Legally Blonde would make for a fantastic Dinluke AU (particularly the musical version)
Like, Luke being the hopeless romantic following his ex to Harvard (like it’s hard??) bc he thinks they’re meant to be. Nobody takes him seriously, he’s a bubbly blond with rich parents and that’s all people see him as
Din (who grew up in a tougher situation than most there) who ends up catching feelings, but more than anything just wants to see Luke succeed. The friendship is more than enough. Idk like he’s studying while also working a ton and balancing being a father too (idk, bc like Grogu is important and I love him)
Luke taking Din to get a new suit, like in Take It Like a Man from the musical -
Din: I look like (ex). But it’s just me…
Luke: That’s the best part, the outside is new. But now it reflects what’s already in you. Couldn’t change that if i wanted to. And I do not
It’s been a while since I watched the musical so just little moments I think would be great Dinluke’d:
Luke being certain that he’ll be getting engaged, but he’s taken out for a nice dinner to be broken up with. Bc he’s not ‘serious enough’
Luke in the bunny costume??? Din seeing him and greeting him with “what’s up? … Doc.” Honestly just ALL of Chip On My Shoulder is them.
Luke doing the bend and snap??
And ofc the angst of the song Legally Blonde. Luke gets hit on/kissed by the professor and plans to leave Harvard. Din standing by Luke’s door, trying to convince him to stay, that they’ll fight it
Honestly the confident energy of Emmett in LBTM translating into Din is delicious. Him leaning in to say “Do you really think I’d let you get away?” Into Luke’s ear at the final court case
Just Din being so in love, but just happy for any amount of Luke he can have in his life, wanting to push him to success and proudly standing by his side while he does
Also the scene where the dad says “law school is for boring, ugly, serious people. And you are none of those things.” Is so Anakin
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Dragging myself out of inactivity to grossly overanalyse/scream about the chapter 213 Kunigiri stuff coz I’m so mentally unwell and it’s their fault.
First of all, I love how in order to get into the other stratums, players first have to submit a request form. Presumably they’d have to state a reason for going and I doubt “I want to see my friends” would be allowed because some people would end up using it as an excuse to slack off, so I wonder what Chigiri said to get his request accepted? Obviously he was actually coming just to see Kunigami but he probably needed to make up an excuse (either that or Ego/Anri let him through because BLTV really is just football Love Island atp).
Anyway, I love the intro panel for Chigiri in this chapter coz it says SO MUCH about him.
It’s the hair.
Chigiri barely ever wears his hair up, not even while playing football (and I’ve made my thoughts on that clear in the past so I’ll refrain from any ranting). On the field he’ll have that weird half-braid thing going on, and off the field he usually just wears it loose. One of the only other times we see him with a ponytail is in chapters 150-151, during the 2-week break post U-20 match. I think this shows that Chigiri is putting active effort into his appearance for his visit with Kunigami. He puts his hair up when he wants to make a good impression — in the Shibuya chapters he’s also wearing a rather nice outfit, so he was focussing on his appearance then too. This time around, he’s specifically doing it for Kunigami because he’s unsure about what Kunigami thinks of him after “ghosting” him during the MC match. This is Chigiri going all-out to impress through subtle gestures and small changes that are consciously made and will subconsciously be picked up on.
(There’s also Kunigami’s canonical thing for the napes of necks (egoist Bible) to take into account which… listen we have no proof that Chigiri is aware of it but we also don’t have any proof that he’s not. Who’s to say he didn’t choose this hairstyle specifically because he knows it shows off his nape, which is usually kept hidden under his hair? He’s already a bit of a flirt after that “such an insensitive hero” comment back during the Second Selection. It isn’t impossible.)
Next, the iconic “keep an eye on me” line.
First off, Nomura really decided to make Chigiri look that pretty when he said this. Boy looks absolutely gorgeous. I’m aroace but I would’ve folded. Kunigami is stronger than me.
