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TWST Chapter 7 : Ruler of the Abyss - Trailer review & theories

[SPOILERS WARNING ! Even if I will be focused on Diasomnia Arc’s trailer, I will do some references to the Chapter 7 Main Story Part 1′s events.]

I can’t believe it... After two years, there we are. Chapter 7 : Ruler of the Abyss. It’s kinda an unreal and exicinting feeling. As Malleus fan, I was so long looking for his Dorm’s Arc and now it’s happening ^^ When I saw the trailer and after the Main Story Part 1, it’s was like dream come true... Even now, everytime I watch it, my heart don’t stop skip some beat who breathtaking and heartbreaking it is. I notice some details about Malleus (character and feature) and eventual plotlines.

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1) Words, Dragons and Fea

Maleficent is a Fea. Dark Fea and so it’s for Malleus. But more than that he is a Dragon.

Until now the only gleans of Malleus’s draconique (aside of his horns, breath fire and his eyes), are show in the Halloween Event, “Scary Monsters“ where, Malleus is dressed as a Ryū Ghost and his dragon tail is visible. During the operation for chasing away the Magiccam Monsters, it’s cleary said that Malleus planned to scare the Magiccam on his true form, and during the “attack“, the roar of a gigantic, dragon-like beast and then Malleus’s voice. Since Chapter 7 is based on Sleeping Beauty, it’s sure than Malleus’s dragon form will finaly being fully releavel and I looking for it ^^

With the mentions that Malleus had hatch form a egg, there is very fews clue about Malleus draconic identity. It’s more his Fea-side that is put on the light, but one element make the bound and remind us Malleus’s nature, more than his Horns. His eyes.

“I look at him and... I saw my self”

That line form How to Train your Dragon about first confrontation/meeting between Hiccup and Toothless is releavant of one of the Dragon’s most intriguing, and fanstatic aspects, in both legend and fictions . Theirs eyes.

The word “dragon“ came from the ancient greek verb “ drakemai“ which means “looking with intense gaze“. In old tales and legends, meeting the gaze of Dragon, is something as perilous than confront the beast, like it’s the case for Fafnir or others legendary dragons around the world. And Dragons from modern fictions inherited of that aspect, such as Smaug, Toothless, Haku from Spirited Away etc...

Some will say that one of the greatests weapons of a dragon his ability of using language and mastering True Names (like Fea XD), but, for me, dragon’s eyes is the fascinating feature about theses creatures. They gazing through the distance. Piercing eyes that look right into a person heart/soul like a open book and reveal who truly is the person who cross their gaze. But also the very personality of the Dragon is refected from their owns eyes !

Dragon eyes that can having a kinda hypnotic powers and being used as weapons [final showdow beetween Tûrin Turumbar and Glamgrund (The Children of Hûrin)]. Its can be also a soul’s mirror. A mirror for the person by dearing or misfortune, who look in it. Butn an other hand, it’s only there where the dragon’s true heart, despite all his features, behavior that can be revealed. And Malleus is no exception to that.

In Diasomnia’s Trailer, there is at least five focus and close up on his eyes or his face.The others tailers had also to some eyes’s focus but never that much and in that kind of context. It’s true the Malleus’s eyes chartreuse lime green glow canhelp a bit but while his face stay so stern, his eyes tales more than he can told with words (like Malleus’s lines) or the animation.

In one minutes, we see a passive, calm and lone gaze to tense, fierce glance, passing by a distress/shocked look. I know that there could been a reference to the scene where Maleficent hypnozis Aurora, but I think it highlights Malleus’s character, and in particular his status in the Main story. Even he is one the very few characters to be presented so early in the Story and his presence is everywhere in the game and in the offical artwork. In every Event Story where he appears, he play a significant or major role and ore the Story goes on, more he take a place equal to Yuu or Ace, as Main Protagonist, even his personal Arc would be the last to be explorer. Twisted Wonderland writers had made here a wonderfull job in character narrative’s construction. They give us the time and the space for meeting and discover Malleus’s personality as some clues about his backstory. First by mysteries, as his characters’s is first presented and,a s Yuu we learn more about him and at the end, we care about him, without taking away his mysterious’s aura.

Idia once said that Malleus was the Final Boos’s type character. In tales and fictions Dragons are the greastest challenge that a Hero can have, whatever it’s about a evil dragon like Smaug or a belovent one like Therru or Haku. They aren’t creature of monster. They are beigns, characters. Why the confrontation with a Dragon with worthhaving despiste all the danger. It’s because Dragon represents our greastest fears, our douts... The person who success that meeting found new strengths in himself and return anew.

In fact meeting a Dragon is meeting your fate.

