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#like tbh that would be a great way to finish the whole series with them winning cl like !!!!!!!!!!
staytinyville · 3 months
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Kiss a Girl
↣ Summary: When Bang Chan is finally over a break up, he comes across someone that seemed to make things feel like he was a high schooler again.
↣ Characters/Pairing: Bang Chan x Reader
↣ Genre: fluff
↣ AU/Trope info: idol!au, webtoon artist!reader, foreign!reader, post break-up, song inspired fic
↣ Word Count: 2.9k
↣ Warnings: none
↣ A/N: I am from Texas where country songs are just a must. I grew up on like 2000s country songs and will always go back to them lol. But I heard Keith Urban while I was in the store the other day and was like. This is giving Bang Chan. Could it be because they are both Australian? Quite possibly. But TBH I do wanna hear Bang Chan sing one of Keith Urban’s songs. 
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You have been in Korea for the past month doing some things for a work project you would never have thought to be possible. You were just a simple college kid a couple years ago who enjoyed making comics about a couple OC you created years ago. When the story became a hit around the world it garnered a lot of attention. 
Especially TV companies that were asking you if they could create your story into a series. 
You, being someone who was studying in the entertainment industry, agreed they could use it so long as you were allowed to work on the project with them. Your credits in college really help to put them along for the ride. Now you were going to be living in Korea for a bit until production finished and the whole series came out on the TV. 
In the past month, you had made some good friends with the people you worked with. There were A-list actors who enjoyed your company and sometimes would invite you out to go drinking with them. While you did enjoy going with them, you found yourself attached to your translator a lot more compared to them. 
It was easy to find people who spoke English, especially in the area you were working in. But the way your translator had to stick closer to you than others, you both found yourselves becoming close friends. And for them, as someone who worked closely in an industry that called for a lot of high ends, they were the ones who often took you out to fancy places where normal people would only wait years to get reservations. 
“This is a very classy spot.” You told your friend as you looked around the club. 
“It's a very high end club.” Your friend/translator told you. “Like only a select few people can get in.”
You laughed out loud. “How did you pull it off then?” You asked. 
“Did you forget where it is that we work at?” They laughed. “Of course we are going to get the best stuff. Just gotta be careful because they will make us sign NDA.” They deadpanned at the end. 
You laughed even louder. You glanced around for a moment to find where the bar was, easily spotting it along with a crowd. Just as you were about to head in that direction, you froze for a moment just as someone passed in front of you.
You let out a polite excuse me, bowing your head just a bit. The person looked at you oddly for a moment before giving you a small smile and telling you it was alright. When the man began to walk away, you tried to keep a neutral face, but were secretly panicking inside over you had just ran into. 
“Bro!” You gasped quietly, smacking your friend’s arm. “Did I just see Yugyeom? Like the idol?” You gushed. 
“Probably.” They looked over your shoulders, frowning as they nodded. “This is a popular club for idols because it's so exclusive.”
“Why would you bring me here?” You looked at them wide eyed, feeling like you were going to make a fool of yourself and risk a lot of things. 
“This is where a lot of people in the entertainment industry come when they want to experience normal things. Like a club.” They explained to you. “This place is also really popular with the younger generations. You’ll probably come across a couple of people winding down from promotions and stuff.”
You did in fact see a couple of more idols. Your friend was the one who explained to you who was in attendance at the club for the ones you weren’t able to pick out right away. There was a good amount of older people as well, at least at the bar. 
Once you got a drink in, you dragged your friend out to dance, laughing as songs you weren’t able to make out the words to blasted on the speakers. WIth how much your smile seemed to stretch across your face, other people began to notice you. Many of them were much to shy or reserved to go out and dance along with you but there were a few who wanted to feel your excitable energy. 
“Hello.” A girl smiled while talking in English, coming into your closer circle. 
“Hi.” You beamed, holding your hands out to grab onto hers. “Come dance!” You swung her arms around as you tried your best to not look like a fool. 
But it seemed the more others drank and the night went on, you didn’t have to worry much about that. Things would never change once people had alcohol in their systems to make them let loose just a bit. 
With you dancing along with the girl, a lot more came to join your side as your contagious positive attitude had an effect on others around you. 
“Like this.” The girl laughed, trying to copy your silly jumps.
“Yes!” You laughed, trying to get others to dance as well. 
Just as a large crowd was beginning to form on the dance floor, there were others going around and enjoying their time with friends. There was an idol who had just arrived after finally getting out of his post-break-up slump. He was ready to get back out there and mingle with new people after being in a mental blockage when it came to friends. 
His bandmates had gotten him to agree to going out with his closer friends that weren’t any of them. They had other things to do, which did make him a bit upset but as they had told him, he had a life outside of them as well. 
“Chan!” Yugyeom hugged the man’s side. “Look at you! Finally out.” He said, showing him towards where the others of the group were. 
“I don't know.” Chan nodded to himself. “I'm ready to be out.” He said. 
“For once and it's not in the studio.” Another one of their friends teased, lightly punching Chan in the arm. 
The Australian laughed, looking around the club he had not been to in a while. He took in the large crowd that was going on around the dance floor. 
“There's a foreigner?” He furrowed his eyebrows, turning to the others. 
“She's cute!” A friend called out. “Been dancing and getting others to join. Seems social.” He added. 
“I'm going to go ask her to dance.” Yugyeom called out, going to join the crowd. 
Once others saw the boy coming down to stand next to the floor, everyone else seemed to join as well, having you get sucked into the crowd that was chanting as songs continued. Yugyeom came up to you giving you a smile as he caught your attention. 
“Dance?” He asked you.
“Oh, sure!?” You nodded your head, moving to turn and face him as his song started to play. You laughed watching as he tried to explain to you the dance moves that came along with it. 
You kept laughing, cheeks hurting from the fun you were having. You hadn’t really gotten the chance to experience something like this back home. You have been to bars but the energy isn’t the same as a club that was meant to pump people full of adrenaline. You enjoyed the atmosphere, it helped your need to be social. 
“Yes.” Yugyeom gushed in English that had an accent. “Like that. Good!” He gave you thumbs up to show that you were correct. 
You laughed at his way of trying to speak to you. You waved him off, telling him thank you in Korean which made him laugh even more. He tried to have a conversation with you, but you laughed most of it and tried to explain to him he needed to speak slowly in order for you to understand just a bit more. 
When a new song came on, you hadn’t noticed someone else coming up to your side. All you did was turn to face the DJ stand as you began to sing to Stray Kids TOPLINE. You laughed as those around you began to do the same, in your own world. You turned to the person next to you, shouting out lyrics as you both gave off the same energy. 
You started singing louder when you noticed it had been Bang Chan singing along with you. The chorus came around and you fully turned to give him your attention, trying to keep up. Bang Chan felt something in his chest as he danced with you to his own song. It wasn’t that he was proud, it was just that he seemed to be content with how you didn’t seem phased with who he was. 
When the song came to an end, you clapped for Bang Chan, giving him a dazzling smile that made him turn his lips up. 
“You know Stray Kids!?” He asked you, shouting over the speakers. 
“No, who are they!?” You shouted back, face looking serious. 
You almost laughed at how Bang Chan’s eyes went wide and he looked at a loss for words. “I'm just kidding. It's really nice to meet you.” You gushed, bowing your head.
“Oh, you don't need to bow.” Chan awkwardly giggled. “It's okay.”
“I got used to it here!” You told him, coming to stand up straight. 
“Would you like to sit with me?” He asked you after a moment.
Your eyebrows raised, eyes wide as you took in his question. Looking just around him, you noticed your friend quickly nodding their heads, telling you to accept the offer. 
“Am I allowed to?” You laughed.
He thought about it for a moment, looking over at his group of friends. “Ah, if you don't tell anyone.” Chan chuckled. 
“Sounds like a risk.” You hummed. “I'll take it.” The smile you had made Chan a bit dizzy.
It had been so long since he had seen someone look at him that way. He had a ton of people look at him that way actually, but never to someone who made it seem like they just wanted to be friends. Chan had no problems with hookups, but it was refreshing to meet someone who wasn’t over him because they knew him. 
You did know him–sure–but you were taking into account who he was which made you a bit cautious. While it was normal for others to be that way, you weren’t scared of talking to him like you had been friends for years. 
When he showed you where his friend group were, you laughed a little at how they seemed to begin hollering when Chan brought you over. 
“Don't listen to them.” He shook his head. 
“Even if I did, I don't think I'd understand much.” You told him honestly. 
“Are you visiting then?” Chan asked, allowing you to sit down first before he sat in front of you. 
The music was much quieter in the area, but you figured it had to do with the fact that the table was sectioned off in the VIP. They had their own bar as well, classy stuff. 
“It's for work. I'm going to be here for a few months.” You answered him. “I did study what I could but I still need people to talk slowly.” You explained. 
