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benisasoftboi · 2 years

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Thinking about how much, on like a meta, societal level, I appreciate Ben Willbond (and the group in general)’s stated reasons for including gay characters in their work, and specifically Cap. If you read or listen to interviews, it’s said over and over that Cap’s existence is not about making a grand political point (though inevitably there is a small political message to it, regarding queerness existing prior to the modern day and specifically in the military). It’s also not just as a joke (though not excluded from jokes either).

Rather, time and again Willbond has stated that he just thought it would be interesting, provide a deeper character motivation and generally be a useful narrative device. He apparently didn’t even really realise that the character would be relatable to a modern audience. He just thought it made for a good dramatic root for the man.

Mat Baynton once said something similar about why the series two finale has a wedding between two women - it wasn’t trying to make a point, or be a joke, it was because it made the most sense for their story, to have it be something that couldn’t have happened when any of the ghosts were alive. Because that’s good for the show’s narratives.

You can see a bit of this attitude in Bill, too. For those who haven’t seen it, one of Jim Howick’s characters is Gabriel, who is as close to unambiguously a trans woman as you could get in a comedy film aimed at family audiences, set in the Tudor era, that came out in Britain in the mid-2010s. I wouldn’t call it anywhere close to a perfect depiction, but damn if it isn’t sympathetic, kind and surprisingly humanised for such a silly film, and on one of the few occasions any of them have been asked about Gabriel, Laurence Rickard explained that this aspect of the character was included to round out Gabriel’s role as the sympathetic one in her comedy-minions trio, to do a twist on the history of men performing female roles on stage, and to give the film some more heart.

(He didn’t phrase it the best, should be said, but based on how Gabriel’s treated in the film I’m inclined to assume that was down to ignorance more than anything else)

And yeah I’m saying this partially to praise this specific team, because they’re certainly doing better with these subject matters than some (many) I could mention, but also - look, I’m certainly not going to claim that we don’t have a long, long way to go with queer rights in the UK, or indeed the world. Dear god we do. But at the same time, I’m young and even within my lifetime it used to be incredibly, incredibly rare to see queer characters exist for any reasons other than politics or cheap jokes. Let alone before I was born. That we have a gay main character on a flagship BBC sitcom, who exists as such simply because his creator thought it was interesting and a useful narrative tool, is a quieter sign of the progress that’s happened in the last few decades, but one all the same. It’s a Very Good Thing. And also, damn - what a tool he is!

#bbc ghosts #love that our man is a sign of the changing times both within the narrative and on a meta level #and is also an absolute Bastard half the time <3

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leggerefiore · 2 years

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▲Alien Invader Subway Bosses and Magical Girl Reader▽

hiiii this is my unhinged au with a friend :

cw: poly (ingo/reader, emmet/reader), fem reader, alien twins, alien illness, alien invasion, a little blood ans violence, guess the pokemon that is the problem here, 18+ content later on but divided

Minors DNI

● You were a normal person living in Nimbasa. Days were boring and the same, until they arrived. At first, you had no idea who they were. Two mysterious men just seemingly came in to manage the subway. During the few times you had seen them, you thought nothing strange about the two identical men. There was a rumour about a sudden illness spreading about, but you didn't think too much of it. Nothing seemed to pieces itself together until a day out with some friends in the amusement park.

○ In the crowds of people, looking distinctly inhuman, were the twins. Pointed ears, black sclera, strange tentacles spreading out from them. You felt panic chill your veins. People screamed and ran, the tentacles spread something among people. Someone coughed up blood while the one in white laughed. His long coat blew in the wind, while the one in black seemingly separated out the children from the adults. All of your fear bloomed into something more, seeing people growing sicker and sicker. Within a moment, you transformed into something more. Your new form was ever-so different from your previous.

● A strange aura came from you and began to cure those afflicted with the strange ailment. The attention of the alien beings fell harshly onto you as one glared while the other smiled much too wide. “A challenger!” The one in white cooed. “It's a fool's wish to rebel against us, but I do find myself intrigued by their costume, I must admit,” the one in black replied. You felt annoyed by them. Charging at them, you found yourself apprehended by their tentacles. The one in white tilted his head and reached a hand out to grasp you, but you retaliated by releasing more of your aura. It repelled their tentacles and gave you an opportunity to get an attack in. The alien stumbled back and gazed at you with wide eyes. He stumbled back and fell down. The other moved into intercept you from doing any further damage, but you managed another attack upon them. The fight had begun and would not end until the park had cleared of humans. It was then, you ran and disappeared from them, new form disappearing.

