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agerefandom · 2 years

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Agere Writers Masterpost (2022 Edition!)

Important Notes:

Please feel free to add to this list! I couldn’t get everyone and I know I’m missing people

All blogs listed are strictly sfw agere, but have individual DNIs: please check before interacting

Not all of these blogs are accepting requests at the moment: respect the authors’ boundaries when requests are closed

My criteria for the list is at the very end!

@agerefandom (AHS, ATLA, Check Please!, Critical Role, Hannibal, Harry Potter, Homestuck, NITW, POTO, Rick and Morty, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steven Universe, SPN, Twilight, Undertale, WTNV, The Untamed, and more!)

@wonderinglullaby (DC, MLP, Stranger Things, Umbrella Academy, ATLA, SPN, BSD, JJBA, HunterxHunter, BNHA, Death Note, Danganronpa, FNAF, Sally Face, Cookie Run, HLVRAI, Red vs. Blue, and more!)

@fandomregression (The Owl House, Gravity Falls, ATLA, Pokemon, Monster High, OHSHC, Sailor Moon, Miraculous Ladybug, Little Witch Academia, Disney Descendants, Stranger Things, sk8, and more!)

@paper--moons (BNHA, Saiki K, Fairy Tail, Soul Eater, Death Note, FMAB, TAZ, Umbrella Acadey, Marvel, DC, LOTR, Harry Potter, Castlevania, TES, Dragon Age, Stardew Valley, The Witcher, Dimension 20, Hellsing, Durarara, Inuyasha, ATLA)

@kindaycare (Animal Crossing, BNHA, Danganonpa, DDLC, Free!, Genshin Impact, Haikyuu!, JJBA, Love Live!, Project Sekai, PMMM, MLP, Sk8, Monster High, Vocaloid)

@puppy-posting (Marvel, DDLC, ACNH, Naruto, Owl House, She-Ra, Walten Files, Gravity Falls, FNAF, RE:8, and more!)

@deuce-t-agere (BNHA, Care Bears, Criminal Minds, DC, Ever After High, James Bond, LOTR, Marvel, Monster High, POTO, Star Trek, Star Wars)

@littlefirefly42 (Marvel, She-Ra, Riordanverse, Stranger Things, Bee and Puppycat, and more!)

@dino--boyy (Scream, Yellowjackets, Criminal Minds, The Owl House, Stranger Things)

@strawbabys-blog (dsmp, Maze Runner, Harry Potter, BNHA, Merlin, Haikyuu!, Yuri! On Ice, Heartstopper, Hamilton, Marvel, Voltron)

@tinyalliums (dsmp, BNHA, Haikyuu, Star Wars, DC (movies), MCU, Voltron, IT, Grey’s Anatomy, Stranger Things)

@justatinyguy (OFMD, Genshin Impact, WWDITS, Fallout, RE8, Owl House, Arcane, Studio Ghibli, Good Omens)

@cutiecorner (OHSHC, Steven Universe, Batman, Saiki K, Spiderverse, Adventure Time, Owl House)

@healtraumagainyou (Haikyuu!, BNHA, Jujutsu Kaisen, Sonic, Paw Patrol, Genshin Impact, FNAF, Pokemon)

@mossysmolboy (OHSHC, BNHA, FNAF, Black Butler, Yuri! On Ice, Stardew Valley, D:BH, Creepypasta)

@littolbabisworld (Criminal Minds, JJBA, BNHA, Monster High, The Witcher, FNAF, RE, Horror/Slasher Movies, MLP, Sailor Moon)

@thatdorkyficbabey (MCU, The Witcher, Umbrella Academy, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lucifer, ATLA, Castlevania)

@fandom-agere (Stranger Things, Owl House, ATLA, Dead End Paranormal Park, Harry Potter)

@lilhunterpedia (Harry Potter, Criminal Minds, BNHA, Haikyuu!, MCU, Percy Jackson, Black Butler, HunterxHunter)

@sleepy-watcher (WWDITS, Encanto, OFMD, The Mechanisms, Sanders Sides, TMA)

@lokislittlemidgardian (Marvel, Stranger Things, Harry Potter, Heartstopper, B99)

@soulless-strangers (Power Rangers, Haikyuu, KNB, BNHA, SK8, Baki)

