#there are also a lot of new features to play with that would fit perfectly with each gen...
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getting the crippling urge to restart my postcard legacy 🤔
#i just feel like my sim style has changed a lot since#and with starting my own challenge and seeing how much more enjoyable my new gameplay style is... it's all i want to do#there are also a lot of new features to play with that would fit perfectly with each gen...#and i lost connection w the family rly#except i rly like the challenge & its prompts#i was also thinking about maybe pursuing whimsy stories? unsure#i probably won't end up doing anything tbh 🤣#if i do... no i didn't#rambles
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Agent Ursula Schäfer in Der Wolfsjäger is canonically 32. I picked her age for a few reasons:
1) I wanted her to have history, experience and authority
2) I wanted to give her a canon age so people didn't self insert their own real-life age when the Jäger, the love interest, is 36. I want to characterize her more and let the listeners use their imagination to see the story through her eyes, not their own.
3) A lot of media with mostly female audiences does this weird thing where they take a female lead with clearly adult personality traits, skillsets, backstory, and responsibilities, then canonically make them teenagers for some goddamn reason and I high-key hate this trope. There are tons of women older than the YA demographic who favor reading and enjoying YA novels over "adult" novels and I sincerely think there's just a shortage of fun adventurous romantic stories featuring them over the age of like 23 and I think that's just so tiresome.
4) A lot of audio roleplays are set in schools, where the characters the listeners roleplay as would explicitly be younger than (most of) their real-life selves. The reverse almost never happens. I don't like the implication that you can't see yourself having an exciting, fun, and romantic adventure if you're over the age of like 25. Most of my listeners are in their early to mid 20s, but I want them to be able to imagine an older version of themselves that's still exciting, capable, desired romantically, and experiencing new things.
5) My channel is for adults. It's fine if teenagers listen to it and there's no NSFW content in it or anything, but I'm targeting adult listeners because I want an audience that appreciates more mature and complex storytelling.
6) I want to cater to my 30+ audience. There are a fucking billion school bully roleplays and anime-high school channels with MHA characters catering to teenagers, but basically nothing for listeners (especially in M4F) who are explicitly 30+. I might be an outlier here but according to my analytics, only ~9% of my audience is under 18. People seem to think audio roleplay is more popular with high school-aged teens than it actually is and less popular with older adults than it actually is. I actually have more listeners over 35 than under 18.
7) I want to bring my content to more people, and I want it to be something that they aren't embarrassed about. I'm sick to death of people talking about audio RP like it's this embarrassing thing for lonely people that you should be ashamed to listen to. I want it to be unique and exciting and cool as fuck and I want to make characters and settings that a fully mature adult would want to share with their friends and talk about openly and not secretly ashamed of and I do in fact think that having more mature characters helps with that.
8) I'm doing it for myself. Besides Ivan (a 33 year old divorced dad) and Jäger (a 36 year old with a long history), I have future concepts for characters that are older than my real-life self because I want to also picture my future self as interesting and desirable, and not see aging as something to dread. I kind of tested the waters with this long ago, where I made Basher 48 and Benji 42, albeit in the bodies of their early-20s selves to make it more palatable. I wanted to play characters older than myself from the beginning.
9) I want to give the listener characters some character. Building everything around being perfectly suited for self-insert is constraining and literally so boring. By making something fit everyone, you leave the listener with nothing. There's a few things I leave open to interpretation for inclusivity (ex: the ethnicity of the Listener character) but I want to start giving more of my characters a canon age, canon backstory, and more for the sake of contextualizing their place in the story.
10) I want my 30+ love-interest characters to just be themselves so that I can write love stories without also having to account for the the possibility of my more mature characters being interpreted as a "DILF" or the subject of some kind of taboo age gap fetish. I want it to be clear that they see each other as equals from the start.
Anyway, long ramble over. I wanna make more mature characters and I have a lot of thoughts about it.
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FFXIV is part of aetherpunk in this essay I will...
No but really haha.
One of my recent reblogs was about the fusion of tech and science fiction elements with fantasy elements in FFXIV. I mentioned in the tag that the genre term for this is actually aetherpunk! Which I already mentioned think fits the game perfectly c':
Anyway, for those interested in learning a bit more about aetherpunk, I thought I'd put together this itty bitty reference document for people wanting to explore it more. And also maybe hearing why I classify XIV as part of it 人´∀｀)
At it's very simplest, aetherpunk can be explained as:
the genre of fantasy/sci-fi that features magically enchanted weapons, armor, and machines.
a style of design and fashion that combines magic or enchantments with clothing and armor.
Thanks wikitionary, for your continual service to fiction and fandom terminology o7
Back in 2013, a Duck Prints Press staff member wrote up a fantastic little explainer for what the subgenre is, and what you can consider to be aetherpunk. The full version is linked below, but I think this excerpt will probably really speak to XIV players!
Also new players, please read with caution, there are some minor spoliers for the game's narrative ahead!
Aetherpunk, the genre, explores what the world would be like if, rather than finding out aether was simply a confused explanation for how energy moves through space, we discovered that it was a real element, something we could both detect and harness. The nature of the aether isn’t what makes aetherpunk what it is. Rather, it’s the exploration of the development of society from the turning point when we discover that the aether is real—how that changes the world, the people, the past, and the future.
Aether, the invisible force, can be everything and nothing. It can be magic, or it can be material. In some disciplines, like alchemy, it’s both. Aether is made of faith. It’s ephemeral, often immaterial, and only visible once the viewer knows what they’re looking for. It can cause disaster or provide beautiful, clean energy for wondrous technologies. It can be a source of progress or of fear. But in the end, it’s still a thing that must be discovered and cultivated. It can’t be forced into existence.
Another thing which the staff member very accurately points out is what is quintessential to a form of media being classified as part of a '-punk ' subgenre
For a story to be classified in a punk genre, it typically requires two key elements: a distinctive type of technology (whether social technology like myths and lore or physical technology like steam engines, diesel-powered airships, or nanobots) and a point of view about that technology.
I'm sure we can all agree that there is absolutely no doubt the introduction of distinctive technologies, both mythological and technological, and the way people in the world relate to these changes, play a huge role in the narrative of FFXIV. (Looking at you Allag, and also looking at you Garlemald. And looking at you Skysteel and the discovery of the MCH class. And also looking at you entire lore of the First and the mythos your people created to cope with the introduction of Ascian knowledge and the resulting Calamity it caused... need I go on? haha)
I think the final point that really hammers home XIV's place in the genre, and which I think also supports the ground for a lot of the great lorebending the community does (such as this post, also floating around on my dash recently) is this:
Aetherpunk, as we’ve described, is born of magic, and thus the technology to use it focuses on cultivation and focusing energy rather than on producing something by force.
A large portion of the conflict in XIV's narrative is exploring the differences between these two elements. From the times of Allag, to the magi of Mhach and Amdapor, all the way to the current Era and our soiree in the past on Elpis and in Pandæmonium, the consequences between using force over cultivating a balance with the natural element of magic present in the world is a continuing theme the game explores.
Which, in my (very) humble opinion, makes it a perfect fit for the aetherpunk subgenre, and also makes it make perfect sense when some of us expand on the technology that the game already presents us with via our head canons. It's hard to put "cyber"punk elements into "steam"punk stories and vice versa, but elements from both of these subgenres can fit neatly inside aetherpunk — the quintiessential element of magic being what powers technology creates a lot more opportunity than static period or post-apocalyptic based takes you can see in other -punk genres.
Anyway, that's my little rant over c': hope for those who hadn't heard of the term before, this provides a bit of background and maybe even a springboard for exploring a really cool subgenre of print and online fiction, films, videogames and tv shows!
#rare ooc#lorebending#kinda i guess#ffxiv rambles#this is just like my opinion tho man#anyone is free to disagree ofc c':#minor spoilers#arr spoilers#heavensward spoilers#stormblood spoilers#shadowbringers spoilers#endwalker spoilers
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Some MORE Thoughts…
—I’ve actually had the hankering to do some art again after like a month, haha ^^ Taking a month hiatus from creating to refill my creative well has done me some wonders, because now I feel a lot more inspired and ready to write and draw!
—An idea that I’ve had for the last couple of days was including Dragon Tales into SRBA. My childhood lives! I love how at this point, the remastered SRBA is kinda becoming the MCU, lol—after all, I kinda have it set that the Super Readers would meet WordGirl and the characters from Santiago of the Seas, so why the heck not XD That means I’m gonna have to go back and fix the timeline again to include this.
—And in case anybody was wondering what other shows would be featured in this AU, it’s currently Santiago of the Seas, WordGirl, Dragon Tales and (possibly) Arthur. The later I put in brackets because I’m not sure how it’d work yet ^^;
—I am still working on that KonoSuba/Star Fox story, but most of it is just brainstorming fifty million ideas. I do have some cool ideas for a potential sequel starring either Slippy or Beltino. Why? Well, I wanted to challenge myself writing a character that I eventually grew to appreciate—as I wrote in the original post, Fox and Falco would fit in with KonoSuba perfectly, but it’s too obvious a choice. Putting in a happy-go-lucky mechanic with no sense of flying in a world like KonoSuba’s would be hilarious—or a mild-mannered scientist like Beltino. All I know is that either one of them would end up in Kazuma’s party, and Slippy and Aqua would butt heads because of her hatred for toads, LOL.
