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opaleyedprince · 20 days

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dorian lorepost 3: friends, family, and fun (for me - not he)

under a cut bc this is L O N G and i mean. essay length probably

family

apart from his birth mother (roza), dorian has five members in his immediate family: his father (stephan), his stepmother (carmen), and three older half siblings: eduard, andrei, and isobel. the rest of dorian's family lack his dark hair and eyes, with all of his sibling having dirty-blond, red, or brown hair, leaving dorian to stick out like a sore thumb in family portraits.

his father was not expecting another child, much less one that inherited the family crest, and his relationship with dorian has always been awkward. as a child, dorian was very pushy about whether or not his father even cared about his birth mother at all, and for a period of several years refused to speak to him after a particularly bad fight. despite this, they are currently on speaking terms, with stephan teaching dorian how to properly activate/wield/manage his crest. he also ensured dorian was given proper combat training, along with scholarly teachings involving history, strategy, and politics.

dorian was very shy around his stepmother for months after being rescued from the bitter cold, and in turn carmen was conflicted about dorian and everything the child represented. but she was the first to notice the way dorian shivered at the slightest hint of a chill, his hesitance when it came to touch and his refusal of skin on skin contact despite how obviously he wanted connection. for his fifth birthday, she gifted him a pair of gloves that served to help alleviate his fears, and in turn he began to view her as a parental figure.

she took him under her wing - he was about a year behind her youngest - and raised him as her own. while his father provided dorian with lessons based around his future responsibilities as an inheritor of the family's crest, carmen ensured that he had not only a well-rounded education (expanding his lessons to include the arts and practical skills like cooking and sewing), but that he had hobbies as well (he took to things like dancing, poetry, embroidery, and fencing).

of dorian's three half siblings, the eldest is eduard, who took the addition of a new sibling in stride despite the fact that he was being raised to be the future head of house konstantinov before dorian's abrupt arrival. he doesn't have an adversarial relationship with dorian, but neither does he have a particularly close bond with him; he's always been distant and cold. since he's several years older than dorian, he has no real idea how to have a proper conversation with him. most of dorian's memories involve eduard talking about how dorian has to be perfect, exemplary, without flaw so that he does not bring shame upon their house. this sentiment comes from a place of genuine care, it's just that eduard hasn't made the effort to actually get to know dorian, absorbed as he is in his duties.

andrei is the middle child of dorian's half siblings, and the only one who has taken a wholly adversarial view of him. they find dorian's presence shameful and used to bully him relentlessly when they were children. it was only after their parents intervened that andrei backed off, though their relationship has never grown any warmer. andrei is a performer who travels throughout faerghus and is often on the road. they're generally a bit stuck-up and very proud, with a soft spot for their two siblings and no one else. secretly, both they and dorian wish to bridge the gap between them, but andrei has no clue how to go about apologizing for the way they've treated dorian in the past. despite no longer holding any real animosity towards him, they continue to be combative.

the youngest of dorian's half siblings - and the one closest to his own age - is isobel. she's just a year older than him, and took to dorian like a duck to water when they were introduced. the pair quickly became thick as thieves and would often get into trouble, with isobel becoming more outgoing around dorian (who managed to be even more shy than she was). out of his entire family, isobel is the one dorian is closest to; he writes letters to her regularly and hers is always the first opinion he seeks when he needs advice. a gifted and talented mage, isobel has chosen to spend her time teaching others using her skills. when she's not travelling throughout the kingdom offering herself as a tutor she spends her time honing her magic and putting her lessons on paper. as of dorian heading to the academy, she hopes to make copies of her work available within the next five years.

friends

as a member of house konstantinov, dorian grew up mostly hearing about the other houses in the holy kingdom via proxy - due to his status as the only child of the family that bore a crest, he was raised mostly secluded on the konstantinov grounds. on rare occasions when other nobility visited, he would spend most of the time in hiding due to his shy nature. he happened to meet several of the blue lions briefly throughout his earlier years (felix, ingrid, and dimitri). dorian had very few friendships apart from his close bond with his older sister.

