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papabigtoes · 7 months
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How are you feeling about knubbs
I thought he was FANTASTIC in this movie (you gave me an excuse to draw him from it) !
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(very in depth response below)
I love his character and how he acts. The facials of him sassily kicking the breakfast table killed me in a watchparty I had with my friends
And yes, all three of us went “NOOOOO!” when he was engulfed by the explosions.
I will say, as much as I tried to avoid spoilers, his death was spoiled for me in my inbox once the leaks circled around last week. It wasn’t it being spoiled that made me groan - it was the fact they were typed as if the annoying orange grew fingers and wanted to be EXTRA quirky. I am embarassed for the anon because all it made me feel was the same way I feel when I stumble upon a millenial making videos with their dog where they speak in this pseudo-european accent all squeaky. If you ever wanna make me clench my toes in disgust, just send me clips of dogs with bad forced accents all chipmunked. that one audio that goes “IF MONDAYE WAS A VEGGIETABLE, IT WOULD BE A ZZUCHEYENEYE, BECAUSE ITS ZUCHS!” oughhh i will be white knuckling my phone like murderface on twitter when he shits bro
THEN, I saw people on instagram and one had Dick’s face as it was melting from Nathan’s trip. When I saw that image before the movie, I believed either A.) When MF got exorcised Salacia jumped into the closest body and because he wasn’t a demi-god, his body began to legit melt, OR B.) it tied into the fact Crozier hired Knubbler to get info on the band since S1E2. And he was revealing that he wasn’t actually as good-intentioned as the band thought.
The fact he continued to be a wholesome wine aunt and hippie stoner uncle hyrbid to the boys, AND THE FACT CROZIER HAD AN ARC (in my au I have him be like a grumpy grandpa to the boys, and a dad figure to MF so the fuel this film gave me for fan art? BOUNTIFUL) god it was truly a feast
I think I would be more sad if they decided to have the route be that Knubbler was terrified to die. If he was pounding on that shield in a panic, oh that would hurt! He looked so accepting of it, looking at the band with confidence that they’d indeed save the world, was a pretty damn awesome way to go. He went out like a true gear - he feared not his mortality.
I will say, his passing wont cause me to cease drawin’ him and William! I’ll draw him like he died but he got better so he’s ok.
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have a lot of dickface stuff I want to include into my fan piece au, and he’ll still be a favorite to draw when it comes to it. Lmk if you want me to draw any knubbler angst with mf and whatnot, because I’ll probably continue with my favorite route with drawing him - the Cheese Route™️.
What do you feel about it, anon? You don’t have to answer back, but I do enjoy Talkin’ Klok and would love to hear your thoughts too!
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mementomush · 1 year
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i know will wood probably made “the main character” sound extra Quirky Spooky™️ on purpose so the chronically online would ignore the meaning and take it as a self-anthem which is super funny BUT i still feel myself shrivel up at my core anytime i see “will wood just like me fr?” or “i didnt know he was like that”
yes, will wood, known narcissist and lover of social media, made this song, meant it genuinely and put it right after a fucked up song all about being anti-social media corporation, ur so right bestie!!
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nobodysdaydreams · 8 months
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Benedict Twins Neurodivergent Head Canons (by popular request)
At first I was going to make a post about all the MBS character's neurodivergencies, then I realized I had wayyyy too many for the twins alone.
Then I also realized that despite my efforts to try and separate them by diagnoses, a lot of their symptoms are the same thing in different fonts and with different diagnoses emphasized throughout the show. So here is everything I came up with.
(Warning: insanely long and unhinged post ahead. Feel free to disagree with any of these. Just don't be ableist please!).
My head canons for the twins:
ADHD-inattentive type - mostly Nicholas, possibly season 2 Nathaniel
Autism - mostly Nicholas, you could argue Nathaniel also has it
Anxiety/OCD symptoms - mostly Nathaniel in season 1, you could argue Nicholas has other forms of anxiety
BPD - mostly Nathaniel in season 2, you could argue Nicholas also has it
Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD) - Both twins have it, and I think Nathaniel also has CSD, and I will explain what that is
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MADD) - I don't know if both twins have it, but there are some scenes they were in the had the vibe going for sure
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ADHD-inattentive type:
Nicholas' ADHD-I head canon mostly comes from personal experience (that's been my official diagnosis since childhood). Specifically, the way they wrote the show version of the character was way too relatable to me. The fact that there are so many books on his desk cluttered everywhere? Him dismissing the food Number Two tries to give him in that one scene even though he ordered it? The flashbacks of Nathaniel having to tell Nicholas to make sure his appearance looked good? Flashback Nicholas showing up late for the orphanage pageant? The general scatterbrain tendencies? Nicholas getting emotionally overwhelmed when he has too much to do or can't find a way out of a situation? I love the man, but thank goodness he has Rhonda and Number Two to do the executive functioning for him because if they didn't he would be in trouble. Those scenes were way too relatable, as were the scenes of him feeling guilty for being a burden to his friends family because they handle so much for him.
Since this head canon comes entirely from my own experiences, it's probably the easiest for me to write. I haven't done much with it in my fics yet because I've been focusing a bit more on the plot™️ and other characters, but when writing season 2 content, especially from Nicholas' perspective and how it changes after he's been given the happiness technique, I do intend to do a few things to incorporate this head canon into how I write his scenes.
It's also worth noting that while I see this head canon as mostly applying to Nicholas, Nathaniel does seem to have more ADHD-I symptoms in season 2. Season 1 he has a lot of anxiety (which I will talk about), but in season 2, he's a lot more quirky and scatterbrained and relaxed once his anxiety symptoms are decreased, and I could see ADHD being a head canon for him as well, it's just that his anxiety masks his executive dysfunction more than Nicholas' does. Of course, there are a lot of other possible reasons for Nathaniel's change in personality between seasons, and I'm gonna talk about those too.
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Autism:
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): So unlike the ADHD head canon, the autism head canon is one that I am not professionally diagnosed with, but I am familiar with it through irl friends that I've had that have been professionally diagnosed with autism. It's also worth noting that this is not really my own head canon or an unpopular one, other people in the fandom have mentioned this head canon before).
It's also a head canon that I think makes a lot of sense, especially in the show, they mention multiple times that Nicholas was at one point an academic, which could imply him having special interests and hyper fixations. During the flashbacks of him at the orphanage we really don't see him interact with anyone other than Nathaniel, which could be due to a number of factors, but could also suggest that maybe Nicholas struggled socially. This is support by the fact that when he rants at Nathaniel in 1x8, he says Nathaniel always tried "to control me [Nicholas], to control your friends", but Nicholas doesn't say our friends or my friends, and the only friends of his own mentioned from childhood are Nathaniel (who his says was his best friend), and Tommy Jacobs (who Nathaniel told him to stay away from and was implied to be a social outcast) suggesting that Nathaniel was the one building and maintaining the twin's social circle, though of course that's speculation.
I also previously talked about Nicholas being emotionally overwhelmed, and I know I connected that more to my own experience of ADHD-I symptoms, but I could see it being connected to experiences of autism as well, such as autistic burnout, autistic meltdowns, or sensory overload, I suppose it's open to interpretation especially if you head canon Nicholas as having both ADHD and Autism and consider all the ways that ADHD and Autism can coexist and interact within the same person.
It's also worth noting that Nathaniel is also seen misinterpreting social situations and struggling to connect with his peers both in flashback and in the show. In the flashbacks, he doesn't pick up the fact that the perspective parents don't like him or that people are displeased with his morning after performance. In the present, he has to basically twist Garrison's arm into a friendship and has so many weird and uncomfortable scenes where he tries to offer her "a chance to share the spotlight" and gives her champagne she can't drink where it looks like he's attempting to get her to genuinely like him but he just keeps missing the mark and getting more and more frustrated. I suppose you can also head canon this as ASD if you want since it is a pattern of social struggles that has followed him into adulthood (especially since Nicholas and Nathaniel are twins and would likely have similar symptoms), but it's also important to remember that Nathaniel is an antagonist, so I could understand where this head canon could also be taken negatively.