@doodlebugbaby (Danganronpa, MLP all gens, Genshin Impact)

@the-agere-fanfic-plaza (DC, Yandere Simulator, Naruto, FNAF, RWBY)

@leos-regression-cove (MCU, WWDITS, OFMD, Umbrella Academy)

@azulsgoldfish (TWST, PRSK, OHSHC, Persona, Pokemon, MLB)

@lanceeselhombre (Genshin Impact, BNHA, Assassination Classroom)

@berrymoos (Stranger Things, Moon Knight)

@prince-honeypaw (BNHA)

@projectsekai-agere (Project Sekai)

@svperstar-daycare (FNAF)

@danganronpa-agere-writing (Danganronpa)

Criteria for blogs to be included on the list: -not only an RPF/Youtuber-focused agere blog -specifically lists k!nk/n$fw in their DNI -takes writing requests, and has an easily accessible fandom list (pinned or bio links) -has posted in the last four months

#sfw agere #fandom agere #agere writing #long post #scroll warning #agere headcanons #misc fandoms #agere community

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quaranmine · 1 year

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btw guys, you can do spoiler text on AO3! here's the html:

<details><summary>the text you want people to see</summary>The text you want to spoiler or hide</details>

it turns it into a little toggleable drop down that shows things and then hides them. it's great for content warnings in ao3 notes if you're worried about spoiling your fic--people who feel like they can proceed without any specific warnings can do so but people who want to see a warning or spoiler can choose to.

i tried it on firewatch au chapter three, it works:

if that html doesn't work, then here's the reddit comment i got it from by an r/ao3 moderator and former ao3 staff memeber. I copied it from here and it worked perfectly, but it didn't paste into tumblr so I manually typed it.

#i don't know if this IS new but i got the impression it might be new?#either way it is very helpful #i think this would benefit people who have a tendency to put content warnings in their end notes so that people who want them scroll #to the bottom to see them #ao3

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uesp · 3 months

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"You cannot control a lich. Do not even attempt to command one through magic. Liches have used necromancy to ascend to a state of undeath and are definitely more powerful than you."

--Excerpt from Materials for Novice Necromancers

#uesp #the elder scrolls #lore #elder scrolls online #legends #you have been given one warning #which considering how cutthroat most necromancers are is really generous

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turtlecleric · 5 days

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Rise!Leo anyone? [Doesn't wait for an answer]

CWs: Implied non-consensual drugging and dubcon/somno-ish activities; to be clear, Leo is not a good guy in this

You can't sleep.

Again.

When you call, Leo answers immediately. There's amusement in his tone when you ask if he might come over and keep you company. A chuckle that has goosebumps running along your arms when you ask him to bring some of that tea that helped you fall asleep so easily last week.

“Of course, hermosa.” There's something in his tone that you can't read, but… you're far too tired to care. You're sure he would tell you if you really needed to know. “I'll be over soon.”

Moments later, he's walking through the portal that sparks to life in your living room. Pulling you into a hug that has you melting against his plastron. He sighs, tightening his arms around you as he holds you for far longer than necessary - surely a sign of his concern, of his care for you.

When he pulls away, you smile up at him, and he smiles back before moving to the kitchen, pulling you along behind him without a word.

The tea is ready in just a few minutes. The warmth of the cup seeps into your hands nicely, the pleasant, herby aroma that fills the air already making your eyelids droop a bit more.

“Drink up,” he murmurs, watching you intently.

All it takes is one sip for you to feel the effects. Thoughts turning to smoke, muscles relaxing… it's truly amazing, this tea that he's willing to share with you. It must really be something special for it to work so well. Though, to be honest, you're not 100% sure that it isn't just…Leo. His presence, helping you finally, finally relax. Quieting those thoughts that keep you awake, soothing the anxiety that never really goes away.

Leo pulls you to the couch. Puts something on the TV. You can't really focus on it, though. You can only focus on the feeling of his hand, gently rubbing your nape. His solid presence beside you. The way he not only lets you relax into him but actively encourages it, pulling you closer.

Everything seems to blur. You're vaguely aware of the fact that he carries you to bed. That he's petting your hair, whispering soft words into your ear.

“Just relax,” he says, his hands trailing down to grip your hips softly.

And you do.