due to his house's close relationship with the church of seiros, dorian is very used to being around knights and other members of the church, including even the archbishop herself. before the events of three houses, he had been to visit the monastery multiple times, and thinks of it as a safe place without needing time to settle in once the academy phase starts. he's friends with flayn and views seteth as a sort of older brother figure, and keeps up his swordplay skills by dueling the knights in their spare time.

dorian is capable of getting along with almost anyone, but as of the academy phase his circle of friends includes felix, mercedes, dedue, ignatz, linhardt, and tentatively dimitri.

lil misc details

dorian is deathly afraid of heights and the cold, often wearing more layers than is strictly necessary and refusing to look out of high windows or over railings

dorian's favorite animals are those often considered to be pests: vultures, ravens/crows, and foxes

dorian's room always has a large fire going in it, even during the warmer months

dorian is considered mysterious by others his age who don't know him (he's actually just shy)

dorian likes going on horseback rides and was given two hunting dogs when he came of age

when he's unable to sleep, dorian can be found going on walks outside or playing piano

so, about that crest

since it's stated that the nabatean's blood was a required component in giving the elites their crests, constantine likely already was in possession of a crest when they defected. however! since the game doesn't elaborate on the exact methods i chose to believe it was some sort of magic-laced blood transfusion, one which constantine was notably on the lesser receiving end of; because even in their elevated status they were still just an ex-stablehand.

so at some point i do think - as a form of hazing - constantine was forced to drink blood. which did suck but also well. you did betray your friend dude maaaaybe you should not have done that? and this is why the konstantinov crest behaves differently/the way it does.

anyway- effects of this! constantine's hair was probably run through with streaks of gray by the time they switched sides again to support seiros, and by the end of the war their hair was almost fully white. it was only with rhea's help that they were able to better manage the effects of their crest on their body and psyche.

among these effects was the ability to hear the other relics, or rather to hear bits of who they had once been. their own weapon, which beat in their hands to the tempo of the crest stone imbedded within it, whispered to them in the voice of the friend they'd allowed to be killed. even after the war, constantine was seen as a mysterious recluse, driven mad by their own guilt and oath-bound to the church in a form of eternal repentance.

constantine lived far longer than any of the other elites, becoming a pale shadow who lingered at rhea's side and served her faithfully as one of her very first knights. upon their passing, they were entombed by their family in what would become the konstantinov mausoleum, located in the cold frostbitten mountains where the family grounds was also constructed.

now, decades and decades later, their crest still allows the inheritor to hear the whispers of the hero's relics, though said whispers have grown quieter and rarer over time.

even individuals that do not inherit the konstantinov crest still find themselves preferring their meats rare, and some have been born with particularly sharp senses or found their incisors growing in more pointed than before when they lost their baby teeth. depleting ones' energy by overusing the crest will cause the user to crave rare meats, and outsiders who know the workings of their crest often refer to them as vampires as a joke (they don't actually drink blood - except in cases of desperation orrr well. what partners do is their business and not anyone else's mkay).

dragon and blood imagery is prevalent outside of the family's coat of arms, and dark maroon is the most common underlying color when it comes to decorations or things that are associated with the family, such as a flag or a handkerchief. rather than ordinary gargoyles, the mansion sports draconic ones, along with dragons incorporated into the architecture or furniture inside, with the primary accent color being gold or golden-bronze.

#opal.txt #oc lore tag #oc tag: dorian #i do like constantine i am very compelled by them #haunted literally. by that one choice for the rest of their life #any crest inheritors who were also vegetarian go down in the family's history btw they're held up as very strong #the prevalent dragon imagery is a thread connecting them back to the nabateans #isobel and dorian are so so close. she was probably the first one dorian talked to abt not being a girl #i also think all of dorian's siblings and his dad have green eyes. it's the dragon in them continuing to peek through even after so long #dorian's pupils do turn to slits when he activates his crest - as a child he used to not be able to switch back and forth with such ease #anyway. have this whole essay on dorian. i've made my own wiki article for him w/this almost

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lesbian-duck-art · 5 months

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Guys oh my god I can’t believe we got a new Sofia The First promo (For legal reasons, this is a joke and I’m just in my delulu era)

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layla-carstairs · 6 months

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to be fair. for a guy to have two wives before dying at the age of 24 he must have had something going for him

#the wiki says Stephen died at 25 btw and this is WRONG #he died before Jace was born on January 18 #so unless his birthday just happens to be one of the first 17 days of the year Stephen wouldve been 24 #literally nobody but me cares about this but it's important!! to me!!#bella reads los

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phantomwyvern · 2 years

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Of the designs I was messing with the canine did end up winning out mostly because the majority of the canine ones where a lot more expressive and and I find dogs a bit more fun to draw than cats. This is actually one of the best cat sketches I had and a canine design I thought looked good with it so I went ahead and made them both into bust.

