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commsroom · 4 months

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One more Eiffel question: do you think Eiffel likes reading? He references books fairly often but does he enjoy it? If yes what kind of stuff would he like.

... it's complicated! eiffel references books, but notably he references a lot of classics with movie adaptations. there's no way he wasn't a "i watched the movie; good enough" book report kid.

when someone asked gabriel urbina what eiffel's favorite book would be, he suggested either splinter of the mind's eye (first star wars EU novel) or something "unpretentious, like a pulpy 80s action movie of a book." and he said eiffel might like something like fight club or high fidelity, which... yeah, those are books he'd pick up because he's seen and likes those movies.

like, eiffel has read books. he is capable of reading books. he even wants to read them, sometimes. but, i think there are way, way more books he's picked up, read a few chapters of, and never went back to than ones he's read cover to cover. he likes reading out loud; he'd love to read to someone, and do character voices. i think that also helps him process it more easily; if he's reading quietly on his own, he's absolutely spacing out and realizing he doesn't remember anything from the last couple of pages on a regular basis.

(when he's reading hui's lovecraft book out loud in lights out, he says "it's no r. l. stine", which is a typically flippant eiffel remark, but also does not necessarily bode well for the last time he read regularly.)

as an aside, i think sometimes people defend eiffel's intelligence in the wrong way. like, he's smart! he's good at some very difficult, very technical things. he thinks very quickly, he makes connections, he's a lot more capable of understanding complex ideas than he makes himself out to be. but he's not an academic. he's not book smart, he does not have a four year degree in anything, and he's not reading a lot of classics for fun. (though, i think he could like vonnegut.)

in my opinion, that ties into something else gabriel urbina said - when someone asked about eiffel referencing casablanca, and whether he likes it. eiffel has seen a lot of older movies he's not even necessarily into because he was an unsupervised "tv is my parent" kid, and, as gabriel urbina said. if it's a choice between going to bed or watching casablanca, that's not really a choice at all. a lot of the classics he references are science fiction, and he'd watch a lot of those film adaptations on purpose, but others? might've just been on tv.

#eiffel has an interest in pop culture generally and i think there's a lot of stuff he'd check out just because he hears other people #referencing it or sees it referenced in another movie etc. and wants to know what it's about #zach's answer to the eiffel's favorite book question was '... eiffel reads?' lmao. so. such confidence in him.#also incidentally he was a geeky teenager before the lotr movies so i always wonder how many times he's tried to read those books #and how far he's gotten. has he ever finished them. who knows.#there are some other books we know he's canonically read but i can't bring myself to say it. read another book. etc.#anyway. good question!! thank you #asks

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hanawrites404 · 3 months

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Your post earlier caught my eye, this was my interpretation. Hope you find it interesting x

Jackson Rippner Domestic HCs -

I think he’d be a bit over protective, the guy that has to sit facing out at a restaurant so he can see what’s going on around him.

But of a pain to live with, it’s obvious in the film he’s a tad sexist so I feel like he doesn’t do much to help around the house.

Strangely he makes an insane cooked breakfast.

He’d rather stay in and watch a movie with the you than go out in a dinner date, he likes the quiet life after his mad career.

He refuses to live in the suburbs because the idea of becoming too ‘domesticated’ terrifies him! Certainly not the kind of guy who wants kids and a house with a white picket fence.

He likes it when you sit on the sofa together and you lie with your head in his lap, he finds it soothing to stroke your hair.

He gives the best hugs if you’ve had a stressful day and knows when you just want someone to listen to you. Absolutely cannot stand it when you cry.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

#ALL OF THESE!#I HOLD THESE HEADCANNONS LIKE GEMS #LIKE INFINITY STONES #THESE ARE ALL SO GOOD #You captured every essence of our thin eyebrowed assassin. It is brilliant 😭#You know I asked these because I want him to have a peaceful life after all the killing and murder #My boy deserves it. The canon ending of the movie had me salty (I hate you Lisa)#Thank you so much Love. You earned yourself a follower just for this 💕#cillian murphy #jackson rippner x reader #Jackson rippner #red eye

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thefreshprinceofjunes · 1 year

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also, the plot of cinderella III is that lady tremaine uses the fairy godmothers wand to go back in time and make it so anastasias foot fits the glass slipper

and then she changes the princes memory so that he thinks he danced with anastasia instead of cinderella

plus theres a song in it called ‘at the ball’:

and another one, ‘more than a dream’, which is basically a combo of the necklace theory + riku looking for sora in his dreams after kh3 and using them to find him in MoM:

Cinderella: I...I don't understand. I- I've always dreamed That my life could be Like a fairy-tale A perfect fantasy Every day a new adventure On some undiscovered shore Was it nothing more Than a dream? Then one magic night With a single dance I found more than Just a storybook romance And for once my life was perfect As we glided across the floor And it was so much more So much more than a dream I could say it never happened Just a dream from the start But then I'd live my life With a broken heart Jaq: No no! No cry Gus Gus, Princey knows he danced with Cinderelly. Cinderella: Yes, of course he does! What if I'd just see him again? Jaq: Yeah yeah! See Princey! Cinderella: Yes! Everything will be alright! Jaq: Everything will be alright! Gus: Yeah Yeah! Cinderella: Cause in a Prince's arms I've found a love I can't deny If there's any chance to set things right I've simply got to try So I'll trust my heart What else can I do? I can't live in dreams If my dreams are to come true There's a better life that's waiting Past the mountains I must climb I will take a chance on love To get my once upon a time Oh, I want so much more So much more Than a dream

like?????? LIKE????????????????

#kingdom hearts #soriku #com #the necklace theory #kh3 #kh3 spoilers #melody of memory #melody of memory spoilers #disney #disney princess #kh meta #ali's kh meta #long post #plus the horribly depressing reprise to 'more than a dream':#'I've always dreamed / That my life could be / Like a fairy-tale / A perfect fantasy / But it was nothing more / Than a dream'#and anastasia deciding she wants to be loved for who she is rather than by pretending to be someone else #aka namine #its all so on point #we know thanks to iago being good and the country of musketeers existing that disney direct to video movies can be canon. i can dream.

