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habizuh-studios · 1 month

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TGCF in Hua Cheng's POV?!

More likely than you think. Part 1, Book 1

---------------- “Crimson Rain,” Hua Cheng hears in his spiritual communication array. He’s been so bored lately. The only semi-interesting thing that had happened was him pummeling Qi Rong to the ground in his own city, so he’s excited to hear something.“I have good news for you,” he says. He more excited than usual. “So good that you have to contact me this way?” Hua Cheng says with a smirk. “To the point of having to use that stupid password, yes,” He Xuan probably rolls his eyes. “But I’ll get straight to the point. His Highness, the Crown Prince of Xianle, has ascended to Heaven once again.” Hua Cheng’s eyes go wide hearing that. His Royal Highness… Part of him wishes he found him earlier. The rest of him, however, is quietly celebrating. He brings his hand down from when it was resting on his temple and closes it into a fist. His head hangs down a little bit and he closes his eyes. He smiles- a true, genuine smile. It may be ugly, with too sharp teeth and crooked, but it’s genuine. It took so long… “Hua Cheng, what are you doing?” He Xuan’s annoying monotone voice breaks his euphoric stupor. Fuck He Xuan. “You don’t even know where he currently is.” “... Aren’t you going to tell me?” “Yes,” He Xuan says. How Hua Cheng can hear the joy in He Xuan’s voice. It’s uncharacteristic, but he doesn’t really care at the moment. “But not for free. He has caused quite the property damage from his ascension alone. Sent a clock flying towards General Xuan Zhen, destroyed General Nan Yang’s palace… He’s in a lot of debt. Now he’s doing a mission in the mortal realm to pay it off.” Hua Cheng thinks that this is very convenient. His good luck was actually worth something! “Hua Cheng, don’t you want to know where he-” “Free food, five months. I’ll feed your bonefish for two months. Anything else for them, one. Nothing to your debt.” “Ehem, pardon?” “You heard me. Do we have a deal, He Xuan?” “DEAL. He should be near the mountain of Yu Jun, at a tea shop… Small Shop of Chance Encounters. Fitting name, isn’t it? Anyway, he’s going to solving that Ghost Groom case some people were praying about. Maybe he’ll even ride in the bridal sedan…” “6 months of free food.” Hua Cheng can hear how much smile is in He Xuan’s voice. It’s disgusting, honestly, and he honestly pities him. That does not matter right now, however. What does matter is His Highness. He will not throw away this chance no matter how much it costs him. Just to see him once is all he asks for.

#drabble #tumblr drabbles #tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven officials blessing #xie lian #hua cheng #crimson rain #crimson rain sought flower #he xuan #simp. you simp #setting up for actual plot is so disheartening #this is just a little something #im actually nervous about this because #i want to do his pov justice #he deserves it <3

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smolbean-17 · 4 months

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SEASON 3 THEORIES

Part 1 (Episodes 1-3)

I never made any theories for Season 2, but quite a few of my theories from Season 1 were really close to what actually happened, so I figured I’d give my shot at theorizing Season 3.

I can’t really guess how exactly these plot points will land and in which episode, but I think these things will happen in the first 3 episodes, in no particular order. We’re getting all 3 eps in one night so they’re going to be establishing quite a bit.

Ep1 - Confined

This is the episode where we will see Omega and Crosshair confined at Mt. Tantiss together. Omega has her Season 2 hair, and seems more optimistic than she does later on in the trailer.

At this point I don’t think Omega is treated as a prisoner. I think she’s restricted of course, but it seems to me from the trailer that she’s serving as more of an assistant to Nala Se with limited freedom. Hemlock promised her she’d be treated well, and I feel like he was telling the truth. And maybe Omega has chosen to behave herself (for now) and has made a plan of luring them into a false sense of security so she can find a way out.

And then she sees Crosshair up and alert and not being tortured (and being escorted to another part of the facility? More cloning experiments?) and she decides to escape with him somehow.

Crosshair is disheartened and incredibly sad, maybe because he found out about Tech and perhaps believes his other brothers were captured/killed. Who knows. Someone either screwed with his emotional state before this shot, or maybe he’s just drained from his captivity. But I think it’s the former.

It will show more of the inner workings of what’s going on at Mt. Tantiss, but it won’t reveal too much. I think it will mostly establish what Omega is doing there.

Ep2 - Paths Unknown

As for the boys, we will see that there’s been a passage of time. How much time, I’m not sure. But probably a few months. That’s when we hear Hunter say the famous “Omega’s been waiting for us a long time. I’m not making her wait another day.” (pretty sure that’s all one quote that’s been sliced up)

It’ll establish that Echo has left again with Rex, probably to liberate more clones and look for hints about where Omega is along the way. Hunter and Wrecker are alone. They set up base on Pabu, recruiting help from Phee who is more than willing to help. But they never stay there long, and they run themselves ragged trying to find Omega and not getting any closer. Both Hunter and Wrecker are more angry and determined than we’ve ever seen them.

Ep3 - Shadows of Tantiss

Meanwhile, Omega finally hatches her plan to escape…

Things obviously don’t go according to plan, and she doesn’t get too far before she’s stopped. Just in case, they inject her with a tracking implant…

and she gets imprisoned.

It looks like this little cage situation is the same as this one from the leaked trailer:

Omega’s hair situation is really the only thing throwing me off lol.

So she meets Crosshair again. She tries to get through to him and show him that she hasn’t lost hope. He argues and Omega gets through to him in the way only she can. She finally gets him to agree to an escape.

The episode could end with Hunter and Wrecker getting a call from Rex and Echo that they finally have info on Omega, thus leading into Ep4, A Different Approach (which would make since if you consider they have new information).

So these first 3 episodes will be jam packed with information, and maybe not a ton of action, but will be establishing episodes to move the story along.

Another thing I noticed from the leaked trailer…

Are we getting a flashback(s)? That looks like Hunter’s old armor paint job, and that backpack and helmet to the left is very distinct and only belongs to one person…

I would seriously love to see Clone Wars era Bad Batch again. Maybe flashbacks are interspersed throughout the season for extra exposition/character development/emotional damage. Maybe the first episode opens on a flashback!

Let me know what you think! Part 2 coming soon!

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4

#the bad batch #star wars #clone wars #sw tbb #tbb #the bad batch spoilers #bad batch #star wars the bad batch #bad batch theories #star wars tbb

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intrepid-fictioneer-7 · 3 months

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Somewhat detailed sypnosis of Fate/school life, the 4-koma spinoff of Fate/stay night following the regular lives of the Homurahara students, specifically the track team trio. A manga that has never been translated into English, and so is largely unknown in the English fandom. This would largely not be a problem, except Fate/strange Fake is set in its continuity, or close enough, which makes its allusions to it and important plot points derived from it incredibly confusing.

Not my work, this sypnosis was exclusively typed up by Comun (@kaibutsushidousha here) on Beast Lair:

Ok, I have time now. Here's what the general deal with HimuTen is. Himuro no Tenchi is a yonkoma manga starring the normal girls of the track trio + Mitsuzuri, and the much less normal Sajou Ayaka from Fate/Prototype. As the "Fate/school life" subtitle implies, it's wholly slice-of-life, featuring its cast involved in everyday situations, the many original games they play, and supernatural shenanigans that they don't realize are supernatural thanks to Rin or Ayaka cleaning things up neatly.

