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#I hope it's a continued thing that tartaglia's just awful. terrible. at recognising people#only relatable aspect of him#this one goes out to goodmode my mutual goodmode who might get back into genshin because of him. o>#please keep his vibes horrible. it wouldn't be the same#I drew this instead of listening to lectures <3 scaramouche wins against academia again#genshin impact#my art#genshin spoilers#?#scaramouche#wanderer#cyno#in the background.#tartaglia#paimon#zhongli#oh shoutout to flip also o/
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Thinking about step 9 and the whole concept of forgiveness of one’s self and others and it bringing healing and how bobby and Eddie have been paralleled a fair amount and the idea that Eddie started this process back at the end of s5 with his forgiveness and acceptance of his father but how he hasn’t yet gone anywhere near his mother and their relationship .
How his catholic guilt storyline seems more likely to play on his reltionship with his mother than his father (if his father wasn’t around that much it would’ve been Helena taking him to church etc each week) so the idea of an Eddie - Helena storyline that plays on catholic guilt and potentially his queerness in relation to that has me chewing on glass - it could be so epically good
#I’ve always viewed Helena as the biggest issue in Eddie’s relationship with his parents - Ramon has always - to me a least always seemed to#just go along with what Helena wants or dictates#it made sense with how his trauma ptsd army related arc played out that it was Ramon who was the centre of that#now though - catholic guilt - possibly playing into his queerness and suppression of that queerness#to keep some kind of reltionship with his mother - who only seems to view him through a lens of failure#leading him down a road where he wasn’t able to be his true self - it would be so powerful#there is so much potential there#eddie saying his mother wasn’t an issue in s6 - was such a choice and so pointed that they have to be wanting to explore that#so many aspects of who Eddie is and why he is the way he is - his want to nest but not being able to with women - stems from his mommy#issues and the fact he’s been denying they exist#I will eat it up - it would be the right kind of angst for the show and Ryan would deliver#plus the way it parallels with Bobby and his relationship with Catholicism would be fascinating#not to mention the whole Eddie not having a relationship with the faith he was brought up in only to start dating someone who is a literal#embodiment of that faith - and female - as a symbol of his needing to explore and reconcile the actual reasons for his faith lapsing- become#could not be queer and Latino and catholic when Eddie was growing up - it wasn’t an option - so if you step away from the faith that’s#denying a fundamental aspect of who you are#even if you still can’t act upon it - it is easier to keep that part of you concealed#911 spoilers#911 Thinky thoughts#eddie diaz#I need this arc to be a thing so badly#911 abc
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Thinking about how people who only (or primarily) understand Mike’s arc through a “hes queer and coming to accept it / struggling with heteronormativity/will get his happy ending when he gets with Will” lens are missing at least half of what defines his arc in the wider context / themes of the show.
Forewarning: long post (& also maybe an unpopular opinion)
Even as a queer person myself, I know that his arc isn’t solely about embracing his queerness (though it’s inherently interlinked). In Mike, you have a character who is being radically challenged by both external circumstances and his own decisions through a journey away from all kinds of forced conformity (social, familial, romantic & heteronormative) and into someone self actualized enough to live how they want…while also being strong enough to accept that they made mistakes along the way. Someone who is learning to be brave enough to say “this is who I am, what I enjoy, and what/who I love…and while it took me a lot of time to figure it out, now I can exist in the world embracing that even though it will take consistently resisting the tendency to accommodate people who think it’s unacceptable.”
Like. Even from a time before puberty (see: S3) Mike wants a life that stands apart from what’s expected of him in every area, not just in choosing a romantic relationship with another guy. He wants to continue to be a nerd and “child at heart” even though something else is repeatedly demanded of him by everyone from his parents to El in his romantic relationship. He wants to be a writer and someone who takes those nerdy interests into his adult life (cue aggressive gesturing toward the duffers themselves) and grates against all that’s been constructed for him even when he’s not (yet) brave enough to challenge it directly. Mike liking boys/loving Will is just “the final nail in the coffin” of his social and societal nonconformity—not the first (or the last) aspect of what makes him different from Hawkins or the life he was made to believe would suit him best.
