#I actually thought it was getting dubbed after the season was over or something
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Frequently Asked Questions!
Heyo! I get a TON of asks each day, so I'm making this post so that folks know what's already been asked so my followers don't have to see the same stuff over and over, haha.
Hi! I'm Punkitt! I'm a game developer, artist, editor, director, and a bunch of other stuff! I'm working on an RPG called Astral Guard, a platformer called Susan Taxpayer, and I have a couple more fun projects in my pocket like Happup and Super Mario Death Row.
Why do you have so many hats? Do you know you have that many hats?
ye i like hats. :) free tumblr badges for one pea i like one piece and took as many as i could. free.
Where can I find your art/game development/horsecomix?
Great question! Everything I make that's my own and not a reblog is under "my posts", every bit of art I do is under "my art", any game development I do is under "gamedev", you can find all my MLP art under "mlp, my art" or "horsecomix" for the best stuff. I also have an "animations" tag and a "shitposts" tab. I also properly tag all my asks to be asks and write out the asker's name, so if you don't wanna see those just mute the ask tag.
Do you have a Patreon or a Ko-Fi?
I do have a ko-fi here! I also JUST launched a Patreon, which you can find here :)
What do you use for your art?
I use FireAlpaca and Paint.net for misc. effects!
What are you using to make your games?
I use FireAlpaca do make my assets! Astral Guard, Happup, and any other top-down RPG games I make are all made in RPGMaker 2003. Susan Taxpayer is made in SMBX2 Beta 4, a Mario fangame engine with lua support!
Why are you using a 2-decade-plus engine to make games?
It's fun!
Do you have a sideblog or something for your art?
Not right now! What you see is what you get. I do have a sideblog for Astral Guard though, if you want to follow that game specifically! @astral-guard
Can I make an OC based on your work?
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!! THATS THE COOLEST THING EVER!!!! LET ME KNOW IF YOU DO!!!! I WANNA SEE!!!!
Can I do dubs/redraws of your comics?
As long as you credit me! I get a ton of notifs each day, so if you wanna show me (and PLEASE i so do wanna see fun dubs and redraws!!!) tag me or DM me!
Can I use your art as a PFP?
Sure! Just credit me somewhere. :D
Are you the one who trapped her coworkers in a room and made them listen to TF2 lore?
Yep! Everyone had a blast actually. :]
Did you make that comic where Fluttershy eats the weed brownie/Rainbow Dash has a male living space/someone has a cutie mark that says they'll kill Ronald Reagan?
Yep! That's me.
Where are you in MLP right now?
Currently just finished Season 7! Haven't watched the movie yet.
Have you watched Equestria Girls?
Yep! Thought it was super cute. I watched up to Rainbow Rocks and plan on watching more.
What's your opinion on MLP so far?
I love it! I think it's cute. I really don't agree that there was some sort of huge quality drop after season 2 or whatever.
What do you think of G5?
Not my style! I don't really like either animation types and it just seems like I'm not in the audience anymore. That's totally chill, but it just doesn't grab me!
Have you watched any other MLP stuff from previous generations?
Nope! But I did see a compilation called Minty Being Autistic for Six Minutes Straight that I loved. she's perfect.
Favorite pony?
Don't got one, I love all the Mane Six a LOT, but I'm particularly fond of Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity!
Favorite episode/season?
I'm so bad at picking favorites! But any season past Season 1 I have a blast with because I feel like it's just more my style. I don't have a favorite episode, but the most recent one I can remember LOVING is the one where Starlight bottles up her emotions because it was REALLY funny.
Do you like Pony.mov?
Nope! And stop saying my stuff reminds you of it, it's a lil annoying!
Have you watched the Mentally Advanced Series/Friendship is Witchcraft/Other fandom vids?
Probably not! My interaction with the MLP fandom prior to last year was pretty minimal, so I'm making my way through the show first!
What do you think of Fallout: Equestria?
I think it's super weird but really fun because of that. I've never properly read any of it but it's very fascinating to me.
Are you transgender?
Yep! I go by she/her, I'm a trans woman. Have been for many years, but I only recently came out online!
Are you a lesbian?
Nah, I'm bisexual!
Can I commission you?
Yeah! I only have my commissions available on my Ko-Fi at certain times though, so keep an eye out! I usually announce slots being open at least 12 hours beforehand. Slots are usually first come first serve, but we'll see.
Can I use your art as a Discord emote?
Yeah man i'm not scouring every discord on the planet to find stickers of my work. i think it owns if people take my stuff and make it stupid injoke emotes between friends that makes me very happy.
Can I send you an ask inquiring about gender dysphoria?
I feel like this is beyond my capabilities of advice! I'm actually very comfortable with my body and I have been for many years, so I don't know if I can give any good or helpful advice on that front. Apologies, but there are many resources out there where you can ask about those things if you look for them, like Discord channels!
Favorite Color?
I'm a sucker for blue!
Favorite coffee?
Can't drink coffee, my stomach is cringe.
Favorite tea?
I'm lame and can't drink most tea but I love this one orange-flavored tea a lot. I also LOVE ice tea.
Can I say you're horsegender/punkittgender/a little gender goblin void thing?
Well, I can't stop you, but I'm kind of beyond that phase now! I really am a boring ol' plain she/her girl, and I like it that way. It's not much, but it's honest gender.
What's your favorite game series?
Mother, Kingdom Hearts, Mario, and I USED to say Fallout, but I found out I'm really only a big Fallout New Vegas fan.
Favorite game from those?
Mother 3 is one of my fave games of all time! I love KHII, and I'm tied for SMB3 and SMW. Also Fallout New Vegas fucks hard.
Any other favs?
Bug Fables, SLARPG, and TF2!
Favorite Movie?
Everything Everywhere All At Once, no question.
Oh, are you going to college?
Yep! I'm a film/theater major.
Do you have a YouTube channel?
Yeah! Click right here for it, I stream there and upload footage of my games/animations/my film projects + other stuff.
What is that little orange creature I see?
That's bweenop, my little persona that I use when I'm feeling a little scrunkly.
Do you have a ponysona?
Yep! Her name is Star Magnolia, you can search her on the blog to see art of her.
When will Susan Taxpayer/Astral Guard/etc. be out?
No clue! I take things slow, that's just how I am.
How do you work on so many things at once?
I make small, satisfying amounts of progress! I never try to complete one giant thing all at once, I just like doing small bursts of fun stuff. I got ADHD, so I learn to work with it.
Did you know you look like Weird Al?
Im going to run you over with a clown car watch out
WHY do you work on so many things at once?
Fun! I like learning, I like making cool stuff, and I like showing it to people :)
Do you need any help with your projects?
Potentially! I'll probably put out a post asking for help if I need it.
If you could be a horse, would you?
You kidding me? Several ton beasts with the frailty of a sickly Victorian boy; my clumsy ass would never survive.
Are you some sort of...furry?
yeag
Why do you reblog so much?
Brother I LOVE posting. that's just how it is.
Fav music artists?
It changes literally ALL the time but I will recommend ANYTHING by Vylet Pony, its music is incredible and probably the reason I'm a weird niche microcelebrity now.
Why are you like this?
theater kid + having a lot of fun on the internet makes you a bit silly hehe hoo
SUSAN TAXPAYER QUESTIONS
Is it out?
Not yet! But hopefully sometime in the next year. I dunno! I take things at my own pace and keep stuff fun. :)
What are you using to make it?
SMBX2! It's a free fangame engine for Mario episodes, but it's incredibly versatile and has a wonderful community, so I decided to make Susan Taxpayer in it.
Is there a demo?
You betcha! You can find it right here. I'll also probably put it up on my itch.io.
How do I install it?
I made a post here about how to run the SAGE '23 demo!
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I got tagged again for this by @chevvy-yates :3 thank you!
OC INTERVIEW: Sanctuary Zelenko & Joey Armas
▪ NICKNAME:
"Named myself Sanctuary after my favorite cologne, back when I was twenty. Company went under a year later, and then someone drank the rest of the only bottle I had. You remember Axis, baby?"
"That dumb piece of shit? Wait, that why you scrapped with him? Over the cologne?"
"Yeah. That's how I ended up with this. Couple people called me Zipperface for months."
"I 'member that. Won't lie, I thought it was pretty funny."
"'Course you did. Answer the question."
"Oh, my mama prob'ly named me Joseph or John or something but I've been Joey all my life."
▪ GENDER:
"I want you to guess."
"C'mon, I don't wanna be here forever. I'm a boy, and they're Sanctuary. 'f you try to make it make sense, your little head'll explode."
▪ ORIENTATION:
"I'm a man of many tastes."
"Nah, he likes anybody who looks like they'd grab his hips and make him beg. Isn't that right, baby?"
"Ain't denying. Hey, what're you squirming for? You asked the question, choom. We're just bein' honest."
▪ NATIONALITY/ETHNICITY:
"Born and raised here, but my parents both came from Ukraine. Don't really know what that makes me."
"You know more than me. Which is fuck-all, honestly. Whole family is dead now, though, so what's it matter? Sorry, 'm I makin' you uncomfortable again? Don't feel bad. Not like you killed 'em. Fuckers who did were taken care of years ago, don't worry."
▪ HEIGHT:
"Depends on what boots I'm wearin'."
"Flat, he's five-nine. And I'm five-eleven. I like to wear heels, though, so people look at me. Nothing gets someone's attention like a nice pair of heels. Or a big fucking knife."
"Yeah, I got the big fucking knife covered."
▪ STAR SIGN:
"Scorpio."
"I ain't even sure what my actual birthdate is. My citizen record says March twentieth but Mom always said she was just guessing. So that's, what, Aries or somethin'?"
"Not like it matters."
"Yeah, don't believe in that shit anyway."
▪ FAVE FRUIT:
"Ate a banana once. Real one. That shit was good."
"Where the hell'd you get a real banana?"
"Got a donor once who had a suite at the Highcourt, years back. Dub did her copycat thing and got in pretending she was a girlfriend experience or something. Stole everything she could carry. Not much, bitch had scrawny arms, but she got the fruit and some sweet threads."
"Don't remember that."
"Nah, it was right before we met. I remember, 'cause I was wearing the guy's underwear when we did meet."
"Do you still have the underwear?"
"No. Had to toss 'em after I got stabbed one time. Would've kept them 'cept that the bloodstain looked like I shit myself."
▪ FAVE SEASON:
"You think the twenty-degree flux we get counts as seasons? Well, it's winter, anyway. Shorter days, less sun."
"Fall. I make good money in the fall. Everyone's done partying for the summer, got their new implants, lookin' for glory on the streets."
▪ FAVE FLOWER:
"I dunno dick about flowers. I don't even know what kinds I got tattooed on me. Guess those would be my favorite, 'f I knew what they were called."
"I don't pay much attention to flowers, either."
▪ FAVE SCENT:
"Sanctuary. ...You didn't like it when we were talkin' about my "orientation" or whatever. Gonna really hate it if I go into detail about scent."
"I use pomegranate shampoo."
"Yeah, that's part of it."
▪ COFFEE, TEA, HOT CHOCOLATE:
"Don't like hot drinks. I'll drink lemonade, though."
"I used to drink coffee, but these days caffeine just fucks me up. I have enough headaches without it."
▪ AVERAGE HOURS OF SLEEP:
"Who keeps track? I'm a night owl, anyway."
"I try to get a reasonable amount in so I don't kill my patients."
▪ DOG OR CAT PERSON:
"I've never met a dog. Friend of mine has a cat, though, and I like her well enough, so that's one-zero in cats' favor."
"I like 'em both. Hunters and survivors, in their own ways."
▪ DREAM TRIP:
"Somewhere with a lotta trees. Grew up in the concrete jungle - a little more green'd be nice, y'know?"
"Yeah. I wouldn't mind visiting Ukraine. I don't know how much green is left, though - anywhere."
▪ NUMBER OF BLANKETS THEY SLEEP WITH:
"Two, so we each have our own and nobody's stealing it - baby, what are you doing?"
"Fuuuuuuuuck! My fuckin' fries are cold. 'Cause I've been sittin' here answering stupid questions. Are we done now?"
"We're done now."
▪ RANDOM FACT:
"I'm fucking hungry and now I gotta eat cold fries, that's a fact for you."
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Dungeon Meshi Anime Review, Season 1, Episode 7 review
Another great episode (Kabru!!! Kabru!!!)! Once more I have very little to say except that I liked it. Great animation, great music, great voice acting in both Japanese and English.
No weird anachronisms in the dub script, though I will say there were actually a few lines of dialog pertaining to the plot that were easier to understand in the Japanese subtitles, some nuance got lost in the dub but was clearer in the Japanese, and normally it's been the reverse until now.
A few more thoughts (and possible spoilers) under the cut:
I think they are being a BIT too faithful to the manga at points, they are leaving Laios' nose off and not finishing it a lot in this episode, which is something Kui did a LOT in the early manga and stopped doing later as she got more experience with drawing his character. There's no reason for the anime version's nose to just not get drawn except that they're trying to imitate the manga panels, which I think isn't necessarily great, since the earlier art just wasn't as good as the later art in my opinion.
The character designs in general have been averaged so that the designs overall look closer to Kui's end-of-manga style, so doing early manga style choices with only Laios looks weirdly out of place.
Obviously sometimes the nose is left off for comedic purposes, but it was happening in all kinds of shots in this episode, and it looked like the animators just didn't want to bother.
They cut out elements of Kabru's party's story in order to fit 3 chapters into this episode. Hopefully the missing parts will be included in the future episode when Kabru and his party return, and we'll get to see them interact, since most of the character development they get IN the story happens in those scenes.
If they just completely cut those scenes and don't include them later, it'll leave Kabru and his party really underdeveloped, as well as not telling anime viewers some worldbuilding stuff that would be really nice for them to know.
Though the animation and pacing was generally good, moving so quickly past Senshi's sadness over having to kill Anne felt like a disservice to that plot beat.
