#it gets to the point where no one believes he and Ellie are related
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Danny has an Ice Core.
He isn't aware of it, but this does, in fact, greatly influence how his ghost form looks as he grows up.
His appearance starts getting more rugged, eyes a paler, more piercing green, hair a bit more uncontrollable and wild.
He packs muscle easily, even in human form.
When in ghost form, he has an aura of something patient and dangerous, and that sense only grows the older he gets.
Basically, our boy starts to look like a viking.
No matter how goofy and bumbling he really is, his first impression is always a horrifying moment for whoever is meeting him.
And as his ghost form grows with his human form, he outgrows his hazmat outfit. Frostbite and the Far Frozen fashion him some new clothes-which only compliment and play off of the viking aesthetic he's got going on.
And with the height he inherited from his father?
Our man is a very, very intimidating figure to look at. More so than Dan; because while Dan was dangerous and scary, he was all energy and lightning and rage.
Adult Danny comes across as lethal and terrifying, all ice and persistence and that final, terrible silence before you realize you've already died.
Dan felt like the warrior in front of you. Danny feels like the wilderness in winter, vast and unforgiving.
Anyways, when a summoning for Klarion goes horribly wrong and Danny gets called instead, the Justice League has a moment where they're convinced they've summoned something much, much worse than Klarion.
And Danny, standing there completely confused, is not helping by remaining silent and still while staring John Constantine in the eye.
Good news, the bad guys are also very concerned about the weird ghost viking and are actually moving to stand side by side with the Justice League on this.
Bad news, who the fuck is this guy?
"...Fuck," is all Constantine whispers, backing away slowly.
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heyyy. so what if reader and joel got in a really big argument because he wasn’t being safe and putting his life on the line and that pissed her off. so joel gets on a horse, and rides off into the sunset in true cowboy fashion. when she’s on a supply run with some of the other people from tommy’s town, they find joel, injured and hiding out in a barn. she didn’t recognize him at first, and pointed her gun at him but when he’s like “it’s me.” she’s all like “for fuck’s sake, joel. i almost shot you.” “someone already did.” and yeah feel free to take that anywhere u want <3
that's such a cinematic idea!! you've got a good imagination, Sof. thanks for the request.
— main masterlist | 🏷️: established 'situationship', post-outbreak, mentions of past attempted suicide, hurt/comfort, fluff. [WC: 1.7k]
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All of his recklessness had a direction. A purpose.
Joel had no reason to tend to his own life with careful hands. Not when those same hands had inflicted so much damage already. When they'd caused so much destruction. He knew how to direct his anger and reckless behavior well—to protect, evade, survive.
All of that kept him away from building any kind of real relations, but that goes up in flames after Ellie. And then it really disappears after you.
Joel's scared again. He panics. He cares, and he talks about himself, and he lets spill out secrets he never once spoke about.
He's just not ready for what comes after they're out in the open.
“I just can’t concentrate if I’m worried about you going in with your knuckles and elbows to someone’s fucking face instead of at least trying to keep it cool. y’know? I don’t know. Call me crazy, Joel. I thought you could control yourself.”
“No.”
“No?”
“No. That just ain’t fair. Was I supposed to do nothin’?”
“Yes! Exactly. If you’d given me at least one second—”
“He asked if you up for offer. I should’ve fuckin’ killed, him.”
“Joel, he could’ve asked ‘if the little bitch worth a quarter or 10 bucks’ and I couldn’t give less of a shit—”
“You—I swear to god.”
“He’s an animal! And a fucking idiot. But he was the idiotic animal with the goddamn information. Which we needed. And now we don’t have, ‘cause he and his buddies have ran back to wherever the hell they’re hiding and we’re never gonna see them again. And they had the real deal—they had medicine we need that are lacking in the stock.”
“I know. I know. Fuckin’ hell, I know.”
“... you know I’d help you do anything you wanted, right? I don’t care about what they say. And I’d wanna kill anyone who disrespected you like that, too, but we gotta be at least smart before we’re emotional.”
“...Tommy’s gonna fuckin’ kill me.”
“No, he won’t. I’ll talk to him. Make something up.”
“You don’t need to.”
“I know. But I’m gonna.”
“...thank you. … I really am sorry, ‘kay? I’m still gettin’ used to—I just. I saw red.”
“And I get that.”
“...you really do, don’t you?”
“Yeah. Remember how I acted at that river trade? Because of what that man said about you?”
“Couldn’t forget it if someone blew my brains away. … You’re a lil’ crazy, baby, y’know that?”
“Coming from you, Miller. That’s rich.”
“Yeah… It’s kinda beautiful. You’re like—a force o’nature, or somethin’. Fuck, I’m sorry—I’m drunk—but listen. I won’t fuck up again.”
“I know you’ve got my back. I just want you to have yours, too. I worry about you and how you dive head first into dangerous shit ‘cause when it comes to you, you don’t think.”
“... had no reason to, ‘till recently.”
“Well, now you do. Should’ve always had, but now you really do ‘cause there are people, like Ellie, like Tommy, like me, who are gonna be pretty pissed off if you’re stabbed again anytime soon. Don’t make me go feral and have to kill a fucker ‘cause you know me by now. I have the whole thing where I have to bury the bodies I’m responsible for and, honestly—have pity on my back’s sake, Joel. I don’t got the back for that shit anymore.”
“You’re so—can’t believe your fuckin’ jokes sometimes.”
“You’re laughing.”
“Yeah, ‘cause I’m crazy too, obviously.”
“Obviously.”
“‘don’t got the back for it’. You’re—You know, I never thought I’d be this happy I didn’t blow my brains out. Last time I thought that Ellie was standin’ on top of a fuckin’ dinosaur and—”
Joel shivered.
You found him as you were searching a barn on a supply run with Tommy, the day after he ran away on Shimmer’s back.
A stom had followed his departure, not minutes later, and he was still out of the gates when the time to close them came by, which meant he’d been locked out. Tommy was the one to give the ‘ok’ for the gatekeepers to shut them down, his face twisted into a painful twist and an apologetic look sent your way, but it was also Tommy who nodded his agreement to go with you when you announced you were going out the very next morning despite the horrible weather and the feet of snow making everything ten times harder.
It was obvious to you he couldn’t have gone far.
When you find him, Joel speaks up first. “It’s me.” He somehow heard you coming before you saw him.
Of course he did. It’s Joel.
The voice still makes you flinch—Joel was kneeling on the ground with his thickest jacket wrapped around him and his knees pulled up, and—”Jesus Christ, Joel. I almost fuckin’ shot you.”
As you’re lowering your gun, he goes. “It’s happened before.”
It’s such an oddly-timed joke that it halts your steps toward him, but then, his eyes find yours and it happens, just like always. You two share a private, ‘this is a fucked up joke, but we find it funny either way’ laugh. The same one that bonded you two.
You kneel beside him, taking out the blanket you brought in your backpack exactly for this, and wrap it around his shoulders, rubbing him up and down on his arms and his back.
When you’re satisfied with your job — he quit shivering — you finally make eye contact.
“You got stuck because of the storm, right?” your question comes out in a whisper, and your breath fogs up the air between the both of you.
You didn’t run away, right?
Joel takes a deep breath, and nods. His eyes close for a moment before he leans in slowly until his forehead is touching yours.
“Told you I wouldn’t do that.” Joel said those words a couple of months ago, and you still had trouble wrapping your head around them. I ain’t goin’ nowhere. I like it here. With you.
“‘kay.” Your lips search his in the dark and find them waiting for the kiss already. With your hands still on his shoulders, you can feel a lot of tension dissipating when you sigh into the kiss, and Joel seems to fully come back to his body. You pull away against your will, and take a few seconds before you’re able to open your eyes.
His warmth always spreads through you like an oven slowly heating up.
“‘m sorry if I scared you.”
It’s inevitable—a smile blossoms in your face, and you start laughing.
“What?” Joel asks, confused and serving the biggest doe eyes in your direction.
