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the-furthest-city-light · 22 days

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Question just for funzies I do not ship them, but do you ship mishanks?😂

I’ve just seen a variety of people who shipped zolu, ship also those two together. (Your fics are the ones that really sold zolu for me tho so thank you 🙏)

Shanks is one of the few characters I ship with basically all his major ships. Benn Beckman? I'm a sucker for the captain/first mate dynamics obviously. Buggy? Childhood not-so-unrequited lovers. Tragic. Gorgeous. Actually hilarious how pathetic they both are.

Mihawk and Shanks are interesting to me as individual characters so far with a potentially really interesting history. I really like the interactions we've gotten with them in canon. I like the theory that Shanks used to be Mihawk's only real rival for the title of "greatest swordsman" until Shanks lost his arm (which tbh just makes Zoro's willingness to cut his own feet off even funnier if true). It's not something that's really been explored in canon or elaborated on but they clearly have some kind of history there. Mihawk met Shanks's boy and booked it to whatever island he was hiding out on (in the new world??? How???) Immediately. It's an interesting reaction if nothing else.

Also, spoilers for egghead and Wano flashbacks below the cut.

My personal pet theory is that mihawk may be the one who inspired Shanks to get back into piracy in the first place. Mihawk was at Roger's execution and witnessed the birth of the great pirate Era. We know from the flashbacks that this invention inspired despair in Shanks, and he took a break from piracy for a while after.

We don't know what got him back into pirating, but imo, Mihawk seems like a likely option. Shanks never really saw Buggy as a rival (which isn't to say Shanks doesn't like or respect buggy, just that he never saw himself in competition with him the way it seems Buggy did with him). Mihawk calling Shanks out on his apathy when he clearly cares so much about the world and Roger's legacy (and whatever it was that had him crying when Roger and Co. Returned from Laughtale) would be a really interesting situation to witness Shanks in, and it would actually kind of mirror both Mihawk's initial meeting with Zoro ("don't despair kid, you've got a ways to go before you should think about giving up") and Shanks' role in Luffy's life as someone who inspired him to go to sea in the first place.

A lot of this is speculation obviously and I'll be interested to see how Oda characterizes Shanks and Mihawk's relationship and/or past going forward. But I can see something like this making for a really interesting foundation for a romantic relationship. We just don't have a ton of context!

#mishanks #i think i talked myself into shipping it tbh #they're fun though #sword boyfriends playing with...swords #is this old man yaoi?#shanks is like mid-30s #oh you know what #this too is yuri

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nanomooselet · 3 months

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Elendira the Crimsonnail (I)

I'll start with my thoughts on the Maximum version; maybe it will soften some people's feelings to know I'm fond of her. To be clear, if I am wrong about this and Orange are just backdooring in loli fan service I will extremely displeased, but I don't think that's what they're doing.

When I read Trigun Maximum I couldn't figure out what El's deal was, thematically. Like all of Knives's followers, she had something going on with bodily autonomy (I've also heard it that they're all marginalised in some way, but I don't see it? However, they do all have unusual relationships with bodies and agency over them); she's a transgender woman who impales people with nails. But we learn nothing about her past, save that she's been at Knives's side for even longer than Legato has. We learn more about the inner life of Midvalley the Hornfreak.

The Guns are in many ways an argument in favour of Knives's beliefs about humans, but compared to… well really the majority of the cast, Elendira is self-confident and refreshingly free of angst. She sees no reason to deprive herself of the finer things in life or to refrain from doing what amuses or excites her, especially if it's violent. She's committed to assisting Knives in his genocide, knowing he will not spare her, but she claims to hate the suicidal (such as Legato) and is dismissive of immature men (such as Legato). Knives is respectful of her (in a way he isn't of, say, Legato - to whom Knives is attached, but deeply in denial about). They're very nearly equals. If he falls, Elendira will be the one to bring an end to the world. (Presumably because if Knives hasn't survived, there's no way Legato has.)

(Okay, I'll stop dunking on Legato but the way he and Elendira interact is absolutely hilarious. They hate each other so dearly you can feel the hostility crackling off the page whenever they're both on it, but they also rely on each other without question. I would read a workplace sitcom about these people in a heartbeat.)

There are theories - she has some sort of tragedy in her past ("I don't like nice men. They die too soon," gets brought up in this context) or that her transition was not met with acceptance. I can't disprove either one, but neither do I see solid evidence to support them in particular, I suppose? Beyond planetary society's general horribleness, we're given no clear reason she's in the position she's in. El has decided it's none of our business and that's that. It's her prerogative, though I do feel uneasy if "she's a transwoman" is supposed to serve as the entirety of the explanation for her being a willing accomplice to genocide.

So I have my own theory, and it's that Elendira defines and masters herself. She is resolutely singular. In a story where so much of who we are is shaped by others - via names, purpose, scars, grief, longing, imitation, jealousy, rivalry - Elendira neither needs nor is needed by anyone. Legato was rescued and named by Knives, the first ever to treat him as though he's any other human, and even his powers need other people to fully express themselves; Elendira named herself and presumably sought out Knives for her own reasons. Whatever the tragic backstory reasons for that, we don't learn them, because it doesn't matter to her. I wonder if Knives sees something to aspire to in her total self-sufficiency, or even in her nihilism. Of all the characters, Elendira does most consistently have her shit together, while Knives is… well, he was a sensitive boy.

Regardless, if ending the world presents an amusing enough challenge, Elendira sees no compelling reason she shouldn't take the shot. There's nothing else on, none of these people mean anything to her, and she'll look damn good doing it.

To her credit, she does look incredible. Being well-dressed in the face of the apocalypse is a very specific niche, but El owns it as few others could.

She's pitted against Razlo and Livio (I'd say particularly Razlo) because their purpose has always been to be needed by someone else; Razlo joined the Eye of Michael because it was a place where we will be needed. Not to mention their selfhood is by definition a little unstable, whereas Elendira knows of self-doubt and uncertain identity by reputation, but has never met either one of them face-to-face.

And yet in the end she's defeated. Because, having perfect mastery, she's not learned to recover from the kind of ego-shattering loss she regularly doles out. Razlo and Livio, for obvious reasons, have that shit down to a science - Razlo exists to step in when Livio's at the end of his strength, and Livio learns to step in when Razlo's at his limit. Whereas perfection has no room for improvement. There's certainly prestige in being peerless in your field and unbeatable one-on-one, but who do you rely on for back-up?

Elendira neither needs nor is needed by anyone. So in the end, with Legato fully occupied, when she's pushed right to the limit of her strength -

- there's no one to step in.

@ultraviolet-cello

Part II

#trigun maximum #trigun meta #let's appreciate the juxtaposition in sweetheart vash who loves all humanity like family #and shoulders the burden of protecting us alone #versus knives and his multiple devoted followers whom he'd never admit to giving a shit about #as he plots to murder every human alive #elendira the crimsonnail

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ratsbypaulzindel · 1 month

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HI. BIG OVERVIEW OC POST THING. IT'S RAINFOREST FLOODS.

have you ever thought to yourself "hey wouldnt it be cool if there was an oc story made by two guys and it was about a haunted waterpark slash arcade in a fake town in a real state". you probably haven't. but if you have youre in luck! more under the cut ok.

rainforest floods is a terrible no good ocverse made by me and my good friend crawford @dykeseesgod. everyone in it sucks and is horrible except maybe one or two side characters. it's set in the podunk middle of nowhere town of timberline, new mexico, and more specifically a waterpark/arcade called rainforest floods (title drop).

also the waterpark SUUUCKS like its budget is nothing they are in debt. the managers havent paid taxes in 15 years. anyway these are the employees. theyre bad

and these are the co-managers. theyre even worse (and also toxic old man yaoi. these refs were drawn by the aforementioned crawford)

anyway yeah. they get up to wacky hijinks in what will ideally be a tv show coming out in one million years. they're also horrible and tragic. most of it is bruce's fault. some of its not though!

ok also here's some other side characters.

