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youredreamingofroo · 2 months

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For those awaiting an answer on one of my more recent posts, and whether I'll be leaving, here it is. .....Under the cut, as it, in my usual fashion, gets lengthy, you can skip to the end for a TL:DR :)

I'm not going to leave tumblr/simblr, I'll be floating around and still liking people's posts, I'm probably gonna unfollow some people (not my mutuals ofc ilya) just because it's hard to keep up with my dash when I get over 10 notifications every 2 minutes or so especially when if I'm not going to primarily consume Sims 4 content. I'm going to put my mods folder into my external HDD, in order to preserve them ykwim, and I'm going to uninstall TS4, I'll try to make one more sim before the sims 4 gets poofed off my laptop, although as it stands even after freeing up 20 GBs of space, my space went back down to 400 MBs so 😭😭 I will probably be posting variety content, even though I know all my followers are primarily Sims content consumers (some of ya'll do other stuff, but I mean as a whole, my audience tends to be more Sims 4 related), I might play and share some of my Sims 1 content, which is not story oriented, it's just a little gameplay of Roo in the Sims 1 :) I'll also probably post Baldur gate stuff (if I can free up the storage for it LMAO), I'll post witcher content maybe, and plenty of other things, and like I said, I'll continue to float around, and I'll continue to reblog any Sims content I see and enjoy... as well as other things. .... So what about W.A.S? Yea. I dont know, while W.A.S IS supposed to be a fleshed out story, and while I know I AM leaving sims 4 behind, completely limiting what I can and cannot make story-wise (just cuz I don't know how to make scenes and stuff lmao), I will ATTEMPT to make W.A.S content, I will still make and post the Official teaser, and I'll probably introduce the characters myself sometime after the teaser (I'll take screenshots in CAS and just hope my storage doesn't dip TOO low). I may release some of the story in just text form, as I do really want to continue to post about the story. I'll try to come up with something tho, don't worry :)

I may also start getting back into art, I still need some hobby to preoccupy my time that isn't gaming, I will still do blender stuff (since I have a bunch of my Sims' DAEs) and I will maybe make more edits, but regardless, I still enjoy art and Sims 4 kinda consumed the time that I wanted to spend doing art, soooo yeah.

For the unrooleased tag, I have a bunch of sims that I've never posted, as well as renders that I've never posted, and I may, as Sims 4 filler, post those to fill the void that will become my Sims 4 content

and FINALLY. LAST THING I promise :) I know all of ya'll LOVE Roo, and I do want to reinforce the fact that ROO IS NOT A SIMS CHARACTER, I did NOT make him originally from the Sims, if you were at any point worried I would stop posting about him, I will not be, I will continue to share about Roo, probably with a lot less pictures considering I really only used TS4 as a visual assistant for his story, I do have his DAEs, so I can make SOME Roo blender content, albeit limited with Scenes and stuff. Roo is a character that I will continue to be passionate about, I never mentioned this but I LOVE to make Roo in pretty much every game I play (besides Skyrim................ and ofc games where u dont have customization), like Animal Crossing, I made a variant of Roo there, and in Stardew! You get the point, he will always be a prominent figure of my content. I may also bring back some characters I made from TS4, like Nirvana, I LOVE her character and would LOVE to continue to post about her, as well as Roo's family, I love posting about his family members and sharing their own story and what importance they are to Roo.

WOW, okay that was a lot, if you're skipping here for a clear answer, or a sort of TL:DR, here ya go, I don't want to leave tumblr, so I won't, and I won't necessarily leave the Simblr ring, TS4 is going to be uninstalled, but I WILL preserve my TS4 mods in my external HDD, and be on the look out for the last sim I make in TS4 :)

#not a goodbye to tumblr but a goodbye to sims 4 🫡#yapping

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lastoneout · 1 year

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Like yeah it has been kinda wild to see tumblr's attitude about comments and reblogs change so much and tbh a lot of it I don't think can even entirely be chalked up to tiktok or twitter users cuz in the 11 years I've used this site we have gone from:

- Early 2010s tumblr where we added stuff to reblogs all the time, no one cared, posts can got so long they glitched your dash and we basically legit has to scroll uphill in the snow both ways to reblog anything bcs the buttons were at the TOP of the post

- To tumblr fixing posts so the reblog/like buttons were at the bottom(which we loved) and made it so reblogs didn't glitch your dash(which we all complained about) but that also made posts Longer which created the era of "sorry my follower added that dumb comment to your post" and "I had to go back x reblogs to find a version of the post without these pointless comments" jokes

- Which then lead into the era of "how dare you leave this in the tags" which tbh felt like a huge correction from the pervious mentality bcs we convinced everyone that adding comments to posts was Bad and so we missed good additions and interactions to the point that screencaping good tags and adding them quickly became common practice

- And around that same time we started seeing people just straight up reblog posts less which has been an ongoing problem

- And then we got into the whole "prev tags" thing where people legit didn't even want to screencap tags anymore for fear of being impolite and causing us to again have to hammer it into people's heads that You Are Supposed To Interact With Posts

- Only for us now to have a site wide epidemic of people who just don't reblog stuff at all which has built on the previous shift and now driven home by users from other sites who just don't get how tumblr works and (mostly) refuse to learn

So yeah, the attitude around it has changed so much and it's honestly kinda fascinating to watch. And I mean I am not trying to get on a high horse but tbh I always hated the "sorry my follower added a dumb comment" jokes because it DID drill it into people's heads that interacting was bad and I think everything after has been us trying to fix the damage that did, which isn't helped again by people from tiktok and twitter who think rebloging things is Wrong for some reason.

Anyway that to say please interact with posts, no one really cares if your comment is bad/un-needed/whatever because the unique humor of tumblr is built on a giant game of "yes, and" and when you refuse to reblog or comment or even so much as screencap funny tags we lose a lot of what makes this site great.

Put yourself out there, comment on the post or in the tags, screencap funny tags and add them, interact with people, share posts so people will SEE them, and especially reblog posts by artists and writers to support their content!! If you feel bad spamming people's dashes just put stuff in your queue so it gets spaced out or just don't care bcs that's how tumblr works and if you don't like that you can just unfollow someone or leave for another website that does work the way you want it to. It's that easy.

