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acewithapaintbrush · 2 years

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Here is my "El Raton Perez" One-shot. For everyone who did not see the post: apparently in Colombia the tooth fairy is a mouse (sometimes a rat!). I saw that, had a desperate need for more cute Bruno and Antonio interaction, and here we are. Enjoy!

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It's happening. It's really happening.

Antonio clutches the blanket tight to his chest. The spot in his mouth where his tooth is missing still aches a little, but that pain was pretty much forgotten the moment he heard the little squeaks coming from under his bed.

When Mirabel had pulled a crying Antonio into her lap and had told him about El Raton Perez, the little boy with one tooth missing had immediately believed her. If there is anything he knows for sure, it's that his favorite prima would never lie to him.

Mirabel is nice. The nicest! She sometimes teases, but only in a funny way. Not like Camilo, who is also nice and funny, but whose jokes sometimes are only funny for himself.

Antonio believes Mirabel, he really does, but a rat that takes your tooth home and gives you money in return also kinda sounds too good to be true.

Well, El Raton Perez will probably bring Antonio candy, since money has long since lost its value here in the Encanto. But even better! The old coins Abuela sometimes gives Antonio so he can play with them are nice to look at and they make funny noises when you shake them in your fist, but Antonio usually gets bored of them rather quickly.

Candy is much better.

"Some think El Raton Perez is a mouse and some think he's a rat." Mirabel had told him just that afternoon. "I think it's a rat here in Encanto. We have a lot of rats, don't you think?"

While Antonio had believed her, he'd thought that she may have been… what does his Papi always call it? Bamboozled. Tricked.

Mira is the best, but she always thinks the best of everyone else as well. If someone had told her a lie about El Raton Perez, she would have believed them. She is not as mature as Antonio, with his four and a half years. That's why he has to look out for her. Like a big boy!

But she was telling the truth! There is definitely a rat under his bed.

The room is dark and he is alone in the nursery. Tia Julieta has forced Mira to have a sleepover with Isabela and Luisa to "strengthen their sisterly bonds.".

Whatever that means, Mira hadn't seemed too happy about it, which is weird. Antonio loves his monthly sleepovers with Camilo. His older brother always declares that they will stay up all night, only to be the first one to fall asleep every time. It's always really funny.

Antonio has no problems sleeping alone from time to time. Casita always watches over them, so there is nothing to be afraid of. But no matter his initial excitement about El Raton Perez, the scratching and squeaking from under his bed are a bit scary in the dark.

He wants to see Senor Perez, but at the same time he kinda wishes the rat would hurry up and leave.

Suddenly there is a weird sound outside his room. Some kind of hissing sound. Antonio bites his lips and pulls the cover higher up so only his eyes peek out. He wonders if he should call out for his Mama, when Casita opens his door a little.

The hissing, which Antonio now realizes hadn't actually been hissing, but a voice going "psst psst psst" immediately stops.

"He's in there, Casita?"

Antonio doesn't recognize the voice, but Casita swings his door a little as if she's nodding. Whoever it is, Casita knows him. Antonio immediately relaxes. Casita loves them a lot. She would never let any harm come to them.

"Miercoles." The voice mutters. After a short pause, someone creeps into the room. It's a man wearing a ruana with the hood up. Antonio can't see his face, only the mouth, which is pressed into a thin, displeased line. The stranger peeks at Mira's bed and then turns to Antonio's side of the room. The little boy closes his eyes and pretends to sleep. After a few seconds, Antonio can hear the man kneel down on the floor. He reopens his eyes into slits and observes the man pressing his cheek against the floor to peer under Antonio's bed. He looks kinda small and scrawny and Casita still doesn't ring any alarms, so he must be okay.

Antonio sits up silently and leans over the side of his bed to get a better look. The man doesn't notice.

"Pssst. Perry." The man whispers. "Bad rat, get out of there! I told you guys a million times that you are not allowed in the kids rooms."

A big, grey rat shimmies out from under Antonio's bed. The man sits up and the rat jumps on his lap. He is frowning down at it and pokes it in the side. Antonio's curious eyes still go unnoticed.

"No cheese for you for a week, young man."

The rat squeaks sadly and Antonio can't take it anymore.

"Oh, please no! He only wanted my tooth."

The man almost jumps out of his skin. He scrambles backwards, still sitting on the floor, limbs flying everywhere. It looks so funny and Antonio can't help but giggle when the man bumps into the dresser and hits his head on it with a quiet "Ay!"

Mama would scold him for laughing, but Mama is not here.

The man clutches his heart and his breathing sounds ragged. "Dios Mio! Don't do that!"

"Sorry."

The hood is still obscuring the face, but Antonio can't help but think that something about the stranger looks familiar.

"Who are you?"

The man freezes. Mira always praises him for his instincts and empathy. Antonio thinks that the man looks scared.

"I… Uhm…"

The rat squeaks again. It had held on to the ruana during the man's mad backwards scramble and is now climbing onto a narrow shoulder. Antonio looks at it, then at the man, then back at the rat.

"Oh! Are you El Raton Perez's helper?" Mira hadn't said anything about a helper, but who else could the man be?

"Am I… Huh?"

"His helper!" Antonio pulls the tooth out from under his pillow and shows it off. "My tooth fell out. El Raton Perez came to get it."

The man slowly stands up. He hunches in on himself and steps closer to Antonio's bed. Maybe Antonio should feel intimidated by a stranger standing over him in the middle of the night, but the man is so careful, so hesitant. He supports the rat very tenderly while he walks and strokes a single finger over its little head. Something about the man makes Antonio trust him immediately.

"Your first tooth already? Time flies, huh?" He sounds wistful and sad as he stares at the tooth in Antonio's palm. Antonio didn't mean to make him sad.

But then the man seems to shake himself out of his sad mood and puts his hands on his hips. "But uhm, yeah! Exactly. I'm El Raton Perez's little helper. Good job figuring that out, Antonio."

The little boy gasps. "You know my name?"

"Oh well, of course. I.. I am his helper. I need to know our clients."

"But why does he need a helper?"

"He is very small. He can't open doors very well on his own. And someone needs to carry the teeth for him."

"Oh…that makes sense." Antonio holds out his own tooth. "Here!"

The man holds up his hands and shakes his head. "Oh no, I can't."

"But that's why you are here."

"I… darn it." He slaps his own forehead. The hood shifts a little and just for a second Antonio can see green, kind eyes, before nervous hands pull it back down again. "I forgot the candy. Sorry."

Antonio lowers his hand. He is a big boy. He is not gonna cry. "So I get no candy?"

"I'm sure you will. Later? Probably?"

He will not cry, he will not cry, he will not cry.

"Hey hey hey." The man sounds like he is about to cry himself, which makes Antonio feel a bit better about his own childish sniffles. He gingerly sits down on Antonio's bed. For a second it looks like he wants to hug the boy, but then he just hugs himself. "Don't cry, Tonito. You'll get your candy. Just later. How about… how about you hold on to that tooth for now and I… I will tell you a story instead. To tide you over?"

Antonio perks up immediately. He loves stories. Almost as much as candy. "You will?"

"Sure kid. A short one, okay?" Perez's helper wrings his hands and looks towards the door. "Casita, you will warn me if someone-" He shoots Antonio a quick look. "You will warn me when it's time to go, right?"

Casita waves soundlessly with the door.

"Alright. Lay back, Tonito. There, that's good. Have you ever heard the story of the princess and the frog?"

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Antonio falls asleep to the sound of a rumbling voice talking about adventure and love. Perez's helper is a very good storyteller. He makes different voices and he uses El Raton Perez himself to act out some scenes. He even allows Antonio to pet the rat.

Just before he's completely asleep, Antonio thinks he feels the man pull up the blanket and tuck him in. Just like Mama and Papa always do.

And then he's gone.

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The next morning his tooth is gone and in its place is a piece of candy. It's nice, but the story was even better.

When he tells his Mama and Papa about Perez's helper, the two of them exchange that weird, grown up look they get sometimes, indulgent and amused. They praise his colorful imagination.

"But my tooth is gone. He must have come back later!"

And again that weird, amused, look. Like they know something he doesn't.

He is in a bad mood, because no one will listen to him, until Dolores finds him in the garden and hugs him tight so she can whisper into his ears.

"Perez's Helper is a secret, hermanito. The adults can't know."

"You know about him too?"

"Sure I do. How did you like the story about the princess and the frog? That was always my favorite."

"I loved it!" Antonio cheers. He grows somber really quick though. "I wanted to hear more. Do you think he will tell me another one when I lose my next tooth?"

"Who knows." For some reason, Dolores looks towards Tio Bruno's tower, the one Antonio is not allowed near. "If we are lucky, you won't even have to wait that long for a new story."

Antonio is not quite sure what she means, but he hopes she is right.

He already misses El Raton Perez and his helper.

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I'll probably upload this to ao3 next week. Will let you know when that happens

#This turned a little angsty #But still 90% fluff and I'm very proud of that #bruno madrigal #encanto #encanto fanfic #bruno my beloved #Bruno madrigal is a good tio #antonio madrigal #Bruno madrigal and Antonio madrigal #dolores madrigal #El raton perez

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ladysophiebeckett · 7 months

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Thank you for saying Aldo is not good looking at all. Seriously, everyone fawning over his looks (El Cuartel and Luigi) had me thinking we, as the audience, were being bamboozled. The actor didn’t look so bad in other soaps, I think it’s just that he looked much older than Fernando and Lety? Also, I hated his voice lmao and if we include all the red flags of his character, no wonder many of us didn’t like him 😂 he completely robbed Lety of her character development, I will die on this hill. Michel displayed problematic behaviors, but at least didn’t play a huge role on the story until the very end. If Betty’s big proposal to save Ecomoda had been all about Michel’s project, I would’ve been so mad (I know this is simply not possible in ysblf because it’s about fashion and he is a chef whereas in lfmb it’s a production company, so they couldn’t go for the same idea as in the original version, so the door was wide open to come up with something that involved Aldo 😪).

Circa 2006, Vale and Camil were 31 and 33. Soler was 40\41. not very old. but weird that they cast him as the secondary love interest. im certain his casting was bc he reached a certain demographic (older women that like him). bc it certainly wasn't for the youth (women and girls 25 and younger were only in love with fernando\camil).

Aldo's styling is Committed Beach Bum to highlight his flowy, easy, not stressful lifestyle. (the beach jewelry too, ugh). If you notice Michel was not styled that way in Cartagena. He wears light colors, whites and blues (to highlight his frenchy white man blue eyes), his shirts are big and not tucked tightly or at all, he doesn't wear suits or ties. He's easy going, relaxed. (the complete opposite of Armando). Aldo looks like someone who's constantly telling himself to relax. There is something so forced about Aldo's entire character, fm the way the he's written, styled and acted.

It's like Soler himself didn't know what he was doing there, so he just acted like he would if he were a villain in a normal telenovela. There's a huge disconnect. Also, Soler isn't very attractive unless he has facial hair. (see Apuesta Por Un Amor, where he's decent looking.) (he's not my type, feel a need to stress that). (in both Ysblf and Lfmb, everyone fawns over Michel\Aldo and im like 'what am i supposed to be fawning over? men that need to moisturize more???)

I responded to an old ask here about Michel and what happens if he doesn't arrive at Ecomoda to trigger the events of BxA's reconciliation.

But Ocampo and Televisa were like 'well what if we don't let Letty heal and dont give her a make over and Aldo stays forever?'

