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In the fan newsletter volume 100, the members were asked to answer to questions from each member and hereâs my take on the translation:
Toshiya
Kyo > Toshiya
- Rich or Extremely rich? (referring to food such as ramen broth) Rich
- All humanity is turning into dogs: woof đś
- Very hard or very soft noodles? Hard
- Pigmon or Kanegon? (from Ultra Q) Pigmon
- Would you dye your hair blue again? If everyone dye their hair like the old days then Iâll consider it.
Die > Toshiya
- Are you the type who sleeps well at the hotels during tours? depends on which day
- How often do you change your smartphone? 4-5 years
- What do you usually order from Starbucks? Drip coffee
- Which electric appliances are you very particular about? Electric toothbrush
- If you were to drive, which car do you want to drive in? Shelby Cobra
Kaoru > Toshiya
- Any recommendations lately? ask and answer by yourself
- Youâre not watching anime recently? I watch it sometimes
- Which is the most delicious ramen shop? If itâs hard to say here then tell me next time: Iâll tell you secretly
- What would you say if Die send you a picture with his hair completely shaved off? maybe he canât deal with the intense heat..?
- How do you want our next song (album) to turn out? I want it to come with a different kind of excitement
Shinya > Toshiya
- Which country do you like aside from Japan? the US, Hawaii
- Which manga did you like the most as a kid in elementary school? Musashi no Ken
- Are you becoming farsighted? My vision is getting worse so it could be thatâŚ
- Do you want to live in Nagano in the future? I'm thinking about it lately
- Are you planning to keep your black hair forever? Silver hair
Kaoru
Kyo > Kaoru
- Jumping up and down (ăłăăăłăă) or chuckle (ăă˛ăă˛)? (I think heâs referring to fansâ reaction) chuckle
- Which one is better, Light salt or Cheese Karl snack? Curry
- Arenât you gonna grow your hair long? Itâs troublesome
- Arenât you going to dress up as a pirate? Iâm not doing anything this Halloween, so I wonât do that
Kaoru > Kaoru
- Gonna do âitâ? Give âitâ to me
Die > Kaoru
- What make Hanshin so strong this year, let me hear your opinion: pineapple candy
- If a Hanshin member was to throw an MVP, who would that be? Kinami Seiya
- If you could scout one player from an 11-members team (other than Hanshin), who would that be? Yamamoto Yoshinobu
- If Hanshin finally got âitâ after 18 years, what do you think is going to happen at the Dotonbori river? become the prey of Idiots, onlookers and youtubers.
* I donât watch baseball so Iâm not so sure about this whole conversation, but I know Die is a huge GIANTS fan while Kaoru is at Hanshinâs side, and people in Osaka often jump into the Dotonbori river when celebrating something big (new year, winning the olympic games..) so Die is talking as if the Hanshin would surely win the game (or winning over the GIANTS? idk..)
- If the GIANTS were to change the manager, who would that be? I think Abe ShinnosukeâŚ? but the atmosphere would beâŚ
Toshiya > Kaoru:
- We will die at some point in life, would you rather (1) be remembered by everyone in the world or (2) always be remembered by one particular person until they die? 1
- If you have a chance to time-travel for once, which timeline would you choose (1) before you were born, (2) after youâve passed away? 2
- If there is one drug that brings super power, would you choose the one that (1) make you look young like your 20-year-old self or (2) keep the same appearance, but have the strength of a 20-year-old? 2
- Which member is most likely to runaway from terrors? Kyo
- Who is the most manly member? Toshiya
Shinya > Kaoru
- Which country do you like aside from Japan?Hawaii
- Which manga did you like the most as a kid in elementary school? Toriyama Akira
- Are you becoming farsighted? Yes, I am
- Who is your favourite Hanshin player? Kakefu Masayuki
- Which LINE stamp do you use the most? Kaoru chan
Kyo
Kaoru > Kyo
- Any recommendations lately? Fish from Fukushima
- Are you building plastic models? Iâm building them intensely
- What would you say if Shinya send you a picture of him and Tom Hanks? from Deep State?
- Have you seen Mad Heidi? I havenât seen it, but Iâve watched MEN
- How do you want our next song (album) to turn out? Isnât Ramen Jiro (without the broth) the best thing ever?
Toshiya > Kyo
- We will die at some point in life, would you rather (1) be remembered by everyone in the world or (2) always be remembered by one particular person until they die? must be 2, right?
- If you have a chance to time-travel for once, which timeline would you choose (1) before you were born, (2) after youâve passed away? maybe 2, to the future
- If there is one drug that brings super power, would you choose the one that (1) make you look young like your 20-year-old self or (2) keep the same appearance, but have the strength of a 20-year-old? 2, the inner strength (health)
- Who is the most affectionate member? Must be me
- Who is the best at telling lies? Must be Shinya
Die > Kyo
- Any scary experience at the hotels while touring? a fan peeping through a peephole and put their ear to the wall (in Osaka)
- Favourite game console? Mega Drive
- The most intimidating movie character in your opinion? Norman Bates
- How many pair of sneakers do you have? about 50?
- FOOD (donât know why heâs using english here lol) that touched your soul lately? Blowfish dish from the restaurant that senpai took me to
Shinya > Kyo
- Which country do you like aside from Japan? None. Arenât you Shinya!
- Which manga did you like the most as a kid in elementary school? Jojo. Arenât you Shinya!
- Are you becoming farsighted? Dunno. Arenât you Shinya!
- Have you gotten more tatoos? Iâll get more when Iâve become a skin-head. Arenât you Shinya!
- Will you give up smoking? No. Arenât you Shinya!
Die
Kyo > Die
- How many times do you go to the beach each year? when I think about it, I guess I havenât went to the beach for years
- What is your choice of drink on a cruiser, beer or wine? I get drunk immediately after having wine so I think itâs better to go with beer
- The whole world is destroyed: If everything and everyone dissapear all at once then Iâm not scared
- Wonât you dye your hair red again? or would you dye it blue? Frankly, during the pandemic when I could not see anyone, Iâve made a mistake and dyed my hair blue. It didnât suit me at all, to the point that it gets creepy. So I cover it with red dye right on the next day.
- Whatâs your favourite colour other than red? BLACK&WHITE (he used english here)
Kaoru > Die
- Any recommendations lately? Prisonâs book of rules
- Favourite type of meat for Yakiniku (grilled meat)? high-quality outside skirt steak, thick-sliced beef tongue, beef organs
- After Hara Tatsunori, whoâs going to be the GIANTS next manager? I wanna see Abe Shinnosuke as the manager already
- What would you say if Kyo send you a picture of him standing on top of the mountain that heâs just climbed? The Zoom meeting has already started
- How do you want our next song (album) to turn out? raw (fresh) sound
Toshiya > Die
- We will die at some point in life, would you rather (1) be remembered by everyone in the world or (2) always be remembered by one particular person until they die? Iâve spent my whole life with this band so maybe 1
- If you have a chance to time-travel for once, which timeline would you choose (1) before you were born, (2) after youâve passed away? If I can not return to this life time then Iâd want to see what the future is like
- If there is one drug that brings super power, would you choose the one that (1) make you look young like your 20-year-old self or (2) keep the same appearance, but have the strength of a 20-year-old? 2-Iâll work on my appearance somehowâŚ
- Whoâs a foodie among the members? Our interests may vary but isnât everyone a foodie?
- Which members hold the most secrets? All of us are secretive but I think âthat personâ definitely stood out.
Shinya > Die
- Which country do you like aside from Japan? The humidity right now makes me really want to feel the air of Los Angeles
- Which manga did you like the most as a kid in elementary school? Captain Tsubasa
- Are you becoming farsighted? Iâd say my vision has gotton worse from 2007-when I got lasik surgery
- Favourite GIANTS player? Itâs hard to choose one, but Iâd say Kuwasa Masumi, he lived near my house back in Osaka, and used to be my hero when I was in PL Academy
- Your luggages always seem heavy, which item is the heaviest of them all? Dyson airwrap styler, hair dryer, hair iron, hair oil, hair cream, hair treatment spray⌠most of the items that added weight to my luggage are hair related
Shinya
Kyo > Shinya
- Youâre already dead. No, Iâm not dead
- If you can become another person, would you choose to be Yoshiki san or Gackt san? please choose one. Iâll choose Yoshiki san because Iâm a drummer
- Arenât you going to build a room in your balcony? I donât have a balcony in the first place
- Would you try the punch perm hair style? I really want you to try it? or eipper. you only have two choices, punch perm or eipper? If only these two choices then eipperâŚ
- Youâre already dead. No. Iâm not dead.
Die > Shinya
- Would you wear anything other colour aside from white at the liveshows? Please answer with something different from âNoâ. Maybe thereâs no other options in the future?
- Would you change your hair style? Please answer with something different from âNoâ. Maybe thereâs no other options in the future?
- Would you change your phone to the iphone 15? Please answer with something different from âNoâ. Iâll skip for once next time
- Favourite Appleâs product that youâve owned? please also explain why. Iâd say the Macbook Pro that Iâm currently using. Without it, nothing will work out
- If you didnât become a Youtuber then who would you be? Maybe a drummer
Kaoru > Shinya
- Any recommendations lately? What kind??
- What kind of game should I, Tooru and Fujieda play? Whoâs âIâ??
- If you have the Rock f Solo sheet for Kurenai (ăăăŻfă˝ăăˇăźă), please give it to me. I only have DIRâs records
- What would you say if Toshiya send you a picture of him DJ-ing in the club? Youâre spinning the Kurenai Solo Sheet! Yay
- How do you want our next song (album) to turn out? Ah! the person who ask this question⌠must be Kaoru kun? Am I right? đđđ
Toshiya > Shinya
- We will die at some point in life, would you rather (1) be remembered by everyone in the world or (2) always be remembered by one particular person until they die? Maybe everyone in the world
- If you have a chance to time-travel for once, which timeline would you choose (1) before you were born, (2) after youâve passed away? Absolutely the future, I want to see the future world
- If there is one drug that brings super power, would you choose the one that (1) make you look young like your 20-year-old self or (2) keep the same appearance, but have the strength of a 20-year-old? Inner strength
- Who the most domestic member? Die san
- Most ambitious member? Kyo san
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And thatâs it. They havenât change one bit đ
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Summoning a spirit and more...
TW: Animal death, Disembowelment/Gutting, Nearly being SA'ed, Murderer and subsequent death, Demon summoning gone wrong, Please tell me if anything that should be put as a warning was not, thanks.
When your friend had asked you if you wanted to try and summon a Demon you had not expected this. Well, kind of. You had heard of multiple ways to summon Demons from all the media you had consumed which mostly ranged from sacrificing a virgin or by creating a summoning cycle or by just contacting one through an ouija board. You had expected the latter to just be cooped up in the abandoned house that seemed to haunt your friendâs street as you had an ouija board and a few candles littering the floor.
But no.
Your friend had to go all out. And by all out you meant all out. It sent a shiver up your spine to the point you thought that this was not the first time they had done this unlike what they had claimed when they had brought up the idea to you. This all seemed too professional, too thought out. But, what did you really expect? You knew how seriously your friend took shit like this, how much research would be put into things they seemed to enjoy and this seemed to just be another case of that passion acting out in full force.
You stood before the asylum your friend had asked you to meet them at. You pulled out your phone to check if you had the right location and time.
Meet me at the Anneliese Sherman Hill Asylum. Check.
2:50AM donât be late! Check.
You had actually come a few minutes early to make sure you were there on time for whatever your friend wanted to do, you wanted to be a good friend after all. On the other hand you thought over if this was a good idea. You were in the middle of a forest in front of a ruined and abandoned asylum that you knew junkies would visit to shoot up as it looked like a light breeze would be able to knock it down. What if this was all a prank and your friend had actually tricked you into coming here for no reason? What if they lured you here to see if you would actually come so the whole school could laugh at you?
You were by yourself, you did not want to go in alone because God knows who or what could be in there. You were an easy target after all, any lunatic could grab you and do unthinkable things. Your paranoia made you think of all the missing posters that covered your small towns of young adults like you who had gone missing to never be found or the headline on your local new station of bodies that had turned up dead and raped with their hearts missing. You shuddered. You had known some of those people who had been left as nothing but bodies for people to gawk at and say how you had met such a terrible fate.Â
As your thoughts began to overwhelm you and plague you with all the horrid outcomes that could come out of you going through with this you heard a noise from above. It broke you out of your train of thoughts especially when you realised that it was your name.
âY/N! Hello Earth to dumbass! Anyone there?!â Regan called out as half of their body hung out of a fifth story window.
âRegan? Dude what the fuck! Get your ass back inside before you fall out!â You shouted back up as you watched how they nonchalantly stayed where they were.
âAre you my mom or what?! Iâm not gonna fall! Iâm perfectly fine!â they called back down to you with an almost song-like tone to their voice.
âI donât give a ratâs ass! Go back in and come down here so we can get on with this!â you responded as their joy seemed to put you more on edge than anything else.
âYes mother! Anything you say mother!â Regan grumbled as they went back inside so they could descend down the stairs and come fetch you to go through with your plan.
Insane bitch. But were you not just as insane for going through with this? Who cares? At least they showed up.
