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caswensworld · 2 months

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One thing about me is I will always respect a good villain gang when I see one and THIS gang! The gang of Merlin Academy running the shots! No exception. Rent. Was. Due! Disney, from here on out, if your teen villains do not look like these baddies who are serving seductive, poisonous cunt, Respectfully, Ion want it.

So let’s run down the line. Let’s take attendance.

Dara Renee said she looks cute as Ulyana, NOT HOT! OKAY GREEN! Look at her smile! First her daughter, now her sister, Ursula’s family has me in a chokehold and they are never letting me go (and I don’t want them to hehe). This look gives very much Ursula from Once Upon a Time vibes and I love it! So much! I wanna be part of her gang! Like, Ulyana, baby girl, what are you insecure of? I don’t care about Ursula anymore. I got Uma and I got Ulyana, I don’t want Ursula. I’m trying to keep it pg-rated, but…I would let her top me. I want her tentacles all over me, I’m so sorry…I’m not.

Hades has left the Underworld and he is looking sharp! I love leather. I love spikes. I love the whole punk persona! I have a punk persona! So I love the fact that me and Hades, one of my favorite villains…Are the same. Exactly the same. I am going to find a studded leather jacket and choker so we can match. We also got similar taste in music, like Hades, let’s be friends. Let’s start a band. We can call ourselves “Fire!”

Queen Maleficent, Mistress of Darkness may be lurking in the back, but I’m seeing her. Now her horns look a little weird right now but I’m gonna wait for the official posters and pictures with better quality before I start to give my full judgement. But like…y’all, she’s Maleficent, when have we ever had a Maleficent who doesn’t serve with looks, darkness, and attitude? Like, girl, come for Ulyana! Pull Hades! I expect you to use magic! I demand at least ONE Dragon transformation! DEMAND it!

Ulyana is the Captain here, jot that down, but Hook is still serving so let’s have a conversation. Looks are clearly a strength in the Hooks family, so what do the girls look like? The men are handsome, so let’s have the girls do some Justice please. His fit almost exactly replicated the cartoon and I love that. The only problem I have is…where’s the hat? The iconic red hat with the big feather? Disney, he better have that hat. Don’t be playing with me.

Morgie…he’s giving kinda Carlos and Gil vibes. That is indeed a compliment. Now is his outfit as extravagant as the others? No. Is it still good and is he still killing the game? Absolutely. These VKs stay with the drip. Who else is looking good in a scarf? I don’t see anyone else wearing one! Now his mother is said to be the Morgana Le Fay in Sofia the First so…Is our dear Princess in the Descendants Universe lol? Is my girl enrolled in Auradon Prep? Is she with Hugo? I’m sorry, I just find this so funny, where is Enchancia on the Auradon map? Watch Morgie reference this in the movie, I just, I can’t!

One thing about villains is they will always be looking good and I will always be wanting to find a way to thrift their clothing. I can’t wait to see these looks with better qualities

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amyreadsandstresses · 1 year

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AMY'S DAILY FIC REC SAYS HI

Continuing to welcome this year and all the vibes, comes another installment. Today with BBC Merlin, Teen Wolf and BBC Sherlock

*A warlock's best friend is the floor - Lola_Rose_Robins

6k, 1/1, Gen, Hurt Merlin, Disabled Character, Chronic Pain, Fluff and Angst and a bit of Crack. Arthur/Gwen, Epic Friendship

Merlin has chronic pain. After a nasty flare-up, his friends are there to support him.

*Lace Among the Rocks - PottersPink

1k, 1/1, Merwaine, Scar Reveal, Magic Reveal

The stream opens up into a small pool, warmed by the sun and tranquil in a way that Merlin craves; isolated and a little bit magic, a place for him to drift and sink his roots into the earth and stretch his wings with the birds.

*The Curious Case of Aithusa - TyalanganD

6k, 1/1, Merthur, Mpreg, Dragon!Merlin, Fluff and Angst, Soft Arthur

In hindsight, Merlin should have known that as a dragonlord and a shapeshifter, he was capable of giving birth. After all, all dragons could grow eggs, no matter the gender. And that magical ritual he did right before Arthur took him to bed after his coronation, definitely didn’t help matters.

*Untitled (I'll Keep You Safe) - PottersPink

2k, Merwaine, Smut, Hurt/Comfort, Magic Reveal, Canon Era, Soft Ending

Camelot, Merlin thinks, is held up by my bones.

*In Your Heart and Flowers In Your Hair - Biromantic_Nerd

4k, 1/1, Merwaine, Fluff and Humor, Canon Era, Protective Arthur

Merlin's head tilted to the side as he stared at his friend in obvious bemusement. "No, but you've got that look."

"Look?" Gwaine asked coyly. "Merlin, that's just my face. Are you saying there's something wrong with my face then?"

*Save me - orpgan_account

7k, 6/6, Merwaine, Canon Era, Hurt Merlin, Suicidal Thoughts, Good Morgana, Drug Addiction, Grief, Hurt/Comfort

Merlin's struggling to deal with everything that's going on in Camelot, and the others begin to notice

*after the storm (are you leaving) - Imagined, Scarlet_Ribons

59k, 6/6, Merthur, Drug Addiction, Hurt Melin, Kinda Hurt Everyone, Slavery, Queen Mithian, Court Socerer Merlin, Getting Together, Canon Era, Eventual Happy Ending, Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Arthur lends Merlin's aid as a sorcerer to an allied kingdom. He doesn't expect to find Merlin, two years later, in shackles, and only a mere echo of the person he used to be.

*you know it's not the same as it was - softiecharlie

1k, 1/1, Merthur, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Court Sorcerer Merlin, Established Relationship, Married Merthur

“Do you love me still, Arthur?” Merlin whispered with a reverence that seemed like the only thing keeping him from giving in to his anemic state.

“Where is this coming from? Come here, you idiot, let me tend to your wounds first.”

“Arthur, just-- just tell me.”

*Bad Liar - cissathebookworm

8k, 1/1, Merthur, Established Relationship, Knights of the Round Table, Queen Annis, Episode Remake

Set series 4, episode 5 "His Father's Son" where Arthur kills that king in the forest and almost goes to war with Queen Annis. Arthur and Merlin are in an established relationship and Merlin helps Arthur realize some things.

Or: Arthur and Annis don't go to war because Merlin isn't actually dumb and has a lot of sway over Arthur and this is a Good Thing.

*When You Say Nothing at All - Skitz_phenom

10k, 1/1, Merthur, Minor Arwen, Agravaine, Leon, 5+1, Episode 0405 His Father's Son

Facing increasing pressure to assert himself as King, Arthur doesn’t allow himself the luxury of being able to speak his mind; not that he actually knows what to say. Until he does.

*Sir Merlin, Knight of Camelot - perish_the_thoughtless

1k, 1/1, Gen, Bromance, Fluff and Humor, Episode 0405 His Father's Son

An exploration of how that intriguing episode intro of Merlin dressed as a knight could have happened.

*fidelitas - theseourbodies

1k, 1/1, Leon & Merlin, Friendship, Class Differences, Dad Friend Leon

"It's heavy," Merlin mutters.

*The Only Reward Bestowed Upon Me - greatdumbking

4k, 1/1, Merthur, Fix-It, Angst, Love Confessions, Agravaine, Gaius, Canon Era

“You’re wrong Merlin. I don’t need anyone. I can’t afford that luxury. The kingdom's my responsibility now, and mine to bear alone. And you must learn to accept that.”

How could this hurt so much, a third time? Merlin could feel the façade of his casual indifference faltering. His face fell, tears were clawing at his throat, creeping into his eyes. It took all his effort to nod, steel his eyes, and swallow down the rising sob.

*Sharing Responsibility - Lolly047

3k, 1/1, Merthur, Fluff and Angst, Fix-it, Magic Ban Lifted, Humor, Marriage Proposal, Queen Merlin

In Arthur's humble opinion, Merlin comes up with the strangest ideas... But sometimes those ideas do turn into favourable outcomes. But this whole marriage thing may take it a bit too far...

