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copdog1234 · 9 months

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Man, I was watching the movie and the entire time I was thinking "Wow. This would've been so much more satisfying in the show" because the show has earned it. The show's writing is far from perfect, it has many, many flaws, but my god is it far better than Miraculous Awakening will ever be. And I'll tell you why.

I will preface by saying, yes, an hour and a half movie has way less time than a TV show with several episodes to build up characters and relationships, so time constraints will make it so we may not get as much depth in the on-screen relationships.

You know what, though? The time they spent playing mediocre songs could've been used better to show us all the things the songs had to outright tell us. Cause that was the problem.

The movie sure liked telling us how the characters were feeling. It rarely showed it. Like could you tell me why movie Marinette liked Adrien? Because I couldn't. What did he do to earn her affection beside look pretty? Why did we only get a montage of them getting closer instead of actually seeing it? Or how we never really see much of Gabriel and Adrien's struggles with the loss of Emilie, we simply get glimpses. How am I supposed to feel anything when Gabriel stops being Hawk Moth when this movie showed us literally nothing of their strained relationship? And then there's Gabriel's claim that he did absolutely everything to get Emilie back. No he didn't. He did actually nothing. He freed a couple of criminals and then akumatized himself. That's it. That's all he did.

Could you tell me why Alya decided to befriend Marinette? Could you tell me why Adrien "who decided not to get close to anyone" was friends with Nino? Could you tell me why Chloe was so confident Adrien had any interest in her when they never actually interacted?

And then there wasnt enough explanation on how anything that we should've been told worked. Could anyone really tell me how these versions of the miraculous work? Or why Master Fu was in possession of them? Or why they really chose their holders? Could you tell me if the kwami had much personality and were necessary?

Like, I will say, there were funny moments, the animation was nice, and there were cool set pieces, but where was the substance?? It was nonexistent. If you don't watch the show, would you know or feel anything for what was going on in this movie?

Cause even for me, who does watch the show, I didn't.

Think about this. The show has even faked out multiple reveals to me and every time I was hyped and screaming, I have read fanfiction of these same to characters falling in love and confessing every which way and I've swooned, but we get reveals and love confessions that are real and permanent in this movie and I felt. Nothing.

It's okay if yall disagree with me, but I just needed to get this off my chest. I'm hard on this movie because I wanted it to be good because I love the characters and story from the show.

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gale-gentlepenguin · 9 months

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I mean I knew there would be some salt on the miraculous movie. I just wasn’t expecting the sources.

#ml fandom salt #like I can understand not liking the movie #like critiques are fine #but some of the vitriol #it’s like I plunged into the salt tag

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generalluxun · 5 months

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You know what’s extremely ironic about Astruc's comments about Miraculous Ladybug being for kids?

Let me tell you a story:

Once upon a time; a man was working on a project for which he was very passionate about, a project that involved a skill that had been perfected for many years by him, his team and many other teams of artists. But he was met with many problems.

This project had cost him a lot of money and unless it was a succes with the people, the man would lose everything he had worked for, as he had feared it would happen eventually if he didn't try to make his idea a reality.

Nobody really expected him to succeed and thought he was just drawing his end ever nearer. A "folly" is what they called it.

Eventually he ran out of money and the only way to get the money needed to even complete his folly was by asking a loan from the bank. Easier said than done, because as nobody believed in him, they would not expect him to pay the loan back.

Undeterred; and despite the fact that if he failed to be a success he would lose his home, he decided to bring some of the paintings, drawings and concepts his team had created, to show the bank's board of directors what they were hoping to do.

One of the directors proclaimed that in the future no one would remember the name of anyone in the room except for the name of the man who indeed got his loan and then completed his project.

The man was Walt Disney, and what he showed was a half-finished Snow White.

That's right, Walt Disney had to charm a group of adults with his first movie before he could charm anyone else with it. And if he hadn't succeeded, then animated movies would have probably not become a thing while animation itself faded into obscurity.

And that's not the end of it either, it's established in the movie that Snow White will be saved in the end like anyone who had heard the fairy tale knew already. And despite that, you know what the people at the premiere of Snow White did back in 1937?

They cried their hearts out during the funeral.

Fully grown adults who had heard of Walt's Folly as it was called and were skeptical of watching such a long "cartoon" were moved to the same tears as the seven dwarfs.

Say what you will about the man himself, but you gotta give Walt Disney this: he knew that if adults weren't moved by his work then entertaining kids would be the least of his worries.

I've head this tale before, and I get your point.

I think the 'It's for Kids' runs deeper than this for ML though, specifically. It's used disingenuously to shop for praise *and* deflect critique.

It's Schrodinger's show. If it gets criticized for bad messaging through oversimplification then 'It's a kids show! what do you expect!'

If it feels it's doing well then 'Look at what they're doing in a kids show!'

We've been told by the creator that kids 'get it' in places where adults have concerns. Conversely we've been told 'Kids won't understand' in other places.

Now, you can make a silly shallow kids show and *that's fine* we have silly shallow adult shows. Kids shouldn't be left out.

You can also make a kids show that punches above it's age range, pushing kids to think and learn. *I personally love these shows* they were doing (modified)Shakespeare on Sesame Street when I was growing up. Disney's Gargoyles is RIFE with all sorts of literary references.

What you can't do is swerve between lanes as suits your desires at any given moment. As a creator you need to establish a framework by which your media can be approached. As the creator you have a very wide latitude in how to build that framework, but it does need to remain consistent.

I should clarify- This doesn't mean the more serious kids shows can't be silly and funny, nor that the shallow shows can't dip their toes into more complex topics, but *how these things are approached* needs to remain consistant.

Example: Dearest Family: We're throwing in an addiction reference, that's pretty intense. We're going to give it to our magical fairy stand-in so it is one step removed, and we're mixing in the serious and laughs along the way. It's not until the end where it falls down. the addiction is solved with.... a pep talk. ML loves pep talks, it's 80's cartoon style to the core. Pep talks work for a *lot* of problems. Just stopping to think matters.

Pep talks don't work for addiction. However, you can imagine they don't want to keep this as a running theme with relapses and struggles. It's a one-off lesson. So what you need to do is make it clear that the one-off solution is *also* magical in nature. Have Plagg cataclysm one of those Galette's making it nasty and gross, so Tikki eats it and YUCK! now she doesn't want Galette ever again. Boom, you've 'solved' it through magic so the one-episode-solution for a complex problem flows more cleanly.

I think the inability to learn/accept critique is the biggest problem in the writing room. There are good things in ML, and *every* show makes mistakes of some kind or another. Someone in the writing room just seems completely unwilling to engage in reflection, or if they do they simply will not admit it.

It's weird.

I'm not someone who 'hates the show' I want it to succeed and prosper, and I want it to have good messaging. S5 Miraculous was paralleling Chloé's descent. you are just watching bad choice after bad choice, hoping there will be a course correction.

At least we still have the movie, and maybe S6 will be a new direction. S5 did feel like a glut of 'We need to finish tis before the end of this season' developments.