For someone who punched first and asked questions later, a night stuck with the howling story winds made quick work of reminding him he was cared for. “Nothing.” I love you. “You did scare me. I spent all night thinking about whether you were okay or not.” The doe eyes seem to glisten with the soft light, and it pulls you in to seal your lips on his again. “But it’s ok. I just wanna go now and run you a hot bath and massage… all of your body. Is that ok? Can I do that?”
Joel’s eyes said I’ve never felt more vulnerable and that’s going to be a lot, but it also said it’s exactly what I need and I don’t know how to say that out loud. From his lips, it came out, “I… yeah. Yeah, ya can. I wanna… Wash your hair. And—you. ‘s that weird?”
“It’s not.”
“I like that smile on you. ‘s my favorite.”
“I am so happy I left Tommy behind.” Joel laughs at that, and he makes a move to get up. “I’m serious. We’d never hear the end of this.”He gets up with your help, and you two can walk side by side, leaning on each other and not speak of the storm that passed and carried more than just heavy snow all around. The things that are rising and growing between you are deep-rooted somewhere—nothing seems to shake you and Joel away. Only closer together. Tighter. Realer.
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a/n: 'reader experiencing ptsd symptoms and not knowing what they are or what they're going through until ellie finds them mid panic after something triggers them. soft and comforting ellie my beloved <;3' this drabble is for this anon. this anon also put in my inbox a lil bit more detail of this request — including their own ptsd episode they experienced, which i didn't feel comfortable posting to the public for ppl to see. so this one is dedicated u to anon! & anyone else who is experiencing something similar, i hope this drabble gives u a lil bit of comfort <3
ellie x fem!reader: comforting you during a PTSD episode
tw: ptsd, ptsd-related symptoms, mentions of violence (guns/gunshots)
ringing.
all you could hear was ringing in your ears. then, you froze.
you completely forgot where you were, what you were doing, who you were with — until you heard it. the gunshot.
one, singular gunshot brought back a memory you tried your hardest to forget, the memory of the night you tried to run from scars — the seraphites.
you usually never went with ellie on patrol, for this very reason. the sounds of guns petrified you, and it wasn't something you were ready to explain to your girlfriend just yet.
but jesse and ellie were going out, and you wanted so badly to look for pumpkin seeds, which were hard to come by in jackson. so, you thought you'd tag along with them, thinking you'd be okay knowing they usually dealt with the infected with knives anyways.
somehow, jesse's knife got lost, and he had to use his shotgun to take down two of the infected.
the ringing in your ears never stopped and you were glued to the ground, your breathing slowing down.
"babe! babe!" a hand waved in your face, and you were snapped out of your lost thought. jesse and ellie were in front of you, their brows furrowed in worry.
"you're trembling, baby," ellie holds onto your arms, "are you okay?"
nothing came out. your mouth unable to speak.
"i think we should cut patrol short. get her back into town." jesse murmurs to ellie. ellie nods, putting an arm around you and leading you to shimmer, helping you get on.
ellie gets on behind you, wrapping her arms around you as she holds onto shimmer's leads.
she couldn't help but notice the way you quivered the entire ride back to town, or how clammy your skin became.
it wasn't long 'til you all made it back. you could hear the bustling and voices chatting, wondering why the patrol ended so early or why you looked like you'd just seen a ghost. jesse was generous enough to explain things to others, coming up with something quick and believable to get them off your back.
ellie helped you off the horse, letting one of the stable-boys take shimmer. her arms were wrapped tightly around you as she walked with you the whole way back home, kissing your hair and murmuring sweet nothings in your ear.
"i'm here, sweet girl. i'm not goin' anywhere," she whispers, "you're okay. i got you."
her words couldn't register in your mind, as you were too distracted by the memories that would play on and off in your brain. it was like you were back there all over again, fearing for your life.
ellie unlocked the front door of the house, gently pushing you inside with her hand on the small of your back. leading you towards your shared bedroom, she sits you on the bed.
everything else went by like a blur. all you could remember was ellie helping you take your clothes off, putting you in a sleep shirt, and helping you sip a little bit of water — then everything faded to darkness.
you were running. running away from the hooded beings — the scars. you could hear them yelling. you heard their feet following behind you. you hid behind a tree and crouched down, clamping a hand over your mouth to muffle your heavy breathing. one of the seraphites come out from the side, pointing a gun at you and putting their finger on the tri—
"no! no! no!" you shoot up, waking up from your sleep, covered in sweat and shaking in fear with tears streaming down your face.
a hand touches your shoulder, startling you, "please! let me go! let me go! i don't want to di-"
ellie grabs your face, forcing you to look at her. "baby! look at me! it's just me," she brings you back down to earth. "i'm here. no one else. just me and you."
you focus on everything around you. ellie's face. her green eyes. her freckles. the darkness outside the windows. the clock reading 4:37AM. the duvet sprawled out on the bed. the polaroids of you and ellie scattered on the wall.
you were in jackson. in your home. with ellie. no one else.
you burst into tears, sobbing into ellie's neck. you were terrified. you thought you were back there, and that you never escaped. it felt so real to you. everything came back so clearly.
"it's okay, baby. i'm here." she coos, "you're safe."
you're safe. you were safe. you weren't there anymore. you were here. with ellie. and ellie was going to do everything in her power to make sure you were okay.
"i-i.." you stutter, "i thought i-i was b-being h-hunted, t-that they f-found—" a tear rolls down your cheek, "—i-i thought they found me."
"you don't have to-" you interrupt ellie.
"no," you sniffle, "i have to get it off my chest. i'm safe now." she nods, allowing you to continue.
"i was just out patrolling one day, for the small group i was with. we needed food. and then i found them, the scars. i saw them just— doing these horrible things to people," you whisper, "and the next thing i knew, they saw me. they chased me and were hunting me down. luckily, i got away. but i could never forget about the way the bullets almost got me." a few tears cascaded down your face, ellie taking the liberty of wiping them away.
"i am so, so sorry, baby." ellie's heart squeezed in her chest, wishing she could've protected you then, knowing she'd fucking kill every last person who touched even lay a finger on your hair. her hand went to cup your face, wiping away the tears with her thumb as you nuzzled into her hand.
"i wish i can make you forget— forget that you ever went through that, even if it meant i'd have to remember it instead," ellie murmured, "but i can't."
ellie brings you closer to her, "all i can do right now is protect you. i promise i will make sure you're safe. put it on my life."
she leans in, her forehead resting against yours, "you'll never have to be scared again, i promise you that, sweet girl." her lips press onto yours, before pulling away again.
you nod, for the first time in awhile, trusting that you'll be okay, knowing that ellie is with you and that you'll never have to be alone.
"okay, els," you hum, "but i don't think i can go back to sleep again. i'm just scared i'm gonna have another nightmare and i don't think i can ha-" she cuts you off.
"okay, pretty girl. we'll stay up 'til the sun comes up and i'll tell jesse that you and i are gonna stay in tomorrow, yeah?" ellie kisses your forehead, "i'm not gonna leave you alone. i'll be here with you. i promise."
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Hi just wanna say love your last of us series that you write.And I was wondering if you could write this request.It’s kinda like the one you just did.To some up the request. platonic yandere Joel, Ellie, x reader get into an argument.Which leads to reader running away, and only for them to run into each other after a couple of years or month later.
This could be head cannons, or a story it’s up to you 
Thank you for reading this and hopefully writing this if not, let me know and have a good one
Running away from Yandere Joel and Ellie
A/n: I decided to go with headcanons if that okay.
So, I think there is a low chance of this happening. Joel and Ellie keep a tight leash on you, so the chance of you leaving and leaving for that long is low. You also have to take in to account the fact that you are living in a fucking apocalypse, to the point where leaving Jackson is basically a death sentence.
I also think that the reader wouldn't really see a point in leaving. While yes, Joel and Ellie are overprotective and a bit psychotic, they love you and take care of you, and because they've prevented you from interacting with other people, you don't have any other support systems. So, they've conditioned you to rely on them for emotional support, presenting the outside world as dangerous and them being the only ones to protect you.