*Destiny Says A Lot Of Things - Hollow_Whisperings

1k, 2/2, Crack Treated Seriously, Kid Mordred, Merlin is So Done, Druids, Kilgharrah, Hijinks and Shennanigans

For, rather embarassingly, Mordred's returning to Arthur and Merlin's lives seems to have happened... somewhat earlier than expected. It's a lot more difficult to harden your heart against your sworn nemesis, magical kin they may be, when said nemesis looks up to you and has decided you're their new big brother, after all.

*Rest, Now - TheAsexualofSpades

2k, 1/1, Merlin/Arthur/Gwen, Hurt/Comfort, Post Lamia

The second he sees the walls of Camelot, Merlin slumps in the saddle. Cara nickers in warning and he just manages to right himself before Arthur looks over.

*Dumb Luck - TheAsexualofSpades

2k, 1/1, Merthur, Knights of The Round Table, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff, Magic Revealed, Hurt/Comfort

Alright. Merlin’s going to be honest. Is the absolute best at hiding his magic from people? No. Is he a damn sight near better than some other bastards would be if they had his magic? Yes, yes, he is, thank you very much. They would do quite well to remember that he is magic, and he’s had it since he was born, so he knows what he’s doing when it comes to knowing that he has it. Yes, thank you, he doesn’t go around doing every single thing he could with magic because well, then he’d never get to do much of anything ever again.

And that would be boring.

*Base Instincts - TheAsexualofSpades

1k, 1/1, Merthur, Knights of The Round Table, Hurt/Comfort, Fluff and Humor, Shapeshifter Merlin

It says something about Merlin, doesn’t it, when they find out he can shapeshift and it only explains about twelve of his weird quirks.

No, Merlin, that doesn’t mean we’re excessively monitoring them, it means you’re a strange man who doesn’t make a lot of sense on your best day.

Yes, you have good and bad days.

No, this is not a good day.

*it took new york to make me a cowboy - piratattoos

15k, 1/1, Sterek, Future Fic, Derek Leaves Beacon Hills, ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THINGS I'VE EVER READ, No smut, Recovery, Getting Together, Character Study, Slow Burn, Writer Derek Hale, Post Season 3B

After Beacon Hills, Derek heads back to New York. He doesn’t look back, lest he be turned into a pillar of salt. He leaves it all behind, a monument, a tomb, a thousand fuck ups and betrayals left to gather dust and slowly rot away to nothing.

He read somewhere once, that time is cyclical, that the universe repeats over and over, and that he will be reborn and make the exact same mistakes over and over again, helpless to change anything. He thinks Stiles told him about a Vonnegut novel like that once.

He doesn’t think about Stiles.

*Adventures and Explorations - Survivah

2 works, 30k, Sterek, AU-ish, Fox!Stiles, No Bestiality, Isaac Lahey, Stilinski Family Feels

Derek plans to spend the rest of his life holed up in the woods after Laura dies. Then he meets a stubborn young fox, and the stubborn young fox meets an urn of Deaton's magic powder, and his plans change.

*The Important Bit - Solshine

(Reread), 9k, 7/7, Queer Platonic Relationship, Johnlock, Beautiful, Marriage, Domestic

Just where exactly is the line between “to love” and “to be in love”? What difference is required between “flatmate” and “husband”? (Besides the rings, obviously.) No, the important bit is that they have each other. Thirty years, give or take, in an atypical marriage. Basically a long bit of platonic domestic fluff.

*Delirium - TheStrid

3k, 1/1, Developing Johnlock, Bipolar Sherlock, Hypomania, Suicidal Ideation, Self Harm, Mind Palace, Supportive John

Sherlock's sacked his mind palace.

*Case.Suspect.Chase.Jump. - MonkeySocks

2k, 1/1, Bipolar Sherlock, Mania, Protective Mycroft, Character Injury, John Watson

“I’m fine.”

“Fine?” Mycroft stands and pokes his finger to my arm. The one set in plaster and held to my chest in a sling. That was incredibly painful. I cradle the damaged side against me and away from Mycroft. I have numerous bruises down my left side, and I had a loss of consciousness for a few minutes because of the concussion. They said they wanted to monitor me. I know why I am really here.

*I Was in Your Arms - jhnlck

1k, 1/1, Johnlock, Soft, Depressed Sherlock, Soft John Watson, First Kiss, Dancing, Hurt/Comfort

John makes Sherlock dance to ABBA to cheer him up.

#amy's fic rec #bbc sherlock #bbc merlin #teen wolf #sterek #stiles stilinski #derek hale #merthur #merwaine #gwaine #merlin #merlin emrys #johnlock #john watson #sherlock holmes

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1shadowhole · 11 months

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Pictures of Colin Morgan in Dead Shot that remind me of Merlin from Following the Beast

Ever since the trailer came out I felt like Colin in this film looks exactly like I imagined Merlin to be in Footloose's Following the Beast, so here's a list of screenshots to prove my point. Long post ahead get ready everyone.

These just give the general vibe:

But also: Alcohol in a cluttered flat:

The very first scene - nay! SENTENCE! Merlin getting strangled after being knocked off his feet (by a tentacle, not a shoe, still counts):

Then later on, when he's about to pass out in the middle of a cross-walk (Lovely spot, btw):

Going to the pub with Mordred following him:

Merlin getting into the cab to take Arthur home:

And, of course, the ✨✨flick✨✨

"What flick?" you may ask, "What are you talking about!? WHY ARE YOU IN MY HOUS-" Those are all good questions. THIS flick, of course:

"A flick of the collar stopped the drizzling rain from dripping down the back of his neck"

(If i knew how to make gifs I'd show you that this is in fact, a flick, but you'll have to trust me on this one: he just flicked up the collar.)

Merlin in the warehouse at Mary's shop:

Being a nameless pervy blighter at Arthur's School (thank you, Tommy):

(The kids would be older, the bars would be higher, and the older kids would also, coincidentally, be higher, but it still works)

Confronting Kilgarrah:

Confronting George, and being shocked that this guy doesn't giveth a fucketh about Merlin's orders:

Merlin being told by Mordred that he is in love (there was a moment where he looked more shocked here, but I couldn't get the right frame):

The next part of that scene, where Merlin gets up after his magic finished healing him and tells Mordred about the trackers he placed (oh look, Mordred is even the same guy as before):

Getting in the car with Arthur's friends, Nephilim, allies, men to go save his ass:

Mordred getting Merlin home after he drank himself stupid (Imagine him a bit more unstable... also look!! Same guy once again!)

On the ground during his fight with Morgause:

Ok so picture him naked and with water all over the floor and this is him after the bath exploded after seeing the future:

Ritual preparations:

In the courtyard, during Uther's speech, looking for who is going to try to kill Arthur in the crowd: (he should be better dressed at this point I think but i don't care just- stick with me here)

How I imagine him to look like after he found Arthur after having killed Morgause and Arthur confronted Morgana alone:

Merlin walking towards Nimueh's house to rescue Leon (just imagine it's raining):

Merlin watching Arthur coming out of Nimueh's home covered in blood and gore, having the only rational reaction in that situation which is, obviously, falling harder and finding the whole thing quite attractive, actually:

Sadly, there is no kiss between Arthur and Merlin given the fact that Bradley wasn't in the film and this is not, in fact, the Following the Beast movie, even though I might have convinced you with these photos and captions. I am sure that someone who has read it had some influence on the look, I swear to God. Btw this is completely how I picture the fic to look like, so maybe I am 100% off and this was all useless.

Also, this dude right here IS Kilgarrah. I swear, they play the same role! If you'll watch the movie you'll know what I mean. And Colin kills him towards the end, which is sorta kinda what happens in the fic... but not really, but TBF it is sort of hinted that Merlin will make the lizard pay for all the bullshit, so really that's the same.

So, I hope I have proved my point today, and also showed once again how unhinged I am about this fic. (or any of footloose's stories, but that's not what this post is about) It's unhealthy.

This post took a while, and it's for the very small demographic of people who happened to watch the film and also read Following the Beast, so some would say that it's a "waste of time" and "you should be studying" and "don't you have four exams in like 5 weeks?", but I would call them haters. So yeah

also, I found this review of the movie:

Really? IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER? Are you kidding me? I know this guy is mentioning a completely different movie, but I'm losing my mind That's all I had to say, so byyyyeee to all of the maybe 2 people who read through all of this.