Publication started in 2006 covering a story set 9 months before the Grail War, but then during its 2015-2017 run, it covered the Grail War from the perspective of people who didn't know the Grail War happening, and is currently set after the Grail War.

In terms of timeline, the main point of divergence that defines HimuTen is Kotomine's handling of Tokiomi's property. Like in the Fsn timeline, after the 4th Grail War, Kotomine was in charge of Tokiomi's finances until Rin grew up, but he made categorically stupid decisions on what to sell and what to keep, and his disastrous management was the cause of Rin's current money problems. But in HimuTen's timeline, while the outcome of Kotomine's poor management was still the same, what specifically he chose to sell was different. This results in two major consequences that separate HimuTen from Fate/stay night:

1)A lot of Tokiomi's less practically useful artifacts and Mystic Codes were sold to Makidera's father's antique shop, which often results in Makidera and her friends being involved in strange phenomena that Rin needs to take responsibility for.

2) A plot of land directly above Fuyuki's best leyline was sold to Sajou Hiroki, causing him to move with his two daughters to move to Fuyuki in 1994. By 2003-2004, Manaka already moved away from her father's house, and Hiroki himself never appears because he's always out of Fuyuki either meeting up with his mage buddy from Tokyo or dealing with Manaka situations, but Ayaka is a main character in this story, so that obviously has many ramifications.

Also, Ayaka's and Manaka's characters in HimuTen are pretty different from their Prototype counterparts. Fake Ayaka is about as much of a self-hating introvert with no self-esteem as Proto Ayaka, but she didn't get from the real Ayaka of this timeline.

The younger Manaka still had the same propensity to set the world on fire for her Prince Charming, but direct quote: "Her excessive omnipotence caused [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] because it was [REDACTED], thus [REDACTED] went completely off-rails, resulting in the collapse of her most confident plan. Catastrophic shipwreck. She learned that picture books are pictures books are for a reason. The Prince Charming of her dreams wasn't real. Disheartened, she [REDACTED]. [REDACTED]. She turned harmless."

Meanwhile, since Manaka never found her ideal hot man, this Ayaka has none of her Grail War trauma. Instead, she had the experience of witnessing depression turn her highly competent sister into an unproductive failure of a human being, and built an actual self-esteem from training in Fuyuki's best leyline, so she internalized that she needed to be the responsible sister.

And, relevantly to /strange Fake, Ayaka also left Fuyuki in the July-August 2003 period for a student experience in the Clock Tower. Waver naturally got interested in a new student with the same last name as Manaka, so they met and she was a temporary student in his class, where she also got to realize her Formalcraft talents from Proto and was advised to specialize in plants since she was so opposed to sacrificing animals.

The last major thing to talk about is the Grail War arc, although I think this was already discussed in the thread when FsF being a HimuTen sequel first came up. Due to the premise of the manga, we don't see anything of the Grail War actually happen, but from its consequences to the people around the track trio (Kuzuki's disappearance, Mitsuzuri's assault and hospitalization, Zouken's death, the Ryuudou family needing to move to the Semina Apartments after the collapse of the cavern under their temple, Medusa's post-war presence, Shirou's survival and relationship status with Sakura, etc.), it's completely that HimuTen follows Heaven's Feel Good End except for the minor divergences caused by Ayaka's presence. And those are only two:

1) During the weeks of the Grail War, Ayaka was teaming up with Ciel (yes, Ciel was there, but she isn't a character in HimuTen, she's just an incognito figure you find, exclusively during the Grail War chapters, talking to Ayaka in the background, appearing on the corners of pages, group shots, etc. and what is up with her cameos is only revealed in profiles outside of the story proper) to kept outside scavengers from interfering with the Grail War. Mashin's official statement is that together the thwarted 9 out of 10 invaders, and the 10th one that slipped past them would have consequences later in the United States. (This seriously implies that the Fsn timeline had a bigger number of scavengers profiting from the Grail War, which certainly will come up in some spin-off, probably the El-Melloi series)

2) Shinji lost a bet to Ayaka during that week, so he had to wear a magical wig that copied his hair, but slightly off-center, making people think he was wearing a wig all along. This protected his head from Sakura's attack, so in this timeline, Shinji was only injured rather than killed.

I suppose I could also talk about Tsunokuma since he cameoed here and how the reveal that the real Ayaka is currently studying in Romania is an extension of Manaka's and Celenike's relationship in HimuTen, but I'll stick to the Ayaka parts to keep this post as short as it can be.

#lololol #fate series #type moon #nasuverse #fate school life #fate/school life

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rashomonss · 1 year

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Heartbreak Hours

this one was fun to write, and guess who’s feeling angsty today ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡

disclaimer: please don’t kill me i love mammon

- other parts

Mammon sat there watching as you laughed with Satan over a new book the two of you had begun reading. Even though he was sitting on the couch over it felt like he was still far away from the little world you two were in.

He felt his heart clench as you leaned in closer to the blonde’s embrace. When had you become so close with him? Actually with any of his brothers?

He hated it. He hated the way you would let Levi drag you away for hours on end without even saying anything. He hated the way Asmo’s touch lingered on you, don’t ya know that he doesn’t have pure intentions! He hated the way your eyes would sparkle when Satan would mention the plot of a new book he was reading. He hated the way Beel would constantly ask you to feed him, he has two hands he can do it himself! He hated the way Belphie would use you as a pillow or get unreasonably close to you, he has a bed he can lay in it! And lastly what he hated the most were the looks you gave his older brother.

That look of longing and love, those beautiful eyes once looked at him like that, you know? He hated that look on you now, especially when you would be talking and even the slightest glance of Lucifer would make your breath hitch and cause your eyes to linger.

He knew he couldn’t compete with his older brother, after all Lucifer was perfect and Mammon was just known as the scummy, dirtbag second born.

But still if anything he was able to get you to fall for him, so that’s one thing in his life he’s done right! right?

“Envy is supposed to be my sin you know” Levi said nudging Mammon, who was staring a bit to hard at you and Satan.

“Oh shut up you gross otaku” Mammon said back.

“Hey stop using otaku as an insult! And what are you so worried for, after all aren’t you Mc’s ‘first’.” Levi said, rolling his eyes as he made the air quotations.

“You’re damn right I am!”

And as your first he should be the first one to ask you out of course. After all your first man should be taking care of his favorite human.

______

He has been saving up for awhile now to buy you this necklace. It was a pure gold necklace that had your first initial and a small heart charm in front. He remembered that you thought it was beautiful on the last shopping trip you both went on, however you were a bit disheartened when you saw the price exclaiming that you were going to pick up more job shifts to afford it.

But here it was sitting in a black velvet jewelry box he panned on giving you as you after he asked you out.

______

It was going to be perfect, he had brought your favorite Devildom flowers, and prepared the necklace in anticipation of your arrival.

Sure it was your regular Thursday movie night, but he couldn’t help it, this was going to be the perfect time to ask you out. Since none of his brothers ever come in his room that much he could have you all to himself.

He also got your favorite snacks and set out your favorite blankets and pillows.