However, let's say you did run away.
They would be distraught. You are all they have, and you left them. There would be a day or two where they can't really do anything. They wallow in their own self-pity, understanding that they were likely the reason for why you left. After that though, they are focusing all their time on finding you. They don't care about where they have to go, who they have to kill, they will find you.
Ellie blames Joel, and Joel blames himself. Their relationship becomes sour with your absence, neither of them believing it will be the same again until your back with them. Ellie truly believes that Joel abused his power, and it drove you to the edge. She hates how much he didn't allow you to do, how you became a shell of yourself the days before you ran away.
Joel doesn't feel himself anymore. He wants to be there for Ellie, but Ellie hates him right now, and he feels as though he truly has no one to go to. Tommy and Maria are his only lifelines, and even they offer no real solutions. Joels guilt is what motivates his need to find you. He takes patrol every single night, trying to find any sign of you. When he gets home, he goes on the radio and asks anyone who is willing to listen about anything relating to you, taking any help he can get. He doesn't sleep or eat unless its absolutely necessary, believing that if he takes a break, even for a second, you'll be gone forever.
You being gone for so long destroys the two. They don't want to think about it, but they know there is a likelihood you've died. They don't know what they'd do if it was confirmed. They don't believe they would ever be the same.
If Joel is the one to find you first, he's immediately taking you home. He doesn't care if you have a life at your new home, you are coming back with him and you're never leaving again. He keeps you at home, changing the locks constantly o you can't get out. He uses drugs to keep you sedated while he's away so that you don't have enough power to try and leave. He'll even ask the people watching the gates to forbid you from leaving without his direct permission. He's not taking any chances.
Ellie will be a little bit more sympathetic. She'll try to relate with you, understanding that their protectiveness is suffocating. However, the moment you start seriously mentioning leaving them, she takes you and runs. She might be more aware of her toxic traits, but that doesn't mean she wants to change them. She starts teaming back up with Joel and will rat you out to Joel whenever she believes you're thinking about leaving.
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hi ellie!! can i get a modern au with cyno where he’s a huge geek of pokemon (because he would be) and he’s finally met his match, whom he’s interested in (the reader with she/her pronouns)? it can be either in a headcanon format or drabble, whichever is easier! thank you advance<3
໒⦂ 𝐏𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐆𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐇𝐂𝐒.
notes. hello anon, sorry for the delay</3 i decided on making this into headcanons, since it suits the request a bit better; anyway i hope it’s to your likings, enjoy<3
disclaimer. there were no suitable cyno gifs so i made one myself. if you use it, don’t be an ass, credit.
genre. crack + fluff
cyno x fem!reader.
⌗ this man — THIS GEEK — has been into pokemon from his days on cartoon network. he was the guy that woke up early mornings to watch the clone wars at 7am BUT STUMBLED ACROSS pokemon one day and was like “o h.”
⌗ child cyno just starring at the screen in wonder like what is this piece of art and why have i only found it now. literally asking himself why he hadn’t bought the trading cards before ( maybe because the kids in his neighborhood were always BUYING THEM UP ).
⌗ through the show, indigo league, he also saw the games being advertised and he just had to have one — to at least TRY.
⌗ he was gifted a gameboy one christmas to play mario related games, so he decided.. to give emerald a try😐
⌗ the amount of hours that went into that game for understanding it ALONE. there was so much to learn for no reason, but a fun game nonetheless.
⌗ throughout the years cyno would continue collecting cards, literally getting them at any trip to a store with lisa ( yes, yes lisa. ), and she would just giggle but buy them, anyway<3
⌗ cards were banned at school tho because they were being exchanged left and right like DRUGS LMFAO ( this happened at my school oml it was so bad ppl were sneaking them in AND SOME GOT CONFISCATED BAHAHA )
⌗ oddly, but not so oddly, he likes electric and ground types the most, despite them being each other’s weaknesses LMAO also likes fighting and dark types though.
⌗ lucario is his favorite.. i mean, come on.. for the sake of this au, I BELIEVE CYNO WEARS THE HOODIE BC OF LUCARIO
⌗ umbreon is a close second tho
⌗ dare i say.. he almost bought the four hundred dollar life size, wife snatcher, lucario plush..
⌗ tighnari stopped him lol
⌗ furthermore, when he got pokemon mystery dungeon, explorers of sky ( I MISS THIS SO MUCH IM SOBBING INTERNALLY ).. he restarted his ds 3638393927382920 times to try and get riolu
⌗ he failed, and settled for pikachu ( riolu became his partner and actually, it worked out way better )
⌗ ( spoilers ) there were tears in his eyes at the end of the final chapter after fighting dialga and descending the steps.. iykyk..
⌗ flashing forward a few years — 2016
⌗ the year he met you
⌗ there was this gym near his house when he downloaded pokemon go ( ofc he had to hop on this train ) and gurl..
⌗ for the longest time he was on TOP with that gym, never lost.
⌗ and then this girl shows up who went up in the ranks and stole his spot
⌗ he told himself not to get mad — i mean, it’s just a silly little game, there were plenty of gyms to go around, right?
⌗ wrong, he was bothered.
⌗ and if that gym was shut down, it meant you lived near — like no way you didn’t
⌗ so on the trip to the park one morning, on his way to the pokestop, he found a girl, at the top of the slide on her phone.
⌗ it was the strangest sight to him, like what were you doing up at that hour, on your phone, right at the pokestop when pogo was trending
⌗ you had to be her.
⌗ he checked the gym again to make sure, and there you were.
⌗ “judgment is upon you.” he would proclaim, pointing at you, as though declaring war of some sorts.
⌗ meanwhile you just give the most confused look ever to him. like who is this boy and who is he to complain?? and what about??
⌗ until it finally clicks.
⌗ “twilight arbiter?!”
⌗ and now cyno is speechless because he was acknowledged by the enemy.
⌗ cue the blossom of a very strong and precious friendship.
⌗ that very first day you would both find out that you attend the same high school, wondering how you hadn’t met sooner since you lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same school??
⌗ like where were you all these years? where was he all these years??
⌗ either way, you wouldn’t waste your time together now as you both ramble of your mutual interests, trade your cards — play them, lend one another games — you name it!
⌗ he especially trades when you say that he has a card of your favorite pokemon, and of course he wants to see you light up<3
⌗ he falls first asf, but you fell harder
⌗ pokemon related puns.. i don’t have to explain this one, nor do i want to😐
⌗ owns a good bit of plushes, and has also bought you a handsome amount for birthdays, holdidays, friendship-a-versaries.
⌗ random but he stumbles across pokémon showdown one day and honestly..
⌗ “HOP ON PS! HOP ON PS!” at two o’clock in the morning.
⌗ oh you’re probably wondering, how do you get together, exactly?
⌗ “are you a pokeball cuz you-”
⌗ “caught your heart, perhaps?”
⌗ silence.
⌗ he did not expect you to finish his pickup line, nor did he expect that boldness — he truly met his match, didn’t he?
notes. my pokemon knowledge is not very extensive, it’s based on what i witnessed as a kid from the sidelines and friends</3 so i hope this fulfills your request!
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I have to disagree with the sentiment that Show Joel is too weak because he wasn’t slashing his way through infected to protect Ellie like in the game. I mean, is he as physically strong as Game Joel? Obviously not, because, as you said, it wouldn’t be very realistic in a live-action series to have him doing stuff like that. Show Joel may not be an indestructible force of nature, but he’s definitely still pretty damn capable, and I think giving him some physical weaknesses (damaged hearing in his right ear, chronic body aches, exhaustion from over-exerting himself, ageing him up by a few years) and leaning heavily into his PTSD and the psychological scars of failing to protect his daughter actually served to highlight his strength. Seeing him struggle to protect Ellie because of his physical vulnerabilities and his debilitating fear that he’s going to get her killed one day like he did Sarah, made the moments he was able to protect her by fighting through all his pain and his fear that much more powerful to me because it’s relatable. I get wanting to see him do more badass things like in the game, but honestly I think if the show had just portrayed Joel as indomitable all the way through, then I don’t think his moments of strength or his overall character arc would have had as much emotional impact, in my opinion.