Tag list: @yorshie @thejudiciousneurotic @khayalli @mxalmighty @justalotoffanfiction @luckycharms1701 @thelaundrybitch @shakeyourtrees

#turtlecleric scrolls #rise!leo #she lives! for now #part two coming later this week probably #somno #non con #mind the warnings!!

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navybrat817 · 2 years

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Not a kink/trope/AU you like? Don't read.

Not your favorite character or ship? Don't read.

Not a genre for you? Don't read.

Don't like? Don't read.

Don't hate on writers for sharing their creativity.

#navybrat rambles #text #text post #writer text #writer post #writing text #writing post #writer psa #psa #don't like don't read #don't like don't follow #head the warnings #scroll on by #don't send hate #don't be an askhole #courtesy of threeminutesoflife

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falmerbrook · 9 months

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@tes-summer-fest Day 5: Forgotten

A few weeks ago I was talking to someone (shoutout @kee-vee) about the implications of the Tribunal turning Nerevar into a bonewalker after he died, and how apparently that little piece of Nerevar lore got lost to the ages. Like, imagine if he's still roaming around in some long forgotten tomb, and imagine the mindfuck of the Nerevarine stumbling upon him.

Based on the image of Nerevar on his shrine in Morrowind:

#i have fiddled with the composition with this so much but i cant get it right so sorry if it's wonky #tesfest23 #morrowind #tes #the elder scrolls #nerevar #indoril nerevar #body horror #gore #sorry i dont know how to tag warnings very well #my art #mine #I’m not super happy with it but whatever #i have a speedpaint for this maybe ill post that later #i headcanon nerevars eyes as blue but for reasons im sure youll understand i was not gonna give him a glowing blue eye #im torn on whether this would only work if the nerevarine is not a literal reincarnation but rather a symbolic representation of him #or if he could be some kind of souless mindless husk #in the latter meeting the nerevarine would be especially fucked up

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agerefandom · 2 years

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Inbox Update!

Just for anyone wondering when I will get to their request, or whether I received it! These are listed from oldest to newest, so this is approximately the order they’ll come out in! I usually work on one format at a time, so that depends on my mood/inspiration.

Headcanon Sets: -cg!Anakin Skywalker -regressor!Aizawa and/or Toshinori -flip!Horrortale Sans -regressor!Bea, cg!Mae -regressor!Sam -regressor!Anakin -cg!Clara -regressor!Monoma -regressor!Jade -regressor!Eleven -regressor!Tenth Doctor -cg!Sun and Moon

Moodboards: -regressor!Kaminari -regressor!Bonnie -regressor!Mello -cg!Red & regressor!Tails -regressor!Ishimaru & cg!Taka -regressor!Erik/Phantom -cg!Emmett -regressor!Piglet -regressor!Peter3 -regressor!Jester & flip!Caduceus

Art: not including doodles because the last of those are coming out today! -regressor!Lon’qu -regressor!Archivist -cg!Baymax -regressor!Caleb, cg!Nott -regressor!s/i & cg!cyclops

Fanfiction: -regressor!Katara and flip/cg!Zuko -regressor!reader and cg!Loki -regressor!reader and cg!TFW -regressor!Erik/phantom -regressor!June and cg!Rose -regressor!reader and cg!Hannibal -baby regressor!Jacob -cg!Charlie and Vaggie, regressor!reader -regressor!Dipper -regressor!Dirk and big sister!Jane

There’s also a paci edit that’s waiting for me to get back into edits again!

I’ve only deleted a couple requests: I got some doodle requests that were a little too complex (multiple people, etc), I got a minecraft sona request, and I also got a second request for Herb that was copy/pasted from the first one. So friendly reminder that I don’t currently create for youtuber or band personas/characters, and while I’m happy to draw/write characters again and again, I need specific prompts if you’re requesting the same character multiple times!

Bonus: Pre-Hiatus Requests I’m Keeping Around: -continue A Story For Sans -regressor!Rosalie (fic) -cg!Alastor (headcanons) -Hunter and Omega (art) -Haruhi and Tamaki (art) -regressor!Stevonnie (headcanons) -Bruno w siblings (fic) -continue Regression.exe -regressor!Vaggie (headcanons) -regressor!reader w Warners (fic)

#scroll warning #omg i'm so busy #there's also some questions i haven't answered!!!#so there's a lot to do #i'm taking it slow and steady so I'm sorry if requests aren't filled for a while!!!#blog update #inbox check

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thatfilthyanimal · 3 months

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tw: stalking, grooming, pedophilia, sexual abuse, past suicidal thoughts

I've recently been made aware that Dupsy is still talking about me and is now going to random Megamind fans that don't know me and telling them to avoid me. I'm also aware that they're doing this in the Ruby Gillman fandom. I have no words to really describe the level of discomfort this brings me, but I will attempt.