#miraculous ladybug #ask #ml writing #writing critique

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fagcrisis · 1 year

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about the wrestling as the scourge of evil thing i'm leftcom and i go work with a bunch of different anarchist and ml organisations and yeah definitely like people 100% think it's opiate of the masses type shit which is insane because they also don't seem to feel the same way about other spectacle-sports. like i would argue pro wrestling is not even close to being unique in its landscape whether it's interpreted as a fixed variation on combat sport culture or as a variation on mass theatre but for some reason a lot of anarchists and mls (and probably other left people) think it's uniquely evil. while at the same time being like football fans or something. it's a weird critique to have i feel like. like i would actually be more swayed if it were to argue about the function of entertainment-as-such (including sports, including high-profile art) in society but i don't see how pro wrestling is worse than other things. it serves the function of the gladiator but. so do all spectator sports and i would argue all performance mediums in general. it also feels unfamiliar with wrestling beyond its reputation usually like as its own field and the way it relates to its influences and audience. also mark fisher is very inconsistent in quality of criticism sometimes i'm like wow so true mark and sometimes it's like. i disliked it so it's counterrevolutionary

okay first of all ur so right about mark fisher. like some of his stuff genuinely so good and the other half is like middle aged man yells at a cloud

anyway, yes i 100% have encountered the exact same attitudes towards wrestling and like, i genuinely agree with them but theyre true for both spectator sports and entertainment media as a whole! im not going to argue that wrestling is uniquely anticapitalist or whatever, its certainly rotten from the inside as an industry, but ive had people argue with me that in an anarchist society it wouldnt exist, which is patently insane

like, first of all i detest utopianism and i think while keeping in mind the ideal society we want to strive for can be important for an ideology its really stupid to be like well post capitalism this wont be a thing therefore it is evil. anyway like i feel like anarchists (i cant speak on marxist leninists bc all the ones i know are over 50 and mainly like wrestling) single out wrestling as like the gladiator stand-in for modern society even though thats true for hockey and football and everything else, even arguably theatre, because they dont really know much about it besides the sort of popular conception

anyway it ultimately doesnt really matter im just mad everyone gets to enjoy their marvel movies and hungarian football and whatnot but my specific opiate of the masses is deemed too problematic for discussion. like man if you get to play tears of the kingdom i get to set mark david as my phone background

#rumini a zúzmaragyarmaton

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mapizb99 · 9 months

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Literally YES finally SOMEONE who agrees with my critique of the ml movie. It was like trying to fit ALL the seasons into one and waaaaayyy to ladybug heavy, and while i love a good animation song this was 90% songs and i have never said that in my life (unless unless it was like SUPPOSED to be like a musical or something but that's fine because its intentional and good)

Omg yes! the music was so out of nowhere, like maybe use that time for developing believable relationships

(And I’m saying this as someone who loves a good musical)

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bbwoulfc · 3 years

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If you’re trying to avoid spoilers about the ML movie then please continue to scroll.

What the hell did Jeremy do to my beautiful girl Alya???

What is her hair? Where’s the volume? Where’s the curls and waves?? Why does her hair look so short? This isn’t Alya. I don’t care that this is Jeremy’s version of Miraculous. But what I see of Alya is a shame. This doesn’t feel like Alya.

I can only hope that she fell into some water or something for giving the impression of her flat hair but I’ve been skeptical of this entire movie from the beginning. And this doesn’t give me any hope.

And I’m sure there will be others thinking, “he said he’s still working on the cgi and blah, blah, blah.” I’m sorry, but as an animator myself and who teaches this profession, you can’t change characters just like that. Characters have to be finalized and completed before any form of animation. So if this is really what she looks like without curls and waves, I’m disappointed. Alya is a gorgeous character and Jeremy screwed this wonderful character up. I love Alya and I love her wonderful hair. She looks beautiful with it. It’s one of the things that makes Alya feel like Alya to me.

And does she feel kinda skinny? I hope I’m not the only one that kinda gets this feeling. Cause Alya almost appears to be thinner than her canon form. If she is, that’s another thing I will be disappointed in. I love my curvy Alya and if Jeremy got rid of that, I don’t know what to think. I just feel like Jeremy is taking away some of the the things that helps represent the character for who they are.

And I can’t begin to describe the art style. It feels like same face syndrome almost. I’m sorry, but I’m not a fan of the art style. It feels like Jeremy is trying to be Disney and I’m not a huge fan of it. The quality can be great but if the style doesn’t work, it doesn’t work. If it wasn’t for Alya’s iconic shirt, I wouldn’t have known this is Alya.

I’m still meh about the movie. I know it’s for kids but it doesn’t mean it can’t be critiqued for what it’s worth. I still wish the movie wasn’t a retelling. Wish Jeremy did something a little more original that could have built or aided canon but, I’m not writing the film. I’m just a viewer as a fan and animator. These are just my opinions. Anyone is free to disagree.

But I do hope people get what they want from the movie. But all I see is fan service for love square and it just unfortunately lacks appeal to me. I wish everyone who does see the movie when it comes out that they enjoy it. I hope it’s worth the spoils and hype Jeremy constantly does. But unfortunately when you continue to spoil and post, it doesn’t always live up to the hype.

#ml #ml movie salt #ml movie critique #Jeremy zag salt #miraculous ladybug #salt #alya cesaire #bbwoulf opinion #bbwoulf thoughts

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inimoo · 2 years

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idk man but i really do not understand how anyone can look at abuela's character in encanto and have a definite straight forward answer that she is either good or bad because??? thats?? not??? what was going on???

this isnt me defending her or anything because like i said she isnt completely good and she isnt completely bad either.

to elaborate abuela went through absolute hell and lost everything she had in a matter of hours. Her sense of self, her home, the love of her life, her entire village, stability and her freedom were taken away from her not even in a complete day.

She was 25 years old with the responsibility of her three children and the entire village and she was all alone. Sure she probably had help but she was the leader and the lives of all those people were on her.

When she gets her miracle she does everything in her power to keep it. To make sure that no one ever loses the one thing that saved them.

Now, all this being said the way she treated her family was fucked up. Alienating her son and granddaughter was terrible. The generational trauma was on her fifteen-year-old grandchild to break. And like the vision said it was on Mirabel and it wasn't helping that Abuela was terrified of what she was doing.

Still, abuela's character is not totally evil and it is not purely innocent. She's a morally grey character. It's kinda unsettling how violent people want to get with her.

Mirabel has all the right to not forgive her but she did and Abuela genuinely wants to get better and break the cycle that has been going on for fifty years. The end scene was like one day obviously not everything is going to be rainbows and butterflies immediately the important thing is that they're all trying.

you can disagree with me and say what you think but im not touching this subject again bc i feel like if i did thered by an argument but just, consider it. I respect your opinion and I'm sure people who have this opinion on abuela have a reason. But idk it just doesnt make much sense to me if you take into account everythings that happened in the story.

#this isnt defending her its just: why do people want to get physical with her #thats not going to help them #mirabel did what was right for her family bc she thinks that abuela is capable of changing #she knows that she has love for all of them but theyre relationship was toxic #at the end of the movie abuela realizes this and knows she messed up and apologizes and shes changing #when theyre rebuilding their house theyre also rebuidling their relationship with the family #im saying this as someone who does have generational trauma #it happens with a lot of first/second gen immigrants #its great that mirabel has a chance to fix her relationship with her family #im not saying that everyone has to forgive #to make it clear #mirabel had every single right to not forigve and i think a part of her will stay unhappy #encanto #encanto spoilers #alma madrigal #encanto meta #this isnt salt bc ik a lot of ppl who think this way have a reason but it smore of a critique i think #not ml

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miraculouscontent · 2 years

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What ruined the whole experience of ML for me is how this show was written. There is so much potential with this concept that it saddens me they let the romance become the driving force. Not saying romance is bad but I feel when you let it become the driving force, you have a higher chance of ruining your story. There has to be other elements that drives a show/story. I’m not counting Hallmark movies, they’re their own thing.

