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kuraitsune · 2 years

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CLUTCHiNG FOR YOU

PARiNGS - ...Shu Yamino x GN!reader

MENTiONS - ...Mysta Rias, Selen Tatsuki, Maria Marionette

SUMMARY - ...when you planned the valorant collab, you really didn't think it'd get this intense. especially when the match point would have to be clutched!

READER'S PROFiLE - ...you stream a lot of fps games similarly to Selen and Maria. you play as Raze for this valorant match~ also somewhat flirty.

DiSCLAiMERS - in no way am i a professional writer, i just like english lol. please know that these writings are a work of fiction and are the appearance and persona of the character! not the person behind the screen.

You excitedly and carefully clicked the "start stream" button and said hello to your chat and everyone else's that you're collabing with.

"Hi hello chat! And hello to the Yaminions, Mystakes, Dragoons, and Marippets!" you greeted, smiling.

"We're here to pew pew some teams~" Mari peaked up into the introduction, her small icon jumping up on your stream.

After a few minutes of talking with everyone, introducing who each person is and all, you queued up to an unrated match. Soon after, a match was found, and so starts the chaos.

"Ooh, Ascent, alright then! I'm going Raze, mk?" you say as the agent selection loaded up. Shu hummed as a response.

"Ahh, I'll stick with Sage for now," you hear the Chuunibyou doll squeak softly. Once everyone picked their preferred agents, the match was in motion!

"There's two mid!" you say as you spot the enemy team's Reyna and Sage, carefully peaking in and out, awaiting them to push through. A purple eye soon enough was seen, you quickly shot it down and shot Reyna.

"Nice shot, [name]!" Mysta said, rotating to A after Shu saw two at A site. You hear a Jett using her ult before you were killed by Sage while pushing up behind the enemy team.

"Ah darn, Sage is at 40," you say, sinking in your chair slightly to get comfortable. Spectating Shu, you see him aiming carefully where the entrance to A with a marshal.

Bang! A loud shot rang through the site, then another, and another. You certainly have heard that the sorcerer was great with sniper, yet you didn't know he'd be able to snipe three people in a row.

"Oh my god that was kinda hot, Shu~" you playfully tease the man, though still complimenting him gracefully.

"Heh, it's nothing compared to how you play, [name]."

"Dude, what are you saying? You're just as good as them!" the sound of the British detective came into your ears.

"Shush! We've got a match to win!" the lunar dragon said, letting the remaining alive people know. "Save the praise for later."

"Damn, okay- SHIT-" Mysta cursed as he was knifed when rushing in.

"HAHAHAHAH THAT WAS SO FUNNY TO WATCH-!" you laugh, with everyone else laughing along. Certainly that round was entertaining.

The match point round had started. With 12-11, it was not a wonder how Shu was the last player alive, with the enemy team's Cypher also the last one alive.

"If you clutch this, Shu, I will schedule an off-collab immediately to you," you say. "And I might give you something!"

"Hey! Let me come along too!" Mysta scoffed, you could practically see him pouting.

The figure of his chosen agent slowly walked to the other site, knowing that Cypher was at A site still. He was gonna plant in B before the time runs out.

The words 'Spike Planted' soon came up, Shu preparing his stance to defend the spike from defusing. When he heard footsteps nearby, he shot his ability just in front of him to temporarily blind the enemy.

Gunshots rung through the air, things were getting tense now. Hearing the sound of the defuse, he peaked around the corner quickly before running to the other door to fake his appearance by the corner.

One shot. Cypher was dead, the victory banner came by with cheers for Shu Yamino.

"Eyyy! Let's go!" the sorcerer cheered with you and everyone else.

"I'm scheduling this off-collab right now, just you wait, Shu!" you smile, laughing.

"Yeah sure, whatever you say. Now, another match we go!"

You take a deep breath in and out, right before you were ready to knock on the door.

'What if he doesn't like the gesture..? Ugh, if he doesn't, things'll get so awkward for both of us... but I don't have anything else,' you worry. Thinking about the thing you were going to give Shu. Would be worth it? Maybe.

Knock, knock, knock! You stand back slightly, waiting for the door to open.

And of course, it opens. Revealing the stature of the real Shu Yamino, with his pretty purple eyes and silky dark hair.

"[Name]-! You really scheduled a trip to visit me?!" he exclaimed, his eyes dilating with shock.

"Hehe, of course I would. I stay true to my word after all. Which means..." you pause for a second, inviting yourself into Shu's living space. "I have something for you."

"Uh, first make yourself at home."

"Ah ah ah! Not before I give you this!" confidently, you swiftly lean towards his cheek, planting a gentle kiss there. Immediately so, the sorcerer's face turned a beautiful pink.

"Wha- huh- what-?" he rubbed his cheek where you kissed, baffled by your actions.

You giggle, amused before saying, "I remember that stream very well, Shu. Oh, and one more thing."

"Y-yes?"

"I love you, with my heart and soul."

NOTE - uh so i didn't think it'd turn out this way lol, but here it is! this is somewhat inspired by another fic, and hey! maybe you'll find a random fic later too ¬‿¬

DO NOT: repost or copy any of @kuraitsune's works! sharing is fine with credits.

#kura writings | 🦜#nijisanji en #nijien #nijisanji en x reader #luxiem #luxiem x reader #shu yamino #shu yamino x reader

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invisible-storyteller · 1 year

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Part 2: Derek was Stiles's anchor at one point

Now, let's talk about the scenes which could possibly suggest that Derek was indeed (maybe subconsciously) Stiles's anchor.

Now, when it comes to Stiles and Derek, a lot of things are hidden in subtlety as the development of their relationship does not happen at the forefront of the show but rather in the dimly lit background where we fans grow the seeds of our headcanons. But! What is explicitly shown in the series is that Stiles cares about Derek. That's canon. It is obvious from the way he went back for Derek in the elevator and made sure that the werewolf was still alive, or from how you could see the fear in his eyes when Derek's name turned out to be the last cypher key - a prediction that Derek was going to die in the near future. This all proves that Stiles has a connection with Derek (of whatever nature that might be).

Now... are there any scenes where Stiles relies specifically on Derek to anchor him? Not explicitly but consider this: When Stiles was possessed by the Nogitsune he created a chess board with Derek's name on the king piece to help the others defeat the evil spirit controlling him. We know it was Stiles who did it because Peter himself pointed it out to none other than Derek.

The chess board was meant to send a message, to warn Derek of the upcoming danger and to do what they had always done: work as a team. (As explained by this wonderful meta.)

To be able to set the board up, Stiles had to regain control of his body, at least long enough to put the pieces in place. (And the Nogitsune didn't change it later, probably because it drew Derek and the others to the loft, anyway. Plus, the Sheriff made a comment about how the Nogitsune's aim is mainly to play a joke because it wanted irony. What could be more ironic than using Stiles's attempt at protecting Derek to cause harm and chaos?). This means that Stiles, driven by worry for Derek and a need to reach out to him, succeeded in momentarily overpowering an ancient evil fox spirit. For a moment, he resisted the Nogitsune - the one thing he couldn't do in his dream with Lydia.

It is also worth mentioning that when Derek was dying at the end of Season 4, Stiles was the one whom the werewolf addressed in his last moments (and there were a lot of other people there). He told Stiles to go and save Scott because he had faith that Stiles would be able to do that - that he could once again be the hero that Derek had seen him be before. And maybe the knowledge that Derek believed in him gave Stiles the strength to fight.

And lastly, let's talk about Season 5. That was the season when Stiles hit rock bottom while also being the first season when Derek was away for a longer period of time. Obviously, Derek's departure was not the (only) reason why Stiles fell apart, but Derek - an almost constant presence since Season 1 - not being there certainly had an impact on him. There's a reason why Derek only got mentioned (or hinted at) while Stiles was around: because Derek being absent had the greatest effect on him out of everyone. With no Derek, Stiles had no anchor, making him more vulnerable and resulting in a breakdown as early as Episode 2 (even before shit hit the fan).

There's this one scene that I never understood. This moment of Stiles gazing at the initials that remind him of Derek had no purpose plot-wise. Or so it seems. (And no, we're not gonna discuss queer-bating now. This scene was shot and then kept when the episode was being edited, therefore, it has significance and I refuse to boil it down to queer-bating, even though there's plenty of that to go around.)

So, if this scene is in the episode, it has a reason to exist. Stiles being the only one shown to miss Derek has a reason. And my guess is: this scene gives us the explanation behind why Stiles even started to trust Theo. My personal belief is that the reason why Stiles eventually confided in him was that Theo reminded Stiles a lot of Derek: A mysterious good-looking guy with a strict black-only fashion code whom Stiles hadn't seen in years appears out of nowhere and claims that he only wants to help but is also super shady and kinda creepy and likes pushing Stiles's buttons (and his body up against hard surfaces) and it is revealed to him that the guy (seemingly) feels guilty about failing to save a family member and then the same guy proceeds to save his life from certain death. There are too many similarities for Stiles to ignore. It's no wonder he started to let Theo in. Derek was someone Stiles could trust, after all, someone he could rely on - why couldn't Theo be the same? Understandably, Theo later betraying him was especially critical damage to Stiles because he destroyed the one thing Stiles could still rely on: the memory of Derek.

Basically, the whole scene with the initials would only make sense if it served the purpose of reminding the viewer that Stiles had not only lost a friend - he'd lost his anchor.

But why would Stiles choose Derek?

Part 3

#teen wolf meta #sterek

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everygame · 4 months

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A Christmas Adventure (Apple II) Developed/Published by: Chartscan Data, Inc. Released: 12/1983 Completed: 11/12/2023 Completion: Couldn’t get Rudolph to drink his bloody milk.

Well, it’s been two years since I thought I’d “have a look at the earliest Christmas games” and I managed to play… one of them. And then last year I was sick for most of December so I didn’t really play anything other than tapping miserably at Marvel Snap. But I’m back, baby!

First up, I owe almost all understanding of this game to Joe Pranevich over at The Adventurer’s Guild who has written an insanely detailed post on it which I highly recommend reading, but I’ll summarise some of the findings here.