First of all, all the "grooming" allegations were thoroughly debunked and proven to be bullshit. I can't believe I have to even say this. I'm a victim of grooming and sexual abuse myself. It's extremely traumatic and life-altering shit, and never something I would want to inflict on someone else. I feel like it should be obvious, with the measures I took in the server to ensure no child is exposed to such things. I was recently diagnosed with PTSD due to the shit that happened to me when I was growing up, and between processing that in therapy sessions and stomaching transitioning in a near-constant hostile-to-trans-people online social media hellscape, I am tired.

I love Megamind, more than anything, and this is known and obvious to anyone who's met me. This movie saved my life when I was extremely suicidal and planning to end my life back in 2010. Watching the movie when I did gave me something to focus on, a distraction, and a responsibility as a fandom member that helped distract me long enough to get out of the planning mindset I was in. Had I not seen the movie, I do not think I would have stuck around. I will leave it at that.

And moderating fandom spaces for Megamind has been lovely! I adore this fandom. The people in it are extremely talented and sweet, and just so damn nice, like by default. I say this all the time but I've never experienced another fandom space quite like it. There are usually bad eggs in fandoms, and perhaps -I- am said "bad egg" to some, but genuinely this one is special. I have always felt that way, even when the bad eggs show up and make a stink. It has always felt worth being here for, to me.

And while I hate to give Dupsy the satisfaction of knowing they hurt me, I need to be honest-- it's been rough. I stopped talking in my server, I locked up on most of my friends and stopped talking even in DMs. I still struggle with severe anxiety in the server and have talked to Dal on various occasions about transferring the server ownership to him. He's been very patient with my freakouts and super understanding, but it's still hard. This WAS a place I felt safe, for over ten years! And now it feels like any minor can just say I'm a groomer or a pedo or whatever with ZERO consequences, just because they're mad, just because these are words that make people go "oh shit" and listen, and man! It's not ok! And this coupled with the fact that trans people are often called groomers just for existing, just… man! I'm tired. I'm so tired.

There are real, severe, damaging effects to these claims being thrown around so casually. It's hurtful to me, as a victim of sexual abuse, because when I came forward to people about what happened when -I- was a minor, I was told I "wanted it" and "asked for it". It was made to be my fault that I was abused, and I internalized it for years. It nearly killed me. I cannot stress enough how important it is to not use claims like pedophilia and grooming so lightly-- these are VERY damning terms to use on people and should be reserved for people ACTUALLY HARMING OTHERS. Being mad I banned you from the server is not "abuse" and using my Customer Service Voice to be nice to you and then being obviously tired of you when you were banned is not "emotional grooming". What the actual fuck. ALSO. This was well over a year ago! Why am I still having to post about this? Why are you still TALKING about me? And yet again I ask, where the HELL are your parents?

Anyway, if you've been wondering why I've been so quiet these days and struggling to socialize… honestly? It's this. I hate that this is what did it. I know people trust and believe me, I know the fandom backs me up regularly and I appreciate them all so much for it. I see it, but I never know how to respond. You guys continue to make this fandom feel safe for me even when my entire brain is screaming to run, and I appreciate you so much for it.

Kids deserve to be trusted when they tell people they've been hurt and I hate that the recent proshipping discourse or whatever you want to call it, this culty all-or-nothing shit, has a bunch of minors growing up feeling like EVERYTHING is something to call rapey or predatory, with apparently little room to distinguish when REAL abuse is happening to them. I don't blame anyone for believing Dupsy, and it's honestly better they DO believe all unproven claims of abuse by default, just to stay safe-- but man, it has consequences that follow people, and really should not be a thing to just throw around because you're mad at someone. I just can't believe they're STILL going around and reaching out to strangers telling them to avoid me… like, what the fuck.

I will be ok, I always am eventually, but I needed to say something, because it's honestly been a while since I've said much of anything.