Congratulations, now you have two protagonists that are stunted and a second love interest who looks like a villain out of a lifetime movie.

Letty was absolutely robbed of her character development when they decided Aldo was more important. Including Fernando.

I had to do some quick refreshing on Aldo and I came across the Fernando and Aldo fight outside of Conceptos.(must be noted that Aldo throws the first punch BTW). I completely forgot they had a physical fight. And after watching it I realized it was the Fernando\Tomas fight redone.

Because Fernando says something like 'he's just using you. he came here and followed you down here bc he wanted to use you for his business'. which is similar to things he says not only about nicolas but also daniel (idr what daniel's name is in lfmb). Anyway he digs himself into a hole and Aldo's like 'yes, bc i want to do business with her'. But he also throws in Fernando's face that he can say\yell out that he's in love with Letty and Fernando can't (And he doesn't). Which again, as we know in Ysblf, Cartagena Arc and after it, Armando doesn't care anymore about his appearance and all he wants is to be with Betty and love her openly.

And then moments before Fernando appears, Aldo tells Letty that he loves her and Letty says 'no, no it's not possible I'm ugly'. Which....I mean do I have to go into it? Do I really need to? She didn't get to heal. She still puts herself down. And now you have some guy she doesn't know saying he's the only one that can love her. (This actually IS a red flag).

If Armando had gotten into a physical fight with Michel, it would show that he hadn't changed. If Armando was challenged to say he loved Betty out loud in some public setting and then didn't do it, it would show he hadn't changed. If Betty hadn't healed and learned to love and accept herself, she wouldn't have the confidence to stand up for herself or run Ecomoda.

Letty and Fernando were robbed of those moments, which is shame because they have decent actors. I would go so far as saying that Aldo\Soler was given protagonist level priority because of his name and fame.

Literally Michel's only job was to give Armando competition and give Betty incentive to leave Bogota. He does display some red flags that, imo, are supposed to contrast with who Betty is now and also contrast with Armando. Betty is much more independent by the end, she doesn't need another man in her life telling her what to do. She needs an equal partner to support her emotionally. Michel wants to fix her, guide her, tell her what do do. ('Let me drive, drink this instead, take this job working for me). Armando wants another chance to show her that he wants what she wants.

Aldo never, ever, ever, should have been given a whole plot about needing Conceptos to help his gastronomy fair or whatever it is that he was doing. It could have literally just been 'I'm opening a seafood restaurant in mexico city. I came to say hi and also, maybe date you?'. They could have kept it at that and let Letty fix Conceptos on her own. There were other ways to make Aldo stay longer without taking away from Letty.

Since Concepto's is a production company in Lfmb, to make a connection\reference to Ysblf, Letty's idea could have been about promoting a suffering mexican fashion company's clothes and suggest to said company that the only way to promote their line is to open their market to every woman and then Letty's puts the cuartel in this said commercial and watch the sales go up. This is not a clear idea but it's better than gastronomy fair because it would give Letty agency.

In conclusion, Aldo should have drowned in the ocean devoured by the Acapulco waves, never to be seen again. And Angelica Vale deserved to showcase her dramatic acting talents instead of....all of that.

#lfmb #ysblf #ask #anon

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ventiswampwater · 10 months

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Jack and David for the Headcanons PLEASSEEEE

oh u have UNLOCKED the evil demented pandora's box of my brain. I'm about to be FULLY annoying. TYSM

below are 3 pros and cons of dating my Favorite Boys Ever™

sidenote: if we're talking canon CANON, the fact that both of them are VERY dead is the MAIN and only VALID con. IMO. but I digress!!! for the sake of this list, they are very alive and very smoochable

(under the cut bc DAMN can a bitch talk. and I do not want u all to have to scroll thru a WALL of text of me bein humina humina awooooooga abt my current hyperfixation 💀 ur welcome)

anyways!! this was incredibly fun and I have tmrrw off!! so feel free to send me a character of ur choice for headcanons and I'll give u 3 pros and 3 cons of dating them. if ur so inclined!!!!

jack

3 PROS

man is goofy. GOOFY. he is so intensely unserious. the banter (both flirty or otherise) will be IMMACULATE.

SOLID movie buddy energy. since he's the first one to bring up lon chaney jr./the pentangle on the wall, I like to think he's a hammer horror movie enthusiast. and since we know that the two of them have been friends at least since the 8th grade, I find the idea of these two little dorks staying up late and catching reruns of the movies...........SO cute. so v v cute. jack's little 12-year-old ass insisting that they CAN'T MISS frankenstein meets the wolfman. no, david!! u can't go tf to sleep!! we need the LORE!!!! so anyway. he'd show u a bunch of old horror movies and point out all the weird lil details to u. get ready 2 be mst3k-ing every film. man has cable tv and chill written ALL over him.

knows his way around nyc and WILL take u to a funky lil hole-in-the-wall restaurant that serves the best sandwich u have ever had. he might forget his wallet @ his apartment and end up paying for it w/loose change he has stuffed in his jacket pockets, but goddamn was that hot pastrami incredible.

3 CONS

he's 5'7'' (this is also a pro)

a little bit of a whiny bitch. will make a mountain out of a molehill. thrives on melodrama and hyperbole. but he's right 90% of the time, so as annoying as it might be. u can't fault him too much for that

used to being the comic relief friend. chronically friendzoned. probably going 2 be a bit annoying about that. it's kinda difficult to get him to snap out of sarcastic showboat-mode. sometimes that can make him seem a bit ingenuine and detached. mild to severe performance anxiety vibes. once u crest over that. he'll trade any nervousness for comical overconfidence and it'll be off to the races. but in the interim................................lmao

david

3 PROS

SWEET himbo boy. v affectionate and complimentary dude. clear w/his intentions and fairly emotionally open. v much so gives the vibes of a guy who claims to want to have 74873848 flings before settling down........but will immediately fall head-over-heels and want to introduce u to his family. golden retriever boy

canonically!! gives good head. need I say more

has a sense of adventure. likes challenging himself and breaking up the routine. outdoorsy. he probably likes hiking. did track or soccer or smthn in high school. his sheer enthusiasm for GOING OUTSIDE will force u to get ur ass off the damn couch. u love to see it.

3 CONS

v much BIG "first person to die in a traditional horror movie"-vibes. not the best at reading situations. will bamboozle himself into a bad scenario purely bc his street-smarts are sometimes lacking. kinda clueless. it's v hot but also v dumb of him. u would think that growing up in nyc would've tempered some of that. occasionally it does. occasionally. not enough tho.

possible mama's boy/golden child. even if this is NOT true, he still lives at home. which means there WILL be tomfoolery afoot if u stay over @ that house. and VERY little privacy!! get ready for his younger siblings to find the most inconvenient ways to interrupt ur time together. ur patience and mental fortitude will be tested. u will be living in a crash course parent trap/home alone-simulator. have fun!!

u know when u were a kid and ur mom would see someone she knew @ the grocery store and talk w/them for an eternity. and u would just be standing there and waiting for her to END her conversation so that u could LEAVE. yeah. david gives me big "endless conversations in grocery store"-energy. u run into a bodega @ 9 PM to grab some chips and soda w/him. but this is his stomping ground and he somehow manages to run into 3797432989 different ppl who know AND adore him. and they've all got to ask him about how school is going. what's he majoring in again? how's the family? do u still know blah blah blah from blah blah blah? and ur just standin there sipping ur coke. which is rapidly becoming more and more room temperature w/every sip. when will it end. he's been talking about his sixth grade biology class for the last ten minutes

BONUS AND MOST OBVIOUS PROS FOR BOTH OF 'EM:

fluffy hair (x2)

there's two of them. u can and SHOULD date both of them simultaneously. IDEAL throuple situation.

#truly my guys of ALL TIME.#my bf's (real) (actual) (not clickbait)#thank u for giving me the chance to RAMBLE INCOHERENTLY abt them. I am CONSTANTLY rotating them in my fuckin mind these days #CONSTANTLY #sam speaks #ask game #an american werewolf in london

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outeremissary · 1 year

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Top 5 angel or angel-adjacent characters?

OKAY so this was delayed by my computer restarting against my will and destroying the draft. It's okay :') I feel like my list is probably going to be lamer than expected anyway, haha. I suspect this will be a very lame list as well... the shameful fact is for all the time I spend looking at illustrations with angelic motifs, I don't spend much time with angelic characters in stories.

Tristian (Pathfinder: Kingmaker)

This game has some kind of malign influence on my life.

2. Gabriel (Constantine)

I don't think Constantine is a good movie and I did not enjoy rewatching it as an adult. It turns out the reason I remembered it as being a bit befuddling when watched as a child (I think I caught the back half on tv once?) is because it's just not very good. But do you know what was even better than the pristine memory burned into my mind? Gabriel. Gabriel. Gabriel is so unspeakably perfect on screen. So soft and imposing. So lethal and forceful. Beautiful when in that prim and proper suit, and a vision as a white clad warrior! That twisted philosophy of making humanity "worthy" of love... this had some kind of profound impact on my developing brain, I fear. As a side note, I think there aren't a whole lot of feathery wings that look good in live action stuff, but Gabriel's are actually pretty solid! It probably helps that they're not onscreen much, and not generally static when they are.

3. Angel of Death (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)

I'll be real with you, I remember borderline nothing about Hellboy II, which I last watched when I was 9. But do you know what I remember? The Angel of Death. I remember the Angel of Death so vividly that when my ex had proposed we watch Hellboy I got Really Excited about seeing the Angel of Death and finally getting some context on that vague memory. And do you know what happened? The Angel of Death isn't in the first movie! Betrayed! Bamboozled! And for the rest of the night my ex kept calling me an angelfucker because I was so vocally disappointed.

4. Satan (Devilman)

I'll be real with you, I absolutely saw Crybaby before any other Devilman related thing and this is ummm. Not insignificantly influenced by my feelings about long haired Satan. Anyway. I love a good Satan. Everyone loves a good Satan. I love the deep commitment Satan has to his/their chosen people (the demons) and how desperately he/they works to preserve them. I'm also a huge sucker for a good pyrrhic victory, so what I'm really hooked on is the sincere, pure affection that Satan then develops for one special human who refuses to be taken in and sheltered and protected and saved from the annihilation of humanity. The ultimate symbol of Satan's victory is the destruction of that precious connection, and that's all it takes to make it all feel like it was for nothing. What a pure heart! And then there's all the time loop stuff as well, which is Spicy

Anyway, all Satans are valid but I'm only including one pic, so enjoy long haired Satan.

5. The Wood Sprite (Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio)

This is mostly an aesthetic pick... the truth is that as a character I liked Death better. But like. What an aesthetic. Is it cheating to pick two del Toro designs? I resisted the temptation to add Death as well!

Still, it feels a more substantial choice is needed. Thus, I cheat:

5. 82 White Chain Born in Emptiness Returns to Subdue Evil (Kill Six Billion Demons)

White Chain is a fantastic character with a substantial character arc dripping with ye olde trans allegory (we love a good trans angel in this house). She struggles throughout the series with the conflict between what she understands to be her duty as an angel upholding cosmic law and her compassion for mortals and desire to protect them. Already an outcast among her peers, she fears further alienation. Her form has also been becoming steadily more human-like: messy, complicated proof of connection she's desperate to deny and her superiors wish to stamp out. Her struggle to grow into her own identity is one of my favorite side character arcs in the comic.

