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shoyostar · 6 months

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VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL PROFILES.

SPOTLIGHT: KUROO TETSUROU HATE CLUB.

internationally regional profiles.

vacation bible school m.list. // hq. masterlist.

MISC. — (y/n) has known kuroo since childhood and kenma since middle school, but met bokuto and akaashi in uni.

SPOTLIGHTING: (Y/N)

second year systems biology student. has a philosophy of never chasing after men and instead letting them come to her. never fucks unless there’s something in it for her. has a part time job at a cafe on campus. she shares an apartment with kenma that neighbours bokuto and akaashi’s. got into utokyo on a scholarship and is really serious about her studies despite her lax attitude. has a lot of acquaintances on campus who she hangs out with sometimes but not people who she considers ‘friends’. doesn’t like getting into relationships (the emotional stuff makes her feel icky) and is pretty closed off to people except close friends.

SPOTLIGHTING: KENMA KOZUME

second year programming student. has an “alter-ego” (as he likes to call it) of being the increasingly famous faceless streamer kodzuken. a lot of rumours float around campus that he and y/n are dating (it lowkey repulses them, but it’s fun to fool people). has a horrible sleep schedule and always looks like he needs an energy drink. goes to class like once a week but is still passing with ease. took programming because of video games but is considering becoming a professional streamer or indie developer instead of going into an industry job. writes absolutely scathing, career ending game reviews on steam in his free time.

SPOTLIGHTING: KEIJI AKAASHI

second year comparative literature and japanese literature student who actually needs an energy drink. rues the day he decided to be ambitious and do a double major. chronically stressed and bokuto never shuts up about it. is around 580k yen in debt so he takes his academics extremely seriously. sometimes called a prude because he gets snarky when sex is brought up. has lost around three pairs of glasses and still doesn’t know where any of them are. has a little side groupchat with kenma and y/n where they hold study sessions and do late night snack runs together. plays solitaire with kenma at two am and their games get a little too heated for what should be considered normal.

SPOTLIGHTING: KOUTAROU BOKUTO

third year sports science major who really shouldn’t be in university to begin with. considered going pro after highschool but thought the transition would be easier if he played in uni instead of making the huge jump immediately. doesn’t really know what he’s doing in his classes so it’s a miracle he’s still in the program and is banking on his future pro career so he can slack off on his studies. works out with kuroo who keeps trying to lure him into a pyramid scheme. on the utokyo volleyball team and still gets lost around campus despite being in his third year. a loveable guy all around who has absolutely zero enemies. what he lacks in academics he makes up for in emotional wisdom.

SPOTLIGHTING: TETSUROU KUROO

third year marketing major who debates if he should’ve just taken chemistry instead because it was easier. the only one of the group who lives off campus and commutes to school (he’s always simultaneously out of the loop and in it all at once because of this). is really well known because he loves networking and is the most socially active by choice. keeps trying to get kenma into stock trading (it’s working to some degree). works out regularly with bokuto. does really sketchy shit for connections and is probably in some kind of ponzi scheme. doesn’t really stress over school because he passes with minimal studying and likes to gloat about it to akaashi who wants to strangle him at times.

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infernalodie · 1 year

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hello! i was wondering if i could request a maddy x black!male!reader? reader is on drugs, ods and almost dies so maddy gives the ultimatum of her or the drugs (obviously he chooses her) thank you in advance and i love your writing

a/n: There’s just an alertanate version of this fic that I wanted to put out, but knew it wouldn’t follow your request. So, I hope this is pretty good.

𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐍𝐄 || 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐳

"𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 & 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘐'𝘮 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 & 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯"

Inspo: Brent Faiyaz - Rolling Sonte

Pairing: Maddy Perez x Black!Male!reader

Summary: You were sorry if you let everyone down...

Warnings: Drug abuse, suicidal thoughts, angst, and fluff

Words: 2236

DNI IF YOU'RE SENSITIVE TO THE WARNINGS ABOVE!

Drugs were a captivating human craft. It made you constantly wonder how such a small pill could lift you up before letting you go, your body is plunged into a freefall without a safety net to catch you. Such a damn wonderful thing that human’s made to destroy the weak and hopeless. Okay, perhaps that may have not been the intention, but some people used it as such. And you were no exception to the vast majority.

Painkillers did their purpose to get through many of your years. Being introduced to the drug by Rue and some of your personal friends. Going to school during the week and taking a couple of pills through the weekend. It was just a way to bring some life into your miserable cycle of living. You weren’t intending on getting addicted, but any drug addict could say the same.

At the time, it wasn’t affecting anyone. It was only you and your auntie after your parents divorced because of the newfound stress of having a kid. So, you were left to move to Highland with your aunt, who was more than willing to take you in. And that’s where you stayed and it didn’t really trouble you when drugs just stumbled into your life. But time slowly changed, and people came and go, but Maddy Perez stumbled into you, literally. Finding you sat on the edge of a bridge with a blunt between your lips. Body slightly swaying as you dosed off and on from consciousness. Although you didn’t remember much of that day, you remembered her. Her beauty becoming something close to the ethereal of an angel.

“Y/n?” The sudden voice in the darkness of the night made you turn your head tiredly. Smoke from the blunt getting in your eyes, enabling you to rub it harshly in an attempt to rid yourself of the pain. But once your eyes adjusted, you saw her, Maddy Perez. Her eyes curiously stared up at you as you hummed, looking back out to the ravine that ran below you unbothered by the eventual addition to join its current. Although there was a piece of you surprised that the girl knew your name, your mind was far too preoccupied with your feelings to acknowledge it.

“Hey, Maddy,” you said tiredly, exhaling heavily. “What are you doing out here?” You inquired softly.

Maddy could almost laugh at the question. Making her way to the spot beside you and leaning against the guard rail that you sat upon. A 50-foot drop beneath you with only the water to break your drop. But she had played in that ravine and knew it was shallow with a rocky bed beneath the water's surface. “I could ask you the same thing,” she pointed out. “Wanna talk?”

You took a moment, but you slowly shook your head. “I’m not really feeling it tonight,” you said. “Thank you though. I think I’m just gonna sit here for a while.” Your words seemed absent of the actual presence of your mind. Like the words were automated and nothing genuine. Because she knew for sure that you had something else in mind for the reason for being sat on this bridge.

So, Maddy nodded to herself, checking her watch and smiling. “I got time to chill.” That made your heart melt, an exhausted smile playing on your lips as you enjoyed the silence with the girl.

Since then, you saw her around the halls of East Highland. Sticking to the background of her life as just some random kid. Not interrupting her with the rather comprising and vulnerability you had on that bridge. Yet, every time you looked in her direction, she already captured your gaze. Smiling softly at you, to which you could only reciprocate. Feeling the fluttering in your chest become more evident the more times you saw her.

But, you weren’t dumb and noticed that whatever you were feeling wasn’t something to hope upon. Her continuous love for Nate Jacobs was everlasting and there wasn’t anything you could do to change it. That wasn’t even mentioning the drugs that were constantly in your system. So, you continued on with your day without trying to picture the girl in your head. Doing your usual partying, drinking, drugs, and running from the cops to keep her off your mind. Being a tyrant to show that on the surface she had no effect on you. But honestly, you think you were just trying to convince yourself.

Maddy found her way to try to slide into your life. It has been short meetings in the halls or “accidentally” bumping into you at parties. She wasn’t making it easy for you to try and keep to yourself or relatively to yourself. Drugs made you apparent how you only fitted with one crowd, and you were fine with that. Why ruin that with a beautiful girl in the class above you who had given you the time of her day?

Well, there were many reasons, but you threw them out the window. Considering how much she was willing to give her time, you felt it was only right if you did the same for her. Deciding to actually try and hold conversations with her without nodding off or itching to venture to the back of the school with Rue.

“What the hell are these?” You were sat at the kitchen table, mouth full of toast as you slowly looked up at your aunt. Finding her heated look focused on you, but your attention flickering to the red capsule holding pills.

Your painkillers.