○ Your conflicts kept up, with their strange, new minions making appearances to help them. They were thoroughly impressed by your ability to fight back against them. Kudari, the one in white, often laid much praise upon you, while Nobori, the one in black, found himself annoyed and impressed by you. They seemingly wished for you to join them, but accepted that your humanity prevented you from doing so. You may have hated them and their actions, but all of these interactions and fights managed to humanise them to you somewhat. Nobori preferred children to be uninvolved and tried his best to separate the from the masses, while Kudari regularly teased and mocked you for your errors but praised your victories. You dearly wished to know where they went when they weren't attacking the city.

● So you followed them, and watched as their alien features became morphed into normal human ones. Before you stood the strange Subway managers. They seemed ignorant to your presence, choosing to instead chat about work and issues that had been affecting them there. You saw an opportunity to perhaps get them in another way. Letting go of your transformation, you walked past them, but purposefully tripped to catch their attention. Nobori, rather Ingo, offered a hand to help you up from the pavement, and it was the beginning of this new line of attack. Get close to them and hurt them in moments of weakness. Finally, they would be banished from your world, and you would be able to return to your peaceful life.

○ Of course, you found yourself enamoured by their human disguises. The adorable, hard-working Ingo whose aggressive demeanour was seemingly left in battle and abandoned during his time with you, and the playful, endearing Emmet who hid his terrorising and cruelty with a sweet mask. He was genuinely soft at times, but still liked to tease a bit. They were wonderful boyfriends, if only they weren't actually the aliens trying to invade your planet. You napped with Ingo on the couch, wondering if it could be possible to convince them not to continue their invasion.

● It was after you had a night with Emmet that it was revealed to you that they were, in fact, not human. His silver irises stood out brightly against the black sclera. You felt your heart race, seeing Kudari yet having his Emmet demeanour. To you, they were almost separate entities in your mind, yet this forced you to accept him as both. You cried in confusion, unsure of how to handle your complicated emotions, but Emmet held you close to him and hummed. The tender affection calmed your racing heart slightly, but did nothing for your mind. You were the planet's defender, yet you had come to love your enemies. Ingo eventually discussed everything with you properly, but nothing could ease your distress.

○ You had apparently become their mate, a highly special term in their species, as they only could take one. Usually, it was solely two involved, but as you were a human, you didn't imprint as they did. Both were solely loyal to you, promising a position at their side as the leader of this colony for their species. There was a hierarchy hard-coded into their biology which assigned roles to members of their race. Their late parents were the highest leaders, ruling the entirety of everything they had conquered, but they were leaders who handled running colonies. The only reason they had come to earth was due to an increasing inhospitality on their home planet. The new highest leaders were them, but they needed a new planet to live and establish a population again, theirs terribly low.

● “Simply put, we need you to be our queen,” Ingo explained, hand holding yours tightly, “We both sense great power within you alongside an immunity to the virus our species carries. It is truly remarkable… Dearest, words cannot speak my adoration toward you.” You swallowed as you counted from one hundred in your head. Emmet hugged you from behind, burying his face into your neck. If they failed, another leader, presumably a sibling or cousin of theirs, would come to finish it. Once they decided on a target, they would never stop. You didn't want to fight this your entire life. Leaning back into Emmet's embrace, you sighed. “I suppose… you couldn't wait, could you? I want to properly say goodbye…” you asked. They stared at you. Eventually, Ingo allowed you more time to think.

You couldn't stop them, no. Not on your own, but perhaps… Perhaps, a member of their species with your powers could. You had a new plan.

‼️18+ plus below, be warned!‼️

cw: tentacle dick, tentacles, breeding kink, fem reader, oral sex

● They were, of course, different from humans in reproduction. Unfortunately, live births were still a thing, but… You stared at the strange dick with intense intrigue. Emmet tilted his head as your hand grasped the tentacle-like phallus. His hips immediately bucked up into your grasp with a muted whine. A strange slime excreted from it, and usually, it was hidden away in his body. A few more pumps of his cock had him pushing you down against the sheets.

○ Tentacles came from his back and held your wrists together as your shorts were quickly removed. The dick pressed between your folds and squirmed while you whined. Soft whines left Emmet as he leaned over you. The thin tip of the tentacle swirled around your clit before moving down to do the same to your entrance. You moaned as he pushed inside of you. Its alien nature was a strange feeling deep within you, him bottoming out with the tip curling against your cervix. His hips broke into a steady rhythm in and out of you.