4. Satan (Devilman)

Anyway, all Satans are valid but I'm only including one pic, so enjoy long haired Satan.

Honorary mention purely so I can add pictures of her: Eniale

Comedy isn't really my favorite genre, so I didn't expect much of Eniale & Dewiela. But the characters certainly have a lot of charm, and Kamome Shirahama's breathtaking art does a lot to make every moment feel special in a very light hearted series. I have a very strong fondness for Eniale. She's just a little goofball. She's a terrible angel and doesn't work even half as hard as her demonic counterpart (and self-consciously notes that she's far less powerful). She means so well, but she's shallow, airheaded, and selfish, and just tends to cause as many problems as she solves. Despite that, she's incredibly sincere and passionate when it counts. I really love that. She's just a goofy lil scamp! She's a goofy lil scamp and she makes me smile. Also here are some pictures of her.

#eniale & dewiela also has a very lovely gabriel! the other gabriel who didn't make the cut was ultrakill's #I really love how expressive eniale's wings are! ahh... when I look at them I want to work a little harder #anyway sorry this took so long and then isn't a super interesting list haha #there's someone on twitter with a really lovely feathery abomination angel but I don't know the character's name...#ask me emithing #ask game #turbulentpumpkin43

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nizar-dreams · 4 months

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If Only You Believe in Miracles So Would I Summary

"The Department of Magical Education has twisted Albus Dumbledore's arm and have required the Headmaster to get a second teacher for each core subjects at Hogwarts. Severus Snape almost weeps with relief at the news. But the school year is not without other far interesting events. With young Harry Potter starting his first year at Hogwarts, new (surprisingly competent) teachers, a suspicious Albus, and a rare and powerful artifact hidden inside the school, Severus wonders if he ends up trading less homework for even more stresses in his life."

Okay listen, this story was birthed for many reasons. My continued obsession with Severus Snape, my anger at Albus fucking Dumbledore, and the incompetency of (Wizarding) Government. But the biggest one, which bamboozles me the most, is the lack of teachers for Hogwarts.

Think. About. It.

If you have gone to a school of around 400 students, you and I are aware that at this many students, you still have at least two to three teachers per core subject. Why? Because it is a foolish notion to believe that 1 (one) teacher can even handle teaching all 400 students in one week without seriously sacrificing student education and how much you actually teach them and what they have to self study. Which, as someone who's already graduated high school nearly two years ago, self study was not my strongest suits at all unless I liked the class and teacher.

As someone who observed my own teachers and how they handled various class sizes (choir was the easiest to see as Jazz was the smallest, but we'd easily have 25+ students for regular choir and that was... ridiculous for my teacher to handle somedays.) I can confidently say, that teaching two Hogwart Houses that are easily 20-30 students per house, which means a classroom of 40-60 students, is absolutely bat shit insane.

And then you have to be a Head of House as well? Or if you're McGonagall, you're also Deputy Headmistress and having to cover for Albus bloody Dumbledore because the Headmaster has a second job as a politician and the current Minister Of Magic is an idiot? I would be sobbing and burnt out by the end of the first month. I would need a Time-Turner just to have some sleep and me time.

Or if you're Snape, you're trying to save a child from getting himself killed, while playing spy, while playing evil teacher who favours his snakes, while also having to deal with children trying to blow themselves or their classmates up in his classroom. Because potions is a dangerous art, and children, especially the first and second years, are idiots. And especially whoever decided that Gryffindors and Slytherins get to spend potions in the same classroom. Together.

Whoever makes that schedule is an idiot, or horribly optimisitc.

But as you can see that is such a ridiculous amount of pressure to put on a single teacher that teaches the core subjects at Hogwarts for virtually all 7 years. So. This story was created. The Department of Magical Education finally got the memo and were like "wow are kids are kinda... fucking stupid compared to Ilvermorny, Beauxbaton, and Durmstrang... that's mad embarassing" and told Albus that he had to get more teachers and that was not negotiable. Except for history. They don't exactly care about history it seems. (I also lowkey forgot about it, but I think it makes sense that they already have a 'nonpayed' teacher so why bother with an actual one? Don't worry some parent will make a fuss about it or something, and a good portion of the teachers are good with history anyway so its all finnneee)

Well. Here we are. I have thus 'hired' 6 additional teachers besides Quirrel. 6 competent adults who take their jobs pretty seriously. I actually love all of them, they have their quirks, and I tried diversifying the staff as much as I could without it being forced.

For instance, our new transfiguration teacher is an older gentleman, 61 years old, who studied at Beauxbaton, and from Denmark. Our Herbology teacher is a young Scottish woman, barely 28 with a boyish charm, and is subtley bisexual. Our charms teacher is 35, and they use neutral pronouns and have an otherworldly appearance with big eyes and bronzed skin. My main character, our additional potions teacher, is 41, Salvadoran-American, and gay. Our astronomy teacher is a striking Irish woman who learned at Ireland's school, Erehnoll. And lastly our other DADA teacher is a woman born in El Salvador, 37, and has lived a very interesting life since.

We're branching out, alright. Like yeah I could branch further, but already some of the canon characters who could be considered as simply 'British White' will probs not be just that. And this is just the first year with new teachers. Maybe another year if results are good, I could introduce more. (It's so many characters to jugle but I think I am doing admirably. But I think for now, the current cast is already better then years prior. If I do add more teachers, it'll be for history for sure.)

For now, this is why I made this story. That it was absurd to leave the 6 out of 7 of the core subjects to a singular teacher. I would be in tears, really. I do go more in details on the ridiculousness of this all in the story, but here I am giving you a sneak preview at a lot of my thoughts on the subject that get dramatic and also distorted through character POVs. I think it'll be fun to read it from one of the characters, it makes me smile. They seem the type to be sarcastic and dramatic in their thoughts while exasperated to the 10th power.

I can't wait for Janurary 1st. I'm so excited for you all to see the chaos.

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Bamboozler sucks Sheldon. WHY did you even think to build a newer version, apart from the old one used in wars, was a good idea? The Bamboozler is awful. Look at this squit! Explain yourself you dastardly thing of a weapons dealer! I want ANSWERS.

Sheldon puts his palms together and takes a deep breath, gaze turning upwards as if any god will help him now.

Luckily, he's prepared for this.

"The Bamboozler is a historic weapon. That comes with good and bad equally. It's true it may not line up with the specs of weapons we have today, and doesn't fit neatly in a category--no, I wouldn't even call it a charger, because it really isn't. But it's also tried-and-tested, and I wouldn't have remade it and put so much faith behind it if I didn't think it had any use in modern Turf Wars."

"It's not an easy weapon, I'll give you that, but it is a versatile one. It's the only lightweight in the charger category--the only other lightweight weapon with a charge time being the REEF-LUX--and moves way faster than other chargers when fully gassed up and ready to go. It has the same range as a Heavy Splatling, outranging the Squiffer and Splat Charger. And the thing with that range is that it is constant. Because of the unique ink-pressurization mechanism, all shots travel the same distance regardless of charge level."

"Its other big pro is the absolutely wicked-fast charge time, .3 seconds on the ground, and I don't think people make enough use of that. If you're gonna store a charge for a long time, why not play any other charger that takes that long to get going? Your best friend with The 'Booze is mobility, and since you're no real slouch at inking either, you can get anywhere you need to be to support your team like wha-pow! That's what I mean by versatility, you can pretty much fill whatever roles are needed!"

"Everybody knows it won't hit the magic 100% saturation in one hit, but it will get close, close enough that a second shot with no charge will finish off your target--and remember, the range is constant! I've seen a few cephalings talking about this, calling it ta-tap, and I really like that name because it describes exactly what you do. One full charge, one no charge, and pop. Since your charge time is so short, not every shot is a massive event and you can correct your aim and fire again before your target books it!"

"In fact, I'd argue this weapon's better in Splatsville than it's ever been, because it's the only Bamboozler that's ever had Autobombs in its kit, great for locating people and forcing them out of hiding. And the Killer Wail 5.1 tracks targets while it's on, similarly limiting movement--you can predict where your target's going to go."

Sheldon takes another deep breath, this time to recover from all the chatter. "It's true, bad teams can make the weapon pretty difficult, and it takes a lot of practice to be good at it. But the people who can master it are absolute maniacs on the field. There's a reason the Squidbeak Splatoon is so well-renowned, after all. I think people just underestimate it because they expect it to play like a regular charger, which it isn't, and will try to play it like a regular charger, which negates its main strengths. It's fine if it's not for you, but I believe with all my heart it deserves its place in the modern Turf War scene."

...

"Also, I might get this one framed."

#[ BITCH WENT OFF ]#[ i say this as a casual player who just looked up stuff and isn't good with chargers in general ]#[ though i do like the boozler better than other 'chargers' ]#[ credit jonathan tash for ta-tap ]

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lonelywretchjervistetch · 1 year

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My DC Cinematic Universe: Superman (Part VIII)

Chapter Eight: Defining Opposition

I don't know about you, reader, but when I go to watch a superhero movie, the thing that gets me most excited for it are the villains. I know villains are sort of a popular thing with the millennial generation, but hey, villains are fun, what can I say? But in terms of superheroes, I think that comes down to an old expression: heroes are defined by their villains. After all, a hero is only defined by how they approach the kinds of adversity they are forced to confront. And if there's any confrontational adversity in comic books, it's supervillains.

But that said, what makes a good villain, or group of villains, for a given hero? I think we can all agree that Batman has one of the strongest rogues' galleries in DC Comics, on page and on screen. And in Batman's case, I'd say that's because his villains are dark reflections of himself. Bruce stares into the metaphorical and moral abyss on a regular basis, and just barely stops himself from diving into it. But his villains? Oh, they live there. It's like the Joker said: one bad day, and all that.

Don't believe me? Here are some examples of what I'm talking about.

Joker is madness personified, obviously. If Batman is regimented order, Joker is unleashed chaos.

Catwoman has the skill to match and outrun Batman, but uses her talents for selfish or criminal means (mostly).

Riddler is Batman's intellectual match, but used for personal pleasure rather for forensics and justice.

Penguin has the money to match Bruce Wayne, but is tainted by corruption and crime, rather than a philanthropic drive.

Two-Face is the ultimate example of corrupted justice, acting on the same side and in the same world as Batman, but then succumbing to a purely black-and-white moral mindset.

Scarecrow represents the same fear that Batman willingly produces, but unleashes it on everyone, regardless of innocence.

Poison Ivy is...well, right, most of the time, to be honest. She seeks environmental justice, but does so through morally bankrupt means.

Mad Hatter seeks to control the insane world around him, but has succumbed to the madness himself as a result.

And I could keep going...but that's for another essay series, I think. Still each of these villains serves as a reflection of Batman, and so they serve as interesting foils that allows Batman to reflect on himself and his own methods and goals as a result. But reflections aren't the only thing that make a villain interesting.

Here's another classic rogues' gallery that's criminally underused in media, the Rogues of Central City. Flash's villains, individually, aren't too difficult to defeat. Therefore, pinning them up against the Scarlet Speedster stops being interesting, when you know that the far more power Flash could just stop them immediately. So, they basically got together and formed a union, no joke! The Rogues have their own internal rules and codes, and come together to take what they want and bamboozle the Flash simultaneously. These guys are interesting not because they're reflections of Barry Allen or Wally West...they're interesting because they pose a challenge to the hero they fight.