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lyriumsings · 2 years

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i can’t enjoy she hulk shitting on redditors and man babies etc bc it all feels so insincere tbh like you admit there’s rampant misogyny and racism but that’s another story and yet made it a point to slim down she hulk, made her hair and face like perfectly coiffed and conventionally pretty in she hulk form, shoved in 50 million cameos bc you knew she couldn’t rate the way you’d want her to without them (imo she still didn’t even with them milking them fuck outta matt’s appearance) and her entire show revolves around “why can’t i find a MAN thaT LOVES MEEEE” yes very empowering very not forced and natural

#like this is easily one of the worst looking disney + marvel shows #and also one of the most badly written #how did we get from wandavision to this #lyriumsings txt #wandavision is proof they can do funny and sit com-y and it still actually be good #this never felt like movie quality the way wandavision and andor do #god even hawkeye might actually be better than that #spoilers #she hulk #and somehow matt is her perfect guy #a guy who’s got a million things going on already in his own canon and like three different love interests already #and lives in Ny #if they sidesaddle electra for this shit im hands down done watching these shows #like if THIS is genuinely supposed to be the New Thing no thanks

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just-a-slytherpuff · 2 years

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Harry Potter and the Philosophy of Nice and Good

This thought wouldn’t leave me alone so please join me on this journey as I examine the themes of Nice and Good in relation to Snape and Hagrid. I’ll be looking at the text in Philosopher’s Stone specifically but this is not unique to book 1.

TL;DR Hagrid is Nice but not Good, Snape is Good but not Nice

We can all agree that Hagrid is Nice; he is kind, generous, and caring to a fault. In his very first scene, he asks to be allowed to wish Harry goodbye, kisses him on the head, and promptly bursts into tears at the fact that the Potters are dead and Harry is left orphaned. He is a man full of love and affection who never forgot the little boy he had to leave behind, to the point that on their second meeting, on Harry’s birthday, he even brings the boy a cake to celebrate. He’s clearly happy to see Harry again and excited to be the one to properly bring him into the magical world.

From this meeting on, Hagrid represents a major source of kindness to Harry; he defends him from his uncle, introduces him to magic, and happily answers his many questions. He’s also responsible for two of Harry’s most treasured gifts: Hedwig and the photo album of his parents.

Throughout book 1 and the series as a whole, he makes it a point to invite Harry and his friends over for tea, regularly looking in on him and checking on his well being. It’s easy to see that Hagrid could be seen as a sort of father-figure or older brother-figure to Harry who is starved for this sort of positive attention.

However, while his actions show that Hagrid is Nice, he is not in fact Good.

When Harry meets Hagrid properly for the first time, it is because the half-giant has just forcibly broken into the shack that Harry and the Dursleys are currently staying at.

At midnight.

While everyone else was asleep.

He then proceeds to politely invite himself in as though this is normal, makes himself at home, insults his “hosts” and asserts his right to be there despite being demanded to leave because a “ruddy muggle” like Vernon can’t tell him what to do. He uses both his force and his magic to terrify and cow the Dursleys into letting him do as he pleases and, on top of that, hexes Dudley. This leaves him with a permanent pig’s tail which ends up needing to be surgically removed because the magic never fades, even over a month later. Hagrid even admits that he had been trying to turn the boy into a full pig, not just give him the tail, implying that if his magic had succeeded, Dudley could have been stuck in pig form for the rest of his life unless someone had reversed the magic.

And what did 11 year old Dudley do to deserve this terrifying attack from a 63 year old man?

Nothing.

As far as Hagrid’s temper is concerned, Dudley’s disfigurement is the punishment Vernon deserves for insulting Albus Dumbledore. While much of Hagrid’s anger towards the elder Dursleys is certainly justified, it doesn’t change the fact that he attacked a child for something his father did. And despite all this, Hagrid is framed as a hero in this scene; he is the one to bring truth and magic to Harry’s life, he is the one to defend the sacrifice of his parents, he is the one to rescue Harry from his life of abuse.

Until he sends him right back.

Bear with me.

After this assault on their son, the Dursleys flee to the safety of the other room while Harry and Hagrid go to sleep. In the morning, Hagrid does not bother asking for permission and effectively kidnaps Harry as they take the only boat on the island to get to shore, leaving the Dursleys stranded. He brings Harry to Diagon Alley to collect his money and school supplies then almost immediately abandons his responsibility to supervise the boy’s shopping trip because he needs a stiff drink after his roller-coaster ride of a Gringotts trip.

On their reunion, Hagrid goes on to disparage half of the school, calling Hufflepuff “a lot o’ duffers” and claiming that “there’s not a single witch or wizard who went bad who wasn’t in Slytherin”. This is the first Harry has heard of the house system and already he is being fed bias and prejudice that Hufflepuffs are losers and Slytherins are evil. And not by just anyone, no, but by an employee of the school, an act that seems highly unprofessional.

He then proceeds to buy Harry a pet, his beloved Hedwig, without his guardians’ permission. This is a problem because, as previously stated, Hagrid will soon be sending Harry back to his “loving” relatives who likely only accept having a raptor in their house out of fear of further retribution. Hell, they likely only accept having Harry back in their house out of fear of further retribution. It’s honestly a miracle that the fear held long enough for him to be left alone the rest of the summer. Of course, Hagrid doesn’t bother bringing the boy all the way home, he simply leaves him on a train that is heading in the right direction and then disappears. Harry has just turned 11 and is definitely not old enough to be left unaccompanied in this way when it is certain he has never made a trip like this alone before. And all this is assuming that Hagrid had any way of knowing that the Dursleys would even make it home before Harry’s arrival, especially since Hagrid was the one to leave them stranded on that island. Luckily, Hagrid’s many attacks on the Dursleys doesn't lead to them resentfully taking their anger out on Harry and the boy manages to survive the summer.

While at school, Hagrid manages to go most of the year without causing any noticeable harm (other than openly insulting one of his coworkers in front of students) until one day he finds himself in possession of a dragon egg. An undoubtedly black market dragon egg at that, given that owning a dragon is highly illegal. But Hagrid does not care for the laws of the land because he has always wanted a dragon of his own and the looming threat of legal consequence is no match for his enthusiasm. Neither is the fact that his hut is too small to support a dragon longer than a few weeks and also made of wood. Nor the imminent danger a baby dragon poses to his safety and that of the rest of the school should the little dragon manage to get loose and wreak havoc, since it quickly becomes clear that Hagrid is not equipped to raise a baby dragon, though he tries to deny it to the very end.

Harry and his friends are even roped into helping with the dangerous task of assisting Hagrid raise the dragon which leads to Ron being bitten, something Hagrid does nothing to help with and instead chastises him and implies it’s his own fault he was bitten. Hagrid’s behavior towards the dragon’s actions is highly reminiscent of pet owners who refuse to take responsibility for the damages they cause because they are firm in their belief that their precious baby can do no harm. It also brings to mind the sort of exotic pet owner who will insist that their large predator is fine living in a house.

And although it is highly assumed that Malfoy is aware of the dragon and waiting for the right moment to ruin Hagrid’s life, Hagrid still refuses to come clean to any responsible adult and instead, it is up to three first-year students to fix the dangerous mistakes of their 64 year old friend. The solution they come up with is taking the dragon to the tallest tower at midnight to hand it off to some friends of Ron’s brother. This plan gets complicated due to the fact that Ron’s bite leads to him being hospitalized, which inadvertently leads to Malfoy finding out the timeline and trying to sabotage it. But these children are too worried about their 64 year old friend getting into trouble so they show up at his hut at the assigned time (the fact that in the future, Hagrid will chastise them for being out after curfew is the height of hypocrisy), collect the dragon, bring it to the highest tower just in time, and promptly forget the invisibility cloak which causes them to be discovered.