“They’re for my back,” you lied easily. “Fucked it up during Gym and the doctor suggested I get some prescribed. Nothing more than that.” You took another bite, turning your gaze back to your phone that scrolled through the countless meaningless posts on Instagram. Because you knew after doing something so selfish such as lying to your aunt would make you crack enough for her to see. To spot the notice the hidden layer you had placed up to hide the truth of what you were feeling.

But if you knew anything about your aunt, you knew she could see it. Since you were a kid, she could sense whenever you were down and out. She was the one that taught you everything you knew today. Raised you as one of her own because your parents were too lazy to do that side of raising a child. Always preaching that the truth is better than the lie that held everyone back from helping you with whatever you needed. So, maybe since you were so used to that moral that your lying was terrible. But it also could just mean you were a terrible liar, and she knew it.

“You know that’s a shitty thing, right?” Her words were pointing out the obvious elephant in the room. Making you purse your lips, placing the piece of toast on your plate and clasping your hands together. Your aunt sighed, pulling out the chair beside you and sitting down. “You know you can talk to me, man. Talk to me about anything and I’ll always listen.”

A laugh fell from your lips, an attempt to shake the uneasiness you felt in your body that was tense. “I-I just don’t know why you’re grilling me about this,” you stated, shrugging. “I mean, they’re simply pills that I use to help with my back. Do you think I would lie to you?”

Guilt-tripping. Something you had seen and heard Rue use on her own mother countless times. It would’ve only been a matter of time before you did the same to your aunt. You couldn’t understand how Rue did it so willingly when this hurts you more than you actually thought. A woman wanting to only be there for you and here you were being a dick preventing her from doing her job.

To care for you…

She sighed, staring at the orange capsule for a moment before sliding them towards you. “I trust you, Y/n,” she muttered. “I’m just worried.” She stood up from her chair and went back in the direction of the living room. Leaving you to slowly take the bottle, shove it in your pocket, and eat your breakfast.

Yet, that wasn’t the worst of how your day would go. Not even in the slightest because when Maddy asked you to come over, you expected her to rant to you about Nate. A boy you barely knew before but was slowly given insight into who he actually was. The kid was a demon in disguise who prayed on the most naive.

“I don’t know why you stay with him,” you argued, a sudden outburst that halted Maddy’s rampant tangent of whatever Nate was doing that annoyed her. If it even is him glancing in the direction of another girl or him making an asshole comment. “He’s been nothing but an asshole to you and laid his hands on you. It isn’t right, Maddy. We should go to the cops or-”

“I don’t need your help, Y/n!” Her words were sharp and left a pain in your heart. Lips parted as you stared at the girl, whose gaze was filled with frustration. “I have never needed your help and I don’t need it now. So, keep your opinions to yourself.”

You knew you were stepping out of line, but was it bad that you cared about her? Was that not what she wanted from you, someone to care about her? It was confusing- she was confusing! You thought she cared enough for your opinion because why else would she have you in her life if not to hear what you had to say? But your hurt overwhelmed your thoughts as your eyes welled up with tears. Nodding to yourself, you motioned your hand with a shaky exhale. “I’m sorry,” you whispered. “I’ll get out of your hair.” Maddy didn’t attempt to stop you as you quickly made your way out of her room.

Now, Maddy sat at your bedside, hand holding yours as you continued to lay unconscious. She wasn’t sure how many days had passed since you fell into a coma. All she remembered was the fact that Rue had called her in tears upon finding you in your room, everything astray and destroyed with vomit foaming out of your mouth. A brutal and elicit image to be placed in the Perez’s head, but enough for Maddy to understand the weight of what her words carried.

Feeling the faintest twitch in her hand, she looked up to see you stirring awake. Eyes flickering and squinting to adjust to the lighting of the room. Groaning as you slowly sat up, causing Maddy to let out a relieved cry. “Y/n.”

You turned, brows furrowing when seeing Maddy and realized your surroundings. A heaviness grew in your chest as you sunk down into the bedsheets. Hands clenching handfuls of your bedsheets as you frowned deeply. Only one question is being raised in your head…

You survived?

A doctor had come in, asking you a multitude of questions that you hadn’t cared to acknowledge. Giving drone-like answers that seemed to satisfy the woman that jotted shit onto the paper clamped to her clipboard. But she did eventually step out, leaving a teetering effect in your stomach being this secluded with Maddy. It could be anxiety, but it was more shame than anything else. Just hating the fact that she finally knew and finally could see the real you. Although she found you on that bridge months ago, it wasn’t the truest revelation of who you were. Now, she could see that you were a disgrace.

“Y/n, you can’t do this ever again,” Maddy stated, regaining your attention. Finding her eyes sparkling with tears as she pursed her lips, shaking her head as she said, “I know I wasn’t thinking when I yelled at you, but I’m thinking right now and I’m serious. I thought I lost you.”

“Giving up drugs is easier said than done, Maddy,” you sighed, looking up at the ceiling. “They help me be me. I’m nothing without them.”

Maddy pursed her lips, nose slightly twitching in aggravation. How selfish could you be? “If you need them, then I guess you don’t me, right?” Maddy questioned, and that caused your eyes to shoot wide. “Because I’m not leaving here until I know what you will commit to. Me or the drugs. You have to choose one Y/n because I will not go through this again. I can’t lose you, but I can’t stand by and watch you kill yourself.”

The answer was so simple and resting on the tip of your tongue, but it felt foreign. In recent memory, you never once put something over drugs except Maddy’s time she requested from you. Outside of that, drugs owned you and you were happy living like that. But now, being posed with an ultimatum, it was hard to picture you with one without the other.

But you truly believed your mind was made up when the question fell from your lips. When you pushed all the other hesitant thoughts from your mind and found the remaining glimmer of light, you knew the truth of what you needed.

So, with pursed lips, and glassy eyes, you smiled at the girl.

“You.”

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mysterycharacterflowers · 9 months

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Round 4; A bouquet of rue, tansy, monkhood, milkweed and dame's rocket Vs A bouquet of dandelions, buttercups, roses, both black and yellow and sunflowers

First, let's talk about the bouquet of rue, tansy, monkhood, milkweed and dame's rocket

Meaning and why this flower was chosen: Rue, which is used to symbolize regret partly because it’s in the name, represents this character, who bears deep regret for an incident more personally impactful than anything else could be; it wasn’t the character’s fault, but nonetheless it begs forgiveness, and in many ways it’s inseparable from the incident itself. Tansy, which can mean a declaration of war, thus symbolizes this character who is defined by its existence in a context created by violence. It wouldn’t be who it is if not for (essentially) war being waged against it and its family. And after that (if you could even say there is an after for this character), it lives in wholehearted (and correct) conviction that it has a nemesis out there, a true and personal enemy, who will declare their ill intentions to it clearly and politely. So it would have been perfectly feasible and appropriate for its nemesis to literally send it a tansy bouquet. Monkshood, which is a warning of nearby danger and thus represents this character’s knowing fear of its nemesis. Milkweed, which symbolizes freedom and remembrance, fits here because this character kept running its whole life in order to get some semblance of freedom and safety for its family, and because remembrance is something built into the foundation of its story. Dame’s rocket is representative of deceit, and this character is an unreliable narrator who bluntly claims the right to lie outright, as such rights must be exercised lest they wither. Description: This character is a sentient building who cannot substantially communicate except through the fourth wall. It is a traveler, an immigrant, an escape route, a victim, a trauma, a gasp of desperation, and an act of lines crossed. Many things have burned in its hearth fire. It has a nice rooftop garden. It created a multiple-choice backstory for itself—many lies, of course. It’s gone through some major renovations by its resident family. It’s got this pretty mural on its front door. It has given its audience (i.e. the real actual readers) a death threat.