“Ah, I see. I see. Lucky you, I speak English.” He laughed. 
“Even if you didn't, I'd try my best.” You nodded your head. “Miss the chance to speak with Bang Chan? Mega producer who’s part of 3RACHA?” You gushed, making his face turn red. 
“I wouldn't say mega.” Chan shrugged, getting bashful. 
“I mean I don't know.” You pursed your lips in thought. “The Scoville scale is out here close to blowing up.” You laughed. 
Chan bursted out laughing, cheeks hurting from how much he was stretching them. “You're cool.” He told you. 
“Why thank you!” You waved him off. “I pride myself on being cool.” You said.
“Han would like you.”
“Just going to drop bandmates on me as if I'm not freaking out on the inside.” You suddenly said, making him laugh. 
“You and I both.” Chan answered truthfully. 
“No! Please don't! It's all cool!” Your eyes went wide hearing his confession.
You both spent a good hour sitting at the table laughing about stories that would come up or just things about the other’s life. Chan hadn’t noticed when his friends would get up to get more drinks or when they would go out to dance. And they didn’t want to disrupt you two either, eyeing each other with smirking as they teased the poor boy behind his back. 
Before you knew it, you were telling your friend that you would be heading back to your temporary home with Chan as company. They gave Chan a thankful smile, bowing down in respect for someone of higher standard. But they told you to be careful, having gotten used to you always telling others that whenever they would leave. 
You found yourself outside some plaza eating Tteokbokki from a small restaurant outside on the sidewalk. The night was nice and cool, leaving you in a refreshed feeling after having danced in the hot club. Chan was laughing at you struggling to get the rice cake on your chopsticks. 
“Why would you eat it like that!?” He laughed, covering his mouth.
“I can't pick it up with the chopsticks!” You exclaimed, stabbing the rice cake treat with both chopsticks so it looked like you were at least eating them correctly. You managed to put it in your mouth before looking up at Chan who was pursing his lips. 
“Don't look at me like that!” You gushed, smile on your face. 
“It's like this.” He moved closer to you, trying to get you to hold the chopsticks correctly. 
It wasn’t that you didn’t know how to use them, it was just that trying to pick up slippery food proved to be harder than you cared to admit. 
“I'm trying!” You exclaimed, moving closer to him as he kept trying to put some food on your chopsticks. 
As you were moving to place it in your mouth, the slippery cake fell from your utensils and onto the floor. “My Tteokbokki!” You cried out.
“Ok fine. Keep stabbing it.” Chan laughed, giving up.
Next thing you knew the night had come to an end and Chan had walked you to the building you were staying at. He had his hands in his pockets, looking up at the tall apartment building before giving you a kind smile. 
“This is me.” You told him. “I had a great time.” You confessed. 
“Me too.” Chan smiled softly. “Thank you for coming out with me.” He added. 
You laughed as your face flushed red. “Of course. Thank you for inviting.” You told him. 
“Ah. I guess I'll see you.” Chan nodded his head, shoulders dropping for just a moment. 
“Yeah.” You nodded your head, soft smile on your face. “I had a really great time. I mean it—thank you for taking me out. Only could ever dream of something like that.” You told him honestly. 
“Yeah.” Chan thought about something for a moment, which made you stop from going in completely. “Ah, is it okay if I ask for your number?” He asked you.
“I mean for me it is but is it for you?” You joked once more. 
“Sounds like a risk. I'll take it.” He mocked you from earlier.  
“You know though, I really don't want to make you sign an NDA.” He quickly added after you both traded numbers. 
“To kiss and tell is just not my style.” You sang off, grinning from ear to ear. 
Chan laughed for a moment, understanding your joke. “But the night is young and it's been a while.” He played along. 
“Ah, you know it! Wasn't expecting you to honestly.” You told him.
“I'm a music producer—I listen to a lot of things. Besides, it's kinda relatable.” He smiled a little, looking down as he took in a calming breath. 
You weren’t going to ask about it, it wasn’t your place. You knew what the song was about–it was one you had heard since you were a little kid. Besides, Chan was an idol who had secrets to keep from the public. That was one of the first things you had to get used to when moving to Korea and working in the entertainment industry. 
“Then I'm happy to be that girl you wanna kiss.” You joked, thinking about the rest of the song.
“I wouldn't go that far.” He laughed, shaking his head. 
You gasped, eyes going wide at the scene you had just made. “Making me sound like a fool then. Ah, forget about it.” You said in a rush, face red from actual embarrassment this time. 
“No, I don't think I will.” Chan hummed, stepping closer to you. 
You watched him step closer, feeling your heart stop for just a moment as he placed his lips against your cheek. “Goodnight, (Y/N).” He told you softly.
“Goodnight Chan.” You smiled. 
You waved him off, turning around when a cold breeze blew past you. He continued on his journey towards his car parked in the front of the building. 
“I wanna kiss a girl. I wanna hold her right. Maybe make a little magic under the moonlight.” You sang to yourself, nodding your head along to the nonexistent beat you were playing in your head. 
“Don't wanna go too far just to take it slow. But I shouldn't be lonely in this big ol world. I wanna kiss a girl.” Chan quietly sang to himself as he walked home. 
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yellobb · 3 months
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Had book club discussion about Carry On today! Here’s some of the highlights:
People were mostly a big fan of the Magic system. Main criticism about it was that it would sometimes take them out of it, like the snickers spell while ebb is actively dying
There was much discussion over Penny and Baz kidnapping the dog, which was very entertaining to me
One of my managers asked if Agatha was in the rest of the series. I told her “she is, but I don’t think she wants to be”
People loved Baz lol. There was a bit less love for Simon (that’s okay, that’s what I’m there for)
I explained the lore behind Fangirl and why the titles are the way they are. Thoroughly confused some people
Someone had to leave the zoom call halfway through because his neighbors called the cops on his van???? Idk that was just wild
One dude who showed up also didn’t even finish the book yet, which I didn’t find out until partway through, so that was fun
They noted some Harry Potter similarities, but agreed it was a very different book
Number one complaint was that “nothing happened”. They were really interested in the politics of the world, how relationships were formed and were pretty disappointed that a lot of that was exposition
One coworker was confused as to why Nico couldn’t do magic anymore, since they mentioned he used to be able to use Ebb’s staff and honestly I don’t remember the answer, so help here would be great if anyone knows. He should be able to even though they snapped his wand, right?
One coworker was frustrated that Simon lost his magic because he thought that was the most interesting part. I told him that he was not alone in that, since I remember so many people being upset back in the day
Everyone saw the plot twist that the Mage was the bad guy coming. Tbh, I read it so long ago that I can’t remember if I was surprised
Everyone also saw snowbaz coming lol. One guy said “I knew by chapter three that those two would be fucking” (oh just you wait my friend. Soon the issue will be that they’re not fucking)
They found it very entertaining that the endorsement was from Lev Grossman because “The Magicians is the polar opposite of this book”
I brought in Skee’s ABC’s of Carry On, Venessa’s art book, the whole series, Fangirl, Scattered Showers, MRB, and various pins from Selkie and others. Also wore my dragon wing earrings and Kris’ shirt :P I let myself be unhinged about it because this is my time to shine. I also have the Wayward Son poster pack at my desk that I pointed out
Overall reviews are positive. Most people didn’t love it quite like I do, but they enjoyed it well enough. I am lovingly forcing two coworkers to finish out the series because they made the mistake of being my friend lol
One guy’s review was “I liked it and I don’t know why. I hate Harry Potter and stuff like it usually.”
Very happy that this is done though, since I can finally hang back up Kris’ Carry On poster. It has too many spoilers, so I’ve had it on the ground hiding for two months for when people came over 😭 it’s going back in its place of honor next to my TV
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moonspirit · 2 months
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Hello! I'm super late to the aot and aruani train (having just binged the entire show start to finish like 2 months ago over 4 days lmao) but I just gotta say that I really enjoyed your Fort Salta series! Annie and Armin were legit my favourites already during my first watch of the anime, and it really saddened me to know that it seems alot of people online really hate Annie? Like (no hate on any other characters) but Annie is legit best girl how tf can people hate on her ;-; Anyways, I've been ecstatic since I've found your fics and blog along with many others (shoutout to distortedclouds and flailingkittylover too!!) bc it felt like I finally found my people - good to know I'm not the only one brain-rotting from this show and especially over these two xD I've been dying to talk to someone about this recent discovery of mine since I've started reading the manga though...did you know that Armin has been taller than Annie since even before she was crystalized?? In the anime he's like the shortest person pre-timeskip beside Historia, but turns out it's not the case in the manga! In volume 8 when Armin confronts Annie in Stohess, he's clearly drawn to be slightly taller than her in the scene - I thought it was just a perspective error, but it's drawn that way over multiple pages so it's definitely intended! Makes the whole height/size difference thing even more adorable omg ;-;
Ahhh hello there! First off: Welcome, welcome to the Aot fandom, and the AruAni fandom in particular! No time is too late, we're all happy to have one new aruani fan join in haha xD
I agree that while it's very sad seeing the Annie haters, it's best to ignore them. They may have their reasons or not (tho tbh, those of us in the Annie/AruAni fandom would say they just have a very poor or nil understanding of her character). Annie's an extremely well written character honestly; @distortedclouds and I once had this conversation where she was talking about how Isayama managed to give Annie flawless character development in spite of portraying her as the non-typical badass female (in that she doesn't have huge, heroic ambitions and etc) - and I agreed wholeheartedly. Annie's very strong and lethal, but in her vulnerability and desire to be loved and wanted, I think we can all see a bit of ourselves.