A Christmas Adventure is generally considered online to be the second Christmas-themed video game ever released commercially, following the somewhat bizarre Santa’s Sleigh Ride, but I’ve since discovered that there’s several ZX Spectrum games with a 1983 date (including one, potentially lost media, called A Christmas Adventure as well???) so there’s probably more out there for like… the Dragon 32 and shit. But let’s talk about this one anyway. What makes it more interesting than just potentially being the second Christmas-themed video game ever is that it isn’t just, as you might expect, a Christmas cash-in, but an attempt by a French Canadian fellow named Frank Winstan to make video games that acted as greeting cards. Mind how for a while personalised children’s books were all the rage, and you got this crappy book where a jpeg of your child’s face was awkwardly stuck on the main character? Like that basically, with the idea that they’d start with this Christmas “card” and then do… well probably Easter, and then branch out to like… “Happy 43rd Birthday: the adventure” or “Sorry Your Grandma is Dead: the adventure” I guess!

Unfortunately (or not) due to time pressures they never quite managed to get the company off the ground, with this selling poorly its first Christmas, although Winstan would continue to work on it through 1986(!) updating and improving it. As far as I know, I’m playing a version from the same era ion Pranevich did, which seems to be a later version than the one you can watch on Youtube.

Anyway. A Christmas Adventure is an early graphical text adventure; originally released in 1983, it would be contemporary with the very end of Sierra’s Hi-Res Adventure line before they’d go on to make the more sophisticated King’s Quest, and surprisingly, very few other examples, making this… sorta cutting edge?

What does feel cutting edge actually is the opening cinematic, which you have to flip the disk to see, which includes an animation where you fly to Santa’s Ice Palace. Sierra’s Hi-Res Adventures have insanely terrible art (well, apart from Dark Crystal I’d say, which has a near stained-glass window approach) so getting something that generally looks like it’s had a bit of effort put in is rather nice.

Telling that classic story, “Santa’s been kidnapped and only YOU can save him” after the intro you’re dropped in his house and have to wander about picking things up and using them to save him. I very quickly hit the issue that has stopped me bothering to play any of Sierra’s early output: the parser is terrible. Doing literally anything is a nightmare, and I will fully admit I had to use Pranevich’s article to walk me through the game, and he had to hex edit it just to understand how to solve it!

It’s confusing, because this is a commercial concept based on greetings cards. Now, I imagine nowadays you can probably get “escape room” greeting cards where you have to like, solve a fucking cypher or whatever to see something that says “We’re getting divorced” (and if there isn’t, I should get on that) but in general, if you’re giving someone a gift like that you want them to… enjoy it? I really assumed that this would be very simple. You know, for kids. I mean you’re saving SANTA. Not Santana (ft. Rob Thomas) which would of course be for cool adults only.

I suppose I’ve said it before, but maybe people in 1983 were made of sterner stuff; less likely to give up. I guess some puzzles in this are easy, like dressing up like Santa to fool his safe, or the disk that tells you the password right on it (Santa’s Jewish???) But then like… there’s a time machine. And there’s just so much wrestling with the parser to get anything done. Typing “HELP” gives you a list of words that the parser understands which is, 100%, a lie, because almost all the words don’t work.

Ultimately, it’s the reason I couldn’t finish this. In his article, Pranevich was able to feed Rudolph, but despite having stuck the “was’bask+mlk” in the fireplace I could not feed him. I went through every possible thing I could imagine, really tried to get Martin Luther King out of that was’bask, but I’m starting to believe the archive.org version of this is just bugged. It is what it is, and I watched the ending on youtube (and for good measure used the HELP to see the message as well.)

Feels a bit harsh to say this isn’t good despite the fact it it is, er… not good, just because it’s an interesting attempt at something that just seems to have come at the wrong time and with some rather wrong-headed ideas about how challenging it has to be. Also: it didn’t make me feel christmassy at all!

Will I ever play it again? I have a save. If anyone can tell me what to type to get Rudolph to eat I’m making that bastard eat.

Final Thought: It’s worth noting that you can really feel the developers–at least Frank Winstan?--cared about this project because it’s full of little touches. I love that Santa has a poster of Bob and Doug McKenzie’s backdrop up (as Canadian a reference as you’re going to get) and there’s non-sequiturs like Pac-Man showing up for a hot minute.

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#video games #gaming #games #txt #text #review #christmas #a christmas adventure #1983 #apple ii

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letamthoughts · 2 years

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The Matrix (1999)

i really like it (high tier) 10/10

(Major Spoilers)

The machine being there to disconnect him (and the whole process of freeing really) was a giveaway that something wasn't right with the whole "getting out of the Matrix" process. Being flushed down the sewer like waste product to be kept out of and away from society was another giveaway. Like, how dafuq did the first few survive? Is everybody who's bound to leave The Matrix trans? Cypher was pretty feminine during that Trin convo @ 0:56:30+. So they all trans then? The lady in a red dress is essentially a sex robot (when pimped). Interesting. When dafuq did Cypher get the chance to have dinner with Agent Smith? The last time they were at Zion? Must've been a flashback? The Oracle was grandma fo'real Oracle planted that save Morpheus seed early with "Without him, we're lost." Dayum How dafuq did the Wachowski sisters make this? text: "Call trans opt:" @ 2:08:29 some good shit

Rewatch for Le Theme essay

(sequel SPOILERS will be struckthrough)

By having him see and learn about the other potentials, the Oracle planted a seed in his head that he can still do impossible things even though he "isn't" The One. e.g.: "There is no spoon." Neo died so The One could be born. Then lost his eyes so that he could see. interesting that the scope of where everything takes place is so scaled down. If animated, could've been set everywhere and anywhere. Maybe the first Matrix failed because people didn't have free will. Too much order led to much suicide. "Because as soon as we started thinking for you, it really became our civilization." @ 1:33:37 can be interpreted either way, but seems to lean towards my theory. "Call trans opt:" @00:00:49 Even more seed plantin' with Oracle's "You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap." @ 1:17:01 That led to him defying her prediction and saving both lives and them saving everyone in Revolutions. Trinity saved his as twice there: "Now get up." and "Neo!" The miracle saving Neo from Cypher was the weapon failing to work correctly and kill Tank, which goes back to them still being in the Matrix The above theory is also supported by Morpheus answering Neo's question with "The body cannot live without the mind." As in, "no you don't actually die, but we don't know that yet." Also, the fact that he heard her yell "Neo!" at the end The Oracle letting Neo in on "a little secret" was her telling him in advanced what being the One really meant in the grand scheme of things. If the war was over tomorrow, Zion's where the party would be. -Tank @ 0:47:12 Trinity nodding her head after Neo answers "I can bring him back" is because she believes he's the One because she fell in love with him and the Oracle tells no lies so much of her body language plays into what the Oracle told her; this fucking movie, damn Morpheus still believing regardless of what's in front of him is why he didn't use the EMP sooner; bruh, dis script There's a hell of a parallel between Zerthimon/Dak'kon and the One. Gawd damn. “had the ability to change whatever he wanted, to remake the Matrix as he saw fit. It was he who freed the first of us. Taught us the truth. (…) his coming would hail the destruction of the Matrix, end the war, bring freedom to our people.“ -Morpheus Hold up. Did Tank say "I knew it. He's the one." @ 1:51:30 because Neo caused the helicopter crash to end the way it did (so Trinity would be unharmed by the glass and explosion)? That glass bending resembled his flex in the hallways later...

#Thoughts #The Matrix #The Matrix 1 #1999 #i really like it #10/10 #Le Theme #HBO Max #Watched: December 2021 #The Nostalgic List #The Blind List #Blind Rating: 3/5 #Major Spoilers #dis script #this fucking movie #glass bending

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werenotacoupleyesyouare · 3 years

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LETS TALK ABOUT THE EGG SCENE!

Spoilers for quackity’s latest stream

So we start off with a black screen and a dialogue between Quackity and someone else whose identity is unknown to us. This is a quick transcript of the dialogue:

Q: “Alright, this is gonna be very very easy, and I appreciate (you), once again, for giving me the spot. You’re not gonna tell anyone what it’s for, you’re not gonna tell anyone what it’s about. It’s my buisness only and whatever happens from here on out, you cannot tell anyone about it. Alright? We’re gonna keep this to ourselves for now. Alright sounds good! I’ll talk to you soon. Alright this is gonna be easy.”

And here come our first questions. Is he still talking to George about Kinoko kingdom/las nevadas? Is he talking to chat? Is he talking to whoever told him where to dig?

I find this last option the more likely, because if you look closely...

Quackity is holding a grass block.

And you don’t need me to tell you who that makes me think of, now do I. Keep Ranboo in mind for the rest of this theory.

(Here is something that has been bothering me. Quackity’s inventory looks an awful lot like it’s disposed to spell something in code, but when you try to decipher it, nothing comes out. Now there are a lot of cyphers out there and you can bet I’ll spend hours tomorrow checking number ciphers and whatnot, but in the meantime have the screenshot if you want to have a go at it. Look at this!! The single diamond, the spaces, the single block of polished stone, this can’t be a coincidence...)

Okay now onto the actual scene.

Quackity finds the egg thanks to that someone’s directions, starts planting tnt, Bad and Punz come along, yadda yadda yadda.

Now I want to focus on the fact that Quackity didn’t light the tnt. The explosions started in the Egg cave, and we could clearly see that Quackity was getting ready to put obsidian around to save himself, but he was caught unprepared and so he didn’t.

Punz was near the first explosions, so one could argue that it was him to set it off, but I’d argue that it actually can’t be him. Why?

Let’s look at this image.

The infamous scene came around after the explosions, and we can see that whoever it is, they have barely any hearts left, no armour (hence it can’t be Punz) most important, a redstone torch.

This is not whatever was hatched from the egg. This is whoever set off the tnt. We can also see that they’re in the Egg cave, so this confirms my theory even more. As soon as they wake up, whoever this is, they run away extremely disoriented as if they had just woken up, and they are seemingly being chased by the egg.

Now guys, who is someone who tends to have episodes of sleepwalk-like wanderings which often end up in blowing shit up? Who often wakes up extremely confused with no clue about where they are, or what they were doing?

