#i also just really love purple it's my second fave color!
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I got tagged by the lovely @crownedinmarigolds! Thank you so much mate!! I'm absolutely charmed 🥰
Now my rat bastard spouse stole most of my tagging options on their post so to not double-tag I will add:
@skaerdir, @klaciate, @tzimizce and @vamp-orwave!!
If anyone who sees this wants to be an honourary tagee, then go for it XD
For those who don't know - Hi I am Alex! (He/They) and I'm a writer and an English immigrant to the USA!
3 ships: oh mate all of these are OCxOC with @c-n-i-d-a-r-i-a-n
Victor and Gloria – A Nos and his unbound Ghoulfriend. Making your touchstone one of your mission Ghouls is dangerous af but live fast love hard, lads.
Jeff and Lamb – Another of Vic's unbound Ghouls and the Thin Blood Nos that joined the Warren. Disgustingly fucking cute injected into the den of the rejected and disgruntled.
Ventan/Taakur Rig and Rozanin Rig – My and Daz's SWTOR PCs respectively. A Chiss Cipher Agent that ends up having to go hide with his Mandalorian hireling with her Clan and Roz's unrequited love becomes hella requited and suddenly Ventan/Cipher Five-now-Taakur has step kids??
I love it so much.
first ship: Oh god this takes me back to being little. Probably a Sonic one??
Shadow and Rouge if I had to take a guess??
last song: Temptation by Sean Paul! A proper bop
But honestly massive shout out to the second Nostalgia Synthwave mix by Odysseus on youtube
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This thing keeps me sane, and has all the songs marked! – that opening one, Realign by Cerulean, can usually just melt my brain into peace whenever I hear it
last film: Snatch – Like VTMB it's a problematic fave that oozes style and characterisation throughout. Watched it as prep for a Setite I'm going to play in a V5 game >:D
currently reading: Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan as part of genre research. Finished The Vampyre recently too! Really I should pick AC up today, I've been working hard on my editing and outlining of my own pieces and neglecting the reading part of the craft for a few weeks >.>;
currently craving: So I'm drinking far less booze to save money whilst I'm out of work trying to get some Proper Writing done. So when I hit a good worthy milestone I'm getting a bottle of whiskey and I am ready.
fav color: Green! Sometimes purple!
relationship status: Maaarriiied to @c-n-i-d-a-r-i-a-n
last google search: I had to double check the spelling of Taakur for the ship section, so it was 'mandoa' :')
and before that I'm pretty use I searched Scryfall last night to go look at MTG cards even though I have no one to play with right now :'D (at least it's saving me money >.>)
current obsessions: Was tempted to add my own work here but I'll tag that on the very end XD
There's a lot of fandoms I don't leave – World of Darkness and Warhammer 40k predominantly as settings I always have another angle I want to see explored in!
I do however have the Magic the Gathering bug, even though I haven't really played in years and years now – but card interaction as a generation for narrative has always kind of captivated me? Like there's a couple big mean Ogre cards that make Rats more dangerous, but due to the way the systems work they also empower the Ratfolk of Kamigawa, the Nezumi, as they count as 'Rat' cards still. So big Ogre spellcasters improving Rat people as part of a contained bit of narrative kind of fascinates me as a concept.
Plus each deck presupposes a Planeswalker character who's casting those spells – and I was always intrigued by that notion and so most of my OCs are representative of decks I played (or wanted to :P) and then in turn each Planeswalker needs a Plane to come from, probably from a still existing culture on that Plane too, and so it can kind of wonderfully reverberate inspiration.
Like how every VTM Kindred OC presupposes a Sire!
BONUS ALEX SECTION
So if you want to get to know me, let me tell you about what writing I'm working on/have made recently.
Out now!
The Mutilation of Finley Reid
A short story of masculine horror, about a young man by the name of Finley who suffers in the pursuit of having his place as a man affirmed by his peers.
The world of Torranham Nights is an anachronistic reflection of England set in the coastal city state of Torranham, drawing from contemporary culture and folklore as well as the legends and reality of the cultures that came before – without being fetishistic about it like a lot of stories will.
Handle It
A short retail horror, about working the cash register of a butcher's counter, and the customer who orders increasing amounts of ground beef...
Inspired by my own work in a same spot, anyone who's done service work should get a kick out of this – plus it's free and only takes 20 minutes to read! XD
On the way!
Defector – name subject to change
A short story of grief, shame, suicidal ideation, alcoholism, and community. On the moon.
A Special Recon mech pilot, “Crash”, from Earth has defected to the Moon rebels, and now lives in Magnolia City, rotting away in her tiny apartment. Then the Provisional Government sends one of its elite commanders, a former enemy of Crash's, to pull her out.
Elhart: Arrival
The first of a short story fantasy anthology about a city of refugees at the edge of time and space, hiding from the end of the multi-planar universe. A super soldier has washed up with a near-fatal headwound and no memory, and she must learn to live in a far more peaceful world than the one her instincts suggest she came from. But who was she? And can she earn the trust of people who fear her potential to kill?
Neon Sun
A novel! Cyberpunk Vampires! If we're mutuals you can come ask about this but I'm not ready to share things too publicly for this one yet, but the outlining has gone beautifully in my opinion, and the worldbuilding is singing.
Speartip
I'm making a TTRPG!! It's a Powered by the Apocalypse engine game, about serving as the primary field agents of a faction of people who need your support and protection. Because if you're going to be a hero, who are you doing it for if not your kin?
Setting agnostic as hell, excluding some implicit need for magic in the class moves – I'm prepping to playtest this in sci-fi and fantasy settings to see how well my mechanics hold up in both swords and firearms based stories. Plus I'm going to explore a variety of perspectives of what the faction can be – from ethnic groups, to gangs, to guilds, to neighbourhoods.
I'm VERY excited about all this!!
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Build Up Ep 1, Part 1
Hello and welcome to my latest project -- recapping Build Up: Vocal Boy Survival from MNET. The show features some familiar faves from Boys Planet -- Jay, Wumuti, and Hwanhee -- as well as members of CIX, Just B, Up10tion, KNK, Newkidd, Ab6ix, Vanner, A.C.E. Fave1, BDC, IMFACT, M.O.N.T., WEi, and Pentagon. Don’t worry, it’s not Hui this time! I already wrote some posts in which I introduce you to the 40 participating contestants, divided up by their chosen category: Allround, Soul, Power, and Unique. Now, I’ll start actually recapping Episode One. Come join me, won’t you?
It's tough to find a video link for the full show, and the one that seems most stable doesn't have English subtitles, so I'm going to try my best to write the recaps in such a way that even if you can't see the show yourself, or if the feed you have doesn't have subtitles, you'll be able to understand what's going on.
We begin with a woman playing with little glowing metal bricks. You know, as you do.
Also, those ombre nails kind of slap.
The woman is our MC, Lee Dahee, who you might recognize (or might not) as one of the hosts of Road to Kingdom. I know her because she played the female second lead in one of my top five K-dramas of all time, I Can Hear Your Voice. (It’s not about singing -- it’s a courtroom drama/noona romance about telepathy and revenge. You guys, if you need a kdrama to watch, just watch this one, ok? Ok thanks.) She’s stunningly beautiful in that show.
She looks… different now, I guess I’ll say.
I wish that there wasn’t so much plastic surgery pushed in this business, because I genuinely wouldn’t recognize her, and I’ve watched that drama all the way through at least three times. Anyway.
She begins to speak, and we hear snippets of various singers as she does. The snippets that we’re hearing are the 40 brief performances that were uploaded to Youtube to tease the show.
She says, “There are various voices in this world. Unique voice: A voice that is a genre itself. Soul voice: Voice that moves people with its unique sentiment. Power voice: A voice that solidifies its presence. All ‘round voice: A voice that can harmonize with anything. When they come together and gain chemistry, a new harmony is created.”
I can’t help but think of Exo. Baekyhun has a unique voice; D.O. has a soulful voice; Chen has a powerful voice, and Suho has a sweet all ‘round voice. Hey, what do you know - the lady is right! It does create a new harmony!
She explains that they’ve gathered together 40 vocalists for this show, looking for the best combination. It’s a bit of a Queendom Puzzle vibe, but vocal based. And out of the 40, we’ll be picking four.
We hear from some of these 40 vocalists, speaking over each other, their faces hidden in shadow. We’re going to have to go with these MNET subtitles, that say things like “Catharsis is created when voices are stacked, especially when there are four.” I think it is supposed to mean, “A four part harmony can really bring out the emotions of a song.”
It’s an MNET show, so it begins with some of the contestants walking in and commenting on how big and cool the set is. They think it looks like the Colosseum, which, meh, not so much but I mean, ok.
We can’t know who they are yet. It’s dark in the studio and they can’t even see each other. They still bow and greet each other politely, chatting about how nervous and excited they are as they take their spots on their… I don’t know, transporter pads. Beam them up, Dahee!
They’re walking in in small groups, made up of members of the same “category”, and their name tags are color coded to their category: unique is green, soul is blue, power is purple, and allround is orange.
Left to right: Bain, Jay, Jung Soomin
I love this Korean thing of just shouting at each other, “You’re good looking!” Even in the dark.
Eagle eyed (and owl-eared) Boys Planet fans probably recognize this guy:
It’s Jay Chang, from Boys Planet! As I said in my other recaps, I love Jay's vocal color, which is clean and lovely, and though I think he could work on his technique, he's definitely a great singer. He also seems like basically a nice guy, though he gives off slight fuckboi vibes to me. Is it just me?