Wait I digressed xD My point: Annie's best girl, and we stay away from the haters and stick to worshipping her. Strengthening the Temple of Annie Leonhardt must be our ultimate goal.
I would go on a rant about Armin too being the best, bestest, bestestest boy, and of our other goal of strengthening the Temple of Armin Arlert, but that is for another post, maybe xD
Regarding the height difference! I believe it's an established fact that Armin has always been taller than Annie, right from the beginning. If I remember right, the official Character Guidebook (2014) which was based on the first 11 volumes of the manga, listed Armin as 163cms while Annie was 153. While he's one of the shortest among the boys in general (and post-timeskip he's taller than Levi), he's been at least a whole head taller than Annie ever since they joined the military. Post timeskip, he's 169cms while Annie remains apparently unchanged, so the gap is larger, and likely to grow an inch or two more (since he's only 19). Anyway, yes it's fucking cute, and don't get me started on the size difference 🫠🫠🫠
Once again, welcome to the aruani fandom here, there's lots of lovely people with great blogs writing fics, making art, brainrotting 24/7 and posting about AruAni all the time, and we're very happy to have you be a part of it, here!
And thank you so much for reading the Fort Salta series T/////T I'm very grateful.
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skzms · 2 months
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Hello, the 🐝 is back, I'm settling in after a hectic week, and to answer your question, YES, it's my first time reading "sharing is caring"! You have no reason to be nervous, as I love everything I've seen from you so far! I love a binge, but I'm gonna consume this series one chapter at a time to edge myself to give it the careful consideration it surely deserves - and so I can better give you my thoughts on each part! I just finished chapter 1, and here are my thoughts:
You're really good at setting the scene; the ambiance at the after party was so vividly described, I felt like I was there
“Jisung, Minho and I, and especially Jisung and I, we like sharing,” you started explaining..' Me, a person who knew what this series was about: 🤯
“He’ll probably want to take a video of us to tease Minho.” Hyunjin’s breath hitched in his throat.' He might not be sure if he's ever thought of Hannie that way, but he's definitely thought about Minho 😂
Also, Han sitting across from them just watching like, "Holy shit, this is actually happening.." is so hot and so funny to me 😂
'if Jisung was going to go back to Minho and tell him about this, he wanted Minho to hear that Hyunjin had made you beg.' It's a powerplay! It's wanting to impress your sunbae! It's being turned on by Minho's jealousy! Baby, it's eeeverything
'Hyunjin had to admit, you were right, he did look delicious when he was all wet and desperate and angry that he had just made his girlfriend squirt in his mouth.' I have no coherent thought about this, I just wanted to remind you that you wrote that, you filthy genius; I'm gonna be thinking about that one for a while
There was something almost wholesome about Hannie fetching towels, like a horny lil' butler
Hannie's drunken texts to Minho are so fucking hot and so adorable, I can't, I love them so much
Perv!Jisung thinking being strangled with a hotel hairdryer is 'yummy' - yeah, that checks out
And of course the end, Minho making sure Hyunjin sees him staking his claim - god, they're so STUPID, I love them aaahh This was EXCELLENT, I'm so excited to read more! I'm sorry this was stupidly long, would you believe me if I told you this message was edited down some? I'll try to make the next one shorter Hope you're having a great day! - 🐝
🐝 nonnie!!! you have no idea!! how loud!! i gasped!! when I saw this message!!!
every single word made me so so so happy, like please don't feel like you need to edit any of it, I will lap it all up with stars in my eyes 😍 if you're planning on doing this for every part i may not survive, or like I'll write you in my will or something because WOW
also can I say it feels like so long ago that I wrote chapter one that hearing all of this is unreal lakshlahdkj because I LOVE THEM, TOO!! THESE ARE MY BABIES!!! you picked out all of my fav bits, the powerplay of hyunjin wanting to at the very least be remembered and also getting off on the illicit!! hannie's horny texts to minho!!
also are we proud of jisungie being so well-behaved? I am, tbh, especially knowing how their other adventures go 👀
ANYWAYS ILY BEYOND BELIEF, THIS JUST MADE MY WHOLE ENTIRE WEEK I WANT TO SMOOCH YOU
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thecustomwenclair · 1 year
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OKAY SO IM NKT DONE WITH WEDNESDAY YET IM ON EPISODE 7 (and I should probably finish the series before I post this but whatever)
SO SPOILERS FOR THE SHOW!! LIKE SERIOUSLY
SPOILERS!!! SPOILERS!!!
Okay I am so like- surprised??? First off with Fester and he has electricity powers?? Like that's awesome. BUT YHEN THING
OH MY HOS THING ALMOST DIES AND WEDNESDAY IS ALMOST CRYING? LIKE SHE LEGIT SHEDS A TEAR?? I LEGIT HAD A MENTAL BREAKDOWN (/pos) IN MY KITCHEN BECAUSE OF IT?
ALSO THE WAY SHE CURLS UP AFTER ENID IS LIKE; im moving in with Yoko bye lol AND SHES SO?? SAD??
And finally.. THE HELL TYLER MIGHT BE THE MONSTER? ALSO WHEN I TELL UOU I SCREECHED AT SEEING WILLA AND TYLER KISS- his actor is literally gay why would they do that to him 😭😭
But Wends havint a vision?? While she's kissing him? Imagine that but wenclair.. not the whole "Oh Enid's the monster" but like just seeing them in the future and it's actually more like a Dove vision
Like now I'm just imagining in a wenclair version/au where Enid and Wednesday are gfs and are happy together Wednesday's visions turn more into Dove like visions- like, she still has her Raven visions, but every now and then (usually around Enid) she gets a Dove vision and I'm just rambling by now
BAXK TO TYLER MAYBE BEING YHE HYDE (also what's up with movies recently having a whole Hyde/Jekyll thing?) LIKE I AM SIMPLY FLABBERGASTED? also man people really do die around Wednesday a lot/ don't stick around :(
Also when Eugene got attacked I thought he died and I was just sitting there with my hand over my mouth and I was so damn surprised. And then Willa visiting him in the hospital :((( and giving him honey and telling him abt her birthday things is just UGHHH I WANT THEIR FRIENDSHIP ITS SO SWEET LIKE THEM ARE SO >>>> /p
Anyways that's it I'm done rambling I'm gonna finish episode 8 and probably ramble anymore and I'm so sad they put Wends in a love triangle instead of wenclair but it's still a great show tbh I'm rlly not just gonna stop watching bc there's no wenclair
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azsazz · 4 months
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okay, replying to the long anon message this way so i can put it under the cut for spoilers :)
if it wasn't for fanfics of acotar i would have dropped it in acowar tbh, there were too many inconsistencies with the plot and characters and so many things that happened so the story moved forward but had no reason to happen, like it was out of nowhere and she prioritized romance over plot more and more each book and then prioritized smut in acosf over her own characters. i know ppl like that book but that was a shit characterization of nesta and cass and everyone that showed up almost and what for? to have a bunch of smut scenes that didn't actual help anything with nesta's development or the plot (i think it didnt even help with them getting together bc i would have prefered they actually started getting closer organically and then the tension starting after that) and she actually had a good idea with the valkyries but then the blood rite kinda cheapened it in my opinion bc they literally won with the power of friendship when sjm could have just skipped more time ahead (since they're immortal) and then when the 3 of them were realistically ready they could have won, and since the 3 bat boys winning was such an important thing i think if she really had to have that parallel than she could have wrote it better
i absolutely agree with this. and there's amazing examples of fantasy books where the smut hasn't ruined the plot and it's flow is great. but like, she's just cranking these books out with little thought i swear. and she can brag that she wrote cc3 in whatever like 6 weeks or some shit and then scrapped the whole thing. but like? sounds like a rush job to me? and how does she keep up with all these fucking characters because i can't. cc3 will make me lose my mind i swear. cass/ness had so much potential tbh i was here for it but acosf was a complete whirlwind of fuckery. and i get that it was no longer feyres pov or whatever but what the hell, that's not my cassian.