As someone who literally teaches this industry, I have so many discussions about this show with students who are in this fandom about the issues and missed potential. I’m not one to always compare shows because each show is different in their own way. However, if I had to compare ML with another show, I wish ML handled the show like Trollhunters (Takes if Arcadia series). The way they handled the romance was perfection. It was a secondary thing thrown in the back and only brought up when necessary. The majority of the time, the MC trying to learn and figure out how to be s hero but also as a teenager.

Not sure if you’ve ever watched the series or heard of it. If you haven’t, I feel it might be something you’d enjoy. It’s on Netflix. Anyways, huge fan of your work. Love your fics and critiques. Keep up the awesome work!

I’ve heard of it, yes, and I’ve heard that it’s good. And thank you!

You’re right. Romance really should be secondary for something that’s going to go on for multiple seasons. They could’ve had Adrien and Marinette actually develop as friends and have actual disagreements over things like Lila. They could’ve genuinely had fights that weren’t about romance or even where both of them were technically in the right and the audience had to pick a side, but of course they’d make up regardless and grow close in the end.

#((I don't take recommendations from people but thank you.))#category: salt #salt: love square #salt: writing #other: ask and answer

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ravs6709 · 3 years

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Kwami Sitting- Alya and the Kwamis

Alrighty, major spoilers from Gang of Secrets! Like, major.

But yeah, I've been having feels for that entire episode and because there was the reveal, it means kwami sitting! So here's some kwami content featuring platonic alyanette. Mentions of food.

Ftr, I made the zodiac kwamis all use they/them pronouns, though I don't think it ended up being too relevant in this fic. The main ones though do have genders.

Enjoy!

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It had only been a day since Marinette had revealed her identity, and Alya liked to think that she was taking the news well. After all, that was Ladybug, the superhero that she'd wanted to unmask for so long, until she realized that it would hurt more than help. She still couldn't believe that she also happened to be her best friend.

But it made so much sense though. Both Marinette and Ladybug were strong, courageous, intelligent, and incredibly good friends. It explained why Marinette was always late to class or making excuses.

It also explained why she looked so broken. Because she wasn't just Ladybug, the only person who could undo the damage caused by Shadowmoth. She was also the Guardian of the Miraculous. She was someone who hated lies, but had to lie in order to keep everyone safe.

But she told her secret to Alya, and Alya vowed to help ease the burden that she was carrying.

"See this?" Marinette pointed to the large pink box, before it expanded to show dozens of coloured bottles. "This is where I keep the miracle box. And this is how I open it."

She then pressed down on a bunch of the bottles, before a drawer opened.

"Woah!" Alya gasped, before remembering that Marinette had been defensive about the dollhouse. "It took you less than a day to make that?"

"Uh... yes?"

"That's so cool!"

"Focus, Alya." She picked up the miracle box. "Each of the miraculous are stored in here, but the kwamis don't have to stay inside of it. And-"

She was interrupted by both her and Alya's phone buzzing. There was a notification about an akuma attack.

"You go, I'll look after the box! I'll also cover for you in case your parents come!" Alya told her, and she nodded.

Marinette transformed- woah it looked so cool!- and made her way to the roof. But before she left, she turned back to face Alya.

"If things get dangerous, I might have to come for one of the miraculous. Keep your phone in case I need to text you."

"Got it! I won't let you down, Marinette!"

Even though she would be missing out on a chance to film for the Ladyblog, this was an opportunity to properly meet the kwamis! She'd seen glimpses of them before, but her priority had been comforting Marinette over her curiosity. But now she actually had the chance to meet them all.

"Alright!" She called out. "You're all under my watch now! Can you like up so I can figure out who is who?"

She knew about the main miraculous, and some of the others, but she wasn't prepared to see just how many kwamis there were. She only recognized four. Trixx, Tikki, Wayzz and the bee whose name she didn't know. Others looked vaguely familiar, like the snake, horse and dragon. But she didn't know there was one for the pig, rooster, tiger (wait were they for the zodiac?).

"Ooh, you're Alya, right!" The pig kwami asked. "I'm Daizzi! It'd be really cool if you were my holder!"

"I told you, she's already taken!" Trixx replied.

Alya looked at the two kwamis. Were they fighting over her? It took all of her willpower to not scream, only because she didn't want Tom and Sabine to hear and get concerned. Then she'd have to explain why she was screaming, and Marinette's sudden absence. Yeah, she definitely should not do that.

"I'm very flattered that you'd like me as your holder, Daizzi" she said instead. "But as Trixx said, I'm taken. I like being Rena Rouge."

The other kwamis began to introduce themselves, and a brief summary of their powers. There was so much to take in and she wished she could talk to someone else about it, but knew that she couldn't, and wouldn't ever betray Marinette's trust like that.

After that, she sat on the bed and pulled out her phone. The kwamis were insanely old, so they'd probably be well behaved, and she could start writing down notes for her next Ladyblog article.

Or well, that's what she thought. Apparently all those years of living meant nothing, because as soon as she got distracted, she heard something fall to the floor.

It was a good thing that Alya had two devious sisters that had a tendency to cause destruction, otherwise she'd be fuming.

But because she had the experience, all she did was casually look back at her phone as if nothing had happened.

"Oh," she began, faking sweetness into her voice. "I was planning on getting you all some snacks, but I guess not."

The twins were starting to grow old enough to not fall for the tactic, but she suspected that the kwamis would. As expected, they turned towards her with wide eyes and sad expressions. They whispered amongst each other, before they moved to start cleaning up.

Trixx seemed to be participating half-heartedly- he probably knew what she was trying to accomplish, he was perceptive like that.

"Okay, what are your favourite snacks?"

She already knew that Trixx liked fruit, but she was not prepared for the variety of foods listed. Pollen liked peppers, Wayzz liked drinking tea, and there was a lot.

"Okay, I can't say that I'll be able to get food for all of you, but I'll do my best. Wayzz, I'm leaving you in charge."

She figured that since Wayzz was the previous guardian's kwami, he would be the wisest.

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Alya took a deep breath, then tip toed down the stairs. The bakery wouldn't have everything, but taking a large variety of stuff would be weird. If it was just sweets, it'd be fine. But to take fruits and crackers and popcorn? She had to sneak the food back upstairs.

She looked into the kitchen and didn't see anyone.

"I haven't seen you in such a long time!" Sabine said from the front. "How have you been?"

Perfect! While they're distracted with the customer, I can get what I need.

Surprisingly, the kitchen raid went better than she'd expected. She managed to find even more food, and was able to carry it upstairs with ease. When she opened the trapdoor, the kwamis all beamed.

There was also no damage, fortunately.

"Before you eat," she said, chanelling all her authority into her tone. "I'm going to set up what we humans call a movie. Let's watch the Ladybug and Chat Noir movie."

It was easy to access it, since she already bought it online with an account. She got comfortable then started the movie.

