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klanced · 6 months

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i just finally watched the batman (2022) and need a repository for my thoughts

anyway yes i know i am the voltron blog but you all must understand. and this is key to my lore. that i am an insane batman fan. i haven't kept up with comics in recent years but i am a total sleeper agent when it comes to batman and i've been waiting literal months to watch The Batman (2022) and i finally watched it last night and have been marinating in my thoughts since. and also my parents are tired of hearing my ranting and watching me walk around in circles.

ANYWAY.

cinematography

this is literally the best looking batman film in years, if not the best looking one ever. the color grading was like a balm to my eyes, especially after the slog fest that is some of the other superhero movies... even with the constant rain the city never looked washed out, reeves and his set designers made such awesome choices when it came to fluorescent and neon lighting... the DINER SCENE!!!!!!!!!!! also omfg the way they made battinson the Red and Black Batman like what an excellent color combination. i loved it. i need to buy some of the theatrical release posters post HASTE.

more than anything this movie was SHOT like a comic book and so many scenes looked like they were ripped straight from a comic book, like i could visualize the paneling and everything... so freaking baller.

my family wasn't super impressed but i think it's because they expected an action movie but No You Don't Get It. batman sees the world as a gritty detective noir movie but to everyone else in gotham they're living in a horror movie and that is BATMAN CINEMA!!!!

when the riddler was arrested i was like 'wait there's still 40 minutes?' and then i preceded to have my mind completely blown. i kept questioning what reeves was doing only for him to IMMEDIATELY correct me minutes later. literally, let this man cook he knows what he's doing. when bruce lit the flare i didn't immediately get it -- and then the little mayor's boy reached for batman without any hesitation. and then the crowd began to follow him, closing the distance. and then he began to lead them to higher crowd. And Then I Got It.

2. gotham

yes i'm devoting an entire section just to the city.

gotham city is one of the hardest things to get right in any kind of batman media. like gotham is Not Normal and that should always be something hovering in the background. but many directors just don't bother because gotham architecture is so fundamentally different from normal sensibilities that building lore accurate sets would be both incredibly costly and almost impossible to do. but matt reeves tried and the movie was so unbelievably better for it.

bvs gotham was basically just new york city and don't even get me STARTED on how futuristic minimalistic modern the nolan movies were. ugh.

but when bruce and alfred were in their penthouse suite surrounded by fifty layers of gothic style trim my dad verbally said 'are they in a fucking church or something' and like YES DAD! that's the POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gotham is supposed to be borderline CAMPY GOTHIC like the city itself is not just a setting, it's a full blown supporting character. the city looking batshit is essential lore and PIVITOL to the world building that has produced a man dressed up as a bat to fight crime like you DON'T GET IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! batman is divorced from our reality but he is GROUNDED IN GOTHAM!!!!

actually side note i've been playing gotham knights on the PC and 1) the game is way better than critics gave it credit for and 2) GOTHAM LOOKS SO GOOD IN THIS GAME. THE LIGHTING IS CRAZYYYY. best adaptation of gotham city fr, i loved the arkham video game series but the panache. the style. it became so diluted after arkham asylum fr.

my one criticism is that reeves needed to make one more rooftop set it was so silly that all the characters kept returning to the same gcpd roof with the bat signal on it.

3. plot

FINALLY A MOVIE WHERE BRUCE IS A DETECTIVE. i've waited literal years for this. i do wish batman had been a little bit more active/proactive in the plot, i.e. not strictly following with riddler's games, but this is also early batman so i'm more forgiving of his rookie mistakes... however in the second movie i expect him to be on his BALL GAME!!!! give me plot-armor-borderline-prescient batman PLEASE MR. REEVES I BEG OF THEE.

LOVED this adaptation of the riddler. using the zodiac killer as an inspiration for the riddler was amazing, brilliant, showstopping, spectacular. and they kept a little bit of camp in paul dano's performance which i appreciate. i don't think we'll ever go back to batman forever levels of camp, but that's okay </3

there was a nod to the character of hush in the movie (at least that's how i'm choosing to interpret it) but i don't think they could ever use hush in the future because they already adapted so much of his gimmick for the riddler... but that's okay tbh i don't think hush is that interesting anyway.

at its core the batman was a buddy cop movie and i LOVED that. jeffrey wright KILLED it as lieutenant gordon and the dynamic between batman and gordon was amazing. excellent usage of our favorite future-commissioner, you could really see they already had an established rapport but their bond was becoming even stronger... their conversation in the interrogation room was so amazing, as well as their scene with the penguin.

my one criticism is that alfred became non-existent after a certain point. also lowkey the lego batman movie did a better job at the 'bruce realizes that his trauma has made him reluctant to form bonds or deepen them because of his fear of losing anyone else' subplot. lego batman movie on top!

4. characterizations

everyone and their mom has already talked about how this version of bruce wayne is more focused on developing his identity as the batman versus his identity as brucie wayne so i won't repeat those essays. but i will say that i have such high hopes for bruce's development in the sequel. like the way the movie ended with him emphasizing how he needs to become a 'symbol of hope for the city' reads to me as him preparing to finally re-enter gotham society as Billionaire Bruce Wayne and i am SO READY FOR IT.

but what i actually want to talk about is how amazing catwoman's development is. i love how much backstory they gave her in this movie. i will always love the nolanverse version of catwoman but you really learn almost nothing about selina in TDKR. but in the batman selina's is this fully fleshed out character. you can immediately guess what her life has been like. and her motivations in the story... the way she was prepared to run until she found annika... and then she immediately changed gears and focused on vengeance for annika and her mother... god, i love it.

cobblepot's character was also so, so good. you can intimately tell that he's a two-faced bastard who's spent years being a yes-man purely so he can climb the social ladder. i know colin farrell is going to rock the HELL out of that monocle in the sequel.

5. hopes for the future

i know it's too late but i reallyyy don't want joker to be in the sequel. i unfortunately think that's more or less guaranteed though since they've already casted barry keoghan. and his performance was really good. i'm just tired of seeing the joker in batman media. (inb4 keoghan absolutely kills it in the sequel and makes me eat my hat). i don't really consider batman to have one arch nemesis, only that the joker has consistently ruined batman's life more often than all the other villains.

literally the one hill i will die on is that reeves NEEDS to include robin at some point. PLEASE. you can't have batman without a robin, he gets so lonely. literally that's all i want. i want battinson to become a dad so, so bad. you have no idea.

and (and this is key) robin must be a kid. a pre-teen aged 14 or younger. "oh but that's so unrealistic, child superheroes totally break the immersion" well I DON'T CARE. FULL THROTTLE ON THE CHILD ENDANGERMENT. let children fight crime, for the culture.

[okay, okay. make it a robin origin story where dick grayson is introduced and is plot-relevant but he doesn't actively patrol and fight crime and only becomes robin at the very end.]

introduce robin in batman 2, and then have robin be a participating older teen/adult in batman 3.

my incredibly indulgent ideal batman 2:

at least two years have passed (bruce is more or less settled and has finally hit his stride). he has mastered air gliding and now attacks villains from the rafters instead of just constantly walking out of the shadows. i want to see arkham-level combat So Bad.

selina is mentioned, but doesn't really appear (and there are no other love interests.

actually wait i change my mind about joker. joker can be included in the movie IF the red herring "main plot" is that he's using a circus as a base of operations (because clowns and circuses).

i say red herring "main plot" because the movie starts with a joker crime spree, so you think the movie is going to be all about the joker, but then he leads batman to his circus base and it turns out that PSYCH! THIS IS ACTUALLY A DICK GRAYSON ORIGIN STORY. because joker's base of operations is haly's circus.

batman is snooping around looking for evidence and that's when he comes across dick grayson, age 10.

kid dick grayson. PLEASE. PLEASE.

batman decides to visit the circus as bruce wayne. You Know What happens.

plot plot plot

COURT OF OWLS SUBPLOT.

bruce has to balance hunting down the joker while also protecting this little kid he pretends he isn't totally attached to.

this is incredibly indulgent because i have no idea how you would balance joker screentime with that of the court of owls. idk. that's what's fanfiction is for i guess c:

i have decided that over winter break i am going to rewatch all the batman movies from 1980s onwards so i can revise my Batman Cinema power rankings. i will create some kind of metric or spreadsheet so i can grade and quantify each movie.

hell i should also replay all my favorite batman video games. because those are basically just movies anyway. and i miss kevin conroy :(

thanks for reading. god i love batman.

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starsurface · 1 month

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Hello!! I was wondering if I could request headcanons (or fic? Of your choice really! I dont know if you do fics and I wouldn't want to push you!) of MK11 Dark Radien in babyspace?

I know you've gotten lots of requests concerning him but I love your Lord Radien works sm! Importantly I hope you're taking breaks eating plenty, and drinking lots of water! Thank you for all the works you've done they've been so lovely to read! - @counting-sheeps-n-bunnies 🐑

Hi!! I do do Fics, but they have to be specifically requested!! If you ask for Fic or Hc, I might do a Fic sometimes, but Hcs are just easier in general to do. But I still to fics!!! <3

WARNING: A lot of the Hcs have Yandere/Controling Themes!!! There’s talk of Forced/Very Pushy Encouraged Regressing!!

There is NO hitting, or kidnapping, or anything of the sort!!! Just ‘overprotectiveness’ to the point it can be seen as Controlling!!!

Also Dark Lord Raiden might be a bit out of character because he's similar to Lord Raiden . . . but not exactly as sane as Lord Raiden? Pookie here just needs a bottle and therapy, fr.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

CG Dark Lord Raiden w/ Babyspace Regressor Hcs

⛈️ Dark Lord Raiden is . . . something :D

⛈️ ^ Not saying this in a bad way, but maybe not in the 100% most positive tone either (still love my Pookie though)

⛈️ He’s over-possessive of the people he loves, especially his baby

⛈️ He’s lost so much, most to his own actions, so the idea of losing someone so close to him? His friend/partner? Or his baby? He couldn’t bare the idea. He won’t bare the idea.