That is a valid point and I absolutely get where you're coming from. Funny is, that I partly agree with your opinion.
Although, what HBO did mess up, was their move to reduce violent action scenes. They basically cut out every important aspect of the time where both Ellie and Joel proved that they can trust each other in the most dangerous situations. I get they decided not to use some of these scenes to avoid difficulties during filming, but they diminished the thrill of Joel's character development.
The problem with reducing violent action scenes is that it removes very important build-up and foreshadowing about Joel. In the game, we are constantly reminded of what he's capable of and what kind of man he is. I just don't buy that show Joel would be mentally or physically capable of taking out an entire hospital filled with armed guards by himself. It's not that believable because Joel has only been portrayed as a depressed old man with panic attacks until that point.
I love show Joel. Pedro did amazing job portraying what he was given (I actually love him cause of how well he portrayed him), but they did him so dirty in the show when it comes to this. It's the writers' fault.
It's kind of clear now that they are trying to do the opposites of those chracters in the show for some reason. Making Ellie rougher and Joel weaker.
#i still love show papa joel#don't get mad at me#just thinking out loud i guess#tlou#the last of us#joel miller#joel tlou#tlou game#the last of us game#tlou hbo#the last of us hbo#pedro pascal#ellie and joel#elliespuns answers
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Just me rambling (a lot), but I want to have it for posterity’s sake. Just in case.
tldr: pet illness/death, overly dramatic ramblings, maybe goodbye finally, doesn’t mean much to nonfriends so feel free to not read on
I mostly just use this blog for myself these days, and even then only half hearted (I did Rae’s yearly little drawing for his nameday! but no one will see it because... what’s the point, i already have it for myself i guess).
So, even then a lot of my reblogs have just been related to black cats. Rae only became a fluffy black-furred miqo because of my own cat, and my efforts in RL trying to help people overcome prejudices about these animals (because I live in an area that’s like 50 years behind the rest of the USA most of the time).
I love this cat so much. The shelter called him Elvis, but I changed it immediately to Ellis (my own birthname is “related to music” and my social anxiety can’t stand it when people I barely know start serenading me unprompted in public). I’ve never had a pet I’ve bonded with entirely because I’m just... a cold feckin robot that can’t connect with anything. I mostly adopted him because I felt bad for him. He was consistently ganged up on by the other cats at the shelter and no one wanted him because he was one of a handful of fully grown black cats and had the “worst” personality of the bunch.
As soon as I brought him home it became apparent that he was sick. He had hyperthyroidism, and it was... a lot considering I was working minimum wage. I don’t even go to the doctor myself anymore because of the expenses unless things progress to the point where I have to go. A few years later, he developed an insulin resistance as well. Both endocrine diseases and one of his medications all had side effects that make him sick off and on, and of course balancing everything means frequent vet visits. There have been many times where I wasn’t sure what to do in regards to his healthcare and I didn’t make the best calls every time, but we’ve pulled through with the help of his awesome vet.
And he got so... comfortable. For the first few years he mostly kept to himself, but over time he started getting more confident and affectionate. I was lucky that he takes pills and the shots like a champ because he has to take them twice a day every day. He learned how to play! I can pick him up and give him little smooches between the ears and he’s okay with it! He’ll curl up with me to watch cooking shows or when I play vidya games! He started purring!
With so much shit happening over the past half decade, this little dude has been my reason to keep going. He’s the reason I get out of bed a lot of the time (also literally because he wakes me up for his meds now).
A while ago (maybe a year or two?) the vet said he believed he had either lymphoma or a non-life threatening bowel issue. It was impossible to tell which it was without an invasive biopsy, which was out of the question due to his other health issues. So, I’ve known for a while that it was possible he didn’t have much longer to live. A few months back he really started having issues stemming from this problem.
And yet... I chanced to try giving him a different food about a month ago and! suddenly! he got better! I thought that meant he definitely didn’t have cancer and it was the irritation instead. Besides, he was gaining weight now! It’s always been hard for him to put on weight, but he was looking healthier than he has in a very long time. Yet a couple weeks ago I started keeping a closer eye on him due to a few reasons (I had to leave a few XIV events early because of this, and I apologize).
This past weekend he started deteriorating.
What I thought was healthy weight gain was fluid build up in his abdomen due to, yes, lymphoma. So, at least it’s finally a concrete diagnosis. All the vets present agreed there was nothing they could do, so they removed as much of the fluid as they could and gave him some meds to make him feel better. Thursday his vet will back in, so we’ll be taking him in to be put to sleep.
Took a shower as soon as I was home because can’t be sad, no one’s allowed to be sad and at least no one would notice the feckin horrid crying. I don’t know when I’ve actually cried like really cried last. I’d been ready for the possibility he’d die for so long, but I’d discarded that mentality when I naively thought for a moment that I knew better than the vet.
But, he’s getting all the cuddles when he doesn’t want to be left alone, and he’s going to get his favorite treat meals these last couple of days (tuna Tuesday and chicken+ rice Wednesday). I’ll bring him one of my blankets when we finally have to go, and I’ll hold him as the sedatives put him under before they actually put him to sleep. Because this lil furball is the only thing tangible that reminds me there’s something good here, and I want to try and make him as happy and comfy as I can.
After... I’m not sure. There’s nothing else here for me. The farm’s gone. My last link to anything and anyone tying me here is about to be gone. I want to go, but I don’t know where and there’s no place that I can fathom thriving. There’s no prospects, no ambitions or dreams. It’s something I’ve had on the mind for a long time, ever since I was first told Ellis was possibly terminally ill. I’ve just been... coasting through life ever since knowing I’d have to find some kind of purpose eventually. I can’t make any decisions right now because I don’t think this is the proper state of mind to decide anything, though.
But, I don’t know. Maybe this is finally how I can let this blog go. I don’t know if I can handle all these lovely droves of absolutely amazing black cats I am so lucky to see on my dash every time I log in. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re cute. But, they’re fantastic every time. It pains me that there’s going to be one less of these lil critters around, but at least I can know that Ellis was one of the lucky ones who managed to find a loving home.
So, maybe for the final time... black cats are good cats.
#ooc stuff#maybe i'll come crawling back one day#if i'm too coward to move on#but we'll see#we'll see#be good to each other and take care#black cats are good cats
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Rating: 2/5
Book Blurb: Sami Ellis’s Dead Girls Walking is a shocking, spine-chilling YA horror slasher about a girl searching for her dead mother’s body at the summer camp that was once her serial killer father’s home—perfect for fans of Friday the 13th and White Smoke.
Temple Baker knows that evil runs in her blood. Her father is the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer known for how he marked each of his victims with a brand. He was convicted for murdering 20 people and was the talk of countless true crime blogs for years. Some say he was possessed by a demon. Some say that they never found all his victims. Some say that even though he’s now behind bars, people are still dying in the woods. Despite everything though, Temple never believed that her dad killed her mom. But when he confesses to that crime while on death row, she has no choice but to return to his old hunting grounds to try see if she can find a body and prove it.
Turns out, the farm that was once her father’s hunting grounds and her home has been turned into an overnight camp for queer, horror-obsessed girls. So Temple poses as a camp counselor to go digging in the woods. While she’s not used to hanging out with girls her own age and feels ambivalent at best about these true crime enthusiasts, she tries her best to fit in and keep her true identity hidden.
But when a girl turns up dead in the woods, she fears that one of her father’s “fans” might be mimicking his crimes. As Temple tries to uncover the truth and keep the campers safe, she comes to realize that there may be something stranger and more sinister at work—and that her father may not have been the only monster in these woods.