It only took a few minutes before Regan opened the door with an obnoxious creak. They saw the sour look etched onto your face and could not help but pout back at you.
âWhatâs up with you? I thought you were a night owl.â Regan whined.
âAn asylum?â you sighed.
âYeah, so?â Regan answered with just as much sass as you.
âReally? Itâs an asylum.â You responded as you pointed at the building behind them as if they were an idiot who did not realise where the two of you were.
âBy God! I didnât notice that earlier! How did I not realise?! I must be an idiot!â They turned around to face the building acting like they had never noticed it before as they dramatically put their hands to their face to make the most over the top shocked face they were able to muster that was still somehow riddled with their usual sarcasm.
âVery funny,â you near enough snarled, which only brought a smirk to be smothered all over their face.
âOh I know,â Regan responded.
âBut seriously? An asylum out of all places?â You asked as you tried to swallow down the fear that had started to build in the pit of your stomach while you began to walk up the stairs to meet Regan at the door.
âOf fucking course! You know that asylums are some of the most haunted places in the world! Itâs why theyâre always used in horror movies or those shitty YouTube videos about ghost hunting. And since theyâre so connected to the afterlife it will only make it so much easier for a Demon to come through.â Regan nodded as they pushed open the door so both of you could come inside.
The inside was not any better than the outside, it was far worse than you could have ever imagined. Regan had turned on the torch in their hands and began to point it around what once would have been a reception area which now looked to be a demolition site. Most of the ceiling had fallen down exposing the skeleton that once had stood proud as it kept the asylum up but now was drooping as if it could fall to pieces at any moment. The wall paper had been peeled off most of the walls to lay in piles on the floor as the walls now were coated in a constant dampness that built the perfect playground for black mould to spring to life. The two of you began to climb the stairs, having to dodge certain spots where the wood was too weak from rot or where the rot had already fully eaten through to create holes big enough for two adults to drop through into a black void.
âYeah theyâre so haunted because of all the shit that happened here. Iâm just saying if I was brutally tortured and treated like a useless baby as staff act like Iâm a fucking idiot all because I had a disability I would haunt the place I died. Would probably try and get my revenge on the staff,â you muttered after you had truly seen the state of what once would have been a thriving business even if it had a gruesome history.
It only took a few minutes of climbing the stairs like an obstacle course to reach the floor that Regan had set up for the two of you to summon the Demon. It was unnerving, the whole place was unnerving but this floor was different, extremely different. All the hairs on your arms to the back of your neck had stood up, your whole body was on edge as all your senses seemed to be heightened that you were able to sense everything. All the dampness you had felt when walking through the other floors seemed to have disappeared completely, replaced by an overwhelming staleness that seemed to burn your nose while your lungs felt as if they were tightening at the staleness that overwhelmed them like it was depriving them of oxygen.
The two of you continued your walk as you went deeper into the floor. The hallways were covered in graffiti ranging from phrases to names to dicks with the latter covering most of the walls as they were most likely made by the immature teens from the local highschools that had come here to ditch school and get high or had come to the asylum for fear tests to see if they were cool enough to be part of the group with whatever group had sent them in there. You had continued to walk until you reached another large door that Regan pulled open with a huff to reveal the room they had set up.
It must have originally been a social room that had been turned into a restraintment room when the asylum became overwhelmed with too many patients. Chairs, tables, medical beds, restraints, toys, anything you could think of had been piled into the room but it did not have the former glory it once had once had decades ago. All had slowly rotted away with time with the rest of this damned pace but that did not matter to you, neither did the shattered windows that leaked in some of the cool night air and moonlight as its glass decorated the floor. The only thing that mattered was how Regan had set up the room.
For you to see there were candles scattered all over the floor and on certain pieces of the furniture in either bundles of three or seven. Most were burnt around halfway down as the wax trickled to the ground, melting into the cracks of the floor as if they were filling them in. Set up on an old medical table was an altar that had a black cat tied to it as it was connected by a simple chalk line to a summoning circle that spanned over most of the floor as an ouija board laid directly in the middle of it all. It was all too much, you knew that if you were in a horror movie that you would be the first to be taken out by whatever entity had decided to go on a killing spree that day. This looked like it was directly out of a horror movie and you did not want to be part of it. You wanted to immediately turn around and run away but something was stopping you, like a dark force beyond your comprehension had taken control and forced you to stay there and continue like this was a normal everyday thing.
The two of you slowly walked over to the board and sat around it, one of you on each side. Slowly you both put your fingers on the planchette and began moving it to spell out both of your names. First Reganâs and then yours.
âAnyone here with us?â Regan asked.
Ding, ding, ding.
The old church bells rang out, far in the distance from the safety of the town to officially announce that it was finally 3AM, the witching hour. The pit in your stomach seemed to grow to the size of a blackhole as you prayed that nothing would happen as you had wished you had brought some holy water from the church.Â
The planchette moved.
Yes.
âHow many are there?â Regan asked another question as you preferred to stay silent.
The planchette continued to move as it slid towards a number.
One.
âWhat are you?â you asked as you hoped it was just a tortured spirit.
The planchette rapidly moved from letter to letter to spell out the word you dreaded.
Demon.
Regan only smiled as you let out a breath you had never realised that you had been holding.
âDo you want us to free you?â Regan asked.
The planchette moved once more.
Yes.
âWhat will you give us in return?â Regan questioned.
The planchette moved for one last time.
Anything you wish.
Regan then got up and walked over to the altar. They reached over somewhere and pulled out a knife that you had not noticed earlier.
âWhat the fuck are you doing?â you asked Regan as they lifted the knife above their head.
âIt needs a blood sacrifice to come through,â Regan answered.
âThatâs a living fucking cat you canât fucking do that!â You shouted back as you got up to stop them.
But you stopped in your tracks once you saw the look on their face once they turned to face you. Eyes once warm and full of life were now filled with this cold uncaringness that froze you still as it chilled your spine. Regan was normally so nice and loving but this was something different. This was not the Regan you knew. For a brief moment you thought that they were the Demon instead of the thing they were trying to summon.
âDonât worry, I got her from a local shelter. Poor thing was in a coma, so they were gonna put her down anyway. Iâm just doing it so at least her life could be useful in one way,â Regan shrugged coldly which only sent another shiver down your spine.
Although you were not able to fully process their words before they drove the knife right through the innocent catâs body again and again and again. Blood splattered onto them in a bloody fountain while some leaked out from beneath the cat and dripped down over the edge of the metal bed as it collected in a puddle before spreading out and hitting the chalk that made up the summoning circle. The blood by some supernatural force started to multiply and flood the chalk with the crimson liquid before it came to life with a sudden burst of flames that knocked you to the ground with a thud.
Your head hit the floor and everything seemed to blur as you let out a pathetic groan. Even with the blur you could see the flames as they spread around the room causing everything flammable to catch alight to be turned to ash by its gluttonous hunger. You had started to accept your fate of being engulfed by the flames as all your body felt like it was being weighed down by a thousand suns making it impossible to scream. That was until you heard that glass shattering scream followed by a maniac laughter that echoed around the room. You just had to look up, how could you not?
Your eyes strained to try and figure out the shape hunched over the altar as your whole body screamed out not too as you began to force yourself to sit up. It only took a few moments before you saw it.
It was a disgusting thing you had never seen the likes of before. A ghastly mass of muscles and eyes that shambled in its movements, the only thing keeping it together were the scales scattered over the exposed flesh that glistened in the flames by the mucus that coated the veins that pulsed alive with the demonic blood that spewed through them. It made you sick. Especially when you saw the seven long, obsidian claws that were driven right through your (now ex) friendâs chest, blood gurgling out of their mouth with bubbles as it spilt onto the floor.
That thing unrolled a tumorous tongue from its skewered maul that was made up of eyes upon eyes piled onto flesh, exposing the rows upon rows that covered the inside of the dog-like jaw. The thing pulled it upwards, licking up all the blood with a guttural groan as if such a thing gave it a sickening pleasure.
âThank you for summoning me, finally donât have to use an avatar to have my fun now,â it told you with a sadistic smile on its face, it did not need to even move its mouth for its words to come out, you could still hear its raspy voice anyway.
It turned its head back to your friend and used its claws to carve its way down your friend's chest before pulling back their skin to expose their wet inside to the smokey air. First it took their intestines out and wrapped it around their horns which spiralled upwards as if they had once been joined together to make a circle. Then it pulled out Reganâs heart and chucked it into its mouth and chewed on it for a few seconds before spitting it out in disgust.
âUgh, disgusting... impure..." It growled before turning to you.
It turned its claws downwards and slowly let Regan drop off like they were a toy that had unsatisfied it as it let their body crumple with a thud. It slowly began to crawl to you as it spoke again with that haunting voice that seemed to fill your body.
âIâll have fun with them later but how about I try a pretty thing like you out first?â it asked mockingly as if it was trying to toy with you in what should have been your last moments.
You tried to desperately crawl away but your body was too weak from the floor to move to save yourself from whatever it wanted. You wanted to scream and shout to try and get someone to notice you so they could save you from your gruesome fate that played out in front of you. But your voice seemed to have vanished, replaced by the burning in your lungs that was caused by the smoke that seemed to fill the room as the oxygen was quickly used up.
Admittedly you sometimes wanted to die when life became too much and the voices seemed to drown out any rational thought but you had never planned to die like this at the hands of that beast. You kept trying to squirm away until it pounced onto your back, pinning you to the floor with an excruciating weight that stopped all of your movements as the little breath you had left was knocked out of you. You wanted to kick yourself free and beat the shit out of this sick fuck but your body had decided otherwise. In all honesty you began to give up especially when you felt its drool and breath run over your neck as it thrusted against your thigh. Tears started to swell up in your eyes as you wanted them to stay put but stream down all at the same time as that sick fuck began to laugh.
Then nothing.
It seemed to stop laughing or moving or even moving. Its weight then fell on you with full force keeping you pinned more than you thought it could before. Then you began to feel wet. Wet all over. As if a warm liquid had been spilt all over you. Then suddenly all the weight seemed to be pulled away as you finally seemed to be able to breathe a true breath even if it was filled with smoke.
You could not understand why it had suddenly stopped. Maybe it thought about how atrocious it was acting? Impossible. So you decided to turn around even if instincts were telling you not to and instead run.
As soon as you turned around you wanted to scream at what you saw. Laying in front of you was a dead Demon laying in a pool of black blood that had soaked into your clothes and behind it, oh God what the fuck was behind it. It looked like a man but it was too tall as four wings sprouted from its back while horns sprouted from its head much like the Demon it had killed but these ones were joined together to create a circle that emitted a light. From beneath the robes, chains, and bones that obscured its body you could see some clearly defined muscles riddled with scars that would have made you slightly blush if you were not thinking about the long metal blade it was pointing towards you as murderous eyes hid behind a skull of a more humanoid demon.
You coward in fear thinking it would kill you like it had done in fear. You whimpered as you pulled your body into itself in a pathetic display and it seemed to... hesitate? You reopened your eyes to look at it as its eyes seemed to be filled by something but you could truly not tell what. It looked away as if thinking for a minute before turning back to you as it lowered his sword.
âCâmon..." it said in a gravelly voice that seemed British as you first heard it.
You did what it said as you felt like you had no other choice as it could clearly kill you. You slowly got up with wobbling legs as you walked over to it to take the bandage hand it had offered. As you took its hand a beam of light came through the roof and not a second later you felt yourself being pulled up with great strength. You screamed as you felt yourself being pulled tight against its chest. Your arms wrapped tightly around the creature as you could feel the toned abs beneath the robes causing a blush to lightly dust your cheeks.
Below you saw the asylum as it burnt away to cinders with the body of Rean, the poor cat, and the Demon inside. Then you turned to see the being that had saved you once more as it continued to fly upwards. That was when you realised what it was. An Angel.
People joked about how Angels actually looked terrifying and that was why they said âDo not be afraid.â when they first saw humans. When looking at the one that held you tightly you understood perfectly as to why. But for now you felt safe as you realised that it was most likely taking you to Heaven.
This was probably not the ending you had thought of when you had agreed to summon a Demon but maybe being saved by this Angel was actually the best choice at the moment.
Taglist: @diejager @frogchiro
So, hi. Sorry, I have not posted in a few days as I have been busy with family. I still can not believe that this is my last post of 2023 since I still can not believe it is the end of the year as it does not feel like it. So yay to a breakdown over the passage of time. To be fair I am not fully happy with it so I may come back and edit it in the future. I just want to say a quick thank you for all the support as I honestly did not expect anyone to enjoy my writing, I hope all your New Year's resolutions come true. Hopefully, I can post more in the coming year as I am planning for more AUs and hopefully a full rewrite of COD MW with some extras. If you guys like this fanfic I will try to post more fanfics and maybe make this summoning fic a series of Ghost taking care of reader and hiding them in Heaven. Or I will try to post some mini-fics depending on what people want so if anyone has any ideas just put them in my askbox and I will try to write a fic on it, even smut. And I may post some headcanons of the characters. Also if you want to be tagged in anything just say as I am trying to organise everything so we can have smooth sailing in the future. But I hope you liked this as I have not wrote a fanfic in a good while. But Happy New Year's Eve and Happy New Year!!!!