#i speak #merlin #merthur #merlin fanfiction #bbc merthur #merlin fandom #following the beast #dead shot #colin morgan #colin morgan reference #colin morgan photos #bbc merlin #arthur #arthur pendragon #merlin x arthur #merlin fanfic #merthur fanfic #fanfiction

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a-dauntless-daffodil · 4 months

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well it was fun watching lancelot smack arthur on the butt with his sword, but i think i'd've remember that...

the scene burned into my brain was VERY old looking. like if they filmed a stage play in a field off the side of a road. an amicable fight. no one ended up dead or even injured. the swords were... huge. and the king being the king was a surprise to the knight fighting him at the end. that's why the knight breaks (shatters!! to splinters!!!!XD) his own sword, after realizing he'd accidently hit his king with it

from the vibes im guess 60-70s maybe...

i know i watched it with my mom, along with a lot of other older medieval movies. and she was less a

"R rated passionate embrace with visible blood and gore",

more a

"PG-13 two people staring into each other's eyes as the music swells and injuries are implied by a guy dramatically clasping his hands over the 'mortal wound' and going Argh!"

kinda person. which i am too.

(there was another film, about merlin i think? kid merlin finds his older friend dead and sends him off by putting coins on his eyes and saying "go with your gods, Urick!" before setting the hut on fire. then there was the scene where he fakes finding his own dragon brooch under a castle, and he was related to uther or something i think-

IT WAS THE 1991 MERLIN OF THE CRYSTAL CAVE TV SERIES FUCK

i had the audio book of this and didn't realize they were the same story...

anyway, there's an Internet Medieval Sourcebook of Medieval History in the Movies apparently, and scrolling through THAT has been unhelpful but a blast~

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sparklygraves · 10 months

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ok so imagine s1 of merlin but s5 Mordred is there & they’re both working for Gaius. Merlin is super silly & kinda reckless & loves & believes in the beauty of magic so much…. & Mordred has lead a harder life— he’s lived as a druid & been hunted by Uther. he also loves magic but he also knows the danger better than Merlin. & he’s sorta Merlin’s darker baddass but still incredibly kind/smart/open older brother. maybe they’re the same age? I dunno— but Mordred in this scenario has older brother vibes.

they would both be working behind the scenes for Arthur/Camelot/magical folks.

& Mordred would object about how Gaius doesn’t want to acknowledge to Morgana that yes she does have magic like she suspects. Mordred tells her it’s ok & he, Gaius, & Merlin will help her & that they have magic too.

& so they’re a cute lil magic group.& Gwen & Arthur are like HEY GUYS why are u leaving us out all the time & giggling in corners???? RUDE.

& one day Merlin would be caught doing magic to save Arthur’s life & Mordred would be like IF YOU’RE GONNA KILL MERLIN U GOTTA KILL ME FIRST (also btw I’m also magic) & Morgana would be like HEY!…SAME! & Gwen would be like I DONT HAVE MAGIC BUT PLZ DONT KILL ALL MY FRIENDS ARTHUR!

& Arthur would be like WTF GUYS!?!?!? & then come around pretty quick once he wrapped his head around everything ❤️

oh but dang we’re in s1 so Uther is still a thing. soooo they’re all working together behind the scenes… for now!

#mordred #bbc merlin

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novemquadragintillion · 10 months

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How I visualized all the Tarot Club members before I saw any official art of them:

The Fool - completely shrouded by gray fog. People can see just a vague human shape. As the fog shifts and swirls, certain features are revealed a little, such as hands and mouth (tapping on the table and grinning). He wears a simple outfit.

Klein - short black hair, brown eyes. He wears a top hat a lot, golden colored glasses, black trench coat or suit. Carries around a cane and pocket watch and topaz pendant. His character design overall has lots of black and brown and a little orange. Older looking than the official art.

+ Sherlock - same^ but with a beard. More brown than black outfits.

+ Gehrman - more black than brown. Sharp facial features (especially sharp cheeks and chin, not a filled out face). Cold and ruthless eyes.

+ Dwayne - white side burns, blue eyes, lots of brown in character design. old classy gentleman outfits basically

+ Merlin - oval face, very ordinary. classy younger gentleman overall.

Alger - dark blue hair with blue-green tips. Seaweed-like hairstyle. Has a little bit of stubble. I imagined him often with Lord of Storms robes, like magician robes with lightning patterns on them. Without the robes, I thought of him wearing classic pirate outfits.

Cattleya - thick wavy black hair and purple eyes with round glasses. Black robes, silver stars on and around her. Thick build, kinda muscular. Pirate hat or witch hat, whatever my brain thought of at the time. Older looking than the official art.

Derrick - brown-blonde hair that's partially curly, light brown eyes. Teenager (since called 'Little Sun'). Very tall, broad shoulders, and wore classic plain medieval clothing. With the lightning hammer(?) on his back.

Audrey - basically Athanasia De Alger Obelia from Who Made Me a Princess?*, but older with brownish blonde hair and emerald green eyes.

Emyln - short black hair, red eyes, wears lots of black. Arrogant teenage vampire vibes.

Fors - long brown hair, scholarly outfits. I didn't really imagine her as anything much, except lots of browns in her design.

Xio - short white-blonde hair, wears almost all black, is short. Black hat (and a little black cape during missions). I just realized.. I basically almost imagine her as Ange from the anime Princess Principal*.

Leonard - black trench coat, or black suit. Black hair. Green eyes and red gloves. Carries around a small notebook. I didn't really think about his hair length, but I felt taken aback a little when I saw fan art of him for the first time, with long hair. I think I imagined him with short hair more.

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* Athanasia, and Ange

#lotm #lord of the mysteries #lotm spoilers #this random person's ramblings #I'm writing and posting this because I hope someday I'll have the motivation to draw at least a few of them #And draw them in the way that I envision them while reading. I don't want to forget #save for later #btw if there's very little description of a character it's because my brain didn't visualize the character barely

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ladystrallan · 1 year

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Once Upon a Time season 5A thoughts

I’m rewatching OUAT and I wanted to share some of my opinions on each season!

- The random girl shushing his ominous speech is so funny

- Wow he just poofed into dust

- Omg the end of excalibur is the dagger

- “Mate don’t” idk why but that is funny

- “We need someone wicked” yassss

- Omg the rose

- Wow iconic move to cut her hand off to remove the bracelet

- She is so good at manipulating everyone

- Gaslight gatekeep girlboss

- “Accent’s a bit much no?” Lol rumple

- “Out dwarves, adults only” Regina…

- “Well… you don’t look like a crocodile” why is this episode so funny

- Okay I remember really not liking Arthur and the whole Camelot plot line

- OUAT loves a memory loss plot

- Omg dark emma

- She’s got a cool look

- Not dopey turning into a tree

- OMG WHAT IS THAT THING???

- Hook: Emma look at me this isn’t you

- Of course she can’t dance

- Omg that guy is evil or something

- A demon sent from the underworld… hmmmm I feel like I know a hot guy from there

- I seriously can’t wait for 5b to see my man <3

- Omg Henry and Violet is so cute (I remember liking them together)

- He whips out the ipod lol

- This song is kind of a bop

- Omg she destroyed his village

- I guess there was a Robin fake out death before it actually happened

- Can you make the price like a dollar or something? Or does it have to be of equal value

- “WE’VE BEEN VIOLATED” lol

- “Have you thought about kissing it out?” Omg that’s so funny

- Regina is such a hypocrite

- She has done things just as bad if not worse than what Zelena did and yet she deserves redemption and Zelena doesn’t???

- “I wished him happy just not with my wife” lol

- “What’s that then” “It’s a picture from up inside Zelena” “Woah mate” I’M DYING

- Arthur is giving me Louis from Versailles vibes

- And if you’ve seen my Versailles thoughts, you know how I feel about Louis (I hate him)

- Noooo not on her birthday

- DAVID NO DON’T TRUST HIM

- Omg they kissed

- I mean, if you’re neglecting your wife it’s kinda understandable if she cheats

- “Well, there’s this girl” “Is there indeed?” Loved the delivery Killian

- “Is that your dad?” “No it’s my horse” lol

- That’s sinister, using magic to keep your wife from leaving you

- Arthur is such an asshole omg

- Omg Merida is back

- “I need you to make him brave” wow that’s what her movie is called

- Ooh that’s Merlin

- I’m pretty sure he was talking about Nimue (and she was the first dark one)

- Well that’s a way to meet the dad

- “When this kingdom is attacked by ogres” WHY IS IT ALWAYS OGRES???