Hong Seongjun (former BDC), in the white jacket that makes him look like a waiter, recognizes his neighbor in the brown jacket as Seunghun from CIX. Hong Seongjun says, “excuse me… aren’t you from CIX?” Seunghun bows to acknowledge it, and Hong Seongjun says, “But you’re way too famous,” ie, to be on this show, and Seunghun says, “no, I’m not, I’m really not.”
Another group enters, led by a mop of light colored hair that I think belongs to Geonu, also known as Lee Geonwoo from JustB, who you may have seen on I-land.
Some more people come in, and one of the trainees -- this red haired fellow, my darling Bain -- says “oh my God! Sunbaenim!”
That hangul there says “oh my God” phonetically.
My darling Bain, also member of Just B , has recognized Jeon Woong from Ab6ix. I don't have any data on where they would have met, but they probably have a lot of friends in common at the very least. I think a lot of idols know a lot of other idols since they all train together at different agencies and go on these reality shows together all the time.
People are surprised that Woong and Seunghun are on the show, but not as surprised as they are to see Yeo One from Pentagon, who enters to the strains of Pentagon’s biggest hit, Shine. One of the other guys says, “It was so dark, but he was so handsome that I could see his silhouette.” I think the translation is a little wonky here, but I love the idea that if someone is really handsome, you can see them better in the dark.
My darling Bain says to Jay, “I’m shocked to see such big players.” Jay replies, in English, “Big time players make big time plays,” and do you see what I mean about the fuckboi-ness? Even if you like him, you have to admit that’s a bit cringey. Sigh. Jay, honey, why'ya gotta say things like that?
Jung Soomin replies, in English, “I’m a small time player. I just started!” Soomin is American, specifically from Chicago, and I guess his head was cold that day.
They’re all present now, each one standing on his own transporter pod bay. Oh, MNET.
They all applaud in excitement for the beginning of the show, and my darling Bain interviews, “Welcome to Survival!”
The lights come up in the studio and now the boys can see each other. So now it’s time for them to react to how handsome and famous they all are.
Yoon Inhwan in his gray suit interviews, “When I looked around, I thought I was in trouble. Everyone was too handsome.” Look at all the handsome fellas, including Kim Minseo, in blue, and a bunch of idols, including Seokhwa from WEi, and two members of Just B: my red-haired darling Bain, and pink-mop-headed Geonu.
Just FYI: I’m going to keep calling Bain my darling, because I listened to his stunning cover of Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo and now you know I still love him, baby. I talk more about it in my episode zero recap.
Hilariously, our old friend Lee Hwanhee (from Boys Planet) says he’s intimidated by the other guys. Hwanhee is always a little insecure, isn’t he? I think he’s had a lot of setbacks as an idol, and it’s wearing on him.
Neon, in green, tells his neighbor Hong Sungwon in the half gray, half white sweater that he feels defeated in terms of looks. Aww, you’re fine, Neon! I think you have a cute smile.
Seokhwa from WEi voice-overs that he’ll dominate with music, not looks, and this fellow on the left…
… says, “this is about voices, right?” He is Park Jeup, from IMFACT, who is also a solo artist. I just have to say, omg, his bow. That is a full on pussy bow, you guys. That square, lantern jaw juxtaposed against that bow is a sight to see and I am here for it. (The guy on the right, wearing the red suit, is Hyukjin, from a nugu group called Fave1.)
Everyone’s excited to hear each other’s voices.
Sunyoul (in the pink sweater) from Up10tion, same group as Hwanhee, is looking around the room and sizing up the other people, wondering if he can tell who is or isn’t a good singer based on their looks.
Then there’s a bit where a few people notice Jay. Kim Minseo, in blue, who sang Rolling in the Deep, kicks things off. He interviews that he was wondering if Jay would be there. Guess he watched Boys Planet too! Or Under 19, perhaps.
There’s this cute moment, where Hwanhee points Jay out to his neighbor, Seunghun from CIX.
Hwanhee is like, “That guy over there with his hands in his pockets? He’s really good.” I bet that Hwanhee and Seunghun have met before, since they both have been in the game for several years. Hwanhee is a year older than Seunghun and debuted around four years before him, so he's both hyung and sunbae to his nervous neighbor.
Then there’s a mini montage of them all recognizing each other -- Hyukjin noticing Jay, Hwanhee noticing Hyukjin, Bain noticing Hyukjin and pussy-bow Park Jeup. Hwanhee says that they’re “vocal monsters.” Hey, man, so are you! Where is your confidence, my friend?
But a lot of the contestants are intimidated by each other.
Suddenly…the lights go down again! And to make it even scarier, the subtitles punk out for a few minutes! This happens at about 6 minutes into the episode. So, let me give my google translate a real workout until the subtitles come back. Here we go.
A fanfare of glittering light heralds the entrance of MC Lee Dahee. The boys freak out. On screen, it says, “IS THIS TRUE?” as the trainees all stare open mouthed.
The camera does a full pan up her legs to her body, and on the Bilibili site -- now sadly denied to us all -- something in Chinese scrolls across the top, which my phone translated as “The English subtitle is so tiring.” I know that’s not quite what it meant, but I love it.
As Wumuti stares, open mouthed, it says “LIke a goddess!”
Someone says, “Is this true? Isn’t this AI?”
“She’s a celebrity!" “Wow, she’s so pretty.”
As Hyukjin -- wearing that red leather suit jacket -- looks on, it says “Angel’s Descent.”
Hwang Inhyuk in his ombre pink sweater says “It’s a good thing you came out.”
Dahwee says, “Hello!” and they all say hello back. “I will go on this journey with all of you. I am the MC, Lee Dahwee.”
On screen, as they all frantically bow, it says “Thank you very much <3 “
As our old friend Hwanhee gives the thumbs up, it says “Best MC-nim.”
I’ll give a sort of interpretation of the on-screen words’ translation since they don’t make a ton of sense. Basically, she’s telling them what’s going to happen next. There’s 40 of them and, through various musical missions, they’ll build a 4-member team. At the end, only one team will be selected to debut. This group will be an opportunity for the whole world to enjoy a kpop group with proven vocals.
Choi Suhwan in the black jacket over a white shirt and with parted bangs, says, “Ah… only 4…”
This is Bitseon (from M.O.N.T.), on the left, and Taehwan (from Vanner) on the right. One of them is voice-overing, “I’m sure there will be a big fight over the song.”
Lim Junhyeok, wearing a white hoodie that I guess he picked off the top of his laundry pile, voice overs, “there are many people who are good at singing.” Junhyeok was kicked out of Day6 after only being in it for six months -- I talk about it in my episode zero recap.
Donghun from A.C.E. is wondering what songs they’ll sing, I think. As I was writing these recaps, it was always so funny to me that Donghun is from ACE, because based on the way he’s dressed and his demeanor, he looks like he’s a detective in a noir movie who just got off shift and is about to order a whiskey at the bar. I hope you don't mind if I call him Detective Donghun in honor of that.
Dahee goes on that there are 40 participants, who chose what voice color represents them.
And right around here the subtitles come back, bless ‘em!
Yoonseo in the red and black leather jacket says, “Allround voices go well with many genres,” and we see a few of the various Allrounders.
Next, we take a look at the Soul singers:
Then the Power singers:
And finally, Unique.
The weird LED stage they're standing on turns into a pie chart showing the breakdown of the categories, and that is delightful.
Then, Dahee announces that they’re going to dive into their first major mission: Voice Check. “You’ll listen to voice files,” Dahee says, referring to the teaser songs we already heard. “If you want to build up with that voice, press the button.”
So this is a bit like the beginning of Queendom Puzzle, when the girls each performed for the others one at a time, and they all voted on whether each girl was good or not, essentially. Here, though, the boys are deciding who they want to work with in their teams of four. They’re choosing solely by the voice -- no looks, no sympathy.
It’s worth noting that them wanting to work with someone isn’t necessarily equivalent to thinking someone is good singer. They’ll be looking for people who they think their voices would harmonize well with. Regardless, Dahee explains that “the outcome of the evaluation will impact your first mission greatly, so make careful choices.”
The boys are nervous -- what if someone gets zero votes?!?
We see some staff members scurrying around giving them all some really uncomfortable looking plastic stools to perch on.
And as they’re settling in, Lim Junhyeok (former Day6) turns to his neighbor, Woong (AB6IX), and says, “Your name is Woong, right?”
“That’s right,” says Woong.
“I knew you when you were at JYP,” Junhyeok says, putting his hand on Woong’s shoulder.
Woong immediately gets really excited, jumping out of his chair. “Wait, you were at JYP?! When were you a trainee?”
“Day6,” Junhyeok says, simply.
“HYUNG!!!” Woong says, recognizing his old friend and giving him a hug.
Filmed on MNET's very finest Idaho russet.
Aww! This is exactly the stuff I watch shows like this for. FRIENDSHIP IS THE BEST SHIP, you guys.
They’re all asking each other what songs they sang, and from what we see, no one is telling anyone. Soomin, our friend from Chicago, asks Jay “Whad’ja’sing, whad’ja’sing?” They’ve got that English speaking connection. Jay, who is definitely feeling his oats, says “It’s part of the surprise.”
Meanwhile, Hwanhee cannot take his eyes off the MC, Dahee. He’s like, this show is scary and I never do well on the 8 million survival shows I keep forcing myself to go on, but this gorgeous emcee is making it all worth it. I am going to use this as an opportunity to stare at her as much as possible before an actual bodyguard appears to drag me away. She’s 38 to his 25, but I believe in the power of love, don’t you?