● “It's verrrry funny,” he cooed while pressing a soft kiss to your lips, “You're going to be aiding in our invasion now.” You whined as he grew rougher, his dick beginning to wriggle inside of you. He was so much more intense than a human could ever hope to be. He continued to fuck you, but his other tentacles moved to explore your body. Their slime coated you, and one pressed into your mouth. You felt odd as the strange flavour coated your tongue. Swirling around it, a groan came from Emmet. Everything was building up hot and heavy, before you finally spilled over. You came hard around him, walls milking his cock. This spurred him to thrust harsher. “I'm going to fill you up,” he cooed, “You're about to completely betray humanity.” His tentacle popped inside your womb, and he finally stilled.

○ Hot cum was pumped inside you. It kept pouring into you until you finally began to swell. The alien action had you coming again, and Emmet whined from it. Eventually, he pulled himself out, sealing the cum inside temporarily with an unknown substance. You curled up into him after his tentacles retreated. He held you close as you dozed off.

● Awakening again, you felt lips on your forehead. Emmet had seemingly gone out, as Ingo stood above you. “… Was he gentle?” His deep voice rumbled as he rubbed your distended stomach. You shook your head. He sighed. “Let me make it up to you.” You knew what he meant and sighed. He moved between your legs, where he carefully parted your thighs. You squeaked when the flat of his tongue pressed between your folds. It circled your clit before he created a tender suction with his lips. Bucking up against his face, you whined when a tentacle came from his back to press inside you.

○ The blue tendril moved at a slow pace, matching the way he sucked at your clit. A groan left his throat and vibrated against you. He was too much, at times. The tentacle pressed around you, aiming for that sensitive spot that would make your back curl. Once he found it, he was sure to abuse it. You came from all of his tender actions again. For a moment, you felt awful. Taking pleasure and allowing these aliens to fuck you, they were your enemies. When Ingo moved to press kisses and suck softly at your thighs, however, you felt less bad. He worked another orgasm out of you, and you accepted it greedily. Your plan would work. Everything would be fine. For now, you would take all the pleasure Ingo wished to drown you in.

#ingo x reader #ingo/reader #emmet x reader #emmet/reader #ingo x reader x emmet #ingo/reader/emmet #nastystuff #alien au

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deafmangoes · 1 year

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An Album of Christmas Carols - 3

Okay let's address the elephant in (on?) the platform:

"Scrooge" (2022, Luke Evans)

I didn't like it.

I will explain in some detail why I didn't like it, but for fairness' sake I'll also talk about the things I did like.

The main reason I didn't like it is because this isn't Ebenezer Scrooge. It's a fundamentally very different character, and for one simple reason.

Scrooge wouldn't keep a pet dog.

Quite aside from anything else, he would see it as a pointless and frivolous expense, but the main reason he wouldn't keep a pet dog is because Scrooge has utterly buried his empathy when we first meet him. He doesn't care about anything or anyone, barely even himself - there's no way he'd open his heart even a tiny crack for the sake of a dog.

The film tries to pass her off as having previously belonged to Marley but oddly fails to properly establish that in the flashback scenes where Marley's alive (although we do see a different dog).

And speaking of Marley...

Ghosts? Ghosts!

Credit to this film, Marley's design is amazing. It's a departure from the traditional but in ways that really work, and I especially loved the coins over the eyes (which makes me think someone on the team had fond memories of Robert Zemeckis' 2009 A Christmas Carol, staring Jim Carrey...), as I thought it made perfect symbolism for being blinded by avarice.

Luke Evans is too busy singing to notice Marley appear in the door knocker and this version dispenses with all the other signs except the bells (which happen mid-appearance) - Marley even excuses this as "those in charge demand a touch of pageantry".

The change to Marley's age, relative to Scrooge, was another interesting departure. They went for a "mentor/mentee" vibe, rather than the "equal partners" they're usually shown to be. It feeds into a much larger attempt to humanise Scrooge from the beginning, which I'll get into, but I do think was a mistake and chips away at the narrative integrity.

(Pictured, my expression through a lot of this film).

Christmas Past is Olivia Coleman playing an exaggerated version of herself. Her design, made of malleable wax, allows a lot of creative freedom on the part of the animators, and avoids the usual issues with the whole 'ineffable being of light' thing.