^ running gag that nobody knows her name except kelsey who has a huge crush on her.

^ unnamed girl's younger brother who is constantly faced with horrors and torment at the hands of the rainforest floods employees. dont get me wrong hes annoying as fuck but he didnt deserve to run on that hamster wheel. (ref also drawn by ford)

^ jeff's girlfriend. also the coolest person in timberline new mexico. worlds most unimportant minor character but she is wonderful and loved by the producers (me and cosmo)

FUNNY OUT OF CONTEXT THINGS THAT SHOULD MAKE YOU MORE INVESTED IN THIS OCVERSE

rainforest floods stupidity logic is a thing me and robbie came up with to explain why all the characters are idiots who dont find things out that are important to the plot too soon.

there's a chain gimmick restaurant that andy's whole family runs except him. its like italian food but its like also magicians. their tagline is "so good its practically magic". andy hates it.

kyle has a curse on him so that nobody remembers or recognizes him outside of like. his family. so the rff employees arent even targeting him for their shenanigans on purpose theyre all just weird freaks.

kelsey gives unnamed girl the company landline as her phone number because shes stupid and a ghost and doesnt have a phone.

the employees all get together on wednesdays in the breakroom and compare evidence on whether or not andy and bruce are together romantically. its the one thing that truly bonds them all together.

vincent: is a watchmojo fan, had his first kiss as beethoven in his 12th grade production of dog sees god confessions of a teenage blockhead (2004), gets really christian in some episode subplot, is not a swiftie but he is a gaylor, wishes he was jonathan sims sooooo bad, types like a toddler who was just given a keyboard.

vincent also ruined rainforest floods' lobby playlist

also there's a brand account that we run and post on whenever we feel like it. its more of a sounding board for ideas we may explore more in the future. its fun but it may be a bit difficult to get the full idea with the execution so :-( sorry you wont fully understand our wonderful and hilarious visions

annnd i think that's it. yay worlds silliest yet most tragic oc story. ok bye ^_^

#vel.txt #oc stuff #rainforest floods

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saltygilmores · 4 months

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THOUGHTS WHILE WATCHING GILMORE GIRLS: S3/EP4/ONE’S GOT CLASS THE OTHER ONE DYES (PART 5)

Parts 1-4 and all other episodes are linked in my pinned post.

OMG. PHRASING, LUCAS. PHRASING!! IT'S OKAY EVERYBODY! HE MEANT METAPHORICALLY, PEOPLE.

I mean, your affair with Dean Forrester should already have you on some kind of registry.

Luke is giddy with delight over Lorelai's humilation at the school and is giggling up a storm, a gigglestorm the likes of which I've never heard before from him. Let's alll point and laugh at Lorelai! It's fun.

The KarenDebbies are descending upon us. I can't wait to hear Lorelai say the word "condoms"!

I've never seen him this happy before?

Sadly with no context I wouldn't be able to tell if this was 2023 or 2002. Karens: Why were you discussing your pregnancy, why didn't you change the subject? Lorelai: I tried but they kept coming at me like I was poland and they were Nazis. Urrrp.

In my unrated Gilmore Girls rewrite titled The Hollow, I promise to rewrite this episode so that we see Lorelai throwing condoms at high school students.

Well as long it's just a banana and you don't bring Dean for the subject of your demonstration. KarenDebbie: What kind of mother are you?! Lorelai: The kind that doesn't just gloss over uncomfortable topics!

My ass you don't. She spends a good 75% of season 3 moving heaven and earth to interfere in Jess and Rory's relationship and cockblocking them to make sure these two legal adults don't fuck each other instead of giving Rory any sort of useful information about sex and you should know better than anyone that that's a solid recipe for teen pregnancy, Miss GlossyPants. Speaking of. Guess who else is about to get a fumbling attempt at Awkward Parental Sex Talk? This li'l guy.

We don't want Shane to get pregnant. It would make her already tragic impending death even more tragic.

So, what's up with Luke's apartment? There's a guitar, bongos, and maracas (plus a sign he stole from a bus stop). Does he have a secret past in some kind of salsa band?

Luke referring to a human being as something you can "stash in a closet" like an old box of Monopoly is fucking hilarious. The delivery is also very "Jess are you a gigolo?" and "What are you, a drug dealer now?" Like he knows it's a ridiculous question but he's also mildly concerned that the answer is going to be Yes. And now, for all time favorite exchange in the entire Gilly Girls World:

Jess and Rory are cool and all. But Luke and Jess are it for me. These two are the reason I keep watching. Their dynamic is so perfect and things were never the same after Milo left, not only because of the breakup of Literati but because I desperately miss these two guys playing off each other.

I don't know. I feel like Shane wouldn't give a flying cupcake about getting caught. She had no problem repeatedly barging into the diner to hump Jess' leg while Luke and Lorelai were watching and Luke had to part them like Moses parting the sea to wait tables, and she had no problem playing tonsil hockey with Jess against a tree for hours in view of hundreds of people. More evidence that this little dude is lying and that Closet Girl wasn't actually Shane.

We know, Jesstopher. We know. You little freakazoid.

Amen, brother.

Bolt the doors Lucas he's gonna run! Luke should be pulling a Lorelai and throwing bags of condoms at Jess. Stars Hollow called an emergency town meeting after he drew on a sidewalk with chalk. I can't imagine the fate of both Jess and Luke if it were discovered that Jess planted his demon seed in anyone but especially precious Rory.

I love it when Luke tells Jess to shut up. Fantastic stuff. Luke: If you care about this Shane girl you have to treat her better. Jess: I don't care about her. I don't know her last name. She mentioned it once, didn't stick. We're just "hangin out." Staaahp. Jess is so deliciously blunt and nonchalant about her. Anyone fellow Millenials here? Does anyone else remember that in high school in the late 90's and early 2000's "hooking up" (or in Jess' case, "hanging out") meant literally anything you wanted it to mean and so one of your friends could say "I hooked up with Jason last night" but that could mean they either made out for a few minutes or they were full on bumping uglies or something in between and you often had to ask uncomfortable questions. It was a very confusing time. It kept us all on our toes.

Luke, you have a pair of eyes. You've seen what they do in your diner. There should not exist any doubt that they're not convening in your apartment to play checkers.

I'm telling you, the dynamic of the entire Danes-Mariano family is so complex and interesting and I would twist my nipple for this show to delve into it as much as humanly possible at the expense of pushing Rory and Lorelai to the side (Lorelai off a cliff). I've hit the ceiling for screen shots here on Tumblr.com so here's the last three minutes of the episode: Luke: You need to find a girl you actually care about. Jess: Yah like it's that easy. Luke: Ya huh it's that easy if you try Jess: The girls I like don't give a damn about me. I'm not just gonna sit around hoping they change their minds and notice me, unlike SOME PEOPLE. Luke: Da fuq does that mean Jess: ya fixed any neighbor's porshes *porches lately? Luke: Shut up Jess: I've got a little self esteem Luke: Shut up Jess: Gotta go, Shane's horny again Well, that attempt at the Birds and Bees talk certainly went off the rails. Luke was able to impart to Jess that teenage boys have raging hormones and they tend to like girls and Jess don't be an idiot. It's okay Luke, at least you tried.

#gilmore girls #luke danes #jess mariano #lorelai gilmore #denise rewatches gilmore girls #gilmore girls season 3 #OGCTOOD #family dynamics #birds and bees #condoms on bananas

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neonscandal · 6 months

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Hello...just want to say, so happy !! Finally my best friend who is anti-shipping in shounen (and love to make fun of me because I have ships in every shounen that I watched/read), said that he can't find any het explanation for Gojo/Geto and Bakugou/Midoriya relationships...