A Note From the Publisher
Sami Ellis is a queer horror writer who’s inspired by the horrific nature of Black fears and the culture’s relation to the supernatural. When she’s not acting as the single auntie with a good job, she spends her time not writing. You can follow her @themoosef on Twitter, or check out her words in the Black horror anthology, All These Sunken Souls. Dead Girls Walking is her debut novel.
Review:
Trying to find your dead mother's body at the horror themed summer camp that your serial killer father use to go to is a lot for a summer camp counselor. Temple Baker is the daughter of the North Point Killer, an infamous serial killer who marked each of his victims with a brand and he was convicted of murdering 20 people. He told temple that he was possessed by a demon but no one believed him. Yet now people are still dying in the woods while he is behind bars... Temple never believed he killed her mother but he did confess to that crime while on death row and now she wants to find her mother's body and prove it. She decides to become a camp counselor at a queer horror themed camp for girls... all so she can get access to the grounds her father use to use and where he said her other's body is.... yet girls start appearing dead and dying in the same way her father's victims were killed.... Temple is afraid that her dad has a copycat killer yet the more she digs into finding the truth the more she's beginning to realize there are more monsters in those woods than she ever realized. I love queer horror novels and this one sounded really fun, unfortunately it just kind of felt all over the place for me and I just found myself disconnecting from the story. I really wanted to like it, but it just didn't work out. Temple's character was hard to connect with and to root for. I really wanted to but I just couldn't. The story arc starts off interesting but by the 45% mark it gets kind of off tracks and then is all over the place. The ending felt meh at best to me. I still do recommend this for fans of horror novels because its interesting and maybe you'll have a better time with it than I did.
*Thanks Netgalley and ABRAMS Kids, Amulet Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
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pas de deux reactions (shorter than last time i swear)
elgin fucking hero???? the fucking guts???????? this van ride is giving me a heart attack
ive seen the promo pics i know theyll get in but im here like what if they dont open the doors for them in time?? or at all? i havent seen elgin in the promo pics oh my god. but hes so new theyre not killing him here. right. right??????
oh thank god
shit dale really did do ellis good like oh my god the poor dude
he better not die i dont want him to die and he might and im so hurt and anxious rn
did yall know kristi's acress is actually a medical professional? apparently they hired her before they even knew that
anyway back to the angsting
im gonna die
i cant look i cant look i cant look
the blood oh my god
boyd is so good at pretending like hes not dying inside to comfort fatima and ellis like i get that he screwed up big time with the sara secret but man what this dude has done for all these people at the cost of himself... :( boyd appreciation post
its so sad to see him ask for help and people not really believing him thoo like yeah he doesnt have proof and hes not used to asking for help so it comes off unnatural and like hes delusional but man thats #relatable af
NOT A BLOOD TRANSFUSION BOYDS BLOODS GOT THE FUCKING WORMS IN IT IM GONNA LOSE MY MIND 😭😭😭
also poor jim he's so commited to his experiment theory and people are starting to look at him weird for it but i'm so on his side jim you keep at it you're on to something! i believe in you
the way the pieces are all fitting together here oh boy
man i dont remember my blood type i guess this is how i die in fromville
boyd im sorry but it's a worms or death situation over here. unless someone else is O-negative
KENNY 👏👏👏
hes a big boy nowww and im so proud
damn i really didnt think boyds mental situation would get him to the point where he's risking his son's life?! if someone else got this bad after sara i thought that'd be jade. i tought boyd was too main character for this. im sorry boyd. i didn't see how bad you were doing i assumed you'd just be able to keep pushing through because you're you. i'm sorry boyd. i'm ashamed of myself. this deterioration happened before my eyes and i was like nahh he's okay
theyre stealing this mans blood at gunpoint
THEY CAN SEE THE WORMS???
maybe edgin is O-negative too my poor sweet not-good-with-blood heroic boy
KENNY?????
KKKKENNY???????????
"GIVE IT TO ME" THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING
THIS CANNOT BE HAPPENING OH MY GOD
are these people gonna be passing the worms around like a hot potato like. could kenny theoretically... give it back after the transfusion's done??
boyd we're gonna need this fucking blood rn
BOYD?????
I DONT WANT YOUR IDEA BOYD
BOYD?????????
your son is dying boyd
no one can say anything about recklessness to my boy randall after this
he's gonna kill a creature somehow isnt he
fatima must be having 20 heart attacks per second rn
it's our dear smiley poster boyyyy
oh there's more creatures. i thought it was gonna be a 1 to 1 faceoff to echo the episode's title
im not even that sure that boyd is gonna survive this anymore
i mean he HAS to he's the main character but holy hell
im losing my mind
kenny watching through the window like what can you even do about that
hows he gonna get the blood at him like suck it from his hand and spit it or like what
why is he so confident that this is gonna work
i guess him being like this is what got them the talismans like if he didnt come across the talismans he wouldve been so dead in the forest back then and ellis wouldnve died too
but its like this place kind of hhmmm rewards whatever the fuck boyds doing? it seems to work out for him somehow. but martin was the same way and well.
THE SMILEY BITCH IS NOT BLEEDING
oh my good
ellis is dying while this is happening
boyd really said wait hold on a sec i need to rid myself of this blood curse real quick ill be right back
MY BLOOD IS YOUR BLOOD NOW MOTHERFUCKER
ngl watching someone go on the offensive is so cathartic but i can admit that if i was in that clinic i would be losing my mind and not okay with this at all
IT DIDNT WORK???????
OH IT DID
no fucking wayyyyy
the nightmare creature's friends just ignoring him dying like not even scared a little bit???? they just showed they can kill you bro come on. must be unable to feel fear or something
oh yeah okay they were gathering around him and not around boyd damnnnnnnnn i cant believe this is happening
theyre CONFUSED
Boyd really fucking did that oh my god
the monsters are such bad friends to each other they dont give a fuck
i dont do so good with blood either. elgin i get u bro
the padlock on the medicine cabinet ouchie ouchie
donna and ethan are an interaction i wasnt expecting but theyre neat-o
sorry that jade isn't in the episode guys. i borrowed him for giving him hugs and kisses. i'll give him back for the next one dw. yeah victor's here too i'm giving him chocolate chip cookies. they're ok don't worry for them. sara's in the other room having a milkshake i felt kinda bad for her yeah
ethan is asking the real questions
DONNA DHSJDHSJDHSH i love her
ethan 🥺🥺
ETHAN 😭😭😭
donna...
AW donna
THE HUG THE HUG THE HUG
Boyd youre not okay oh my god this man
oh fatima 🥺
OH SHIT
"We shouldve trusted you" no listen it worked out by fucking miracle okay
what an episode dammit
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Hi. Question about Ellie disrupting the Tess/Joel dynamic. The part where Tess is saying she’ll handle it (regarding Lachie) and Joel keeps asking ‘are you sure’ and there’s a line in there about Tess realizing the dynamic changed. That, plus Joel trying to walk away after Tommy tells him that Tess is in Jackson. I was feeling conflicted on Joel replacing Tess with Ellie. Did Tess feel that way? Did she think she didn’t have the same importance in his life anymore? Did she desire being a parent too or was she settling because it’s obviously what Joel wanted? I think Ellie took up more space in the story than I expected - instead of Joel feeling all the relief and things when Tess reappeared it was more about Ellie and making her a priority. I’d love to get your take on how you intended it.
Hi Anon! Thanks for your ask. :)
Phew, lots to unpack here (fun!) so I’m going to break it down into some bullet points so I can keep my thoughts straight and make sure I address everything in the order asked! 😊
Tess isn’t the only priority in Joel’s life anymore, which is really a good thing, considering their pretty unhealthy codependency over 20 years! The dynamic changing is not bad; it’s Tess recognising that there’s also a strong bond between Joel and Ellie – and she’s 100 percent supportive of that.
Tess knew that she and Joel couldn’t heal one another. They sacrificed that for keeping one another alive. She wants all the good things for him that she can’t provide and doesn’t feel jealous of Ellie for being able to bring him to this point of healing. If Ellie and Tess’s places were exchanged and he was asking Ellie if she was sure of what she was saying in relation to Tess’s safety, he would ask those questions again and again in the same way as he puts them to Tess.
