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wild-karrde · 4 months
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Y'all... I cannot stress enough how you need to interact with things in order to maintain a fandom community.
I have seen absolutely abysmal interaction with everything I've posted lately, and it is IMMENSELY disheartening. Of course, I create it for me, but I choose to share it with everyone and want to get excited about it WITH YOU. And it seems that every other artist/writer/creator I know is experiencing the same thing.
If you're one of the people that regularly interact or just have hit a bit of a speedbump lately, then please know I'm not talking to you. I'm also not talking to other creators that have to choose between engaging or creating (and sometimes just don't have the bandwidth). I'm talking to the blogs that ask for more and then never comment or share. I'm talking to the people that sign up for tag lists and then are never heard from again. I'm talking to blogs that spam like but haven't reblogged anything since 2022. Y'all, this site thrives off of interaction. That is how it works. You have to help things circulate, and it is so frustrating to see the entire place in a collective slump. I have been blocking blogs left, right, and center that do not share things, and I will continue to do so. But it is such a freakin' bummer to see the state of things at the moment.
Hell, I started a sideblog for Fandom Friday (@fandom-friday), and have only received a handful of submissions after getting asked numerous times when it would be coming back. IT'S BACK. IT'S HERE. WHERE IS EVERYONE????? I figured after a few months' break, that people would have plenty of submissions stacked up, but that has not been the case AT ALL.
Fandom communities are such incredible places, but it's felt like a ghost town around here lately with the writers and artists just screaming into the void to PLEASE INTERACT WITH OUR STUFF. Please show up for one another because it is so very soul-crushing to watch everyone I know just feel completely disheartened. I cannot tell you how depressing it is to spend hours and hours carefully crafting something, being genuinely excited about it, and get almost no interaction or response other than a few likes and comments.
PLEASE INTERACT WITH THINGS YOU LIKE OR ELSE THERE WON'T BE ANY MORE THINGS TO INTERACT WITH.
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moony-2001 · 5 months
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The real-world impact of Lore Olympus
i.e. do your research Rachel
Trigger warning: racism, fetishization, appropriation, mentions of SA
Long post ahead
A while ago, someone told me that Lore Olympus was just a silly little comic written out of boredom. That it was made to be "funny". They told me that "[I] can't hope [for] an extremely [well-written] story when it was just made with the intention to make something goofy" and that if Rachel actually wanted to make something serious like I had, she would write a book and not a comic.
At the time of this exchange, it was past 1 a.m. and I was exhausted. I did not want to argue with this person and it simply wasn't worth my time or energy in the moment.
But looking back at that (mostly one-sided) interaction, I can't help but think that there is so much wrong with that point of view. Of course, everyone is entitled to their opinion about Lore Olympus, whether good or bad. But Lore Olympus isn't just some silly little nothing comic about nothing important. It is a comic that actively appropriates and erases Greek Culture. It is a comic that has no respect for the actual stories that have been passed down over thousands of years whether by word of mouth or written text. It is a comic that perpetuates a false narrative and harmful stereotypes about characters or certain groups of people. So, no, it's not just a silly little comic.
Incorrect information
Here’s an example of what I mean:
When I was doing research for my post about the 10 year time skip, I looked up Leuce to reconfirm the little information I knew about her. Wanna guess the first thing that popped up about her?
A Lore Olympus Wiki article.
Okay. How about Minthe? Hundreds of pictures of her from Lore Olympus and a LO Wiki article as one of the top 3 results. Both character are horribly represented in LO and unfortunately there isn’t really any documented stories or records that can refute how LO paints them. Because of this, other characters in Greek Mythology like Leuce and Minthe, whose stories have little to no documentation, stand to suffer the most harm from deliberate misrepresentation on Rachel’s part.
Of course well-known and better documented figures in Greek mythology face slander as well. What about Thetis or Leto? How about Apollo? All of their portrayals in LO are HORRIBLE. I have seen people online absolutely drag them to filth not because they're upset about how the character is portrayed compared to their mythological counterpart, but because they have no knowledge of how they are actually portrayed outside of LO. They just assume that's how the characters are. Similarly, people who have either very little or no prior knowledge of Greek Mythology and Culture would look at the comic and go "Yep, sounds legit. It must be true." and go about thinking that what is portrayed in LO is accurate to what was transcribed thousands of years ago.
Creative interpretations and racism/fetishization within LO
Don’t get me wrong. Creative interpretations and artistic liberties can be great. When they’re done tastefully. I personally think if done correctly, a Greek myth spun in a modern way has the potential be very good. But that's not what we were given.
