Astrology Observation 17
If you had a conflict (fight, misunderstanding et.al) with a person who has Lucifer 7h, honey don't expect them to say sorry that fast and if they did (I bet they imagine you doing it like in shows or comics where a character is imagining a moment of supremacy), trust me there's a bitterness to it lol
Juno in the second house is like Taurus in the seventh house, they want their ideal I.T BOY or GIRL to be spoiling them with wealth or material things and don't forget that they must also be good looking.
A person who has Lucifer 7h indeed simps for Lucifer lol, it's a plus to them if their suitors has Lucifer's qualities or vibes. Overall, their type embodies his aura
Is it just me or fire signs (especially Scorpio) has a thing for breaking things or relationship. It satisfies me in some way (for e.g. burning paper, throwing stuffs, deleting people in my life) lol like some sort of refreshment hahaha
Neptune in the third house, siblings have psychic abilities or a member of the occult and so does their neighbors.
Me and my siblings all have it, I feel sorry for our occult community because some imbecile witches who use magick for evil purposes are a disgrace, that includes are neighbors and they are using for income and to feed their jealousy. Witches like them don't deserve to be a part of the community.
Asmodeus in the eight house, the champion of freaks lol but they hide it still. They don't mind exploration in the bedroom, I think if they are in the medical field, they can be a segg therapist, researcher et.al.
Saturn and Pluto dominants really said to them by the Universe to learn it the hard way 💀
People whose chart ruler is Saturn or Pluto is like a neverending test of patience 💀
I can say that as a Native with Saturn in the eighth house, I want my chaos to be in order lol
Meanwhile if your Gemini is also in eight house like mine, I enjoy the Chaos is some way lol. The people who enjoys playing with fire and it's a bonus if your Venus is here too.
Asmodeus Gemini, if you want someone playful in the bedroom then this is it, booster if it's also in the eighth house (also if Eros asteroid here or in the seventh house)
Leo in the big 3, degrees, or stellium, are you like me who loves to play king, queen, empress, emperor or in short, you're a ruler when you were little?
Neptune in the third house natives definitely love playing fantasy in their head, when they were still a little child, their favorite character maybe also Ariel xD cause I do (Sleeping Beauty too xD)
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Anon— are you okay???
Disgrace
The villain had sworn that next time Sidekick showed up in their base, they’d kill them. Strip them of their dignity and pride and humiliate them in front of their team—if not the entire world. They would torture them every single day and berate them to no end.
Villain promised that they would suffer; and now they were seated here in front of them.
Shaking like a leaf in their bonds, one foot caught and clamped in what looked like a new age bear trap, was Sidekick. Doing their best to mask the pain in their leg while attempting to seem aloof.
“So. You little heroes think that because I let you off the hook once I’ll do it again?” Villain drummed their fingers rhythmically against the metal table they lounged at. Eye to eye with their captive.
“Villain I-I swear that’s not—”
“Save your sorry excuses. I warned you, Sidekick. Yet here you are again…”
From the sidekick’s view, the villain looked almost disappointed, as if killing them was going to be a nuisance to clean up, not that killing someone would be on their conscious for life. Sidekick was going to puke or pass out, they weren’t sure. All they knew was that either their foot would be amputated by morning or their head would be.
“P-Please, Villain, I told them— I-I said that you’d kill me if they sent me in and, and they knew— They would never do this on purpose I-I swear—”
At that, Villains gaze darkened, something horrible brewing behind their eyes. Quietly, they opened the bag they had entered with, a high quality, leather satchel and in it, a computer.
They flipped the screen open and tapped away at it for a second while Sidekick contemplated begging for their life once more. But before they could open their mouth, Villain spun the computer screen around, angling it so the contents were visible to the sidekick.
It was a video.
A body-cam video. Specifically, Teammate’s body-cam—since they were the only one not in the picture besides the sidekick. A lump formed horribly in their throat, why was their team having meetings without them? How had Villain gotten the tape? Were the others here too?
Too many questions flooded the up and coming hero’s head at once, adrenaline pumping through their body and filling their lungs until they couldn’t breathe. They were having a panic attack. In front of Villain.
Gods, they were so pathetic. Hero always hated when they cried like a baby, slapping them to get them to shut up and part of them wished the villain would now too. It would at least allow them to get a hold of their spiralling and the pain would be familiar, if not comforting.
“Sidekick.” Their name cut through the haze of panic as they gasped for air. “Look at me.” Villain’s hands were on their shoulders, shaking them roughly and they winced when their foot jostled. Snapping back to reality at the pain just in time to see the villain’s worried face staring back.
Worried? They must’ve been mistaken. They were an enemy. Hero had warned them about Villain and their cruelty, they had no remorse for heroes. That included Sidekick.
Carefully, the criminal smoothed the sweaty hair from Sidekick’s face, wiping away the blood and tears that covered their cheeks with a gentle hand like none other. No one had ever touched the sidekick so kindly before, it hurt their brain to picture it was coming from the one that had threatened to skin them alive last week, and they had to refrain from leaning into the touch entirely.
Villain stepped back, catching their softness with the other, before returning to their seat. Allowing a moment of rest for the sidekick to regroup, then the villain continued.
“If your team supposedly had nothing to do with your capture, then explain this.”
They tapped the spacebar and the video jumped to a start. Volume turned loud enough to echo slightly off the concrete walls around them.
“Think about it.” Came Hero’s crackling voice over the footage, in their hand they held the device currently trapped to Sidekick’s foot. “It would get them out of our hair for at least a week. Villain wouldn’t kill them, they’re practically still a kid, Villain has stronger morals than that.”
The rest of the group looked uneasy, silence stretching for another opinion to take place.
“Sidekick said that Villain swore to kill them next time—”
“And when was the last time Sidekick was right about something? Anything for that matter. They’ve led us straight into traps “due to their miscalculations”. Besides, I’ve known Villain the longest and they wouldn’t do anything like that.”
To Sidekick’s surprise, their team looked more reassured after that statement. “It was only once…” they whispered under their breath, defending their reputation to a crowd that would never hear them.
Hero groaned at the lack of compliance from the rest of the group. “Look, just three days ago they tripped over their own feet and sprained their ankle. That cost us medical supplies and precious time, imagine we didn’t have to deal with those losses.”
The heroes began nodding in unison, weighing their options. Less and less favourable to the sidekick’s survival.
“It was an accident…” Sidekick’s voice cracked and they hated the slight pity in the look Villain gave them.
“Not only that but they’re always complaining about needing a prescription refill for their medication or whatever. Nagging constantly about not being able to go on missions without it.”
In truth, Sidekick figured it was their inhaler that was being referenced. It was expensive to buy it and the agency promised to cover it with insurance, but they hardly ever did. It was starting to cut into their food rations with how much it cost and how many times they had to use it daily on missions. But it kept them alive, without it they would die and if they kept paying for it, soon enough they wouldn’t be able to buy their basic necessities.
“I have asthma, I-I need it to go running a-and fighting on missions…” They filled the question for the curious looking villain, who raised their eyebrows slightly in response before turning back to the video.
“When they completed their task force, their average was a minute forty per challenge.” Hero paused for what could only be dramatic effect. “The average among us, you might ask? One minute. On the dot.”
A clamour of voices spilled from speakers, multiple in agreement, finally deciding to use the sidekick as their sacrificial lamb all because they were too much to handle. Not because they sucked at their job, but because the other heroes found them annoying.
Sidekick shattered. Their heart breaking into a million different pieces, throat burning, eyes stinging with a new ferocity and heart beating like a jackhammer.
Villain closed the screen and the audio was cut short, they slipped it back into their satchel and sat patiently while Sidekick sobbed. Trying and failing to hide their face as their arms were tied tightly behind their back. They wanted anything but to have to look at the villain while they cried and they were sure Villain would exploit this moment later.
They didn’t know how long it was until they quieted down, reduced to heaving sniffles and the occasional outburst. Whether it came from the pain in their foot or the pain in their heart, Sidekick had no idea, they didn’t honestly care, this was the first time they’d been able to let all their emotions out in peace and it felt incredible.
When the young hero was in enough control to only hiccup every few seconds, Villain stood up, walking around the table and over to the other as they knelt down. Sidekick flinched, body too exhausted to try and remain collected, if the villain wanted to hurt them now then so be it. The day couldn't get any worse.
But they didn’t, the criminal knelt down and delicately they untied the sidekick, from their wrists down to their good ankle. Standing back up to see the shock portrayed in Sidekick's body language as they reached for their face to wipe their tears once more.
