tbh a lot of the hate on Viv is somewhat based on lies

don't get me wrong she has messed up but I've also seen so many lies being spread about this woman it's honestly a bit disturbing

I'd take what people say about her with a grain of salt

and there's nothing wrong about liking a show even if the creator isn't someone you like^^

I've seen a handful of people talk about her on TikTok (which is a TERRIBLE, and I repeat, TERRIBLE source of information outside of maybe one or two cool life hacks or educational videos from certified professionals) so sometimes I'd rely on Twitter for said information. But even then, you don't go around saying "Ah, twitter, my favourite source of information on controversies!" because we ALL know Twitter is filled with unbelievable amounts of hate on Any Topic to Ever Exist! And I am not even exaggerating.

So yes, wholeheartedly, I agree that anything that's said about anyone should be taken with a grain of salt. Anywhere. Because, to be fair, sometimes even with evidence that seems concrete, you can't 100% trust it because there's people out there doing stuff like Forgery 😭 which is honestly horrifying to think about.

So, in conclusion, if you ask me, I think you're 100% allowed to like something without supporting the creator. After all, Viv isn't the only one behind Hazbin Hotel, so when I see posts saying this show in its entirety is mid/bad, it makes me feel so sad for the other good, talented artists who have worked on it :( Plus, I think these people have only seen episode 1, and that's like... the only episode that was written entirely by Viv alone (she is not a very good writer LMAO). I'm sure if you gave it another chance, you'd maybe like it a little more! /nf

Hazbin Hotel isn't everyone's cup of tea, I understand that, and you're allowed to not like something because the creator is not a very good person, but in my personal opinion, separating art from the artist is also an option you could choose, instead of being a hater towards people who genuinely want to enjoy themselves on the internet ^^

sorry that i've deprived you all of a wip preview, anyway; deity-fies your local bad future mystic magic nuke

Sometimes i remember a comics moment i randomly came across somewhere, where Sam Wilson mentiones a musical and Steve Rodgers says he doesn't like musicals, to whitch Sam goes "Guess that means you really are straight" and even tho i don't care about Cap America or the Avengers, the moment stuck in me for that quote by Sam. And like....Sci, any ideas if straight men actually don't like musicals or is that bullshit?

actually i think i know more gay men who hate musicals than i know straight men who hate musicals. i've had a drag queen stop me point blank when i was about to sing a barbra streisand song, and i know so many gays who pointedly hate abba. so based on my experience i think the inverse is true. most of the straight men i know are kind of impartial about musicals, but gay men? hate.

my theory is that a lot of gay men don't want to fall into stereotypes, maybe. but thaaaaat's just a theory! a gay theory.

Does Furret participate in Pokémon battles or are they moral support?

both actually! furret is a support pokemon! he has a moveset to help others and- ah sorry i got a "little" into competitive but you know for fun! florian inspired me to make a team that involves with pokemon i love and build it from there. though furret prefers to be my moral support. i grab him, hug him tight and i forget about my loss.

though some of my pokemon do enjoy the quiet and relaxing life so its a win-win for us! i leave some of them with my grandparents to help them around the house or do activities. i am very grateful for them!

I recently saw someone on YT talking about Zoro's past and while I agree that his flashback feels rushed within the story (which I think can be explained by how early it happens) what always surprises me is how unsettling it is for people. It's a simple but sharp reality in a fantasy world, quite similar to what happens in Usopp's past and perhaps not so common for the rest of the OP world, who have pasts more rooted in the rules of that universe. Kuina died after falling down the stairs. "In OP's world there are people who survive worse things..." they say. "It's absurd. She was trained and very strong." Yeah, sure, but Kuina died like that. Suddenly. Anticlimatically. She was as full of dreams and ambitions, fears and insecurities as everyone else. But she died in an accident. She died too soon. Without a reason. With no one to blame. Simple, cruel and real.

Y'know, I've seen this around a lot. especially in posts (on r/ddit and twt in my case) where people argue about zoro having a "mid" backstory or complain about wanting oda to give him a proper one. and ngl I feel like this pairs up with OP fandom's bad habit of powerscaling everything - even loss, trauma and grief.