Harry and Hermione, along with Neville who was caught out trying to warn them, get detention and lose 50 points each for Gryffindor, dropping the house into last place and causing 3/4 of the school to ostracize them for “ruining their chance at having someone other than Slytherin win the cup this year”. And still, Hagrid stays silent as these children are bullied for his refusal to be responsible. When their detention comes around, Malfoy is upset and reluctant to enter the Forbidden Forest because it could be dangerous and Hagrid has the nerve to tell him he deserved it for being out of bed, the exact same thing Harry and Hermione were punished for while trying to help him. Because it’s fine for kids to be out of bed to help a grown man old enough to be their grandfather smuggle a highly illegal dragon out of a castle but it’s not okay to try and expose said illegal activity. And of course, because this is a punishment, Hagrid has no problem sending Malfoy off into the woods alone with nothing but another first year and a cowardly dog for company.

Twice.

In the same forest that students are banned from entering because it could be dangerous.

Hagrid is certainly a Nice and lovable character, but he is not actually Good.

Conversely, we can all agree that Snape is not Nice. Before we even meet him properly, Snape has the sort of reputation for being strict and unfair that could potentially be passed off as children thinking the worst of anyone who hands out punishment and expectations with a scowl on their face. He makes no attempt to soften himself for his students and his joy is most often described as being at the expense of others. Snape is clearly not a happy person and has no problems sharing this fact with anyone who comes across him. And while we never see how he interacts with his students in other classes, we know that he has no problem singling out students if he feels it is justified (or perhaps necessary).

During Harry’s first potions lesson, Snape calls attention to Harry’s celebrity status in a mocking way and then shortly after tries to put him on the spot by asking several potions questions that Harry is unable to answer. Snape relishes in his inability to answer, claiming that “fame clearly isn’t everything” and implying that Harry made no effort to read the material before attending class. Unless these quiz answers are all within the first few pages of the textbook, it is highly unfair of Snape to imply anything negative about Harry’s intelligence or diligence, especially as this is the first week of school and the first potions lesson.

His final cruelty of the scene comes when Neville and Dean’s potion explodes, causing Neville to need to go to the infirmary. Snape is quick to turn to Harry and accuse him of trying to make himself look better by letting others fail, hypocritical of course since in the future he will punish students for trying to help each other. And when Harry goes to defend himself and call Snape out on his unfair behavior, Ron immediately holds him back knowing it is futile because Snape is well known for being nasty.

We learn in the future that Snape’s animosity towards Harry largely stems from the fact that he is James Potter’s son. And while we eventually find out that much of this anger towards the elder Potter is justified, it doesn’t change the fact that he was nasty and mean to a child for something his father did.

However, while Snape’s attitude towards others shows that he is certainly not Nice, he does in fact show himself to be Good.

Despite being assumed to be the villain of book 1 for his unfair attitude, Snape is eventually discovered to be trying to save everyone throughout the year. When Quirrel runs in announcing the troll has invaded the school, Snape immediately runs to the third floor corridor, assuming the troll is a distraction to steal the precious Philosopher’s Stone. Unfortunately for Snape, he is met with Fluffy who then tries to take a bite out of his leg and leaves him injured enough to be seen limping several days later. Despite this pain, the sound of a commotion and students being in potential danger is enough motivation for Snape to run back fast enough to arrive at the girl’s loo just after McGonagall does. He even immediately stalks over to the troll to make sure the creature will not be getting up again any time soon.

This is also not the only time that Snape will find himself injured trying to protect others. During the first quidditch match, Harry finds that his broom is moving without his permission. This soon escalates to trying to buck him off entirely, a dangerous act considering how high up he is at the time. When Hermione takes the binoculars from Hagrid, she sees Snape staring directly at Harry while moving his lips and assumes he is the one responsible for the curse. She runs to the rescue by setting the bottom of his robes on fire in the hopes of breaking his concentration. Unfortunately for her, she was entirely wrong in her assumptions and instead ruined the concentration of the person who was actively trying to save Harry from the curse being inflicted on his broom. Lucky for her, she also happened to knock over Quirrel, who was the actual culprit, saving Harry from taking a spectacular dive.

Of course, his near miss at saving Harry’s life means that Snape decides to be more proactive next time, going so far as to be the referee in the next Gryffindor match. The Gryffindor team is so grateful that someone is looking out for their little first year seeker that George hits a bludger directly at Snape.

Once the match is over with Gryffindor victorious, Harry spots Snape going into the forest and, assuming he’s doing something villainous, goes to spy on him. He catches bits and pieces of a conversation with Quirrel and assumes that Snape is threatening the poor, unassuming professor into helping him get the Philosopher’s Stone. However, while it turns out that Snape was indeed trying to intimidate and threaten Quirrell, it was not for Snape’s own gain but instead to protect the Stone. A brave act, considering the presumed culprit going after the Stone is supposedly doing it on Voldemort’s orders and his interference could have hindered his safety as a spy.

Beyond all this, Snape is regularly seen patrolling the halls after dark. And while this may seem like a negative to any who thinks wandering around after dark is great fun, Snape is actually spending a lot of time running around making sure no foolhardy child is dying in an empty corridor because they refused to understand that curfew rules are imposed as a safety measure. For a man who is so clearly unhappy with the world and the people around him, he sure does spend a lot of time and effort making sure everyone is safe. So while Snape is certainly not Nice, he is definitely Good.

#text #other #snape #severus snape #rubeus hagrid #pro snape #pro hagrid #none of this is meant to be taken as bashing #i did indeed reread book one for this to make sure my facts were straight #also do not argue me with movie canon i don't know her #Hagrid is nice but not good #Snape is good but not nice #meta #harry potter #also thank you to danni for beta reading this for me!#my post

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carolinanadeau · 9 months

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I was a lonely man Resigned to spend my life Without the blessing of a lovely wife Then there was you, then I was not a lonely man

You were a lonely man But something else was true A lonely girl just took one look at you She fell in love, in love with that lovely, lonely man

How did you touch my heart? How did this feeling start? This glow that feels so warm inside This sudden summer storm inside

My life now has a plan To always make you see That I love you as much as you love me Never to be, never to be as we began One lonely girl, one very lonely man

#ok HOLD UP #it's real?? this could have existed?#why didn't they at least record it with the actors T_T #I need to hear them sing this #I'm glad this version exists at least so I can know the lyrics #thank you archive.org #I'm learning that there is so much squandered potential with this movie but one good thing is that #at least the canon is so muddled that it can be whatever I want #but my God #this is a PERSONAL attack #this is canon #TC tag #chitty chitty bang bang #audio #my original post #'took just one look' feels more correct but I transcribed it accurately!#also forcing tumblr to format this correctly was hellishly hard for some reason

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knifefightandchill · 2 months

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It's always a bit concerning when different meta turns into something akin to discourse.