⛈️ He has a nasty habit of overbabying you, making you feel small when you should be big

⛈️ How? Easy, he’ll just do things for you!!

⛈️ Why would you need to tie your shoes? Raiden can do it for you

⛈️ He’ll put his hand on your shoulder, guiding you through things you might be able to do completely fine normally

⛈️ Getting colorful designed bandaids even when your big and insist that a normal bandaid would work too

⛈️ Normal Lord Raiden has an accident of looming over people, but most times doesn’t notice it

⛈️ But Dark Lord Raiden? He’s constantly looming over you, sometimes accident, other times to make sure your okay

⛈️ He’s very tall, and it’s easy to feel tiny around him (it’s almost like that’s what he wants . . .)

⛈️ In fact, that is what he wants!! You can’t get too hurt when your small!! Babies really shouldn’t be training or doing dangerous big kid things, and get to stay right next to Dada! Dada can easily protect you! He’ll make sure you don’t get hurt! <3

⛈️ While I’ve described Dark Lord Raiden as overprotective and . . . a bit insane - He does love you with his heart soul and body

⛈️ I mean, of course he loves you!! Your his good friend/partner, and at times he’s sweet little baby, how could he not precious you?

⛈️ Other than all ^ That stuff, he’s quite similar to his old self

⛈️ He’s a little more loose on certain rules, as long as it makes his baby happy

⛈️ More candy after dinner? Normal Lord Raiden would set his foot down, but anything to make Dark Raiden’s baby smile

⛈️ However, he’s more stricter on ‘dangerous’ rules, like going near outlets or certain objects in the kitchen (he’ll watch you like a hawk in the kitchen)

⛈️ But all punishments (like timeout or the stairs) have been moved off the table!!! He could never make you cry or hurt you

⛈️ One thing that might make you cry or trigger your regression sometimes is that when Raiden gets angry, loud scary thunderstrikes will be heard outside

⛈️ They’re rarely directed towards you, but he’ll make sure that your okay and he didn’t scare you too badly

⛈️ It takes a lot of conversation to let him ‘allow’ you to be more independent while small

⛈️ No one is good enough to watch you, not in his eyes

⛈️ But he’ll allow playdates and supervised babysitting!! His Brother is his main go-to for these things, but the Earthrealmers will do fine as well

⛈️ His favorite little activity with you is storytime

⛈️ He gets to have you in his arms, most likely bottle/sippy feeding you, reading a nice little story that he knows you love

⛈️ ^ It also counts as cuddle time!! :D (He’ll get another actual cuddle time later though)

⛈️ As established Dark Lord Raiden (Lord Raiden in general) is very tall!! This also means he’s super strong, as the Protector of Earthrealm

⛈️ Which means he’ll have no trouble carrying you everywhere!! <3

⛈️ Your too small to walk, and crawling might hurt your little knees!! We can’t have that happen, now can we?

⛈️ Of course he’ll let you run around for playtime, especially for bigger regressors

⛈️ But where’s a better, and safer, place than Dada’s arms?

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I do have a lot of requests, but I do enjoy doing them. I'll make sure to take care of myself, promise!!

And I'm so glad that you enjoy my work!! <3

Fun Fact: I did not care about lord Raiden when I first made my blog!! Shocking, because he's quickly became a favorite of mine!! I really like him now. <3

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saltminerising · 2 months

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ppl are so insane abt multis i literally can't imagine caring that much. Why should I give a shit abt the economy, i barely buy things in the AH and the dragon economy is like. Fine. Every petsite economy is inflated and fr does a good job at being stable. Hatchery and project dragons during nest rentals staying in banned accounts is indicative of a larger problem with fr and that's it's a dragon png breeding game that arbitrarily decided you can't breed whatever colors and eyes you want on your own for their awesome plot that progresses 2-4 times a year and for some reason lays the blame on the players for trusting others when you literally cannot know if the other person is cheating or not and also fuck you we don't have an official way to do nest rentals like literally any reasonable game. There is a dragon petsite from literally 2007 or some shit with studding implemented and i don't have to go "awh man my dragon is lost on a banned account" on there. is why is flight rising suddenly reasonable for this? To say to your players that it would be too much work to restore dragons and then not give an alternative method to get what they want is genuinely insane and i don't know why people get bad at multis when there is clearly a bigger issue at play. Is it actually the other person's fault or is it the moderation's for not giving you your dragons even when there's on-site proof they were yours and it was a nest rental? They could literally say "here's an exact social script that you can do to guarantee we press a button to restore your dragons if things go wrong" familiars had this same problem and they only recently added fiona and we have 0 news on nesting changes despite the repeated issues players have with their dragons being stuck on banned accounts bc of a nest rental. I'm not longstanding enough to know if fiona was shadowdropped, but if she was it only proves my point further we are chasing the dragon of changes that take a million years to become real and then in the meantime they do fuckall, twiddle their thumbs and go "too bad, it has to stay the way it is!" They are playing us for absolute fools.

Tl;dr or whatever: why do we care about multis so much when we can't know their full impact on the economy ever. It's inflated anyway. The moderation decisions that consistently refuse to revert nest rental trades without a viable and safe alternative are the problem and not individual people cheating at the game. Especially when you probably won't be able to reasonably tell someone is cheating (and shouldn't be expected to) so the fault being on you for trusting someone is a bad choice.

Imo the only weak point is economy i don't understand that shit so i can understand an disagreement there. Sorry for caring too much about petsites I'll do it again. But genuinely why do you people spend so much time thinking about these people i don't understand. I like minding my business so i can think about other things. If i lost my prized expensive dragons i would be more mad at fr staff bc of their backwards rules that i can't get my dragons back no matter what.

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#multi accounting #long post

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meggannn · 5 months

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atsv rewatch notes that i forgot to share

in gwen's flashback, mr stacy says "why wear a mask if you've got nothing to hide?" may parker says "no politics at the dinner table," and gwen pointedly says "thank you, may" to which may winks at her. does may know she's spider-woman?? that would definitely add another layer of angst if may thinks she's responsible for her nephew's death as well

gwen goes to visions academy in her universe too, evidenced by the logo on the drums she plays and the shirt her dad's wearing. so no wonder she could sneak her way around in 1610, but also, her school seems to be in chelsea (manhattan) not brooklyn? unless their band practice is just in chelsea and they stole a drum set from brooklyn lol

one of gwen's posters just says SOCIAL MEDIA lmao

the fact that in gwen's touching selfie of her and miles you can still see peter's sweatpants legs in the background from where he's passed out on the bus is so funny to me

65's police department is also called PDNY, so i guess peter's NYPD in 616 is the odd one out

captain stacy calls his partner "yuri"! i assume it's 65's yuri watanabe?? (edit, the director's commentary confirms this)

according to his arrest log, the vulture was a middle school secretary before being arrested lmao

i just realized we were going to get miguel's backstory and then gwen interrupts it because she doesn't care. so i guess my theory about miles being the only one who can interrupt others' monologues because he's an anomaly is incorrect lmao

i didnt realize before the helicopter crashes, she looked at miguel and miguel nodded, implying "i'll get them" for him to clear the way while she handles the people in the helicopter. i think her competence and flexibility are why he changed his mind on bringing her to the team, along with her dad ofc

a reactor pointed this out (Lupa from YaBoyRoshi) but when gwen is pleading to her dad not to arrest her, he and the colors behind him literally become divided with a dark blue line against white background. i interpreted this as a metaphor for his indecisiveness but it's also. literally. showing a thin blue line foreshadowing his choice. that's insane

gwen saying "i don't know how to fix this." and miguel tosses her a watch after saying "yeah, well, join the club"—didn't realize this had two meanings lol, one inviting her to the society but also admitting he doesn't know how to fix any of this

i'm very impressed by how much they put into the spot on a rewatch, like the voice acting is excellent and they made him jiggle up and down going "this is real!" when he meets miles. it's so cute. like all the extra details just make it great

lmao when miles does his intro he shows himself growing like a head taller than gwen, and about as tall as peter b and noir?? ldkfjdlfk im sorry buddy you're not quite there yet

during miles's intro he meshes the past year with his current fight with spot, and he narrates beating up bad guys with a bunch of shots of him punching villains—then it cuts to him failing to punch the spot; quickly followed by the spot and miles tied in a bunch of weird scenarios with the dimensional holes, including miles's face on ohnn's body, all played for comedy. foreshadowing baby

all of the jeopardy categories when miles hosts are spider-themed. "swingin' in the rain" "arachnidioms" "spider sense & sensibility" "the wide web world" "thwip it" and i cant read the last one

not only does miles's baby powder apology video have more dislikes than actual views (69 million to 10 million, yes, a 69 joke), a youtube comment also says "old spider-man didn't need baby powder" so the youtube comments section is wrong in every universe

in his mustache apology video, once again there are more dislikes than views (70 mill to 11 mill) and a comment says "i heard it was made from actual spider legs tho fr"

miles drew his friends over his subway mural and everyone's always in cool action poses EXCEPT PETER who also gets a shot of him sloppily eating a burger oh my god. it cracks me up he draws more of the other spiders but so little of peter lkdfjld. but this is sweet tbh i hope somehow the gang sees this in btsv :(((

at the counselor meeting: "you thought i could do something special. and now i think so, too. and the special thing i want to do is this. there are people out there who can literally teach me the things i want to learn. and they're not all in brooklyn" my heart hurts

when the spot destroys a building in the lego verse someone goes "does anyone have the instructions for this building??" lmao

when miles is hanging with gwen, you can hear him faintly say "no it's not the greek burger place" and we don't know what he's replying to but. what's the bet he told gwen how terrible peter's favorite burger place was on the bus back from alchemax and it's an inside joke between them

miles left his jordans in a random alley in brooklyn chasing after gwen!!! MILES!! (but then later when he's trapped in 42, they glitch back onto his feet???)