One villain is one thing, but five? Not only can they team up, but they can split up. And fast as he may be, Barry can't be everywhere at once, especially when he doesn't know WHERE he needs to be! The Rogues are a great challenge for the Flash, and they know it. That's why they keep recruiting new members and changing their roster, which in turn changes the challenge that the Flash needs to overcome. But that's not the only thing that makes them interesting. These guys are good villains because...honestly, you kind of end up rooting for them.

You've got Captain Cold, the serious and determined leader; Heat Wave, the unstable second-in-command with a chip on his shoulder; Weather Wizard, the dangerous powerhouse with a dark past; Trickster, chaos in human form and loving it; and Mirror Master, the rule-breaker and constant trouble who's too powerful to let go, even if they should. And that's just five of ten-to-twenty people who've been a member of the Rogues. I mean, come on! They're super cool, and a good writer can make them interesting in their own right. Real talk, I would watch a movie focused upon the Rogues...and I seriously think it could work. Like a super-powered Ocean's Eleven? HELL yes, let's GO! Plus, we're really lacking a team of villains in the movies. Sinister Six in No Way Home doesn't count, because that wasn't really the Sinister Six. We need a REAL team of villains, like the Injustice League, or the Masters of Evil, or...well, I'll get to it.

So, OK, the best villains pose a challenge to the hero, are interesting in their own right as characters, and/or are a dark reflection of the hero they go up against. While these aren't hard and fast rules, I think they do work for the best villains. And, it would also explain why Superman movies can't seem to get past two villains for some goddamn reason.

Look, I like these guys, I've already talked about them both a bit, but I'm TIRED of seeing them in movies over other members of Superman's rogues' gallery. So why these two? Well, I've talked about Lex Luthor already, but he's essentially a dark reflection of Superman. While Superman is an outsider who thinks of himself as a part of humanity, Lex is a human who places himself above humanity. Superman is humble, Lex is arrogant; Superman is stronger than everybody, Lex is smarter than everybody; Superman gives, Lex takes, yadda yadda yadda.

General Zod, on the other hand, is a bit more straightforward in his relationship to Superman, as a dark reflection, and somebody who can pose a challenge to the Last Son of Krypton. Again, I have talked a little bit about Zod, but as a Kryptonian, he's automatically a threat to Superman no matter where they are. Because of that, Zod's the other common cinematic adversary for Superman. And again...it's boring. I want other villains, and there are SO many other villains. But hold on a tick...didn't I already write this essay?

In my first movie, which I'll be giving a name in the next essay, the primary antagonists are Metallo and Intergang, with both acting as challenges to the hero, to use the established categories. Metallo maybe could be considered a dark reflection of Superman, being a super-strong and invulnerable character with a chunk of Kryptonite in his body, but I wouldn't say that's the primary category for him. But that said, he should also be an interesting character. Somebody you enjoy watching, but are also intimidated by. I leave that characterization to more talented writers than I, but that should be the goal.

Intergang, meanwhile, are meant to be more of a means-to-an-end. While they are certainly a threat on their own, and while their leader should definitely be a character you enjoy watching, they definitely fall within the challenge category, while also acting as a link to future villains for both Superman, and this cinematic universe as a whole. I suppose you could also say that, like Superman, they're an Earth-bound link to the cosmos beyond, via their connection to G. Gordon Godfrey, AKA "Gordon Crown".

So, again, why am I bringing this villain stuff up if I have my villains for the first movie already? Well, for one, I like talking about villains, especially the underappreciate and underutilized Superman villains. And two, the first movie lays the seeds for future installments. And while I won't get into all of my ideas for a fully-fledged franchise here...I do have some ideas for the sequel. And that theoretical sequel revolves around some major Superman villains. And I wanna talk about it. But before I do, I have to go back to Luthor's plans with the Kryptonite.

See, when the first movie ends, Godfrey will have delivered to Luthor a hunk of Kryptonite, collected from the sites of Krypton's remains by his benefactors. Luthor will use that Kryptonite in experiments with his lab, Infinity Labs, to determine its capabilities and usefulness, as well as potentially weaponizing it for use against Superman. Between this film and the last, two things will be discovered about Kryptonite. Firstly, it works as a power source for certain electrical circuits and devices, especially something like an armor or automaton. That was proven with Metallo, although that process can't really be replicated easily. A human mind still needs to guide the automaton.

The second thing that Luthor will discover about Kryptonite is its effects on human biology, if harnessed correctly. See, Kryptonite is harmful to Kryptonians immediately, and to humans over a very long period of exposure, thanks to the radiation. But, if combined with certain mutagenic compounds, it could theoretically be used to create superpowers in every one. So, when Luthor realizes this, he develops Project: Everyman.

At this point, the Young Justice fans reading may be having a seizure, so lemme address this really quick. In Young Justice, Geo-Force decides to enforce his country of Markovia by establishing a group of experimentally-induced metahumans known as Infinity, Inc., which includes a character named Everyman. In the comics, there are a couple of Infinity, Inc. teams, with the second being made by Lex Luthor in an attempt to replace the at-the-time missing Superman as heroes of Metropolis. He had an ulterior motive here, of course, but that's a story for another day.

The point is this: in the second film of my Superman franchise, Luthor is going to make a team of superhumans that he can control, and that can come together to take out Superman at his beck-and-call. And why? Because a TEAM of supervillains poses more of a threat to Superman than just one alone. And who is in our Infinity, Inc? Well...

Toyman: Childish Chaos

I love Toyman, AKA Winslow Schott. He's on the sillier side of Superman's villains, using toys and gadgets to commit crimes and take on Superman, but I've always been charmed by this weirdo. But Toyman, by himself, is ABSOLUTELY not a villain who can challenge Superman and be threatening. In the comics, he started as a bank robber with neat toys, until being changed into a much creepier character and a...child murderer? Goddamn it, DC, really? Just let Winslow be the creepy obsessive guy who commits crimes with toys! Ugh. Annoying.

Schott's been adapted into various forms of media, but is usually a vengeful and obsessive inventor who commits deeds of crime and revenge using toys and games. And yeah, that's pretty accurate. My favorite incarnation, and maybe the most famous, is obviously the Superman: The Animated Series version pictured here. But, Toyman's made it into Smallville, Supergirl, Superman: Doomsday, the unmade Kevin Smith Superman film, and Justice League Action, so he isn't an unpopular character by any means. That said...I get why he hasn't been adapted into film. 'Cause, y'know...I like him, but...

He's a dude playing with toys going up against Superman. He is absolutely no threat to Superman whatsoever. So, how do you fix that? Well, I've been tossing around a few ideas...

Toyman is pretty clearly an opening scene villain. He's the character that opens up the movie with a crime that Superman is supposed to stop. In the time between this film and the last, Intergang's weaponry has managed to leak into the hands of people outside of the organization, and that can be very dangerous. One of those hands is Winslow Schott's, who'll be starting this movie with a good old-fashioned bank robbery. Using Intergang-powered weapons and automata (because that's what Toyman does), he'll rob the bank and face off against the Metropolis PD outside. That said, though, Schott isn't actually there. Acting through the automata from a hidden facility (an abandoned toy shop destroyed by the fight in the last film), this is the latest in a string of toy-related robberies he's committed. However, once Superman shows up, it's game over, and the robots are defeated by him after a brief, neat fight.

In the aftermath of the fight, Schott is eventually found and consulted by Lex Luthor, who's got a proposition of work for him. Schott, in this universe, was a pre-eminent engineer who had worked for a competitor of Luthor's. When Schott was fired years prior for mental instability, he retreated into a new profession: toy-making. However, Superman's battle with Metallo not only destroyed the shop, but provided the catalyst for Schott's psychotic break. Using a weapon left behind during the fight, Schott reverse-engineered it to make his signature automata, but can't find the power source for his masterpiece. Luthor wants his talent, and hatred for Superman, to help develop some of his own devices, and offers to hire Schott in exchange for some of the power source he needs. Schott agrees to these terms, and Toyman's on the team. Who's next?

Livewire: The Ultimate Shock Jock

Harley Quinn is pretty famous for making it from being a side-character on Batman: The Animated Series, to being one of the most popular characters in the DC Universe today. But she's not the only character to break free of the confines of the DCAU into bigger stardom. Enter Leslie Willis, AKA Livewire from Superman: The Animated Series. Liverwire is a fun, spunky, and electric character (PUN INTENDED NO REGERTS), and that carried her into the comics, as well as Smallville, Supergirl, DC Super Hero Girls, and Young Justice. Honestly, she's a personal favorite of mine as well.

Livewire is a character whose origin has changed only in small details. Broadly, she's a media maven who hates the Superfamily, and often blames them for her transformation into Livewire. In the comics, however, Leslie was a metahuman from the jump, and was willingly struck by lightning to enhance her own powers. But my version of Leslie is going to choose to take that power, because of a hatred of Superman. And in this case, it's because she's a glory hog.

You may have caught me name-dropping Leslie in the Metropolis essay a few days back. Well, in this universe, Leslie is a podcaster and social media maven, as well as a controversial figure in her own right. Think Joe Rogan, but focusing on hating superheroes. Wasn't always that way, but ever since Superman arrived and stole the spotlight, and since the events of the first movie, Leslie's been a little bitter towards the Man of Steel. And the more bitter she's become, the less people have been listening to her. However, she has two major fans: Lex Luthor and Gordon Crown.

So, when Lex is looking for volunteers for the Everyman project, Crown points him towards Leslie, who gladly accepts the chance to regain the spotlight, and show Superman for the fake hypocrite she thinks he is. She's given the experimental Everyman treatment, which unlocks electrical powers within her. As Livewire, Leslie is the face of Infinity, Inc., and leads the small team of three. Alongside her is Captain Incredible (actually a robot controlled by Toyman), as well as Everyman...but not Hannibal Bates from the comics. No, no, no. Livewire may be a powerhouse, as well as a major second-arc antagonist when Infinity, Inc. finally breaks bad...but she's not the biggest threat on the team.

Parasite: Power-Hungry

Rudy Jones, AKA Parasite, is possibly one of the most dangerous Superman villains, as well as the best candidate for a cinematic appearance at some point soon. A former janitor that stumbled into some radioactive chemicals, Parasite has the ability to absorb the memories, skills, and powers of anyone he comes into contact with and drains. From a purple-people eater to an eldritch abomination, Parasite's hunger has given him a lot of different forms over the years, but he's always a massive threat to the Man of Tomorrow.

People adapting him into media do seem to understand this, as he's made it into Superman: The Animated Series and the DCAU, Smallville, Superman: Man of Tomorrow, All-Star Superman, Supergirl, Justice League Action, and even DC Super Hero Girls, weirdly enough. He's a pretty popular character, but also a character that should be used cinematically. Obviously, that's because he fits within that Dark Reflection category in terms of raw power, but he's also an interesting character in his own rights. But my version of Parasite is...unlucky, to say the least.

See, Rudy Jones is a janitor for Infinity Labs, but accidentally stumbles upon Gordon Crown, secretly touring the labs and reporting to his masters on Apokolips. Gordon notices this and manipulates Jones to not only forget about what he's seen, but also convinces him that something interesting is within the barrels in the facility. Unfortunately for Rudy, the material within ends up spilling on him, and he's exposed to a reagent of the Everyman process, altering his DNA. He loses his hair, and his memory of what he'd seen about Gordon.