Sure, if you compare kuina's death to all the other ones throughout OP it might not seem as "tragic", but this is one of those instances in which context and individual experiences matter most. kuina was just a kid who, despite her strength and training, was led to believe by her own father that her gender would become the reason she'd never achieve her dreams. and when she finally finds someone who believes in her, who sees her as an equal and a goal to strive towards to, who's willing fight against and alongside her - she dies. as you mention: she dies without reason, with no one to blame. that is plenty tragic to me, regardless of all other sad or abhorrent things that happen in the story's universe.

This is just me speculating but I've also wondered if the fact that zoro's relatively well-adjusted despite the hardships and losses he's lived through is part of what makes people downplay both kuina's death and the role it plays in zoro's backstory/motivations. because the thing is - zoro may not carry or express his losses and grief as outwardly as other characters do, but look at how he reacts when the people he loves are in danger and the kind of sacrifices he's willing to make so that they'll be safe. how he's usually always keeping an eye on and watching out for all of them some way or the other. look at how he cries (which iirc he's done on page only three times) when he loses the duel against mihawk.

Zoro, similarly to other straw hats, had his parents die due to pirates or bc of an illness, grew up as an orphan, and the only friend he had died in a manner he couldn't do anything to foresee or prevent as well; the latter of which has impacted his life all the way to adulthood. kuina's memory is one that's at the forefront of what he does, just like his promise to luffy. draw the parallel between this, how fiercely protective he is and how much he hates the idea of dying in circumstances out of his control (I'd argue it even terrifies him a little, judging by his reaction to the reaper in wano) and it's easy to see how much his experiences, and especially kuina's death, have shaped him as a character. just bc he's not crying, having breakdowns or generally brooding about it every time he appears on screen doesn't make his life story less important, sad or tragic than anyone else's. plus, the stability he provides to luffy and the crew is crucial, so he needs less narrative reasons to leave them, not more. zoro not having, for example, a centric rescue arc doesn't make him less of a straw hat member either.

How old is victim in your au?

shrugs.

technically in reality i guess they'd be 17 going on 18, but stick aging works a little differently ofc (especially with the hollowheads) so i suppose they'd be older. i think it'd be maybe equivalent to late 20s mayyybe early 30s?

victim has a lot less world experience than that however; most of their knowledge of the world comes from intense research from their early years and a LOT of bluffing. they were just lucky enough to fumble into a stable position.

they basically had no help initially which only contributed to their cynical view of people, and they lost out on a lot of emotional growth during their time in the void which makes them have a poor understanding of compassion and family as well.

it's not exactly their fault; it's just kind of what happens when you're condemned to ages of being alone in the void of half-death by your creator!

sometimes though it does show in the way that they view others.

Its tragic that Regulus died but it's more tragic that he didn't have to. Kreacher could Apparate him from the cave. And if Regulus wanted to protect his family, his secret death achieves this how? He just disappears and Vold isn't looking for him or punishing deserter' family? Isn't worried that the boy whose house-elf he borrowed to test horcrux protection vanished? But the again, Vold wasn't shook when Kreacher showed up at Bella's in 5th book though elf supposedly died in that damn cave. XD

everything about regulus feels like an exercise in didn’t have to tbh

like yeah i know heroic teenager sacrificing himself blah blah but,,,,after reading a lot of fics that actually focus on worldbuilding/plot/side characters--im not entirely convinced that'sd what it was. like. if harry & co hadn't found the locket by sheer luck, then there's a v good chance things wouldnt have ended the way they had. reg ended up making things harder in his quest to vanquish the dark lord or wtv.

and like, im not even trying to bash here, but when i look at regulus the top character traits i see are arrogance, ambition, inflated sense of self worth, recklessness, and single mindedness (if thats valid). i mean,,,our boy could've easily asked sirius for help, he knew for a fact that his brother was on the other side, but he didnt. why? i cant see anything but ego there. he didnt even try. he was nowhere close to putting the cause above his own self.

but also,,,the fact that he actually went in the cave, presumably knowing he would die,,,that kinda indicates something much sadder for me. like, why else would he be so ok w the fact if he wasnt, say, unbearably suffocated and hopelessly over his head? if there wasnt latent suicidal ideation or, at the very least, a desire to get out, get away, not be here.

like, idk. i cant think of why he wouldnt ask kreacher to apparate him back/help him escape when he knew house elves could bypass the magic until he'd just fully accepted (perhaps even wished for) his death ykno?