—2024 is not being kind to Love Livers thus far. I still think the whole “Love Live disappears but Revue Starlight is eternal” meme compilation is hilarious, though. Power creep and insane rates will not stop this game, I swear. Oh, and speaking of Revue Starlight, it’s been loving me again?? I’ve had better luck getting the 5-stars recently than I have had getting the birthday cards the last few years?! Which is good news for me, because my Wind, Moon and Space teams SUCK and I needed some better cards in order to prep for both Star Arena matches and future Trophy Roads.
—Kinda hopped back onto my Multo/Zeeter mood again, so I’ve been working on Love Language in between working on that StarFox/KonoSuba idea. I’m trying out a new writing routine, and hopefully, I can finish the first chapter sometime this year!
—Speaking of them, I was rereading my notes for that Revue Starlight inspired AU and I need to write out a post yelling about that. I literally have like six to seven pages of notes!
—Started Atelier Resleriana and it’s kinda cute! I’ve heard of the Atelier series, but never got a chance to play any of the games. But I’m liking it so far.
—Racing to get to the next few chapters of HI3rd. I’m kinda stoked for Part 2!
—And since I also got hit with the mood for it a few days ago, I’m going to be doing some in-depth notes about the Cerulean Avenger story, namely regarding the characters and what all to expect. The reason for that? It relates to the art I’m going to drop after making this post! 😁
#hanna-barbera#super why#the zula patrol#dragon tales#atelier resleriana#sif2#konosuba#star fox#shojo kageki revue starlight#honkaimpact3rd#ramblings
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Hi friends, and happy Friday!
Yesterday the sims team released its first stuff pack since Paranormal Stuff, so I wanted to give my thoughts and pseudo-review it for you all. I'm not sure if these little reviews are helpful in any way, but I've found that forcing myself to take the time and really isolate the new features, CAS items, and objects has made me appreciate, incorporate, and analyze them among the existent content a little better.
So, with that being said, here's my long and unbiased review of the CAS items from the Home Chef Hustle Stuff Pack! ↓
Let's begin with the outfits shown above. This pack provided items that I absolutely love and have been asking for whilst also giving items that are just...meh at best. (By "meh" I mean that after this review, they'll be forgotten in the catalogue.)
There are multiple variants of apron outfits for both frames and I liked all of them. I'm serious, I even liked the apron dress: it's a little frumpy, but it feels like a perfect cuddly grandma or elderly sim outfit. Also that shirt with the little towel over the shoulder in male frame? Love love love that. Crazy about it, in fact! But beyond the outfits themselves, I really like the color swatches in this pack and the fact that they have clean and dirty swatches. I say it every time, but I love the lived-in, imperfect CAS and Build/Buy items that the sims team has been rolling out lately and I hope they keep up with that style.
I also really love the turtleneck jumpsuit and honestly, it may be one of my favorite CAS pieces to date. I love all the swatches and the way it fits on sims of all sizes. They have been giving us a lot of jumpsuits lately, but this one stands out from the others in a positive way.
As for the clothing items I didn't care for and/or could do without: the one pair of pants that came with this SP. It's not that they're bad or anything; the swatches are fine, they just don't stand out as a staple item to me. Same with the chef coat - it's a nice piece, it has a variety of color and style options, but I'm not sure how often I'll use it as it's so specific/niche. Both perfectly adequate for what they are though!
However, the hoodie, t-shirt with the little ascot, and graphic tee did nothing for me. Some of the swatches on the t-shirt were good (the fire chicken for example) while some felt weird and wildly out of place with the existing animation style/graphics in the game. The shirt with the ascot is just okay, I like how it fit my sims but some of the designs are a bit on the nose and corny. I can't emphasize enough that some of the designs on the shirts were just decent while the other half were really, really bad.
The single pair of shoes in this pack aren't great either. I just thought they looked a little underwhelming, I had higher expectations I guess. I have clog/croc cc that looks much better than what came with this pack if I'm being honest, so I could leave these out all together. Plus, they warp the male ankles significantly, so I couldn't even use them on my male sim as demonstrated in the picture below.
I've seen a few people confused about the gloves that came with this pack, but I actually like them. I especially like the latex/rubber gloves: I would have a home chef wear these at their pop-up-shop for the play pretend impression of food prep safety (like in real life). It's silly, it doesn't impact gameplay, but it helps my imagination and storytelling so that's a fun touch to me. Any touch of realism is a win in my book, and they're also nice to have if you have Dine Out as well! Come to think of it, a lot of the CAS items from this pack would incorporate quite seamlessly with that pack if not for the fact that Dine Out is virtually unplayable. Anyway!
The earrings and necklace are cute, even though the knife is a little chunky. I love silly jewelry though, so I will definitely use all three of them. The tattoo, I'm sorry to say, is kind of goofy as fuck lmao. Just not my personal taste. "A" for effort though? I feel like they could have kept with the chef/foodie tattoo concept and been less on the nose, but it's fine. If nothing else, it's silly and it is in a good location at least? At least they've been trying to add tattoos in the last few packs after going a long while completely ignoring that category all together?
As for the hats...
Need we talk about the hats? They're bulky, chunky, they don't lay on any sim's head properly and it only gets worse as they get younger. We all joke about it, but I don't know that the Sims team has ever seen an actual human wearing a hat before. You'd think after we complain and make jokes about it every pack, they would get the message.
Regardless, the hats themselves would have been, objectively, super adorable if they fit correctly... but they don't. The swatches are pretty fun, the texture is actually nice. So annoying! I hope someone comes out with a default replacement fix because I would use these for my younger sims a lot.
Now...the hairs!
The first scarf hairdo in fem frame looks SO GOOD. Why it did not come in male frame, I will never know. It's one of my favorite hairs to date. Also the curly hairdo for male frames is so cute and like nothing else we have in the game, so that was nice too (and it also should have came in fem frame, but again I digress). I want to give them props as well for the short cut with shaved sides - that is one of the more fashionable, practical, reusable male hairs that have come with a pack. They always somehow manage to mess "staple" pieces up by doing something funky (looking at you Cats and Dogs hair with a fucking pawprint shaved on the side lmaoooo) but this hair is simple and good. Love that. I do feel like there are similar cuts to this already in game, but they don't look as good... so congrats to them for finally doing this haircut right on try 4 or 5 lmao.
I so so so wish they would do what CC creators do and create a headband overlay in the hats category so you could change the hairband color because I actually love the different swatches... I just hate that they're limited to certain hair colors! It's not like anyone is pairing a hat with a hairdo that has a scarf or headband, so whyyyyyy aren't they giving us that option yet? Hopefully cc creators pull through on this one as well.
Otherwise I genuinely have no complaints about any of the hairs. I think they're all quite nice!
Now onto the least exciting part of this review...the littles.
Not much to say about any of this: it's all the same stuff from the adult CAS items, with a lot left out. I would have liked to see an item made specifically for these life stages in mind, but that didn't happen, unfortunately. Everything they converted felt kind of random, and there were things they didn't convert that I thought were a missed opportunity.
For instance: I don't know why the hoodie didn't get converted, or the pants? They didn't make anything original for children, so I don't think it would have been much trouble to convert one or both of these items. In my opinion, the swatches on the hoodie would have probably suited kids better than the adults, and I feel like hoodies are a staple item in every child's closet so you can never really have too many? But yeah, big miss.
The random onesie for infants was weird and I felt like it had fewer swatches than it should have. Maybe they're trying to throw infants in as they're a new life stage and we have so little for them? I don't know. I thought it was weird toddlers got nothing but one singular hairstyle and the giant hat (all life stages got that). They could have at least given toddlers the onesie, too...or even the t-shirt. Regardless, this pack wasn't for kids/toddlers/infants, that much is clear, but they could have been incorporated better with a little more effort, and that's what frustrates me the most!
I'll be talking about gameplay in the next post. If you read all of this, I love you very much. You could have googled "Home Chef Hustle CAS items," but you didn't!! You read my rambles instead and for that I am so thankful. Big smooch on the forehead from me to you. <3
That's a wrap for now. See you in the next one, friends!
#ts4 home chef hustle#home chef hustle#ts4 lookbook#ts4 lookbooks#ts4#simblr#the sims 4#sims 4#pack overview#the sims community#ts4lookbook#stuff pack review#ts4 stuff packs#oc: micah#oc: tristan
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hype level for future mtg releases (this is genuine btw i cant sleep because my leg hurts so bad let me have this)
Murders at Karlov Manor (Q1 2024):
15%. i kinda get the vibes. theres some interesting things generally but im not sure this one is for me. i like clue tokens so im excited for some support in that area but. ill probably pass on buying any of this
Outlaws of Thunder Junction (Q2 2024):
like 35%? its cool! i like the west quite a lot, everyones excited for deadbeat dad oko. im just not expecting a ton and id love to be proven wrong! new planes are always fun and it would be a delight to fall in love with thunder junction but my expectations are very tempered. supposedly its about "villians"-- of which my biggest dream is a reveal of a phyrexian that wasnt killed onscreen to be hanging out there. rakdos would be cool too.