The next day, he's found with the reagent all over him, and in shock. Realizing the opportunity here, Luthor isolates him and tests him, eventually realizing that Rudy has the ability to absorb the life-force and memories from someone, gaining their skills and abilities. Ready to test a theory, Luthor brings him onto the Infinity, Inc. team, naming him Everyman after the reagent he had absorbed. Now, this is a reference to Hannibal Bates, as well as acting as a red herring. This backstory about Rudy won't come out until much later in the film, so we'll start out by seeing this bald dude named Everyman, tricking some ardent comic book fans into thinking that he is a villain of this film. Because, hey, who doesn't like a pleasant surprise, right? Anyway, Luthor wants him on the team so that he can absorb Superman's powers and gain information about him, but also for an ulterior motive. More on that later.

Rudy will turn purple for the first time after touching Superman, as the alien DNA doesn't mesh properly with the Everyman serum, changing Rudy's biology and making him desperate for power like Superman's, as well as preventing him from retaining Superman's memories. And by the time we reach the end of the film, one thing is apparent: Parasite is the major threat of the second movie. But he's not actually the primary villain. No, no, the primary villain of the film is, of course, Lex Luthor. And that's especially prominent given the members of Infinity, Inc.

Remember how I said a great comic book villain should be a dark reflection, a challenge, so on and so forth? Well, the three villains I chose all reflect aspects of Lex. Hear me out.

Toyman represents Lex's intellect and scientific acumen. Not only does he share this with Lex, but his devices (including the Kryptonite-powered Captain Incredible robot) will be used by Lex to form some of his armor in the last film.

Livewire represents Lex's jealousy and desire for the spotlight. Leslie and Lex both want Superman's attention, and Leslie possesses the power that Lex desires. After this film, she'll still be around to cause havoc, and get the spotlight away from Lex's attention. She should stela the screen when she's on it, and also represents some of Lex's secret bombast.

Parasite represents Lex's greed and lust for power. In the comics, Lex once was given the Orange Lantern ring, which is powered by greed. His hunger for power rivals Parasite's, even if it's more metaphorical than literal. But that said, Parasite is actually Lex's way to gather two things from Superman: readings of his powers, and some of his DNA. Both of these things will be used in the third movie, where Lex will finally fully break bad as a major villain of the film.

And there you have it; four major villains in the second film, and a solid representation of Superman's rogues' gallery. Now, with that, you may be thinking, "ARE YOU COMPLETELY INSANE? FOUR VILLAINS, AND ONE OF THEM IS FUCKING PARASITE? That's way too much for one film!" Well...maybe. But I'm not a screenwriter, am I? I think it's possible to throw this much in a movie and make it an exciting, credible, fun watch, and hopefully an actual good movie. Plus, these events open the door for the next movie...where even more characters could be introduced.

After all, I didn't even mention Bizarro, Brainiac, Mongul, Silver Banshee, Manchester Black, Mr. Mxyzptlk, and a bunch of other interesting characters you could bring up. And I didn't even go through my ideas for the plot of the second film. But at this point, I'm very much getting ahead of myself. Let's finally talk about the proposed first movie in this franchise. I'll be summarizing elements of the plot I've already mentioned, and bringing them together into one cohesive story, hopefully. Again, I'm no screenwriter; I'm just a nerd with too many ideas on his hands. So next time, I'll be presenting the story of the first film in my DC Cinematic Universe...

Superman

Yeah, by the way, there has never been a film called just Superman. The 1978 film is called Superman: The Movie. WHY HAVE WE NOT NAMED A SUPERMAN MOVIE SUPERMAN YET? Come ON, WB!

Index: Superman

Part I: Why I Love Superman

Part II: On Lois Lane

Part III: The Kents

Part IV: The 'Rents

Part V: The...Frendts?

Part VI: Lex Luthor

Part VII: The Real Villains

Part VIII: Superman's Rogues Gallery

Part IX: The Story - Act One

Part X: The Story (Acts Two and Three)

Part XI: The Story - Climax

Part XII: Epilogue (Part One)

Part XIII: Epilogue (Part Two)

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thatgirlinskullz · 2 years

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Obi-Wan Kenobi ep4 ***SPOILERS***

-- i mean it

--- spoilers incoming

---- even though there's probably less this week

-- but still spoilers...

-- you have been warned

--3

-- 2

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okay, so this week's episode is the least fanservice-y so far (imo) so there's less to fangirl about BUT there's still a fair bit soo here goes..

first off: we have been majorly bamboozled. they legit made us all believe we were gonna get some flashbacks while Kenobi heals, huh? and then all we get is the parallel between him and Anakin in Bacta tanks, healing, and having visions..

i mean, i still appreciate the parallel, and to me it seemed like Anakin was feeling something too, that maybe he was struggling with his actions too, but like... i did kinda very much want those General Kenobi + General Skywalker flashbacks.. or maybe a Satine flashback.. or maybe Qui-Gon reaching out to Kenobi and helping him recover. or SOMETHING.. but we got some bacta parallels. so yay i guess xD (i sound more bitter than i actually am, i really thought the parallels were fkin cool)

Baby Leia is still a badass, and i feel like she might be unwittingly using the force to keep Reva out but idk. maybe she's just that strong.

also Reva is still a badass, but still annoying, but she IS supposed to be annoying so it's cool. Moses is doing an amazing at making me not like Reva as a person, but i still think she's pretty cool as a character overall..

also poor Lola.. she's gotta be destroyed now, isn't she? 💔

rip Wade

also the new characters seem cool. hope we get more of them.

also also for a second there i was actually questioning Tala's loyalties but she seems to be on the right side so all good. XD

LOVED how they played with the lights again in the dark.. the red of the interrogations machine and the blue of the lightsaber. *chef's kiss

LOVED how Kenobi was getting back into being a Jedi and using the Force and his saber again. it was all coming back to him as he was going through those troopers. and them moves. ooohh. he still got it 💖💖💖

rip all the Jedi in the tomb.. i only recognized the old goat-like Jedi that helped Ahsoka that one time (if it's him.. it could also be just another one of his species, idk). i was scared Kenobi might see Quinlan or someone he loved dearly.. but daaamn seeing that youngling was a LOT. didn't think we'd see that..

also they diiidd namedrop Quizzy 💖 so he IS alive, they are NOT retconning, so yaaayy. cannot wait for his return (hopefully on ep5)

oh and the bit with Leia holding Kenobi's hand did make me tear up, thank you very much. 😅 such an adorable scene omg. they are so precious. 💖💖💖😭😭😭

all in all, pretty solid episode, LOVED seeing Fortress Inquisitorius. and learning more about what it actually is. and Kenobi getting back into the groove is just amazing.

can't wait for ep5 😍

#star wars #sw #kenobi #kenobi series #obi-wan kenobi #kenobi spoilers #obi-wan kenobi spoilers #spoilers #spoiler alert #star wars spoilers #fortress inquisitorius #reva #baby leia #this was a solid ep definitely one of the least fanservicey ones tho #but i still loved it #i am very biased tho #i love star wars so much

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lgcjisoo · 2 years

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𝕁𝕀𝕊𝕆𝕆 // ℍ𝔼ℝ𝔼... ℍ𝔸𝕍𝔼 𝔸 𝕊𝕃𝕀ℂ𝔼. ( open event 005 )

MBTI .

INFJ ( a ) ISFP ( a ) .

Advocates (INFJs) may be the rarest personality type of all, but they certainly leave their mark on the world. Idealistic and principled, they aren’t content to coast through life – they want to stand up and make a difference. For Advocate personalities, success doesn’t come from money or status but from seeking fulfillment, helping others, and being a force for good in the world.

While they have lofty goals and ambitions, Advocates shouldn’t be mistaken for idle dreamers. People with this personality type care about integrity, and they’re rarely satisfied until they’ve done what they know to be right. Conscientious to the core, they move through life with a clear sense of their values, and they aim never to lose sight of what truly matters – not according to other people or society at large, but according to their own wisdom and intuition.

( oh vey, i had to retake this because the old mbti when the first muse appeared 8 months ago does not apply anymore ! he’s no white knight but jisoo simply has strong morals & also strives to help others rather than focusing on himself. the INFJ mbti seems infinitely more appropriate for him the more i read into this & i’ll likely be reading into this for the next little while... this makes so much more sense because i was having a difficult time with comprehending what is behind the drive for jisoo, and what he is seeking for in life, and why he isn’t so career driven, and ultimately it seems that while he does wish to have a career evidently, it’s not something that is so primarily driving him, but moreso other things in his life. this gives me a better view into what he may want to do in the very far future from now, like hello 10-20 years, which is an interesting view since i’d never thought that far before for any of my muses. )

HOGWARTS HOUSE . gryffindor primary / burned ravenclaw secondary.

Gryffindor Primaries care about their gut morality. They want to do the right thing, and they think part of that answer comes from trusting yourself. They can still be thoughtful, careful, and rational, but they have a strong belief in the value of moral compasses. Some things are just wrong, no matter how many pretty words you use. A Burned Ravenclaw Secondary might want to be skilled, curious, and prepared, but they feel like they are (or like people think they are) limited, clumsy, or inconstant. Gathering knowledge, hobbies, skills, or tools is the right way to achieve their goals, but Burned Ravenclaws know that's not going to work within their capabilities. So they take other paths and use other tools-- maybe a Gryffindor's bluntness, a Slytherin's flexibility, or a Hufflepuff's slow and steady dedication.

( is this the part where i’m bamboozled & legitimately was shocked that jisoo was a gryffindor primary, but okay that’s fine. jisoo does have a tendency to stand by his morals, and usually won’t go along with anything that goes against his moral compass, or his gut feelings. if he gets persuaded, it’s likely because he sees a greater outcome ( if at all ), or if he had already wanted to give in, even with minor things such as in the past when keeho told him to just forego studying in order for them to do something else or hang out. with education out of the picture at this point in his life, jisoo finds that he isn’t much of a rule breaker at all, and quite by the book. regarding how jisoo could have been a ravenclaw, perhaps i was being too optimistic or didn’t have a good peg on him at all, but while he has good intentions to do more, he simply doesn’t have the skillset to accompany it quite yet. he doesn’t have his passions in line and doesn’t truly know what he wants to do at the end that he can do, because of his lacking skillset thus the burned ravenclaw secondary versus a pure ravenclaw secondary. at this time, his ambitions are a bit askew, and while the picture is becoming clearer, and he’s more headstrong about it now, it’s a bit weak. ) DAEMON . marsupial >>>> quokka.

Your daemon would take the form of a marsupial! Those who have marsupial daemons are protective and giving people who typically have an unusual or quirky perspective on life. They are creative individuals good at inspiring their loved ones, notably quiet until something riles them up. Your daemon would take the form of a quokka! You are a curious and friendly individual who comes across as quiet. More so than others with marsupial daemons, those with quokkas are very welcoming people despite their introverted status; they're group-aware and good at taking the social temperature of the people around them. They are specialized people who like being well-prepared and keeping the peace.

( jisoo is indeed very friendly and really quiet, other than to his closest friends. being protective is a repeating offender trait you will see throughout the entire personality analysis, but that’s a big part of who he is & honestly, you can see how it gets him in trouble at times when wires gets crossed with a certain few people in his past, because his protective and kind nature can get misread. that doesn’t mean he loves them any less. it’s probably a good thing he’s such a quiet foil considering most of his friends are rather loud personalities, and he lets them take the lead for the most part, but he’s standing behind as a guardian, ensuring that no harm comes to them, lest from himself. )

ENNEAGRAM . #009 THE PEACEMAKER The Easygoing, Self-Effacing Type: Receptive, Reassuring, Agreeable, and Complacent

Nines are accepting, trusting, and stable. They are usually creative, optimistic, and supportive, but can also be too willing to go along with others to keep the peace. They want everything to go smoothly and be without conflict, but they can also tend to be complacent, simplifying problems and minimizing anything upsetting. They typically have problems with inertia and stubbornness. At their Best: indomitable and all-embracing, they are able to bring people together and heal conflicts.