im glad you mentioned the bryce and az chapter bc i havent read that series and i dont want to but sjm is crossing them over to get people to read it (which makes me want to read it even less lol) and its just one more storyline she probably can't keep up with. like it's crazy how we still don't know so much about the acotar world or the characters, even rhys we still don't know how far his powers go or so much about his backstory and why? bc sjm doesn't care about building a character, i know it's a romance book but you can't just ignore every other aspect of the book
literally the only reason i read it was for the crossover. it was one of the worst books ive ever read and long as fuck too. did not need to be that long. i couldn't tell you a single thing that happened in it to be honest besides the fact that literally every man bryce came across had to make sure to mention how beautiful she is. fuck off with that shit fr.
also! this one is kinda me being picky maybe but the jokes about feyre having canned food in this setting with no other modern stuff is actually bad world building imo, i mean there were no signs of industry in the book and then a can of soup shows up out of nowhere? before other more basic stuff than would have to have shown up already? idk what that was about. that and the leggings, im not saying it's not possible for them to be there but to this day my mom calls them tights bc that's what they were called until a few years ago so seeing the word in the fantasy setting sjm had set up literally pulled me out of the book
OMG you're so right i never thought much of the soup can but you're so rightttt im actually dying that's so funny. yeah, leggings was stupid as fuck too, you're telling me they have synthetic stretchy fabric? be so fr rn
maybe im in a mood today too lol but i really just much prefer fanfiction over the books, in fact i only finished them bc since i was getting spoilers from fics and thought i might as well read them
i feel this so hard 💙
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Do you have headcanons about lookism + htf characters that you haven't talked about in a post before?
OH yeah um. a lot, but some are def leaning towards ooc/very self indulgent LMAO so i'm sorry if u look at these and go "they would NOT do that" its true to me 💔
i'll list 5 for both series!
thank u for showing interest, and also anyone else is welcome to reply/reblog with their headcanons bc theyre always fun to see <3 !!
(btw sorry if i have shared some of these b4, if i did they were prob in my tags and i just forgot 😭)
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LOOKISM
-mary kim; she has a muscular figure with a lil tummy ! naturally started losing weight and building muscle while doing judo as a sport and exercising in general. she's still a little sensitive about her weight due to bullying when she was younger and at a larger size, but shes happy where she is now. she'll beat ur ass if u shit talk her weight but if u do it behind her back, vin jin will step in if he catches u ^_^
-jay; hes selectively mute, it formed mainly from his social anxiety but also because he's naturally an introvert and was neglected during his developing childhood stages, so that snowballed into selective mutism ! (saying this just bc i like having reasons for everything rather than just make him not being able to talk a Unique Character Trait Thing) i also have a whole ass backstory idea for him but i'll only share if someone's interested 😭 tbh tho i might get too attached to it and ignore canon if his real backstory ever comes out LMAOOO
-leonn; i ABSOLUTELY fucking refuse to have the only woman in the architecture department be there just bc she has a crush on some fucking guy (not an insult to vasco, simply an angry comment directed towards gross heteronormativity and the shitty use of female characters). anyways she mistook her deep admiration for vasco as romantic feelings
-warren; has a blackhole stomach. everyone in hostel is wary about wasted food bc theyre,, not very well off to say the least so anything they dont like/cant finish they give to warren and he happily chows down ^_^ also yeah hes not very picky about what he eats !!
-vin jin; the easiest way to tell he's embarrassed is when his ears go red. (jace, too... for obvious reasons) its hard to catch him blush under his shades sometimes! this may or may not also be the reason he grew out his hair ^_^
HOW TO FIGHT
-snapper has become such a talented cameraman he is now great at secretly recording things to blackmail his friends LMAAOAO (obviously nothing serious tho, snapper's not evil 😭)
-rumi has a habit of petting people's heads affectionately 💖
-jisoo's ass is rotting in jail! ^_^
-taehun is a child magnet. you'd think he'd scare off kids but nope they all wanna play with him. and he acts like he hates this fact yet he always plays with the kids or at least entertains them a little (when hes not busy). altho he does hate this fact; babies are always staring at him (yknow that one science study or whatever that said babies stare at pretty people? yeah.)
-THE GIRLS ARE ALL BESTIES!!!!!! bomi, gyeoul, rumi, and gaeul <3 bomi is the calm collected smart one, rumi is also the smart one but more bubbly, gyeoul is the little goblin they kinda have to keep on a leash and gaeul's dumb of ass pure of heart <3
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Hi........if you don't mind me asking, who are your favorite romantic relationship's couples in books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series (can be canon or non-canon)? And why do you love them? Sorry if you've answered this question before......Thanks....
Hey! Sure, I can do that.
In comparison to the big amount of ships I have I only have a handful I'm actually super serious about. So here are a few I like:
Merthur (Merlin + Arthur) from BBC Merlin: This goddamn kids show still has me deep in my feels after all this time. They're doing things to me. It's so sad that the series didn't get the treatment it needed and deserved because it was just for children. It had so much potential! The mutual trust and protection between the two is *chef's kiss*. They're soulmates in the most literal sense and belong together, are canonically destined to be with each other. What more do I need to say? And still, they're not canon. Unbelievable.
Andreil (Andrew + Neil) from the aftg trilogy: they have a super interesting, thrilling story, both the plot of the book and their relationship are fascinatingly fucked up and it draws you in. Despite their many issues and their rocky start they do have a really healthy relationship based on mutual trust, support and protection. I also like the imagine where we add Kevin and make it a throuple.
Mikayuu (Mikaela + Yuichiro) from Owari no Seraph: They're not canon but if they don't get together at this point it'd literally be unspeakably disrespectful because the way they act is so romantic, I've never seen a non-canon couple be so obviously in love. This is the most blatant queer baiting I've ever witnessed. Anyways, you could argue that they have a reason for their feelings, meaning that they're not genuine and only fabricated emotions, but idc, they're still obsessed with each other. Just because they have a reason for feeling the way they do doesn't mean that it's not genuine. Literally made for each other. The other characters also notice their fixation on one another.
Hualian (Hua Cheng + Xie Lian) from tgcf/ heaven official's blessing: I literally just finished this book series and already love them so much. It's a tragic and comedic story at the same time. I love when those genres are well balanced so that one doesn't destroy the other. They have their weird moments, like Hua Cheng being a little bit of a creepy stalker, which is why at some point I was slightly intimidated by him and completely understand why the side characters were terrified of him, but we know he's a great person and would never deliberately do anything harmful. They have a healthy relationship and as you may have noticed that's a really important aspect to me. BUT I do love angst and that's why beefleaf (He Xuan + Shi Qingxuan) from the same franchise are very dear to me as well, even though they wouldn't make a healthy couple.
Kanej (Kaz + Inej) from Six of Crows: badass characters that make me so emotional istg. But they make a power couple like no other. We stan the queen and the king. Again, a healthy couple, even though they're murderers. I just love how profound their relationship is. It isn't easy to cope with that kind of trauma and still want to be together. Also, the other two ships from soc are amazing as well.
Patrochilles (Patroclus + Achilles) from The Iliad: the OG gays. This story takes place 3200 years ago and it still makes me lose my mind when I think about it.
Caitvi (Caitlyn + Vi) from Arcane: I love their dynamic. They are both so cool in their own ways. And I have the biggest crush on Vi. I'm so impressed with this show tbh.
Yumihisu (Ymir + Historia) from Attack on Titan: Although aot/snk doesn't focus on romance at all and I like it that way, I do really like these two and I wish they could've gotten a chance.
Renga (Reki + Langa) and Matchablossom (Joe + Cherry) from SK8 the Infinity: Both are great ships respectively. The whole show is just for shipping and I love it.
Honourable mention: Khunbam (Khun + Baam) from Tower of God: I love colour coded relationships, they're kinda blue and red like Renga and Merthur. It's just funny to me that they don't romantically care about anyone else and their friendship is so intimate, at least from Khun's side, and while I don't think that they're ever gonna be a couple, it'd certainly be funny if the creator just pulled a gay trap on the readers. Reel them in with a battle based shonen webtoon and some straight baiting and then boom actually it's been setting up the queer ship all along. Oh how I'd laugh.
Honourable mention 2: Yoonmin (Yoongi + Jimin) from BTS: I'm sorry. It's just that I loved this ship when I still went to school. I hyperfixated on them because I needed something to obsess over to distract myself from my crippling depression. I don't normally ship real people because I don't want to make them uncomfortable, it's just for fun or as a joke. I am not serious about them, I just projected ship dynamics like grumpy + sunshine onto them and it brought me great joy. I even wrote a ff au when I was 14. Oh heavens, I have sinned.
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Rating bl shows as I watch them. Part 3
I just wanna put it out there that, in general, when watching shows, I’m the type of viewer that likes shows for their characters, not necessarily if the plot is subjectively good. That doesn't mean I won't call out bad plot. Just saying.