Second off, I like how this shows Chigiri being attentive towards Kunigami. When they first reunited, it did come across a bit like Chigiri was being dismissive of what Kunigami went through in the Wildcard, saying that he’d treat Kunigami as exactly the same person he was before (although it’s arguably understandable since they’d only just met again and Chigiri has no idea what happened in the Wildcard). Now though, it’s clear he’s observed the change Kunigami went through and a) wants to make amends for his previous comments, and b) still wants to be with Kunigami. While there’s never a direct apology given, it’s clear he doesn’t think of Kunigami the same way he did before the Mc match and wants to make amends. Honestly, idk if a direct apology would’ve been a nice addition or would’ve just made Kunigami feel worse — Chigiri is a proud person and Kunigami doesn’t want pity, so this less direct approach was probably the best way to go about things.
Thirdly, when Chigiri says “from now on, I’m gonna be keeping an eye on you”, it’s not just a promise to acknowledge Kunigami’s skills as a footballer. It’s also a subtle way of saying “you’re not getting rid of me. I’m staying right here”. Adding to that the “so, you better keep an eye on me too, got it?”, it’s both a declaration that Kunigami shouldn’t underestimate Chigiri and a “you’re gonna be seeing a lot of me so get used to it”. (Side note: Isagi’s face on this page is so fucking funny to me he’s just like “yeaaaaaah, these bitches gay. Good for them” lmao.)
Last thing I’ll scream about is this:
FIRST NAME BASIS!!!
Obviously Chigiri is specifically using “Rensuke” as a little jab at Kunigami to get him riled up. Chigiri is just like that when it comes to teasing. Still, it’s nice to know that he feels comfortable enough around Kunigami to say something like this without Kunigami getting angry or making things awkward between them. We’ve seen Bachira do this with Isagi too during the Barcha match, so that’s nice little bachisagi parallel. At the very least, Chigiri is showing that he wants their friendship to continue and is going to continue to treat Kunigami as a close friend, no matter how much Kunigami might try to push him away.
Conclusion to my ramblings: Chigiri is putting in the work and I respect him for it. Kunigami is in a bad place rn and what he needs is someone as stubborn as Chigiri to see him through. Chigiri knows what it feels like to feel depressed and push everyone else away because it happened to him too. He thought for a time that everything was over for him. No doubt he’s recognising those things in Kunigami and wants to help him out, especially since the two of them had grown pretty close before being separated.
Kunigiri has my whole heart!!!
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An expansion on this post now that I’ve had time to think (ie daydream) about it
MDZS happened long before SVSSS to the point that the sects have faded to obscurity or legend and the only important things left behind are a handful of relics and cultivation legacies.
So when Huan Hua Palace hears about an extremely young ghost cultivator living in the Burial Mounds, they suspect he���s the reincarnation of the Yiling Patriarch (not knowing the real Patriarch has already been reincarnated centuries before as a crow and has since cultivated to a high level). Thinking to nab him for their own, they send cultivators to bring him back.
Little do they know that Wei Wuxian will not let any of them take another of his sons.
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The concept cover for a little spooky story I’m working on!
The story is about a young girl who witnessed a murder five years earlier, but repressed the event (she has dissociative amnesia). Now, she teams up with some new friends to finally solve the murder — albeit, with no help from the invisible ghostly beings suddenly interrupting the group’s regular lives…
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bthb masterlist
taking the bullet - sakari nurmi
human shield - neal caffrey
slammed into a wall - michael guerin
concussion - illya kuryakin
nightmares - illya kuryakin
bleeding out - geralt of rivia
no anesthetic - illya kuryakin
outnumbered in a fight - will riker
voice breaking - peter sutherland
poison/venom - neal caffrey
pinned down by wreckage - eddie diaz
panic attack - malcolm bright
worked themselves to exhaustion - kurt wallander
doesn’t realize they’ve been injured - lucifer morningstar
bruises - sakari nurmi
fevers - will riker
falling through the ice - john reese
cry into chest - illya kuryakin
survivor’s guilt - john reese
gunshot wound - sakari nurmi
over-the-shoulder carry - milosz nowak
bloody nose - gavin reed
hiding an illness - gereon rath
accidentally hurt by friend - illya kuryakin, napoleon solo
drowning their sorrows - illya kuryakin, napoleon solo, gaby teller
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