Modern Horizons 3 (Q2 2024)
90%. i cant wait frankly. modern horizons 1 and 2 feature some of my favorite magic cards ever and ive never been around for a modern horizons release so im just so excited. cant wait. big fan i bet there will be so many cool cards dude holy shit
Assassin's Creed (Q3 2024):
5%. i dont give a shit about assassins creed. i like the aesthetics of black flag i guess. this is a set with boosters and the cards will supposedly be modern legal(?) but they arent draftable so thats gonna be a shitshow when the boosters are overpriced and you cant even run limited events with them like MAT but like. at least MAT was awesome and had a bunch of banging cards and introduced cool deciduous mechanics to standard and gave us [[Rocco, Street Chef]]. all this is giving us is ezio or some shit
Bloomburrow (Q3 2024):
75%!! woo!!!!! i cant wait for the little animals set. i like little animals. i would really like one of them to wear a thimble
things i want specifically out of bloomburrow:
give us kwain lore! kwain is such an important little guy to our playgroup we would all love a new kwain or some kwain backstory and there has never been a better time for it
fox tribal 🥺🥺🥺🥺 boros please plzplzplz i need fire foxes i need evil foxes i need foxes so bad i want a fox tribal commander ill do anything
Duskmourn (Q3 2024):
45%. wrenny is hyped for this one but i dont think ill be biting tbh. its cool! i like the vibes :) just not for me is what it seems like right now. maybe like LCI the set design and mechanics will be so sick that its just awesome but the setting isnt catching me
Not gonna talk about innistrad remastered i will not be buying that. give me anime art tamiyo
"Tennis" 2025 (death race across multiple planes with cars):
15%. i like vehicles but like. i feel like this one will kinda skew corny in a way i wont vibe with. the technology seems like kind of a lot too. cool idea, i hope its executed well
"Ultimate" 2025 (Return to Tarkir):
65%! i like tarkir :) they wont print the stupid fetches but whatever. tarkir is super swag and i hope they can resolve the weird multiverse tarkir thing and give us a swag set i believe in them. also ugin reappearance maybe........
Final Fantasy 2025:
100%. i am so onboard with final fantasy dude i feel like it will be so fucking cool compared to like marvel or doctor who or whatever. final fantasy fits so perfectly with the other mtg planes and theres so many interesting things to pull from every game could be its own set so the fact that theres like so much shit there like its so exciting like i cant wait for this one. im gonna play final fantasy 6 with wrenny before it comes out so thats exciting too teehee ^_^
"Volleyball" 2025 (top down space opera set):
95%. a space opera could be so fucking cool. im worried theyll fumble the bag and make it really fucking star warsy and thats a truly terrifying thought but i have faith that we can get so see some more interesting and solemn parts of space in magic the gathering. i think a plane with fledgeling space operations and wild star littered frontiers would be so fucking sick and thats like maybe one of my dream sets. please dont fuck this one up
"Wrestling" 2025 (Lorwyn reimagining)
cool. i like what they did to kamigawa. um idk 30%
"Yachting" 2025 (Arcavios/strixhaven)
yippee!!! 55%? i like strixhaven but showing off more of arcavios is what im really super into here cuz i feel like that could be a lot of fun. its an interesting plane i wanna see more
um anyway ill try to sleep again now i guess
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Zero-Day Kim & Chay Moodboards (creative process under read more)
The overall theme of the boards is that of Kim's investigation pinboard. In Zero-Day, Chay is investigating on his own where Porsche went, so I felt that this would be a great connection for the two characters in the mood boards
For Kim's board, I tried to be very clean-cut about everything with a dash of sophisticated Romantic energy. Every element is clear and organized. It's not too busy, but there's a level of precision that isn't there on Chay's. Kim has so many different faces and sides that everything has to be perfectly put together to keep it from all falling apart. The only skewed photo is the guitar because music is where Kim is the most truthful. You have the idol persona upfront taking center stage because that's the facade Kim wants to show the most. He hides as the ice-cold Enforcer for his family, but WiK is where Kim is happiest, not strictly happy but the closest to it he gets. Kim struggles with love and with violence so the two images show the duality of Kim. I chose the screencap of Kim at Yok's bar because to me that's Kim when he's at his most basic level. He's enraged but ready to protect and love Porchay, even if it's from a distance. The hands holding flowers show the beauty and love Kim is capable of if he allows it.
I honestly had so much fun with Porchay's board I'm not going to lie. I played around with the colors a lot because I wanted them to be complimentary to Kim's while still having their own unique aspect. I was heavily inspired by the vaporwave aesthetic with the brighter oranges and purple as well as the lopsided grid background (that took forever to put in the right place) which would fit into the hacker vibes he has in Zero-Day. Orange symbolizes warmth and creativity while purple symbolizes royalty, strength, and power.
Chay's board is completely disorganized because I was trying to invoke the investigation pinboard and the idol wall Chay had in his bedroom. The little graphics added to the pictures (which are more polaroid in shape compared to Kim's board) are similar to how idol fans can decorate their phone cases with photocards. In the photos I chose I tried to show that this is a Chay who even though he was excluded from the KinnPorsche narrative still had his own journey down into the underworld to join the mafia.
Finding Porsche is at the core of that journey (which is why the photo of the two of them features the world lose), but Chay eventually evolves past just being Porsche's little brother. He's blooming into something new beyond his brother's control. Also, the choice to have none of the photos of Chay face the viewer head-on was intentional. Chay is lost and can't see straight ahead because he's been led in so many different directions since Porsche left. Chay is all over the place in Zero-Day, and I tried to show that on his board.
I hope you enjoyed my rambles and go read my story! The next update should be up in a few days if not sooner!
#kinnporsche#kinnporche the series#kimchay#kimporchay#kim theerapanyakul#porchay kittisawat#fic: Zero-Day#moodboard
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[Orange Obikaka AU]
So I had this thought for awhile, and I’ve finally come into terms with it. Figured out the whole plot and whatnot.
A Naruto x Orange AU featuring Obito and Kakashi.
If you don’t know, Orange is a series that revolves around two main characters along with some sides that are there for moral support (platonic wise.) Naho Takamiya is your average school girl. Shy, introverted, sweet, and sickeningly kind. One day she receives a letter from her so called ‘future self.’ In this letter it warns her about certain circumstances, and tells her how to avoid making crucial mistakes. However, all of it revolves around the transfer student. Kakeru Naruse. A troubled and very well hidden boy who goes through a bunch of traumatic events despite his new friends efforts.
This anime has a bunch of angst and sad undertones, as you can pretty much tell by now. Yet, it has some fluff and lighthearted moments as well. All depends on how you play your role.
Now, you might be thinking. Who would be who? Well, Kakashi will obviously be Kakeru Naruse due to the fact that the role fits perfectly. You’ll understand once I explain more, or if you watched the show to begin with. Obito though will NOT be playing as the main, Naho Takamiya, as weird as that sounds considering it’s significant. I see her as Rin. No, he will be acting as Hiroto Suwa. The friend that has a crush on her but is also very self sacrificing, willing to assist just for her sake. Even if it means giving up on his former love.
The twist in this? Kakashi will end up falling for Obito instead of Rin unlike in the past. And Obito in return will also reciprocate these feelings, despite him denying it for awhile due to his morals, knowing that Rin likes Kakashi.
There’s a lot more to go over, but I don’t want to spoil it for anyone who hasn’t watched it. If you’re interested in this crossover then just comment on this blog and I’ll send more details regarding this rp idea in pms.
[Adios!]
#orange anime#roleplay#naruto#obito uchiha#kakashi hatake#obikaka#obito x kakashi#one sided#angst#naruto rp#anime rp#anime#crossover#alternative universe#obito x rin#manga#literate roleplay#literate
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Costume Meta 6x03
Ok well that episode was intense!
I find these bottle type episodes interesting to analyse - especially when they feature big time jumps like this one did!
First off let’s look at all the flashback scenes. The wardrobe department did a great job at recreating that mid seventies vibe, from the muted tones and especially the use of pale yellows and browns and creams, the use of knit textures on the teenagers was very on point as was the pointed collars and the flared trousers - I especially loved the jeans Joannes friend was wearing - with the brown stripes running down them.
I’m side stepping costumes for a minute to heap some praise on the hair and makeup department - they don’t get enough love, but all the afros were perfect and I especially loved that they gave Beatrice a Farrah Fawcett hairstyle (as you can see below) - it fits so perfectly with the hairstyles we’ve seen older Beatrice wearing. The interesting thing about Beatrice’s hair is that she is the only one who appears to be chemically straightening it - there are no other characters with straightened hair in the flashback scenes. I’m not an expert in Black hair or the meaning behind the use of certain types of hairstyle, but to me the choice to use this hairstyle on Beatrice is suggestive of her being seen as glamorous and stylish in the neighbourhood - it fits with Beatrices personality as being set in her ways and expectant of a certain standard and order of things.