They’re all nervous, especially CIX's Seunghun, who busies himself staring at the floor. Yeo One voiceovers, “How many of these people will like me just from hearing my voice?” Aww. As we'll see, that is Yeo One's major storyline -- he is used to being a good looking backup dancer in Pentagon, and wants people to actually like his singing voice.
Ma Jaekyung, in his too-big-for-him gray blazer, asks KNK's Inseong if he’s nervous. CIX’s Seunghun says his heart is beating like crazy. Taewoo wonders who the first one up will be.
The first song that plays -- at least, the first song we hear play -- is V02. Jaekyung and Inseong both recognize the song immediately and look at each other and say “Baby Baby!” in unison, almost like it was an improv exercise.
Everyone recognizes the song -- we even see Dahee mouthing along -- and those of us who watched Boys Planet probably recognize the voice: Jay.
The editors do this cute thing where they superimpose the image on the floor, but I really don’t think it was shown live.
I have to wonder if Wumuti at least recognized the voice? This is his third reality show in a row with Jay! But all we see is him saying, “well done.”
Everyone seems to really like the performance. It is really good, naturally, though it wasn't completely perfect. (See my episode zero recaps for more info on what I thought of each performance. And please don’t get mad at me!) A lot of people are pressing the button to indicate that they’d like to perform with Jay. Can't blame them at all.
Hong Seongjun from BDC interviews, “He has a trendy singing style. He’d make up for what I lack.”
Everyone wants to know who the voice belongs to, but first, they’re going to reveal the votes, reveal the votes, reveal the votes, reveal the votes! The guys immediately realize that this will be their fate -- to have their vote talley revealed in front of everyone! Someone says, “oh no, this is like a public execution.”
The vote is revealed: 23 people voted that they’d like to work with V02 (Jay). Those who voted for him are surprised that only 23 voted for him out of 39, when to them, the voice seemed so good. Are people just way too strict? No.
Kang Hayoon explains that he thought about voting for the voice, because it was amazing, but he didn’t think that it would harmonize with his. (Spoiler alert: I think he's right.) I think a few others had a similar thought. I’m pretty sure if the vote was “did you like this?” everyone would get 39 out of 39. Well... most people.
Of course, this voting criteria is a bit of a problem, because the show is using this voting system as a way to rank the contestants by quality, and yet the metric they're using isn't necessarily identical to the issue of quality. I guess it's better than voting whether the person is "better" or "worse" than you, like the girls had to do on Queendom Puzzle.
Dahee reveals that the voice belonged to Jay , and Hwanhee’s neighbor, Seunghun from CIX, gestures as if to say, yep, you got that. Looks like Hwanhee at least recognized Jay’s voice!
Jay voiceovers that he was on an idol survival show (we see clips from Boys Planet) but didn’t get many chances to show his vocal skills. I mean, he did, but people just hated him for being foreign, mainly. Or for whatever random reason, IDK. Here at least people appreciate him -- his neighbors tell him he did a great job.
Next up: V16, End of the Sea by Choi Baekho, as performed by musical actor Kim Seongjeong, the one in the tan jacket and striped tie. It’s a lovely performance, if not exactly to my personal taste, and everyone immediately reacts to his deep, rich tone. It’s a “real voice” that “fills the studio.”
Seongjeong gets 25 votes, again, not an indictment one way or another on his quality.
After that deep voice and sentimental performance, everyone is really surprised when he gets up and says he’s going to dance. He dances a bit while people clap, then unexpectedly just launches himself into the air with an amazing spinning leap.
When he's done, he bows and says: “Dance, physique, and song. I’m the new actor, Kim Seongjeong.”
Dahee asks him if anyone has ever told him that he looks like well known actor Kim Woobin, and I guess I kind of see it. Seongjeong interviews, “Where do I look like him, exactly? What part of my face? My eyes? Is it because I look like a dinosaur?” and he offers us a huge grin that completely transforms his face. Aww!
What a cutey.
Ok, in honor of his jump spin, and the fact that he said he looks like a dinosaur, I’m going to call him the “leaping lizard.” But I don’t mean that in a mean way. Like I said, I think he’s got a great smile! I like him. 😀 This is just to remember who I’m talking about. Cool? Cool.
Alright, I've used up my allotment of 30 pictures, so it's time to wrap up this segment of the recap.
And just as a note, the first 30-45 minutes of one of these shows are always really, really slow going for me as I get to know who is who. I have to do research, read Korean name tags, etc, etc, and it takes forever. I'm not going to promise to catch up to the show, but I hope to at least gain on it a little.
Thanks for following me on this ride! I'll see you in the next one!
#build up#bpr recaps build up#build up mnet#ab6ix#cix#up10tion#jay chang#boys planet#Just B#knk#Pentagon
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Director's commentary, anything from mattdrai soulmate AU (or future snippets!)
hello anon! gosh it's been a while since ive looked at this one; here's the early section where they are in germany and going for a little walk:
Leon harries Matthew until they’re both dressed and ready to go, grabbing a spare key from the table in the hall. The weather outside, once they get there, isn’t too bad; it’s a little brisk, but nothing that either of them can’t handle compared to an Alberta spring. Matthew still looks shivery, though, hands tucked into his sweatshirt pocket and head bowed. [poor bondsick matthew! in all seriousness figuring out how to portray bondsickness was honestly really fun - just being a pathetic lil mess until someone touches you. idk if i ever said so explicitly in the fic/fully committed, but in my head/memory as of now, i think it's one of those things that is not so much caused by physical distance but by emotional distance. they haven't figured out/reconciled their feelings = you get sick. leon leaving was just a triggering event. but the beauty of never saying so explicitly is i can't get it wrong either way lmao.]
“Hey,” Leon says, bumping Matthew with his elbow until Matthew looks up. “You okay?” he asks, feeling like a broken record, but there’s not—what else is he supposed to do? [leon just actively flailing throughout the whole of the 2022 sections was also fun. he's a demonstrative guy but it's hard to be demonstrative when you don't have a clear sense of what either of you want. also, he is not yet willing to internally acknowledge how important matthew is to him, so he's just gonna... kinda suck at it.]
“Yeah,” Matthew says flatly. There’s big purple circles under his eyes. It makes Leon think again about how badly Matthew’s taking it, much worse than how Leon’s doing. Sure, he supposes he didn’t feel great for the twenty hours they were separated by an ocean, but he also didn’t look like he’d been run over by a zamboni. [bc you are not in emotional turmoil my guy]
Leon knows, at this point, that he should know better, but he’s still not sure how exactly all of this works. Bond-sickness is a thing from romance novels and weepy made-for-TV movies, not for a couple of hockey players who are regularly a continent apart. [again because it's an emotional thing, and leon isnt ready to clue into the emotional aspects of their relationship - purposefully oblivious] Leon leaving shouldn’t have done anything, he’s pretty sure. What difference would the Atlantic make, compared to North America? [bc you ~left~ him/aren't easily accessible anymore!]
Besides, in every depiction of bond-sickness he’s seen—which was mostly the one movie Kim watched on repeat when she was thirteen, some weepfest based on a Nicholas Sparks novel that Leon got so sick of he threatened to snap the DVD in half [my favorite thing about writing aus is figuring out alternate media for aus. i love a shitty reality tv concept. i love a bad romance novel. i love an ed sheeran ballad. it's the most fun part and also is such an easy way to add color and a sense of heft to your world building.]—it always happens to both sides of the bond. He’s pretty sure that if Matthew’s sick, he should be too, or else neither of them should be. [more hinting at one-sidedness] Which—that’s something he’s not sure he wants to interrogate too closely.
“Here,” Leon says finally, pulling at Matthew’s arm until he finally manages to get at Matthew’s hand. “Let me just—”
The second his fingers wrap around Matthew’s, Leon has a sensation of realignment, like one of his joints has eased back into place. Matthew starts to look more alive, color returning to his face as he sighs with relief. It’s kind of fucked up, how much touching makes things better, but it’s kind of cool, too, that this is all it takes. [one of my fave lines! (a) i think that would be the appeal of a thing like a bond to me, that you can make each other feel better and (b) i like it as an unconscious acknowledgement on leon's part that he wants matthew to feel better. he gives a shit! it isn't really platonic anymore even if he can't see that or admit it]
“This okay?” Leon asks, darting a glance at Matthew before looking down the street.
“Yeah,” Matthew says, fingers squeezing once. “I mean—if you don’t mind.”
“Whatever will help,” Leon says, more sincerely than he means to.
Leon started their walk without any destination in mind, but it isn’t far from his parents’ new house to the west bank of the Rhine. Once they get to the river, they stop, looking out at the Rodenkirchen bridge, huge and coppery green; the trees dotting the riverbank on the opposite side; the water reflecting the bridge as it flows north. There are ducklings following their parents down through the current, people walking past with dogs and strollers or only themselves. It’s peaceful to be around other people, to hear pieces of their conversation and the rush of the river and Matthew’s steps in time with his own. [i never made it to cologne but it looks really gorgeous in pictures! love a big bridge by the river. fixes me every time]
He wonders what it’s like for Matthew, somewhere unfamiliar, where not even the background noise is the same. [there's a thing about this that like, is tricky to articulate but i'll do my best lol - when they were both in alberta, they were both far from/couldn't always go home, which is a theme i find compelling (see marriage bets) but leon is obviously more separated. and during the 2022 sections of the fic, it was fun to explore matthew as the one far from home, in an unfamiliar environment, with leon as the one fixed point. idk! it's a fun theme.]
“Want to go farther?” he offers, tugging their hands towards the river. “Not too bad right now.”
Matthew nods, fingers tightening around Leon’s. “Sure,” he says. “If you want to.”