As for how I incorporate ASD head canons into my fic, since ASD is a disorder I have a lot of personal familiarity with, but am not diagnosed with myself, I try to write it in a way where I keep what's canon canon, I talk mostly about the symptoms I'm familiar with or have heard friends of mine describe (I mention Nicholas stimming as a child and struggling to understand social situations, getting very emotionally overwhelmed, etc.).
One thing I was mindful of, especially when writing my fic was that even though Nicholas (and SQ, who I'll talk more about in another post) having autism is a fairly popular head canon made mostly by autistic people, I still wanted to make sure that when I focused in or hinted at those symptoms that I did it well and did it respectfully.
For example, one problematic trope that can happen in autism representation is infantilizing or having them portrayed as sweet and innocent characters, but also characters without a lot of agency, and I did worry a bit about that when writing them from Nathaniel's point of view, and talking about things like him not trusting SQ to make his own decisions, and viewing Nicholas as incapable or incompetent. I really tried to make it super clear that this is how Curtain or other characters are viewing them at various points in time, but it's not necessarily how they actually are. So far I think that I've been able to make that clear, at least I haven't heard anyone say that my portrayal is problematic or bad, and I have gotten a lot of comments saying that I do a fairly good job of switching between the POVs of different characters and showing how certain things from one character's perspective are incorrect in another's. But again, while I have some personal experience with ASD, I don't have it myself, so I'm curious to know what people with ASD think about this head canon and whether it's an accurate and positive one, and if any of you guys think that it's a problematic head canon, or does more harm than good, please let me know.
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Anxiety/OCD:
Anxiety/OCD Symptoms: My background with OCD and anxiety is that I have several family members and friends with anxiety and OCD, and I know that it's a really difficult disorder to live with especially when you're trying to deal with it on your own.
I know there have been a couple people who have already pointed out Nathaniel's OCD and anxiety-like behaviors, especially in the ways that it parallels Sticky's anxiety and OCD tendencies (and I might do another post talking more in depth about Sticky but if you haven't read Sophie's amazing fic about it, do that now).
I noticed these symptoms of Curtain's mostly in season 1, where Curtain started out as a seemingly confident and calm evil mastermind behind the Emergency and then became increasingly anxious and upset the more he lost control. You could also argue the way the Institute is governed by so many rules designed to not look like rules and Curtain's extreme need for control and orderliness are also signs of OCD or anxious tendencies. (and his anxiety and frustration when that control and order is disrupted, such a when he screams at his stenographer that "every minor detail" matters).
In my fic, I do a few examples of Curtain experiencing intrusive and negative thought patterns and using control to try and cope with that, but since it's not a disorder I've been diagnosed with or symptoms I personally experience, I try to keep it within Nathaniel's canon concerns (his fear of failure, being abandoned by his friends and family, his paranoia and mistrust of others especially when he's investigating the kids in season 1 and assumes Nicholas came to the island to mock him).
There's also a scene where Curtain makes SQ believe that his friend Reynie is only trying to take advantage of him, and while it's an example of Curtain letting his own anxieties and fears overshadow what's best for his son, I really try to write in an way that emphasizes that Curtain does believe he is doing the right thing and protecting him, even if he's not doing it correctly. While I mostly focus on his anxiety and OCD symptoms and tendencies in season 1 (because that's when they are emphasized the most), you could also argue he has them a bit towards the end of season 2 as well, but I also think that might be RSD related, which I'll talk about later.
I have also considered possibly exploring more about his relationship with Nicholas especially within the context of my head canon of Nicholas having ADHD and Nathaniel having OCD, because I've had those kind of relationships irl, and sometimes it's balanced really well, because the person with OCD is usually better at executive functioning while the person with ADHD can provide distraction from negative thoughts and reassurance/emotional support, and those are the kinds of relationships I've had that have worked really well. However, I've also had relationships, mostly with roommates, where things just don't match up; they want a roommate with a certain level of cleanliness that follows a steady and predictable routine they can plan around (when you shower, when you bring guests over, etc.) and I just can't live like that and it's no fun getting bullied and nagged all the time and it's also no fun living with someone who is messy and unpredictable, so I can understand why in a situation where both these things were happening, Nicholas leaving created very complicated feelings for both of them.
I'm not sure if I'll have the chance to explore that more in flashbacks or maybe in season 2 when they spend more time together, but it is an interesting dynamic. And just like I said with Nicholas' ASD head canon, while I have some personal experience with OCD and anxiety through friends and family members, I don't have it myself, so I'm curious to know what people with OCD and anxiety think about this head canon and whether it's an accurate or positive one (because even though Nathaniel does grow and change, he's still an antagonist for most of the series especially in season 1), and if any of you guys think that it's a problematic head canon, or does more harm than good, please let me know.
It's also worth pointing out the Nicholas does have some anxious tendencies as well (this has been mentioned by several people in the fandom, and also Nicholas and Nathaniel are identical twins, so it is likely they'd have similar neurotypes), but he also has a better emotional support system than Nathaniel does, so it's likely easier for him to manage his anxiety in a healthy way vs. Nathaniel relying on control. I'd be interested in hearing what people with OCD and anxiety think about this and whether it could apply to both twins.
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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) symptoms:
BPD Symptoms: Since BPD is a less known disorder, I'll first explain that it's a personality disorder (PD) with 9 symptoms (you need 5 symptoms for diagnosis, which leaves 256 possible types of BPD) and it's often linked to some form of abandonment related childhood trauma (a parent leaving, dying, being emotionally distant or abusive, etc.). I will say I was on the fence about this one, and debated including it in my post at all, because I want to acknowledge that head canoning a character, especially a villain character, with a PD can be stereotyping and problematic if not done correctly (though there are many villain characters who have been head cannoned as having BPD by people with BPD (pwBPD) including Anakin from Star Wars, Catra from She-Ra, and Azula from ATLA).
Additionally, I'm also not someone diagnosed with PD, and wouldn't make head canons unless I thought it could be positive or accurate representation. And I think season 2 Nathaniel might qualify for that. Maybe, it's a little complicated. My experience with PDs and BPD comes from knowing people with it irl, but specifically older people with BPD (older than 45), who tend to present differently than younger people because they are on average less likely to have received mental health help or a diagnosis when they were younger and the relationships and goals you have and prioritize at 60 are not the same as the ones you had at 25. I specify season 2 Nathaniel when I talk about his BPD symptoms, mostly because that was when I noticed them. Going into season 2, I did not have BPD in mind as a head canon for him at all. But watching season 2, there were a lot of his scenes where I found myself saying "this looks familiar" and "wait...are they trying to portray BPD in an older person?" and then I realized that when you took out a DSM checklist and looked back at the character...he does fit the criteria pretty well.
However, just fitting a set of DSM criteria doesn't mean a character is good representation, and even accurate representation can still be stereotypical representation (*cough cough* Number Two's mom). Whether Nathaniel could be considered good BPD rep is a difficult question to answer for a couple reasons. The first is because characters with PDs are often stereotyped as villains and antagonists, and while Nathaniel is a sympathetic, likeable, and ultimately redeemed antagonist, he's still an antagonist (not as much of an antagonist as Anakin "the women and children too" Skywalker, a BPD head canon often made by individuals with BPD (plus more about his symptoms here)), but still an antagonist. And while people with BPD have head canoned antagonists as also having BPD, these are usually well-loved antagonists with popular and clear redemption arcs, and Nathaniel's book counterpart (who, for the record DOES NOT have any mental health disorder he's just awful) is very different from his character in the show. So even if Nathaniel is good BPD rep, if someone unfamiliar with how different the MBS show and books are sees the head canon and applies it to the book character on accident, it could leave them with a very false and negative view of the disorder. You could argue this could also easily happen with Nathaniel's anxiety head canon and his control issues, and it could, but anxiety isn't generally vilified nearly as much as PDs.