2) Broken Fate and Betray

The Spinning Wheel... Certainly one of the most famous Sleeping Beauty’s artfacts. When we saw it we associated immidiatly with Maleficent and Aurora’s tragic fate...

Fate. That is the word that entirely best definited that object.

Fate or Destiny is often represented a thread and in most European legends, Destiny is associated with the figure of Threader or most specicly a Tro of Weathers. The Scandinavieans Nores, the Moires , the three witches from MacBeth. A Trio of woman who weath human’s live, form birth to death. The Wheel of Fortune is also associate to theses myths. Even if it seems unfaire, it’s the Cycle of Life, it’s what make our existances worth living, that life is precious... And the most curious is that our modern word of Fea and Fairy is came form the latin word Fatum which means well “Fate“.

In Diasomina trailer, we can see the Spinning Wheel two times. The first time juste after seeing Malleus in the Dorm Lounge. The Spinning Wheel, glow of a bright green light and the ties seems being well. Like if, as Idia one day will be in charge of keeper unlock Phantoms, Malleus’s task was to take care of Time and Fate and of all the things and beings that roams in the Dark. But the second time we seen the artefact it’s when Silver wake up. Then the light from the Spinning Wheel’s is lited and the ties break. Just after that we see Malleus, alone in middle of a pool of dark ink (blot?) and seeing thorns surronding him. Like is the Cycle was broken...

I think like many, I was very happy to learn a bit more about Silver’s true origins. I mean, a human infant, found in the forest, in a kingdom where of the majority of its inhabitants are Fea. It’s quite curious and now with that ring. It’s prety obvious that Silver is form royalty and it is, again, a link to his Disney inspiration, Aurora.

But... since some times, it seem to me that Silver is to good to be true or to remain that kind person we know. Look Ortho. Yes there were clues, in the previous chapter, Event Stories or voices lines that he was made after Idia’s lost little brother, but what in world could forshadowing such a twist, that him will bring the core of the Underword ! I think we goes on a similar path with Silver.

I know that Silver is Light Magic User as Kalim or Rook. I will certainly stop to write it down, but for me one of the greates strength of Twisted Wonderland is to take characters form Disney’s classical movies and, after taking some inspirations for its, making original and genious charaters. For exemple Kalim shear with the Sultant some easy-going live-style, without taking about conscequences. But, twist Kalim beside his precious lighthearted can show courage and sens of justice in time of need and Rook is a masterclass of rewriting !

Yes Silver is a very insteresting twist form Aurora. But And sometimes we forget that Silver is also twisted from the Sword of Truth. The very weapon gived by the Fearies to Prince for defeat and slay Maleficent. If we look closely, all Silver outfits’s desgin had his magic-pen turn into a sword-wand at his belt. It’s could be a reference of his social statut, the Crown-Heir’scarekeeper and son’s of the great Kingdom’s Champion.

What does it mean ? Silver will kill Malleus ? I saw some theories about that Silver could be the one who Overbolted. Even if more probaly and certain that will be Malleusl, it give an idea that game tend to show us by little details that Silver can be dangerous and he is not that much Prince Charming and the fact that we had seen Lilia’s ancient weapon, a massive sword made in a rare metal and how the Main Story goes darker and darker... If Malleus’s Overbolt, Silver will decide to slay him for protect innocents ?

In the second Fairy Gala story, there were a line from Silver which bothered me a bit. He implided, if I record, despite their mischevelous feature, fairies are nice person. So what happen during Halloween when Lilia take his fun a bit too much by faking of being possessed and I don’t remember to have seen him being sorry... There is many kind of Fairies, and may be because Silver meet only the nice ones (or because they had respect/are afraid for Lilia and Malleus) and never a true dark fea, like Maleficent or a true Black Dragon. May be he will be dillusionned and the fact that he wake up is his awakeing form a beloven innocent/dream/illusion. He see with Rollo Flame as far fear can engended

And also with the mention of the Enchantress Mirror form Beauty of the Beast, and the fact that there is a Beast’s vibes on Malleus character, does it mean that will we have a confrontation of Silver as Gaston and Malleus as the Beast about what is better Yuu (Belle) ?

A lot of questions that I hope will be soon answered in the upcoming part.