#tumblr meta #I guess??#idk I only just woke up #long post

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dedtoot · 1 year

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watched the jsrf documentary recently and i am so unbelievably dissapointed

moved my rant from the tags to here. Spitted too much. Not like it matters to anyone except me cuz post is irrelevant now

Ok ik that i should not have expected something actually accurate from this video, considering how the fandom is and considering that from the very start i've seen the red flags so to say

One of these red flags is that jsrf is "literally LITERALLY just tony hawk games but roller skates". The first actually concerning thing i heard from others about it. It's my go-to way to determine that the person I'm listening to probably has no idea what they're talking about or a really missinformed. Never failed me so far

But oh man, even keeping that in mind, i did not expect whatever i got

Not only there were just no actual game analysis, which is wild, since you're like SAYING why this game is worth being played, but everything actually game related is a straight up lie

YEAH WE'RE GETTING TO LYING ABOUT GAME MECHANICS HERE

First, saying that grind combos areva rhythm game element. It could be just some weird wording, but it's just. Not true at all. Also calling this mechanic "silent". Whatever that supposed to mean. Not only it's not silent because Roboy tutorials exist and this mechanic is there, and nowhere us it said to be rhythm based, only timing based. And the tutorials ARE useful, since the controls were really expended here(using pretty much every button on the controller), but also that's not a silent mechanic purely for the fact that the character itself isn't silent during the entire thing.

Second. Saying that all characters got unique stats and that is showing off their personality. And uhh. What does that say about the love shockers and the immortals, with their stats. Or hell, clutch and jazz, who are literally right next to each other in the character select screen. It's dumb what I'm trying to say.

And not to mention the general overhyping of the game, by saying it's so so deep and thought-provoking oohhh(but then also never mention that one of jsr inspirations was movie fight club.why). And then just. Ignore that this is a game with not much dialogue. And then ignore every character aside dj k?????????

Like I'm not asking about talking about every single character, but at least like. Mention the plot relevant one's ??? Just the ones you can't possibly avoid. I know that dj k is the main man here but he alone does not move the story.

This kind of overhyping genuinely ruined my experience. Like i was under the impression that I'm gonna experience something out of this world and fun. But i came out of it disappointed. Mind you, i still have a lot to like about the game, but it's just. Not this. This is literally the the worst thing you can do when recommending the game. You will disappoint people. It's not this big grand thing because it wasn't allowed to become one. It's a sad but inspiring story about how even despite this, game is still liked. You don't need to pretty it up, lay out the truth.

Next thing about the video is that this is not a game documentary, but some random hot takes with some lies and long history lessons.

History lessons were a good part of it, but the fact that they put the us culture stuff before talking about the japanese culture is umm. This is a game made to portray a japanese culture from the time?? Like specifically. It's confirmed. To the point that one dev did not like the inclusion of grind city levels in jsr, because, in his mind, it was watering down its identity. Not to mention that this practice specifically existed just to make overseas audiences more comfortable, which is real fucking problematic if it's about something culture related imo. Anyway, he has a point.

Absolutely not denying the influences from other cultures here, because that's just stupid and wrong, but get a clue jeez.

And related to getting clues. This video used videos of actual protest while dj k's monologue was playing in the background. YOU JUST DON'T DO THIS. It's gross. It's weird to do even IF the game gets that real. And this game sure as hell doesn't.

Also do not understand who was this vid even made for, since fans will get nothing new out of it and newcomers wont understand what's the game is about and will be thrown into a sudden history lesson

So yeah highly don't reccomend watching

(update. i spitted out most of my problems with it and my comment was removed. so much for that free speech topic present and indorsed in the vid. also i made a vid that explains my points better)

#jet set radio #jet set radio future #my stuff #moved my rant from the tags to the post #got too much stuff to say and some unfortunate updates #anyways if i see you praising it then tell it here (in a civil manner) I'm genuinely interested #what exactly good stuff do you see in it

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ozrockbitway · 11 months

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Might I be so bold as to ask you about Vale and their sweet sweet times with the Shroud brothers?! 0o0 Ignihyde be flaming cool, you know?!

uwaaa Vale and the Ignihyde boys...they certainly are a trio now!

Ortho

A little later in the school year, post ch.6 I like to imagine that these two always stick up for each other. Talking shit about one of them when the other isn't around? You're either getting blasted or Vale is sending Grim your way! I don't think it counts as 'sweet', but I can imagine them laughing about it together and Vale is kinda amazed afterwards like??? damn you didn't let someone walk over your lil buddy?? Ortho vc Im so proud of you. Vale just (pleading). Ortho hyping them up helps them develop a backbone tbh

Also going off them hyping up each other for their respective clubs/hobbies! Ortho encourages Vale with their writing and is willing to assist when necessary. He can pull up authors and their troubles and just encourage them like if they can do it so can you! And Vale is more than willing to help out with Ortho for his film assignments especially if he gets stuck on some emotional scene that Vil puts him through. They're not an actor but they can help just talk or think of scenarios for him!

A lil thing I thought of is Vale going to Ortho for information. Ortho probably asks why they keep coming to him and he thinks it's cuz he's got the lightning fast search power, but they just like to hear it from him! They trust whatever he says and they sometimes ask about his opinion on it too?? Vale wants to hear what he thinks, even if he is an AI, he does have his own opinions too. It's a little thing but just them chatting can be a little on the wholesome side cuz I dont think anyone else really would?? At least not without wanting to gain something in return.

Idia

When they're more comfortable with each other, Vale probably conks out in Idia's room. They don't mean to and it's only when they're extremely tired but still wanted to chill with him. They feel bad whenever it happens bcuz they were supposed to play games or something and Idia kinda complains but he's glad they got some sleep. Ortho probably helps settle Vale down on his bed (ie if they fell asleep while chilling on the floor) but Idia would probably put a blanket over them <3

Tag team creative duo?? It's...embarrassing at first tho lol. Vale seeing Idia's art and Idia reading Vale's stories. Vale is more generous with compliments but Idia is a little more critical though he leaves them with a compliment or two at the end. They hype each other up even though it's a little nerve-racking to share these things with each other. It's okay cuz they ease into it and probably decide to do a visual novel together at some point.