Keep being kind. <3

#trigger warnings in post #Megamind #Ruby Gillman #RGTK #personal #sorry if you have no idea what the heck is happening #continue scrolling its all good #but also maybe uhhhhhh avoid this minor #like a lot

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snake-berry · 10 months

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Eddard "Ned" Stark

first drawing in collection i'm going to do! i want to do portraits for the majority of the asoiaf/awoiaf characters, based on their book descriptions + how i picture them in my head. obviously going to take a while to do everyone and i'll be posting other stuff in between. starting with the starks - never drawn ned before so im pleasantly surprised with how he turned out!

if anyone has an idea for particular characters they'd like to see sooner rather than later, shoot me a request! planning to go house-by-house for the beginning but i might be willing to stray if anyone has a specific character they'd rlly like to see <3

#i feel like my interpretations for some characters are kinda unconventional so. u have been warned in advance lol #ned stark #eddard stark #valyrianscrolls #valyrian scrolls #asoiaf #house stark #asoiaf art #asoiaf fanart #a song of ice and fire #awoiaf #a game of thrones #winter is coming

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masezace · 8 months

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little off topic for my blog, but i started watching a new show since a friend mentioned it was good and i'd heard positive things about it, so i just wanted to talk about it a little bit (probably never again after this since this isn't a fandom blog, but it's the only one i have rn so idc it's going here)

the show is Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous, and just going on looks alone, despite my love for dinosaurs and the Jurassic Park franchise i never would have considered it. it appears to be very much for kids, and as i'm in my late twenties now i'm not particularly interested in especially kiddy media. however a friend my age enjoyed it and mentioned it has a canon lgbtq+ couple in it among the main characters, so of course i just had to watch it. i had already been hearing that despite its initial appearance and premise, it was surprisingly good for a kids' show, so i had already been curious, but i was even more keen after knowing there were queer characters, and not even the adults, the kids themselves (in a kid's show?!! what a time to be alive), so i finally sat down and watched it.

[spoiler warning, both minor and major, for the rest of this post btw, so continue reading at your own risk if you haven't seen it yet/are still watching]

the show overall

okay so firstly, i am coming at all of this from the perspective of a writer, so my observations are from a technical standpoint more so than just as a fan of the show. and honestly, it really is a well-written show as a whole. is it geared towards kids? definitely. there are plenty of jokes/gags in it that just don't appeal to me as an adult, but beyond that, there was plenty to appreciate as an adult.

the writing is actually phenomenal? there were several points in the series where i just sat back and mulled over the way a scene went, what the thought process behind writing it was like, how well it was executed, and how important it was to the characters and overall plot.

the suspense is spot on, nothing gets dragged out too long, and i will admit there have been a few scenes throughout that actually got me; i jumped! it's actually scarier than i expected a kid show to be, but i'm so glad they went where they did because it really elevated the experience.

the pacing overall is very good, adequately engaging for kids' short attention spans (and us adhd adults 🥲) but not too short either to a point where things felt abrupt or unfinished. plot arcs are well developed and tied up nicely. also, as a bit of a dinosaur nerd, the array of dinosaurs in the show is super broad and satisfying! very fun stuff.

character element

imo the real gem of this show is the character development. honestly it's just *chefs kiss*

the characters grow and change so much and so realistically over the course of the show, it's honestly so much better and more satisfying than the character growth in most adult fiction/media recently.

the growth in ben (who btw was def my favorite character by the end of s1) and kenji in particular were my favorites and, in my personal opinion, the most interesting. the way ben started out anxious, cowardly, and rule abiding to a fault, then grew into a brave, confident, adventurous little pyromaniac gremlin, then had that stint later in the series where he regressed a bit-questioning himself-until eventually ultimately striking a great balance and really coming into himself was just... peak character writing.

kenji started out overconfident, lazy, and overly concerned with money/status. but that arrogant overconfidence and laziness slowly turned into responsibility, and a desire to protect his found family, and the realization that it's the people in your life that really matter most.

honestly what i mentioned only scratches the surface in terms of those two characters, there's certainly more that can be said about them (as well as all the others) but i'm not really in the mood for a deep dive character analysis atm. just trust me tho when i say these characters are so well done and each one of them have arcs that are super satisfying to watch play out.