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Animal lover Mc!
y'all one of the first questions I had when I started playing obey me was "what is going to happen to my pets while I'm gone??" obviously I would find a way to bring them with me I will NOT be separated from my babies just for some hot demon men
currently I have three cats and a dog, all rescues and eight foster kittens, like, who's gonna feed that many critters for the whole durations of the exchange program not to mention I would miss them!
the first question mc is asking is "where is my entourage?" and when Dia asks what, they're gonna continue to describe their pets in a way only a pet owner would understand. Lucifer understands because he himself is a pet owner
"Welcome to the Devildom! Any questions?"
"where is my entourage?"
"What are you talking about?"
"you know, my zoo? my shadows? my cutie babies? my sillies? my children?"
"Oh, do you mean your pets?"
"Lucifer how did you understand that"
life in the HoL is about to get ten times more chaotic let me tell you
since my dog is a rescue we don't know too much about her past but she does not like tall men and omg what a coincidence! the HoL is all tall men!!1! anyone that doesn't look like me is a red flag to her she's super sweet though once you give her time (one time my school bestie shook a posterboard at her like three years ago and she still remember it to this day and hates him for it)
she warms up eventually if you respect her and listen to her whims but girl... we all know Lucifer would be too prideful to conform to what a dog wants that isn't Cerberus. Satan is a cat person, Beel is a literal giant, Levi would be afraid. she would def like Mammon since he kinda looks like my dad, Belphie is always asleep and therefore can't be a threat to her, and everyone loves Asmo! including me and my dog!
idk about other dogs but my dog just loves to beg and I give in every time. Beel is always eating and probably will give her a little too since he also seems like the puppy eyes would work on him.
I feel like dogs love Levi but he's probably afraid
"AWUBCUOBWVCGJ MC HELP"
"Levi we talked about this"
"THAT THING IS THE REAL DEMON"
"Are we talking about the same dog? The one that gets excited every time someone arrives home? The one that does a cute little roll over trick? The one that warms your feet on cold nights?"
"DEMON DOG"
"She's just looking at you"
"IT GOT CLOSER WVADUVJIOSUBSDFO"
"Not helping you"
all of my personal cats are kinda jerks lol... don't get me wrong I love them but like if you aren't used to them (or if they aren't used to you) you will get bitten. two of them have valid excuses, one is an old man, a curmudgeon if you will, and one is a blind kitten so she doesn't take well to new sounds, especially new voices. but my other cat, about three years old now is literally just a brat LOL he once attacked me in my sleep cause i moved a little too much love him tho
just cat things in general, they knock over everything on counters and shelves, they zoom around in the middle of the night, they attack ankles! Satan is in love but Lucifer nearly kicks them
the middle cat loves to sleep in my bed with me, like right on top of me. on my head, on my chest, on my stomach, on my shoulder, on my face. so like, there's no room for anyone else in my bed. yes there might physically be room but my cat's ego is so big there isn't room for another
sorry hot demon men my cat comes first
Belphie would make an excellent pillow for all cats, he's warm, he doesn't move much and he won't care
"Do you know where Belphie is?"
"My room, but don't bother."
"Why?"
"The cats have taken him as their own"
"THAT SHOULD BE ME"
The more Asmo doesn't want cats in his room the more the cats will want to enter his room
omg Satan is about to be your bestie so much quicker than in the original arc. I love the love and care that was placed into befriending Satan but this is the quickest way into his heart
"You must be the exchange student. I... what's in there?"
"My cats"
"Lucifer is letting you have them in the house?"
"Yes?"
"You're coming with me. Bring the cats."
"What does that mean? Do you like cats?"
"there are no words to describe my love for cats as deeply as I care for them. they are magnificent creatures. you have single handily done what I have tried to do for millennia. you are my best friend now"
"We will get along just fine"
This isn't even mentioning all of the strange Devildom critters Mc would def befriend
They drag a different brother along each time to feed weird animals that show up in their yard
Feeding stray cats with Satan!!
Dia would totally take them on expeditions to go see Devildom animals in the wild even during school days
Speaking of that, Dia also makes regular trips to the HoL to visit any and all pets
He will never hear the end of it from Barb oh god he will die from all the animal fur he brings back with him
I love rodents but Barb does not...
Nobody tell him that Mc may or may not have a rodent
Mc rescues all of the rats that Barb tries to eliminate and sets them free far away from the castle
the possibilities are endless with this might make a part two
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âBeing Apart of The Sk8 Crewâ
Just rewatched Sk8 the infinity and now I wish I had friends so ! Gn reader
Joe | âI wanna marry your abs!â
Yâall would meet your first time at S
Obviously youâd be amazed by his skating and even if u donât like men heâs hot as hell bro donât lie
One of two things happens
You A. Run up to him and ask abt his skating techniques and such
Or B. He actually walks up to you to talk about your skating(only if ur good ofcđ)
Heâs such a dad
If youâre younger than him heâs constantly trying to sound smart/give you wisdom
Sometimes itâs solid advice the other times itâs pure nonsense
If you like to cook/want to learn heâll happily teach you
If not heâll settle for a new taste tester
He would def make jokes all the time
Some genuinely funny
He expects you to laugh at all of them even if it wasnât funny
Heâd appreciate it if you didnât cock block him like everyone else
Despite being quick to take off his shirt heâs very fashionable and takes pride in his looks obviously
If you ever needed fashion advice best go to him!
Heâs a pretty laid back guy so you wouldnât get into arguments often
Would love to skate everywhere but heâs likeâŚgot a job and responsibilities so..
Still a great dad friend to have
Honestly would care and worry over you if you got into some dumb shit so donât do anything stupid and he wonât worry
Joe for the winđŁď¸âźď¸
Cherry/Kaoru | A.I. Advancement
Youâd meet when he paid a visit to Joeâs restaurant
Ofc you knew of him bc heâs popular but you never MET Kaoru
You def walked in on their date arguing
It was so awkward u were jus like:đ§ââď¸
âIs this a bad time time to visit you?â
âHey! Kaoru this is [ ], the kid I was talking about.â
âWhat a peculiar child to willingly hang around you.â
âWhatever you say, Pinky.â
Heâs kinda weird with his whole AI stuff but other than that a great friend
Makes snarky comments with you
Unless ur too nice to make snide remarks
Constantly complains abt the angle of your turns
Unironically would show up at your parent teacher conferences(if youâre still in the lower schooling ofc)
Would never admit it but he loves each of his friends and would be genuinely concerned if anything happened
Shadow | Petty Clown
Oh when yâall met you wanted to throw hands
I imagine something similar to his introduction with Reki
Bro straight up threw an explosive in your face???(smoke bomb maybe but still)
He may be petty but youâre pettier(is that even a word?đ)
You found out he worked at a flower shop bc lets be FR he doesnât look much different outside of S
Lil arguments here lil threats there and you leave with a nice assortment of flowers
Bro side eyes you EVERYTIME yâall cross paths at Sđ
After the whole gang is assembled yâall no longer act this way towards one another
Bros the only responsible adult of this group
He def did your makeup once and you broke out the next dayđ
âAre you sure you know what youâre doinâ?â
âTrust me, kid.â
âI donât know why but I donât.â
You try and help him with his relationship endeavors but it never works outđ
Heâll go to the gym with you if you donât wanna go alone
Gym brosâźď¸đŁď¸
Miya | Catty Child
This fucker
Yâall are quite the duo
Annoying ass mfs whenever and wherever you go
If you have any sort of pet itâs his pet now
Bros the animal whisperer
Heâd have to be interested in your skating for yâall to become friends
So pretend ur decent or even amazing; however big ur delusion allows itself to beđŤĄ
Heâs smart but would invite you somewhere under the premise of studying just to goof around
If he needs a second player for his game bro is gonna drag your ass so yâall can play
Goes shopping with you just to complain about how everything is ugly in the stores
âThatâs not cute, who thought selling this was a good idea?â
âBitchâif youâre going to be negative the whole time go homeâźď¸â
Reki | Redheaded Menace
If you thought you + Miya was a devious duo just imagine you and Reki
Yâall would prob meet second after you and Joe met
Bc he works at a skate shop
And you need skating stuff(you can tell Iâm not a skaterđ)
If youâre just a good skater and donât know actual science and shit behind it heâs constantly telling you about it like you care
You guys cruise around together for fun
He made your current board and youâll never get another one thatâs not from him
You teach him any and all tricks/skills you know
Probably took you to his house to give you your current board bc he was working on it in his house and you met all of his family
His mom is just happy heâs got some friends
You become besties with his mom
She gossips abt news and celebrities with you
Claims ur like her other child(forget the rest of themđş)
Makes you lunch bc sheâs nice like that
You let him ramble abt stuff heâs interested in even if you arenât listening fully
Would silently beg you to stay back with him during the hot spring scavenge bc heâs scared
Forces you to watch horror movies with him bc he gets scared and needs someone else with him
Bro would be elated the whole day if you called him cool
Snow/Langa | Canadian Curiosity
Omg heâs Canadian?đŚ Seize him!
Obviously being involved with S you wouldâve heard of Snow but Reki wouldâve introduced yâall before the big news
Bro would shove him in your face as if heâs a shiny trophy(at the beginning ofc)
âThis is Langa! New guy from my class apparently heâs interested in skating.â
âSickâheâs so pale.â
âHeâs from Canada.â
âOh.â
Bro is so oblivious itâs crazy
You gotta like SPELL IT OUT for him if youâre ever alluding to smth
Langa stays hungry and would go out to eat with you anytime
You and Reki would def help him decorate his room bc itâsâŚbland
Itâs not bad but thereâs no personality
He tells you abt his favourite dishes back in Canada and yâall try and locate any places in Japan that might sell smth similar
If not you guys attempt to make it yourselves at his house
His mom walks in on yâall ruining the kitchenđ
âLanga IâmâŚhome.â
âHey, Mom.â
âHey Langaâs Mom!â
Bro is a skating addict and will skate whenever and wherever
Wants to race you like at least twice every week
Loser pays for dinner
You help him with his reading and writing and if you didnât already know heâd teach you English
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Undertaker wants to Court you! ~(Headcanons)~
Canât wait for the public school arc whoâs with me?!
this dude is so silly đż enjoy some hcs of this ridiculous little man
Undertaker is funny. He uses that to his advantage when courting. Well, it actually depends on what type of humor you have- most of his are usually those jokes that are kinda funny but at the same time your like âThatâs outta pocket! đ¤Śââď¸đđâ yk?
he always wants to hear jokes. He asks you randomly and no matter what type he laughs at them. Rude humor? Hilarious! Dad jokes? That one really tickled his fancy! đ why did the chicken cross the road?? To get to the other side? đ¤Łđ¤ŁđĽ
now usually I feel he has a specific sense of humor but with you everythingâs just kinda funny. Itâs that moment when your with someone who you can laugh at the most unfunniest stuff ever and still be cackling at it anyway đđ
heâs always telling them as well. Might I say, at the worst times đ you just watched someone run over a stray animal? Oh heâs got a joke for that hear him out- LIKE BRO đâď¸
HES THE TYPE OF GUY WHO MAKE YOU LAUGH BEFORE EVEN TELLING YOU THE JOKE BECAUSE YOU KNOW ITS GONNA BE STUPID đ
Letâs also talk about hiiiisâŚ! weird side! (Iâm saying âsideâ like heâs isnât always weird..) This is pretty much him just being a creep? Ish? Like that scene where he was in the barrel licking saltâŚđ¤¨ or how heâs always in coffins (which tbh seems more normal for a grim reaper but still..) either way this dudesâ real weird and he doesnât tone it down, even around you despite the fact that it may or may not (you decide) push you away
Heâs a very mysterious dude, so how ever you met him I guarantee it was eerie and somewhat strange. Therefore you were likely intrigued by him, so when you went on your first date it was, well, very interesting! Thereâs so many layers to unravel with this guy! Ngl even now youâve only semi unraveled this incomprehensible man but at the least you do learn more as you get to know him :P
his past isâŚ.complicated is an understatement- gimme a new word.
literally no one but him knows his full past all the way up to this very day. Looks like no one has stuck around long enough! Since you will I guess youâll be the first to figure it out! ;)
now Iâll say this, he wonât sit down and just tell you everything, no. That wonât be any fun! đ youâll have to have the intelligent to sit down and decode it piece by piece with the tidbits of information he gives you randomly. Yes! Itâs going to be comical seeing you try and put this whole thing-a-ba-jig together! (^_â)ââ đ¤Ł
his nonjudgmental yet opinionated personality is scary if you donât like folk who come off too strong. Or if your sensitive- đ heâs a âtell-it-like-it-is-and-I-donât-give-a-shipâ type of guy. Buuuut! If your similar to him in that sense youâll probably understand him a lot more. Him being nonjudgemental is perfect for peeps of all types so thatâs a plus!! đ
ranting about his fascination with humans during your dates comes with the package! âď¸He just does, itâs always one of his topics, and ngl itâs nothing boring either, heâs got quite a few stories to tell with even more jokes in between, which is sure to make for a lovely date <3 plus at some point all species in black butler experienced being a human, and idk about yâall but the study of human nature, psychology and how the brain works is a very interesting thing for me! Iâd definitely be able to keep a conversation like that up for some time, me personally.