Athena & Bobby
Athena’s grey top is a really fabulous choice for this part of the episode - its almost check patterned but it isn’t - it hints at her turmoil over having to go through the process of questioning everything she thinks she knows about her father, as well as her desire to solve this case that has hung over her nearly all her life. the use of both black and white for the lines on the background of grey is indicative that not everything is black and white - and that shades of grey are actually where most peoples morals etc reside. the grrey is also a conservative colour as well as being stable and insightful - again all things we see Athena portraying while she is wearing this top.
Bobby wear a lot of Blue in this episode - the blue top above and then the dark navy one below as well as the blue/grey one at the hospital at the end. focusing on the blue ones for the moment - blue is the colour of trust and loyalty - it provides security and confidence - al things we see Bobby displaying in this episode. the darker blue top below is almost black and so we can add some of the meaning of Black - for this scene - authority - all of these combined show Bobby being there for Athena, but also pushing her enough to get her to actually get involved in solving the case.
Athenas deep burgundy pyjamas are interesting - generally speaking burgundy is considered an intense and ambitious colour and as a result can be seen as somewhat combative - perfect for this scene, especially as it is tempered with the blue of the dressing gown - representing Athenas loyalty to both her fathers privacy, but also to who she is - which is why she cant resisit getting involved in solving the case!
Now I’ve actually managed to get a better look at Athenas new pendant I’ve reached the conclusion it isn’t a compass at all - I’m not 100% sure, but to me it looks like either a winged horse - which would make it Pegasus, or it could possibly be a dragon, but my money is currently on the winged horse!
Pegasus is heavily connected to Athena in greek mythology. It is said he was sired by Poseidon and Medusa, and that Athena tamed him and gave him to Perseus so he could fly to rescue Andromeda - in the process he beheaded Medusa - the gorgon - whose head Athena used as a gorgenion - a protective amulet - which is the other necklace Athena wears.
Athena's top here is a combination of burgundy, dark navy blue, tan and purple, its also striped and stripe theory plays out for Athena in this top - this scene is the start of her getting to the bottom of Tanya’s disappearance. obviously the blue and burgundy colour meanings continue to play out here, but the tan colour adds the idea of dependability (we can depend that Athena will get to the bottom of things) and friendliness - which is something we see Athena try to extend to Joanne. The use of purple is also wonderful - purple is a colour that inspires people to divulge their thoughts and it is a colour associated with superiority, again something Athena very much plays into - she gets people to talk - both Joanne and Franklin senior and Athena is superior when it comes to solving cases!
Bobbys grey top - that he wears for the longest in the episode shows him as being the reliable and stable presence for Athena, offering insight and advice when she needs it. Its also the shade of grey known as steel - backing up Bobby being there to support Athena.
Athena in this beautiful pistachio green top (interestingly without the necklace! Like I’ve said 100′s of times before green is the colour of growth, health and renewal. the perfect choice for Athena to be wearing in the aftermath of this case - we can see she is in a better place - that a weight is off her shoulders - one she’s been carrying for a long time. Green reperesents hope for a better future and Athena is at a point in her story where she can now move forward into the future in a positive way.
Check theory for the win!! if you haven’t yet read my theory about the use of Check patterns in 911 then you can read it here.
only 3 characters wear check in 6x03 - Joanne and Franklin senior - both as adults - and Joanne and her mother in the one flashback - only after Tanya has gone missing - the implication here is that they both know something and are keeping it hidden - we obviously find out what Joanne knew later on, but we never find out the extent of what the mother knew - however - her life has just been changed irrevocably so the check patterning makes sense.
Joanne and Franklin senior have both been hiding pieces of the puzzle that could have helped solve Tanya’s murder - they’ve been carrying that guilt and knowledge - and now that her body has been found, those secrets are being uncovered and they are having to reckon with the full impact of what they knew and know - this is why they are wearing the check patterning - and why we see Joanne in stripes after both Franklins have been arrested - because she has the answers she’s been hoping for and can begin the process of moving on.
I know you’re all wondering why Franklin jr wasn’t wearing check at all - well he isn’t experiencing impending or existing trouble - he is the evil in this scenario - as as we see before Bobby tackles him, he isn’t repentant or remorseful for what he has done, so he doesn’t need to be in check - yes his life is about to change, but up until the point of Bobby tackling hin and hi arrest - he thinks he can still get away with what he’s done.
And there we have it. I hope any of those of you who have been affected by the subject matter of 6x03 are in a place where you can get help if you need it - that you can reach out to someone, or that you are now safe and well here is a link to a post Jess put together that signposts resources should you need to access them - take care of yourselves.
I hope you enjoyed reading and thank you as always for your likes, comments and reblogs - I love reading your thoughts etc - they make my day!
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Jikook and 5th Muster
Jimin and Jungkook tend to orbit each other’s galaxies during concerts. Often with meaningful touches, heartfelt words and gentle looks. Something which is ever present in 5th Muster Magic Shop from 2019.
With the 5th Muster opening up in Busan on 15th June, it was rather Jikook heavy and you could tell how happy they were in their hometown. Not only during the concert itself, but also in the DVD with the behinds. For Magic Shop, Jikook had a unit for a holographic photocard and a postcard. They were also quite heavily featured in the VCR, which had flirty tones and confirmed that Jimin was indeed the owner of the Magic Shop.
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Jimin and Jungkook’s happiness could be seen starting from the opening introductions. With Jungkook saying he was the Prince of Busan and Jimin responding that he was the Prince of Busan’s older hyung. From there, Jikook sparkled as they sang Home and no concert is ever complete without one slapping the butt of the other. Sometimes it feels like they can’t help but touch each other. Either it be a hand to the waist of reassurance or a teasing poke.
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As BTS sit down for their Teatime Talk, it’s hard to not notice Jikook’s body language. Jungkook sits down first and seems to encourage Jimin to sit down on his lap, when Jimin doesn’t Jungkook slaps his butt in response. Jimin eventually sits down and the two sit close enough to overlap each other. There is a lot of consistency within Jikook and how they behave and this is the same with their body language.
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One moment that sparked a lot of confusion involved Jungkook wearing Jimin’s ring. Jungkook starts talking about “a ring on my hand” and Tae points out that he doesn’t have one. Jimin offers his and Jungkook puts it on his pinky finger, asking if we know what the function of the ring is. He does so whilst talking informally. Jungkook also states no-one can touch the ring without permission because it’s so special and he would explain more later. I remember not really understanding the significance of this at the time, until K-Army explained why they were so excited. Apparently if your ring fits on their pinky finger, you are each other's destiny. There were also debates as to which ring Jimin gave Jungkook.
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Jikook has intense chemistry on stage. This is especially evident during their part in Best of Me shows their strengths of dancing together in sync, creating a powerful performance that matches how they are together with anything. They did make a mistake on the second day. Something which is rare, but they finished their part off perfectly.
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Jungkook seemed extra endeared by Jimin’s new haircut at Busan, calling it cute and asking Jimin to make a cute pose. We know from the DVD behinds and from his vlive that Jimin felt unsure about his new hair, so I find it really sweet that Jungkook was praising and encouraging him. They couldn’t seem to get enough of each other during BWL either with the way they smiled and played with each other.
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On the 22nd June, BTS continued their 5th Muster in Seoul. With Jikook being just as sweet as they were before. Whilst getting up to talk during Tea Time, Jungkook noticed that Jimin’s chair was unbalanced on stage. He quickly moved the chair in-time for Jimin to sit back down.
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The day after during Tea Time, Jimin gets Jungkook’s attention as he and Taehyung dance to Euphoria. We know how much they visit each other's rehearsals, so this was extra sweet and Jungkook loved watching it.
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For the first day in Seoul, it was like they were competing for the most amount of light pinches or punches.2b With Jimin starting it and Jungkook retaliating in fun. Then on the second day there were constant pokes or rubs, letting the other know that they were there and having fun.
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They could not keep their hands off each other and continued their flirtiness, when Jungkook asks Jimin about a miraculous thing that happened his life.
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Jimin and Jungkook tend to share TMI’s about each other without being asked and the same happens at Seoul. Jimin describes how Jungkook gets tempted by food. He also acts out how Jungkook plays games next to him, revealing that Jungkook talks to himself whilst complaining about the game not going well. They like sharing information or habits about each other with us and it’s sweet that they are super aware of each other's habits.
Jungkook again emphasised how cute Jimin was again in Seoul and continued giving him encouragement whilst performing or teasing him, With a thumbs up from day two.
Whenever Jimin is embarrassed he tends to look or go toward Jungkook, so i think he was extra aware to respond to this. In return, they often seek out each other if they are feeling low or need an extra boost.
During BWL on the second day this was also evident when Jimin got confused about his position and ended up running back, with Jungkook laughing widely at what happened.
In retaliation Jimin lightly punched him in the arm and Jungkook returned them shortly afterwards. They always have fun mid-performance.