Check its post here

Now let's talk about the bouquet of dandelions, buttercups, roses, both black and yellow and sunflowers

Meaning and why: Yellow is the color often associated with friendship, and his whole thing is that he wants to make friends with everyone. Black flowers usually have slightly more negative meanings, which does fit with his often unsettling behaviors. So despite genuinely wanting to make friends, he has some off putting vibes about him that hold him back. Description: — a guy who only wants to make friends (and help save the world along the way) but is far better at making everyone around him extremely uncomfortable instead. it isn't on purpose, he's actually a real sweetheart, but he's very unfortunate in that he has a really creepy voice and a terrible habit of asking people to smell him. yikes — While his specy is unknown, we do know for sure he has some kind of connection with nature (whether he's a plantfolk, a human who has nature powers, perhaps a mix of both). As mentioned previously, despite his often off putting actions and behaviors, he trully genuinely just wants to make friends with people, but oftens scares them off. By the end of his journey, however, he manages to make a few close friends! He's especially close to an arson loving hivemind, who he has an ambiguous relationship with (are they best friends? romantically involved? both are hinted at but never comfirmed)

Check his post here

#round 4 #mysterious character: a bouquet of rue - tansy - monkhood - milkweed - dame's rocket #mysterious character: a bouquet of dandelions - buttercups - roses both black and yellow - sunflowers

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citrusinicake · 8 months

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snowsancuary evidence collection

some of these may not be as significant as the rest but whatever

warning for mild horror, mentions/implications of stalking, and scopophobia

header: link (can get a copy by replacing edit with copy)

header with brightness, saturation, and contrast turned up, doesn't seem like anything's hidden but maybe i did it wrong idk

actual doc has a prose in playfair display font that i will call the mesite poem, it has generally proper punctation with the exception of a few misspellings which im guessing are not intentional (unless they are?), strangely placed commas which im not sure are intentional or not (i dont read poems idk how they work lol), and a few strangely capitalized letters: R U E T H E D A Y M E S I T E (RUE THE DAY MESITE)

it references a few things from the castle arc such as a snow abode which is later referred to as a cage (zam's base, his safe space later turning into a hostile one), the bird singing to those it should not (zam talking and teaming with ppl dualityduo dont approve of or even actively hostile towards), the bird going out to eat bugs and worms then hiding in the dark (the eating is possibly(?) a reference to zam only ever killing ppl when he needs to/when he thinks theyre evil and then hiding away in his base for the rest of the time), the dog lifting the bird with its two bruised hands to its heart (could be a reference to ro and mapicc and team awesome but maybe im reaching), a feeling of freedom and confidence due to being flightless and therefore disadvantaged and having nothing to lose (zam losing like 14 hearts or something), the bird that starts fearing the dog that stalks outside its cage (mapicc literally stalking zam in mc and zam slowly getting increasingly paranoid each time)

it also specifically mentions the 30th (i didnt watch the streams and havent caught up with the vods yet so idk if thats referencing anything) amd a red house on the street

mesite according to wikipedia (made the interesting parts bold):

"The mesites (Mesitornithidae) are a family of birds that are part of a clade (Columbimorphae) that include Columbiformes and Pterocliformes. They are smallish flightless or near flightless birds endemic to Madagascar. They are the only family with more than two species in which every species is threatened (all three are listed as vulnerable).

"The mesites are forest and scrubland birds that feed on insects and seeds; brown and white-breasted mesites forage on the ground, gleaning insects from underneath leaves as well as low vegetation. The subdesert mesite uses its long bill to probe in the soil. Other birds, such as drongos and flycatchers, will follow mesites to catch any insects they flush out or miss. Mesites are vocal birds, with calls similar to a passerine song, used for territorial defence. Two or three white eggs are laid in a stick-built nest located in a bush or on a low branch. The Mesitornis species are monogamous while Monias benschi is polygamous and, unlike the other two, shows significant sexual dichromatism.

"Historically, mesites’ phylogenetic relationships were not very clear; they have been allied with the Gruiformes, Turniciformes and Columbiformes. Recent phylogenomic studies support Pterocliformes (sandgrouse) as the sister group of mesites while some more recent studies place this clade with another clade constituted of Columbiformes and Cuculiformes (cuckoos)."

mesite according to rankred.com:

"Brown Mesite is a flightless bird species found only in Madagascar’s humid evergreen forests. The Brown Mesite is classified as a vulnerable species. Due to its preference to remain in low altitude regions of the forest, where dogs and other common predators are widespread, they are an easy target to prey upon. Loss of habitat is also a major factor for their declining population."

bio: binary code

[01001111 01100011 01110100 01101111 01100010 01100101 01110010] translates to [october]

log 24: weird smiley

the fact that this is the first log implies that the first 23 logs were writtenon the walls which i would honestly like to see

log 25: morse code

[- …. . .-. . … / … --- -- . - …. .. -. --. / -- .. … … .. -. --.] translates to [theres something missing]

the tag before it says [i cant put my finger on it.], idk if tag order was intentional or not, probs doesnt matter either way lol

log 27: cheating scandal

idk just thought it was something to take note of for later

log 28: crown

the only log so far with the crown symbol

could just be because of the competition

log 29: only one with 1 dot at the title rather than 2

milk post: red, first evidence of stalking

log 31: binary code

leads to this link which leads to this picture (poated for those who cant access it):

original vs edited

no idea what the text behind says, interesting that this is specifically on the log that mentions getting robbed and "him"

to watch post: purple, idk theres just something weird about it

the fact its not a log and the fact that zam seems irritated in the drawing means theres a non-zero cahmce he didnt write it

#snowsancuary #did this instead of my homework lol #i wonder if something will happen on october 30th lol #interesting that the poem is specifically in playfair display

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fryingpan1234567 · 1 year

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OKAY I SAW A POST ABOUT THIS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INCORRECT SO HERE WE GO I’M FIXING IT

RIORDANVERSE IN HOGWARTS HOUSES

Gryffindor: Hazel Levesque, Piper McLean, Thalia Grace, Clarisse La Rue, Reyna Ramirez-Arellano, Thomas Jefferson Jr., Halfborn Gunderson, Mallory Keen

Gryffindor’s main traits are bravery (obviously), being headstrong, poor impulse control, team players. Hazel? She prevented the apocalypse by killing a giant, her mother, and herself, single-handedly putting Gaea to sleep again. Piper is the girl who told The Daughter Of Athena to ignore her brain and just feel. Thalia was literally immortalized for her bravery on Half-Blood Hill. Clarisse fought the drakon in the Battle of Manhattan and kicked its ass by herself. Reyna’s mother is the goddess of strength and bravery, and she has the ability to share that through her troops. TJ physically cannot say no to a challenge. Halfborn wins brawls with two axes and no shirt. Mallory armed and blew up a fucking car bomb because some stranger pushed her to. This group is the definition of YOLO… I guess except for TJ, Halfborn, and Mallory. They’re more like ‘YOLI’- you only live infinitely.

Hufflepuff: Nico di Angelo, Will Solace, Frank Zhang, Magnus Chase

Puff People traits- kindness and patience, balance and mediation. But they also take those who don’t fit into any other house. That’s my main reason for Nico; it’s like his whole character. Will and Magnus are both healers exasperated by their friends and chaotic partners almost dying all the time. Frank is a shapeshifter with crazy diverse lineage, meaning he doesn’t quite fit anywhere as well. This group is needed to be the mediums of their groups.

Ravenclaw: Annabeth Chase, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Samirah Al-Abbas

Before you come at me for stereotyping Annabeth as an Athena kid = Ravenclaw, Ravenclaws are witty, quick thinkers, and as logical as possible. That’s literally her. This is the girl who came up with, on the spot with a broken leg, to trap Arachne with her own webs. Rachel is The Prophet of the Greeks, and she acts the part. Sam has the best work/school/religion/life balance I’ve ever seen in my life, and she’s nailing all of it. These girls are the brains of every operation and you can’t convince me otherwise.