Wordlessly, once they were done wiping the sidekick’s face, they hoisted them into their arms in an attempted bridal carry. When Sidekick whimpered and sobbed against their shoulder, Villain only shushed them sweetly, leaving the room with them in their arms as the sidekick began to cry again.
They clung to the villain like a lifeline, crying out the hidden truths behind their so-called teammates' lies. Especially Hero.
Especially their mentor.
“T-the average time f-for sidekicks is two minutes.” Weakly they squeezed the villain’s shoulder in anger. “I-I was the t-top of my class and, and, and Hero— was just j-jealous because they never were.”
Villain shushed them again, reassuring the other as they spoke.
“T-they told me every time I-I messed up that t-they would hurt me b-because I deserved it.”
“You didn’t deserve it--”
“I-I didn’t deserve it. T-they just wanted m-my performance t-to lower so I wouldn’t t-take their spot—” Sidekick seethed, "T-they whipped me, t-they beat me, they e-even w-waterboarded me, when t-they knew it was my biggest f-fear."
They wheezed, squeezing their eyes shut as they cursed under their breath at the pain in their foot. It was becoming unbearable. All to find out Hero was the one who placed it. That only made it hurt more.
"I-I was pronounced d-dead for a minute and a half-- a-all because they w-wouldn't bring my head u-up when I begged." Sidekick gasped, shaking hands prying at the villain's suit. "I b-begged for my fucking life a-and they still w-wouldn't listen--"
The criminal kicked open a new door, nothing like a cell one and took them both inside. Past hallways and storage closets until they reached an empty room with a free bed. “I know, I know. It’s okay, you’re safe now, okay?”
Sidekick shook, crying, laughing and hyperventilating all at once, it felt like their whole world was coming apart; the people they loved and cared for, everything they knew, all their training, all their hard work. Just to end up deep in the Villain's lair, an inescapable trap--placed by their own teammates--clamped on their worsening foot, an enemy comforting them and a betrayal worse than death destroying them from the inside out.
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Every Instance of Lord Byron Hating On John Keats, Listed in Chronological Order.
“No more Keats I entreat — flay him alive. If some of you don’t I must skin him myself.”
To his publisher John Murray, 12 October 1820:
“‘I’m thankful for your books dear Murray / But why not send Scott’s Monastery?’ the only book in four living volumes I would give a baioccho to see, abating the rest of the same author, and an occasional Edinburgh & Quarterly – as brief Chroniclers of the times. — Instead of this – here are John Keats’s piss a bed poetry – and three novels by God knows whom [..] Pray send me no more poetry but what is rare and decidedly good. — There is such a trash of Keats and the like upon my tables – that I am ashamed to look at them. [..] – I am in a very fierce humour at not having Scott’s Monastery. – You are too liberal in quantity and somewhat careless of the quality of your missives. – [..] No more Keats I entreat – – – flay him alive – if some of you don’t I must skin him myself. There is no bearing the drivelling idiotism of the Mankin. – – – – – [editor’s note: ‘dashes degenerate into scrawl’]”
To his publisher John Murray, 4 November 1820:
“They Support Pope I see in the Quarterly. [Let them] Continue to do so – it is a Sin & a Shame and a damnation – to think that Pope!! should require it – but he does. – – – Those miserable mountebanks of the day – the poets – disgrace themselves – and deny God – in running down Pope – the most faultless of Poets, and almost of men – – the Edinburgh praises Jack Keats or Ketch or whatever his names are; – why his is the Onanism of Poetry — something like the Pleasure an Italian fiddler extracted out of being suspended daily by a Street Walker in Drury Lane – this went on for some weeks – at last the Girl – went to get a pint of Gin – met another, chatted too long – and Cornelli was hanged outright before she returned. Such like is the trash they praise – and such will be the end of the outstretched poesy of this miserable Self-polluter of the human Mind [editor’s note: ‘untranscribable scrawl’]. W. Scott’s Monastery just arrived — many thanks for that Grand Desideratun of the last Six Months.”
Note: “onanism” refers to masturbation.
To his publisher John Murray, 9 November 1820:
“Mr. Keats whose poetry you enquire after — appears to me what I have already said; such writing is a sort of mental masturbation — he is always frigging his Imagination. I don’t mean that he is indecent, but viciously soliciting his own ideas into a state which is neither poetry nor any thing else but a Bedlam vision produced by raw pork and opium.”
Note: “frigging” was slang for masturbation.
To his publisher John Murray, 18 November 1820:
“P.S. — Of the praises of that little dirty blackguard Keates in the Edinburgh — I shall observe as Johnson did when Sheridan the actor got a pension. ‘What has he got a pension? then it is time that I should give up mine!’ — Nobody could be prouder of the praises of the Edinburgh than I was — or more alive to their censure — as I showed in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers — at present all the men they have ever praised are degraded by that insane article. — Why don't they review & praise ‘Solomon's Guide to Health’ it is better sense — and as much poetry as Johnny Keates.”
To his publisher John Murray 26 April 1821:
“Is it true – what Shelley writes me that poor John Keats died at Rome of the Quarterly Review? I am very sorry for it – though I think he took the wrong line as a poet – and was spoilt by Cockneyfying and Surburbing – and versifying Tooke’s Pantheon and Lempriere’s Dictionary. I know by experience that a savage review is Hemlock to a sucking author – and the one on me – (which produced the English Bards &c.) knocked me down – but I got up again. Instead of bursting a blood-vessel – I drank three bottles of Claret – and began an answer – finding that there was nothing in the Article for which I could lawfully knock Jeffrey on the head in an honourable way. However I would not be the person who wrote the homicidal article – for all the honour & glory in the World, – though I by no means approve of that School of Scribbling – which it treats upon.”
To Percy Shelley, 26 April 1821:
“I am very sorry to hear what you say of Keats — is it actually true? I did not think criticism had been so killing. Though I differ from you essentially in your estimate of his performances, I so much abhor all unnecessary pain, that I would rather he had been seated on the highest peak of Parnassus than have perished in such a manner. Poor fellow! though with such inordinate self-love he would probably have not been very happy. I read the review of ‘Endymion’ in the Quarterly. It was severe, — but surely not so severe as many reviews in that and other journals upon others.
I recollect the effect on me of the Edinburgh on my first poem; it was rage, and resistance, and redress — but not despondency nor despair. I grant that those are not amiable feelings; but, in this world of bustle and broil, and especially in the career of writing, a man should calculate upon his powers of resistance before he goes into the arena. ‘Expect not life from pain nor danger free, Nor deem the doom of man reversed for thee.’
You know my opinion of that second-hand school of poetry. You also know my high opinion of your own poetry, — because it is of no school. [..] I have published a pamphlet on the Pope controversy, which you will not like. Had I known that Keats was dead — or that he was alive and so sensitive — I should have omitted some remarks upon his poetry, to which I was provoked by his attack upon Pope, and my disapprobation of his own style of writing.”
To Percy Shelley, 30 July 1821:
[First page missing] “The impression of Hyperion upon my mind was – that it was the best of his works. Who is to be his editor? It is strange that Southey who attacks the reviewers so sharply in his Kirk White – calling theirs ‘the ungentle craft’ – should be perhaps the killer of Keats. Kirke White was nearly extinguished in the same way – by a paragraph or two in ‘the Monthly’ – Such inordinate sense of censure is surely incompatible with great exertion – have not all known writers been the subject thereof?”
To his publisher John Murray 30 July 1821:
“Are you aware that Shelley has written an Elegy on Keats, and accuses the Quarterly of killing him?
‘Who killed John Keats? / ‘I,’ says the Quarterly, / So savage and Tartarly; / ‘Twas one of my feats.’ / Who shot the arrow? / ‘The poet-priest Milman / (So ready to kill man), / Or Southey or Barrow.’’
You know very well that I did not approve of Keats’s poetry, or principles of poetry, or of his abuse of Pope; but, as he is dead, omit all that is said about him in any M.S.S. of mine, or publication. His Hyperion is a fine monument, and will keep his name. I do not envy the man who wrote the article; — you Review people have no more right to kill than any other footpads. However, he who would die of an article in a Review would probably have died of something else equally trivial. The same thing nearly happened to Kirke White, who died afterwards of a consumption.”
4 August 1821, to his publisher John Murray:
“You must however omit the whole of the observations against the Suburban School – they are meant against Keats and I cannot war with the dead – particularly those already killed by Criticism. Recollect to omit all that portion in any case.”