queer representation

and as for the queer couple? yasmina and sammy are PERFECT. it was so beautiful watching their relationship grow from one-sided to mutual friendship, to loyal devotion, then to love. they were set up incredibly well and incredibly naturally. i have like, no complaints when it comes to them. i don't even know if there's anything i can say that would add to things, they were just a really awesome couple to watch become canon, they're the beautiful and painfully needed representation we all beg for in tv and movies.

shipping, chemistry, and intent

but oh goodness... probably my only real complaint about the entire show would be how benji (ben x kenji) and kenji x brooklyn (kenlyn? brookji? idk and idrc) were handled. because for all that this show did SO much beautifully right, they really screwed the pooch here, sadly.

i'm gonna start by saying that the writing in this show, as with most, is deliberate. what i mean by this is that despite having no clue who it would be because my friend thankfully did not even spoil me as far as the genders of the queer couple, i clocked yas and sammy as the would-be queer couple as early as season one (actually it was between them and benji, but more on that later). i could already see the chemistry, because it was deliberately written in.

shipping is subjective. anyone can ship any character, and in most cases it's pretty easy to see how there could be (romantic) chemistry between fan pairings based on their personalities, their arcs, etc. and that's okay! ships don't even have to have any canon support to be valid, because shipping is for the fandom, and it's for fun (i have a few rarepairs and crack ships across different media that i just love).

but onscreen/written romantic chemistry is a lot less subjective (to clarify, it is subjective whether or not the chemistry is good, but it's not subjective about whether or not it exists). there are literally scenes written with the sole purpose of building the romantic tension and/or chemistry between planned couples (some of which even have absolutely zero plot relevance, which usually is not advised tbh, and most of which are the cliches/tropes you see in literally any romance ever written, some are just disguised a little better than others. but make no mistake, it's all the same set of cliches. there is nothing new under the sun), as well as intentional, key moments within scenes that have other purposes. they are essential to establish romantic pairings.

and typically, the foundations for these couples are laid VERY early on. always within the first or second season (well, at least they are when the writer actually knows what they're doing and has at least a rough plan/outline for the entire series & characters. this is usually a large part of what separates the good chemistry from the poor chemistry. an author who knows who the couples are going to be and has a plan from the beginning to build them up is going to be more successful in creating a believable relationship with good chemistry. one who does not plan, or makes last minute plans will almost certainly fail, and the couple is just going to suck). when the set of characters you're working with are going to stay the same for most or all of the story, you start immediately.

i don't mean to toot my own horn, because i think it's because i'm a writer so i just pick up on narrative patterns very easily, and pretty much always clock the planned couples within the first few episodes of any series, and by the end i am right like 9 times out of 10.

that being said, do you know whose deliberately written chemistry i also clocked in jwcc? ben and kenji's.

kenji and... brooklyn?

no offense to people who like/enjoy kenji and brooklyn, you are free to love them, but the way their romance was written is... quite possibly the weakest point of the show. it felt like they were just trying to appease the upsetto heteros in charge, because there was definitely another het pairing that had a lot more potential than kenji and brooklyn (hello darius x brooklyn aka darilyn, you would have actually made sense because your relationship had amazing buildup and multiple standout scenes from s1 on. dgmw, i love that we got a m/f strong, supportive, purely platonic friendship out of them, i live for those and we really need more of them. but we could have had that with kenji and brooklyn, or darius and sammy, or ben and yas, literally any other pair instead).

kenji and brooklyn as a couple came out of absolutely nowhere. i honestly think they decided to shove them together last minute, and had no actual plan for them until they were working on s4. because their development barely started at the VERY end of s3 (the abruptness of him caring about her being held hostage so much more than literally anyone else in their group despite them having like zero buildup to that point gave me whiplash), but honestly didn't really even become "meaningful" development until s4, over halfway through the series. the two spend the first 3 seasons basically not particularly gaf about each other individually, only as part of the whole group and on an equal level with everyone else. they otherwise have no deliberate narrative foundation. it just starts in s4 with no prior hinting. which makes their development rocky and difficult to believe. the funny thing is their characters literally have dialogue (in s4) trying to draw comparisons/parallels between them to say that they especially have a lot in common and like??? no? they really don't? not any more so than any other two kids in the group. their relationship just, really falls flat.