Tommy tells Joel two impossible things. One, that the most fundamental thing Joel knows about the world over two decades (you get bit, you die) is no longer strictly true. And two, that not only is the woman he loved alive because of this development, but he unknowingly left her for dead. By the time Joel is walking to see Tess he has had this information for about all of 30 minutes. The poor man is in shock! And he doesn’t really believe Tommy – how can he, those are impossible things. They are just not possible. Joel isn’t a man of faith in this story and he has lived all this time as a realist and a cynic. There was no way he could simply swallow a story like that whole.
The only way Joel can prove any of the things Tommy told him is to see Tess, but he’s not ready for that. Again, it’s only been 30 minutes. Maybe Tommy’s crazy, maybe it’s a fever dream that he’s having. He doesn’t want to hope but despite himself, he is. But he still won’t believe it’s true until he sees her, and because he believes that is just not possible, he’s hesitant to take those steps and crush that tiny hope. For a few little moments she could possibly be alive before he makes sure she isn’t. He doesn’t want to take that from himself.
And further, he is still in shock and scared and doesn’t know what the fuck is going on. He can park all that emotion and confusion by just doing the one thing he feels good at: looking after Ellie.
Tess doesn’t feel replaced because they fill different roles in Joel’s life. He’s a man whose calling is to be a father. He’s good at it and it’s part of who he is. Tess is not a daughter figure and she doesn’t aspire to be. She knows we can all fill different roles in one another’s lives without taking anything away from anybody. There is room for everyone.
She feels no less important to Joel. If anything – it’s a relief. He’s doing better. He’s healing, he’s stronger and lighter and healthier. She doesn’t have to worry about him in some of the ways that she did before.
Tess isn’t settling. She connected to Ellie faster than Joel did when they first met. She was the one who insisted they take her, she didn’t want to send Ellie back to Boston where she could be killed, she offered to feed her, she imparted crucial survival information, she chatted with her while they travelled. Ellie and Tess have a connection too, it just hadn’t time to form the same bond that it did with Joel due to the way things went down in the Capitol Building. So Tess here feels no resentment toward Ellie – she loves her! And she loves how good she is for Joel, because Ellie is giving Joel something that she, Tess, cannot (see above).
That shifting dynamic does not exclude Tess – it includes her. Ellie and Joel are both wanting Tess to be part of this. Ellie thinks Tess is hot shit – I mean, she meets this badass woman who is basically holding the chain of this scary man, she makes the decisions and she knows shit and can handle herself and … she seems to think that she, Ellie, is cool too.
As for being a parent … well, Tess doesn’t have an issue with being parent per se. She wouldn’t want Ellie calling her Mum or anything – too weird – but Ellie becoming part of her life is good for her, too. Ellie’s hope and cheer and youthful bloody optimism is kind of contagious and in direct contrast to the nihilism of the past two decades.
Joel definitely felt all the relief and good things when Tess came back (if I was remiss in conveying that … yipe!) but I couldn’t spend chapters internal monologuing that without starting to feel like I was repeating myself. So I gave most of that to chapter 3 and then let the man move on with his life, lol. But … Joel felt more than relief, really. (See Joel’s unhealthy thoughts about absolution and prizes. Yikes).
So this got long … I hope I’ve answered your questions properly! Thank you for such a detailed ask.
TL;DR: Joel hasn’t replaced Tess, multiple people can have equal bearing and priority in his life, Tess isn’t jealous of the happiness of a man she loves or a teenage girl and this is a healthy whole way of being. :D
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I just discarded an entire post by accident. Whoops. Anyways! Time for more bloodlines, this time.. The Rose bloodline! Whoo-hoo!
Now, you might be thinking 'which Rose?' Both of them! Ellie first, however:
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Ellie Rose, born Eleanor Rose-Cue, is the twin sister to Sally Cue, born Sally Rose-Cue. Although it was hard to tell them apart as babies, Ellie started dying her hair around the age of 13-14. Any color, she had at one point, until she settled on a bright red, enjoying the vibrant look. Around this time, Sally gained glasses due to messing up her own sight by red in the dark with barely any light source. It got easy to tell them apart, and people barely believed they were twins!
Their parents were very pushy in what they wanted their children to do. They encouraged higher things: Lawyer, Doctor, Psychiatrist. They never expected a call from the school saying Ellie got into a fight and sent a kid to the hospital, defending her sister. This hit them with a harsh reality of their children NOT wanting to become anything like they said. And so, they started pushing harder.
More fights, detentions, explusions- All of it got WAY too much. They sent Ellie off to a boarding school, where she ran away and changed her last name to Rose, and shortened her first name by law to Ellie.
Sally got the blunt end of bullying, but eventually stood for her own. Turning 18 and graduating, she joined the police academy, cut her parents off, and changed her last named to Cue. Although she works as an accountant rather than on-field, she enjoys it more than people eexpect.
They have a very small family, having cut off over majority of them for various reasons, ranging from overly-religious to downright abusive. The only family member they had kept in contact with was their grandfather, who unfortunately passed while they were young.
Even after all these years, with Ellie's ever-growing criminal record, Ellie and Sally still keep in touch and are on very good terms.
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Now, time for the OTHER Rose bloodline.
Jacob Rose was the second-youngest child to six siblings. Yikes. His older siblings, a brother and a sister, were his half siblings, having come from his father's first marriage. The middle two siblings, two sisters, came from his mother's first marriage, also making them his half siblings. Him and his younger brother are the only ones that are fully related. Three boys, three girls, and it was pretty clear to the outside world that the parents played favorites.
He doesn't hold it against any of his siblings, but it does stem a lot of trauma and nightmares. He never knew privacy, and anytime he did get it: He'd be lucky if he got a minute to himself.
Jacob was the least liked amongst the parents, despite trying his hardest, and this stemmed from being a "hard baby" and "keeping them up all night". In reality, Jacob suffers from chronic nightmares and sleep terrors. The terrors went away as he got older, but the nightmares stayed.
His grandparents weren't the most helpful, but they tried. The only one that was really helpful, was his step-grandmother from his father's first marriage. She actively included Jacob in things, despite him not being biologically related to him. She passed when Jacob was around 15.
Once Jacob turned 18, he packed up and ran away from home. Cops were called, and he was brought back. Three times. Before they finally deemed him a run-away and didn't retrieve him again. He completely cut his family off, started job-hopping, and eventually landed himself an apartment and a job at the museum at the age of 22.
Jacob doesn't talk about his family much, but when he does, it's about his grandparents and how sweet they were to him.
Unbeknownst to him: He has two nephews and a niece that have no clue about him, as well as another sibling.
#henry stickmin headcanon#henry stickmin storyline#ellie rose#sally cue#jacob rose#long post#long shit
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Neil did say he wouldn't do a story that goes from enemies to friends concerning Ellie and Abby. Concerning the Abby being gay, I haven't seen anything from the writers that strictly says Abby is straight, but at the same time going from what I have seen in my respective playthroughs leads me to currently believe she isn't. If you do end up attempting to write them as a pairing, to stay true to both characters, sparing Joel and Jesse, etc and not go from canon would help with that because knowing Ellie, if Abby kills Joel especially in front of her and then they start dating, it would go against Ellie's character and it wouldn't be an accurate depiction of her. Then on another level it could easily delve into a toxic relationship if canon events transpire and they get together. I agree with the posts I have seen recently about toxic relationships shouldn't be glorified. I escaped a toxic relationship and when I see those stories I scroll away from them and they aren't appealing at all in more ways than one.
hi again anon! first of all, before i respond to this, i want to say thanks for taking the time to type out a thoughtful response :)
to address what you've sent in an (semi) organized format since these are some really good points (also so sorry for the ramble...i have a lot of thoughts on this...)