To his publisher John Murray, 7 August 1821:
“All the part about the Suburb School must be omitted – as it referred to poor Keats now slain by the Quarterly Review — [..] I have just been turning over the homicide review of J. Keats. – It is harsh certainly and contemptuous but not more so than what I recollect of the Edinburgh R. of ‘the Hours of Idleness’ in 1808. The Reviewer allows him ‘a degree of talent which deserves to be put in the right way’ ‘rays of fancy’ ‘gleams of Genius’ and ‘powers of language’. – It is harder on L. Hunt than upon Keats & professes fairly to review only one book of his poem. – Altogether – though very provoking it was hardly so bitter as to kill unless there was a morbid feeling previously in his system.”
To Thomas Moore, August 27th 1822:
“It was not a Bible that was found in Shelley's pocket, but John Keats's poems.”
From his poem Don Juan Canto Eleventh written October 1822 and published August 1823. He was going off the popular gossip shared to him by Shelley (who believed it), which was that Keats health had sharply declined due to receiving bad reviews:
“John Keats, who was killed off by one critique, / Just as he really promised something great, / If not intelligible, without Greek / Contrived to talk about the Gods of late, / Much as they might have been supposed to speak. / Poor fellow! His was an untoward fate; / ‘Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, / Should let itself be snuffed out by an article.”
To his publisher John Murray, 25 December 1822:
“As to any community of feeling, thought, or opinion, between Leigh Hunt and me, there is little or none. We meet rarely, hardly ever; but I think him a good-principled and able man, and must do as I would be done by. I do not know what world he has lived in – but I have lived in three or four – and none of them like his Keats and Kangaroo terra incognita – Alas! poor Shelley! – how he would have laughed – had he lived, and how we used to laugh now & then – at various things – which are grave in the Suburbs. You are all mistaken about Shelley – – you do not know – how mild – how tolerant – how good he was in Society – and as perfect a Gentleman as ever crossed a drawing room; – when he liked – & where he liked. – – – – –“
The excerpts above are taken primarily from Peter Cochran’s transcriptions.
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About the Racists, Homophobes, and Purists Reviewing amc’s “Interview with the Vampire”
To put it bluntly: the people giving this show bad reviews are racists and homophobes. This is a damn good show that breathes new life into an old story, and the fan reviews claiming that this adaptation is “horrible” and a “disgrace” to Anne Rice’s work are simply bigots who cannot stand to see two men kissing on screen and/or who are ridiculously offended that Black actors are playing Louis and Claudia.
Don’t believe me? Look at what fan reviewer joshua g had to say on Rotten Tomatoes: “Of course they would take a classic that does not need change, and turn it into a homosexual love story.” Obviously, his 0.5-star rating (the lowest rating possible on Rotten Tomatoes) was not motivated by the quality of the show but by his own homophobia. P W is another fan reviewer who gave the show a whopping 0.5 stars, because he has a problem with People of Color playing some of the leading characters. He says: “At some point, the intentional casting of minorities in reboots is going to end. History will look unfavorably at the practice.” Fan reviewer Rich G says it even more bluntly: “I dislike this show for one very specific reason. The race swapping of Louis and Claudie” (the misspelling of Claudia’s name is his mistake, not mine). Meanwhile, a fan reviewer on IMDb, GeorgeWHAMMYBush, gave the show a 1/10 (the lowest possible rating on IMDb) and this review: “They made the whole thing a dismally shot propaganda piece and it's painful to sit through… The plot gets obliterated completely in this and it's barely about vampirism at all and is now about race and sexual orientation. The whole thing is a waste of time. They then go after religion because while it was touched on as offensive to vampires in the books here it is clearly the target of the hacks who made this abomination. This could be studied in school as a part of a series on why American media failed when it had every chance to succeed. Whoever made this should be banned from the media industry entirely. Do not bother watching this. It will just aggravate you.” Most of the very low reviews on Rotten Tomatoes and IMBb are reminiscent of these examples, and it’s cringingly obvious these people just hate the show because they are racist and homophobic.
It amuses me that some of these bigots are attempting to use their alleged “love” for the source material as a mask for their racism and homophobia. Like “HOW DARE THEY CHANGE ANNE RICE’S BOOK AND MAKE LOUIS A BLACK MAN INSTEAD OF A SLAVE OWNER!?” or “HOW DARE THEY MAKE LOUIS GAY JUST TO SEEM WOKE!?” But if these so called “avid fans” actually read any of Anne Rice’s books, they must have stopped after book one, because if they got even to book 2 they would have known that Louis and Lestat have ALWAYS been an LGBT couple. If you read book 1, “Interview with the Vampire,” and missed the pretty-hard-to-miss subtext, go re-read it. To recap: Louis talks about how Lestat “had me mesmerized, enchanted” (direct quote); Louis explicitly compares Lestat turning him into a vampire to sex; he and Lestat live together for over sixty year; and they adopt a child together. By book 2, “The Vampire Lestat,” Lestat has male lovers both before and after becoming a vampire, and he confirms that he and Louis were lovers. He and Louis also have a heartfelt reunion in the 80s, and they kiss multiple times on the mouth. (I know, too gay for people who didn’t get past the Neil Jordan film.) By the time we reach the final book in of series, “Blood Communion,” Louis and Lestat are again living together, and in the final chapter of the book, they dance together at a ball, embrace, kiss multiple times on the lips, and profess their undying love for one another. Sorry, homophobes, but these vampires ain’t never been straight, and you’d know that if you actually read the books.
Aside from the raving racists and homophobes, there are some fan reviewers who seem to genuinely love Rice’s “Vampire Chronicles” but have a problem with the amc series diverging from the source material. Again, the “race swapping” is commonly mentioned, so I wonder how many of these people are also motivated by prejudice, but they have other problems too, such as changes in the time period, the ages of the character’s, the dialog (come on, what tv show preserves all of the dialogue from the books?), and even tiny unimportant details like the vampires “spilling blood” when they kill people. I understand when you passionately love a book series (and I myself passionately love “The Vampire Chronicles”), you imagine the story and characters a certain way, but what these people need to realize is that it is not unusual, uncommon, unfair, or disrespectful for tv reboots or movies to make changes from the books. “Interview with the Vampire” was already made into a very successful and well-known movie in 1994, and most remakes/reboots that do NOT try anything new but simply repeat what has already been done fail miserably. “Psycho,” “Nightmare of Elm Street,” “Carrie”... these are all movies that took a classic and remade it more or less the same as the original, and all of these films were brushed off and forgotten because they offered nothing new and exciting, nothing updated and relevant, nothing thought-provoking that would allow the audience to think of things in a different way or see things in a new light. In simply repeating the original with different actors, they failed to live up to the original. The same thing has happened when books have been made into movies and then later into tv series: look at “The Shining.” Most people don’t even know the inferior miniseries exists, even though it is more accurate to the book and Stephen King wrote it himself. On the contrary, some of the most successful remakes, the kind of remakes that make people say, “This is better than the original!”—which, by the way, the majority of critics and fans ARE saying about amc’s “Interview with the Vampire”—are remembered and beloved because they do not just rehash the same old material but because they put a spin on old characters and content; they make changes and updates; they offer the audience something new, exciting, current, and relevant, something more and something deeper. Some examples: “The Fly,” “The Thing,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” This is what amc is doing with “Interview with the Vampire.”
So, if you earnestly love the original books, that’s wonderful, but you have the books, and you can read them as many times as you want. You also have the Neil Jordan film which you can re-watch to your liking. Now, the amc series is remaking/rebooting this series, and it is not a crime for production teams to take creative liberties, and I honestly do not see this as a disrespect to Anne Rice’s work either. She SOLD the rights of her work for this television series, which means the production team can make whatever changes they want. That’s how it goes for any author whose book is being made into a movie: they sign the contract, they get paid (and Anne Rice most likely got paid millions of dollars for this series) and they don’t have any say over what changes are made to the production. Even most script writers who spend months or years creating characters and writing a story, if they are lucky enough to sell their script to a production company, they lose creative control over that story. That’s just the way it works. It’s nothing new. It’s nothing shocking. And it’s not a “disgrace.” This has been going on literally always since movies and television shows have been made based on books. Have you ever seen the “original” 1931 “Frankenstein” movie? Ever compare it to Mary Shelley’s book? So like I was saying, movies/tv shows departing from the source material is nothing new and nothing to be “furious” or “disgusted” about.
Now, if you love the show, please go leave a review on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes, because it’s being review-bombed by racists and homophobes and purists who want to see it tank! But we won’t let that happen because they dumbass bitches and love wins! ♥️
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo: Thoughts on episodes 15-16 (spoilers!)