Ranboo.

Told you he was gonna come back later.

Didn’t Ranboo say that his arc was going to make it hard for us to sympathise with his character? Didn’t this explosion trigger something dangerous within the egg? Didn’t we hear a nuke alarm just moments after?

Can’t wait to see how this unfolds.

#as I was writing this I came up with another theory but its too late so y’all will hear it tomorrow hehe #dsmp #dream smp #dsmp theory #quackity #ranboo #dsmp egg #quackity lore #badboyhalo #bbh #/rp /dsmp

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nhaomei · 3 years

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About that one Cypher quote...

So first, throwing a few things out here Cypher has this line "I am Prometheus, and you are just a god" And his player card is called "Redeemer's folly", he is dramatically standing in the light staring at it. Okay so first a few things about Prometheus and why this one line of his is so important. Prometheus was a titan who instead of fighting against the Greek Gods decided to join them and fight by their side. Then, he was tasked with creating humans, he shaped them to resemble the Gods. However, the humans lived a rather 'animalistic' life. They were scared of the dark, lived in caves, ate their meat raw, depended completely on the gods to survive since they lacked characteristic such as 'sharp claws and teeth'. Prometheus took pity on them, so decided to trick the gods multiple times in an attempt to help the people.

1. When the gods demanded sacrifice from the humans, Prometheus decided to fuck over Zeus by hiding the yummy parts of the sacrifice under disgusting looking stuff, guts if i remember right. And then he hid the bones and fat under and other useless stuff under some appealing looking stuff. So when it came to Zeus choosing which one of the two he would eat, he chose the appealing looking but in reality disgusting stuff (bones and fat), while the humans got to eat the yummy stuff. At least, this is the version I know. Might be wrong, but it doesn’t matter that much now.

2. This one is more important and I am sure you know of the tale already. Prometheus stole fire from the gods and took it from the Olympus to the humans. With fire on their hands the humans started building civilizations, creating various devices, they were no longer scared of the dark nor did they depends much from the gods any longer. Now Zeus, this not being the first time Prometheus has made him incredibly mad by tricking and disobeying him has decided to punish the titan by shackling him to the side of a mountain and send his eagle out to tear out then eat Prometheus' liver every single day for all eternity. And that is exactly what happened. Even if Zeus offered him freedom, Prometheus refused. (After a few years of torment he got saved by Herakles but that doesn't matter now.) Now, Prometheus among the humans is celebrated as "The titan of fire" or "Champion of humankind". Prometheus is a selfless hero, who sacrificed himself (although unwillingly) for his people. And in a way, Cypher has done the exact same thing. If we look at Bind, which is on Morocco, we can see the cranes and various other devices destroying the building, the culture. The map is full of posters, either pro-kingdom propaganda or anti-kingdom stuff. Calling them liars and shit. Judging by the voice lines (Viper, Cypher) Kingdom wasn't doing much to help the people, nor did they care for what they wanted. All they are there for is the Radianite, exploiting the people for it like the Gods have exploited humans, living off of their sacrifices. See the connection?

Side note: Multiple works (poems), such as Goethe's "Prometheus" state that Gods are useless and while they try to make it look like the people depends from them, it is the other way around. 'The Gods wouldn't be anywhere without the humans' sacrifices; they need them for survival.' And while the Gods sit on their asses not giving a shit, it is Prometheus who actually cares for the humans, his people. He is the one seen as a hero, not the Gods.

Let's look at his card for a bit, Redeemer's Folly. REDEEMER, as someone (in this case) trying to liberate a group of people, which in this case is most likely the people of Bind/Morocco. FOLLY, which is more interesting because Cypher is many things but a fool is not one of them. Now, what I think this means is that he fucked up. He fucked up bad, as he tried to liberate his people just like Prometheus has done with humans, he was also doomed to eternal torment (eternal for him, it lasts until he dies after all). While Prometheus had to live with the pain of his liver getting torn out every single day, Cypher, someone who values family so deeply, has to live with the pain of his family dying, torn away from him (and he most likely blames himself for it.) Side note: Skye has a voice line: "Cypher, I knew you were a legend from the start...!" Which leads me to believe that Cypher has made himself quite a name being a thorn in Kingdom's side. Another reason he is hiding his identity, to protect his remaining (?) family ("I must survive to protect my family. I can't lose them. I can't feel that pain again.") Okay, back to the card but this time, the visuals.

1. First the arch. Judging by the massive size of those things I am certain that he is not standing under it, but either inside the building or outside, looking straight into the light that is shining on him (I'll get back to the light later.) Now, in Islam it is forbidden to picture holy figures in architecture so they express their holiness by structuring geometric patterns (I know this thanks to @itisi-james ) So keep this in mind, Cypher standing dramatically, staring into the light coming from architecture that is used to honor holy figures. (Also that condemn in Cypher's voice when he says "(...) And you are just a god" makes it clear that he is an atheist.)

2. The light. Now, it can mean his hope, or looking forward to the light to shine down on them again. Now I think it is time I mention that the name 'Nora' in latin means "Honor", however the Arabic meaning is more important us this time. "Noor" or "Nura" mean FIRE, LIGHT or warmth. Now think about Prometheus sacrificing everything to give fire for the humans, or the light shining down on him on the card. Not to be cheesy but it could also mean Nora being the light in his darkness, or even his motivation to carry on and keep on fighting, as the light shines down on him on the card... I am not saying he is a good man, I have some serious doubts about that (his quotes about ‘interrogation’ and such...), but he is one interesting and complex character and I am all here for it. There is so so much to analyse about him it’s crazy, I really enjoy it. Also, my apologies but I am too lazy to write a conclusion but I hope this was useful, or at least interesting x) Ah also, "Aamir" means "Prince" but idk what to do with this information. Might not be important at all. Feel free to correct me on anything if I am wrong! Or even expand on this :)

#and there will be more about Cypher #once I stop procastinating and write the rest also #Cypher #theories #valorant #cypher valorant

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youarejesting · 3 years

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Mania.8

[MASTER LIST] [Mania Master list]

Rating: Mature 18+ Pairing: BTS OT7 Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy, Omegaverse Words: 1.4k Blood types: Namjoon, Jhope, Jungkook, Yoongi (A) Taehyung (AB) Jin, Jimin and Yoongi (O) (Jimin in real life is an A blood type)

Summary: At eighteen everyone takes a blood test to find out their blood types. A, B, or O. Each blood type represents the person’s secondary gender Alpha, Beta or Omega and can be Dominant (+) or Recessive (-).

When small thin Yoongi receives his letter he doesn’t expect A+. There was no way he was an Alpha especially not a dominant. But as time passes he shows no Alpha nor Omega tendencies and frankly he doesn’t care. Working in his father’s electrical business helps pay the bills but Yoongi’s real passion is music.

One very hot day in the roof space of a luxury apartment that Yoongi is rewiring an intoxicatingly pleasant smell churns his insides and he finds himself in need of something to quench his thirst.

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Yoongi was unsure how he felt about the affection he received from the other omegas. He didn’t exactly have time to refuse their advances before he was soaking in a huge bathtub with the other two. It was nice to have company and someone to talk to. The two omegas were quick to offer him something to drink and helped wash his hair with gentle hands.

It had been almost twenty years since Yoongi had had a bubble bath and he had to admit it was a lot more fun than a normal bath. The bubbles were so soft and foamy they smelt like lavender and it was making his eyes heavy.

Kim Seokjin gave a soft chuckle pulling Yoongi’s back against his chest and letting him rest his head on his shoulder. Yoongi was ready to leave the bath, he was starting to feel old with the wrinkles appearing on his fingertips like a prune.

Stepping out first Jimin wrapped himself in a robe, Yoongi thought he would leave but was surprised when he grabbed another robe and held it out. Yoongi went to get up to let Jin exit but when he moved Jimin’s hands followed him with the soft robe.

Yoongi looked back at Seokjin and saw him pulling on another robe and smiling, “You don’t like the robe Hyung?”

“Sorry, I thought you were offering Jin Hyung the robe.” Yoongi lowered his head and obediently put his hands into the sleeves. “Thanks, Jiminie.”

Jimin under all the spoiled and bratty tendencies was such a sweet charming boy who cared a lot about others and Yoongi was happy to get to know this side of him. That he had given the younger boy a chance to open up to him and show his true colors. Or, maybe it was Jimin who took the time to let Yoongi relax and open up with him.

“Do you want to go for a nap, we are going to cuddle in the lounge and watch a movie, you can join us if you want?” Jimin asked, looking hopeful. Yoongi almost gave in not wanting to disappoint the young omega. Maybe this is what they meant by omega’s nurturing other omegas.

Yoongi patted the younger boy's wet hair and smiled softly, “I have some work to do, I was wondering if I could borrow someone’s laptop or computer or something?”

“Of course, Jungkook has one you can use,” Jimin took Yoongi’s hand. It was such a small hand, though he was younger, Jimin was much stronger than Yoongi. “Here it is, I will tell Kookie that you are in here, he is watching a movie too, so you can work undisturbed.”

“Thanks, Jiminie,” Yoongi patted his head again and Jimin beamed at the praise before searching for some clothes to steal from his mate.

Yoongi opened the website he had been using for his mixtape. Selecting his latest opened his newest creation, trying to reach for where he usually kept his headphones but coming up empty and the song started playing. Face red and heart hammering nervously he paused the music and Jimin’s head poked out of the walk-in wardrobe.

“What was that?” Jimin asked, curiously he was slipping on a pair of sweatpants with his athletic build on display. Yoongi took note of the ‘Nevermind’ tattoo on Jimin’s rib cage and wondered to himself what it meant. He and Jungkook were the only two in the group that he had seen tattoo’s on.

“Uh, it was a song that I wrote?” Yoongi muttered embarrassed, “Does Jungkookie have headphones at all?”

“Yeah, I can go ask him.” Jimin smiled, “Can I hear something you have written?”