miles still swings using the same bounce-crouch he learned from peter im gonna die. you can see it esp when compared against pavitr and gwen when they face the spot

i thought i missed when miles picked up an empenada but i didnt, they literally just cut straight from jess mentioning them to miguel's narration then miles walking down the hallway with it. did miles ask jess+gwen+hobie to stop by the cafeteria first lkfdjlf.

miles bounces when miguel's lift starts to descend. he's so excited to meet him :(

peter says mayday took a crap and then he takes her offscreen but. he doesn't actually change her diaper. mayday was sitting in a dirty diaper that whole chase and somehow wasn't upset? or are we supposed to believe that large spiderweb mayday bounces off of (which we never actually see getting built between one shot and the next) was being used as a very quick one-second changing station? lmfao peter

sun spider says "miles, i'm a huge fan of your work" which. wow everyone not only knows about miles's situation but follows his actions in 1610???? wtf. also does miles have fans?? (aside from the og gang)

after seeing how frustrated/desperate peter gets to have miles hold may, i'm 100% convinced he knew when miles entered the society, ran back home to grab his baby, and came back to nueva york just specifically so miles could meet may, but it turned into a shitshow and now he just hopes THIS conversation can go well if he can make it happen like he imagined in his head. like aww, but also peter, he doesn't want to talk about your daughter right now, he wants to talk about his dad lol. right words, wrong time

and peter doesn't even bother trying to escape the webs miles traps him in, he just kind of hangs there angrily?? lfkjlf

the text around hobie's portals reads ENTER PORTAL with an arrow, NEXT STOP, EXIT STOP, i think MIND THE GAP, a weather report, and i think miles's name?? maybe also 616, miles's dimension?

when miles realizes he's in the wrong dimension, the same leitmotif plays from the first movie when he walks down the school hall realizing something was different after the spider bite

miles's terror and joy at seeing aaron in 42 is palpable. he will always love and miss him, he will probably always wish he could speak to and ask aaron for help again, but he will never forget being chased by the prowler, and aaron about to kill him on the rooftop. i think some part of him will forever be that kid scared of the person in the prowler mask—or at least wondering what that person is capable of, how far that person is willing to go to get what they want—which is a very fitting question considering he then faces another miles behind the prowler mask shortly after. i suspect in btsv he'll have to ask himself the lengths he is willing to go to, in this universe or the next, to save the people he loves. heartbreaking

i adore the telltale art style of earth-42, it's so gorgeous and noir-like, reminds me of the wolf among us

#spiderverse stuff #across the spiderverse

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schumigrace · 8 months

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You commented but I must harass you in your askbox, Grace!! I would've passed out and died if we got to see Se in a rbr suit again, I think my life would be fully complete at that moment and nothing else could fix me.

I'm just so so so in love with that era of rbr racesuits, like the colors, the design, the build, everything!!! And don't even get me started on his helmets....I like his current helmet but fuckkkkkkkk, his rbr era helmets are peak design and nothing, absolutely nothing can top them. And the fact that he had so many unique ones????? Like even if I'm like, oh yeah I wish he wore a 2011 era helmet, it's like: well which one????(...Canada 2011 I will say!)

I just wrote out a full response to this and tumblr just... didnt post it? so here we go again

ANYWAY YES i would not have coped with seb in a full rb suit and helmet i'm already going insane as it is. like rbr seb was my first driver he will always have a very special place in my heart . I'd do anything to have him back

Canada is a very good choice! my fave from 2011 is singapore, sorta cause it is very reminiscent of my favourite ever which is singapore 2013 lol (and of AD2011)

Also, irrelevant really but singapore 13 is what Fabian tributes in his own helmet this year.. which just breaks me

this family...ugh I love them so much

but yes the german flag design is very iconic and special and has definitely become his design since the start of the ferrari days..personally though, If i was him and wanted to tribute Germany (and didn't stick to 2011 designs) I'd have gone with Germany 2012

golden boy fr.

another fave of mine is Australia 2011..which i think he used a couple of times that year?

#honestly I love how many designs he has #it's insane #drives me mad trying to remember which one is which off the top of my head tho lol #side note for anyone reading this ..i will include his website in the source on this post bc it has all his designs #and once you get to the ferrari years they come with a little note..its cute #I could sit and look at them for hours they are so pretty #I am not just a carfucker I am also very much a helmet fucker #thanks catie!!!!!!!!!! I love talking about this stuff

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wispexists · 1 year

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P5R PMD AU because i am insane!!!

So I have many a thought in my head and with Spike Chunsoft dangling the idea of a new Mystery Dungeon entry in front of my face this past week I have more thoughts. Especially about the Mystery Dungeon AU's I create with every fandom I join.

So um Persona 5 PMD au (with some visuals).

Also this will contain major spoilers for Persona 5 Royal and Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon.

First, this is a rewrite of PMD Super, because I will not write a new story for this and also because I always see Explorers get the crossover au/rewrite treatment (as it should tbh) and we gotta switch it up!! Now with the main plot not really changing we can jump into the characters.

1. The Heros

The hero role is filled both by Akira Kurusu and Goro Akechi, both being human and both losing their memories respectfully after being isekai'd into a foreign world. These bitches gay, so I think it's funny to throw them into another god killing situation.

The role stays true to the plot, get chased by Beheeyem, get adopted, join the guild, etc. it would just have more banter between characters in between.

Akira:

At first you may think, "Wouldn't Zorua fit better? Isn't that the black and red trickster Pokémon that fits the overall aesthetic really well? Wouldn't it have been cool for an Akiren that could summon fake illusion personas???" Because I thought the same things until I realized I cannot draw Zorua!

I also think even though Floragato doesn't really fit aesthetically, it fits in every other aspect of joker persona. Silly little jester cat.

I also thought Zorua would be too much of an awkward fit in the group just, vibes man, he's too small. Once you see my other picks you'll get it. You get silly little jester cat take it or leave it.

Goro:

STUPID BIRD!! THE CHOICE IS OBVIOUS!! FUCKIN,, CROW MAN!! CORVISQUIRE SWEEP!!

I also made him shiny because it matches his color pallete. Literally easiest decision in the world. I was originally going to go with rookidee but again, too small.

2. The partner

You thought these bitches were doing this shit alone?? NO!! THEY NEED A SILLY FRIEND!! WHO ELSE TO PUT IN THE ROLE OF THE WEIRD ADOPTED ORPHAN THAN WEIRD ADOPTED ORPHAN FUTABA SAKURA!! Also going forward no other character is human, very important pmd shit.

Futaba:

Similarly to the p5 plot, Futaba is still grieving her mom while getting adopted by Sojiro. Wakaba died in an "unfortunate accident" while doing research for a guild on the grass continent. The last thing left in Futaba's possession is her harmony scarf. Unlike p5, Futaba didn't actually see her mom die since she was in Serene Village while her mom was doing research. She still somewhat blames herself for her mother's death but is motivated to find the truth behind it.

Futaba's social anxiety would prevent her from joining a proper exploration team, until of course she gets two new neighbors that are reminded of someone in her and feel obligated to help (THE HEROS FROM BEFORE IN CASE YOU DIDNT GET THAT). Also in Super, the partner doesn't join a team because everyone fucking hates them and I thought wow! That's way too mean! And not in character!! So I changed that.

Anyways JOLTIK FUTABA, SMALL CREATURE. The only one allowed to be teeny tiny.

I originally was planning to go with a Dewpider since I knew for a fact that I wanted her to be a bug type but then I saw Joltik and thought "wow, this bitch has so much mischievous energy" and it stuck.

She'd probably run a support build of some kind in preparation to be backup.

3. Nuzleafs replacement

Takuto Maruki.

If you thought anyone but him I would tell you to replay Super Mystery Dungeon BECAUSE I THINK IT FITS SO WELL.

Also because it's weird that Nuzleaf was like unemployed, I also made Maruki Audinos replacement as the school nurse. He can be in a weird cult and work at the school at the same time.

Yes Maruki is the one who sends our protagonists to hell! After his childhood friend Rumi never truly recovered from an accident, Maruki turned to the help of Yveltal, believing that the limbo-like state is better than suffering for a lifetime. This happiness can be easily achieved if only he had a human that could destroy the barrier on Revelation Mountain, then their plan would be foolproof..

Also important to note that actualization doesn't exist because personas and the metaverse wouldn't exist in Pokémon.

FURRET MARUKI SHAKES YOU. His ass looks normal until he STABS YOU IN THE BACK!!

4. Classmates

Ok I got a little burnt out at this point so I don't have references for these ones but the gist is they're literally just the Shujin guys. None of them would join the exploration team (sorry :() but they would still get little side stories. I also tried to match certain characters with their metaverse powers as a little silly.

Ann: Braixen. Literally makes so much sense. Strong girlboss fire wizard like get it queen!! Fuck yeah!

Ryuji: Luxio but specifically with rivalry instead of intimidate purely because it's funny.

Makoto: Houndour. Honestly went with this because of vibes and also because she counters and covers Haru's weaknesses because I am a Makoharu stan frfr.

Haru: Galarian Ponyta. See Makoto.

Mishima: Please suggest a Pokémon for Mishima. I do not have one.

Shiho: also up for suggestions

Sumire: Eevee. Since actualization doesn't exist, she still knows she's Sumire, but is still strongly advised by Maruki to follow in her sisters footsteps considering she trained her entire life as a performer, why shatter your dreams and pursue something that has the chance to bring you pain? Specifically replaces Espurr in this au since she's being manipulated by Maruki.

Yusuke: Alolan Vulpix. Not part of the school, he lives in Lively Town with Madarame, but he gets included on this list because I have no where else to put him.

Morgana: Purrloin. Isn't in this story like at all because he got arrested for crime. Thought I'd include him anyways.