All good things must come to an end. Now that the dust has settled in my brain after my third watch (lol), let's unpack this week's two-part season finale (spoiler alert!)
First of all, writer Moon Ji-won and her team sure know how to weave metaphors and imagery like it's nothing I've ever seen in a K-drama. Definitely her strong suit. Some are blatant while others are so subtle most people miss it without a rewatch. Seriously, I could name several off the top of my head and I've probably missed twice as much. But let's focus on those present in eps 15-16.
I want to start with the introduction and characterization of Young-woo's half-brother Choi Sang-hyeon. Love her or hate her, I can't wait to see how brilliant Tae Su-mi actually is considering she's 2 for 2 in giving birth to geniuses. In his first scene in ep 15 alone, we are told that Sang-hyeon and Young-woo are alike yet different.
Throughout the show, circles have been associated with Young-woo. The title credits, the little details Young-woo's room, her headphones, the revolving door, Young-woo's name in hangul (우영우), even Dong Geurami (whose name means 'circle')! But what about Sang-hyeon?
It's all squares with this kid, who mirrors the opening credits in ep 16. And they both love gimbap! Perhaps even for the same reason that they like to see every detail of the thing they're dealing with (Young-woo with the law and whales, Sang-hyeon with computers). Better yet, they share a tendency to lean towards what's morally right, socially just and transparent, despite being in fields that are known to exploit people who aren't well-versed in their complexities.
I definitely like how he didn't take his frustrations out on Young-woo, instead assumed that she would understand him better than their mother, and he was right. I wonder what he sees during his Eureka moments, but we'll have to wait for season 2 to hopefully find out.
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Now let's talk about this case. I can't tell you how much I LOVE that ep 15 started with spear phishing. It brought me back to this moment from ep 6 so fast I could almost feel the wind coming and hear the whales jumping. (Sorry for the noob gif quality)
Once we learn who the baby whale in question is, we're compelled to ask if Tae Su-mi is willing to make the same decision twice. And while she was ready to bury it to save her candidacy, she ultimately lets Sang-hyeon out himself as the hacker and participate in the trial, putting her political ambitions at an end - or more likely on hold.
The hunter/ress throwing the harpoon in this case, you guessed it, is Han Seon-yeong. Throughout the show, CEO Han seemed to be playing a game with CEO Tae, though the latter didn't seem to acknowledge the game at all. Where CEO Han spends most of her jealousy-driven time thinking of how to take her rival down, CEO Tae doesn't pay her as much attention, instead preferring to use her energy on her next professional conquest. Sound familiar?
The result for CEO Han is lukewarm. Tae Su-mi isn't outed (yet) for having a child out of wedlock and manages a relatively graceful exit from her nomination, Young-woo gets to keep her peace, Sang-hyeon is publicly disgraced but keeps his dignity and honor. So far, Han's bark has been louder than her bite. She's never made any significant contribution to the cases she injected herself into. Whereas CEO Tae would have won the Seodok-dong case if it weren't for Young-woo's genius. Maybe she held back because of her humanity towards the innocent parties. On the other hand, she could also be waiting for a bigger scandal to take her rival down for good. In that case, we have reason to expect her to be the antagonist in Season 2, though I would have liked to see more hints scattered prior to ep 16 apart from the deleted scene in ep 8.
With Sang-hyeon now in her orbit, I'm looking forward to more brother-sister interactions in Season 2. Choi Hyun-jin did a great job with his portrayal (am I the only one who likes his eyes?). There was some tightrope walking between sinister and brilliant going on there, his introduction felt like a scene from "Juvenile Justice". Bravo.
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Last week, I told you (!) that Young-woo and Jun-ho would be endgame. All because it was hinted by the case, the monk, and the dialogue during the breakup, among others, that they were both capable of looking beyond the surface of their problems.
I also said that Young-woo shouldn't be so criticized for letting go of him without a proper explanation at the time because she was trying to be selfless (for a change, or so she thought). So this week, we got another metaphor from Jun-ho this time about unrequited love for a cat, but that it's okay because the owner is happy with the cat just being there no matter how selfish the cat can be sometimes. Message received, and our whale couple is back together.
While I'm very happy that we were not given the 2521 treatment, the execution of this storyline leaves a bit to be desired. It's the same issue I've had with it since ep 11, in that they've been cutting the scenes so abruptly, especially those filmed near Young-woo's house. The scene where Young-woo finally tells Jun-ho her reason for the breakup and then it just holds the pause after she bows then that's it. I know they probably didn't want to cram more progress into ep 15 and focus more on the trial scenes but it resulted in some uneven storytelling.
Btw, I adore that scene where he gets all defensive when the Taesan messenger startles Young-woo but he doesn't pry. Kang Tae-oh was just majestic. Though this was something that Young-woo's dad could have seen so he'd give her a nudge to say Jun-ho may be right for her after all. Another could be the hospital fiasco, where instead of driving off with douchebag Attorney Jang, Jun-ho could have been caught on camera shielding Young-woo from the press, leading her dad to the same conclusion. Although driving off was one way to show that he can also make poor snap judgments and that's ok. I know I'm getting nitpicky but I just wish there was something so their makeup on the way to the trial could have a little more meat. But all is well since we got the result we wanted.
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Should I even write about (still trash, now compostable) Kwon Min-woo and my girl Choi Su-yeon at this point? They really went the route of "let's introduce a worse character so the guy you hate doesn't look half bad". I mean Attorney Jang is where Min-woo would be if left unchecked after about 15+ years. I'm okay with redemption arcs, I really am. I just hate when they happen overnight or when they're being given out like candy.
And while I don't underestimate nor belittle the things love can make you do, I can't get on the "I can change him" trope. It's so beneath the Su-yeon that we know. And it taints the sincerity of Min-woo's 'change' in that every good deed he does from here on is based on pleasing her and not because it's the right thing to do. He's lucky she has a great moral compass. The attempt at fistbumping Young-woo was just cringe. Would he have done that if Su-yeon hadn't been there? Exactly.
If the writer's intention was to keep his suspiciousness, then mission accomplished. I won't be surprised if they break up and he regresses to his old ways, or he regresses then they break up. If the goal was to transform him into a loveable character, then I just hope he's given a chance in season 2 to make morally sound decisions (at his expense) while he and Su-yeon are apart. It's the only way to get him back on track. I've been very critical, but seeing how things turned out, I'm optimistic we the audience will get the storyline we deserve next season.
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Lastly, I like how Jung Myeong-seok's reconciliation with his ex-wife was left open-ended and dependent on how ready he would be to leave Hanbada for good. But even if he left the firm, old habits die hard. He may choose to represent less affluent clients like the temple, but his devotion to his work could make him relapse (in more ways than one). It would be interesting to see him slowly shift into someone a little more like Attorney Ryu from ep 12 and even work with her for a change. Better yet, start a firm with his babies and take on social justice cases going head to head with Taesan and Hanbada like David v. Goliath. It's another way to see what both CEOs are really made of once Young-woo takes off with her real family.
And that's where the season ends. Where the first episode only had one floating whale during Young-woo's commute, the conclusion showed several as she no longer feels alone.
Overall, I still think the two-part season finale was more than satisfactory with enough room to elaborate in season 2. I'm excited to see what's in store for Young-woo and co. now that the writer and producers have at least 2 years to figure out the best way to continue this extraordinary saga. Until the next Whoa Whoa Wednesday!
Check out my midseason (episodes 1-8) review, thoughts on episodes 11-12 and 13-14.
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Something just occurred to me...
And its barely Chloe-related! (shock, horror).
So basically, by the end of this season, there are eighteen, yes eighteen(!) full-time superheroes, right? Including: Pretty much ALL of Marinette’s classmates and passing teenage acquaintances (sans Chloe and Lila, of course).
My question is... has Marinette EVER considered the only one in her friend circle who she doesn’t know the identity of as a hero, the one who seems to be in love with her both in and out of costume and the one person she sees on a regular basis... could be Adrien/Chat Noir?
I know, it’s stupid, right? Considering they’re about a billion other plot holes and incidences of convenient stupidity the writers use just to get from A to B. But in view of the whole premise of the show seemingly resting on this obvious subterfuge, even if I was a kid I’d be pretty dumbfounded she hadn’t figured it out by now.
