?? like idk?? it just doesn't look convincing i feel like ben barnes' acting is good and he plays the subtle psycho (though you're right, him being more outwardly bloodthirsty and vengeful would have been AMAZING) but the visuals don't hit right. but this is such a wider issue with pretty actors in hollywood?? especially cause they also did it when he played the darkling in shadow and bone. i dunno if you ever watched shadow and bone but like his character should have been way more scarred but they just didn't make it as brutal as it probably would have been in reality and it makes me so mad because i just don't understand why??
AND THE WILL THING, LITERALLY, WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON SCREEN, I LOOKED AT HIM AND WAS LIKE 'is that?? is that WILLIAM LAMONTAGUE??' and then everytime he came on and was being psycho, i was like 'someone get jj to sort her husband out' and also this is so DUMB but i love to think that this is what will was doing during criminal minds and that's why we never see him, he was just off being pilgrim and terrorising frank, obviously it doesn't really work timeline wise BUT the thought of it just makes me laugh so it is now my headcanon.
I HAVE FOUND ANOTHER MADANI LOVER. that makes me so BEYOND ECSTATIC. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY THAT MAKES ME. karen is literally a stronger woman than i could ever be. both with madani and tbh with frank, i dunno how she doesn't crumble in front of either of them. like i wish i had karen's strength. but like yeah if madani even LOOKED at me, i would be spilling all of my goddamn secrets. i'm so glad i'm not the only one who sees the lack of love (i may end up trying to fix that with some fics hehe)! i am such a whore for her, it's actually insane. like the past few days since i finished watching it, she has been on my mind 24/7, what i would let her do to me is EMBARASSING. i love that woman so much and i'm so glad i'm not alone.
i'm done ranting for now but i cannot promise i won't ramble in your inbox again. i truly have punisher brainrot (and criminal minds brainrot too but that's not important right now)
thank you for reading my ramblings again <3
welcome back nonnie!
totally up to you love! if you’re not comfy coming off anon & wanna give yourself a lil nickname, that’s totally fine with me :)
don’t even worry about how long you’ve been in the fandom, that doesn’t matter. you’re here & your opinions & feelings are just as valid as everyone else’s. to your point about big strong men with questionable morals: yes
I haven’t watched shadow & bone but I have seen ben’s character in that role and maybe he’s the problem like maybe they try to make him look bad & it’s just impossible bc it’s ben barnes 🤷🏻‍♀️
LMAO pls that would be so funny. hey will what have you been up to lately? oh nothing just terrorizing the punisher in new york no biggie
karen is a strong woman bc the second frank or madani looked at me like that i’d fold & be like yeah literally anything you want I will give you. if you do end up writing any madani fics pls send them my way! i’ll get around to writing for her eventually. it’s been hard for me to focus on writing anything other than bodyguard frankie bc that’s my baby
I don’t ever not have punisher or criminal minds brainrot so pls feel free to rant with me anytime <3
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phosphorus-noodles · 3 months
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a shipping ask game u say. well i say jizzie and joli
AAA AERIE ILY I WILL HAPPILY OBLIGE <3
i DO ship both of these i basically invented one of them /hj
Jizzie:
What made you ship it?
ok so funny story-
my first interaction with knowing joel was 3rd life, but it was only bc my friend and i were obsessed with flower husbands at the time and when it switched over to empires we put him in the role of couples therapist solely for the reason that he was the only other person that was on both servers and would know them. but we also made him romance-repulsed aroace bc hehe funny aroace couples therapist
... and then i realized that his Real Life Wife was also in the server and i didn't have the heart to make her crush unrequited so i went "... guess he has feelings for people then :( ... but also he's so bisexual-"
What are your favorite things about the ship?
gosh,,, they're just so married, innit? bi4bi, t4t, they really do it all <3
also they're both just. absolutely insane. like they're both so bloodthirsty but they're also so goofy and in love together and joel gets so flustered around his wife sometimes and it's so funny ?? truly girlboss x cringefail and i love that for them
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
hmm... they're better than gem/pearl /j (but also GO VOTE JIZZIE!!!)
Joli:
What made you ship it?
... you REALLY don't wanna know /lh
(it was a crack-ship-turned-serious situation and goodness it really is serious now huh,)
What are your favorite things about the ship?
