not TTPD numbers rising in its fourth day, legendary

we LOVE! look at the top 5! and the fact that most of her streams are organic. legendary indeed.

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Thank you for the ask :')

1. "OTP?" - Bagginshield, obviously ♥

16. "Do people irl know you participate in fandom?" - My sister and my friend.

20. "When did you first join Tumblr? How long was it between that and finding [fandom]?" In 2012 if I remember right. Around the same time I've got into Team Fortress 2 (my beloved) and found out that I am agender.

hi nick! i'd just like to point out that syaoran's final words being "i'm sorry and thank you" is a callback to the flashback way back when where syaoran was apologizing for getting hurt and sakura taught him to say thank you instead! wheeeee! happy clamp day!

THEY SURE ARE!

I flipped through so many arcs to find the exact moment you're talking about here, but here it is:

WHAT A THING TO BRING BACK AS THE CHARACTER PASSES AWAY BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.

Scrolled too fast and thought the drawing of Nash and Orion was Ken and Big kinnporsche but where Ken was stretching in a crop top and booty shorts and like Big was looking on disapprovingly. alternate universe ft the bodyguard outfits of my dreams tbh

lmaooo thank you + bless you for putting that mental image in my head (and giving me an excuse to put it out there because of course I had to doodle that)

bonus: reminder that I drew this ages ago

No no get started on the whole "new adult" thing, I desperately want to hear

Ok, so here's the thing about New Adult:

It's a genre that's been emerging lately in the catalogs I view when doing frontlists (essentially just pre-orders for upcoming titles) for the book store and I'd been wondering what the hell it was. I'd noticed it was especially common in the descriptors for the romance books, but it was often the ones with that sort of sexy-but-not-full-blown-erotica kind of book that also tended to have the sort of description full of fanfic trope terms and "for fans of [usually a Young Adult title]" or "like [popular title] combined with [other popular title]!!" <- and here it's important to note that the popular titles don't always sound like they would mesh well.

And finally, FINALLY, one of these books is highlighted by the sales rep who works with us and she's got a little blurb about it and I get my first useful description of what "New Adult" is:

"Imagine the golden age of YA - The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Mortal Instruments - but aged up and spicy."

S P I C Y

Which would explain why they're not-quite-erotica type books, you see, we're not straight up PORN we're just ✨️spicy✨️

Nevermind that a lot of these books do have sex in them, but whatever, it's SPICY because that's what's popular to say on BookTok!

Oh. Right. Yeah. BookTok also gets mentioned a lot in listings for this sort of title.

And yes, this includes the Court of... books by Sarah J Maas and things like The Infatuated Fae books by Jeaneane O'Riley. In fact, I'm pretty sure O'Riley was described as a "BookTok darling" in the contributor bio part of the listing, but don't quote me on that, I'd have to look at the listing again.

Anyway, these are some of the biggest offenders regarding that whole "we will describe this with fanfic buzz terms and BookTok girlies will eat it up :)" issue.

Thoughts on Owen? I’ve been rewatching the og 3 seasons and seeing the change from finalist to gag character is weird

Owen is my Roman Empire.

He started off as an actual character in Island, which is a given since he was pre-determined to be a finalist from the get-go. Owen's always been a big personality of the series, with his (sometimes overbearing) friendliness and boisterous attitude, accompanied by his many many character flaws. But, at least in Island, he was realistically written- or as realistic as the show could do, given its parameters. He gets to have moments where he actually forms bonds and friendships with others on screen, and where his character flaws actually impact the challenge instead of being played off as jokes (like him luring in a bear with his hunting stories).

Owen's character traits were gradually reduced from being an optimistic and somewhat naïve, but otherwise standard teenage boy (of the time) to being a flanderisation of a golden retriever. In World Tour especially, he's rarely given any lines that don't somehow relate to his love of food, his flatulence or his fear of flying. For the span of an episode or two, he gets to focus on his feelings for Izzy (and he also gets some throwaway lines about his friendship with Noah and his trust-turned-distrust of Alejandro), but otherwise he's pretty self-contained as comedic relief.

He stops being a multi-faceted character and starts being a one-dimensional imitation of himself. And it's a shame, since Owen's one of the funniest characters to both watch and write for, so stripping him of a lot of his substance for the sake of delegating him to the role of background character, instead of just eliminating him early (since he didn't really have any use in World Tour outside of his aerophobia "plotline" and Izzy's elimination), seems like a waste of both his character potential and the potential of others.