Now I’m sure there have been episodes that I’ve wiped from my memory where through the use of chicanery or shenanigans, Adrien has managed to be in two places at once to disprove this ‘clever’ idea in Marinette/ Ladybug’s head once and for all. You might even say it’s not important, and I should just ‘enjoy’ the show for what it is: a simple superhero cartoon for kids.
That’s the point though: I CAN’T enjoy it, obviously first because of legitimate issues I’ve had with the disgraceful treatment of my favorite character (guess who) but also down to the fact I honestly think it’s the biggest load of shit made from a great idea I’ve ever seen. Like taking a diamond, and using it to carve dog turds I suppose if you want a simple off-the-cuff analogy.
Just reading the latest spoilers made me very sad, angry and confused that anyone could defend this mess by the time season 6 rolls around. Each to their own, but I think any audience member, whether they be 1 or 100 deserves to be treated with more respect than the absolute bilge the makers of Miraculous are shovelling.
I would be bashing it relentlessly even if I WASN’T a massive fan of you-know-who, it’s simply breathtaking just how much the show plunges in quality with every passing season. And they say they want to give it at least eight?! That that doesn’t even include the ridiculous amount of individual spin-offs, Made-For-TV movies and live-action projects they have planned in the future? WOW. Compared to this overextension of property, even Spongebob seems a model of restraint.
The mind boggles at the cynical cash-grab of it all... but hey, if all that blatant rapaciousness for money over quality floats your boat, you’re welcome to it all. Just don’t ask me to understand your way of thinking, because I won’t. Ever.
Sorry that I lapsed into one of my standard rants (come on, you know you love them), allow me to return to the original topic. The reason I pondered the issue of Marinette not even considering the fact that the love of her life and her superhero partner over 130 episodes might be one and the same is very symbolic to me of the show’s deeper problems. If it can’t even handle it’s central storyline right, how can you expect it to cope with anything else in this over-convoluted plot? The answer is, naturally: it doesn’t.
In a better show, other elements might distract me from asking such a straightforward question, but seeing as there ain’t much of that here, my mind keeps returning to this one big query. And so far, I’ve yet to hear an acceptable answer. Any ideas, guys?
Still, looook over there! EIGHTEEN heroes eh, isn’t that something! All of which I’m sure will be fully-utilised and developed as part of the show’s core squad (something which the show has a SUPERB track record of), and all of course whom have various types of merchandise available NOW! And to show how brilliantly pre-planned everything is in advance, you can even get tons of limited edition Queen Bee stuff in all good shops already...
...Wait.
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Emmett till family i’m so sorry that this goofy broad fixed her face to use compare your relatives tragedy to some nonsense. your entire family deserves better than this
Yall niggas disgust me with this level of dickriding, Emmitt Till was a child! That was tortured and murdered! By Racists who got away with it! Tory is a violent abuser who finally got what he deserved for SHOOTING a woman! He is nothing like Emmitt Till, stfu!
Gurl, I know you did not come on Blue Ivy’s innanet on the eve of Jesus’s Birthday, and compared the late Emmitt Till to this short burned piece of Canadian Bacon named Tory… Have Several pls!
First of all dude is Canadian….. and is not a Black American…… second of all, the disrespect is crazy. Y’all really be on the internet disgracing your or OUR ancestors for some engagement and entertainment. Luckily for me, I could never be a 🦝 nor the type of woman who would throw away my goodness, my integrity my dignity to slut myself out for some punk who ain’t gonna do right by me anyway
Why are we comparing an innocent little boy who was lynched for no reason to an embarrassing man who shot a woman, lied about it , dehumanized her for no reason other than he had a toxic masculinity and violent tendencies because he can’t handle the fact that his music was not that good for anyone to stan him and his only successful song was in a feature with jack harlow and is now facing years in prison?
Some of Y’all will say anything to disrespect Black American history and our ancestors. The audacity of you claiming a CANADIAN gremlin who was rightfully and proven convicted for his crimes against meg thee stallion is equal to Emmett Till shows your lack of knowledge and good sense. Maybe in hindsight George w. Bush no child left behind policy wasn’t the best idea because some children were left behind education wise. Children were deliberately LEFT BEHIND. WHATTT
you need to be hung drawn and quartered for this and afterwards your bones need to be scattered across the street for mongrel dogs to gnaw and crack like Omg y’all going to hell????
The quotes are calling you a pea brained fool, as they should but quite honestly, reading this shocked me because of the sheer disrespect. You misspelled his name and compared a innocent boy whose life was stolen by racists to a man suffering the consequences for his actions. This is why Harriet Tubman had a gun because some of you have ancestors who should have been capped by her
tory lanez ain’t do nothing special for y’all to be defending him like this. Even artists like Chris Brown to Eric Clapton have more high quality music content than that Keebler elf and they’re problematic too. (*Not A defense of the actions of both Brown and Clapton or other hence the “and they’re problematic too “ just so you know) sweetheart He's never going to fuck you. Deal with it
I can’t stand you niggas. i wouldn't even piss or spat on you if you were on fire May the vengeance of the ancestors find you in your sleep.
we will never be free and at this point it’s deserved. We’re surrounded by our worst enemies in the black community and the shackles on our feet will never be released.
a teenage boy who was a victim of violent racism being compared to an ABUSER , harriet shouldn't have gone back for some of y'all ancestors just stay in school!!!!!
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BEZER - VOICE COLLECTION
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"Canaan had the audacity to try and escape my scrutiny again. Help me find that troublemaker!"
"Whether human or black fairy, everyone is a student in my eyes."
"I see that you too are constantly surrounded by difficult students. You have my sympathies."
"I also see you as one of my students, Emma. I will interview you soon. You'd better show up."
"You are indeed a model student and your work ethic is high. Be careful not to become complacent."
"I will now begin my class."
"To show such disgraceful behavior in front of students. You are an unfit teacher."
"It is only natural for a teacher to help his students. Especially when it's a model student asking for help."
"I was in the middle of monitoring a troubled student. I suppose I have no choice, I'll leave it to you, my model student, to keep an eye on him."
"I cannot maintain my dignity as a teacher with mediocre results. I must achieve results that my students can be proud of."
"I need to work on my exploration skills. A teacher should always be better than his students."
"I hope my future students won't be as hard to handle as that man."
"One should always study diligently."
"Perhaps it is because I'm always stuck with troublemakers. But, I feel a sense of a peace when I talk to a model student like you."
"It is not desirable for a teacher to rely on his students. However, I would appreciate your continued assistance."
"Man and beast…Model student and troublemaker…Have the boundaries between the two ever been so blurred?"
"Education is all about discipline. Not coddling. That's what I always thought. Seems I still have a lot to learn."
"I do all this for the sake of my students and the bright future ahead of them."
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BEZER : You…!! Every single time I take my eyes off of you, you revert to being lazy. Show your remorse now!
CANAAN : Ah, I'm being scolded again.
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BEZER : This tendency you have to indulge in worldly pleasures is bad for your health. I'll correct it in due time.
GIN : I'm so sorry. I was hoping that your strict supervision would help me to become abstinent.
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MEL : How is this teaching, Bezer? You're forcing them to do something they don't wanna do.
BEZER : My actions are in line with the human education system and ethics. You have no right to criticize me for it.
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BEZER : You are quite a pain in the ass. It is going to take a lot of work to get you to be self-motivated and proactive.
EMPPU : I have no feelings…No wants…I don't have any of the qualities you're talking about…
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GIN : If Bezer is going to explore this neighborhood, I'll go look on the other side.
BEZER : Just be sure not to get carried away by your desires again.
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MEL : You're acting like a real big shot teacher. But, the effect of your "guidance" is questionable at best.
BEZER : It is outrageous for a student such as you to evaluate his teacher. I will beat you back into shape!
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BEZER : In this exploration, I'm hoping to find something that can be used as a teaching aid. Emppu, you are going to have to help us with this.
EMPPU : Yes, I will help…I don't know much about educational material, but the goal of exploration remains the same.
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GIN : Ah…Alcohol…Do you have any alcohol…? To satisfy my body and my heart, please bless me with a drop of alcohol…!
BEZER : Hey! Don't hang on me like that! If you don't let go this instance I'll smack you with my teaching whip!
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MEL : This exploration isn't going as planned, is it? I bet it's 'cause of your inexperienced guidance, huh~?
BEZER : You sure do love to run that mouth of yours. I refuse to listen to the vulgar provocations of a cynic like you.
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BEZER : You sure are dedicated to solemnly carrying out your purpose without wasting words…As you're teacher I must give you a gold star.
EMPPU : I'm just doing what I always do…I don't deserve praise…
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MEL : Welp. The exploration is over~ We probably found nothing of value, huh?