- Awwww that’s cute a little date

- “Um hi milady” lol

- Not the friend zone

- This is giving me so much second hand embarrassment

- Taunting rumple with belle is the way to make him brave

- She is his courage… that’s so cute

- Love the arrow in the intro

- Wow I guess no one cares about rumple then

- Slay belle for standing up for him

- NO NOT THE CHIPPED CUP

- Please tell me they can fix it :(

- NOOOOO DON’T KILL BELLE

- I do like the idea of rumple being all heroic for her

- Omg I’m crying this is so sweet

- Zelena and Emma team up??? Iconic

- YASSSS RUMPLE

- “He’s not my sweetheart” I think he is belle ;)

- OMG SLAY RUMPLE

- “You saved me” “Actually I think you saved me” AWWWWWWWW

- “I would change everything for you” screaming

- YASSSSSS RUMPLE PULLING THE SWORD

- I’m a slut for good rumple (or just rumple in general lol)

- I do miss him having magic though

- Why is Zelena so slay all the time?

- The outfits, the acting, the trickery, 10/10

- Emma’s lucky she didn’t get the dark one skin condition

- She just got a bleach job and a new outfit

- Arthur is such a dickhead omg i can’t stand him

- Lol Rumple’s Merlin impression

- Zelena was like switched sides? Time for an outfit change

- Omg she’s going into labour

- Why does every evil person want a baby? How many dark spells require that?

- Omg the house that he picked

- “Did someone scream for a doctor?” Yasssss Dr Whale is back!

- Did he go to the same hair salon as Emma lol

- Yassss mulan is back!

- Mulan and Merida: iconic team up

- RUBY!

- So many characters I love are back this season :)

- OMG IT WAS ARTHUR

- Me anytime I see Arthur: “Dickhead”

- OMG RUMBELLE

- MY HEART

- THEY ARE SO CUTE

- Regina & co are actually so awful to Zelena about this whole baby thing

- Like I get that it’s Robin’s baby but it’s hers too

- And I’m pretty sure being away from the mother is bad for a baby’s development

- Like at least let her visit with supervision

- I guess when you become the dark one you immediately know how to use magic

- Ok I guess they are letting her see her baby

- SHE CAME TO THE WELL

- NOOOOOOOO

- Was not expecting the break up part 2 :(

- Me sobbing

- How is she pregnant in 5b though???

- They must get together by the end of 5a

- Catch me opening the underworld portal so I can see my man <3

- The visual of all the dark ones sitting in the boat together is so funny to me

- It’s giving summer camp vibes

- “The underworld is worse than you could possibly imagine” uhhhh no rumple my true love is there so I think it’s pretty great

- Awwww rumple sending her to see the world

- NOOOOOO RUMPLE IS MARKED

- That’s actually so vile to send her away so she literally CANNOT SEE HER BABY

- Slay move by hook

- Rip (until he gets resurrected)

- Belle didn’t leave!

- THEY’RE KISSING

- YASSSSSSS

- And the baby was conceived ;)

- Rumple being the dark one again, kinda slay

- Kind of bad for his redemption arc though

- “I will always find you” we love a good iconic line

- I am so excited to see Hades!!! Love of my life (and death)

How I feel about the characters this season

Love: RUMPLE (10/10 character development), Belle, Zelena, Dr Whale, Merida

Like: Emma, Hook, Mulan, Ruby, Nimue (idk she’s kinda cool)

Neutral: Snow, David, Merlin, Guinevere, Henry

Dislike: Regina, Robin

Hate: Arthur

Season rating: 6/10

Firstly, I HATE ARTHUR AND I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL HE’S DEAD. I don’t care for the Camelot arc, but I do like dark Emma and Rumple got some really good character development (even though he went back to being the dark one). I also like Merida and it was nice to see Ruby, Dr Whale, and Mulan again. Gets an extra 0.5 for setting up my absolute favourite arc in the show (the underworld)

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merlinfic · 2 years

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I sent an ask a couple months ago, but I think tumblr might have eaten it, so do you have any fics where Merlin and Morgana aren’t really on the same side, but they’re still friends, like in Could you tell the truth so I don’t have to lie? Like, the vibe of Merlin rocking up to Morgana’s hut and going “Seriously? Another immortal army? We beat the last one, why would you try it again?? You know that saying about the definition of insanity.” Just, they’re still friends but they still are working against each other in regards to Camelot but this has no impact on their friendship since they’re both working towards the same end goal, their people free of persecution and fear.

Not really anon lmaooo but hope these fics with a (maybe?) similar kinda vibe to what you’re looking for will work!

Not a Matter of Chance, but of Choice

The Worry Woman

#other: asks #other: requests #mod danielle

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nikolai-alexi · 11 months

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TW: extensive self-harm descriptions (not the actual act, but a recollection of an incident regarding SH), descriptions of self inflicted scars (healed) of varying severity, this whole thing is really quite dark be warned, post The Prank™️, some somewhat toxic/possessive/codependent kinda vibes but it’s really just a teenager being a teenager and trying to navigate and understand falling in love without any example as to what that should be, I can’t be arsed to come up with a decent title or WC right now it’s something like 1300-1500 words

Jegulus Mini Fic #5

When Regulus and James first start dating in the early days of October, he ignores the slight tug his magic does at James’. He brushes the nagging feeling away, and doesn’t acknowledge the slight glimmer around James’ body when he catches sight of it every now and again. It must be a trick of the light or maybe Regulus is just a lovesick fool, because why in Merlin’s name would James Potter put on a glamour everyday?

But now it’s April and the air is muggy and hot, even at night. James has shrugged out of his jumper and is lounging backwards on his forearms, head tilted at the sky in an effort to catch some of the fickle breeze, eyes closed, quiet and still for the moment. His dark skin is illuminated by the moonlight and that’s what catches Regulus’ eye. There, curling around his wrist and spiralling up his arm, is the silver-blue thread of a glamour charm. He unconsciously reaches out with his own magic and gently probes the strand of magic. It’s a strong, concrete piece of charms work. Alarm bells start going off in Regulus’ mind. He pokes at it lightly with his own magic; he should be able to feel some kind of weakness in the charm, glamours are not strong, they wane and fade quickly unless they’re consistently reapplied, but even so, the charm should not be this strong.

“Leave it be, Regulus,”

The words are sharp, much sharper than James ever speaks to anyone, let alone Regulus, and he uses his full name. He tries to temper down the flare of hurt that wells in his chest and tries to focus. More alarm bells are ringing louder and louder in his head. Anxiety pools in his gut.

Regulus is hesitant to look away from that silver-blue thread and meet James’ stare but he needn’t worry. James hasn’t moved from his lounged position, but there’s an undercurrent of tension rolling through his body that wasn’t there before.

Regulus breathes out harshly, “James,” he starts. He wets his lips and tries to prepare himself, “Why are you wearing a glamour?”

“No reason you need to worry about, love,”James is rolling to his feet and leaving the Astronomy Tower before Regulus can even try to stop him. He watches him run away.

It goes on for weeks. Asking him why he has a glamour and getting either answers so full of hippogriff-shit that not even Lucius Malfoy could manage or getting James pissed off enough that he leaves the Tower all together. But tonight, there’s something different about James. He lacks his usual sparkle. Normally, he’s a vault of endless energy and chaos, but tonight he’s deathly still.

“Why are you wearing a glamour?” Regulus asks the same question he’s been asking since April and they’re nearly through May.

“I have a shit tattoo I want to hide,” James says, his voice is dull and tired, but it has a sardonic edge to it. Regulus might have laughed at the implication if it wasn’t for the anxiety coursing through him with the force of an angry encrumpet.