Scrooge's childhood in this film is a complete change from normal. Taking, I think, from Dickens' own experiences, Scrooge here was a child labourer (+1 sympathy points), his father went to a debtor's prison (+1 Freudian excuse), and for once his mother didn't die in childbirth! These points also come up in the 2004 A Christmas Carol musical staring Kelsey Grammar - the writers and animators of Netflix's adaptation have clearly shopped around for ideas.

A change I didn't understand was the names - Nephew Fred becomes Harry. Sister Fan becomes Jen. Curious choice. Scrooge's love interest remains Isabel this time.

We skip Scrooge's time with Fezziwig, meeting the man later in life and having Scrooge begin his romance with Isabel only after he'd started working with Marley (which... again confuses matters, he was already on the up when the engagement began instead of being a poor apprentice).

And this is when the movie threw me for a loop. It just straight up uses the songs from Albert Finney's 1970 musical.

Not even the good ones. Although it did make "Happiness" shorter and more bearable than 1970's snoozefest.

We see young Scrooge and Marley close down a bakery and are informed that it belonged to Bob's father, which I actually liked. At least within this film's logic and treatment of Scrooge, it made it feel like he took on Bob as an employee out of buried guilt.

Christmas Present was... weird. A big nod to 1970's take on the character for sure, even reprising "I Like Life" (with Gospel, for some reason), but boy howdy did I hate the Minions Cheerlings, or whatever they're called. Those pink-purple fairy bastards.

Fred Harry's party is shown, and again a credit to the adaptation - they showcase a lot of diversity that genuinely did exist in Victorian London, in this case Harry is in an interracial marriage (which does imply Scrooge might also be a bit racist). The Cratchit's Christmas runs beat-for-beat as it usually does, including a (again, mercifully shorter) version of "On A Christmas Morning" from 1970's version. Scrooge is given reinforcing visions that Bob's poverty is both directly and indirectly his fault - poor wages in the present and eviction in the past.

Christmas Present makes a, as far as I know, unique transformation into Christmas Yet To Come - sadly accompanied by the bloody Cheerlings who now become 'Fearlings'.

We're treated to a (shorter, again) version of "Thank You Very Much" delivered by Tom Jenkins the Toymaker rather than Tom Jenkins the Soup Vendor before heading straight to the graveyard.

To his credit, and the film's, Scrooge's overall more human characterisation comes out in force here - he admits his own guilt and even confronts that he might be past saving, but begs to at least exchange his life for Tim's and correct the injustice he's done to the Cratchit family as a whole. That was a good change.

Despite leaning on 1970's version for many things, Scrooge does not go to Hell. Shame.

Highlights & Humbugs

Like I said at the outset, I didn't enjoy this version. It doesn't quite know what it wants to be - a creative reimagining of the story, particularly Scrooge's character, or a nod to a famous musical adaptation of the past. The songs are schizophrenic, partly because some come from the 70s and some from the new 20s. The opening number is saccharine and lifeless, and misses out on contrasting the general happiness with something like 1970's "I Hate People". We do get "Tell Me", but it doesn't have the same impact.

Prudence the dog doesn't add to the story and messes up Scrooge's characterisation. Marley's good, though the age difference makes him less of a reflection of Scrooge's life choices and more an example not to follow. The added humanising of Scrooge works in some ways but detracts in others - rather than a "cruel, wrenching, covetous old sinner", as Dickens puts it, we get the impression of a guilt-ridden middle-aged man who doesn't know how to redeem himself but secretly wants to.

And, uh, Cheerlings. See picture above for my thoughts on that.

Overall... 3 out of 10 Humbugs. It's just not good. Sorry Tumblr fans of "DILF Scrooge".

#a christmas carol #deafmangoes #scrooge #scrooge (2022)#netflix's scrooge #christmas carol #ebenezer scrooge #jacob marley #dickens december #netflix scrooge

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labyrinthprops · 6 months

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Another little series I have going on at the moment is humanising internet animals. We’re starting off with Minion the dog.

If anyone has any suggestions for who to draw next, please do tell. I only have four on my list right now.