“Sure,” Yoongi nervously played the song. The beat was kind of old school and Jimin heard some of Yoongi’s adlibs but they weren’t explored fully yet. Jimin was bouncing on the bed to the beat enjoying the sound and vibe. He liked the word play of ddaeng and the ‘one-eight, one-three, three-eight.

Yoongi watched Jimin intently wanting to see his reaction, a little embarrassed when Namjoon’s head popped into the room he was nodding to the beat listening, Hoseok and Taehyung appearing enjoying the sound greatly.

Yoongi had made a guide which was quiet in the background with what he thought the lyrics fit the song, but he had one completed verse. When he first wrote the lyrics he didn’t think it was first verse worthy but he really liked it. Not wanting to waste some dope bars. He kept it for the second verse. As the second verse began his voice came through the room and his cheeks went red.

“Ddaeng.” Yoongi’s voice was strong, accompanied by his deep hum “Mmm…”

Taehyung was hyped by the verse and began jumping around the room excitedly, Hoseok and Namjoon were both sitting there with thoughtful faces repeating chorus’ and enjoying the wordplay. Namjoon began freestyling a small bit at the end using his own play on words for the sound ddaeng, likening it to a cash register, a game of tag, and more.

“That’s really dope, did you write that yourself?” Jimin asked excitedly looking at the screen for any sign of another name or some sort of program that could have helped him.

“I wrote the lyrics or what little lyrics I have and I made the track using my software. I have a bunch of tracks I produced and have written for but these are the latest ones I have worked on.” Yoongi explained “I made a trap beat with some eastern instruments to basically diss the community for saying that rap music doesn’t fit with Korean culture.

“Can I get you to look at something?” Namjoon said and brought him down the hall to a makeshift studio, “Listen to this…”

Yoongi stood in his robe feeling out of place while Namjoon began typing away on the computer bringing up a program and a file, he pressed play and Yoongi paused it. “I need headphones. I need to hear the layering and everything in depth”

Namjoon nodded, handing him the headphones, and began listening, Hoseok’s voice came in rapping about being a psycho rapping a cypher. Yoongi enjoyed his flow, it was unique, quite colorful, and fun, Namjoon was very intellectual and full of wordplay. They both had their strong points but they were missing an element that most rappers had.

They didn’t have the raw anger that was needed, sure Hoseok and Namjoon were mad but it was lacking. The cypher was amazing, the third verse they wrote together was quite odd and didn’t really bring the anger that Yoongi wanted it to. Almost a letdown.

“The third verse is shot, cut it out.” They nodded “It needs something rougher something to wrap it up, get the final hype. Hoseok has some serious teasing at the start, Namjoon gets real smart but the end needs to be rough. Make the people mad with raw emotion and power behind the delivery that just wasn’t there.”

“He is right,” Hoseok said and Yoongi made a face as he listened to the last verse again taking the lyrics sheet and began making changes adding entirely different lines in places.

“It is good though you just need to deliver it better, get exasperated on the track, that shit sounds like you are fucking proving a point.” Yoongi stood up from the computer and played the track into the tiny soundproof booth. It was a little portable box insulated just like any other booth Yoongi had rented before to work on his mixtape.

Even though the booths were different sizes they worked the same and Yoongi stepped inside it had just begun Hoseok’s verse and he was reading over the lines getting ready to record when it got to the third verse he took the lines running putting as much gravel and emotion into the lyrics.

He rapped like he was trying to argue with someone about his worth as a rapper. He delivered the verse as if it was his own cypher he let things flow he got to the section that Namjoon had previously performed and the pace picked up, he didn’t let up the whole time and as he hit the last line he let out a loud laugh he was embarrassed to rap in front of anyone. “Hahaha….. YA!”

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Shout out to [email protected]!

Who wrote us to say: “Wake up. You're doing more harm than good.You self-righteous fools are doing your best to get Donald Trump re-elected. Playing right into his. hands.Similar to when radicals voted for Ralph Nader and bequeathed us 8 years of GWB.Wake up! Save your protests until after the election.” Let’s head over to the polls to see if they back up what you’re saying or if you’re full of shit. On May 25 - the day Minneapolis cops murdered George Floyd in broad daylight in full view of multiple witnesses - Trump’s approval rating was 42.7%. Here we are a shade over two months’ worth of protests later and his approval rating? 40%. The day after Floyd’s murder, six different polls had Biden beating Trump in support 48% to 41.5% (average between all six polls). Now? The polls are saying Biden has 54% support to Trump’s 41.7%. Two months+ of protests in support of Black Lives Matter & Biden’s lead has increased by 6% while Trump’s support is stuck at below 42%. Let’s look at another analysis to be sure, shall we?

See how the gap between Biden & Trump starts to accelerate right around the time people get in the streets to demand the cops stop murdering black people? Sure a lot can happen in the next 99 days but your thesis that protesting the murders of black people by the cops helping Donald Trump? Non-cypher. Sounds like you’re full of shit, [email protected]. Maybe you should keep your bullshit opinions about when it’s ok for people to protest the continued murders of black people by the police to yourself?

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matrixreimagined · 3 years

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The Dream Chronicles

Chapter Four on A03

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Neo felt the pseudo-wind whip around him as he floated upwards almost leisurely until he was taller than any of the skyscrapers around him. The city scape spread out as far as the eye could see. In the distance, he could see mountains encased by a blue sky. A blue sky that had long ago been scorched.

He slowed down. It was like a video game. It wasn’t really him that was moving—it was his surroundings. He stilled, for a moment, taking it all in.

All that he had thought was real, just an elaborate dream.

All that he had thought was a dream, it was real. And it was waiting for him on the other side of the screen. The thought brought a smile to his lips as he looked down.

Trinity and Morpheus were only dots in the distance.

He began the descent, noting how his jacket billowed. Neo rolled in the air to face down as he soared back to the opposite rooftop before pulling upright to land on his feet next to Trinity.

Morpheus’ eyes were wide as he stared at Neo with something akin to awe.

"Already," Morpheus said, "already you can control your descent and trajectory?"

Neo looked at Trinity, unsure of what to say. Her hard gaze softened when they met his, but she still appeared tense. She flipped out a phone and hit the connect button.

"Tank, take us out," she said, and Neo felt the code around him burst bit by bit. And then his vision changed. Instead of Morpheus and Trinity, he was staring up at a metal ceiling lined with wires and tubes.

Apoc was by his side, quick to unplug him.

Neo sat up. The crew stood gathered at the console but were looking at him with a reverence that he recognized from his dreams. It had always made him uncomfortable but now it was overwhelming.

"If you all aren’t actually doing anything, go to bed." Trinity was already on her feet. Her tone brooked no room for argument and, immediately, Mouse, Switch, Apoc, Cypher and Dozer trailed off. "Morpheus, the office."

Trinity turned on her heel, crossing the main deck.

With a last, awe-filled look at Neo, Morpheus followed.

Neo glanced between the door they had gone through and the operator before asking, "I don't have to go with them, do I?"

"Nah, this is between them. She's scary when she's angry."

Neo laughed, stifling a yawn as he swung his legs over the chair. "You don't have to tell me."

Tank nodded, a smirk on his lips. "I’m Tank, by the way."

Neo blinked at him, surprised at the introduction, and then he remembered. He knew them. They didn’t know him.

And he wasn’t even sure if he did know them. It was all so confusing and, aside from Trinity, he wasn’t sure what and who he could trust.

Ghosts and shadows, he thought back to his conversation with Trinity earlier. Close to reality but not quite real.

He glanced back to the door. He needed her. To talk with her. To figure things out. Just to be by her side while he thought through shit.

He noticed that Tank was still looking at him and it occurred to him that he hadn’t actually responded to the introduction. "Right. I’m Neo."

"Good to meet you. Officially. Given the dreams, and all."

Neo nodded, reaching a hand up to rub at his eyes. It still boggled the mind.

"You feeling okay?"

"Tired," Neo said. "My body feels like I was really fighting Morpheus."

"Your mind makes it real. As far as your brain is concerned, you just went three rounds with Morpheus and then pulled that superman shit in the jump program."

"Superman thing?"

"You know, making a mockery of the fact everyone fails the first jump by floating and flying over the gap like it was nothing." Tank grinned before adding, "That ain't normal, Messiah."

"Which is why Morpheus was pushing."

"Yep. You'd still be in there if Trin hadn't gone all mama bear. Looks like a good thing, too. You ain't going to pass out on me?"

Neo shook his head. "No, but can I lie down for a bit?"

"Go for it. Come find me whenever and I'll run you through some more trainings. You, uh, you remember your way around?"

Neo nodded, covering a yawn. "Yeah."

He pushed up from the chair and made his way towards the crew quarters, his mind barely registering where he was going. Step by step until he reached the door he recognized as his own. He pushed it open and kicked off his boots, eyes already starting to close. Asleep, the moment his head hit the pillow.

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"He's the One!"

"I don't care! He is still human, Morpheus! We never, ever, start sparring the first day, regardless of what he already knew."

"He could fly."

"I was there, Morpheus. I saw it too. But you are so obsessed with the One, you're blinded to the fact that Neo is still human! He's barely woken up and you're acting like he's completed his training!"

"Did you see him in there, Trinity! What he's capable of? We don’t know his limits."

"And we won’t find them by breaking him! Jesus Christ, he isn’t a weapon. No matter the extent of his powers, he is still human!"

Morpheus regarded his first officer, seething before him. He shook his head, unable to understand.

"Not two months ago, you were completely against me trying to free him—said he was too old, that it was too much of a risk. Then a week later, you stopped arguing and started picking up shifts just to watch him— don’t deny it. I thought, maybe, you were beginning to see what I see. But you see something different when you look at him."

He wasn’t wrong but it was irrelevant.

"He’s a man, Morpheus. He still bleeds. Neo needs to be treated as such, not like some lost messiah."

"But that’s what he is."

"It’s not." It came out harsher than she intended. "He does not need to eat, sleep, and breathe being the One. He is so much more than that."

Morpheus closed his eyes, leaning against the desk. A sigh escaped him as the moment passed. Without opening his eyes, he spoke, "He woke up and said your name. When you weren’t there, he started ripping out his IVs. Dozer tried to block him at the door, and he started swinging." Morpheus shook his head. "He was so desperate to get to you. He recognizes the rest of us, but in that moment… I don’t know what he knows. I don’t even know what you know. But I will trust your judgement." Morpheus opened his eyes. "What do you propose we do?"