Also might have been nice to have a longer moment to focus on Senshi and Marcille bonding, though what they did was adequate.
The fight with the kraken was good, however, the nuance of "we can't attack the kraken because it's under the water and we are on top, and it can hit us from any direction but we can't hit it back" was sort of lost.
This made using waterwalk on the kraken seem to come a bit out of nowhere.
Also the kraken didn't really struggle or move after getting stuck on top of the water, which might have helped show that it wants to stay underwater and being up top like that was bad for it.
Other than that, a really solid episode.
Some predictions for upcoming episodes and adaptation choices:
Next episode will be the Falin flashback and the first undine fight
and then following episode the 2nd undine fight + tentacles
Then combine the frogs with the dragon planning. Maybe also the necromancy chapter? Or they put that at the beginning of the actual dragon fight episode...
OR
They just do the Falin flashback as fast as possible, and do all the parts of the undine together. So, that'd be 4 chapters in one.
#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#dunmeshi#spoilers#dungeon meshi anime spoilers#dungeon meshi spoilers#review#theories
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Amaryllis Chapter 4
Pairing: Frankie x f!Reader
WC: 6.4k
A/N: Alrighty, things definitely start to take a turn here so please please read the warnings!!!
Warnings: 18+ Minors DNI, allusions to dub-con, but nothing actually happens, domestic assault, emotional/physical abuse, Tom - He’s going to come with his own warning, protective Frankie, Reader has emotional trauma, pregnancy stuff - nothing explicit, lots of feelings, infidelity, kissing
Summary: Tom crosses the line. You and Frankie are left wondering what to do next and end up crossing a line of your own. —have I mentioned I’m shit at summaries?
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The air outside is cool and crisp. The last little round of snow has melted for the most part, but despite the sunny weather, the chill in the air reminds you that it’s still very much winter.
This time of year, department stores are decked out in reds and pinks. Candies and balloons line every checkout aisle, making sure to capitalize on the day dedicated to Love that comes with each and every passing year. You’ve never really thought much about the holiday yourself. It’s never been a big deal for you and especially not for Tom… He would never reduce himself to flowers and chocolate— the sentiment was something he completely lacked all together.
—
This season in your life has been completely full of changes… some obvious. —Others not so much.
Physically? Everyone can see your very visible bump, the visual reminder of the child you share with your husband. Tom, who you wish more than anything you could just erase from your life - past and present. Knowing that the life you carry inside you is half of him? It makes you more sad than anything else. You take a breath and come back to yourself after having let your mind wander.
Currently, you are sitting in the passenger seat of Frankie’s truck.
You look over and watch him silently. He still hasn’t said a word since you got into the cab.
His hands rub the steering wheel up and down -- a nervous tick you’ve noticed the last few times you’ve ridden with him.
You’re parked outside of his house --your call for help, now a distant memory after only silence during your drive. Frankie is still looking forward — hands still on the wheel.
You wished that being here with him had a different reasoning behind it. The irony of the day not lost on you.
He can’t even look at you.
Your cheeks are still red, although you can’t feel it anymore. It could be passed off as just rosy due to the cold, but both of you know the truth…
You look down in between you and Frankie. The older truck interior is a scratchy tan and red material… No center console, just a single seat that could fit three comfortably. You are on the far passenger side and Frankie on the driver’s side.
“What um… Where do you want me to take you?”
Frankie sounds almost withdrawn.
As if he didn’t just fight for your honor and defend you against your husband who finally seems to have lost his mind….
Images plague your mind as you ponder Frankie’s question…
—
Earlier That Day…..
Tom was a fucking asshole when he was drunk, but he normally reserved drinking for Friday’s on fight nights’ with the guys. So you were very surprised, when you came home on a Wednesday, after spending the day with your Mother, to find him home -- Not at work – but drunk. And extremely pissed off.
Something had been off with him for a long time now, but you never knew why. Something he wasn’t telling you, although that didn’t say a lot. But something else that was wearing on him. He must’ve been feeling it today because as soon as you walked in, he started going off…..
“Any idea how much money we’d save if you didn’t go to the City every Goddamn week?
—When’s she gonna take care of herself?
—I take care of her and I don’t get shit! ...We’re broke…” He chuckles —“always have been.. And you just keep doing everything for her…. Why?”
“Tom, stop. We’re not having this conversation. You’re drunk. We can discuss it later when you’ve had some time to sober up.”
—“Well I want to do it now!” He sounds like a petulant child. “How come you give her all of your attention huh? - Even that baby gets more from you than I do. I put the little fucker there, so you’d think that would count for something?”
“Tom, do you not remember that night? It was anything but romantic.”
“I remember having a good time… Fight Night with the guys and making love to my “wife” (he makes quotations in the air with his fingers.) “Wouldn’t you say the same?”
“Love is not the word I would use, no.” You have no idea where this courage is coming from.. It scares you a bit, but you continue on…
“I recall what always happens on “Fight Night…” it was your turn to use quotations.
“You get black out drunk and one of the guys has to bring you home. This time it was Frankie.”
He scoffs at the sound of Frankie’s name…. “Yeah, great guy our Fish..” He says it with so much disgust then adds… “You know he does a lot worse than just Drinking right? Lost his license and everything ‘cause he couldn’t stop the coke….”
“Tom, he’s your friend. Why are you being that way?”
You of course already knew about Frankie’s past coping mechanisms that he wasn’t proud of. He never tried to make excuses for himself, but wanted to strive to do better moving forward.
“Uh huh, some friend he is... Friend’s don’t do the things he’s done sweetheart. Friends don’t go behind your back yeah? ‘Friends’” (air quotes again) “don’t get little crushes on the wives of their superiors…” His tone gets deeper and more forceful with every word- “Friends don’t stick their nose into business that has nothing to do with them!”
“What are you talking about Tom?”
“Oh, are we just now learning about Frankie’s little obsession with you?”
You’re staring blankly…. You knew things had started to feel different between you and Frankie, for a while now if you’re being honest, but hearing it? Especially from Tom, who did not know how you guys would catch up over coffee every Wednesday for the last few months? You hadn’t even admitted anything to yourself, and you sure as hell weren’t confident in how Frankie felt. But Tom seemed to think he knew.
“Oh, a little birdy overheard him telling Will about how you deserved better than this arrangement you had with me…” —Every word out of his mouth is dripping in venomous condescension… He continues—
“The arrangement that no one was supposed to know about. Care to tell the class how MY friend seems to know, very well I might add, about our situation sweetheart?”
You are speechless. When you had spoken to Frankie about this he knew the implications of others finding out. Why would he tell Will?
Your thoughts are running rampant to the point you miss Tom getting up from the table. You look up at him as he comes to you. You try to calm your breathing as he gently puts his hands on your upper arms, rubbing up and down.
In a low register, he says quietly, “how would Frankie know about this huh?” His grip on your arms tightens slightly as he grinds his teeth and slowly growls, “you fucking told him.” It’s not a question.
You look away then, the shame you felt under his intense stare was more than you could handle. Almost instantly, you hear a crack and feel an intense pain in your left cheek -- then silence -- Maybe two seconds have passed and that’s all before you’re brought back to earth when the pain flares and your head stops ringing…
“You fucking told him about what I do for you -- about what you’re supposed to do for me! The deal that YOU agreed to, that would keep your ‘mommy’ safe and taken care of, unless you’ve forgotten? Or maybe you no longer care? Well guess what?”
--”No!! No Tom listen -- listen to me please!”
--Another crack to the opposite side and you lose your balance and stumble backwards -- your back hits the fridge and Tom is crowding you against it, almost snarling in your face—
“I fucking told you what would happen! I don’t ask for much -- I pay your bills -- I buy you everything! All I ask for is a warm cunt to fuck every once in a while and a wife to take care of me when I’m home…. Is that too damn much to ask??”
You are trying to hide your face to no avail.
“Look at me!!”
He grabs your mouth with his hand and scrunches your lips in an almost pout—
“You are MINE, whether you like it or fucking not. You agreed. You married ME in front of your family and vowed to love, honor, and Cherish….” His eyes are wild. His breathing is coming out in harsh pants across your face. The smell of alcohol, acrid and hot, makes you nauseous on top of the throbbing of your cheeks.
“Unless of course you only want to see her by webcam when she gets shipped back to Cuba?”
The tears are flowing freely and you nod your head slowly side to side…
“That’s a good girl,” as he pats your cheek condescendingly--
“Now sit the fuck down. I gotta piss – don’t you fucking move. I’ll be right back.”
He puts his hands up in a mock surrender as he backs up. “I just wanna talk.”
His laugh as he walks away is almost sadistic and you think he’s finally lost it. You actually fear for yourself and your unborn child.
You sit quietly —You don’t move, but you look at your purse… where you know your flip phone is —where you know the last number you called was Frankie’s, asking him the name of the sandwich he ordered at lunch that afternoon. What was only a few hours ago now seems light years away…
You reach over slowly so as to not alert Tom - You grasp the phone in your hand, putting it under the table. You pray with everything in you that your phone kept the contact info for a redial. You hit send and within two rings a very confused Frankie answers…
He knows the deal with the phone and knows you should be at home -- so why were you calling him?
“Hello?”
—”Shhhhhhh shhhhhhhh….” you say in the softest tone you can manage that’s audible…
“Help…” you whisper…. “Please.”
And you hang up and pray he doesn’t try to call back.
You put your phone back and close your eyes - you hear Tom stomping down the hallway until he’s back in front of you.
“Oh why the long face sweetheart? I’m not mad anymore… I just don’t want to lose you…”
He’s walking towards you slowly, like he’s approaching a wounded animal. His voice is calm and even…. “You know how much I love you right?”
The complete 180 in his demeanor gives you whiplash as you try to make sense of his words.
Tom steps in front of you and kneels down —He looks completely gone. He must’ve thrown down a few more shots just before you got home because he seems worse now than before.
Tom puts his hands on your thighs, rubbing up and down and now he’s staring between your legs —You gulp unconsciously…
“This fucking cunt… God, I just want to bury myself in it and never fucking leave.”
He chuckles again, looking up to you with glazed puppy dog eyes. “Would you like that? Hmmm??? Want me to fill you up baby?”
You swallow your disgust and say nothing.
He chuckles, “Well,” he lowers his eyes to your midsection. “Guess I already did that didn’t I?”
He says it with pride as he eyes your stomach. You do your best to remain calm because you know what happens next.
—Sex with Tom, while not always unenjoyable in general, would border on scary when he was drunk. It had been more recently that it became almost painful. He has always been pretty vulgar with you and sometimes almost seemed to try and rough you up. He wasn’t necessarily being forceful, but he was definitely capable and he seemed to get off on the power trip of that knowledge. Like he knew he could hurt you, but chose not to.
– Lately, it seemed like he would go as hard as he could, like he was trying to run away from something…
He wasn’t gentle and as your bump grew, so did his frustration when you would say things like “don’t hurt the baby” etc.
“Don’t hurt the baby….” Mocking your concern and simply turning you over until you were on all fours. His grip on your hips was always bruising and he’d slap your ass so hard it would leave welts for hours.
The only upside was that he was usually done fairly quickly and would pass out— leaving you to clean up and brace yourself before quietly coming back to bed and trying to sleep.
Your face stings, reminding you that this time he’d actually hit you — not once, but twice.
He had never crossed that line before. He’s never been good to you, but even after all this time, he’d never physically laid hands on you in that way. You knew that this was a much different, much more dangerous version of the man that you realize you’ve hated for a very long time.
You are trying to draw out the time to give Frankie the chance to get here
— If he was even coming at all.
You weren’t even sure where he was, having just seen him for lunch in the City, but you had to hope he was here in town somehow. Otherwise he would be too far and you didn’t trust calling 911 just yet.
You did not want to find out what would happen if you went to bed with Tom in this state, but you were also worried about fighting him now—
He’s grabbing your hand and pulling you to your feet. You pray that it's over with quickly and that he takes pity on you when he looks at your face.
You would rather he just belittle you with his words as opposed to getting more physical.
—You begin to follow him when you’re stopped by the screech of tires and the rough scrape of gravel being spewed behind a halting vehicle. The sound is loud enough to alert Tom so that he goes to the window, only to see a very scared looking Frankie running up the porch steps and banging on the door.
“What the fuck?”
Tom doesn’t let go of your hand as he goes to open the door.
“What are you doing here Fish?” Tom snaps.
You’re positioned behind the door so Frankie can’t see you…
He waits a moment, just listening before he asks where you are.. He sounds scared, worried. You’d never heard that from him before.
You look up quickly at the mention of your name and Tom notices as you still.
“Ha, the fuck you have any reason to ask where MY wife is?!”
He looks to you, then to Frankie and it dawns on him that he left you alone long enough to make a call—
Obviously, the call was to Frankie who wasted no time in coming to your rescue.
“The fuck she tell you? Huh?”
“Tom, man, I don’t know what the fuck is going on, but I just came to make sure she’s ok. That’s all.”
“Oh she’s fine. Isn’t that right sweetheart?”
Tom pulls you out from behind the door and you see the look on Frankie’s face fall, his jaw dropping in concern, then changing to anger the second he takes note of your reddened cheeks. Both are stinging and puffy, but the right side has a tiny knick from the contact with Tom’s wedding ring. It’s hardly bled, but is noticeable enough that without a word, the next thing you know, Tom is on the ground —almost taking you with him.
The second Tom’s hand is out of yours, you run outside into the biting February air.. No shoes, no purse —phone still in your bag on the table. Tom is too dazed to notice right away, but once his vision clears, he’s up and nose to nose with Frankie.
Wasting no time, Frankie knocks him back down, grabbing him by his jacket and slamming him back onto the tile floor. Tom starts to struggle, but Frankie reaches into his back pocket and starts wrapping something around Tom’s wrists, pulling tightly. You think they look like zip ties…
What the fuck was Frankie doing? He couldn’t just leave Tom like this… Could he?