Vale trying to get Grim to ease into Idia. They know he likes kitties and is like. there's one that is connected to lives with me. so. holds up cat at him. Grim usually only lets Vale shower him in pets and they have to bribe him with tuna. Grim learns to get more tuna from Idia after learning he's loaded and he doesn't mind. Vale does tho, but hey if it means these two can both be happy then mission accomplished!

#princesslocket #asks #oc stuff #twst oc #lsdkjfsd I realized these 3 just hype each other up #2 vs 1 what u guan do #I really dont know if these count as sweet but I think they're cute :'>#thanks for the ask <3

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zilodak · 2 years

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Man, i am falling in love with your Vanessa desing the more i see it😭🤚

But honestly, just saw the post talking about your au and Gregory in general, plus the tags to it. When i first read the part of Vanessa being Jeremy's niece a while back i honestly loved that

On one of my own aus, i make so that Vanessa has that type of uncle and niece relationship cuz tbh, i totally see it and i love it (wont say which one bc i know some folks who follow me sees your posts and i aint giving spoilers to any of them)

And seeing someone actually do it makes me...sorta happy tbh. And the reason for her to even be involved in all of this, makes me even more interested :>

And i really like the cyborg idea for Gregory, it feels like an in-between option for the war of "he's a robot! No he's a human!" I like it XD

Plus, i feel like at this point in time it would be a thing, especially with how the animatronics feel so advanced ya know? Not too far ahead from the current future, but not to close either, it's fun and makes sense

I do wonder how it'll go from here tho, especially in whether you will choose between one of the endings from the game with your own spin, or make a completely new one. All in all, I'd love to see more of it!

I'm a sucker for found family coming together from trying to find the mystery of their past/lost family. It has a nice bittersweet tone to it, and it seems to lead that way here (ofc if it isn't, i'll still enjoy the au bc the idea itself is really cool)

Oh and i saw the part of Elisabeth, love it, its nice ro have more of her bc your Elizabeth has become my all time favourite😭💞💞.

And I love all the afton siblings tbh, and Michael and Evan have been my favourite sibling duo, but you somehow made me love Lizzy and Mike so much more-

Anyways, i kinda rambled here- i just really liked the au and wanted to share my thoughts 😅

AHHH THANK YOUUU!!

As for my Help Wanted and Security Breach au, its actually a continuation of my fnaf au in general.

After Michael's suicide with Henry and the burning of the Pizzeria, Jeremy leaves as a broken man now in the possession of Glamrock Freddy and the Glamrock blueprints Michael left behind. The trauma and the survivor's guilt has made him barely the person he used to be, and he sells the Glamrocks to a man. He doesn't want anything to do with them. Cut to Vanessa though, and he loves her very much, she brings light to his life once again and all seems to be well.

He's approached by Fazbears entertainment years later. They tell him, that as a survivor of those events, they want him to test their "educational" game (Help Wanted). Ignoring the fact that the game is a complete mockery of what he's been through, he focuses more on the anomaly he spots.

He disappears not long after and this is when Vanessa comes in. The officers put his investigation on hold and Vanessa take matter in her own hands. She finds out about the game, collects the tapes, gets possessed by Malhare etc...

This is where the au falls apart a bit because anything after that moment is just little snippets of lore and scenes.

Malhare's role is very important though. To the whole thing.

Malhare isn't William. He's this projection of Will, born out of spite and that's meant to store his memories. His only purpose is to help resurrect Burntrap (aka the actual William) which he will then perish if successful. He's not supposed to be sentient, or make his own choices. He can only calculate outcomes and steer the person or thing he's possessing into doing things that will be beneficial for his goal. Malhare, just like any virus, spreads. There's no one version of him. However Vanessa's version of Malhare somehow manages to become sentient. Sentient enough that he realizes that he will die if he succeeds in his mission. Sentient enough that he has emotions. And sentient enough that he can make his own decisions. So when the time comes and Gregory enters the bottom of the Pizzaplex, he has a change of heart because in typically William or William adjacent fashion, he's scared of death. So he saves Gregory from the other versions of Malhare and corrupted systems that roam the Pizzaplex.

Now I should also preface that Vanessa and Malhare share their body, but anytime Malhare takes front, her eyes glow purple and she develops incredible agility and more physical strength (this is Vanny). Malhare can't front for long though.

Anyways, Vanny saves Gregory and they flee the Pizzaplex with Glamrock Freddy. They go to Luis' apartment for shelter for the day and Vanessa finally opens up about her situation. Now Vanessa is a wanted woman with a bounty on her hear, Malhare is cast away from his own kind, Luis can't return bc he helped Vanessa, everybody is after Gregory and Freddy is tagging along to protect Gregory.

Next step is to find Jeremy.

#asks #some more lore #suicide mention

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doesyourshipmakeyouabadperson · 2 years

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hay, this is more me looking for advice, but how do i stop lying to my followers about being proship? there was one point where i drew fontcest (undretale), and i got an anti who harassed me in ask, and sent me a graphic description of their brother killing their hamster. ever since i've been very weary of saying anything, or confirming i ship something cuz i don't want to read something like that again. that, and in general, i don't ship things too hard/go all in with it, at least 1/?

2/? i don't think i do. granted, i draw a bunch of art and post it, but for me that's just general hyperfixation. i'm also ace, and while yes, most ships are romantic or sexual, mine tend to be platonic, or suggestive. and are not as clear cut as to if i ship the characters or not, because even for me, it's up in the air, and i don't know, i'm not good with knowing how i feel about things, i just express myself through art and hope it says all it needs to. i've come up with a sorta tagging

3/4 tagging system, with tags for platonic ships, joke ships, etc, but even then sometimes how i view the relationship changes. like right now, i'm drawing a child and adult character together, most of the time the dynamic i portray is paternal, but other times i want to make it romantic, either as a cope for my own truama, or just because it's been my brain rot for weeks and i want it out of my head to get back to the "clean stuff" and just not post for a while. idk, maybe this is

4/? is all overly complicated, and i've made a mess for myself, but i feel like at this point i've tricked ppl into following or liking my work. because ppl do like my work, and then they send ask like "your art's now tainted for me", but i've been this way since 2016, i've just been scared of getting disturbing irl hamster gore stories again. or i've been told "fuck you for normalizing this", "don't hc this character as a murder pedo", "this feels like grooming", "you know your audience"