#did i miss like a whole chapter of tumblr stuff while i was at con ??#i stick by everyone has their right to their own opinions and interpretations and whatever #but i dislike how one singular person is considered the expert and is put on a pedestal.#to the point that they're mentioned when someone doesn't agree with a take #unless they're the creator i'm not taking what they say as canon. at all. widely accepted or not. because it /isn't/.#because widely accepted doesn't equal accurate or right #no matter how well researched it is either. because i still don't think one singular person is 100% right when it comes to /everything/.#except the creator or creators themselves #popularity is just popularity #also yeah i'm bias too because i really really dislike a lot of their takes and could counter a lot of them too but it's pointless.#there can be good interpretations and shitty interpretations. but that's the beauty of fandom spaces #thank you for coming to my tedtalk #personal #i would love to post my own meta and probably will sometime when i grow a second braincell. so it's a little less jumbled insanity.#also it's mostly krauser centric so that has little to no bearing on leon.#also we're talking about a series that's almost as old as me #that has multiple timelines and retcons and inconsistencies and a novelization and live action movies.#like /come on people./#we all know where i stand when it comes to ID too tbh

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im-not-buying-it-ether · 10 months

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I wholly blame @thefantasmarex

The Lazarus pits can’t save my brain rn

#I meme when inspired #Darla chasing the joker across Gotham: TASTE THE RAINBOW MOTHER FU-#no clue I’d dami would even want to see Oppenheimer but it’s the only R movie for rn I could think of #but they’re def seeing Barbie together #the upside of having a friend that can sneak you into adult stuff #bonus points: they’re still a kid who knows how to still be one #on the next episode of the marvelous Wayne’s!#Eugene hacks the bat computer so him and Freddie can learn how Batman fights his villains so good; tim is amused and barbra is impressed #Billy and Jason as the Red Hood and Hoodlum; they punch a clown!#Cass gets powers bc she’s canonically worthy #thanks for that one dc #/////#darla dudley #damian wayne #dc #shazam

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littleragondin · 1 year

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~ getting to know your BL mutuals ~

I've been tagged by @excessivelyobssesed - I think you did get your revenge because making me choose anything is always a torture lol. To try and help myself I only picked through BL broadcast this year and finished as of today (12/12)!

~ rules: answer the questions and @ some people. include the tag ‘g2ky BL mutuals 2022’ on your post so we can find everyone’s answer. ~

What have been the BLs that took you by surprise this year?

Hands down Ghost host, ghost house. I expected to like it certainly (have I ever said how much I love ghost stories? yes?), but not to be taken in such a tender and touching story of grief, love, and growth.

Secret Crush on You. The stalker premise and the cringe humor had me ready to set it aside forever (I cannot handle second hand embarrassment this was straight up torture) but I’m so glad I didn’t. The love portrayed through the series is so diverse, so sincere and treated with such kindness, I really really loved it.

You’re my sky. For some reason I kept scrolling past that one on viki, despite my (undying, overwhelming) love for sports manga, and I started more out of boredom than anything. In the end, I loved the stories, I got moved far more than I expected, but most of all it looked BEAUTIFUL?? The photography through it all was incredible and I took tons of screenshots all along.

Kabe koji, not because of exceeded expectations so much, but if you had asked me earlier this year “what media will have a character you relate to at such a deep level that seeing him be loved even as he hates himself will mess you up for days” I would NOT have put my money on that one, and yet!!

what have been the BLs that you felt a bit/a lot disappointed with this year?

Senpai, danjite koidewa! for me too. It had a lot going against it (hello cringe) but I was finding it really charming and sweet anyway (will I ever come back from that scene where Yanase gently wraps Kaneda in his vest because he is obviously terrified to disrobe? Probably not) and then. Those two last episodes. I think I had come to expect far too much and it made the disappointment even worse.

Star & Sky: Sky in your heart. I found Star in my mind absolutely darling, thought what we saw of Fah in there was intriguing, and I like Mek Jirakit, so I was primed for that second part. But I couldn’t STAND Fah in there nor did I believe for a moment in his romance with Prince, so the comparison didn’t help with how disappointed I felt.

Adding Fahlanruk because I did DNF it, but it’s not so much that I was disappointed, more that it didn’t manage to surprise me from my low expectations and ended up not being entertaining enough for me to keep going.

… Bad year for characters named Fah uh (I guess You’re my sky redeemed them a little lol)

what has been your favorite BL this year?

Oh no. I have to make a choice?? Even if I only pick from BL that came out this year it’s going to be so hard… I’m going to steal the idea and do an non ranked Top 3(-ish) per country because boy…

Japan : Eien no Kino, Old Fashion Cupcake, Kabe koji (with Takara-kun to Amagi-kun as a strong runner up)

Korea : Semantic Error, Blueming, Roommates of Poongduck 304 or Cherry Blossom After Winter

Taiwan : DNA says love you (only one here because I only saw 4 taiwanese BL from 2022 - including the still ongoing My tooth your love)

Thailand : Triage, Ghost Host Ghost House, Secret Crush on You, My Only 12%

favorite BL couples (not just of 2022)?

Somehow I feel like I have to choose between all my children lol okay let's assume the couples in all my choices for the previous question have their place on this list, I will add: Kiyoi/Hira (Utsukushii kare), Pharm/Dean and Korn/In (UWMA), Ae/Pete (LBC) and Tar/Tum (LBC and TT), Petch/Pie (Oh! my sunshine night), Solo/Gui (Oxygen), Eun Ho/Lee Heon/Go Geum (Tinted with you), Win/Tops (Ingredients), Gitae/Chisoo (Long Time No See), Ootani/Tachibana (Ai no kotodama) ...

what’s your non-BL favorite this year?

The Korean drama Tomorrow came for me and kept me in a choke hold all through its 16 episodes and I loved it dearly (all the trigger warnings for that one tho, every episode deal with suicide and a whole collection of very difficult subjects) Severance blew me out of the water, I can’t wait for next season, Our flag means death was fantastic and renewed my long lasting love of pirates, and I have been enjoying the Quantum Leap sequel a lot so far!