5. Extra thoughts

I have a few more characters that I know for sure are going to be here. Every change of heart is going to happen but they would most likely get arrested instead (cause no metaverse).

This really is just a self-indulgent mashup of P5 and PMD. The characters still generally keep their arcs even if they aren't as important, the overall plot is just that of PMD Super.

And that about wraps it up for now! If you made it this far, I love you, mwah. Also please please please send any questions because I am writing this in the middle of the night and I KNOW I probably missed something and I really just want to share this silly au. Thank you for reading!

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fr the art trademark thing id say the way you color i guess?? you always have rlly interesting color choices in th pieces u do

!!!! Thank you ^_^ :3 I tend to spend at least an hour or two going through different colour combinations until I’m happy with what I’ve chosen, and a lot of my friends refer to my colouring style as “vir’s insanity moment” because of how long I take and usually how unorthodox my colours tend to be :3

Here r like.. my FAVOURITE ones I’ve done (barring some I can’t show yet due to being collabs or commissions)

#anon #ask games #the last one was one of the alt palettes I was considering for the pilot piece #i Didnt end up using it but I still Really liked it a lot #my art #2023 #2022

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color scheme update 4 my hakuno !! 🫡 it sounds a lil silly at first but!!!!! actually comes with a decent amount of Thoughts(TM) because egad the grip this girl has on me is insane . she turns me into an english teacher talking abt blue curtains fr

i talked about this with tsun (ty tsun dearest 🫶) so shoutout to him for bringing up many good points about this!! like how having hakuno being described in food terms gives her a very home-y comforting feeling which contrasts with her more aloof and rational personality /though she does become warmer with character development ✨️

makes me also think about sweets in particular too (duh) anfmd how even though they Are nice, they lack any nutritional value and won't fill your stomach up. reminds me of hakuno who wants to find love and connection but still feels so empty and lacking </3 (this is also a really fitting concept outside of colors or w/e because hakuno does like candy !)

not 2 mention how too much sweets is detrimental to your health ...... just like hakuno who (really has nothing good intentions but) often takes things to the extreme (e.g. selfless to the point of self destruction, she's a very "ride or die" kind of person, etc)

tsun also brought up how it reminded him of fairy tales (being desirable and appealing in that ✨️magical✨️ kind of way; and i like to think that hakuno looks very ethereal) (which is also nice because that contrasts with hakuno's desires to just be a normal human) and witch's house from hansel and gretel with how it looks very cute and sweet but the inside is . A Lot

hakuno's not blatantly deceptive like that thoo!!!! tsun (gigabrain) says it best with how hakuno's not the witch, she's more like the empty house, a waiting table. the idea of food comes here again too because hakuno's a very giving person 🥺 there's a lot she wants to give !!

OOOOHH and the sweets thing can come here ^ again too tho. it's how that sweet thing ultimately lacks any real substance </3

hakuno being described as like a doll from a fairy tale would be a really neat + fitting description for her tooo because 1. H..Hakuno Pretty,, 😳 bUT ALSO 2. it gives her this very otherworldly (not human) feel ..... which is all nice and pretty but Distant in a way

that's also why i like the way extra materials use 美形 (bikei) to describe hakuno because while it does translate to "beauty", the direct translation would be "beautiful form/shape". it could be unintentional word choice, but'd like to think it's because hakuno is more like object to be admired (here's that doll motif again !!!) than a legitimate person, if that makes sense :thonk:

since we're on this topic anyway-- my hakuno's hair turns from brown to white at the tips. it's inspired by what happens to sakura in ccc canon! a symptom of "deteoration"/"corrosion" due to being shaken up by an unidentified emotion-value (love) ... so methinks hakuno should get it too as someone who's actively trying to better find herself and understand her emotions and humanity 💖 (her hair's not gonna turn fully white, but i just think it'd be a neat reference)

it's a stretch ngl but it could also be neat if the white and curled tips of her hair gave the impression of seafoam maybe............. it rlly would suit her name toooo (白野岸波 meaning "white fields, shore waves")

#NAH CUZ NOT TO TOOT OUR HORNS BUT LIKE #the way tsun and i have put way more thought into h.akuno's frikkin Hair and Eye Color than #wtf canon has been providing with h.akuno content for like. the past few frikkin years💀#-PUNCHES DA WALL- i Am putting this under the cut tho .........#bc sgfkshcjs pLS h.akuno makes me go Insane .... 🚶‍♂️ .............#&&. hcs

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a lil vent abt a close friend i have bc its so exhausting, he had a past relationship where him and his ex were together for i want to say maybe around 6 months? (maybe longer) but his ex (im gonna call him jake) admittedly did not put a lot of effort in the relationship (ive never even met him) but my friend did, it was his first ever serious relationship since coming out and was fully convinced they were meant to be or whatever, i was very supportive like hyped up everything they did even tho in my view it was the bare minimum. anyways they break up (like around a year or two ago) and my friend has been hung up on jake since that break up, he has had flings while jake had another serious relationship which ended like a couple of months ago. my friend saw this as a way to get back together with him and while i knew it was a bad idea (i never liked the guy) i still supported him bc hey its his life if he’s happy then i’m happy. around a month ago jake told my friend he wanted to try again with him, then a week later jake was complaining to my friend abt his other ex (it was heavily implied they were trying to talk things out and get back together) — my friend saw a lil bit of the light and finally called him out on it which i again supported and also said my real feeling abt the guy (he’s horrible and deserves to be blocked and im glad my friend is finally gonna move on from him) ig my friend felt a lil shocked abt that but we moved on. JUST NOW he texts me saying jake texted him and said hi, i was literally begging him not to reply but WHAT DID HE DO??? HE REPLIED while jake was giving insanely short responses after my friend texts him asking him why he’s contacting him again stuff like that and its like i understand he’s hurting and i need to be supportive of him and be there for him but god is it exhausting me and many of his friends have said to pls just block him dont waste any more energy on jake because CLEARLY he’s just using him and none of the energy my friend is giving jake is never reciprocated like ever but yeah now my friend is gonna ignore me and then complain abt this same guy AS IF THERES NOT MILLIONS OF GUYS OUT THERE RN WHO IS AT LEAST A LIL BIT MORE RESPECTFULLLL

anyways i dont mean to dump this on u! u def don’t have to reply to this!

oh that is exhausting :/ tbh if he refuses to listen to reason then he’s gonna have to learn the hard way :( it’s very kind of you as his friend to want to help but don’t drain yourself trying to make him make good choices!! jake sucks and your friend’s gotta take the rose colored glasses off to see that :( i’m rly sorry though that’s so tiring fr

#answered #anon

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thunderboltfire · 3 years

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I lazily colored Iwona’s age chart/looks progression cheatsheet I sketched during lectures. I intended it to be in (almost) flats, but it turned out differently XD

Additional description of her design and character development under the cut! :)

Iwona is a character I’ve had for a LONG time, and she went through several overhauls and minor redesigns. I wanted her to have some FR lore-friendly half-elven characteristics, but I didn’t want her looks to get too outlandish, like, e.g. Jaheira’s portrait from BG2. In the end, Iwona got angled almond-shaped and very much unnaturally blue eyes and diamond-shaped face as her clearly elven trait, while everything else I tried to place in-between a human and an elf.

Canon height:165cm

Class: Warrior/mage

Strong statistics: Strenght, Dexterity, Intelligence (insanely strong for her bodytype - this is a trait I attribute to her half-divine lineage, her Dex and Int are both quite decent but there are characters who are well above her in these stats)

Weak statistics: Constitution (she has to be packed in a tin can or she’s down in seconds - dual classing with 12 con leaves her with very low HP)

Positive and negative character traits:

Inquisitive / troublemaker,

easily attached, easily involved / difficulty to say when to withhold from action

helpful, polite / difficulty declining an ask for help,

dedicated / headstrong

high self-esteem / easily offended

talented / difficulty learning things that require hard work and she isn’t good at understanding them

Headcannoned age during start of BG1 events: 19 years old (honestly, canon age of Your character seems to be quite unclear - on one hand a lot of people calls them ‘child’ on the other hand, they’re considered valid age for an adventuring team leader, and, in the second game which takes place not-so-much later, Charname possibly acts as a temporary caretaker of the D’Arnise keep, as Nalia is deemed too young. That leaves a lot of room for interpretation. I imagine Iwona to be around 19 yo then - a little old to be called ‘child’ maybe, but considering that she spent her whole life behind closed walls of Candlekeep, she may be quite naive despite her age, which again isn’t very young for medieval standards).

I haven’t found anything about the maturing rate of the FR half-elves, but as Iwona is actually a bhaalspawn, her growth rate could be altered anyway so I just assumed that she grew as fast as a human would.

BG1:

Generally, she started the first game on a low note. Iwona was very attached to Gorion and his sudden death (especially that our charname being an apprentice mage knew just how powerful he was in comparison to her) was a shock. She arrived to Helping Hand Inn with Imoen, distrustful of anyone else she met on the way, and very promptly earned a nasty dagger wound to the face. As it couldn’t be immediately fully healed in magical way, it was stitched and part of the healing process happened naturally, leaving a very prominent scar across her face.

As time went on and Iwona got accustomed to her new way of living and became less centered on her own survival and more daring, her natural curiosity led her and her party towards all sorts of dungeons and secluded locations. Growing in levels, Iwona grew in confidence and armor class - until 3rd chapter she changed the splint mail (ughhh I have no idea how it should look like so I just gave her lamellar armor XD) to plate armor and mostly acted as a supporting archer, walking identification station and spare swordswoman of a party. Somwhere between 4th and 5th chapter she got a Full Plate which became her armor of choice until the end of the 1st game. This, before the return to Candlekeep is also where I place whole plot of Tales of the Northern Storm Coast DLC and Durlag’s Tower.

The last chapters were just awful to her - she took the truth of her lineage in stride because she didn’t have much time to ponder on it - hounded, wanted and crawling through city sewers, it suffice to say she wasn’t very happy when she finally faced Sarevok.