( this came up really close with #002 - the helper. jisoo is very trusting, and accepting, and has a positive view on things in his life, in generally a half cup full person. thankful for what life has given to him, even though he’s pretty average in his opinion, he wants to make the most of what it has to give him, and is also perhaps, annoyingly pushing that view towards others too, which could be quite irritating if you are an extreme pessimist or ‘realist’ as those may say. but honestly he just wants to blanket people when they’re feeling down & will never hesitate to reach out and help you when you’re down. :D )

in the end : it seems that across all the personality analyses - jisoo, while introverted & quiet, is extremely headstrong in his beliefs & morals, & while he will go with the flow, he won’t let people persuade him to step over his personal moral lines, and perhaps it’s a bit goody-two-shoes or a bit dull in some people’s perspectives, but i’m sure he can be the ‘good’ sprinkles in the variety spice cabinet of life and friends groups :^) jisoo isn’t polished at all though, and while he’s still wavering in his new career, he’s also very rough around the edges with his skillset which is something he eventually does and will work on, though he has to get his head down to focus on that first since the potential is there, but he hasn’t reached that yet. personality wise, even whilst writing him, jisoo has a strong tendency to mother hen all of his friends, & now we can see why. this has been fun & i hope you enjoyed reading too, if you did.

#lgc:personality #he's been my hardest child to figure out #& idk why #some of you guys have gotten full earfuls about this :sob:#wc: 849

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I will do over Days in a much, much later date now. We'll likely be moving to Tag Force 5.

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Anyway, back to Days, due to BBS Volume 2 concept trailer, many people assumed Ventus moving away from his Chamber was him becoming Roxas. This is a particular pet horse of Frustrated Jacob, who very unambigiously dislikes the character, and everything he stands for. This is a common trope for KH1-primary fans, or as I like to call them, Genwunners of KH.

However, the game proper has the whole Shadow the Hedgehog style red herring of him being a replica, with the implication of Kairi's memories of Sora being the thing that allows him to leave the Org., so Nomura's original idea was something different, something we don't know, and probably never know, as many plot points in BBS V2 were repurposed in other games, primarily KH3.

So this is seemingly another case of Jacob forcing his interpretation, rather than Nomura's actual intention. Which is fair I guess, we end Xion's death with the whole Asuka hand to cheek pose in EoE, so a decent chunk of Days is meant to be up to interpretation.

Either way, it seems with the The Truth About Naminé thing, the whole ambiguity around Roxas seems to be intended by primarily by Kanemaki who wanted bring back her favourite character Naminé back, and since Xion is basically her OC, she needs to bring back the person she self-shipped herself with. And obviously as an easy out it is, the Replicas of characters without bodies is a consistent way to achieve this.

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Since game crashed, I cannot say a full verdict about Days's storyline as I cannot get to the post-game stuff, but what I experienced so far up to Day 358 has been quite good, and gave me a similar experience to KH2 FM, despite Days having a more uneven script at parts. I consider the game version to be superior to movie version, due to added context for the rest of Org.

Do I consider this game deserves a remake? Sure.

Would I expect it to be as good? Not with current SE, and Nomura's current priorities (we would need add stuff to tease next game in MoM arc).

Would I expect this game to be remade over Re:Coded? Certainly not. As others noted, Re:Coded has a much better balanced gameplay, though I probably won't prefer it since it doesn't have the sheer power experience of the late-game Days has.

Considering the fandom's current disdain for the platforming, adventuring, and RPG aspects of KH over the character-action-combo gameplay against human bosses, I don't expect a game like Days to be ever made. Western Fandom really, really wants Final Fantasy franchise overall to become Devil May Cry with better writing, and that is nothing but a pure nightmare concept for me, and one that will further degenerate KH's plot structure for centuries.

Would I recommed this game? It will take a really long while you to get full hang of this game, since this game is the anti-Speedrun game due its visual novel structure, but if you are into visual novels over speedrunning action slashers, this game is the Kingdom Hearts game for you. Due to Kanemaki's influence, the story does better justice to the visual novel formula over BBS, and Coded's variants, not to mention there is tons of added context to KH2.

So yes, get a good setup, and play this game, and document every oddity here, since the stuff introduced here are the ones Nomura digs the least through, which means more people will be bamboozled when they come back.

Now we wait for the inevitable Strelitzia game, where you play as the Specter Nobody, playing the events of CoM from Marluxia's perspective. Just like CoM was partially based off SotN mixed with Castle of Illusions the Strelitzia game will be GBA Castlevania games with Soma Cruz mixed with the old DuckTales game.

#ty plays kh 358/2 days #shitposting

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There is no way out, happy coins are poisonous

The PAX case has revealed Guo Wengui's original form, and when the wheels of the law crush his head, paying back the money is his only choice. A few days ago, the billionaire "negative" man Guo Wengui announced that he was going to a mysterious place with no signal, so a month not live. The liar is a liar after all, every punctuation mark that comes out of his mouth exudes the taste of lies, and this is not in front of the camera again began to jump clown-like performance. In the 4th live broadcast, it was announced that the United States, China and the United Arab Emirates three countries officially take hi coin as the national reserve currency, and hi coin immediately 100,000 dollars a piece, really hi coin up to the moon, a coin top a country. The plague turtle old tune replayed, continue to Zhumadian marketing way, encourage ants to buy coins, with the hi coins, luxury cars aircraft beauty is not a dream. A number of wild blowing, all prove that the plague turtle is poor crazy, whacking bone marrow bloodthirsty nature to show.

There must be a demon when things go wrong. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. In the wind and waves, he also said that China has opened a door for him, which is really a fool's dream. Guo Wengui's mirror has been pierced, carrying on his shoulders a fine of more than 80 million dollars from the U.S. SEC, and interfering in the election and playing with justice, each of which is a major crime that will put him behind bars, and he owes the UAE $3 billion in arrears. At this time to bamboozle three sovereign countries to let their junk hi coins as national reserves, blowing big cattle, drawing big pie, really take the intelligence of the ants not dry food. Since the beginning, no sovereign country has ever issued a financial license for its "hi exchange", and the gold linkage of hi currency is nonsense, all the "hi federal heyday" imagined by the plague turtle. It can be seen that Guo Wengui is at his wits' end, and is desperate to do anything to cheat money.

The virtual currency did let the plague turtle taste the sweetness, even if the SEC fierce pursuit of poor, but also will not give up this fastest money fraudulent project, in order to sell hi coins in the live can be described as a variety of ways. The company's main goal is to attract more new ants, but the result is that the company has moved a stone and smashed its own feet. In the face of a wave of Guo's friends to cash in on the voice, see the group is not good to lead, people are not good to cheat, self-directed and self-performed a "pseudo-class smash" drama, a move to force "coins plus lock" let the believers want to cry. The basic guideline of virtual currency is to be able to buy in and sell out, but hi coins like brave can only go in and not out, which is equal to the argument of junk coins, and also makes the Ponzi scheme obvious. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. Some ants a few years down neither earn a pot full of money, nor achieve freedom of wealth, touching their empty pockets, came to their senses, angrily joined the ranks of the pot smashers to demand investment money, but Guo Wengui still covers his ears in the live room bragging about happy coins. The old dog can't play new tricks, changing the way to cut leeks just to repay the fine, can let the United States justice net aside, continue its lingering fugitive career. The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. But there is no moral bottom line in the live room and "deceive brother" one and the same, this is to die together with the nasty mentality to help the evil-doer, so the nature of the cult at a glance.

The fact is that the cult's nature is clear. Guo Wengui is trying to get away with bankruptcy, but God forbid, the bankruptcy bureau has started a global search for his assets. The mountain of evidence of his former ostentatious wealth makes a malicious bankruptcy absurd, and jail time is inevitable. Guo Wengui claims that he will not broadcast live for a month, just to discuss countermeasures with his lawyer, but his evil deeds have long been outrageous, and no one can save "Master Guo". It is clear that the only way to get a break is to pay a fine in real money, so that you can get a break. The money is Guo Wengui black workshop production of toxic cuisine, seemingly

colorful and beautiful, but in fact a dip killed. Spring back to earth, everything revives, those who are still sleeping "beggar disciples" also want to wake up with the wind, recognize the nature of the fraudulent coins, cover the wallet tightly to go for the best policy, do not be the same stone tripped twice, for others to do the dowry confused future of the mind misplaced life.

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Rouxls is Hiding Something Big: A Deltarune Theory

FORENOTE- For some needed context, it may help reading my previous Deltarune theory here for important details that I will cover in this post. (My previous theory provides notable evidence on why Gaster is indeed the “Knight” figure talked about by multiple characters in Deltarune.)

Now, this is going to sound crazy. But after much time of poring over and analyzing Deltarune, I have come to a conclusion. One that I’ve been convinced of for awhile now. Something that’s been lying right under all of our noses without many of us even realizing it. We have all been bamboozled. Hoodwinked. Tricked. Why, you may ask?

Because the comically stupid and inept Duke of Puzzles is actually... not an idiot. No, he’s the complete opposite. He is a downright mastermind.

As collective players, we are all falling into the same trap once again. Putting faith into a character’s preconceived personality !

When their true personality turns out the complete opposite of what we expected...

It is here, my evidence for this claim begins—and we delve into the true identity of Rouxls Kaard. Buckle up everyone, cause this one’s gonna be a fun ride. 👀

So, to spill the beans up front, and get it over with. I believe Rouxls Kaards identity... is none other than W.D. Gaster in disguise.

Now. I didn’t immediately become invested in this theory—I was skeptical at first like everyone else. But, once I began examining Deltarune and all of its characters a bit closer...things weren’t exactly adding up about the Duke of Puzzles.

Point #1: Anagrams

I initially began to become suspicious of Rouxls Kaard because of his odd name. Sure, it is a play on the words of the term, “Rules card”. But it is spelt in such a peculiar way. If it were just simply a play on words, I think that there would be a much better way of going about spelling it rather than just jumbling a bunch of random letters together. There is a very intriguing reddit post found here that goes more into depth about his name that ties well into my theory. The thing that stood out to me in particular, is that Rouxls’s name is actually also an anagram for “A Dark Soul RX”, (with the left over RX typically being used in terms relating to doctors/medicine.) Not only is Gaster a Doctor, but he’s also always associated with darkness and the research of souls. Toby loves his anagrams—so I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if this was intentional. But it doesn’t end there.

I’ve noticed that Toby Fox has a tendency to tease certain things about his games through merch. And wouldn’t you know it—he has in fact, a particular item on fangamer of a “dark heart.” One which description describes the Angel’s Prophecy. Hm...

But let’s back on track onto my second observation, shall we?

Point #2: The Physical Resemblance to Gaster

Now, there seems to be some interesting foreshadowing related to inverted colors in Deltarune. Before Ralsei takes his hat off, he appears black. But once he takes his hat off, voila, his colors are inverted, and he is revealed to actually be a white goat highly resembling Asriel.

In addition, the entire Dark World is literally just. An inverted version of a normal world.