Trinity felt herself exhale. It wasn’t over, not by a longshot but the captain was listening. That was a start. A step in the right direction.

"Let him do his trainings, let him follow the course that any other redpill would take. Give him time to adjust—at least a week to catch his bearings and align the world from his dreams to the real world. Then we take him to the Oracle."

It was reasonable, neither could deny, even if they both disliked the proposed timeline. It still felt too short, but she could always push for more time if Neo needed it. By then, at least, they would know more.

Morpheus acquiesced with a nod. "We will start training tomorrow," he said, "but he will need to be tested eventually, Trinity. If that's what he's doing after an hour, imagine what he'll be like after a week."

And fuck, she knew that, too.

"I'm just asking for time."

"I'll allow it lest you take it anyway." Morpheus gave her a smile. "And perhaps, in time, you’ll be able to share with me whatever… whatever it is that is going on with you and Neo."

Trinity nodded gratefully and turned to leave. Her hand was on the door when Morpheus spoke again. "Trinity." She turned. "He’s lucky to have you."

The captain didn’t miss the way she flushed as she turned back to the door, not saying anything. She paused, taking a breath, before walking back out to the main deck.

Her eyes scanned the room. It seemed that everyone had followed her orders, at the very least. She had worried that they would have been too overcome with excitement, but the room was empty, save Tank sitting alone at the console.

Neo was nowhere to be seen.

She crossed to the operator, who glanced up as she walked over.

"Hey, mama bear."

"You’re hilarious," she said, although her face did not change. "Can I get a readout of his brain waves while he was in the Construct?"

"Already ahead of you. Sent a copy to both you and Morpheus. Should be on your scanner when you go back to your quarters."

Trin nodded. "You’re the best."

"That award might go to your boyfriend." Tank leaned back in the chair, as he recalled. "He didn’t even make the first jump… he fucking demolished it."

She sighed, moving to lean against the console desk. Her hand ran roughly through her hair. "He can fly."

"I thought Mouse was going to shit himself."

His words had the desired effect and Trinity cracked a grin. "How was Switch?"

"Got over excited and nearly broke one of the monitors. Christ, Trin, everyone was losing it on this side. What he knows already, what he’s been able to do. Even Cypher couldn’t begin to explain it. If all that dream shit wasn’t enough, no one who sees the readings of what just happened will be able to deny it."

"It hasn’t been more than two hours," Trinity said. "He barely has his footing in this world. Hasn’t even begun any sort of real world regimen, Tank."

"We’ll get him started. Between you and Apoc, you’ll bust him into shape in no time."

"I’m not worried about that. I know he’ll be fine. But he’s coming into this world with so many expectations on his shoulders. And we don’t even know how much he knows. Yes, he’s had dreams of this place but that doesn’t mean he’s outlined a path to destroy the Matrix."

"We’ll talk to him. We’ll find out what he knows and build from there. No one is asking him to destroy it tomorrow. He’s got time to figure it out."

She shook her head and said, "He’s not a weapon. He isn’t. And this is what I’m afraid of. When the Council gets a hold of him…"

"They won’t," Tank said, almost smirking. "You won’t let them."

Trinity stared at the operator before letting a small laugh escape. "True." She folded her arms over her chest. "But I can’t protect him from everything. Especially since…" she trailed off.

"You can say it." Tank’s expression was devoid of judgment and far too kind and understanding for her tastes. She preferred him when he was being a sarcastic little shit. "You can say that Neo is the One. With what we just saw, I’m not sure Lock himself would be able to deny it."

Trinity was saved from responding with the door to the office opening again, Morpheus exiting looking positively exhausted.

"Where’s Neo?" he asked without hesitation, finding only Trinity and Tank.

Tank answered, "Said he was feeling tired and asked to go lay down."

Morpheus nodded. "So you took him back to the infirmary?"

"He said he knew the way," Tank said.

"I’ll make sure he has blankets and is settled. Then I’m going to bed. I suggest you both do the same. The alarms will let us know if a sentinel comes close."

Trinity nodded, the lack of sleep catching up with her. "Will do."

"Good night, Captain my Captain." Tank watched as Morpheus left, waiting for the footsteps to fade. "Take it day by day," he advised. "It’s too much for any person to take in at once. I’m still reeling from what he knows. Morpheus is damn near going insane. I can’t even begin to imagine how this is for you."

She stared down at the ground, unable to deny how much Neo was affecting her. His presence, his knowledge. His confusion tugged at her heart strings and she felt torn between playing his fierce protector and picking up where they had left off earlier, before Apoc and Switch had interrupted and forced them to remember their surroundings.

It didn’t matter, she supposed.

Asleep, in the real world, Neo was shockingly safe. From Agents, from Morpheus, from his own curiosities. At least until morning.

"I’m not going to lie," she said finally. "I’m scared. For him. Of him. I’m not sure how to manage all of this. He talks to me like he knows me. And I find myself talking back, like I know him. But I don't. Today was the first day I spent with him awake for more than five minutes. And I keep reminding myself of that but, honestly, I don’t care. And then that scares me."

Tank nodded along. "You two… have something. Whether it’s based in dreams or not, you and Neo have something. And love, even just infatuation, can mess with the most put together person and tear them apart. And this is more than just that."

"I know."

"So, give yourself a break. No matter what happens with you and Neo, your life just changed dramatically. You’re allowed to take time to adjust."

"It just seems—"

"Tank!" Morpheus’ voice echoed from the hall into the main deck.

Trinity grimaced and Tank gave her a commiserating look as he shouted back, "Yeah?"

Morpheus crossed the threshold onto the deck. "He wasn't in the infirmary. Are you sure that's where he went?"

"He said he was going to lie down," said Tank, "and that's where I’d imagine he'd go. Did you check the crew quarters?"

"He wasn't in the one we assigned for him, nor any of the other empty ones."

Her heart stuttered as the obvious thought hit her. Swallowing, she asked, "Did you check my quarters?"

Morpheus and Tank both looked at her wide-eyed.

Keeping as blank a stare as she could, she reasoned, "We’ve established that he’s seen me naked. And he knows the book on my bedside table in Zion. I think it's safe to assume, if he's going off of memory, that he probably sleeps with me."

Tank was trying, desperately, to keep a straight face. She could see his lips twitching as he worked at stilling his features. It was a losing battle. Eventually, a giggle bubbled up. His hand went up to cover his mouth and Trinity resisted the urge to roll her eyes.

"Laugh it up," she said as Tank shifted into truly guffawing.

"Oh my god," he laughed, leaning back in the chair, "I’m sorry. But this…" The laughter continued and she caught Morpheus’ gaze.

She could see the confusion, the wonder in his eyes.

"Do you…" Morpheus’ face was reluctant, even as he made the offer, "do you want me to have him moved or…?"

She waved a hand. "It’s… fine. We’ll work it out, Neo and I. Whatever it is that’s going on, we need to be the ones to sort it out." Trinity gave him a small smile. "I’m going back to bed. I’ll see you all in the morning."

"Have fun!" Tank called, still laughing.

The walk to her quarters never seemed so long. She took a breath before opening the door, slowly as to avoid the creaking.

Sure enough, even in the dark, she could make out the lump on her bed that certainly wasn’t blankets.

Trin closed the door and toed off her boots and socks. The floor was cold beneath her bare feet. She paused for a moment, looking down at the man in front of her, nestled in the blankets, stirring ever so slightly.

Neo’s eyes flickered open and he inhaled. "Hey," he murmured.

"Hi," she replied softly, not wanting to disturb him.

Neo opened his blankets upwards, making room for her to climb in. She did so, settling in between his arms in a way that felt right. She closed her eyes as her head rested on his forearm and quickly drifted off into sleep.

#the matrix #the matrix fanfiction #matrix fanfiction #neo x trinity #neo (the matrix)#trinity (the matrix)

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redspiderling · 4 years

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Hey there. Any ideas on why the writing fell apart for Natasha in subsequent movies, even from creators who did a lot better With the first time around? In the first Avengers Movie, Whedon made her a lead character and showcased Natasha in several notable scenes. He followed that up with an out-of-nowhere romance and a subplot based on her reproductive capability. The Russos made her a co-lead in The Winter Soldier. They later fridged her in Endgame, calling her a “cypher”. What gives?

Hey there,

Hope you’re still well anon! You sent this ages ago, I know, but I don’t think I was in the right mindset to reply at the time.

The writing for Natasha was never high end, or consistent, since the beginning. Let’s not forget that the first time we saw Natasha on screen she was a fake femme fatale working for Stark.

There was definitely improvement in her appearance in the Avengers, and they worked a bit more on her character in the Winter Soldier, but before, and after that, it’s a wasteland.

Sometimes when I’m feeling extra bitter I do like to argue about Natasha’s role in Winter Soldier. I know it’s practically the best we got in the eyes of most fans, but I always felt her presence in the Avengers was much truer to character. Not just because we get to see her being a badass, but also because Natasha has her own agenda in the Avengers. In the Winter Soldier she does lose a bit of her identity to serve the plot (falling back on a double-agent role, even though she’s already defended the Earth and joined the Avengers).

Plus, now that I’ve let loose when criticizing the MCU’s treatment of Natasha, I’d also like to point out that the only reason Natasha was in the Winter Soldier at all, let alone promoted as much as she was, was Scarlett.

If you look at the script the actual co-lead is Sam, not Natasha.

Sam is the one to whom Steve opens up to, and Sam is the one who gives him hope in becoming part of the modern world. The one who also gives him a lifeline into getting out of the superhero life, if that’s what he wants.

Sam is also the one who willingly puts himself on the line to help Steve out, even though he didn’t have to. He’s the one who Steve wakes up to in the hospital, and the one who goes with him to find Bucky.

I’m not trying to diminish Natasha’s role in the film btw, nor am I trying to make her compete with Sam, I adore all those characters together on film. If anything, Sam and Natasha are two halves of the same sidekick to Steve. Neither is there to further their own agenda, they’re both there to help Steve find his way.