He puts up a front of a funny weird guy when thereâs more to him if you read between the lines. Which, donât get me wrong that certainly is a part of the real him, he just makes sure to highlight it so you donât look at the rest đđ
heâs a real creepy fellow..even towards you đ (on purpose) and whether heâs trying to court you or not thereâs no escaping it- if it starts to push you away heâll find a way to incorporate laughter into it to make it more appealing, but no, he wonât change his ways đ
WHY DOESNâT HE WASH HIS HAIRRRR
(yes itâs canon đ)
you force him to wash his hair đđ pls he needs it. or at least do it with him so itâs more fun. Itâll probably be easier to convince him that way
Time to talk about his work as a grim reaper!!! :3 (retired anyway) if you are reaper you get to follow each other around doing tasks! human? You both go your separate ways to work, whatever that may be. A demon? The same as a human really! Just this time you might have a contract with somebody. Buttttt!! A perk of all three is getting to work in the funeral parlor with him ;3 itâs a good disguise if your a demon/reaper and also some good quality time for you and your reaper đ (i mean, I hope you donât mind morbid stuff cuz heâs a mortician after all đ
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his little Russian roulette with the phantomhives đş (LOL) no seriously I have no clue what type of relationship he has with them besides the fact that he serves them for the price of top notch laughter đ§âđłđ but you might! Iâd say heâs more willing to let you in then anyone if heâs trying to court you! That obviously means he wants to trust you with his heart! So yeah! You likely know a thing or twoâmore about Ciel than Vincent but any info will do at this point đ itâs a start right? đ¤ˇââď¸
whenever Ciel comes over you get to witness him or Sebastian try to make undertaker laugh, itâs not like they can kick you out, you work there! Perks đ You can pretty much tell the one time Ciel made him laugh himself it was just a whole bunch of tomfoolery đ (why did it take so longâď¸đ) Sebastian is also able to make undertaker laugh really hard immediately so I wonder what he does 𤪠guess youâll get to see! đ
undertaker opening up to you is a process that requires patience. And donât be pushy!! I mean this for your sake, by the way. Youâll drive yourself crazy since youâll never get an answer thatâs not riddles or straight up jokes. đ¤Śââď¸đ¤ˇââď¸
yeah overall his way of courting is really strange but when it comes to making things official heâs poetically blunt. The type of blunt where you have to process for a second like âwait what does that mean- oh. OH-â
Anyway Iâm gonna talk about the actual dates now cuz Iâve pretty much just been mentioning the madness that comes with it this entire time :3 and yes as I said thatâs a way of courting to him. Heâs weird and blunt but doesnât wanna do things the traditional way. So getting you involved in his antics is his way of saying âhey i like ya and I want ya to stick aroundâ. And jokes. HAHAHAH đ
dates with undertaker normally consists of tea, jokes, human psychology and gossip đż ever since I saw ciel in wonderland I couldnât get over the fact that undertaker was at a tea party and now I headcanons him to like tea LOLOLOL! I mean I know thatâs how the plot goes in the actual slice movie and he was just playing the role of the character but, think about itâdonât it kinda fit???? Like?? Okok Hear me out hear me out- imagine sipping on some tea with Undertaker and gossiping on the latest drama from the underworld, âI heard a rare case is happening where blah blah blah *giggle* *giggle* chatter chatter..â ETC! like idk how to explain it but do you see the vision???
I can also see him doing that dramatic anime thing where they sip theyâre drink majestically then say something intelligent sounding (âď¸đ¤) (about psychology, for him) as the wind blows đđ YK? LOLL even worse if your in a outside background and his eyes shows (cuz the character who never shows theyâre eyes always show them when they get serious đ¤Ł)
i love how shameless this guy is
why donât we know this guysâ real nameâď¸ Canât even give him a nickname because âundertakerâ isnât nickname material!! What am I supposed to call him???? Takerâ âď¸đđż
ENJOY @doudouma HEREâS YOUR SURPRISE~ đ¤
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okay time for some delulu gojohime analysis that's a bit of a reach.
so earlier today, i was rewatching a compilation of gojo and utahime's scenes from season 1 and it rang a bell (also, i just want to say, mappa gotta have gojohime shippers on the team cause some of the s2 gjhm elements weren't in the manga). ANYWAY.
so in episode 14 (the beginning of the tokyo-kyoto goodwill event arc), utahime is introduced (and i'm not gonna say that her literal second sentence onscreen ever is inquiring after gojo, but i am going to say that). then gojo comes in with gifts for the kyoto students - some charms from a tribe. this is how the panel goes in the manga:
nothing specific about those charms/souvenirs. gojo also explicitly mentions that they're for the kyoto kids - nothing for the staff.
now here's how it goes in the anime:
unfortunately i don't have the japanese script for this scene or the exact intended meaning, so i'll have to use the english translation :')
in the anime, there are two changes to gojo's dialogue:
the tribal charms are specifically protective. whether they work or not, they were made with the intention of protecting the user in mind
"the kyoto kids" becomes "everyone from kyoto" (including staff, technically)
now assuming that these changes are correct, it makes the scene way more relevant to gojohime.
as we know, gojo thinks utahime is weak. he says it to her multiple times and it's pretty much his go-to insult for her. we also know that gojo is loaded with cash, so spending a few more bucks isn't an issue. and yet... he didn't get her one of those. this is one amazing opportunity for gojo to make fun of utahime, by giving her one of those charms and implying that she needs it because she can't defend herself. but for some reason, he didn't take it.
there are a few ways to interpret that:
gojo is a decent enough guy to not embarrass her in public in front of other people. although, this isn't true, since he does do it in front of other people all the time: see season 2, episode 1, when he calls her weak in front of mei mei and geto. so maybe he just doesn't want to embarrass her in front of her students. again, not exactly true, since he puts her on the spot later in the goodwill event arc:
pretty 'eh' to ask her to give a speech unprepared in front of all of the students, especially since she ends up performing very poorly. maybe he draws the line at calling her weak in front of her students, because he understands that they look up to her.
2. gojo didn't give her a protective charm because despite calling her weak all the time, he doesn't fully believe that and he knows she can defend herself. it is vaguely reminiscent of their recent shared scene in the manga, in which *spoilers for the current arc* utahime's cursed technique is revealed and she acts as an amplifier for gojo's. he definitely trusts her enough to team up with her, just like he did to find the traitor at the kyoto school.
3. utahime doesn't need protection, because he is there. for this interpretation, i'm drawing a parallel between this scene and this post explaining how utahime is metaphorically always under gojo's eye. even without that detail, there's his whole spiel in 2x01 where he dramatically announces "i'm here to save you, utahime". it's worth noting that he pretty much came round to help her out because he knew she was in danger (i think? someone correct me if i'm wrong please).
one thing's for sure though, it's that gojo doesn't truly believe that utahime is too weak to be a sorcerer. is she weaker than him? sure, but that doesn't make her incompetent. and if she needs to be protected, he's more than happy to do it for her.
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BSD men x reader sick headcannons
im sick as well as my friend so fml I'm writing this
Warnings: le sick, this is kind of self indulgent in a way but at the same time your sick so... you have the right while your sick.
Autre warnings: this is my first fic, it's probably gonna suck ;-;
also soup is the food of the gods in this for some reason
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Dazai:
â˘he bursts out laughing at first, making fun of you (in a friendly way)
â˘Once he's done with his laughing fit, he does (try to) take care of you
â˘ok he's not the worst at taking care of people, but I feel like the worst part would be him making fun of you
â˘he won't let you go to work/school (if you're a student like in highschool pretend you're older), just because he's laughing at you, doesn't mean he doesn't care.
â˘he'd cuddle you, then end up getting sick, then you take care if him and cuddle him, then you get sick and so on until one of you realizes you can't cuddle (aka you, and he complains. This is the same for Nikolai)
â˘he pisses you off, but he loves you
"how did you get sick?!" He laughs as he hands you a bowl of soup, as you lie in the silky sheets of your shared bed with the worst cold of your life. You shoot him a glare as you take the soup in your shaking hands, making sure not to drop it.
"I already told you, my coworker got me sick!" You begin to eat your soup, frustrated and pissed. He plants a kiss on your forehead
"I'll call your work and tell them you're taking the day off!" He skips to the other room. You lie there, thankful for your lovely boyfriend.
(I don't simp for dazai so it was hard to write for him. This is my first fanfic EVER, be quiet. I only put dazai at the top for a friend.)
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Chuuya:
â˘He's easy to anger, so when you get sick, he knows you probably did something stupid to get yourself sick.
â˘Unlike Dazai, he's a good cook, but still he makes you soup, and angrily holds it out to you.
â˘he takes care of you, but acts angry the whole time. I say acts, but he really is angry, but he also cares about you. But is still angry.
â˘he's not Bakugou level angry, he's still calm(ish)
â˘he does verbally abuse you the whole time though.
â˘But it's not actually abuse. I feel like he just calls you dumbass and idiot.
â˘he's very forceful with everything he does ("eat! Or I'll force feed you!") â(this is my fav head cannon for him, he would)
â˘He cuddles you, but somehow this man does not get sick, until he does, then you take care of him, but he doesn't let you touch him while taking care of him so the same thing that happened with dazai doesn't happen with you. There will be no cycle.
â˘He also buys you a lot of expensive medicine
â˘you piss him off, but so does everything
"You idiot! How the hell did you get yourself sick?!" He hands the bowl soup to you.
"I was playing in the rain with a cat." You give him an innocent look as he shoots you a glare.
"Why?! You knew it would get you sick!"
"but... there was puddles... and a cat who liked water..."
Chuuya facepalms. "Seriously?!" He sighs, calming himself down. He sits next to you on the bed as you eat your soup. He's rich, and I feel like you begged him to buy a tv for he bedroom. You guys watch my hero academia. Even though I said he cuddles you while sick, I don't think he'd actually unless you cling to him, then he'll let you sometimes. But he just sits on the other side of the bed as you watch anime together, and pass out in eachothers presence.
(I cringed at this one, it wasn't as good as I hoped. I made him a tiny bit ooc too ;-; idk I feel like it's good for a first time.)
â§.đĽ Ý ËđŚšâ°・ââ§Ë°.â§Ë°.â§Ë.đĽ Ý ËđŚšâ°・â°.â§Ë°.â§Ë°..đĽ Ý ËđŚšâ°・â
Kunikida:
â˘He's nicer than the rest of them
â˘He's the only decently normal one of the boys.
â˘he makes you soup and blah blah blah
â˘He doesn't cuddle you, he has common sense
â˘You don't want to get him sick either, so....
â˘He buys you medicine, he knows the best kinds
(I couldn't think of a scenario. Sorry)
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Akutagawa:
â˘Has no idea what to do
â˘He thinks you're gonna die so he makes this whole dramatic speech
â˘All you have is a common cold đ
â˘after he figures out you're not gonna die, he asks what he can do
â˘He goes to the store to buy you medicine
â˘He doesn't know what else to do
â˘you tell him it's fine and all you need is a few days off of work
â˘He feels too bad, so he goes on one of those weird websites
â˘Next thing you know he comes in a skateboard and circling around you, chanting these weird, demonic words đ
â˘"Wa bubu shaaaaaa qut epeu turu!"
"Aku wth are you doing?!"
"Curing your sick"
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I too lazy to write for anyone else, this is a quick drabble and my first fanfic. I hope you liked it!
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I Analyzed The Ninjago Movie Instead Of Sleeping
I have real mixed feelings on this movie. But not for the reasons you might think from a fan of the TV show.
The movie didnât NEED to be connected to the show. And it clearly wasnât trying to.
It was meant to be an AU in a way.
(If you look at the behind the scenes one of their original rewrites was a plot of them going back in time to save Lloydâs dad from becoming the villainous figure he is in the present day.)
So I can forgive the inaccuracy so long as it could stand on its own as a proper story.
It doesnât do that.
If you DONâT compare it to the show:
You got a movie with SOME good jokes, amazing animation, (SERIOUSLY THIS MOVIE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND VISUALS ALONE ARE A CHEFS KISS TO ME) but is so strangely paced that it feels like the movie starts at the middle of the story and never shows the beginning, and feels like a completely different movie halfway through, and is also very choppily edited.
(I even double checked a clip of the movie just to prove my point there: When Lloyd uses all his dragon mech weapons on Garmadon, they play the exact same sound effect and explosion, just with different angles, SIX TIMES. FSM WAS THAT EDITOR HUNG OVER WHEN DOING THEIR JOB THAT DAY?! And thatâs just one example Iâve got. I think this was the first time EVER when I was in a movie theater and I distinctly remember asking âWhat is wrong with the editing here? Who thought this was good editing?? Who thought this was appropriate in any way???â So I thank this movie for giving me such a memory and making me value good editing.)
You also got a world that isnât very well fleshed out, characters that the movie chooses to not focus on except the main character and the main villain. And you got a movie that tells its audience itâs okay to forgive your parents that neglected you and are active terrorists even if they earned or done absolutely no redemption whatsoever.
I mean Garmadon in this movie BETRAYS them and leaves them to rot so he could terrorize the city again at the end. Then gets eaten by the cat. Then Lloyd forgives him. Idk what more you want me to say.