SoD

On the contrast SoD began with Iwona probably in the best social position she ever had - rather popular, well-rested and rich, of course something must’ve happened to spoil it or it wouldn’t be her life XD.

While she head out against Caelar’s crusade quite eagerly, she quickly lost her heart to the fight - decaying morale and the amount of effort she had to put in the campaign that had less and less meaning to her personally caused exhaustion that was only worsened by her recurring nightmares. The topic of her terrible pedigree comes back, much to Iwona’s discomfort and slowly becomes an axis around which revolves the entire DLC - riuned temple of thr god of murder, then Boareskyr bridge, then the generals scolding her and asking the impossible - if the entire camp wasn’t hearing the sound of her gritting teeth, it was only because she was out in the wild, running errands and clearing the way for the army. The fact that the lords were so quick to consider selling her to Caelar was something that tipped the scales on her alignment moving from Lawful-Aligned Neutral Good towards Chaotic Good. Around mid-game she changes her armor to newly found elven chainmail, as she relies on her magic more and more, shifting in role to supporting spellcaster.

The ending of SoD was literally a punch in the gut. Whole 11th chapter could and should be criticised as it was a plothole-riddled sieve, but the ending was very inspiring moment of character development. In the epilogue Iwona confirms everything she learned throughout chapter 10 - that it’s not enough to fight and bleed if the stakes are rigged against you. She could win a thousand battles for Baldur’s Gate - all it takes is one dubious situation she’ll be decided guilty. If you being a monster is a well known fact, being a monster on a side of good may not be enough. It doesn’t shake her world so hard that it would make her abandon the path of good, but she decides that for the ones like her, institutions of organised justice, duties and honors won’t work like they’re supposed to - so she’d rather stick to her own moral code and avoid great expectations and titles in the future. About the murder case - what terrified her the most was that she genuinely didn’t remember what happened. She clinged to the thought that she isn’t an evil person - that she knows she wouldn’t do something like that - and ultimately that was her line of defense. In the end this turned out to be true, but she still had no hard evidence to support it. She went back to the small group of faithful friends that believed in her innocence - and she intended to stay there, out of the spotlight.

I’ll probably make a second edition with BG2 and ToB once I establish a canon playthrough of both of them in EE.

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how would you rank the seasons from least to most favourite?

alright okay right off the bat worst season season 7. for starters i think this season has no staying power i mean like since i’ve been running this blog 4 so long now my knowledge of charmed is encyclopedic and insanely vast more than like it ever need be but for the longest time. i could not remember season 7. like wtf even happened there?? evidently leo became human??? cole returned? the avatars??? like all of it was just. it’s not even necessarily forgettable it’s just i straight up could not remember it for the longest time. and i’ve said it before the concept of utopia was way to advanced for a show like charmed to tackle i am not watching charmed for moral philosophy i am watching bc i love these girls ♥ hee hee hoo hoo magic adventure ✨ tho if i am to offer a single comment on utopia: it’s awfully rich for a show to go on about destiny and fate and then take a stand against utopia in the name of free will. but w/e. i don’t like leo in the avatars i don’t like his dynamic with piper in this season i don’t like whatever phoebe’s doing this season there’s like leslie?? maybe there’s someone else? boring & flavorless they should have been setting up her endgame instead of puttering around. and kyle. zoo wee mama. could have been a great antihero. morally gray. duplicitous. self serving. but no. they gave him all those traits and called him hero/love interest. s7 left a lot to be desired out of the characters and their relationships also gave us phat L’s such as the charmed ones are werewolves don’t worry about it and feminism peaked with naked women. shout out to zankou: demon, dilf, dub & the noir episode.

you know what? fuck it i’ll say it second worse season 5 genuinely fuck season five. this is probably a Very Specific beef 2 me But. i hate what they did to the charmed universe. this was the season that marked the transition of charmed from supernatural drama to campy soap which like. i love camp! i do! but fr. fuck this season and what it did to the worldbuilding. the early season have Such A Vibe to them man with warlocks and witches and just a couple niche monsters from assorted lore that the show took and made their own. season five opens with mermaids goes directly into fairytales then gives us superheros whatever the fuck was going on in that mummy episode the sandman leprechauns and nymphs. and i hate it for that. it takes away from this urban fantasy things that go bump in the night what lurks in the shadows of the back alleys of san francisco in favor of the ugliest cinderella dress ever put to television and an onslaught of horrible irish accents for a full episode. other issues with season five: cole’s still here? why? they don’t know and neither will you! we’re not redeeming him! phoebe’s not getting back together with him! yes he died we just refuse to let him go! the cherry on top of course being a cole-centric 100th episode. shout out to. hmm. lemme think about what i actually liked about this season. i like jason dean as a love interest i don’t remember what he did in s5 but i know he was there. the season finale i’ve talked about how stupid & shitty it was but idc i still love that episode and then shout out to bacarra the only original villain this season that was a proper serve. the crone gets second place.

next on this come on we all saw it coming season 8. it’s a bad season! and i get bts there was a whole lot happening budget cuts missing actor etc. but it goes beyond that. it was a bad season. billie and christie were bad. and i’ve said this before but billie in herself is not an inherently bad character. she was just the literal worst for the show. she was a dollar store buffy blonde confident cocky skilled and ready 2 fight evil But. we are not following her like we followed buffy we are following her mentors. it’s like if we had a show called giles that aired for seven seasons And Then buffy showed up. billie was insanely irritating to watch from our perspective and in general wasn’t like. well written. attempts to humanize her / give her more depth often fell flat. and then christy. oh nelly. oh my god. barely a character. not well acted but hey it would have been a miracle if she was. negatives include dumain who was a mess omg bringing back the triad bringing back the source billie & christy obvi and also involving homeland security. which is season 7′s fault which is why it’s the worst. dubs on the other hand include both coop and henry i really liked them the shoehorned love interests weren’t great but i like their characters i though the way the got rid of leo to save on the budget was really creative and gave us a great piper episode and of course the sugary sweet finale i love it i do what can i say.

yet another controversial choice aptly coming in fourth is season 4. i respect what season 4 set out to do. i think it was a good idea. long form narratives, keeping a darker tone, focusing on character-driven drama and growth. too bad it fucking failed miserably at all of this. cole as the source and phoebe as the queen of hell was just so so botched. they had a very unique opportunity following the death of prue to explore these characters and what it means to them to be charmed, to be witches. they saved the world but the cost is insanely high. they’ve lost an older sister. they’ve gained a new sister. how do you even begin to cope with all this? episodes such as hell hath no fury and brain drain fuck so hard because they work with exactly that. had the whole season been like those episode season four would sit at number one with flying colors absolutely no competition. but alas. we can’t have nice things. the show got so bogged down with phoebe & cole, in a way that was just so, so messy. for starters, whether you loved cole or hated him before, we can all agree source!cole sucked. he was such a strong 180 from what we had seen that the show had to make the source some type of possession to justify half the shit they were trying to pull. and then to pit phoebe and paige against one another over a man was just. disgusting. and the ending of course felt rushed because it was! they wrapped up that entire issue in a nice little bow much faster than they reasonably should have been able to. it could have been a great season. it was definitely not. shout out to the seer an iconic mastermind on barbas levels, as previously stated brain drain and hell hath no fury Specific shout out to piper’s scene at prue’s grave shout out to paige as a character i like what they did with her and um. yeah that’s it.

okay we’re exiting the shit tier in favorite of the good tier welcome to the upper half. kicking us off is season 6. season 6 did what season 4 could not in that it gave us a long form plot that still left plenty of room for like. normal demon of the week episodes. i love phoebe early in this season with her faboo haircut her brand new empathy power and her relationship with jason dean. obvious strikes against for whatever the fuck that baby crazy stint was and also the mata hari episode. yikes. i love paige’s hair color in this season nothing paige as a character necessarily stands out to me however i like how they seem to have hit the blend of work-magic with paige where she wants a life and career outside of magic however she still loves the craft and embraces is with an open heart and mind. season six also gives us chris who was a very fun male lead imo we really didn’t have many like him he’s bitchy. he whines and bitches a lot he’s got an agenda he’s a bit secretive but at the end of the day he just wants a family i like him. i like the character growth we see out of piper i like seeing her try to move on from leo i love seeing her get back together with leo i like her dynamic with chris and her fears about motherhood. i also liked richard but that one takes a lot of justification. L’s are witchstock hyde school reunion used karma off the top of my head also the paige/richard/addiction plotline was so tone deaf. also the girls were mean to darryl : ( he deserved so much better. dubs were chris as a character, tbh the episode little monsters, phoebe with empathy specifically saying i love you too to jason i could write a dissertation on that line alone also the courtship of wyatt’s father and i thought the reveals of evil wyatt and chris being piper and leo’s son were both fun and interesting plot twists.

coming in third is actually season 2 a season i really do love it’s just. it lacks structure. imo there is a lot to love about season 2 morality bites and pardon my past are both delightful time travel episodes we get jack sheridan and bane jessup two of my personal favorite prue love interests we get p3 h2o and a great prue plotline regarding the death of patty we get the super cute cupid episode it’s a great. collection of episodes. it’s not a great season. there’s just imo not a strong enough thread connecting the stories together it’s mainly held together by having the same characters in it over and over again i really liked dan personally but like. i knew we were wasting time there. he was just an obstacle. a super cute loving and caring obstacle who’s great with kids but lbr piper and leo were always endgame. wasting our time on dan was stupid. i do love the sister dynamics in season two “gotta hand it to those pesky little demons they sure have brought us closer together” but again. this season could have benefitted from a rex and hannah type or even like a cole or zankou. this season is less of a season and more of just like a handful of episodes, and while there are some fat dubs, there are also some definite swings & misses. shout out to the time travel episodes the prue centric episodes phoebe’s character growth and maturity throughout this season (e.g. her going back to college) and i also think the fashion got a lot more fun this season.