Slytherin: Percy Jackson, Jason Grace, Calypso, Leo Valdez, Alex Fierro

MY PEOPLE- Us Slytherins are cunning and ambitious, duh, but also loyal to a fault and would kill for our family, blood or not. Percy is easily a Slytherin- loyalty is literally his fatal flaw. Jason is interesting, but I wanted to put him here because his actual life goal is getting his orange and purple friends to get along. Calypso would have been a major factor in Percy and Annabeth’s deaths in Tartarus because of that curse she threw at him; that girl holds a grudge. Leo Valdez is the most stubborn egotistical asshole we all love to see, and his sarcasm is one of the best things about him (Percy too). Alex… I really shouldn’t have to explain. They’re like the most Slytherin Slytherin ever.

anyways!! Percy Jackson!! is not a Gryffindor!! HIS FATAL FLAW IN CANON IS LOYALTY. THAT IS A DEFINING TRAIT OF SLYTHERINS.

thank you for coming to my ted talk

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neechees · 1 year

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Just based on what I've seen & what I've heard people say about the show, I feel like Levinson doesn't really take into account how race would play into ppl's perception of drug users/addicts or even just race in general. People have been saying that Levinson writes what he relates to, and a lot of other stuff doesn't get quite as much depth from him. Like Rue apparently REALLY liking hospitals and having an overwhelmingly good experience with hospitals and doctors generally sounds like it would line up with a White man's experiences, & I think he takes a lot of influence from his own life. Like despite Euphoria being praised for its "harsh realism" that seems to be a big thing that he kind of ignores

Literally all the female characters' storylines revolve around a guy or fighting over a guy in some major way (except Rue, who's main focus were 1. obsessing over a White girl & putting all her energy into her, and 2. drugs), and all the nonwhite or racialized characters are stereotyped in some way

#again I also find it weird he used Zendaya as a self insert in his dilms twice #while also casting her as the girlfriend for his secondary self insert character (with a big age gap in the couple)#i do not trust that man around Zendaya get AWAY from her #that line where Lexi's like 'Rue's life wasn't worse than my life'#like um my dude Rue being Black alone already made her life exponentially harder than yours.#i of course can't say how exactly he should or should not have 100% accurately portrayed race for Nlack characters #but I feel like you can tell this was wrotten by a White man.

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dumb question: could you elaborate on what you meant when you mentioned the character relationships regressing in princess tutu?

honestly, maybe "regressed" wasn't exactly the right word. the progression gained in s1 still exists - ahiru has gotten to know a bit more about rue and believes that rue is still somewhere in the kraehe persona, fakir no longer wishes to deny mytho his heart, and most critically, fakir and ahiru are now allies. none of those major developments have been set back.

however, literally all these relationships have flattened by virtue of the show simply not choosing to focus on them. rue appears to no longer feel ambivalent about princess tutu (which is sort of gestured at as being part of her retreat into the kraehe role/the raven's daughter, but there's no actual attention drawn to it.) we get next to nothing about how fakir feels about mytho other than "well we gotta get his heart to him and solve the raven's blood problem." I DO think fakir and ahiru have gotten closer, but their relationship is a rather straightforward friendship. it's still a little complex, but it lacks the drive and relative complexity of s1.

this would not be a problem if fakir/ahiru was a background dynamic to all the other ongoing dynamics, btw. they don't need to always be in a fraught ideological struggle. I think their dynamic is cute! but given that there's just very little complexity in any relationship in the show at this point, it does feel like a regression. ptutu has always been a kid's show, and so I never expected a crazy level of complex characterization, but there was a sense of forward momentum and struggle between clashing personalities and motives in s1 😭 compared to that, s2 has felt so empty.

well, except for one dynamic. and that's between rue and raven's blood mytho.

i will say straight up that this dynamic is WEIRD. not for any actual reason of the dynamic itself (in a vacuum it's a fascinating dynamic) but for the writing surrounding it. ive talked EXTENSIVELY about how much I hate the choice to make mytho be possessed by an Evil Self, and this is another extension of that. we know raven's blood mytho is just meant to disappear like a puff of smoke by the end of the plot. in essence, this undercuts literally any and all screentime he gets. we know that, because he is a plot obstacle, he is just not supposed to be taken seriously. his scenes with rue are meant to establish HER as a poor little meow meow, and not to establish him as a genuine character with motivations and feelings of his own.

and of course rue, come season 2, has been established as being pretty much entirely princess kraehe. her motive to possess mytho has been further fleshed out as being part of her backstory as an emotionally abused girl who wishes to free her father and gain a happy ending with mytho.

I do feel this comes out of nowhere and undercuts some earlier stuff with her character. however, it's not a horrible change. even if it's not what I wanted or liked about her, it DOES say stuff about her and lend texture to how she views mytho. however, some of this was unintentional by the writers. rather than being only tragic, she just seems pathetic and sad. I'm wishing for her to both break free of her father AND break free of her idealization of mytho. both her father and raven's blood mytho treat her like shit, and she doesn't care if regular mytho loves her so long as she can possess him. i want so badly for that mindset to go away for her, but from what I know, it doesn't.

all that aside, that brings us to the one dynamic relationship in s2 so far, and that's between rue and raven's blood mytho. as discussed, he is basically a new character. he doesn't feel like he is at all related to regular mytho, even inversely. the only other character he Could be related to is the raven, but given that he's not literally the raven possessing mytho's body, his characterization tells us very little about either character. so... not great for the idea of Existing dynamics progressing. they had to invent a new guy for rue to have character development with!

I do like it. they're mutually using each other, which is interesting. I like their little plotting sessions, and I like rue's continual wish that he will at least love her a little, even though she's mostly concerned with actual mytho rather than him. they feel like fun, toxic allies, and you get a great sense of how they view each other. they're both characterized quite interestingly in their moments together. their mutual ruthlessness is put on great display.

but well... we get a good sense of how rue feels about regular mytho. we know exactly what she sees in him. mytho himself? we don't get his viewpoint on hardly anything.

now, this is justifiable from a watsonian standpoint because of his heart situation. he isn't himself, and is spending most of his time fighting against his evil alter ego. but s1 mytho also had an incomplete heart, and we got a good sense of how he viewed other people! he went from unquestionably allowing fakir and rue to overrule him to asserting his own emotions against them. we see that he was drawn by princess tutu. it seemed like he liked fakir and ahiru at least somewhat. and even before he had his heart back, he still pretty obviously had interests and had his own viewpoint on fakir and rue.

now? nothing. we know he wishes to see tutu, isn't interested in rue's attempts to control him, and that he dislikes his raven's blood persona. that's it. we don't know how his views on anyone else have shifted. a lot has happened - it would be really natural for his perspectives on everyone to change! but we don't see evidence of it. the only time we see the Real Mytho is when he is desperately struggling against the raven's blood.

so yeah. theres just less dynamism between any of the four main characters. it's really not great.

#narrates #ptutu #NOBODY is experiencing a complex thought about another person minus rue and thats only towards mytho #well thats a lie. ahiru has seen some more stuff that characterizes fakir.#but its not very much :(

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binx/andhera moments from ep7

Andhera and Frog!Binx leaving the tailors talk about the mortal realm and how many books Andhera has read

When Binx has to leave with Rue, Andhera cannot make a coherent sentence to say farewell 😭

Andhera visits Binx's quarters, is greeted to Binx in the equivelent of a dirty t shirt and leggings, and lets him in

Andhera requests if she could make something for him, collabing a outfit

Binx measuring Andhera (the intimacy of being close ????)

Andhera doubting if he should get a crown, downsizing to a tiara, or a headpiece, but Binx insists she'll make him a crown

"thank you for trusting me with this"

Andhera and Binx talking about what they have in common (being alone for periods of time 😭)

Binx talks of the rumours of the Queen of Air of Darkness, which Andhera doesn't diffuse and further talks about the stoicism of the Unseelie court

Reveal of the elemental shard on his neck, anytime hes emotional a cloud would form above his head - and Binx is rightfully mortified

Binx offering to remove the shard and Andhera is stunned (Bonus Brennan reaction to Surena's words)

"It has been the nature of my family to pit sibling against one another for quite a time, because there was this idea of scarcity of love in my family. And nothing quite clicked until hearing you talk about magic. The way you see magic is that magic is love, a plant reaching up for the sun, the affinity between people and things..and it occured to me that, the fey, we treat magic as if there is a scarcity to it in the same way that we feel like there's a scarcity to love, and its something to manipulate, move around like pieces on a game board. That can't be correct.."