#cult of the lamb #colt #the one who waits #look I know the wiki says he’s a cat because the black cat bad luck thing #but consider I can pull from so many other places with the dog design #I can fit in both Anubis and Barguest black dog inspo #I can fit in both wolf and sheep dog/ wolf hound inspo with a canine design to contrast with the lamb #slaps roof of canine design: this bad boy can fit so much symbolism #also there is literally nothing stopping me from saying he has a cat form as well #that’s a god he can definitely shape shift #just in case you couldn’t already tell from my ramblings I’m hours pass when I should be asleep #Also this was my first time drawing a veil and I think they both tuned out pretty good #But anyways I latched on to this bitch and I am obsessed with him #Cotl

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orcelito · 1 year

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screaming crying throwing up etc etc etc so much is happening and im losing my god damned mind

#speculation nation #fanny reads trigun #trigun spoilers/#blood/#the . the . the . feathers #protective feathers #Feather Mode previously seen as something monstrous. meant only for destruction. traumatizing one of his closest friends.#but now here we see it. Protective. saving the man he holds dear.#and wolfwood being wolfwood. bloodied and beat to shit. but still able to snark at him #that face as he says 'get to it idiot' slkdfjslkdfj i love him literally so much #and vash. god. poor vash was stuck in a fucking hole for 7 months #his boyfriend finally saves him. but vash gets knocked out in the process. and then he wakes up to find wolfwood full of holes #and also. also. is this that fucking telepathy shit i read in the wiki? bc im pretty sure wolfwood is just thinking those lines #aside from the last bit. like really when would he have the ability to say those things while getting shot full of holes?#so Maybe. vash heard him. heard his thoughts. & it drove him to action.#also. FUCK wolfwood the sinner priest calling out to god for the first time this manga as he thinks he's about to die #and the one to answer is none other than vash. in full angel form.#wolfwood being protected by the ferocity of his angel himself. and STILL finding it in himself to be a little shit.#im losing my goddamned mind y'all this truly is the pairing of all time

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princehugo · 3 months

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SORRY CLONE HIGH SEASON 3 IS OUT??????

#HELLO????? HELLO? NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THIS TO ME WHY DID IT HAPPEN SO QUICKLH #i didnt even find out about this thru social media #literally woke up randomly thinking about clone high. and wondered 'hm does s3 have a release yet? lets google!''#and the wiki was like IT DROPS TODAY and i said no way. wiki is lying #looked up other articles and they actually confirmed it #opened max and boom. new episodes #WHAT THE HELL MAN. IM PSYCHIC BUT ONLY FOR CARTOONS #I just watched the first ep it was 5/10. i liked the topher x joan moments keep those up please.

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m0th-gh0st · 1 year

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THATS NOT A FUCKING HOBBY?????

#pine moment #sean wf #the villains wiki is so fucking funny my god #HE LITERALLY WEARS BAND SHIRTS IN ALMOST ALL OF HIS APPERENCES #YOU COULD SO EASILY GET AWAY WITH SAYING HIS HOBBY IS LISTENING TO MUSIC OR SMTH #also its so funny to me that when you search wf on the villains wiki the first result is michael #FUCKING MICHAEL #HES IN 2 EPISODES NO ONE EVEN REMEMBERS WHO HE IS #THEY DONT EVEN KNOW HIS FUCKING NA #name*

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ghostighostly · 5 months

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I have made. Many mistakes,,,

I've gone from 'eh i never do anything dont worry we can play videogames!' To 'Sorry cant talk i have the next 3 weeks scheduled to the second and am actively having a panic attack. Bye!'