Like he said, everything was going to be perfect!

He decided to ignore the ball of nerves in his stomach because who needs to worry about somethin’ like that when he’s your first.

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Of course that’s what he believed.

God he’s such an idiot for not realizing your feelings sooner.

Sure you fell for him, but you never stayed in love with him.

After all he was just a passing crush, while he believed you to be his everything.

“Mammon I’m sorry. It’s a lovely necklace…but I can’t except it” you said, trying to be as understanding and gentle with your words as humanly possible.

He stared blankly at you for what felt like forever until the words finally registered in his head. And when they did, oh they hurt more than when he fell from grace.

“Nah it’s fine! Who’d like a human like you anyway haha, i was just being nice ya know” Mammon said, choking out a laugh.

His words hurt a bit, but you knew deep down he was probably hurting more than you were. After all he was your first crush.

You liked Mammon at the beginning, but as your stay progressed on you ended up finding yourself falling for his brothers as well. You couldn’t help it, but what you did feel bad about was the lessening feeling of affection for your first.

“Did you want me to go?” You quietly asked, since the atmosphere had become awkward.

Mammon had poured his feelings out to you so genuinely and so deeply that you felt horrible to reject him, but it couldn’t be helped, after all you didn’t feel the same. So you didn’t want to lead him on like that.

“No! I mean no, please don’t go, it’s ok, you can just pretend this didn’t happen.” Mammon practically yelled.

He didn’t want you leave, you couldn’t leave him like this. Even if you didn’t return his feelings at all he didn’t want to go. Because if you did he’d have to face reality. And if he did it would absolutely shatter him.

So please Mc, please let him just pretend, please. He’s begging you here.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to go?” You ask again for clarification.

“Yes. Please just stay with me” he replied quietly.

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It was a bit past midnight and Mammon found himself staring blankly at a Devildom romcom.

How ironic, he thought.

He sighed and looked down at you as you slept softly on his shoulder.

He couldn’t help himself from seeing your face, so the tears just began to fall.

Realizing that they were rapidly falling he panicked and tried to move you, after all he’d be a jerk to get his tears on you.

But you didn’t move. You stayed close to him still softly sleeping.

“Damn it Mc, you still planning on messin’ with me huh?” he laughed to himself.

He wanted to hate you right now for toying with him like this. But he couldn’t do it. He could never hate you. Even with you rejecting him he couldn’t bring himself to so much as slightly dislike you, since he loved you far too much.

So if you let him just stay this close, even as a friend. Maybe just maybe he could learn to live with it.

But for now Mc, please just let him pretend you’re all his.

Because at the end of the day he will always and forever be all yours.

a/n: classical music is a very good angst inspiration, so i recommend listening to it if you have writers block, after all that was the inspiration for this chapter!

anyway hope you all enjoyed mammon’s short for heartbreak hours until next time. ♡

#obey me #obey me shall we date #demon brothers #obey me mammon #obey me satan #obey me luficer #obey me asmodeus #obey me belphie #obey me beelzebub #obey me leviathan #omswd x reader #obey me angst

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drama-glob · 4 months

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Hazbin Hotel Thoughts (Based on what we now know about Lucifer)

HAZBIN HOTEL SPOILERS!!!

Now that we've seen Lucifer and gotten to see how he acts/how bad his depression is and his disgust/disregard for Sinners, it had me thinking about a few things about Hell, the other Deadly Sins and motivations for messing with Earth.

As mentioned by Lute, Lucifer pardoned Charlie and the hellborn from the Extermination when it was being set up, so by the time this happened, Lucifer had already tried to rehabilitate Sinners too but had given up (based on what he said anyway and since it likely took centuries to a thousand years or so for Hell to have enough of a population that Heaven felt threatened by it), so clearly he doesn't want the actual natives to be harmed during the slaughter; this and the fact that Lucifer has the Sinners restricted to Pride indicates to me he does at least care about them and maybe even saw them as less horrible than Sinners since we've seen that they're not wholly evil despite where they're born. (Yes, I know there's a chance Lilith played a big part in the negotiation if he was so disheartened by this point, but Lucifer didn't seem particularly evil or cruel, so him having some compassion for those that are true citizens of Hell that would also be killed without a second thought doesn't seem too hard to believe :/).

But with the fact that Lucifer shows such disdain for Sinners as a whole and even seems to regret them being given free will, it makes me curious as to the fact why would he want Pride to be riddled with more of them by having the Deadly Sins infiltrate Earth more and more? The best I can figure is that since he found himself as the King of Hell and despite his angelic origins, this is his home and kingdom now, so his concern lay with making sure it was as powerful and fortified as possible and just resigned to believing that humans were basically awful and the Deadly Sins' influence wasn't really going to change what was predestined, basically seeing the souls in Heaven as the exception not the rule. :/ I wonder if the Extermination also helps Hell's environment by feeding the planet or whatever with all that energy from the Sinners when they are killed, so there's that potential possible "silver-lining" to having so many die each year. :/ Earth does seem admittedly crucial to some grand plot in the universe, but since Hell only seems to get souls from there, it makes sense so much focus would be spent on it in addition to the stars that affect it.

On a side-note, I'm guessing the more depressed Lucifer got, the less engaged he was with the others and held less and less meetings, maybe even sending Lilith or Charlie in his place. It may have even got to the point after Lilith left that Lucifer was just apathetic about the whole thing and said, "Do what you want. Just keep your rings in order and don't let humanity catch on. I don't care." :/ I also wouldn't be surprised if Charlie even spoke/found comfort with those like Ozzie and Bee more than Lucifer just because they were more open and available to talk. :(

I just don't think he had the Sins and the Goetia focused on Earth out of spite/it being a big middle finger to Heaven, but merely as a recourse to make sure Hell survived since they are after all at Heaven's mercy with how powerful their weapons are. Granted, I'm sure the royals held their own feelings about Heaven and have their own intentions with the whole spreading Hell's influence agenda, (whether they all turn out to be fallen angels or not, which so far they've only mentioned Lucifer is one so that leaves their origins still up in the air), but Lucifer seemed more defeated and scared of Heaven taking what was left from him at this point than needing to prove his ideas were right and that it's purely Heaven that's wrong (even if he did try to defend them in the past mind you). :/

*It's just some things that were rattling around in my brain and I wanted to get them out, especially before we get the season finale that may debunk some or all of this. :)

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Why do all ROs are epic and powerful and MC is weak loser? :c

Plot description sounds interesting, but at the same time, playing such MC seems discouraging to me.

Hello! I am sorry that you feel this way, but it is also partially the intention. MC is a disappointment to many, and is underappreciated by the people they serve. If that isn't to your liking, I apologize! There are many IFs out there where the MC is the chosen one / extremely powerful.

MC has weak powers, but they don't have to be a weak character, mentally and/or emotionally.

You have every option to have a confident and assertive MC. You can scare off a rude person in the very first scene of the first chapter, and when you accidentally bump into a deity, you can yell at them--even if they're quite literally the deity of natural disasters. Even when you're not being confrontational, you can still be a well-adjusted and happy character in spite of all your hardships. You are not forced to be depressed about your situation! However, I think it is also 100% valid to have self-esteem issues from all MC has to endure, which is also an option.