Even the fact that Mike has a desire to be “normal” comes from an insecurity and fear that choosing what he truly wants will lead to him being outcasted and losing the people he cares for entirely—which is partially motivated by his queerness yes, but that also has a basis in his general interests and personality…which becomes especially obvious when you realize we are repeatedly shown that he is punished/has his wishes ignored in all areas he doesn’t conform, even long before we get into a plot where it’s clearer he likes boys.
We see it in how his parents have already started to demand he put boundaries on the time he spends playing his “childhood games” the very first scene of season one, how they demand social acceptable emotions from him when Will is missing, and how Karen & Ted want him to give up toys in S2 when he’s showing signs of depression (because they think the issue is him growing up, not that he’s struggling with loss or guilt for what happened to El).
We see it in how his own father comments about taking his CA trip away from him after calling Hellfire being a group for “dropouts” in S4 (implying that he is failing on an academic and social level that matters to wheelers—and that Nancy is good at).
We even see it in the way everyone from his bullies to his own girlfriend threaten and take things away from him when he doesn’t conform to social expectations...from Troy telling him to jump off the cliff to save Dustin in S1 (as punishment for the one time Mike stands up for himself in the gymnasium) to El jumping straight into breaking up with him and spying on him when he doesn’t do exactly what she wants him to in Season 3.
All of these moments are critical to understanding Mike as a person because they show us that, even without addressing his queerness, Mike’s desire to conform to socialized expectations involves but is not solely about him moving out of heteronormativity—it’s about him moving against everything that WASP, patriarchal, heteronormative and capitalistic and performative “wholesome American” values…and how he is learning to move past the fear of what will happen if he steps outside the lines in general, even though he already knows he hates those standards.
Mike’s “coming of age” arc is about finding the strength to choose the “path less traveled” in all areas of his life—even when it means (potentially) losing the support of the people he cares about. It’s about starting from a place of privilege and becoming okay with being outcasted from it in a way your insecurities never let you be before (which is inherently different than Will, who has always been shown to have some kind of support not just for his queerness but his artistic endeavors as well). Mike’s lack of support is why he starts from a place of deep insecurity, yes—but it’s also why him learning power of choosing to be himself, even if it means “losing” people when he’s honest about who (& what) he is will be universally powerful.
You don’t need to be queer to understand the power of what it means to know you will be okay even if people leave you. You don’t need to be queer to understand the power of stepping outside social expectations or your family’s way of raising you. You don’t even need to be queer to understand the weight of breaking up with someone you were only with to satisfy what you thought you should do, rather than be with who you want to.
The power of being strong enough to overcome your insecurities in order to “step out of line” and live and love as you want to is universal, and a stunningly brave choice no matter what or why you chose to do so. The fact that Will will be there waiting to love him in that honesty with himself is beautiful, yes—but it’s not the only lesson to be learned for Mike’s character.
Mike starting out with everything the world (or, at least America) tells would make you happy, realizing he is not happy with those things and rejecting them knowing it might have consequences is what makes his arc powerful, because he is learning (exactly like his sister Nancy) to be brave enough to accept those consequences (which for him are getting dumped, and feeling like he’s being left behind by some of his friends) to follow his own heart.
Even though The Duffers aren’t writing this into a tragic ending (aka: he’s not going to die or be left alone, because the duffers writing is inherently designed ro champion the outcast), these are the things that have (and will) make him relatable even to an audience that doesn’t know queerness. Erasing the fact that his lesson is the bravery it takes to follow your heart solely to talk about him liking guys (even Will) is to undermine his humanity, and the lessons to be learned from him by even the most general an audience.
TL:DR - the heteronormative aspect of Mike’s character is not the sole or even inherent issue within Mike, though heteronormativity is inherently built into his struggle.