3) Loneliness

As the precedent Dorms’s Trailers, we heard the main protagonist of the Arc, here Malleus, retaking some of the iconic lines of the Vilains on which they’re based on. There is here an echos to Maleficent’s quoted when she curse Aurora and in particular when her speech to Prince Phillip, emprisonned in ther fortress. “ A fairy tale come true”. It could being like we seen until Octovinelle’s trailer, just a “movie reference“. To show to the similarities beetween the Dorm Learders and the 7 Viliains... But it was until Scarabia’s trailer. Since this Chapter, the text hearded had some echoes to the Vilians, but became truly the voice of the characters and not just a “quoting“ the Queen of Heart, Scar or Ursula. It’s became, fully and geniously the voice of Jamil/Kamil, Vil, Idia/Ortho and now Malleus... and that so show the ton and issue of the Chapter (and by extention the core of the characters’s overbolt). Jamil/Kamil represent social status issue and the fact to never being greeted for our true valor. Vil it is all the pression of fame and art/movie/model industry and the prize for winning at all cost. Idia’s story is about the deny of grief and the lost of close relative.

One sure is certain about Malleus, it’s that loneliness is part of his life. Many time in Main Story and Events we had seen how much he get used to it and still live in it because both his tremendous and dark aura/powers and his social statut, with the trailer is became accurated.

When the trailer being, we see Malleus sitting on his throne in Diasomnia lounge, in the dark. A scene that echoe to malificent’s but his face is calm, peaceful with a sad and lonely gleam in his eyes. He stay in the shadows. Right after seen we see his bodyguards bow before their Prince and Dorm Leader but Malleus keep his eyes close even when Lilia’s show up behind him. He seems to keep his true feelings for himself and keep walking. He will continue his duties even for that guarding his heart (even if his inner emotions had some influence on the wheather).

It’s really seem that Malleus is a attentive Crown-Heir/Dorm Learder and that he care about his subjects/fellow students. He kown what his statut means, what is expected form him. What he can and can’t do. That his all behavior, even faking a porposal, can have concequences on his kingdom. But Malleus possesses a more mischievous, childish and curious side about the outside world. We see him running off on his own, escaping from his carekeeper watching and having a personal time. Alone, yes but not always wandering in ruins, but also visiting the town’s libaries and antic shops, or having a good times with a certain Child of Men, the only no- close relative person that doesn’t fear him and consider him as a person. As just Malleus.

It’s true that Lilia, Silver and Sebek are based on a character or an element from Sleeping Beauty (Lighting, Aurora/Sword of Truth, Flora) but look their hair color. Diasomnia’s had this family leifmotif between them. a group whose ties are very close and strong. Just like Aurora was with the ThreeFearies. Lilia is well know to be Malleus’s carekeeper since his hatching. Sebek and Silver are also called by this nomination. There is also each one look the other grow old, Lilia being the father figure for three boys. But as they grow, there relations change and even if them and Malleus are close, it is now a servant/master relationships. When Silver and Sebek speak about Malleus, it’s always as “Lord“ or “Young Master“. There is distance and nothing personal. Personal as knowing Malleus own dreams and emotions. Just like the Fairies belived that Rose will be glad to learn that she is the Princess. It’s true that Malleus could, said what he had on his heart, but as he said himself, he know loneliness even when he didn’t hatch. It’s Lilia and in particulary Yuu that helped him to open to the outside world.

To Others.

4) Thorns of Despair

I think of the trailer, this is the part who litteraly give me goosegumps and skip some heartbeat so much that it’s hadsome as animation but also for the story telling, and that break my heart.

That scene, of Malleus in middle of a large ink-blot surface (his unconsciousness), his face and eyes clearly show fear and distress, not being able to control the thorns that surronding and imprison him in a cage. The next scene is Malleus rising in black and lime green light, with a fierce gaze and smirk. That scene in plus to remember me the dream of Arren in Tales of Earthsea and some Ancient Magus’s Bride vides, that sequence is so heartbreaking.

First there is the thorns. In plus to be bond to Maleficent’s imagery, all plant with thorns are, according to folklore the Fea most beloved’s plants. Roses, Briar Rose, Blackthorn. For years, Malleus has maintained a private rose garden and he is very proud of it, a occupation that remind the original archetype of the Beast who also he is the keeper of a roses garden. Few times he ask if he can”t not summon some briars as extra decorations. To see its going against him it’s to hurtful and it’s seem that it’s that imprisonnement that provoc the transformation.

What doesn’t thorns means. In first hand, it could be, like the others Overbolt, the incarnations of all the bad, hurting dark feelings that Malleus keeped hidden so long for centuries inside him. May be so far inside his heart that he didn’t relealizehow powerful and dangerous, thoses burried feelings were.

But it’s seems to easy and an others interprestations fit better to Malleus. Since the end of Ignihyde Arc, Malleus relealize for the first time of his life that all life, the very very long one of the Fea have an end. For Fea, like Malleus, it’s an aspect of life, notion that is very hard handle, to understand trully. He is a Fea, a being that will live for centuries for hundreds of years. Death is rare among immortal and he never confronted to the fragility of existence until Ramshackle destruction in Chapter 6. And now Lilia is leaving after loosing his magic and is potentialy at the edge of his life and there is Yuu’s potential departure from Twisted Wonderland to his/her original world.