Tom is spewing all kinds of things now… “You just fucking wait….. I taught you everything you fucking know asshole!!”
You look toward the open front door when you hear your name…
“What the fuck do you think you’re doing? You just gonna stand there? Get me out of this!!!”
When you make no move to help Tom, he starts laughing maniacally…
”Ohhhh, you fucking… You made a big fucking mistake….. What’s your MOMMY gonna say when she finds out what you’re doing huh?? Leaving me here like this? Are you forgetting what I can do sweetheart???”
At his words, you start to panic. You run back inside, no real plan, just fear propelling you forward.
“Frankie Stop! He’s right, just let him go!”
Tom can’t help himself, but to chime in,
“Yeah Frank, let me go!”
Frankie looks at you again and as he sees the light spot of purple blooming on your right cheek, he grabs Tom by the front of his shirt and spits outs “Fuck you Tom,” headbutting him and pushing him to the floor.
“Get your shit and let’s go! He won’t be out long.”
You run and grab your purse and phone, grabbing your shoes and coat without putting them on as you run to Frankie’s truck.
Frankie takes a little extra time with the zip ties, securing them around Tom’s legs as well just to make it that much harder for him to get out once he comes to.
You’re in the truck when Frankie comes out. He gets in without a word, starts it up and peels out quickly… Leaving Tom behind, tied up and unconscious.
You had no idea what was going to happen. You were terrified to see what Tom would do, but the prospect of finally being free from him? You didn’t know what to do with yourself.
Frankie was gripping the steering wheel harshly —Knuckles white and fingernails digging into the leather. He still hasn’t said anything to you, but you try to enjoy the silence for now. You have no idea where you’re going, but you close your eyes and just listen to the heater blow warm air throughout the cab as Frankie drives you away.
—
“I don’t know.”
An honest answer to his question of where to take you… Because you don’t. Where do you go when you’re six months pregnant, and your husband is a psychopath who is probably going out of his mind trying to find you right now. You were worried about your mother, but you knew Tom would be obsessed with finding you first. You think you will have enough time to alert her to possibly try and stay with a friend until things calm down.
“I don’t have anything in this City. My mother lives here, but Tom knows where she lives —Why did we come here Frankie? He knows I left with you so this will be the first place he checks!”
“Tom won’t find us here. He doesn’t know about this place. It was my Dad’s, but it’s mine now.”
You double take and look again at your surroundings… There are trees surrounding you in pretty much every direction, and in the center is a little cabin that looks like it could use some TLC —like it’s been abandoned for awhile.
“You could, uh, stay here — if you wanted. Just to lay low for a while. We probably need to file an ex-parte against him. Not that they always work, but it’s a good starting point.” Frankie’s voice is subdued… He sounds like he’s simply running on auto-pilot, trying to figure out what to do next.
You look down and see his hand worrying at his thigh— picking at the frayed material on his jeans. You slowly reach over and as you grab his hand, he lifts his head to look at you.
“Thank you Frankie.” You wished you could find the words to express how grateful you truly were. A simple ‘thank you’ would have to do for now.
“You’re welcome,” comes his reply with a stiff nod of his head.
He’s still holding your hand, engulfing it in his palm. His eyes once again land on your face and his grip tightens.
“What the hell happened?”
“Well, you know the conversation we had where I told you about the circumstances of our marriage? Tom and me?”
Frankie tries and fails to hide his annoyance when he answers with a simple flat,
“yes.”
Of course he remembers. He couldn’t NOT remember even when he tells himself he needs to forget. To let it go. That there’s nothing he can do about it.
“Apparently, someone overheard you telling Will about it. And it got back to Tom somehow. He obviously knew that I was the one that told you. No one was supposed to know about it.”
He reaches out and very lightly puts his hand against your right cheek —his thumb barely tracing under your eye.
“Then why did you tell me? Why was I allowed to know?” Frankie blurts it out before he can stop himself as if you were at fault, but he doesn’t actually believe that. He feels as though he knows the reason you shared it with him, but he doesn’t want to speak for you. As much as he wants it to be, Frankie knows that your situation makes it all but impossible.
He lightly moves your chin to the left then to the right to compare. The right side definitely took the brunt of it, he thinks. He looks down and shakes his head.
“I’m sorry. I’m so fucking sorry. I.. I never meant….”
He looks back up to you and his eyes are red rimmed and pleading.
“It’s ok Frankie. It’s ok.”
“No… no it’s not ok. He fucking hurt you, he…. Because I couldn’t handle it and just keep my thoughts to myself! I.. What if you.. what if you hadn’t been able to call me?”
His eyes look panicked and his breathing picks up.
“What would he have done, if I hadn’t shown up??”
“Frankie, it’s ok. I’m ok.”
You try to be reassuring, but the fact is, you don’t know the answer to his question.
Frankie slowly lifts his hand back to your cheek and gently swipes his thumb across your bottom lip. You look up and put your hand on his, rubbing down his forearm and back up a few times in a comforting manner. He scoots closer to you and pulls you into his side. When you look back up at him, his eyes are closed tightly like he’s trying to prevent himself from breaking down.
That feeling between you, the one that you have been trying to ignore for weeks, refuses to be overlooked any longer. How at ease you felt with him —you began looking forward to Wednesdays for more than just the break it gave you from Tom, but you hadn’t ever given voice to those thoughts. You enjoyed having adult conversations with someone other than your mother, even though you were grateful for your time spent with her also. Frankie made you feel a little more alive without you even realizing it.
He talked to you, not down to you or at you. He would ask your opinion on something and seemed to genuinely enjoy your company as much as you enjoyed his.
He was your friend. An actual friend who cared about you and who you cared about as well, much more than you wanted to admit.
You don’t know exactly when it shifted into more, but right now, all you can think about is how close he is to you. How you can smell his light cologne mixed with what you can only describe as the outdoors, that always seems to linger on him. How much warmth his body puts off especially with how chilly it is in the cab. You couldn’t stop looking at him if you tried, but you’re not exactly trying either.
He breathes out through his mouth slowly and opens his eyes, looking down. He sees that you’re already looking up at him and he smiles —just a little half smile that shows off the dimple in his right cheek. The dimple that you’ve caught yourself taking notice of on more than one occasion.
He takes his hand and brushes a stray piece of hair behind your ear, ever mindful of your bruised cheek. You reach up and grab his hand and slowly open his palm and intertwine your fingers…. His other hand moves to the left side of your head and he gently nudges you forward.
His eyes are still on you. You feel completely safe right here with him and you know that you hold the control.
He has always been so delicate with you— the kind you never got with Tom, but it made you feel powerful. Like what you had to say mattered. That you actually mattered. Your thoughts, and your worries— They all mattered to Frankie.
So, you take that control and allow his hand to nudge you just that much further until your forehead touches his. His eyes close immediately and he draws in a shaky breath.
On exhale, his eyes open up and you almost miss his whispered breath of your name.
You cut him off with a quick nod and then, that’s it.
Just like that, the little bit of space between you is closed and you shut your eyes as his lips meet yours for the first time.
Neither of you move, as you both adjust to being this close… instead letting yourselves feel the other this way.
His lips are warm, a soft caress to your sensitive mouth. —Your whole face still stinging from earlier.
Frankie’s lips part, but they don’t leave you… He’s just breathing you in. His facial hair is tickling your nose just so and it makes you giggle lightly.
He smiles and brings his lips back together, pushing more firmly against your own this time. Your mouth opens slightly and it’s like he’s ripped the air straight out of you as you feel his tongue gently peek out to taste your lips. Your tongue responds automatically and meets him there.
The second you get a taste, you lose all sense of everything except this. Your other hand, not currently intertwined with his, grabs his cheek, lightly playing with his scruff there. Your lips slam against his and you drink him in. He responds the same… His tongue is tentatively demanding entry into your mouth and you let him in.
When you feel Frankie’s tongue softly lapping at your own, you think you’re going insane. You want him everywhere. You want to breathe him inside of you and never let him out.
You nip at his bottom lip and Frankie groans. His free hand is resting on your thigh, but is moving up higher, slowly. He brings it up and grasps your side softly and the heat from his hand radiates through your shirt.
And just as quickly, he stops. He pulls back from you, but his hand is still on your side. When you look, you notice his eyes are focused on his hand.
Being this far into your pregnancy, you don’t really think about it anymore when you feel random kicks and pains etc —But Frankie wouldn’t have any idea. He doesn’t have any children of his own and this is the first time he’s touched you like this. By his reaction alone you can only assume that he’s never experienced this before with anyone else. You look back up at him and you can’t determine the look on his face… Is he horrified?
“Frankie?” You ask softly… He looks at you then, his hand never leaving you…
“I just felt something…”
“Have you never felt a baby kick before?”
Frankie shakes his head no with a look of absolute wonderment on his face now. He takes his other hand and lays it on your other side.
You slowly bring both of his hands around until they encompass your entire belly.
—He looks terrified, but he hasn’t said anything. You feel the baby kick again and he lets out a shaky breath.
“I, God, you’re beautiful..” He takes a minute and just looks at your belly while still caressing it tenderly with his hands, his genuine smile endears him to you some even more.
But, then you see the change in his face once everything finally registers with him. His features go from that of adoration to almost anger. He looks up at you…
“Tom. He— That piece of shit laid his hands on you.” He says it with a bite of finality.
It’s a fact that Frankie is realizing now while holding you. Your unborn child at the forefront of his mind when the thought never even crossed Tom’s.
“How could he do this? I know about this thing between you. I get it… You told me. But is there something else I’m missing?” He looks genuinely lost..
“It doesn’t fucking matter regardless because nothing can excuse what he did to you.”
He removes his hands from your waist, pulling his hat up and running a hand through his hair.
“I’m going to make this right.”
“What do you mean Frankie?” You know he means well, but it was fruitless. What could he possibly do to change any of this?
“I mean I’m going to fix this. I’m going to protect you.”
You can’t help the scoff that escapes you at the promise. You’re not trying to be rude in any way, but it just comes out.
“What?” Frankie’s confused, but it’s not his fault.
“It’s nothing. I’ve just heard those exact same words before and look where it got me? I’m married to a man that I’ve never loved —not even close. I’m pregnant with his child that he is going to use against me at every turn and I have a mother who is going to end up deported and disgraced if Tom decides he’s done with me. And after THIS? What’s going to stop him?!”
Your thoughts are coming out of your mouth as soon as they enter your mind….
“I, I have to go back??” You whisper to yourself.
“Oh my God, oh my God, Frankie —Frankie my mother!! —Please, I need you to take me back!” You’re half frantic… the worry in your voice makes Frankie cringe inwardly.
“No.” Is all he says.
“Frankie, I can’t let anything happen to her. Please—”
You are begging now. Your rational mind is all but gone and all you think about now is stopping Tom from doing something you can’t undo.
Frankie looks at you and the worry on his face is evident.
“But what about you? What about your baby? You think he’s just going to be ok with everything and pretend like nothing happened? He hurt you… I’m not just going to take you back to him.”
“Frankie, please. I can.. I can take care of myself. I appreciate your concern and I am beyond grateful you came today. But I have been dealing with Tom this long, and I can manage it now.”
As soon as the words leave your mouth, you know how idiotic it sounds. You are just as scared for yourself and the baby, but Tom wouldn’t actually hurt a child would he?
You know it’s not something you can keep up forever. There will be a turning point, but you just need to stay strong until you figure out something else.
Frankie shakes his head and looks forward.
“So what about— this?” He motions between the two of you. It’s selfish. He knows it is. The more pressing issue is your safety and trying to convince you not to go back. But he has to say something. Just to see where you’re at.
“Do we just forget about it? Tom isn’t going to let me anywhere near you after this. I can’t willingly let you go back knowing what he’s done. If something were to happen to you and I allowed you to go back with him? It’d be my fault. I can’t. I won’t let anything happen to you.”
You see where he is coming from, but you have to do this. There’s no other way at this moment. So you say the only thing you know he won’t argue with—
“But this is the choice I’m making Frankie. You have always respected me. More than anyone I’ve known. You’ve always let me make my own decisions. This is my choice—I….” Your voice starts to break.
You are so torn. You don’t want Tom. You never have. But you need more time to come up with another plan. You know that this decision will keep you from Frankie. Even before your kiss, you had enjoyed your time with him as a friend —He made you feel like a person and never asked for anything in return. This was going to hurt, and you hated to make him worry, but you had to do this.
“I need you to take me back.”
Frankie sees the resolve on your face and knows there’s no argument. He knows that nothing he says will change your mind.
Fucking Tom…. He’s got her so screwed up —Why is she doing this? His thoughts run away from him.
So many questions. He’s so conflicted. This is your life and you should be able to make your own decisions —even as reckless as they seem, Frankie had no right to stop you. He could try to change your mind, but the decision was yours.
“I can’t stop you, if it’s what you want. I will respect your decision, even if I don’t agree with it. But please, please, don’t hesitate to call me. Just let me know that you’re safe.”
“I will Frankie. Thank you.”
He nods once and grips the steering wheel, before starting the engine and backing out of the driveway.
You don’t realize how cold you are until the warm air from the vents starts to fog up the windshield. The adrenaline from the day has worn off, and you start shivering —It was later in the afternoon and you wanted to be back before dark if possible, but before long Frankie slows the truck to another stop.
You look up at the sound of your name to see Frankie staring down at his lap. When he looks over at you, he puts his hand over yours, just letting it rest there. You look down at your hands now and think about how nice this feels. Something so simple, just holding your hand. His palm is warm. Your small hand fitting easily within his grasp.
“Can I ask you something?”
You nod.
“This can’t happen again, can it..” Another statement. Another fact he’s realizing. Another selfish question that he already knows the answer to. Your nod of disappointment only confirms the truth of it.
“Tom is going to be worse and more controlling than before, I’m worried I won’t even be able to see my mother on Wednesdays. But, I have to try Frankie. I have to figure this out on my own.”