5/5 like i don't, idk how old anyone is who follows me, idk if there's children looking at my content. and i can't just make a poll, or check the thousands of followers i have to see if they have their age in their bio, i can't fucking ask for an id before following, i just. idk, this was very long and ranty, i'm sorry, i just don't want to remake my blog again, maybe i'm just dumb and anxious, i don't know. srry this was long, hope you're doin ok (^.^)v

Hello, I delayed answering this for a while since, well, i'm definitely not usually the person people go to for advice so im not used to it lol ❤ /nm

Buuut i mean... I can see why youre upset. I dont think you should have to come out and say you're proship. Being an anti shouldn't be seen as the default. You should also be able to make whatever kind of content you want as long as you tag it properly. If your fanbase is making you feel like you can't, then that fanbase isn't your demographic.

There are actually a lot of decent people out here who are pro ship, and if you choose to be openly pro ship, yes you will get some hate mail, death threats, suibait etc and lose followers, but you will also gain a lot of fans who want to see your interesting takes on different interpersonal dynamics. (Also, the former group weren't really your fans in the first place if they'll be so godawful to you over some pixels on a screen)

And yes it is impossible to police thousands of followers and that quite literally is not supposed to be up to you. Minors on the internet are supposed to be monitored by their guardians. If you put a disclaimer/tag for your content and some dumbass clicks it anyway and doesn't like what they see, that's their fault not yours.

I've also noticed that the majority of people who are pro ship are prone to actually filtering content they don't like, while antis seem entitled and want the creator to do it for them. Its just a better fanbase experience all around in my experience.

As someone who helps run multiple pro ship accs, i understand the visibility can be scary. But I promise at the end of the day you'll feel a lot better for it. Hope this is at least semi-helpful/reassuring idk ❤

#long post #lovely anon ❤#advice from a dragmonster #tw animal death #tw harrassment #tw grooming mention #not an affirmation

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the-director · 1 year

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I posted 10,036 times in 2022

That's 99 more posts than 2021!

81 posts created (1%)

9,955 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@salad-says-hi

@artistically-gay

@jonah2145

@wizardhimbo

@goopy-amethyst

I tagged 2,891 of my posts in 2022

#art - 501 posts

#video - 227 posts

#gif - 135 posts

#encanto - 127 posts

#toh - 115 posts

#mash 4077 - 108 posts

#favorite tag - 93 posts

#dc - 83 posts

#ofmd - 82 posts

#tma - 68 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#literally the only reason why its conveyed so plainly on the internet is because on the internet theres all kinds of people! strangers you d

My Top Posts in 2022:

I hate the mcu so much I hate it so fucking much. Why did they remove such an important part of Bruce banners backstory. Why did they take planet hulk, a great comic storyline and turn it into ragnorak. Like that movie was good but why on earth would you take that specific storyline for that movie it doesn't make any fucking sense. Why make peter Parker and remove the things that make him spiderman (Uncle Ben, being poor) and turn him into ironmans Robin. (Actually I know why, cuz of that sony bullshit)

I hate the mcu it's a soulless cash grab and every time it actually has artistic direction the movie gets fucked over by producers and the fact the cgi people aren't union and are overworked and underpaid and I want capitalism to die I want Mickey's head on a fucking pike.

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With every book of dune the impact of Lady Jessica fucking off from the bene gesserit to be with Duke leto and giving birth to Paul increases. Like the first book is like: oh well Paul defeated the harkonnens so the whole prophecy thing isn't so bad. And then you get to God emperor and it's like fucking leto had to sacrifice his life for that bullshit and the whole bunch of ghola Duncan's got fucked over and like. Lady jessicas decision changed the fucking course of history forever.

18 notes - Posted January 2, 2022

It's just really astounding how good arcane was with demonstrating how the conditions in the undercity affects each of the characters who lived there. Either from viktors lungs being fucked up from the pollution, to vi having so much pressure being put on her to be the leader and then being put in jail unjustly, like so much of the struggles of these characters simply have to do with trying to survive and live in the terrible conditions, to try and have a life. But then we cut to piltover and the only thing concerning the characters we see are their own ambitions, their whole "making piltover the symbol of progress" ignoring the potential of the undercity and looking towards technology as if that is the only thing that can be advanced in society. And of course it is natural for characters to have goals and ambitions of a more personal grandiose nature, but it is striking, piltover residents have the luxury of a future set in front of them, the only risk is what avenue it goes down. For people from the undercity the future isn't promised.

23 notes - Posted January 5, 2022

Due to my being aro and [insert neurodivergency here] I can't tell when characters fall in love, nor see their supposed "chemistry". Most of the time this is the case, though sometimes the writing is good enough that I can see the love (romantic, platonic, queer platonic, etc)

These include

Three thousand years of longing (the new movie by george miller). The story was about love and loss and other things and throughout the movie there was various cues in body language and other framing devices that made it easy for me to tell that love was happening.

Ofmd, when its queer it just hits different. It hits harder.

Good omens. It's inexplicable.

The sandman, the romance is past tense but I can perceive it was once there and passionate and now it is cooled and withered.

The exact opposite of all of these are what we do in shadows. I know it's a comedy, I know it's romantic. Logically I know they're all gay for eachother. Logically I know that jokes happen. Nonetheless I am unable to perceive these things happening. Wwdits is in shrimp colors and I am a mere human.

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My #1 post of 2022

I find it odd how some in the sandman fandom make Hob Gadling out to be the embodiment of goodness. The point of him is that he is human. yes he loves life, so much so that he doesn’t die. But he still falls into the traps of human cruelty. He has human greatness and kindness. But he also has human flaws and ignoring that would be missing the point of him

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review

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theravennest · 7 years

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Luke and Alec in 2.14

I’ve always wanted more of this relationship since they gave me hints all through the end of S1. For example, when Luke calls Alec over the Forsaken attack or how it was Luke and Alec who tracked rogue Jace, who had lost his mind over Valentine.

There were two things I really loved about Alec and Luke last episode:

How Luke was allowed to express his emotions over Valentine and the Clave.