The kwamis were fixated on the movie, impressed with the animation and the capabilities of the computer. However, there was a slight problem.

"How did they get the idea of the miraculous so wrong?" Baark asked.

"Remember, humans don't know that we exist. They have very little to work with," Wayzz answered.

Except that the others ignored him, and started critiquing the movie even more. Alya groaned. She was never going to be able to enjoy the movie again without thinking of the conversation going on around her.

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There were footsteps on the roof, and then the trapdoor opened. Alya didn't look back at Marinette, even when she detransformed.

"Oh wow, you're good at this," Marinette remarked.

Alya only hummed as a response, and reached for the last of the popcorn. "I like stole a crap ton of food from the kitchen though. Hope you don't mind."

"Are you kidding me? I haven't seen them sit still in ever!"

Alya felt arms wrap around her from behind, and she smiled. "I told you. If your load gets too heavy, I'll carry it with you. Even if it's by doing something as simple as babysitting these cute kwamis."

"Thank you Alya, thank you! I don't know what'd I'd do without you."

"I love you too Marinette."

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strawberry1212 · 3 years

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Asian drama female lead passivity

I feel like a lot of aspects of female lead (FL) passivity is discussed (the fish kiss being the most famous example), but I wanted to systematically analyze each trope under the theory of female passivity and its feminist implications.

This topic has been stuck in my mind ever since I read a blog years ago (literally like six years ago so I’m sorry I have no idea where it is, I can’t link it) talking about how intimacy in Asian dramas is always portrayed as something women relent to giving up half-heartedly, and men one sidedly pursue. Women are chaste, men are lustful, and women are yielding to men, that is the essential message.

This dynamic plays out in Western media as well--the movie Don Jon is a super interesting analysis comparing how women are indoctrinated by romcoms, to how men are indoctrinated by porn. So women attach grand romantic gestures and romantic commitment to their self worth, because that’s what the girl gets in her happy ending, while men attach it to sexual prowess/having women do kinky sexual favors.

This dynamic is super harmful because it works to suppress female sexuality, as well as male emotionality. People are always surprised when a woman would rather just want sex (or a career) over a romantic commitment. And men are applauded for having the bare minimum of emotional awareness because it’s so rare.

I think a form of Asian drama female lead (FL) passivity that is most talked about is the infamous “fish kiss.” See exhibit A:

The guy initiates the kiss on the usually unsuspecting girl, as if the girl ever going in for the kiss herself would be too sexually aggressive. And as if even enjoying the kiss would be too much, they have her just stand there eyes wide open. It’s awkward, and even slightly funny to watch, but our critique often ends here. But I think the fish kiss is a symptom of a much deeper problem.

You will notice that female lead passivity is present in all physical interactions between the romantic interests.

The pull in hug:

Which sometimes the FL looks uncomfortable to frightened in:

I even found a meme, so I know I’m not the only who thinks this is weird:

(meme/photo credit: https://goliath1357.tumblr.com/post/27115253892/kdramareasons-awkward-one-sided-hugs-k-drama)

What I don’t like about this trope is first of all, it makes female consent seem less romantic. It romanticizes this idea of male pursuit/female passivity, the man will protect her, the man will pursue her (basically like an object), the man will do all the work in making the relationship progress, etc., and it romanticizes this dynamic to women--this is easy to romanticize for us, because to the most of us that aren’t being constantly pursued by two hot men, this pursuit dynamic seems like a dream boat. Often the kdrama female lead (due to the Initial Misunderstanding trope) will even dislike and push away the male lead--and yet he still pursues her, how romantic! -_- Except in real life, the guy aggressively pursuing you and ignoring you disinterest is not romantic.

And the issue is on both sides, because it teaches women to just stand there, not express consent, and not express sexual/intimacy enthusiasm when we’re feeling it (that would be ~unladylike~). And on the other side, it teaches men to do all the pursuing and to assume that a girl standing frozen, wide eyed, and often looking scared as you kiss her, is consent. Sometimes the guy even interprets a clear “no” as consent. (Honestly I’m not even sure if these Asian drama writers are thinking along the lines of “xyz is consent,”...like I’m not sure how often they even think of the concept of consent tbh.)

But anyways, passivity. is not. consent!!!! That’s why we have the slogan “Yes mean yes,” meaning both parties must have enthusiastic, clear consent, for respectful intimacy. Asian dramas discourage women from expressing an enthusiastic “yes,” and it teaches men not to expect this “yes,” so they can steamroll past passivity and even rejection.

And I know some people will be boohooing me on this. “But sudden kisses and hugs are so romantic!” people will say. But what is “romantic,” like many things, is a social construct. We think things are romantic because they’ve always been presented to us as romantic, with swelling music in the background and the implicit understanding that anything is ok because they are Soulmates(TM) that end up happy together. We construct our idea of what is romantic largely out of media.

But that is not real life, and carrying those messages over to real life (as we inevitably all do), is dangerous. I just moved to Japan so this especially hits close to home for me: I dress conservatively by American standards, but I couldn’t bring a quarter of my clothes when I moved because I worried men on trains would interpret them as revealing, and therefore I would be “asking for it.” I, and I’m sure many women will feel me on this, think about and fear sexual assault very often. And when we don’t enshrine active consent, we perpetuate rapist culture.

Since “romantic” is anything our society constructs it to be, let’s romanticize enthusiastic consent! (like this NCT song!!) I think sudden kisses can be cute when you’ve established boundaries that it’s is ok, but it scares me that men and women are watching this and thinking suddenly kissing a person you haven’t discussed boundaries/intimacy with at all is cute. It’s all fun and games when it’s the hot male lead kissing the girl you know he’s going to end up with, but it’s not cute when it’s real life men thinking they’re entitled to women’s bodies.

Other examples of female passivity:

I stopped watching Moonlight Drawn over the Clouds at precisely this scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6I0WXeD-dc&ab_channel=KBSWORLDTV

because it was so painful to watch her sitting there like a fish as the guys got these cool fight scenes. Like girllll literally do anything, throw a rock, something! First dramas routinely disable the female characters by making the male characters the able fighters, but even if you’re not an able fighter you can do more than just sit there like a lame duck -_- Especially the parts of these scenes where someone is standing over the girl with the sword and the writers don’t give the girl the presence of mind to simply run away, but they give the guy the presence of mind to somersault into the room, jump over ten monkey bars, slash the antagonist, and catch the girl bridal style on his way down. I guess the damsel in distress trope is as old as the book, but just the complete passivity so many female characters show in fight scenes as they need to be saved is really annoying and disempowering.

I think the worst part is their faces, they’re all like omg! this is so sad!

well girl you could have done literally ANYTHING other than sit there as he took ten bullets for you lmao. Women don’t exist to stand by and be saved!!! This is a historical drama but the modern drama version is when the guy is getting beat up by bullies or whatever and the girl just stands by and does nothing but look upset.

Another good trope that is under this passivity theme is the double wrist grab, where we not only have ONE male lead (ML) manhandling the FL, but TWO MLs. Ahh yes the only thing better than forcibly ignoring consent and the FL’s wishes is TWO men doing it.

I heard this recently even happened in True Beauty...which...that drama...truly I thought Kdramas were progressing until I saw how much people were hyping up that mess of misogyny (not to mention how boringly predictable it was).