Hidden Agenda
still 8/10 (purely bc I'm joongdunk biased)
Imma be honest and say I got kind of lost after watching episode 8. But its probably due to binge watching eps 1-7 and then waiting a month to pick it back up.
But all in all, after watching the finale, I was pleased with the story and JokeZo’s ending.
I am also now a fan of AouBoom and wish there was more of them. sighs…
I just love Joong. He’s got a spot on my top fave gmmtv actors list for the foreseeable future. I’d love to watch more shows with him in it. And let me just take a moment to say this: I’ll be on reddit and seeing people bash Dunk’s acting, but like…. I don’t get why. I think he’s quite alright. 🤷‍♀️ And I think he was good in this series.
I’d love to see them do more challenging and different roles from the characters they’ve played in SIMM and HA. Maybe like an office setting? Idk I'll take anything but a school setting again pls.
Last but not least, Joongdunk have the best kissing scenes out of all the bls I've seen. Period.
Never Let Me Go
8/10
Alright, if I disregard all the unrealistic aspects of this show, it’d be a 10 out of 10. But even considering the unrealistic stuff, I still found it quite enjoyable to watch. Pondphuwin were phenomal in this series!!! Great performances from both of them. Phuwin was excellent in playing a character like Nuengdiao. Nuengdiao and Palm…. these 2 selfless boys had my heart aching for them throughout the whole damn show. I teared up when he left Palm behind on the island because he didn’t want to see Palm get hurt anymore because of him. Though I didn't really care for when Palm pulled an uno reverse on him in the 12th episode. But I can understand why he did.
And I must say I was pleasantly surprised that they didn’t make Chopper out to be a bad guy. Loved this. And Perth, man….. this guy can fucking act. He is just…. top tier. Another fave of mine.
I was surprised we didn't see Channon in the finale. Like where'd he go? ....oh well.
Vice Versa
9/10
Ah, this show. I am glad I ignored all the negative reviews I saw on MDL and watched this, because I actually think it’s quite good for a romance drama. The fantasy aspect could've used a little more shaping, but it wasn't too bad. In terms of how good I'd say Its like right below not me level good, which is pretty good for me. lol I loved JimmySea’s chemistry together. They are so stinking cute together. Another thing I’d like to say is it had a decent plot and that it ended well without too many loose ends (or at least that I can think of atm.)
The only things I would complain about is if it were me making a show like this, I would’ve wanted to include at least a scene or two to show the audience how Tess and Tun were dealing with being Talay and Puen. That way, we could've gotten perspective for how the switch was for all the people involved. Missed opprotunity there, i think. But considering the story ain't about them, its about Talay and Puen, I feel like I shouldn’t complain about this. (This is just me wishing to see more Ohm and Nanan tbh. I miss them. sighs) Also, some of the things they said were just too cheesy! But i mostly like cheesy lines in romance shows so this aint a negative to me.
When I finished the show, It left me wanting more. Not in the sense that it feels like it didn’t end right or it had loose ends, but like I just want more of these characters and their lives. Like I NEED a season 2! I know Talay gives us a brief overview of how life goes on for them and for the others in the other universe, but I want more, dammit! I want a season of Tess and Tun and how they deal with being thrown back into their world and find out they’re a part of a screenwriting group. I want to know of what it was like for Tess and Tun to have to live as Talay and Puen. I want to see Puen and Talay become screenwriters in their world. Do they rope their universe’s Up and Aou into it? Does their world have a Kite and Fuse? We may never know. . . sighs
It left me kind of sad, knowing that Puen and Talay miss their friends from the other world, knowing they’ll never get to see them again. Sure, they find their universe’s Up and Aou, but it’s just not the same!
I was absolutely in awe of the color theme of this show and its concept. I just love color in general so this aspect was very appealing to me from the start.
I also could feel that the relationship between the 2 is supposed to feel romantic, you know what I mean? Like sometimes in other shows, the main cp doesn't feel like a romantic relationship is budding between the 2 until usually they start the physical aspect of the relationship, for example by kissing. But to me, I felt the attractions between each other from the start.
I loved seeing all the cameos and references to other gmmtv series. and I actually didn't mind all the product placements. I thought they weren't too jarring enough and didn't ruin scenes. Tbh, every time they ate kfc chicken, it'd just make me laugh because it would have me craving it.
Vice versa was a cute series to me that also had its serious moments that managed to pull at the heart strings.
I especially liked that it took a while, like a long time for Talay to fall in love. And I loved how it was shown in the show to the audience, like giving clues to show he was, like when he sprayed his outfit with a perfume he knew Puen liked.
ALl in all, I really liked this series and can’t wait to watch the next show jimmysea do together!
Theory Of Love
6/10
I just want to start by saying that this series is not the worst, but it’s not the best (to me). Tbh, I found myself having a hard time trying to sympathize with Khai even during the later half of the show when he's changed and trying to get Third back. I believe he did change to be better and to do right by Third, but it was still hard for even me, a viewer, to trust him. So I can only imagine what Third must have been feeling. Third deserves someone good, that will treat him right and what’s funny is that it’s even pointed out by the cp in ep 12 where Third says he’s been surrounded by good people but still chooses to love Khai. And it hurts to admit that that is just so realistic, because people do choose others when they deserve someone much better simply because they love them.
Some things I liked about this series: The friend group, specifically Two and Third’s friendship. Two was always there for Third. He was really the ‘best friend’ in my opinion. I’m still sad about it, but I also liked that Bone’s love interest did not play in his favor. Like sometimes it doesn’t work out and that’s okay. I loved Paan and while I did really want to see her and him get together, but after seeing her fiance choosing Paan over the affair and wanting a second chance, I thought “well if Khai gets one, so should he, right?”
Most noteably, Gun’s acting was fucking superb as always. I’m just stunned by him. The scene where he’s at his apartment, drunk after seeing Ching Ching kiss Khai had me in TEARS. His facial expressions, his EYES. . . he’s just so GOOD. If I were to rewatch this series, it’d be soley just to watch Gun’s amazing performance. Also how could I not mention the sad eating burrito scene!
Also I saw this comment on ep 12 and loved how it explained the show, so here it is.
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So. The original A Song of Ice and Fire outline. This has been rehashed to death but I find it extremely interesting because GRRM has always been clear that while the journey changes and he adds lots of minor and secondary characters and changes details, the major characters and the broad strokes of their story have always been there and he’s always had the same destination in mind. I think we can glean a lot about how things will shake out from this, which is good because I’m skeptical the series will ever really be finished and it’s nice to have a sense of where it’s going. The major points:
1. This was envisioned as a 3 act trilogy over the course of a number of years. It would start with a longer war between the Starks and Lannisters, then Dany would land in Westeros, and finally the Others would invade and the War for the Dawn would begin. tbh I think he should have stuck with this; the drastic slowdown in pacing and huge explosion of tertiary storylines and characters in books 4 and 5 has really hurt the series and is probably a large part of why he’s struggling to continue imo. The Others especially have come to feel like an aside compared to the scheming about who ends up on the throne, which feels contradictory to the original idea that the Long Night was the real threat. I also think the events happening over a longer span of time makes sense: the kid characters get to grow up more (Arya, Bran, Jon, Sansa, and Dany all act like they have anyway,) events are given more room to breathe (Theon being totally broken by Ramsay and Cerseis downward spiral are both things I think would make more sense taking place over the course of a few years,) and some of the political plots would feel less rushed (like the chaotic power struggles in Kings Landing, Dany coming into her own as a leader and gathering her army, or Jon rising through the ranks of the Nights Watch and struggling to fix its many problems as troubling reports of the Others become more and more frequent.)
2. The central characters seem to be largely the same. Tyrion, Daenerys, Jon, and Arya are all clearly main protagonists. Bran though has surprisingly few chapters compared to them given that the outline calls him a key player, and it implies that Jaime is the main antagonist of the War of the Roses expy, which was altered somewhat in the series we got by greatly expanding Cerseis role and turning Jaime into something of an antihero. I am not the biggest Jaime sympathizer (I still think he’s a narcissist,) but I think Cersei is a great villain who is used to explore the way women in patriarchal societies can sink under their bitterness so I am pleased we got her out of this. Interestingly, there is no mention of Slavers Bay, and it’s pretty much outright stated Dany goes straight from the Dothraki Sea to Westeros, a change I would have liked to see.
