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skysmadness · 1 year
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he's THEIR loser <3
also, have this separately because i love them !!
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theenbyroiderer · 4 months
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Another post with details from an old project. In lieu of any new creative content lol.
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o-uncle-newt · 8 months
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I'm not going to reblog Neil Gaiman's thing about how S2's episodes "don't have any fat on them" but I DO have some (spoilery) reactions to that below the cut-
OK so I already did another post here where I gave my impressions of the writing- but Gaiman mentioning this actually reminded me of something that I didn't put in there at all but kind of wish I had.
Because honestly, I don't think that the episodes not having any fat on them is a good thing.
Here's the thing- Good Omens, the book and the first season of the TV show, is a bunch of set pieces that loosely come together into a plot. The TV show less so, maybe- there's more of an effort to create a narrative- but fundamentally it's a bunch of ridiculous stuff all strung together to create the Apocalypse. (Like, there's a reason why book fans were so upset when the Four Other Horsemen of the Apocalypse didn't show up in the show- they did literally nothing for the plot but they were absolutely hilarious.)
So far, in the first 2 episodes of S2, I have to agree with Gaiman that there's no fat on them. And I think that's one of the things that kind of threw me. EVERYTHING that has happened thus far has felt like it's something that's probably going to lead to something else, like it's connective tissue for the upcoming story that will presumably make more sense later- and while there's plenty of entertainment and humor and sweetness, it's all to the point. You have to be paying attention, you have to take everything seriously (even if it's something that by rights feels inherently unserious) because it could matter later.
In S1, you didn't have to think too carefully about why a telemarketer is being eaten by maggots or even why there's still a witchfinder in the 21st century (for the show) because fundamentally it doesn't REALLY matter. Something will all come together at the end and in the meantime you can just enjoy it in the spirit in which it's given, which is of course an insane one. Each scene is just fun on its own. (I think this is in some ways truer in the book than the show- there were a lot of these scenes that I don't think worked on the show- but that was more about the execution than the concept.)
The fat in S1 was the good part, really. The plot wasn't all that important- it was all the moments along the way.
The closest thing to fat (to continue to use the metaphor) in S2, so far, is the minisode. It's the only thing where it doesn't necessarily feel like you'll be tested on it later. And it's also easily the best part of those episodes! You can just watch it and take all the ridiculousness for granted because it doesn't really matter. It's there to draw out the characters, it's there to give the world more color, and it's there to entertain.
Not that S2 isn't also there to entertain- it very much is, but it doesn't really have time to. It can be silly and random in the way that the book and S1 are, but instead of those being random throwaway moments (like Newt blacking out all of Dorking in the book- which signifies that his tech-unsavviness may be relevant to the plot later but is really mostly just there to entertain because it's so out-there), they are intrinsically tied into whatever the plot will turn out to be. That's really clear, even though we don't actually know yet exactly what the plot is going to be! The leanness of the plot is immediately evident.
I think, so far, that the main negative consequence is that it makes it so much harder to suspend disbelief. When you have a ridiculous moment in a throwaway scene, that's worldbuilding- it shows that this is the kind of world where ridiculous things happen, and then when a particular ridiculous moment ends up being important to the plot, that's fine because it's part of a whole constellation of ridiculous things in this ridiculous world- they've already deconstructed our sense of disbelief. When all you're getting is plot, when something a bit crazy happens you're like "oh, hang on, that doesn't make sense, that's a bit farfetched."
I think that that's one of the things that, so far, is giving "fanfic vibes" to the first two episodes. Maggie and Nina get locked into the cafe? In their first episode?! When we know that they're going to get together?!?! That's ridiculous. In the book and to a lesser degree S1, where like five other ridiculous things would have already happened that aren't heavily signaled to be important to the plot (Gabriel doesn't count because we know he's important to the plot too), this would just be one more ridiculous thing. In S2, it feels like something we need to suspend disbelief for because we haven't really had it suspended for us yet.
Everything I write about Good Omens here is going to come down to John Finnemore in the end because I can't help myself lol, but honestly, my first thought was "well he's really into plotting, so maybe this is part of that." But- he's also done nine and a bit seasons of a sketch show. While he was writing this he was also writing a season of JFSP (the sublime S9) where there was very minimal plot but everything was propelled by character building sketches, very much in the spirit of Good Omens. He knows exactly the power of random ridiculous moments to build the world and explain its ludicrousness. When him being a writer was announced, I saw so many people say "he's definitely got a bonkers enough brain to do this" except that it turns out that, while true, his bonkers sketch-writing brain doesn't really have a lot to do here.