How did this happen? Christmas. And divorce, but that's less impactful.

I will now proceed to rant in the tags gootbye forever.

#ghosti talks #OKAY.#I HAVE A MILLION AND ONE PROJECTS AND HAVE CHOSEN THE WORST TIME TO RANT ABOUT THEM.#HERE WE GO #first off i decided a month ago that christmas holidays was art study time!! all two weeks just hand studies and chill #then my dad moved out and my dumbass said 'oh heck yea i need a project ill come help with literally everything!'#then forgetting i already had a project went and told some other people 'oh you wanna fix the jrwi wiki? i am so down fuck fandom! i need a-#project anyways!#boom. millions dead.#i also decided hey why not do a bunch of art before christmas for all my online friends i only have *checks discord* 30..?#boom. trillions dead #wait theres only 7billion people uhm #whatever im fucming dying #AND GUESS WHO JUST TOOK A SHOWER #all the thoughts and ideas are rushing into my brain all at once and i cannot afford to fail even one of these tasks ive given myself #because im me.#dear god save my soul i will get no sleep tonight. pain pain pain..........#oh yea these are the main 3 projects btw im also having too deal with my trillion hyperfixations and the fact that my notifs are constantly #full and i have to completly tidy my old room at my mothers and the whole house cause hey why not its productiv month #aka. burnout month!!#so yeag #sorry for spilling literally all my personal life stuff on this public site whoopsie #is ok no one gives a shit *gets shot in the head with a sniper*#*is bleeding out on the floor*#okay goobye :3

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oflgtfol · 5 months

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ive been in a venom mood lately i keep telling myself maybe this is finally my sign to start reading comics again but then i just keep fucking falling asleep as soon as i get home

#literally only reason im even on tumblr rn is because i fell asleep at like 8pm. and woke up like an hour ago #so now im wide awake at almost 3am #i had so many plans for tonight but now i cant do them bc its 3am and not like. 10pm.#like i had only a 5 hour shift today for the first time in 4evar. and in the MORNING TOO. so i was like wow i actually have free time #but then sike. no i dont. bc i fucking slept through it. sighs #maybe i'll just start browsing marvel wiki again to get an idea of where to go #OR WAIT NO. its been so long since i read any comics i feel like i actually wanna get back into it by rereading !!!#let me go reread the asm issues for the tenth time. my beloved venom origin comics #brot posts #v posting #would u all believe its been over a year since i read a comic.#or wait no i was reading the lethal protector 2 issues earlier this year #but yknow they were one offs i mean i havent been consistently comic reading in my free time for over a year

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tillman · 1 year

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Tillman whos the third dude in that guilty gear rotation post. The one with the cane and black trenchcoat but still titties out i think hes funny

Johnny ^

johnny guilty gear ! he is a sky pirate with a group of all girls (hes a single father) and hes Cool and my best friend

#johnny guilty gear......................................#in his list of aliases on the wiki the first one is literally 'studmaster' what if we all fucking dead?

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pricechecktranslations · 8 months

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hey! love your work ^^ I was wondering, would you consider at some point translating 熱異常, by iyowa? I’ve found four different translations online and they all disagree on some basic facts (such as whether certain verses are meant to be read as first or second person), so I’d be really curious to see you take a crack at it. Obviously no pressure, tho!

Hello! Unfortunately I’m not terribly interested in translating it, however there does seem to be at least one translation that I think is good (the one by Spicy Sweets on Youtube). I don’t think anything I could produce would be better given the slightly more abstract nature of the lyrics.

I mean, there would probably be some minor changes in mine (like “calculations that I keep repeating using dead variables” rather than “that only come up with dead variables”, or “limpid eyes” rather than “still eyes”, and “turn my back on it” rather than “cover up my ears”), but nothing major enough to feel worth doing my own translation.