3. Ned still dies in the same way, but Robb is killed in battle (less dramatic and doesn’t have as much potential to fuel future conflict as the Red Wedding so I’m glad that was changed) and Catelyns whole arc turns out quite differently. She goes to and eventually beyond the Wall with (still crippled, still magic) Bran and Arya to escape the Lannisters and is killed by the Others. I am of two minds about this: it makes the Others way scarier if they knock off a major character, and it is a much cooler storyline for Cat than what we got, but Aryas time posing as a commoner and showing how devastating the war is for average people is one of my favorite arcs and it would be a huge loss. Interestingly, Bran and Jon become bitter enemies over something that happens when he denies them refuge at the Wall in an attempt to honor his Nights Watch vows. This conflict I think could have a lot of potential to come true in the main story Bloodraven is evil or part of the same force that controls the Others. I really like the idea of Bran being unwittingly manipulated into dark magic because of his inexperience; his time in the cave has had a strange sinister undertone to me and I think that’s deliberate. I don’t think the Stark kids will necessarily be all smiles and hugs in any case if they do reunite. GRRM enjoys interpersonal conflict too much, to the point where he created Sansa to introduce some friction in the family.
3. Sansa chooses the Lannisters, and marries Joffrey and has a son with him. The outline says she comes to “bitterly regret” her choice and that Joffrey has the same characterization he he does in canon, so I imagine it plays out similarly to what we got, only instead of her forced marriage to Tyrion, Joffrey is still the groom. I think the bones of this still existed in the first book and that’s why Sansa warned Cersei about Neds plan to flee the capitol. I think Theon was eventually created from this arc, possibly because GRRM decided not to make Sansa an outright antagonist and had to find another kid in Winterfell who isn’t a family member but is close with them. In any case, her and her son are both killed by Jaime to secure his position, and I can state with confidence that Sansa being murdered by him is probably not going to be a plot point that carries over. I would be surprised if Sansa dies at all, though Theon probably will.
4. Tyrion is pretty different. He is still a major political player, and actually sacks Winterfell (a role later given to the Boltons.) He ends up assassinating Joffrey for his cruelty, and then Jaime wipes out everyone else before him in the line of succession and pins it on Tyrion who is sent into exile. This is similar to what happens in canon (though obviously there Tyrion never harms Joffrey and Cersei rather than Jaime is the one who blames him and takes power for herself as Tommens regent.) The next part could be a hint about Tyrion’s future. He ends up in exile, implied to be beyond the Wall, and switches sides. There is a fair amount of foreshadowing in the first book about him ending up with the Nights Watch, and I do think that might end up coming true.
5. A love triangle develops between Jon (R+L=J still in this,) Arya, and Tyrion at this point. There are two directions this could go. The first is that Tyrion was reworked into Ramsay in this scenario. Like Tyrion in the outline, Ramsay destroys Winterfell. He also marries “Arya Stark,” who we as the reader know is poor Jeyne Poole impersonating her but most people in Westeros (including Jon) assume is the real Arya. Jon famously goes nuclear and breaks his vows to the Nights Watch to march and battle Ramsay when he writes him a taunting letter saying fArya has gone missing and demanding her return. It does make for a twisted sort of love triangle and play into the angst described in the outline where Jon’s vows conflict with his love for Arya. The second scenario is that Arya became Daenerys in this situation. There is a fair amount of foreshadowing for a possible Jon/Dany romance (especially the “bride of fire” prophecy in the House of the Undying,) and of course Tyrion is on his way to her right now and with the way he talks about her already I could see him falling in love with her when they do meet.
6. I haven’t really mentioned Dany because her arc is pretty separate in this outline but is much more streamlined. The setup of her being sold as a bride to Khal Drogo is kept the same, but he never budges on invading Westeros and kills Viserys for pushing it. Dany and Viserys are implied to have a better relationship here (which would have had a knock on effect I think because the lifetime of abuse she faced from her brother was imo a key part of her character) as she is extremely upset by his murder and ends up killing Drogo to avenge him and fleeing into the wilderness, where she finds a baby dragon who she uses to invade the Seven Kingdoms. tbh this is a lot less creepy than her “falling in love” with the 30+ year old warlord she was sold to and gets her to Westeros faster so I can get behind it. As awesome as Danys anti slavery crusade is it really pushed back her joining the main story.
7. The end is blacked out, but there are some bits people have made out. Bran ends up in a “seat” that he finds uncomfortable (maybe the throne, and the controversial King Bran was always part of the plan,) and Jon is his enemy in the North (King in the North confirmed?) He also said the truth about Jons parentage eventually comes out and is a game changer with him and Arya, though I imagine it has a way bigger impact than that. It also implies Jaimes death, which imo is a given for the final series, along with Cerseis. The only Lannister sibling who has a shot is Tyrion.
Overall? I would def have loved to read this and I do think a lot of this will come true. I think the story would have benefit from a tighter focus on the core plot lines and a three act structure.
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I wanted to draw out a scene I had in mind forever...I did drew ONE art of Ed and Em [and its in the comic strip. of them starring realizing how close they are] and i sat there thinking of make a quick sketchy doodly comic strip of this.
So- Yeah for context and updates on my ocxcanon pair - Ed and Emmy is that when the two met they never got along and would fight and make snarky comments to eachother and Alphonse being the middle man of the two. voice of reason. so not sure exactly where in the timeline [cause I also will draw art for 2003 series too and 2003 and brotherhood have very different directions BUT the scene of this would be the same.] so this would have to be around where the two of them still fight but not as..often but still was like "great theyre fighting again" kind of thing for Al. So Im gonna guess cause this is a bit of a work in progress where they had a mission, they both kind of dun goofed a bit [but manage to complete it] and they both started to have a fight that started with the comments then to straight out fighting with alchemy in an alley way for some reason. the two started fighting and they were - not minding it cause the two are being too cocky about it.  Emmy takes a step where she causes herself to trip and wasnt expecting this to happen cause shes really great with her footing but today was NOT her day.... So ed tries to catch her, he gets pulled to her as their foreheads SMACKED against eachother pretty hard [but not hard enough it causes them to knock out or such] and they rolled to the end of the alley way. emmy lands with her back as Ed was somewhat on top-ish as they didnt realize what position they were both in cause- they quickly are just trying to recover from the head smack headache and started bickering again- and slowly realize "....oh shit"  they both massively blushed realizing the position they were in as they were just too stunned to continue the fight and they just were very awkward with eachother a bit. Roy happened to be around [they were not far from Central HQ tbh] so Roy sees Al just- stare at the Alley so of course he and Riza went to see wtf is going on and....yeah sees that. Wondering tf they are doing. Ed and Emmy QUICKLY panicked while their faces were red as fire as they both adjust themselves and try to walk away from the whole situation and boy the rest of that day to a week..or two...Edward and Emmy were very awkward and flustered and that memory never left. [not even further into the story it still REMAINED] and its where the start of the crush happens with both of them. Emmy couldnt help remember it as her heart was pounding and racing very much. Winry already can tell shes crushing SO HARD on Edward. Edward [while I havent drawn it here] is probably so frustrated and doesnt know why hes feeling off. he never had a crush on anyone and never blushed this hard ever and Alphonse thought it was kind of cute Ed is getting super flustered anytime he and emmy are in the same room together. Al and Winry being the wingman here for both.  they do eventually not get so awkward with eachother but theres times they do and sometimes hints of maybe theyre kind of realizing they like eachother that much.  Also wanna point out [and I wanna sketch it] where Ed kind of corners her somewhat and they fought and they got into the same position somehow. [thinking Emmy was being super stubborn, Ed corners her to the wall as Emmy gets too flustered she falls slowly down to the floor all very flushed in the face and Ed gets down to her level and just both of them being awkward dorks. [and I think its where the confession comes in.] still got plans for more FMA works just need to do some tweaking and such :3
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Yay, a question!
🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh? Evil laugh or happy laugh? xD Tbh, all of the stupid puns in Birdbrains crack me up, especially the teasers I put in the summaries for "Anatinae" and "Haliaeetinae". Also, this exchange: “I still blame that shit bird.” Lovino muttered under his breath, and Matthew huffed. “Gilbird isn’t that bad.” “Black Canary is exactly that bad.”
😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers? Yes! It's in my fairytale retelling of Rapunzel called "Romano, Romano let down your hair!" where there's a bit of a cliffhanger at the end of a chapter. As for current WIPs, let's just say I'm not promising I won't do it again. 😈
💖 What made you start writing? Way back when I first started, it was just to do something creative as a teenager. Then in 2021 I felt myself get back into Hetalia, and was overjoyed that "The Many Personalities of Spain" had been finished. Then I found out one fanfic I really liked still hadn't updated since freaking 2013! And I've been waiting for the next chapter for all that time! So... I decided to write a conclusion (still working on it, it turned into a 25 chapter nightmare, and I need to rewrite the whole thing, because I did ✨research✨ that ended up intimidating me out of writing it). And that evolved into just writing a lot of fanfiction.
👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please! Oh god, so many. Although Birdbrains is technically not secret at all, because there's already 80k+ words of it on AO3, I want to talk about it. The next part is Arthur-centric, and is going to deal with him and Francis' friendship/relationship/whatever the fuck they have going on. It's still going to be a while, because I'm also working on A Job Interview, but Birdbrains, if I ever finish the entire series, is going to be a behemoth with at least 15 parts to it – so we're not even halfway. There's going to be 10 "character studies" in total, and I have at least one more interlude planned. Then there's a collection of short stories (which I've already begun writing, and STARS, ONE OF THEM WILL KILL YOU, IT'S LOVINO AND GRANDPA ROMULUS-CENTRIC), and one story that's going to be set a few years after everything else. So if Arthur and Francis would just let me write them that would be great, then I could go on with my AU.
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crowcaws · 1 year
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Tbh Wednesday was ok but I kinda stopped watching it. Don't get me wrong, it definitely has its moments. But the relationship drama between Wednesday and Morticia felt both OOC and forced. There's a love triangle that's really really boring and takes up way too much time.
I suspect they're only doing it to pull a Korra and subvert our expectations to surprise us with Wednesday/Enid later but I also find that to be needless beataround, and the boring love triangle is exactly where LOK lost me as well. (Also great job, now we have a massive gap between season one and two for people to have needless internet fights over whether it's comphet or they're just not monosexual. Super excited to mute that drama.)
This may be unpopular because I know we were keen for Winclair from trailers, but I also found Enid to be approximately as appealing as any of the male love interests by the end. Almost everyone with the exception of the bee kid are all kind of shitty friends to Wednesday at one point or another. Wednesday makes no effort to cultivate friendship but her friends come to her anyway, implying that her personality as it is appeals to them and they shouldn't expect her to change as a condition of that friendship, and yet... They are constantly expecting her to make exceptions to boundaries she very clearly sets because "but we're your friends so the rules don't count right?" Wednesday doesn't like to be touched but they're all constantly touching her. She doesn't want to celebrate her birthday and makes this clear, so they trick her into it and then get mad (specifically Enid gets mad) when Wednesday continues to not be thrilled about her birthday because "but we made you a cake so now you have to like it or you're toxic for rejecting something you never wanted." Enid proceeds to request a room transfer to Yoko's room in what feels very similar to her uncomfortable efforts to make Ajax jealous at the Rave'N. It feels like a flock of people trying to teach a fish to walk on land and getting frustrated when it can't, instead of trying to meet her at the shore like they signed on for when they pushed into her life. None of them seem to get Wednesday in any meaningful way. In fact the most interesting conversation Wednesday had with another student character was with Bianca at the Rave'N, where they talk about what they each envy in the other, in spite of their differences there is no meanness in the discussion, no expectation that the other needs to do anything to change themselves for the comfort of the other. Just two girls who are willing to understand one another even if they don't like each other (yet????)
Also, apparently at one point Wednesday sits through the entirety of Legally Blonde, a movie about a typically vapid girly girl who subverts stereotypes to become an accomplished scholar and lawyer, and uses her unique perspective to solve a murder when none of the men in the room could. You would think this kind of story would be extremely interesting for a character like Wednesday to give her commentary on, especially since she's been at odds with Enid's bubbly personality and love of bright colours the whole series... But Wednesday gives absolutely nothing here. She just makes a one-liner comment acknowledging she watched it, and then no further commentary is given.
Also I looked up who the culprit was because I was curious but didn't wanna finish it and (SPOILERS) my top two suspects were both the culprit LMFAOOOO. Especially the mastermind, 100% called that one.
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love-leah · 1 year
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if you had to write canon divergence for any point during justified when in the series would it take place :))) what would you have happen :)))
Obviously you already know all this because you wrote half of it, but wow thank you for asking lol. I think we as a culture really need a Boyd/Raylan au to fix how upsetting this scene and just the whole arc of Raylan not believing that Boyd’s trying to not get back into crime is. 
So I think the moment we diverge is in the scene outside Ava’s house where Raylan and Boyd are talking and Kyle and co are lurking in the background, waiting for Boyd to get done so they can go rob the mine. And I think it’s obvious even in canon that Raylan can see something is wrong, like that Boyd isn’t comfortable and these guys arent like, being nice to him. 
So I imagine them like finishing their conversation as they do in canon, and then Kyle calling for Boydand saying they need to go, but instead of going Boyd quietly is like, “Raylan, I have to confess to you that I am precipitously close to getting drawn back into my criminal ways. I would hate to take up any of your valuable time, but seeing as you’re already all the way out here, maybe you could help me out a bit.” And like wordlessly kind of makes eyes towards the men and then towards Raylan’s gun. Raylan, like, makes a tiny movement towards his holster, and Boyd reaches for his, and they both take out their guns and turn and have a little standoff with Kyle et al that ends in like, idk probably Raylan killing one of them and the other two getting arrested. 
And then after the local police or whatever have come and taken them away, Boyd and Raylan are just standing there and kind of like, not knowing what to say to each other, because their whole thing ever since Raylan came back has been about being on opposite sides. (And also in this universe they never fucked when they were younger so their like bond from back then really is just based on having dug coal together and Boyd saving Raylan’s life.) 
Boyd says, “Thank you, Raylan,” very sincere and low and Boyd, and Raylan shrugs and grimaces and purses his lips. He’s so embarrassed and vulnerable feeling, because obviously his whole good vs bad, Harlan vs. the rest of the world, people don’t change thing is the shitty coping mechanism that protects him from all his trauma and like, gives him a way to justify all the awful things he’s done. And by trusting Boyd even a little, he’s admitting to himself that that’s all bullshit. 
He asks Boyd if he has anything to drink, since that’s his other little coping mechanism, and Boyd tells him not in the house, because that’s Ava’s rule and he’s respectful. (He helps with dishes he turns his music down he goes and drinks alone at Audrey’s because that’s her house rule…kill me tbh) (Boyd and Ava platonic besties forever is another great part of this au lol)
So then Boyd and Raylan sit on Ava’s porch drinking bourbon or moonshine while it gets dark, and they like, reminisce about Harlan things…Raylan asking “What ever happened to that dumb girl you dated in high school, what was her name?” and Boyd telling some tragic depressing but funny story that makes Raylan laugh. Boyd asks him, like, “Remember that astronaut that came to our school?” and they have their little back and forth about it. And it’s like, idk a big moment because Raylan hasn’t let himself think fondly about Harlan once since he left.
Raylan tells Boyd, “Back then I never would have thought you’d still be stuck here twenty years later.” 
And Boyd is looking down the drive at the sunset with his big sad eyes and he’s very solemnly like, “Well I live in hope that there still might be a chance for me, Raylan.” 
Raylan grimaces and looks away and takes a big drink and refills his glass, and then like, really reluctantly and awkwardly tells Boyd a version of his story about Helen. “Before Helen gave me money to get out of here, when me and you were digging coal together, I was thinking every day that I would die down there, and just wondering who on earth could come along and save me.” Clears his throat and tightens his jaw, and asks Boyd, “You know what I mean?" and Boyd like, takes a drink stares out into the fields; says, “I know what you mean,” slow and drawly. 
And then Boyd tells Raylan this sad Boyd backstory Shosh and I invented where Boyd came back from Kuwait already accepted to like U of L, and he was going to major in English and the GI bill was going to cover his housing and tuition and everything, and then Bo asked him to do one quick run, just delivering some drugs the county over, and while Boyd was out, Bo called the cops and told them where he would be; got Boyd arrested and made him lose his benefits and his admission so Boyd was stuck in Harlan, no choice but to work in the mines or for his dad. 
He, like, laughs at the end, his big white teeth, and Raylan can see himself in Boyd so clearly; telling some shitty story about his daddy and laughing. Raylan just looks at him and thinks for the first time how maybe all the truths he’s built his whole life on are bullshit. Like how everyone who was stuck in Harlan wasn’t just bad or stupid or lazy or whatever. 
But obviously he’s still Raylan and he’s still skeptical and, like, has no emotional tools, and he just says “Boyd,” and then nothing for a long time, and then, “If you want, I could…” but he can’t figure out what to even offer. 
Boyd's like, “Give me five thousand dollars to move to Lexington and go to college?” laughing, and Raylan keeps looking at him, and he thinks of him coming to Raylan’s hotel room and saying you might be the only friend I have left in this world. 
He says, “If you wanted to just clear your head for a few days, you could come back to Lexington with me.” 
And Boyd's like so tired and depressed and knows, like, if Raylan hadn’t been here today, he would have had to go with Kyle and he would’ve killed someone or gotten killed himself. He just says, “Okay, Raylan.” 
Raylan wasn’t really expecting it. He has to clear his throat, take a drink. Says, “Oh. Great. There's uh, just the one bed, so you know. I mean. We can get you a rollout though,” and then wonders why he was so weird about that
And so they take Boyd’s canonical garbage bag of stuff he owns out of his room at Ava’s, and drive down to Lexington, Boyd in his truck following Raylan in his car. Boyd calls Ava on the way, tells her thank you, and he’s sorry he brought anything bad onto her property, and she won’t have to worry about it anymore.