There are deep dives on how his arc is also about a war against toxic patriarchy, toxic masculinity, emphasis on capitalistic and academic accomplishments over artistic ones, and even conformist relationships (whether they’re queer or not) that should be explored for his character—and I for one like him too much not to move out of just “this boy is queer because xyz” and into “let’s talk about Mike in terms of the wider scope of his cultural context and upbringing.” 🤷🏽♀️😂
#imma go watch the Oscars now but#i know people mean NO HARM in focusing on the heteronormative part of his arc because on tumblr esp that is inherently relatable but#it’s not the only thing that makes his character interesting!#and it’s not the only thing he’s struggling with in his ‘coming of age!’#understanding white masculinity in America on a wider scale is SUPER helpful to understanding Mike#and in that sense Reddit is actually pretty good at catching his drift—THEY JUST DONT REALIZE THE DUFFERS ARE U N D E R M I N I N G it#erasing Mike’s queerness is to do him a disservice. I absolutely believe this.#but to deny every other part of him that isn’t just expected to be straight is to oversimplify him aggressively#you need BOTH to understand him#which is why you need both El and Will to make sense of his struggle lmao#(I still 100% believe he’s gay not bi)#(but him dating a girl was necessary to make sense of understanding that aspect of socialized expectations).#ANYWAY. Sorry for the rant lmao#mike wheeler core#mike wheeler#my st commentary#byler#< target audience#stranger things
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thinking abt what you said with house viewing Benny as a son and I’m obsessed. Like. The man spent most of his life before the war presumably alone, and then after the bombs fell he was alone again, save for AI he himself devised. Then he decides to pull in some Tribes, and one kid shows promise! So sure, treat him well, train him, groom him to be his protege, then next thing you know UH OH he’s got developing paternal feelings towards this guy. Wanting some semblance of a family when the time has long since passed, yet fostering that feeling all the same seems so accurate for him. Benny meanwhile only views him as a boss, and not a particularly good one at that. makes me wonder how House must’ve felt when he found out about Bennys plans
I view it as House blames only himself for this, cause he kind of does in canon (strap in this is a long one).
When reflecting on the issue of Benny, House chastises himself first and foremost for not acting quickly enough when it comes to priming Benny. He describes Benny as being ambitious, ruthless and capable; compliments coming from a man like House. House has an ego and while he is logical enough to understand there was never any evidence Benny saw him as a father-figure, he lacks the humility to admit he let his own views on his relationship with Benny blind him to the activities happening behind the scenes.
I doubt that House was as aware as he makes out about what Benny was doing, he knew early on but certainly not early enough to stop Benny from hacking and obtaining a securitron along with getting the chip in the first place. I take it he was distracted by all the possibilities he was calculating of Vegas' success and growth with him steering and Benny as the new figure head, not because of any normal affection for Benny but the admiration of his capabilities. It's to be noted that House believed menial incentives (likely caps, booze, basic needs, etc..) were enough to keep Benny tame like the other Chairmen but, as evidenced by the Omertas and Mortimer in the WGS, this is not enough when it comes to more driven Vegas citizens. This implies he still undervalued Benny and created a space in which Benny felt the need to rebel.
House in my eyes is not sentimental in the traditional sense. I can imagine his pride was severely scorned as someone he certainly deemed dumber than him was, albeit only for a little, able to out-gambit him. It would definitely hit home seeing how his brother also betrayed him but I feel like that's why he's so apathetic when he tells the Courier to do as they see fit with Benny. I doubt the way he terrorized his brother brought him any emotional satisfaction other than a "Now who's in charge!" ego boost. Putting that same emotional intensity towards Benny isn't worth it because who does it benefit? Wasted time, wasted planning, and most importantly wasted potential are all he gets from continuing to be hands-on with Benny. I say the closest example is not being able to throw out old toys due to the memories attached but knowing it's necessary as they are broken or just taking up space for new ones, and then asking someone else to do it so you don't need to get caught up in the feelings of throwing something you put so much effort into. It's not Benny House cares about in my mind, not in a way that sounds healthy to any non-emotionally constipated individual, but what he could've represented for him, which is why he so quickly offers the same position to the Courier.