“Yeah,” Leon says. Now that he’s looking at Matthew, it’s like he’s gotten stuck, gaze snagged on Matthew’s eyes, as clear and blue as the spring sky. [ur in love with him. hope that helps.] He has to blink hard before he can look away, back to the tree-lined path and the river ahead. “Yeah, I want to.”
They spend another half an hour walking down the river and back, until it’s too cold to continue. [i just love a romantic walk!] Then they turn down into the neighborhood, wandering streets that should be more familiar to Leon than they are. [another bit of that far from home theme; what even is home in the first place if you've spent your adult life somewhere else?] Eventually they find a café and Leon gets them coffee, more to warm their hands more than anything else. Matthew stumbles through a “Danke schön” when he takes his.
“Did you practice or something?” Leon asks, raising his eyebrows.
The tips of Matthew’s ears flush, [he has been practicing for at minimum six months and at least a year. maybe started during those summer calls. he has an irrational hatred for the duolingo owl] and he takes a long sip of coffee. Leon decides not to push. It’s just—unexpected, is all.
Eventually they find their way back to the right street. Matthew’s shivering again. Leon should’ve given him one of his heavier jackets; they’re close enough to the same size. [them being the same build is important and sexy to me] He’ll remember next time.
“You good?” he asks again.
Matthew nods, takes another sip of coffee. “This is strong,” he says, narrowing his eyes.
“I’ve been telling you, your coffee is shit,” Leon says easily, accepting the misdirection. [european coffee just is better. alas.]
“Just because you’re a snob,” Matthew retorts, and they’re back to not quite normal, but closer. When Matthew nearly shoves him off the sidewalk mid-argument, it’s practically a relief. [they will always be a little bit butting heads but in a fun flirty way :)]
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Wassap😼 Just wanted to ask what’s your favorite(I yapped quite a lot so you can oppenly yap as much as you like too lol):
- Food - I LOVE ice cream. Like live love laugh ice cream. Especially the one’s that they put in a cone at some cafes. The store bought one’s are alright, but nothing hits more than a fresh cone of ice cream while walking by the beach🔥 I honestly don’t understand people that prefer to eat it from those goofy ahh cups. Like who are you, some 72 year old british woman named Karen?😭
- Animal - umm I love mostly every animal. But dogs are probably my fave. I WOULD like cats more if I wasn’t allergic. Like, I’m used to dogs and was more interested in them as a kid because I just couldn’t interact with cats without getting itchy eyes and uncontrollably sneezing😭 I was like OBSESSED with dogs as a kid. That phase lasted until I was 10-11 years old. But cats are pretty cool too😼
- Colour - oof that must be a tough one. I’m not gonna be edgy and say something like black or white🙄 My fav colour has always been yellow. Although I don’t have that many coloured clothes. My fav fit is all brown😭 But brown IS a shade of yellow so…
- Song/group - ok so I’m really proud that I’ve been getting into lesserafilm because my new friend is also a kpop fan but she prefers gg, specifically lesserafilm, so I’m happy that I finally listened to some of their songs😭 I love “Impurities” and “Guardian” (lesserafilm). My second favourite group is ofc Skz. They made a LOT of 🔥 songs, but “Charmer”, “Domino”, “Surfin’ and “Megaverse” just make my nerves tingle. Enhypen is also one of my favorite groupsss. “Mortal”, “Fate”, “Chaconne”, “One In A Billion”, “Tamed-Dashed” and like a gazillion more😭. As for non-kpop… I really like “Sunflower<Post Malone>”, “Reflections<The Neighborhood>” , “Jenny from the block<Jennifer Lopez>”, most songs from Pastel Ghost’s album “Abyss” and lots of unpopular artists. I can honestly give you my spotify or sum.
Oml I yapped so fucking much😭 Sorry. Feel free to talk even double or triple of that❤️
I LOVE IT WHEN YOU YAP IN MY INBOX ITS SO FUCKING CUTEEEE
FOOD- ahhh im indian so imma be basic and say fried rice cause even though its indo-chinese its literally everywhere in the south so I LOVE ITTTT. only if its a certain kind tho. if its all dry it literally sucks
animal- MY FAVORITE animal changes so much you have no idea but i have to go with 3. dog 2. cat 1. panda 🐼🐼🐼 ITS SO CUTEEEEE- yeah my cousin HATES CATS and when i introduced her to minho she didnt like him cause he apparently "behaved like one" LIKE WTFFFFF THATS ADORABLE
color- purple 💜
thats it...its always been purple
group/song - I USED TO BE OBSESSED WITH LITTLE MIZ BEFORE KPOP and i used to think itzy was a seven membered group for some unknown reason and because of that i was scared to stan them because i used to stan blackpink and stayc so i was A BABY KPOP FAN OKAY but i loved it afterwards. for my favorite song it has to be EASY by le sserafim like its STUCK IN MY HEAD
yay so thats more about me and even i YAPPED SO MUCH
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This thing is my like reaction thing in the dino charge episodes. I planned to have like a new watcher point of view and failed miserably. Let's get onto it. (This is based on the scenes and you might not understand it but that explains me: ✨Messy✨)
•POWERS FROM THE PAST•
-Sledge is... cool...
-Poisandra was kinda weird to me. Idk why.
-Their relationship is so fake though😭 (Sledge was so uncommitted though and I feel like he didn't really want to marry her). Like guy didn't even commit. They could've have married before doing the 'villain stuff'.
-How will he build the universe with the Energems though? Like genuinely how?
-OPENING THEME SONG! I still luv it.
-WHY IS THERE AN OVERGROWN BUG- Oh that's Keeper...
-Oh, the T Rex. Duh. Of course it gets the red Energem cause it's the "king of the dinosaurs"
-Why does the bomb look like a big Energem?
-I still love the Energems. Great merch.
-Sledge: Have caught outlaws worth billions.
Also Sledge: Gets stopped by random teens in colorful spandex.
-What where'd the other Energems go? Like where'd the Silver, purple and gold Energem go?
-Ah, Tyler. Y'know he's just a random person definitely not going to be a leader of the spandex heroes.
-Oh it's Chase. Y'know if Chase is actually a real person, people will probably try to date him, much to Chase's amusement.
-Wait, the dig team has already been to Samson caves, which includes Kendall, Chase and Koda who are trying to find the Energems, yet they haven't found the Red Energem? Like Tyler saw it in 30 seconds.
-Tyler takes selfies a lot, I've just noticed.
-Shelby! She's so beautiful!
-The iconic soup incident scene. I ship.
-HI KODA!
-Kendall- For your information Chase and Koda are very highly trained museum personnel.
Cut to Chase trying to spin his skateboard on his head and Koda eating and being Koda.
Shelby: They hide it well...
Kendall: You have no idea.
Still one of my fave scenes.
-Sneaky Shelby! Or is it Stowaway Shelby?
-Tyler is not scared of heights? Or literal lava?!
-The red Energem!
-Why the hell would they leave the pink Energem on a crate unprotected?! Like what?!
-Heh, Iceage's cloak while running looks like Snape's cape.
-How'd Tyler tie that rope to a tree and still have time to swing and grab the crate? Like huh?
-The shovel be the GOAT... for 5 minutes...
-I still get cringe from the dramatic falling.
-Tyler be figuring things out fast, like who sees a toy gun thing and immediately thinks to put the Energem in it? And gets a bullseye in the first try! Even if it was an accident...
-The suit looks ✨MaHvElOuS✨
-How'd Iceage know what to call them? Like who sees a person in a colorful spandex and immediately thinks ranger? Only power ranger fans.
-Wow, they already know how to fight and in sync too?!
-Rexy!
-How'd Iceage know it's called the T-Rex Zord?
Overall:
9/10 As a person who has binge watched dino charge in the past, it ain't my fave but it's good. I especially liked the scenes of Shelby and Kendall. Idk why.
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PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW BETTER .
alias / name: jay, jaz, j-dawg, jj, the whole she-bang
birthday: oct. 29
zodiac sign: scorpio
height: 5'5"
hobbies: video games, writing, art but its a hate-love relationship, and reading. love graphic novels, literature, comics, etc.
favorite color: purple
favorite book: song of achilles is a classic. i think about the writing in it all the time. my friend got me the six of crows trilogy for my birthday a couple years ago, loved that too. love the way cloud atlas is laid out. the night circus is one of my old-time faves too.
last song: inside · chris avantgarde
last film / show: finally watched the menu. it was a good watch.
recent reads: haven't sat down to read a book in a minute ... but i've been meaning to reread the last unicorn (another favorite lol)
inspiration: poetry is what i always come back to. when i write, it's really important how things flow / sound in my head, and i'll re-edit sentences over and over to get that sort of "sound" across. poetry does this the best. i always listen to music too, which gets me into the mood. books and fanfic and movies that make me think or inspire me also help, but rping for me a lot comes down to my writing partners. it's all a hoax to get people to write for me. i sit down and reread my partners' responses 4-5 times usually to make sure i didn't miss a single thing.
story behind url: frankly trying to come up with urls irritates me (im not very creative in that sense) so i just fucked around with her name until it wasn't taken lmao
fun fact about me: my second cousin is trent reznor from the nine inch nails. all of my friends call him "dear cousin trent". i don't have any actual contact with him because my family is a mess, but it's always a funny thing to bring up.
tagged by: @royalarms 👁
tagging: whoever is still active and following me lol
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What are your thoughts on Rainbow High series 3?
Number 3, Budget and Normal dolls!
Emi Vanda!
Emi is…a doll. Her budget is really a nothing burger and her full price is. E h?
She feels very all over the place. She’s got like 7 different shades of purple or magenta going on and it’s throwing everything off.