And they get a little cot from the front desk and set it up between Raylan’s bed and the wall, and Boyd falls asleep right away, Raylan between him and the door. Not like he like, fully trusts Raylan at this point or anything, but it’s the safest he’s felt in a long time. Like, even if he’s not fully safe, he at least doesn’t have anyone he needs to worry about protecting; Raylan can take care of himself.
Raylan can’t sleep at all. He listens to Boyd breathe, and thinks how fucking stupid he is for asking him here; for helping him; for believing anything he says. 
When he goes to work the next morning, he turns back at the door, looks at Boyd sitting up on his cot, still fully dressed from the day before, his hair more wild than Raylan’s ever seen it, his eyes sleepy. He doesn’t know what to say, so he says something dumb, “There’s cable,” or something, and then leaves, and then comes back a second later; throws twenty dollars on the table in case Boyd needs it for food. He blushes, and doesn’t look at Boyd, and leaves for real. 
The whole day at work he’s panicking about like, Boyd robbing him or something even though he doesn’t really own anything valuable; or about Art somehow finding out Raylan’s got Boyd Crowder sleeping on a cot in his hotel room.
When he gets home from work, he sees Boyd's truck in the lot, and Boyd sitting on the plastic chair outside the room, having a drink, reading a book, his face quiet and sad, and it's like so surreal and weird and he can’t even come close to thinking about his feelings head on, but it’s like, him noticing how gentle and smart Boyd is; remembering it from when they were young–when Boyd was reading too-big books in school, talking about them in the mine, sharing his lunch with Raylan when Arlo kicked Raylan out of the house in the morning before Raylan could pack his–and seeing it again now. 
Okay sorry this is so long but THEN it’s all about them like settling into each other, the easy chemistry they always have but also the tension of like. Both of them realizing for the first time in their 40s that they’re attracted to another man. How Boyd’s like the person in the world who can understand Raylan best and it’s been twenty years since Raylan had a relationship with anyone who got him at all (imo). Just the way they talk to each other and make each other laugh and are drawn to each other, but they’re not on opposite sides now so they can just like, let that happen. 
They settle in together and Raylan starts to actually trust Boyd and isn’t just constantly on edge waiting for him to fuck up, and it’s not like they ever have like counseling sessions where Raylan’s like, trying to give him his ‘how to avoid a life of crime’ pep talks like he gives Loretta, but he’s just like, helping him, and Boyd can rest and think about what he wants to do next, and he’s not in Harlan. 
And like in most universes I think Boyd is more in touch with his sexuality than Raylan, but I think here they both have like never thought about it beyond like, in Miami there was a gay bar on Raylan’s commute to work, and he saw it once and then changed his route because it freaked him out too much. Boyd’s never met an out gay person and it’s like, overwhelming to think about that at all for himself. 
But they’re both sharing Raylan’s sad cramped hotel room, getting dressed and undressed in it; sleeping five feet away from each other. Every little bit of Boyd’s bare skin feeling overwhelming for Raylan because Boyd’s normally so buttoned up and fully covered, but then at night, he’s barefoot on his cot, his long feet and his glasses, reading in the lamplight; his arms in a t-shirt; a fresh tattoo of a bunch of flowers on one arm to cover up his giant swastika lol. After the first, like, week, Boyd never really sleeps, so Raylan falls asleep and wakes up to him sitting there, quietly reading, his soft, concentrated face, his jeans so low on his hips that Raylan can practically see his dick when he stands up and stretches and his shirt rides up. 
And obviously Raylan’s body is insane. Boyd went from being in prison to being in his chastity era to being like extremely depressed, and so he’s like, so pent up and horny, and being in such close quarters with Raylan Givens would be a lot for anyone, anyway. 
And then one night they’re out at a bar playing pool and drinking and talking so much, hitting on each other in this way that’s so obvious to everyone else, even though it’s not what they think they’re doing: Raylan leaning back on the table and Boyd folding himself over it right next to him to take a shot, Raylan saying “Good form,” his voice too-warm. Boyd looks at him and Raylan like, didn’t mean for it to come out like that; didn’t mean to make Boyd look at him from right up close with his dark eyes and his plush mouth, but then he is, and Raylan can’t help it; he kisses him.
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cherrytea556 · 2 years
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She ra is an overhyped mess
I do not get how it was praised so much and was apparently the point were she ra got popular or at least had its popularity grow because there was just so much wrong in s5
The characters are either acting out of character, wasted, used for shipping, have no character development or just badly written
The only characters that i can think of that was well written and not wasted was shadow weaver, angella, mara and lighthope. Mara, angella and lighthope story was already finished so they wouldnt be affected by s5's writing. With shadow weaver, they have her still be a villain which she was great at so that's good at least. But that couldnt be said for the other characters because there stories either was brushed off to never be focused on again, badly written or there was just never a story to begin with.
The tonal issues they have in the later episodes of s5 even though were suppose to take this series seriously. She ra always have tonal issues like with princess prom and those episodes in s4 but it hasnt changed in s5 like in perls of peekablue, their acting like its a fun party when its not and taking control has a sideplot of the rebellion gang going to a party like dont you guys have war rn?
Theres this plothole of grayskull because how its explained in return of the frightzone makes no sense, although maybe im wrong, its coming from memory
How they do redemption with catra and hordax-do i even need to explain further? Like both are shit, catra and hordax didnt change in the end. Hordax may be a worse case because some people say that he wasnt even meant to be redeemed but have an arc about finding himself and acceptance which if thats the intent, why tf would you pick the colonizer that took and brainwash children into harming innocent people? Wheres the thought process in that?
And the romance....look im not big on romances, in fact, i dislike romance but even if i like romance, i wouldnt like most of the she ra endgames writing. Catradora is still toxic as catra didnt change and dismisses all that pain she put adora through for 3 years straight. Spinnetossa was okay because they already were togather but it has a questionable moment to say the least and the closure of their arc in s5 is just poorly worded. Seamista barely has any development for their romance to work plus both wouldnt even be that healthy anyway, seahawk disrespects mermistas boundaries and mermista avoids him and is openly irritated by him so them being canon without much development from the two is really jarring and tbh, kinda ick to me. Now as much as i love glimbow and scorfuma, both weren't so well written, glimbow came out of no where while scorfuma only got a bit of development. Doesnt help that theres no slight indication of them being a couple unlike the rest of the ships so it also kind of came out of nowhere for it to be endgame. The only ship that worked was entrapdak because its healthy, their relationship developed and it doesnt even need to show us a big love confession or something because we as the audience can understand that they are in love so it makes sense for them being canon.
Oh and i forgot horde primes plans make less sense overtime, she ra learnt her new powers way too quickly, catra was forgiven way too quickly, the abliesm in launch was handled terribly, catradora is getting worse than i thought it was and all in all was a dumpter fire that for some reason got a golden platter by critics and fans in 2020
Sorry for the rambling, i still dont get how people call she ra almost perfect when s5 proves otherwise and no one in that time era besides those small creators on youtube mentions its obvious flaws. The whole thing makes me face palm
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You think the angel final season is getting bad wait till you see the canon follow up comics of angel and buffy it was a train wreck. It’s like they tried to do what charmed did and show us the world more but failed
Well the sad thing about it is that Angel season 5 is still significantly better than s4 was. The bar is low but at least Cordy got to be Cordy for one more episode and I've been liking the more one-off nature instead of the drag that was season 4.
But Fred's death sucks. The whole "gestation" thing also made me think that she pretty much died for the same root cause that Cordelia did and I've expressed how uncomfy that mystical pregnancy storyline made me. Fred's fate is only marginally better in that we'll still, presumably, have Amy Acker but she too was sacrificed as a character to give birth to a new Big Bad. Together with Darla that makes three for three out of the major characters on Angel the Series who are ultimately killed as part of a pregnancy-esque plot. And I. Hate. It. You could argue semantics that Cordy didn't die because of the pregnancy, as such, and Fred's plot is less overtly a mystical pregnancy but tbh I don't care. It's a pattern. It's the three most important female characters this show ever had. And all of them are gone.
My somewhat unrelated ramble aside, yeah I don't think I'll read the comics. I'm tempted by Angel & Faith because brOTP goals and in general Faith stuff but I've already willingly spoiled some comics things for myself after finishing Buffy. I'm not that much of a comics person and I've heard they weren't great so I read up on them on TVTropes and didn't like what I heard. Shame because I would have liked to follow the Scoobies' journeys but I'm not gonna get into a medium that will just inevitably piss me off. I've heard bad things about Buffy's characterization and character dynamics. And I'm genuinely very sorry that the last three seasons of the Buffyverse are pissing me off in such ways lol. Again, Angel s5 is still better than s4 but my god can they stop killing off my girls. Actually, none of my girls are left 💀 so what do you know, they probably will stop.
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