“But you don’t have to do it alone — Please, let me help you…”
“Frankie, please don’t.”
He shakes his head, but it has no merit.
“Ok, I’m sorry. But I’m here and all you have to do is let me know and I’ll be there.”
The next words come out without you even realizing it as you brush his hair to the side, “I’m really going to miss you.”
He turns his head into your hand so that your fingers are on his lips —He kisses your fingertips and a tear escapes down your cheek.
Frankie grabs your hand and pulls you to him slowly. He wipes your tears away and kisses your lips. It’s full of everything he wants, but can’t bring himself to say. Don’t leave. Stay. Don’t do this. Don’t go back. And finally—
—I’m going to miss you too.
Frankie’s kiss becomes more frantic. He’s trying to soak up as much of you as possible. He’s saying goodbye.
By the time you finally pull apart, your cheeks are wet and your eyes are puffy. Neither of you are ready to let go, but you have to — You have to get back and deal with the reality of your situation.
—
The drive is over before you’re even close to being ready. The sun is just starting to set when Frankie pulls into your driveway.
Tom's truck is gone and you breathe a sigh of relief at having some time to compose yourself. When you look over at Frankie, you grab his arm, lightly squeezing in reassurance. He grabs your hand then, and brings it to his lips, placing a long wistful kiss against your skin. He never breaks eye contact with you, until you slowly pull your hand away to open your door and he clears his throat.
“I’ll uh, I’ll be here. Just be safe. Please.”
His words are short and clipped like he’s just trying to get through this as quickly as possible.
“I will. Thank you Frankie.”
Frankie’s nod is curt before he faces forward again and you know it’s what you deserve for doing this to him. It stings, but you don’t fault him for it. You didn’t really give him a choice.
You give a slight nod back before getting out of the truck and closing the door. You wave one last goodby before heading up the porch steps and going inside. You don’t look back and as soon as you hear his truck pull away, the tears flow freely and you just let yourself take it all in. You slowly sink to the floor with your head buried in your hands. This wasn’t fair. You’ve never allowed yourself anything. Always putting someone else before you — you deserved to be happy too. There had to be some way to end this. Without your mother suffering the consequences.
You slowly gather your thoughts together until you hear the sound of Tom’s truck pulling into the driveway. You stand up, slowly bracing yourself for whatever was going to happen next.
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MICKEYYYY I’M EMERGING FROM THE BLANKET FORT HAPPILY i come with gifts :33 🍡🍡🧋🧋🌻🌻 i hope today is treating u as kindly as u deserve!!!
OK SOOOO since u finished great pretender there are things i Need to know……. journalist ari is here to interview u i am twirling my little pen and gazing at u fondly ….. first of all!!! i’m gonna have to know your general feelings on the show 👀👀 what did u think?? did u enjoy it??? any parts u especially liked/didn’t really like?? AND then i also need to know your top 3 characters + your favorite case/arc….. it’s extremely important to me.
anyways i love u here is a funny meme that made me think of u <333 they mean the world to me
HIHIHIHIHIIIII HII ARI MY ANGEL!!!! pls know that i love this fucking meme so much but what i love even more is that you sent it to me<3333 and that it made me think of you<33333 love u MWAH
i am now sitting very comfortably with my dr. pepper and i am ready to Go A Little Crazy. btw i am staring right into your eyes are you getting nervous yet little dove? /hj HERE GOES🔥🔥🔥
OKAY OKAY OKAY GREAT PRETENDER!!!!!!! I LIKED IT A LOT!!!!! the fact that they were speaking english in the beginning caught me so off guard i can't even explain it.......... lmao it was cute though!!
i think the second season was my favourite!!! i thought it was really nice how they took more time with the case although yes i understand that there was a lot happening overall so they needed to take more time but i kinda wish the first cases were a bit more drawn out too.... some parts felt a little rushed. like the literally the beginning?? edamura is stealing his wallet but now suddenly they're already in la and that all happened in like the first ten minutes??? that was a lot for a start. but overall i liked it!!!
as for my favourite characters...... look i am truly not immune to little skrunkly kitty cat guys with brown hair and brown hair okay...... edamura my sweetheart<33333333333 (just on a side note i love when ppl wear suits idk something about it just scratches my brain and he was constantly wearing one in the second one i loved it sm)
i felt soo bad by the end of the second one bc nobody treated him right:(((((((( like they didn't tell him anything:(((( yes whatever it was for "his safety" but that doesn't make it right okay:(((((((( like when he got betrayed by his dad after they rescued the kids for the first time???????? and then the whole boat thing??????? he had to watch his friends (fake) die???????? even worse he had to watch his own dad shoot them and then he himself shot his dad?????????? and all that for what??? "for his safety" yeah okay...... HE'S MY BABY:((( kittymura
so i definitely thought that he was gonna betray his friends in the end...................... i'm not saying he's a good guy............. but that old lady was treating him quite nicely wasn't she............. so yes i did think that that was gonna happen buT I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS STILL A PART OF THE PLOT IN THE END??????? so i was still bamboozled. in a good way i enjoyed that a lot bc i feel like i very often figure out things like this whether i want to or not so i don't get too surprised that often anymore but this did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WILL GIVE KITTYMURA HIS OSCAR I PROMISE I WILL!!!!!!!!!!!! like holy shit that scene was so good!!!!!!!!!!! i think u said u watched the dubbed one right? anyway i watched the subbed one and the voice acting was top tier in that one too!!!!!! when he starts laughing and saying that he finally bested the blonde bastard or whatever i got chills waaaa that was so fucking sick and then the best part!!!!!! the same u commented about too............. the one where he covering his eyes and then the hand drops over his lips 🥴🥴🥴 SO COOL HE ACTUALLY LOOKED MENACING THERE I LOVED IT SOOOO MUCH i won't lie i might've been rooting for him (sorry to my other beloveds...) but yeah that scene was amazing i was sitting so close to my computer screen i just couldn't pull myself away i was so into it
LAURENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAYYY YIPPEEEE YAYY!!!! MY FAVOURITE BISEXUAL CON-ARTIST. very gender if i do say so myself. i loveed him!!!!!!! i love suave and charismatic characters a lot i think i'm TRYING to project onto them yk. btw have i said that every time i have a job interview or anything alike i just think that i'm george clooney. i'm not even kidding. i just think of him in ocean's 11 and i repeat to myself that I Am A Charismatic Man Who Doesn't Speak Too Loudly Nor Too Fast I Smile And I Keep Eye Contact And I Make A Joke Here And There And I Will Get This Job Because I Am A Cool Guy btw i've gotten every job i have ever been interviewed for.
and i LOVEDDDDDD him in season two!!!!!!!!!! i loved loved loved his background story so much it's so good to see the suave guy who never fucks up.... fuck up. like when he was stammering at their first job plsssss that made me love him so much more. and to see him with dorothy too:((((((((((((((((((((((((( i thought they were really really cute!!! the speaks-too-much and the stares-fondly dynamic always gets me going<33333333 the way he treated dorothy and how sweet he was i almost cried what's new....
+ i just loved when he Showed Emotion. he always had a smile and he was constantly cracking jokes so it was good to see him upset too. made him more real ig.....
PLUSSSS JUNICHI SUWABE IS SOOOOO FUCKING GOOD AAAAAA PLEAAASEEEE HE NEEDS LIKE AN OSCAR TOO he did such a great job with laurent he fit him so well and just overall he's so fucking good like obviously him as sukuna BROOOOOOOOOOOOOO I GOT CHILLS LIKE EVERYTIME HE OPENED HIS MOUTH OKAY and ofc odasaku too............ whewww okay this is another side note bc idk i love voices so i recently also discovered that he voiced viktor from yuri on ice????????????????????? that made my eyes drop out of my head i think voice acting is so fucking sick how do you voice a guy like viktor (btw i've never actually seen it but i've seen clips) and then a mf LIKE SUKUNA THE NEXT DAY THAT'S SO COOOOOL WAAHH
wait also THE LAURENT AND EDAMURA DYNAMIC!!!!!!! INSANE ACTUALLY!!!! very funny and gay. the end of season two made me go very crazy.. like when edamura is losing it and pointing the sword at his dad and then laurent steps in waaaaaaaaaaaaa that was so cool and i loved all of the times when edamura thought he had bested laurent only to realize that that indeed was not the case lmao they're so cute i can't wait to see more of them!!!!
what da fuck i just scrolled up when did this get so long...........anyway my third favourite character drum roll pleaaaaseee..... ABBBIE!!!!!!! I LOVED HER SOO MUCHHH finally a female character who doesn't smile!!!!!!!!!!!!!! very refreshing to see it and what's even more refreshing was that they kept her like that for the whole thing!!!! i feel like typically they'd make her "break" or whatever by the end of the show......... yk like idk if they made edamura n her kiss or something. ew. definitely feels like if a normie would watch it that's what they'd hope for and i'm very glad they didn't give in to that!!!!!!!! not every female character needs a love interest!!!!! she and kittymura made very very good friends and i hope they stay that way!!!!!!
btw i loved cynthia too i am bringing her here aswell!!!!!!!!! i was a silly goose and i kinda spoiled the first plot twist for myself bc.......... when u mentioned her i might've googled her............. just for the looks i wanted to know it's her when i saw her but............. i didn't realize the whole twist was that you wouldn't know who she really was.................. she appeared as the fbi agent and i went waittt isn't this???? 😐😐😐😐😐 yes. yes. it is................................. that was completely on me that was stupid....
anyway i adored the painting arc a lot!!!! it was so sweet and again it let us see the mighty swindler in a way different light and i really appreciated that it can get a bit boring when the characters are JUST some cool people who are always Cool and Successful it's nice to see them have emotions like i said before
i wasn't a big fan of the dad......................... idk if it's really my own daddy issues kicking in but i hope edamura stays mad at him....... that's kinda petty i guess but he fucked up sooooooo badly aaaaaaaa. i get it ur friend dies but then you just completely abandon your family???? yeah okay you had like a masterplan and had other people taking care of your son buT HE'S STILL YOUR SON?????? HE WAS SO TINY BACK THEN AND THEN HE'S JUST WILLINGLY LETTING KITTYMURA GET INTO THESE BIG GIGS wahh okay something about it just doesn't sit right with me okay....... even if it all worked out in the end........... edamura deserved better......
OKAAAAAYYYYYY THIS GOT SO LONG I AM NOT SURPRISED. LONG STORY SHORT I LOVE KITTYMURA AND I LOVE BILAURENT. VERY FUN SHOW AND I AM THANKING YOUR FOR THE RECOMMENDATION MY LOVE!!!!! <33333333333
and we are now reversing the roles as i beg you to answer the same questions please please pretty please!!!!!
(this is my chance to tell u that i watched the first ep of haikyuu last night!!!!!! and i of course liked it a lot what a surprise..... hinata is soo cute very baby and the beef he and kageyama already had made me laugh so hard but i did only watch the first ep so i can't say more but trusttttt i will let you know when i have my favourites picked out hehe)
OKOK ENOUGH ENOUGH HERE'S SOME NICE WARM TEA FOR MY PRETTIEST IRIS ☕☕ oke maybe it's coffee actually either way it's a warm drink to keep you nice and.. warm!!!!! yk since i can't be there to hug you or whatever😒😒😒 ANDDDD HERE'S A 🧁 BC YOU NEED SOMETHING SWEET I KNOW YOU DO!!!!! no rush with the reply bc this turned into a novel but yeah!!! can't wait to hear more of your thoughts!!!! I LOVE YOJUUUUU<3333
+ they're hugging<33333333 kittymura is just surprised but we both know he hugs him right back<33333333333
#HELLLLOOOOOOO YAPNATION#who wants to read my book#damn this got so long#it's fun though#i love kittymura#and laurent#super gay#and super pathetic#which is which#who knows#anyway#THANK YOU FOR BEING MY LITTLE JOURNALIST ARI THIS WAS SO CUTE#made me think of journalist!gojo i won't lie............ i miss him#WAHHH#OKAY#MANY WORDS AS ALWAYS#I LOVE U MWAHHHH#ari <3#friends!!
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i watched tristam only & haven't seen manga/OG anime (yet) and like.... i think even /i/ can see that tristam isn't super great of an adaption ? i might just be using this as an excuse to complain... i feel like vash's characterization was kind of sporadic..? like the pilot ep he seems goofy and full of personality, but for the rest of the season, it's kind of ... never touched on again ?? after watching, i could recall his personality less than the plot... i dunno! i haven't been giving this a Lot of thought, & this is more of a feeling rather than a solidified opinion
oh vash's character was 100% sporadic and i also have problems recalling his personality over plot.
as someone who just recently consumed everything but the movie (which i still have to track down), tristam is a terrible adaption not just from a point of view of a fan of trigun but also just from a storytelling point?
like i said before they dont bother setting everything up and rely on you filling in gaps with knowledge of the previous trigun content. while the manga had some pretty terrible pacing at times, it did have the necessary "filler" to give some meaning to vash the stampede and his outlaw reputation, his amazing gun skills, and his pacifist nature. and the anime does a perfect job actually making that filler make sense and it adds so much to the story and gives the audience time to get attached to all the characters.
when the anime and manga introduce vash, they immediately set the viewer up with vash's common reputation and his insane bounty and then disprove that reputation time and time again, yet still showing how vash could have gotten that reputation. but then theres also the fact that everyone and their mother knows vash fucking leveled a city and that contradicts the vash theyve been showing and the man vash proves himself to be. he cries whenever anyone tries to kill anyone else, he strips down naked and pretends to be a dog to stop a guy from killing a girl even though it has a pretty low chance of actually convincing the guy not to, he beats himself up when someone does end up dying even after he saves so many lives.
and so youre like surely the whole city leveling was also something blown out of proportion, surely he was fighting someone else or something but no. HE REALLY DID NUKE A CITY.
and stampede has NONE of this, idk how they got away with it? and since theres no setting things up, all of his "ooo fancy gun skills" actually strike me as something very average cause we've only seen like three guys top actually shoot a gun and most of them were inhumanly strong characters.
theres also no oomph to the scenes besides pretty animation. vash feels incredibly flat, meryl's backstory doesn't make any sense, there was no attempt to attach us to roberto, and the changes made to vash and knives power takes away from the story?
idk theres just a lot wrong with tristamp, i highly recommend going on youtube and watching the anime. im hoping what im linking right now is the english dub, but just watch this scene where vash sings
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Pls pls pls write an Empires season 1 Lizzie and Joel with a baby dragon reader
btw I love your other fic with hermitcraft <333333
I know the constellations
just a short drabble because I found this ask really cute !