And, one thing I noticed upon re-watching Island, even his voice becomes a sort-of mockery of what it started out as. No shade to Scott McCord, he does a fantastic job with his VA work- especially on Total Drama, where his characters are all distinctly different sounding. But really, go back and listen to Owen in early Island, and then listen to him in WT or RR- that's an entirely different cadence. He loses a lot of the scratchiness in his voice, and it raises a solid three or four semitones into something almost childish- once again playing into Owen's erosion from a fairly normal teenage boy into the caricature of naivety he eventually becomes.

We do get to see some of his original characterisation shine through in certain moments- there's a few lines he has in WT where Owen gets to be a little sassy or even somewhat confrontational, which is such a breath of fresh air from his usual airheaded happiness or aerophobia-fuelled terror. But he loses a lot of his season one charm with his delegation to the background; show me the Owen who's fun-loving, sure, but also a bit of a menace! Show me the Owen who's more than just the butt of a joke (pun intended)!

god but the handmaiden thing bothers me so much there's so much the film does to connect colonization with patriarchy and the sexual exploitation and subjugation of women!! and the way white wlw never want to think about that. it's like this with any non-white queer cinema where is the discourse just feels so disingenous

margaret atwood male fantasies monologue but they're sitting next to white feminists inside your head

I want to know more about the situationship if you're willing to share 🍿

ummm. okay this might actually be funny to you guys. he looks eerily similar to a relatively unknown d-list actor in the supernatural universe and somehow he came to be aware of this actor's existence and... idk? thought it would be funny to use pictures of that guy as if they were pictures of himself? (sometimes grown men find joy in dumb things idk) and had been doing it successfully with all of his friends for what i can only assume was months. and then he did it to me but here's the thing: i'd already seen those pictures on account of how unwell i am about supernatural so even though he literally looks exactly like that guy, i knew it wasn't him. so i said, "that's not you." and he was BAFFLED that i could tell because nobody else could. and i just never explained why i could tell. and so he still sends pictures just to "test" me and of course i am correct every time about when it is actually him and when it's the actor and he thinks that i just know him better than everyone else but really i just know whose instagram to check 😂

I love the knight and squire kitties! You should do a jester too

WAAAAIIIT hold me to this wth why did i never make a jester cat...!!!! I will make one, I must...

(i'm in convention prep hell but I swear.... i'll make this.....)

I think nuance gets lost in the prank discourse with people trying to absolve their fave of their sins. Both Sirius and Snape were wrong. Both have tempers and can be ruthless/ petty when crossed and are capable of violence. Both take pride in their intelligence and can be brutal to those they see as intellectually inferior. So it was a lethal combination where both of them bought out the worst in each other.

totally agree. Sev's vindictiveness and obsession with the marauders is somewhat understandable but ultimately really unhealthy and def crossed a line; we see in prince's tale that this obsession prevented him from being a good friend to Lily. It's a pretty explosive combination with Sirius's recklessness, disregard for consequences and his somewhat darker streak compared to Harry and James.

tbh I've often thought that Sev and Sirius are similar in many ways, (though both would kill me for suggesting it) almost parallels, and I think the prank situation showcases that pretty well!!

this album will age like fine wine i just know it

it’s not even been a week, and already every listen makes it better. i can’t wait years down the line, and it sounds like heaven

Waterbender neil au please

this ask is so old but... i might revisit it...

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how it feels to receive this ask

Do you think any of the NRC students slept with someone that you wouldn't expect in a heat of the moment situation and never talked about it again? For example people you normally wouldn't ship together or don't see having much interaction but maybe they slept together since they were both in the mood and knew since they don't interact they wouldn't have to worry about bumping into the other and feeling awkward, maybe even multiple times since it's an easy no strings attached

Anon, it’s been days and every time I think about your ask, I focus my entire being on activating 100% of my brain and opening the third eye. A part of me is saying “I don’t know, I think we already ship everyone who could bang even if it’s just for once”, but another part of me is saying “but imagine the juicy gossip?” lol

To be honest, I ended up with a lot of possible options. Not all of them have to happen in the same universe because some of the boys ended up being more promiscuous than they probably would be LOL Also, we do ship some of these couples, to be completely fair.