But on the other hand, I could also see where Nathaniel's BPD could be a positive head canon, and there were a lot of things about it that I really liked. BPD has slowly started to get more positive rep in the media and in the world of psychology in general, but stories with themes of self-improvement where the pwBPD is portrayed in a positive light are still normally reserved for younger people (20s/30s/early 40s) and people without kids. When older pwBPD, especially untreated or undiagnosed individuals and especially individuals with kids are shown in media or talked about in psychology...let's just say it's not great. Now, obviously untreated mental health symptoms can negatively effect the people around you and cause serious damage after so many years, but the lack of positive growth stories about older pwBPD has always bothered me because it completely ignores any good qualities they have, or even the possibility of getting help later in life, and I hate seeing people that I love consistently talked about and portrayed so negatively not just in media but in the field of psychology in general. I also think it's a bit ageist to say that young people can get help for their mental health disorders and improve, but that it's too late for older adults.
That's why I love so much of what they did with Nathaniel's character. They didn't dismiss the impact his symptoms had on his family and SQ, but they also didn't completely blame it all on his BPD symptoms (in fact, in season 1, his anxiety symptoms seemed to be the main focus). They also established very early on that Nathaniel was a redeemable and sympathetic character and wasn't meant to be a copy of his book counterpart (Reynie's 1x8 speech about how Curtain is a good person). Additionally, once his BPD symptoms were more present in season 2, that was when Nathaniel became more likeable in the eyes of the fandom, not less likeable, and I really like that they did that. For as much as we make jokes about hitting Curtain with his golf cart and hating him, I've also seen a lot of people talk about reluctantly coming around to loving his character as they've rewatched Season 2, and I was one of them for sure. I loved that they showed how silly and fun his character was, and how yeah, he's not thinking clearly and is actively committing crimes, but really all he wants is a world where he is loved and has his family with him, he doesn't actually want to hurt anyone. Then there's the fact that his narcolepsy trigger is vulnerability and how that could connect to his self-image, and the fact that the society kids have trauma linked to abandonment that could led to the development of BPD later and how that connects to themes of healing generational trauma (also side note: children can't have a BPD diagnosis so while the kids do have abandonment related traumas and you can draw parallels there, you can't head canon them with BPD to mirror Nathaniel the same way you can head canon other diagnosis between the adults and kids, like with Nicholas and SQ both having autism).
However, the positive aspects of Nathaniel as a BPD character ironically can also be seen as a bad thing, because on the one hand, it's nice to see an older person with possible BPD getting a self-improvement story arc and sympathetic portrayal, but on the other hand: the show was cancelled. And that was really upsetting to me, especially because becoming "a good guy" didn't completely remove Nathaniel's BPD or anxiety symptoms, but they showed him dealing with them in a more healthy way with a support system, and that's such a great message, and we have so little representation of that, so I'm glad they hinted at that...but they totally could have done more with it, and I'm so sad that they can't now because it's a message that does not go unappreciated.
For writing Nathaniel's BPD symptoms into my fic, this is a bit complicated, because while Nathaniel does have a lot of canon symptoms (abandonment related fears, mood swings, moments of anger, unstable relationships, impulsive career change and self identity between seasons, etc.), and I really don't need to add anything, it's still a matter of debate whether it's good representation or not, and I could see people interpreting his character a number of ways. So while I sticking to canon, I still leave things ambiguous. For example, there's a scene in my fic where Curtain admits he doesn't have a stable identity because he avoids vulnerability. You could say that's also due to BPD/unstable self-image or you could say it's entirely due to his canon narcolepsy trigger. It's up to you whether you want the BPD rep there or not, because I've reviewed posts and tips written by people with BPD about writing representation, and recognize that while Nathaniel fits the DSM criteria pretty well and the show focuses a lot on his abandonment issues and symptoms, he is still an antagonist for most of the series. A likable and ultimately redeemed antagonist, but still an antagonist, which means the plot of the show and my fic, while it's ultimately driving him to redemption, still require him do some pretty bad antagonistic things regardless of whether they are directly connected to any symptoms that he has (consider this your warning), and I can see why that aspect of it might be a turn off, which is why I leave the rep open to the interpretation of the reader.
As I mentioned, there are 256 possible types of BPD, I don't expect that everyone with BPD would relate to Nathaniel, and this is also generally a younger fandom (teens/20s/30s) and a big reason I like Nathaniel's rep is because he's portraying what I've seen in older as opposed to younger people with BPD, so it's possible someone with BPD looking at this character would either see it more as a representation of an older family member (because these things do run in families) or wouldn't be able to relate to him. But I'd still be curious to know what people with BPD think about this head canon and whether they agree that's what's being represented here and if so, whether it was done accurately or positively, and just like with other head canons, if any of you guys think that this head canon is problematic or does more harm than good, please let me know.
I'd also be curious to know what people think about Nicholas possibly also having BPD, because he did grow up in an orphanage and his adoptive parents don't seem to be around anymore. He also seems convinced that his friends will leave him whenever he makes a mistake, which...again it could be the anxiety, it could be that both twins have BPD...it could go a number of ways.
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RSD and CSD:
Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria (RSD): I know anxiety is also a popular Nicholas head canon, but I did want to mention the ways that I see Nicholas' flavor of anxiety as very RSD oriented. For those that don't know what RSD is, it's when you experience severe emotional pain because of failure or being rejected, and it's often related to ADHD. In my personal experience, it's a lot worse when you feel like you've messed up in a moral sense, done something wrong, hurt someone, or let someone down, especially when the other person assumes that you have malicious intentions, or did something on purpose. You just feel like you want to delete every memory of what happened or destroy yourself to make it go away. It can also happen in response to constructive criticisms too if the person still feels that they really messed up or hurt someone.
I see a lot of RSD/anxious tendencies in Nicholas, specifically in response to what he did to Nathaniel, but also at the thought of something happening to the children or his friends and it being his fault for creating the Sender and dragging them into this. This is also supported by the fact that Nicholas' anxiety seemed to go up a lot after 1x03 when he finds out Nathaniel is the Sender and he has his little breakdown in the woods. Obviously he's always been anxious about the operation in general, who wouldn't be, but once he realizes he might have himself to blame if things go wrong or if one of the children gets hurt, that's when the anxiety really starts to come. Again, you can feel free to disagree with this head canon and I could see Nicholas having anxiety in other situations as well, but as someone with ADHD-I who head canons Nicholas that way, this was something I picked up on.
Compliment Sensitivity Dysphoria (CSD): I talked about RSD with Nicholas and how it's common in ADHD-I, but RSD is common in other disorders too, and Curtain definitely has it, but I think he has something else as well. A little phenomena I also experience on occasion, which I have named "Compliment Sensitivity Dysphoria" (not a clinical term, my own term). I don't know if it's a thing other people with ADHD-I experience, or maybe just those of us who have a family history of other stuff and it's a combination of things that's causing it, but basically, it's the opposite of RSD. With RSD, you get one negative comment, you want to destroy yourself, but with CSD, you get complimented once, you develop a God complex.
I know I talked about the show's focus switching from looking at Nathaniel's anxiety symptoms in season 1 to his BPD symptoms in season 2, but something else changes between seasons 1 and 2 and that's the characters surrounding Nathaniel. In Season 1, he's getting criticized by Garrison, Nicholas tells him off at the end, his son is disobeying him, and he feels attacked. Season 2, everybody praises his every move all the time, leaving him open to CSD. Now speaking from personal experience, the CSD God complex thing is very fun, but you gotta watch out for those pesky consequences™️ because if you don't, the RSD will come back worse than you could ever imagine, so you need to look out (which, obviously, our poor Nathaniel did not do). I also love the way he apologizes at the end: "I might have been going about things the wrong way (nearly froze thousands of people including my own family) so let's just go now and never talk about it again because if I reflect on the bad things I did I will self-destruct so let's all just move on now thank you :)" absolutely iconic. Accountability king right there.