"For me, in my Court, magic is love. Magic is feelings. Magic is anger, magic is, you know, is everything, but there are fey out there who do wish to withhold or keep, capture, siphon magic. And, as such, is you know why thats what happened to everyone..Except for I found a loophole you see. I found to create sort of like a, I don't know another term for it other than a washing machine, like a spinning cycle of movement and magic that can happen between belief and the Mortal Plane. And I work with three others who believe in me and together we create magic. And that's how I am here! The last Weaver of Fate [...]"

Binx panics after her monologue and proceeds to finish his outfit for them <3

Andhera brings a hand on Binx's shoulder to turn her (the live studio audience is intrigued) - THEN BRUSHES HIS HAND ALONG HER SHOULDER BLADES????????

Asking about the royal term of the Court of Wonder , revealed to be a house, Andhera grabs a cardboard tube and pledges a oath to Binx's cause

"Let's bring this entire fucking thing down." Is knighted by Binx, who goes "Let's."

Andhera: "i made a pit stop" The entire table: OOOOOs (makes jokes that hes going to a jeweller for a ring)

Hob really goes "are you going to court grabalba? are you sure? no? okay." and proceeds to try to push Andhera towards Binx, and Rue attempts to push Binx towards him (ultimately a failure)

Binx and Andhera spend a large majority of the dance in the shadows talking to one another

Binx shares a black apple with them, taking a bite, Andhera gets to feel memories of the mortal realm for the first time of warmth, a found family he never experienced growing up, and a overall sense of comfort

"My happiness up until this point has been like striking a piece of flint in the darkness, little bits of spark which I was very grateful for. This is a fire..Thank you..Would you accompany me to a quick conversation?" "Sure, I would love to."

Arm linking !!!!

Andhera leads them towards the Lords of the Wing, to which Chirp realizes Binx and Gwyndolin are the same

#so sorry besties idk how thisll show up in the tag but i am . insane and love them #acofaf #dimension 20 #acofaf spoilers #binx choppley #andhera acofaf #binxhera #txt

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princess tutu re-watch, episode 15

awwww yeah, Coppelia episode!

(of all the ridiculous classic ballet plots, Coppelia is my favorite because it's literally "guy makes a doll so realistic, a teenage boy falls in love with it, only to nearly get sacrificed by its creator to bring her to life, but is rescued by his girlfriend pretending to be the doll, and then they get married like that whole thing didn't just happen". There's also an alternate, happier version where the creator helps the girlfriend troll her boyfriend for the lulz instead of trying to kill him, but either way, he gets a bag of money at the end, and it's a riot.)

also the parallels with Drosselmeyer, puppets, and everything going on with Rue and Mytho are obvious

Ahiru: Gosh, it sure was weird Mytho leaped out the window and I had to rescue him again! I sure hope nothing's wrong.

Fakir (watching Mytho sleep in a totally not-creepy way): I have no idea what's happening, but it's probably bad.

Fakir is right! It turns out that evil!Mytho is accusing Fakir of pushing him out of the window, and everyone believes it-- except for Ahiru, of course.

Neko-sensei's like, "look, you two, I've seen people do crazier things for love, so the best solution is for you two to no longer be roommates" but of course Mytho will not stop there.

conveniently, no one pays any attention to the random duck wandering around with a bundle of clothes on her back. Just a normal day at Gold Crown academy, apparently.

we learn from Pike that in addition to seeing Fakir push Mytho out the window, all of the eyewitnesses saw a "white bird" (Tutu) save him, as if he's protected by "the God of Dance", so not everyone can see her/notice the effects.

Mytho (looking at Pike and licking his lips): you have such a great heart. I'm going to eat it. Just rip it out and devour it whole. And--this is the best part--you're gonna thank me for it.

Fakir, your anger management issues and brusque manner, while understandable, are not winning you any friends here.

The evil raven is an eldritch horror living in what is basically a PMMM labyrinth, and a single talon dwarfs Rue completely.

here we see the real villain isn't Rue, but her "father", who has gaslighted her into believing herself ugly (because she's human) and that he and Mytho are the only people who can love her. Essentially, Rue is his tool, and so is Tutu, because only Tutu can restore the heart shards.

Fifteen episodes in, and we've learned more about Pike than in the previous fourteen episodes combined.

Rue mocking Fakir for his book learning may NOT be the most advisable decision when you're literally all characters in a story, hahaha

Pike sneaks out of the dorm at night and, ignoring all the major red flags, agrees to join Mytho's creepy cult of personality with zero hesitation whatsoever. Meanwhile, Ahiru manages to pass her stealth check for once.

love how Pike starts doing the Coppelia choreography to indicate her surrender

I think this is the first time Ahiru has turned into Princess Tutu of her own will, without Drosselmeyer saying her name first

the music is WAY too upbeat and cheerful for this scene, lol

Tutu: please don't join a cult, it's not worth it, I promise

Pike: lol, okay *passes out*

Mytho is just really not having a good time with this, poor kid, being possessed by your worst enemy has got to suck even without the prospect of literal and metaphorical cannibalism

then Ahiru has to deal with TWO people passed out in the town square, good thing she can use Tutu's magic to cover it

Pike (waking up): Where… am I?

Lilie (with a tray): Good morning! Ahiru hauled your drunk ass back home after beating you to a pulp first!

Pike: Well, I don't know about that bit, but I sure was drunk… on love or something. What the hell was I thinking letting an older man lure me into isolated secondary locations even if he was hot and mysterious?

meanwhile, Fakir got suspended and is going home to Charon's place for brooding and serious research.

Fakir: Well, well, well, if it isn't the consequences of my own actions come back to haunt me. But it's fine, I don't care (he said caringly through gritted teeth).

(if that last sentence doesn't sum up Fakir's character, I don't know what does)

#princess tutu #lily liveblogs

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World building and theories of Engage

Brodian Military

Brodia has a vast military housed within the many gates and garrisons that lead up to the great hall of the castle. The castle itself is a military fortress built up in a great rock with defence at its heart. In chapter 7, The Kingdom of Might, you are provided with a military installation of a ballista that can only be helmed by an archer. It is the first time you encounter such an installation, it is a sign of the military focus. In the manga, Diamant says that no one can get inside the castle.

At the start of the story, Brodia is at war with Elusia. I believe this war is loosely based on the Anglo-Scottish Wars comprising the various battles which continued to be fought between the Kingdom of England (Elusia) and the Kingdom of Scotland (Brodia) in the early 14th century through to the latter years of the 16th century. Just like the Anglo- Scottish Wars it wasn't just a war of military strength but also a propaganda war. Alcryst describes the Elusians as 'wicked' and justified military action as 'keeping their unpredictable country in check,' in Chapter 7, The Dark Emblem. Elusia's worship of the Fell Dragon and the first Divine v Fell Dragon wars make it quite easy to create a malicious stereotype of Elusia. This stereotype would aid the arguments in favour of military action. Another justification for military action is profit. The nobles certainly push for military action to increase their territory and their resources. Diamant laments the difficulty of changing the single minded focus of the nobility in his conversations with Alfred and Ivy.

Military might is the main method of social mobility. If you compare the retainers of Firene and Brodia, three out of four of the Firenze retainers come from the nobility and have a history of friendship with the royal family, whereas three out of four of the Brodian retainers come from the common folk. Amber, Jade and Lapis impressed in military tournaments to obtain their roles. Saphir is another demonstration of someone with strength gaining an important position in the Brodian military. She was originally a commoner from a fishing village.

The main units you receive when the Brodians are recruited are infantry. The infantry units mainly use physical weaponry and Lapis introduces the smash weaponry. Citrinne is an exception to the rule, She is a magical unit from the nobility and while the other characters are associated with strength, she bemoans her lack of it. This is evident in her conversations with Alcryst and Lapis. Lapis is renowned for fighting bears, Jade has earned the title of 'Iron Wall' and Amber is infamous for going off to fight monsters.