How Alec understood that and still talked to Luke with grace and respect even when he disagreed with him.

I loved seeing Luke be so angry and frustrated, just allowed to feel emotions over a situation not having to do with Clary. We rarely ever see him just be allowed to have feelings outside of Clary. He always just...subsumes his desires and motivations in order to do what he thinks is best for her. It’s understandable for him as a father but it’s frustrating to watch as someone who cares about Luke as an individual.

Valentine has hurt Luke over and over and over: trying to get Luke killed by werewolves, repeatedly trying to kill him because he’s a werewolf, killing dozens of his pack, getting Jocelyn killed, trying to hurt his daughter, actually hurting his sister...like, it is never ending. Luke has every right to go for his revenge and stop this menace from ever hurting other people again.

With that in mind, I also loved that Alec never tried to steamroll Luke even though he didn’t agree with Luke’s methods. He gets why Luke is pissed off. He gets why Luke is dissatisfied with how things have been happening with the Clave for the last 20 years. Yet I never once felt like Alec would ever, oh I don’t know, taser Luke in the back because he wanted to do a different plan or had a different opinion.

When Luke said he didn’t want to join the Cabinet because it felt futile, Alec listened to him then presented a valid counter argument that showed why the Cabinet meetings were important for the NY community even if the Clave wouldn’t listen. Luke changed his mind because Alec had a point and he showed his deep respect for the werewolf clans in general and Luke as a Clan Alpha in particular.

Later, when Alec caught Luke trying to kill Valentine, he wasn’t angry that Luke was enraged or that he tried to kill Valentine, he just wanted Luke to go about it a different way, a diplomatic way. Because it was reckless and a massive security risk; if Luke had lost that fight, Valentine would’ve been loose in the Institute with no one the wiser. Or if Luke had won the fight, Luke could’ve been at risk for being arrested by the Clave, which no one wants.

I still love that Luke did it though. The show really needed to showcase Luke and his internal self more, This episode did that beautifully. Because Luke is also right: the longer Valentine is alive, the more likely it is he’ll hurt more people. That said, I don’t want Valentine dead at the expense of Luke so while I’m glad Luke was allowed to go on a vengeance quest, I’m equally as glad Alec was able to stop him before the Clave got wind of it.

And I loved that Alec listened to Luke’s issues in the cell afterwards and explained why he stopped him. I loved that he showed Luke that he was frustrated with his attempt to kill Valentine because of all the damage it could have done to shadow world relations, but he did it in a way that didn’t feel like it as invalidating Luke’s own rightful anger or disrespecting him.

This episode was exploring Alec as a leader and as a diplomat. Not only that but Alec is also interacting with other leaders who are all more experienced than him, who are older than him, and who have all had much more negative experiences with the Clave and Valentine for far longer. Luke is at least 20-25 years older than Alec; Raphael is pushing something like 90; Meliorn, according to the books, has at least a century or two under his belt; Magnus is very much 400+ years old. All of them have survived decades of shadowhunter prejudice and oppression, including Valentine’s particular genocidal violence and abuse.

Alec was able to approach them as equals in a way that engaged with their greater experiences but established himself as a leader as well. And it was completely believable. He was well established as a warrior in his own right, he has been training for diplomat work his whole life with his parents, he has a sharp desire to be a leader, we’ve gotten to watch him alter his own biases when confronted with opposing views, and we’ve seen him work through issues by opening dialog with others so he can talk about things that aren’t working.

When Alec talks about wanting to effect change in shadowhunter society and with the Clave, I believe him and I believe that he will find a way to do it. At the very least his sincerity feels genuine. Even more, I understand why Luke and the others are willing to listen to him too. He’s able to present his goals and his arguments in a logical and respectful manner that shows exactly how much he values everyone else at the table with him.

It took him some time to figure out how to do that, and he made mistakes such as his choices with Meliorn’s interrogation or his initial compliance with the downworlder DNA testing. But he is shown learning from those mistakes, correcting his behavior, and making different choices. I believe that he is growing into someone I can respect, and subsequently I believe it when other characters respect him too.

Anyway, I just really loved watching Luke and Alec this episode because I really felt their scenes brought out some of the best characterization for each.

I can’t believe there are still people out there that don’t like that Alec is being characterized as a driven and capable leader on a path to higher levels of leadership. Or that so many people still ignore that Luke is a main character in the show and sleep on his potentially complex narrative. Like, Luke and Alec are two of the most interesting characters the show has to offer and people are seriously upset at their increased screen time and more focused character arcs? Can’t relate, forreal.

#shadowhunters #luke garroway #alec lightwood #matthew daddario #isaiah mustafa #meta #The biggest problem I’ve had with the books and the show trying to push Clary as a leader is that she is just not believable.#She is extremely inexperienced and she never bothers to listen to those more experienced than her #or understand other people’s situations when it comes to their people or their politics.#She doesn’t give a crap about dissenting opinions; it’s her way or the highway.#This is why she was absolutely okay with screwing over Raphael to get Camille instead of reasoning with him verbally #why she decided to ignore Magnus’ warnings about her mother’s resurrection #why she decided to taser Luke in the back instead of talking with him about Cleophas.#She acts like a complete asshole with other people.#I’m apparently supposed to take her side cuz she’s ‘plucky’ or ‘fiery’ or ‘brave’ or some shit. Well I don’t. lmao #I put this is the tags cuz this isn't really supposed to be a post about Clary as a protagonist but just know I feel this way.

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@justbeingedgy @weird-colombian-gurl You asked me to elaborate on the "Ches already has a kid" theory in the notes of that one mf analysis post (which I really liked, go check it out!!), so that's why I'm making this one, cuz notes are a bit too restricting for what I want to talk about!

Though next time think twice before asking me to talk about something I'm interested in, because you never know when you're gonna wake up lovecraftian horrors!! :DDD you'll see what i mean when you press read more :))

So, I'll say it right now - this post is largely inspired by the second story highlight of this Instagram user (sorry, I don't know their name, only that their Instagram handle is dee_girl_metalfamilyfan), it's in Russian though, so keep that in mind

Alright, so I'll break this theory into two parts: the first one will be all about Ches, and the second will be about his potential child (spoiler: you might've seen her!)