Ok, if you haven't done it yet and would like to, I will tag @benkaaoi @heretherebedork @fandomfairyuniverse and @machikeita as well as anyone who'd be tempted to do it ^^

#g2ky BL mutuals 2022 #once again I have no restrain and poured my heart out in there #It was so hard to pick - I have seen 94 BL series and movies this year by my last count #including 52 that came out this year!#... well I guess I know where all my missing hours of sleep went #for the favorite couples I'm pretty sure I'll come back to it in a few days horrified to have forgotten some but I did my best #and it's a good selection of canon couples I hold close to my heart #(some of them for quite a while - Ai no Kotodama came out in 2008 and I think I saw it circa 2010)#(... well this is carbon dating me I suppose lol)#ANYWAY #thanks for the tag! ^^ it was ultimately really fun #tag games

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akaikami-cherryblossom · 2 years

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character opinion bingo: misumi

Not a bingo, but he’s such a scrunkly<33

Character opinion bingo

#the canon isn’t real part is really only in reference to how he’s treated in the movie #not enough screen time no good characterization feels like a stereotype do no enjoy #I haven’t seen autumn/winter tho so I’m just talking about summer #thank you for the ask!!#a3!#Mankai movie #ask games #*not #do not

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unproduciblesmackdown · 2 years

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speaking of, i’ve seen some like reblog addition once or twice in these past 7 years and been annoyed enough about disagreeing analytically that here i am to just vaguely refer to it and repudiate it

basically someone saying like oh there’s that idea in fury road that instead of chasing after a utopia you should fix what’s already there / what you’ve actually got to work with

like they do in fact get to improve on what they already have to work with but there’s not so much a concept of a Utopia here but rather someone, for one thing, going “yeah this cool, better place exists that i want to go to, because i lived there already”....even these other girls for whomst it is in fact entirely abstract are a) aware that it is an actual place that exists, thusly, and b) aren’t exactly necessarily totally Idealistic about the entire matter, e.g. aren’t assuming they won’t be killed, don’t think they’ll be able to find it, & such

which goes into how it’s not that everyone’s assuming they’re pursuing something perfect out here, it’s that they’re all coming from their nightmare society where they’re not even regarded as people in their own right, and chasing Something Else, which is theoretically going to be better rather than necessarily ideal, and that, again, it doesn’t even Have to be better necessarily, it’s [inciting incident is all these people choosing to take these actions] happening b/c again it’s Something Else, it’s literally Not This, it’s Possibility that [this] isn’t the only thing for them or for anyone. which is an attitude that can be like oh how naively utopian lol of course this is the way it Is so yes, going “what about: not this” is so useless. but naturally i would happen to disagree w/that.

even for things to take a turn into the climax you’ve got like. furiosa has her emotional low point b/c her remembered The Green Place has gone to shit / doesn’t have those qualities it used to have. which is different from like oh disillusionment about a place you Thought was perfect but actually it wasn’t, rather, it’s just outright Changed in the last twentysome years. (and also isn’t completely changed, like, it’s still something of this figurative oasis, it’s still sustaining life in this desert, even if it’s not Plant life nor the people who planted it & rather, the crows & those bogwalking people & whatever else is going on out in a bog).....it’s like, okay Now they’re heading off somewhere that they Don’t know exists at all & nobody knows what it’s like b/c they don’t know if traveling east for months will bring them to Anything Else or not. but it’s just a less concrete version of what they were already after, Something Else, and Possibility. it’s sure Possible there’s something out there actually, though there may not be, versus furiosa knowing there’s definitely something else a few day’s out from the citadel, b/c there is/was, b/c she was there....but that idea there Could Be Something Else is again not like oh there’s utopia out there, nor is it even necessarily despairing, though going back & taking over the citadel Is more concrete, and it Is considered more hopeful by everyone else (who also agreed to the salt flats approach, naturally) which is fun since max Just said that the salt journey was too hopeful lol but is now the one coming through w/the more hopeful and frankly longer shot of an idea.

but also that the reason they change plans isn’t b/c they were ignoring or rejecting the idea of Fixing what was already there, it’s that it’s like, to turn around and go back would just be to die lol, the entire time they were outrunning those parties b/c they’ve got one truck vs [literally everyone else]. it’s certainly not all about convincing furiosa and co of the practical plausibility of that, there sure is like thematic [operating together / with others towards your aligned/shared goals] and hope being repeated specifically mentioned before & now, but it sure Is also the practical plausibility lol, when once it’s like oh you can’t go home again when you were abducted a couple of decades ago, their options are Go Back, where they’ll be killed, or stay living in this part of the desert which is i guess an option, but really the Most Active thing to do from their perspective is in fact to take a long shot, take advantage of the supplies they’ve brought with them, & all pursue the Possibility of Something Else. to consider going back at all certainly involves max having to pitch the idea that it doesn’t actually just mean being killed along the way, or once they’re there. like, they all of course have known it exists, or at least half of them do, having just come from there / lived there a good while, furiosa knows it has resources, but the resources They have are themselves as people & their own relationships, where they see each other as people, rather than being in that citadel with all these increased resources that definitely exist, but where everyone’s an object / tool / property & even furiosa having some power through being an imperator was/is certainly not enough where she had any feasible means to just avoid being killed if she tried much of anything. and where here their opportunity is that the main guy & his whole army can at least be held off long enough to maybe get a foothold in the citadel, making sure to kill the main guy isn’t even necessarily a step in the plan. however it’s fantastic that furiosa gets to do this personally with an epic line that also punches you (or at least me) because it’s also like of course this is such an implicitly fraught history for her behind getting to rip a guy’s jaw off. good for her with that specific revenge that semi spontaneously unfolded but was also imbued with Everything In Her Life. and the girls getting to help her along to that point including again toast as the most similar to her having a direct hand in the last seconds letting furiosa kill him, then being there to take over driving and spit on his corpse. anyways, the thing is that also they know even Maybe turning around would lead to everyone dying anyways, and many people do die, and they also can’t have been sure there Wouldn’t be anything across the salt (or they wouldn’t have done it) and Obviously turning back and taking the citadel from joe with its definitely extant water & plants (and even the people of course, given that of course crucially they don’t (and can’t anyway) just like storm and conquer the place and have to be Let Up / everything that unfolds in how people react to furiosa’s return and joe being dead) is the right (and/or rewarded) choice in this story and it is certainly the choice they end up making, but it’s certainly Not accurate or all that relevant to what’s more accurate to be like well well well looks like someone didn’t want to put in the work and is instead looking for utopia

reminds me very pertinently of like oh how about this postapocalyptic YA scifi novel where one teen girl is now the only person alive in this small town / enclave although she can’t know if there’s any other enclaves or people alive out there, until some adult guy shows up from somewhere and maybe has to recover from some injury idk and they’re like housemates or whatever for a while until he suddenly tries to rape her b/c oh postapocalypse, as a girl you Have to have earth repopulating babies, and then she has to like flee and try to survive in that enclave while he’s trying to sabotage her to force her to have to “cooperate” with him. and the ending is that she takes the like radiation armor or whatever hazmat type suit the guy showed up in and leaves him and that enclave behind entirely and walks off into what may be a totally inhospitable unpopulated world but where a) that guy managed to show up from the outside world and b) she’s like specifically walking towards an area where she’s seen some distant birds so there May be life, but there’s no further implication about whether she’s necessarily right or or whether she’s going to die b/c there’s no one else or no other hospitable area nearby....and if we’re going “fury road is about working with what you’ve got and they have to learn that chasing utopia isn’t going to get them anywhere” then we’re going “wow, a story about this protagonist’s naivete, huh??” about that ending. sounds like Someone’s a little too idealistic