#minion the dog #art #digital art #illustration #character design #humanized version #character art #look at him with his little crown #pulling his duckling siblings around #so cute #i love him so much #his hat looks a little janky #but we dont talk about that

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autistotto · 1 year

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ok here’s the melvin fic 🤦‍♂️disclaimer before you read it;

this takes place in the jail in dm3, this isn’t a humanisation thing they’re still minions, the words are just in english for the sake of dialogue and thoughts

#I HATE TBE I WANT YOU PART ESPECIALLY WHY DID I MAKE THIS🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣#okay. Fucking tags it.#despicable me #minions #mel the minion #kevin the minion #melvin posting #odiespeak

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honourablejester · 3 years

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Shadow & Bone Reaction

Okay, so I watched Shadow & Bone last night. Stayed up until 5am to manage it, so this is going to be muddled, but howandever. Spoilery and involved first impressions from someone who has not read the books below:

Right, so the Ketterdam crew are my favourites. Obviously. This was guaranteed

All three of them, I cannot decide between them

Jesper is a gambling addict which does grind my miserly gears a bit, but he’s also lovely and adorable and quite possibly the most badass person on the show, which is an achievement, and his interactions with Inej are beyond adorable, so I love him with all my heart

That thing Inej said to Alina? Whenever you need it, my hand is yours? That is me for Inej. More on this later

Kaz is a vicious little gremlin of a man with a badly hidden streak of loyalty, and he’s exactly my stripe of guile antihero, so of course I adore him madly

The absolute chaos of them just … accidentally poking their oars into the entire rest of the plot is beautiful beyond belief. They’re just there and mucking things up for everybody like someone threw a bag of spanners into an engine, and it’s beautiful

I was surprisingly really on board for Mal and Alina. Particularly them as kids, this pair of tiny scrappers against the world

I also loved the whole First Army part at the beginning. Like, Mal’s pair of friends, Mikael and Dubrov, they’re adorable (and I fucking screamed later, with the machine gun, you bet), him and Alina in the camp, his friends teasing him about her, him stealing Grisha grapes for her. The show got right in on the friendship and the love there, and honestly I was there for it

The Darkling, on the other hand …

Right. So. I expected him to maybe be … more subtle than he was? I mean, I think everyone’s expecting him to go villain here, so it probably wasn’t supposed to be that subtle, but …

That moment where Alina decides to kiss him. After being separated from Mal, with no communication with her old life, and with Kirigan being all sad and incredibly intense at her at random moments. Like. Long, long before we get to his whole forcibly altering her body to control her moment, I was looking at her kissing this dude and going ‘Oookay, okay lady, that’s, that’s not a good plan. I get that it’s Ben Barnes, do not blame you there, but that’s so not a good plan’

He just kept coming on so fucking strong, you know? The whole intense ‘I’ve been waiting for you my whole life’. He was bleeding desperation and control from the get go. And like, lots of people have those in this show, but where someone like Kaz or Inej feel like ‘I will stab you in the face right fucking now to get out of this alive’, Kirigan is very much, yes, ‘I will swallow your entire city in darkness and give a nice little speech about it to captive dignitaries who I’ll then murder because they shouldn’t have opened their mouths’

There’s more power there than the others, I think, so it feels less like ‘I’ll do what I have to do’ and more ‘I’ll do what I want’

Which his backstory was an interesting show on, yes, how he started out just as desperate as any of them, and then vengeance and black magic ate him. As it does. But still. He comes on too strong

(And the collar. The collar. Not even the massacre later matched that one for me, though Genya’s casual mention of him ‘gifting’ her at 11 came close. But it didn’t match the collar for visceral no. He mutilated Alina to implant a control device within her body. He can die in a ditch with his head covered in pitch and set on fire now. I can’t with him. No)

So, yes. Excellent villain, definitely, I just expected him to maybe take a bit longer to show it?

His minions are adorable, though. The two married heartrenders, Genya and the Durast she has the biggest danged crush on (gotta say, when Kirigan said he needed him for later, I was honestly expecting him to kill him for something, to hurt Genya, did not expect David to be in on the whole mutilating control collar thing)

The show did a lot of work humanising the various factions, so when you get moments like Jesper vs Ivan, round 1, you don’t want either of them to lose, because Ivan has a husband to go back to, and Jesper is Jesper. And then Jesper can’t shoot a pretty man in the face, and we’re golden

(Sidenote one: that scene was badass, holy shit, Jesper was playing with him, it was incredible)

(Sidenote two: Jesper vs Ivan, round 2? Less sympathetic on Ivan’s part)

(Sidenote three: the Ketterdam three vs Kirigan’s everybody was just, god I love them, we’re going to be straight badass all down the line, can you beat a centuries-old shadow sorcerer with a flashbang? An inferni with a knife? A heartrender with a gun while playing with him the entire time? Come to Ketterdam and find out! I love them)