Without any further ado, let's get to the Ches part:

1. The creators said that they're gonna explore Ches' character in the second season. Obviously, it doesn't mean anything on it's own, but just wait.

Dima: Let's talk about the second season a little. Of course, the seconds season will show development of the old characters, as well as new ones. That's in short. As you see, Ches looks a bit different here.

Alina: Yeah, we'll show a bit more about Ches at the ages of 18 to 20. His past. We'll reveal a bit more about his complex character, as much as it's possible.

(The source of the translation) Also I think they also said at one point that adult Ches will get some character development too? But that's probably a given, considering that we wouldn't see his youth if it wouldn't have affected him in the present, flashbacks without any relevance to the overall story don't sound so good

2. Not sure about this one (we don't know how much in character it was) but I can't not mention it.

Alina: Actually there was this one fanfic that I really liked. I don’t remember what it was called, but it was about Ches having a daughter, which is a cool topic. It was relatively in character and truly interesting. It’s great when people focus not just on sexual relationships of the characters, but also try to look at their development. That was a really interesting one. That’s it.

(UnityCon '19)

3. This one's a pretty big one, in my opinion. So, this is what they said on ArtWave '19:

Dima: Ches also has flaws.

Alina: [to Dima] Don’t spoil stuff.

Dima: His flaw is that he's very... irresponsible, let’s say.

So, maybe, just maybe, Ches does have a child but he, you know... left them? As the Instagram highlight from the beginning say: "he might be irresponsible enough to leave his child, and he's probably irresponsible enough not to use any contraception" (rephrased, not the exact quote)

4. Alright, so, the only mention of this one I can think of right now is the aforementioned Instagram highlight. The Metalfamilyfan says:

I contacted Korg/Корж, (admin of @ metal_yama [and I believe one of the organizers of the Metal Family Meetup in Moscow]) and she asked Alina on one of the meetups: "if Ches were to be a father, what kind of father would he be?"

And she said: "The kind of that would say "kid, look at that birdie over there!" an then he would run away"

Someone's words are not the perfect source, but they did tag Metal Yama and from what I know they didn't disagree with what the author of the page said. if anyone has anything to say about this (disprove or definitely prove what I said) feel free to do so in a reblog, notes, DMs, send me an anonymous ask, or in any other way you feel comfortable with

5. Ches has literally been through the same thing, and we know how important the theme of the cycle of abuse is in Metal Family (or, in this case, the cycle of neglect? Abandonment? Idk)

You managed to hide your PREGNANCY from me! AND you've been hiding the child from me for a whole year!

YES, because you would've insisted on aborting him!

AND NOW I'M INSISTING ON PUTTING HIM UP FOR ADOPTION! OR I'LL LEAVE RIGHT NOW!

6. Here we can see Ches with a blonde girl. Nothing too special, probably just a one time hook up. He doesn't seem to be interested in her, and she seems to be annoyed with him.

But wait...

What is this?

Like, it doesn't even matter if there's actually a punk/rock/whatever band named MOM or not, I just think it's pretty weird to put it in this particular drawing of Ches and this random woman who is implied to have slept with him. It's not integral to Ches' character as, for example, Korol i Shut is. It's just... there. For some reason.

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Alright, now, finally let's get to the second part of the theory: who is, exactly, his child?

The short answer is, according to this theory, her:

First, let me list every single instance of her appearing in canon (and by canon I mean everything made by the creators. Even with this definition of canon it's not much, I promise): The screenshot you can see above on the left (it's a screenshot from the second season and it appeared here), an instagram story posted by Alina (above, right), and two drawing with a lot of characters where you can spot the girl which I'm gonna call her PinkHair or PH for short, I'll mention them later I feel like I should mention this, comparing the sources of the images and the dates when they were posted, it's safe to assume that the screenshot in the classroom has the latest and final version of her design. The red hair most likely doesn't mean anything

1. Alright. So. we've seen Dee and PinkHair in a classroom together, so they're most likely related in some way, or at least they know each other. Their exact relationship doesn't matter here, because all that matters here is that they're related story-wise

Let's look at the first image. This is the banner of the main Metal Family channel. Ches is near Heavy (they get along quite well and I'm sure Heavy aspires to be like Ches in many ways), Dee (we can see his classmates/friends near him, they're all about his age), and we can see people related to Glam on the left side of the image (including Ches!), and Vicky's - on the right side (notice how the hell sign is also there)

Now, I'm not absolutely sure about this one, but it's still kind of weird - look at the image on the right (it's from ArtWave 2021 btw) - wouldn't it make more sense to put PinkHair near Dee? Also, Curiously enough, not only is she not close to Dee on this image, but she's also standing next to Ches.

Though this whole thing could be explained by art theory (too many small things in one corner of your drawing isn't great composition wise lol sorry PH) but I still can't quite skip this point

2. Remember the "MOM" lady? Fun fact, she has the exact same pearl earring that PinkHair has on the screenshot.

3. I'll put all similarities with her supposed parents in this point: Mother: * She's also pretty uh.. glam? for the lack of a better word? Or feminine in a traditional sense, yeah I think that's a better way to put it. Like colors they prefer to wear for example, and jewelry. Characters like that aren't common in Metal Family * She's gotta be a blonde. I can't imagine her being anything but blonde. If she manages to maintain that hair color as a brunette I'm just straight up assuming her character arc is gonna be killing God because these kind of people are capable of anything. I fear them with every fiber of my being. * I can't say for sure because of the shading, but it seems like they both have gray eyes, and she also has darker skin compared to most MF characters. Though, it's likely that Mom just applied a lot of fake tan Ches: * We know that Ches for sure has darker skin * AND grey eyes * There's also some possible personality similarities but I'm not sure if you can compare a child to a parent they've never really known in this way

That's about it, I suppose, I hope there isn't that many grammar mistakes and logically unfinished parts and whatnot in this post I forgot to edit lol x) I'm not sure how to end this post other than to remind you guys that almost all the points in this posts are inspired by the "тупая теория" highlight on the dee_girl_metalfamilyfan's Instagram page, so go check them out and subscribe, they post Dee x The Quest Girl fanart and and always credit the artists. Without them this post would be much, much shorter.