GRRHHH SO MANY THINGS AND NONE OF THEM MAKE SENSE !!!
for one thing- i ship them both platonically and romantically! they're soulmates /r but they're also soulmates in the sense that they're british pals connected by strings of fate yk
they're so silly to watch together on streams and whatnot bc their banter is so funny but they also say deranged things like THIS (???!?) but you can also tell that man,,,, they're such buddies :] you can just tell how close they are yk
and then there's the au i write my fics/usually post about and MAN... GOSH I LOVE THEM I'M INSANE ABOUT THEM,
they're the embodiment of strangers/enemies -> friends -> BEST friends -> lovers (alternatively: soulbounds (political allies) to soulmates (platonic/romantic lovers)) and it's like my favorite trope now. they're also so bi4pan and i love that. they love each other so so much and they're goofy and they're magical and i can't even. like. put my thoughts into words because i just care about them too much to even express it,,,,
(but they're such a niche thing that i can say that about other ships and people will be like "I GET YOU !!" but i say it about them and people are like "?? lol what who?" /silly)
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
they should REALLY be more popular in my humble opinion... i've encountered maybe like... two? three?? people in the wild that also ship it that i didn't already know when i "came up" with it-
also like... i wanna read fics about them but the ao3 tag is atrocious right now tbh- as i'm writing this AO3 WON'T COME UP but last i checked i think there were maaaybe 7?? fics in the (romantic) joel/oli tag and one was mine, one was written to me lol, at least one was nsfw, and one had it tagged but it wasn't really mentioned in any way, so- gosh it just makes me sad. i can't read about my boys :(
(Edit: there are six fics. One is mine, one was written to me, one was tagged for reach ??, and the other three are nsfw. I am the ruler of a desolate kingdom 😔)
like c'mon. look me in the eye and tell me that oliver "that's really passionate, king" sound and joel "lizzie has left the room now, the sexual tension has appeared" smallishbeans wouldn't kiss ?? 🤨
man... i love these fellas. i will talk about them anytime. ty aerie <3
(Ask game here!)
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handypolymath · 1 year
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MAD LARRY DISEASE BED-IN FOR DEMOCRACY - Feathered Bangs Edition
In a thread about Ronnie Raygun the other day I referenced this Bloom County strip from 1982:
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I read this strip the week it was published, catching up on Bloom County at my grandpa's. My dad and I were about the same ages as Binkley and his dad above, I was ten, and already reading the newspapers and a couple local libraries and Generating Opinions.
I'm Binkley up there, though it always bummed me I could never get my hair to do that. This thruline in my life is why I have the tag #the worst thing about being genx is that I'm living through the fruition of so much evil.
So today I'm watching a link from the spouse, a legal commentator guy contrasting the speeches from the Minority Leader and the House Speaker:
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And 2 things hit me in a "politics is also ritual language and charismatic interplay and aggression channeled into improv theater" way:
1. Jeffries lays out a bold mission statement: these are our shared values as a group, and how you should judge our work here. The content is elegant like a theorem yet chockablock with intersectional antiracist prosocial concepts from the evidence-based reality community. It did not unite -- because it was delivered and received as a quick pep talk to a tightly-knit squad going into action.
2. Is...is McCarthy daring them to murk him? "...here's where I hang out alone at night, in the building we keep bringing our guns into like it earns us CamelCash," and "my door's always open, lemme mention Lincoln yet again in what certainly won't be further darkly comic irony when the kayfabe hits the fan," o_O
This McCarthy clip is fascinating all on its own, and I admit it's all I've seen. I don't even wanna know how or why crossing the Delaware is relevant when your rubes crossed the Rubicon years ago, my guy. Anyway,
Let's set aside his sentimental centering of the locus of power away from not only the room and the body meeting in it, but also away from everyone that body is representing; shifting it to a gallery of statues more representive of the bloodthirsty base, 'where we gathered before, when the cameras didn't see'. We know what that's about agenda-wise, and he knows he doesn't own the room yet. Yet, he thinks. Bluffing like a Ted Knight character. Anyway,
Which Lincoln is he invoking?
"Obscure senator becomes kintsugi of riven nation" Lincoln?
'You don't understand the Aikido of my leadership style" Lincoln?
"Chekhov's Wilkes Santos come at me bro!" Lincoln?
As a notary public sworn to defend the Constitution, and a former Marching Railspiltter, my money is on lucky number three.
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