During Magic Shop Jimin cutely stands behind Jungkook. They notice each other and Jungkook head tilts as Jimin walks away. They really do end up next to each other a lot and enjoy themselves together on stage.
Towards the end of the second night, we witnessed some extra soft Jikook. Jungkook is known for watching Jimin whilst he is talking during his endingment, either by moving his position or watching during the main screen. You can see this clearly from the second day Vlive broadcast, with Jungkook watching his every word and smiling.
Whilst bowing for their endingments on the first day, Jimin turned to Jungkook. Jungkook, noticing this, turned back towards him and touched his chin. This is another consistent habit that Jikook has for one another and you can see how much they adore each other from their eyes.
Once they finish their goodbyes, Jungkook walks away and Jimin follows. Jimin backhugs Jungkook as they walk away and they waddle together in sync.
On day two we had another sweet and unexpected moment as they finished talking. Jimin said “cheers to happier days in the future” before they bowed which made him laugh due to his own randomness. When they bowed a second time, Jungkook yelled the same, making Jimin fall to the floor in laughter. In a sweet gesture, army replied back. This is more evidence of how much they make each other laugh with happiness. As Jimin tries to get back using Jungkook’s arm for weight, they get very close together. Both with matching smil’es.
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Day 11 - Road Wife Holiday Special - New Years Eve
Summary: The organization throws a hell of a New Years party, but you struggle to find your place in a room full of coworkers, players and their wives - and a new years party is never complete without a new years kiss.
Notes: This oneshot is written as an independent piece and has no influence on the main plot of the Road Wife series.
Featured Players: Anthony Cirelli, Mathieu Joseph, Alex Killorn (mentioned), Brayden Point, Ross Colton
Kinks & TW: alcohol, excessive drinking, anxiety/depression type themes, loneliness, mentions of sex work and infidelity.
Word Count: 3379
TAGLIST : @wingedwheelprxncess @mitchymainer @equallyshaw @starshine-hockey-girl @beccaiscold @samanthasgone
Unlike the holiday party, which was very much family-friendly, the Tampa Bay Lightning organization liked to go all out for New Year's Eve. They hadn’t just set up entertainment and an early dinner this time, no, they had rented a hall to ring in the new year. Complete with catering, an open bar and a semi-formal dress code you instantly felt out of place. You walked in through the doors without a date on your arm, your clutch bag held tight in your hand as the room consumed you. In an instant, you felt as if your dress was constricting around your chest - even though you had bought it specifically for the event, and the dress fit your body perfectly - and all you could do was tell yourself that the feeling would pass as you moved further into the grand room filled with strangers.
Sure, you were more than acquainted with the players, but tonight they were accompanied by their wives. You would not be needed, nor would the wives want you around, and so you were left to the wolves. Also known as, your colleagues: the media team. The team was great, welcoming and always excited to have you tag along when they would go out to explore the cities the team was playing in during a long road trip - but you weren’t as close with them as you could be. Not when you had obligations to the team that they didn’t know about.
As you approached the table the team greeted you with smiles, if they had any suspicions of the role you helped with the team they hid it well - hell, you wouldn’t be surprised if they all knew as the players weren’t often discrete on the plane ride from one city to the next. And you could vividly remember a time you were sure Gabby Shirley had caught you with your clothes dishevelled as you left an appointment at the back of the plane. She had only smiled at you then, and it was the same smile she was giving you now as you approached the table - but this time it was paired with a welcoming hug.
“We were thinking you were going to bail on us!” Gabby spoke into your hair, her arms wrapped around you effortlessly, before s she pulled back and introduced you to her fiance. Then, her gaze wandered, her petite form looking around you as if someone has hidden behind you. “Where’s your date?”
You could feel your stomach sink at her words, your grip on your clutch sending your knuckles white as you forced a smile. Your words were more of a question than a statement once you found them, “I don’t have one?”
Taking your lower lip into your mouth, chewing it slowly and smudging your lipstick, you let your gaze fall on the table of your peers and their partners. They each wore the same look, caught somewhere between awkwardness and pity as they didn’t quite know how to feel about your situation - not that you could blame them, in the moment neither did you.
“No shame in that,” Gabby was quick to fill the silence as she found her seat at the table once more, “still so young, you have lots of time to find someone.”
As if you could taste her words, your tongue slid over the back of your teeth trying to rid your mouth of the sourness. It lingered as you tried to find just the right words to say, your gaze going astray to take in the sight of what all surrounded you, but instead of putting you at ease, it added to the reeling thoughts in your mind. Everywhere you looked you seemed to see one thing, and one thing only: one of the players and their wife or girlfriend. It stung, and not because you were jealous. No, you were never jealous of the relationship the players had with their wives. You respected it and were thankful that you had been a part of it. What you were was lonely.
As long as your name was inked on the contract, and you held the title of Road Wife, you wouldn’t be able to maintain a real relationship with anyone. Not a player, and definitely not an outsider. You would never get to show up at a team event on somebody’s arm, and tonight you would ultimately be ringing in the new year alone.
Forcing a smile, you settled into your seat and tried to ignore the empty seat beside you that was meant for your plus one that didn’t exist. It was then your eyes settled on your wine glass, and your smile became genuine if only for a moment for you knew that come diner service, your night was going to become much more enjoyable.
By the time the plates of dinner and dessert were cleared, you were pleasantly buzzed. It was enough to have you content with people watching from your seat - that was until the DJ started his set. The music flooded the room and it was met with cheers, including those from your own lips. You loved dancing, and you had consumed just the right amount of wine to want to be out on the dance floor in a room full of coworkers.
“That’s my queue,” you told your table as you drained the rest of your wine from your glass and placed it down on the tabletop beside your purse.
Your words earned cheers of encouragement from the media team as you stood up from the table, and kicked off your heels so they sat toppled against each other beneath your chair. The walk to the dance floor was almost dreamy, maybe you were a little more than buzzed, eyes falling on you as you pushed between crowded tables. When you took to the floor there had only been a few couples to have taken to it, their dancing subtle, almost lazy - especially when it came to dancing next to you. You danced like there was nobody watching when most of the room undoubtedly had their eyes on you. You didn’t hold back - for tonight you didn’t have to. You had no obligations, and zero worries about being hungover on the flight to New York come morning.
And apparently, neither had Tony.
You sobered up the moment you spotted him through the crowds. He was slumped over in his seat at his assigned dining table, wearing that same dead look he had last worn back at the boat parade when he had let the alcohol get the best of him. The whole room seemed to go quiet around you as you became still, even if the party was still raging with life, and you left the dance floor behind you. Careful strides took you back to the tables and you didn’t stop until you had dropped to your knees in front of Tony. You spoke his name in a gentle voice, one that was joined by the gentle touch of your hand over his thigh. You watched as he looked down at you, his dark curls falling down into his face as he managed a smile at the sight of you.
When he spoke your name, no matter how sweet he was trying to sound, there was no hiding how he slurred and how his breath stunk of alcohol. “Tony,” you sighed out, almost disappointed as you reached a hand out to stroke over the paled flesh of his cheek. He was so far gone, not even the pitcher of water on the table could save him. There wasn’t a doubt in your mind that he would be ringing in the new year with his head in a toilet bowl and you were determined to be the one to take care of him.
“We need to get you home, Tony,” you told him gently, and you watched his lips curl up at the idea of taking you home.
“Killorn’s outside with the cab-” Mathieu speaks up from behind you, drawing your attention away from Tony for a moment.
You offer him a thankful smile, you could always count on them to take care of each other. “Let me just grab my things and I-”
Mathieu said your name softly, offering you a hand to help you up from the floor, “you don’t have to do all this,” his words made your stomach knot and your lips parted to insist but he was quick to silence you with his own words, “you do so much for us already, and Tony’s not going to remember this night in the morning - but if he wakes up and sees that you had to spend the night taking care of him instead of being here celebrating with everyone,” Mathieu sighed, shaking his head as he looked down at his closest friend, “he wouldn’t want that for you. Not when you could be here having fun with everyone,” and then his voice dropped so that only you could hear, “looking that good shouldn’t be wasted on his bedroom tonight.”
“At least let me help take him out to the cab,” you spoke out, your words desperate as Mathieu leaned in to slide an arm under and around Tony to hoist him up from his seat.
“You don’t have shoes on,” Mathieu told you firmly, offering you a sorry look, “he’s in good hands. I’ll take good care of him.”
Knees aching against the floor where you knelt, you watched Mathieu leads Tony off and through the party with his staggered steps the only thing holding them back. You remained there, watching them as they went until they had been lost in the crowd and had fallen out of your line of sight - and suddenly the party seemed all the more overwhelming now.
Your focus had been drawn back to reality, the music no longer backgrounds noise for your mere moment with Tony. The dance floor was crowded now and was much more intimidating than it had been when you had walked onto it fueled by the confidence only wine could have given you. With the confidence having faded, there was only one logical thing to do: Get another drink.