Now. Now. The main thing for me. Inej. Inej and Alina and Kaz

The scene in the Little Palace where Alina shows her power. Ignoring everything that promptly went tits up for everybody. The look on Inej’s face. The look on her face. Hope and faith. From Inej, who’s been so hurt and desperate so far. Oh, that killed me. So much. I was there like, Alina, Alina, it’s not your fault, but you better be worth it, I know you don’t need the pressure but if you have to let anyone down, let it not be Inej. Not her. And Kaz Brekker, you sociopathic mushroom, do not fuck this up for her. Okay? Not this

And then he doesn’t. He doesn’t. He gives up a million kruge and potentially everything he has so he doesn’t have to break Inej’s faith. I loved him there. Right there

And like, he was trying to weasel something out of it. He was still trying to bully Alina all the way to the end, even after she saved his life, because he didn’t want to lose everything, he wanted to have some way to be able to bring Jesper and Inej back with him, because otherwise he was walking back to a city that hated him with literally nothing, since he’d mortgaged the Crow Club on Inej’s debt, and she’d walked out on him anyway, and he’d let her. So he tried to bully Alina, tried to force some way to let Inej come back, without actually forcing Inej. Just, you know, the saint she loved instead, and a woman who’d also just lost everything, and maybe could have used those jewels to stay ahead of pursuit for a while, but that’s not his problem. That’s not his problem

Kaz Brekker is a vicious horrible gremlin of a man, but not to his own, mostly, as much as he can avoid it, and like … did they know in advance what I like? Because that was it

(Him entering the fight on the skiff solely to save the other two, everyone else can die, but he’s going to dive Jesper clear of the Cut and hammer a volcra’s head in to save an unarmed Inej, that was beautiful. Even if I was a tiny bit annoyed at Inej for panicking and throwing her weapons away while outnumbered by flying things. No. Keep them close to stab anything that comes near you, honey, don’t throw them into the darkness. But Kaz saving his Crows was beautiful)

Also, to go back to Inej and Alina, just a little. How much do I love that Inej’s knife saved them all? Inej kissed her knife and planted in the Darkling’s chest, and it did fuck all to him, but then it’s the knife Alina used to take her freedom back and save them all

Inej’s knife freed Alina. Gave a slave her freedom back. Gave her saint her power. Not by killing, but as a tool to break a chain. I can’t. I really, really can’t. Whoever wrote that episode, thank you a lot

You may have guessed, I have feelings about Inej, and Alina, and Kaz, and freedom, and faith, faith in another power and faith in yourself and those you trust, and it’s all tied up in a knife and a debt, and people offering freedom to each other against their own best interests, and I really can’t with them. I can’t. I’m inarticulate over here

Like, this beautiful man did this hideous thing, made this horrible vicious collar, and then all these scared, battered little outcasts and ex-slaves and current slaves gave each other tiny moment after tiny moment after tiny moment that allowed them all to free each other

I can’t

And then Alina gave Inej her knife. The little letter opener that she’d robbed from the Little Palace. The little symbol of two tiny orphans having each other’s backs against the world. Alina gave that back to Inej

Inej’s knives are a whole thing. Kaz gave Inej a job, a way out of slavery, and it’s both joy and horror to her, freedom and damnation, she doesn’t want to kill people but that’s what knives are for, and it’s a freedom she sometimes forces herself to surrender out of trust in Kaz, and then she does kill people, but it’s to save those she cares for, to save Kaz, and then her knife saves them all as a key, not a murder weapon, and Alina, for whom knives are also a symbol of protection, for herself and those she loves, and now freedom as well, gives Inej hers as this tiny gesture that means so much …

And earlier, Kaz stopping her from killing the Conductor, and it was for his own reasons, it was because he needed the man for a job, but the fact that he did that meant that Inej’s first kill wasn’t a murder, an assassination to save herself, but a clean kill in defense of someone else. A kill she could explain to her saints. Especially the one that showed up, because Alina knows all about that

(And when her knives run out, when she’s lost them all on the skiff and is facing death, it’s Kaz who saves her, who pays his debt and preserves her freedom, because he can be trusted with them, with the knives and all they mean …)

And the two things Alina gives them. The knife for Inej, and the jewels for Kaz. A gift for the woman who saved her, and a bribe for the man who threatened her. And it’s exactly what they need. Both of them. It’s freedom and forgiveness and hope for them both. And she had no idea, she just gave what she had at the time. A saint by pure accident, like she’s been all along, but it meant the world. Sometimes all a person needs is one thing. A knife, a chance. A hope

Whoever was writing the thing with the knives, and the saints, and faith in yourself and those around you, you are a genius and I love you