I can’t quite express this next trope in a screenshot, but something I also see a lot of is the ML professing his love to the FL and she sort of just stands there like O_O. Like she’s just sort of this object that sits there being admired? It’s just such an unnatural way to react to someone professing their love for you, and these scenes drag on for many minutes of just the ML’s dialogue so the female actress, having no lines, has no choice but to sit there O_O. Like give her lines! Give her reactions! Give her anything other than being wide eyed!!!!

And these physical interactions represent deeper emotional passivity in the female lead.

I’ve noticed it’s almost always the trend of the male lead falls later, but falls harder, and ultimately he puts more energy into making the relationship progress. Again, this buys into female fantasy, but it is an unhealthy fantasy that is grounded, I think, in our insecurities, and our fear of putting ourselves out there (so we would rather have someone pursue us than put ourselves out there and meet someone halfway).

This emotional passivity is why, weirdly enough, sometimes I will really like the drama because the girl is very stubbornly, openly, and aggressively pursuing the guy. A case of this is Itazura na Kiss, or Mischievous Kiss (there’s a Jdrama, Kdrama, and anime--I only watched the anime). Now the guy is downright meannnnn in Mischievous Kiss, this was not a healthy relationship at all, but there was something refreshing about the girl. Sure her aggression was in pursuing a man, but at least it was aggression, and I’d always only seen any hint of female sexuality/actively pursuing as something very stigmatized.

I think a sister trope to the passivity trope is the innocence trope. The guy will literally take the initiative to profess his undying love to the FL and she’ll be like “what?? omg stop teasing you’re joking ahahha.” Why do FLs need to be so oblivious/innocent? I think it caters to the way media is seen through a male gaze but that’s a trope to deconstruct another time.

#feminism #asiandrama #jdrama #kdrama #cdrama #kdrama tropes #kdrama analysis #kdrama feminism

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copdog1234 · 9 months

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Show!Adrien would've helped movie!Marinette pick up those books no matter how sad boi hours he was feeling

#im just fucking saying #it wouldve added a bonding moment if movie!adrien had done that #miraculous ladybug #ml #miraculous ladybug movie #ml movie spoilers #ml movie critique #ml movie #miraculous movie #miraculous awakening spoilers #miraculous awakening #ml awakening spoilers #ml awakening

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gale-gentlepenguin · 3 years

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Gale Reviews: ML Season 4 Episode 8 Queen Banana

(Spoilers below)

-Marinette is costume designer for this independent movie the class is helping put on.

-So from what I got Shameless Self-insert, I MEAN Respected former student now famous director Thomas Astruc. is helping make this movie. And it gets to be in theaters... for some reason.

-The Mayor really went from hiding himself to being blatant about it

-Also Bob Roth and Gabriel are involved? Okay but WHY?

-Chloé is salty she isn't the star, and also Sabrina is feeding her bananas (so this is why the bananas were related)

-And Chloé ruins another scene the class performs. Chloé believes the city's money is her money. Thomas Really going for Chloé being an irredeemable brat to the point that it makes it REALLY funny instead of awful

-OH! I just realized it. Thomas Astruc being there is the biggest and most blatant way to say. "CHLOE YOU HAVE BEEN REPLACED."

-The art teacher has a name, and actually makes a point. HE QUOTED HER! Thats hilarious.

-And then points out she was actually WORSE! I CANT

-Chloé's CHAIR REVEAL! I LIVE FOR IT!

-And Andre is scared of his daughter. BECAUSE of course she is

-Bob Roth... truly a beacon of integrity

-Well they shooting and Marinette is snarky to Chloé. Who deserves it.

-Sabrina's sole purpose in this episode is... Banana

-Marinette is so Sassy in this. Like I am all for Sassynette, but something seems off. Not that its bad, but I am trying to figure out why this feels so... personal.

-OMG I just got this. This episode is Thomas COMPLAINING ABOUT JEREMY'S EXECUTIVE MEDDLING! I knew this felt Like Animaestro for some reason.

-Thomas aint being subtle. Chloé is Zag in this. Like just wow.

-Queen Banana was her attempt to hide a blatant Queen bee reference.

-Second script rewrite and now EVERYONE feels done with it. So my question is... How do they escape this UN-APEELING situation?

-I Like the design of Chloé's Queen banana.

-SHE HAS A CAR NOW!

-AND SCRIPT CHANGE NUMBER THREE

-Adrien is now in a cage.... Okay... I wasn't expecting that. adrinette is cute tho.

-A CAGE BEING CARRIED BY A HELICOPTER?! Is it wrong that I would totally watch Chloé's movie.

-SON OF A B****. THIS EPISODE IS ALSO A CRITIQUE ON JEREMY ZAG MAKING THE MIRACULOUS MOVIE. MOTHER F***ER WE HIT 3 LEVELS OF META

-Honestly Chloé's demands sound dumb but also like the movie would be REALLY popular in America.

-Nino my son, I feel your pain.

-AND CHLOÉ LEFT BECAUSE SHE WASNT SATISFIED.

-I love that Kim tries to make it work.

-Okay so my bet is they try to film the movie without her there.

-I was right.

-And predictably she goes to the theater to see that the movie was filmed without her, cue outrage, cue blah blah blah

-Im watching the movie they filmed... I am disappointed by the lack of Dynamite throwing gorillas. (some of the special effects were cool.) It was meh, Id probably skip this movie.

-Gabriel... ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING GOOD?! IN MY SHOW? Oh wait, he is going to akumatize Chloé so meh. I will say it cancels out.

-I was caught in the euphoria of Gabriel sounding reasonable that I forgot for a moment he is a piece of s***

-Shadowmoth's transformation looks stupid

-Adrien my boy. I AM PROUD OF YOU. I RESPECT AND LOVE YOU. YOU STOOD UP FOR YOUR OTHER FRIENDS. YOU TOLD CHLOÉ OFF. THAT IS MY SON!

-Shadowmoth saying Queen banana made me giggle.

-Chloé knows the drill. Just give her the monkey and she is ready

-She just turned that man into a banana... I can't.

-Ladybug and Chat noir enter stage left.

-You know they didn't show Chat noir transform. (Gale will remember that.)

-Ladybug just spun and Caught chat noir. Ladynoir points

-THE LUCKY CHARM ALMOST SQUASHED HER!

-Zoé stood up to Queen banana, and thats why Ladybug found out what she needed. Horray.

-Cue Iconic Akira pose on motorbike.

-Look Ladybug you can't blame chat noir on that one. Queen banana's care just up and moved. Not his fault he made the ape go... BANANAS

-ZOÉ LEE name confirmed.

-Zoé's transformation is ADORABLE! I LOVE IT

-Welp, Thats gonna leave a mark.

-Vesperia poses. I kind of see the chat noir parallels.

-Mistranslation. Plagg said Queen bee not Ladybug.

-Side note. Doesn't it seem kind of dumb that Cataclysm makes the sentimonsters go haywire instead of destroying them? There is already a Kwami that makes things go haywire. Its Xuupa.

-Chat noir got the car this time. Good. If he missed again, I would assume they really were giving him the shaft.

-Vesperia REALLY taunting Chloé. I love it.

-Ladybug and Chat noir really bullied Queen banana after that. LOL

-OOOH Ladybug made her a charm

-Chloé rejected it and Shadowmoth be like (oh it aint over yet.) What he doing.