Who would not try to do something about to advoid losing someone dear ? Who ?

Since I discover Twisted Wonderland, Malleus’s character give me sometimes such Elias Rainworths vibes. Both are no-humans beign thank a Child of Men, looking to the Outside World and the humans, trying to understand it. The big differents it’s that if Malleus take by himself the iniatiative to learn more about humans (and his meeting with Yuu increase it), Elias began to wonder about humantity only after Chise’s arrival in his house. They are both have the imagery of thorns in theirs respectives features, tremendous powers and sometimes called “freak“ or “monsters“. Coincidence, when Elias goes to the Magic College’s Libary to get a forbidden spell for helping an diying Chise, a alchemist teacher compare him the Sleeping Beauty inside her castle surronded by thorns. In the Futhark Alphabet, the Rune Thurisaz is the Rune of the Thorn. Its symbolisme is chaos and power. In divination and magic, that rune is one of the hardess to use because it is more bond to no-humain beings and had two opposite effect: like a hall of thorns it is the perfect protection against agression but can hurt both the foe that the one inside. Elias as Malleus, inherited both of theses characterestics. In order to help some, and in particulary someone dear, they are able to to anything, even terrible things with dreafull consequences, even it’s came form a good intention.

According of what is foresharowing in Chapter 7 part 1, Malleus will may be try to put the entire campus into a kinda timeless dream world. Like this all the precious moments with Lilia, Yuu and others will be keeped save from Time. But he relealize too late that what is doing is wrong. By looking that sequence, we can see that the true victime of that “Speel“, is Malleus in himself. Even after years of knowing how must his power can be dangerous if he is loose his control on it, he never trully face it and ened to being literaly imprisonned, becoming helpless in face of such tremendous powers. Like suggested the scene where he brutaly open his eyes, he never suspected to having a such dark power in him, and hope to wake of that bad dream.

Riddle, Leona, Azul and even Jamil are kinda victimes too because when they overbolted it was because they had being pusched to the edge and all their , (but they a bit looking for it by doing things far to be “innocents“). Notice that after theses fourth trailers we stop to see the Overbolted form as the Main Story turning to a darker path.

At the end of the Pomefiore trailer, after rising up a stairs (a metaphor for the ascension to glory and fame), Vil facing like the Evil Queen a Mirror and there is that gorgeous Picture of Dorian Gray’s scene : Vil’s refection, still in Dorm Uniform as his real conterpart, don’t act as the real Vil and smirk as blot surronding him. Beauty can hide hidious soul/deeds. Idia is catched by the darkness and humanoid creepy forms aka the Phantoms of his past and his own regrets and grief.But even there is a change of rules in theses two trailers, all the six firsts Overbolted students accepted their transformations into a dark version of themself. Malleus don’t. He seems trully afraid and surprise of that darkness that surronding him and turn him into his opposite, a new Maleficent.

As I said at the beginning of this review, meeting a Dragon mean meeting our Fate and I think it’s exactly what is showed there. Even Malleus can be fierce and he is known for his temper which take the form of lighting storms, never he go into full Black Dragon. A pure incarnation of darkeness, power and destruction. One of the most fascinating about Malleus is that how far his personatily is form Maleficient’s. He is looking for the meeting of the Others, doesn’t treat humans as a “weak race“ unlike many of his kind (and one of his own relative). He is mischievous indeed, but he is also carring, benevolent and true. A Protector. He is so far from a Dark Lord and yet he had that dark power that can be a danger even for himself.

The Party will confront a dragon the most powerful being on earth so in a sens becoming like Champion in Old Tales and I will not surprise that Ace getting there his Unique Magic since with Yuu and Malleus, he is the most close of the Heros Archetype. He know what is right as he show many times by confronting Riddle, Eliza or Malleus himself during teh second Hallowen event. And Malleus understand his point of view and when we reseen both of them, it is for Malleus Bloomgear Birthday Story. Until that Event Story, all Ace’s interactions about Malleus was fullied with fear like when Yuu said out-loud Malleus’s nickname. But there, they are like friends, perhaps not close than Yuu and Malleus, but more than Carter (who was the only one who had the courage to talk Malleus at least as classmate). Why I talking about Ace, well, as Malleus (and Deuce and Grim), Ace is the first character with who Yuu deeply befriend. He is the last one of the main first years to don’t having discover his Unique Magic. Confront a Dragon, and in particulary a close friend of Yuu, is the ideal opportunity.