Characters like Minthe, Leuce, and Thetis (all nymphs btw) are portrayed as trashy tramps who put out and are used as a foil sabotage Persephone and/or her relationship with Hades. Compare that to Greek Mythology where in the Iliad, Thetis is very well-respected by the gods, particularly Hera. Unfortunately, other similar characters like satrys (and basically any character that isn’t a god) are usually portrayed as a low-class POC that can be easily exploited, manipulated, or used as a temporary villain/lover/pawn to “get back” at Persephone, our white-coded protagonist who can do no wrong.
Additionally, there is a clear race/class bias against characters like nymphs in LO. We see many cases scattered throughout the comic of gods like Hera or Aphrodite referring to nymphs as "trash" or "low class" or the idea that nymphs do not belong with gods being heavily implied if not outright said. I cannot tell you how often I've seen Minthe be called some variant of "cheap" by the readers of LO. Even Persephone (who created the flower nymphs) treats them with such disrespect. She frequently calls them some variant of "stupid" or "simple" like saying how they're not the sharpest crayons in the box even though she's the one WHO MADE THEM. However, it's so odd not really to note that nymphs like Echo, Amphitrite, or Psyche (who was previously disguised as a nymph) are not discriminated against. This is because they are liked or trusted by the gods they are around and ergo are often portrayed as the "good ones", which is a disgusting mindset to have.
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We also see the fetishization of nymphs in the comic that is disturbingly similar to the fetishization of women who are Black, Asian, or Latina. It is a known fact that Hades has a flower nymph fetish. Not only is this implied in the comic, but Rachel stated it outright in an old Patreon post. Nymphs are also generally treated as sex-symbols, disposable, and as a lesser-than. Zeus frequently displays this behavior by abandoning nymphs he knocked up in the mortal realm.
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For example, when Persephone finds out Apollo is dating Daphne, she isn't upset he's dating her friend. She's upset he's dating a flower nymph, beings that are generally considered to be "rare", "dumb", and objects of sexual desire. Ew.
Even on the Lore Olympus website (loreolympians.com) nymphs are regarded as "beautiful", "desirable", and "very exotic". And when they're not described in a sexual manner they're say it with me now regarded as "low class" or "workers" for some kind of god/goddess.
Final thoughts
So not only is the characterization of characters like Minthe or Thetis harmful to Greek culture and the stories that are so ingrained in their society, but it is also perpetuating harmful stereotypes about people of color and women who are confident in their sexuality.
Of course, the characters within Greek Mythology had their own issues. Zeus was a serial rapist, many of the goddesses deemed to be "feminist" by today's standards were actually horribly misogynistic looking at you Athena. But 1. that's just how things were back then (but that does not make it right) and 2. all of the good, the bad, and the ugly is still there in Greek Mythology. They're not denying how fucked up it is, but they're also not changing their history to better fit their own narrative or the narrative of the modern world. It exists, it happened, but now it is studied and called out by historians.
Rachel, on the other hand, is doing exactly that. She is actively changing the Greek's cultural history to better fit her fic's narrative. She is constantly sweeping things under the rug or going "No this is how it ACTUALLY happened". Lore Olympus is marketed as a "feminist retelling" yet somehow, it takes allllll the ugly parts from Greek Mythology (rape, incest, problematic age gaps, dubious consent, etc.), mixes it with a majority of the issues we have in the modern world (white feminism, rape-apologists/rape culture, grooming, fetishization of certain minority groups, etc.) and then amplifies the concoction to 20. Lore Olympus cannot be a "progressive, feminist, retelling" and also have characters that are morally apprehensive/come straight from the ancient myths. It does not work. In fact, IMO it makes all the problems from both eras worse.
News flash: actual cultures that are still thriving today are not your toys. They are not "made up". They matter. Do better.