Thanks for reading this post, please feel free to let me know your thoughts on this post <3

#i tried to organize this but #yeah #also damn i hope PH's mother isn't in the same situation as Ches' :'(#at one point i misspelled parent in the context of ches as paren't and now i can't stop giggling like an idiot #these tags have completely different moods to them because I wrote them at different points in time btw #paren't #heh heh #metal family #metal family ches #metal family pinkhair #this seems like it's made up but if words end in ent or ant or something like that sometimes i automatically put an ' in without thinking

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babbushka · 3 years

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Ngl Ive been considering just leaving adcu tumblr cuz i bet mfrs is gonna start posting tld gifs and i even saw one person say that they appreciate the new movie bc they have a kink for being held down as if he’s not literally r*ping her liek 😐

Idk what to do tho cuz I have mostly enjoyed being in this fandom and it’ll be sad to leave but the mental stress it’s gonna put me through to avoid tld gifs (even with filtering, people apparently haven’t learnt what tags are).

Hello my dear anon, I'm very sorry to hear that you're feeling this way. In an effort to avoid drama or controversy (because truly I mean no offense to anyone!!), I'm going to try and phrase my feelings on this subject matter as thoughtfully as I can.

I think that this situation is two-fold.

On the one hand, I agree with you wholeheartedly that it's a frustrating and upsetting thing to see a movie like this be so highly praised, considering the subject matter, and cast/crew involved. Believe me, I wish literally any other storyline had been chosen, rather than a woman being brutally r*ped and men battling because no one believes her -- you guys know how much I adore medieval history! I wanted so badly to like this movie, but I just can't. I think it's irresponsible of Hollywood to make this movie, considering the social climate of the industry and its handling of sexual assault both on and off screen, not to mention the way rape plots play into the desentization of sexual assault in real life.

However, the other side of this coin is that this is just a movie. People are entirely within their rights to make this kind of movie, to watch this kind of movie, and to love this kind of movie. Actors are not the characters they play, and actors have a right to choose movies at their own leisure and of their own interest. Whether that be because they think the subject matter is provocative or they simply want to work with a director, that's entirely within their right. So too, is it within a fandom's right to celebrate that movie.

People are going to like what they like, and that is okay. We don't have to like it, but we do have to respect it. It is a personal responsibility to curate the experience we have online, and if seeing things that are distressing to you is causing you pain, it is on you to rectify that. If that means unfollowing or blocking people, filtering tags, or leaving the fandom entirely, then that's what we must do. At this point I only follow like 5 people in the fandom, lol, because I can't be bothered to deal with anyone else, and that's okay too!

Listen, the adcu community here on tumblr and on twitter has a very bad habit of jumping the gun and quickly demonizing anyone who might go against a popular opinion. Regardless of what the context may be. And that alone can be very tiring and mentally draining. I've already seen it start to happen with TLD, people have already come into my inbox to shame me for expressing my frustrated opinions on the film.

Fandom is supposed to be fun, you have to do what will make it a safe place for you. Censoring fandom creators isn't the answer, it really is incumbent upon us to avoid the things we don't want to see, much in the same way that others might need to avoid us.

And for what it's worth, I am sorry if any gifs that I have shared escaped the tag filter (I plan on using the TLD Adam for my Knight Kylo AU), and have caused you harm.

I'm sending you all my love.

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I saw that post u rbed about ppl saying dream should be put down like a dog and like. This fandom has such a horrific issue with ableism. Dehumanizing mentally ill characters, villainization of mentally ill characters, the thing going around where they call Techno "emotionless" because they think his voice is monotone—

Like it's not even just the characters! It's the ccs too! Like there's the Techno emotionless thing I just mentioned, the excessive amount of people who baby tubbo/dream because of their adhd/dyslexia... Then there's people who go after ND people in the fandom too?

I made a post about it a while back, and someone rbed it with a joke. The joke derailed the post into an anti-Techno thing, which while showing that they don't really care about ableism in the fandom, that isn't really the point. They made a joke, I didn't understand it was a joke bc I'm ND. I answered the post as if it wasn't a joke & got betrated for not realising. I'm ND. No tone indicators were used, there were no tags to indicate it was a joke, and after I told them I was ND they were like "well how was I supposed to know, NT people can talk about ableism too" because they'd. Automatically assumed I was NT so it was... okay to get mad at me for not understanding a joke, I guess?

But this fandom is unquestionably the most ableist fandom I've ever been in, and the worst part about it is that a lot of that comes from other ND people. And it's just... It sucks! It's really fucking horrifying to deal with! And it's slowly but surely making me not want to interact with this fandom anymore!

I just people looked at what they posted with a slightly more critical eye, and that ND people realised that they can be ableist too..

(side note, the whole thing about "dream isn't someone you can relate to/you're not supposed to relate to dream and it you do you're evil" thing is also quite a bit iffy, bc a lot of ppl w personality disorders — like me — DO relate to dream, and do so easily, and it's like. A whole villainization of us as well as dream and I just. /sighs)

yeah i get you, this fandom is just a whole load of oof wrapped in a bow, i just take solace in the fact that the block button and xkit exists so i can curate my own experience

ALSO cuz i wanna talk about this; the “were not supposed to sympathise with dream” thing comes from a tweet that ALWAYS MISQUOTED!!! dream didnt say we WERENT supposed to sympathise but that it was harder (iirc) for us to do so with c!dream and c!schlatt prolly cuz we dont see their side of things

#legally im NT so i once again cant talk too much but god yeah an anti techno joke without tone indicators?#yikes #how the hell are you supposed to know that?#tone indicators my beloved #dsmp fandom critical #ableism #felinedetached

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Was watching Big Hero 6 and the idea came to me.

Post XANA, the Lyoko Warriors grow up and go to college. Their future is bright and they help revolutionize it of course and eventually they're in their mid to late twenties when they all move to San Fransokyo for a brighter future (but also, and they hate to admit it, they're fearful of another XANA situation because of how technologically advanced the city is).

Jeremy Belpois is a scientist who Bot Fights on the side. The Lyoko Warriors never did get over their penchant for doing illegal stuff and without XANA around Jeremy doesn't exactly have to forge papers, hack government satellites or cover up digital trails anymore.