“Try again,” Regulus snaps, it’s the same response he’s had to this strange back and forth for the last three weeks.

“Regulus,” James’ voice is low and dark, if he didn’t look so miserable, Regulus would do sinful things to hear that low voice again, “You won’t like what you see. Just leave it. It doesn’t matter,”

Regulus moves forward so James has to look at him, “I like all parts of you,” he whispers, “Even the difficult ones,” then he corrects his statement, “Especially the difficult ones,”

“You matter to me, James Potter.” He doesn’t think he’s ever said something with that much conviction before. He knows there is very little he wouldn’t do for this man, which is something he will almost certainly panic about later. For now, he watches James’ face contort in a strange grimace and waits.

There are a variety of emotions that make themselves known across James’ face before he scrubs a hand down, rubbing at his eyes with the heel of his hands, and sighs heavily. He rests his forehead on the metal bannister and simply rolls his wrists outwards. Regulus makes a note to investigate his use of wandless and wordless magic later. The glamour disappears, and at first glance, Regulus doesn’t notice anything amiss. But then, he sees the careful way James angles his left forearm away from Regulus’ view and that his right arm has conveniently disappeared from view. He reaches forward slowly, giving James ample time to pull away from his touch if he wants to, and grabs his hand. His arm is rigid, stiff, and his hand trembles violently, but Regulus simply holds his hand for several minutes, he doesn’t push or pull on it, just holds his hand gently, cradles it like a precious, fragile gem. He brushes light touches across his fingers and back of his hand until some of the tension starts to slowly bleed out of him. When James starts to breathe normally again, not hyperventilating or holding his breath, Regulus steels himself and gently rolls James’ hand and wrist over. He can’t help the small gasp that escapes him at the sight in front of him.

James’ arm is littered in scars. Some of them look older, their marks almost faded completely, some are newer and bold, some are thick with raised skin surrounding them, some are thin with barely a brush of evidence left behind. He knows the other arm must be just as bad.

“James,” he breathes, his voice breaking, he wonders if the sound of his heart breaking is audible to anyone but him.

“Don’t.” James bites out. Regulus doesn’t know what exactly James is telling him not to do, but he doesn’t wait for an explanation.

He doesn’t see any fresh cuts on James arms, but he feels like he needs to ask, “Have you hurt yourself recently?” He doesn’t mean for his voice to come out quite so panicked, but it does. James looks pained when he hears it.

“No,” he says quietly, “it’s been a fair few months, I think,” Since I started coming here to the tower, goes unsaid, but Regulus thinks he hears it anyways.

“When did this start?” Regulus asks, he’s not sure he really wants to know the answer.

James looks away from him, but doesn’t pull his arm away from Regulus’ hands, and sighs again, “Second year,”

Regulus’ heart shatters at the admission, but he waits patiently for James to find his words. He can feel there’s more to this than just an answer to his question.

“I was having a panic attack, but I didn’t know what it was at the time, I couldn’t breathe and the lights felt too loud and everything was too much and then the fucking talking mirror decided to pipe up and I got so angry that I punched it. It shattered and I was bleeding all over the place and the lads panicked, came storming into the lav and Sirius rushed off to get Minnie. Remus and Pete dragged me to the hospital wing and all I could think about was how for just a minute, when the shards of glass cut into my hand, I didn’t feel numb anymore,” James looks lost in the memory, gaze far away and body tense, like he’s prepared to run at any moment.

“It started small. Only when things would get too overwhelming, it was easy to slip my penknife into my pocket and run to the lav for a few minutes. It was like a reset. The pain was grounding in a way. It wasn’t pleasant, but it was grounding. Kept me from flying out of my own skin. It gradually became a more frequent thing over the years, but easy enough to hide. Then last year, everything went to shit and I just couldn’t handle it,”

Last year was James’ sixth year, and something had happened between the infamous Marauders that left Sirius ostracised from the group for the majority of the year. The stress of his friends fighting and the anger he had at Sirius is what led to James coming up to the Astronomy Tower at all hours of the night, unable to sleep and needing to get out of his dorm where the tension was so thick and wound so tight you could probably cut it with a spoon. They’d grown close, despite Regulus’ reluctance, and had decided against all common sense and rational thought to throw caution to the wind. Nearly two terms have gone by now and Regulus can’t remember a time where he’s ever felt this happy and free. James never told Regulus what happened in his sixth year, he insisted it wasn’t his to say, but Regulus knew Sirius had to have done something monumentally stupid to get himself pushed out of the group like that. If James wasn’t talking to Sirius, something horrific must have happened. Regulus vividly remembers the toll it took on James. He looked like a zombie, barely ate, barely spoke to anyone other than Regulus, and spent so much energy in trying to keep the peace as much as he could that when he finally crashed from the exhaustion and stress, he slept for thirty-seven hours straight.

“It started spiralling. Everything was falling apart, I was sneaking away more and more and the penknife wasn’t enough anymore. I broke another mirror and snagged a shard of it before repairing it, that’s these here,” James points to a group of scars that are different from the others.

Most of his scars are in neat, careful lines, like he had measured them out deliberately, but the ones made by the mirror shard are jagged, puffy things. They were thinner in some places, thicker in others, and pink where the skin hadn’t come back together quite right. They were painful to look at.

“Then I fucked up rather monumentally,” James says quietly. He rolls his left arm over more so Regulus can see the mass of scarring and raised tissue in the crook of his elbow. It makes Regulus slightly queasy to look at, but he refuses to look away, “I wasn’t really thinking clearly, I just needed something that felt like I had any sort of control over, and Moony came back to the dorm earlier than I expected and smelt the blood through the door. I tried to heal it too fast and cover it up, but I’d lost so much blood that I fainted when I stood up and bashed my head on the basin and well. This is what’s left. I don’t know if Remus knows or if he just got me to Madame Pomfrey or what, but we’ve never spoken about it, so,” he just shrugs, not really looking at anything, just lost in his own head.

Regulus can’t help but be both grateful for and resentful of Remus Lupin in this moment, because he shudders to think about what might have happened if he hadn’t come back to the dorm when he did, but there was no way that he didn’t understand what was happening the second he walked in on the scene, so what the fuck was up with just dismissing it like nothing happened? He doesn’t understand how Lupin wouldn’t have noticed it. Surely, James can’t hold the Glamour up every second of the day? If this has been going on for five whole years, surely he must have noticed? Right? How else would he explain the scene he’d walked in on that day?

But…if he had noticed, that would mean Lupin deliberately ignored him, ignored the signs, ignored him basically begging for help. He doesn’t have a very high opinion of James’ friends, but Lupin doesn’t seem the type to do something like that, especially to his best friend. But how could anyone not notice the sun dimming? How could you not see it hide behind the clouds or disappear behind the trees? How did they not see James suffering for five years alone and in silence?

“Why didn’t you tell anyone?” Regulus whispers.

He knows the question is a bit hypocritical of him; he wouldn’t tell anyone about his mother shifting her more violent proclivities onto him after Sirius left until James all but dragged it out of him. He doesn’t fault James for being quiet about his struggles, but he knows his own reasons and James’ reasons for keeping quiet about things are very different. James frequently jokes about being his friends’ live-in therapist. Everyone tells, and trusts, James with their issues and their feelings. If anyone needs a shoulder to cry on, James is there. If they need advice, James is there. If they need a hug, James is there. If they need someone to punch a motherfucker into next week, James is there. But at the end of the day, who is there for James? Regulus would have thought it would be Sirius, waiting in the wings ready to put James’ pieces back together like he did for Regulus when they were young. But for five years, James has been carving up his skin like a Yuletide dinner goose and no one, not even Sirius, has been there to put his pieces back together.