But there is more, because there is an other chalenger to the Dragon. Malleus himself. And it’s where I came with Arren’s Dream’s vibes. Between the two scenes from Tales of Earthsea and Diasomnia trailer, there is a connection. Malleus and Arren confront themself who take the form of a Shadow. When after embracing and facing his darkness side, like the others Dorm Leader, Malleus will had the power to became the great King that he is destined to be, because he would had confront his grestest foe, his own darkness.

It was a very long post but I really wanted to talk about that trailer and that dear dragon. I hope you enjoyed ^^

Have a nice day/evening !

#twst #twisted wonderland #diasomnia #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #sebek zigvolt #twst silver #twst chapter 7

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melodyofthevoid · 4 months

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Writing Wrap Up 2023

Another weird year, to be sure. Between finishing up school, job hunting, moving out, and all sorts of family things, it's been... a really slow year. It's a feeling I keep coming back to, this feeling like I'm not doing enough. Like there's some invisible deadline that I'm failing to meet. And that failure is what's keeping me from getting any enjoyment out of the works I do finish.

But that's not really... helpful, is it? Loathe as I am to admit it, focusing on what I did accomplish makes me feel better and it is worth celebrating, I think. Darn therapy actually giving me helpful tips and advice.

Now, most of what I wrote this year I shared exclusively with friends. Tbh this is both because it's all been pretty self indulgent OC stuff ngl, but also it's niche content for my DnD characters. But both Lorna and Alexi got some really excellent pieces, and Euripheus' origin/demise piece was another one I enjoyed doing.

Except for the part where I had to write an awkward family discussion/fight. Nearly did me in.

On a different note, Alexi's AU piece clocks in at nearly 10k words, which is the longest one-shot I've ever done. Bonkers. I really just wanted to torment him, huh?

Aside from that, I've been diligently chipping away at my worldbuilding documents, each of which is wildly different in construction/layout. Mostly due to their different reasons for being, and purposes. The OI one is the least developed as of now, but I hope in the next week to really dive into (hah) the nations and make those tangible cultures. My Fading Reflections one only really needs a timeline and some loose details added here and there.

The Sun/Moon game concept expanded to having a separate NPC doc, and I'm testing out how the dialogue could theoretically sound. In Stars and Time really inspired me, and I think it'll be a fun little side project as I side eye other things.

Then my big one, the Crane Wives Analysis. It's the first time I've ever done something like that and it really gave me a deeper appreciation for a band I already adore. 20k words over the course of the year, with half of those coming in November alone when I did NaNoWriMo for the first time! Not the traditional way that event works, but I completed all my goals, so hooray!

I also did nearly half of the Whumptober prompts I picked out, and am still doing those when I feel stuck.

I don't know where this next year will take me in terms of writing. I'm starting my new job, which while extremely exciting, does raise the question of Time. I'm on my own, going to have to do all the Adult Things™, and free time is definitely going to be at a premium. It does worry me, but I'll adjust (I hope).

So yeah! I'll attach links to some of my works below the cut, and wish you all a happy new year! Thanks for sticking around!

The Well Analysis

TCW: Singles

True Reflections (Magnus Archives Fanstatement)

TCW: Foxlore

TCW: Coyote Stories

TCW: The Fool in Her Wedding Gown

TCW: Safe Ship, Harbored

"Captive"

Bodies Are Business

Reassignment

#melody rambles #my writing #I'm sure there's some of y'all who've followed me this year who're reading this like #'they write? I just thought they posted memes about writing'#which is fair #Just really haven't had the drive to post my stuff that I've done #I'm trying to separate my need to write from my desire for feedback/responses ig #anyways #but I think my stuff is getting better on the whole

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real-sun-wukong-fan01 · 1 year

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ITS FINALLY DONEEEEEEE OMY LOVE

THERES TWO VERS SO YEAA

LATER IMA ADD A HAND BUT ITS P MUCH COMPLETE

THE BRO LOOK AT HIM

HE'S GOT A BEARDHJSKSISOOSOS FANSTATIC

#submission #how do u tag this cuz well yea #master swap au #sun wukong #monkey king #lego monkie kid

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thatmexisaurusrex · 2 years

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Congrats on 300 followers! And I’d be wild for a Sambucky story for #4: "We could practice kissing... if you want."

JULESSSSSSSS 💕 Ooh, what a fanstatic choice, @jules-of-the-crown! I hope you enjoy the drabble! 🥰

Prompt 8: “We could practice kissing... if you want.”

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"This feels like a date," Bucky said into his beer as he felt blush immediately creeping onto his face, down his neck, and past his shirt.