Summary: Lizzie finds a baby on the beach and she tells joel they're keeping them .
[Pt1] || Pt2
Lizzie remembers finding you on the beach one day waiting for Joel. At first she thought you were a toy with how small you were. But when you coughed up water she quickly changed her pace rushing over to pick you up.
In her arms you were so small she could hardly believe it as she cradled you in her arms. She checked for gills and fins to see if you were one of her own but when she found them she found herself angry. A fishing hook in one of the gills on your torso and several years in the finning that lined your arms.
When Joel showed up Lizzie seemed absolutely livid. Joel didn't seem to understand why.
'"Joel, I found a baby on the beach , we're keeping them!"*.
"Okay sure "
Lizzie was pretty surprised to actually hear him agree and when she handed you to Joel , he immediately dubbed you their Prime. As he coddled you in his arms. Lizzie had to. Show him how to do it.
Lizzie offered to take you back to the Prisma Palace and insure that your wounds were treated properly, whatever fisher folk had done this to you, their ship would never see another sailing day.
Lizzie continued to enjoy her time with Joel for a little while longer before pressing a kiss to his forehead and diving. Leaving Joel just as lovestruck as when he first met her.
Lizzie had her finest healers take care of you and after careful observation it was concluded you were a dragon hybrid though now to lizzie your lack of wings made since. The books had told of long aquatic dragons with fins rather than large wings that carried one above the sky. These dragons had dark almost night sky colored scales . Your scales certainly had some better days, but the ones that held up true also had small white touches to them .
Thus Lizzie's nicknames for you had become little star. She hoped to see you grow into a strong dragon. Her only concern now was informing her brother however. She was also more than certain that Joel would be babbling on about how they have an heir to their thrones should anything ever happen.
She decided she'd leave her kingdom in the hands of her advisors as she brought you to shore again . She doubted she'd get over how small and fragile you looked in her arms.
When she ran over to Joel's humble place. She groaned as she ran into clone after clone though when she found Joel he gently set you in his arms
"We're both taking care of them, our little star"
"I wonder if they could drink Azalean tea?"
"Joel, no you're going to poison them!"
Jimmy when he found out was enamored by you also the fact that he was an uncle.
"Can I hold them please, I promise I won't drop them!"
"Jimmy Timothy Solidarity Shadow if you drop our baby-"
"does your baby have a name ?"
"Uhh, of course, their name is-"
"Y/N Jim their name is Y/N"
Both lizzie and Jimmy witnessed your first proper swim followed by all of them watching your first steps out of the water and over to Joel . Lizzie swears it's because he had something shiny in his hands. To be honest they planned to keep you a secret from the server and raise you in solitude between themselves, with Jimmy visit. You didn't need to know of the demon currently plaguing the many different kingdoms, you were barely learning to write they couldn't do that to you. Regardless they both love their little constellation to the stars, the sea and back.
#x reader#x child reader#x dragon reader#dragon#dragon reader#empires smp#empires season 1 lizzie#empires season 1 Joel#empires x reader#minecraft#platonic#fruit writes
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Ok I did a post on my headcanons for OrangeJuiceVerse Stan not too long ago, and uhhhhh it’s Kyle’s turn.
• This mf has a whole complex about needing to “save” everyone around him, his whole life, and his partner receives the height of that. Kenny also got the brunt of it for a time, and Kyle considered himself and Stan to be their friend’s surrogate parents. He still worries, even though Kenny is a self made man later.
• on a similar note, Kyle is particularly protective of those he cares for, but not really himself. Once, in middle school, Cartman thought he was being funny and called Stan a “washed up alcoholic just like his father” and Kyle FUCKING DECKED HIM. It took half the schoolyard to break them up, and landed him in anger management counseling for a hot minute. That incident was also what triggered Cartman to work on himself a little, and Kyle will always be proud of that.
• For a while, Kyle was EXTREMELY pissed that he never grew taller than 5’7, and was the smallest on the basketball team until the one season Kenny joined, and he actually resented Sheila for giving him “short angry ginger genes” but he doesn’t mind so much when he grows up. He is still terrified of being perceived as weak, though.
•that whole thing gets worse whenever he has a bad leg day, and he deflects onto those around him harder than ever when he’s feeling vulnerable. He’s pretty guarded by nature, and hates needing help sometimes.
•the guy has ocd. It shows itself more when he’s stressed.
•IS NOT a fan of the outdoors, but puts up with hikes and camping trips for Stan’s sake.
•if you ask what his biggest fear is, he’ll usually say something along the lines of “not leaving an impact on the world”. OJV Kyle needs to be needed, and genuinely tries to be a positive influence. (Btw if u ask Stan the same question, he says “losing Kyle”) fuck.
•Kyle is THE number one hypeman for his friends, and especially his partner, and he can talk up a storm about any of them. He’s just so proud of everyone in his life, and gets way too worked up.
•he tends to overthink everything, particularly back in high school, with his relationship with Stan. However, he did make the first move, newly confident and smitten after his super best friend was so supportive and sweet during his eating disorder treatment. He asked if he could kiss him, Stan said yes, they kissed, Stan said “thanks, dude”, burst into tears, and then Kyle laughed as he held him. The moment was mentioned in their wedding speeches, and Stan cried again. Kyle holds that kiss close to his heart forever.
•Kyle HATES when people shut him out, because how is he supposed to be there for them otherwise? He gets scared every time Stan goes through a Sad Sack episode, because he can’t lose him either.
•diabetic Kyle frfr, and after the ed, he got a dexcom. Cartman called him a “jewbot”, and that was the last time Kyle kicked his ass. He does like not having to inject his insulin himself, but hates the constant reminder on his body that he’s stuck with a condition he can’t get rid of.
•Stan and Kenny participated in blood drives whenever they could as teenagers and in college, and while Kyle couldn’t for obvious reasons, he was there to drive them to and from, make sure they ate, and to make way too big a deal about it. The two of them, and even Cartman, donated in his name senior year, just so he could still get a red cord for graduation. He cried in public, and felt embarrassed.
•NEVER considered himself to be that much of an animal person, but when Stan came home with a little brown cat he’d already dubbed “Moose” for the sake of being funny, Kyle fell in love. He likes having something to take care of that won’t object to his overbearingness.
•he loves to play video games but DESPISES anything puzzle based. As smart as he is, he gets frustrated easily and happily lets Stan take over anything that doesn’t have explicit instructions.
•speaking of instructions, he’s a great cook and picked up a love of it growing up. His mother taught him all she knows, and the precise nature of baking in particular calms him.
•his love language is ABSOLUTELY words of affirmation, and he has that in common with Tweek. Stan can be incredibly oblivious sometimes, and Kyle’s had more than a few breakdowns over the years about having to ask to be told he’s doing a good job, that he’s a worthwhile person, and his heart breaks every time Stan gets apologetic over not validating him enough. He was unbelievably giddy that Stan said “I love you” first.
•Kyle didn’t think he’d like pet names, but being called “baby”, and “darling” make him melt. “Dude” is also something that gained a romantic meaning, and holy shit he goes wild for Stan calling him “my love” in elvish. They love roleplaying, especially Stan’s nerd ass, but Kyle is competitive about not being the first to break character. Usually all it takes is Kyle being tender with his “knight” for Stan to lose it, and it’s hilarious.
•he pretends to hate the dumbass puns Stan makes whenever something needs fixing around the house, but the toolbelt, rolled up sleeves, and yes, the jokes about “drilling” get him hot and bothered. Not quite as much as the elf king/ knight roleplay, but STILL.
•they’re both incredibly loud during sex. Their first time was awkward and took hours to figure out, and Mister Brightside was playing once they got the hang of it. He also loves that Stan let’s him take the lead when it comes to intimacy, never wanting to let Kyle feel at the mercy of a bigger man unless he explicitly asks for it. They check in with each other constantly and it’s very sweet. Moose is not allowed in the room until they’re both dressed again.
•Kyle runs hot when he sleeps but doesn’t like to walk around shirtless. He runs hot in general, really, which is why Kenny and Stan clung to him all the time growing up in the snow. Will not turn the heat on in his car unless it’s truly below freezing.
•so. The orange juice thing. The Kyle Matthew Broflovski Special came into existence because even though he CONSISTENTLY denies it, he’s rather picky and prone to nostalgia. His favorite cup is cracked and faded, but the Terrance and Phillip on the side are still clear as day in his heart. He claims that nothing gets his blood sugar up when it’s too low like orange juice with seven ice cubes and a pinch of salt, other than the sweet kiss from Stan he receives along with it.
•started off in premed in college, but his first psychology class had him hooked. Any way he can help other people, he’s there.
•quit the basketball team senior year of hs for a few reasons. He was nose to the grindstone academically, wasn’t the player he used to be prior to fucking up half the tendons in his knee, and though he’d never tell him, the main reason he quit when he did was in solidarity with Stan. Because Stan broke his throwing arm early into his last ever football season, and Kyle wasn’t about to let him miss out on sports alone. He was always a little jealous about how well his boyfriend healed from that, but the pair had always been that way. Stan bounced back where Kyle didn’t, and vice versa.
•after that first AA meeting he attended with Stan, he didn’t drink for a long time. Partly out of support (and fear) but partly because he didn’t know if that was allowed and he didn’t want to ask. It wasn’t until Kenny and Marj’s wedding a few months later, when Kenny apologized profusely for not thinking about the open bar being a potential trigger, and Stan assuring him that it was fine, that he wasn’t upset and wouldn’t care if others around him drank, that Kyle had a few glasses of wine. He then proceeded to let the love of his life fuck him over the hotel counter, twist his bad knee in his tipsy carelessness, and allow his knight in shining armor to carry him to the truck the next morning. They both found it funny, Kyle letting go in celebration like he had, but their own wedding was strictly dry. Randy was kicked out by an angry Kyle halfway through the reception for daring to bring a flask. Craig and Kyle have outstanding bistro meetups when their husbands are at AA. they don’t order more than a few drinks.
• People tend to cry a lot around him, but he likes being their safe space. With the kids at the school where he works, and with his friends and husband.
•Kyle came out as gay in 8th grade, first to Stan, then to his mom, and then to the rest of the people in his life. No one was even a little surprised, but he didn’t care. Kenny was already out as pan, Marj following shortly after with accepting that she was actually a girl, and Stan had admitted that he wasn’t particularly straight shortly before confessing his feelings to Kyle. Wendy knew before him, which Kyle was only a little offended by.
•he acts like he hates being told he’s attractive, but is actually really insecure and slightly vain about his appearance. That wasn’t the reason behind the high school ed, even though some people (Cartman) thought it was. General feelings of inferiority, overcompensation; Kyle’s all to familiar with the lingo.
•OLDEST. DAUGHTER. COMPLEX. Kyle’s not a daughter, but the baggage of that mindset with him is wild.
•stress cleans. Stan can usually get him to calm down, but he’s the only one who can.
•his relationship with Cartman changed dramatically as they grew up, and his longtime frenemy had his own way of caring by the time they all were teenagers. He was still blunt and crass, an asshole, but maintained that HE was the only one allowed to rip on the guys. Kyle actually stopped calling him “fatass” for a while after outpatient, until Cartman complained about him being an “overly sensitive little anorexic bitch now” and that “he wasn’t a snowflake like that”. That exchange was what told him that Cartman was just as reluctant for anything to change as he was.
•he’s really close with Wendy and Bebe, Tolkien, Clyde, everyone from their class really. His original friend group, now with the addition of Craig and Tweek, will always be the closest.
•Kyle was the one who suggested the apartment complex that he and Stan moved to after college. The older couples who lived there were more than happy to meet some “young folks”, and they all do fireworks and a parking lot party on holidays. Stan mans the grill unless Kenny drives down to join, and wears Kyle’s stupid Star of David apron. It’s hot, and he definitely gets rewarded for it after the celebrations die down.
•Kyle still doesn’t keep kosher, because he doesn’t like to stare at ingredients and nutrition information on packaging, which Stan refers to as “the food lore”. If something might be iffy for him as a diabetic, whoever he’s with checks, and only tells him enough to know if he’s going to need to compensate medically. He started attending synagogue more often after Stan started his sobriety journey, and definitely maintains his faith. It’s comforting to believe in a higher power, even if that means relenting some control.
•the “Style Wedding” is an odd mix of traditional and non traditional things, naturally, but Kyle wears a yarmulke with his elf king crown and smashes the glass after vows. They cut the cake with a sword from the scabbard Stan wore with his suit, and The Reins of Castamere is strictly forbidden from the dj station. Kyle sometimes wishes they would’ve splurged for New Zealand for the honeymoon, but they wanted to take that particular trip when they were older.
• Kyle gets oddly close with Shelley over the years, and doesn’t complain that she calls him “turdling”. It’s nice to have an older sibling, and they truly argue like siblings.
•speaking of, Ike and Stan RELISH in being obnoxious on rp games. Kyle will wake up for water at 3 am to hear Stan in the office talking in a ridiculous accent and wander in to watch him wreak havoc on an innocent gta server as “Mattress Mike” or something. It’s really cute how into roleplay his husband can get, especially teamed up with his nuisance of a little brother.