a lukewarm defense of ellie x abby/enemies to lovers as a whole
straight abby
so to clarify what i was saying in the other post, i'm not disagreeing that abby could be straight/that you have good reason to believe that she's straight in canon. what i was saying in response to this was that if you're totally convinced that abby is straight, then that's great, i'm just not really sold on the idea that portraying her as queer betrays her characterization, since her sexuality + romantic life aren't a focal point of the games. (please note that i'm writing this under the assumption that your point is that writing a queer abby is synonymous to an ooc abby, which i really heavily disagree with. if this is just you saying that your personal characterization of abby is that she's straight and that you can't bring yourself to imagine her in a relationship with another woman, then that's a totally different thing and imo totally valid!)
neil's take
this is my own personal take on fanwork and fanfiction, but i don't really take this as an indicator that the pairing shouldn't be written for. i personally wouldn't want to see ellie x abby in the next part, because to be executed well it would require the bulk of the plot.
when toxic pairings are glorified
first things first, i'm sorry you also had a bad experience! i've had my share of toxic relationships too and i'm glad we're on the same page about glorifying toxic relationships.
however, i don't use my fanfiction to moralize. there's a rather big difference between glorification and depiction, and i think it's my reader's responsibility to know where the line is. there's also, imo, a big difference between fanfiction that has some morally grey elements and flawed characters and fanfiction that's self-insert and makes your love interest an abusive asshole while still maintaining a joking/positive tone.
there's also a significant difference between pairings and self-insert, too. self-insert implies a sort of escapism, and it's sort of fucked up when the escapism being sought out includes toxicity. pairings are different people and don't have that same level of reader relation.
this all makes it sound like i'm going to purposefully write a toxic, shitty, unhealthy ellie x abby fic. which is not the case and leads me to my next point...
why i would write ellie x abby after joel's death: a short treatise on why i disrespect canon for sport
i have a lot to say about this one so i'll split this up into subsections
exhibit a: characterizations are sort of flexible
i say this with a caveat, because sometimes it's so clear when you pick up a piece of fic that a writer has no fucking clue what's going on and doesn't know how to write a character. but some of the best fanfictions i've read have taken a pairing i'd never see coming and would ordinarily disagree with and turned it into something insane, because odd pairings and circumstances that seem otherwise impossible require you to dig into what's left of a character after the most obvious character traits. on the surface, of course ellie would never be compatible with abby. but what about below that? that's something that you can only find out by writing it with your own personal interpretation of the characters.
exhibit b: genuine enemies to lovers is by definition a little iffy at first
real enemies to lovers has really gotten watered down lately, and i think that part of the problem is that so much fic is tagged as enemies to lovers when it's really just surface level tension that's resolved 1k words in (i myself am guilty of this, but i think it's important to point out anyway). it's supposed to feel impossible at first! they shouldn't start out with the characters making eyes at each other and by describing how crazy the sexual tension is in the air from the moment they meet, because that makes the payoff so much less rewarding. which leads me to my next point:
exhibit c: stirring the pot is fun
this is the reason why any fic i write for them would be set at least after joel's death and likely after seattle. if those events hadn't happened, it just wouldn't be a very interesting story. the challenge as the writer is to figure out how to get these two characters who have both immeasurably hurt the other person into a situation where, while still honoring their characteristics, they manage to adapt and see each other in a different light. that's why i like this pairing—not because i was picking up on mad chemistry between them and just want them to bang. from what i know about them, i feel like the potential for genuine character exploration/growth is crazy.
tldr: i see what you're saying! but the reasons you don't like the pairing are actually sort of the same reasons why i personally do...which is kind of an odd impasse to be at lol. anyway thank you so much for sending this in!!
#dee overshares#im so sorry for the novel#i just have a lot of feelings about this one#can u tell im currently unemployed#really dont expect anyone to read this#but this did help me solidify my interest in ellie x abby LMAO
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Do you have any thoughts on nepo babies denying that they had any privilege or dismissing it. I just read an article with lilly-rose Depp where she said he doesn't want to be called a nepo baby. would love to hear your thoughts?
Oh gosh, you made me look up the article, anon.
Speaking of internet opinions, has she heard about the whole “nepo baby” conversation? She laughs dryly: “I’m familiar.” Depp sounds resigned to it, which is maybe all one can be in her situation. “The internet seems to care a lot about that kind of stuff. People are going to have preconceived ideas about you or how you got there, and I can definitely say that nothing is going to get you the part except for being right for the part,” she says. “The internet cares a lot more about who your family is than the people who are casting you in things. Maybe you get your foot in the door, but you still just have your foot in the door. There’s a lot of work that comes after that.”
She does find it “interesting,” however, that she rarely hears anyone refer to a man as a nepo baby. “It’s weird to me to reduce somebody to the idea that they’re only there because it’s a generational thing. It just doesn’t make any sense. If somebody’s mom or dad is a doctor, and then the kid becomes a doctor, you’re not going to be like, ‘Well, you’re only a doctor because your parent is a doctor.’ It’s like, ‘No, I went to medical school and trained.’” Ever careful, she’s quick to add that she is by no means comparing her own work to that of someone in the medical field. “I just hear it a lot more about women, and I don’t think that it’s a coincidence.”
Well, for starters, I don't like her weaponising gender to deflect here at all, because I think this is an area where the internet actually is fairly 'equal opportunity'. Hell, the first people that spring to mind when I think of 'nepo babies' are Brooklyn Beckham, Scott Eastwood and Sam Levinson.
But yeah, if she believes the people casting don't care about her name, she's drunk the Kool-Aid.
I actually don't have a problem with legacy careers. It makes sense to me that children who grow up around a certain industry would develop an interest or an aptitude in it. Hell, in some ways I relate. My parents both work in creative industries (although on a much, much smaller scale, haha), and gosh, in my mum's case, her mother was a local opera singer and actress before she had children, so it's arguably three generations of women working in storytelling, performance and entertainment between my grandmother, mother, and my sister and me.
That does come with drawbacks, sure, but the benefits far outweigh it and to pretend that they don't is frankly absurd. I mostly work in a different medium to my parents, but I grew up around storytelling and conversations around industry that gave me a level of insider knowledge that people who grew up outside of it don't have. I'm also aware that I have been to, and still go to events with them that put me in a position where I can network in a way a lot of people have to work for.
None of this means that I get work off the back of that, but while other people are trying to find a way in the front door, I know I'm already in the building.
And again, I'm on a much, much, much smaller scale than Lily-Rose Depp.
Nepotism in her case doesn't get her 'foot in the door', the door's being held open for her, and to act like she carries the same burden as others trying to break into the industry for simply stepping through that doorway is absurd to the point of delusion.
Again, I don't actually have a problem with nepotism itself, I think it's given us some wonderfully talented people - Laura Dern, Jane Fonda, Chris Pine, Alexander Skarsgård and Tracee Ellis Ross spring immediately to mind - but to pretend that nepotism doesn't give you the benefit of networks, knowledge and opportunities to breakthrough is ridiculous.
In that sense too, I actually don't even think society or the internet cares about nepotism if you're good at your job. No one uses it against the people I listed above for instance, it's only used against those who don't seem willing to acknowledge their privilege or put the effort into learning the job, which having watched a few things Lily-Rose Depp is in...well, all I can say is her and Sam Levinson seem like a match made in nepotism hell, haha. I don't think I'll be watching The Idol.
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I would like to take a quick moment to make a sappy, overly-emotional and stupid post about the last of us, I'm very sorry
For some reason that I cannot comprehend The last of us has been one of my favorite things in the hole world since the first game came out (mind you I was 10 when it came out which Im very much aware is a bit too young to play something like that ok).
First time I every came in contact with it was when I watched my older brother play it. I would come into his room and sit on his bed and watch him play. It came to a point where he would call me when he was going to play so I could go and watch.
Eventually, when I was around 13, he let me play myself. But until that day came I had already watched hours of different gameplays on youtube and knew all the lines by heart.