second place i’m saying season one season one was a really strong start and gave us these really compelling characters with interesting relationships between one another But. a lot of it just kinda falls flat. and credit where credit is due it was a brand new show getting its feet under it but the fourth sister feats of clay which prue is it anyway they just simply aren’t dubs imo. also i don’t like that 70′s episode bc again i am an asshole concerned about The Lore i can’t believe one bitch ass warlock caused the Charmed Ones to grow up without powers. it just really bugs me. all in all the plots as a whole like aren’t great imo they’re nothing to write home about (save for from fear to eternity) it’s really the characters that make this season so goddamn good.

first place congratulations to the one the only season three. this is just because it kinda hits all my requirements in that it has some banger one offs (e.g. all halliwell’s eve, the good, the bad, and the cursed) it has an overarching plot at the exact same time as the source becomes more prominent and obvi cole is also there with murderous intent i like the character growth we see especially from prue i like piper and leo finally get married overall i really like the aesthetic of this season that blends a darker urban fantasy tone with still some charmed fashion and whimsy. strikes against tbh phoebe and cole’s relationship i am insanely picky with my enemies to lovers and the do not come remotely close to cutting the mustard in fact they are almost immediately disqualified however from afar i can see and respect The Drama. shout out to recasting victor prue with pistols death as a character and shannen directing episodes

#and of course this is a matter of opinion i'm not expecting everyone to agree w me Howver #i think you'd also be hard pressed to talk me out of my opinion #like the closer you get to the top there's more wiggle room like what's the best season i think changes with the wind #but the shit tier stays shit tier in my mind it's a matter of personal preference and i personally prefer my season to be good #charmed #💌

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lucidpantone · 3 years

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Druck is objectively better than all remakes at making a pointed effort to do better with their pic reps. They actually take in the feedback of their audience and try to execute a better product. There are problems with druck and 80% of it is the fandom. Ofc all remakes have issues tho, so ppl should chill. Druck fans unapologetically shit on other remakes while, wtfock fans and skam fr fans have the courtesy of slyly getting their digs in there. It's quite amusing to watch from the sidelines

this is super long but for you anon.

So I think we need to look at these three remakes as what I call the og period and the original period because they do change alot once they get more freedom some for the absolute worse. Ok so lets talk first about the OG periods. To be perfectly honest s1 in all these remakes are just ok. Jana & Jens are a bit unbearable but Jana as a whole is fine and am happy she doesnt end up with Jens. Same with Hanna and Jonas they aren’t unbearable per-say but I am also not gushing over them but I do like Jonas being a heart throb music man sometimes but once again they dont burn into my core but am happy they reunite. Love Emma and love Yann just not together its that simple. S2 is where we really start to see the difference. Charles is the devil so I hate skamfr s2 and like really Manon stays with him??? ughh why?? Daphne is right at almost bursting into laughter when he talks about doing philanthropy. Ok bruh....sure. Winterberg is fine I dont hate them and I dont love them they are just okay to me. S2 happens to be wtfock best season so its kinda hard to stack them up because this is the best they ever looked. All of the s3 for all these remakes are good. To say they aren’t would just be nonsense some are better then others but all are above average. Now S4....... well well well. What can we say the elusive goldstar Sana season is yet to be made (I will say the script for Italia s4 is fantastic, THE SCRIPT).

Skamfr s4 was a mess and ridiculous and Druck’s s4 was lazy and harbored accents of prejudice all over it.Both seasons undercut their woc and both miss the opportunity to write deep meaningful stories that explored the societal struggles of muslim women. Skamfr s4 just happened to really just shows us their colors but honestly am not shocked this is skam the micro racist decisions are all over the verse. TBD on yasmina season.

NOW......this all changes when we talk about the original seasons because this is when we see the shows on their own and also we get to see if they have been listening and absorbing the fan commentary or not. So let’s get the obvious out of the way wtFOCK was an absolute mess and maybe the worse season ever created in the skamverse the only thing that made that season even slightly bearable was the Moyo arc which I hear it actually continues in s5 so in a weird way s4 is actually about Moyo since his story continues but we already know thats only because if the fans saw Kato on the screen for a matters of seconds the volcano of hate would explode. I despise how Noa has become the pseudo main of s4 but didnt get the credit. It kills me they did this to him. Maining Romi is the worse mistake ever made by any remake and thats just fact. Now do I want to see a newgen out of wtfock? hmmmm ask me after s5 but am leaning towards probably not but am on the fence. Now skamfr .....let me say this one thing skam fr is nothing without their cast. Talk about fucking talent. Those kids can act their ass off but their writing is atrocious. s5 could have been good they had all the ingredients but the writers bomb it. S6 once again flavie amazing the writing a shit show. S7 lucie was amazing the writing was better but still needs work I think it pretty obvious skam fr is going to step into the thunderdome and finally do what no skam has done before and main bilal but should I really applaud it taking 8 seasons and 35 plus skamverse seasons to get here??? Probably not, but since no one else is gonna pull the trigger I wish them well and at least skamfr listen and lamifex is super rich in diversity and they are honestly a fabulous newgen. They are such a ridiculous squad but god I love them and Jo is an angel. Please please skamfr please write a good story for a brown boy I beg of you!!! Now druck s5 all I can say is Bravo!! If skamfr is their cast then Druck is their writers. That s5 season is a fucking beast. Thats how you write an original skam season. They also listen the cast is super diverse. The girl squad feels natural and their age I actually like that the insta squad are problematic as fuck and happen to be queer. Like just cause your a gay baby doesnt mean you arent an ass. s6 for me personally was ok maybe its unfair of me but I expect amazing writing out of druck and s6 to me was not their best. It could have been amazing they touched so many topics but never deeply explored them and I wanted more for fatou. Also def got the vibes at the end they were panicking on who to main next season so everyone got a little plot thread but that also distracted me from fatou but I love the Mailin plot it was really smart and done well. I didnt hate her but boy did she bug the shit out me.That how you write modern day racism and white privilege. I just wish Ava’s plot was spread more onto fatou they were moments but i wanted more. So I guess I do think out of the original seasons druck s5 is the best. Nora being white didnt matter because she was written well but i do think Tiff being the main out of skamfr wasnt the best choice but then seeing Lucie act am like ok i get it but honestly I expect that from that cast they can all kill it so why not let someone else be the main and not tiff. BTW druck’s cast is good too I just dont think they are as good as the skamfr cast on the acting front but they are some members that are very very good. Like you said because Druck does listen I hope they listen to the honest criticism of s6. I know some people are like its the best ever but like its not....am sorry s5 was way better then s6 and that makes me sad because i want my black girl magic.... I do expect s7 to be good because when the writers for druck have the room to take their time they always kill it but I also feel like they are about to pull a Tiff on us and main Ismail(plus constantine as the side plot) but if I trust anyone with not fucking it up its them. Concerning the fandoms I live off tag and I do that for a reason. The fandom tags are alot but the druck one is almost hostile and honestly you would love the show more if you didnt interact with it. The skamfr tag is hilarious because they are no anti’s its just a bunch of arm chair critics making memes at how ridiculous the frenchies are but in away it makes the remake super fun because no one cares anymore. The wtfock tag has really high highs and really insane lows. When its low its really low so I have decided to live off tag. For those who haven’t..... god speed. Your brave souls!!

#lucidpantone anons #super long read but enjoy #excuse the million typos

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jinned · 5 years

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chromatic | yoongi

chromatic (adj)- relating to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.

snippet: “Fuck he looks like a sparkly anime boy,”

pairing: Yoongi x female reader ft. best friend Namjoon

genre: RomCom-ish, crack, fluff

rating: pg13

au: college

word count: 4.9k

warnings: some language, some light banter, y/n is queen dumbass

Every time you walk into school you have to resist the urge to shove a pencil into your eye socket.

Damn. That was a little intense...but you can’t mask the truth. You’ve never been good at that....hiding your true feelings that is. It’s just...this school...it’s very clear most of your classmates applied to this school thinking it’ll get them rich and famous quick. They don’t care about the quality of their work. They don’t care about the industry. They just care about the attention and getting their name out there. You see it everyday as you walk through the corridors and in the classrooms. You’ve seen students laugh as they give half assed answers to professors questions. You’ve heard them complain about how boring the classes are and that they should have become doctors or lawyers like their parents wanted. One time you even heard one boy state he thought the purpose of the school was for the students to be in the studio working with “already famous people”. Literally, you groan whenever the thought pops back into your head.

When you initially applied for Dague’s Radio Arts Program, also known as DRAP, you couldn’t stop yourself from jumping around the house. Your parents smiled at you fondly, knowing that being a soundboard technician has always been your dream. Ever since you were little you’d critique almost every song that filled your ears, wondering how it would be to take away the cymbals or adding more synthesizer. You know, the kind of stuff every young kid thinks about when listening to music.

That ambition hasn’t gone away now that you’re in your third semester of your freshman year. It’s just been...clouded a bit.

DRAP is a small school with about two hundred students. So everyone knows everyone here. That being said, you’ve only found one decent human being who’s not trying to get into the industry for fame or fortune. This person genuinely cares about the content they create and want to make the music industry a better place.

And that man is none other than Kim Namjoon. Namjoon has stuck by your side ever since you sat by him on your first day in the fall during basic engineering. Neither of you paid any attention to one another until the teacher asked why everyone decided to attend DRAP and some snobby rich boy stood up and said, “I came to DRAP because it’s the easiest way to be discovered as a singer besides going to YouTube and I just haven’t hit rock bottom like that yet.”

The whole class clapped. Except for you and Namjoon who groaned so loudly it startled you both.

Instant friendship.

The rest is history.

The most entertaining thing about this school and having different morals than the rest of the student body is getting to watch how they interact with one another.