There’s a long, seemingly endless silence and the tension is thick in the air, but Regulus simply waits. He won’t force an explanation out of James, he doesn’t really need him to explain if he doesn’t want to, but he wants to understand, if James will let him. He wants to be here for James, to let him have a space where he can say the words he needs to get off his chest. He wants to be the safe place where James can run to and avoid the stormy weather in his mind, instead of turning to a blade. He wants all of James. Every part of him that make him whole. He wants the darkness that comes with the bright light of the sun. He wants to see that darkness and embrace it with the same vigor he does to the light. He wants James to know that he will accept and cherish every piece and part of him that he wants to share. If he shatters, Regulus will simply gather all his pieces, open his own chest, and keep them cradled safely in his heart until they can be put back together. If James feels as though his heart cannot keep beating, Regulus will make his own beat enough for them both. If James feels like the world is caving in around him, Regulus will find a way to hold it up for him. Regulus will stop at nothing to keep James safe. He’ll obliterate the Dumbledore, the Dark Lord and every Death Eater himself if he has to. He’ll raze the Ministry to the ground if that’s what he needs to do. He’ll look Sirius in the eye and tell him he’s in love with the “brother” he replaced Regulus with if that means James will be safe and happy and loved.

He doesn’t know if this feeling is love; he’s never experienced that before, but he doesn’t shy away from the feeling that courses through his veins. If this is what love feels like, if the desire to do anything to keep that person safe, no matter the cost, is love, he thinks he understands why people lose their minds over it. All he knows is that if James is not in his life, he will simply go mad. There will be no Regulus if there is no James. James is the tether, the lighthouse, the sun, and the compass that keeps Regulus here in each moment, with his feet firmly planted on the Earth. Regulus decides he will become the pole the tether is tied to, the seaside cliff the lighthouse rests upon, the moon that pushes the sun in the right direction when it tires, and the housing the compass sits in. Wherever and whatever James is, Regulus will be there for him, supporting him and encasing him with safety and strength when he can’t find it on his own.

The silence is broken by a hoarse, broken laugh from James, a half-hearted shrug, and a wobbly, “Because no one has ever asked,”

And by the grace of Merlin, Morgana, and every last one of the thrice-be-damned Saints, Regulus will make sure James will always have someone to ask from this moment on.

He doesn’t even think about his own discomfort when he gathers James’ shaking form in his arms and pulls him tightly against his body. He just rocks back and forth, keeping James’ messy, untameable hair tucked underneath his chin, his ear pressed against his chest where James can feel his heartbeat, and whispers sweet words into the night’s air.

“I will always ask,” he says quietly, when James’ sobs have mostly subsided, “No matter what, I will always ask,”

#regulus black #james potter #marauders era #jegulus #mini fic #Jegulus angst #major content warnings #quote inspired mini fic

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yikesharringrove · 2 years

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Okay fuckers episode 5.

The sound design of this season is the best of all the seasons. They’ve taken some cues from the soundtrack of horror movies and I think they’ve created a soundscape that’s super intriguing.

Stranger things has a habit of going for body horror and gore and just. Not hitting the mark. They don’t make it gross enough or they don’t really take the time to show the damage. Like the kid that gets vecna’d over the water, they don’t relish those scenes of his body being fucked is when they should. I want these people to be having videodrome or re-animator level fucked up deaths.

(Merlin and I spent hours last night talking abt this and we were both saying season 3 would’ve been totally improved by upping the disgust factor in the meat monster by having it LOOK like it was made of body parts. Like if there were recognizable limbs and shit or if the characters made comments on the rotten horrifying smell of it. Think Tusk)

I also am just sick of cgi. What makes old school horror movies so scary and revolting is how real practical effects look. I know you can’t really crumple someone up like Vecna does without creating a fake body and that’s expensive and difficult, but it looks so much better

I’m still loving the scary vibes, especially the haunted house kinda thing but I just really really miss the season 1 low budget b horror energy. The show has lost all the things that made it really stand out to me as something exciting in the beginning

Notes:

I literally dread the moment someone in the California gang suggests going to Utah. It’s probably to use Suzie’s radio and I’m gonna throw up when they cross that state line.

Why is el constantly wearing like twelve layers of clothing

Idk this Nina project thing is giving me bad vibes

NO FUCKING WAY

Dude Bren we was fucking killed WHAT is going on I don’t need this I don’t want this

This man makes my fucking skin crawl “let us work together, daughter and papa” BITCH EW

Bro how many times is this child gonna be traumatized before I can sleep again????

Let hopper rest challenge

“I have a family, I have three kids waiting for me” YES YOU DO, JOYCE. THREE OF THEM I’m getting emosh

Eddie slamming his way through this house like he isn’t a murder suspect

NOT STEVE CURLED UP ON THAT CHAIR LIKE A LITTLE KITTY I love him I love him he’s perfect in every way someone please send me a high res photo of this (and I ignore my dirty laptop screen)

“Cold beer would really calm my jangled nerves”

Lmao Ted telling these kids to fuck off

Max literally listening to ONLY kate bush and ridiculous volumes that’s the vibe

HOLLY IS SO FUCKING GROWN WHAT

Loving Max’s shitty art skills

“Maybe the answer is somewhere in this incredibly vague drawing. God, we need Will.” I actually love this. How wills drawings were so important to figuring shit out in season 2 and max is trying to use that same process but she’s terrible at art bc she’s just a person love this I don’t know why it’s just making my heart happy

Nancy origami-ing this house together. Lowkey would’ve lost my shit if that had been Steve putting it all together. He needs a moment to be smart and I think something visual like this could really be in his wheelhouse. I’m gonna do a fic where it’s Steve that puts it all together

Also bc I could totally see him and tommy and Carol daring each other to go into the Creel house and shit (Ted bundy had a house in my home town and we used to dare each other to go to the porch and knock on the door and shit and Hawkins kids would totally be the same)

WAIT DID THEY SHAVE ELS HEAD AGAIN OR IS THIS A FLASHBACK??? I hate flashback story telling it’s so fucking confusing gd

Is this a truama response? I guess. Bro idk what’s going on

What is with those weird little shoes the older kids have on?

Okay this plastic face bitch needs to get out of my face I literally can’t stay him he’s like fucking Michael Langdon I wanna punch him

STOP calling her sleepyhead I can’t deal

I’m kind of here for this sucked up time loop though

NOT THESE FRUITS BURYING A BODY

Will is literally using a hoe to dig he’s a nightmare

Obsessed with argyle’s very real reaction

Lmao D.A.R.E. Officer will

I KNEW something was gonna be hidden in the pen these guys suck

Some of these Russian guys are super hot and for WHAT

WAIT SO MUCH OF WHAT I HEADCANONED FOR HOPPERS BACKSTORY WAS JUST MADE CANON him fighting in Vietnam (I mean that obv) but it being spurred on by his shitty father that ‘thinks he’s a piece of shit’ I mean. I’ve written shit where billy and hop bind over their fucked up dads and the way we REALLY could’ve had hop seeing through Billy’s facade I’m gonna scream

This agent orange story is so so fucked up and the way that this is REAL are you kidding? I’m freaking out

Oh rip Sarah

THEY DO NEED YOU HOP AND YOU NEED THEM IT GOES BOTH WAYS

I’m gonna cry omg

Oh Christ Chrissy’s mom can fuck RIGHT off

I have to say the music they use when someone sees the clock, and the chimes are like bassed up and slowed it’s really cool

Jason needs to fuck off i fucking can’t with him

Stupid fucking Jason writing reefer ricks instead of reefer rick’s

“Should I knock? See if anybody’s home?” Steve you just pried off the wood that was keeping this place boarded up

“I found a key” queen of chaos robin Buckley

Thank god Steve has the limbs of a giraffe so someone in this group could reach the knob

Okay but Steve’s blank look when Dustin “do you need to be told everything? You’re not a child”joe keery sometimes just goes so dead in the eyes sometimes and it’s my favorite thing in the world

Also “thank you” “you’re welcome” he’s my baby boy I love him

“Why’s this wizard obsessed with clocks?” Idk Steve why am I obsessed with you? Sometimes people are just obsessed with things

Let Steve hit Dustin over the head like real brothers would challenge

“Why’d you sigh?” “I didn’t sigh, just come on dude” love Steve playing this off like it wasn’t the biggest most dramatic sigh in the whole world

We had a very similar lamp in my childhood home lol

THIS CONVO ABOUT MURRAY’S KARATE CLASS IM OBSESSED Jeremiah is my new favorite side character

If I have to hear this whore say “well well…” I’m gonna go on a murder spree

These flashes between cgi little el and old el is making my vertigo act up

“Good morning children” “good morning Miss Hannigan”