-So Zoé stood up to Chloé and OMG SHE TRICKED HER INTO TAKING THE CHARM!

-ZOE YOU BRILLAINT! JUST IN TIME. SHADOWMOTH GOT BLOCKED!

- ADRIEN! TIKKI IS RIGHT ON MARINETTE'S SHOULDER! LOOK LEFT.

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Okay this episode was funny.

I would say this was Animaestro done... better.

I found it a bit on the nose with its criticism but at least didn't rub one's nose in it too much. But Once I saw what it was doing, I couldn't unsee it.

Well It isn't a bad episode at all. It has a lot of good moments.

Zoé is a a good character and I did enjoy Vesperia.

I like how we got to see how the charm works, thats cool.

overall

Objectively I would put it.

7.5/10

Though personally I put it more 6.5/10

There is an art to being subtle and this was a subtle as a gorrilla throwing banana explosives. Also there was no Banana noir and that in itself is a crime. No Mr. Banana. No stay peachy. Its a crime!

#ml #ml spoilers #gale reviews #queen banana #Zoé lee #chloé bourgeois #ladybug #chat noir

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navek15 · 4 years

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So in-between writing fanfiction, working on my novel, work, the upcoming online semester, keeping the house clean, and getting my ass repeating handed to me in Dark Souls: Remastered and Dark Souls III, my increasing disdain for how terrible, unimaginative, and terribly imaginative some ‘fans’ of particular properties can be. And it’s not just from one particular instance, it’s from several occurrences over the years.

Yesterday, I was watching Maj0r Lee’s video reaction to terrible reviews of Final Fantasy 7: Remake. Side note, I’ve respected ML for not being afraid to speak his mind, no matter how much it goes against the nerd fan hivemind. And one thing that quickly got on his and my nerves about the reviews was how repetitive they were.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR-1NTCwLr8

“Tetsuya Nomura pulled a Kingdom Hearts and ruined the great story of the original FF7.”

“Nomura and friends turned FF7 into Kingdom Hearts-tier garbage.”

“I was going to give FF7: Remake a ten out of ten until that terribly ending turned it into a zero.”

Tetsuya Nomura this, Kingdom Hearts that, something something the original story was basically the bible. The same points repeated over and over again. It’s like listening to all the same complaints about the Last Jedi. I’d probably take those complaints seriously if it didn’t feel like the same arguments were being copy-pasted over and over because that generates more clicks on YouTube.

If I sound a bit salty, it might be because my favorite video game franchise (BTW, I would never say KH is flawless) is being used as a go-to example of bad writing. This must be how the Call of Duty fans feel all the time.

But there was one particular ‘review’ that pissed me off to no end;

“The more and more I think about it, I feel like Nomura and co. have little to no respect for the fans that have given their work this love, and perhaps even harbour some contempt for them wanting to to see their childhood imagination and memories of the story realised as they deserve to be.

There is a certain arrogance to twisting this world and story to their own whim, as if to say that “this is our world, our characters, what you fans think means nothing to us, we can do what we want with them and you can get fucked if you disagree”.”

You know what this reminds me of? Those laughable Anti-Horikoshi blogs that use the trans flag as their background to supposedly ‘protect’ the female characters of My Hero Academia from their ‘disgusting’ creator. Those lunatics that posted themselves burning their copies of Tokyo Ghoul because the main character banged his female love interest and called Ishida a homophobe. Or the the worst episode of South Park where Trey Parker and Matt Stone showed their disapproval of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by having Indy getting horrifically sodomized by George Lucas and Steven Spielburg.

This might be hard for some idiots to understand, so let me spell it out for you; YOU DO NOT OWN A STORY OR CHARACTERS JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE A “FAN”!

In the end, writers have their own ideas for how storylines, character progression, and character relationships will turn out. If all creators ever did was pander to the fickle desires of the most rabid ‘fans’, all media would be nothing but self-referential bullshit. Hell, we already example how bad this would be. It’s called ‘How the Last Jedi should’ve ended!’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCB8DUGpYQQ

While this video was clearly made to take the piss out of TLJ, it ironically demonstrates my fucking point! This is also why I am 100% certain that we’re never getting a Dark Souls/Bloodborne movie or tv show. Because any interpretation or story that dares to go against the most poorly thought out fan theories will get ripped apart by absolute lunatics with nothing better to do with their time.

And another thing, can we stop treating stories like they’re fucking scripture?! There’s a reason that the ‘Stations of the Canon’ trope is derided by many authors. I can probably name all the Naruto fanfics that aren’t just the same as the original story just with slightly altered dialogue and everyone wearing slightly-different clothing. And I was guilty of this too, until I realized how much more fun it was to go completely off the rails.

Not the mention that this kind of thinking leads to people holding stories to such a ridiculous degree that any sequel or retelling that fails to live up to those unreasonable expectations will get treated like a personal attack and a dumpster fire not even worthy to roast expired marshmallows over.

I’m not saying you should never criticize a story, game or comic for its actual flaws, but don’t try to make it into a sob story like ‘How dare the creator or owners of this story like go about it what they think is the best! These guys are worse than HITLER!’ Hate to break to ya, but no ones goes into a story or long-running franchise to purposely piss off the fans. They’re doing it because they got a story to tell...or to make money. Or both.

And try to come up with your own critiques instead of just copy and pasting the same arguments over and over again.

“Fairy Tail is terrible because all the girls have big tits and skimpy outfits.”

“I’ve heard all that before. Do you have any other complaints?”

“No, but that’s what everyone else is whining about.”

“Well then, piss off and come back when you actually form your own goddamn opinion.”

And I’m not saying that if your problem if a story is the same as someone else’s, then it's invalid. But at least try to say it in a way that doesn’t come across as just copying what the guy before ya said.

One last ramble before I go back to writing and getting attacked by video game monsters; can we stop with all the hyperbole? There are only so many times I can hear the phrase, “This is the worst thing ever” before it loses all meaning. Yes, I’m sure the newest Call of Duty game is worse than Santa Claus Saves the World. That the newest Star Wars movie is worse than A Serbian Film. Or that Black Clover is worse than Eiken.

And that argument is especially soured when the phrase ‘raped my childhood’ eventually rears its ugly head. It was outdated and terribly tasteless when Doug Walker reviewed Batman and Robin, and it’s gotten more disgusting and childish as a phrase over time.

Anyway, that’s my delusional rambling done for the day. Hope you all are safe and comfortable. Have a nice day!

#fandumb #dark souls #dark souls III #my hero academia #tokyo ghoul #star wars: the last jedi #south park #fairy tail #comics #anime #video games #rant

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writemywaytoyourheart · 4 years

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Onsra- Chapter 8: It’s Not Funny Anymore

pairing: vampire!jungkook x female reader

genre: horror, angst, drama, romance

word count: 1.6k

warnings for this chapter: none

Onsra: ML, Previous

Tag List: @xxonyxpearlxx @jjungkook99

a/n: I was supposed to post this yesterday but I got all mixed up, I’m sorry y’all! Here it is now

Enjoy~

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After that night, everything went to hell.

The paranoia and fear eating away at the minds of everyone is crippling. The anxiety is insatiable, always wanting more attention. You continuously look over your shoulder only to find that maybe you're just going crazy, because no one is ever there to confirm your suspicions.