The basic shapes of her first outfit; the baggy sweater, pleated skirt and high boots-are all good ones! But the ribbons around her boots and the colores are fighting with each other.
Her second one is the same formula; good base, good shapes. But here the color, patterns and the ribbons on her shoes are throwing it really hard. The gold heels, but black bottoms and magenta toe caps are so…why-
Note: my lovely Qpp and the asker of the question, @the-lavender-creator actually has a full price Emi with some god awful hair rooting.
Gabriella Icely!
Not a fave but a solid doll!
My only real gripe is that her first outfit shoes and the second outfit jacket….what is that teal. It’s not bad but ehhhhhh I don’t love it.
The rest though? Fabulous! I especially love her skirt chain in the first outfit I’d love that as a real belt. I love the studded heels from outfit two and the choker…she makes it work. Also like the hair clips throughout!
Budget doll is meh but she still looks good
Daphne Minton!
Loving herrrr- singular question is that lil tie on her skirt but that’s mini
Another doll with very swappable clothes between outfits! Love the reflective gold on the first outfit. I like her strappy heels and the gold accents and her shoes matching her stand: Slay-
Outfit two is another I’d LOVE in real life. Give me that settttt. Love her big ass hoops
Her budget is actually cute! It really just looks like the first outfit on a day with a smaller tie and like she took off her jacket. And didn’t curl her hair. She looks good!
Sheryl Meyer!
Literally Cher Horowitz from Clueless a little to the left and I LOVE that for her.
Love the two layer dress, love the three button, double breasted blazer, love her belt, love the high socks and yellow shoes, adore her earrings and BROWN EYES and fantastic hair- I don’t even hate the shirt underneath the jacket-
As for outfit too…I wish they just gave her a sweater vest and a shorter, opaque button down. Shoes are still a slay, skirt is beautiful. Love her headband
Budget Sheryl…sure looks budget- it’s giving 50s house wife and not in a good way. Hair still slays though.
Georgia Bloom!
Adorableeeee she can have my heart and soul I love her from her hair clips, curls and Brown eyes to the sneakers I want right now.
Second outfit is vast majority a second verse same as the first, but RH I will come to your house if you don’t stop making see through shoes.
Other then that I have no notes other then I, for some reason, Think Jewel Richie is her cousin.
Budget….why is her hair a completely different color-
AND ONCE AGAIN STOP MAKING SEE THROUGH SHOES.
Aside from that this almost feels like pajamas- just make the shorts a knit set rather then denim and boom. It would be better as a sleep set-
Daria Roselyn!
I AM GRINDING MY TEETH I WANT HER JACKET SO BAD. I again, don’t mind the shirt under her dress and the dress itself is just fine. I wish the soles of her shoes were opaque but that’s my only problem, they’re adorable otherwise and I’d love to have them.
Outfit two looks BOSSY. Thats a boss bitch right there. She is walking into the office and sending everyone spiraling, this is editor in chief at RUNWAY BABY
I do pray for her feet in those skinny ass heels though.
Budget…I wish the main doll had the budget shoe soles. Dress is still fine. WHERE DID HER LIPLINER GO.
The only reason main Daria’s lip color doesn’t look crazy is cuz it looks like she lined her lips with brown and filled in with pink, budget Daria did n o t-
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Hey I'm the anon who found the bucket of old LPS toys! Found it wasn't actually all of them? But here's the ones that were there and imma tell you some fun facts about each grouping!
For the dogs, the one next to the great Dane (I think it's a chocolate lab?) is actually my brother's! The Yorkie with the stick legs was my favorite and the only one of that generation I could stand lol. The purple weiner dog had his back legs chewed off by my actual dog but when my mom went to toss it I lost my little kid mind so hard she never touched it. Also the poodle fairy was my least favorite of my fairies. It was neglected to the point that it's neck is stiff when you go to move it.
I was never really into the birds but the penguin was and still is one of my favorites!
For the cats my brother named the one licking it's paw Spotted Leaf like the warrior cats nerd he was XD my favorite was the tiny pink winking kitten by far though
For the rodents/rodents adjacent my favorites were the beaver and the brown racoon. I made them best friends even though the beaver came with a coon skin hat. Most of them from this group were my friend's. Me and my sister had matching purple lop bunnies because she was mad I got one for my birthday and purple was her color (eye roll) mine was marked with blue on her ear to tell the difference
For the bugs: I had a bee. I remember having and loving said bee. None of these matter to me I want my bee.
Lizards and frogs! My favorite was the orange lizard. I have no idea how that poor frog lost his head but he will undergo a delicate glue reconstruction surgery soon. I despise the big headed chameleon on the end. His tongue pokes out by pressing his crest 10/10 stim but his design makes me irrationally angry 0/10
Aquatics! Me and my sister would make complex trading charts just to get that seahorse. We would value our pets so that we could, in a long series of trades, end up with two pets whose combined worth could ever compare to the seahorse's clear superiority. My mom was impressed at our detailed logs of these trades as much as she was worried that we both wanted it enough to go to these lengths. Somehow she never thought to buy a second one to stop this. I think she feared we would instead try to claim ownership of both instead of sharing, and she would be right.
That little brown bear cub came in a camping set of three. I would have laid my sister to rest if she dared touch them. They were my favorite LPS set ever. A search for the missing cubs is underway.
My sister vandalised my elephant and I want to customize him because that red is not a good look. The cow had a tiny horn headband, she is one of my faves. I got the giraffe when I was in the emergency room for dislocating my floating sternum. Can't look at thing without feeling mildly uncomfortable due to getting it during one of the most painful moments of my life.
I'll send a separate ask with descriptions of my favorites that I couldn't find since this one is...massive 😅 sorry about that
you and your sister were a force to be reckoned with .. thank you for sharing these :o) they r lovely to see and your descriptions for each of them were delightful to read !! i am looking forward to your favorites description :o)
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I hoped you don't mind me asking, but what makes Violet your favorite from the other thea sisters? Would love to know some of your thoughts about her :]
Hahah, see it all started when I was a wee nine-year-old who just got into the series. When I first saw these cool mouse women on a book cover, I immediately gravitated towards the one wearing this half-saturated purple because her color palette was the easiest on the eyes (I wasn't very fond of everyone else's super-saturated clothes, especially Colette's since I was very anti-pink). Then I learned about said purpur mouse in the books and :0 she's Asian just like me, :0 she likes books just like me, :0 she's smort just like me, SHE'S JUST LIKE ME FOR RE--
Ye I kinned this silly, and the silly was my blorbo mainly for her aesthetic, color palette and her being the smort one (ego go brrr). I would say that I still kin her to a degree, but nowadays she's my blorbo because she's a socially awkward dork who is also capable of dishing some intense shade. A lot of this can be chalked up to the fact that she is probably the most fleshed-out from all the girls in terms of personality (in the English books anyway). To this day I'm not really sure how to characterize the other girls, because think about it: what are the other girls' canon personalities besides "nice"? Pam is the group comedian with a sassy streak (that doesn't get showcased enough) and also f o o d (she's got more stuff going for her in the Italian books tho, like she has this complex about not wanting to inconvenience other people with her discomfort or emotions); Nicky is athletic and super-passionate about nature (plus apparently a fear of disappointment both for herself and other people) and as much as she is my second fave most of what I know as her personality is headcanon (like haha Australian dumbass); Colette and Paulina are the worst offenders because I can't for the life of me pin down their personality besides their passions, which no, do not count as personality traits. The most I can gather is that Colette is the nice receptionist woman who is also very particular about appearances to the point of taking too long with doing her makeup or picking out clothes and is a romantic; and Paulina is... uh... She's the group smort, tactician and analyst (which is a shared trait with Violet), she's passionate about nature (which is shared with Nicky), she's into science (also shared with Nicky believe it or not), she an IT kid, she likes photography, she's nice, she loves her sister, uh... and she's the mom friend (but we don't see that enough), she's probably the healthiest chronically online person to ever exist, and that's about it. Violet's basically got everything about her fleshed out and kept in by Scholastic's story-trimming asses, and I love her for it. I would love to get to know the other girls more, but as of now, you will have to give me more meat on the bone because as it is, they've got very little to their personalities. Yes, I do have the Thea Sisters' official blog and bits and pieces of the Internet Archive to fill in some of the blanks, but there're still significant pieces missing.
Anyway uh Vi. She's socially awkward, she's a dork, she deals with stage fright and not wanting to embarrass herself, she's a perfectionist (which artist mood), she's an overthinker when it comes to her social insecurities, she's a roast lord as I talked about in my Geronimo x Thea Stilton crossover post yesterday, she's pragmatic and punctual (which clashes with Colette's chronic tardiness and leads to entertaining shenanigans), she's attentive and good at retaining information (god I wish that were my ADHD ass), she's that one quiet introvert that listens to everyone talk and then talks either when she needs to or when she's enjoying herself, her luck in DnD/the special edition books and beyond is crap at everything except staying alive, she is loyal to her friends which the later books used to make her the friendship prophet to which I say BULLCRAP SHE DOESN'T THINK OF IT LIKE THAT SHE IS LOYAL TO THEM BECAUSE SHE SEES THEM AS FRIENDS WORTH A LIFETIME AND SOMETHING TO BE PROTECTED AND SHE'S NOT THE TYPE TO SPOUT SENTIMENTAL UNSENTIMENTAL CRAP LIKE THAT--
She's adorable and I love her. My child, my baby, my blorbo. I love this silly purpur woman so much, and the more I learn about her the more I get to appreciate her.