Like I said Im not sure WHY the last of us in particular. I mean I used to watch my brother play other games too but for some reason this one caught my attention. Maybe it was because I always had a thing for zombie related media, maybe it was because of the storyline that felt so different from anything else, maybe it was because one of the main characters was a little girl just like me and I thought that was just the coolest thing ever, or maybe I just liked having a shared interest with my older brother.
Anyways, I believe we all have at least one piece of art that speaks to us deeply more than anything else ever has (or maybe I just like to think that everyone is just a little bit too obsessed with something like I am), and the last of us is that thing for me.
All of this to say that watching the tv show made me incredibly emotional because it's literally my favorite thing in the hole world being brought to life again in a new way and I get to experience it again for the first time. I used discuss with my brother in 2015 who we wished would play the characters if they ever decided to turn the game into a movie, this feels surreal.
Here is two drawings I made of ellie, the first one I made when I was 11, the second one I made when I was 17. Tomorrow I'll wake up and make a new one, but this time I'll draw Bella Ramsey
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The whale afterthought
Rating it a 9/10 personally I find that it’s a very educating yet emotional piece.
Favourite quote from the whale:
• I don’t believe that anyone can save anyone.
• Do you ever get the feeling that people are incapable of helping?
• I need to know that I’ve done one thing right in my life.
I can relate so much to Charlie , personally I’ve been going thru the stage where I kept giving up myself and ignoring other’s feelings because I felt that I’m a lost cause but I’ve been picking myself up , but what’s different is I don’t have what he have towards people he’s so optimistic towards everyone , the fact that he says that Ellie isn’t evil even when she did all those horrible things to him yet he stills sees the good side of her and understands why she did it , I tried putting myself in his shoes , I would be so devastated if someone take of pic of me with a caption that’s commenting on my body but yet he took it in so well it’s just heartbreaking to see him being so optimistic but at that same time he gave up on himself.
I personally I gave up on myself years ago accepting the fact that I’m such a disappointment towards my family and getting angry from all the love I’ve gotten because honestly I don’t think people are capable of caring because I always think that there must be something that they wanted from me but and even tho they’ve tried helping me thru my hardships I kept pushing them away because of that mindset which hurt them and myself at the same time. My anger is so bad but I’ve gotten better and finally pick myself up to be a better person now but I was afraid of relapsing towards hurting myself physically and mentally and hurting others but after watching the whale I’ve made up my mind that I will try my best to not let myself down and give up on myself and try to be optimistic like Charlie.
Charlie is a great character and even before he dies even tho he wasn’t a great person towards himself but he still try his best to make up for his daughter before he dies and his optimism I really admire him for that.
It’s probably the end of my point of view after watching the whale it might not be much but it’s just smtg I wanted to record about and I will record more of my afterthought everytime I watch a movie ✨
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Blog Post 2: Tools
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For this blog, I have chosen a project of my own to analyse and evaluate in relation to the two concepts of Gesamtkunstwerk and medium specificity. In order to do that, I will first need to dissect my analysis into three different key points of study, so that I am eventually able to make a link between my work and the two main concepts:
What is special about my medium?
How is it connected to other types of media?
Would my work change if it was produced using different tools?
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The chosen media presented is a 20-second collage video animation that contains mixed media elements, such as music, still images, video footage, visual effects, and 2D animations. It does not contain a narrative or storyline, and its goal is to present enjoyable, dreamy aesthetics and visuals that are meant to relax the viewer and evoke feelings of nostalgia.
On one hand, this project can already be considered as Gesamtkunstwerk which “roughly translates as a "total work of art" and describes an artwork, design, or creative process where different art forms are combined to create a single cohesive whole.” (The Art Story, 2020). And this applies to my project if I were to analyse it from Wagner’s perspective since it contains many forms of art and design.
It is also crucial to mention that producing this short video required the use of resources made by photographers, videographers, and programmers, which makes them active but unaware participants in this art piece. On the other hand, what makes it tricky to describe it as Gesamtkunstwerk, is acknowledging the fact that the mediums I used throughout its production are software applications and not physical materials. Another thing to note is that the moment my video project was posted online, it lost all connection to space and time. Wagner (1849) believed that nothing should distract the spectators from the total work of art (i.e., theatre), so he created Bayreuth Festspielhaus as a space or platform where plays could be performed without the distraction caused by extravagant architecture, and where all spectators get the same experience while watching the play (Wagner and Ellis, 1995). Meanwhile, my video being posted on the internet causes it to be vulnerable to different types of distractions like adverts. And since the video can be viewed on different platforms (websites and applications) and different devices (mobile phones, tablets, computers…) of variable screen sizes, resolutions, and colour channels, the watching experience is no longer unified which makes it very difficult to classify my artwork as Gesamtkunstwerk.
Now that I am aware my project does not align with Wagner's concept of a total work of art, does this inherently categorize it as a product of medium specificity? All things considered; I still believe that the video I presented can definitely not conform to the concept of medium specificity as it defies some of its core aspects. According to G.E Lessing (1766), there are essential differences amongst different types of media, and mediums should not be mixed together as each one of them has a separate use or purpose (Lessing, 2012). Additionally, each media has different materialistic properties which determine artistic expression, and my use of them together leads to the dissolution of these characteristics according to the medium specificity theory. Another key aspect of medium specificity is the passive nature that the delivery of media-specific art holds. Media-specific art is meant to be taken in by the viewer as a pure description of the work and the material that forms its base. However, my video did not have a clear explanation or story, and its meaning was left for the viewer to decipher, thus, resulting in an active interaction between viewer and art piece. Not only this but getting access to the video is an interaction in itself since the viewer needs to search for it online, or at least open a platform that showcases it. This reminds me of something Lev Manovich (2001) said in his writing of the Post-media Aesthetics article: “Used in relation to computer-based media, the concept of interactivity is a tautology.” “Once an object is represented in a computer, it automatically becomes interactive.” (Manovich, 2001, p.4)
Upon realizing that my project is an example of medium convergence, is it safe to assume that medium specificity is no longer relevant in our technological age as suggested by Rosalind Krauss? In fact, Krauss (1979) believed that the focus should not be on the medium or materials, but on the essence of Art itself, which makes me wonder if my video animation would have had the same outcome if it were presented in a different form of media. If my project were in the form of an illustration book, music which is a big part of the atmosphere created in my video would simply not be a component of my art piece. Thus, altering its essence, which is already in opposition to the theory proposed by Krauss. If it were replicated as a video game, one can also argue that the immersive experience that comes with a game clashes with the essence of Art that is meant to be presented by my creation of the project. Even if little to no freedom was left for the player to alter the course of action in the game I create, the effect would still be different to the initial video, since the game does not respect the time constraints or duration of the original video project.
All in all, it is easy to say that the concepts suggested by theorists are no longer applicable to today’s world of Art. Nonetheless, they offer valid definitions that might help classify art and organize the different fields within the artistic realm. Though unfortunately, the diverse nature of tools and mediums today, makes it almost impossible to define the purest form of Art. Furthermore, the endless possibilities of classifying art pieces into boxes and categories make it more challenging to focus on the purpose of the art piece itself.
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Butler R., 2020. Rosalind Krauss: between modernism and post- medium. Journal of Art Historiography. Number 23. [pdf] Available at: https://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2020/11/butler.pdf. [Accessed 13 Oct. 2023].
The Art Story, 2020. Gesamtkunstwerk - Modern Art Terms and Concepts. [online] Available at: https://www.theartstory.org/definition/gesamtkunstwerk/. [Accessed 13 Oct. 2023].
Wagner R. and Ellis W.A., 1995. The Art-Work of the Future and Other Works. The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism. [e-journal] Volume 53, issue 1, p.104. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/431755. [Accessed 13 Oct. 2023].
Lessing, G.E., 2012. Laocoön: An Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry (1766). [e-book] Cambridge University Press. Available at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/classic-and-romantic-german-aesthetics/laocoon-an-essay-on-the-limits-of-painting-and-poetry-1766/5F15384A21FB3620CF9B66226251166B [Accessed 13 Oct. 2023].
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