Especially when I showed him your posts (that is based in canon and so true). Thanks for sharing your wonderful posts....

What do you think about JJK s2 op1 and ed1? I can't believe when I reas that the op is about geto from gojo's perspective (so romantic)....

OH ANON. HAVE I GOT SOME BRAINROT FOR YOUUUU. I've also noticed some of my older Satosugu posts are attracting attention and subsequently feel like I need to just list out all the most tragic things about them that I hold dear in a separate post because you've basically prodded a festering wound within me.

Re: Your last ask (maybe the same person?), I really only tried to focus on stuff that's already been animated because I try to avoid spoiling the fun for everyone. 🥹✨

It's hilarious that Gojo/Geto and Bakugou/Midoriya are the two relationships that stick out specifically considering their creators intently make them complements of one another.

Gege Akutami cited specifically that Gojo and Geto were designed to be a duo in an interview with Mandou Koboyashi (shout out to twitter user @/soukatsu_ or @soukatsu here as the real MVP for translating and adding further context for other fans). Fans seem to recognize their yin and yang design everywhere. There are countless salt and pepper shaker videos set to Ricky Montgomery's "Mr. Loverman" on tiktok, I'm positive. This is despite being marked by their dissonance.

Kohei Horokoshi has Bakugou and Midoriya recognized as two halves of the same whole by other characters in the story, most remarkably All Might who in many ways carves the deepest chasm(s) between them. The wax and wane of their unique development as individuals being integrally related is also something to note.

But this isn't unique to these two stories. I haven't even watched Naruto but know that Naruto and Sasuke serve as the sun and the moon to one another (literally within the story, their seals and by design/disposition) and I'm sure we could find this in other shows I haven't hyperfixated on haha

There's probably nothing new I can add to the MLM shipping discourse in shonen/seinen genres that hasn't been said, especially when it's been so eloquently broken down by IG user @/ariavelz. I also think there's a fair amount of queerbaiting in mainstream media and anime alike. Five seasons of Free! comes to mind...

Now the MUSIC!? In JJK? Bestie.

S1 already had me gagged with this brain worm. But, the fact that the song playing during Yuta and Rika's final moment in the fight vs. Geto and subsequently during the final moments Gojo and Geto share in that alley in JJK 0 was called "This is Pure Love"??? That's when I knew there were some Satosugu's on staff at Mappa. I don't think we need to dig into the parallels of how Yuta's fondness for Rika being the catalyst for her becoming a curse was the same way Gojo's fondness subsequently led to Geto's "comeback". Gojo, based on his experience at the time, said "love is the most twisted curse of them all" and time showed him just how twisted it really could be in season 2.

NOW THE OP!? It's just so lonely. Their cursed techniques being at odds with one another is so tragic, in a sense, and ultimately creates this divergence from one another. Geto, a genius of diligence, nobly consumes and sullies himself with the curses he has to imbibe like a martyr. Gojo, a genius of happenstance, is pristine. Born into privilege and untouched by the need to work hard or literally touch curses which Geto later grows to resent.

Meanwhile, Gojo's largely a product of isolation as imposed by his status and cursed technique and "Ao no Sumika" or "Where Our Blue Is" by Tatsuya Akitani waxes on about how, despite his best efforts, he could never reach Geto. The irony. As the story continues, we do, in fact, see that Gojo's never changed in the canonically affectionate way he regarded Geto. I think about this dissonance a lot. Literally, how did your Six Eyes miss that?

We could have shared everything. // Little by little since that day, // The curse of me being different from you grew thicker. The sorrow behind your smile, // All the way, I’ve regretted missing it. // To you, who bloomed and fell away as a fruitless flower, // Farewell. Our blue still lives, // Our blue is still clear. // No prayer or word could ever reach you, // No matter how close they could get to you. // In such a color as if it were a silent love, // Or as if it were a summer rolling down a cheek. // I’ve got a curse word for you stuck in the back of my throat. It is the unvoiced voice that says, // “We’ll see each other again, won’t we?” // Like star grains in an infinitely expanding galaxy, // Spilling through the gaps between my fingers

Now, I initially assumed the EP was from Gojo's perspective because Geto only seemed to smile in his presence (who's blushing face are we trying to see, afterall?). However, it is said to be from Geto's perspective and that, too, makes sense. Two viewpoints acting as bookends of the history between them.

I think what's sad about it is the way in which Gojo's POV is centered wholly on Geto, regardless of who or what he became; whereas Geto's perspective is more broadly applied to Gojo in part but also his own turmoil and moral dilemma.

Part of why Geto is thrown into such chaos is because of his inherently principled existence and yet, he is still the moon to Gojo's sun (Naruto, what are you doing heree?). Where Gojo always held a place for Geto, I think Geto assumed that his radicalization and subsequent defection marked a departure from Gojo because he was never really one to exist in shades of grey. Even if his impetus for this new society was ultimately to protect Gojo (and others like him) in the only way he felt he could.

Before my goodwill crumbles away, // I should have told you everything. // In a life descending and dissolving into the night, // Fuzzy emotions, a flickering light. With nothing to search for, love sways. // Living while concealing, // Hence, the moon is dark, head in flight. // Today, unable to go anywhere. // Sleeping, sleeping towards a brand new morning, // Loneliness under crying Though I understand a wounded heart // Why do I end up hurting and leaving the same scars? // Labeling it as ego, grouping it all together, // The true essence of you and me, burning transparently. Longing for change, but the feelings stay the same, // Only the form crumbles away, // Holding onto the hand of hope, your ghost Realizing that something seemingly everywhere // Exists only here, // In the trivial silence of the night. // Only I, residing in memories, awaken It exists only here. // I want to touch you, // Even with trivial conversations. // Show me your blushing face once more...

Pardon me, anon, while I burst into flames after reflecting on all this. 🫠

Edit: just adding this visual for everyone because SAME. 🥹

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ryuichirou · 5 months

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Ace and Deuce special! Kind of… I guess lol Since our last post was about them. But there’re also some about AzuIde!

Anonymous asked:

Context of the latest post? :)

I think it’s pretty self-explanatory, Anon~ But I’ll let the second Anon answer your question:

Anonymous asked:

Hey Ace finally got laid!

The entire twst cast does the “omedetou” clap 😔👏👏👏 Congratulations, Ace!

Anonymous asked:

Not their faults that they share the same room, Riddle. XD Also, poor other two roommates. (Freshmen rooms have 4 roommates, 2nd year have two roommates, and 3rd year have their own rooms. Only Dorm leaders have their own rooms)

No-no, it’s entirely their fault, why would they even do something like this?! (Cue angry virgin noise)

And yeah, I honestly don’t know how their roommates survive this, but who knows, maybe they are out for some reason and ADeuce decided that they won’t get another chance like that and got a little bit too excited~

Anonymous asked:

Do you have any ace thoughts?? I have these like "twst character phases" where one character becomes my chew toy for a week and then gets discarded and ace is my latest victim 🤭🤭

I've kinda been thinking about pining!adeuce except deuce keeps fucking other people to cope and ace is insanely jealous and keeps avoiding him. Maybe he sleeps with one of their classmates (Jamil or epel maybe?? I like jamiace a lot) as a sort of "revenge"?? Which probably works after ace purposely doesn't hide the marks left from his "wicked plan" LMAO

Aftermath is they either fuck and become occasional fuck buddies making their pining worse or they avoid each other and make things worse (either way everyone is getting a headache from these two)

Ace is a nice chew toy, Anon, good choice! We have a similar situation, even though there are characters that are always our faves, right now we’re going through the first book again, so we’ve been kind of rediscovering Ace and Deuce lol

Ace and Jamil are a fun combo (poor Jamil just has to suffer because of his basketball club boys lol), but I honestly don’t know if Jamil would be up for something like that. Maybe he has his reasons though, it all depends on a scenario I guess.