As for Benny's view on all of this, it was a long time coming. Benny didn't and doesn't believe House is a completely shitty boss. He admires what he's been shown and admits House knows how to run the strip, but disagrees with the directions. Ideologically, House is an anarcho-capitalist while Benny is just an anarchist. House wants to run the strip to profit, though money is not what he's concerned with being rich with anymore. Benny wants a free state that he wishes to become a place for the people, except for the Chairmen who would be on top (I like to remind people that Benny's motives were selfish but not for personal gain/power as was it for the people he actually saw as family). Benny was never looking for a father but a future. He was not interested in being adopted, or having the chairmen adopted, as bigger names still overshadowed in House's legacy.
Truly, it's easiest to summarize as House feeling strongly and thinking positively enough of Benny to start incorporating him into the future of Vegas (a huge honor actually) while Benny was so disillusioned by House's ego and indifference that he thought the only way Vegas could be the future is with House gone.
#tdlr House saw Benny as the perfect face of his Legacy while Benny saw his legacy as a stagnant mosquito infested pond#its more complex as house certainly would of been irate if he hadn't known and the courier came to kick benny's ass#but more someone being mad youre fucking with their things#i likely thing that even in a more traditional father son relationship House is conditional and would force Benny to confrom more to his#standards as I also believe the Chairmen are more tightly monitered due to bennys unique relation to house and being the first tribe#so itd be smothering and oppressive for someone like Benny even though imposing his beliefs and standards would be how House shows affectio#and fatherly praise which would result in Benny probably wanting to act out even more. like the only way a father son dynamic is healthy an#works is if house would relent some control and show he sees benny as an equal which would never happen cause its house but its still tragi#to me cause house has that longing for something more personal to him than Vegas and tries to fill it with progress cause its rather hard#to create those bonds in the state he is in and benny was the closest thing to that and even that he inadvertently ruined#but on benny house kinda ruined him cause the chairmen for all intents and purposes liked and trusted benny as a leader after bingo who#benny really only killed because of the illusions of grandeur house put into a young impressionable mind and how bingo refused to hear him#not to absolve him of his wrongdoings and being a dick but benny didnt just attack bingo he challenged him and won and in the end while#nostalgic none of the chairmen choose to leave and go back to the old way which says something cause they can leave#this is long and honestly should a seperate post on benny cause i have thoughts on him and how more people need to add his all roads traits#to get a cohesive picture of how hed really act#benny gecko#benny fnv#fallout#fallout new vegas#robert edwin house#mr house fnv#mr house#ask#anon#sorry if this is confusing I have very indepth thoughts on all aspects and possibilites on how unhealthy and power inbalancey anything#with house would be but this is so interesting cause its oddly vulnerable for house of all people to disclose this to the courier
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was talking to my best friend about frank castle and how i feel like i’ve never understood a character as much as i do frank and she just nonchalantly goes
“do you think that’s because you relate to him?”
and i was taken aBACK like bitch i did not need you to point that out to me but thank you for the absolute crisis this is going to cause me
#the fact that frank castle at his very core is a tragedy#and how he will never be able to love freely or openly again because of not only how he was betrayed but also who he was betrayed by#how every time we leave him in the mcu he is alone again#how he has learned to cope with his anger with more anger#of fucking course i relate to him!#he is walking around insisting he’s not lonely but we can all see clear as day that he desires to be SEEN#do you feel me???#frank castle not only deserves a hug but also NEEDS one#it’s a conflicting thing for me because he is so violent but i think beyond the physical aspect i am probably capable of great violence too#oh boy#frank castle#jon bernthal#the punisher#amhrosina
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the master and margarita book that made me open thirty thousand wikipedia articles about christian scripture and had a cat with a gun and was one of the best commentaries on art i've ever read so what more can i ask for really
#girl the only reason i figured out pilate wasn't an original character was because jesus walked in the room 🥴👍#the religious aspect of it flew over my head no shame in admitting i had no clue what was happening in the yershalaim chapters#like i understood the connection w/ state atheism but how it related to the idea of cowardice was ??????? help#+ im well versed on russian culture and this book had so many references to things i had no idea about hfffjs im a fake child of immigrants#also the context that bugalkov wrote a letter to stalin pleading to be allowed to immigrate b/c his satirical plays were getting censored??#that he didn't see his family since the revolution and that stalin himself gave him a job at a theatre and refused b/c he liked his plays??#aough. to see the book replicate that was so. AGH. manuscripts never burn. the theatre. and margarita. and MARGARITA.#followers read the master and margarita and uh maybe brush up on your russian history beforehand godbless#.text