#there's a second translation on the lyrics wiki #that one is a little too literal imo #though i do think thermal anomaly is a better translation of the title than abnormal heat #but yeah whether something is first or second person is context dependent a lot of the time #in this case i think spicy sweets has read that context correctly #usually when no subject is explicitly stated japanese can be assumed to be first person

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yo9urt · 4 months

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separate post because i forgot to mention it in the first one. the difficulty spikes/unspikes in act 3 of the 2023 game of the year were very interesting to me

#mine #and by interesting i mean interesting and slightly annoying #for reference this run was on easy mode (most of them probably will be or at least a solid chunk)#and i went in knowing the bare bones basics of the combat system and figured out a lot of things as i went #(still don't know why everyone's so obsessed with barrels though?)#and i've always been kind of stupid so this style of combat had a very big learning curve lol there's so much to do #i enjoyed the challenge though :) anyway back on topic it was really surprising to me because the endgame stuff #was so easy? i was worried about the courtyard fight because the wiki described it as an all out attack but i cleaned house #ast4ri0n took out two enemies on his own just in the first team and orpheus killed like half of them with his cool powers #and the rest of the party cleaned up the rest and we barely broke a sweat #THEN i was worried about getting up the tower and reaching the stem but that was also easy? we took like next to no damage and got there #super fast (again shoutout to ast4ri0n for having insane movement speed and zooming up to the top like that)#and then when i was on top of the brain i was like omg this dragon is going to fucking eat me alive #nope! we scurried along the left side and killed a few enemies but many of them lived #and we got in with barely any injuries #then in the final brain platform area i was like OH SHIT!!!! WHAT IF I DIE #but that was easy too like we literally killed it in one turn #it used the negation orb but nothing actually blew up or died cause then we all had our turns #and just wailed on it until it was dead #meanwhile i had to try about 4 times to get the house of hope fight right #i tried cazador and the foundry steel watchers fight once each before cheesing them #had to try about 4 times for the iron throne? give or take? and then had to try i think 3 times for gort's fight #it was very surprising to not only beat all the post-pool fights in one go but also so easily #maybe i'll try higher difficulty modes in the future...i do feel emboldened...but for now i'll stay on easy

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gwendolyn-of-loxley · 1 year

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N7 Month, Day 3 - Veteran

Hoisting himself up, John watched as Garrus and Tali headed out to use the restrooms before they returned home. Put in charge of the leftovers, the Spectre adjusted his stance, ready to put a little more weight on his cane, before picking up the bag from the table. He never could remember that this place had such large portion sizes.

"Commander Shepard?"

Turning on his cane, John raised an eyebrow. He was no stranger to getting recognized, and it wasn't an unpleasant experience, but it didn't usually happen here on Rannoch. At this point, the people who saw him were usually quarians who'd been his neighbors for the past thirty years. This voice was distinctly human, or at least didn't hold any distinctly non-human accent.

His gaze met that of another human, and a somewhat familiar one at that. She was on the taller side, bearing sunkissed skin, emerald eyes, and deep brown hair. The corners of her eyes were joined by very faint crow's feet, and the roots of some hair had begun to gray, though not very deeply. A hopeful smile had taken her lips, and her gaze harbored an anxiety that she had either misspoken or guessed incorrectly. Her stance was a strong one, strengthened in consequence of her life. Unfortunately, however hard he tried, he couldn't quite place her name.

"You'll have to excuse me," John said, "but I'm drawing a blank on your name. Have we met?"

"Rodriguez, sir. I was one of the biotic students you rescued at the Grissom Academy during the… back in the day," she said, and the pieces clicked in his mind. He remembered a nervous, scared teenager, brimming with biotic power and faced with a situation she didn't deserve. He remembered her shrugging off Atlas mech fire with bubble shields, driven by Jack’s words. His lips curled into a prideful smile. She'd sure grown up in the past thirty years.

"Grissom Academy," John said. "Yes, I remember. Though you don't need to call me sir," he chuckled. "I am thoroughly retired."

She smiled, taking a step toward him. “Then you can call me Maria, Mr. Shepard.”

John chuckled, setting down the bag, offering his hand for her to shake. “Please, Maria, you can call me John.” She shook his hand, and he couldn’t help but bask in the feeling of seeing someone familiar. He loved his neighbors on Rannoch, but it was a delight to encounter someone he’d walked through the old days with. “So, what brings you to Rannoch,” he asked, putting his free hand into his pocket. “Got friends here?”