•Kyle thinks he’s a good driver, but the road rage is terrifying. He’s a fantastic passenger princess, though.
•he can out argue everyone on this planet excluding his mother, and WILL. He’s not very big or intimidating, but he’s scarily smart and goes for the throat. When he and Stan fight, it’s incredibly petty and doesn’t last long, but they know each other too well not to know how to cut deep. Kyle regrets his part in any conflict every time.
• At his core, Kyle cares too much about everything. Is that a bad thing? Sometimes. But more often than not, it’s something he likes about himself.
This is so many hcs I’m sorry lmao but just… KYLE
and here’s the link to OrangeJuiceVerse if anyone’s down, it’s my favorite ongoing au that I’ve come up with
#south park#fandom#sp fanfiction#style au#ao3 shit#my shit#headcanons#help i love kyle#i had to#this is so much#but like style#I’m such a Kyle gremlin#ramblings#PastorCraigEnjoyer#series#OrangeJuiceVerse#totally not even sorry#this is so long
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...So....about the first episode of RWBY Volume 9...
So after a long wait, the day has finally come. RWBY has returned with the first episode of its new season and naturally, this squiggle meister watched it and I have some thoughts.
Now it's literally the first episode so, overall, I wasn't exactly expecting much from it. I will say this though. I do love the new opening theme. I love the song---props to Casey Lee Williams on her first solo on a RWBY opening without her dad---and I also love the visuals featured in the opening from what we the audience can expect to come from this new season.
I think my main take away from this opening were two key things:
{SPOILERS AHEAD! NUFF SAID}
Ruby's dwindling emotional state and the arrival of a mysterious new girl. For now, I’m simply going to dub this mystery girl as Alice because clearly she’s going to be our Alice in Wonderland inspired character.
Okay, let’s start with Ruby:
Ooof! I gotta say. Watching this opening as a Ruby fan was rough because, right out the gate, you can definitely tell that this season is going to hit Ruby the hardest.
I’m used to seeing Ruby so full of spirit. The one to lead the charge and steer everyone on the right path. However; this time, Ruby isn't that person anymore.
You can clearly tell over the course of the opening how much further and further Ruby begins to drift and detract from the group---her confidence waning as she becomes more wary and gives into…whatever is happening to her in the Ever After.
Since the world is called the “Ever After” and was described as a fairy tale, according to Blake, does the mechanics of this mysterious world work similarly to a fairy tale where there will be good and bad endings to outsiders who happen to fall into that world?
I guess what I’m curious about is if there will be consequences to those who weren’t born in the Ever After? Y’know like it’s almost like an Infinity Train or Over the Garden Wall type of scenario where despite being a whimsical world on the surface, what the Ever After actually is is something that could be potentially dangerous to those who weren’t born in that world.
Like the longer an outsider stays in the Ever After without resolving whatever problems they’re supposed to figure out about themselves within that world, the more lost they become until eventually they lose themselves completely and become something else entirely---something inhuman and monstrous.
Thus getting a bad ending for themselves.
This is what makes me extra curious about the strange creature that we also saw in the first episode---The Jabberwalker.
"...Seeking...Searching...Scowering...Stalking..."
I dunno but…the very nature of this Jabberwalker fascinates me.
Imagine if…turning into a Jabberwalker is the fate of those who get bad endings and become lost to the Ever After?
They just turn into this monstrous creature and spend the rest of their days searching for something that they will never ever find cause they already lost themselves a long time ago.
This is why I’m digging the thought of there being consequences to the Ever After and why I’m concerned for Ruby’s mental state.
If Ruby continued on this path she’s in, what would happen to her?
Would she end up trapped in the Ever After forever while her friends returned to Remnant without her?
Or would she turn into a Jabberwalker and become a wandering soul lost to the Ever After?
These are things I’m curious about cause it could make for a very compelling story. But since this is RWBY, I don’t want t assume too much from just the first episode.
The most I will say is that the V9 opening is a sign that, if Ruby is not too careful, she could end up succumbing to her negative emotions and getting a bad ending for herself…if that is the way things are going to go.
Compared to the rest of RWBY---Blake, Weiss and Yang--- who all seemed the more optimistic ones for once, Ruby was the one who seemed the most despondent and its this detail that I found quite compelling since Ruby has always been portrayed as a beacon of hope---the one to guide everyone and keep them going through the darkness.
And this is what also makes this mysterious new Alice girl character so interesting to me too.
I know it would be easier to write off this Alice girl as a newfound ally to RWBY, similar to Little, as she seems innocent enough on the surface, y’know what I mean?
Just another young human girl who mysteriously ended up in the Ever After like the others and has to find her way home somehow.
However, given how this girl is portrayed in the opening in comparison to Ruby, I can’t help but feel like this Alice character is a threat somehow.
At least…a threat to Ruby in terms of her emotions, how she’s feeling and how she will continue to feel over the course of the season.
On this matter, I have two theories:
Either this mystery Alice girl is going to turn out be a sort of antagonist---like maybe she’s Neo in disguise or someone Neo tricked into helping her by messing with RWBY while they were lost in the Ever After, mainly targeting Ruby?
Or perhaps...a more farfetched theory would be that the Ever After isn’t actual a real world and is one big illusion concocted by Neo to mess with Ruby and her friends.
I mean, I highly doubt that last one is it but overall, I think the OP made it very clear that Neo will be our main big bad for this stand alone season; playing the role of not the Queen of Hearts but more so our Mad Hatter.
I’m just trying to figure out what her connection to this Alice girl will be because clearly there is a connection. There are just certain moments in that opening that made me think that there is something between these Neo and Alice:
Either it's that...or perhaps this Alice girl will zero ties to Neo at all and will just be there to pose a problem to Ruby.
There were moments in the OP that showed the Alice girl leading RWBY through the Ever After instead of Ruby.
This just makes me feel like Alice is going to contribute to Ruby’s negative state. Like Alice is going to be the embodiment of who Ruby used to be---the optimistic leader and that will probably be a hard pill for Ruby to swallow since she will probably begin to not feel like herself anymore and may even begin to question who she truly is.
Whether she even belongs with her team or maybe they’re better off with the Alice girl taking her place and becoming the new her or something like that.
I dunno, this OP just gave me so many thoughts to think about on that subject. But for now, this is what I have to say in a nutshell:
I don’t trust the mystery Alice girl character featured in the OP. To me, her very presence and existence feels highly suspicious because I feel like she could turn out to be Neo or someone working with Neo. And if she’s neither of those things then my other guess is that she will cause problems for Ruby. Whether intentionally or not, I feel like Alice will be a rival for Ruby and have a negative impact on her; contributing to a lot of her emotional turmoil and insecurities about herself for this season.
That’s my guess.
Other than that, not much else to say except a few last minute points:
Already I'm digging this volume from a visual standpoint. I can already tell that I'm going to be gushing ALOT over all the visual development art and background/environment designs for this season and I can't wait to see all the fantastic work the CRWBY team put into this aspect of the season.
I have no idea what Jaune’s purpose for this season is going to be.
Admittedly, out of everyone else, he seems the most out of place to me because I don’t know what his story is going to be and how all of that will tie into everything else to go on in the Ever After.
I don’t hate Jaune as a character. I just hated how he was used in V8 which left me questioning why he’s even here for V9 in the Ever After. But I guess I’ll find out more as the story progresses.
I’m bummed that we won’t get to see the other characters for this season---no Nora, no Ren, no Emerald and of course, no Oscar. The Pinehead in me is definitely saddened by this but hopefully the development for Ruby that was promised for this season will make up for it.
And yeah, that’s it for me to say for now. See ya’ll for the next episode.
~LMS (2023)
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Hi! I hope you’re having a good day/night/morning!
So, I I need to share my thoughts with someone before I burst, and you’re always posting your thoughts, current and past, on destiel, so I’m hoping you can sympathize. Of course, you’re free not to read or post if you don’t feel like it (and I know you don’t need my permission for that either 🤦♀️ ).
So, I’m currently watching a reactor watch Supernatural who ships destiel. I’ve almost quit a few times due to annoyance, but they are otherwise entertaining and generally try (or tried) not to bring it up too often, and it’s now on season 15, so I’m locked in until the end. They just watched the episode "Last Call" where Dean is suddenly a good singer. Of course, they mentioned "bi lighting" and "subtext" because of course Dean can’t hang out with a male friend, especially one John caught him drinking with and got "mad" without it being because he was caught doing something "gay." 🙄 Not just because it was, you know, stupid to get drunk on a hunt. Plus being hungover for a hunt isn’t exactly ideal, even if Dean was old enough (he might have been). .
Anyway, this person actually used the words "I’m winning" in reference to the episode because Jensen (not Dean) sang, Sam was hanging back with Eileen, and Dean was chilling under the "bi lighting, " apparently. All I could think was, I’ve been literally watching this destiel shipper turn into a heller before my eyes over the months. And of course, they ship Sam and Eileen and were so happy that Dean went off to give them time alone 🙄 . It’s like heller brains only have one accepted scenario, and once they get in too deep, they become a clone of the rest.
Naturally, they want the show to end with Dean and Cass off on a beach (never mind that Dean mentioned wating Sam in that scenario) and mostly out of hunting, but not to get away from Sam, no. He’s there, too. Somewhere. Teaching the new hunters with Eileen or … something. It’s so ridiculous that they think this will/should happen. 1) When has the show ever hinted at a conventionally happy, or even happy at all, ending? 2) Dean would sooner gnaw off his own arm than semi-retire with Castiel on a beach while Sam continues in the hunting world without him. 3) Dean hasn’t wanted a romantic relationship since Lisa. 4) People who think Sam would want to continue hunting, on his own, if Dean stopped or semi-retired haven’t been paying attention to the show. I even saw one of their idiot followers saying Sam was alway better at adapting to hunting while Dean has always wanted out. 👀.
Anyway, I got ready to write a reply arguing against their idiotic ideas, but then I stopped and realized there was no point. There is literally no point trying to talk sense into people who spend so much time looking for hints and parallels pointing to the things they want (less codependent brothers and destiel) that they ignore the very literal and easy to follow canon, or actual text, of the show. It was a breakthrough fir me. There. Is. No. Point.
So, I deleted my planned response and just thought to myself, "You just enjoy your 'winning" honey, while you can." Because they are going to absolutely HATE the end of the show, and I’m just petty enough to be looking forward to seeing it. Does that make me a shitty person?
I realize it’s my own fault I’m annoyed right now, but I can’t just quit watching something once I’ve gotten this far, so I’ll have to suffer through (not looking forward to Despair 🙄) until the end.
Anyway, If you took the time to read this, thank you. I just needed to share this with someone.
This was an enjoyable ask, my darling. ❤️
LMAO, yes it is amazing the way that hellers 'see' the show.
Even now, almost three years after the finale, they still think destiel became canon because of the dubs and THEY had a 'wedding'.
Please let me know how they reacted to the 'confession' and the finale. 😆
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Answering asks #3
I got some wonderful asks recently and finally go around to answering them :D!
@sweetstrawberrytea This makes me really happy :'D it's so rare to see Kuroshitsuji fans who are also Umineko fans! We gotta do something and create more overlap fr fr (doing my part with my silly crossover arts XD) In any case thank you so much <33
@aeowolfestheater Thank you :'D I resonate with your comic struggles ;w; while yes I have drawn pages of my comic many times (entire chapters too), I'm stuck in this reboot hell, where I am never satisfied with what I make so I keep redoing it... over... and over again... SO I GET U!!! But it's ok! We have so much time to do our comics and other passion projects, I really wouldn't stress over doing it asap! It's ok to take things slowly and not rush into it (trust me ik)!
Thank you also for liking my Grelle art <33 Always happy to hear that!!
You mention you wanna see all of my art, idk how serious that is, but I do have a lot more art, just not on this account. I usually go by Katrinci online, so you can find a lot of my older art searching that username! Some of it is kinda embarressing, a lot of it is art I did as a kid and I cringe. But ykno! If you wanna look for more there u go!
In any case feel free to use my art as references or for studying if you want!!! I don't mind at all, you can even trace it for practice (though please don't post any traced art if you do). In any case thank you for this sweet message !!! :'D
@shadowalkingschemer AAA this is so cool to hear!!! I assume you haven't played Umineko and just watched the animatic/song because it interested you after watching my Grelle amv? That's actually so cool you have no idea :'D
To answer your question- I haven't thought about it! Mostly because Kuroshitsuji actually does have an official series of musicals, so I didn't think my contribution was necessery? But... I kinda wanna do it know... I'm not sure which songs I would use but I wanna do it...
Thank you for inspiring me XD I'll ponder about this!
@melodyofthevoid HI!! It's been awhile Melody :D Omg how did you come across my blog? Through my (occasional) Invader Zim drawings on this blog or? 👀
In any case I've been mostly good! Kinda directionless atm honestly. That's why I started a Tumblr again! It's good to have a space where I can just draw fanart and have fun without stressing abt online art career stuff lfkghfds. It's a chill relaxation area here!
Anyhow thank you so much :') I hope you've been well too!!! Sorry for the late reply btw! I answer my asks in a batch, I hope u don't mind!
Wishing you all the best <3!!
Aww thank you for thinking I'm cool anon! But sadly I have to decline! I only befriend people online veeery occassionally after being mutuals with them for at least a month or few (and even then that's not guaranteed). I worry about befriending people who already know me, but I don't know them at all ;_; it's too parasocial for me sorry!
I am so sorry anon... I may have given you a false impression of what Black Butler is about... It is sadly not about the cool red haired lady... She's actually barely in it... And the show does not treat her with respect usually... I'm so sorry for the false advertisement pls forgive me </3
Sure thing anon!
These are all the ones I have saved on my computer!!