BEZER : It's going to take a lot of work to fix this attitude of yours. Fortunately, we have plenty of time.
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BEZER : Despite your shortcomings, the results are good. I still think you have a lot to offer.
EMPPU : I was just following orders…Not that you'll listen to me…
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i want to hear ur thoughts abt object terror, you philosophor
so disclaimer i havent seen OT in fucking months so this insane ramble isnt gna be. the best but
object terror is one of the best worst fucking object shows ive ever seen, literally the PRIME example of some edgy kid trying to make an object show that isnt ur grandmas object show. no. this is the REAL shit and they say SLURS and theres BLOOD and GORE (yes im serious theres blood and gore and death but itsnot that bad, definitely a bit shocking if u didnt expect it to happen tho)
theres also shitty voice acting and terrible mic quality galore, EX: theres a fucking cup that had this dogshit mic for the longest fucking time and it deadass sounded like bro was talking into a washing machine ohmy god, i remember there was a clip of him going around on twitter a while ago cuz of this (i think that was my first time seeing anything from OT too so theres that)
OH and theres cactus, i barely remember anything abt him but he had this fucking emotionless voice that made me HYSTERICAL. there was a scene where someone got him pissed and he said "you take that back" with. absolutely no emotion at all and since then me and my friends keep fucking quoting that line cuz its the funniest fucking shit ever
btw that slur line i said earlier wasnt a joke, one of the characters straight up drops the R SLUR in the FIRST EPISODE (funnily enough, that character became the creators objectsona i think? ik they kinda used him as a mascot for a bit which is so fucking funny) tho i dont think they drop anymore slurs after that but dont take my word on it
anyways i gotta talk abt my favorite fucking part abt this fucking show before i get to. mint
THESE FUCKING CUNTS.
before i watched object terror i got fucking warned abt these two because there was a . homophobic scene w them or some shit and i had NO idea what it was for the longest time so i was really excited to see what object homophobia was gna be graced upon my faggotly eyes
and then theyjust. started making out randomly. LIKE OUTTA NOWHERE and there were other characters there that were gna try to attack/kill them? but then they saw them kissing and were like omg ewww boys (i think. the stuff that happens after this scene is kinda blurry tbh and im NOT gonna go back and watch the clip to see what happens ok. i REFUSE) and im sorry but thats the best fucking object show scene ever
AND LIKE? IDK? MAYBE ITS JUST ME BUT I DONT GET WHY I SAW PPL SAY THIS WAS HOMOPHOBIC???? i dunno maybe its just me but like these two just kissed while watching tv and eating chicken AND NOTHING BAD HAPPENED TO THEM!!! THEY LITERALLY WON IMMUNITY BY THE END OF THE EPISODE TOO. THEY WON. THE GAYS WON. and its so fucking funny to me bro object terror LOVES the gays
ok now i need to talk about mint im sorry i hate this fucking thing so much I NEED TO KILL HIM WITH A ROCK!!!! FFFUCK!!
hes literally just taco ii but 100x worse, i dont even like tacos evil arc or whatever cuz i always found her annoying BUT MINT IS SO MUCH WORSE
never in my. almost 2 years of watching object shows have i ever hated a character so fucking much LIKE GENUINELY THIS THING MAKES ME SO FRUSTRATED. hes just that. lol XD random character FOR THE WHOLE SERIES. just annoying and loud and does literally fucking nothing AND THE JOKES W HIM ARE SO FORCED I SWEAR THEY STOPPED . EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN AN EPISODE JUST TO FOCUS ON THIS MOTHERFUCKER CUZ HE WAS GONNA DO SOMETHING FUNNY. im not mad that im missing out on some "juicy" object terror "lore" im just pissed that i have to see this fucking disgrace on my screen
oh and in the latest episode (as of now, the series isnt actually finished yet and i hope to god it never gets continued) SUDDENLY mint has a fucking arc THAT WAS NEVER FORESHADOWED AT ALL IN THE SERIES!! SO SUDDENLY HES A SMART GENIUS THAT COULD DO ANYTHING CUZ HE HAS MACHINES N SHIT AND A WHOLE ASS LABORATORY ??????? THEN HE FUCKING DIES
do you know how many fucking. mid and uninteresting characters we had to lose for him
DO YOU KNOW THE LOSSES I HAD TO DEAL WITH CUZ OF HIM
he lived for too fuckig long in this show dammit it pisses me off that he's even a character that exists . i blame him for being the reason why i hate joke characters (except david ily david bfdi)
i dont wanna talk abt him anymore im gonna
OK OK BUT. 1 more thing. smore
smore is this guy that they introduced later on in the series and hes a FUCKING. DEMON FROM HELL and i need him so bad actually
i think at some point he tries to . kill mint too so im literaly making out with him rn oh my god HES SO
im so mad hes in object terror IM GETTING YOU OUTTA THERE BABY ‼ ‼ 🗣🗣
honestly tho he was so cool im a little mad that they introduced him so late into the show CUZ WE ONLY SEE HIM FOR LIKE 2 EPISODES GRAHHHH RAAGHHHH babygirl
anyways thats it i feel like theres more but im not gonna wring out any more object terror knowledge from my brain i think that'll kill me
hope u enjoyed my insanity anon heres a loser . hope this heals you
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LBSC Sprint Challenge: August
I finally completed my first sprint challenge!!
As a prompt, I chose the twitter post that said "When people are sad I let them color in my tattoos. Sometimes all they need is a shoulder to crayon" from this prompt list
I did the sprint in one go and i was surprised because i thought it would be way harder XD I'm quite happy with how it turned out. Enjoy!
@lovebugs-and-snakecharmers
The frustrated tapping of Marinette's nails against the small table halled through the greenhouse of the Liberty. With every movemet of her pencil and new line appearing on the page of her sketch book before her, with every line she removes with her eraser she felt more and more frustration piling up, until she put the pencil down, ripped the page out and threw it across the room. At this point, she had already given up on counting how many cycles of angrily sketching, erasing and ripping out she went through. Either way, she was pissed. A new, blanc page stared at her almost mockingly and she found herself fighting the urge to take the stupid book and throw it into the seine.
… No, that wouldn't be worth it. It was a good book of high quality. Throwing that anywhere would be foolish. She had payed a lot of money for that. And it wasn't like that would make her feel any less like a disappointment anyway.
These stage costumes had to be done in two weeks, yet she just couldn't find any inspiration. This was much easier the first time she had designed costumes for Kitty section. Cute little kitty masks and stuff. The skeches for those had been done in about 30 minutes. But Kitty section, now that they were older, kinda grew out of the cute kitty phase and were now reinventing their image and a rock and metal band, looking for more rock/metal appropriate designs (while still keeping the cat/unicorn theme because Rose, who never grew out of that phase and probably never will, insisted on it).
And Marinette wasn't able to do that. How should the rock and metal genre fit together with a cute kitty/unicorn aesthetic?
It's not like she didn't believe that was possible, but she had tried a good amount of designs, all of them now lying on the floor, and none of them felt right.
She rested her head on the table with a loud sigh. This was clearly not working.
She stayed like this for a short while when she heard footsteps approaching. She looked up and spotted Luka walking towards her with a glass of orange juice im his hand.
It was a hot summer day, so he was wearing a white tank top, exposing his quite toned arms and a big tattoo on his left shoulder, depicting a viper exposing it's long fangs. It was a great tattoo which suited Luka very well, though it wasn't colored yet. He had his next appointment in a few days to get it done. Until then, the viper remained colorless.
Luka put the glass down and sat next to Marinette.
„You look unhappy,“ he observed, placing a hand on Marinette's shouder and squeezing lightly.
She let out another sigh.
„Do you know that feeling when you're completely useless because you can't get anything done because you suck?“
She stretched out an arm to grab one of the papers she teared out earlier, unfolded it and showed it to him.
„Look at this... this... this disgrace,“ she whined, "it looks so bad, it doesn't do the band justice at all. Like... it makes me want to throw myself in the seine, that's how much I hated! Why am I so goddamn untalented?“
Luka chuckled.
„Watch what you're saying, that's my girlfriend you're talking about,“ he joked. It made Marinette smile.
„Sorry,“ she said. „ I guess I'm just in a really bad mood because none of the designs feel right. I want you guys to have nice stage outfits and none of those would do you justice.“
„It's ok, that happens“, Luka comforted her, „Sometimes the notes are here and you can hear them.“
He leans back on the couch and pulls Marinette along with him.