Like today for instance…

“Who’s that?” Namjoon juts his chin towards the swamp of girls crowding in a circle in the courtyard. The sun is shining bright on this rather chill spring day and you’d love nothing more than to go inside, but Namjoon loves to eat in the courtyard. People watching, he says, is the most splendid free entertainment one could enjoy. He continues to chew on his sandwich, his lips smacking together as he cranes his neck to try to get a better look without completely investing his body into the movements.

“What do you mean ‘who’s that’?” You ask annoyedly. Today just really hasn’t been your day and your patience is running thin. Finding out you got a ‘C’ on a project you were pretty proud of hasn’t been able to digest properly yet and when you’re in a bad mood you tend to let that energy project onto those around you. You’re working on it! But still. It happens.

“I mean,” Namjoon continues, unphased by your attitude, “who’s that person that everyone is trying to go up to? Did we get another celebrity guest speaker?”

You put down your juice to look a little more closely. Sure enough, several girls have their phones out, large smiles on their faces, trying to get as close as possible to whoever it is out there.

You grab your phone and log onto Twitter and look up the school’s hashtag to see what the scoop is.

All you see is girls gushing over the cute new guy.

“No one famous,” you sigh and pick your juice back up. “Just another dream boat that decided to join DRAP during the middle of the semester because popularity is clearly more important than education.”

“Ew,” Namjoon scrunches his nose and continues to eat. “I can’t wait until we get our degrees and can get out of here.” “Me too.”

“Do you think we’ll be able to get a job at the same radio station?” He inquires.

“Probably not,” you sigh. It’s definitely not the answer he was hoping for. His shoulders drop down and his gaze turns towards the ground.

“I know it’s not likely. I just hope we can. You’re the only one here that actually cares about the job. And you’re stupid good at it too!”

You laugh and bump your shoulder against his.

“Oh, Joonie. You flatter me so. No one here has your insane rap skills though. Let’s make a deal,” you sit up straight and pivot your body so that you’re facing him better. “I’ll become the best producer slash radio tech as long as I get to work with you when you become a famous rapper. Deal?” You slice your hand forward in handshake position.

He smiles at you and takes your hand gently.

“Deal. Wouldn’t want it any other way.”

You part with Namjoon shortly after your mutual promise sealed with a handshake and head to your next class. You take a seat on the left side of the classroom, middle row, at the end by the wall so you have a place to rest your back against.

This week the professor has been focusing on microphones; which type is the best for this sound, how to properly set them up, expenses, etc. All in all, it’s a very boring topic, but important nonetheless.

You’re begrudgingly pulling out your notebook and pen when loud, fast chatter starts behind you. In comes what you have to assume is the new student that has everyone losing their shit over. You turn around to get a good look before you lose interest and you immediately lock eyes with him. He’s gorgeous. Not gonna lie. The way his dark black hair just barely falls over his eyelids and tickles the tips of his ears has some sort of instant affect on you. It looks so soft, like it would feel heavenly to run your hands through. His button nose is to die for and his thin lips forming a breathtaking smile, no smile has truly compared to this one, hatches a dozen butterflies inside your stomach. And his eyes, oh, gorgeous! The way he softly blinks, his eyelashes barely kissing the tops of his cheeks...

At first, you are done for, smitten, lovestruck, in awe. You want nothing more than to introduce yourself to this dreamboat of a man, climb aboard and set sail towards the sunset.

And then you see how he interacts with all his new adoring fans.

He bats his eyelashes at the girl hanging onto his left elbow and turns his head to wink at the girl on his right. There’s someone behind him combing the back of his hair with a small portable hairbrush while another person rolls a lint roller over his expensive looking white cashmere sweater.

You roll your eyes and turn away. That little crush disappearing real quick.

There’s still five minutes until class starts so to avoid all the unnecessary gushing over this stupidly cute overrated wannabe famous boy, you pop in your headphones and crank up the volume loud enough to mask the background chatter but still quiet enough so that you can hear when the professor walks in through the door by the front of the classroom.

You uncap one of your pens and start to mindlessly write lyrics that come to your mind, taking bits of what you’re hearing from your music and trying to make it your own, a neat little trick Namjoon showed you that helps a lyricist get out of writer’s block. By taking bits of a sentence and expanding it further, or even rephrasing a sentence in a different way, it becomes easier to put your own spin on a song. Namjoon noticed a long time ago that your songwriting abilities were lacking and there was no way he was going to sit there and allow his best friend to struggle this hard.

As you’re jotting down ideas, trying to make sense of your thoughts, you see movement on your right.

Someone has sat down next to you.

“Hey.”

At least, you think that’s what they said. Their voice sounds like they’re underwater- huh, that’s not a bad lyric. You stay focused on your paper and tune in more closely to the music in your ears, hoping they’ll get the clue and leave you alone.

Someone taps your shoulder before pulling your right headphone out of your ear.

“I said, ‘Hey’.”

“Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me,” you swing your body around quickly, restraining yourself from socking this person right in the face.

You’re about to say some very colorful choice words to this person when you stop dead in your tracks when you see it’s the new guy.

Your eyebrows lower in a confused and annoyed expression, eyelids squinting to see if what’s really before you is even real. You sigh and put your headphones back in your ear, returning to your writing exercise, immediately deciding this guy isn’t worth your beautiful angry words. Instead you choose to jot them down on the paper.

A few seconds after you put your headphones back in, your professor scurries in.

Which means you have to take the headphones back out.

“Alright class I hope you studied your notes from this week! We will be having a quiz tomorrow so make sure you come prepared! Today we will be doing a quick little overview-”

“Why did you do that?” The new guy leans in and asks you. He continues to look at the front board, his hands clasped together and resting on the table.

“Do what?” You keep your eyes on the whiteboard upfront as well, following your professors every move. You do your best to look uninterested in this new hot shot of a student, but your brain has blocked out every sound except for his voice. His low, slow talking, beautiful husky voice-

“Why did you put your headphones back in? I was trying to introduce myself to you.”

“Ah. I see I hurt your ego a bit did I?” You smirk and jot down a quick note of what the professor has written on the whiteboard.

‘The Shure SM58 is the ideal microphone to use if you plan on doing a lot of traveling and working at the same time-’

“I’m the new kid in school and everyone keeps paying me a bunch of attention except for you. Why don’t you like me and why do I care that you don’t like me?”

“Listen, kid,” you huff, sending some of your hair flying outward. You turn to look him in the eyes to make sure he hears the message loud and clear. “I do not care about you. I don’t care that you care about me caring about you. You’ve been here for two seconds and you’re butthurt that I didn’t say hey to you. Get over yourself. I’m here to learn.” You raise your eyebrow and jut your chin forward as a way of saying ‘got it?’ and turn back to the whiteboard.

“Oh and don’t go yanking people’s headphones out of their ears. Unless you want to get punched or something.”

“My name is Yoongi.”

“I literally don’t care.” You scoff.

He leaves you alone for the remainder of class. But you can’t help but notice how he looks over at you every five minutes or so.

“I’m telling you, Namjoon. Something has to be mentally wrong with this guy for him to just act this way,” you rest your hands on the back of your head as you and Namjoon walk around campus. You’ve just told him about your little encounter with Yoongi in class yesterday. Namjoon is amused to say the least. But, at the same time, Namjoon being the angel to your devil, tries to make sense of the situation.

“Hey now be nice. He’s probably been doted on his entire life and has never had someone genuinely not give a shit about him before.”

“Well he better get used to it. Cause I will never give a shit about some preppy pretty boy who thinks he has every girl wrapped around his rich delicate little finger,” you clench your fists tightly until you feel the pain from your fingernails digging into your palms and sigh with heavy annoyance before relaxing your hands. “I’m not looking forward to class with him later. Maybe I should just skip it. Or better yet, drop out.”

“Stop being so dramatic! Don’t let one guy ruin your dreams of being the best soundboard tech the world has ever seen!” Namjoon laughs at you and you allow yourself to chuckle with him. “And I know you won’t admit it, but you do give a shit. You give a shit about everyone and that’s why you’re so wound up about this guy.”

Your smile fades. You know you’re being ridiculous with your sudden hatred towards this stranger but it’s just easier to complain. And much more fun.

“Can we please sit down somewhere?” You whine and stomp your feet heavily as if you have rocks in your shoes, choosing to ignore Namjoon’s last statement. “I know our next class got canceled but I’m tired of circling campus.”

“Sure thing. Let’s find a spot in the courtyard.” Namjoon walks ahead of you and turns back when you’re taking too long. “Stop moping!” He laughs and runs back to you to grab your books from your hands. “My goodness you’re really letting this guy get to your head.” “He’s annoying and I officially hate him.”

Namjoon just shakes his head. “It’s physically impossible for you to hate anyone. You can try to be as cynical as you want but you can’t fool me!”

He finds an empty bench quickly and sets your things down on the ground, patting down a spot next to him.

You lay down on your back and instantly swing your arm to cover your eyes from the sun, your feet dangling over the edge as you let out another exasperated sigh.

“Okay. Now what’s wrong?” Namjoon chuckles lowly under his breath. You hear him unzip his backpack, probably going over his class notes like the perfect student he is.

“I can hear him coming,” you groan. It’s not a lie. You can almost feel the thundering of Forever 21 boots pounding the pavement from across the way, cherry lipgloss is practically wafting through the air. He’s near. You can feel it.

Sure enough, a few seconds later a hoard of girls surrounding Yoongi walk in from the opposite side of the courtyard from where you and Namjoon are sitting. You don’t even bother lifting your arm from your eyes.

“Whoa,” Namjoon stiffles his laughter. “You have, like, a sixth sense or something. Can you predict my future?”

“Shut up, Joon and let me sleep in peace.” The sun beats down on you and the warmness perfectly blankets you. It’s a beautiful day today, a beautiful day to sulk and fall asleep on a bench outside. Totally not like a hobo or anything.

A few moments of peaceful bliss go by and you think you might actually fall asleep when loud laughter and talking gets closer to you.

“Namjoon, please tell me the hoard isn’t coming this way.”