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Maladaptive Daydreaming (MADD):
For those who don't know what maladaptive daydreaming is, I'll admit, I'm not as active with the MADD tumblr community (it does exist though) and you can google it, but if you've ever paced around or stimmed while listening to music and zoning about thinking about fictional characters, that's basically what that is, but it's only technically considered maladaptive if done to an unhealthy degree, but obviously what constitutes an "unhealthy degree" is a more vaguely defined area. MADD is incredibly common in people with ADHD (specifically, ADHD-Inattentive type), but it's also very common in OCD, ASD, and personality disorders as well.
MADD presents differently in different people, but in my experience, the dancing and stimming to repetitive or happy music is the format that tends to trigger the most euphoria. Which is interesting for someone like Nicholas, because having a form of narcolepsy that causes him to pass out when he feels real joy means he wouldn't have had the chance to experience MADD like that, until he's given the artificial happiness by Curtain. And once Curtain does? Nicholas is cheerfully pacing around his apartment (I think I commented somewhere on a live blog that it looked like MADD), and then there's the whole "dance party in the field scene", big MADD vibes there.
MADD also has an overlap with ASD (hence the stimming and motor stereotypy that often happens during the daydreaming), and OCD (because both involve repetitive and uncontrollable thoughts, it's just that the thoughts associated with MADD are fun and addictive thoughts instead of distressing ones. But they can still be harmful if taken to an extreme).
Again, clinically, I'm not sure if Nicholas has enough instances to be "diagnosed" with MADD, but those scenes in season 2 had the vibes going so I just thought I'd mention it. Also, a canonically autistic character that I (and many others) head canon with MADD is Abed Nadir from "Community" if you are interested in looking for another example of MADD in someone with autism.
Finally, you can maybe make the argument that Curtain has MADD as well, or at least one instance of it.
Again, I wouldn't say the MADD aspect is overly focused on in Nicholas or Nathaniel, but it's common in OCD, ASD, ADHD, and PDs (all of which tend to run together in families), and Nathaniel's Stand Back Dance had the vibe going for sure. Between moving across the world between seasons, getting a new career, and doing his little dance, the man was entering his Rebecca Bunch era (and if you don't know who that is, Rebecca Bunch is a pretty well known canon BPD representation from the tv show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and I've seen a lot of people head canon her with maladaptive daydreaming as well. She's also likely going to be Nathaniel's competition if he makes into the theater kid showdown, so for reference here's a clip of her experiencing RSD).
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Finally, since these are all disorders I know a lot about, I'm happy to answer any questions (as long as you keep it respectful and no ableist. Remember the RSD), and if you feel like any of these head canons are harmful and/or problematic, please let me know (mostly concerned about Nathaniel's head canons since he's a bad guy, but if you think Nicholas' head canons are problematic as well, feel free to message about those too. Again, remembering that I did this with the best of intentions and also the RSD).
Also, since the Benedict brothers are identical twins, and you could argue they both had signs of all the disorders, which all tend to run together in families anyway, so if you want to skip the DSM technicalities and what's popular in fandom and throw up your hands and say "they both have ASD/ADHD/OCD/BPD" it's a head canon, it can be whatever I want!" then know that I fully support you in that quest.
And for those who might not be as familiar with one or more of these disorders, or didn't realize they had such a strong genetic overlap and are interested in learning more, I have resources for that too!
Misdiagnosis Monday has some great charts of symptom overlap. I include some below.
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itchyeye · 1 month
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Okay, on the discussion of characters, I was LITERALLY thinking earlier today of how Sasha is one of my favorite characters in TMA. (Sorry I went on a tangent but hear me out-)
Sasha. A character who we BARELY hear from in the one season she's alive in, has had such a MASSIVE impact on the entire fandom that to this DAY people still make AU's where she lives, of her relationship to multiple other characters, to what could have been or WHO she was based on a few one liners, a statement, and her final moments. After that it's the impact she had on other characters that helped us see her for who she was. We were fed some information on her (Ex. Jon thinking SASHA would have pranked him with a statement and not Tim, Gertrude wanting to make Sasha the next Archivist because she knew she would've been smart enough to see what was happening, Sasha choosing to follow Micheal who was clearly a Not Human Thing,-), but we weren't spoon fed information on who she was if that makes sense? We, through context clues and just idk, good writing on Jonny's part, were able to put together this character in our minds of who Sasha was in and out of the office and her relationship with the other characters, even though she only existed for BARELY ONE SEASON.
Cut to TMAGP, and, like you said, we're being force fed these characters and archetypes. LOOK THIS IS GWEN SHE'S SUPER SERIOUS , THIS IS ALICE SHE'S ~QUIRKY~ AND HAS A BROTHER SHE'S TAKING CARE OF (WHICH SIDE NOTE: WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TIM HAD A BROTHER UNTIL LATER and it's revealed to us in such a great, tragic way and shows some things about his character we hadn't noticed before, or let us explore ideas about him!) THIS IS LENA SHE'S DARK AND MYSTERIOUS MAY BE A BAD GUY WHO KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING OOOOH SPOOKY- And I feel nothing towards any of them. I think it's funny that so far a lot of people who don't like the series all admit that we like Gwen the most because she's the most down to earth and idk, realistically written character? But it just makes me so... Idk, it makes me laugh angrily that this new show that is so focused on these new characters so far doesn't have me liking any of them (Gwen's on thin ice-). They're being shoved in our faces way too quickly and are just thrown their entire wikipedia articles to listen to.
Like, that one comment about how Sam and Alice are exes makes me think of how when Melanie mentioned to Jon that Georgie knew him, he didn't go "OH YES MY EX GIRLFRIEND GEORGIE." He was just like, "Oh! You know Georgie huh? Hm..." and it's later we find out they dated.
SORRY THIS IS SO MUCH I JUST AHSIDOAHS dude. Like. I only like Colin and sort of Gwen and that's it. Everyone else is so annoying, and seeing that the show is BARELY focused on the statements, it's a SLOG to get through.
So sorry for such a long message ; -Z
i will say as politely as i can that the amount of attention this fandom gives a particular character is not generally indicative of their story impact BUT i fo agree that i really like the part sasha plays in the story and the way her death + replacement send huge ripples of drastic effect across all characters
and i 100% agree with the rest of this. even gwen is wearing on me because when a character is just. rude? and the only thing you know about them is that they are someone's coworker? why would i like them? why would i be sympathetic to them? i've started plenty of jobs where people are huge assholes for now reason other than already being super burnt out on the position. but it's awful to take that out on a brand new employee? so gwen is on thin ice for me as well.
but yeah i think you've contrasted very wel the way tma created its characters vs the like bullet point lists of Traits™️that tmp characters have instead
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safetyfirstbiatch · 10 months
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Feral Tim Drake thought:
There’s a lot of little things that are learned from watching your adults. And some behaviors aren’t verbally explained but taught through example. So someone who was left on his own for extended periods of time as a small child, wont know certain things. And since his family is stupid rich, and the stupid rich are known for being…quirky…certain behaviors would be mistaken as just Being Like That™️ instead of ignorance.
Ie: muffin wrappers.
Imagine 12yo, sleep deprived Tim Drake chomping down an entire muffin, paper wrapper included. His classmates just stare at him like ??? He’s already the weird kid obsessed with Batman though so they let it go. The teachers don’t even blink because they don’t get paid enough for this shit.
Imagine 14yo Robin doing this in front of Dick Grayson and the teen titans and he’s just like “Oop, he needs sleep, time for bed Timmy” and the titans just shrug it off as Unexplainable Bat Behavior™️
17yo Tim Drake eating muffins with the batfam, no hesitation, eats it in two bites, paper and all.
Dick: why don’t you ever remove the wrapper?
Tim: why do you skin your muffin?