@zoeyfoster-blog Omg I'm extremely biased, but I would say yes. For one, GX is a comedic masterpiece especially if you watch the dub. Yes the dub takes itself way less seriously and changes a lot of stuff from the canon japanese version BUT. It's so funny. It's so so so funny. Other then that I mean, GX is just a fun show with fun characters. I love the characters dearly (Chazz it up for life), but it's not like. The most brilliant piece of media out there. It's a pretty standard show for kids really. Though it get's really angsty and dark in seasons 3-4. Idk I really love it personally. If I were you, I'd watch s1, maybe early season 2 dubbed, because those parts of the show are a lot more silly and watching them dubbed would make it more funny/enjoyable. But def switch to sub on the more serious episodes like those in s3. Also thank you for liking my art :'D!!
@anawkwardlady Whenever we talk and are totally normal about Higurashi characters years are added to my lifespan <3
I actually haven't heard of it before! Thank you for the song rec!! I listened to it and yeah.. yeah heavy Natsuhi vibes.
Speaking of Umineko-esq Mitski songs, I think Me and My Husband is a very Sayo coded song? I actually thought about making an animatic of that song with her...
Anyhow thank you for sharing this thoiught!!
Thank you so much anon!!! And hang it there! You are getting your own post where I draw Finny and explain my art process while drawing it! I will do it as soon as possible, please be patient :'D!!
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hey there! thank you so much for this gem of a blog. I look forward to your posts. my fav type of fic is really tropey dubcon (think sex pollen / something made them do it / non con drug use, etc) where they both actually do want it so, even tho one always feel guilty, there’s a happy ending. do you have any recs along those lines? Thank you 💕
Hi Nonnie! You didn't specify a ship so we've included a variety. We're also not sure if you have read these before, because we started our hunt in some predictable tags (sex pollen, fuck or die, bad guys made them do it, etc). You didn't include omegaverse in your trope list, but some has been included here because heats provide a lot of fodder for this type of dubcon. The dubious-ness of the consent varies in the fics listed here so please read with care and attention to ships, summary, and tags for content. There is also our previous dub con rec list to review from back in August!
Pollen Season by Dracothelizard [E], 8k
An exploration mission Stede goes on with Roach and Lucius goes terrible wrong.
Or terribly right.
The Fucking Tea by Dracothelizard [E], 21k
Calico Jack gives Stede some aphrodisiac tea and leaves to shore with the rest of the Revenge crew, whoever can possibly help Stede with his unbridled horniness?
(It's Ed.)
Unnamed mutual noncon (Ed/Stede) by Dracothelizard [E], 686
This is a ficlet that ends before anything explicit occurs, and therefore before there's any chance to discuss and come to a true happy ending. There are a few other dubcon ficlets in this collection - sift through and proceed with attention to the chapter titles.
We Do Not Follow Maps to Buried Treasure by CartoonMayor (aka @zombee) [E], 5.6k
Stede is taking Ed on another treasure hunt to some supposed sea god's cave.
Things do not go as planned.
Let your yes be yes by emzash [E], 3.9k
Can’t we talk about this?” Stede asks, like there are any words that exist to solve this problem.
“What the fuck, no we can’t talk about it,” Ed says. “I need you. You’re here. Can we just get on with it?”
“You need me now,” Stede tells him. “But what about when your heat is over? What then?”
“You can leave me again straight after,” Ed says, refusing to let the hurt surface over the desperate need in his body. “Don’t worry Stede. I don’t expect anything else."
Do You Need Anybody by sinuous_curve [E], 4.6k
Heat catches Ed by surprise as a cramp that cuts him deep down in the pit of his belly.
Ed does not need a helping hand. Stede's offering anyway.
lord, my body has been a good friend by mtothedestiel [E], 4.6k
Stede is like a walking nest.
A Push, A Shove by LeatherCropTop [E], 25k
Stede was never particularly good at being an alpha. He thinks of himself as others always have, a worthless, incapable excuse for an alpha. After he meets Ed, that starts to change. The two of them fall in love, circling each other for days on end, but neither of them makes a move. Then Stede's behavior begins to change in a way like never before, unbeknownst to himself. The alpha instincts begin to trickle out until, like the flick of a switch, he suddenly goes feral.
Even for an alpha like Stede, turning feral is ravenous and being anywhere near them is dangerous, but the only way for a feral alpha to go back to normal is for them to mate and if the alpha doesn't mate in time, they will die. Ed isn't going to let Stede die.
who would trade that hum of night by CyborgShepard [E], 8.8k NOTE: not quite a fully happy ending, but not not
He’d thought the boy dead. Was glad for it, for a time, too. Murdering is one thing, but this — what’s happened to Spriggs now — it doesn’t sit right with Izzy.
He can imagine how he’d spluttered his thanks, wheezing up half the Atlantic like he was wringing a cloth, when Calabran’s lot fished him out of the water. He can imagine how Spriggs would’ve said it all, in that lilting, dour way. He might’ve demanded a blanket, or a berth, or water. Can imagine that he didn’t stay thankful for all too long after.
It’s not sentiment, Izzy tells himself.
release in sodomy (one sweet moment) by calicojackofficial [E], 3.3k NOTE: happy ending somewhat author's note reliant
The crew of the Revenge gets captured and during an interrogation attempt, Edward gets dosed with a sex pollen serum. That's not what they meant to do, so the guards lock Ed up with a bound and helpless Izzy. Izzy gets something he's always wanted but could never ask for. For as long as it lasts.
soft spot (for hard stuff) by bitethehands [E], 1.9k
“He’s much sweeter like this,” Stede is saying, even though Ed’s clearly not listening, “isn’t he?”
Ed has given him no indication of anything even marginally close to recognition in several minutes, now, because he’s been busy staring. Staring at Izzy, who so far doesn’t seem necessarily aware that Ed’s even here. It’d almost be normal, the strangeness of his being in Stede’s cabin aside. Except he’s naked and blushing from head to toe.
the promise of the joker and the fool by @thesoulundone [E], 7.1k
He's here, in a shitty little tavern, in a shitty little corner, drinking liquor that burns all the way down, stoking the fire he's already got burning in his belly. He's sitting on the other side of the table to Jack - Jack, who's got his arm slung casually around Izzy's shoulders. All Ed can think about, the persistent thudding pulse of his brain, is getting in between them.
Izzy. Izzy who's a fucking omega, revelation of the fucking year. Izzy, whose second heat aboard ship had been just as unpleasant as the first, who'd barely come out of it when they made port, whose dark-ringed eyes and stiff movement made Ed's fingers itch with the need to tear someone's throat out about it. Izzy, who's wearing a fucking collar now; shiny, good quality leather, wide and thick and cleverly made, though the craftsmanship doesn't do anything to disguise the fact that it's locked shut.
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TDLR; Why Seigfried Didn’t Work As A Kaiba Expy, He Wasn’t Neurodivergent
Hi everyone! While I’m writing the next chapter and trying to survive Capitalism despite living its real-time collapse (I work two jobs, why chapter production is slow these days), I’d like to make a post like this while it’s still Autism Awareness month.
Now, not to say you can’t enjoy the pink haired frilly goofy man. I never have though. I felt like he was a let down after Dartz, who is my favorite villain of Yugioh, I SAID WHAT I SAID. And I’m also saying you can enjoy your villains of Yugioh, and I will enjoy mine.
All that out of the way, I would like to dive into an analysis of Seto Kaiba and who I felt were his good expies, Noa/Noah and Alister/Amelda. Anyone who has autism (myself included, I’m not 100% on paper yet but I’ve had multiple doctors agree with me), you know. There’s a Neurodivergence ESP, when you are talking to someone you just Know when someone else just isn’t neurotypical
This is based off of their canon, observable in the show behaviors, trying not to lean into anything headcanon unless it slightly grays the area a little. Using dub names but will tag original names later (I just don’t like Amelda as a name...)
But first starting with Seto himself, he’s very blunt and impulsive. Which isn’t helped by the fact he’s got a lot of money. So he can act on literally every impulsive thought he has. Man probably filmed that idea to send Duel Monsters cards into space the minute he had it in GX.
He’s very egocentric, which a lot of people get confused with his arrogance. Not that he’s not both, but he really genuinely believes that any time his company is under attack, it’s because someone’s trying to take it over. Not that it’s the one sure-fire way to draw him out of hiding, it’s that everyone is out to get him. Always! (as an example, during Season Four his company gets bought out by the villains. He’s convinced this was ALL a ploy to take it over, when really Dartz needs him out in the open because he needs to kill him.)
His special interest is Duel Monsters. Literally all his money comes from making electronics and technology specifically for playing his special interest. And he’s richer THAN the person he pays royalties to because Seto doesn’t own Duel Monsters. Pegasus does. All Seto did was invent the technology to play it, and fixing the rules to actually make the game playable (The rules of Battle City were his, after all.)
He’s pretty close to being nonverbal, a LOT of Kaiba’s lines are actually thoughts in his head rather than stuff he says out loud, except when he’s delivering snarky comments or talking to Mokuba.
He’s got a perpetually weird relationship with the protagonists because he’s not good with social cues or interacting with people in general. Not that he wouldn’t die for them, he’s not good at expressing it though. They’re his friends, but they gotta squint to hear what he’s actually saying.
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Noah’s is going to be a lot shorter as far as canon behaviors go since we only have a few episodes with him really, and I’d also think of him as having both BPD and autism (which happens co morbidly, around 15% of BPD patients also meet the criteria for having ASD.) (There’s also that they all have some very intense levels of PTSD, but that’s another kettle of horses.)
His biggest sign that he’s both is his emotional state of being when we encounter him in his half of Season Three. Not to say that his environment didn’t help him any, but I think it’d just made it more obvious. Both conditions affect mood stability, which cause intense emotions and a grandiose sense of self at the same time. But there’s also a sense of emptiness and a negative impact on self esteem, a diffuse of self (in TVTropes words, he definitely has a Superiority-Inferiority Complex.)
Much like Seto, as well, social cues aren’t something he excels in. The idea of anyone being nice to him is confusing, but he really develops one bond (Mokuba), and he convinces himself he needs to die for him and the people he brought into the Digital World. But a few scenes before he steals Mokuba’s body briefly, he can’t comprehend why someone is being nice to him.
He thinks he’s being slow and steady with the reveal he’s about to drop on the protagonists of being Gozoboro’s son, but remember that his entire arc is only a few hours of one day in Battle City (when they cut to Yami Marik being like ‘.... Where the hell did everyone go?’), so they’re not really there long before he starts traumadumping and infodumping about his own monsters. He’s so socially deprived that he’s A) going to tell you all what he’s been through because all he wanted was to be loved by someone who couldn’t possibly love him, and B) He’s going to tell you about his niche interest in computer programming to make the world he’s in more interesting, as well as the extremely niche tidbits of information he has about Spirit Monsters and their development in the game of DM.
(Remember, the Deck Master system and the rules of their abilities is the stuff he made up. Pegasus still made the Spirit Monsters, don’t let the rules of the Season throw you. They’re using a database of every known card, they’re in a computer, and it doesn’t trip up the rule of Season Four of the Orichalcos. Because it’s being used by one specific cult and no one else.
The cards in Noah’s deck, broken effects and all, actually existed in-universe, and given how all of the protagonists had never heard of them until the duel with Noah, despite Solomon owning a Card Shop and there being more in Domino, that means he was into the REALLY obscure cards of the game.)
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Alister is probably the most neurodivergent of them all, to start he has a very one-track mind ability to hyperfocus. The only thing on his mind ever is getting revenge on Seto Kaiba because he’s the living body still. If Alister COULD kill Gozoboro still, he would. Unquestioningly.
He’s got a very strong sense of justice powered by a black-and-white morality way of thinking. He is definitely someone you want in your cult to destroy the world, it takes very little convincing that someone is evil and needs to be destroyed. And he can’t be swayed from his opinions, either. He’s got very intense feelings that are being taken advantage of. He’s got a very declarative memory and trauma dumps with very little prompting.
He’s got a comfort item that ties into his traumas, of course.
He’s got some odd reactions too and is strangely very naive despite everything (aside from the normal response of ‘Who are you?’, doesn’t seem to question that he’s straight up hallucinating/receiving a mental link directly to Dartz the first time they ever speak. Not a ‘what the hell is going on, what is happening, where did the world go’, ect, ect. Just ‘This person can tell me what happened and who hurt me? Okay.’ )
Alister’s also got issues with social situations, the only friends he has you can count on one hand. And that comes with its own weird rules of That’s Just How They Talk To Each Other. (He does love Raphael and Valon, even saying that he and his ‘new family’ are saving the world.)
Also, this one is semi-canon, semi- head canon, hence the disclaimer earlier. He’s got sensory issues and is sensitive to light (he wears sunglasses inside of buildings, and during the nighttime.) And his clothing, at least to me, suggest he gets hot easily but still needs pressure due to an aversion to touch. (His shirt is midriff exposing, but he also has like eight belts and a huge ass trench coat on. And heat intolerance is a littler-known sign of autism)
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I never got anything that deep out of Seigfried. He really just that butthurt about his company. While my story doesn’t go past Season Four, I know how I’d fix Season Five.
#my thoughts#My writing#yugioh#Yu-Gi-Oh#yugioh dm#Yu-Gi-Oh!#Duel Monsters#autism awarness month#Autism analysis#seto kaiba#kaiba#noa kaiba#noah kaiba#alister#amelda
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Would you be able to provide an abridged retelling of the most significant years in the Winx fandom? Been interested in just how much of a shitshow this franchise has been as of late.
SO I've been like Actually In The Fandom since 2011 and after 12 years my memory's not the best, but people are free to add or correct anything I missed or got wrong lmao. I'll only be covering what I remember from interacting with others, the TRUE OG shitshow from the first 4 seasons is not something I'm as knowledgeable. I'm also not gonna name anyone in particular, just because that's like, the polite thing to do.
2011 itself was a Moment, as the Specials were coming out and with them a resurgence of the Dub Wars in full, Nick coming in as a new contender. Nick using Aisha's original name caused its own set of issues because people both thought they changed her name for no reason and because people argued that calling her Layla still was Wrong And Bad and they should stop, which like. yeah.