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why can't ppl be normal abt kids having fun on the internet. like. a kid goes mildly viral bc they upload genuinely funny content and immediately a bunch of actual adults have to start making fun of how they look or sound or w/e. man if you're so bothered by their videos keep scrolling?? 😭😭😭
#not getting into the whole. making kids go viral thing in general. only touching one aspect I've seen online#there's a kid who became a bit of a sensation on tiktok in my country bc he's just. really funny and well intentioned#and i thought everybody's laughing WITH him and sharing his vids bc they're having fun and are meme worthy in a good way#(and from what I've seen - most people do! there's a reason why he became popular. and most ppl ARE normal)#but i still see comments (on reuploads at least) abt his weight or abt how annoying he is like. guys. i think he's 15 or smth. move on#this is not only just plain mean it's also dangerous. you're the adult here fucking act like it 😭#i saw someone also comment abt how he's currently having like an emotional crisis and i won't be surprised if that's related#(also kinda fucked up we - strangers - know that but. as i said I'm not touching all that rn)
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ritsu and/or reigen for character bingo 👀
ritsu left, reigen right <3 did both cuz im ill hope this helps
#qktalks#fexiled#OKAY LISTEN . HEAR ME OUT#the only reason i say reigen's design is rly good is bc his gay little pink tie Completes him#and it's also the fact that he's like Always in a suit and i just think it's rly funny#idk it's prolly not meant to be. the other characters wear other shit;#but he has One suit‚ an ugly pair of pajamas‚ and one More suit#and also a coat that makes him look homeless#reigen just ceases to amaze me in every aspect. truly an enigma of a man#and also the fact that he's literally risked his life several times for mob but if i go there we'll be here for the next 18 hours#and also separation arc#and also the one ep where mob doesn't wanna exorcise innocent spirits and reigen chooses mob over his clients#and als. ill stop#ritsu also makes me ill for several different reasons#he's the one i relate to the most for sure#idek how to describe my love for ritsu man i literally cannot articulate the emotions i feel#he's just very good. very good character#and the changes they made for the anime versus the manga r rly rly good and build a lot
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Drawing Five according to his canonical UaO epilogue description is so messy and saddening because there's so much to account for that got him physically fucked up and you know the writers were hammering in this whole disfigurement as punishment thing with him
Because first you have the eye hole where Marina pierced him, and I'm not sure if he's still wearing that gauze eye patch on the island because eventually it'll get dirty and he'll have to toss it
Then you have the scar marks from when Setrákus Ra clawed right through his metal skin "like butter" and it's not mentioned whether those marks are still there or they disappeared when he returned to his flesh skin (and it's doubtful those were healed at all, we don't even know if Marina had a proper visit and talked to him and possibly healed those away)
Then you have the goop that created some patchy spots all over his skin and show up all web-like on him
And then how it's implied he starved on the island because he lost weight so fast and is described to have flaps of skin on his arms and torso and a body so skinny you could see an outline of his ribs and spine
Bro he has so much physical trauma on him, like they did the most on him and left it like that till the very end
#number five#not sure whether to put the main ll tag on this#don't wanna put it out there to see but a friend hasn't read ll yet and blocked the main tag for now#well i already told em about five so i think this is fine#hmmm rereading the epilogue and i wanna write an analysis on the justifications of harm without closure#on everyone toward five but especially marina#because she had the most personal reason to hate five but she never got any closure or chose to move on#and it left her character arc hanging because she never found a conclusion to her moral dilemma#how to handle five and what do with her grief if it's painful and no one can relate to her on an empathetic level#because she was the 'moral compass' yet flet that title fleeting her sometimes and didn't know how to process these changes#and then john literally whisked her away from that instead of helping or letting her find a conclusion#and we never hear from her again until the very end of the series without any answers#she was literally the only other person to question these moral changes and aspects and the writers took that from us#similarly to five and his questioning of lorien treating the garde and their lack of will or identity beyond child soldiers#both had the questions but no one heard an answer#if that's intended by the writers I don't buy it because those are really cruicial to the themes of the series and it sucks to leave it out#they just punished and humiliated and disfigured five again and again and again to an excessive degree#dude what that's a lot to throw on him