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uhbasicallyjustmilex · 3 months
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♡ handwriting analysis: alex turner and miles kane ♡
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as promised, here is the analysis my wonderful friend (who used to work as a professional handwriting analyst) did of miles and alex's handwriting! a couple of important points to read before you dive in:
my friend analysed these blind - to avoid bias, she always makes a point of never knowing whose handwriting it is she's looking at, so she had no idea that these samples were from alex and miles while analysing them (not that it'd have made much difference if she had, she can't even name one am song lol)
she stressed that her analysis should NOT be taken as fact - it's just one person's interpretation of the material, and handwriting analysis is ultimately always subjective
the two analyses below are based on notes i took while she was talking and is pretty much verbatim - none of the wording is my own and i have changed as little as possible in typing it up
she noted that it was harder to provide a full and accurate analysis just working with photos of handwriting, as you can't see things like pressure on the page etc. she also stressed that context is significant when it comes to interpreting someone's writing, and it's important to bear in mind that how someone writes in one context, e.g. signing autographs or writing something for the general public could show quite different characteristics to how someone writes in another context, e.g. personal letters to someone they're close to. in an ideal world she'd have access to samples from a different range of contexts to provide the most detailed and accurate analysis. in other words, this analysis is quite rough
alex's handwriting:
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(samples taken from roughly 2011 - 2018)
block capitals suggest this is someone who don't want to show themselves, makes it hard for people to reach them
someone interested in thoughts and ideas, would engage with these in a way that's intelligent and very original
a lot of emotional and social inconsistency, suggests someone pulled in different directions. they might show very different sides of themselves with different people and probably have complex and/or conflicted feelings about identity
very creative, someone who'd make interesting and unusual connections about the world around them
highly intuitive but also lacking harmony from an emotional perspective. lots of internal emotional conflict and changeability
someone who fluctuates a lot socially as well as emotionally - might go from being quite sociable to withdrawing completely. ultimately struggles to reach out socially and holds back a lot, but there might be certain situations or people they feel particularly at ease with where this is different
really hard to read, don't give much of themselves away
thoughtful and enquiring, interested in ideas
someone who feels things very strongly
signature:
implies someone hiding themselves or presenting as someone they're not. they want to look confident and exciting, but they're actually much less confident that they'd like to appear. lets their creative and artistic tendencies hide them and take centre stage.
miles's handwriting:
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(samples taken from roughly 2022 - 2023)
a little sharp, could suggest humorous wit and/or being critical (either of self or of others)
ambitious and incisive, intelligent and enquiring mind
fearful or wary about opening up and reaching out to people, emotional inconsistency. potentially quite restrained - looks like someone used to hiding a lot of hiding of emotions
has an enquiring mind but isn't particularly interested in abstract thought, more grounded in reality and social/emotional things
someone with strong feelings, they get held in and confused. could be warm and open on a surface level, but looks like they'd be reserved about their innermost feelings
could be sharp tongued to avoid dealing with their own feelings
lower zone suggests someone who might not be completely comfortable in their own body and/or sexuality, or have a complex relationship with these things
someone with a tendency towards strong feelings and devotion/worship (could be religious, or could just be to do with the way they relate to people or ideas)
signature:
someone who wants to look more confident they feel. sense of changeability and flashes of insecurity, but ultimately suggests strength of character, not someone who's a pushover. they know what they want and what matters to them.
interesting extra notes:
the wonderful @ballad-of-what-could-have-been managed to find this sample of alex's handwriting not in capitals from when he was much younger (from what i can see, it looks like it was early fwn era):
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so i showed this to my friend too (after her analysis of alex's usual writing) and noted that it was probably done when he was a lot younger. she said that all her points from the original analysis still stood, and that despite the fact this writing isn't capitalised it was actually still very hard to read and definitely someone not comfortable with showing themselves. she also said that it was more emotionally conflicted and uncertain than the later sample of their handwriting. the phrase "emotionally all over the place" was used, and she noted a greater sense of inconsistency with identity. overall though she said the earlier sample confirms that this is someone with a high level of intuition and originality, and she said they're someone she'd be fascinated to have a conversation with!
thank you for reading! if you have any questions, please feel free to comment/drop me an ask and i can always pick my friend's brain again the next time i see her!
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kroovv · 4 months
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are you alright with people using your art as faceclaims for characters (i.e. roleplay and the such, not commercial use) with credit? if not that's 100% fine! i was just wondering :3c
No, sorry i do not like that at all ;a;
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i call this one, ‘time just passes’
(for everyone who will actually read this, ily <3)
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time won’t heel, like an untrained dog
with a blood covered tongue, and a bird it has caught
time won’t heal, like a wound that will fester
with a shake, and a fever, sick to your centre
broken bones and second chances
broken hearts and second glances
they say ‘time will heal’, but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
time won’t forgive, like a trust that‘s been severed
beat yourself up if it makes you feel better, time is that stone you should weather
time won’t forget, like a wound that will scar
pack up your thoughts and your life, it’s time to be a star
broken bones and second chances
broken hearts and second glances
they say ‘time will heal’, but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
‘time will heal’ but time just passes
breaking promises and a second for your thoughts
breaking consciences and a second to reinforce
that time will heal but time just passes
time will heal but time just passes
time will heal but time just passes
oh i bet you know, you got me good
it couldn’t have been anyone but you
‘cause you were reading me upside down
you made it your goal to know me inside out
(time just passes)
oh did you know me in some other life?