2012 is S5's debut. I feel that's self-explanatory enough. 2013 carried on with that as the season progressed, and it was also the time of the Transformation Wars -or more accurately, the Enchantix vs Everything Else War. If you didn't like Enchantix above all else you were invalid and wrong and other such synonyms, essentially, especially after Sirenix's official release.
2014 came with S6 (which has its own issues), but what I want to touch on is that 2014 came with the Couture artstyle. This marked the first official foray into the whitewashing of the Winx, though few people paid attention to it (that I saw, anyways).
2015 was S7's debut. This is also I feel self-explanatory enough. SURPRISINGLY I remember people PRAISING S7 at the time? which is weird as hell? But anyways, 2015 was the first time people noticed the Couture artstyle significantly whitewashing the Winx. This also was the time of the announcement of WOW.
2016 and 2017 I'll group together as it was the time WOW aired, and the full start of the Whitewashing debacle. It was the height of the whitewashing denial too, with people not seeing the issue with the Winx looking lighter (and some agreeing with them being lighter, even!) and coupled with WOW's mixed reception it was just Not a good time overall.
2018 reached another point in the Whitewashing as we got our first teasers for S8, which not only kept the whitewashing but also drastically changed the artstyle, more than WOW did. 2019 was S8's proper debut and it was, for a bit, a time of uncertainty, as during S8's airing Rainbow had seemed to indicate that the franchise was over (more notably, the renovations of Rainbow Magicland, which was primarily Winx-themed, removing Alfea Castle).
AND THEN ON THE SAME FUCKING DAY S8 AIRS ITS FINAL EPISODE WE GET FATE'S CONFIRMATION AND CASTING. September 17th was a day.
2020, 2021 and 2022 are what I'd call the Fate Era, as that was the primary part of the franchise at the time and I feel we're all familiar with its discourse, but the main points were the further whitewashing of Musa and Flora (as Terra is pretty much Flora), the show itself being bad with its multiple writing and costume choices, and just what it caused was. yeah. THANKFULLY IT'S DEAD NOW.
It was during this time that we got the full confirmation of S9 being a reboot, and now we're all just. waiting to see what comes out of that. AT THE VERY LEAST THEY AREN'T WHITEWASHED ANYMORE small mercies.
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Now I feel like I overpromised it a little since those are headcanons from a while ago, but I'll try my best! But before that, yes, that is the fic I meant! And I liked how they had Jon use an Artifact for the eye removal, since presumably, a regular one wouldn't have done the trick.
Basically, and with the caveat that these headcanons are primarily built on the first 3.5 seasons and that they still didn't quite manage to capture every avatar experience, I had the impression that most avatars had to undergo a moment of death/rebirth to truly become avatars. Jon is basically the best example for it: He has the aptitude, and he's introduced to his position as an avatar for the Eye. Slowly, he develops powers, but he's still human enough, and it's only after the explosion, after explicitly choosing the Eye and coming back from the dead, that he truly became the Archivist. Sure, in the end, the rebirth element he shared with many other avatars was more thematic than an actual requirement (iirc Jonny also mentioned that at one point), but I also saw it as this life then basically being "borrowed" from the power they serve. We saw that with Daisy for example, who started wasting away in season 4.
Back then, I also assumed that the reason Gertrude died was because she chose death instead of the Eye, because I thought Elias's plan involved marking her as a "complete" Archivist for the Watcher's Crown (RIP to the Watcher's Crown as a concept, I thought it was a really cool name and I wish season 4 had delved more into it as a semi-red herring instead of having the characters assume it was off the table because Elias was in jail (I can't remember, did they assume that? I just felt like it only really came up once or twice, in Smirke's letter and maybe the finale where it's skipped over entirely as "yeah I tried that, it gave me near-omniscience, let's move on")). But I do love that the marking part was something specifically for Jon, that's very sexy.
Overall, I will admit that I fell a bit into the trappings of extrapolating things a little too narrowly, so that when canon followed up with specifics, my headcanons fell apart (for example, I was also pretty interested in how Orsinov's partner, whose granddaughter gave a statement about the Calliope, managed to escape the Stranger and thought there'd be a big reveal, but that never came. Which is fine, because apparently it's possible to escape your avatarhood and we don't need a specific statement for that), but I guess my general assumption still remains that before passing a certain Threshold, you can still escape that power, but once someone becomes an Avatar, there's no turning back and their existence will forever be bound to the power they chose to serve. It just feels less impactful to me if you can just "change your mind", even if "technically" you'd have to pay a high price.
yesss i also liked that jon had to use an artifact for eye removal. and i like that it still didn't work 🥰 also this fic isn't normally a flavor i go for in the sliding scale of dub/noncon but i love the concept sm, i love annabelle being cunty in the front row, and i love love love love love jon seeing the adoration in elias' face when he gets his eyes back. it's a good fic!! i enjoyed it nwn
i thought you were right about rebirth not being necessary because it jogged my memory for the s4 q+a so i went digging to find the word of god on the matter and:
ALEX You’ve mentioned that previously that in order to assume their full powers as an avatar, a death seems to be required. Does it make a difference that the death used to the fuel The Archivist’s transformation? Was that of another avatar?
JONNY I don’t feel that a death is necessarily required to become an avatar? What is required to become an avatar is always active choice.
ALEX Yes.
JONNY You need to make an active decision to finally cross that threshold.
ALEX (whispers) Because drama.
JONNY And death is a very good motivator for that sort of decision. You know, that prospect of death is very scary and it’s such a… powerful categorical thing that… in the many cases, it is going to be the catalyst.
MAG 160.02 - Season 4 Q&A Part II
but i agree with you actually i think jonny contradicts his own lore?? death and rebirth is pretty obviously a necessary factor in becoming an avatar of fear. i think you're right on the money, i just posted a little collection of the "feed what feeds you" theme and it is made very clear in canon across all the entities that if you serve a fear, you need to feed it, or else it feeds on you instead of feeding you. daisy is a great example of this! jon is as well. so yes, i totally agree with your interpretation of their life being "borrowed" from their patron. that's exactly how i've always understood it to work as well.
re: the watcher's crown. it is mentioned in smirke's letter, but none of the details are mentioned. only the resulting sky that can look back:
I have been dreaming again, Jonah. The same every night for months, now. I imagine myself a boy again at Aspley. I awake, cold and alone in the dormitory. The sky outside is dark, and I see no stars. I light a candle, to better see my way, and step down the silent corridor. The master’s rooms are empty, the fire in the kitchen is dead. Eventually my steps lead out into the courtyard. It is so quiet that the sound of my feet upon the grass is painful to my ears. I stop, and look up at the sky, that empty black nothing, and I see the edges of the horizon becoming a dull white. I cannot understand what I am looking at.
And then the sky blinks.
And I awake.
I am not a fool. I know well enough what this dream is likely to mean, and I warn you again, that if you have any remaining ambitions to use our work, to try and wear the Watcher’s Crown, you must abandon them! Not simply for the sake of your own soul, but for that of the world! I have always had the utmost respect for you as a man of dignity and learning. Do not allow yourself to fall to this madness.
MAG 138 The Architecture of Fear
from how this is phrased, it sounds to me like smirke knows the mechanics of the ritual. "to wear the watcher's crown" sounds to me like marking yourself with all of the fears. but what i don't think smirke knows is that it must be The Archivist who does this, because of their function as an avatar. they are already a catalog of fear. i see a lot of talk about how elias was a coward for not marking himself but he is not The Archivist. he is a servant of beholding (arguably its most powerful) but he is not The Archivist and he could never be. that is not his role to fill. he needed his Archivist to fulfill the watcher's crown, he couldn't do it himself.
sorry that's irrelevant to your point i just have strong opinions on elias-related things.
back to the red herring tho, i personally think that keeping all the details of the ritual a secret until 160 was perfect. 160 is my favorite episode and i think the reveal could not have been better. personally on my first list i figured out about halfway through s3 that jon was being marked by every single fear but i had no idea it was a ritual. it never crossed my mind. so i'm a huge fan of the fact that the watcher's crown was lowkey and under the radar for all of s4, i think the payoff was incredible. YMMV ofc!
but yes i agree it's extremely sexy that the marking was especially for jon 🥰 elias couldn't do it himself. he needed jon to do it. he needed to craft him into a god and he did. he honed him as a tool to bring the ceaseless watcher forth into the world and rip apart its weft. that's so 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
overall tho i agree with your assessment of there being a threshold/point of no return. i think that there are basically five (5) categories of alignmet/association with the fears:
Witness
this is ofc the most common category for people in general who have ever interacted with the fears but specifically for statement givers. lots of statement givers had something terrible happen to a loved one or a coworker or a friend and they come to tell the institute about it. their lives are touched by the entities of fear but they are not directly eaten by them. witnessing these events could lead them to being marked and they can become victims eventually after their initial escape.
Victim
self explanatory i think! you have a run in with an entity of fear and it gobbles you right up.
Monster
this is where the tier system breaks down a bit but basically there are things like the distortion, the creature that lives in the ming vase, the man upon the stair, who are all more than victims but less than avatars. leitner describes them really beautifully in MAG 80:
The books are, I think, their essences in a purer form. The other things that stalk us, from what I know of them, they have varying wills of their own. All in service of the thing they’re a part of, but not directly controlled by the mind beneath them. At least, inasmuch as these entities have something we could recognise as a mind.
Avatars
these are fully realized avatars that have consciously chosen their alignment with their patrons! simon, peter, elias, jude, arthur, etc.
Entity-Aligned
this is the loosest category and one that includes many of my favorite characters. mary, gerry, basira, gertrude. they're all marked by the fears, their lives are really quite controlled by them, but they have not made the conscious decision to become avatars. gertrude sort of straddles the Avatar and Aligned category because she was, of course, the archivist.... but she wasn't really. she had the formal position and she got the powers that come with it but she didn't serve the eye the way that the position really warranted. tumblr user sm0kebreaks has a great post talking about how gertrude was a crap archivist.
so i think that if you are entity-aligned but have not yet passed the point of no return and decided to become an avatar, you can break your alignment
melanie, for example, had her alignment with the slaughter broken when jon removed her cursed bullet and she broke her alignment with beholding when she gouged out her eyes. personally i think that cutting the bullet out of her shouldn't have worked tho, since she was making the conscious choice to keep it inside of her and she wanted the slaughter to continue to give her its power so like. to me that makes her an avatar, not aligned.
but maybe she was saved by her beholding alignment! maybe because she had a contract with the institute, another power couldn't fully claim her. wow. that would be like the tenth way jon saved her stupid life.
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Hello! This is KeensYourGears on ao3! I had a question about Coattails. Because I saw that the wiki has acknowledged Grelle's womanhood, I wanted to know what your approach of her would be in terms of her gender and the story should she make an appearance. Would the characters respect her as a woman or would it be a similar case with the first to seasons of the anime? (at least where the dub is concerned) That's all! Thank you and have a good day/night!
Oh, hello, KeensYourGears!! So good to see you by!
I actually do plan to have Grell show up in about three chapters! 🎉 I'm not sure how often we'll see her beyond that initial scene, but she's a character I really enjoy, so rest assured that if the plot allows, she'll come back for more.
This question was actually something that I wrestled with for a while, because while you and I know that Grell is a woman, in the canon it's not always clear if Local Idiot Sebastian knows it. We also know that misgendering Grell is largely an English translation problem and that Yana usually avoids having any character use pronouns for Grell at all, which is of course easier to do in Japanese (and that the act of avoiding gender pronouns is part of what led to the wiki using they/them for so long in the first place).
If we were going with entirely historical accuracy, I would say most of the Kuro characters wouldn't understand Grell or respect her pronouns. If we were to have a bit of fun with it, like Yana does, I'd say that most of the characters would at least have the capacity to use the right pronouns for Grell, even if they didn't understand her. But at least for the scene I have in mind, no humans are going to be around Grell, so that isn't something I'll have to fuss over. Sebastian is, however, going to be meeting with her.
In terms of the manga, I headcanon that Butler!Sebastian is a big stickler for rules, but only for humans, not for himself. He kinda loves when a human acts "proper" and with decorum and obeys social constructs, because doing all these things would mean that the human is masking a part of themselves. It's one of the major reasons why Seb's so interested in O!Ciel's soul: Ciel lowkey tortures himself every day with all this constant pretending he does. Therefore, Sebastian lacks respect for Grell partially because she doesn't pretend to be someone she's not. Seb judges Grell based on how he thinks her soul would taste, and he's decided it would taste bad. Hypothetically.
Demon!Sebastian however. He totally gets it. He's nothing and everything. He doesn't subscribe to human rules and he doesn't understand them either. Sebastian is a he, but not the demon behind Sebastian. The demon is every gender and no gender all at once. So, the fact that Grell is one of the few humans from England to grasp that gender is what you make it? She's kind of a galaxy brain for that. Not that he'd ever tell her he thinks so. He still wouldn't like the taste of her soul, after all.
So, with all of the above in mind, I think the plan right now is to use she/her pronouns for Grell when writing from Sebastian's third person perspective, and also to have Sebastian avoid using any pronouns for her in his dialogue. He sees Grell as a woman, but he isn't going to divulge that he does, because he's not interested in letting her know that. It would reveal too much of his demon side. And maybe make her like him more. Nope.
Does that make sense? Does that seem okay? I'm very open to suggestions and tweaks towards this. I've thought about this a lot, and I think it would be really hard for me not to use her pronouns. I also don't want to write an inauthentic voice, so maybe I'm just thinking wishfully here when I say Seb would recognize Grell as a woman. But Coattails!Seb is my Seb, so I can give him my views if I want, right? Anyway, I'm assuming no one is terribly upset with this decision, but I hope it doesn't come across as negligent of Grell's struggle either.
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