Jason I-didn’t-come-back-from-the-dead-to-be-subjected-to-this-insanity Todd: what the *fuck*
Tim, deadpan: what
Jason: you’re a disgrace
Tim: …
Jason: why tf would you eat the wrapper
Tim: …
Jason: yOuRe sUpPoSeD tO tAkE tHe wRaPpEr OfF
Tim: …
Jason: …
Tim: slowly reaching for another muffin
Jason: …
Tim: eats the entire muffin, wrapper and all, in one bite while maintaining direct eye contact with Jason
Jason: fuck this, I’m out
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alister312 · 1 year
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hi alister. can we have some date headcanons for your ships <3
HI DANI YES U CAN <3 I’ll do the ships that have been the most on my mind lately bc if I did every single ship I shipped this would be impossibly long
Gregstophe: Honestly I don’t imagine them going on legit dates all that often! I think they’re the sort of couple that just… comes together. Gregory certainly loves the idea of a date, the ceremony of it all. It’s a good excuse to dress up and go somewhere nice, but Christophe doesn’t much see the point in it. He prefers privacy. So I think they often go out but they don’t really call it a “date”.
Style: I think Kyle really likes scheduling couples classes for the two of them. Like cooking classes or learning certain ballroom dances… stuff like that. For one, I think they both love learning new stuff. Second, Kyle can show off himself and Stan to other couples in the class. He got himself the perfect guy and wants everyone to know it.
Crenny: I know it’s not super big these days but MAN do I love me some Classic Crenny™️, with the two of them being little delinquents skipping school or just hanging out at like… the in-between hours, if that makes sense. Late at night, on breaks at work, times like that. As such a lot of their dates are just about spending time around each other but I think one of their favorite things to do is having debates about pointless stuff. They’re silly, they can go as long or as short as either one wants, and it helps them get a better idea of each other’s perspective and worldview without being too upsetting.
Clybevin: My new favorite polycule to bounce around in my head <3 Honestly I think they love going to movie premieres and cons together in cosplay! It’s a perfect blend of all their interests. Bebe loves being able to design and coordinate their outfits, Clyde loves being able to look cool and show off, and Kevin loves being able to geek out about stuff. Outside of that, I think they do like just watching movies and shows together as a date activity. Since their houses are all next to one another, it’s a quick walk to whoever is hosting and they cuddle up in the basement and turn something on.
Twole: I don’t talk about it often but I do think Twole is interesting!! I think both Tweek and Christophe would need total destressers, what with both of their general paranoia and demanding jobs. They probably do relaxing but also physical stuff like yoga… maybe not in a class (Tweek’s afraid to mess up in front of everyone and Christophe want a teacher maybe coming and touching him to correct his position) so they have an instructor on YouTube they like and they follow their videos together.
Dip: I’m such a sucker for Damien trying to be a normal human so bad and Pip has SUCH enthusiastic peppy tour guide energy that I think their dates mainly consist of Pip showing Damien around regular places. It’s a little weird to have someone talk about, say, a mall as if they’re in either an advertisement for or documentary all about the concept of malls, but Pip’s quirky like that and Damien enjoys that.
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transingthoseformers · 6 months
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Imagining blitzwing and lugnut as a couple with both of them being super into breeding and pregnancy. Blitzwing's quirky like that and would have some kinks like that, while lugnut wants to repopulate the decepticon army. What happens after the war is that one of them is always sparked. Lugnut's frame is more capable of carrying multiples and blitzwing carries big sparklings because triple changer logic. Icy loves being sparked. He loves seeing his body change and he loves the intimacy it grants him with lugnut. Random's just vibing honestly. He can go either way when it comes to this. Hothead prefers to do the spiking.
They have like 6 kids at this point and they're always busy with them.
Blitzwing just vaguely seems like he's got kinks hidden up there that either surprise everyone or surprise no one
but yes I can totally see Lugnut with a breeding kink, For The Cause™️🥰
Interesting that Blitzwing's different facets have different preferences!
Sdfghj tracks that they've got quite a number of kids now, I imagine Strika's definitely helping in more ways than one
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alcremiesweet · 5 months
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hi rotomblr!! my name is kris (they/them) and i'm working part time at a pokemon shelter but mainly at a bakery!!!
i'm currently living in kalos!! i occasionally participate in pokemon showcases too!!
i specialize in food and object mons so please send me asks about them!! id love to answer <3
here's my team ^^
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Clover (Lv75 meowscarada)
- my starter!! my beloved clover,,, she has a timid nature but if you get to know her she'll accept so many head scratches!! the sweetest gal who (unfortunately) is a little jerk and likes stealing sandwich ingredients >:(
Shortcake (Lv50 alcremie)
- a pokemon i found hanging around the bakery with sorbet (the other alcremie!!) quirky nature, she's literally always looking for someone to play with!! loves sitting on my shoulder like a chatot shshhshshs
Honeycrisp (Lv40 appletun)
- first pokemon that i caught in the wild!! he's pretty lazy and mostly just likes laying around at home rather than battling but still loves walks!!
Pixel (Lv44 porygon-Z)
- pix is just THE mischievous™️ one of the group, literally always zipping around and probably installing malware /j
Celeste (Lv23 eevee✨️)
- celeste is SUPER affectionate and will not hesitate to roll over for you!! she's very smart and also a bit of a show off since i do showcases with her on occasion!!
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and here's the pokemon that we keep around in the bakery!!
Sticky (Lv18 fidough)
-spoiled little thing. she just showed up one day and gave us a cute little stare and nobody let her leave. i'm not complaining though since I AM PART OF THE PROBLEM
Sorbet (Lv25 alcremie)
- found outside the bakery with shortcake, she's a lot more reserved and prefers to stay there. still very lovely ofc (as all alcremies are<3)
Whimsy (Lv11 pyukumuku)
- rescued by a coworker, she has a little shelf in the break room where she likes to chill out :3 everyone loves her
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i plan on posting about my team for the most part!! PLEASE send me asks about food and object mons because i will answer!! (when i can)
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// OOC INFO
• i'll be using // to indicate ooc
• ooc and in character i use strictly they/them, i will not hesitate to block you if you purposefully misgender me
• i'm autistic and pokemon has been a special interest of mine for almost 8 years!! i also might not understand tone at times so please try and be patient with me
• i'm open to most rps but i do tend to get very awkward so i might not respond first
• legendary and mythical pokemon are rare in my rp, but i'm not against the idea of trainers having them / interacting with them
• i will be treating pokemon very similarly to real animals on this blog (with the exception of them kinda understanding human speech or being slightly more intelligent than animals.) basically, anyone sexualizing pokemon either in rp or out of it will be immediately blocked.
• please don't interact if you're an nsfw blog
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adamsvanrhijn · 6 months
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big brain time: do we think ward mcallister Knows™️ about oscar? or vice versa? john is obviously flying under everyone's radar, but is ward aware of the fact someone in his circle (or one degree of separation from his circle - i don't think we ever actually see them interact) is also gay??
oh this is a fantastic fun question and this answer is not going to make any sense sorry.
so my thoughts on oscar's Situation here. In Society. are that he is giving off Vibes. and some people know enough to have suspicions about the vibes and some people do not. and the thing is. other people in this society also give off Vibes. which is exactly what aurora's reference to McAllister is the point of. and oscar clearly has thoughts and opinions about these vibes and the other guys that have them and the various expectations they should have if they want to remain A Part Of Society. worth noting mcallister is married but has, or is shown to have, a social life that is completely independent of his wife (hardly uncommon! but also a contrast from e.g. the russells or the fanes.)
they are definitely In The Same Circle i would say although yeah now that i think about it i think the only scene we see them together in where they could realistically be interacting is when john is crashing the newport party? I don't think we see anything else. someone please correct me if i am wrong. but they are for sure in the same circle. like the literal mrs fish dining table circle as well as its expanded figurative social circle that includes the astors and the ogdens and the goelets and the drexels and the mcneils and whoever else from history or imagined
and there are Also nameless off screen men who also give off Vibes that both of these men are doubtless aware of. mcallister because he Presumably knows everything everyone is saying about everyone for the purpose of high society gatekeeping with mrs. astor and oscar because he knows everything everyone is saying about everyone for the purpose of being in on the hot goss
but Each Other, specifically? i think if aurora is making jokes about it then oscar for sure knows lower case k. i don't know how much he thinks about it — i can certainly see him thinking about it (it is his ideal future situation! in some ways. but definitely not in all.) and i can also see him ignoring it because of the implications. i lean toward a combination of the two. ward mcallister is tastefully local-famous and has money and knows people and is Mostly welcome in every dining room in new york and then some. at this point in time. and oscar wants that, albeit with more money. what he does not want is people making comments about him in his mother's drawing room. and ward mcallister has this also.