#thea stilton#thea sisters#questions with e#do I feel like I just barfed all my brainrot juices for everyone to see? yes I do#do I regret it? uhhhhhhhhh I'll answer you in a day or two
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Hello! ♡
AHHHH it always makes me so happy when people enjoy my work, especially when it comes to Ruggie! He's a character I really enjoy writing, so I'm happy you enjoy how I write him!
I actually have two stories planned for him coming up, one for Valentine's Day and one that my anon 🎀 gave me inspiration for! It's gonna be an established relationship Ruggie x Reader story about Ruggie having freckles and the Reader noticing them for the first time! It'll be short compared to most of my works but I hope you enjoy it none the less!
I've always had an interest in Hypnosis Mic ever since I found out about them when Dotsuitare Hompo and BAT first debut (thanks to the song Osaka Dreamin' Night actually!) I just LOVE the music so much, and how all the groups/characters have different rap styles! I myself am a big BAT fan (especially Hitoya and Kuko!), but I also really like Fling Posse and recently noticed how much I like Matenro (Hifumi's solo songs are so good! ....and I have a soft spot for Doppo ♡)
I recently started playing the mobile game (Hypmic ARB) and it's SO MUCH FUN! If you're able to play (since I know it's region locked!) I highly recommend it!
I'm so glad to see Syo getting more love! I now know two people who are Syo fans, which is great! It's funny cause originally I was gonna make my banner Kuko's second anniversary card, but then I decided to go with Masato cause I love the sanrio cards from Shining Live! I had already made the Kuko banner too, and it would have looked like this:
I'm honestly glad I didn't now, since it lead to us interacting! ♡
But I know what you mean! Utapri as a series has always been such a HUGE comfort for me, and I regularly listen to Masato's and Natsuki's solo CD's (as they're my faves in Utapri!) It's got to be one of my favorites series, and it will always hold a special place in my heart! Syo's backstory is honestly so inspiring, with his heart condition and how hard he worked to get where he's at!
AHHH I'm so excited to see what you have in store for us readers, and I hope to also write for Hypmic in the future (and more Utapri!)
Thank you! ♡
Ruggie Bucchi with freckles my beloved aughhhh very excellent taste. I understand it. WE NEED MORE FRECKLE RUGGIE!! All Ruggie enjoyers and propagandist understand how excellent the concept is. I mean really, there’s no way he doesn’t have at least a few scars, freckles, sunburn, and a little tan. Ruggie is ‘rugged’ and he needs to look that way!! This school shit made him soft wwwww
Osaka Dreamin’ Night is so fire omg have you heard the drinking song? Naniwa… Something..? NANIWA PARADISE SAKE!!! There’s a bar with Rosho where he’s shitfaced and Rei kindly raps along about how you should not drink and drive haha. It’s super dope and it shot super high on my list of HypMic songs I love. I do play HypMic ARB! I actually had it on BlueStacks and then I couldn’t get it to update to retrieve my login so… I had to start from scratch and I got it on my phone! I was kinda sad since I actually had a ton of Jyushi cards and he was my first SSR but hey… That’s life…
And unfortunately I am a massive cornball… I LOVE BUSTER BROS!! Part of it is the fact their team color is red and I love red but Ichiro… His big stupid pants and the fact in almost every canon photo of him you can see the black waistband of his underwear. He’s doing it on purpose… He’s sending me signals. I need to Break the Wall… I’m also a huge Kuko fan too which is funny cause Ichiro and Kuko used to be besties in Naughty Busters!!
Oh my gosh the Sanrio Shining Live cards I’m so jelly that EN shut down before I could get them aughhh Syo and Tuxedo Sam is such a cute combo and I saw Natsuki had Wish Me Mell(?) which was honestly so cute? Otoya and Pochaco is an amazing pairing ahhh very amazing choice for Masato’s Sanrio card it’s such a cute banner ahah. A Kuko banner ready for when and if you decide to change your theme… Become purple… Or stay pink???!?!??!?? I think it’s cute!! Slap him on there anyways!! Okay, because we’re here I’ll show you some of my W.I.Ps and I feel like maybe it’s a lowkey bad idea but maybe it’s not!! Writing is a fun hobby and I get so excited to share what I make even before it’s done.
Writing is like being a chef: Ain’t nothin wrong with tasting the food as it cooks.
SPOILS UNDER THE ANIME GIRL! (Her name is actually Iron Mouse and she is from Sailor Moon)
I wanted to do this because I saw someone do it with the Twst boys and I thought it would be nice to write about HypMic characters peeling an orange for you. It really is a personality test to see them as a partner or someone who is supposed to care about you. Would they do something so minor as to peel your orange for you? Because most of them are my favorite: I say yes because this is my mind palace and they are not like horrible irl men. They are on paper and they are nice to girls. Me, I am girls. You, you are girls.
I usually am a smut author but I LOVE PWP. I need story before I get to the ‘meat’ of my fics that I write. And Kuko is a violent person anyway, I don’t think outings with him last long. If someone sneezed on you he would probably shove his fingers up their nose until he reached their brain stem. But that’s part of what makes him attractive… He cares in his own terrifying way! Sex the monk! And I have been wanting to write smut for Kuko since I tested the waters with Samatoki and just a few days ago I was whining in my server because Kuko is a monk right?
Now, I didn’t process the fact that Kuko has a dad. Like… He has a biological father who is a monk. He is the heir to his temple. That completely vanished from my mind as I went to a channel and ‘boo hoo’d with attractive pictures of Kuko about how he is inedible to my carnal desires. And then I was grabbed by the throat by a friend and they said ‘uh… Japanese monks aren’t the same as other monks’ and I looked it up… THEY CAN GET NASTY. YOU CAN SEX KUKO AND IT WONT RUIN HIS LIFE AS A MONK!!!!!! Sorta. I still feel a little guilty about trying to do it…
I feel a little worried sharing this one hehe!~! I do have Hitoya high on my list of faves because I too love making money it’s my favorite past time. He’s like that hot older man you’re too shy to put the moves on but it’s slowly getting more and more obvious he sees you as a proper adult… Don’t be afraid of that age gap. He’s hot and has old dude wisdom and experience. Also I can’t stop thinking about in soul switch when Jakurai proved he wasn’t Kuko by saying: “Remember in middle school when you randomly got up during class and moonwalked and everyone called you Amaguni Moon for the rest of the school year? That was cool!” And Hitoya is embarrassed… It wasn’t cringe… Jakurai thought it was sick. Be yourself pimp.
I have more wips but they’re super rough so I’m hiding them still! Thank you for coming to chat with me again wahahhhhh you’re super sweet!! <3 <3 <3
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hi hj hi I’m so so in love with the way you draw Dusk <333 I’d love to hear any lil details about their character? :D (only if you want of course!!)
ALWAYS RAINIA MY BRO💖💖 I'm so glad you like her cause she's one of my ULTIMATE FAVES
So this post here gives the general gist of her story about some about her in a quick read if you wanna catch up on the basics! I'll also just ramble more about her because I love her and could go on forever
Dusk uses she/her pronouns, she's 14 at the start of her story when she runs away, and 17 by book two. She's mixed race Pacific islander, or the in-universe equivalent of that! If she was from our universe, she'd be Samoan specifically
She is a complete and utter goofball!! The happier and more relaxed she is, the silly-goofier she gets, with her jokes and pranks and dumb ideas. Calls everyone bro, dude, or man, even if they're very important
Dusk plays both bass guitar and acoustic, though her acoustic is the one that generally goes with her on her outdoors adventures, and her bass is more for recording or performing. She sings alto (ALTO SUPREMACY)
Her favorite color is a vivid marigold yellow-orange, and her second favorite is purple!
She's very socially skilled, and it's a bit of a double-edged sword. On one end, she can be extremely friendly, charming, and good at reading people. On the other, though, she's very capable of being deceitful and even manipulative in order to get what she wants
Also very physically affectionate!! If she really likes you, she will flop across you like a cat or hold your hand and drag you around everywhere
She picked up kickboxing in order to keep up with Norvori when they get into tight spots, so now she can kick butt too!!
She also learned sign language all on her own for him, so she could teach it to him so he'd still be able to communicate when he couldn't speak
#RAINIA I'M SMOOCHING YOU RIGHT ON THE FACE#dusk#alora#asks#I could keep going but I think that's pretty good for now LOL
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ok im gonna start w the Kalim cards i have because his dorm groovy is one of my faves and i wanna talk about why i love it
✨Art Critique Time✨
I'm actually gonna start off with this one!!! Even though it's not the glitziest, I still really love it!
(dog pic for spacing)
Whether or not the thumbnail accurately portrays the Vibe of the whole card is important to me, and he looks really cute here, so this is successful!! The composition of the whole card is also really nice; you can easily tell what position he's sitting in, and it's colorful but not overwhelming. Kalim's hand occupies the second vertical dividing line if you visualize it by the rule of thirds, drawing clear and simple attention, and just above it is a coconut water whose saturation and value blend really smoothly into the background— Jamil is framing Kalim; his person is almost an extension of the plates of food on the left, and even though Kalim is actively receiving the coconut water from him, he's looking straight at the camera, not at Jamil. It starts off a cute pic of Kalim eating, and the more you look at it, the more you realize just how much Kalim is being spoiled.
The dorm card!! Un-groovied is really solid in a similar way to the above: the expression on his face, the triangular composition, and upwards angling all suggest power. However, when you look closer at it, you can make out just how relaxed he looks: the scepter leaning against the chair, his foot propped up on the arm, and the looseness of his hold on the cup are not the main focus of the piece. This might have been the artists' attempt to retain Kalim's personality while still maintaining the grandiose vibe of all the dorm un-groovies, in which case, the execution was not great, but I like it for that exact reason— he looks powerful and majestic, but he's still Kalim :)
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVE CARD ARTS!!!