That, plus the fact that I'd be really surprised from everything that I've heard over the last 2ish years if Gaiman wasn't the first and final voice behind everything written for this season, leads me to the conclusion that the issue might just be that S2 may be, as a group effort, over-plotted for its length. There's little room to breathe and live in the world. There are barely any humans, and as such there's not much time to remember that the story is set in a world where humans matter, which, as I pointed out in my previous post, is something that was really important in Good Omens the book and S1. It just doesn't have any fat.
Now- I should be clear- as I said with the other post, it is way too early to tell if GO2 is good or not, because all of the stuff in E1-2 was clearly building up to other things that haven't happened yet. I actually think S2 probably will be good. The above may not be "issues" per se. But I do think that talking about the original Good Omens like the "fat" is the problem kind of misses the point of why so many people liked it- and leaves GO2 with a pretty big burden to overcome in order to convince viewers that it is a continuation of the same world and same story they loved in S1.
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Maverick, peering up at a fruit he wants on a really high hanging branch: :(
Slider: What’s wrong, shortstack?
Maverick: Nothing. Go away
Slider, tilting his head and glancing up at the fruit: You sure you don’t want any help?
Maverick: .... You’re not gonna laugh at me?
Slider: No more than I usually do
Maverick: *mumbles* Yes, please
Slider, picking the fruit, patting Pete on the head, and watching him scamper off with a big grin on his face: Okay, so he’s a little cute
Ice: Was that Maverick you just helped?
Slider: Who? Maverick? I don’t know any Maverick
Ice, unconvinced and groaning internally because his RIO is a goner for wayward scrappy kids with issues: Uh-huh. So, those aren’t adoption papers in your hand right there?
Slider: You’ll be my character witness, right?
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kaslynspeaks · 5 months
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Okay asfjkjhgf this is really stupid, but, I'm imagining that in the BMC AU Sticky actually goes to the Institute for real, and Curtain issues all students a SQUIP, as you said. But, because of who Sticky is (Brave, intelligent, and loving the truth) it kind of corrupts the SQUIP and puts it to default settings (Joke because. Because Reynie is "average" afjk) and gives him free will as an AI/person rather than controlling Sticky like with all the other students
Ok thinking about Reynie advising him on things. Giving him strength and courage to get through the messages. Detecting something different about Kate and Constance (and someone else, someone like Reynie—maybe SQ joins instead of him?), and telling Sticky. They take precautions, check to make sure they're ok, but then they realize they are.
Well. Kate figures him out first and basically kidnaps him and Constance decides they need to do an interrogation. SQ walks in to Sticky tied to a chair and pleading that he doesn't know anything. Kate is throwing all sorts of questions at him "Who are you working for? How often do you watch TV? What scores do you get on tests?" And meanwhile Constance is looking for signs he has a SQUIP: eyes darting to the side when he answers, pausing before he speaks, etc.
Actually, if we really wanted to have some fun with this, we could level up Constance and her powers a bit. Say, Constance is 4? Mr. Benedict had her and SQ for 2-4 years (Constance for 2, SQ for 4) before they found Kate. Kate is still her normal 12 and SQ is 16. So Constance is also using her psychic powers to try and test whether or not he has a SQUIP.
Technically, taking a SQUIP is optional. It's very heavily recommended, but it is optional.
(It's only optional in that they can't legally force the kids to take drugs without their consent. Kids who don't take them are very heavily watched, and usually turned away after a period of time. SQ, Constance, and Kate all lied about taking it. They had cover stories for their SQUIP persona planned beforehand.)
SQ stops both Kate and Constance. He looks at Sticky, and he asks, "What's your goal?"
Sticky blinks. "I don't—I don't know."
"You have to have a goal. What is it?"
Sticky contemplates. But he doesn't look to the side, and Constance can't detect another presence in his mind. "To get a good education?"
SQ looks over at Constance. She shakes her head, and he turns back to Sticky. "Who's your SQUIP?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know?" Kate demands. "You have to know."
Sticky shrugs. "I don't know. I've never met him before in my life. His name is Reynie, and he's my friend."