And, like, I should move on. There were other things in the show. Nina and Matthias, I’ve pretty much not mentioned them at all (they are adorable, even as they’re basically Stockholming each other, and then the last episode hit, and everything was good, more or less, for everyone else, so that last fucking punch was a lot, thank you so much), I just …

Knives and faith. Inej, Alina and Kaz. I love everybody, but that was so much the thing that caught me here. That’s what I’m mostly getting out of this show right now

#shadow and bone #reaction #meta #spoilers #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #aline starkov #those three particularly #oof #this show was incredible #i need to calm down

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nerdepic · 7 years

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hi i watched the minion movie yesterday (which is set in the 60s ??) and these three dudes are the human versions of the three main minions and i just thought everyone should see them

also i watched with captions and every time they spoke it said [speaks minionese] and honestly without captions its absolutely impossible to watch. scarlet is a fun villain but her character model is so............... You Know

#make kevin (2nd dude) blonde and hes every humanised version of a chara w no canon appearance ever #kevins thumb is a mess. a disaster.#txt #also bob (small round 'baby' minion) has heterochromia #tiny gru was kinda fun tho? a tiny gru showing up at the end of the movie #but it means gru is like 50+ y/o

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volperion-moved · 2 years

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I know you say that the door is shut on a Chloe redemption, yet Lila still has a chance, but Chloe has had more humanising moments in Season 2 and maybe some of the other Seasons than Lila has had throughout the whole show. Even Felix has more humanising moments than Lila, despite having appeared so little.

but we're not in season 2 anymore :^)

when I say Lila has a chance I don't mean I think it will happen. It's true Lila hasn't gotten any humanising moments. But Lila's also mostly a blank slate where you can add plenty to her character and have it still make sense. While the show has gone to a lot of effort to 'ruin' Chloe and make her irredeemable

It's just really frustrating to me to see people whine about the concept of Lila being redeemed instead of Chloe, or before Chloe. I don't think Lila should have to be dragged down just because Chloe did. They're both cruel characters, Chloe is played for laughs while Lila is taken seriously. But Lila has done a lot less. & at this point Felix has basically appeared as much as Lila has.

I really just want them to use this character in any way they can & I don't think redemption is out of the question especially if Felix is going to take the role of Hawkmoth's main teen minion & Chloe is staying on the mean brat throne. I want Lila to fit in the show somewhere and if that means helping Ladybug then that could be really entertaining and interesting.

#lila is the lesser of all evils here not because she's actually the nicest but because she has the least amount of power #i wish they'd explore that. & her finding empowerment through bettering herself / friendship ?? would be rlly cute #idk again i dont expect it to happen i just wish ppl would entertain the possibility instead of writing her off as demonic

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angelfoodscake · 2 years

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mum said its MY turn to make minion gijinkas

but really … finally! a bit late to the party but here they are with designs i like/am confident with . only simple headshots though , as this is the first time i drew them

i want to draw them more so hopefully you’ll be seeing more of them soon

#might fix/tweak kevins hair a bit but . idk #hopefully you guys can read my hand writing #bobs head is shaven so its just fuzz but i wasn’t sure exactly how to draw it . itd probably translate better in digital #jerms art #minions #minions humanisation #how am i. supposed to tag this #maybe i’ll trust the reblogs to spread this #minions rise of gru #despicable me

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synchronmurmurs · 4 years

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I'm hoping these haven't been asked yet buuut 27 for Liv and Evette and 38 for Punchy?

Ahhh no these are all fresh Q’s thank you Minion!!!!!!! 💖💖

27. What are some things your OC admires about his/her soulmate?

Liviere: Vergil is absolutely strong (but in her mind, Nero is stronger), he’s been sort of an anchor for her recently, even though she hasn’t quite come to terms with that herself as of yet, so with that being said, and weirdly enough, it’s his sense of humour. He’s not as overt about it as Dante is, nor is he nearly as outwardly theatrical or in possession of that very particular flair, but she really enjoys their conversations, and how he returns her quips. It’s all very natural and easy. More lowkey than her interactions with Nico are, calmer and quieter.

It also really helps in humanising someone who, before all of this, she’d really only known (and subsequently written off) as “Dante’s quiet brother”.