So Jeremy Belpois, aged 25-27ish, regularly attends Bot Fights in the city despite the fact that they're illegal. ("Only BETTING on them is illegal Yumi" "Which you do" "Only a little and don't be a hypocrite, I've seen you bet on my bots too" "AELITA! A little help here?")

Aelita is busy tweaking her husband's said bot fighting robot ("Jeremy, you really should have hooked through the wiring of this part better. I forgot we had to tweak it so its a good thing I saw it now. We play to WIN, you hear me?" "Yes, dear" "... Sorry, Yumi what were you saying?")

Of course Yumi attends these bot fights when she has the time too. She absolutely DOES NOT bet on them like Jeremy accused her earlier. Pfft. Of course not.

("Ulrich?" *sigh* "I already know your regular Yumi. Slip a 10 for the first round. A 20 for the second")

Odd comes just for the thrill of it and of course, he makes plenty of money from Jeremy's bot bets too and the adrenaline rush when fighting off (or running) from thugs (and the police) when they are evidently furious that a seemingly innocent young looking Jeremy won the bot fight and they lost their money.

In essence it gives the Lyoko Warriors a purpose even if they try to keep it to a minimum. It's like being together and fighting XANA again. Jeremy and Aelita are the brains of the operation, making the boys and fighting with them. Yumi and Ulrich tag along to tell their friends this is a Very. Bad. Idea despite the fact they enjoy it every time and Odd loves the thrill of it. When they're caught in a tight situation Ulrich, Yumi and Odd are the ones playing bodyguard again and while playing getaway on motorbikes isn't as fun as the Over-vehicles on Lyoko, It's fun nonetheless.

Its on one Bot fight that Jeremy Belpois has the pleasure of coming face to face in the ring with Hiro Hamada. Unlike his other competitors, Jeremy does not underestimate the kid because he remembers what he accomplished silently as a 13 yr old along with his friends.

The fight is close. Hiro is actually shocked this young man didn't fall for his "innocent kid" act and didn't bet an obscene amount of money out of arrogance like the usual fighters did. In the end Jeremie wins but even he admits it was a very close match. The only reason he wins is cuz Hiro is frustrated and gets off put at Jeremy's nonchalance at his age and skill which ends up causing him to misstep.

For his record, Jeremy doesn't kill Hiro's bot despite the fact he would easily be able to. He just ends up disabling it with a magnetic repulse that confuses the coding.

With his bot out of comission, Hiro plans on leaving. He does not expect 5 young adults to corner him as he is, including the bespectacled blonde he just fought in the ring against ("No fair! Aren't I only supposed to get beat-up after I make a fool of you and destroy your bot?")

He does not expect them to hear this and Ulrich promptly bursts into laughter at this and responds in his usual sarcastic drawl. ("Not beating you up today kid, don't worry." "Maybe next time," teases Odd).

So Hiro is baffled because if these adults don't want to beat him up and they don't have anything left to ask after they decommissioned his bot then why are they here at all?

At this Jeremy introduces himself and praises Hiro's bot. ("You put up an amazing fight you know. Anyone else would have lost, I just had experience and didn't underestimate you.")

Hiro does not really understand what the "experience" part means and he never will because XANA is long gone thankfully. The fact that this adult didn't underestimate him is something that Hiro both enjoys (because it poses a challenge now if someone takes him seriously) and is irked by (because he really enjoys making a fool out of older bot fighters)

Just as the Lyoko Warriors are offering to drop Hiro home (because even if he's smart for his age he really shouldn't be wandering around sketchy places full of thugs all alone and definitely not on the Lyoko Warriors watch) the conversation is brought to an abrupt end by Tadashi arriving (HES ALIVE! FIGHT ME), scolding Hiro for his reckless bot fighting once again. At first Tadashi is upset seeing these 5 adults, quite a bit older than him, surrounding his brother. He's ready to make a run for it too, used to rescuing Hiro from tough spots like this.

Luckily they disperse themselves, Yumi calming a panicked Tadashi easily with some help from Odd cracking jokes. Aelita slips Hiro a small unembelished card. ("If you ever need us, don't be afraid to call.")

They're not exactly sure why, but somehow it makes sense another young child prodigy would get caught up trouble although it's doubtful their paths are likely to cross many times again.

Hiro and Tadashi go on their way as do the Lyoko Warriors. And for once even Yumi is ready to admit the bot fight may have been a good choice despite the legality of it.

Anyway I may or may not write a fic about this. I honestly don't know how this idea came about. I was watching the beginning of BH6 and the bot fight scene just made me think that in a post XANA world, Jeremy would probably go back to making and advancing robots because he'd have the time to. He already enjoys bot fights (although they're non violent) in school and, after fighting XANA, with his technological prowess he'd enjoy the challenge. Not to mention the legal repercussions would never bother him and the other Lyoko Warriors wouldn't not tag along if they had a chance to relive some of their adventurous days as kids (without the life threatening danger).

Yumi of course would be on the fence because she's supposed to be the oldest and the consequences did always matter to her more than the others but there's no way she wouldn't enjoy it just as much.

Aelita would only help Jeremy. It's not like she has any extra love for the law herself. She'd probably find experimenting with his robots even more fun which is why they make the ultimate married team in the future. When she's not making music, working with Jeremy on his bots is a fun activity for her too because she enjoys experimenting with tech as much as he does.

Odd and Ulrich, as mentioned earlier, are in it for the funsies and adrenaline rush more than anything else. Reliving his youth is more important to Odd but it's fun for Ulrich as well who never feels as much part of a family as he's with his best friends and fellow Warriors.

In essence, these kids are addicted to illegal stuff but we don't blame them for it cuz its harmless.

Any fellow Code Lyoko and/or BH6 or Disney fans, feel free to add your ideas and opinions. This was just a fun little thing that came to me and I felt I had to pen down.

Edit: So I ended up writing the fic in case anyone is indeed interested. Please do leave a review or constructive criticism if you like it.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24735076

#Code Lyoko #Big hero 6 #jeremy belpois #jeremie belpois #Hiro hamada #Disney #yumi ishiyama #aelita schaeffer #Robots #Bot fighting #Jerlita

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