also that naturally it’s completely relevant that authoritarianism as like a structure/ guiding principle needn’t only be found on a scale of [a whole country or something]. quotes about water sure but also the “that’s my child; my property” line, where’s that being shared, it’s not like oh that’s just [the villain] things lol, that’s like, a common perspective even if it’s not voiced that way. you can apply the material to w/e you want irl but in universe it’s like, this one place they’re from is known to not be the only place in the world, it doesn’t Need to represent All Human Society and isn’t That in universe, when i went offroad from [zooms off from parents’ house] i was like wow fury road moments huh. and certainly people have the stance of like umm sounds like everyone should try and Make It Work with their existing family units....and i have the stance of i wish i could fight with a metal arm. like, you wanna make it work that way lol, that’s a possibility. don’t have to presume everything out there is Perfect, or that you won’t even maybe die by getting outta here, but it’s Possibility of Something Else and is already something else, can you argue people necessarily need to be guided by anything else or that that’s somehow the Naive or overly Idealistic perspective rather than “how about you stay & deal with more of the same / your known limited paths for the future as you have for however long? try just keeping at it? see if the regime will feel like seeing you as a person when it’s never done that and to actually change and do it it needs to have Already changed and done it, so kind of an impossible position to be in” and the like. how is one gonna imply like well the mistake that these characters needed to unlearn was leaving in the first place, oh you think there’s something perfect out there, get real??

anyways the tl;dr is you know when someone’s wrong and you’re right. i’m really right though lmfao this wasn’t a story about anyone being motivated by the idea of this utopia, it’s about the motivation of needing something else / acting on possibility. and saying the conclusion is like “fix it” lol like again, not utterly irrelevant when these matters are discussed, but it’s like, they’ve Been fixing things, How are they able to fix things, why do further possibilities like “i can fix [the citadel]” become possible....survival happening / becoming more successful with others, individuals becoming more successful with others....people are isolated & stripped of power as their Problems, not that they’re a bit too idealistic about hey time to get the fuck out of here lol

#some rando in some post i probably last glimpsed a few yrs ago ''fury road is good b/c for one thing: [x] :)''#here i am to say NO it's NOT [x] it's good b/c for one thing: that's actually [y]#tagging this one just categorically lol #fury road #the plains of silence? more like the black box of [anyone checking w/e particular tags i'm using] lol #godspeed i mean i'd believe it. i'm out here having seen fury road the month it came out & never stopping thinking abt it since #in fact clearly i am Continuing to think abt it afresh even in addition to all the immediate [thinking about sooo much]#that is i don't feel like ah yes. i have reached Every Conclusion about this material lol. im obv going ''oh hey. new ideas'' this very week #and you know me....short essays to Hope i've made some point about something that would probably be someone else's sentence or paragraph #oh right and once more with canon typicality:#cw rape mention #at this point i'm so like. make windows movie maker absorb this File; make a clip comp that's even limited to like.#here's the dozen shots / ten second moments that i specifically remember making me go Oh. Oh Okay It's Like This [life changes] when just #even seeing it for that very first time in the theater like o_o and i mean naturally the truest version of that is [the whole thing]#but i really remember like a good number of those particular like hWAOH things like Ah. I See [increase of 98589 hz]#anyways tfw glancing over sm random slightly off base point like ugh no. smash cut yrs later arbitrarily walk up to the dash like yknow what #No...#ig also #long post //#not always a hard distinction out here. i need one billion words thanks

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vinca-majors · 6 months

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I didn't realize Jude Law was going to be playing Captain Hook in the new Peter Pan adaptation, and I'm actually somewhat interested in seeing it now. Do you think you'll like him as Hook? (Also, sorry if you've already posted about this before. 😅)

i was initially really excited about the jude law casting, because 1) i think he's a very good actor and he often plays appealing charmers - check and check, and 2) he's quite handsome. definitely at hook level if your tastes lay that way, and mine do. i was actually very excited about the entire cast -- sunny pawar has been my mental peter for eons, so i was thrilled that they cast someone of indian descent as peter pan, and bebe ever anderson would have made an adorable wendy -- but then the pandemic delay happened and both mains got too old for their roles. i grew increasingly less enchanted as more details came out about this production, not least when i saw this

at which point i realized that disney had thrown away their ace -- jude law handsomeness -- in favor of making hook as sexually unappealing as possible, which meant the director-writer ignored a few major og story elements and the rest of the production would probably suffer the same fate. nail in the coffin: per jude himself, he wanted his hook to be "scarred and gnarly and disgusting" which is just - NOT HOOK?? AT ALL?? even the asexual cartoon disney hook was still distinctly HOOK. jason issacs has already shown the world that a messy handsome elegant pathetic scary hook CAN AND SHOULD be done. this movie has no excuse for itself.

anyway. i'm not eager to give the time of day to a production that appears to have intentionally sailed right past the point. the last time i was this excited for a movie was the dakota johnson persuasion, which left me with PTSD; even knowing ahead of time that i'll be devastated, i'm not eager to go through that again (i was SO excited, y'all 😔). i've seen nearly every peter pan adaptation/prequel/sequel that exists, so i know i'll watch it someday - probably through my fingers - but i've got to fortify myself with about 100 watches of the jason issacs version first. a girl can only take so much.