Bucky hadn't thought this through.

He really hadn't.

He hadn't thought about what it would mean to move to Delacroix after the Flag Smasher's incident in New York. He didn't think about what it would be like to spend a few weeks on the Wilson family's couch before Sam had rolled his eyes and invited Bucky to just share his bed, and then what sweet torture it would be to sleep next to Sam in his bed as very good buddies who happen to share a bed now.

Bucky hadn't thought about what it would mean to help Sam weekly with repairs on The Paul & Darlene and the comfortable silence of the few beers they usually had after their work was done.

He hadn't thought about what Sam would look like. Always. All the time. Just this gorgeous fella being smart and snarky and annoyingly funny near Bucky.

Sam now, in his sweat-drenched shirt that Bucky had stretched out a touch, bathed the ethereal glow of a Gulf coast sunset. How his gap-toothed smile made Bucky's heart stutter. How his warm, Reckless Abandon iris eyes made Bucky forget what words were when they turned Bucky's way. And those arms. Those thighs. That chest.

Why was Bucky's serum the imperfect one? Why was it that Stevie could drink everyone under the table, and yet Bucky was still the lightweight he always was?

Two drinks in and Bucky was already a goner. Just hanging on Sam's every word and saying ridiculous things like what he just said.

Why had Bucky said that?

"Not the most romantic date," Sam hummed, sounding amused because of course he was, "We're just doing the weekly repairs."

"Not like I've been on a lot of dates recently," said Bucky with a shrug, "I guess there was that one with Leah, but I don't know. We played Battleship. We exchanged an awkward goodbye hug."

"No kiss?" asked Sam as he took another sip of his own beer.

Bucky should be honest. Sam was his friend. His best friend. Sam would be... kind about it.

"I, um... I haven't kissed anyone," mumbled Bucky into his drink again, wondering if it'd be a good or a bad idea to down this third beer.

Sam blinked.

"... What do you mean by that?" asked Sam slowly.

No judgment. Just. A question. Bucky appreciated that.

"I used to smooch plenty of people back," Bucky explained, "It's just... ever since I woke up from my Winter Soldier programming..."

Sam... nodded.

"That was ten years ago. Almost eleven," Sam pointed out.

Bucky decided, yes, he would like to chug the rest of his third beer.

Sam looked... uncharacteristically nervous. Bucky watched Sam picking at his beer's label, thinking. Bucky was about to say something, make a joke or change the subject, but Sam said, "We could practice kissing... if you want."

"Yes!" blurted Bucky a little too fast, a little too into the idea, but Bucky didn't care, "Let's kiss. Practice. Kissing. Practice kisses. Let's practice kissing."

Bucky had the opportunity to kiss Sam Wilson. He was grabbing the bull by the horns.

Sam, for his part, chuckled a bit, not looking at all dissuaded by Bucky's enthusiasm. Sam placed his beer down before he walked over to Bucky. He framed Bucky's face with his hands, smiling up at Bucky.

"Okay, James. Let's practice kissing," said Sam softly.

Bucky was good at kissing.

He remembered being good. The kind of man who people whispered about, that rare dishes and dreamboats talked about in hidden corners of Brooklyn.

Bucky felt Sam's lips press on his own. Soft. Wonderful.

Muscle memory took over as Bucky pulled Sam close by the waist and dipped him. Bucky deepened his kiss with Sam. He felt the vibrations of Sam groaning in his teeth, the shiver of Sam's body in his bones.

That was Bucky's world. He. And Sam. On a boat. Sam melting into a puddle of moans as Bucky explored his mouth and under his shirt.

Bucky reluctantly moved his mouth away from Sam's, still keeping the fella in that dipped position. Bucky noticed that the sun had gone down.

When had the sun gone down?

"That was," Sam breathed, his mouth kiss swollen, "That was you without practice?"

Bucky smirked. Sam looked annoyed. It was very cute.

"Like riding a bike," Bucky started to say before Sam pulled Bucky's face back down for more kissing.

*****

This is for my 300 Followers Event! If you want to submit a prompt, check out the list and send in an ask!

#julesssss ✨ ✨ ✨#thank you so much for the prompt 🥰#sambucky #the daily sambucky fluff diary #300 followers event #sam wilson #bucky barnes #boat fic #kissing practice #tooth rotting fluff #drabble 8 #'we could practice kissing... if you want.'