(not to mention Bucky is the love interest, script wise. Which is why it made more sense, again, script-wise, to keep Natasha as the buddy cop.)

Anyway, all I’m saying is that while we get more of Natasha in the Winter Soldier, comparatively to other MCU films, what we do get is neither top notch, nor exactly highlighted. Natasha in the MCU always ends up saving the day from the side-lines and she’s always the one fucked over in the process. TWS is no exception to that, all of the films suffer from the same sexist nonsense. That’s where the “cypher” shit comes from, and that’s where the fridging comes from, and it all makes me very tired.

#anons #asks #Natasha Romanoff Deserves Better

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gmfgravitymayfall · 3 years

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Dipper and Camila part4 (Finale)

Dipper, holding a bag with some books: Camila? What's wrong?

Camila, crying but trying to clean herself up: Oh, uh, nothing. Don't worry about it, Mason. I was just...watching a sad movie.

Dipper:...Camila...the tv isn't on.

Camila: Shit. Uh, hey! You weren't here when I got home. Where have you been?

Dipper, sitting next to Camila: I found a new lead on something I've been looking into. Don't change the subject. What's going on?

Camila: *Sigh* Do you remember when I told you about a woman I met a few months ago? The one with a drug problem?

Dipper: Yeah. You said you helped her get clean.

Camila: She was just brought in due to another overdose. The doctors did everything they could, but they could save her this time.

Dipper: Oh god. I'm so sorry, Camila.

Camila: I knew there'd be days like this when I became a nurse, I just...I didn't know it'd hit me this hard. I didn't even really know the woman.

Dipper: You put your trust in someone, and they let you down. I can understand that.

Camila: no, it has nothing to do with that. It...I think I understand now, Mason.

Dipper: Understand what?

Camila: Why you want more power. What it feels like to be weak. I couldn't do anything to help that woman. I felt...useless.

Dipper: Camila...

Camila: I help save lives everyday. I've had little kids give me flowers because I was their mother's nurse...But I can't help everyone. And, I know it's irrational to think it, but I can't help but feel like I should do more. Save more.

Dipper: I get it. I know what it feels like when you think you can do more. But you can't dwell on what you can't change.

Camila, smirking slightly: Says the guy who spent the last week searching through every occult books store and library he could find, even though he doesn't know what he's looking for?

Dipper, chuckling softly: Okay, that's fair. But I'm looking for something to literally make me stronger. What you're dealing with is human nature itself. That's something you can't change.

Camila: I guess you're right. I was foolish to think I could cure a woman I barely knew of a crippling addiction. Life just isn't that simple.

Dipper: It never is. But that doesn't mean you stop trying. You have a good heart, Camila. I don't want to see you lose it.

Camila, looking right in Dipper's eyes: Mason...I'm glad I found you bleeding in an alley.

Dipper, smiling: I'm glad you found me bleeding in an alley too.

(They kiss, and Camila lead Dipper into her bed room)

*A few hours later*

Dipper, sitting on Camila's bed: Maybe I should just stay here. *He turns to Camila sleeping peacefully next to him* With you. It wouldn't be so bad. Mom and dad tried it. And the only reason it didn't work out was because of Cypher. And Cypher's gone now.

Dipper, get's out of bed: And even if he comes back, Mabel could stand up to him. Especially if Wendy is still helping her.

Dipper: I could stay here. Get a normal job. Be with Camila. Fortuna's a great city, I could make a good life here. Even if things don't work out with Camila.

Dipper, turning back to Camila sleeping: You're have a good heart, but you can't change human nature. And neither can Mabel. *He quietly walks out of the room*

Dipper: Mabel can save humanity from demon, but she can't save them from themselves. But maybe I can. *He picks up one of the books he just bought.* Temen-Ni-Gru. It's a good place to start.

*The next morning*

Camila, waking up to an empty bed: Mason? *She sees a note on the pillow next to her* "I'm sorry. Good bye."

Camila, looking out a near by window: *Sigh* I hope you find what you're looking for.

#Gravity Falls #Dipper Pines #The Owl House #Camila Noceda #Devil My Cry #save the owl house

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BTS game

hello i was tagged by @fictionbunny @kimsouthjoon @hobis-glasses @kookie-off-his-kookie to do this one of the most complicated tags to me cuz i really dont like to choose amongst these things -_- just wanna say that i appreciate every era every hair colour they pull them off like crazy every song every mv every moment etc so i wanna punch the air and eat my fist rn but lets try im gonna break every rule i can tho dont fucking @ me fuck this shit expect a lot of words keep reading fucked up all the mentions im sorry ;( just scroll to the bottom

1. First BTS song? DNA but yo when i was in my active yt phase (2015-) i think i watched fine bros ent and they showed kpop mvs to random ppl and i think (i only realized it months later) they showed bst mv and at those times i was wow those kpop dudes r so extra with mvs like this dlfsjkljkfdhf also i think somewhere on 9gag i saw a lil clip of fire mv and i remembered joons verse just visuals and the rythm or melody or idk this is how i didnt know who r bts but i remembered that dudes (joon) face so yeah idk how to feel

2. First bias? as i just whined in the tags in previous posts it was taehyung

3. Current bias? ot7 biased i had sth clicking in me with every member but ofc sometimes i have moods related to a certain member :)

4. Put the members in order of your bias list: nO idk how am i supposed to choose

5. Favorite BTS song? well fuck u too let me know rain serendipity pied piper dimple gogo trivia love singularity fake love tear anpanman love maze so what black swan ugh jamais vu interlude shadow my time louder than bombs on 00:00 home mikrokosmos intro the most beautiful moment in life hold me tight autumn leaves run silver spoon save me epilogue young forever butterfly house of cards love is not over converse high outro propose where you from intro skool luv affair blood swear and tears lie mama awake lost begin cypher 4 intro boy meets evil spring day outro wings we are bulletproof pt 2 like outro circle room cypher dream glow who feat lauv no more dream ddaeng chicken noodle soup sea should i continue???????

6. Favorite underrated BTS song? i dont even know overrated songs?? if u can put it like this

7. Favorite song of Wings? ................. no one is going to read all of this anyway but i mentioned some in 5th question fhahaha

8. Favorite songs of each LY Her, Tear, Answer? same here lmao yes im doing this on purpose who cares

9. Favorite music video? ON Kinetic Manifesto Film : Come Prima i think cuz bruh the choreo this is what i love the most about mvs sdfhsdlkhsf

10. Favorite dancer? out of dance line? uh THEY ALL DANCE IN SUCH DIFFERENT STYLES WTF ok so im a fan of hip hop so i really love hobis style but oh my god the way jungkook moves or does whatever??? im losing my shit?? jimin hello he made me love contemporary with black swan even tho i wasnt a fan of it taehyung BITCH SHOULD I EVEN START HE APPEARS ON STAGE AND U FEEL IT RIGHT AFTER

11. Favorite vocalist? should i reply like i did previously :/ ngl tho i prefer lower voices irl cuz they make me feels things but bro nah no way i can reply to this properly i keep listening to them i feeling their voices differently even in some new ways and im blown away fuck u

12. Favorite rapper? f u c k u one thing im gonna say tho idk how but a lot of times whenever i hear hobis verses in majority of songs im like YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :OOOOOOOOOOOO IM LOVING THIS NOT NORMAL AMOUNT but should i start about their different flows or how much they experiment with it and how cool is that??? and how they feel themselves and how good they r at this??? nah fr fuck u -_- metaphorical ‘u’

13. Favorite hair color on each member? uh plz dont forget about my disclaimer namjoon-grape peachy platinum blonde, jin-blonde purple pink, yoongi-mint black blonde fake love era hair, hoseok-blonde fake love era hair chicken noodle soup hair longish hair esp during tear performances -_-, jimin-blonde black silver pink blue and honesly all those colours he had during lys tour????, taehyung-dna hair perm he has rn mint red peachy blue and also all that ly tour hair, jungkook-long hair blonde cherry all kinds of ombre he has rn dna era hair too and fake love hair and bst hair and i think there r more but i dont remember ;(

14. Favorite choreography? on black swan fake love bst boy with luv dionysus save me etc shOULD I MENTION THOSE DANCE BREAKS THEY HAD DURING AWARD SHOWS LOL

15. Favorite (bromance) ship? GOD I LOVE ALL THEIR BONDS SO MUCH ITS SO PRECIOUS AND SPECIAL my ults tho r taekook yoonminseok and namjin cuz i prefer it this way in fanfics but irl or how do i say it from all the content we get i love every bromance thingy they have tho????? LIKEEEE THEY LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER SO MUCH I CAN TALK ABOUT IT FOR HOURS HOW MUCH ALL OF THEM MEAN TO EACH OTHER AND HOW MANY TAEJINYOONKOOKMINJOONVHOPEYOONSEOKJIHOPENAMGI2SEOKEVRYTHINGEVERPOSSIBLEETC THREADS I RETWEETED they melt my heart they really show how u r supposed to treat ur closest ppl u kno? they accepted each other and all those personal traits that seemed so weird and unfamiliar at first and they know each other so well and r so caring and loving and supportive but how do we do shit irl? bitch u piss me off real bad u better fuckk off or else- ofc im exaggerating but shit like this happens and its really time to rethink some shit and well i really learnt a lot

thank u for u patience

im tagging @darlingjoon @starry-tae @stargazingjin @crytaeby @cyphertaehyungie @brightlytae @vjimin @monojoons @jungkpop @jungkooksmoon @itseokjins @flowerbangtann @lucid-jjin @yoonshadow @agu5td @hosnack @jjkguk @hwagaemkt @utopiajeon @nemjyoon @sunshineggukie @mapofugh or whoever else wants or well sorry if u were tagged or did this already also u may read its pointless anyways so yeah i hope u r having a good time day night week mood etc or if u dont plz do

#tag game #m:text #yeah it fr took me around a week or more to decide that is shoudl do this and ofc there is a reason why i finally decided lmao sdkgfkdfgli #OH MY GOD I FORGOT SEA HOW COULD I FORGOT SEA DUMBASS

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Analysis of X: Maurader’s #1 “I’m on a Boat”

Ahoy Muties! I’m Jacob Mattingly and in moving to Tumblr and print, this is my first text review. As for this segment, welcome to Analysis of X, where I cover the dawn of x and onward as it happens. I will get to X-Men #1 as I wasn’t sure wether to review it late or not soon enough, but for now I felt it best to start with Dawn of X’s first non-hickman stab at greatness, Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli’s pirate themed Mauraders. Come aboard after the break.