#once again i am struggling to stay succinct #i just have SAD FEELINGS ABOUT IT so i am a fountain of sad #sorry not sorry to jude's big dreams of playing barbossa's little brother you're a life ruiner #imdb HATES this movie. every review is like ~all the visual and emotional color was sucked out of the story like that guy in monsters inc #i recently rewatched the disney og and while it wasn't as good as i remembered (and i've never loved it) -#- you can't deny that every character shines individually and so does the scenery #where is mary blair 2k23 when you need her!!#where is a disney producer who gives one tiny rat's ass about the canon story!!#thank you GOD for peter pan 2003 or else i would be left adrift with no consolation #but instead i can tuck my bluray copy under my pillow at night in the happy knowledge that near-perfection does in fact exist!#and ignore all these other big mistakes #asks #peter pan & wendy #he has found himself a wendy

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stellacendia · 1 year

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Apparently I've developed a habit of stumbling across a really good fic for a fandom I'm not really in and then getting thoroughly sucked into it entirely through fic

#stella speaks #to be fair each time i've done this i have started with at least some level of knowledge about the canon in question #for star wars i'd seen all the movies and liked them a lot then i went and hyperfixated on it after finding this one fic #for batman i'd seen a few movies and the btas cartoon then i went and hyperfixated on that too after one particular fic #actually i found the batman fic before i even found the sw one and it's actually the only reason i have an ao3 account at all tbh #if i hadn't found that fic i wouldn't be in fandom the way i am today so i'm really glad i stumbled across it #and then the most recent one was for bbc merlin #which i have seen some of several years ago #i didn't finish it and i don't remember how far i got into it. nor do i really remember.... most of it #but i found a good fic and then i went and read everything from that author for merlin #and while i probably won't go back and actually watch the show i have a feeling i'm gonna keep reading fic for it lol #also i'd like to note that in each of these cases i found the inciting fic thanks to tumblr

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awearywritersworld · 5 months

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my very soul demands you

sukuna x reader summary: you introduce sukuna to cuddling and romance novels. meanwhile, he's still struggling to make sense of his feelings for you, despite wanting to commit murder because another man had the nerve to touch your arm (which earns him a lecture from yuuji). w/c: 2.5k tags/warnings: enemies to lovers. angst to fluff. jealous!sukuna. aged up!yuuji. features yuuji x reader. cursing. banter. hopefully not too ooc for sukuna. not canon compliant. fem!reader. no use of y/n. no manga spoilers. a/n: this could maybe be read as a stand alone, but it'd flow much better with the context of the previous two parts. lots of denial and begrudging softness from sukuna here. definitely more fluff than anything tho. this series has been fun to write, so thanks for reading<3 i appreciate reblogs or feedback! let me know if you'd like to be tagged in any additional parts. series masterlist // masterlist

when you crawl in between sukuna's legs and curl up against his chest, it's a foreign experience that makes his body stiffen.

he'd been with countless women during his lifetime, but while fucking is one thing, he never once found himself in a position that struck him as this... intimate.

"hold me," you whine as if you can sense his unfamiliarity with such matters.

he rolls his eyes, beginning to wonder if your habit of throwing orders at him is actually some sort of compulsive need. "didn't anyone ever teach you manners?"

despite his irritation, he acquiesces to your demand and once he envelops you in his arms, some of his rigidness dissipates.

you hum contentedly. "isn't that better?"

"it's tolerable," he asserts, his chest vibrating against your cheek.

"whatever you say." tangling your legs with his, you turn your attention back to the movie you've both been watching.

he doesn't understand this... tedious display of affection, nor does he particularly enjoy it... right?

and he only allows it because he can't rid his mind of the image of your tear stained face... right?

yeah, that has to be it. he figures he can endure this, given that he was the reason you were so upset earlier.

it goes without saying that he doesn't realize it when he begins to rub absentminded circles on your back.

and the way the warmth of your body forces his usually tense muscles to relax goes unacknowledged.

when the credits begin to roll, sukuna's wearing an expression of unimpressed disinterest. "that's seriously how it ends?"

you don't respond, so he looks down only to find that you're fast asleep.

"tch. you ask to watch a movie, force me to pick it, and then you don't even have the decency to stay awake." he's not sure why he's chiding you even though he knows you can't hear him, but he keeps his voice low enough that it won't disturb you.

sukuna's spent more time than he cares to admit watching your sleeping form, but this is the first time that it's actually him you're pressed against. it's the first time he can reach out and touch you.

your hair has fallen across your face, so he pushes it back behind your ear gently. the pads of his fingers brush against your cheekbone, a ghost of a caress, and his gaze lingers on your parted lips.

he lets out a deep breath, tearing his eyes away from you. "impertinent brat."

reaching for the remote, he flips off the tv and casts the room in darkness.

upon waking up in the morning, yuuji's confused once he notices that he's on the couch and you're sleeping against his chest.

he may have been half asleep when he arrived home, but he's still positive he went to bed. stretching his arms above his head, the movement jostles you from your slumber.

"mornin', baby."

"good morning, yu," you yawn in response, shifting to sit up.

"how'd i wind up on the couch?" he asks, though he's already got an inkling of the answer.

"oh," you blush. "sukuna kind of made an appearance last night."

"that so? how'd it go?"

you think there might be a shadow of a smirk playing on his lips. is he teasing you?

"good," you offer. "we watched a movie."

"watched a movie with the king of curses," he muses before his face breaks out into a lopsided grin. "you sure are somethin', baby."

returning his smile, you lean in and press your lips to his. "hm. says you."

it's not uncommon for you to meet yuuji for lunch if his mission is short and nearby, and today is one of those days, so he eagerly makes his way to the cafe you agreed on.

he's still a few hundred feet away when he spots you through the window, chatting with a man he recognizes as your childhood friend.

his gaze drops to where his hand is wrapped around your forearm as you both share a laugh together.

it doesn't really bother yuuji, he trusts you implicitly and jealousy isn't an emotion that's really on his radar. the same can't be said for everyone, though.

sukuna watches on as well, his thoughts much darker than his vessel's. who does that wretch think he is, putting his hands on you?

you're not his to touch.

"give me control," sukuna growls, his mouth appearing on yuuji's cheek.

"and why would i do that?"

"so i can rip his heart out and gift it to her since he seems so interested in offering his affections."

"duuuude," yuuji begins, somewhat amused. "i don't think she'd be super crazy about you murdering her friend."

"fine," sukuna bites back, well aware that yuuji has a point. "but he can live without his filthy hands, can't he? perhaps i'll pull each arm from his torso—"

yuuji snorts. "you have some serious issues, man."

he can feel sukuna trying to take over and easily curbs the attempt, though that only fuels the king of curses' irritation. "my only issue lies in the fact you're allowing this to happen."

yuuji reaches the door, a bell chiming through the cafe as he pulls it open. "she's a big girl. she doesn't need either of us to dictate what can and can't happen to her."

once you see your boyfriend, your face lights up and you call out his name. you place a kiss on his cheek and snake an arm around his waist in greeting, and the space it puts between you and your friend is enough to keep sukuna from protesting further.

"you two have met, right?" you ask.

"yeah! hey, itadori! it's been a while."

"it has! good to see you, yamada."

"i'd love to stay and chat more, but i have to get going," he states, leaning in to give you a hug which you return. "we should all go out together soon!"

"absolutely not, you deplorable knave—" yuuji slaps a hand to his cheek before sukuna can continue and yamada gives him an odd look.

your eyes widen for a split second and you have to stop yourself from facepalming.

"what'd you say?" yamada asks, sounding a bit hesitant.

"i said absolutely, sounds like an enjoyable night!"

the men exchange a handshake before you and yuuji make your way to a table.

"sukuna, what the hell was that?" you hiss once yamada's out of earshot.