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anotheronlineartist · 2 years

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Movie Amy Rose , by someone who has only ever seen the movies, fanart, and three video essays:

What do I know about Amy? She's a bubbly, cute, adventure seeking, Sonic obsessed, tarro card wielding hedgehog of bright pink proportions. She often gets left behind, but is determined to prove herself and protect her friends. Adorable as she is, her hammer isnt and she isn't afraid to use it. While her friends are caught up in saving the world, she's there to take care of the little guys on the ground and doesn't lose sight of who their fighting for. Her mystical tarro cards are what brought her to Sonic, and since then she's been his number one fan, harboring a not so subtle crush on the blue blur. She's a talented cook/ baker who wants to open her own bakery someday. There's some theories (canon? I'm not sure) of her being able to sense Chaos energy, which is how she always knows where to find Sonic.

All around a very bright character who I think has a lot of potential in the Movie Universe.

First off, how would she join the team? Most likely she'll have heard about the epic Robotnic fight and how Sonic used the Master Emerald to save his family. In awe, she travels to earth to meet this hero. The idea I like better is that she (assuming she CAN sense Chaos energy) gets massive signals from earth due to Super Sonic and comes to investigate. This would immediately establish her as a determined, thrill seeking girl looking for adventure and would play into her wanting to join Sonic. Seeing Sonic as a means of adventure from a presumably boring life would explain her fast and furious crush on him

Whether or not she'll be well received is difficult to say. Movie Sonic seems a little less brass than game Sonic, so will probably try not to be rude or ditch her, but since her being left behind seems an important staple of her early character, it's not something the writers can completely cut. What's more likely is that Sonic won't be confident in her ability to take care of herself and would want her to stay behind for safety.

Her role may partially be a "prove yourself" sort of deal where she, having been left behind while Team Sonic deals with Shadow, strikes out on her own, determined to help and be apart of the story. After all, she came for adventure and to help Sonic, and is going to do so whether he likes it or not. In doing her own thing to help the conflict, she proves herself a valuable member of the team.

While she could do that by going in and kicking butt in a fight, it'd be cool if they drew on another major part of her character: taking care of the people that get overlooked when the world ends. I believe she helps this little floaty thing escape capture and reunites it with its family in one of the early games, even though she didn't have to and doing so put her in danger. This willingness to help others turns especially useful in-game as she talks Shadow into helping. Her playing a similar role in the movie would be a fantastic way to show her strength and value as a character while staying true to her established traits. It's shows the power of compassion and empathy and how a kind gesture can win a war punching can't.

This kind of character is very important for the team as they really come into their own as heros. Just like Tom learns that protecting his friends and family means more to him than proving himself as a big city cop, Amy serves as a reminder that taking care of those "little guys" is why they're fighting evil. Not forgetting the friends they're defending while they fight bigger and bigger foes will fit nicely into the established themes of family in the Sonic cinematic universe.

As far as representation goes, I think she has the potential to be a fanstatic role model for girls if the writing team does her character justice. Showing girls female characters who don't need no man and can take care of themselves is important, but so is showing all the other unique types of women out there and how each are strong and capable. Though I am Down to see Amy play whack-a-hoe with her hammer, keeping her character's strength in kindness and compassion (and the value that has on the plot, team, and characters) is infinitely more impactful. She's a perfect character for SEGA to demonstrate how a strong female character doesn't have to be a cut throat drill Sargent at all times, and that great power lies in a helping hand.

Apart from a gentler approach in character, I'd be thrilled if they kept her girly in appearance and speech like she is in the game. Love seeing characters decked all out in ribbons and bows while carrying massive hammers that make Thor cry.

Though I didn't grow up with this character, I have high hopes for seeing how she grows into an amazing on screen girlboss. The writers have done an amazing job of doing right by Tails and Knuckles, completely rectifing the recent decline in quality from some Sonic games. Saving those two allows me to put faith in them that they'll take care of Amy the same way and won't reduce her to a background character at best, annoying Sonic fan girl at worst.

Amy Rose has so much potential to be a unique and compelling character who can add so much to the team and story. With any luck we'll have this amazing girl back in business by the time Sonic 3 is half way through.

This is ALL opinion, and I'd love to hear yours!! Obviously I've never edited played the classic games, but she's a character who caught my attention when I entered the fandom and one who I can't wait to see on the big screen!

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melodioustear · 1 year

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Searching for Fan Stats on Mental Illness

Note: I've used the term mental illness in this post due to my desire to reach a wider audience. Normally I use the term Mad(ness), as I work from a Mad Studies perspective. Please use whatever terms you prefer.

Hello!

I'm a PhD researcher working on representations of embodied mental illness in fanfiction. I am trying to find demographic data regarding mental illness/psychosocial disability in fandom. Just disability isn't enough - I need it to be specific as to the manner of disability/illness.