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Many relationships beautifully presented:
Two people who want to move on from their past but were stuck somehow, finally found the courage to leave their past and start anew (Jim-Wen)
An adult who is still learning and a teenager who knows what he wants in his life (Jim-LiMing)
A man who doesn't run away from his responsibility and a woman who is strong to face the test of time (Leng-Preaw)
A mom who loves her kid unconditionally despite her not being there for him most of the time and a child who puts his mom's happiness as first priority. (LiMing's mom - LiMing)
Two people who is trying to bury their hurting heart and go on with life (Alan-Gaipa)
A son who treasures his mom a lot and a mom who did her best for her son's good future (Gaipa and his mom)
Parents who never realized their fault but once they understood it, did their best to correct their mistake (Heart's parents)
An employer who thinks of their employees as their family and the employees who are faithful to their owner (Jim-Leng)
Two siblings who were brave enough to run away from home to chase their dream, who are not always together but are there for one another in need. (Jim-LiMing's mom)
Two teenagers who are bonded in such a beautiful way, love has no language as music, it's what the heart feels. Actions speak volume, words are not always necessary. (Heart-LiMing)
#moonlight chicken#jimwen#heartliming#alangaipa#lengpraew#moonlight chicken the series#mlc#thai drama#only in 8 episodes this drama touched so many aspects of daily life#i'm super amazed#social class difference#indirect depiction of impact of pandemic in people's life#beauty of different relationship#my fav is the relation between uncle and nephew#even though they fight every time#they love and care for one another deeply#liming raised his voice when his uncle doesn't understand him but quickly apologizes for his misbehave as well
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Random thing to say but it's Pride month still so fuck it
This year came with the realization I'm also demigirl :Dc
#I've always felt close to my femininity but not as much as I wanted to tbh#if people were to associate purely female-assigned stuff like skirts or needing to have a child when I grow up I'd feel very uncomfortable#now I finally understand why that happens#I mostly have boy friends than girl friends because I can relate to the former aspect more than the latter#but there's still that point where both sides are not what I am fully.. like I can feel masculine or feminine but not to an extreme#never felt completely neutral either#in fact I don't connect with neutral pronouns.. it feels like it's not me when people refer to me with they/them#i also feel uncomfy being referred to as trans or as nb because I feel like I'm a girl most of the time but still to a certain extent#I started using he/him and they feel kinda nice although it needs time to get used to#so yeah.. demigirl fits more than bigender or genderfluid for me tbh#if anyone's a she/him demigirl please let me know because I feel like I'm the only one here HGDFHGDFS#wanda talks#pride#pride month#demigirl#demigirl pride#queer#lgbtq+#lgbt community
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finally reading through orv with the intent to finish and the venn diagram i will make once i am done... insane.
#jkb.talk#ok some obvious contenders for comparisons are rgu and blame! all about being trapped in some place/cycle and then breaking out#(i assume that dokja will leave the story in the end. im only at ch 100)#there's of course the structure of a 'story' that is obviously present in rgu (prince/princess) and orv (the entire book)#i would argue that the implied cyclical structure of blame! would lead it to also have a story like aspect---that and killy's reputation#being so widespread makes him like a 'character' even in his own world#there are weapons of choice---the gbe utena's sword and either kdjs sword or just his knowledge would count as a weapon#if kdj does leave the story like im anticipating then there is comparisons between the main characters. rgu and orv have the added benefit#that there are 'alternate mcs.' anthy and yoo joonghyuk#there are megastructures which relate to being trapped in a place. stairs for rgu and blame! while orv is not in a megastructure considerin#how the star stream makes earth entirely feel like one place i would count earth as halfway to a megastructure#anyways there's some more stuff i can draw out but anyways#also would want to compare these stories to house of leaves and piranesi (megastructure beloveds) and then lotr/silm#the latter of which is technically not supposed to be on this blog but lotr/silm is also stories within stories; a cycle that has lasted#forever; is there hope in the future? perhaps. we will fight for it regardless#also just. maglor repeating the same story again and again on the shores of the world.#he himself is enough for a comparison.