The Dark World could have hypothetically been the created world/experiment that Gaster had fallen into in the first place. After all, his experiment had to do with “darkness”, and “negative” photons--AKA the Dark Fountains, and the negatively/inverted landscapes of the Dark World.

And how does Rouxls Kaard appear inverted anyways? Well, he looks like THIS.

He even has the strange dangling lip thing—which another character said to directly resemble Gaster, Seam, has as well:

In addition, if you look at Rouxls’ text-box profile very closely, his eye colors are actually mismatched which is a rather interesting detail!

Point # 3: His Accent is Extremely put on.

I think anybody that has read any sort of Shakespearean/Old English writing, can instantly realize that Rouxls is as bad as imitating an Old English accent as a high-schooler reading Hamlet for the first time. Rouxls absolutely butchers it. He practically adds eth, and est at the end of any word he chooses, and calls the job done. What is even more interesting though, is when he gets nervous or panicked, he drops the act all together and talks normally.

Point #4: He is Pretending to be Dumb; His Puzzles are Actually Impressive!

I found it intriguing how there are countless puzzle traps in all the forest areas and in the Card Castle prison that were actually very well done. You have to flip the spades, diamonds, hearts, etc to unlock doors, and open secret chests. They require a decent amount of thinking skills, and are actually competent. But who made them?? Oddly enough if you observe one of them in the forest areas, it appears that Rouxls Kaard vandalized one of the puzzles to make it harder for the player to beat it—which further implies that he actually indeed made those puzzles himself. This shows that Rouxls is much more competent than only being able to make a single box shove puzzle that is comically easy. Where else do we see a place full of plenty of rather well made puzzles + traps seen? All throughout the Core in Undertale—a place which Gaster himself created!

Point #5: Rouxls IS Aware the World is a Game--AKA DON’T FORGET TO READ NPC DIALOGUE FOLKS!

I think it is well aware by now that Rouxls likely wants us as the players to underestimate him--and deem him a fool so we wouldn’t bat an eye at what he’s actually up to. But the most biggest give away to this is something that I have surprisingly seen no one mention at all. And oh boy, it is the most damning evidence that Rouxls is no idiot to be trifled with.

To the left of Seam’s shop, there can be found a little group of former puzzle-makers that used to live at Card Castle, until they were fired and replaced with Rouxls Kaard. They are now all out of a job, and are just barely scraping by since the Spade King didn’t give them any severance pay. However, Rouxls Kaard offered them a way to get money--by selling the tutorials he made.

These tutorials go over TP, stats, information about Susie, Ralsei, and Kris. Rouxls Kaard has never once met any of the players yet--and he knows everything about them. He knows about stats. He knows the world is a game.

HOW??

In addition, when you talk to Rouxls in his shop, he calls you three the Heroes of Legend. He is well aware of the Angel’s Prophecy. He knows.

Whenever any character in the world of Undertale & Deltarune knows that the world is a game, it is an instant red-flag. It goes to show that they know much more than they let on. Flowey and Sans are big examples of this in Undertale. Pure hearted, dorky idiots that we trust earlier in the game--but wind up seeing the real side of them later on.

...So why should we treat Rouxls any differently?

Point #6: The “Control Crown”

Something that I immediately thought was kind of weird, was the fact that Rouxls Kaard was able to control the K. Round with a “Control Crown” device. If he is so stupid, how was he able to create a full on mechanical device that can brainwash a life-form into being violent/cause it to triple in size?! That is genius material right there!

But things start to take on a much darker side when you begin to look at the subtext of this realization, which I will get to in a moment...

First of all, Seam claimed these exact words.

The remaining king was the Spade King-- as the King of Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs are seen to be locked up in the Dungeon. Therefore, the Spade King put the Knight, and his strange son into power. IF it were the Spade King in power, the dialogue box WOULD have said “himself”. Therefore, the Knight, and his strange son were put in place to control the kingdom. And who are they?

Gaster/Rouxls Kaard, and Lancer.

Evidence to back this up:

Lancer calls Rouxls his “Lesser Dad”. And Rouxls calls Lancer, his Strange little darling/son.

The Spade King is not in charge. During his boss-fight, he states that he obeys the word of the Knight.

If you observe more of Lancer’s dialogue in the scene right before the gang enters Card Castle, he states that his dad, (Spade King), recently forced his troops to listen to Lancer instead. Therefore, Lancer is by all respects actually second in command to the Knight.

One of Rouxls main interests is...Lawmaking. Even though he is just supposedly an innocent Duke of Puzzles.

Another one of Rouxls main interests is...Cages, and long strolls in the dungeon...

There are innocent puzzle-makers locked up in the Prison who are terrified--they were arrested for the simple act of making a puzzle without a license. HM, I wonder who could have possibly locked them up? *Wink wink nudge nudge*

And what ties this all together, is perhaps the most obscure, tiniest detail that no one would have likely observed on a first play-through. If you go to the first floor of Card Castle and click the description tablet next to the elevator to the Prison, it claims that the Prison used to just be a Basement Which Just Happened to Have a Lot of Cages. This is backed up by the caged animals in the basement, who say that they miss the “good old days” when they used to be the only ones there in cages, and not a bunch of people behind bars.

In summary, Rouxls is locking up a bunch of innocent people, and playing nice to our faces. He IS the knight. And he is not to be underestimated.

Point #7: Rouxls’ Plan is Already Set in Place

The part where this theory gets a little dark, ties back to my mentioning of the control crown earlier.

If you observe the throne room, it looks like it was recently torn apart in a sort of...conflict.

Why was the Spade King the only king left un-caged to begin with? Why wasn’t he locked up too?

Well...Rouxls Kaard needed someone to put him in charge. But not only that—he needed a scapegoat. Someone to blame. Someone to be “The Bad Guy” for the Heroes to fight.

The Spade King...is actually innocent. He is obeying the Knight, because he is being controlled by a Control Crown. The throne room is in ruins because the Spade King likely fought against this at first, but Rouxls won and successfully put the Spade King under his command. I thought it was strange how the King was so...violent. So irredeemably evil, and even murderous toward his own son Lancer. Yes, it could be argued that this is indeed his true personality, that he is a complete, abusive jerk. But, the whole ending battle of Deltarune chapter 1 feels so...set up in a way? It feels so starkly good vs evil, black and white. Almost like a play.

And oh boy. I think I was onto something.

If you pay close attention to the fight with the Spade King, there is a brief moment at the beginning where he is completely shrouded in shadow. Except. For. His. Crown. It glows stark white in comparison to himself. Like a Chekov’s Gun if you will.

And even more interesting, in the supposed good/pacifist ending, the Spade King is locked up in Prison, the other three kings are still locked up in cages, everyone else is freed, and Rouxls and Lancer now have full control of the kingdom...

Guys. We just played right into Gaster’s hands.

Point #8: Seam Knows that Rouxls is the Knight...

The final observation that genuinely makes me convinced in this theory, is a small detail I noticed at the end of the Pacifist run of Deltarune. Once you have beaten the game, and all of the prisoners are freed, everyone comes to celebrate at Card Castle for your victory. Everyone, except for Seam. That is because Seam knows what the “Strange Knight” did to Jevil. He knows who the Strange Knight is. And he knows what the Knight’s true intentions are.

Point #9: Extra Tidbits I noticed:

When compared to the other denizens of card castle, Rouxls seems out of place. He is the one vaguely humanoid character among a bunch of card and chess themed Darkners.

His puzzle is... too easy.

Rouxls is oddly excited about overthrowing the king/taking his place.

Rouxls is well versed in calligraphy of all things. (Relation to fonts + letters.)

Rouxls “sparkles” have an odd resemblance to the shining save states...?

He makes pop culture references, such as ones seen here and here. Could just be random throwaway jokes, but often times more “aware” characters such as Sans and Papyrus are keen on breaking the fourth wall at times/making references to relate with the audience.

His hair looks strangely out of place. Especially the hairline which is really receded to an unnatural degree on the left side. It’s a wig guys...

He gets a suspiciously new position for no reason at all. In any normal situation, he would be extremely unqualified for it if he were as stupid as he makes himself out to be.

Rouxls is literally wearing armor, akin to a medieval knights.

If you pay close attention, Rouxls has a few very subtle similar speech patterns to Gaster. They both occasionally repeat words twice. They both use the words wonderful and truly a lot, etc.

When Kris and the gang beat the K. Round, Rouxls said it was just to test their abilities.

Rouxls theme has leitmotifs from Gaster’s theme.

End of discussion. Deltarune’s finale is legit going to be Gaster getting his wig snatched.

#deltarune #deltarune theory #Undertale theory #rouxls kaard #gaster #Undertale #aa this was a fun theory to make #So many interesting plot details

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BnHA Chapter 292: You Say Jeans

Previously on BnHA: Horikoshi was all “well anyway here’s that Touya reveal I foreshadowed like a million years ago, viva la 2020.” Dabi was all “hello world, I’ve killed 30 people and today I’m going to explain to you all why” before he proceeded to explain ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but everyone was so distracted by his tale of child abuse and hero conspiracies that they didn’t much seem to notice. Can’t Ya See-Kun’s Shark Friend was all “IS THIS THE END OF HERO SOCIETY AS WE KNOW IT”, and Horikoshi was all “STAY TUNED”, and then Dabi set himself on fire and leaped off of Machia’s back like the chaotic evil, I-just-bleached-all-my-brain-cells weird little fire man he is, ready to burn everyone to crispy bits before they could even react properly to his whole big revenge speech. Fortunately he did not succeed on account of THE RETURN OF THE JING, THE JOAT, BEST FUCKING JEANIST, back from the dead by popular demand in what critics are calling “the best fucking comeback since Jesus himself.”

Today on BnHA: Best Jeanist snatches up Machia and the rest of the League with his fiber steel cables before you can say “more like BEAST JEANIST amirite.” Dabi gets all worked up and lights Hadou on fire which is a real JERK MOVE, and is all “THIS RIGHT HERE IS ALSO ENDEAVOR’S FAULT”, which, NOT SUPER CONVINCED ON THAT, BUT OKAY. Anyway so then he burns up all the cables holding him which is crazeballs btw, and then he and Shouto start fighting, and so basically the whole thing is a literal hot mess and we’ll see how that goes. Meanwhile Tomura wakes up and summons some Noumus, and poor Jeanist has to deal with those on top of the still-attempting-to-rampage Gigantomachia, and everyone else is all “we can’t help you on account of we’re all half dead”, and so it’s looking really bad. And then -- and I can’t stress enough how much I don’t even have the faintest idea how to segue into this next part -- the chapter ends with Mirio!?! just sort of POPPING UP OUT OF THE GROUND all, “SURPRISE, BITCH”, and it literally was so surprising that I am still just kind of speechless. WELL-PLAYED, I GUESS, lol wtf.

lol okay so the first page in the RHA scan is just the “three musketeers” movie promo image that we all already saw a few days ago. but it does confirm that (a) it is indeed a movie, and (b) that it’s set for a summer 2021 release! how exciting

okay so now back to our special Dabi edition of Making a Murderer

“ray of hope” oh hell yes. SAVE US MR. JEANIST

I guess he had a TV in his private hero jet or something?