Do you know a study that has looked at this, either directly or indirectly? I'm especially interested in finding rates of people in fandom who have experienced mental distress, and if possible, data around fanfiction practices in expressing that experience.

Please either reply here, DM me, or you can email [email protected] to contact me. Signal boosts very appreciated.

Thanks! <3

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peregrine5 · 1 year

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Magnus Archives Fanfic (Fanstatement?)

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Skyscraper

Statement Begins.

I had never liked tall buildings. I mean, I always knew I was safe, that there was lots of planning and engineering that went into building a skyscraper, but there was an integral part of me that couldn’t shake off the primal terror of being hundreds of feet in the air.

I avoided the windows.

Mostly, I ignored it. I went about my business, glancing out the windows from a safe distance of a few feet, ignoring the lump of unease inside me. Don’t even get me started on elevators.

My fear of heights never really interfered with my life. I’ve hiked mountains, toured skyscrapers, even rock climbed as a hobby (indoors, of course). In fact, I thought I’d gotten over it, for the most part.

I was wrong.

It started with a dream.

I was on an elevator moving rapidly up a building. Except this elevator was on the side of the building, and it had no walls. I was surrounded by people who had no problem with this, but I was terrified. When we finally got to our floor, I started clambering through the hole in the wall that served as a door.

And I slipped.

And I fell.

I dismissed it as just a dream. But the lingering unease didn’t go away.

A few days later, I was in a rather tall building for some reason or other, I can’t remember what it was now. I was on a floor near the top of the building, sitting in a waiting room and starting out the window at the clear blue sky. That is, until something caught my attention. You know how you can almost always tell where glass is? No matter how much you polish it, there’s always a reflection or a smudge somewhere. But this glass, it was spotless. Almost like it wasn’t there at all.

I don’t know what came over me, but I needed to make sure there was glass in that window. I felt myself get up and slowly, deliberately make my way towards the window. As I got closer, that familiar anxiety started to rise again. “You’re safe,” I reminded myself, “you won’t fall.” But I got to the window, and I reached out my hand, and, and—-

And.

There was no glass there. I was standing on a ledge next to open sky.

I screamed.

At least, I think that’s what happened. I vaguely remember someone rushing out of an office and speaking to me as I pressed my back against the wall farthest from the window. I tried to warn them, tell them that there wasn’t any glass in the window, that anyone could fall out, that it all it would take is one slip and someone would be dead—-

I was taken downstairs.

In the following days, I tried to convince myself that what had happened was just stress or exhaustion. I almost succeeded.

But then I went to sleep, and I woke up in an elevator with no walls.

This time it wasn’t a dream. I could feel the wind rushing against my face, could see the rapidly shrinking ground far below. I clung to the floor and pressed my eyes closed, praying that I would wake up, that it was all just a dream. I only opened my eyes when I felt the elevator slowing to a stop. I looked up at the hole in the wall of the building. I knew I was meant to climb through. If I climbed through, I would be safe, right? It was easy. The edge of the hole was just a few feet above the floor of the elevator. I tried to stand up, but I started panicking. I was too high up, there weren’t any walls, the ground was so, so far below me. I couldn’t stand up, backseat then I could fall. But I could feel I had no choice, and after a few minutes of trying to slow my breathing, I managed to stand up. I carefully made my way to the lip of the entrance, and I pulled myself up. It was fine, I would be okay.

Until, just like in my dream, I slipped.

I fell backwards into nothing.

I remember screaming until my throat burned. I remember sobbing as I fell, my heart pounding faster than I thought was possible. I remember waiting to hit the ground, waiting for the sick impact that would wrench my soul from the crushed remains of my body.

But I never hit the ground.

I kept falling and falling, hearing the wind roar in my ears, until the wind wasn’t just wind anymore.

It was speaking to me, and I understood it.

“Let go. Let yourself fall. Let the endless void take you.” Over and over and over again.

I was scared, at first. Well, more scared than falling to my death had already made me.

But eventually, something clicked in my mind. I had been so scared of heights, so scared of falling to my death, of nothing catching me. But now I could feel the wind surrounding me, talking to me. This fear I felt—- it was exhilarating. The sky had me, and it was alive, I could feel it breathing, and I was breathing with it. If I let it envelop me, I could embrace the fear, I would live, and I wouldn’t be scared again, not like I had been before. I wouldn’t be scared because I saw now that what I had thought of as a void, an empty chasm that could, in an instant, take my life, was really something more. Something that breathed with the very world itself, that in its vastness was beautiful.

And I wanted to join it.

I’m not scared of heights anymore. There are lots of people who are, though. I help them. I show them how beautiful the endless expanse is. Sometimes they don’t understand, but that’s alright. They become one with the void anyway.

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