Sorry if you‘ve been asked this before, but since we know you‘re fav lmk characters, I was wondering what you‘re favorite duos and trios were?

And/or however many characters you wanna group together. Just in general, the character dynamics you find neat!

(My guess is that MK and Mei are somewhere on the top of the list- if not THE top)

One of my favorite things about lmk (of which there are many lol), is that you could throw two darts, and whatever two characters the darts land on are bound to have an interesting dynamic.

One of my favorite episodes is the Sandy and Huntsman episode (2x08), Tang and Macaque also have an intriguing conflict in 3x08, and Pigsy and Chang'e (3x07) have such a heartfelt shared passion that you can't help but enjoy their on screen time together.

I'm someone who wants a sort of Ne Zha and Yellowtusk "we reluctantly work together" arc, where even though Yellowtusk may have helped nearly bring the world to it's destruction, he ultimately helped save it, and he also happens to know a thing or too about keeping the Jade Emperor's power contained. I think it'd really fit in with lmk's "past mistakes vs making the right choices now" theme—in all honesty Yellowtusk has already paid his time with an eternity spent in the scroll—and now he can truly help make a better world. I think it'd be a neat way to keep him involved in the story, give Ne Zha someone to bounce off of (they both view power as sacred and a huge responsibility, unlike Wukong for example who is much more flippant with power), and would give some juicy drama ("You would betray your brothers?") between Peng and Yellowtusk later down the line.

Though anon you're 100% right, MK and Mei are at the top of my favorite dynamic list lol (They're whole motivation is to protect each other out of 100% platonic love. Obsessed with them). I'm also really partial for the MK, Mei, and Sandy trio that pops up here and there (1x03, 1x04, 3x04, 3x06). Traffic light trio is a treat, and the sunburst duo has my heart forever and always (I love seeing the way MK and Wukong's relationship has developed over the course of the show, both for the better and worse). Pigsy and Tang are always a delight (thank you 1x04, 2x03, 2x04, 3x05, 4x04, and specifically the line "Sometimes it's that little bit of char that makes for a more flavorful meat! Even if it is a bit tangy."), they're definitely at the top of my list. Obviously I like shadowpeach, and shadowpeach + MK (ooooo the monkeys are such delicious/tragic foils oooo), and I think Mei and Wukong have a really interesting dynamic (Wukong seeing Ao Lie in Mei, Mei viewing Wukong as someone who has hurt MK). Wukong and Azure's dynamic is also super interesting (Azure with his unrequited crush and heartbreak), so is LBD and MK's (could talk forever about these two), however I'll cut this off here since I could probably go on for a long while about this specific topic.

Seeing those pics of Miles and Zac reminded me - Sorry Glen...I'm taking my family to The Iron Claw.

But seriously, looks like a way better movie.

The Iron Claw looks so good and I am a sucker for a true story / biographical movie tbh

I really wish more people would take Zac Efron seriously as an actor. There’s so much untapped potential there. It seems like his recent projects have been more geared towards highlighting his acting abilities rather than his looks or his body but it’s like people won’t acknowledge his talent.

I have a feeling he’s going to pull a Matthew McConaughey one day. There will be one role where he just blows everyone away and gets praise, and acclaim and recognition and people who haven’t been paying attention will be absolutely floored.

ouhhhh give me saint headcanons

THE BEAST THE CREATURE THE SAIT

i've mentioned this one before but im super proud of it sooo: Saint is actually NOT a slugcat that has evolved for the cold, theyre a slugcat ancestor! They're immortal, stuck in a loop, and they've been around since before Pebbles was even built. They're not actually a slugcat at all, and instead a variation of the Pipeslug! Specifically one which was made to simply dust pipes instead of fully clean them. A species probably only owned by higher up Ancients, which is why they didn't evolve like the regular pipeslugs did (into slugcats) and instead died off, except for Saint of course.