„But I just don't know how to... combine them. And it sucks, but I know you'll figure it out. You should get a break and I'm sure it'll make you feel better.“
His eyes fell on one of marinette's crayons. He smiled and picked the blue one up.
„You know,“ he said, „maybe you can just try to design something easier.“
Marinette tilted her head in confusion.
„Like what?“
„Like my uncolored tattoo“
He turned his shoulder to her.
„I haven't actually amde up my mind about what color exactly I want him to be. Maybe you could help me with that,“ he explained. „Plus...“
He put on a dorky smile.
„Plus what,“ Marinette asked, also smiling in anticipation what would come next.
„Plus, you'd have a shoulder to... crayon.“
The greenhouse fell silent for a few seconds. Marinette looked at her boyfriend as if he hadn't just made the funniest pun she had heard in a long time while he had the audacity to look back at her with this idiotic and utterly adorable grin.
Then a giggle escaped her which soon turned into loud laughter.
„A shlouder to crayon,“ she repeated in between chuckles,“You've got to be kidding me!“
Luka was laughing, too.
„I'm normally not good with puns. Come on, Medoly, you gotta give me credit for that one.“
„Ok ok,“ Marinette chuckled, „That was pretty funny. Well done.“
She ruffled his hair with her hand. Luka leaned into the touch.
Then he handed her the crayon and she started coloring the viper.
„I don't know if you know this, but I normally hate puns,“ she confessed, „Back in the days Chat noir made puns every time I'd meet him. Bad puns I might add.“
„Mostly about cats I assume,“ Luka asked.
„Yup,“ Marinette answered, „Though admittedly, some of them were funny. I just never laughed because I was focusing on fighting the akuma. And also...“
She put the crayon down and picked another one, „If I'd actually confess that he can be funny, he'd probably be so proud of himself that he'd be insuffarable.“ she laughed.
„Yeah, I can see that,“ said Luka.
„Not that I mean any offense by that though,“ she added.
They sat like this for some time, Marinette coloring Luka's arm while they came up with their own puns. People say laughter is the best medicine. Marinette found that to be true, as she felt her mood getting better with every second.
After some time, Marinette was satisfied with her work. The viper rested big and proud on Luka's shoulder in various shades of blue and green. She also put in some violet highlights to make the creature feel more alive.
„Wow,“ Luka said, „if you weren't on your way to be the worlds greatest designer, you would do great as a tattooist.“
„So you like it?“
„Like it? I love it!“
He wrapped his arm around his girlfriend and planted a kiss on her forhead.
„I will tell the tattooist to make my tattoo look exactly like that.“
Marinette looked up at him and felt really proud to have made her boyfriend this happy. She pressed her lips to his and gave him a little peck.
„Too bad I won't have that tattoo in the future to color.“
Luka chuckled.
„Don't worry babe. I have two shouders.“
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𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗚 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘. 𝗜'𝗠 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗣𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗠 ONCE AGAIN
During Winter 2023 the final seasonal lineup, I check out first season of Mairimashita! Iruma-kun anime adaptation based on its "shounen" manga and while animation itself isn't the best and cheapens the quality, it was rather engaging overall.
Immersive world building of Netherworld, intriuging lore involving secrets of all inhabitants, likable protagonist and cast of characters. They have everything in a great show...even some bad cons.
Obviously there is one complaint considered as a disgraceful omen in my eyes: F***KING AMERI AZAZEL.
Introduced as the student council president of Babyls Demon School. Strong-willed, ambitious, domineering, and beautiful. (Though not as elegantly beautiful as Asmodeus. Sorry not sorry) She is based of an exiled angel from showering humanity the forbidden knowledge during Hellenization. It made sense to the Azazels discovering our blue colored paper is human but what bothers me is how the series entitles itself on shoehorning Ameri in EVERY EPISODE OF HER hopelessly falling in an one-sided love with Iruma. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗶𝗺, 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴.
Like the poor kid just wants friends and enjoy his highschool life without getting forced into romance and out of all the demons in Babyls, Asmodeus means it well as he was sensible enough to sacrifice his feelings for friendship. (I'm deducing that homophobic shounen editors are guilty here and not Nishi. If only this was given a treatment similar to Owl House or Steven Universe)
Kind of gives me feeling of what I called "Marie canon love interest syndrome" *shudders* They downgraded her as one of female love interests makes it kind of insulting.
From season 1, Ameri has really good moments without Iruma and she is awesome out there. However once I begin to watch season 2 in the future, they assassinated her strong personality. GOOD HEAVENS, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO HER!? EDITORS EXPLAIN YOURSELVES.(╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴
I mostly skip Ameri-centric episodes, because I never care much of girlboss queen being awfully weak for our good-hearted demon king. Strong girls downplayed into love interests is a pet peeve of mine. Butch Lesbians exists, alright!?
I never want to hate Ameri but character-wise, she is never a great female character.
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I love podcasts. Absolutely love them....
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HOWEVER!
THere are some podcasts that should not be a thing. Not sorry for this opinion but a comedy podcast about true crime documentaries...
Seriously they take true crime docs and make jokes during them. It's supposed to be like mystery science theater 3000 but that prompt is for bad movies not people's lives.
I get it sometimes these true crime docs are ridiculous but they are still about true people and true crimes. If you start joking about some guy raping women and joking about someone breaking into a house and waiting. Make fun of the fuckers who do the crime.
Make fun of Ted for being a total cock faced disgusting piece of shit.
Make fun of Dennis Fucking Reader for his incompetent and desperate need to have a sinnature.
Do NOT make fun of the victims! This is fucking ridiculous that it needs to be said.
In all my life of listening to podcasts I never thought I'd come across such a fucking disgrace of humanity.
Now because I absolutely love listening to podcasts here's two good true crime podcasts I just recently began listening to and I think everyone should listen to because omg what freaking bamfs!
Morbid podcast: They are freaking angels! These tow wops do such victim justice and are such freaking amazing people. They are seriously top chart quality and it's so refreshing to listen to hear about the victims because it is so important to never forget them.
Crime Junkie Podcast: they are volunteers for crime stoppers are work on more recent crimes and a lot of unsolved crimes. If you want to hear about cases that you could possibly help with listen to them! They have great shows that give updates on where investigations are at.
Simon Whistler is also pretty good I've listened to him for a few years now and Casual Criminalist is pretty great. He has hilarious commentary about criminals and doesn't victim shame! He deals more with older crimes though but his episodes are a lot longer.
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I'm going to rant about how misunderstood Dear Evan Hansen is because I swear to God no one understands complex characters. Before you guys ask, I do have diagnosed GAD and I don't exhibit symptoms the same way Evan does, but I know people who do.
The second, the SECOND there's a character with anxiety that you can't turn into your UwU child who can do no wrong, you immediately make him out as a disgrace. The show by no means excuses Evan's actions. Just because he wasn't physically punished doesn't mean that he's let off scot free. Did you forget that he lost the closest thing he's ever had to friends? Did you miss the part where he tried to say that he wasn't Connor's friend but then got tangled in a web of lies?
I'm not excusing his actions, he's not a perfect person, what he did was awful, but he's a three dimensional character. Calling Evan a sociopath is not only inaccurate, but it's also completely not okay. I'm sorry people with anxiety aren't perfect. Yes, saying that Evan was the hero is absolutely missing the point, but so is saying Evan was the villain.
Not only that but you'll then go and romanticize Jared and Connor and Alana (Two of whom also canonly have mental illness, and Jared implied to have something) and it really shows that there's never an in between. We either could do no wrong or are the worst people on Earth. I like Jared and Connor and Alana but they aren't perfect and neither is Evan, and they have good qualities as well.
Y'all love asking for morally grey characters but the second you actually get some, you criticize it.
As you can probably guess, Dear Evan Hansen means so much to me and it means so much to other people who dealt with mental illness. There's a reason why Waving Through A Window is such a popular song; because it's incredibly relatable. The score is good! It's just not in a musical theatre style, but it's still good! You Will Be Found is a good song! Even to break in a glove is way too overhated. Good For You and Requiem are some of my favorite songs just in a musical in general.
My intention here isn't to say that you have to like Dear Evan Hansen (It isn't without its flaws) but my intention is to say that it's entirely misunderstood. As someone with anxiety, thank you Dear Evan Hansen.
(Side Note: The movie wasn't as good as the musical but the movie wasn't that bad and I think that people overhate that movie as well.)