Keep your ears to the ground lads, I have a conversation in the future planned where Vergil asks her about how she actually saw herself shacking up with Dante instead (waaaayyy back in the beginning lmfao), and if she ever regrets that. 👀

Evette: How Credo just seems to know E V E R Y T H I N G ✨ Natural remedies for what ails you? Homecooked recipes? Demonology? How to really easily get grass (and blood) stains out of clothing? Credo got all that shit, and more, on lock baybeeee. He seems to be an unending well of information, and for someone as naturally curious as Evette is, she sort of gravitates towards him not just because he feeds and looks after her (read: makes she she’s still alive), but because he’s so well versed in a wide variety of topics, she wants to know his opinion.

And she’s 1000% validated whenever he shares an opinion with her. It’s also why she ends up showing him almost every damn picture she takes. Even oldies from when she was documenting wild predators. 😌

She also really likes how calm he is at all times. Reminds her of a certain Angel. 👀

38. How does your OC react to and handle stress?

Not quite up to a pack a day, but Punchy primarily deals with stress via smoking and punching the everloving shit out of things. Stress tends to turn into anger, and anger is channelled with destruction. In a really weird way, it’s good that she has this petty rivalry going on with Vergil, because he can not only take what she dishes out, but isn’t afraid of returning it to a degree. And well, having somebody around to take all the heat off of whatever else she might want to take her anger out on is always a plus.

Opposing goons, stubborn people who need to be uh... intimidated into paying debts, her poor abused punching bag (that she does regularly have to patch upm especially if she’s using Grendel)... 😔✊

It’s not a healthy coping method by any stretch of the term, but Punchy isn’t much of a conventional human being anyway when she’s technically a renown criminal. I think the only relatively healthy coping mechanism she has is angry sex with Vergil every now and then, but even that gets rough... and bitey... 🤣 Only person she’s ever gentle with (and does so in return for her) is Gilbert.

also psst here’s the thing if y’all wanna axe me more Q’s 👀

#answer: artminion #ask meme #Punchy #liviere #Evette #thank you so much!!!!

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criticalpraisefilm · 6 years

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Avengers: Infinity War

I don’t know how they did it, considering just how many disparate elements they had to cram into this one 2-hour film, but somehow, they made it, and they made it Quite Good.

Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) wants to gather the six Infinity Stones and wipe out half the universe. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), War Machine (Don Cheadle), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Spider Man (Tom Holland), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Loki (Tom Hiddleston), Vision (Paul Bettany), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olson), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Star Lord (Chris Pratt), Drax (Dave Bautista), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), Groot (Vin Diesel), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Nebula (Karen Gillan) and a bunch more names have to team up to stop him. Fighting, banter, and carnage ensues.

There’s something to be said for the sheer scale this movies goes for. If you couldn’t tell by the several hours you just spent reading that list of names, there is a lot going on in this film. This lends a sense of epic scale to the movie, and honestly, say what you want about filmmaking and technical jargon, but the grand nature of the narrative is enjoyable enough to carry the movie. Even if the movie had more problems, I suspect it would be enjoyable just by virtue of how awesome it is, in every sense of the word.

Of course, it isn’t free from problems, and the grand scale is the source of one of the bigger issues: that of pacing. This doesn’t feel like a 2 hour long movie. It feels like 4 half-hour long movies glued together. The directors tried to make it as seamless as possible, but it feels less like a three act structure and more like a twelve act structure with the acts somewhat haphazardly slapped together. This was probably inevitable given just how many characters and subplots and just how much stuff they had to get in there, but that doesn’t make it not a problem.

The character work in the movie is still pretty great. Despite the grand scale, it still finds time to wind down and have very important moments between characters, often two at a time. The subplots and relationships between these characters is, for the most part, what keeps you invested while you’re pumping your fist enjoying the fights. The exception to this, unfortunately, is also probably the one the movie spend the most time on, trying to humanise the villain Thanos by giving us his motivations and trying to show a more sympathetic side to him, and oh man does it fall flat harder than the meteors he ends up throwing at the heroes.

It also isn’t exactly free of typical Marvel tropes. Thanos’ squad of talking minions are barely more than an excuse for cool fights, but the fights are pretty cool. Once again the heroes face an army of generic, indistinguishable monsters in indeterminate but excessive numbers, none of which seem to have any impact on the heroes, but again, it’s good to see the heroes fighting together and overcoming odds. It isn’t to say these aspects are bad, just overused, and something different would have been nice.

It ends up being very similar to the previous big teamup Avengers movies, but as I often say, every movie must stand on its own, and Infinity War stands pretty tall. Hardly perfect, but the formidable ambition is noteworthy at least.

And bring tissues, because I know how people get emotionally invested in these things.

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