it was disappointing to see it take such a massive spotlight in the series for almost all of seasons 4 and 5, overshadowing the friendships that have been the focus of the show and should have remained so, to the point where at times it just felt like i was watching some stereotypical het highschool romance. genuinely, it made s4 & 5 more of a drag to get through. yasammy and ben and yas' growing bond (which by the way was so sweet, it had the strongest queer solidarity vibes good lord, i sure wonder why yas chose ben out of everyone to come out to first, hmmm) were some of the few things that kept me invested, otherwise i would have dropped it if it had leaned much farther into becoming the kenlyn show than it already was. especially when it was that pair so much of the focus was given to, even though we had so readily and perfectly available, the pair that could have, should have been: benji. which finally brings me to:

ben and kenji

benji's foundation was laid in s1. their interactions, the situations they found themselves in, were deliberate (on the writers' part). i'm even gonna go out on a limb here and say the pairings were fully established in s1e3, even with parallels between yasammy and benji (sammy clinging to yas and ben clinging to kenji throughout the episode), and darilyn gets the beginning of their development too.

even though they bicker a lot in the beginning, they clearly care about each other? kenji protects/helps ben multiple times, and there are definitely some looks ben gives kenji at times. at the end of s1, the one who seems the most deeply effected over ben's "death," other than darius (understandably since he's the one who failed to save him), was kenji! immediately after it happens, we get two close up shots, darius and brooklyn then yasmina and sammy. after which, we go back to the whole group with kenji in center frame, the focus is intentionally on him. it is only kenji who drops to his knees at the loss, and then we get a close up of just kenji. he was saved for last, and he was alone in frame (tbf bumpy was in frame too, but i'm talking humans here), which implies his feelings are especially important in this moment. that is the reason for solo close ups.

after ben's "death," kenji takes to always wearing ben's fanny pack, and up until bumpy--who ben cares VERY much about--got separated from them, kenji was the one who (however briefly) took over her care, ensuring she got off the monorail with them, and he's extremely distraught, more than pretty much all of them, when they can't find her, and he's last to leave when they decide to accept that ben's gone. even when they do leave, he's distant and distracted and his mind is clearly still on ben.

other than darius, kenji is the only one (if i'm remembering correctly) to mention ben/say his name after they lost him, upset because he was actually trying not to think about him. he has clearly thought about ben, probably a lot, because it's hard not to be reminded constantly when you wear something that belonged to a deceased loved one. and frankly, he appears to be the only one who dwells on him that much.

when ben reappears alive (which btw he found the group again because of kenji's butter knife, hello), the frames literally purposely focus on kenji's reaction. he's the one in the foreground every time they show him and brooklyn in that scene. he is the first one to say ben's name, the first one to go to him and hug him, and the scene takes special care to highlight kenji's strong emotions at ben's reappearance, lingering on his teary face as the focus for a bit even after brooklyn enters the frame to hug ben (because she is not at all an important element in the scene at that moment). just like when ben "died," the way this scene is written and shot HEAVILY suggests that ben holds significant importance to kenji, specifically. because again, the focus here is on kenji and ben almost exclusively, with brooklyn as only an afterthought lol. and quite frankly literally everyone else's reaction to him being alive was pretty lackluster compared to the special attention they gave to kenji on this.

and then in s3 we have the infamous hat scene, where darius and ben are in the limo and ben sees and mentions kenji's sailor hat, looking sad and sounding like... longing?? then directly after we switch to kenji realizing he forgot his hat?? the scene has no real significance tbh other than to draw a connection between ben and kenji. like, it acts as a transition to switch to the pov of the group on the boat, but it was entirely unnecessary? why not just have darius say something about the others and then show them on the boat? if there were no special relationship between ben and kenji, it would have made far more sense if they really wanted it to be ben to say something, that he sees the hat, and sadly says something along the lines of "i hope the others are okay/doing better than we are right now/etc" which implies that the hat made him think of everyone, their whole group. rather than what we got... which very much implies that he was mostly just thinking about kenji 💀 and then kenji thinking about the hat at the same time ben's looking at it and thinking of kenji. like, this is.... a very blatant connection being made by the writing/directing here.