you’ve known me better than i’ve known myself this time
(just passes)
all i’m left to know is time won’t heal
but time still passes/(broken bones and second chances)
time won’t heal, but time still passes/(broken hearts and second glances)
they say time will heal, but time just passes/they say time will heal, but time just passes
time won’t heal (time will heal)
time just passes (time just passes)
time won’t heal, time just passes
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poltergeist-coffee · 10 months
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(my) slimeriana vampire au is so unserious
its just mariana (vampire) and slime (some guy)
mariana never leaves his house, he has not seen the light of day in years and is really taking the vampire aesthetic to heart by wearing all black and laces. the only time he ever leaves the house is when roier comes over and literally drags him outside to hang out. idk how slime and him meet but they do and slime is very much terrified of him JSDANVKJAS
vampire mariana's lips are stained red (from drinking wine) and he wears corsets because i think he deserves that
Slime: that's blood (points to wine glass Mariana is holding) Mariana: it's not but it could be (he is staring RIGHT at Slime while saying this)
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big-moon-little-moon · 5 months
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After the tease about Fearne's true heritage Nana Morri gave at the end of ep78 I am dying to hear theories from people who are better at connecting dots: what are the ideas? Who did Fearne's mom fuck and was Ruidus following her back into the Feywild connected to that?
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tetitous · 4 months
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Comment on Vashwood: old manga scanlations interpreted the text very liberally and biased.
Checking out based on the og jp text: says the most romantic shit you've ever seen.
Uh-uh. Which scanlation are we talking about exactly ?
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heguanshan · 1 year
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Chrismas chapter analysis with next ch. prediction:
I am not sure if anyone have done that so I’ll begin.
1- First Mo Guan shan:
Momo seemed very distant, still angry tsundere and did not care about He tian which lead to the assumption that they still did not have any relationship yet, did not progress well, or the fact that Momo is still stubborn or He tian is unnecessary forceful.
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But on the contrary, it wasn’t that Momo is distant he was just sad and angry that he tian left with no explanation (?) for so long that seeing him again is just like dream, momo still doesn’t comprehend it. That can be explained by how momo kept drinking to perhaps wash his agitated feelings somehow. I can’t really explain what was momo was feeling but it could be a mixture of deep yearning, anger, sadness and tired of waiting (?). Basically he just wants he tian and he’s not there.
You really can’t blame momo as his alleged boyfriend 🤡 disappeared (?) after all the kissing they have done 🤨 I’ll ignore him too (just for a short period lol)
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2 - Next He tian
I am not sure how he will leave but judging from Momo’s cold attitude towards him at the beginning maybe it was sudden and did not explain much to momo why and how long. However, he said to momo:” I have so many things i want to say to you after leaving for so long”. So what does that mean? Is it to explain the long absence, what happened to him during that, why he left, or most importantly their relationship status!!
Is it a good thing he left? I mean tbh i can’t blame him, he need to settle his family issues or it will haunt him while having his relationship with momo, HT is now depending on his brother which is not ideal thus he needs to get stronger and independent, and in the meantime make money to support and heavily spoil his boyfriend of course.
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3- Finally my prediction 😎🤡
So according to the pictures below, Zhanyi may actually go and find momo to hang out together… but of course momo won’t be alone!!
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So Zhanyi will go Momo’s place and to their surprise will find He tian has returned!! But he’s carrying a drunk Momo and before they approach .. BAM 💥 they witness the drunk Momo pining He tian against the wall and kissing the sh*t out of him then He tian will carry him while kissing him to his flat closing the door behind him … all that while Zhanyi watching 🤣🤣😭
If you read this far… ily thank you 💕
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mejomonster · 3 months
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I am throwing into the void (where u are), please consider: commenting on fanfics anywhere theyre posted, comment on posts and/or reblog a little thought u had in the tags or in ur own add on.
Because so much of fandom is just. Reaching out saying hey! I care about this! And hoping someone else who cares about it runs into it. Interact! Let the people know you are glad u ran into what they made! Make friends! Have many more awesome moments and chats where you all get to share that caring, excitement, to connect about it! You gotta reach out, at least a little, to start that conversation. Even if its just one little "!!!!!!<3" comment, or reblogging and putting in the tags what that scene a person giffed/mentioned/drew reminded u of your own thoughts on the thing.