"i don't know what you mean," he responds smugly.

you meet yuuji's eye and he just shrugs his shoulders, but you swear the corners of his mouth twitch upward.

you can't imagine anything good coming from the two of them colluding with one another, but let it go anyway.

opening up your menu, you sigh in defeat. "if you say so."

"what do you mean you'd rather disembowel yourself?" you question the man sitting across from you.

it's becoming more commonplace to see those dark marks adorning yuuji's body during the nighttime hours. you sometimes wonder if he's letting it happen or if sukuna's just getting better at taking over, but you're too nervous to ask.

"do you need a dictionary? there's one over on the shelf—"

"no, asshole. i know what disembowel means! i just don't understand your refusal."

he raises his eyebrows at the obscenity, but doesn't comment on it. "i'm not reading some inane romance novel."

"but brontë's one of my favorite authors!"

"it makes no difference if it was penned by the gods. the thought alone is absurd. can we move on now?"

you don't respond. instead, you cross your arms and stare at the wall defiantly. your face is contorted into an expression that lets sukuna know you're clearly affronted.

"very mature, you silly little girl."

"sorry you find me and my interests so childish," you huff.

"oh, please. that's not what i said."

you continue giving him the cold shoulder, having no desire to argue further, but more than willing to die on this hill.

"fine, don't talk. it's no matter to me," he claims (despite it being the furthest thing from the truth).

as the minutes tick by, he keeps looking at you from the corner of his eye and exhaling dramatically.

eventually, he calls your name in an exasperated tone, and while it makes your heart flutter, you still don't spare him a glance. you just hold the book out for him and to your surprise, he rips it from your grasp.

"you're ridiculous," he grumbles, opening the cover to reveal the first page. "i hate you."

when he glances over to see you're beaming at him despite the insult, he adds (albeit half heartedly), "i mean it, brat."

the two of you sit in silence, each of you reading your respective books. a few chapters in, sukuna comes across the following conversation:

"do you know where the wicked go after death?" "they go to hell," was my ready and orthodox answer. "and what is hell? can you tell me that?" "a pit full of fire." "and should you like to fall into that pit, and to be burning there for ever?" "no, sir." "what must you do to avoid it?" i deliberated a moment; my answer, when it did come, was objectionable: "i must keep in good health, and not die."

to your astonishment, you actually hear him chuckle, but when he looks over and finds your self satisfied smirk, any hint of humor disappears from his face in the blink of an eye. your hand quickly moves to your mouth to stifle a giggle.

"something you want to say?" he baits you.

"nope, nothing at all!"

two nights later, he's already nearing the end of the story and you refrain from commenting about how quickly he's made his way through.

you doubt he'd allow your current position if you had— you're laying on your side, your head resting comfortably in his lap, one hand occupying the space above his knee.

when you asked if it was okay, all he offered you was a clipped, "i suppose."

your hair is splayed across his thigh and your eyes fluttered shut a while ago. when he agreed to this, he didn't realize how distracting it'd be. his gaze flickers between you and the words on the page with embarrassing frequency.

he's decided what you call cuddling is absolutely suffocating. how anyone could actually enjoy it, he's sure he'll never comprehend. he can hardly concentrate on the novel that's right in front of him—

"read to me, 'kuna," you mumble, interrupting his thoughts. it surprises him that you're still awake.

he scoffs. "what do i look like? your personal audiobook?"

"you didn't even know those existed until like a week ago," you laugh. "c'mon, pleaaaaaase."

he stays quiet for a few moments, so you're under the impression he may just ignore your request. as such, you're exceptionally pleased when his voice fills the otherwise still apartment.

you think the sound of his voice is comforting, an idea that would more than likely make him cringe, so you keep it to yourself. after all, you don't want him to stop.

at some point or another, he begins twirling a strand of your hair around his finger whenever he's not turning the page, an action that seems to take place without his noticing.

occasionally he'll pause to ask if you're even listening. it's an odd feeling that blossoms in his stomach when you assure, "mhmm. every word."

as he reaches the second to last chapter, he reads a line that makes you question whether your heart's stopped beating. you're not sure if it's because of the tone of his voice, the words he's imparting, or some mix thereof.

"no—no—jane; you must not go. no—i have touched you, heard you, felt the comfort of your presence—the sweetness of your consolation: i cannot give up these joys. i have little left in myself—I must have you. the world may laugh—may call me absurd, selfish—but it does not signify."

he stops reading, as if he too feels the sense of unease that's invaded the air. against your better judgement, you turn to look at him. his eyes are glued to the page, almost like they're avoiding you, and his jaw is tense.

"my very soul demands you: it will be satisfied, or it will take deadly vengeance on its frame.”

when his gaze finally lands on you, his expression is almost pained. it's a strange contrast to the warm fondness you spot in his eyes.

you quickly push that thought away, however. whatever you believe you may have seen, you're probably just deluding yourself. you know you aren't his least favorite person, but surely he'd never feel even half of that sentiment toward you—

your breath catches in your throat when his hand reaches up, his thumb brushing over your bottom lip. he still marvels at the fact you don't shy away from his touch, that you're usually the one to seek out contact with him.

perhaps the story is not as asinine as he expected it to be. rochester presumes jane will find him revolting, yet she still agrees to be with him, even after his selfishness has been made plain to her. after the sins of his past have caught up to him.

no, no, no.

to be so desperate for some woman's approval, or her devotion for that matter, is despicable. rochester's nothing less than foolish and sukuna isn't anything like him.

but you're certainly like jane, aren't you? fearless, passionate, and determined: all things he can't help but find endearing...

gods, what is this turmoil? it's making him feel pathetic and there isn't an emotion in the world he hates more—

you distract him from his internal monologue when your fingers wrap around his wrist and bring his knuckles to your lips. "you okay?"

"of course," he mutters, pulling his hand away. "just trying to get past all the mawkishness."

"really? you think it's that bad?" you question, the frown on your lips igniting that ache in his chest that appears whenever you're upset.

"it's not terrible," he sighs, realizing there may indeed be one thing he despises even more than feeling pathetic. "although i don't understand how jane is so taken with rochester."

you seem to ponder this for a moment before shrugging. "love is weird."

"what a clever analysis."

you slap his chest playfully. "oh, whatever. just keep going, you're almost finished!"

and you're right. he does reach the end of jane eyre that night, but not before you fall asleep on his lap. he closes the book, running a finger down the creased spine and setting it down carefully. it's obvious you've read it several times.

admittedly, he can see why, but he'd be caught dead before he'd ever tell you as much.

left alone with his thoughts, he considers the impossibility of jane and rochester: a charming, headstrong woman and a cruel, arrogant man.

leaning forward, he whispers your name to make certain you're asleep, then places a lingering kiss to your forehead.

"..sweet dreams."