Amber is the only Brodian aided by an animal. He comes riding in on 'horsey' in Chapter 8, The Kingdom of Might. I believe the reason for this is because Brodian pride requires strength to be displayed without help. King Morion wants to fight King Hyacinth without the aid of an emblem ring. He wants to show strength without any aid. He fights Hyacinth on his own two feet. When King Morion fights King Hyacinth, the majority of the troops are infantry. Amber does not have that same sense of pride. He needs to have aid from other humans (Jade and Diamant getting him out of trouble) and animals (cuddly alpacas or his horse), even if he sometimes rues not being able to complete a job because he has had a pratful moment.

Fighting ability is an important quality in a Brodian ruler. In Diamant's support conversation with Timerra they discuss their different ruling styles.

"I don’t think I do. I train to grow stronger so I can better protect my people."

He sees the ability to protect his people as the most important leadership quality, that could be because of a culture of competition and strength and a history of war. Despite this culture he also wants to bring peace to Brodia and end Brodia's bloody history.

"Ultimately, as leaders, I think it’s our duty to believe that peace is possible." (Conversation with Timerra)

"My father was focused on our kingdom’s affairs when he began expanding our territory by force. That singular focus is how things have always been done in Brodia…but that needs to change." (Conversation with Ivy).

Diamant understands the need to change the culture of his kingdom and the relationship to other kingdoms, he also recognises that change takes time and there will be resistance. It would be interesting to visit Brodia 1000 years in the future and see if the seeds of peace and economic changes sown by Diamant have endured.

#fire emblem engage #fe engage #fe brodia

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bayisdying · 2 years

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Chapter One

A/N: This turned out wayyy longer than expected. Sorry for the wait, but here we go. This is the steady climb of the roller coaster. Hope it was worth the wait, and that you love these two as much as I do!

"Meet me at the Hard Deck. I'll have a cold beer waiting for you. I love you nerd. -Lucky"

Fanboy read the neat handwriting over and over again. It brought a smile to his face, and reminded him of how Lucky would leave him notes during their first time at Top Gun. He kept every single one safely tucked away in their closet down the hall, except one, the very first one where she had written "I love you" accompanied by a lipstick mark. That one he kept in the front pocket of his flight suit right near his heart, and in his wallet right behind his license for when he wasn't in uniform.

"Hey man, hurry up, I want that beer Lucky is talking about!" Payback pats his buddy's back.

"You know damn well that beer isn't for you." Fanboy laughs.

Payback feigns being hurt "you're telling me that Lucky isn't the love of my life too?"

Fanboy shakes his head. "You weren't quick enough, remember?"

"That stings man, that really stings."

The duo made their way to the bar, parked, and noticed a familiar face getting out of her own car.

"Hey Phoenix!"

The dark haired aviator turned around and waved at the two.

"Hey guys! Good to see you two here!"

They exchange hugs, and then Payback opens the door and ushers them inside.

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The door opened again and instantly she hears Payback's infectious laugh. Her back stays turned however as she flags down Penny who hands her that cold beer she had promised her man. The older woman places it in front of her with a knowing smile.

She watches as Natasha "Phoenix" Trace leads her two friends to the back by the pool tables where Hangman and Coyote had been showing off to anyone who cared enough to watch. She witnesses the introductions being done, then she notices as her boyfriend started looking around the room. His eyes lit up when he saw her sitting there. He excuses himself from the small group and makes his way to the empty seat beside her.

"It's been awhile Garcia, I was starting to forget your face." She pushes the beer towards him.

"Oh please honey, you can't forget a face like mine."

Oh how she wished she could kiss him, but they had decided a long time ago to keep their relationship under wraps. Focus on their careers and not let anyone higher up use it against them. Payback was the only one who truly knew. There had been rumors swirling for years, following them from base to base, but they never acknowledged them.

Fanboy helps her down from the barstool and leads her back to where a large group of the best aviators were gathering.

"Look who I found at the bar!" He announces.

Phoenix runs up and hugs her hard.

"Oh thank God you're here Lucky. I was starting to get worried I'd be dealing with these idiots alone."

After Phoenix releases the girl, Payback picks her up and spins her around.

"I've missed you girlie."

"I've missed you more Rue!" She exclaims as he sets her feet back on solid ground.

She exchanges pleasantries with the rest of the group. She recognized most of them, had flown with a majority of them as well, she knew this mission had to be dangerous if this is who they called back. She felt her stomach start to tie itself into knots at the thought of someone not making it back. What if it was her? What if it was him? What if it was Payback?

Fanboy noticed her face change, knew she was thinking too loud for her own good. He offered her his cue, and she took it.

"Come on Lucky, show them where you got your name from girlie." Payback encourages as she bends over to line up the shot.

"Oh please as if she..." Hangman started.

He didn't get to finish his statement, as Lucky took the shot and sunk the eight ball as if it was nothing. The group cheered as Hangman looked perturbed.

"How in the hell did you do that?"

"Her call sign is literally Lucky, what did you expect? She's got like a super guardian angel or something." Phoenix said, laughing at how red Hangman was getting.

Fanboy knew what was happening before it happened, he watched as the color drained from Lucky's face, as she looked around for the nearest exit, and damn near sprinted to the back door. He knew Phoenix had meant it as a compliment, not many people knew the backstory of the callsign Lucky. He followed hot on her tail as she walked out to the back deck and held her as the sobs racked through her body.

"Hey its okay. I'm right here, I'm always right here."

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"Stage four lung cancer" the words bounced around in her head, never ending. That was her stepfather's diagnosis. The doctors were giving him six months at most.

It was right before Thanksgiving, but their home wasn't as warm as it usually was. There were no decorations, no talk of a big meal despite the turkey chilling in the freezer, the house was silent. It had never been so silent before. The house was usually alive with the sounds of classic rock or country playing from the radio in the kitchen, where her mom would be singing along as she baked cookies. The sounds of family game nights that ended in chaos, of movie night popcorn fights, and mostly the sound of laughter.

Everytime Baylie tried to speak, her words got caught in her throat. She didn't want to say the words out loud. The only father figure who gave a damn about her was dying. Soon.

William had come into her life when she was only four, her biological father ran before she could remember him. He never once saw the little girl as an obstacle or a burden. He started dating her mom knowing damn well what he was signing up for.

He formally adopted her when she was seven, gave her his last name. He was who taught her to ride a bike, how to roller skate, and how to throw a mean right hook if it was needed.

He was who introduced her to flying. Her mother had been away for work, and it was just the two of them for a week. He had driven the ten year old about six hours to watch the Blue Angels perform. He saw how happy it made her as the planes soared above their heads.

"You know, I bet you could fly a plane like that one day lucky girl."

Lucky girl, her nickname, only he had ever called her that. He said it started when she beat him at checkers too many times as a child, but really it was because when he looked at her he always realized how lucky he was to have this little girl who looked at him like he hung the stars.

The same stars she would sit and talk to as though they could hear her, just seven short years later, after he was dead.

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"Come back to me cariño."

Lucky opened her eyes and found herself on the back deck staring out at the ocean, with the weight of an arm around her. She didn't have to turn around to know who it was.

"I'm sorry." She murmurs.

"Don't apologize." Fanboy started. "It's not your fault honey. It's okay."

She removes herself from his grasp, "you probably shouldn't have followed me out here. It's chilly." her voice had that hint of a bite in it that he knew she didn't mean.

He sighs, and heads back inside to inform the group that she was fine, while she took a few moments to breathe and collect her thoughts.

She stares up into the sky and whispers "I hope you're proud of me Dad."

She takes a step towards the door when she sees something shiny on the ground near her foot. She reaches down to pick it up. A penny, all shiny and heads up. A smile appears on her lips, as she looks back towards the sky again.

"I love you too Dad."

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Later that night, after explaining away her panic attack and a few more drinks, the group decided it was time to call it a night if they wanted to be presentable at training the next morning.

Payback offered to give her a ride home, but she waved him off. It wasn't a long walk and the weather was nice enough. Fanboy however did climb in to the passenger seat as to not raise suspicion. He had noticed the looks their fellow pilots had been throwing the pair once Lucky returned from outside.