People who do not care about the MC see them as weak. However, those who actually know and understand MC (their parents, Salvatore and Luciel) assure them multiple times that they see them as necessary and important. Those aren't merely platitudes; they genuinely believe that.

Unlike other deities, you develop your skills naturally through sheer hard work; MC is competent at what they do. You also get pretty titles to go with it.

As the first chapter is about setting up the "norm" for the MC, the ROs are first depicted very favorably while the mistreatment MC receives is more pronounced. As will become apparent in later chapters, the ROs and other characters are deeply psychologically flawed characters who, even afforded with powerful abilities and admiration, still struggle and can act very irrationally.

Speaking of it being the first chapter--because the story is still being set up, I don't see many opportunities to show off cool powers or have epic battles yet. However, the skills that you picked are present many times throughout!

With all that being said, however, the story will not be a power fantasy. MC will play an extremely important role in the story, but they will not be the be-all, end-all. What I can assure you, however, is that MC will not merely be a bystander, and none of the ROs think that they have to "save" the MC. The only time they do help MC is when they pass out in the first chapter, and that's because of the very special trait MC has.

I checked the Choice of Games forum because I saw there was traffic between them and the IF. I was excited! However, it was disheartening to see that there are people making assumptions about the IF without having played it, but I don't fault them and wish nothing but the best for them.

Thank you so much for the ask 💕

#uroboros-if #uroboros #asks #anon

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notquitedeadpod · 7 months

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Today Not Quite Dead turns 365 days old!

A little over a year ago, feeling very disheartened and a little depressed, I decided to take the story about vampires I'd been piddling away with in the background of making Spirit Box Radio and turn it into a single narrator audio drama.

When I did that, I came up with a bunch of anti-rules:

I'd only work on episodes when I felt like it would be fun to do so

I'd make decisions about the story based on what was most emotional to me in the moment, rather than letting myself get stuck in the process of writing something with very restrictive plot goals

If I wasn't asking myself if I'd gone too far at the end of every episode's writing process, I wasn't going far enough

And so, the show was born.

This approach is radically different than pretty much every other writing project I've completed, and that's by design. At the time I started making NQD, I'd faced a pretty big set back with SBR and was struggling to work on it at all. I had a very clear vision for the show which at times made writing it very challenging and restrictive as an experience, and when I was faced with altering that vision, though I'm now convinced it worked out better that way anyway in hindsight, it was really difficult. It made me really rethink my entire approach to working on audio drama.

Writing NQD this radically different way was really good for me. I felt excited and giggly most episodes, and it was the first time I started to feel partially confident about my vocal performances. I noticed it was having a positive impact not just on my relationship with the writing on SBR, but how I felt about its quality overall. By working on something so different that required such a different energy, I came to value SBR more, and by the end of the show's run, I was in love with it the way I was at the beginning.

There's also the fact that I absolutely LOVE vampires. I always have. They're my favourite horror monsters, for reasons which are probably obvious to those of you who have listened to the show. They are almost indistinguishable from humans at a glance, they can live among us undetected, for the most part, but they are NOT human. They're different in importnat and unresolveable ways. As someone who has always struggled to fit in, this has forever resonated with me, and for most of my adult life, I've had an unserious vampire project or two being whittled away at in the background.

There were also some problems with how I wrote season one. NONE of the dates, times or ages lined up properly, and I frequently found I'd written myself into very boring, unfunny plot corners I'd have to spend a lot of time reasoning my way out of, which is no fun at all.

Something interesting, but not really good OR bad, is that LOTS of people found the show felt very trans to them, though none of the characters are transgender in canon. I'd not written the show this way intentionally, but it was very cool to see that other people had found this thematic thread buried in the story.

By the time I got to the end of Season One, I had to admit to myself that despite my best intentions, I had written a show with plot and themes. This was entirely an accident, but I was pretty happy to realise it. I also found that this show, something I'd written primarily for myself, had a real audience. This was a delightful thing to realise. You're all freaks, and I adore that for you, and I hope you're incredibly proud of yourselves, and I mean this entirely seriously. I am a freak too, otherwise I would not be able to write the show at all.

Anyway. We're over halfway through Season Two now, and my approach to the show has changed quite a lot. Though it has remained a project that is predominantly vibes-led, I've also found it exciting to spend some serious time thinking about the show's arcs and future and really indulging in making it As Much As Possible. As you will see over the next several episodes, that is So Much, actually.

On this year's first anniversary of Not Quite Dead, I find myself once again disheartened and depressed, because it's the slow slide into the long nights of winter, and as much as I love the cold and the dark, I struggle with my mental health year-round and this particular change of seasons is the one I feel is the hardest. But I'm also damned proud of this show, and not despite it's silliness, but BECAUSE of it. It's made me a stronger character writer, a better performer, and it's been a disgusting amount of fun.

Here's to another year of this ridiculous show about vampires.

Live. Laugh. Bite.

#not quite dead #audio drama #not quite dead pod #not quite dead podcast #gay vampires #vampire podcast #vampires #vampire #nqd pod #horror #nqd #eira speaks

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ryo-maybe · 10 months

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This is definitely the epitome of my Cranky Old Man opinions but I really do think that it would have been better if it was KanColle that ultimately set the standard for mobage and gacha games instead of the likes of FGO and GBF. It's paradoxical, but this sentiment has only grown stronger the better the narratives have become, to the point that they have now become a standard for the model.

I'm obviously not going to wear such rose-tinted glasses that I would go as far as to claim that in no other medium are narratives driven, at least partially, by profit. But in no other medium as in gacha do I find it so detestable and so prominent.

I don't like a model where a narrative MUST be constructed so as to drag on without a way to wrap up its intricate plots and exquisite themes until it finally fizzles out when the dividends don't justify it anymore. I don't like a narrative focus that switches constantly across an increasingly bloated cast of characters made to shine only to be cast aside because we have introduced our 300th pvp-breaking unit this week and we need to make sure players sell their Toyotas to get their brand new fave once they finally hit the 500 minimum rolls required to achieve the pity pull. I don't want to miss out on key plots or characterization hidden behind past events I have no way to experience other than by watching 3 hours long YouTube clips. I don't want to cry tears over a service that's bound to disappear one day, leaving me with no means to experience it again at my own leisure.

And, for that matter, it's not just about the stories or characters now. It's the same with mobage that feature gameplay and graphics that are on par with retail games, because nothing feels disheartening like watching clips of some sick PGR combos and thinking "Man, I wish this was an actual game".

I don't bemoan the stories or the gameplay that are out there and are good, I bemoan that they are confined in a medium that I personally don't think deserve them. Like, yeah, it's cool and wonderful that people, if so willing, can experience them for "free", but, man, I don't know. I might be putting the moron in front of oxy because it's been One of Those Days, but to me, that's the "freedom" of a hostage.