on the other side. i simply do not think that as of season 1, oscar van rhijn is meaningful enough for ward mcallister to think very much about him. perhaps i will be shown wrong! but at this point — oscar is unmarried and juuuust about at the time where he needs to be, so he is Going to be relevant to ward mcallister to think about pretty soon, either because hmmm he is Not Married Yet, or, well now he is in the married men venn diagram circle, which is different from the unattached bachelor venn diagram circle. and has different privileges and rights and responsibilities than that of unmarried men. these circles know and interact with and indeed can be quite close with one another! but ne'er the twain shall meet. and once you cross over you can never go back, you have new venn diagram circles available to you such as "uneventfully still married in the first respectable marriage" (this one is the goal) and "widower" and "divorcé".
and oscar is not There just yet, and so not worth Thinking about just yet, for others as well. which oscar Knows. but i would say the extent of mcallister thinking about oscar at this present stage though is, bachelor of good background + conspicuously fortune hunting + #quirky in a way that isn't really worrisome or troubling or not playing by the rules quite yet.
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fumifooms · 2 years
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Collector analysis & King parallels
Hi!! So I had these thoughts since s2e19, but forgot to post ‘em gdhcn, s2e20 just really solidified my theories. You can skip to the King bit if you think you’ve seen everything and connected all the dots already.
My collector thoughts
I think that the Collector will get a redemption somewhat, or at least the usual kind of “truce” between deities at the end like in Dreamworks’ Sinbad with Eris. 
I think the Collector’s motivations are 1) freedom 2) doing anything to avoid loneliness.  I think their current situation is that they've been trapped for so long, so now they don't care how they can get out or who they can see they'll just take whatever they can, even if it's emperor Belos the boring™️ tyrant or if it happens to also destroy part of the world. They're super desperate and they want to be free, and Belos is literally their only chance to attain it.
I do think they know how what they're doing/encouraging is bad, at least to the "I'm a god and technically I know it's bad but also morality is subjective and made up and I don't have to follow its rules" degree. The childishness can def be a hint to that kind of “I don’t care” attitude, but I do not think it is obliviousness.
In Hollow Mind, the Collector is very erratic for a lack of better words, they’re constantly talking and even though they can come across as annoying or bad at reading the room, they seem to really be trying to praise Belos and be overtly on his side, like with his glee over Belos’ day of unity draining spell and temper and all the pain that will be caused, encouraging Belos’ sadism with the grimwalkers, etc. On one hand, it’s also definitely them being desperate for any sort of entertainment and going a bit overboard with it, but I also do think they feel the need to always being 100% supportive of Belos before expressing themselves in any way, in the “if I make it about me/if I tick them off then bad stuff will happen to me because I am literally at their mercy and whims” way. Belos needs the collector for something, but it’s been centuries and the collector’s situation hasn’t improved, Belos can treat them however he wants. They have eternity to spend alone, so I think it’s fair to headcanon they end up overanalyzing everything and worrying about every detail in their spare time. They’re quite literally nothing if Belos decides to become bored pr annoyed with them and leave them to the side. I also see the collector’s overt mocking of the situation in Hollow Mind as a way of brushing off the seriousness of the situation, to avoid guilt or self-reflection, thinking more deeply about what they’re doing, etc. Being overconfident and in-your-face about their bad morals is their way of avoiding insecurity, but that’s something that works less well when they’re alone. Moreover, the collector as of s2e20 seems to truly see Belos as their friend. Which isn’t very surprising, since Belos is literally the only person they’ve had social contact with for centuries. The collector seems to want to be optimistic about Belos’ perspective on them, but they’re very obviously shown to be insecure and incertain of it. They’re trying to convince themselves that Belos doesn’t see them as a tool, and that despair is very obviously shown to be tied in with loneliness and the trauma of being in complete isolation and at the mercy of someone for centuries. Belos is their whole world, and even if they didn’t think much of the genocide, I think it’s fair to assume that the collector could simply adopt all of Belos’ sayings as the right thing to think.
I’m actually pretty torn on the childishness aspect of the Collector. I feel like them being the literal equivalent of a kid is... Weird? I would say they're not meant to be actually child-coded, more to have that disturbing childlike/quirky villain aspect like Darcy from Amphibia, but also there are 2 other TOH characters that became confirmed to be young and I had 0 clue lmfao (King and Kikimora, I thought they were both pretty old adults in season 1). But yeah to me the childishness kind of just reeks of despair and loneliness, like how you might freak out at someone leaving your text on read so you start sending more texts trying to act casual and be funny and lovable but it just makes you look like a mess lol.
So: They’re overtly impatient with the plans. They’re ready for anything interesting to happen as long as it happens, as long as there’s either at least some entertainment or they’re a step closer to being freed.
Is what they’re doing still bad? Of course. They’re directly and happily helping with genocide knowingly, but I do think their circumstances give depth to his character, and room for them to have growth and redemption. Being trapped for centuries and more or less coerced in helping this madman in his quest is a very understandable motivation to have, it reminds me a bit of Rapunzel & Gothel in a way, except Rapunzel can’t physically escape. This is imo so much more interesting than another "chaos deity wishes to spread chaos" situation.
Where does King come into play here? Parallels?
I think the Collector will turn around, and I think King is how they will. King, who now has some kind of connection with the Collector, represents an alternative to Belos. The Collector will now have someone else they can interact with, someone else that can potentially help them, someone that can show them that  Belos only cares about himself, and that what they’re doing is categorically wrong AND that they don’t have to sacrifice their well being for the sake of the world, because at the end of the day that’s the collector’s current dilemma. I think they’ll form a friendship and have a few heart to hearts. I think that King will see the collector without outside bias and learn about them from them and see that it's just that, desperation and having their freedom held over them like a carrot on a stick. 
Because King is a titan. King’s s2 character arc is about life-shattering revelations, about deconstructing everything you thought you ever knew about yourself and the world, learning to accept yourself and your situation despite these new turns and twists (much like Hunter tbh).  Like the collector, King is a powerful being of unknown magnitude that people don't understand and fear, that people idolize without considering that they may have feelings.
So yeah I think King would be the perfect character to extend a hand of understanding and second chance to the Collector.
Or you know the collector could just possess King or his dad, but this seems more in with TOH’s narrative about redemption and individuality and prejudice. These are just my 2 cents.
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chounaifu · 1 year
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5 Songs I Associate With My Muse
Tagged by: @monterraverde
I guess this is supposed to showcase lyrics? But I'm quirky and annoying, so I'm going to plague you guys with instrumentals instead, because I have SO many good dark instrumentals for this man.
GATHERING DARKNESS by Kevin MacLeod
POV: You've just walked in on Proton doing something really, really fucked up, and you really, really shouldn't have seen it.
PERFECT NIGHT by Tsuneo Imahori
POV: You're law enforcement, and you're hunting down Proton, but he hunts you down and finds you first.
JOUZAI from Elfen Lied
POV: You've just returned from a failed mission, and you're trying to stay relaxed as Proton explains your punishment to you.
OUT OF CONTROL by Nao Sato
POV: Proton has fucking lost it and he's coming your way™️
WAY BACK THEN by Jung Jaeil
POV: It's your first day on the job. You're being introduced to Proton as your superior, and you aren't entirely sure why, but he gives you REALLY unnerving vibes despite the huge smile on his face.
Tagging: Nobody, steal this!