Deuce feeling jealous despite knowing darn well that Ace is purposefully trying to make him jealous… god, how complicated things could be between them lol

I do like the idea of ADeuce being fuck buddies and not dating each other despite the fact that they’re super obviously are into each other and want to be together though; there are some nice doujins about Ace going through a crisis because he definitely wants to keep sleeping with Deuce, but just can’t help but cling to the “we’re just friends” thing, hurting Deuce very deeply. Wow this sounds more tragic that I thought lol but it doesn’t has to be: these idiots are hilarious, and watching them trying to figure shit out, fight, make out and fight again, and then have sex and stop talking to each other and then fight again is peak comedy. And also super headache inducing LOL

Anonymous asked:

Okay someone has to say it, next to Jack Deuce looks like a fucking stick. To be fair, you could be the buffest guy around and look like a stick next to Jack, he’s just THAT beefy

Yeah, Jack is hella big, so he has this aura that makes everyone shrink when they’re near him lol But I’m also prone to exaggerations when it comes to size difference. I love it too much

Anonymous asked:

i was the beach anon..also the dead dove anon from awhile ago, i’d love to discuss the beach scene potential in dms of that’d be ok

Oh hi Anon! :)

Sure, but only if you’re okay with me super slow (I mean it) with my replies. I absolutely hate making people wait and giving lackluster replies, but I also don’t have a lot of time and energy apart from drawing, which makes me a terrible person for chatting…

Anonymous asked:

Hello hi hello I am one simple man who enjoys AzuIdi very much- may your brain always be full of ideas and your hands be capable of completing all your missions

Thank you so much, Anon, it means a lot <3 God how much I want to complete all my missions. There must be more Azul/Idia in the world, and I’m happy to know that there are people who are excited to see them.

Anonymous asked:

So I was looking into your Azuide marriage AU and I find it very interesting so I was wondering if say Idia cheated on Azul for some mysterious unknown reason...what would Azul do??

Ohh thank you for your interest, Anon! I’m glad you like it :)

It honestly depends on the circumstances, but it would still be bad. Azul’s first instinct would be to learn anything he could about that person and how they know Idia. He would talk to Idia about it himself, but even if Idia just tells him everything as it is, Azul needs his own independent research to check if Idia is lying to him or not. Yes he is THAT petty lol

Azul is very bad at forgiving people, and cheating on him is one of the biggest betrayals a person could present him with. Of course, their marriage isn’t a romantic one, but it doesn’t change Azul’s feelings, and he’d be very hurt.

You’ve seen the “bad ending” scenario and probably have read my replies about it; although it’s kind of vague, but this is the reaction I’m picturing, to be honest. Maybe not as drastic, but he’ll also stop giving Idia any kind of privacy: either Jade or Floyd is going to be around him at all times, looking at his monitors, watching what he’s doing, who he’s talking to. Just to make sure that he isn’t doing anything stupid~

Oh, and Azul’s also going to scare that other person away or even ruin their life. Easily.

But there are also some exceptions that would make Azul begrudgingly look the other way. If Idia was to have an affair with Lilia or Ortho, Azul is going to just swallow his pride and try to act calm. But he’d still be super hurt and probably punish Idia in some other way.

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nono-bunny · 2 months

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Istg Futari wa Precure villains are like. A lot sadder than I would've imagined

Like literally they WILL die if they don't all manage to sustain the Dark King's existence, and they're genuinely treated terribly by him because of how expandable they are. None of them so far really seem to particularly relish what they have to do, but that's just it- they HAVE to, or else, they die. Honoka getting angry at them for being selfish for not wanting to die was bizarre tbh, like, yes, of course they're in the wrong for dooming other races/worlds, but also? Like literally they're just trying to survive and it's really sad!! I feel bad for them like, all the time, it's really tragic in a way! I know they have at least one redeemed general (which I gathered is what the minibosses are called in PreCure?) and honestly, yeah, absolutely, that checks out with their portrayal so far and what we see of their circumstances!! Probably they're all gonna die still rather than like, idk find an alternate way of co-existing peacefully with the rest of the world so it's still gonna end in tragedy for their entire race or whatever but. I do genuinely really like the way they handle the villains here

Also I was genuinely surprised to see Honoka having to deal with killing a person for a hot sec before the show remembered it's a kids show and obfuscated the whole thing with a "he's reborn in the ether" metaphor or whatever- that scene was both heartbreaking and hilarious because of that, ngl

Btw for context, rn I think I'm at Gekidrago's last episode? Ngl that dude was much funnier than I expected, I enjoyed him a lot! Probably not as much as David Bowie Pisard the piss (or maybe pizza?) wizard, but still!

#futari wa precure #precure

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high-dragon-bait · 2 years

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You should share your Very Strong Opinions about Anders' romance!! I double on the sentiment and I'd love to see some criticism/meta about him, that isn't shallow, stupid as fuck and/or written by people who are biased by simply just not liking his character. Please, share your thoughts how you don't think it's super healthy but fascinating storywise. I feel like you could potentially be so right <3

OKAY

Hold onto your hats folks because we might be here awhile

Before we start, I want to make it known that I like Anders. I REALLY like Anders to the point that, Anders is one of my favorite characters in Dragon Age if not just in fiction in general. PLEASE do not see this as character bashing because it’s not, I love this character. There is nothing wrong with characters being written with flaws. NUANCE in character writing is GOOD and Anders is FULL OF IT.

This is also NOT a judgement on people who like the Anders romance and consider it healthy. This is MY interpretation of this romance and Anders as a character. EVERYONE in the Dragon Age fandom has drastically different interpretations of romances and characters with some that are very specific to their world state. I would be lying if I said what I’m about to say wasn’t colored by my Hawke and Anders who in my canon have a very tragic, toxic relationship.

Okay. With that all out of the way. Let’s go

What are my Very Strong Opinions on the Anders romance and/or why do I think the Anders romance is unhealthy?

It’s uh. A lot. And hilariously, much of it is framed by his behavior OUTSIDE of a relationship with Hawke BECAUSE Anders is INCAPABLE of taking no for an answer.

If you don’t instantly shoot him down after recruiting him he pines for you for the rest of the game REGARDLESS of who you choose to romance, and let me be clear: I believe Anders’ love for Hawke is GENUINE.

Anders does, truly, deeply love Hawke and unrequited love sure does hurt but that is not an excuse for his behavior. Anders shows literally zero respect for you OR your love interest if it is not him. His jealousy is blatant and he WANTS it to be, he wants Hawke to feel bad and question their relationship with their current significant other if it drives Hawke back to him.

And this is... very strange considering that Anders literally warns you against getting into a relationship with him multiple times. Once right at the start where he says “No don’t fall for me I’ll only hurt youuuuu” and then, if you break up with him at the start of act 2 like he BEGS you to do, he’ll say “It’s better this way.”

AND THEN if you keep showing interest in him he’ll keep pushing you away, telling you not to get in a relationship with him. Even saying that if you don’t open your door to him then he’ll know you “took my warning at last” which all sounds like he’d be fine or even prefer to not get involved with you.

Except, sike, if you move on from him he just cannot stand that.

Now, there’s a good portion of the fandom that would call this “bad writing.” I wouldn’t. This is instead something that just makes Anders so nuanced and fascinating to me. This is a big part of WHY I love him as much as I do:

Anders is very selfless, for completely selfish reasons.

Anders tells you not to get to get too close to him because he’ll only hurt you, an act that feels selfless, but the MOMENT you start putting your attention elsewhere he cannot stand it and scrambles to have it back.