Ace and Riddle – an accidental hookup, a classic “instant regret” situation. Argued for a long time, got super heated, and then boom, it happened. They didn’t say anything to each other afterwards and started avoiding each other for some time.

Jade and Riddle – I guess this is another accidental hookup? Riddle isn’t sure if this actually happened or Jade is just messing with him. But he is very flustered, confused and isn’t sure if it happened (did it?) because Jade is Floyd’s twin. Would that make things better or much, much worse? In any case, it was a momentary weakness… maybe induces with something that he shouldn’t have drunk.

The devil on my shoulder whispers “Rook and Leona”… And I’m not sure whether I should listen to him or not. The fact that Rook is still very obsessed with Leona suggest that he didn’t get any… But the possibility is never zero. I feel like Rook would.

Jamil could fully go around having sex with random people with 0 strings attached with his unique magic, to be honest LOL But it’s probably too troublesome because it would require him explaining to the hypnotised person what to do. I feel like we talk a lot about Jamil having these arrangements now that I think about it… while someone like Azul would be a regrettable long-term arrangement, someone like Floyd could be a one-time thing. Initially. But then both of them would kind of want to repeat it, so I guess it doesn’t count lol

Oh! Ruggie and Jamil! This would have the most perfect “one-time sex no strings attached” situation in NRC. Both of them are such no bullshit people lol

Epel and Ace both are horny-but-no-homo enough to end up with an arrangement where they would try to hook up once just as a training of sorts (if Ace doesn’t want to go for Deuce for some typical Ace reason). The main reason why it didn’t continue was because both of them were crushing on other people, and this coping situation just didn’t really work for them lol But whatever happened between them is a huge secret.

I can’t think of anything specific for Idia but it would be silly to leave him out, so let’s imagine him somehow getting Kalim’d because he got invited to his dinner party and then the whole thing was a blur. Kalim doesn’t strike me as someone who would have sex with a lot of people, but Idia was so cute that night! He kept saying that he really had to get back home, but his body was saying other things! <3

Sebek is a huge one when it comes to accidental heat-of-the-moment fucks, but he is very bad at never-talking-about it part, so Sebek/Idia wouldn’t work here (he won’t leave poor Idia alone after that lol). Sebek/Jamil would though, as well as Sebek/Leona… in every scenario Sebek is very confused though and is having a hard time keeping it together lol

Malleus is a wild card because I can see him somehow hooking up with Trey; it’s Trey’s energy of a regular guy who ends up fucking the most gorgeous people, I guess. Trey has no idea how and why it happened: was this a blessing? Should he be grateful? I mean, it was very good, but… should he be concerned about the fact that he fucked the future king? Malleus is perfectly satisfied and pleased though, so maybe Trey should be okay…

I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT AZUL AND MALLEUS, these two fucked during the Glorious Masquerade event, this is just a fact. But also it could've happened at any other point, but only once, either as a result of Azul being a total suck-up who really really badly wants to get on Malleus' good side (and what better way to make connections than by fucking a person I guess)...or as a result of Malleus being adventurous and flirty, once again.

I could also see Malleus hooking up with Floyd, and in that case it would be the perfect storm of Malleus feeling adventurous and a bit petty at people who didn’t pay attention to him + Floyd feeling in the mood for some dangerous games. Both of them would be very aware of what’s going on and would go all-out. It was the first time in Floyd’s life his partner didn’t ask him to be slower or gentler, only asked provoking questions, as if to piss him off.

Another person Floyd could end up hooking up with is Vil, but in that case it would be a result of their unresolved sexual tension that’s been building up overtime. Vil could end up hooking up with Jade for the same reason actually, but it would be more of a calculated thing in that case, in a “I know what you’re playing” sense. 

Bonus: Trey has slept with multiple random students on his campus during his first year, but he stopped doing that when Riddle enrolled. With some of them it was Trey’s first time talking to them, and he wasn’t really able to continue the relationship since then, so I guess it kind of counts?? He doesn’t like talking about it though, it ruins his image a little bit lol

Give u a banan

Um, extra potassium, I guess?

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OOC: CONGRATS ON BEING MY FIRST EVER ASK I'VE RECEIVED LMAOOOOO, TYSM!!