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elffees · 2 years
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here because of the anon who sent that ask about jacob!
yes 👏 everything you said, just yes. he's such a goofball and a dork, and just adorable. I've seen people call him 'cringe', and sure he can be, but it's not like the others aren't. I haven't really been involved in the fandom publicly, but from what I've seen he's the only character where people nitpick at his flaws. Again, I haven't really been involved so let me know if this isn't true!
honestly at first he didn't catch my eye (talking about trailers and such) but then I played the game and just absolutely fell in love with him
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we’re on a similar page. from what i saw before playing, Jacob didn’t interest me much. i was more excited for Justice Smith bc The G*t Down is one of best shows i’ve ever watched. but now that i’ve finished The Quarry several times over, Jacob has held the Number #1 spot for my favorite character!
he’s such a dork and he really warms my heart. not to mention his serious sides. Jacob has alarmingly low self esteem and abandonment issues that become more apparent the later into the game you get. he’s a really interesting character!
abt the cringe stuff: any Supermassive fan getting on a character for being cringe must’ve been asleep when their other games were released. one of the company’s most well known perks is quirky dialogue so to suddenly have a problem with it now is wild.
so far the biggest group i’ve seen that found Jacob embarrassing are the let’s players who were more focused on pairing Jacob up with Emma, instead of genuinely enjoying the characters as their own people. which is sad bc Emma and Jacob are a lot more than just their former romance.
for example, if you look at the “peanut butter butterpops” dance as Jacob simply trying to woo Emma, then yes it’s a bonafide fail. but if you view it as Jacob being super excited to find a snack he hasn’t seen in years, one he loved so much that he memorized it’s jingle, and is so overjoyed at finding a bag he erupts in unrestrained song and dance, only to grow even MORE excited at the idea of introducing said snack to someone who’s never had it before, then the moment comes off as endearing and tooth achingly sweet.
abt the nitpick stuff: tbf i don’t think Jacob is the only character that gets picked on:
Ryan definitely does, like a horrendous amount. most of the times i’ve seen ppl praise his character is just when they ship him with Dylan. and even THEN sometimes ppl will say comments like “Dylan deserves so much better tho, poor guy”. Ryan gets shat on a lot and it’s very uncalled for imo.
as does Emma. ppl hated her island vlogging and call her all types of insults for the way she went abt the dare. which is unfair bc there’s tons of moments where Emma’s deeper personality shines. she’s very concerned for the well being of animals and only wants to make ppl as happy as she can. she is not just “The Girl Who Kissed Her Best Friend’s Crush”™️. she’s fleshed out and deserves her props.
and then there’s that “sociopath/secretly abusive Nick” thing going around. i’ll admit i thought it had merit for a short while, but i’ve come to realize it doesn’t, not as much as ppl think it does anyway.
i believe the only ones who are solid fan faves are Dylan and Kaitlyn. 90% of the fanbase loves Laura, but debate whether she took up too much screentime in Chapter 7 or not. i love Laura but i’m part of the group that agrees her story shouldve either been spread out more or saved for a DLC.
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velvetvelcro94 · 5 months
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A week ago my brother in law was telling me about a book a colleague wrote, a colleague he really admired because she’s genuinely strange and different, not quirky™️. Book was called something like On beauty and being Just… he said he loved the way she talked about beauty and why humans stare. She said it was because they’re trying to replicate and prolong the moment when they see something beautiful.
He said that’s how he feels about my sister. A lot of his life is devoted to replicating the moment he saw her in all her beauty.. the reason he married her and bought a house and is having kids with her .. he just wants to keep replicating that first moment he saw her and keep that moment happening again and again in his life. The way I’m paraphrasing isn’t doing it justice it makes it sound weird but I promise I was taking in his words with a sense of awe.
Im so happy my sister has someone to love her and her beauty in this way. She deserves it all and more. As much as I’d like to experience it myself I find a lot of contentment in the fact that I even got to hear a man, my brother, speak about his love in this way. I doubt I’ll ever hear anyone else vulnerably admit with the utmost earnestness and sincerity I’ve ever heard that, yes he was overcome with beauty, became completely engulfed in it, and instead of fearing it or resenting my sister for possessing it, he embraced it and said “let’s make more.. I want my whole life to be filled to the brim with it”
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✂️ - What kind of thing would have your OC cut someone out of their life? How likely are they to let someone back in?
🎭 - Does your OC show different sides of themselves to different people?
🩺 - Does your OC accept help easily? Are they willing to admit when they need help?
💡 - How does your OC enact plans? Do they plan down to the smallest details, or do the wing it?
🌋 - What’s your OCs temper like? Are they a slow boil, or an instant explosion? (For both uwu)
OwO Oh boysie oh boysie! Gonna put it under a cut cuz it's gonna be l o n g
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Crowley: It honestly takes a lot for him to cut someone out of his life. Even if you betray his trust and break past his established boundaries, he's pretty easily forgiving (though he might stew on it for a bit).
Mack: Similarly to Crowley, betrayal is one of the things that will make him come for your throat. But unlike his partner, Mack's much more, uh, cut and dry about how he shows his displeasure. Insubordination is a surefire way to find yourself running from an axe wielding maniac in the middle of the fields.
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Crowley: Oh absolutely! This was going to be longer but I wanna leave SOME mystery here 🙄 He's got a very prevalent Public Personality that he puts on during his on the clock hero work. Very friendly, smiley, prepared and happy to help anyone and everyone in need of his assistance. He's a bit #quirky, and people usually chalk his antics up to something being deeply wrong with him but his nuttiness is not something to be bothered about. He's just... Like That™️. But despite the overall goofiness and dumbing down of his capabilities that he puts on, those closer to him will know that he's rather smart and thoughtful. Genuinely a kind-hearted guy despite his social awkwardness and somewhat lack of self-awareness. He treats his significant others well and goes out of his way to make sure that they know he cares about them deeply (comes off a bit obsessive sometimes!). He's very sweet on the few people he's let into his life like that. It used to be a bigger problem, but he's always got HUGE walls up when it comes to sharing personal information. He was taught that anything that can show weakness in him can and will be exploited in order to bring his downfall. Deep down, he's paranoid, extremely self-critical, and kinda tortured? Dude's got some issues, but thanks to a lot of shoving for it (from his Rachael especially), he's finally going to therapy to work through the horrors he's witnessed and been a victim of in life. BASICALLY he's several layers of hot mess and THIS is the short version of it!
Mack: THIS ONE WILL BE SHORTER! Mack is overall pretty even keel looking. Kinda monotone, often found with his eyes half-lidded and not a thought between those pretty brown eyes. But he's the biggest bad in the kingdom that he and Crowley call home, and it's not a surprise why. He's a silver-tongued devil, cold and intimidating. A twisted and angry fella who lives for the philosophy of literally eating the rich. He seems to take great pleasure in the suffering of those he deems worthy of his judgement. Buuuuut... Catch him doing farm work and you wouldn't think he's the same guy. Yeah, his empire literally rests beneath his farm and all the surrounding land is owned by him, but he seems to enjoy the simplicity of it all. Friends and family would know him for being a bit hard to read (sociopathic traits n' all), but he shows that he's more humble than the villain title would let on. He's typically a man of few words, lest you get him in a rant about his philosophies on the state of the world or something... Despite having a low ability to emphasize with people, he does show that he cares about the people closest to him and will not hesitate to end someone if they even look at them wrong. Also he's a momma's boy which is great cuz he has 2 of 'em ;)
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Crowley: Absolutely not. He's pretty headstrong about the "I'm the only one capable enough to help myself" kinda thing. It's taken nearly a decade of him working as a pro hero to even allow apprentices and leaning a bit on his coworkers. It doesn't come naturally for him since he's been raised and trained to be extremely independent. It often plays to his downfall.
Mack: He's got a whole empire of evildoers under his chain of command. The man's got no problem divvying up and delegating things he can't do himself to those more capable. If you impress him too, he won't be shy about telling you either.
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Crowley: He is CONSTANTLY making plans. In fact, he has several journals in his home dedicated to jotting down any and every worst case scenario he may encounter in his work and daily life. Is that healthy? Probably not. Though when his plans don't work out exactly as they should, he's pretty good about adapting and overcoming (but would have preferred things to be a bit more controlled despite the chaotic nature of his whole personality). Sometimes you just gotta say "FUCK IT, NEW PLAN" and make it up as you go!