SQ pauses. Every other persons SQUIP is usually their parent, an executive, or Mr. Curtain himself. "How old is Reynie?"
"He's my age."
"What does he tell you to do?"
Sticky blinks. His hands fidget. "Is—is he supposed to tell me to do something? Usually we just talk, since I don't really have any other friends. He advises me on study techniques sometimes, and suggests I sleep when I'd rather stay up studying, because I can't get anything done in the early evenings. My head hurts too much. He also reminds me to shower, but he never tells me to do anything. It's all suggestions."
The three exchange glances. This doesn't sound like any SQUIP they've heard of before. Kate motions towards the TV, asking, and SQ nods. Kate turns to him again, and asks, "How often do you watch TV? Listen to the radio?"
Sticky tilts his head. "Almost never. At home, I'd just read the newspaper, but they don't have any of those here."
"Where is your SQUIP?" Constance asks.
"He's off, right now. He got startled when you tackled me in the hall, and turned off. He does that sometimes."
After conversing with Mr. Benedict about Sticky, they invite him to join the group and fill him in on the situation. Sticky gladly joins. Reynie does too, even if the others can't see him, and actually has good ideas that Sticky shares with the others. He helps them figure out things they never would've realized before.
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Chapters: 3/? Fandom: Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Alastor (Hazbin Hotel)/Original Female Character(s) Characters: Alastor (Hazbin Hotel), Angel Dust (Hazbin Hotel), Charlie Morningstar (Hazbin Hotel), Vaggie (Hazbin Hotel), Husk (Hazbin Hotel), Niffty (Hazbin Hotel), Rosie (Hazbin Hotel), Sir Pentious (Hazbin Hotel) Additional Tags: Manipulation, Swearing, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Asexual Relationship, Asexuality, Cannibalism, Wendigo, Blood and Violence, Alastor is in Hell for a Reason (Hazbin Hotel), Emotional Manipulation, Drug Use, Song Lyrics, Stuck in a musical, Murder, The songs are diegetic and it's exactly as weird as it sounds, Mayhem, Susan? Susan., Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault Summary:
In this story, we follow an original she/her character as she navigates the complicated afterlife of the Hazbin world. Set during the events of the series, Charlie is still the main character, Alastor is irredeemably evil and our OC, who aspires to be nothing more than a background character, is trying her hardest to stay out of the way of the plot and failing hard.
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red-dead-simp · 1 year
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real-jaune-isms · 1 year
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Does... Luffy Have a Crush? Can That Happen?
[In the aftermath of Film Red, the Straw Hats are sailing onwards for new adventures. For the most part, their spirits are high, but there's a notable exception. Luffy's been sitting on top of the domed crow's nest for hours, clicking at a radio transponder the entire time trying to find a station that's still broadcasting music of the 'Diva Princess'. This is very annoying for Zoro's who's been trying to do his training in the gym just below. Finally he loses his patience and climbs up to see if his captain will knock it off.]
Zoro: The hell are you doing, Luffy?
Luffy: I wanna hear more of the music... the concert got ruined and I wanna hear what she would have been singing. All that later stuff was angry and evil music, but she wanted her voice to be for songs that make the world happy. That's the singing I like, cuz it's when she's happiest.
Zoro: *sigh* After all that chaos with the music demon, I get the feeling nobody's gonna want to broadcast her music for a while. But I'm sure one of the others here has bought her songs in a record or something, we can go ask for it and you can listen to that in the bunks.
Luffy: Yeah... I guess so.
Zoro: Heh... I know you've told us from the start how much you like musicians, but this is another level. We can always just ask Brook to play something if you need a fix...
Luffy: NO! I want to hear Uta! I haven't heard her voice in a long time, and I wanna hear her sing again.
Zoro: Right, y'knew her since you were kids. Still blows my mind that you and the world's biggest idol were close like that when you were younger.
Luffy: Yeah... Shishishi!~ She got way bigger, I was sure surprised!
Zoro: Uh huh... probably because you were kids then and she's a grown woman now? I'm sure she was surprised by who you grew up into too. Tsk... maybe she had a little crush back in the day and now it's fully swooning seeing you as a man?~
*It's absolutely a joking tease, but the deer in the headlights look on Luffy's face makes him stop laughing quickly*
Luffy: That sounds like something the old lady snake talked about when I was training with Rayleigh, and Hancock would come see me... What's it mean to have a crush? I felt happier seeing Uta that I did meeting up with other friends I hadn't seen in a while, so maybe I have a crush?