The lines around the many bars stations around the hall were winding as many of the guests in attendance had migrated from the dinner tables to mingle with coworkers, friends, and family over drinks. You blended right into them, the conversations and music around you a symphony in your ears. You didn’t listen to any one thing in particular, not the lyrics of the song, or the conversations behind had in front or behind you as you shuffled forward with each passing drink order. That was until you felt the touch of a warm hand against your back and the sweet breath of words against your cheek.
“You look stunning, darling.”
You tensed slightly as you cast a glance to the right, taking in the sight of Brayden as he stood with his hand on your lower back as if it weren’t something out of the ordinary. His dress shirt was already loose around the collar, his jacket and tie were already lost, and his hair was already falling into the shaggy mess you were used to seeing.
“Something tells me you just didn’t want to go to the back of the line,” you teased him, taking in a slow breath to try to put your body at ease.
Brayden smirked, his bright eyes dropping to the floor as his hand slipped down a little lower on your back to stroke over the expanse just above your ass casually. When he let his gaze rise again, he leaned in close and let his voice drop down to a whisper, “can’t a man just want to enjoy a drink with his wife?”
Your cheeks grew so hot that you were sure you were blushing and your lips parted as if to chastise him for saying something like that surrounded by people - for touching you like that when someone could so clearly see but you were rendered speechless as you came to the bar. It felt as if you were tripping over your tongue as you leaned up against the pop-up bar and ordered another glass of wine.
Your order left Brandon scoffing as he too pressed up against the bar. He leaned up against it with one arm, his hand resting over yours so causally it almost looked like an accident as he ordered two shots of Canadian whiskey and his favored drink to take back with him to his table - but Brayden wasn’t going to retreat until you had taken the shot with him. He held it out to you with a wide grin, his gaze narrowed yet playful.
“I shouldn’t-” You started to protest, but then your eyes settled on the deep amber alcohol in the small, disposable, plastic cup. You knew better than to mix your alcohol, but if you already planned on being hungover come morning, there really was no harm in it. “Yeah, okay. Okay, give it here.”
Your fingertips seemed to tingle as they brushed against his to secure the cup in your hold. You took it between two fingers, raising it up to him in a silent toast before bringing it to your lips and knocking it back in a single motion. As you sipped it, and Brayden sipped at his own, you held one another's gaze. The whiskey burned down your throat, and his stare sent your entire body ablaze. The feeling struck you, right through to your core and it left you choking - or maybe that was the alcohol? It left you smiling all the same as you lowered the small cup and abandoned it on a nearby cocktail table.
Brayden reached a handout, laughing as you coughed, and pat your upper arm with an endearing touch, “atta girl.”
His touch lingered as he retracted his hand, his coy smile wavering for a moment as he heard his wife calling out to him from a nearby table. “I was supposed to be getting her a drink,” he recalled, his head shaking as he realized that it had completely slipped his mind.
“I won't keep you,” you assured, stepping back so that you stood just out of his reach - and you smiled a little wider trying to hide how your lips threatened to falter into a frown. It was the second time you had watched someone walk away from you all evening and it sent your mind into a spiral. You hadn’t meant to be a distraction, especially with his wife in attendance. It sent your stomach sinking and your palms grew sweaty against the glass of wine in your hand. Then your skin was crawling and your chest became heavy with guilt. You needed a refuge, but it wouldn’t be found with the players, their wives or your colleagues. No, you needed a moment alone.
You found your solace outside where night blanketed the sky and the humid air had crisp and fresh on your face. The concrete was cool beneath your bare feet, but you paid no mind to it as you took slow, pacing steps up and down the length of the patio outside the venue. Time was lost as you enjoyed the patio, your eyes fixated on the city skyline beyond and how its lights glimmered brighter than the stars in the sky - but soon even they would be outshone as the time was winding closer and closer to midnight and fireworks would soon kiss the skies.
Sipping your wine, you settled along the railing. The winds raised goosebumps over your flesh and sent chills down your spine. It had you contemplating going back inside for your coat, but you dismissed the idea. If you were going to enjoy one thing, it was going to be the fireworks even if you have to enjoy them alone-
Breaking your thoughts was the opening and closing of the patio doors behind you. At first, you didn’t look back, expecting a group to be coming out for some air or to prepare to watch the fireworks from the patio instead of through one of the many windows - but you only heard one pair of footsteps behind you. Curious, you cast a glance back, a curtain of hair falling over half of your face as it was caught in the wind, and your eyes settle on a familiar face.
“What are you doing out here, sweetheart?” Ross’ voice was as soft as the night sky as he abandoned the party behind him and approached you by the railing.
Biting your lower lip, you look back out over the city skyline, your shoulders giving off a lazy shrug in response to his question. You wanted to be able to tell him, or anyone really, how you felt - but you knew that there were only two people that would understand what you were going through: the road wife in St Louis, and the former wife of Tampa Bay. So you forced a half smile and didn’t let your eyes meet his as you heard the countdown begin inside. The new year was upon you.
“It seemed like a good place to watch the fireworks,” you told him, but he could hear the dejection in your voice and the sigh that followed.
Stepping forward, Ross spoke your name just loud enough to pull your eyes from the city and the skies. It was then you noticed just how close he was, and how he continued to steal the space between you. His hand reached up, stroking away the hair that had fallen over your face before his warm, gentle tough settled over your cheek. He stroked it slowly with his thumb, over the angle of your cheek and down over the length of your chin before grazing over your lip that had begun to swell oh so slightly from the own bite of your own teeth. The pad of his thumb against your lip had them falling open in the slightest of gasps, your eyes wide and glassy as they met his crystal gaze.
“Ross,” you muttered, his thumb falling to your chin as the countdown inside grew loud, and closer to one.
With his free hand Ross quickly found your hip, the silken fabrics of your dress wrinkling beneath his touch as he took hold of you. He drew you in with the smallest of steps until your body was flush against his, and then the countdown stuck the new year and the final breath between you was stollen and filled with a kiss. Ross’ lips descended down on you in a kiss that was far from something sweet. He was always someone who had kissed you with intent. There was not a single ounce of shyness in how his lips moved against yours with such familiarity and passion. He didn’t draw back to join in with the cheers, and neither of you flinched back as the sky was filled with the fizzling color of the fireworks. Instead, his thumb was pressing against your chin, drawing your mouth open to invite the stroke of his tongue. You near groaned at the flavors of him, a sweet mix of citrus, vanilla and vodka flooding your taste buds before he drew back, leaving you breathless.
You stood in front of him, lips parted as you found your breath, and you watched the colors of the fireworks as their light was cast over his face. He wore that same cocky smile you had given you the very first night you had met during his rookie season as he stripped off his blazer. Reaching out, he draped it over your shoulders to keep you from the night’s breeze. You couldn’t help but admire him for a moment. With just a single action every feeling of doubt, and loneliness had faded. A small, thankful smile blossomed over your features because of him, and you welcomed the warm touch of his hand lacing with yours. You welcomed it’s hold, giving his hand a careful squeeze, and together the two of you stood and watched as the fireworks painted the night sky.
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In 2002, the official My Chemical Romance website had a frequently asked questions tab. This was written sometime before May 2002 (question 4). Below the cut is all 10 questions and answers. This is the archived website.
We get a lot of questions about certain things... so here are some answers.
What's the significance of the name of the band?
Mikey came up with the name My Chemical Romance. It works on a lot of different levels for the band. At the root of it, the name refers to the works of Scottish author Irvine Welsh. A "chemical romance" is the genre he has created in works such as The Acid House, Filth, and of course Trainspotting. Mikey added the word "my" to it to add a personal dimension to the name. In essence, it means a romance with chemical substances.
So are you saying you guys do drugs?
No. My Chemical Romance does not do drugs or condone the use of drugs. However, the band is not straightedge and likes to party like everyone else.
How long have you guys been a band? It seems like you guys came out of nowhere...
As a fully functioning band, My Chemical Romance has been together since Jan of 2002, when Mikey was officially added to the roster as bass player. Matt and Gerard started the band in November 2001, with Matt playing drums and Gerard singing and playing guitar, but Gerard isn't that good on guitar and he wanted a guitarist so he could just sing, jump around, dance and do other things like "unleash the bats," "hump the sky," and "exorcise the demons." Ray then joined the band and they had a hard time finding a bass player until realizing they should just train Mikey, who ended up making them all look like bitches when he learned the set in a month. Other than that all of the members of the band have been making music together for years in various bands and have been a part of the scene in various ways. Until now, the music and the combination of musicians never fit perfectly and could best be chalked up as a learning experience. We've recently Frank Iero as another guitarist, and the band now finally feels complete.
You guys have a record coming out on Eyeball Records? How and When?
Eyeball Records is a label we respect and love, and we're thrilled to get the offer to do our first record with them. They have a long history, have put out and worked with a lot of bands we love, and have given us 100% creative freedom to make this album however we wanted. They are as excited about the record as we are. We record the first week of May '02 and expect the record to have a summer release. The album entitled "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love" will feature all of the songs from our set, including a final mix of "Vampires Will Never Hurt You". From then on we will tour and support the album for a long time while working on new songs.
What are your influences?