Mack: Mack has to have his plans laid out pretty clearly in order to get anything done properly for his work. He runs a pretty tight ship, but he himself is fine with winging things. Doesn't matter how it gets done, just get it done.
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Crowley: It honestly depends on the day for Crowley! If it comes out loud and explosive, that's actually the better of the options. It's when he simmers and drops all the goofiness of his general facade and lets you know he's angry... That's when you're in trouble. Also it's pretty easy to see when he's angry even if he's just got a customer service smile on. Fella's gold eyes get rings in them with shifts in his mood and when those bad boys are filled with 'em, you're getting on his nerves.
Mack: Mack's anger is fucking ICY. He doesn't blow up often at all, but he's very good at letting you know when he's displeased. If he looks at you and quietly tells you to run, then you better pray that your heels can kick up enough dust to let you get away with your life.
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a-nice-egg-offering · 8 months
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Even my mum just said the ex that I always refer to as Dennis Reynolds™️ is literally Dennis. Like I’m telling u I am not being quirky he is irl Dennis and yes it’s as awful as u imagine
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higheldertala · 2 years
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spyfall pt1 salt commentary
i think a problem with ch*bnall’s writing is that he can’t seem to write two-parters. with both spyfall and the finale they feel like two episodes stuck awkwardly together, the first part will be it’s own thing and then second part will go on to do another thing. like here with spyfall, the first part is about barton and the kasaavin invading tech on earth and then the second part derails to become a run around through time trying to escape the master, it feels like a complete detour from the plot.
the fact that spyfall was originally an single episode that didnt feature the master is so obvious. this pisses me off so much that ch*bnall couldn’t even be bothered to write an original master story and instead just got an old story and stuffed him in it. the interconnection/ cohesion of the two parts also are not helped by having two directors for one story. i can only guess this was a production issue because i cannot see how anyone would favour this approach.
i’m not a big fan of the spy theme. i think it isn’t done as well as it could be but that could just be the story itself. i feel like it also comes across as quiet cheesy (bad) at times. anyway on with the episode.
as with other instances in dw, i don’t understand why organisations seek out the companions specifically. in this case, why the fuck would MI6 seek out these 3 random civilians who have no discernible skills for the situation. i feel like this was only put in here so graham could make an uber joke. and this is easily fixed, you just have MI6 approach the doctor first and then she says she not going anywhere without the fam etc episode goes along as normal.
yaz skipping work could be an actual conflict point for her character which could be explored but it’s literally never addressed again after this scene. (i mean in flux it’s unclear whether she still works for the police or not so idk 🤷‍♀️) also where is she getting the paperwork for her secondments from? is the doctor forging it for her? or is she forging it herself? idk this doesn’t matter because ch*bnall says so.
(additional point why does she need to skip work? she travels in a time machine).
as usual we have our classic exposition heavy ch*bnall dialogue where characters says everything that’s happening to them out loud. so glad to see this never changes(!)
yknow if a car had just gone out of control and tried to kill me, i would not continue to still drive said car.
Classic Ch*bnall Doctor Gender Joke ™️. isn’t the doctor being a woman so funny guys?(!)
i don’t understand why O has been kicked out of MI6/ is off grid, like this doesn’t add anything. just feels like an excuse to go to another location. like there’s so much location hopping in this two parter and it really doesn’t add much.
i have to ask why does the doctor hold the phone like that? Quirky™️ amirite?
O replies extremely quick to that message. i honestly don’t think he even had time to hear it! (okay so call me pedantic but i timed it, the doctor’s voice message is 17 seconds long and O replies within 3 seconds).
i find it funny the doctor sends ryan and yaz off on their own as they don’t really have much experience of handling things on their own especially in a situation where they are suppose to be undercover which they definitely don’t have any experience in. also ryan does not agree to this (and then yaz gives him a super dirty look for… some reason). even graham points this out lol. and then the doctor replies that it’s ‘minimum 40% safe’. lol as we know from the tsuranga conundrum the doctor doesn’t actually give a shit about her companions, if they die they die.
‘trust no one’ says the doctor who’s gonna trust a person she’s met once (i mean it’s not important the audience never saw this bc ch*bnall says so, i mean it’s not like the master is an important character or anything right?(!) like the whole O reveal would hit more if we as the audience had met O before. like it would make little difference to the plot if O was some random character the doctor hadn’t met before. but hey what do i know about writing?
don’t worry everyone sacha is here, so this episode just got 1000x better 😉 wow if only ch*bnall had thought to put sexy man in front of me to distract me i wouldn’t complain about his era nearly as much.
this is purely my own headcanon so i can’t really complain but to me i feel like the doctor would know if they were inside a tardis?
surely if you’re doing security checks you’d do that before they got inside the building?
i guess i should applaud yaz and ryan for actually doing something to contribute to the plot as this is rare.
why would you invite two complete strangers to your house for a party?? (i don’t buy it as ‘barton apologising’ nah that’s just weird) but pretty convenient for our characters huh?
wouldn’t they have someone to escort yaz and ryan out? barton literally just leaves them in that room alone?? wow security is right shit at this place. convenient for our characters though thank god.
‘is he just here for the running commentary?’ lol the master hates ch*bnall’s dialogue as much as i do. honestly though i don’t know if this is ch*bnall being self aware or him trying to be funny because if he was self aware surely he’d improve his dialogue, ugh it’s so frustrating.
the doctor’s interrogation tactic where she asks a dozen questions consecutively without the other person responding to any of them is back and is still very annoying.
what’s with this thing about ryan and yaz’s sister is a bit weird, i mean how old even is sonya?
yaz being kidnapped would be interesting if they actually did anything with it but as usual this is never brought up again. also if she was kidnapped for anything longer than 10 seconds it would give the episode yknow actual stakes. ch*bnall just refuses to commit to putting any the companions in any kind of danger without immediately undoing it.
and like why do the kasaavin return yaz so quickly? it’s feel so pointless like the situation is way too short to have any proper impact.
also im not sure what it is suppose to be that terrifies yaz so much? like i’d buy it that she felt alone and thought she had died if the situation was longer but it’s over so quickly, it literally only lasts a couple of minutes (with no indication that yaz spent a longer time in the other dimension).
i also find it weird that we don’t see the doctor comfort yaz on screen after this ordeal. but hey why would we see the doctor actually care about her companions?
okay surely the tardis would know if it were inside another tardis definitely, come on this has to canon right? like this has happened at least twice in classic who.
sacha is honestly the best actor here. like hospitalised for his back after carrying this era honestly.
all the men wear black tux… boo boring zero points.
the casino scenes are so pointless.
‘remember our trip to the great kalisperon bike off?’ yay more referencing things that happened off screen! that counts as character development right? just once i’d actually like to see someone that happens in a previous episode pay off in a future one, yknow because that’s how character development actually works in a satisfying manner to the audience not just being told a bunch of stuff happened off screen.
‘mate this is one of the quite days’ yes yaz because your adventures with the doctor have all been so thrilling haven’t they?
why would you get on a plane with no escape? nah what was the plan? what if barton just shot you all dead on the spot?
what i don’t like about the master reveal is that the audience is never given the information to work this out. the doctor only works it out because of a piece of information which is never told to the audience prior (and i don’t really count the ‘spymaster’ line. many times in doctor who have we used the word master and it has not been the THE master). O never does anything suspicious to make the audience question him. unless you notice O not running to the plane at the same time as the rest of the fam but the reveal happens 30 seconds so it doesn’t really count.
this reveal is very cheesy. i can’t decide whether it’s good cheesy or bad cheesy.
nitpicking but the master says ‘close to my heart’ instead of hearts. wow amateur hour chris amateur hour.
don’t know why the master says ‘stick with me yaz’ when this is literally never followed up on. why doesn’t the master kidnap her or something idk. so annoying that master doesn’t interact with the companions post reveal (although i guess this will change in the centenary).
and honestly the story on set where the others had to tell bradley walsh what had just happened when the master revealed himself, because he didn’t understand what was happening is just wild. honestly if the actors themselves don’t understand what’s happening in the story that is never a good sign.
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