Iâm not gonna act like Crystalized did it any better though. Pick your poison.
But then you got fans of the show. The people who watched the show since kids (that includes me). Who are naturally bias towards the shows lore and characterizationâŚ
OOOOOOHHH boyâŚ
I donât hate EVERY portrayal of the ninja in the movie as much as other people. I actually think thereâs some good ideas for an AU version of these characters here. Problem is the movie never does anything with them.
Well, I say I donât hate every portrayal, the one I truly cannot stand is Zaneâs.
Thereâs just so much wrong with how they portrayed Zane that it just does not work. Not as an adaptation of the character. Not in any way that makes sense for this universe and is actually kinda insulting.
Thereâs no other robots in this city. (Like there are in the show) Why is Zane the only one and why is he in high school? Why would Wu ever pick a robot to be a ninja?
In the show the reason is pretty simple: Wu didnât know at the time.
But everyone knows in the movie. Whatâs movie Wuâs excuse?
Thereâs also in terms of personality.
Keep in mind later seasons of the show have the same issues, so Iâm talking about what it was at the time of the movie.
Zaneâs whole robot identity is crucial to his character. The show introduced him as âthe strange oneâ. As he couldnât understand social cues, took things very seriously, didnât share the same sense of humor as the rest of the team, had a hard time displaying his emotions, and bonded with things the others didnât and excelled at certain areas like cooking.
Heâs a character that connected to a lot of neurodivergent people in the audience who could relate to him. No heâs not intentional autistic rep, but one that definitely mattered to the people that headcannoned him as such.
(Also helps that they introduce other robot characters later that clearly donât have the same characteristics he does. So really it depends on what you see.)
So the reveal that he was a robot was such a huge deal to not just the plot but to him as he finally got a concrete definition of what he is and who he is. And the show NEVER decides to say âYou know, it would be so much better if you were a human!â
âWhy canât you just be normal?!â
Thatâs part of why I personally canât stand fics that make Zane human. It just doesnât feel right to me and misses the point of the character.
While I absolutely did not expect the movie to cover his⌠really heavy backstory with his inventor/father and how he outlived him, then got his memory and sense of identity wiped by him moments before death, which was meant to be an act of sympathy but would actually harm Zaneâs mentality for the entire showâŚ
The movie didnât need to adapt that. For all we know, movie Zane could have a very happy backstory. And that would be fine. All I wanted was for the identity-seeking aspect of Zaneâs character to matter in some way.
It didnât.
The jokes they use for Zane in this movie are that of âHaha, heâs a robot. Isnât it so funny that he doesnât understand humanity very well?â
You know, something that in one episode of the show was portrayed as a BAD THING for people to think that of him! And that those people needed to learn to respect him for who he is!
And thatâs the ONLY thing they do with him. Just robot jokes. Very stereotypical robot jokes.
Again, later seasons of the show are guilty of this too. So I will not act like the show is perfect.
For the reasons I listed, these are actually far more offensive and harmful than you think. Especially fans of the show watching the movie. Him being the only robot in this movie world makes me think even more that this actually is autistic coding⌠and that makes it so much worse.
Zane being a robot being equal to autism is its own discussion. And has its own problems on paper alone. Whether or not this is your headcanon of him, and whether or not you think this is good representation either way is up to your feelings and experiences. (Personally I think itâs better than some live action shows attempting this)
The others donât even seem to trust or want to be around him that much. The others seem annoyed by him half the time. Like theyâre only tolerating him because heâs on their team. Yeah they donât say that but simple looks and gestures are enough to get that impression. And not once does anyone ever express Zaneâs value in their team. Thatâs the ONE thing that wouldâve had me forgive this all.
But thereâs my rant. The others?
Jay is mostly fine. I think this personality for the movie is a neat AU concept. Yes show Jay is openly terrified of things and awkward, but if thereâs something he wasnât was SHY.
Movie Jay is a shy and nervous wreck. And you know what? For a high school AU, I think it works. It doesnât erase Jayâs essence entirely. They at the very least kept the detail of his character that heâs a fast learner.
I appreciate that.
Cole is actually a REALLY interesting concept to me with the AU idea they gave.
On the surface itâs just âHeâs a DJ and willingly old schoolâ
But if you see the show, this is actually an ODD approach. Because show Cole has a very complicated relationship with music.
In the show, Coleâs parents thrived in singing and dancing. His father specifically was a performer that won several awards with his band âThe Royal Blacksmithsâ. After Coleâs mother passed away, his father proceeded to push his ideals and his passions onto his kid and pressuring him to become another version of him. It got stressful enough that Cole ran away from home and resented music, something that used to be a bond of family for them, and thatâs where Wu found him and made him a ninja.
Throughout the show, Cole would open up to music again more, but itâs pretty gradual and a very subtle bit of character development for him throughout the show. He doesnât need to say âI hate making musicâ to get the point across. He only starts the music route again whenever it has something to do with making a family member, blood or not, happy.
So movie Cole is interesting to me for that reason. Because at the start, he basically IS a mini Lou. His whole thing is music and itâs heavily reflected on his personality.
To the point where his element in the movie isnât even animated or portrayed as earth like itâs supposed to, instead itâs⌠sound waves?
Weird choice. Interesting one though cause maybe thatâs just how movie Cole functions.
So itâs âOh, what if Cole DID follow in his fathers footsteps and DID want to become a musician?â
Very interesting approach for a completely different approach of character development.
But the problem? Just like the others, not utilized.
But I do think this was an interesting AU idea. Is it accurate to the show version of the character? No. But thatâs kind of the point I think.
Then thereâs the RGB siblings. This is where it gets kinda weird for me.
Thanks to the movie, a lot of my friends mistook Kai and Nya for being twins.
They are not twins in the show. Kai is older.
I donât think that dents their characters too much in the movie so long as the same points were across. Theyâre the blood related brother and sister who raised themselves when their parents abandoned them, and climbed out of the ashes to protect each other, and found a new expansion on their family that didnât have to be blood related to count.
These two, in different ways, are the support of the team and especially Lloyd. Theyâre usually the lancer characters that Lloyd goes to when he can.
I still say that about Nya even though originally, she was NOT a ninja, but rather was a Samurai with a mech of her own invention that acted as a Tuxedo Mask for the ninja. She didnât become the water ninja until Season 5.
Which⌠I know the movie takes heavy inspiration from the first two seasons, the beginning, so for those who havenât seen the show watching the movie⌠yikes I feel bad about the lack of a spoiler warning. Same goes for Zane being a robot.
But I think thatâs also a factor into Kai, at the former half of this show, (again Iâm talking pre-movie with this). He was the first character we were introduced to and weâre following in the show before Lloyd ever showed up. So naturally heâd be the one with the most attention to supporting the Green Ninja. Something that was very vital character development for him individually as well.
Heâs the old school one. Heâs the cool one. Heâs the one who looks out for you even if you donât want them to. Heâs the one that will jump to anything without thinking. Heâs also the one with the most value in tradition out of the ninja, as a blacksmith instead of a techie and as a traditional sword fighter rather than a fancy complicated weapon. He doesnât get involved in tech willingly till he learns Twitter is a thing.
And in the movie, I think they took this characterization and said âEh, give it to the girl instead.â
So most of show Kaiâs character traits are now movie Nyaâs. Sheâs the cool one with the most passion for traditional stories, sheâs the one with arguably the most talks with Lloyd to calm him, and sheâs pretty loud and brash in personality.
Not saying show Nya is not those things, she is. But the difference in the show was that Nya was HUGE on independence and doing her own thing. Being the only woman and a younger sibling in the main cast is actually a big deal to her. Not wanting to have her destiny be decided by the world or her brother as a damsel in distress or a sacrifice, she took to tech to invent her own ways of helping. Her own character.
Until destiny told her âActually no, you canât be the person you want to be. You have to stick to tradition that your mother had and be the water ninja.â
Thatâs⌠honestly a very brutally honest message that not a lot of people I see give credit for. Cause yes, expressing yourself and being your own person and being able to make your own fate is amazing⌠but itâs not always possible.
Sometimes you canât be the person you want. Sometimes the world just will not let you. That doesnât mean your identity is worthless, though. If you go with the flow, you can actually find that fate has plans for you that might not suck after all.
Basically a âItâs A Wonderful Lifeâ messaging there.
Itâs part of why Nyaâs whole thing throughout the show is her starting as a damsel trying to reinvent herself and her stereotype, and ending as a willing sacrifice and death of her whole identity that she doesnât regret because sheâs embraced the flow of life and purpose. Even if she forgets herself in the realm of spirituality, her loves oneâs never will.
âŚUntil Crystalized undid ALL of that. BUT LETS NOT.
Movie Nya just really isnât any of that. Sheâs basically just her brother.
Which⌠Iâm actually fine with. The show has some bumps in the road in execution of her story anyway. And they want the only female of this team to not be a background character cause thatâs look bad. I totally understand that. And her being a sibling to Kai makes me forgive it a whole lot more cause it does make sense.
But again, we donât know what their lives are like or if they have similar backstories to theirs in the show at all.
But where does that leave Kai?
Well his whole character in the movie seems to basically be âIâm the loud one and a complete klutz and meathead.â
Basically TD Tyler.
Itâs a personality in the movie that bled in the show post movie. While I personally think it was not THAT bad in the show, Secrets of the Forbidden Spinjitsu made me go âOkay. I understand now.â
As for movie Kai, thatâs really about it.
It really was an early indicator of just giving Kaiâs character traits to other characters. Before the show was visibly doing it.
Cause movie Lloyd is also basically just Kai but with a different backstory and context to situation. But honestly, I DO see what they were going for here.
As the ONLY ninja to get ANY focus, this version of Lloyd is well explained on what his life is.
In the show, heâs an abandoned child in an abusive boarding school who heavily idolizes his father, Lord Garmadon, and runs away to become a super villain. Only for Destiny to tell him not to, and we see his true colors and that he just wanted his family together and to love him. Something that was⌠hard. Considering who Garmadon is.
That is actually carried into the movie. Just cut out him running away. Hereâs the difference.
Show Lloyd loves his dad and refuses to hurt him until he has to. While he is the Green Ninja, he didnât resent himself being Garmadonâs son. What he resented was the destiny that took them apart.
Movie Lloyd HATES his dad for abandoning him, terrorizing the city, making said city cancel him for EXISTING, and he wants every excuse to shut this man out of his life forever.
That does make sense. And to the movieâs credit, the movie logic DOES work to make this version of Lloyd make sense.
It makes the movie pretty mean spirited and kinda unpleasant at times. But it works for the story.
I described Lloyd as âThe Emo Childâ. In the show. But thatâs two words.
Emo. CHILD.
Heâs still a kid. Heâs still the youngest. He still has his own child-like wonder of the world and the aspirations that of a child would.
Yeah heâs a lot of angst. But heâs also a sweet kid who deserves hugs.
Thatâs not very apparent in movie Lloyd. Not that it needs to fit movie context.
But because we never see how the ninja in the movie got together, we have no idea why Lloyd even accepted being the Green Ninja in the first place. He even says in the movie that heâd give it up if it meant he didnât have to be Garmadonâs son.
Movie Lloyd is the only ninja in this movie with an actual character arc. He resents his dad, tries to be rid of him, only to get consequences for it, goes on a quest to fix his mistake, bonds with his dad to learn heâs⌠sympathetic? I guess?? And in the end forgives his dad and chooses to let him in his life again.
Simple. Fine. It works on Lloyds end just fine. And I have to give credit for the movie making Lloyd resenting Garmadon more logical than Crystalized ever did.
Itâs Garmadonâs end that just makes the whole thing a bad message in the end of âforgive your abusers.â
Yes heâs funny. That doesnât undo his actions.
No itâs not undone in the show either, but at least you can buy the forgiveness there because every character knew that he had no choice.
In the show, Garmadon is the Oni Child of the FSM. Thus all it took was for another Oni creature, the Great Devourer, to trigger his blood and FORCE him into the evil role without his consent. It forced him to do nasty things to his loved ones and the land his dad created, and by the time he became his evil form, he was forcefully stripped away from all of his loved ones and a chance at normal life. So the only way he could ever get that back was to turn the world into his own image, thus having the world become him too. A monster.
The show made it abundantly clear that most of Garmadonâs evil deeds are either out of ambition for what he deems as helping the family, or not his fault at all due to snake venom influence.
I THINK the movie also has this because they do address him getting bit and becoming the creature he appears as in both versions.
Better than nothing I guess.
But then you get his âsympathetic backstoryâ which is pretty much just a love story between him and Koko-
Yeah Lloyds moms name is actually different in both versions. And in role.
Misako abandoned her child to try and solve the destiny crisis, then returned to his life to help her kid out.
Koko remained a mother to her kid and supported him even when everyone hated him.
These are very different characters basically, and which one you prefer is up to you. Personally⌠I actually prefer the movie. I do think the mom was the one character that the movie actually improved upon. Especially with a very interesting story for her.
In the show, Misako is a researcher and just the fair maiden figure that Wu and Garmadon fell in love with. To which she chose Garmadon because of Wuâs letter that Garmadon forged his name on⌠itâs complicated.
In the movie, she was actually a fighter as well and took a part of the wars Garmadon was in. She enjoyed the thrill of the fight and fell in love with her opponent in a pretty cute montage.