So Mauraders begins a few months back, with our book’s headliner Kitty Pryde, and her future teammates, close friend and surrogate mom Storm and ex-boyfriend and her best buddy, my faviorite X-Man and organizer for orgies on Krakoa: Nightcrawler, ready to head to Krakoa. For those two of you who didn’t read house of x or couldn’t afford it and powers, understandable the current status quo is simple: Mutantkind has formed it’s own nation on their former enemy Krakoa, the island that walks like a man but currently dosen’t because several people would fall off, and have planted gates globally so mutants can come to their new eden, finally done with all the racist genocidal bullshit mankind has put them through. Kitty tries to come along But welll....

Instead of letting her in for some reason Krakoa instead says come on and SLAM and your not welcome to the JAM. Kitty takes it well.

We get our character page, which is apparently NOT limited to Hickman’s work, but I find it a nice touch, and unlike the avengers books from other writers under his tenure not doing the same thing, unify’s things a bit. I also like this opening mystery a ton. Is it her powers? Or is it something else? And how will Doug Ramsey aka Cypher, her former best friend who had a crush on her in the mutant equivalent in high school and Krakoa’s translator factor into this. I hope he does because most Kitty Pryde centric stories kinda forgot he existed entirely, as did New Mutants and All-New X-Factor on the Doug side. Seriously it bugs me as they were incredibly close yet because him being single might get in the way of her and other ships the writers had planned, this was just ignored and hopefully with Doug being a bigger player Duggan won’t ignore him this time, and given how strong this book is I expect this to come up.

Moving Right along after the intro page, with the wonderful welcome of ahoy muties and a cast page, showing this isn’t exclusive to Hickman’s book and something I like we get a captain’s log of sorts, with the reveal that, with no way to portal there, Kitty just stole a boat, said i’m the captain now (Because you can’t escape that refrence and why would you) and then .. muses a bit about how left behind she feels as seen above. And it’s an intresting dilema: without the portals, how can she ever REALLY feel at home on Krakoa when she’d basically be trapped there, alone amongst everyone else.. and not for the first time.

Longtime fans or those who’ve binged Claremont’s run will recall this little scene: after taking the bullet for Rouge during Mutant Massacre Kitty was left basically a ghost. No tangeblity, no way to interact, just trapped in a world she could see. While it DID get better from here it was only marginally: she could speak, she could talk.. but for the early part of her days with Excalibur, basically the british X-Men and something i’ll save more for next week, her powers of phasing through objects had reversed. She had to concentrate to stay SOLID and it was hell for her. It eventually righted itself, somehow I haven’t read far enough into Excalibur to know, but it had to leave some scars. The fact it happened AGAIN after that time she made a bullet meant to destroy earth intangiable and was only saved about a year or so later in story, or month given the weird timescale for marvel but moving on, by Magneto.. and left like this AGAIN until right before Schism. So to me, wether intentional or not, and it feels intentional, Kitty’s been isolated and trapped, alone amongst those around her before.. and she probably dosen’t want that again but worse. So she sails to Krakoa unsure with logan’s grocery list in tow. Which gloriously, we get to see.

And this also explains where the hell the beer used in the big party at the end of HOX and POX came from, though it’s equally likely Logan had magneto steal a beer truck for them and then spent a full day with him carting it all through the gate. But before this gloriousneess Kitty arrives and tries going through the other way.

So before Kitty, or Kate as she prefers to be known now, gets down to a rousing round of killing a child, Bobby shows up. Kitty assures him her problem is be handled by top men, which your saved from the indiana jones refrence because I can’t find a picture for that, logan goes diving for booze.

Because let’s face it Logan without enough Booze to murder Bojack Horseman just isn’t Logan. Bobby heads into a gate to find out why it has no traffic, while Kitty.. gets a phone call from her good old buddy Emma Frost, white queen. As a refresher the two went from sniping at each other constantly to mutaual respect with still a good deal of pot shots during Joss Whedon’s run on the book. That has not really changed. For those of you just joining us Emma was, and now is again, the white queen of a hellfire club and the first evil mutant kitty ever met, so naturally, shit’s complicated. But the important takeaway is that Emma trusts kitty. And has a job opprotunity for her. Those who read HOX and POX probably know that the ruling council of krakoa has an open chair.. and Emma wants her to . See these days Emma’s old running buddies in the hellfire club, which she’s now in charge of, are the Hellfire Trading company, a vital economic partner and thus were naturally courted by Xavier as a vital part of Krakoa and shipping the life giving plants Krakoa gives worldwide. Where Kitty Kitty Bang Bang comes in is that not everyone is happy about Krakoa or welcoming of their gates: HOX and POX outright showed some countries refused to partner with them, and even some that have agreed to soverignty have taken to some drastic measures to keep mutants from leaving.

Yeah, and it makes sense. The Marvel universe was prejudiced against mutants on a GOOD day, and now they’ve outright declared superiority, strong armed their way into acceptance, and want to take all of the rest away to their eden. While they had every right to after multiple, and i’m not exagerating, attempted and two sucessful GENOCIDES, of course they have to play hard ball to get this and of course extremist anti-mutant groups wouldn’t stand for it. But it works because it makes sense: the portals are a big target and several assholes aren’t going to let mutantkind escape their service, or alive, without a fight. So that’s the mission Emma is offering: a seat at the table as Red Queen of Hellfire and a misson saving muties, getting drunk and fightin round the world. And she also, cleverly, juxtoposes her being a pirate with what pirates in the past did: the pirates and traders of old were slavers. Kitty and her crew would be liberators, saving mutants from Humankind, bringing the live saving drugs in even to countries who refused and the mutants out. Speaking of mutants who are out let’s check on Iceman. But first lockheed with a crab.

Awww. So bobby heads to mother russia.. and finds a nice warm reception.

Yeah naturally this dosen’t go well. Russia is , unsuprisingly, being a dick about the whole thing and it turns out the asshole’s armor can temporarily depower mutants, so bobby books it back and tells kitty.. who’s Mr. Lahey levels of plastered and gets Storm to tag along on her boat, with Storm likely doing so Kitty dosen’t start declaring that she is the liquor or something.

We cut to china where a woman is claiming her husband disappeared.. but Bishop shows up looking into it, and claiming he never showed up. She refuses to talk to him and Bishop calls it a night, but like the audience can tell something’s not right, and given he’s on the cover but doesn't join the team this issue, we’ll likely find out soon enough. Meanwhile ON A BOAT. The future Mauraders are filled in that the people surrounding the portal aren’t with the goverment but an extremist group, and find they have a stowaway aboard.

Yup it’s everyone’s faviorite aussie aronist Pyro, back from the dead after years of being dead, a quick ressurection that reset his character development, and then disappearing and being replaced by one of the very few intresting parts of X-Men gold. I wasn’t even aware he’d been ressurected which shows just how much they gave a shit. Duggan wisely gives him amnesia and reveals the tragic truth of how he came back.

Yup, true to Xavier’s new regime being one part hope and compassion and another part cold detached dickery, which really isn’t that far from the old regime he’s just open about the last part now, Pyro was only brought back first so the “Important mutants” would be sure to be safe. Even with his actions post ressurection, going back to petty crimin.. even though his death, despite never having read the issue, is still a great moment in X-History. Pyro, having failed several desperate attempts to cheat death at the hands of the Legacy Virus, uses his last moments to save someone who fears and hates him: Senator Kelly.. and in the process until the man’s own death changed the man from Mutantkind’s greatest enemy to a great supporter. And after that great selfless sacrifice... all Xavier and Magneto think of him is a lab rat, an unimportant mutant to use first to make sure their plan works. A throwaway slab of mutant meat. Understandably he was about to slide right back into crime but is instead drafted by storm and likely thinks “Eh, what else am I gonna do. “ So with our roster complete for now, our heroes dive into battle with kitty suggesting they swarm the power suit asshole so she can take him out and it works, but leaves her with just herself, pyro and lockheed to fight back.. and we get one of the best marvel fight scenes in recent history as a result. I’m only showing what’s necessary, but I can’t resisit a few choice shots

The fight as you can see is fast paced, fun, and uses kitty’s powers in creative ways we haven’t seen in some time. It’s been a LONG time since her powers weren’t boiled down to “I can’t be hurt” and “I can disrupt tech by phasing through it” and it is GLORIOUS, with Lolli’s art utterly shining and promising more tasty action and creative fights to come. Also i’d be remiss if I left this out

KItty using lockheed to give pyro a boost and blow away the Calvary. Our heroes win the day, save the grateful mutants the group had been holding from the gulag, and send them home, with all three deciding to stick with her: Pyro because it’s fun and because as established he’s pissed at Xavier and Mags for using him as a lab animal, and Iceman out of loyalty. With that Kitty has one of the mutants presence pull out her phone and gives one hell of a series, and team, tagline...

The issue closes out with a nice little scene where Kitty asks storm to join her. And while storm, understandably given the last mutant group of maurders caused aforementioned massacre, not crazy about the name, she affirms her loyalty to her old friend’s new cause.. and to her in this beautiful line of dialogue.

And with that, Kate takes Emma up on her offer and we get a great group shot to close us out.