Everything. We listen to lots of different music but if we had to list some bands and artists that have been a big influence on our sound we would have to say: Iron maiden (it doesn't get any better than these guys), At The Gates (except these guys), The Pixies, The Misfits (Danzig years) and Samhain, The Smiths, Morrissey, The Haunted, Pulp, Blur, Johann Sebastian Bach, Fernando Sor, Queen, Guns and Roses, Helloween, and the list goes on and on...
Are Mikey and Gerard brothers?
Yes. Mikey and Gerard are loving brothers that enjoy rocking out together. But they consider Ray and Matt their brothers too, only Puerto Rican and French ones.
What kind of equipment do you use?
Ray plays a Session guitar. A Session is a knock off of a Gibson Les Paul from around the early 80s. I asked a vintage guitar store owner some information about Session seeing as how Ray won't play anything else and he said, "It's a piece of shit. It was made in the Philippines in the '80s and Sam Ash used them to sucker people into buying a cheap guitar. Worst guitar ever. And the factory blew up". Ray also uses a 100 watt Marshall JCM 2000 head, a Laney Cabinet, and assorted stomp boxes. Mikey plays a Fender American Jazz bass with obnoxious silver sparkle finish. Matt uses Pearl drums, Zildjian cymbals (a lot), and an enormous Gibraltar drum cage. If you've ever seen us live then you understand how big this thing is. Gerard uses an SM58 Shure mic. The mic of choice for Bruce Dickinson.
I want a T-shirt! Any merch soon?
We have some buttons and we're running out. We just invested in a button maker so we can have all sorts of self-indulgent crazy buttons you can wear for cheap. The band has finally decided on 2 designs that are being drawn up as we speak and they love them, so expect them soon.
What's all this nonsense about bats???
The band likes bats. Who doesn't? If you've seen the band live you might have heard Gerard mention something about turning into one or unleashing some sort of swarm of them. "Unleash the fucking bats" is something they say to each other seconds before starting the set to get themselves pumped up. This all started back in Jan '02 when the band finally came together and started playing together with an intensity none of them had ever known. That fateful night they rocked together so hard that a "rock portal" opened up and out flew a swarm of giant bats. No shit.
I heard you guys cover Morrissey... why?
We cover a B-side called Jack The Ripper. Basically we wanted to cover it because we knew we could do a really rocking version of this song. It rocks as it is but we felt if we added a little "kick" to it and did like we do all of our others it would be something special. If you've ever seen us play this live we absolutely can't control ourselves while we're doing it, and its a good warm-up for "Vampires Will Never Hurt You."
#mcr#mcr: 2002#answers some questions that get muddy through the interviews#like when beyond 9/11 mcr was formed when frank joined etc#unleash the fucking bats makes me go crazy!!!!! SWARM!!!!!!!!!!
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do it again, director's cut edition because i'm procrastinating writing the last part of the last chapter and it's kind of helpful to review. with luck someone else here will enjoy the behind-the-scenes content as well
chapter 1
The little desk Scar has set up right across from the front door of his studio apartment is covered in them, some of them larger and loose, the smaller ones in what clearly used to be ice cube trays.
no joke this detail is because of a New Uses for Old Things feature that used to be in the magazine Real Simple, which was life hacks before "life hacks" was a term. ice cube tray as a jewelry organizer.
There’s an orange one with smooth, straight-cut sides that fits perfectly in his palm.
i really did write this with the intent of it being the courage crystal (formally established later) but I never have gone back once to check whether it's orange. ditto the green danger detection one later. no one's called me out for it though
it'll never get explicitly said in fic, but they each induce the opposite of their intended effect. bdubs' courage crystal makes him extremely paranoid, etho's danger detection lands him in the hospital, and even tango's rage crystal leaves him mellow and avoidant.
We’ll just go up there and put a little tarp over it,” he’d told Etho when their kitchen ceiling had started to drip. “I’m a professional, it’ll be easy, and we won’t get rained on inside while the landlord takes two weeks to get someone out here."
i think about bdubs' tenure as a general contractor a lot, mostly because i know of very few other people who have opinions about roofs they pass while driving.
and Etho’s always been good with a bow –
historically speaking, anyway; the very first indication that LL!bdubs remembered previous timelines as well.
Etho is wearing his ancient, scuffed-up blue sneakers, and only then because it would have been about sixteen different ladder safety violations to wear the socks and opened toed slippers he constantly wears in the house.
another old joke about etho's diamond booties and/or socks-and-sandals depictions in fanart. i imagine the sneakers as diamond blue high tops befitting a guy who's into pop punk.
“Already hid it while you were in the bathroom,” says Etho, extra chipper. “And now that you mention it, a two-person Twilight Imperium game is tempting –"
“I know just enough about that to know you’re just being mean.”
Board games come up again in chapter 2 and 7, but TI usually takes minimum 8 hours to play and is a space-set empire building and turn based strategy tile-building game. I think Tango and Etho are regularly trying to rope friends into playing with them but it's a bit much for most people, and absolutely not viable for a concussed Bdubs. Catan is also stretching it, but I think bdubs has extremely normie board game taste as a path of least resistance.
chapter 2
He knows he died saying Etho’s name, but unlike a normal dream, his death doesn’t wake him up. He has a faint awareness that whatever his death set in motion is still happening out there, somewhere, but he can’t access it anymore, wherever or whenever he is now, in a darkness waiting for the credits to roll. Nothing comes.
the mechanics for what dreams come when, with what level of detail etc., have been winged this whole time. but I definitely struggled to find a way to have bdubs plausibly and selectively remember only the dying, the difficult parts and not his enjoyment of them. there's no hard rules beyond what seems appropriate to the situation - things the crystal might be in synergy with, or bdubs recalling his nether death when he falls from the roof similarly - but I did think about it constantly while writing.
that said, something the characters never fully figure out but bdubs will almost recognize is that the people who were given and gave away the most lives have an easier time remembering:
scar with his crystals and his souls is really unfazed by past life memories (and calls back to hcs7).
tango, who was given many lives for his betting game and was forced to give them away on top of distributing the winnings, reacts on instinct way before he has dreams. when he does, they're messy and violent like bdubs', more tangled with the reality.
etho only ever gave one life for the betting game, and received none. he dreams by proximity and by crystal, by resonance; the dreams contrast and he has mainly good moments.
cleo picks up the dreams easily - her allies also kept bringing her back up to yellow, and she responds at first like tango does, pre-emptively and instinctively. but when she gets a crystal it's off to the races, and it's not so bad because she had a more stable alliance and also she's got joe to call and bdubs to contrast against. she also definitely talks to scott and pearl about it, but it's not relevant for this fic.
bdubs, of course, gave one life and was given several. he had the bad luck to parallel his last life, and so the fic unfolds. you know how it is with past lives
this all probably implies the southlands, post death coffee incident, start having a spate of dreams and skizz and impulse (they are friends, impulse works at the cafe, it's just never been relevant) have a really funny conversation about their parallel friendgroup dramas but i don't feel like i can write most of the southlands confidently, so please use your imagination and possibly tell me about it.
“Say ‘thank you, Bdubs, for graciously offering to buy me coffee,’” hollers Bdubs as he scrambles out of bed. He doesn’t leave any space for Etho to reply. “It’s like I’m not allowed to get a little extra beauty rest now and then, not that I need it of course. If I were any less perfect than I am I’d make them put all that extra crap you hate in there as punishment for your ungraciousness, one of those – what did you call them, Etho, one of those frappucini things –“
I will never let the time Etho said "frappucini appletini" when onboarding Bdubs as a shade-e-ees employee in s7 die. he will never live it down.
Etho hadn’t fought back much, and seemed to enjoy the endless opportunities to accuse Bdubs of photosynthesizing or pretending to mistake him for a large houseplant if he happened to be wearing green, which was often.
this is probably my favorite one-off gag/detail. every single time etho wakes up at noon and walks into the office to see bdubs wearing green and limned in gold by the afternoon sunbeams he makes the exact same photosynthesis plant joke and bdubs reacts exactly the same way and tells him to get a new joke. neither of them ever do.
“You might need to feed Pineapple Pizza for me. And make sure and eat something, will you? Actual food.”
i'm going to be honest, i don't recall whatsoever the rationale for bdubs and etho having a cat is - I inherited it from the original MLL AU posts. but i'm fond of it because bdubs hates cats and etho loves collecting pets and forgetting about them but also practicing talking to himself. she's dear to me anyway
Maybe it’s not fair to resent Etho’s terrorizing when he can look down at his own hands and see someone else’s blood there, dripping from his own sword – but he has never dreamed of hurting Etho.
this bit of hypocrisy was another huge hurdle for writing, lmao. bdubs' kill of tango and insistence he'd never kill etho after killing grian in ep1 show how cavalier he liked to play his own bloodlust, but with imperfect information in this life it's less hypocrisy and more fixating on etho's "killing" of him not because it's murder but because it's betrayal. cleo engages with this deftly later, because she of all people has seen the etho and bdubs trying to kill each other while secretly wanting the other one to survive song and dance more closely than anyone.
“What do you want,” says Cleo, but it’s only her usual level of grumpiness.