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queerpiratebrainrot · 9 months
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Violet and Xaden shipname things
Iii can't find the post, but someone was like 'we need a decent shipname!' Cuz apparently there isn't one???
Now, I did see viden somewhere (but also that might also be related to a different fandom? It sounds too familiar....)
May I suggest;
ShadowStorm
Which rolls off the tongue, is an allitiration (which I am personally always a fan of) and makes sense on account of the whole shadow-man and lightning wielder thing
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ohitslen · 10 months
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Thinking about the time I watched Stampede with my family and when Knives appeared on screen for the first time without his silly cocoon. My mom not only said he was very handsome but the thing she said right after was “he doesn’t have a dick” and never mentioned it again. So uh go get it mom, slay.
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heymrspatel · 6 months
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Its Kinktober! Do you have any work coming, if not, are you open to taking ideas/commission
hello! it IS kinktober 🥳 i've done a few so far and if everything goes to plan i should have a few more coming up. i went through a little dip and the momentum i had going disappeared. but, i'm going to try!
i appreciate the interest so so much, but i don't do commissions. the creative/fandom part of my brain is not wired that way unfortunately.
however, alice @darthvaders-wife, recently posted about accepting commissions! (she has also been posting incredible art every single day of kinktober - she's amazing and i bow down) if anyone else is accepting commissions please give a shout! 🩵
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yangjeongin · 8 months
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lloydasspound · 10 days
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Fellow Lloyd enjoyer!! You should share your Lloyd HCs/any other Lloyd/Code Geass stuff you’ve had on your mind but haven’t had an excuse to put out there!
HAIII. HAIIII I have so so sooo many lloyd thoughts that asking me to just pick some is liek a needle in a haystack but ummm ummmmm if we go from most basic hcs to weirder its like.
He is soooo autistic!!! He is aro to mee. He has really bad hearing from being around all these loud ass fighting robots all day (and knows sign language to compensate in his personal life but no one at work bothers bcuz everyone hates him). Absolutely illegible handwriting (ignoring that one time that he has a beautiful signature) but he's kind of not bad at drawing from making blueprints and stuff (but does NOT understand average art bcuz he can't fathom the emotions surrounding it). Overworks himself a lot, although this is literally canon now bcuz of lost stories like WOW all those lines about working through the night until his body forces him to take a nap gave me permanent brain damage!! Similarly, the fact that he gets shakey hands is another hc turned canon in lost stories but they say its bcuz he gets cold I say its bcuz hes ill and tired and killing his body. Also I think he is actually very warm to touch and not cold!!! Ceciles cooking actually tastes great and lloyds just the insane one in the scenario. He is a bit of a history nerd in his free time!!!! (He named his robot lancelot he named his fuckign dream project number 1 robot lancelot like omfg) I think he secretly knows how to pilot a knightmare and has his own pilot suit stashed away, he just doesn't do it bcuz code geass are cowards. He needs glasses but his vision is not that bad!! He's the type to take his glasses off to read/when he's focused (arguably kind offffff confirmed? The one times we've seen him with a book is with his glasses off technically!!! (LLOYD BDAY CARD I LOVE YOU LLOYD BDAY CARD YOU ARE EVERYTHING TO ME.)) Even though he's rich he doesn't really like servants/basically prefers to do everything himself but also he's fuckign shit at taking care of himself so actually nothing gets done and his place is a mess. Subject to migraines occasionally. Cannot drive. His hair is greasy as hell. Kind of bad hygiene but he never smells Bad, he smells very sanitary or like that weird fake metal smell. He needs to be hurled into the sun.
Other Lloyd thoughts include that his lost stories bday card was still very very Good (understatement) and that's never leaving my mind and they should make a 3* of him. His dialouge there sucks tho. I hope he has the most absurd mention in Roze. He does not deserve the amount of in canon hate he gets at all bcuz literally nothing he does is that bad. Miyahara tatsumi lloyd is peak lloyd. I want him to die
There is definitely more but I hope this is enough!!!! xoxo
(I have nothing to say abt code geass bcuz I hate that show this is lloydasspound not codegeasspound♡)
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xxcherrycherixx · 6 months
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Just a reminder that my blog is my blog, no one is forced to see my stuff (the block button exists)
if you wish to come here just to complain about me sexualising fictional characters legit only made to sell dolls, i will not respond to you but instead just block you.
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