But then they had a baby and her reality changed, realizing she could not raise her child on the battlefield. And when Garmadon refused to change his mind, she took Lloyd and left him behind. So she could be a mother.
Explains her actions in the movie all throughout very well and I never got lost when it came to her. Sheâs probably the one character in the movie I felt the most sorry for. Sheâs such a sweet parent and her interactions with Lloyd are probably the best parts of the movie. I wanna hug her.
But thatâs all thatâs shown of Garmadon. Apparently Garmadon was oppressed, but thatâs told at the end and not shown or been significant at all.
They donât hate you cause you look funky. They hate you cause YOU TERRORIZE THEIR CITY ON A DAILY BASIS AND SHOOT PEOPLE OUT OF A VOLCANO
Yeah show Garmadon did similar stuff, but again, WASNT HIS CHOICE.
Here, itâs absolutely his choice cause nothing indicated otherwise.
Garmadon doesnât even PROCESS his kids existence or his own negligence three quarters of the time. And you expect me to buy a redemption from him?
You know, Iâd be fine with it if he was just a one dimensional villain and the story of the movie was about Lloyd putting his energy away from a family that doesnât care about him and more towards a surrogate one he has.
But no. You gotta have Lloyd forgive Garmadon and have Garmadon redeemed.
Cause thatâs what the show did.
Even though this is supposed to be an AU not connected to the show so we can do whatever we want.
The most they do for Garmadonâs redemption is force him to be the mentor after Wu got yeeted off a bridge by a butterfly, have him go âOh yeah, I DID shoot people out of a volcano!â, teach his son how to catch, and tell his son his backstory.
(Speaking if, Wu to me is basically the same. Just different voice actor delivery. I got nothing to say on him)
And then if that IS redemption, then he failed it. Because he offers Lloyd to be his general when they take over the city again, showing heâs learned nothing. Then when Lloyd says no, he steals their magic weapons and ditches them in a temple leaving them to DIE. Then he goes to terrorize the city again.
What redemption. /s
Again, this was all HIS choice. If it was not and if it was snake venom, they couldnât at least give a visual cue or address it?
And now LLOYD has to apologize?
NO. LLOYD WAS RIGHT. THERES ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY HE SHOULD LET HIS DAD INTO HIS LIFE. THE DAD HIMSELF PROVED THAT.
It just paints an unintentional bad message of âyou have to forgive your abusersâ
Iâm sorry but Lloyd doesnât owe this Garmadon anything.
I do like Lloydâs VA delivery though, and the speech about green being the color of life. I actually like the idea of Lloyds power being his heart. Yeah itâs not flashy powers like in the show, but for an AU, itâs a really cool idea and I wish they used it more.
I have mixed feelings on the celebrity casting. Did I expect the original voice actors? No. But this casting wasnât awful.
Garmadonâs VA is amazing in this movie. Jackie Chan as Wu is very subjective I feel, love it or hate it. Nya and Jayâs were really good too. I think the only one that didnât work for me was Kaiâs VA. Just⌠why does this teenager sound like a 50 year old man??
But honestly, I think the thing that got to me the most about the movie was something I praised about the show not too long ago.
The bond between the ninja.
I talked about how the show is a master class at character dynamics. There is almost no point where the characters are just standing there in one big clunk. Someone is saying something, someone is making a comment, someone is doing something, and itâs usually there for others to see and react to. Itâs a very small thing, but it keeps the scenes alive and fresh the whole time and helps the audience be sold on the characters bond.
They donât wait for the scenes of âOkay itâs time for characters to interactâ. They just do it all the time.
And guess what the movie did? Theyâre just there in one big chunk all the time. With âokay itâs time for characters to interactâ bits.
Itâs one thing to not explore the other ninja at all. Itâs another to ignore their bond.
In the show, theyâre a found family. They all had rough upbringings in life and find a new sense of purpose in each other.
Thatâs NEVER emphasized in the movie except for one speech at the end Lloyd makes. Mostly cause we donât know the other ninjas lives, and we donât know how they even got together. Cause as I said, the movie starts at the middle, and awkwardly cuts after Garmadon is forgiven to be the end. We donât know what it is about THIS ninja team that we should care about. Itâs not shown.
All were shown is them being a team by circumstance only. Then Lloyd pulls out the cat laser and the cat nearly kills them. Then they hate Lloyd for it and spend the rest of the movie making fun of Lloyd.
Which yeah they make fun of each other in the show too, but where it ended in the show was playful teasing in the middle of moments that showed they cared about each other. And when one bond between two or more of them was broken, you felt it.
Here? I donât know that and there isnât anything besides the high school montage to show they cared. Just some comments about âOh itâs okay Lloyd, itâs just awkward that your dad is a terroristâ. And then they make fun of Lloyds expense.
Itâs mean spirited. It makes me think they donât like each other. And itâs not like they ever apologize for it. Theyâre just teammates because Wu said so. Theyâre just tolerating Lloyd cause Wu said so.
Honestly the bloopers for this movie show more personality and more of this bond than the entire movie does.
âŚOOF that took awhile. I donât even know why I did this, I just didnât feel like sleeping. Uh⌠you read this, congrats. Idk why you did.
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THE CRAFT (1996) SENTENCE STARTERS
â I can't stay home and watch daytime TV for the rest of my life. â
â The almanac says today will bring an arrival of something. â
â We need someone to call out the corners-- north, south, east and west. â
â I am sorry. My defenses are up. People here have been really rude to me. â
â He comes on to anything with tits. â
â Everything in nature steals, you know. Big animals steal from little ones. â
â Maybe you're a natural witch. Your power comes from within. â
â I had a dream about you. In my dream, you were dead. â
â Man invented God. This is older than that. â
â Do you guys worship the devil? â
â Sometimes I will want it to rain, and a pipe will burst in my room and it will just get flooded. Or I will want it just to be quiet, and I will wish for it, and I will go deaf for three days straight. â
â Nothing makes everything all better again. â
â Maybe he was just trying to save face then... because... he's going around the whole school saying that... you're the lousiest lay he's ever had. â
â Why'd you lie about me? â
â Look, I don't want to go out with you again. Okay? Please stop begging. It's pathetic. â
â She's gonna cry, and then I am gonna cry. We're all gonna cry. â
â You girls watch out for those weirdos. â
â We are the weirdos. â
â Did you tell your friends? That you're a lying sack of shit. â
â Did you ever play that game, light as a feather, stiff as a board? â
â I think she doesn't want to be white trash any more. And I told her, "You're white, honey. Just deal with it." â
â Ever since I was a little girl I said, âAll I want in life is a juke box that plays nothing but Connie Francis records.' â
â It's just that I can't stop thinking about you. I don't know why, but I think I love you. â
â I don't know what's happening to me. I can't eat. I can't sleep. â
â When you open a floodgate, how do you undo it? You unleash something with a spell. There is no undoing. It must run its course. â
â You should let him suffer. â
â It's not for you to judge suffering. â
â True magic is neither black nor white. It's both because nature is both. Loving and cruel, all at the same time. The only good or bad is in the heart of the witch. â
â Whatever you send out you get back times three. â
â You want to invoke the spirit? You must be experienced to do this. It's very dangerous. â
â You know, the serpent is a very powerful being. You should respect it. â
â Listen, all I am saying is I think it's enough already. â
â I know you think we're getting what we want now, but it's going to come back to us threefold. â
â Are we actually having a theological conversation here? â
â I mean, it's fun, it's scary. I mean, who gives a shit? â
â Stop trying to win them over, because it won't work. â
â How do you know what I look like? We're talking on the phone. â
â I disagreed with them once, and they turned their backs on me. That's not friendship. â
â Sometimes it's like we're one person. Know what I mean? â
â You should have seen the look in his eyes. It was so weird. They seemed empty, like it wasn't even him. â
â You're a witch! They were right. â
â The only reason you're in love with her is because she cast a spell on you. Sad, but true. â
â You don't even exist to me! You don't even exist. You are nothing. â
â The only way you know how to treat women is by treating them like whores! â
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â Don't touch me! Everything I touch turns to shit. â
â You know, in the old days if a witch betrayed her coven... they would kill her. â
â I know I don't know you very well, but I just didn't know where else to go. â
â And now, it's like everywhere I turn, they're all around me. No matter what I do, â they're still there. I don't know what to do. â
â She's inside my dreams. She knows what's going on inside my head. She can read my mind. â
â I can't control it. I always end up hurting somebody. â
â You must invoke the spirit. â
â If it isnât real then why are you still bleeding? â
â Run! Run back up to your room like the little coward that you are. â
â What's going on? Why aren't you dead? â
â He came to me. Saved me. And he wanted me to give you a message. You're in deep shit. â
â By the way, what happened to [name]? They rushed out of here without even saying good-bye. That's bad manners. â
â Relax. It's only magic. â
â Look. I know I am a little crazy. I don't mean to be. â
â It all got out of hand, and I am sorry. No more games, okay? â
â We were just wondering, do you still have any powers? Because we don't. â
â Hold your breath until I call. â
â Be careful. You don't want to end up like [name]. â
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What did you make of DR3's explanation for how the characters became Despairs?
I dont like it. Here's a re-write i was thinking about
Ok note: this is what would have made the School Life thing more enjoyable TO ME. Not gonna fit for everyone obvi
Ok first of all. Junko loses most of her potential if you take away her being sneaky and manipulative, which we barely even got to see in the games, so I want that in ACTION.
Second of all, this takes time. More than just like a single moment of anime hypnotism. Junko was definitely working her suckers for at least a year. I dont know how that reflects on the timeline and I dont super care
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Chisa's class is full of chaos, these are some of the rowdiest students you'll find. They have potential for getting along, but they're also Very Troubled, and Chisa is a kind soul who tries to help them out with various issues. Actual attention paid to these kids being, like, KIDS, but also having some major red flags in their backgrounds that could escalate out of control very fast.
Among others, she tries to get Chiaki to come out of her shell and interact with the others more. This is hard, because Chiaki is not exactly receptive to it at first, but theres a little bit of unity between all the students anyway and they slowly start becoming friends. Chiaki uses this friendship guidance to befriend a lonely boy who often stares longingly at the school, whom she's noticed by silently sticking to the background when he's around. This will come in handy later.
Until, certain students start hanging out with their junior of 1 year, who always seems to be kind of slinking around and hanging with at least one student a day. Chiaki notices this because a) shes very quiet and mostly goes unnoticed when she's in the background, and b) she only needs half her attention span to play games anyway.
The people Junko hangs around get noticeably worse, though not necessarily more divided; just sort of 10 steps backwards for every 1 step Chisa helped them take. The rude and mean ones stop trying to be kinder, the shy and meek ones retreat even more, etc. Chisa is at a complete loss with this, but Chiaki confides in her that it might be the new student making trouble. Chisa takes over, and encourages Chiaki to keep trying to make friends with the others, which Chiaki does.
(Mahiru gets scared into telling no one what happened / what she suspects happened in Natsumi's murder, and gets rid of the evidence, as advised. The evidence she throws away gets mailed to Fuyuhiko, who is encouraged to avenge his sister. Guess who orchestrated all that?)
Chiaki does not fall into Junko's claws, because she's quiet and unobtrusive and, importantly, less desperate for what Junko can give her than the rest is. Chiaki does, after all, have her teacher who took the reigns and told Chiaki to grab her own oxygen mask first, and her Lonely Boy to confide in, and whenever she starts to lose herself, he gently reminds her to stand firm. That's right, the secret weapon was the friends we made along the way, just like in the ending.
(Hajime is probably just doing things more or less like in the anime, maybe listens to Chiaki's growing worries about her semi-friends, shits getting fucked and the only conceivable way Hajime can help is by agreeing to be a lab rat obviously what else. Biggest downfall is wanting to be there for Chiaki, but not letting her be there for him in return. Because inferiority complex.)
Chisa goes to confront this troubled mystery girl; Junko catches her too and starts working her nasty magic- for example, did you know two of your students were a part of a murder? Aren't you supposed to be guiding them? Do you know what's really happening in this school? Do you wanna see the human experimentation they just started? Did you know your best friend is in love with your crush and you can't confide in either of them anymore actually? Etc.
Chiaki is all alone now. When she finally DOES confront Junko, once the whole class along with the teacher has been sort of indoctrinated and her Lonely Boy has ditched her and she's feeling a bit brave because of it all), Junko kills her horribly in front of everyone as they do nothing. Not because they were hypnotized, but because they choose to. This is what really marks the point of no return for them. Chiaki was a quiet and harmless and mostly very nice girl, and her death was pointless, and they were a part of it, and they got away with it.
Instead of being a practically perfect student council president, Chiaki has more of an NPC theme, falling into the background more but also being honest and nice and willing to work with people. Then later, obviously, she really is an NPC and repeats the process, but this time she manages to save her boy and therefore her class.
(I'm not opposed to Chiaki being JUST an AI and never a part of the class at all, but I havent thought about it as much so idk any good points)
Hajime retains the same themes, but gets to be more of a juxtaposition of Junko, sneaking into everyone's hearts by befriending them and helping them move forward instead of backwards. He wins with the power of friendship and all that jazz.