This killer is far beyond ordinary now. Another three months after that night when Seungwook wouldn't confide in you, in that time span; ten more people have gone missing and unconfirmed to be dead for the lack of bodies. You don't feel safe at school. You don't feel safe at home. Alone. Surrounded by people. None of it makes you feel safe. Sleepless nights and thoughts of the poor souls gone to somewhere unknown is consuming your life. Why? That is the question that everyone keeps asking.

Why though? Why the holes? The random people? The kidnappings?

Why.

WHY?

You hike your backpack up further on your shoulders while walking through campus; you're going to meet Ga-In in the dance room again and critique her model walking. You're almost to the dance building when you see Seungwook sitting in the grass under a tree, reading and writing in his tiny journal again. You smile and walk over to invite him to hang out with you two, when another boy you don't know calls his name. Seungwook looks up and waves, setting his journal down and smiling at his friend.

You sneak up behind him, fully planning on giving him the scare of his life. Right before you jump him, something tells you to look down, so you do and instantly regret it. Seungwook's journal is open and you see some of the paragraph he hasn't finished writing. What possessed you to read it you don't know, but when you do, you stumble back in shock.

Another girl went missing yesterday and I saw another one today. I don't know how to stop them fully. Well, I know how, but I'm not sure how to get the tools I need to stop the-

Your movement causes him to turn and see you standing there. Seungwook snatches his journal close to his chest and stares up at you with wide eyes. "Y-y/n, w-what are you doing here?" You fiddle with the string hanging off your backpack as you mumble in answer, "I just wanted to surprise you. I'm sorry." The words he wrote still bounce around in your head. What did he see? Did this have to do with the murders and kidnappings? Does he know who's behind it?Seungwook nods but looks anxious, "Well, you did give me quite the surprise!" He laughs nervously and you chuckle awkwardly yourself, suddenly feeling very intrusive.

"Well-" you say uncertainly and back away, "Well, I should go find Ga-In." Seungwook stands up and bows slightly, "Alright, it was nice to see you y/n. We should all hang out sometime." You smile while nodding and continue to back away little by little. You wave and turn to proceed your walk to the dance studio, when Seungwook calls out to you softly, "Hey, y/n." You turn expectantly and he's staring at the ground. "Did you- um, did you see anything?" You shake your head and then see him nod in relief. "Ok, well I'll see you later."

"Bye, Seungwook." You turn and all but run to your meeting place with Ga-In. Shaking off the feeling that you're being watched.

You're sitting in the living room with Ga-In while she catches up on the drama you've been insisting she finish. You know she'll love it and you can't help but smile at the cute scenes when Ga-In squeals, even though the anxiety has left a pit in your stomach. The darkness outside seems to be almost swallowing everything but your tiny lighted sitting space. Another two episodes in and you can barely sit still. You keep fidgeting and your mind feels like it's going a mile a minute. Ga-In flinches when you abruptly stand up, "I can't do this anymore!" You holler and she flinches again. "What's the matter, y/n? Are you alright?" Her eyes are full of concern as she pauses the drama and looks up at you standing there breathing heavily.

The whole keeping secrets from your best friend thing is never something you participated in. The tea between you two is always piping hot. This time will be no different.

"Ga-In, I have to tell you something-"

*bam* *bam* *bam*

Someone pounding on the door cuts you off midsentence. You and Ga-In jump out of your skins and whip your heads to the locked door. The silence that follows is almost deafening, and when the pounding starts again you feel like you're going to throw up. Ga-In has your wrist in a death grip and she looks close to tears when you glance at her.

*bam* *bam*

"Ga-In! Y/n!"

Seungwook?

You both look at each other in shock at the sound of your friend's voice coming from the other side of the door. You pull your wrist from Ga-In's hand and creep to the door to look out the peephole. It's definitely Seungwook out there, and he has a black eye paired with a cut lip. You quickly unlock the door and grab his arm, yanking him inside before slamming the door shut and turning on him angrily, "Seungwook! You scared the heck out of us! What's the matter with you?" He looks frantic as he walks over to Ga-In and pulls her to her feet. "We have to go. I don't have time to explain."

"No, we don't go out at night. What's going on?" Ga-In seems annoyed as she reminds him of your rules, and you turn to Seungwook, "Does this have anything to do with your journal?" Two things happen at once; Seungwook looks irate and Ga-In looks very confused as they stare at you before they both speak at the same time. "What journal? Y/n, what are you saying?" Ga-In is upset now, since she's been left out of the loop. "I knew you read it. Y/n, you're such a fool." Seungwook growls indignantly. He's never been upset with you so at first you're scared, but then your own anger sparks and you snap back. "It was lying open and I accidently saw a little! It's not like I understood any of it anyway!"

Seungwook just shakes his head and sighs, exasperated. "Please just trust me, y/n."

"Why? You apparently don't trust me-" A piercing scream comes ripping through the air from somewhere outside, cutting you off for a second time tonight. All three of you go still, not daring to move. "What the hell was that?" Ga-In is the first to speak, almost breathless. "That is the reason you're going to listen to me." Seungwook grabs both your hands again and forces you to the door. You grab your shoes to throw them on before the persistent boy decides to do it himself. Ga-In goes for her tennis shoes instead of her heels this time.

Probably a wise decision.

Ga-In smirks at you and says, "Doesn't make me as tall as heels do." You shake your head at her and smack her. At least she's in a pair of jeans and a sweater; all you have on is pjs. No seriously, he isn't even giving you time to change. You're lucky enough to be wearing sweatpants and a floppy t-shirt instead of your usual; which is just a shirt and your granny panties...

Anyway...

Once you stand up, Seungwook practically shoves you out the door; pushing Ga-In out right behind you. The walkway is dark, apart from one light down the hall; that's barely shining enough light to see. Seungwook makes a shush signal towards you both, then gestures for you to follow him. The three of you make your way slowly down the hall; cringing at every small sound you hear, and every step that makes a squeak from your shoes against the floor. Another scream rings out, bouncing off the walls, and you shove your hands over your ears. Your heart is pounding out of your chest, anxiety making you clench your hands in a sweaty grip. The fear coursing through you is unreal, especially because you have no idea what's going on. Is this the apocalypse? Have the dead come back to life? Will you turn into a horrifying zombie that turns on her friends the second her mind is no longer her own? You can't stop the thoughts that bring nausea into your stomach in a sickening wave.

The fact that Seungwook seems as anxious as you and won't explain anything to you; makes everything about a thousand times worse. This kind of stuff doesn't happen to you, this isn't a movie. So, what happens the next second you make it down the stairs and step out of the door into the cool night air takes all three of you by surprise. You only walk a few steps, when you feel an arm wrap around your waist and a hand cover your mouth. Someone behind you has a strong grip on you and isn't planning to let go. You scream but it's muffled by the cold palm pressed against your lips. Seungwook and Ga-In turn at the small sound, Seungwook looks murderous and Ga-In gasps in horror. Then, you feel a sharp pain on the back of your head, and everything goes blurry. You feel yourself fall and your legs go out underneath you. Then, your dead weight legs drag across the ground as someone, or something, rips you away from your friends and home.

The last thought to flit through your flustered mind is; it's definitely not zombies.

Then, it all goes black.