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theres a non-zero chance that I will eat those words but still: if I had a nickel everytime the mk community saw a sub zero and immediately jumped on saying its bi-han I'd have. idk two-three? nickels at this point
#i did NOT forget you all saying the masked sub zero in the snowblind trailer had to be bi-han. like no cmon it was obv kuai#anyway I see literally everybody in the tags saying the guys in the mk12 trailer are hanzo and either one of the subz bros but like?#am i the only one who believe those are completely new scorpion and sub zero?#for scorpion its a bit tricky bc hes the only one who wore that mantle-#but the gentleman onscreen didnt gave me much hanzo vibes? outside of the general scorpion-ness#but the sub zero? i dont think its either of the bros. bear with me:#sub zero as a character has two sides and both are relating to scorpion. one is the bloody sworn enemies bc of personal affairs (bi-han)#and the other is the one that eventually is either neutral toward scorpion or downright get along with him (kuai liang)#a single brother cannot embody both aspects of sub zero because it would make the other brother irrelevant#but if they tried to do it. them going with kuai is more likely. bi-han has never gotten along with hanzo thats his whole thing#so unless theyre REALLY shaking things up. why would they even entertain the idea of hanzo and bi-han being sworn brothers in the trailer?#also i saw people saying its bi-han bc this sub zero doesnt have a scar: guys kuai didnt have his scar for the entirety of mk9#so yeah i dont think that bi-han. this is more likely to be kuai. BUT i dont think thats kuai either#the vibes are not there. just like for ''hanzo''#long story short: Im leaning toward thinking this is a new scorpion and a new sub zero 👀#tagging later#mortal kombat
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Honestly I have realized that 99% of my shipping of vashwood comes from trimax. Yea I vibed with it while watching tristamp but trimax is what took my utter heart and soul
It's to the point where I just don't rly enjoy tristamp vashwood that much anymore hfkshfjd like. OK? Those sure are some dudes. Not My dudes tho, sorry.
#speculation nation#i'll still reblog the fanart if it's good. but yea it just ain't what im about anymore.#i feel like the worst vashwood perceptions r found within tristamp only fans anyways#(this post tangentially related to the post i just reblogged)#tristamp only fans see these two and are like 'this is the Angry Buff Dude and the Tiny Pixy Man'#which pretty much erases like everything they stand for? while also supporting racist caricatures.#not all tristamp only fans do this btw but i have definitely seen it much more around there.#meanwhile trimax vashwood is just like. this is an old married couple. theyre so hopelessly Goofy.#the angst is off the CHARTS. the love even more so.#they very genuinely love each other in trimax In Canon and that's what really gets me.#plus theyre pretty similar in height and build. Adult Men!!!! i like this ship for Adult Men!!!!!#idk this also relates to that post i made yesterday about fandom perception of vash being an innocent uwu virgin#despite being 150 or so years old. & they'll also make wolfwood some sex god or whatever#when comparatively hes been an adult for a MUCH shorter time than vash. my dude's still a pretty young adult ok#and you wanna tell me he's got more sex experience than the 150 year old dude????? ok...#lol im just complaining at this point. i have very specific views of my ideal version of this pairing#and a lot of fandom portrayals are starting to bother me bc of it.#so im just writing my own vashwood my own way. rn focusing on vash being a rounded person#yes having some childish aspects. but also some mature aspects. he's a goofy adult. it can exist simultaneously.#looking forward to when wolfwood finally comes in. i hope to do him justice.