Kalim fits into the sweeping circular frame of the fountain so nicely that the composition has a dynamic feel while still portraying the subjects as fairly static, and the contrast of Kalim with the water makes it very clear what's happening in the picture.
(dogy for spacing. this is from a time when i gave her a crumb of an oatmeal cream pie and her ass who never gets out of bed stood like this for an hour)
The thumbnail makes it really clear what kind of image this is too!! I love the gentle purple shadows, I think they make the whole picture pop while still being subtle and beautiful. You can also tell from Kalim's hair and accessories that he's wet, so it doesn't feel like the artist is forcing you to look for the water droplets. Looking closer at the picture, you can examine the petals, the Magical Pen, the water details, and the reflections in the jewelry, and they're all woven seamlessly into the composition. It's just so beautiful; I could look at it forever💜
This one next!! Mixed feelings on this one!! This is the type of composition I really like; the foreshortening is executed decently enough for how dramatic it is, and the cooking supplies swirling around him are fun. The thumbnail image is great; he looks cute and very clear:
I can't say I like the colors of the full piece, though—Kalim's saturation does not pop out from the background, and the sharpest value contrast is found in, like, the apple and the lettuce, which still look kind of dull. I literally just noticed there was a cutting board by his side while I was making this post. Um. Anyway, while Kalim's legs are darker than his torso, giving his figure some depth, they kinda blend right into the floor, leaving the viewer's eyes to pick out exactly how he's standing. IDK this card has wasted potential.
aaaaaand ya boy hit the image limit so i'm gonna reblog with more!
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Not that I'm someone who owns dolls so LMAO WHAT SHOULD IT MATTER TO ME?! but, I'm glad to see the refresh doll for Draculaura is cute! :') I look forward to seeing ACTUAL collectors unboxings of her when she drops, lmfao.
The puffy sleeves are, a Choice, but everything else? very cute! :'o Her little bat bento box, and the charm on her backpack are SUCH cute little details.
Man, all draculaura dolls are so dang cute... like she got an absolute banger of an aesthetic. Very spooky-cute/pastel goth.
like they absolutely NAILED it with her g3 doll designs. I don't think there's any I HATE, tho these three are probs my least favorites, and even then it's just minor nit-picky things I don't like.
like with the first one, it's the yellow-green earrings. Lmfao I just, don't like them, I don't think they're necessary to tie the color on the skirt into the whole look, bc she already has it on her under eye makeup (which I think looks fine! It's just a tiny little pop of the color). I think the earrings being purple to match her lipstick would have looked nicer, or even white, since she doesn't really have any white on her head (unless you count the whites of her eyes which, lmao I don't), and I think it'd tie the look together nicely if she did.
for doll #2, it's the bat-shaped holes that go all around the brim of her hat. They look dumb as shit:
lIKE WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS?? It's so stupid and impractical for a vampire, and it ruins an otherwise cute accessory for the doll to have.
and lastly for doll #3…idk, it's just something about the hair style that I don't fully like about the doll… LOVE the giant bow, thought. I'm a big giant bow fan, lmao. I think restyled hair would, for me, bring the doll up to absolute banger tier with the other 13.
honorable mention to Abbey and Twyla who ALSO got a couple p cute dolls (and gr8 color schemes)… they're some of my other favorite MH dolls, after like every single Draculaura lmao.
aCTUALLY u know what? Monster High gen 3 got a surprising amount of dolls I think look nice???
Cleo has some really pretty dolls... can't go wrong w/ ancient Egyptian aesthetic,
and Lagoona has some dolls that I WANT to like— I think she's colorful and fun, but that I don't bc of the weird dots(I think they're supposed to be scales) on her forehead, I think those are ugly and IDK why her doll has them… she doesn't in the series (tho she seems to in her official art…)
Frankie's another one that's got a fun colorful design.
lmao I think the only g3 characters that don't have aNY doll designs I particularly like are Deuce, Ghoulia, and Toralei…
MAYBE Clawdeen too, but she's another of those 'I wANT to like, but' similar to Lagoona, only my thing w/ Clawdeen is a lot of her outfits are ugly, and I HATE her hair color:
these four Clawdeens are the closest to 'okay, I don't completely HATE these—', but none of them are, imo, good. 1-3 have outfits I kind of like(but I hate all their hair colors), and #4 has the hair color I like most of all the Clawdeen dolls, but I hate her outfit lmfao it's so ugly… I've yet to see a Clawdeen doll with both hair color AND outfit that I like on the same doll.
ALSO, I actually recently was able to finally find somewhere to watch MH, and did so, and I'm happy to report Draculaura is my favorite not JUST aesthetically! Also—pleasantly surprisingly—Cleo is a close second fave… I went in expecting like, 'bitchy popular girl' or s/t from her, but she's a sweetheart, and I love her...(I also think Cleo/Frankie is a bit out of nowhere and she'd be cuter with clawdeen, bUT, that is irrelevant). I actually like all of the mains, tho don't/didn't care much for Toralei, bc SHE was giving the bitchy thing I was expecting from Cleo—but she seems like she gonna get better/have character growth? so that's good and maybe I'll like her more…
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watching and dreaming
WATCHING AND DREAMING! i’ve got popcorn and soda ready :D
OH SHIT
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the in-between? yay?
funky little in-between places between worlds, the unknown, the in between, the nowhere realm, gotta love them
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FUCK
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AMITY VS LUZ! the fight to the death literally no one wanted!
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oh shit. poor…..everyone!
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terribly sad moment but the color coordination or purple+green+red´+yellow+blue was great (couldnt get a pic w amity’s hair in it that didnt exclude hunter
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gotta love those tiny details in dream sequences that remind the mc that something is wrong. toh is so good at that, keeping consistency across eps! a witch’s duel was introduced in s1, and yet now they are recalling the concept, drawing attention to it, in a way
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it’s interesting how ‘light’ here also has implications of truth, reality, knowledge. reminds me of hs in a way, though ik the idea is not exclusive to that
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family reunion time!
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rai-rai? really?
collector is soo cute!
collector is just an amoral child propaganda yes!
(can you guys tell i love collector???)
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spiders are cool yes!!
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wow! character who does bad stuff but doesnt realiza it’s bad? sign me right up! i love collector, did you know that?
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the interesting contrast of childish innocence plus terrible atrocities is always fun to watch
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watcha playing eyyy!!
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love how luz, eda and king are kind of showing collector what his games feel like (getting injured, painful) for them, while being part of the games themselves! i imagine this si setting up for a ‘stop! this isnt funny anymore’ ‘well, that’s what everyone else feels too’ moment
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poor collectorrrr nhghhshshshsh new fave character ig
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O COLLECTOR IS THEY THEM I DIDNT NOTICE
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love this shot
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collector is so like a child, they encounter a feeling they dont like and immediately become mean
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couldnt help but notice their eyes were without that white dot- kinda like the amity-puppet, yk?
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collector spinel kinnie, also older-collectors are archivists? cool
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ok so my predictions about the archvists taking collector in where wrong, cool. might wanna do something with that later tho
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man that’s- that’s sad. collector literally got abandoned by their siblings, and then made new friends, just to see their siblings practically genocide everyone there, just for one of their friends to blame them for that and trap them in an empty dimension for a lot of years (and obviously leaving collector w some trauma). even if they dont say it in grown-up words, what happened to them was awful
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luz collector parallels yes!
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fuck you belos! go raine!
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texts i found
-liar
-i gave up my palisman for you (i think?)
-im done
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oh they really said ‘go big or go home’ w the horror here didnt they?
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i think it’s cute, seeing luz tell her story of the owl house. kinda like those end of movie narration where the mc describes what they learned. very…heartwarming, excuse me while i cry bc this is the series finale
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the knee! i love that theme of ‘can you hear the world singing?’ i’ve seen in so many other places. real magical. and TITAN MAGIC?? gimme.
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no but fr they baby
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collector saying a baby could do what it took luz like 6 eps to learn
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i love!!!!! the idea that luz and the titan/isles are connected to eachother, have loved it since i first came upon it in s1, i should do a (heavily canon divergent basically full on au) fic of it.
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at first i heard ‘he must really like you’ as ‘he was really like you’ and honestly i like both.
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‘hear that?’ ‘hear what?’ didnt that also happen last ep? i’ve been watching so much media it’s mixing around in my head
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oof. collector recognizing raine’s earring.
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oh?? collector tell us your plan??
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‘kindness and forgiveness’ wont help you now collector.
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also isnt belos kinda a titan now??? should he be inmune to collector’s magic?
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what a load of second-hand embarrassment
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collector is such a child!! they see a new rule in this game we call life and they assume it always applies and are surprised when it doesnt!
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‘no, you did good, collector’ yes!! bc collector wasnt completely in the wrong for wanting to understand belos! it means they learned from what luz taught them!! it’s not their fault belos is an asshole!
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wow! for everyone who thought king was gonna be the petrified one this season, not quite!
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that silent ‘oh no’ look
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no dont say that!! that’s sad!!! i’m sad now!!
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luz! light! she became light!!
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gotta love ‘tiny golden sparks representing magic through a connection with the world surrounding you’ sounds too specific but both toh and spop have done it!
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collector i gte you’re grieving but please stop putting yourself in dangerous situations you have to be rescued from
even so: ‘the archivists arent here! the couldnt have taken her!’ noooo
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oh. luz’s…..shards, return to the stars. the light glyph is written in the stars. huh.