gotta say, “dammit Dabi” does not even remotely sound like Authentic Best Jeanist Dialogue to me though. gonna need Caleb to see to this. well but what do you guys think? does Best Jeanist curse?? I personally feel like he’s one of those guys who NEVER EVER swears no matter what, except under the most hilariously trifling circumstances. like he’s eating an avocado one day and he accidentally stains the cuffs of his beloved jostume green and he’s all “FUCK”

btw how fucking rich is Best Jeanist though that he has his own fucking plane? the thought just suddenly occurred to me, you know? like even Endeavor, whose agency has its own on-site luxury apartment suites for all of his interns, still drives around in a dinky little car that Bakugou has declared to be too small. which, I guess we know why he felt that way now, seeing as the guy he previously interned with apparently gets around in Jeans Force One

anyway so back to the part where Jeanist shows up to save the day!! YEAH JEANIST WOOOOO

ILU JEANIST YOU REALLY ARE THE BEST!! HUGS AND KISSES!!!

lmao we just saw Gigantomachia take out like a hundred guys not ten chapters ago. and Best Jeanist shows up and takes him down in like two seconds. HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES LEAGUE OF VILLAINS. BET YOU’RE WISHING YOU’D TAKEN HIS QUIRK NOW, AFO. GET FUCKED YOU OLD SPUD

KACCHAN IS SO HAPPY TO SEE HIM AWW

SIDE NOTE, IIDA, YOU AND I ARE GONNA HAVE WORDS LATER ABOUT YOU ACTUALLY AGREEING TO PUT HIM BACK DOWN. YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS CHILD IS STILL DRIPPING BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE FROM HIS MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS, RIGHT? WAY TO ASSERT YOUR AUTHORITY THERE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE CLASS PRESIDENT NOT THE CLASS CLOWN, COME ON NOW

LMAO DABI IS FRANTICALLY TRYING TO DO THE PLOT MATH

SHOULDA CHECKED MORE CLOSELY MY GOOD MARK. LOOKS LIKE YOU MISSED THE “MADE IN CHINA” STICKER ON THE BOTTOM. YOU HAVE BEEN BAMBOOZLED. OR ACTUALLY, I GUESS THE MORE ACCURATE WORD HERE IS JAMBOOZLED, AHAHAHAHA. JEANS

HOLY SHIT DABI

I legit almost thought that was Tomura for a second. you two look so alike now with the white hair and the crazy eyes

meanwhile, Shouto is still crying and it’s a lot to take, you guys. lotta feels

ffff come on Jeanist you better do something awesome again here, the mood of the chapter is starting to slip now

YES, GOOD, THAT’LL WORK

WELL YOU TELL ME, SPINNER. I GUESS THAT MEANS BEST JEANIST IS OFFICIALLY THE STRONGEST CHARACTER IN THE SERIES NOW. SORRY I DON’T MAKE THE RULES

ffff now Spinner is trying to wake Tomura back up. nah, how’s about we not do that

OH MY GOD HADOU YESSSS

MY GIRL OUT HERE WITH THE “NO THANK YOU” BOUT TO CURBSTOMP THE BIG BAD WITH HER QUIRK KSFHLKLK WHO HERE HAD “HADOU SAVES THE DAY” ON YOUR WAR ARC BINGO CARDS, YOU LOVE TO SEE IT!!

HEY!!!!

fucking son of a... fffkfkff... someone please reassure me that fire isn’t Hadou’s weakness. someone. anyone. also could someone please dial an ambulance and send them to Horikoshi’s house. but not just yet. first I’m gonna need you to wait about fifteen minutes or so while I take care of some things

well all right then, Dabi. so you wanna go on then and explain to us all how this, too, is somehow Endeavor’s fault?

oh I see, you’ve decided that since he’s responsible for “creating” you, everyone you hurt and kill is in truth really being hurt and killed by him! well now, that sure is convenient as fuck I guess

(ETA: that’s a nice effect with the panel sides getting all warped by Dabi’s quirk though, just noticed that.)

amazing how quickly you used up that sympathy card my guy. Shouto please kick his ass, I’m fucking done lol, you can all sort out the rest in therapy later

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE DIAL BACK DEKU’S EMPATHY STATS JUST A LITTLE BIT, HOLY --

“TODOROKI-KUN IS HURT THE MOST”, HE SAYS, WITH HIS ARM BONES SHATTERED INTO LITTLE TOOTHPICK-SIZED PIECES. I MEAN, HE’S PROBABLY TALKING MORE ABOUT MENTAL ANGUISH GIVEN THE CONTEXT HERE, BUT STILL. THAT’S ENOUGH HEROICS FROM YOU ALREADY FOR ONE DAY

NOOO JEANIST

LOTS OF SMOKE IN THE AIR RIGHT ABOUT NOW AND MY BOY’S STILL DOWN A LUNG. GOD DAMMIT

“if the number one suffers a total loss here, this country will fall to pieces” well okay, real talk though, I think the “country falling to pieces” part is pretty much unavoidable at this juncture. you all are just gonna have to try your best to pick up those pieces after the fact and see what you can do with them. if I were you I’d be less worried about the number one’s reputation and more concerned with the half-dozen child soldier interns who are still on the field and very much at risk of being burned to death should you suffer that “total loss.” please try to keep it together here for them

OH FOR FUCK’S

I really thought RockLockRock was gonna come into play here. USE YOUR QUIRK TO LOCK THE ROPES IN PLACE YOU DIP!! if he seriously just sits there and does nothing when his quirk could be the deciding factor I am cancelling his useless ass cute kid or no cute kid shfkjdls

(ETA: is he even there?? did he and Manual just hightail it out of there?? “well good luck, children.”)

also, we’ll put this aside for now to perhaps speculate about later, but what’s with Tomura remembering his dad’s house yet again in that far right panel?? and being itchy again?? I still have yet to fully work out the psychological mechanisms at work as far as his itchiness goes, so I’ll admit this is intriguing to me. it seemed like it was connected to his decay quirk, but then why is it acting up again now. what is this lol

yuh oh

forgot about these guys. looks like these heroes aren’t having such a fun time

oh fucksticks

excuse me ma’am but I don’t like this. you do know that my kids are all there, right. all burnt and impaled and broken-boned and the like. well except for Iida. he’s fine still. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN I FEEL LIKE WATCHING HIM GET TORN APART BY FOUR HIGH ENDS, WTF

HORIKOSHI YOU MOTHERFUCKER I SWEAR TO GOD

god fucking... okay look. Horikoshi. you win, okay!? congratulations, you win, this is your show and we’re all just sitting here at your mercy. fine. go ahead and just kill off everyone ever, then!! what am I even gonna do about it. stop reading?? fuck

this whole thing really went from zero to fucked before I could even blink huh. I really thought this was gonna be a turning point chapter for the heroes. shows what I know I guess??

meanwhile this motherfucker is just SCREAMING

ngl, if I wasn’t currently terrified on account of things suddenly taking such a drastic turn for the worse, this would be the coolest fucking thing I’ve ever seen. Jeanist my man, I hype you up like it’s my job because you are the greatest fucking meme character in the history of time, but make no mistake, you are also highkey WORTH ALL THE HYPE AND THEN SOME

seriously, though. don’t fucking mind him you guys, he’s just standing here in the coolest pose of all time taking on Gigantomachia all alone with one fucking lung because the substance pumping through his veins is COLD-BLOODED LIQUID DENIM, and DENIM FEELS NO FEAR

Best Jeanist really needs to get his own theme song. -- oh my god I just finally thought of a title for this post. lmao and it’s the dumbest thing. omg

MEANWHILE THE TODOROKI BROS ARE OFF IN THEIR OWN DRAMATIC LITTLE FIRE WORLD

which one do you think is the Mario and which is the Luigi. well, but I mean, Dabi clearly thinks that he’s the Luigi though and that’s why he’s so mad. nobody wants to be Luigi. what a life

THAT’S IT, SHOUTO!! POINT OUT ALL OF HIS HYPOCRITICAL BULLSHIT, I WANT ANSWERS

JUST TO CLARIFY, IT’S THAT NATSU, NOT SOME OTHER NATSU!! SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF!!

OH, WELL IN THAT CASE

BUT OF COURSE. THAT WOULD MAKE IT ALL WORTHWHILE, holy shit. okay I’m just gonna go ahead and say it, Dabi is a piece of work. I really thought this arc would make him more sympathetic at long last, but it seems like it’s doing just the opposite?? this is like an anti-redemption arc. I don’t relish the thought of venturing into the fandom tags once I finish reading this lol

(ETA: well folks, I’ve done it. and actually it was pretty interesting because there are apparently like ten different things that people are mad about, and so it’s like. each post is a new adventure lmao.)

so Shouto is all “BRUH HAVE YOU COMPLETELY LOST IT” and Dabi is all “YES”, basically? like, he says he’s completely lost his feeling for anything. omg. but you were so sweet. how does that even happen

“finally I can kill you” okay for real what the heck is your damage bro?? can we not. I like Shouto just the way he is, un-killed

oh shit and now the Noumus are here

cue Bakugou diving in to save his mentor, STAB WOUNDS BE DAMNED!! actually it would make more sense for it to be Iida, but if Kacchan is really fixin’ to go full Shounen Dumbass here then he might as well go all out, y’know

-- unless of course, Deku decides to activate another quirk??

“last I checked, the main character of this series was still me” OH? WELL I SUPPOSE THAT IS TRUE, SO PRAY TELL, WHAT HAVE YOU GOT LEFT UP YOUR SLEEVE YOU SUICIDAL BRUSSELS SPROUT

fucking love how he’s all “HAHAHA WITH MY NEW QUIRKS I CAN STILL DO STUPID SHIT EVEN WITH MY ARMS AND LEGS GROUND TO A FINE POWDER” btw. what can I say. Deku gonna Deku

FMMFHDKUHK W H A T

HOLY SHIT. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. WHAT THE WHAT. QUE THE FUCK

(ETA: okay look, all the love in the world to the brave scanlators who take time out of their lives to translate the leaks every week just so we can read the chapter a couple of days early like the addicts we are. that said, translating Mirio’s signature “POWER!!” -- which was already written in English in the original scan -- to “POG-CHAMP” is just a whole new level of wtfuckery from them lmao. is the Lida person back at it again?? amazing.)

MIRIO!?!?! SHOWS UP TO SAVE THE DAY?!?! POGS HIMSELF UP OUT THE GROUND TO BEAT THE NOUMUS LIKE IT AIN’T NO THING. JUST LIKE WE ALL PREDICTED!? I’M SORRY, DID YOU NOT SEE THAT COMING?? YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOUR DAILY HOROSCOPE FROM ASTROLOGY DOT COM DIDN’T HAVE THAT ONE IN THE CARDS?? WAS IT NOT OBVIOUS?? TODOROKIS PLUS BEST JEANIST EQUALS MIRIO??

hot damn. Tintin really saw the writing on the wall with the impending Dabi Discourse and was all “NOT SO FAST” lmao. “HERE’S A BRAND NEW THING FOR YOU ALL TO DISCOURSE ABOUT” MIRIO YOU WILD CHILD. YOU GLORIOUS THUG

MEANWHILE LET’S NOT FORGET WHAT MIRIO HAVING HIS POWERS BACK ACTUALLY IMPLIES. HOLY SHIT. SUDDENLY WE CUT BACK TO ALL MIGHT’S OFFICE, ALL THE WAY BACK AT UA. ERI BRANDISHES HER TOKOYAMI-GIFTED BUSTER SWORD, A DETERMINED GLEAM IN HER EYE. “I HEARD YOU WERE TRYING TO HAVE A GIRL POWER ARC WITHOUT ME.” OH. MY. GOD

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