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Daigo opened his eyes at the first bit of noise that echoed across his meager apartment. He rolled off of his couch, alarmed, and stood for a moment to listen. Another sound prompted the brawler ( still dressed in the outfit he wore earlier when he left to buy him stuff for the fridge ) to bolt for his bedroom. Daigo ripped the door open. It scarcely registered what was happening before he simply reacted : Daigo stepped forward, arms extended, and caught Akiyama against the front of his chest before the other man fell to the ground. The brawler had no trouble supporting Akiyama's weight ; there were perks to being built like a wall. Over the homeless man's shoulder, Daigo could see that the items from the hospital were strewn on the ground. Nothing to worry about ― it was all closed anyway, though that explained the noises he heard.
"I appreciate your enthusiasm," Daigo said dryly, "but you shouldn't be up like this. FUCKING HELL. Give me a fucking heart attack, yeah? Maybe I'll get the bed next to you after you rip your stitches out." The brawler sighed. He felt on edge. Ever since Akiyama woke up properly this morning, Daigo had been keeping a close eye on him ; he could only hope his temporary ward wouldn't try to make a break for the streets due to confusion or fear. Being out there would kill him, which Daigo was trying to avoid.
"Sit down, for fuck's sake. I'll get you some food." Daigo coaxed Akiyama back to the mattress and left. When he returned, he had a pair of sandwiches and bottles of water. He passed them over and sat heavily on the ground with his back to the wall. "I don't know what you were doing, but . . . yell next time."
unscripted asks . always accepting
It felt like he had been buried alive - his throat was parched in a way he was positive he had never experienced before; not even when the Akiyamas were visiting the Atacama desert for some quality time abroad - it served to show how humid the Japanese heat was (at least in Tokyo) during the summer and how a change of location could feel almost unbearable despite the comfort provided by the high-profile travel agency selected by his parents.
The disgraced banker knew where he was - the apartment of the man who had stepped in and broke up the fight. Well, more accurately: the guy who had put an ending to the severe beating he had been on the receiving end of; to call that a ‘fight’ implied that Akiyama had attempted to protect himself or somehow return the punches, which was ludicrous - he was too tired, hungry and weak to even preserve whatever muscle memory remained of his taekwondo and karate days.
Dojima Daigo - the King of Kamurocho. Akiyama had to say he was surprised to realize that his savior had been a guy known to be a troublemaker at best, a criminal at worst. For some reason, he had never imagined the man would not only rescue his sorry ass for the conflict, but also... Care for him. Daigo had told him that he had slept for a while and only came around recently, and that had scared him - profoundly so; he had never been at death’s doorstep before like that.
Akiyama Shun had not been accustomed to violence - his life had been dominated by the rule of law, surrounded by luxury and material comforts. Over the course of the last months, however - he had been given a crash course on reality. His life as a college student and banker was but an illusion - the real world was a dog-eat-dog one. He had never depended on anyone to eat, perform the most basic functions, work - or so he thought.
Now he couldn’t get to the bathroom to drink some water without feeling every single muscle of his body in pain, or calling for help. He didn’t like either of these scenarios - but yelling for a stranger’s assistance felt even more insulting to his ego. He had survived the worst, right? Surely he could crawl over the hallway to the bathroom to have a sip or two and get rid of the horrible feeling down his throat.
The moment he lost balance and sent most of the supplies near the bed to the floor, Akiyama flinched - that was not the result he had been hoping for. But the sudden reaction to his initial failure caused more pain, and the overall discomfort was enough to rob him of any balance, making the former banker lurch forward and ending up on Daigo’s chest. It was a miracle - as solid as the brawler was, he was softer than the ground. He could have hurt himself - again - and reversed what little progress he had made over the last days.
Akiyama felt humiliated to be helped back to the bed - for a myriad of reasons, really. For imposing on someone that had nothing to do with his fate; for being incapable of doing any simple task without making a mess; for feeling so ridiculously helpless and without any hope for improvement. His cheeks were burning as the other left, but shame was efficient to keep him in place - he had barely moved by the time Daigo came back.
“I...” his voice trailed off, coarse and strained; the homeless man shut up and shook his eyes, fighting the tears that threatened to fall and swallowing hard despite the uncomfortable feeling nestled in his chest. Sighing softly, he tried to calm his nerves and distracted himself with a water bottle, uncapping it with reasonable ease - a small victory.
“Thank you, Dojima-san. I... Will call for help next time,” he promised, nodding to the other as respectfully as he could despite the additional pain it brought to his head while he did so. His breathing was shaky when the older man left the room - and for once, it had nothing to do with his physical condition, but the mental one. Sighing, he wiped the treacherous tears from his eyes and drank some of the water, groaning with relief as it soothed the way his throat had felt earlier.
Akiyama made himself a promise then - he would call for help. Being proud and believing himself better than others had got him nowhere; perhaps he should try a different approach now: starting tomorrow... He would be humble. He would be grateful for being alive.
He would find a way to repay Daigo for everything.
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i had to call him sensei!- chp 15
Oh my God! What is the matter with this idiot you got stuck with!!!
Before I tell you about my previous achievements! I want to show you my latest invention! It's a solution I invented that helps me determine whether my samples are of excellent quality or not! So I can save time and effort and not waste my precious equipment on failed samples! Isn't this wonderful! This solution can distinguish between the quality of the samples, whether they are humans or vampires!
How does this solution work? (It is similar to the solution I chose from the alchemist! But I think the alchemist’s solution only works on humans! I think so!)
It's simple! This shows how smart I am! (How very proud he is) He only needs a drop of blood on a cup of solution, like this cup of tea! Then the color of this solution changes (just like the solution of that alchemist) and only the one who has the key that I wrote down in this instruction booklet will be able to interpret the color that will appear as some dripping of a drop of blood in the cup of solution! Isn't this supernatural! I also memorized all the indicators and the meaning of the colors, so I no longer need the book!
Yes, it is a great invention! (How much experience would it take to sum it up in that booklet!)
Not as great as I aspire to! But it is a very useful tool to achieve my goal! What is your opinion! Let's try it now! I am sure you will get great results!
S- Sure! Just not sure…
No need to be shy! Just come and see!
He poured my cup of tea on the floor and then poured that solution into the tea cup. He reached into his pocket to pull out a strange pointed instrument. I don't know what it is used for, but he probably uses it in his experiments. He told me to extend my finger:
It only takes a poke!
I extended my finger to him! Although I hope he doesn't disgrace me with that tool! Everything he owns smells evil! What if I was poisoned by it? I hesitated and withdrew my hand before he stabbed me:
Don't worry! I don't want to bother you with this! I can do it!
So I cut my finger with a small knife that I always carry with me, then I extended my hand over the cup to drip a few drops into the solution, and then the color of the solution changed to become transparent like water!!
What! What! When the color of my strange solution evaporated! Has my dear solution spoiled! Or is this evidence of a new species that I have not discovered before!!! surprising! Another issue that the genius doctor must discover!!
Oh my God, I'm stuck with this idiot! I wish something could save me from it!
Sorry for the disappointing results!
This is not disappointing! If the indicator that appeared indicated that you were of the despicable type, it would have been disappointing! But the matter here is very different! And I'm sure you are not from the low class!!!
Doctor, can you explain to me a little about the color system that this solution works on?
Sure I can!!! If the color of the solution is light, this indicates that you are human, and the quality of human samples varies as the color becomes closer to violet, the more it indicates the quality of the sample. As for vampires, the color is dark, and the closer it approaches red, the more it indicates its quality! But…but the dhampirs showed many different results and this solution is still being tested on them! So there is a possibility that your test results indicate something like this, but! This can't be! Even if you are, Dampier has never tested a solution that gave colorless results, but it is possible! The possibility is possible! You're not a true dhampir!
no! Of course not! I am human! And my parents too! (My parents are in my original world! As for me, I still do not know the identity of the original owner of this body!) But what is a dhampir!?
He's a hybrid between a vampire and a human! do not you know!?
No I didn't know! But the only thing that can be confirmed is that I am not one of them! Haha! (I'm not sure about anything! Now that I'm stuck with him why not have a little fun) What about your other amazing discoveries!?
Of course!! I will show those who appreciate me and my achievements everything!!!
And so, before he began to show off his dirty inventions, a man wearing an abaya whose face I cannot see came, approached the doctor’s ear and whispered something to him:
Who could be this person who would dare to interrupt my fun session with my new guest! Excuse me, I will take a look and come back!
It's okay, take your time!
That psycho went to do what he was going to do and let those things watch me! After a short moment of silence, that annoying scream rang out again, shouting:
It's number 69 and it's back! My precious sample is back!
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