KanColle had (well, has, because somehow, it still very much is alive) virtually nothing to it but voiced lines for its characters, but at least that means if a game like that had closed its doors, I sure wouldn't have been bitter about it as if it had been something along the lines of Arknights

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Every time i think about TOH, not only do I feel pissed but I just get this...general feeling of Disappointment. I was so invested in what this show had to offer and its potential and it is disheartening to see it drop the ball so badly. Belos was one of the most compelling villains I have seen in a LONG time only for the show to turn on its head and contradict its own themes just to say that "well actually he was evil to begin with" (and also somehow fucking over its main protagonist as well). It's just so frustrating man

Exactly. What really makes it terrible for me is that his setup, right up until Elsewhere and Elsewhen, had been spectacular. It was doing everything right, not afraid to let the audience guess at a plot twist, setting up their villain to be a perfect foil to their hero, and then... pulling a hard 180 and saying nope! Belos has always been Evil and Luz was actually The Chosen One all along!

#like. it was right there. the good was right there.#asks #the owl house #toh critical

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Writing process question: With a story as long and involved as Emigre, do you have a master plot plan with an idea of where things will go all the way till the end, or are you sort of making it up in sections as you go? Or somewhere in between?

Hello! I started out, some 12 years ago, with a nebulous plot idea and a bunch of characters with a broad idea for an actual story in the background. I knew where I wanted my characters to go, the big scenes I wanted to write, and I had only a vague notion about the ending.

That worked for me for the first little while, but then my computer died and I lost my vague guideline notes. After that I was completely lost and totally disheartened. Regrettably, this coincided with some very unpleasant happenings in my personal life, and ultimately I ended up stopping my writing entirely.

Since returning to writing, I've salvaged all of the plot points I can recall and I've actually sat down and written out a point-for-point roadmap. I've patched as many plot holes as I can with this roadmap, tried to account for all of the characters that have been mentioned even once, and have a very thorough accounting of what happens from now until the end of the story. This has actually been hugely helpful, and I find it a lot more productive than my old, off the cuff method of writing.

So, for example, I'll usually set up something like this:

Bulreeng Taal: Dagmar and Thelen go to the local festival. Mixed results. INCLUDE:

A. First Vrath-Thelen encounter, goes poorly ; "I just wanted to talk to her and walk her home -because I thought she was in danger- and I was an idiot. I forgot how words worked and came off like an ass." B. Differing reactions to Dagmar, nice positive feels and disappointing negative reaction C. Draw from [inspiration 1] and [inspiration 2] for the festival but keep it alien! Figure out colours/themes, traditions, lore! D. Themes of healing and moving on/letting go throughout E. Enemies-to-loves starting vibes? See if it fits. F. Dagmar and Thelen have a conversation about boundaries, Tha’an/Sannev politics, and making an effort. Establish bestie-dom! IMPORTANT SUBPLOT INFO: Plant seeds for Dagmar/Thelen, maybe Vrath/Thelen where applicable but don't break the chapter for it

2. Date with Shral! (NOTE: Same day as BULREENG TAAL.)

A. Shral and Dagmar chat; expand upon dynamic, emphasize themes of calming and settling each other. B. SHRAL LAUGHS. Great maple syrup heist, ridiculousness. C. Constellations and lore! Write up a draft of a creation story, figure out themes and tidbits. Contrast the Star Thief with the Great Maple Syrup heist? Skip if it breaks the flow. D. Dagmar's gear failure - look up details for hypothermia, cold shock, and reactions to sudden, extreme temperature drops. Make it realistic. Gear fails gradually, a little at a time, before abruptly cutting out. E. If it fits, revisit intimacy between Dagmar and Shral. Consider realistic hesitation and reasons for caution - for Dagmar especially. Work with limitations from that perspective. F. Character development point: Shral is more open during intimacy, versus closed off and stoic otherwise. Contrast important! G. Ruin an arbiter's day, drop hints about Shral, make Dagmar oblivious. INCLUDE: yellow flash, identification cards, autopilot. “What’s wrong, Esheth? You look like you’ve seen a sea spirit.” / “I think I pulled over an Am Tal operative for speeding today.” / “...Oh shit.” / “It gets worse.”

The important thing about setting up my notes this way is not to hold them up as hard and fast rules but as guidelines. Sometimes the dialogue I'd like to include doesn't quite work, or the scene progresses more organically if I skip a bit here or leave some exposition for later on.

Currently, I have the entire story mapped out until the end, with two story arcs to complete and a bunch of additional chapters as well for various bits of lead-up, lore, exposition, and development. I also have about a dozen side stories tentatively mapped out in a similar fashion, too!

Cheers, and thanks for the ask! <3

#ask box #writing process #emigre by indignantlemur

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themand0lorian · 2 years

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jump then fall (i)--spontaneity

Summary: A chance encounter leads to a moment of spontaneity.

Pairing: Javi Gutierrez x F!Reader (no Y/N)

Rating: Mature

Words: ~1300 (AO3)

Tags: strangers to lovers, vacations, getting over an ex, will eventually flow into the movie plot

NOTES: hi all. I have decided I will no longer be doing taglists. unfortunately, they take a ton of time for me, and those being tagged rarely if ever even interact with the post, which is pretty disheartening. if you want to follow this fic, please follow my blog or like the main masterlist page!

this is somewhere between a prologue and a first chapter, so here we go

Javi’s never had anything that’s only his. His business was his father’s; his compound belongs more to his cousin than it ever did to him. His phone is in Gabriela’s hand more than his own, his memorabilia collection is technically on loan from the Nic Cage fan club in Madrid, his clothes are picked by a stylist and shipped sight-unseen. His personality is barely his own—the suave, strong kingpin he’s supposed to portray based more off movie characters than how he feels in his heart.

Which is why he considers the little outcropping over the cliffs his own space. He’s never told anyone about it; his own secret spot to think, plan, to relax. To be the him he always hides away. It’s off the compound, away from the road, hidden in plain sight; a lot of nothing that lets him picture sword fights where the villain falls over the edge, or buddy comedies that focus on new beginnings, or big romance scenes that end in sweeping kisses and happily ever afters. His own personal playground, made only of a few boulders and dirt and a breathtaking view of the sea.

It's why he’s so surprised when he shows up one day to find a woman sitting on one of the rocks; he wasn’t trying to sneak up on her, making plenty of noise slamming car doors and crunching over gravel, but she still didn’t look over at him, even as he paused when he spotted her. He considered turning around; heading back to his car to find somewhere else to escape. He considered asking her to leave—a moment of his current life bleeding into his mind, one he regretted immediately. He considered just staying quiet, sitting on one of the other rocks and just existing in tandem with the woman.

Then he saw it; tracks of tears down her cheeks, glimmering in the setting sun like the waves below the cliff face. His heart went out to the woman—he couldn’t count how many tears he held on to until he reached the same spot. He warred with himself—with the baron he was supposed to be, with the man he was—

“Perdoneme, estas bien?” The words escape before he can stop them, though the woman still doesn’t look over at him. The questions hangs long enough that he takes a few steps toward her, wondering if she heard him.

“Do you believe in love?” It’s certainly not the response he expected. Her accent isn’t local, likely a tourist. She had her shoes off and placed next to a bag at the base of the rock, and he can see a guidebook sticking out the top. He blinks at her a few times, but she stays focused on the sea in front of her.

“Yes,” he answers almost immediately, switching to English. “Yes, I do.”

“I should’ve known,” she scoffs quietly. “Living in a place like this—you were bound to be a dreamer.”