Before the loop drove them to snap, (which took quite a long while, impressively,) they acted as a sort of mentor to Monk, who also has similar ascension powers to them. Monk's training unfortunately leads to Survivor dying, and Monk blames it on Saint, who leaves the Slugtree. Monk and Saint don't see each other for dozens of cycles, but eventually one slugcat comes scampering back to the tree to report corpses littered around outer expanse, all with their eyes still wide and focused on some non-existant target. Monk immediately recognises this as the result of ascension and knows Saint is back, and goes out to look for them. Monk brings them back to the Slugtree in an attempt to stop them ascending the local wildlife, but Saint just looks at all the slugcats happy living life without ascending and gets INCREDIBLY jealous and starts trying to ascend them all, which leads to Monk firing the ascension shot at them which causes them to wake back up where they always do.

On that topic actually, Saint's reason for ascending random creatures is the mindset that everyone wants to, and needs to, ascend, even if thats untrue. Saint is unable to understand how anyone could be happy living life without even the thought of ascension, and is jealous of those who can actually ascend.

I hope you don't mind the influx of GG/Dorothy asks you've gotten because I really love your takes and your fics really touch upon a more vulnerable part of Dorothy that I feel was rarely fully explored but was very much present. I was watching recently an ep where Dorothy says she thought her father didn't like her or love her and Sophia cracked that he always talked her up ... to try and sell her to gypsies. Dorothy says "do you know how much that hurts me when you say things like that?". It's one of those lines that's never really followed up on or given a big moment but it stays with me.

Not at all!! I love hearing from you! <3 (and if you ever feel up to it, feel free to send me a dm as well! I'd love to hear more of your thoughts!)

Thank you so much :') I started writing Golden Girls fics precisely for that reason: Dorothy's vulnerability is left so underexplored in the show, even in the moments that (in my opinion, anyway!) presented the perfect opportunity to delve a little deeper into her feelings. I had to give her a moment to shine haha.

That line is the perfect example of what I'm talking about, actually! They throw in those really poignant lines or moments (or even just looks, at times) that hint at so much going on beneath the surface, but it's never expanded on. The only emotional moments she does get, that are fully followed up on, are those relating to Stan -- and even there I feel like a lot is glossed over (often by Dorothy herself, first and foremost).

I could probably write an essay on this but I'll spare you, but I think Sophia's often treated much the same -- if slightly differently -- in the show! And I mean, considering she raised Dorothy, I'm pretty sure she inadvertently ended up teaching Dorothy that covering up your vulnerability is the only way to deal with it. Sophia covers her feelings with quips and jokes, Dorothy does it through dismissal.

And because both of their methods for covering up are very convenient for a sitcom (I can drag Blanche into this as well, by the way. But I promised not to write an essay) it's *so easy* for the narrative to just. go along with their own dismissal of their feelings. Have Sophia distract from her feelings with a funny joke, and the audience is on the floor. Have Dorothy dismiss her feelings with a Look, and there's another opening for someone else to keep up the pace and move the scene along into lighter territory.

I also don't consider the anti-grisha sentiments to be something that would just go away. It in natural for humans to fear (and envy and resent) this more powerful species. Grisha are a group of people and just like humans, some of them will do bad things- on impulse, by accident, due to malicious intentions etc and their bad things are capable of being entire tragedies for humans with tremendous loss to life and property. A few Grisha would not will away this very natural, very human fear. Another very human thing is curiousity, expansion of science and animal experimentation. Of course they are doing the same to Grisha, to get to the root of their power, understand it, to control them, maybe even get a way yo manufacture that power for themselves. Not to mention entire religions are built on grisha hate and as someone who lives in a community with religions at war every other day despite the numeroussss changes being brought and people of 2 different religions aren't even different the way grisha are from humans. This will never just completely go away let away so soon. Even with grisha unrelated tragedies, they will be blamed. Fire burned down the village? Must be an inferni etc. I don't think any amount of change will be ever to remove human nature from humans. So fear works. But i do think it works Alongside other things. Ensure your safety with fear but well continue helping them and proving how useful grisha are. But to completely rely on their gratitude and not use fear at all is stupid and I don't think would work.