He was already home and had her pajamas laid out by the time he heard the door open. Finally alone, they melt into each other.

"I missed you."

"I missed you more."

"I missed you most."

He helped her out of her clothes, and into the pajamas he had picked out. She dug into the back pocket of her discarded jeans, and took out a small coin.

"William left us a present back on the deck." She said softly as she laid the penny in his palm.

He smiled brightly at her as she pulled the tall bank out of the closet. It was damn near filled to the brim with pennies they had found on their adventures together. He dropped in the newest one.

"Let's go to bed cariño."

"How dare you try to sleep with me before marriage Garcia."

He rolls his eyes as they cuddle up under the covers. Her head resting on his chest with his arms wrapped tightly around her. He breathed in the scent of her, feeling so at home. He loved his girl, and he sure was lucky she loved him right back.

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Sorry not sorry for the feels, it's gonna get worse. Prepare your asses. As always feedback is much appreciated and encouraged!

The Forevers: @kloofspeaks @callsign-milano @callsignthirsty @notyoursbutlewis @roosterscockpit @callmemana @likelyrowdy

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#top gun maverick #top gun #mickey fanboy garcia #mickey fanboy garcia x oc #mickey garcia #fanboy #fanboy top gun #fanboy top gun maverick #baylie lucky steele #lucky x fanboy #callsign lucky

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Round 5; A bouquet of rue, tansy, monkhood, milkweed and dame's rocket Vs A bouquet of sunflowers, dandelions, ferns, foxglove, hollyhock, lotus, balsamine, green carnation, fennel, black eyed susan and queen of night

First, let's talk about the bouquet of rue, tansy, monkhood, milkweed and dame's rocket

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Now, let's talk about the bouquet of sunflowers, dandelions, ferns, foxglove, hollyhock, lotus, balsamine, green carnation, fennel, black eyed susan and queen of night

Why and meaning: Sunflowers- very literal in their relation to the sun. Dandelions- overcoming hardship Ferns- magic or enchantment Foxglove- insecurity Hollyhock- ambition Lotus- rebirth Balsamine- impatience Green Carnation- he is homosexual Fennel- strength Black eyed Susan- justice Queen of the Night- enjoy small moments because they do not last Description: Hes sooooo silly your honor. Hes my skrunkly blorbo oongly. THE babygirl. Hes 35 years old, hes the chosen one, he has a sickass sword. He keeps adopting stray children like pokemon cards, hes broke as a goddamn joke. He managed to score a major fucking hottie by being peculiar and having sopping wet cat energy. He’s gay, he's gray-ace, he has a layered, complex queer platonic relationship with his best friend and every single woman he knows could throttle him. He's my special little boy please

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#mysterious character: a bouquet of rue - tansy - monkhood - milkweed - dame's rocket #mysterious character: a bouquet of sunflowers - dandelions - ferns - foxglove - hollyhock - lotus - balsamine - green carnation - fennel +#round 5

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elianajof · 6 months

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Race in The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games (2012) is a film adaptation of the critically acclaimed novel series by the same name, followed by three more movies and a prequel movie that came out this year. The basic concept of the story is a nation called Panem that has been divided into districts, each responsible for a specific need in the nation (electricity, coal, fishing, transportation, etc.). In districts 1-12, number 1 is the richest district while 12, the poorest district, is the home to main characters Katniss and Peeta. Most of the characters in the films are white with the exception of a few characters. Even in the crowd shots in the film the background actors are majority white.

District 11 is a district made up of mostly black people, with their focus on agriculture. It is said to be reflective of the American south, but Collins received a lot of criticism for putting all the black people in one district and having their focus be crops because it is reflective of slavery. Two Hunger Games tributes come out of District 11: Rue and Thresh, brother and sister. Rue forms a strong bond with Katniss, but eventually dies, which is a driving force for Katniss to rebel against the Capitol later on. When Rue dies, District 11 revolts, and are met by violence from the “Peacekeepers” which are the story’s representation of police.

Dividing the nation into districts is how Suzanne Collins emphasizes the different identities and different opportunities; the richer districts receiving better opportunities and treatment from the government. But, Collins has received criticism for putting social class/monetary value as the central cause for oppression in this futuristic society, as some critics have argued the emphasis on class complies with the liberal tendency to reduce “class to inequality in order to deflect attention from racial disparities.” Even so, placing all the black people in one district and putting them in the second-poorest district is quite weird. If Collins’ point was being realistic or “color-blind,” it would make more sense to make all districts ethnically diverse. This immediately ostracizes the black characters as the other characters and the film’s audience associates their race with their social standing.

Since District 12 is the poorest, it receives little attention from Panem’s government. But, District 11 is overly patrolled by the “Peacekeepers,” reflecting the over-policing of black communities in the U.S. “During the Games, Rue tells Katniss that the District 11 citizens are all forced to work on the farms for the harvest and are whipped for resisting or stealing the food. Katniss realizes that perhaps there are benefits to being the poorest district, since the Capitol ignores most of what goes on in District 12. What she has stumbled onto is white privilege: she may be poor, but her skin color gets here more freedom than Rue gets. This important detail, however, receives almost no attention in the book and is completely left out of the film.” (A Game of Race, Ian Pultz Earle). The technologies/lack of technology that separate district 11 from others are the surveillance state that they live in which is very different from district 12 which is completely neglected by the government.

#oxyfilmidentity

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robinwinghood · 1 year

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Also don’t be shy, share the ideas! We’d all love to hear!

@fate-defiant

Well, I can try, this isn’t exactly coalesced into a sense-making thing

OK SO,

There ARE more storyspinners in the ‘real’ world, among other kinds of magic, this is a magical world.

Magic is generally kept secret. This world isn’t modern it’s kinda more 1910s-1920s-1930s-ish (tbh, generally, think Tintin-esque) so the magical stuff is not that difficult to hide from the wider world. There is a kind of global supernatural community, people in the know, magic users, etc.

This world kind of crosses paths with several others, including the fairytale land that Siegfried originated from. Travel back and forth is possible, but not easy or simple, unless you have direct connection to one (which is the case with Seigfried and Rue, with Siegfried being from there and Rue carrying The Raven’s blood, and The Raven having originally come from there) (This means that Siegfried would have trouble returning to the ‘real’ world on his own, but Rue wouldn’t, because she has connections to both) (This part is going a li’l bit Namesake I’ll admit)

Kinkan was kinda like an SCP, but with no SCP Foundation to deal with it. Some people went in and were never seen again, but the majority of the time, people would go in and come out, apparently none the worse for wear, except for the fact that their memories were a bit wonky and spotty.

So, like, let’s say Anteaterina was from the outside. She’d be able to remember a lot of the basics of what happened, like that she tried to steal another girl’s boyfriend as revenge for some snub, and somebody talked her down, but she wouldn’t remember the specifics, and probably chock that up to a more rational explanation, like stress from the school year.

Kinkan was also sealed off from outside magical influence. Essentially, the broader supernatural community was AWARE of Kinkan being weird, but nobody could do anything about it. They couldn’t even find out why, if anyone tried to go in, they’d just get pulled into the story, and either vanish, or get spat out with still no idea what Kinkan’s deal is.

So, the vague plot I had in my brainspace involved:

After Drosselmeyer’s power was broken, it takes a while for word to spread, but once it does, you’ve got folks in-the-know coming from miles around to try and find out just what’s been going on with this seemingly random German town over the past century or so. This leads to a small seaplane landing on the lake, which Duck witnesses while Fakir is off talking to an in-the-know person from outside, learning about the situation. Duck sees a few other Kinkan residents being like ‘wtf is that thing?’ and runs face first into the realisation that SHE recognised that it was a plane. Why does SHE know what a plane is? Also, she’s got memories of like... Maybe a DAY/WEEK before Drosselmeyer approached her?

(This did also involve a Duck-gets-to-stay-a-girl headcanon, I admit. She then sees an older girl disembark who bears a STRIKING resemblance to human Duck. Fakir is also informed that Duck should’ve turned back into a normal duck by now, and asked if he’s ABSOLUTELY certain she’s 100% just a duck.)