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a/n: Jungkookie appears in the next chapter in case you’re wondering. Thanks for sticking with me, the few of you who have. It means a lot to me.

Let the story now begin 😔

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writtendisastersbyadri · 4 years

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Could I please get a Black Butler, HOO and ML matchup? I’m a straight female, 5’4, ENFP, ♉️! I’m a very kind-hearted mom friend of a person. I’m friendly, patient, and always seem to be wearing a smile. But, I’m also not afraid to throw hands if necessary. I’ve been told that I’m a very funny person. I take a lot of enjoyment from criticizing movies, shows, books, etc... with my friends. I’m also a very artistic person who enjoys musical theatre and true crime! Thank you so much in advance!

Sorry this took so long anon!!

For Black Butler I ship you with: Finnian

Hear me out.

This boy. Will give you ALL THE HUGS.

I hope you like being picked up.

Need to reach a book? Finny is there!

Critiquing books? Oh boy.

While Finny may not be all invested, he'll listen as he works and chat with you so...

Please talk about books to him.

He just wants to hear your voice.

M o m f r i e n d ? Just what the manor needs.

Seriously. Sebastion needs help.

Your intrest in true crime could also be quite useful, since you could help get in the mind of the killers.

Please tell Finny jokes. He'll laugh at them all.

He's kind of glad you can handle yourself.

Like he has a hard enough time keeping himself safe, so you being able to throw hands is good too!

Overall, stronk bb boyo just needs someone who's as lovely as he is.

For ML I ship you with: Nathaniel Kurtzberg!

Say it with me now: Hear me out.

A shy guy at heart, he needs you to help loosen him up.

Take him and yeet him out of his shell! But not too much.

I feel like with you, he'd open up more and even...

Show you his art.

You liking to critique stuff would scare him at first, but after he warms up to you, he'd start showing you a few things and ask for your opinion.

He jumps to conclusions a lot so be very specific with wording when talking about his art.

Or just be specific in general.

He's so proud of you for being sweet and funny, but also having a backbone.

He can and will draw you constantly.

As soon as you caught his eye, bAm. There was a sketch of you.

"Why not draw the most beautiful thing I see?"

Okay so he wouldn't say that bUT IT'S CLOSE.

My point is.

Wow, he fell h a r d.

For HoO I ship you with: Leo Valdez!

H e a r m e o u t.

You tired of me saying that? Well t o o b a d !

This boy needs all the happiness he can get.

You just seem perfect. Funny? And badass? Aw hell yeah, score!

Please tell him jokes, he'll tell them back.

Except. He might do ten more than you did.

And they might be a bit more flirty.

Here's the sitch. If you're interested, he's interested.

Tell him a true crime case! He'll crack jokes to kinda try and lighten the mood though.

Please, watch and critique Doctor Who with him. He'll love it.

Books? He knows some Athena kids who might have something interesting.

Movies, games, or shows? Hermes kids are where it's at.

Ultimate date night is reviewing a movie in bunker 9.

I fully believe that you two would r i p t h e m t o s h r e d s.

Please mother him.

Not TOO much but...

Stop him from being a dumbass ALL of the time.

Keep him safe and make sure he remembers to brush his teeth.

Can and WILL pick you up.

Why? To flIRT OF COURSE!

*scoops you up* "Let's rearrange letters. Like.. B d e w... Or... U r a q t."

"Cute but whY DID YOU PICK ME UP???"

Overall, wholesome firey flirty ship.

#heros of olympus #leo valdez #percy jackon and the olympians #miraculous ladybug #nathanial #Mr Emory wannabe #matchups #black butler #finny kuroshitsuji #finny black butler #finny #finnian

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solunia · 5 years

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21 Questions

Rules: Answer 21 questions and then tag 21 people you want to get to know better.

Tagged by @powerdragonmoon and now I have to find 21 people so thanks for the tag :D

1.) Height: 5′6″ last I recall. (Yes, I’m short WE’RE MOVING ON)

2.) Zodiac: Sagittarius :D FIRE FIRE FIRE!!!

3.) Last Movie I Saw: Moana! I cried with joy and sadness throughout it!

4.) Favorite Musician: I have favorite YouTube musicians like Kurt Hugo Schneider, Sam Tsui, Jonathan Young, and NateWantsToBattle, but really I don’t have an absolute favorite musician? Guess that’s why I listen to them cause the music I listen to is really broad.

5.) Favorite Author: Like, off top of my head I guess Rick Riordan for the Percy Jackson & Heroes of Olympus series.

6.) Favorite Fanfiction: Ironically, I really have to go with @xiueryn‘s story Coup Critique that she did for Moon because POKEMON and that surprise killed me for a solid while. XD

There are others of course, but this is the first to come to mind.

7.) Favorite Movie: I guess Spirited Away. Some Pokemon movies are a favorite but not so much.

8.) Favorite Anime: Lately it’s been Food Wars! Shokugeki No Soma. Cells at Work is great also. How to Keep a Mummy was extremely adorable and I wish for another season of it.

9.) Play Any Instruments?: I tried to keyboard once. I learned to play Safe & Sound - Taylor Swift on it and that’s the extent of my musical prowess.

I had a recorder and a flute once but they got lost in moving.

10.) Random Fact: I am 100% an Asian minority called Laotian and no one knows where the country is, so YAY ME!

11.) Lucky Number: 777 SEVEN 777 On some days, 6 cause my birthday.

12.) Do You Get Asks?: Very rarely and sometimes I keep them just to read again later. (I’m so sorry for those waiting to be answered. I’m hoarding your asks.)

13.) Favorite Fandoms: MIRACULOUS, SIMPLY THE BEST- Ladybug.

14.) Favorite Song: My favorite song changes too often plus I have too many but I suppose the last song I listened to and repeated 748 times was Nightmare - NateWantsToBattle. I bet everyone remembers it from this ML video.

But of recent, I suppose Rosendale’s Hush is making its way as a favorite in the past week.

15.) What Are You Wearing?: Black T-shirt with Happy Halloween on it, black Pajama pants, and red foot warmers with white snowflake pattern and prints of gray cats on it. I’m pretty comfy o.o

16.) Hair Color: BLACK.

17.) Eye Color: ALSO BLACK- Just kidding, dark brown. Asian, remember?

18.) Favorite Food: SUSHIIIIIIIIIIIII, and desserts. :D No one said I had to pick one specific food, though I’m making myself hungry.

19.) Hobbies: Reading, playing video games, watching YouTube videos, memes

20.) Favorite Weather: Sunny, mild humidity at a comfortable temperature where it’s not too hot or cold.

You said weather, not season but my favorite season is fall/autumn as it mainly has all the above for weather.

21.) Favorite Superhero(es): Sailor Moon, Chat Noir, Spiderman lately

Alright, here comes the part I dread cause I really don’t think I can tag 21 people. But anyone who wants to do this, be my GUEST, BE MY GUEST, BE- alright I’ll just shut up and tag now.

@australet789 , @clabrice , @megatraven , @mysoul-theuniverse , @edendaphne, @papayapart, @buggachat, @thelastpilot, @ladyblargh

#about me #Solunia #21 questions #I spit the sickest memes #Kidding #I never even watched Beauty and The Beast and someone is now gonna yell at me #STILL HAVEN'T WATCHED MULAN MWAHAHAHAHA

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