Zoro: Oh my god... this can't actually be happening right now, dammit. Well, um... does it hurt that you had to say goodbye to her so soon, and you miss her a lot even though you know she's safe with her old man?
Luffy: Yeah, my chest feels tight and I wanna hear her say bye to me again, or anything else she'd wanna say.
Zoro: Oh hell I'm really gonna have to keep explaining this to him... How the hell am I supposed to describe this, I'm not the cheesy cook...
*Suddenly he envisions blue eyes giving him a playful look and hearing a gentle 'fuhuhu~', and the samurai smiles to himself*
Zoro: If you could see her again, would you want to do anything different from how the two of you hung out before?
Luffy: Yeah, probably... I don't think I could get mad if she won another eating contest like the kind we usually play. I don't know if I'd care about losing, cuz she's so happy when she wins.
Zoro: Would you give her a hug? Tell her how happy she makes you, and how much you care about her being happy?
Luffy: I would, yeah!
Zoro: And... would you want to kiss her?
Luffy: Like you do with-
Zoro: Not the point! Is it something you feel like you want to do with Uta?
Luffy: *tries to imagine being close to Uta's face and then closing the gap and feeling her lips on his. He assumes they'll taste like chicken cuz of all their eating contests, but also like strawberries~* ...I want to.
Zoro: Then that's a crush. And I think it may turn into you loving her if you're not careful~
Luffy: I love a lotta things, why would I have to be careful about it with her?
Zoro: It's a different kind of love, the love where you wanna do those exact things and probably some others. But don't worry about it right now, let's just go down to check with the rest of the crew. We still gotta find you a record of your girlfriend singing~
Luffy: *sits where he is for another minute just smiling at the sky* Shishishi... I love Uta~
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writer-of-passion · 11 months
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So you know how we all know Sam is never going to give us a resolution to Rue owing that 8k, so how would y'all feel if I made a one-shot Fexi story about Lexi taking care of it and Fez finds out about it?
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The moment in episode 1 when Lockwood and Lucy both close their eyes and the sound tunnels is a brilliant way to introduce psychic Talent within the series in a visual and auditory manner outside of Lucy’s narration.
However.  
Lockwood.  Lockwood.  Your Talent is Sight.  Lockwood.  Closing your eyes is the last thing you want to do Lockwood.  You can See Things, Lockwood.  You need your eyes to see death glows and Apparitions, Lockwood! 
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taydaq · 10 months
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MORE ROMAN TITS 🗣️
Yes, they are essential to get me through the work week. ʕ ꈍᴥꈍʔ
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Pete has a flashback on the anniversary of his mother’s death. Goose, Ice, and Slider take care of him in the aftermath.
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feltwrong · 5 months
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New fic: A Beginner's Guide to Parallel Universes
Gen, 3021 words
T rated for copious swearing, references to child abuse, and one unfortunate double entendre
Tags: Albus Dumbledore Bashing, Albus Dumbledore bashing as trauma coping mechanism, Ginny is not in a great place right now, Swearing, Alcohol, Humour, no actual parallel universes are involved
Summary: A few years after the war, Draco Malfoy is having a quiet drink in a muggle pub with his friends when he hears his name being yelled by an angry Ginny Weasley. And the evening only gets stranger from there.
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“MALFOY!”
Draco allows himself the tiniest of winces before he straightens and turns around. His hand goes reflexively to his wand, but he can’t draw it, not here in a muggle area. He should have known they couldn't keep going to a pub this close to the Ministry.
“Shit,” says Pansy.
Coming toward them like the Hogwarts Express is Ginevra Weasley. She doesn’t have her wand out, at least. Harry Potter is a few paces behind her, hand outstretched as if to catch her shoulder, and Granger and Weasley (Original Flavour) are bringing up the rear, of course.
“DUMBLEDORE WAS A FUCKING WANKER!” yells Weasley (the yelling one).
Draco freezes. He must have misheard that.
Theo murmurs, “There’s a theory.” He means a muggle theory; he’s been reading up on that sort of thing recently. “About parallel universes, worlds that seem similar to ours but they’re fundamentally different in some way.”
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