Brenner can choke on the biggest fattest dick

Sensory deprivation tanks are one of my biggest fears ngl

Argyle is the queer that can’t drive we all needed in this show

no. No no no no NO olease DONT please don’t

They showed that map of Utah and I ralphed

Will singing never ending story lub him

Eddie looks like if Alex Horne and Erin mcgehey had a child

This fucker that wears a trucker hat everywhere, even while wearing a suit is such a douchebag jock vibe I love

Why do NONE of my green colored pencils function FUCK

“If there’s a spider nesting in there you’re never gonna find it u too it lays eggs and all the babies spill out” ROBIN PLEASE

I love Steve constantly being like “we’re friends we’re friends we’re friends” and saying how he WOULD date robin but she wouldn’t date him. I hate that he and Nancy are sniffing around one another but he makes it very clear that he doesn’t think he’s too good for Robin or that she’s not attractive, but that she actually wants nothing more than platonic with him without outing her. I just think it’s very sweet

STEVE STARTED TO TRY TO QUOTE THE SHERLOCK HOLMES QUOTE DUSTIN SAID QND I HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM HES SO EMBARRASSING

And then he just walks away he’s such a baby such a baby

Kate bush will NEVER lose her magic powers that wuthering heights video is fucking amazing

Lucas being a lil dork I’m so so glad he’s a real character again after last season

I think the sound design is my favorite of all the seasons. The clock noise is cool and the way they’re using running up that hill to play quietly and distorted in certain scenes is really interesting

This whole flashback is like some umbrella academy rip off shit

Not them vying for brenners pocket taffy

Anytime this gross waxwork lookin bitch speaks I am filled with unspeakable rage

Bro where’s Kali in all these flashbacks??? I’ve been honking that since the beginning that first flashback really bothered me bc of all the kids besides 11 were killed how did Kali survive/did she escape earlier than that when she was like 4???? I hate it

“My fingers are like arrows!” The theatre if it all what a whore I love Murray

The karate has really payed off good for you dude

And then Murray and Joyce were frozen for sixty years like captain America

Yes Steve being the Scooby gang leader for five seconds loml

Eddie I promise you can paddle faster than he can swim

If Vecna can fuck with the flashlights he could totally fuck with the Walkman too

Lmao Eddie falling overboard

Good job girl FUCK brenner I hate him I hate him

Why did they reshave els head??? I don’t get it and bc it’s a wig it makes her head look oddly shaped

“Papa” “daughter” 🤢

#also I just tried to spell apocalypse as ‘apocylyspse’ so that’s how my nights going #yikes talks #st4 #stranger things spoiler #strangerthingsspoilers #I’m probably gonna stop tagging spoilers come Friday since it’ll be 2 weeks since release

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cactihierophant · 2 years

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What the BBC:Merlin characters' fav movie genres are based on vibes alone

Arthur: Rom-coms. I mean take one look at that boy and tell me he hasn't memorized every confession scene ever. He's a romantic at heart, and kind of annoying about it. Look at the way he looks at Gwen. I mean c'mon

Merlin: indie/ cult classics. Curious by nature and loves to make fun of people (mostly good natured). He's got hipster written all over his medieval skinny jeans

Gwen: She's an animated movie queen. Upbeat, and happy. She could be a Disney princess and we all know it

Morgana: before she went grimdark, found family adventure. After, elevated horror. But I think she still would have a secret soft spot for movies she watched with Arthur or Gwen

Uther: John Wayne. Self explainatory

Gaius: classic hollywood and nature documentaries. Also self explainatory

Killgarah: 80s/90s high fantasy, but he would say that he doesn't watch movies bc he's a bitch

Gwaine: buddy comedies like the hangover or girls trip. Also he is a total 2000s teen clique movie guy. He has a good sense of humor but also kinda immature

Leon: look, I am so sorry to say this, but .. Leon is a Star Wars guy. He definitely has been Obi-Wan for at least one costume party. I know it's not a genre, but it is the truth

Elyan: Studio Ghibli. He's a passionate but sweet guy. Definitely gives me shonen protag vibes. Loves a a good found family. He and Gwen for sure watched My Neighbor Totoro over and over again as kids

Percival: Percy seems like he's just down to have a good time. Action Adventure. What else? Honestly.

Lancelot: Also Rom-coms. Same reason as Arthur. But I think he's much calmer about them. I also think he enjoys found family fantasy

Mordred: feel-good dramadies. He loves the catharsis of crying but doesn't want to walk from the experience sad.

Freya: Slashers. She thinks they're funny. 💖

#Merlin #bbc merlin #merlin BBC #i know i didnt include everyone but theres a lot #merlin #arthur pendragon #morgana pendragon #uther pendragon #Guinevere #Lancelot #gwaine #percival #leon #elyan #freya merlin #gaius

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falsebooles123 · 2 years

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Dairy of a Horror Buff 8.24.22

So since this thing is actually called a diary I might as well right in it.

So since I have a little money left over from my paycheck I bought cuphead DLC!!!! Yassss. now I can spend even more time being obsessed with this game. because I am sad a lot.

wow there is a surprising lack of Cuphead gifs on this good christian website.

also for complicated reasons I need to get a new car maybe!!!! luckily I have been saving up for this so I'll be fine but who wants to spend there savings.

so lets watch some short films to relax.

A Free Ride (1915) dir. A. Wise Guy

CW: SMUT

ok so I was bored last night and was like hmmmmmmmmmm I wonder if theres any short films in the Adult Film section of Letterboxd. and the answer is yes. So A Free RIde, along with Am Abend and El Satario, are all extant examples of what was known as Stag Films which was basically underground smut that was shown at fraturnities because obviously porno theaters weren't around yet.

A Free Ride kinda works like theres dick and titty but at the same time this movies from the 1910s and its a little hard to relate to what hot and whats not from back then.

Overall kinda cool.

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Cravings (2019) dir. Kim Mcmahon

OK so this is another student animated film which I absolutely love that I was able to find out about this from letterboxd.

A woman wakes up after a night of partying. You watch as she appears to have caught some sort of bug as the voicemessages her boyfriend leaves her become more and more concerned.

Badass Watch this.

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The Sad Man dir. Jake Lava

CW: Self-Hard, Child Death

Ok so this is another one of those animated films that I've seen years ago before I ever had a letterboxd. I don't really know how to describe this film. Basically its a little bit like if No-Face from spirited away lived in a bombed out city in northern russia.

Ugh I love this little hungry bitch.

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Amy (2010) dir. Karlijn Scholten

CW: Gore, Child Abuse (Implied)

Youtube autoplay strikes again. So this is yet another little animated film that I remember watching on Youtube.

Essentially a little girl lives ina house with a big bad wolf type. shenanigans, (murdering her abuser) happens.

this is such an enjoyable and delightfully fucked up film please watch it if your able to.

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This Must Be The Place (2022) dir. Merlin Camozzi

OK this is somebodies fetish.

Essentially this film is about a women who wants to joining a coven the intitiation seems to involve a bunch of angry butch woman causing her indelible pain and then just slapping her.

which like girl if thats what your into go off I guess.

The witches are also like a group of petty criminals who all live together so yeah thats pretty gay.

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Koko's Haunted House (1928) dir. Dave Fleischer.

Ok so the fact that his illistrator has a toothbrush mustache is wild not because its the hitler stache but just because I can't imagine a single person it would have looked good on.

watching these really early fleischer cartoons you can definetly see how much there style and quality improved over the next few years. This is while not a Out of the Inkwell Cartoon its spiritual sibling. Koko the Clown winds up in a haunted house and spends most of his time in a scooby doo hallway with some dog while occasionally popping into a room for a sight gag.

plot wise this film is kinda lax but its another one to add to the pile.

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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) dir. James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber

so the original fall of the house of usser deals with a man who goes to visit a friend of his at his ancestual home which just so happens to have a big ass crack in the walls. Just before he gets there however his hosts sister has passed and the host is convinced her revenant is pacing the walls of her sepulcher.

I don't really remember what the entire vibe of the piece was its probably some thinly veiled incest shit. Lannister style. Oh also the entire house falls into the moors.