all of that. so many deliberate connections made between ben and kenji, they had a very solid foundation laid for a romance to develop, and by all intents and purposes one already WAS developing according to the show's own subtext. which was why up until s4 obliterated the idea, i was positive the queer couple in the show was either going to be yasammy or benji. it was extremely obvious imo. but as soon we started getting the typical, loud, cliche "we are going to pair off these characters" scenes for kenji and brooklyn, i knew we were getting yasammy and not benji (to be clear, i'm not at all upset about yasammy, they're beautiful and i love how their relationship was done, i wouldn't have had it end any other way for them. but i do personally prefer benji, i just like their personalities and dynamic more. and i feel they had so much potential that got wasted to make way for a far less interesting pairing between kenji and brooklyn. why can't we have 2 queer couples, huh? and if we really needed a minimum of one hetero pairing to appease whoever needed appeasing, darilyn was right there).

but then??? their like entire bond just gets dropped (honestly ben himself gets pretty heavily sidelined for almost all of the last two seasons, which is criminal imo). mostly so that a rushed kenji x brooklyn can be established. like there are still a few small moments here and there in early s4, and one episode in s5 (ep 10), but from early s4 till pretty much the end of the series we hardly see them have any meaningful conversations or interactions, meanwhile literally every other combo in the group does.

it's so weird? why build up benji so deliberately over the course of multiple seasons just to like, fully discard it for a pairing with far less chemistry, even after the chemistry-building scenes they shared, some of which literally had no other purpose than to affirm their connection? even though they were very sparse, the moments benji had were just so blatant (kenji leaps into the rock crevice right onto the back of a saber tooth to save ben?!!?? like he literally was just willing to exchange his life for him like that?? he basically says that he wasn't really thinking, he just did it. so he moved out of what, emotional instinct, that's what we're meant to intuit from that series of events? implying that he specifically has strong emotion and doesn't think things through when it comes to ben? because he doesn't do that kinda stuff for any of the others in the group! even better, this parallels when sammy jumped on the nothosaurus to save yasmina. and then the way benji look at each other after it's over??? hello??? and then how kenji pulls both brooklyn and ben in for that hug a couple minutes later... side eyeing the writers for that choice. they knew what they were doing there and they were evil for it). i just can't see any reason to have dropped them like they were, after all the development they shared for 3 seasons. confounding. biggest disappointment of the series.

i know this probably reads to some as just "wahh, my ship didn't become canon" nonsense. but that's not why i'm bugged. this wasn't just a ship i liked and wanted canon despite no actual narrative support, as most ships tend to be. this ship did have narrative support. there was intent behind many of their scenes together, lingering looks and little things that matter narratively and are always used to signify a stronger/special connection. and it led nowhere, for no good reason. that bothers me. writing that implies and promises something, but never delivers on it. like a person who never finishes their sentences (think Dr McPhee from Night at the Museum). ultimately it's not a HUGE deal or anything, at the end of the day it's just a ship and just a kids' show. but as a writer, it's just irritating to see something like that be done. what can i say 🤷

conclusion

even despite the wasted potential between certain pairings, and even though i do think the first three seasons were superior to the last two, overall i really enjoyed the show, and for what it was, it was really well-made. the overarching focus was of course on found family and friendship before anything else, which i absolutely love, and it was masterfully done. out of 6 kids, all of them had at least one or two meaningful bonding moments one-on-one with another in the group, so every possible combination had their moment to build strong, believable friendships with each other. i'm just so surprised by how good it was as a whole honestly, good enough to binge over the course of a week. i will happily recommend jwcc to anyone willing to give it a watch regardless of age, because i definitely think there's no age limit for a good story, no matter the medium it's told in. :)

#jwcc #jurassic world camp cretaceous #benji jwcc #benji #yasammy #yasammy jwcc #i would say that there's prob an age minimum tho... it's a bit scary so depending on the kid i wouldn't rec it to under 10 years #this is a long post #omg so long i'm sorry #i just have a lot to say #gotta shout into the void #it just be like that sometimes #fair warning this post is literally just me praising the show in the first half n then going absolutely off about benji in the second half #review #tv show review #as always with stuff like this that has any mention of ships it is bound to ruffle some feathers #so let me postface this with the reminder that this is all just MY OPINION #you are free to disagree but i'd rather you don't share your disagreements on my post via reblog/notes #feel free to write up your own show/ship review if you feel so strongly #otherwise if you dislike anything i've said you can just scroll past or block me <3

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