He expresses his jealousy openly so you will turn your attention to him one way or the other. He puts you in awkward situations (Asking if you’re “sure” about your new romantic partner in his final quest when they’re literally RIGHT THERE and insults them to their face) to embarrass you in front of your partner deliberately. It’s very manipulative behavior.

You can see this in other non-romantic contexts as well!! The biggest example being if you kill him, he says “The sooner I die, the sooner I become a martyr for the mages” which is just so telling. He wants you to kill him in that moment because he wants to become a MARTYR. The act of blowing up the chantry to begin the mage rebellion was a selfless one, but the desire he has to be killed afterwards to become a martyr is a selfISH one. (It maybe less a desire and more a way of coming to terms with what he thought would be an inevitable death sentence, but the fact that is the way he does is- telling)

And part of the reason I never do it, my Hawke is like “No bitch you live in this world you made and face it”

The one exception to this is his clinic. I don’t believe there’re any selfish motivations there, and I think that’s telling in his own right because remember the clinic was the first thing he did upon arriving in Kirkwall. He set up this clinic WELL BEFORE Justice had really started to take over. It was kind of his last act as himself in a very tragic way, for lack of better words. He even says that he begins to neglect it as the years roll on, the spirit of Justice taking over him more and more, it’s... very sad.

(And it does drive me INSANE that his writer was ableist as all hell and she accidentally wrote this SUPER INTERESTING character while INTENDING to write an ableist caricature of a bipolar person. I won’t speak on this too much as while I am ND I’m not bipolar but I just want it to be known that I’m aware of it and it infuriates me)

BUT this is about Anders’ romance and not a full analysis of his character, that can wait but this is what I mean. NUANCE. THE MAN IS MADE OF NUANCE!!!

SO let’s talk about how he is IN a romance now, rather than outside of it.

We’ll start with the language he uses to refer to you, and how he sees you in a relationship because oh BOY

Anders talks in a way that’s... concerning. He says that the “can’t control himself” around Hawke, that he’s obsessed with you. That’s not fantastic! It’s very codependent language that leads into the other flaws. Anders puts you in a position that you’re his entire world and he would be so much worse without you there. Yes, in the end he blows up the chantry regardless of what you do, that does not make his behavior any less distressing.

He’s always talking about how he’s dangerous, he’ll hurt you, he’s doomed, but that you’re his ONE bright light. You’re his ONE salvation. The ONE THING that helps him and that losing you would kill him. That’s- claustrophobic as all hell. I’ve been in relationships like this, romantic and platonic, they’re HELL. Anders sets off ALL OF THOSE vibes with me. Yes, he loves Hawke, and yes, he can be very sweet, but that does not counteract these flaws.

The Anders romance is basically just Anders constantly hurting Hawke and Hawke having no choice but to be fine with it, because if they aren’t Anders will continue to pursue them and disrespect their new relationship. It’s constant emotional manipulation, and it’s sad.

BUT this is why I find it to be a great story because IT MAKES SENSE why Anders is like this. Think about his life before! How many healthy relationships has he even seen? He doesn’t have the romantic experience of an adult, he CAN’T have that experience. He’s doing what he can based on his past experiences which were not good.

AND STILL that is not an excuse because who else is all of that (never had a healthy relationship, doesn’t have romantic adult experiences, literally could not have had those things) true for?

Fenris

I know I know but just, hear me out, it is really interesting to put these two romances next to each other given Anders and Fenris’ entire thing

Fenris is (debatably) the other character that auto-falls for you, he is at least the other character that initiates flirting before you do if you have not done so before (No Isabela does not flirt with you in this way! You don’t get a wheel that’s just hearts and broken hearts with her UNLESS you initiate! It ONLY HAPPENS with Anders and Fenris!) And his approach is the POLAR OPPOSITE to Anders

If you flirt with him, he flirts back. He asks one time if him being an escaped elven slave bothers you, and if you go “nope” he’s like “dope” and does not bring it up again. After that, he continues to flirt with you, saying he’s interested and would be open to finding out. He pulls you closer while Anders pushes you away.

And yet... who leaves in act 2?

This is the fundamental difference between the two in their romances and maybe even as people. Because I believe by the end of their personal quests, if you’ve shown interest, they are both in similar states emotionally (confused, tired, broken), and both equally as in love with Hawke and the difference between how they approach a relationship with Hawke is this:

Anders wants you to be the thing that grounds him, that saves him. You can’t be that.

Fenris realizes that you can’t be that from the start, and leaves, and comes back when he’s ready

BUT the representation of Fenris and Anders’ dichotomy through their romances is another post (a post I WILL make. I made a twitter thread on it awhile back but wasn’t too pleased with it cause twitter has a character limit) the point is that it’s just one more thing that makes Anders’ story so fascinating and so HEARTBREAKING for me because so much of what is true for him is true for Fenris and yet they handle it so differently.

Maybe it’s because Fenris can, at least in some ways, be “freed” from what hurt him (yes the markings and the TRAUMA will never leave him but he can live as a free man one day is the point I’m making) while Anders cannot. Justice is part of him, forever, he cannot escape. Maybe it’s just who they are as people, it’s probably both! Either way, it makes them so INTERESTING

But there you go! Somewhat rambley and not even scratching the surface of my love for Anders (and Fenris) but it’s a start!

Anders’ romance and friendship are unhealthy in my eyes, but they fascinate me because of what they say about Anders as a character and the tragic story that comes from both of them.

#Dragon Age #dragon age 2 #Anders #what. do i tag this with #anti handers #i mean sorta????? just in case???????????????

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peccaberry · 7 months

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I made a Pokemon Legends of Arceus ship list bc lists are fun! These are all just my own personal preferences and not a condemnation/moral judgement of any ship. If a ship isn't listed it's because I don't really have an opinion on it/didn't think of it. Feel free to copy me and make your own list!

❤️ Talk of ships below cut ❤️

OTP ❤️:

Rei x Volo - No one who has spoken to me for more than 2 seconds is surprised about this one. I have an ongoing Fanfiction where they are the main couple and I am probably the biggest shipper of these two that I know of. Rarepair but they mean a lot to me in the specific context they have in the story I am writing. In any other interpretation it can definitely depend because Volorei is something a lot of people like to do in ways I can't get behind.

I tend to stick to just making my own Volorei content and just enjoying that but my friends also have started making content for them at times because they love me and like to see me lose my mind. I love them for it, y'all know who you are 😂

If you want to know more about why I ship this just go read Achilles Come Down (link in my pinned post) bc that is my 100,000 words and counting Volorei thesis paper.

Anyway Volorei is autism 4 autism to me and that should sum it up nicely

I really like this ship:

Adaman x Irida - Two young people leading rival clans who also are probably the only people with any real understanding of the pressures that puts on a person? Good shit good shit! They should yell at each other and then kiss about it. They should date in secret. They should be messy and lovestruck and it should affect the clan relations in ways they must deal with together.

Adaman x Rei - If I had to ship Rei with anyone who wasn't Volo it would absolutely be Adaman. I'd probably be cool with writing fanfic about them in the future but seeing as the next billion years will be taken up by writing Volorei in ACD it's too soon to say if that will happen.

Dawn x Irida - One of my friends ships this and has inducted me into the cult. Not something I would have thought of on my own but it's cute and if you've been following me I'm sure you've seen my art of it 😂 I prefer considering this interpretation as one of Dawn in the place of Akari bc Akari is aro ace to me.

Adaman x Melli - A ship full of any number of potentially hilarious situations. I actually really like it and I feel like there are actually some things that could be interpreted as canon feelings on Melli's end and I feel like that would be interesting to explore. Good luck Melli, go get your man!

Ginter x Tuli: THEY ARE MARRIED TO ME OK??? This is actually canon based on I said so.