“You do not?” he asks, settling on another rock nearby. Not his usual—she’s on that one—but she intrigues him enough to settle. He wonders how she knows he’s a local, why she won’t look over at him or away from the sea, how her voice comes out clearly, albeit quietly, despite distinct evidence of crying.

“No,” she finally responds, some level of shyness back. “I--I don’t think so.” Javi hums.

“Some things are true whether we believe them or not.” If she recognizes the quote, she doesn’t make mention of it. She doesn’t respond at all, actually—and Javi is eager to continue the conversation, a moment of authenticity in a sea of falsities.

“Where is he?” This causes her head to dart to him, finally—he’s immediately taken by her. Pretty, though not in the conventional way—pretty like a bright smile with crooked teeth or delicate hands marked with fading scars. She’s glaring at him, although barely; he can tell there isn’t much malice behind it.

“The person who left the beautiful girl in this beautiful place wondering whether love is real.” She huffs, shaking her head before looking back out over the ocean. The sun is just reaching the horizon, golden orange glow highlighting each peak and valley. He worries he may have overstepped, opening his mouth to apologize, but she beats him to speaking.

“He never even got on the plane,” she admits. “I—I thought he was going to propose on this trip. Stupid,” she scoffs. Javi doesn’t respond, lets her words hang between them until she adds more. “He—he said I was too boring. Predictable. That I checked all the boxes—but he just wasn’t in love with me. Didn’t think he ever was.”

Javi huffs in response, rolling his eyes. The answer surprises him—he hadn’t meant to open wounds, though he thinks he may know how to fix it.

“Perhaps it is time to do something spontaneous, then.” “Like flying to Majorca solo?” she quips, and he smiles, standing and wiping his hands down his pants before reaching one out to her.

“Do you trust me?” She searches his face for an answer—whether looking for reasons to trust or reasons not to, he isn’t sure—but when he gives a small grin, she reaches out to him, and he grips her hand, beginning to pull her along.

His quick walk breaks into a trot, her following behind as he brings her past the rocks, closer and close to the edge of the cliff, a small laugh finally escaping her until he pulls her along and—

Before she can protest, she’s falling, Javi a few feet ahead of her, her dress billowing like a jellyfish as she plunges into the ocean. When she surfaces, water-logged and out of breath, she treads around looking for him.

When she makes eye contact again, his face plastered in a shit-eating grin as water drips from the ends of his honeyed hair, she can’t help but laugh; the two falling into raucous giggles as she gapes at him.

“What if I couldn’t swim?” “I—I had not thought of that,” Javi admits sheepishly, and she splashes him playfully. “But it was spontaneous, no?”

“Oh my god,” she sighs, laughing. The two swim to shore easily, Javi pulling her to her feet when he knows it’s safe to stand. Eventually, they trudge out of the water, wringing salt from their clothes as they escape onto warm sand.

“I didn’t know you could cliff jump here—I just saw it from my AirBnB, and—” “You cannot,” he admits, and she gives him wide eyes. “Well—for the right price, you can, I guess.” He walks quietly back up the hill with her, letting her get her shoes and bag she left behind in their jump. He’s wont to let her go, though he knows his time with her is finite, he’s desperate to hold on as she begins to start walking back into town.

“What will you do now?” She turns to him, wringing her hands.

“I—I’m not sure,” she confesses. “Everything I had planned—it all reminds me of him.” He huffs, shaking some seawater from the tips of his hair. “I don’t even think I’m even that upset about him, you know? Just—the situation, I guess.” He nods in understanding.

“How long are you here?”

“Two weeks.”

“Let me show you around,” he practically pleads, stepping closer. She examines him closely, so he continues. “I am a local. I know all the places that are not in guidebooks or on the internet. I—I can show you them, and you will not be reminded.” She still searches his face, as if to say, “What’s in this for you?”

“Please,” he tries, gentle yet firm. “I would really like to. And—it would be spontaneous.” “Totally unexpected,” she offers back, a smile beginning to form.

“Unpredictable.” He nods eagerly, eyes lighting up.

“Okay, I’m in.”

#javi g #javi gutierrez #javi gutiérrez #javi gutierrez x you #javi gutierrez x reader #javi gutierrez x y/n #the unbearable weight of massive talent #tuwomt #pedro pascal #pedro pascal fanfiction #pedro pascal fanfic #pedro pascal x you #pedro pascal x reader #pedro pascal x y/n

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sapphire-weapon · 11 days

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No but the disparity among the fanbase about the potential leaks is SO funny to me

You've got the newer remake-verse fans going all: noooo but it wouldn't make sense for Leon to be in RE9!!! Why would Capcom just abandon the BSAA plot from Village!? Leon's been in all of the movies!!! We just got RE4R!! We need good lore and characterization!! I'm scared they will butcher him for cool points!!

And then you've got the older fanbase who's all like: HELL YEAH WE MIGHT BE GETTING MORE BADASS OLDER LEON AND COOL GAMEPLAY I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT

Bro I literally messaged @theggning about this earlier tonight LMAO I keep seeing people like "it wouldn't make sense for the story that they set up for RE9 to take place in fake Singapore and star Leon, so there's no way this is true!! It has to be about the BSAA using BOWs, so it has to be a Chris and Jill game!!!!"

Like Capcom really set false expectations for this series by actually having RE7 lead into RE8 LMAO

Because you're right, the divide is stark. I honestly think that this is a big part of the reason why the fandom feels so poisoned lately. I noticed it after DI came out -- the profound disappointment from new fans who expected a meaningful contribution to the narrative.

Meanwhile, we were over here like THIS IS THE DUMBEST FUCKING THING I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. LOOK AT HOW FUCKING DUMB AND STUPID IT IS. I LOVE IT THIS IS THE BEST RE MOVIE TO DATE.

It actually boggles my mind that people expect any sort of quality or consistency out of the OG story. I never thought that this would happen -- that people would look at RE as anything other than the goofy shit that it is.

It also makes me sad that new fans don't know the joy of "THIS IS SO FUCKING STUPID I'M SO EXCITED IT'S GOING TO BE SO BAD I'M GONNA LOVE IT" It's a simple joy. A childlike joy that very few games can evoke anymore.

"We just got a Leon game" fucking drives me up the wall, though. Yeah, we got a Leon game that was set twenty years ago. For him to not be in RE9 means that the series is legit just moving on without its deuteragonist. He'll have been absent from the timeline for 10 years and 3 mainline games. Get fucking real.

What's been really disheartening, though, is all of the people going after DG about this just because they don't like what the leak says. He's not always right, but he's not always wrong, either. Things change in game dev, and sometimes the information he tries to give ends up outdated and doesn't come to be. But he's not like... a bad faith attention whore. idk it just sucks to see people pulling out pitchforks. We don't even know for sure that it came from him; people are attributing it to him without proof.

But w/e LMAO

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the-heartstring-chronicles · 1 year

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This is a bit long, but is something that has weighed on my mind since I watched the episode last night. I come from a place of being a physically disabled from birth Trekkie who has watched episodes of TNG/all of Trek since she was 8, thirty years ago. I touched on this a little in my review last night, but here is my full analysis on a problem I saw with the episode that goes beyond which villain is behind door number 3

Some vague Spoilers ahead for Star Trek Picard s3 episode 9 but no way to avoid them if I am to discuss this topic.