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‘i should have thanked them’ oh. bc everytime they get separated, the separated party thanks luz (‘luz, thank you for being in my life’ ‘thank you for being my big sister’)
i’m crying now.
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KING’S DAD????
i should be more surprised but this was set up since the beginning
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‘luz is a noceda! you know what that means? it means she’s too strong to let any of this bring her down’ literally!! the name noceda means ‘don’t give up/yield’ theory of language my beloved
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‘I’m sorry for everything!’ reminds me of catra. damn. and ‘i don’t want anyone else to go missing……’
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i need the music for the titan luz scene.
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love this logo?? bc 1 it reminds me of the solar system which correlates w the space theme we’ve got going but also, it reminds me of like, connection. how mixing glyphs together makes them stronger. how luz’s strength is in her friends, her attachments, her connection to the world!
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OH!!! THE INTRO LEITMOTIF IN THE TITAN LUZ SCENE!!!
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is that collector screaming????
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no he looks like a cat fr
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no but??? the isles being overtaken by green vegetation?? utterly natural for humans (belos, and to an extent luz) but utterly alien to the people of the isles?? then luz giving back the red vegetation??? smth about accepting other people’s differences even if they dint align w yours???
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gotta love all the callbacks this ep is doing. i could make a compilation of them but it’s like they’re saying ‘we know this is the end, but remember the journey’ remember remember remember ughhhhhh toh will never die.
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love how all the glyphs have their natural element form, but also other connotations! the light glyph deals w light, but also knowledge, truth (it helps wake up the people of the isles) but also the obscuring of truth (the invisibility glyph) while fire is both fire and like, movement, the sphere titan!luz travels in is made of fire glyphs while the teletransporting spell has a fire glyph in the middle, light also seems to have themes of ife? and it makes sense for fire to be movement: the more hot something is, the more the atoms in it aare moving and just…. hajdjakd.
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what the fuck is going on here what does that do
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also ‘i am the good witch luz child of the human real student of the demon realm’ YES????? BC SHE’S NO LONGER PRETENDING TO BE SOMEONE ELSE, SHE’S ACCEPTED WHO SHE IS AND WHERE SHE COMES FROM
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MORE CALLBACKS
collector seeing the hex-children and curling up…… gonna save this
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whoa!! belos is a bastard!! come on, still attepmting to manipulate luz??
also ‘you’re human, you’re better than this’ ‘WELL WE AINT’ (stomps) YESSSS
and the acid rain not hurting luz….nice detail. the titan does look upon her
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’Hunter deamonne is canon!!’
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uh??? no- no more glyphs??????? nooo
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my babies!!!! theyre all so grown up now
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in remembrance of flapjack
ToT
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i’m going to cry now. bye
i have no grand speech about how much this means to me, mostly bc there are no words to describe it. it’s just…..thank you, TOH, for being in my life.
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OMG *face palms so hard* I guess this is a rant.
As a musical movie lover, I am really frustrated that when I go to watch The Color Purple (2023) movie trailer the comments always show, no matter what channel I go to, and the one that always shows is something along the lines of "Ugh, LITERALLY nobody asked for a remake, nobody in Hollywood just completely out of ideas, lemme guess there's going to be tons of CGI." That last part made no sense to me...please stop writing comments after drinking an entire box of wine, Joann.
Anyway, it's very annoying that seems to be the comment at the top of every comment section, despite it not being the top liked comment by any means. I noticed this because I really wanted to share the trailer here for more engagement, but it's kinda annoying to hit a link for a trailer and immediately be hit with something negative.
I dunno maybe it's a mistake on the movie marketing team's part, to not actively show them singing and only play Fantasia in the underscore, because it seems some people think that it's a "remake" of the "original" movie. When in fact it is based off the stage musical, which a lot of people feel is closer to the book.
While I love the first movie, and Spielberg is my favorite director of all time, I know a lot of people who have always wanted another adaptation that felt more tonally in keeping with Alice Walker's story. A lot of them are black people. And this new film has a black director that some of them may feel either would be better or at the very least deserves his chance at taking a crack at the material. That's not me saying Spielberg shouldn't have directed the first one because he's not black, I'm not a subscriber to that kind of thinking (again fave director and there's nobody I would've rather seen direct West Side Story), especially when talking about a movie from over thirty years ago. I'm just saying that letting a person of the same ethnicity as the characters direct this version is important and something I respect.
Plus, Spielberg himself is producing! He's excited about this story getting told again! And as a musical lover of course he'd want to see this on film. Oprah, also part of the first movie's cast and produced the stage musical from the beginning, is also supporting this.
People who love the musical have been aware of this and waiting awhile. Glad to be called a nobody. Lots of people wanted it and actually knows what it is. It's been talked about a while by certain groups, it's not a secret, but these people have to pop up when the trailer drops to scream "reee-make!" It's not a remake, it's a readaptation based on an already existing musical that has been acclaimed. Not a remake.
I mean I understand not liking a lot of remakes or new adaptations, but I'm also not going to go spouting off about them vitriolically when I know nothing about them, especially the ginormous fact that it's a musical. Big ass difference from the first one. I also don't jump to conclusions about the quality being bad when the trailer shows no evidence of it being bad. Yes, there are some things I personally feel should be left alone and not used for a cash grab, however 1) this is not one of them 2) not every remake or new adaptation is bad. 2021 produced West Side Story, Nightmare Alley, and Dune, all of which were up for Best Picture. Guess what else they had in common.
Is The Color Purple 2023 going to be amazing? I don't know, it's not out yet. But the trailer looked good in my opinion and it's NOT A REMAKE.
I could write a whole thing about the problem with certain reboots or remakes being really bad, but the key would be either them missing the point of certain things or being rushed and lazy. Don't think that's the case here. And while we're on the topic I hate the "there's no original ideas in Hollywood anymore" narrative. First of all, nothing is wholly original, it's impossible. Second, of all there are hundreds of original movies or first time adaptations EVERY. SINGLE. YEAR. These people either only see the thing aggressively marketed to them and complain. Or purposely seek these things out and complain. I personally think it's weird to go out of your way to ignore a wealth of new material in the media but then refuse to see something related to something you already love because "original and old always = better." Plus, I wouldn't be surprised if most of these people don't even care about The Color Purple, they just like bitching and pushing a narrative. Obviously, I love old movies (not that the '80s are that old) but I don't think everything older is perfect and untouchable just by the virtue of being first.
I dunno I think these are all valid points and feel free to use them if you want to argue against these people lol.
#the color purple 2023#the color purple movie musical#the color purple the musical#movie musicals#sorry im such a ranter sometimes :/#im not that angry i just have a lot of thoughts and i think being able to explain your feelings well is important
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I was wondering do you have any Thai pop song recommendations? My friend who showed me kpop like 12 years ago also showed like Perfume for jpop and a mandopop singer but for Thai music she showed me some group called Seven Days and their 2 songs Luv and จะมีสักวันเป็นของฉันมั้ย or as I call it Someday (shortened) because that's what Google translate says and I really like them, they showed up on shuffle the other day and I totally forgot about them but they're still catchy. I would be down to get more into new music if you got any songs? 😊
why do I simultaneously feel like my time has come but also massively under-qualified 😂😂
but yes! i actually have this playlist I made when I was getting heavy into T-pop last year and a lot of songs weren't easy finds on Spotify lol. But I've added to it with newer releases. And I apologize in advance for this word vomit I just did, you caught me in the special interest lol
my current (active) faves as far as groups go are Pretzelle, Siam☆Dream, 4Eve, and Proxie. (I linked their most recent songs, but they're in the playlist too!)
Pretzelle is pretty well known in South Korea because they've done a few OSTs and stuff over there.
Siam☆Dream is a Japanese-Thai group that was created to promote Japan in Thailand. So they have a very Japanese sound, even though all their Japanese girls graduated. Fanny (representative color purple) is one of Mint's old trainee friends!
I'm just getting into 4Eve so idk much about them but I love them sm, stan talent tbh. And Proxie just debuted so they just have the one song. But they debuted like a day after I was complaining about missing cute boy groups in K-pop lol. They are the only boy group I know 😂
I really loved Violet Wink's debut and it made them my #1 favorite, but they've been pretty inactive since participating in LodiX (a competition show that all the major girl groups were in). I hated the original song they performed there (Love Me, I think it's called) but their Crazy In Love cover was killer). They had a bunch of members graduate between debut and LodiX. Then my 2 faves Ultra and Shdar graduated last year (and both didn't seem very happy in the aftermath. Shdar was outright angry and it seems like they weren't being treated great) so idk about VW anymore lmao. Rather than linking their debut MV, I linked the LodiX performance because I prefer the smaller lineup's distribution but the MV is in the playlist!
Mini Heart were great, they were the first group under Mint's company when she took it over! but they dropped off the face of the Earth after their second single. So it's safe to say even companies get the acting (BL) bug and just drop/forget about their groups 😞
As far as soloists, Jannine/Ploychompoo, Milli, and Bowkylion are my girls! Very different sounds from one another, but I ❤️ them all. I linked my fave songs by them but there's a lot I'd recommend tbh and I put a few in the playlist. Jannine's in her top 40s/tik tok pop era rn, but Pak Rai Jai Rak is still that girl.
I also love Rose/Baby J, who is another old friend of Mint, but all she's given us so far is this song.
Honestly congrats if you read this far!! But thanks for asking, I'm honored ❤️❤️
#i've never been given the opportunity to special interest dump on someone this is embarrassing lmaoo#but i hope you like at least some of the songs >< sixter and redspin are great too#fever were the retro queens but they disbanded lat year because of covid complications :(#asks#tpop
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