Cogita x Ama: Ok this one is just Cogita x My fanfic oc but this is my list so I get to put it on here. Let the ridiculous sapphic woman get her awkward immortal gf ok? I mean it ends tragically in ACD but I still like them together so this is definitely my top Cogita ship.

I could get behind this:

Mai x Arezu - They both eat hot chips be bisexual and lie together. It's just so obvious how could they not be together? Needs more research.

Adaman x Volo - This is probably the only non Rei ship I would probably ever consider for Volo. Idk if I have any strong feelings about why or how it would work but they seem like two personalities that could be interesting together. Wouldn't seek it out or anything but maybe it wouldn't be so bad?

Cyllene x Cogita: Older ladies kissing? You have my attention.

Pesselle x any age appropriate girl: You know it!!! 🥺❤️ we must research the potential....

The Miss Fortune Sisters: Lesbian crime triad tbh. Absolutely Iconic for it.

I don't particularly like this ship:

Palina x Iscan - This ship held so much potential, especially as the only canon one, but overall it kind of disappointed me in practice. Iscan is just so cartoonishly afraid of ghost types it kind of makes him harder for me to like because they made it so much of his personality. If they'd been less heavy handed with it I'd probably like this couple more but I just end up feeling meh because I don't wanna see them interact more.

I feel like someone could convince me with a good fic where Iscan is treated like less of a complete coward though. There's nothing wrong with having fears or phobias but I guess I just didn't vibe with this particular portrayal of it. It's really too bad because the backstory they have together is so sweet and they are one of the ones I wanted to like the most but it just didn't end up happening. Iscan deserved better writing tbh.

Laventon x Cyllene - Cyllene just doesn't seem like she'd appreciate Laventon like he deserves. He's so nice to her and she just kinda brushes him off. I'm sure some people like ice queen type pairings and if you do you'd probably like it more than me but I want Laventon to have someone who acts just as happy to be with him as he would be with them.

Hard no:

Volo x Akari

Volo x Ingo

Volo x Emmet

Purely personal reasoning but I do what I can to avoid them. There's nothing wrong with them I just don't want to see it because all the characters here besides Volo I like to interpret as Aro/Ace and as an aro ace person myself it's just gonna be that way for some ships 😂 I also interpret Volo as a lot younger and the twins as a lot older than a lot of people so it's just not my thing based on that too.

It also feels weird that Volo x Emmet is as much of a thing as it is because Emmet is not in PLA. It makes it feel like more of a submas fandom thing than an actual PLA fandom thing so I honestly am pretty heavily dissociated from wanting to see it even more than with Ingo.

Volo x Cogita - While I know there's no official interpretation of their relationship I feel like too much points to both Cogita being way older than him (her having lines under her eyes/grey hair to indicate being older, her calling him "young man" to indicate she sees him in a much different age group than her) and potentially a direct ancestor of him herself (how similar they look in facial structure)

Now you could interpret things as they are the two unrelated people that got together to eventually have Cynthia and they are both immortals or whatever but it doesn't really seem that way to me and it kinda just doesn't vibe for me because of that. No shade if you disagree but it's not for me! They will always be dysfunctional family members in my eyes.

#peccaspeaks #pokemon shipping #pokemon legends of arceus

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whenshesayshush · 5 months

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hiya, this is your secret santa in your inbox to tell you how much they appreciate your answer

the powerpoint is hilariously good and very helpful in fact i couldn't ask for more

but let us add a few things to the character study of our beloved riven? it's okay if you don't have an answer for all the questions

so tell me what songs do you think he likes to listen to? movies to watch? what's his sign of the zodiac? his favorite color? any other headcanons about his personality that you have?

I appreciate you too, dear Santa! You're certainly making me work for my gift, but I'm enjoying it immensely! Let's deep-dive:

1. Music Fear not, I'm not showing up empty-handed for this answer either! Here's some songs I think he would listen to:

(I had a little help with this from someone I don't *think* is my HEX Santa, but if it is you, you've truly played this so masterfully I can't even complain🤷🏻‍♀️)

2. Movies I'm not a big movie person, but my gut feeling is pretty good on the Christopher Nolan filmography and classic (bad) horror movies for him.

3. Zodiac sign The OG Winx wiki has his birthday down for October 15th, and I've stuck with that in my headcanon, so that would make him a Libra. To check whether I'm on board with this, I turned to the most trustworthy of sources: Cosmopolitan UK🔥 Let me pick and choose a few quotes:

"Librans are the slick, smart, charmers of the zodiac."

"You can find them lounging and flirting anywhere - being the centre of attention"

"sometimes they may not even really know their own mind"

"Getting all up in other people’s business is catnip. Especially when there’s a *thorny issue* to be unpicked and unravelled and sorted out."

"Right here, right now, the easiest way to impress/humour/cajole the person in front of them is to drop a juicy gossip-bomb. So that is what they do."

"They're often biased in their own favour. So, when they’re carefully, painstakingly explaining why they should take the bigger room, in their own mind, it DOES make sense. To everyone else? Nope."

"It KILLS Libra to fully, 100% commit to something if there’s more than one option - even if it’s something as innocuous as a milkshake flavour."

"They like to do everything with someone by their side, and ideally that someone is an object of affection."

"Verbal romantic jousting is where it’s AT."

Yeah, okay, no notes. Libra it is!

4. Favorite color Black. Followed by gray (morally, preferably😏) and then green ('cause tragic botany nerd in disguise).

5. Other headcanons I have a lot, so I think it depends a little on in what context you're looking for headcanons - and I realize you might not be able to tell me that! Some random stuff then: I think physical touch and words of affirmation are his love languages. This also tracks with the OG Winx backstory that I stick with that his mother left him when he was very young, so it's not something he's gotten heaps of in the past. And this last one is basically canon but Riven is ambidextrous - hence the dual swords.

Again, hope this helps, and if you need me to be more specific, let me know!

#ftwsholidayexchange #answered asks

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cookierunauprompts · 2 months

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Okay first off, I love all that we learned about shadow milk cookie! Gha I love his voice so much, he’s so silly! I was kicking my feet like a school girl I’ll tell you that.

Anyways I don’t have an actual prompt, but I do have a funny.

So context. I recently got to talk to a friend I don’t get to much at school today and I off handedly let them look at all the stuff I’ve written recently. The main one being the most recent fic staring both arcane egg and golden butter.

And I kid you not after they red it they said to me “ yknow butterscotch and egg tart are giving me tragic yuri vibes”

And I of course go “huh? …Explain”

And they explained that they had nice chemistry with each other first off all, and secondly me using words such as lovely or adore to describe parts of butterscotch in egg tarts mind made it seem like they had unresolved gay feelings for butterscotch.

And then said the ideal ending / out come for egg tart, butterscotch, and shadow milk is them becoming a throuple / three way couple and I quote “ if egg tart isn’t a coward”. So in my friends mind best ending for these three is them ending up as a couple.

And I find this both really cute and touching but also hilarious since they don’t know butterscotch is someone else’s character. That’s all I thought it was really sweet.

What do you think?? I’m genuinely curious since this gave me a hearty chuckle. Anyways have a good day!

I find it quite funny too! I kinda got the doomed Yuri vibes from the two of them as well. And yes while the ideal ending would involve them becoming poly with shadow milk, it's simply an ideal. Mainly because i love angsty yet somewhat happy endings, and that I don't really see Goldie as polyamorous.

ALSO I FULLY AGREE ON YOUR FIRST POINT I LOVE SHADOW MILK HE'S SO SO SO SO SOOOO SILLY!!

#not a prompt

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thedepartmentofdiscoveries · 1 year

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Jiang-Shi from the 1985 Hong Kong Action Comedy "Mr. Vampire" directed by Ricky Lau.