So this film as far as I can tell is completely silent as in no spoken dialogue. It is also the most aestetic thing that I have seen in a hot minute. It turns out when people didn't have to worry about writing tight dialogue these feature freeks were like bruh what if we were in a kolaidiscope. Theres probable a term for this kind of film, with its expressive lighting its emphases on expansive geometric architeture, the use of mirror and bokah effects. wait dadaist. Is that what I;m thinking cause the art style reminds me a lot of cool beans movie the ballet machinique.

This version of the film however seems to focus on the eternal state of the host feels guilty over the death of his sister. Theres no words and it is very abstract but I lokey love this. Its so artsy and dramatic and I really hope that I can see more of these kinds of film in the future.

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The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937) dir. Frank Tashlin

OK so this is an early Porky Pie Cartoon because I know your OBSESSED with all these fucking cartoon characters. In this one hes chilling his with his siblings when there uncle lawyers come by and is like oh by the way the will says that if all of you are say horrible murdered in a freak accident I get the millions of dollars in inheritance but like that wouldn't happen its not like I'm gonna go into the murder basement underneath the house and drink some Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide juice and then put you in stocks and gut you like the pigs you are. HHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

That would be hilarious.

anyway that is exactly what happens.

But also the fucking lawyer literally stops in the middle of what hes doing and just calls out some pasty wimp in the third row, which like bruh don't break the forth wall like that. But then that bloke just goes up and packs a wallop and honestly good riddence to mr. Lawyer Man.

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Il Caso Valdemar (the facts in the Case of M. Valdemar) (1936) dir. Ubaldo Magnaghi, Gianni Hoepli

In the early 19th century Mesmerism was taking the world by storm. Casually Scientist Franz Mesmar came up with a lot of things but the thing that really took off was Mesmerism which is essentially an early form of hynopsis. At the beginning it was nothing more than a fun parlor trick that the rich and bored would engage with. over time however this simple action began to draw the attention of spiritulist and the more scientific sort who were also interested in the world unseen.

it was then in 1845 that Edgar Allen Poe wrote this story. A mesmerist puts a man dying of turbercolisis into a hynotic trance the only issue is that after the man is clinical dead some form of consciousness remains. The body is kept in its hynoptic coma for months on end. until the doctor finally releases him from the spell which at that point the body instantly decays.

The thing I really enjoy about these short films is the amount of style that goes into them. theres a lot of dynamic angles and everyone is wearing just so much eyeliner because of the lighting.

This film also features what I am assuming is meant to be autowriting but I may be misunderstandingthe visuals here. It also doesn't help that the letters are written in italian.

I do like this film but I'm not sure if its my favorite adaptation of the story. Tales of Terror also did a segment on this story and that one for me really gets the plot across better.

I fell like one of the issues with these short films is that we're expected to know the story thats being referenced which ok Yes I do as I am once again a rather big poe fan but I can't say that for the uninitiated.

Through I'm horrible curious to know why Poe in particular was having such a resurgence at this time.

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Toby the Pup in Halloween (1931) dir. Dick Huemer, Sid Marcus

OMG you know Toby The Pup, the one that was produced by RKO pictures, you know it was like a super popular series with 12 whole shorts.

so yeah I can't really say whether or not this character was super popular or not but I can judge it harshly now.

To be honest I dont know if I love this. Toby and co have this kinda ms. Pacman vibe to them. like its round bodies and a face which is just a bit much.

Remember when Anita Sarkesian called Ms. Pacman a sexist depiction of objectification. As if she isn't the most regal queen who slays everytime she walks outside. I mean why do you think theres so many ghosts around her.

yeah so the plot is pretty basic. Toby the Pup is a sex pest, he plays a meh song on the piano and then some ghoalies crash the party this was kinda meddling to be honest.

Ok folks thats the end of todays adventure I need to go do some yard work or something.

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fangirl-erdariel · 10 months

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Quote time!

'Cake is eternal'

'Was it just the dreaming of my heart?'

'Dress me all in flowers white, so no mortal eye can see'

'Sing with me a tiny autumn song, with the melodies of the days gone by'

'Call my name from the heart'

'Forgotten phrases, tender and sweet'

'Clinging to affection, we somehow do learn to live'

'Running and reaching for the light'

'And I'll show you who I am, if you come where I go'

'In blinded night we are singing a glorious cry for freedom'

Okay let's see... :D This got unreasonably long so i'm putting it under a cut, sorry!

"Cake is eternal" - this is absolutely a crack fic. Maybe a bakery AU of some kind? I just can't decide what fandom or characters

"Was it just the dreaming of my heart?" - ok so for some reason what my brain went to was Beren and Lúthien fic, centering on Beren as he is dead, clinging onto the world, somewhere in Mandos, even though he's feeling the almost irresistible pull on his mortal soul to leave the world, because he can't leave yet because she asked him to wait and she promised to come and say goodbye right?? he can't leave until he sees her one last time, but at the same time he's dead and death does things to you so he's no longer really that certain of how much of what he remembers from life was true

"Dress me all in flowers white, so no mortal eye can see" - okay i know you've asked this before and fuck if i remember what I replied then. But right now I'm thinking immortal Merlin fic, with him through the years, through the changing tides of the mortal kingdoms and societies, slipping through it all almost unnoticed (and possibly going slightly mad with loneliness)

"Sing with me a tiny autumn song, with the melodies of the days gone by" - oohhh, this has a Tolkien vibe somehow. Maybe Aragorn and Arwen, long after LOTR, looking back on their lives?

"Call my name from the heart" - hmm... I have no idea why but I'm kinda thinking some kind of Garashir slowburn? idk anything else tho

"Forgotten phrases, tender and sweet" - again no idea where this came from, but maybe some kind of Glorestor fic? Like starting when Glorfindel's still newly come to Middle-Earth, and maybe he didn't have too much time to adjust to the whole "after thousands of years I'm alive again" thing, and he definitely hasn't had the time to process the fact that living comes with constant new feelings, new experiences, not just slowly sorting through and making peace with all the feelings and experiences from before you died, so he's still kind of reeling a bit and figuring things out again... and then, because Glorfindel was never one to do anything little by little or halfway, he goes and falls head over heels for Erestor and has to try and figure how love (and specifically communicating that love) works again

"Clinging to affection, we somehow learn to live" - so I don't really go for that very often, but somehow I'm thinking of Maedhros and Maglor with little Elrond and Elros? Maedhros and Maglor are all kind of worn down and burdened with like, everything, and Elrond and Elros are small children just torn from their home and family and friends, and it's all kind of a mess... but there's a bit of affection, a spark of something, some care for the twins, from Maglor, and maybe if they all hold onto it they can figure something out, maybe two kinslayers half-mad from their trauma and the Oath can live for a little rather than stumble forward after a terrible and seemingly unattainable goal, maybe two kids torn from everything they've ever known can learn to live, can grow up to make something of themselves, if they all just care for each other a bit and find a little affection for each other?

"Running and reaching for the light" - somehow (probably because i've already gotten myself into a tolkien mood and there's that whole metaphor about moths and candles in Athrabeth, lol), I'm thinking of an Andreth/Aegnor fic where Andreth doesn't submit so easily to the fact that Aegnor rejects her despite loving her, and maybe Aegnor isn't all that convinced about their love being impossible either, and Andreth goes after him, to stay at his side, reaching for his flame... and I don't know if that saves him, or if it ends in tragedy anyway (maybe she just dies at his side, when Dagor Bragollach comes. Or maybe she outlives him despite everything), but at least they have a while together, at least they get to love each other, whether or not it's enough to change their fates

"And I'll show you who I am, if you come where I'll go" - tbh no idea and my brain is out of idea making juice now, sorry ':D

"In blinded night we are singing a glorious cry for freedom" - I'm absolutely sure you've sent this to me before and I'm not sure what I replied then but right now what I'm vibing with is a Merlin AU where for whatever reason Merlin doesn't end up in Camelot (or at the very least doesn't end up as Gaius' apprentice, and doesn't end up really being involved with the court) and ends up sticking together with druids or just with other people who have magic instead, all keeping their heads low and fearing being exposed, but hoping for and working towards some kind of change nonetheless

Thanks for these, this was fun!

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