(Duck’s past was that she’d been part of a li’l kinda Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers/Tintin esque mystery-solving/adventure-having type operation with her elder sister and... I never decided whether it was their dad, their uncle, or even just their wheelman, he was like their Captain Haddock equivalent. Eventually, an incident unrelated to Kinkan led to Duck getting turned into a literal duck, and Drosselmeyer sort of stumbled across her and decided to be opportunistic in finding his Princess Tutu.)

(What follows is... Plot of some description that’s as far as I ever got. A lot of this is a kinda gateway to the outside world and what it’s like out there.)

Various Headcanons:

Paulamoni and the troupe actually DO remember Duck, even though the rest of Kinkan doesn’t. This is because the story didn’t censor the memory of Duck on their way out, because as far as they knew she was a normal kid, and they weren’t present when Drosselmeyer’s power was fully broken. Same goes for Raetsel.

Drosselmeyer throughly screwed himself over picking Duck to be Princess Tutu, but he didn’t know enough about the ‘real’ world a century after his death to know it. She’d already been the beating, bleeding heart of the Rescue Rangers group, the one talking people back from terrible decisions and the like. He found in Duck both the best possible Princess Tutu and the worst for his plans.

I sometimes called Duck’s sister Goose. I sometimes was inclined to think ‘Duck’ was a nickname, based on following their mom/grandma around when she was little.

Duck was always in love with ballet, and the one she first saw as a kid was Sleeping Beauty.

It takes a couple days before Fakir and Ahiru get the chance to compare notes. Obviously she can’t tell him as a duck that she saw someone who looked like her, and he’s not sure what to make of being told that Duck might not’ve been just a Duck, so it takes him some time before he comes round to taking it as permission to write Duck back into a girl, if only to discuss it.

Fakir has some relation to the supernatural community in the outside world, via his mother’s family, and that’s why he’s called Fakir.

#Princess Tutu #AU #Headcanons #I had ideas that an older Clara and Hans from The Nutcracker were two of the in-the-know folks #and that Hans did actually have his Uncle Drosselmeyer but that this guy was a different Drosselmeyer like a relative or something #So much of this comes down to turning the magic system over in my brain like a rottisserie chicken #'A storyspinner like Drosselmeyer is a once-in-a-thousand-years situation and thank god for that'#'Mister Fakir ducks can't count'#I had the idea that Fakir is actually a weaker storyspinner than Drosselmeyer but he's a more efficient one #Where Drosselmeyer could by-and-large brute force change the reality across Kinkan #Fakir working WITH who he's writing (Duck) and working around reality lets him do much more than his flat power level would suggest #This got slightly away from me #I picture a fair few instances where somebody in-the-know went into Kinkan with a rope tied around their waist #Only for the rope to be empty when the other person pulled it back #Because THOSE folks would always get turned into small animals so the rope would fall off

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Public Knowledge. ( International )

The following information is readily available to the public, whether it be via interviews or news/internet articles, through a simple internet search.

Rosa’s status as both the Champion of Unova and a Pokéstar Studios actress. Most people are a fan of her for either one or the other, though she’s more often recognized as an actress first.

Her main roster. Though the team she may use against any given challenger may vary, the identity of all her core battlers is public knowledge through media and tournament appearances. The only constant in her teams is her Krookodile, who is her ace and is known to be an absolute MONSTER.

Her involvement with the Bring Us Together Foundation and the Pokémon Preserves in Icirrus and White Forest, both organizations that she founded and dedicates most of her efforts to. The organizations became well-known internationally after she hosted a fund-raising Valentine’s ball, the Ball of Hearts, for them a couple of years ago.

Her involvement with the community and Unova as a whole; any time anything major happens in the region, she and her E4 are some of the first people on the scene to help contain and resolve the situation as quickly as possible.

Her love of plants and flowers. As a result, she often receives potted plants and flowers as gifts from fans. She keeps them well-tended between her home and her office at the Pokémon League, though her Elites joke that the building is slowly turning into a greenhouse because of it.

Her friendship with Kantonian heiress Celia de la Rue-Aozaki. They are two high-profile figures that have been seen collaborating pretty often. Most recently, Celia raised funds for the Bring us Together Foundation during her Goldenrod Grand Gala.

Her status as the host for Unova's beloved Mewmas-time festival, the Village Bridge Holiday Festival of Lights.

Public Knowledge. ( Unova )

The following is well-known across her home region, though the most dedicated of international fans might be able to find this information.

She rents a very large apartment in Nimbasa. Most believe this to be her primary residence, except for her neighbors; they know she’s hardly ever there unless she’s expected to make a public appearance in the near future.

She travels to Hoenn often, though her visits rarely align with any big tournaments so nobody knows why she goes there. Some have speculated that she’s visiting a long-distance lover. Really, she just enjoys the outdoor activities and she needs to make use of the hot springs, though there might've been a lover there in the past…

When she’s filming at Pokéstar Studios. Fans often come to Virbank in hopes of catching a glimpse of her or even meeting her. She’s well-known for being kind and pleasant to fans, always open to autographs and selfies, so people actively seek out impromptu meet-and-greets with her.

Who her mother is, though that is also because Amara Vail is a very talented nurse who has worked in some of the most high-traffic pokémon centers in Unova and was already well-known beforehand.

Less Public Knowledge.

The information below is mainly known by those that live or work in close proximity to her.

Her efforts to thwart Ghetsis and Neo Plasma. Most of the gym leaders were present for the attack in Opelucid, but only a select few ( mainly members of the E4 and the authorities ) know about what really happened in the Giant Chasm. Because the entire confrontation is not well-known, a lot of people felt like Rosa came out of nowhere when she became Champion.

Her true residence is Village Bridge, where she owns a house near the top of the bridge. While most of her neighbors enjoy benevolently gossiping about her presence in their quiet corner of Unova, they also keep it to themselves. In exchange, they know they can always rely on her help and expertise if they ever need it.

She is NOT an extrovert, despite what many people have come to believe, and will often feel drained and in need of recharging after filming sessions or intense social activities.

Her disdain toward Marlon and her desire to replace him as the eighth gym leader with someone more reliable. In fact, most members of the Unova League know this ( except for Marlon himself ).

Her fear of ghost-type pokémon, though very few people know the why behind it. This, of course, creates some minor tension between Rosa and her ghost-type Elite Shauntal, though Rosa does her best to manage the situation. Her fears have improved over the last few years, with her developing a tolerance to most ghost-type pokémon, especially those who appear less ghoulish. However, she is still traumatized by Spiritomb.

Private Knowledge.

Her past as a member of the original Team Plasma. That information is reserved for those who were right alongside her during that time and for those she trusts not to walk away from her if they find out. Some have noticed that she seems quite close with a few of the former Plasma members that help run the Bring Us Together foundation, though.

Her involvement with the Swords of Justice and how they aided her during her journey, her “adoption” of the mythical pokémon, Victini, and her various encounters with other legendary and mythical pokémon across Unova.

That she was hospitalized for several weeks following her battle against Ghetsis in the Giant Chasm and that it took her and her team months to recover both physically and emotionally from the ordeal. She also needs to soak her Kyurem-induced injuries in medicinal hot springs to tone down the aches, though the soaks are needed less frequently nowadays.

Her struggles with depression and PTSD following her hospitalization. Most of the movie roles she took after earning her final badge and before traveling to Kalos she accepted just so she could pretend to be someone else and were roles that she wouldn’t have accepted otherwise. This includes her role as the protagonist of the critically acclaimed Love and Battles series.

That she was once kidnapped for roughly twenty-four hours while she worked a case alongside a fellow nature ranger tracking poachers in White Forest. While her ranger friend was able to rescue her before she could come to serious harm, it was a situation that made her realize just how frustratingly fragile she was without her pokémon and it left some deep emotional scars that still need to be addressed.

Her relationship status, as she likes to keep her private life under wraps despite the media’s obsession with her romantic endeavors.

#🌹 headcanon ( major ).#decided to start with this one :)#there are some new things here as well #long post

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