Everyone else gets way more accountability to take. No hypnotism or brain poking, just digging into the worst parts of themselves and then indulging them entirely (with the help of Ultimate Charismatic Cult Leader Junko). I think the most interesting thing about this whole narrative could be that Anyone is capable of intense cruelty, and Anyone can choose to be a better person moving forward.
anyway in my mind that's what happened differently.
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Teach Me
2) February
AN: Part 2 of Teach Me
Thank you to @harlowcomehome for helping me with this, ily đĽšđ
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âYou sure you donât want me to run to the store for you?â Jack asked from the floor as he was playing dress up with Jayla.
Alyssa shook her head no. âI got it, babe. Iâll be in and out. Just grabbing a few things for Jayla for Valentineâs Day.â She says with a laugh and an eye roll.Â
âAnd hopefully for me too.âÂ
âMaybeâ Alyssa said with a wink, knowing she already had a plan for them.Â
She could tell Jack was still worried, he never liked when she left the house late at night. Alyssa walked over, bending down to give him a sweet kiss on the lips. âYou worry too much, princessâÂ
âThatâs not funny.â Jack told her, trying to hold in his laughter. Jayla was only 2 but slowly became obsessed with makeup/hair after watching her mother do her own every morning. So now Jack was currently sitting on the floor with lipstick smeared over his lips and barrettes in his hair, with a crown to match.Â
Alyssa gave Jayla kisses all over her face, childish giggles ringing in the air. âIâll be right back, baby. Make sure to take care of daddy, ok?â
âOtayâÂ
She gave Jack one last kiss before she locked the door behind her but not before saying their phrase.Â
âLove You, Mean It!â
âââââââââââââââââââââââââ
âJayla Rose! Can you explain to me why you waited till the last minute to tell me that you signed up Daddy to make cookies for your Valentineâs Day partyâ
It was 10pm, way past Jaylaâs bedtime but Valentineâs Day was tomorrow and the kids were encouraged to bring baked goods.
âWe always make cookies together!â Jayla exclaimed while adjusting her chef's hat on her head.
âNot at 10 oâclock at night.â
Jayla shrugged her and suddenly started playing with her KY chain hanging from her neck, something she did when she was nervous.Â
âWhatâs wrong, babygirl?â Jack asked her, concerned.Â
She began playing with her necklace some more and kicking her feet against the kitchen floor. âI just thought it would be fun, you always get sad during this time because of mommy.â
Jack immediately pulled her into a hug, he could feel his shirt start to get wet from her tears. âHey, itâs okay.â He reassured her by rubbing her back.
âLook at me.â His heart wanted to cry as he looked at her big brown eyes that were filled with tears threatening to fall. âYou donât have to worry about Daddy, thatâs my job. You and I are gonna have fun tomorrow. I have a whole day planned just for the two of us once you get out of school.â
Jayla perked up at that âReally?âÂ
âYes, really. You know youâre my favorite valentine. Now, letâs wipe these tears and finish these cookies so you can go to bed.â
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Ariel loved Valentine's Day, it was her favorite holiday. I mean, her last name was Love after all. Sure, she was 27 years old and single, but there were so many other reasons to love it. Not only did she love the flowers, the pinks and reds but she loved everything Valentines Day stood for, itâs about love, and whatâs not to love about love?Â
By morning her desk was filled with cards, candy and small stuffed animals. She was sure her planner was underneath all the gifts but Ariel was in no rush to look for it. Her favorite gift amongst them all was the donut bouquet from Jayla Harlow.
Ariel: rumor has it that you burned our classes Valentineâs Day cookies for our party?
Pressing send, Ariel grabbed one of the donuts from the bouquet. Before she could take a bite, her phone buzzed on her desk.Â
Jack: didnât you hear? I donât clear up rumors
Ariel giggled at that knowing he was referencing one of his hit songs. As she was just about to text him back Jack sent another messageÂ
Jack: but whoever started that rumor is in big trouble, canât have someone spreading misinformationÂ
Ariel: youâd be shocked to know what else Iâve been told, but I wouldnât want to give away my sourcesÂ
She moaned as she took a bite of her donut. She always had a sweet tooth. There was nothing like a strawberry frosted donut.Â
Jack: wellâŚyou can tell me. I wonât tell anyoneÂ
Taking another bite of her donut, she thought about all the things Jayla has shared with her. They were honestly pretty tame, compared to her other students giving her details about their parents divorce.
Ariel: oh you know, just that you get red as a tomato in the sun, you drink ranch dressing (big if true), the source claims theyâre better at basketball and soccer than you, and that your idea of dancing is just stomping around.Â
Jack: damn this source knows a lot about meÂ
Jack: and Iâll have you know that Iâm very useful on the court
Ariel: hey, donât shoot the messenger! Just some silly gossip between a teacher and their favorite studentÂ
She laughed at the exchange before taking a glance at the clock, seeing the kids would be back from lunch in 15 minutes. Ariel should be using this time to plan out her lessons for the next week, but right now sheâd rather flirt with her favorite students' dad. Lesson plans can wait.Â
Ariel: Speaking of the party, are you joining us?
Ariel already knew that he would probably say no, according to other teachers Mr. Harlow never showed up to any of the school's functions. And he hasnât in a long time. She watched as those three bubbles indicating that Jack was texting back popped up and would suddenly go away.Â
Jack: uh probably notâŚI have some meetings this afternoon.Â
While she knew he was going to say no, she couldnât help but think about Jayla, who is usually very social, was suddenly very quiet today.Â
Ariel: Well, if you end up getting out early, weâve got plenty of heart shaped sweets with your name on it, and I have a feeling Jayla misses you.
She could hear the sounds of tiny footsteps and giggles coming down the hall so she knew her class will be making their way back in. She glanced down at her phone again and saw that Jack left her on read. She tried not to let it upset her, still she decided to send one last text.Â
Ariel: the kids are coming back from lunch, Happy Valentineâs Day Mr. HarlowÂ
She shoved her phone back in her desk just in time to greet her kids back from lunch.Â
âOk, my sweet angel babies, letâs get in our reading circles. Todayâs book is all aboutâŚLOVE!â
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An hour later the Valentineâs Day party was in full swing. After socializing with the other parents and students she sat back and watched with a smile as the kids stuffed their faces with sweets. A small frown formed on her face when she noticed Jayla watching another student coloring with their mom with the same frown. Getting up from her desk, she took a seat next to Jayla.Â
âHi, Miss Love.â Jayla greeted her with a smile that didnât quite reach her eyes, before she looked down and continued to color.Â
âHi, Jayla! I love your drawing. Is that your dad?â Ariel asked, pointing to the yellow stick figure.Â
Jayla nodded her head yes, âI had to draw him yellow because heâs pale, and I couldnât use a white crayon." Ariel had to stifle her laugh at that.Â
âOf course. Well, I came over here to chill with you, if thatâs okay?â Ariel asked.
âYeah thatâs fine! Do you wanna color with me?â Jayla asked not even waiting for a reply before pushing a paper towards her.Â
Ariel smiled and grabbed a pink crayon and started drawing hearts all over the paper.
âMiss Love, your heart looks like a BUTT!â
âIt does not!â
âMHM!â
Since most parents decided to take the kids home early because of the party, that left Ariel and Jayla by themselves at the end of the day.Â
While Ariel waited for Jack to pick up Jayla, she decided to start cleaning up the classroom, hating a dirty room. As she was picking up papers and pencils off the floor, Jayla called her name from her spot in the class's reading corner. Â
âYes, Jayla?â She replied and looked towards her so that she had her full attention.Â
âDo you have a mommy?â Ariel was shocked at that question, she walked over and sat on the floor next to her.Â
âYes, but she became an angel when I was a teenager. So itâs just me and my dad nowâ Ariel told her
She could tell Jayla had another question as she nervously played with the necklace. Ariel stayed silent giving Jayla some time to process what she wanted to ask next.Â
âDo you ever miss her?âÂ
âEveryday.â Ariel answered almost immediately.Â
Other teachers around the school talked all the time about how Jack was a âhot single fatherâ and how no one knew much about Jaylaâs mother. Ariel was never the one to gossip so she never dug deeper because it wasnât her business to know.Â
It was quiet for a while as Jayla turned back towards her book, flipping through the pages. Ariel could tell she had more to say but she refused to push her.Â
âItâs just me and daddy too.â Jayla spoke after a while. She still was flipping through her book. âI donât really knowââ Jayla couldnât finish what she was saying as there was a soft knock on the door. Ariel and Jayla looked up and saw Jack leaning against the classroom door.Â
âDADDY!â Jayla yelled as she jumped up and ran towards her father, conversation seemingly forgotten. Ariel stood back as she watched Jack kiss his daughter all over her face.Â
âSorry I couldnât come sooner, babygirl.âÂ
âItâs ok, Miss Love was hanging out with me.â
Jack put Jayla down from his arms before he stood up straight and greeted Ariel.Â
âThanks, sorry I was late.â Jack said as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.Â
Ariel waved her hand âitâs no problem at all, Jayla is one of my favoriteâs students, Iâd hang out with her any day.â
Jack smiled at that. âNow, Miss LoveâŚI thought teachers werenât supposed to have favorites.â
Ariel pressed her finger to her lips âSSH, donât tell anyone.â Jack threw his head back with a laugh and the sound made Arielâs heart flutter.Â
âBefore I let you two go, Mr. Harlow, I did promise you that we had some cookies with your name on it.â Ariel grabbed the case of cookies that she saved back for him. Jack smiled as he looked down at the heart shaped cookies. He could tell they were homemade.Â
âDid you make these?â He asked, opening the container and grabbing one out. âMm, these are delicious.â he said, biting into it.Â
âYeah, I always overbake so I figured since you couldnât be here I would save the rest for you.â Ariel said with a shrug, she could feel her cheeks getting warm as she watched Jack eat her cookies. God she was down bad.Â
âMaybe, I do need to come to these parties, if youâre going to be baking like this.â Jack flirted.Â
âJust for the baked goods?â She jokedÂ
âAnd to hang out with you..â
Jack felt a tug on his pants leg, breaking eye contact as he looked down at Jayla.Â
âWhat about me?!â
âYou didnât let daddy finish, I was going to say Iâd love to hang out with Miss Love and my babygirlâ
Ariel smiled watching the exchange, her face getting warmer at Jack claiming he wanted to hang out with her.Â
âWell, I wouldnât want to keep you all here any longer, so Iâll let you two go. Bye, Miss Jayla, Iâll see you on Monday.â
What she didnât expect was Jayla to leave Jackâs side and give her a tight hug around her legs. Even Jack was shocked at the action. Ariel got down to her level so she could give her a better hug.Â
âBye, Miss Love. Youâre the best.â
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ââŚand they lived happily ever after!â
The EndÂ
Jack read as he closed the book to Jaylaâs favorite bedtime story.Â
âI love that book daddy, can you read it again?!â Jayla asked while giving him those award winning puppy dog eyes.
Still sitting on the edge of her bed, Jack shook his head no. âNot tonight, sweetheart. You know itâs late.âÂ
Jayla huffed and cuddled deeper into the covers on her bed and laid her head on Jackâs arm. He always liked to stay with her until she fell asleep. âDid you have a fun day?â
âYup, Miss Love is so cool, and sheâs just like me!â
Jack looked down at Jayla confused, âyeah, how so?â
It got quiet and for a moment, Jack almost thought she was fast asleep before she spoke up.Â
âShe only has a daddy! Her mommy is gone too, and she misses her everyday just like how I miss mommyâ Jayla said softly followed by a small yawn
Jack tried to swallow the lump that immediately formed in his throat. Jayla hardly ever spoke to him about her mother's passing, so hearing that she missed her just as much as he did made the inside of his chest hurt. Jack was scared that if he opened his mouth he wouldnât be able to stop crying, but thankfully when he looked down Jayla had fallen asleep in his arms. Â
Not having the heart to leave her just yet, Jack cuddled in closer, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead as tears threatened to fall from his eyes. While Jack wished Jayla spoke to him about her mom he was grateful that she trusted Ariel enough to open up.Â
Jack stayed in Jaylaâs room for most of the night before making his way towards his bedroom. He was having a hard time sleeping with all the thoughts running through his head. After tossing and turning for a while, he reached over to grab his phone from the side table, and scrolled till he found the name he was looking for.
âThank you for talking to Jayla, I really appreciate it.â He didnât feel the need to elaborate, he knew Ariel would know what he was talking about. With it being so late in the night, Jack wasnât expecting a reply so quickly, so he was surprised when he got a reply back after ten minutes.Â
âAnytime, Jayla can always count on me.â
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AN: So happy you all enjoyed the first part and I hope you all enjoy this chapter just as much! Thank you for reading and of course tell me your thoughtssss :)
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Redneck Doug watches 'The Bad Batch: A Different Approach'
Believe it or not, this episode started the first real argument between Doug and I!
Hope y'all enjoy it.
CW: Language and Doug is surprisingly critical of fat folks, despite the fact that he's from one of the least healthy states in the USA, has a massive beer gut, and can put away a whole rack of ribs and multiple barbeque fixin's in one sitting. I've seen it in person, folks. We were snipping at each other over fatphobia, glass houses, and the merits of The Treasure State after this.