“Sorry, Y/N. But, uh, I think someone wants to talk to you.”

You slowly sit up, your eyes heavy with almost sleep and the bright sun makes you squint your eyes.

And there he is. Walking right towards you.

Yoongi.

He’s carrying a few books in front of his chest, his backpack hanging over one shoulder. A group of at least ten girls surround him, asking for his number, a picture with him, anything they can get. His black hair shines raven blue in the sunlight and the cool breeze picks up his tie from his chest, floating a bit before landing back in place. Leaves start to fall from the trees behind him and you swear everything around him is moving in slow motion.

“Fuck he looks like a sparkly anime boy,” you mutter under your breath.

“He what?” Namjoon almost throws out his neck with how quickly he looks at you, bearing the most confused expression you’ve ever seen.

Before you can think of an excuse, said anime boy stops three feet in front of you.

“Hey,” Yoongi looks right at you and raises his eyebrows up suggestively, a small smirk pulled on his face.

You bite your tongue to refrain from saying anything to him. Your heart is pounding fast and, knowing yourself, you’ll just say something unnecessarily mean to him. Or...unnecessarily nice. And you’d rather not get beaten up by all these girls surrounding him who will, without a doubt, protect him at all costs and stake their claim on him. So you’re stuck in this loop of do you be nice or mean because either option will get you pounded by girls-which, now that you think about it, out of context doesn’t seem like such a bad thing.

Yoongi stares at you. You stare at him. Namjoon looks back and forth between the two of you.

The silence is so awkward you almost dare break it yourself.

Suddenly, well...not so suddenly...Yoongi slowly releases his books from his hands, letting them topple onto the ground with a loud thud. You stare at him harder, confused as ever. He doesn’t break eye contact with you and makes no move to pick them up.

“Oops,” he says slowly and shrugs his arms.

“Okay literally what the fuck is happening right now?” Namjoon asks.

You hold Yoongi’s gaze, completely unable to look away except to look at his books splattered on the ground for a brief moment. But then you look back at him, unsure of what he wants you to do or what kind of gimmick this is.

“This is the part where you pick up my books,” Yoongi finally breaks the silence with a matter of fact tone.

Bewilderedly, you scoff and cross your arms in front of your chest. “Excuse me?”

“I’ll pick up your books, Yoongi!” One of the girls around him squeals and immediately dives down to her knees, gathering up all his books and loose papers into her arms. She’s not the only one though. Every girl around Yoongi drops to the ground and starts reaching in desperation for his stuff as if it’s diamonds instead of paper. The girl who dropped first, and has the most items in her arms, stands up quickly and tries to fix her hair by blowing it back into place.

“Thanks, Chelsea. Can you go to my next class and set them in my spot for me?” Yoongi winks and holds out his backpack for her to take as well, which she eagerly takes with a high pitched squeal.

“My name is Jiae but you can call me Chelsea if you want!” She runs off, the rest of Yoongi’s fanclub running after her, trying to pull books out of her arms so that they too can have the pleasure of carrying something of his.

Yoongi looks back at you and puts his hands on his hips. When he realizes you’re not going to say anything, he throws his hands up in defeat.

“I just did that stupid ‘drop all your books in front of your crush and see if they help you pick them up’ thing and you just stared at me like I was an idiot but joke’s on you because the person who did pick them up is way cuter than you and I. think. I’ll. be. dropping. my. things. around. them. more. often.” Yoongi’s animated staccato tone throws you off and quickly sends you in a fit of giggles as he stands there with his arms crossed and his chin turned up towards the sky.

“You wanted me...to pick up...your books...cause I’m...your WHAT?” You laugh harder, clutching your sides as you double forward.

Yoongi blinks as he watches you, clearly not expecting this reaction and trying desperately to think of something to say.

“Namjoon, let’s get out of here. I don’t feel like going to class today.”

Yoongi’s eyes widen as he watches you stand up and grab your things by Namjoon’s feet.

“But we have a quiz-”

“Yoongi, if you haven’t noticed already, which by the looks of it you haven’t, I’m one of the top students at this school. And if you know anything about Professor Cheong, which...again...seems like you don’t, you can take any missed quiz by the end of the week with a ten percent deduction. I think I’ll be fine missing this one. Have fun with your Sennheisers and AT2020’s,” you laugh and turn away from him, walking back towards the parking lot with Namjoon following closely behind you.

The rest of the evening is spent with you and Namjoon running around town grabbing ice cream from literally every ice cream shop that comes into view and running into random stores to see what’s inside. In total, you’ve hit about five different ice cream shops. Stupid jokes are made, lots of laughter, and endless topics are talked about.

Well, all but one.

Namjoon tried to bring up Yoongi within the first ten minutes of your skipping school adventure, but you immediately hushed him up and resumed to pretend like the whole thing never happened.

Like Yoongi saying you were his crush never happened.

When it starts to get dark, you say goodnight to Namjoon and head home.

And that’s when you allow yourself to remember that what Yoongi said had indeed happened.

The next day at school has you feeling more off than that time you ran headfirst into a light post and gave yourself the worst concussion of your life. You feel it as you walk down the halls trying desperately to focus on Namjoon’s voice and what he’s saying. But nothing seems to stick. You know that he can see you’re not feeling like yourself and you are grateful that he has not brought it up. Instead, he tries to distract you. He makes jokes about the weather and how it’s cold one day and warm the next. He tells you about weird things his parents said at the dinner table last night. Little things that you can hold onto. Or at least try to.

The fact that a boy has you feeling this way makes you unbelievably angry. You’ve known him for two days and you want nothing more than to not give a shit about him. But those twinkling eyes...and that stupid button nose...they have you hooked.

But you’d rather drop out of school and become a nun than admit that you have a crush on the new guy just like every other damn girl on campus.

Crap.

Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. CRAP.

You walk into Professor Cheong’s class ten minutes early and sit in your usual spot. You pull out your notebook and pencils and attempt to do your usual writing exercises. But this time, not even Namjoon’s wisdom can save you from the wrath that is Min Yoongi.

Yes you learned his last name.

And yes you almost allowed yourself to stalk him on social media but on some sheer whim of sanity you were able to control yourself from looking at any of his profiles. Cause everyone knows once you go internet stalking...it’s real.

He’s here. You can hear the adoring girls getting closer and closer. Is he going to sit by you again? What do you do if he does sit by you again? Are you going to be upset if he doesn’t?

Stop thinking about him. Stop thinking about him. Stop thinking about-

“Hey.”

“Hi!-” You try to cut yourself off. But it’s too late. You reply to him immediately.

Dammit.

“She speaks! And doesn’t say anything mean to me! Amazing really,” Yoongi laughs and sets his backpack down on the ground and pulls back the chair that’s two seats away from you, leaving a nice and comfortable spot between the two of you unlike last time.

If only Namjoon was here to block the view.

“You’re here early. Couldn’t get Chelsea to bring your books in for you this time?” You sneer, but it’s a playful sneer. You try to make it seem playful. Hopefully he gets that it’s playful. Please let it seem playful.

Yoongi winces and clenches his fists together for a moment.

Playful sneer did not land.

“I feel really bad about that. I apologized to her. I really did. I don’t know why I acted like that. I guess all the attention got to my head and-” he takes a deep breath and pivots himself so his whole body is facing you. “I’m really sorry, Y/N,” your body freezes and your head shoots up at the mention of your name. “I acted like a complete ass yesterday. I don’t know why but ever since I first saw you...I just got really nervous and just wanted to act really cool.”

“You thought me picking up your books you purposefully dropped on the floor would make you look cool? Or yanking my headphones out of my ear while I try to work on something is you being cool?”

“I know I know it’s dumb. I just wanted it to be like in the TV shows, you know? I wanted to drop my books and you rush to pick them up then I’d kneel down and apologize for being so clumsy then our hands would touch as we reach for the same book and then we’d have this moment where we’d look each other in the eyes and I don’t know. I honestly thought from that first moment I saw you that maybe you felt the same thing I did. I mean, the look on your face was the look I felt on mine so I was just thinking that-”

“Jesus christ, kid slow down! Take a breath!!” Your tone comes out harsher than you intend once again. Yoongi’s head drops low, avoiding your eyes, shoulders sagging in defeat. He nods his head silently and turns his body back towards the front of the classroom.

What the fuck is happening right now? The current most popular kid in school has a crush on you. After barely speaking to you and only attending the school for a few days. What. The. Fuck. And yet...in some odd way...you can’t blame him? You immediately felt this magnetic pull to him the second he walked in the room on his first day. And that feeling hasn’t gone away. You wonder if he stalked your social media or if he had the self control like you did. Or if he thinks about the stuff he said to you and if he would go about it differently. Like you do.

You take a moment to collect your thoughts and take a deep breath, choosing your words carefully. “Yoongi...first off...we’re not in a TV show. You can’t just go up to a girl you’ve never met and expect to seduce her with just a snap of your fingers. It doesn’t work like that. You know nothing about me and yet you have a crush on me?”

He looks over at you with pouty lips and big, irresistible, anime eyes.

Dammit.

“I know all the other girls have been obsessing over you since you stepped foot on campus but...I’m just not like that. I’m here to learn. I don’t care that much about pretty boys to let it overtake my mind,” partially true. “so drop the act. You’ll get along with me better if you just be yourself.”

“Can we start over?” Yoongi smiles and waits for your response.

You can’t help but to smile back at him. You reach out your hand and he firmly grasps it in one of his own in a nice introductory handshake.

“Hey,” you say in a deep mocking voice. “My name is Y/N.”

Yoongi throws his head back in laughter, clutching your hand even tighter. It takes him a second to recompose himself. He bites his bottom lip to stifle his laughter.

He looks you in the eyes and a wave of warmth overcomes you. And, you hate to admit it, his hand in yours...it feels right.

“Hey, Y/N. My name is Yoongi. It’s nice to meet you.”

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