"If you meet a vampire, don't breathe." This is the sage advice that Master Kau, the Taoist priest played by Lam Ching-ying, gives to his bumbling apprentices, Man-choi (Ricky Hui) and Chau-sang (Chin Siu-ho), in the 1985 Hong Kong action comedy "Mr. Vampire."

Forget everything you know about bloodsuckers; the undead specimens in "Mr. Vampire" are breath-suckers. They have a very deliberate way of hopping with their arms stretched out in front of them, legs also stiff and straight from rigor mortis. In Chinese, these zombie-like revenants are known as the jiangshi; in Japanese, it's kyonshi, while in English, they're sometimes referred to as "Chinese hopping vampires."

Stirred up by the disinterment of a parent who was buried with bad feng shui, the jiangshi of "Mr. Vampire" are a comedic answer to the unsettled ghosts of subsequent Asian horror films like "Ringu" and "The Eye." They're the reanimated corpses of people who died "with grievances or stress," suffocating to death yet holding one last breath in their throat, which enables them to come back and prolong their existence by sinking their sharp blue nails into humans and sucking the breath out of them.

At a certain point, the tropes of Western vampire films lose their power and become cliches we've all seen done to death on celluloid. If you enjoyed the Asian zom-com flavor of "One Cut of the Dead" and are looking for something a little more off the beaten film path, "Mr. Vampire" draws from Chinese folklore to offer a fresh, hilarious take on vampires, one that jumpstarted a whole franchise and jiangshi genre, complete with four sequels and an 8-bit Nintendo video game ("Reigen Doushi," which became "Phantom Fighter" in the U.S.)

Directed by Ricky Lau, "Mr. Vampire" found a way to uproot the undead from European folklore and Eurocentric cinema and make them work within the context of Eastern religions and Asian cultures. How do you make bloodsuckers scary and/or funny for audiences with a background in reincarnation traditions, ancestor worship, and hungry ghosts? For a Buddhist or Taoist, death and rebirth (or "undeath") would be part of a natural cycle, and for a Shintoist, a vampire might elicit sympathy as a tragic figure, trapped between worlds like the spirit of a family member who couldn't find their way back down the lantern river to heaven.

This goes back to Richard Matheson's idea of vampires not fearing crosses if they weren't Christian in life. Drawing from legends known and recognized by other names across East Asia, "Mr. Vampire" and its jiangshi enjoyed further regional popularity outside Hong Kong. Taiwan quickly followed suit with its own kid-friendly hopping vampire film "Hello Dracula," and Japan embraced both movies, making "Mr. Vampire" board games and televising "Hello Dracula" as a popular miniseries, "Yugen Doshi Kyonshizu."

In his essay, "Enter the Dracula: The Silent Screams and Cultural Crossroads of Japanese and Hong Kong Cinema" (collected in the book "Dracula, Vampires, and Other Undead Forms," edited by Caroline Joan Picart and John Edgar Browning), Wayne Stein wrote of how kids in Asia "found themselves with a new likeness to imitate by copying the hopping movements of these zany vampires," the jiangshi. I can confirm that my own spouse and her classmates were among those kids. To them, the hopping vampires of the 1980s were as much fun to emulate as the dancing zombies of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" music video.

To appreciate the full significance of "Mr. Vampire" and its unprecedented local popularity as a homegrown Asian vampire movie, it's helpful to understand that it was not the first eastward voyage of the Demeter, so to speak. An early attempt at combining vampires with martial arts came in 1974 with "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires," which marked Peter Cushing's final outing as a vampire hunter (and now, guest lecturer in China) Van Helsing in Hammer Horror's Dracula series. The film was an international co-production between Hammer and Hong Kong's biggest production company, Shaw Brothers Studio, which was ready to capitalize on the kung fu success of the late Bruce Lee, whose posthumous hit, "Enter the Dragon," had overtaken theaters the year before.

"The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" proved to be a financial failure, perhaps in part because — beneath the foreign-market masquerade — its inner workings were still Western and imperialist. At the time, Hong Kong was a crown colony, and the film's opening scene sees Kah (Chan Shen), the Chinese "High Priest of the 7 Golden Vampires," kneel before the very British Dracula (John Forbes-Robertson), asking for his help back home. Dracula tells his "minion" that he doesn't roll like that; he then proceeds to spell out in no uncertain terms how he plans to appropriate Kah's culture. "I need your vile image," he says. "I will take on your mantle, your appearance."

Before the title card comes up, Dracula turns Chinese, using Kah as his host body, cackling at how "beneath the image, the immortal power of Count Dracula" still lurks. "The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires" wore the cape of a Hong Kong vampire film, but "Mr. Vampire" tossed the cape in favor of authentic Chinese burial clothes.

"Mr. Vampire" imparts useful skills for what to do when you're beset by hopping vampires. Forget holy water; you need sticky rice to deal with these things. Just make sure local merchants aren't cheating you by mixing in long-grain rice with the sticky rice. That will render it less effective in preventing the "vampirification" of friends who are wounded and poisoned in the acrobatic scuffle with hopping vampires.

One surefire method of stopping a hopping vampire is to pin a Taoist talisman to its forehead. They can even be controlled and sicced on other vampires this way. Be careful not to sneeze, as this could blow the talisman off, and then you'll be s*** out of luck, as the French say.

If you yourself begin turning into a stiff-legged hopping vampire, keep active! Dance it out the way you would if you suspected you had restless leg syndrome but had never been officially diagnosed.

Mirrors, as we see in "Mr. Vampire," do repel the jiangshi, more forcefully than their Western counterparts even, so you've got that going for you, at least, if you've been weaned on the rules of Western vampire films. It is possible to plug up the nostrils of hopping vampires so they lose the scent of your breathing.

A separate peril of places in the countryside overrun by hopping vampires is the possibility of ghosts with the face of "Pauline" Wong Siu-fung enchanting you and leaving you with "love bites." As vampire attacks mount, the last resort is to try warding them off with raw poultry, saying, "Big brother, eat the chicken!" Good luck, and remember the most important rule of vampire hunting: just have fun with it.

Read More: https://www.slashfilm.com/976576/year-of-the-vampire-hold-your-breath-for-the-hopping-undead-in-mr-vampire/

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makeitquietly · 1 year

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I do my best to stay away from any social media regarding Laurel and Hardy for obvious reasons, but this one turned up in a photo search the other day and I couldn’t resist. Couldn’t even resist the bloody comments even though I know better. Well, hadn’t anything else to do, so why not just get worked up over a silly post with a few silly comments and inexplicable number of sad-faced smileys...

Can’t say I’m fluent in Facebook or smiley interpretation but aren’t those sad faces in this context either hugely insincere or plain sarcasm? And both of those options kind of tasteless given the situation? I mean, if it weren’t for the sincere-sounding accompanying comments about how sad and tragic the photo is, I’d be sure people are taking the piss. Stan’s visiting Vera at hospital (that’s one weird looking hospital bed and why are there other people behind the bed and wouldn’t it be nice if there was a source for the photo included), Vera’s been drinking & driving, didn’t hurt anyone as far as I know, not even herself, despite the photo giving some eerie last goodbye vibes. So what’s with the pity party?

Stan’s having their photo taken while kissing his wife. Not that it doesn’t reek of a rather desperate publicity stunt but aside from that and the clearly not very discreet or gentlemanly behaviour by him (surely he should’ve forbidden all photos?), where’s the sadness? Lol, Richard W. Bann (a Laurel & Hardy expert) even comments that there are worse photos than this. Okay, but unless he means photos taken without Vera’s agreement, maybe. Show them then. It’s just that I get the feeling it’s Stan kissing his wife that’s supposed to be the bad part. Which is weird.