In 2023, apparently, we still have issues in Star Trek of all places, with coping with disability and difference.''

And what bothers me most is those issues are issues had by my two favorite characters in all of Trek about their own progeny.

This progeny has a genetic issue inherited from their father, as a result of a trauma the father suffered that altered his DNA.

The progeny has the potential to be dangerous because of what they've inherited, like world ending dangerous. But so far, they had seemed until last night, to be kindhearted, smart, sensitive, fun, like their folks. And to only use their potentially dangerous differences to take out bad guys, to protect people they care about and to try to save the day.

And yet, the minute, the dad finds out what the cause of the issue is, his first solution is to put his progeny in an institution, no joke, the calmest, gentlest guy in the history of Trek is like, you know , we'll just put you there, you'll be fine. And when his progeny asks what Star Trek's biggest moral leader sees when he looks at his progeny, basically either a choice between saying whether he sees his child or a monster, he says nothing.

And the mother of this child, the character who usually is a cross between the world's best at her position, the most accepting person ever and funny as heck, says to her progeny, that they can fix this/ deal with it. Not I love you, not I see you, none of her normal character stuff, just an allegory for how some parents might deal with this stuff in the real world. Not an example of how to do better

And the parents refuse to talk to each other about any of it, to even comfort each other. Despite being the Star Trek pairing known for talking to each other about everything, they won't even soothe each other, even as friends or parents.

So basically in stuff set in 2403, the writers went with disability/difference can be potentially dangerous and we should fear before we love and panic before we think and say really ablestic crap, because trauma and/or training overrides who characters were written to be for 40 years prior. And makes for good drama

I'm hoping the last episode next week has the writers making them believe they acted like jerkholes, but if not, I will maybe consider long and hard about writing to both the new producer and to both actors (They are both big advocates for justice and inclusion of all in Trek media, at conventions and in the actual world ie politics and organizations. And have spoken up about how to handle plots on screen and issues off screen many times) and I'm disheartened that no one nixed this plot or at least this handling of it.

A big name creator also pointed out on youtube that this could be an allegory for how some parents reject their LGBT+ children too and the issues with that plot, i have to say it's possible as well.

Which doesn't make again, for pleasant or safe viewing for a generation of folks of all different walks of life who just wanted to see characters they trusted as a distraction or as validation of their real struggles, the way Star Trek has always been, not a mirror of injustices and pain for drama.

#star trek picard #picard spoilers #jean luc picard #beverly crusher #jack crusher #ableism #allegory #Do better Star Trek please #disability

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eliza1911o1 · 2 years

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Rant about Heroes of Olympus because as a sequel series to Percy Jackson it pains me pt. 1

So I just reread the PJO (one of my all time favorite series) and HoO series and I’m just struck by how unfulfilled I feel after finally finishing BoO for the first time…

I didn’t read it when I was younger because it came out just as I got really busy in school and was growing out of my “reading phase” and before I knew I had ADHD/attention struggles

I know I’m older and they’re aimed at young audiences and a bit outdated in general now but the original Percy Jackson and the Olympians series is still amazing. No contest. It may have plot holes, it may be lacking in some areas like representation, but everything has flaws and all of those are just so easy to get over with such heartwarming characters and carefully crafted quests. Not to mention the high stakes and actually pretty realistic struggles??? I’m probably biased, but I just really love them and am not above fighting others if they put it down

But even after realizing both series are kids books, the plot valleys (not just pothole level inconsistencies), OOC moments, anticlimactic ending, general lack of dynamic characters and lasting themes, and lacking world building all prove HoO to be underwhelming compared to PJO. Like it’s not bad, but it’s not close to perfect either. It’s even hard to argue how most of the events and characters in HoO add and further the stories of PJO, let alone why to consider all of it as sacred canon. Especially by the end of BoO, the lackluster vibe overall was really disheartening

They aren’t bad books. I just don’t think they lived up to the heart of PJO. I didn’t feel like I was reading more about characters I love or learning about great new characters and settings or invested in why this battle against Gaia will be the greatest of all time. Instead, I my brain was caught trying to convince myself why all of that was true and I was blatantly put off by some of the story directions, which made me feel incredibly sad

Again, it’s a fun read. Not considering any sort of literary analysis or strong personal opinion and taking into account the intended audience, it meets expectations. I just feel like the original series did so much more than be average and I’m just grasping at straws here because HoO had potential to do the same

Anyway, here are some of my strongest complaints with brief explanation and in no particular order:

- where were the old characters??? Grover?? WHERE WAS GROVER??????

- Percy was very underplayed in BoO for no reason; even if you consider his time in Tartarus, he was very weak compared to SoN and it wasn’t really explained, which felt lazy. They should’ve let him rest if he wasn’t up to fighting

- mental health issues were brought up but skirted by (Nico’s coming out was awful, Percy’s suicidal thoughts weren’t really addressed seriously (that’s a whole nother post), Hazel’s literally having died once)

- Too. Much. Romance. Why did everyone need to be a couple?????

- same structure as PJO, but without any reinvention (TLT and TLH had almost the same beginning)

- povs past SoN had weird distribution; I don’t think it made sense HoH had all seven povs but the final book, BoO, didn’t

- what made Jason, Piper, and Leo more special than any of the other seven? The explanation that they began everything felt lazy and discredited Frank and Hazel….

- Reyna and Nico and even Coach Hedge held a lot of importance in the plot and it felt weird since they weren’t even part of the seven. Distribution of responsibility and the idea of seven great heroes saving stuff (even if it was ironic) was downplayed

- the seven never really felt like a team or had a moment where it seemed like all of them were vital to make things work. The splitting up into smaller groups all the time definitely worsened this

- why was New Rome a whole mini country when CHB is a literal camp… the world building was quite slapdash and felt unreastic

- no developed Roman side characters really; wish Dakota, Lou Ellen, and others had more importance and interest

- Percy came back to NYC (to CHB) and no one said anything? No Sally-Percy reunion? No Grover-Percy reunion? No campers cheering for Percy to be back?

- last minute Solangelo; they should’ve had some sort of interest to sudden love/slow burn/opposites attract relationship with proper time to develop

- issue of Greeks vs. Roman felt sort of weak and their sudden cohesion at the end felt too forced (how is one statue gonna fix eeeeeeverything)

- final battle was awful. No words. Giants easily killed, Greeks and Romans united in a minute, Gaia contained in a little storm immediately after waking and killed like no biggie

- minimal lasting damage or deaths (Leo’s death…. Don’t even get me started)

- BoO and later books ruined Leo’s character and made him seem selfish, unaware, and rude

- Annabeth and Percy being captured immediately by the giant princess in BoO; you think they escaped Tartarus for the ending to be THAT

- Frank’s whole situation; firewood and the whole idea of life being fragile felt pretty useless by the end when nothing could touch him

- weak usage of prophecy — I feel like the oracle being dead at the end was a sign for everyone to live without forced guidance, which was a big deal in PJO, but the point wasn’t really made and it felt like he just didn’t want to come up with more. Also, it felt like lines were added randomly to the prophecy of seven but we never hear everything together??? The prophecy felt cheap and forced with how everything played out