I might have sacrificed my invitation to his St Patrick's Day party as a result. Oh well.
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Episode 4: âAdventures in Space MontanaâÂ
(image from @ladyzirkonia)
And weâre starting off with Little Orphan Blondie behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle because the girl is every inch her hillbilly brothers family.
Why is the plane on fire? Does this end like Alive? I thought ships couldnât burn in space, I mean, I studied engineering, worked in oil, girl I remember Event Horizon.
Whelp, they crashed in a cold-ass field with some pointy mountains behind them. Clearly Montana. Maybe thereâs a national park nearby and they can go hiking.
Aw, no, Mutant Jimmers is stuck behind Daddy Warcrimesâs seat! Let the ol girl out before she pees all over the spare tire!
Did they bring their guns? Hope they did. This is Montana, the Texas of the north, except you canât find the bodies anywhere. If I was gonna go and murder someone, Iâd pick Montana after Alaska. Â
(Pictured: Omega and Crosshair are somewhere in this picture)
A sketchy cold-ass town where everyoneâs gambling, thereâs too much military trash wandering around and you see your breath even inside the bar? Yup, definitely Montana.Â
(âMontana is not like that! Iâve been there multiple times! I almost went to grad school at UM and the kayaking, skiing, hiking, and breweries are amazing!â - Me, defending a state I have never lived in
âYeah, but have you been to Butte? Thought I was gonna go get eaten by the locals there.â - Doug
::proceed to bicker and fight via texts about the many merits and demerits of the Big Sky State::)
Aw yeah, Daddy Warcrimes and Little Orphan Blondie got new clothes. Smart man, covering his face, Daddy Warcrimes. He totally looks like me when I gotta rake the lawn in November. I like that sweater, think theyâll sell them at Disneyland?Â
And theyâre back to gambling. See! I told you this was Montana! They even have a gun rack!
Look at Little Orphan Blondie taking down fools with some cards! I bet Ryan-from-Accounting is smiling watching from Heaven or wherever heâs fighting the Space Balrog to come back as Space Gandalf.Â
Oh who is this fat fuck. Lord a mercy, is he the one fat imperial we have ever seen? Man I tell you what I bet heâs too hefty to ride in an AT-AT and thatâs why they sent him to Space Montana, thinking the hiking and eating venison and berries will slim that brother up.
Maybe Vader will force him to run while carrying Palpatine like we did to other recruits in the Navy.Â
Nope, heâs gambling with a little girl in a bar, because the Empire just canât follow rules now can it. That donât make any sense. Iâm with you, Daddy Warcrimes, giving that sour puss to everyone. I would too.Â
And now Officer Fat Fuck is gone done taking money from a child who beat him fair and square. Yup, he works for the government, all right. I bet he manages the Empireâs DMV.
Creepy little street boy wants some cash to tell them where they took Mutant Jimmers. I donât blame the boy, it looks like no one wants to buy his shitty watermelon and he ainât got a face.
Why in the hell are there so many animals in crates and shit here? They starting a zoo or something? Is it all to feed Officer Fat Fuck? I need info on this.Â
Shit yeah, fire them guns, Daddy Warcrimes! Itâs your time to shine, big boy!
Oh yeah they freed Mutant Jimmers! And everybody else. Oh man, is that a kraken? Whelp, its dinner tonight is Officer Fat Fuck. Good on ya, kraken, you may be named after the worldâs worst hockey team but ainât bad all the time now.Â
(pictured: they keep losing games but hey they at least eat imperial officers?)
Gotta fry some dumb Imperial while youâre leaving, of course. Why they wearing them goggles when they got helmets on? Shit, real dumb. Donât like the Inspector Gadget trench coats either, those can get caught real quick in a door and thatâs how you get shot and all.Â
Ah yeah, they saved their cash, grabbed a ship, and theyâre off to the moon! There they go!Â
DADDY RAMBO LITTLE ORPHAN BLONDIE JULIO AND DADDY WARCRIMES ALL BACK TOGETHER! OH MY LORD MEAT MUFFIN I AINâT EXPECTING THIS THIS EARLY! WOW!Â
(image from @dreamswithghosts)
And Mutant Jimmers is with them too. Itâs a good day on the moon!Â
Tagging Doug's fans of course: @skellymom @cdblake1565 @megmca @sued134 @eyecandyeoz @amalthiaph @yeehawgeek @eelfuneral @thecoffeelorian @lightwise
@archivistofnerddom @askyourfox @heavenseed76 @totallyunidentified
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So... I've finally watched the first Utena musical
The whole cast singing the lines of the prince in masks without him appearing himself...do you get it... he's an idea...he doesn't exist... He's just a concept from a fairytale repeated by everyone...
Utena's deep voice <333
"What's so special about this letter?" said to Wakaba...
Saionji is so dramatic I love it
I don't like the fact that Utena's uniform clearly has a different shape to the shape of the ones worn by guys. It was like that in the anime too, but in real life it looks weird, like it's too small for the actress. Otherwise the costumes are amazing tho
Zettai unmei mokushiroku was used so well... Compared to the first few songs it's very sudden and intense, very fitting for the first scene in which Utena enters the dueling arena
The way everyone moves is so in character, Anthy picking up her dress when she walks (like a princess), Touga constantly with hands in his pockets (laid-back and indifferent), Juri with arms crossed (shielding herself), Utena's strong butch energy
I love how they did the sword of Dios thing
Wtf is this disco song??? It's so random and out of nowhere...Wait. Is it this musical's equivalent of the anime intro?? That's so smart...
The song slaps actually
OF COURSE the EGG SPEECH is a SONG
Anthy's voice is so pretty I'm gonna cry
Utena immediately calling Anthy her friend, even though she doesn't know her...she is so full of love to give and so starved for close human connection.... (how very middle school of her too). I can't look at this scene without thinking about what's to come.. "you showed me a taste of true friendship"...
"Are you (anthy and touga) close?" Oooh boy
Nanami is perfect...Her song with Miki on the keys lmao. Wakaba constantly in the background... foreshadowing??
There are like. 5 different scenes happening at once
Utena and Wakaba's friendship contrasted with Touga and Saionji's broken one...damn...
"I measure the time I spend hating the student council" LMAOOO
Anthy's creepy laugh... Actually this is a good visual way to show how weird she appears to the other characters and make sure the audience associates this uneasy feeling with her
Juri standing on the chair lol. The humor in this version makes it so clear that those are highschool students
And I adore the meta jokes about weird shit going on in the background during the council meetings and no one really knowing what the stop watch does
I noticed that Juri touches her hair whenever she's vulnerable. Nice detail
Juri angst...ouch...
Why is the sword of Dios so big tho
"The sword Juri sent flying through the air came down to shatter her own rose...was the floor of the arena the only thing it pierced?" OW OW OW
THIS SCENE BROKE ME
Saionji calling Touga "motherfucker" I'm dead
Different girls playing Utena in the coffin, covering their faces with the doll...
AND THEN DUELISTS JOINING TO SING UTENA'S LINES THAT SHE WILL NEVER LEAVE THE COFFIN. WITH ANTHY AT THE END. GENIUS
The cooking song is so cute and catchy
UTENA SPITTING AT SAIONJI I'M LOVING THIS
Saionji joining the shadow girls...this is hilarious
I love the desperate song of Wakaba inspiring Utena to take back who she was. And her being the only one to say that the girl's outfit doesn't suit Utena... But as soon as her role of inspiring the main character is fulfilled, the curtain falls and only Utena is left on stage.
...Surely....
The ending was amazing..
All in all I'm convinced that a stage play of Utena is the best type of adaptation that could ever be made. The anime already had allusions to theatre and stages so it works perfectly.
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I don't know much about you as a person, but from what I can gather you've had a long journey with art, but still have the motivation to continue even when its rough. I'm sure you didn't start out making masterpieces, so if its not too much trouble, do you have any advice for a 16 year old artist losing motivation? i feel like im stagnating right now and its awful
Idk man, all I can say is, draw watchu want without the care who's gonna see it or what they gonna say , commit to new ideas and care less about pleasing everyone, because I know that way too well, I started learning by drawing animals, flowers and nature, "you should draw something else", switches to furries " No you must do human portraits", draws humans *no one fuckin cares*, and I felt miserable drawing what I didn't want all the damn time just trying to please everyone and be liked, hell, I still do that sometimes cuz I'm a dumbass. When in reality, when you do your own thing is when you're the happiest, this internet bullshit? Yeah don't trust the likes and favs, people like what they find relatable, no one really knows how much time you've spent on your drawing or how much you love it, when a 5 min doodle you did could do more than a painting that took 2 whole days to complete just to be scrapped in a new speedy record, paint what you love for yourself and you only.
Don't be shy to learn new things, I have tons of stuff I don't post here cuz I know people wouldn't care about it, but here for this post, have this that I practiced when I felt too depressed to think of anything good and wanted to step back from the MD artstyle
You'll see, you'll thrive when you draw what you want, and get yourself a drawing buddy! That way you'll stop focusing on the internet and more on each other, and each other's improvement. Tbh I struggled with that one. Since everyone I had were not into art irl, I somehow managed to find someone after 10 years of drawing alone. I honestly wanted more people to join in and make an improvement circle, but unfortunately that never happened.
I found myself twice as productive now than ever, even though I'm not active here as much I am still drawing and making things, ofc giving you more comics! And other fun things in the future I hope.
If you're struggling to draw something just do it, man commit, i was uncomfortable drawing men and male characters for years, I've wasted so many years being "too uncomfortable" and draw a naked person like yeesh who fucking cares, it's for studying.
And ofc if you feel like you're not improving at all please, please experiment with your artstyle and try something new, please refresh your mind, I was stuck for years doing the same thing over and over, same colors, same 2px brush, drawing like a machine same shit over and over, I felt so stuck and lost, but also afraid to do something new, idk why, I guess I never felt good enough or deserving of it. I also didn't go to art school, I am NOT a professional, nor will i ever be in my opinion. Hell, me feeling like I'll never be good enough left me afraid to try and apply for art school, they were asking for sculptures, different mediums all that scary stuff and I was like, I don't.. know.. how to do those things... I can't build a portfolio in less than 3 months?!?! I don't even know how to use half of what they're asking for!!
In reality at the end of the day, art is what you make of it and no one can stop you, search for inspirations and don't be afraid to try, yes you'll fail fist 2 or 10 or hell even 100 times, but you'll come back with more knowledge than ever.
For ending I give you the most confusing drawing to ever exist [dw he's just sleeping on top of her and she's just ghasping for air but awe romance or sum lol] is it weird? Yeah but I had a fun time making it hahaha
Idk I'm bad at putting my thoughts together, but hopefully some of this helps.
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Jockbull Summer Week 3 Set A (26/11/23-2/12/23)
Model is Tsonghan Wu
1.
The Highest score this week is 39 in one go. I kept hitting an unfortunate timing block where I keep having push up days directly after my Chest gym sessions. In those I'd usually struggle to get to about 30.
But I'd do Pause push ups to make up for the lapse. Those feel so good.
Another benefit of this is the constant failure and progressive overload is exploding my chest. In 3 weeks of doing these in addition to MURDERING Push days, my pecs have grown so much. Gonna have a whole library shelf by the end of the summer.
2.
This one was a bit of a bust this week. My broâs were out sick or busy so i couldnât challenge them to anything. And I just didnât have a chance to do the non-muscle comps either. No one was around.
Anyone out there wanna offer themselves up as my Anime rival? Come on. Make me wanna beat you, pussies. All challengers welcome. Give me the pleasure of victory or the drive of defeat.
3.
2nd piece of clothing gone. Iâm happy this one bit the dust. Itâs an old one that i got in about 2019. I thought it was good cause I liked the feel of flow-y oversized clothes. But as timeâs gone on I realize that this shirt actively makes me dysmorphic.
The Horizontal stripes. The Monocrome washing me out. The way it hangs off my body and disguises any growth. The old discoloration reminding me of much worse times.
Iâm happy to throw this away. If I was more wasteful I'd fucking burn it. But some schmuck at a charity shop can have it instead.
4.
Dudeâs Iâm so fucking good at this accent lol. If I ever move to another country again iâm making this my default. Had so many chances to practice and show it off. A whole hour long chat with jockrs, a half hour call with my bro @jocksupremacy, A jock NPC in a game i run, Even showed it off a tiny bit on a date with this cute dude.
I get such euphoria from hearing how i sound with it.
Maybe i should consider Cali for my postgrad. Come for the school, stay for the Venice Beach muscle bro culture and frat parties.
5.
This show is dumb as fuck and I love it! Itâs also so fucking gay and you canât tell me there isnât something a little fruity about all the gymbros latching onto this the way that they did.
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 No new Gym bros, but lots of opportunities to chat with the ones iâve already got. Which is progress in and of itself. Adrian comes and talks and I actually had an opportunity to help him train his triceps cause he was doing cable Pushdowns so wrong. I sometimes feel a little lecherous admiring the muscle of my gym bros because it is such a strong erotic factor for me. But thereâs also so much of just pure aesthetic appreciation for all the ways these men are beautiful and astonishing. The small details in every growing body. The appreciation and glory in someoneâs normal appearance that you can only really appreciate in person, looking in their eyes.
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