Well okay not entirely. Like in powers of x we get some plot revant gossip from bar sinsiter. Mostly just foreshadowing for the future.. that emma may of asked someone before storm, a clan of racists in hoods, and some “red tides” at hellfire bay. nothing to dig into much. Final Thoughts: An excellent start that I hope keeps going like this. Marauders is one of my faviorite kinds of comics: a quirky team, loads of laughs and great likeable characters. Pyro is an easy faviorite and the book took Kitty from creators pet for Benids and Guggenhiem into new territory while building on what Claremont, Ellis and Whedon started. It’s also a welcome breath of fresh air after the more plot based house and powers to have more character focused stories and reactions to Krakoa and see the world build as we see how the globe is taking the Mutants new status. An excellent addition to what hickman has built. If you liked this follow me for more as i’ll be reviewing X-Men #1 sometime soon, Excalibur #1 next week, and more fun stuff and if there’s something you’d like me to review you can slip me a fiver to commission me for it. Until we meet again my fair muties.

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kaylormovedsept5th2019 · 5 years

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i got tagged by @jodicomer to do this AGES ago but i suck SO MUCH at filling out tags akdjalajaja THANK U THO LOVE I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO IT 💕💕💕💕

10 FOLLOWERS YOU’D LIKE TO KNOW MORE

NAME: bonnie!

SIGN: cancer sun leo moon libra ascending

GENDER: female (she/her)

HEIGHT: 5'6" (i think???)

WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN TEN YEARS? hopefully winning an emmy for editing, traveling the world with my jake, and owning a small farm

IF YOU COULD BE ANYWHERE RIGHT NOW, WHERE? los angeles or new york citt with jake!!!!

FAVOURITE ‘90s SHOWS: friends/seinfeld/the x-filesssss

YOUR LAST KISS: yesterday at some point lol

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STOOD UP? yeahhhh, the first one that comes to mind is the "worst day of my life", and tl;dr version, my best friend and ex-girlfriend had been a really tight trio, but recently before this incident, they had been excluding me. (found out years later it's because they had been cheating together, but i digress...) so one day, during rehearsals, they were talking about having a sleepover right in front of me, but not including me in the plans (again). and i finally spoke out hey, what if i came too!!! 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃 and they just kinda hesitated and were like.......oooookay, sure. so i kept bringing it up throughout rehearsal, and then when it was over, they rode back together without me, insisting i "meet up" later (at an undisclosed time of course). went to eat lunch with my family, planning to get my stuff and race over, but when i called my ex to confirm the time, she was quiet - and then went the fuck OFF on me. oh why are you inviting yourself, this doesn't include you, we have our own plans just for us, etc etc. anyway i hung up and it gets worse from there but.........is that getting stood up lol?????

EVER BEEN TO VEGAS? nope, and i have no real interest in doing so

YOUR FAVOURITE SHOES: my adidas superstars (black/white and green/white)

YOUR FAVOURITE FRUIT: BLUBBERIES

YOUR FAVOURITE BOOK: i have read ONE book in the last ten years lmao, but that was the seven husbands of evelyn hugo, which is a DEFINITE fave. tied is the his dark material series

STUPIDEST THING YOU’VE EVER DONE: these have more details to them, but i'll keep it brief. 1. tried to walking around a beach in maine at night, but my lady uber driver went hell fucking no kiddo, take your pic and get back in my van. she revealed maine has the highest disappearance rate in the us, and beaches (unlike the southern ones i am used to) are NOT fucking safe. she probably saved my ass from getting fucking disappeared man. 2. rode a bus from boston to salem, but turns out that area is Extremely Unsafe. i knew i would be at my bus stop alone, was planning on walking through the town, and i was so terrified as it got closer i was in tears. but by the grace of god, there just fucking HAPPENED to be two cops at MY fucking stop!!! they stayed with me until my uber got there, telling me not researching this area was really fucking dumb (in the brutally honest way boston citizens to lmao), and i have never been so lucky or felt so watched over by god in my life. i am indebted to those fucking officers man.

YOUR LOCK SCREEN:

my secret santa gift from @ kristanna!!!!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE GIF?

top five b/c i love gifs and cannot choose between my children (in no particular order)

1. A Constant Mood

2. Everytime My Life Falls Apart

3. Texas Mood

4. this gif still makes me snicker out loud akdjakanan

5. b/c it is quite literally Me

i tag: @toastedcoconutchips @jake-from-state-farm-school @grizzlybairparty @vagabonds-and-troubadours @thefuckingstory @didotheslayer @kayspiracy @theprologues @butchlesbianellie @original-cypher and anyone else who wants to go to town on this shit!!!!

#asks #tagged #mutuals #me

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hi i need you to ramble about LotS in your very special karen way okay thanks :D

WHEREDOIEVENBEGIN???????????

Right off the bat, they got the formula right with Legend of the Seeker. I remember seeing an advert for it when I was in college, telling me to watch the first episode on ABC. And I was like “What. Is. This. Corny. Freaking. Fantasy. Show? SO. MANY. HOT. PEOPLE. I CANNOT MISS THIS.”

So I sat down all by myself, ready to have a blast and laugh, and maybe not ever watch it again. And an hour later, I was like .... shaking .... it was that perfect.

Because, listen. Not only are most of the characters hot (yeah I’m shallow, fuck off I’m allowed), the creators of the show understand that fantasy fans are male, female, gay, lesbian, bi, and all the colors of the damn rainbow, from all walks of life, and they give us SO. MUCH. TO. LOOK. AT.

But there’s that age-old cheesy fantasy element to it, with the melodramatic dialogue here and there, and the cheesy special affects that are the perfect balance, because it’s just a smidgeon better than Syfy Original Movies, but not SO good that it’s not a real fantasy show. AND it’s filmed in New Zealand, so the setting is SO GORGEOUS and perfect, but also they actually hire a bunch of actors who aren’t just white New Zealanders but also Māori folks, and they all struggle so much with the American accent that it just ADDS TO THE PERFECTION AND ENJOYMENT.

And the heroes of the show get EQUAL. TIME. Richard Cypher is your typical farmboy who is actually THE SEEKER--the one and only savior of the New World and the Old World--and nobody ever told him he was adopted and actually all powerful--he never asked for any of it, but he embraces it and stumbles through it all the same, making mistakes, letting his altruism take control and effing things up sometimes in a way that makes you go (rolls eyes) RICHARRRRRRRD. And he is fucking HOT. Like, hot DAMN that body. And the pilot OPENS with that man chopping wood shirtless. Like, WAY TO KNOW YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC, SHOW. YAS.

And then Kahlan Amnell is just...the most AMAZINGLY radical female fantasy character. She is a Confessor and INCREDIBLY powerful--sworn by ancient laws to be the protector of the Seeker, just as generations of Confessors before her have been, and she has the power to make you do or say anything she wants you to...at a cost. And oh my God the ANGST of it is so beautiful, because they basically become her slave and it’s really upsetting and sad because death is the only way to break the spell, so she deals with guilt and responsibility ALL THE TIME. But also she is HOT and she fights with her long black hair all out and the show makes sure to make everything all slow motion so that EVERY EPISODE has at least two or three scenes of the PUREST HAIR PORN. ALSO she wears this stunning-ass white flowing dress with bitchin’ sleeves so you get a lot of white dress and sleeve porn too.

And then there’s Zeddicus Zu’l Zorander, an all powerful old man WEIRD-LOOKING wizard who’s been protecting Richard as he grew up in his foster home, safe from the powers of evil, pretending to be the crazy naked man who keeps chickens. SERIOUSLY. THAT’S WHAT HE DOES. HE’S THE CRAZY NAKED CHICKEN MAN. BUT ACTUALLY THE MOST POWERFUL WIZARD EVER AHAHAHA! And he’s absolutely hilarious and grumpy sometimes, but also such a sappy old man with a heart of gold, and he loves to eat food even though he’s super tall and skinny.

The three of them travel around and fight against Darken Rahl who is ALSO KINDA HOT BY HIS OWN RIGHT even if his hair is icky kinda ... The Seeker is supposed to defeat Darken Rahl and save the people from his evilness and his evil D’Haran army.

And the romance with Richard and Kahlan will IMMEDIATELY drown you. YOU WILL DROWN. And if you aren’t into hetero-love, there are the Mord-Sith who are basically an army of tight leather wearing torturess women warriors who are part of Darken Rahl’s army. And because they’re a bad ass order of women warriors, a few of them are sexually fluid. And it isn’t even male-gaze-y. Like, one of the Mord-Sith who becomes a regular character in season 2, Cara--I’LL GET TO CARA--is unashamedly and unabashedly bisexual. She has relationships with women and men in the show. But Cara. is. so. amazing. Such depth and inner angst and viciousness but she’s soft putty deep down ... like if Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn-99 actually acted on the torturous threats she makes (and acted on her bisexuality AMIRIGHT???????) ... HER EYE ROLLS ARE THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF. SERIOUSLY.

But the plot is just GREAT. We see them saving lives and stopping to help people, making mistakes, having to deal with their own inner demons...everything is just so beautiful. And the angst is GREAT. And it’s legitimately FUNNY sometimes, and heartwarming other times. And it hurts sometimes and feels really good other times.

There are so many orders of women who are leaders, sorceresses, fighters ... they have so much depth, too. They aren’t just the stereotypical “damsel in distress”, nor are they the stereotypical “STRONG WOMAN” .... Even women who are generally just villagers have moments in which they rise to the occasion to do what’s right and there’s just so much awesome strength and depth in even side characters who are women.

The show was on network TV, but still dealt with sexuality in such an open, normative way ... not just by showing bisexual characters and same sex relationships, but also by unabashedly addressing sex and even playing with sex/pain/torture with the Mord-Sith. Like ..... holy shit.

I’ll forever be upset and bitter that Legend of the Seeker was only allowed 44 episodes. Fuck ABC and fuck folks who thought it was a stupid cheesy show and didn’t turn it on when it first aired. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO CREATED THIS SHOW DESERVED BETTER. THE FANS DESERVED MORE.

But I’ll cherish every single one of those 44 episodes because they’re PERFECT, flaws and all. The flaws are part of its charm.

Seriously, y’all. Turn on Legend of the Seeker.

#Legend of the Seeker #LOTS #Richard Cypher #Kahlan Amnell #Cara #Confessor #The Seeker #Mord-Sith #Zedd #wizard #sword of truth #terry goodkind #ABC Legend of the Seeker #I CAN'T STOP GUSHING IT'S JUST SO GOOD #and I will never be over it ending #awaybacktothen

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