Maria nodded, standing up a little straighter. “My son’s fiance has family here. I’d never been, and they wanted to see some of his family outside of a formal event, so I managed to catch a jump.” She looked out the window. “It’s always nice being somewhere warm after doing Alliance work.”

John hummed, joining her in watching the sandstone mesas. “It certainly is a nice change of pace.” The Spectre looked at her again, nodding with his head toward some vague idea of space. “Are you still serving?”

At first giving a nod, Maria shook her hand, a grimace on her face. “More desk work these days. I take it how it comes. It’s boring as hell, but…”

He picked up her trail. “But it’s better than excitement.” He thought about how wonderful it was to become bored with Tali and Garrus over the past few decades. How perfectly dull their life together was allowed to become because of survival. “You keep up with any of the other students? With Jack?”

She shrugged, and the Shepard frowned with concern. “Jack kept up with all of us for a while, but she’s been quiet. I’m hearing rumors that she’s kicking around the Terminus Systems, gunning down pirates as a day job. Has she called you?” John let his poker face dominate, not willing to either confirm or deny that she had, indeed, stolen a pirate ship and had been terrorizing gangs for years. Every once in a while she sends him a gruesome selfie via omnitool. He hoped she never stopped.

“The other students… well, we just sort of drifted. Grew up, grew apart. It felt hard to stay together when the really bad stuff was what we had most in common.” She looked off somewhere, thinking for a second. “I did have a drink with Prangley last month, though. He’s doing well. Retired. Runs a bakery out in the Traverse.”

John raised his eyebrows at that. “Sounds nice.”

Maria smiled a little. “Yeah. It does.” She looked back into the field of tables, eyes resting on a group of quarians sitting with a man wearing Rodriguez’s eyes. She turned back to John.

“Thank you for talking with me.”

“Of course,” he said. “Any time. Enjoy your dinner.”

As she walked off, he pondered the sight of Maria Rodriguez’s son sitting intimately close to a young quarian. He remembered a frightened kid sipping a juice box out of pure anxiety, blue sparks around her fingers. He smiled, happy to have been there.

#commander shepard #mass effect #rannoch #shalikarian #shalibrations #broshep #n7month #ensign rodriguez #I had to make up literally most of her character #her dedicated wiki page is in german and it has nothing #she doesn't have a first name #so I picked one for her

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mymarifae · 10 months

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as a sk8 fan please let me push this propaganga on you ♡

number 1: these guys are gay coded as hell its not "canon" but its... almost stupid and gay how reki and langa look at each other and interact.

number 2: the characters are fun and great. genuienly theyre really fun to see as a squad and on their own and their backstories.

number 3: the skating is not boring at all! im not a big fan of sports anime but its so cool learning about skateboarding and how it works and the way they keep it cool and fresh is by literally defying gravity for cool shots and tricks that shouldnt be possible but they do it anyways.

number 4: it has geniuely sweet character moments and interactions and every character (except the main antagonist) is enjoyable in at least some way.

the real cons to this show really is the character adam who is... admittedly really creepy towards langa a teenager (around 17-18 iirc) but its like meant as a bad thing and something really fun to do is dunk on adam being the worst person alive. but i understand being turned off by the show by his presenze because he is important to the plot.

the episodes are pretty standard length and theres only 12 so its pretty managable to watch! but again this is onky a suggestion to watch it as a fan of the show

Interesting... i have seen enough of reki and langa to know they're. yeah. the beauty of teenagers and their "teammatepartnerbestfriendbuddytotallyplatonicforevers" 🙄 JDJFVDKFJDJGJD

maya spoke well of the characters and their dynamics too and you know me... there's nothing i love more than. Character. i'll keep all this in mind, thank you! i probably will watch at least one episode at some point and we'll see what happen <3

#i've seen a lot of people compare reki and langa to akito and toya and at first i was like.#surely this is a case of 'guy who has only watched one thing watching literally anything else: hm.. getting a lot of X vibes from this #but i glanced over the wiki pages of a few of the characters the other day to get a better understanding of what i Might #be getting into and. i guess i'll have to give you guys this one.#the similarities are certainly fucking there. bye. reki just isn't half as grouchy as akito is😭#mailbox

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