yeah, there's a lot of different facets to anti-grisha sentiment, which I think we can split into about four parts

the fear of grisha

the resentment of their apparent special treatment

religious prejudice

scientific curiosity

call me an optimist, but I actually think that it would be possible to change these attitudes

idk if you've read the kos duology anon (spoilers ahead of you haven't!!) but I find the solutions presented there to be really compelling and realistic

the way nina and the rest of the hringsa deal with fjerdan prejudice is soooo clever imo - by spreading the belief that grisha are blessed by djel, they allow people to consider that their religious beliefs don't necessarily exclude grisha (I've previously compared this to the belief held by progressive xtians that god created gay people and therefore queerness is acceptable from an xtian perspective, which I think is a reasonably accurate analogy)

the treaty made between ravka and shu han is also very clever, bc as far as I can tell, shu han isn't actually particularly anti-grisha - they don't hold the same fear or resentment that we see in ravka, it's just the government's wish to experiment. it's definitely an exploitative way of treating grisha, but I believe that in the industrial period the grishaverse seems to be entering, more ethical ways of experimenting with grisha power would become available. due to the nature of industrialization they'd also be more effective and efficient, so even from a purely utilitarian perspective, I can see the harm done to grisha being reduced considerably in the few decades following canon

as for the fear and resentment, I think integration is the only way to tackle this issue. by integrating grisha into ravkan society as a whole (instead of using the little palace and second army to keep them separate) otkazat'sya would see that grisha are human like them

ofc this would need to be a gradual process (we see this in the kos duology - the second army still exists as a separate entity, but there are also integrated military units which have both grisha and otkazat'sya soldiers) but it's necessary nonetheless imo

and lastly, yes human nature is to look for something to blame when things go wrong, BUT the grishaverse is entering a more industrial age, and I believe that the dawn of scientific thought would reduce the superstition surrounding grisha!

I hope u have fun w/ scarlet !! also sad h.zoroarks aren't found ingame I was hoping to use one :( esp since it's implied they aren't only native to hisui

I'm having fun! it's a little confusing and I'm running all over the place but I'm having fun! 👍 h.zoros are supposed to be available via transfer when scarvi gets hooked up to pokehome next year I heard so I'm v much waiting for that ^^

look who’s back to get more shipping content out of youuuuu~

For Bendy, “What are your thoughts on Anya? When did you both first meet?”

*shakes my fist in the air* why YOU- /jjj

hmmm that cigarette holder looks familiar-

Have you also noticed that this neck tattoo Lewis used to have is gone?

yeah it’s been gone for quite a while but idk why he chose to get rid of it!

i’m so fascinated by his tattoos bc i think quite a few of them are faith based, right? he talked about his faith more openly years ago and obv it’s a very personal topic but i feel like he’s someone whose world view and beliefs constantly evolve as he learns more about himself and the world. i’d be sooo curious to talk to him about it today, like what the tattoos mean to him today, his relationship with god today, etc.

This is the context for the "Henry V was very straight" thing. The author is one of the intense Ricardians (except for Francis Lovell?). Anyway, I can see the fun in such a post but it kinda takes all the weird takes modern commentators have and puts them on the historical figure? Also, I feel like if you've got at least five shocking exposes of your horribleness masquerading as biographies, you aren't really "inordinately praised". I'm not also not sure how Henry VII ended up on that list!

It definitely makes more sense in context, but I think it's really interesting when and why Henry V gets portrayed as "very straight". Because, while there are certainly portrayals of him that have him simply be straight because that is seen as the default (especially if you want to up the romance of him and Catherine), I think every time I've seen him be treated as "very straight" have been the same portrayals that are trying to deconstruct his "hypermasculinity"--something he doesn't actually seemed to have had. There seems to be this trend with Henry V that is not people interpreting what is actually there but rather imposing their own ideas of masculinity onto him, usually to then critique it. I see it a lot with criticisms of the Shakespeare play-- Henry is over-glorified (uhhhh) and very masculine (maybe in Henry V, but as Hal?) and is very, very straight (even though he literally uses his sexuality as a ploy). It's starting with a conclusion and moving backwards-- the military is a heightened performance of masculinity> masculinity is overly heterosexual> Henry V must be overly heterosexual.

But also My Own Private Idaho exists.