Also, when someone doubts it’s Stan in the photo, the original poster says that it really is “even if it hurts to see him like that”. Like what? Kissing his wife? I don’t get it. I mean, of course I do, from past experiences and also from some of the other comments doing the cultish “poor Stan, bad luck with wives” routine, but I’d like to think nobody would still be doing that crap. So fucking old and tired. Well, me too, but at least I don’t fangirl like Stan was some brain-dead moron without a mind of his own, helplessly used by wives he was never forced to marry etc. Like, give it a fucking break already.

Maybe Stan wanted the photo to be taken because he was, if not necessarily completely gentlemanly, then at least thinking about the headlines and decided to show that he stood by his wife regardless. I mean, there are other photos where Vera looks alive and well and neither seems to be bothered about the photos been taken. Most likely for publicity then, right?

And it wouldn’t be a post about Stan and Vera if somebody didn’t bring up the tale below, which of course makes a change from the miserable marriages being pitied. Sadly(?) though, there’s no proof of it being true either, despite what Richard W. Bann (still a Laurel & Hardy expert) claims. Why is it always this particularly story and this exact version of it? Minus the “kicked out of Beverly Hills” bit, which sounds new and hilarious.

Did some scrolling and I guess Michael “Stan really had a very difficult time with her” Ehret qualifies as a Laurel and Hardy expert too:

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#Stan Laurel #Vera Shuvalova #Laurel and Hardy #2023 #2020s #other #Vera was mostly called Illeana/Illiana in the papers #in case someone wonders #Stan and Vera had a difficult time with each other #if press is to be believed #no matter how much of an expert you are #you weren't there #stop being partial #when you know better #silly sods

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beth-march · 2 years

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ooh hit me with your most controversial downton abbey opinions. that was my show! i was obsessed!

My most controversial opinions? I hope nobody gets mad.

Well, in my opinion, the characters downstairs are infinitely more interesting and entertaining than the characters upstairs. I love the Crawleys, but I wish the show focussed mainly on the servants, in all honesty.

I think that you have to treat the characters as products of their time. I’ve seen people calling Robert and Mr Carson misogynistic, which strikes me as somewhat ignorant of the point? That scene where they’re talking about how frail women are in the context of Mr Pamuk is hilarious because their wives and maids were the ones who carried his corpse across the house.

On a related note, Mr Carson has done at least a thousand things to annoy the hell out of me, but I still adore him. Is that controversial? I don’t know and I don’t care. He’s very funny and he has a good heart. Also, Mrs Hughes loves him and her judgement is impeccable.

I love Mr Bates. I love that, from the first season, he’s trying to improve himself and his life, ravaged by war and unhappiness. He’s so broody and kind and all he cares about is Anna, which is so relatable. I think that might be controversial from what little I’ve seen in the fandom. I have no idea why people wouldn’t like him, except that he inadvertently puts Anna through so much. It’s difficult to be mad at him for that when he’s so powerless to it, though.

I’m very much aligned with Mrs Hughes when it comes to Mary. I appreciate her complexity, and I think she’s necessary to the show exactly as she is but her personality is not to my taste. I really don’t like her arrogance and self absorption. Sentiments about her missing the person she was with her husband rather than her husband himself, you know…

Some of the things that Thomas did are really genuinely evil and I don’t know how his fans are so dismissive of them… ? Across the series he shows so little kindness, so little good will, and he spends all of his time lying and cheating and scheming ways of personal success. Of course, he’s a very tragic character, and I like that this manifested in such a dark way, it was a fascinating story to watch unfold, but as with Mary, I just don’t really like him.

I’m an Edith apologist… I just think she’s cool, she runs her own newspaper and she’s a good mother and she’s pretty and she has good character development… she’s had her moments of really annoying me, too, though.

I think that’s all the unpopular opinions I have… thank you for asking me! 💗

#belle answers asks #downton abbey #if you want to share your Downton opinions you could send them on anon! or come off anon and we could chat 💗#long post #this got so long i’m sorry guys

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shopcat · 1 year

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elaborate on how people portray steve's parents please!!!! i would like to hear ur thoughts

OH GOD okay i think i have talked about this a little every now and then but i'll stick that specific post i drafted under a cut though because it is 2 o'clock on a tuesday

basically it's like... okay for example. last week a tiktok trended essentially talking about how people made up steve's relationship with his parents being neglectful or abusive (which is true) but the tone being used in the comment section was like inSANE and something i've seen in many different contexts from many different sources it just all highlighted it horribly for a moment there though. but this isn't about that specific tiktok iderc about it. but like people were acting like it was soooo funny so hilarious we love it haha but i eat it up tbh haha i love it when he's abused haha ... ??? like how are people seemingly en masse actually incredibly aware of and able to identify something like that and instead of taking the time to be like actually .. maybe this is weird in a lot of contexts 🤔 they instead just go haha i love it though. like i don't even know... how brains can work like this what is stopping you from attempting to access a voice to your OWN OPINION.. weird. but not the point

on the other side of things at the same time the classic thing that gets said is "haha it's so fucking hilarious he's not neglected it's just made up to make him look sad and give him a tragic back story" why is everything all or nothing with these ANIMALS!!! it's like something can be recognised and it will be a realisation that abuse will be used transparently as a shallow narrative tool to commodify victimhood for .. #fan fiction... but they don't actually like care. because it serves the purpose the author intended (to make people react). which is so fucking depressing like jesus christ. you know it's weird but you "like it anyway" somehow worse imo. like u can always assume someone who depicts something like that could be coming from a personal place of projection or empathy but a comment i've seen before has been like "i love my parents haha we have a good relationship i don't know why i like [abuse] so much" UGH it just skeeves me the fuck out. also u like it cuz u enjoy seeing a character u like experience something hard and then be able to survive it and be comforted and helped... while failing to realise a vast amount of the time it is cheap and dehumanising garbage functionally created to profit off of genuine hardship in people's lives ?! exploitation is content what else is NEW!!!

but then when ppl say it's so "weird" this happens he's not abused that's such a stupid sob story i . can't handle it even MORE. they can see the core of it but lost the compassion to blanket it like why the Fuck do you think it's an appropriate thing to say "how dare people want to relate to a fictional character experiencing things they have" why would you assume every single person is, Like You, happily CONSUMING and eating something like this down to the bone without any care in the world. that abuse victims do not deserve a small amount of comfort or catharsis that people who aren't victims aren't allowed to feel compassion for it that being abused does not make you Used Up and you are able to not only survive but thrive and you as a human being are afforded the RIGHT of happiness + safety. that things like these cannot possibly be the necessary balancing act it's always just literally black and white WHY IS THE WORLD so dark and cold. Maybe because my blinds are closed. that's a metaphor. UGH it just all drives me crazy. i think we know this though.

i don't even think his parents ARE abusive but to i guess throw actual victims under the bus when we're already treated like WELLS of "whump ideas" is such a fucking annoying thing to do. it also drives me crazy when ppl r like he's a rich white cis straight man like boy do i have news about 99% of the entire fucking cast for u <- specifically that they say that cuz they're being like "people r just trying to make him something interesting". abuse is interesting to them btw. also when they bring up jonathan as the Actual Abuse victim to be quite honest i hope jonathan dies in a glue trap right now

anyway basically i don't think exploitation is content and if the only thing you're doing WITH your content is tropeifying serious things like abuse (but this extends into things like disability or mental health or lgbt identity etc) then you're being a dickhead and dressing it up in a very... juvenile way. also i think it's ironic people will go on and on about "complex relationships" and then not actually make them complex because it's just an excuse to paint steve as a poor broken boy who needs to be Saved (by eddie or whatever the fuck honestly it happens with robin too) and as an abuse victim i think it. sucks. even though i do relate to steve and some depictions of it have been ... nice? well-portrayed and nonexploitive. i think it's an interesting read of his character and comes from a solid basis but i will always welcome narrative diversity over the same thing over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over. mwah.

#asks #no idea what that says just copy and pasted it to be honest #sts #child abuse tw

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