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Some more details about my space jelly "gal" + more in-depth Metamoran language headcanons!
Going with she having become mostly accustomed to common language, she'll speak in third person and forgo using pronouns like "i, we, us, you, etc". Why? It's because of how her mother tongue is structured.
As I touched upon before, Metamoran pronouns place more emphasis on interpersonal matters: ties between one another, statuses, and relations involved. They're more like kinship signifiers, you could say.
As one example, a Metamoran child would use a specific pronoun for themselves that highlights their younger age when they're speaking to an elder, while the elder would use a pronoun that highlights them being older than the child. If the elder has a title or rank, the child could use that as a form of address too.
Another example is when two family members are talking to one another. There's a different set of pronouns that still highlights the child's and elder's ages, but they also signify whatever specific relation they may have via generation (child & parent, niece/nephew & aunt/uncle, grandchild & grandparent, etc). On the other hand, Metamorans born in the same generation speaking to one another use more informal, affectionate "you" pronouns that highlight one being slightly older/younger than the other. Direct siblings use specific pronouns for their cases.
There are some pronouns that take on different meanings depending on mood or context as well, like how someone in common would use "friend" in a sarcastic way when in an argument or confrontation with someone else.
In the instances where the speakers were born on the same day at the same time (very rare), they don't know one another's age, or there just isn't other pronouns applicable to their circumstance, the Metamorans will use their name and the others' names as substitutes. Aka, they'll do the common language equivalent of talking in third person. This is what my OC will do in common, since there are little pronouns in common that carry the same meanings and intents as the ones in Metamoran. It'll be her way of making sense of common.
(If there's a lot of familiarity between the speakers, family-based pronouns can be used with Metamorans unrelated by blood as well, but they're seen as very informal and even impolite/rude if the other speaker didn't consent to being addressed as such. It's always rude for a younger Metamoran to refer to an elder by name alone.)
So, "i" and "you" basically manifests into multiple variations. "I", "us", and "we" pronouns are grouped together, and relatively use the same terms. The same goes for "you", "they", and "them". Gender in the Earthling sense doesn't exist in Metamoran culture, so Metamoran terms equivalent to "mother, father, sister, brother, woman, man, etc" don't exist either. One could perceive certain Metamorans having more "masculine" traits while others have more "feminine" traits, but that's entirely subjective.
(Just in case it needs to be outright said: yes, Metamorans reproduce asexually.)
#/ i hope this all makes at least some sense lol \#/ this is mostly why i said she'd think of my metamoran boys as ''kin'' \#/ them being metamoran fusions makes them the closest things to actually BEING fellow metamorans \#/ so she'd kinda view them under the same mother tongue lens \#/ havent decided on her age yet; but i.e. if she was younger than gogeta; she'd call him ''older brother'' in common \#/ not in the LITERAL sense; he's not actually her brother ofc; but again. that familiarity \#/ and she'd only do it if gogeta was comfortable being called ''older brother'' ofc \#/ ...theres more to this relating to the spiritual aspect in metamoran culture; but this post is long enough lmao \#worldbuilding.#saved.
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just watched xo kitty. literally obsessed. WHERE is the appreciation for dae & yuri though !! they both have such great character arcs and growth. also i love juliana & i love her and yuri’s iceland dream (so cute!) but if kitty and yuri don’t end up together at some point i will riot. SHE WAS ABOUT TO CONFESS IN THE AIRPORT
#kitty is so relatable and i love her so much#also DAE. poor dae man. he’s such a sweetie and he cared so deeply for everyone.#ALSO Q AND FLORIAN WAUGHHH#i liked that they didn’t reduce him to just ‘kitty’s emotional support gay best friend’#bc while he does give her the support she was expecting from dae:#1) q has his own problems and character traits separate from his friendship with kitty#2) kitty herself isn’t straight!!#this show brought so many rich and beautiful queer stories to mainstream netflix and i am so happy EEEEEE#i also loved min ho but i swear he’s the only aspect of the show that gets talked abt#to all the boys
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