- no issues with Percy and Annabeth going to New Rome for college, but they’d be that quick to abandon their home in NYC? I get the trauma associated with it, but there was nothing that made it seem right for them to think the trauma was enough to leave everything… lowkey wanted Annabeth to go to Columbia or Barnard or NYU and be fixing up CHB to house adults or have a veteran demigod network

- cutting off character development and interactions. A lot of the characters were used to further others (Jason furthering Nico’s in BoO) or never even talked to each other (Percy and Piper). There wasn’t much growth in the last couple books even though it was very clear in the beginning ones (Frank is an obvious example) and more importantly, there was a supreme lack of resolution in their stories. Especially Percy and Annabeth, who went to hell and back, we never feel like they suffered for a reason or needed to be the ones to suffer or the suffering changed them for better or worse or any other real indication I should accept the ending

- no backlash on the gods. At all. Percy, like many others throughout PJO and HoO, is struggling to respect the gods, let alone continue being used by them. And in HoO, the gods are USELESS. They do literally n.o.t.h.i.n.g. They have one fight scene and when we have Jason’s equivalent to the asking for childcare scene of TLO, Zeus responds and his backbone breaks. The only consequence was Apollo being demoted but that honestly felt like a marketing scheme knowing ToA

- lots more but I’ll stop myself here

(Btw I did not read it because of the show lol though I am glad I did so I’m ready for it)

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incarnateirony · 2 years

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Once episode 13 comes and goes without explicit Destiel where will you shift the goalposts for your followers then? Or will you tell them they didn't listen or look hard enough into Dean's words and the background lighting? Or will you keep them hanging on with promises if a season 2 resolution? Guessing you're going to blame the peasants for not being smart enough to interpret random insta posts and Twitter likes and the way Dean's eye twitches while he's wearing a blue shirt next to a tree.

well, seeing as that isn't going to happen we won't have to worry about that. I'm going to go back to the history of you guys screaming against me about the show and wiping out. I'm going to go back to all the shit in all the world you've proven you don't even have the foggiest comprehension of. I'm going to lean back and smile, because the worst case scenario are the hinges that will still be framed to be so obvious all it does it set you up for Destiel: the extended direct and now integrated in the front plot story for another season.

Which I mean, if you wanna claim victory there. ok. enjoy your sufferburger.

I point to my post. No matter how confident you bitches pretend you are when you send these shitty anons, we look at your walls, and you aren't. "I HOPE he didn't tell Misha first." too bad. I know.

You HOPE episode 13 doesn't come out and do it, is what you're actually saying here under all your gusto and bravado. You HOPE if you talk big and bad, you'll like, idk, convince some idiot teenager in my radius you're right to dishearten them for a couple of months only for their lowered expectations to be shattered in the best way. So i mean. whatever. go off.

Second verse the same as the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh-- -- -- 16th, 17th major plot or show spoilers you guys have screamed in denial on and wiped out on. Bonus points if we sprinkle in you shrieking about my meta and them hiring guys from my religion following my pantheon to make the set. As a treat.

Listen buddy. You hope. I know. Stop hoping. For you it's hopeless. It's over. You lost. Go home.

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nestasgalpal · 2 years

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“Illyrians are too misogynistic to accept Feysand's dynamic, but Feysand are too classist and racist to even try to change that.”

This largely sums everything up. Illyria won’t cause them to split per say, but it will cause many issues for them. Feyre and Rhysand’s dynamic is interesting and I think it would be interesting to see how it manifests during the crossover and while they are dealing with Koschei. I want Feyre to be involved in the crossover but I do not know if she really will be. This is a bit different than the think question everyone keeps asking, as I know logically she will be involved as she is a prominent character with lots of power but I don’t know how much of a focal point she will be during the crossover. I think Rhysand would allow her or even encourage her to be, but I think she will only have a small role.

I think Feyre’s involvement had certain implications about SJM at large. If she lets Feyre be heavily involved, then this will send the message that the lives of women do not need to end once they have children. But it also raises the question of how much time is too much time away from a persons child? If she does not let Feyre be involved all together, then she is essentially saying that she is okay with women stopping their lives once they have children, which is a strange message to be sending to the readers of this series. I can understand why Feyre would not be involved as the things they do have a lot of death involved, but it is disheartening to see. I want to see authors break the mold. I would not be disappointed however if Feyre was hardly involved, as she is a mother now and must be alive to be apart of Nyx’s life. I think the main thing preventing Feyre from being involved will be Rhysand, which is logical. I know I am contradicting myself here but the best way I can explain it is that I want to see females breaking the mold and being the best part of themselves. I think the main reason why I am so sad to see the trajectory of Feyre’s life is because I knew she could have been something great if she just waited to have children. Children are a blessing but I think Feyre is going to be stifled and ignored. Life does not end for women once they have children but for Feyre, that is certainly true. I think SJM has a lot too juggle with Feyre and her involvement in the crossover and the rest of the series. As the books are so popular, it will set the tone for how pregnancy and motherhood is handled in the YA and NA genre.

I think Feyre and Rhysand’s “egalitarian” dynamic will be explored again once they arrive to Windhaven. From what we know about the Illyrians, it is that they do not treat woman well at all. Feyre will not like to be confined but I think Rhysand knows the nature of the Illyrian men. I do not think he will tell Feyre what is on his mind, as he is very prone to secrecy. I think he will wait until the last moment to get her to understand how much danger she is in if she treats the camps the same way she treats Velaris. If she is too trusting of the men there, then certain “things” will happen (if you know what I mean).

What are your thoughts on Feyre’s involvement in the following books? I think I will be disappointed no matter how much Feyre is involved, because I think her character could be way better utilized by SJM. How do you think Feyre will be treated in the Illyrian camps? I worry that bad things will happen to her, but SJM is not the type of author to write about things that are so graphic.

Wait I think you guys know more than I do. What crossover? Are Feysand actually moving there?? Lol I haven't read Crescent City and kind of had enough of SJM after acosf fiasco, so I think I'm not updated. Would you mind telling me why are they going there?

Maybe I need that piece of info to answer your question, but overall, from reading ACOFS I got the impression that SJM doesn't give a fuck about Feyre. She was barely there although many of the plot points revolved around her, and it was her feelings what started the action of the book itself. Her autonomy as High Lady, wife, and woman was taken from her by SJM, who has decided she doesn't want to pretend the story is about Feyre and is finally ready to admit ACOTAR is about Rhysand lol

I assume she will have a mayor role in theory, just as she did in ACOSF being the reason for everyone to do what they did, but she won't actually do anything beyond showing up as High Lady and agreeing to other character's ideas, just as she has done for a while now. And sadly, I think Nyx will be the excuse for that, and also for any bullshit behavior coming from her or Rhys.

As to how I think Feyre will be treated, I think illyrians will be nasty and disrespectful as always, and the inner circle will go full "watch how you talk about my high lady" every time/use intimidation and Feyre being the girlboss gatekeep gaslighter she is will take turns with them using her power as a threat... becasue at the end of the day, neither of them have the respect of their subjects, brute force and fear is what keeps Rhysand on the throne.

Extra point if somehow illyrian female see her as a saviour Khaleesi style.

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