“Can’t I call you for no real reason?” Bdubs says, extra-sweet. “Well, one reason, but the reason is I just wanted to talk. I’ve missed you so much!”
“It is one o’clock on a weekday, Bdubs. Not all of us can set our own schedules.”
my headcanon is that cleo is a taxidermist, which is partially a joke about an au i made with a friend like 7 years ago for a different fandom, but i thought it would be funny with her armor stand ksills. i don't know what a taxidermist daily work life is like and i've avoided having to describe it though. i did interior designer a day in the life research for bdubs and have managed to gloss over etho's work details beyond "computer guy" so that's all you're getting.
“Oh, you’re too kind,” Bdubs had laughed as he built a statue and moved his victory point marker around the next corner. “You’d give up anything for a loyal friend like me, right?”
it's the chapter 2 board game: this time it's kingsburg! you roll dice which allow you to gain the favor of courtiers on the board to build up your city; buildings give you materials or other advantages or best yet, victory points, which are tracked with meeples on the outer rim of the board. i think it's bdubs' compromise of choice because of the medieval and courtier-courting and city-building themes AND you can cockblock people's desired resources with your own rolls. and it's not hard but it's fun. skizz also really enjoys it and tango and etho have more fine taste but also are usually down for it. this has been "board games headcanons with peter"
Intellectually, he knows the dream is pulling from what’s on his waking mind, like Tango’s weird aggression and being a little lonelier now that his and Bdubs’ schedules don’t often line up.
honestly this is my own stance on dreams, despite an enduring involuntary belief in signs and omens, but etho is such a rationalist it fits, and paves the way for the 1% flawed convo he has with scar in LL that i steal from later. but it's also transparently a little self-deluding because reality in these worlds is much weirder.
He had a tendency to come off as standoffish and intimidating, but Bdubs had seen right through him and immediately started calling him a nerd and a softie and stuck to his side.
etho's on record as talking about making videos as a way of improving his speaking skills, which really shows if you go and watch his old content! i was also thinking about (or maybe predicting?? i don't want to take too much credit but this was written at the end of 2021) etho in bdubs' netherite hunting stream saying something about how he used to be the timid one and now bdubs is. they don't change, they just take turns ;)
“Can he? I say that with love, of course,” Scar says hastily at the incredulous raise of Etho’s eyebrow. “Bdubs and I, we go way back – not as far back as you two, but still. What a guy. He’s had a hard time of it lately, though, hasn’t he?”
somewhere in this fic tag is the elaborate au of this au in which bdubs accepts scar's job offer and doesn't move in with etho; that one would be circa the 90s and lead into hcs7, so the resonances build in that direction instead of LL. but etho and bdubs go way back, further.
Scar picks up Jellie from the chair behind his desk before settling into it and repositioning her on his lap. “I don’t want to assume since Grian said he didn’t remember the name but the guy was wearing a bright green windbreaker. Terribly inconvenient for a business like mine.”
if, when I'm done, I revise things I'd like to make it more clear here that scar considers his business one of information more than trinkets. the trinkets are a means to an end of getting favors and intel from people! he likes wheeling and dealing more than anything, but the "business like mine" line could be improved. i'm not allowed to revise until it's all published, though.
Etho pockets the little bead. “I’m not signing anything, but if you see Bdubs, will you let him know I held up my end of the bargain?”
a missed opportunity to drive home the resonances here, but this is recalling etho pointedly getting out of signing the contract he makes bdubs sign when he boogey fishing rod kills scar.
Before he can respond, Etho’s phone goes off and Grian visibly startles, hopping back a little bit. Which seems like an overreaction, but Etho does forget how creepy his alarm tone of ominously ringing bells is if you’re not expecting it.
his alarm tone is 13, of course, and it comes up at the board game shop later. incidentally i also for a while set my own feed the cat alarm to 13 when i figured out how to use spotify for phone alarms, and sometimes i still accidentally turn that alarm back on and jumpscare myself irl. i'm very competent.
Bdubs, presumably, will have to come home to sleep at some point and the coffee will ensure Etho is awake to see him. One way or another, they’re going to make this work.
this line is specifically echoing bdubs saying they're gonna make this work during the LL office scene, and will foreshadow what etho does to make things come to a head in the final chapter. but that's spoilers ;)
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Here’s a thought about Scylla’s character and Amalia’s “method” in acting.
Just watched MFS 3x02.
Warning: Spoilers! Scroll away if you don’t want any. But if you can’t get enough of Raylla, here we go.
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So Amalia has mentioned a couple of times before, that she utilises a certain technique in acting. She chooses a person to focus her energy on, and for her, that had always been Taylor/ Raelle. Of course, Taylor—being as equally amazing— matches that energy flow and that’s probably why their chemistry is so electric.
Taylor has a similar technique, in which she focuses on a real trait/feature that she liked about Amalia/ Scylla… and that was her eyes. So you see her focus on Scylla’s eyes a lot of times.
But I’m getting sidetracked here. Back to Scylla/ Amalia.
If you look back on season 1&2… Amalia (and Taylor) is amazing at making a simple group scene into a Raylla cookie crumb scene.
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In the start of the third season—with Raylla having more scenes with other people and not just them— you can clearly see how Amalia sticks to this acting method.
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With every shot, you can bet Scylla would be staring at Raelle (and almost like an answering call, Raelle is in some form of physical contact with Scylla).
Look at that stare…
…then, Raelle’s reciprocating touch. So much feels in a few seconds.
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And so with the Vira scene, you can really feel that tense/ awkward moment with Scylla. As Amalia had described it, their (Raylla) energy flow was interrupted and it played out perfectly on screen.
It’s the same with Scylla scenes with Abigail and Tally… You just know that she’s still not as comfortable with them yet.
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Scylla has always been a complex character. She has so much backstory that isn’t really fully explored yet.
She came from a family of dodgers and was misguided. She has only ever known sadness, hurt, and loneliness—very fitting as a necro baby.
Then came Raelle… and she’s probably the biggest catalyst in Scylla’s life. Raelle was easily the most important person in her life, and Scylla would go to hell and back for her.
The moment she fell for Raelle, Scylla abandoned her initial life’s purpose since she became Spree. She gave it all up, risked her life, and chose Raelle again and again.
All she ever wants now is to run away with Raelle…
As selfish as it sounds, Scylla cares for Raelle most. She does all she does for Raelle.
And so when Raelle was taken from her again, she’s easily lost.
Scylla has lost her “focus”. Is it being too dependent on Raelle? Maybe. Or maybe she’s just too in love.
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A couple of times, you can see Scylla trying to act tough and sure of herself, but it’s obviously a facade. She’s not really trying to reassure everyone, but just herself. It’s like she just needed some form of validation by saying it out loud that Raelle’s alright. She’s rationalising as a defence mechanism.
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But without Raelle to focus her energy on, Scylla is distracted and worried. Tally sees that.
Look, she’s like a hurt puppy…:(
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But hooray for new brotp Scylla and Tally. I love that Tally is being supportive… unlike Abigail.
Even though Scylla has been with them for a while now, Scylla has always focused on Raelle alone. She doesn’t know how to act around them without Raelle as a mediator.
Without Raelle as a grounding force for Scylla, I’m glad Tally is there for her instead. God knows Scylla needs more friends.
And I’m glad Scylla is slowly starting to open up.
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My poor baby needed to say that out loud, so she feels like she’s doing something. Bless Tally for reassuring Scylla again and again. Scylla really needs it the most.
So you can see, at the moment, when Scylla talks to Tally or Abigail, it’s always about Raelle. I hope in the future, she can be truly friends with them, too—and not just as Raelle’s girlfriend.
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Also, how powerful is Scylla’s work that it actually reaches Raelle even when she’s in the unknown world of the mycelium. Surely, if the mycelium didn’t want her to see it, she wouldn’t see it at all?
Their love transcends. It sounds sooo gay, but it’s definitely soulmate vibes. ;)
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Just another thought… do you guys think Adil and Khalida doesn’t know about the earth and sky union thing? I got the vibes from Khalida that she definitely knows something…
…and Adil, well… he did kind of propose out of the blue? And he sort of just started his earthwork when Abigail started her weatherwork on the Camarilla goons. Like, was it a coincidence that he started doing it? Or what? So,,, that’s another food for thought.
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Also, Penelope? That scene with Izadora and everything was really weird. I don’t know what to think of it. And that new character Kara? There’s more to her than just this rich lady… something is just so off about her.
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Then, the Marshals? And the Camarilla hunting for the “First Song”?? I’ve got so many questions.
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Anyway, I need to stop. This started out as a Scylla analysis to me just rambling away about the episode as usual. Haha.
Let me leave you with this very satisfying shot of Scylla breaking Hearst’ nose.
She got him so good, lol. Nobody messes with our ‘evil’ baby necro.
Btw, I knew there’d be angst this episode. I said it previously… we had so many good feels last episode. It was only a matter of time before they took that away, lol. But I’m okay with this kind of angst… but not too much, please. On second thought, bring back Raelle next episode please haha
#motherland fort salem#raylla#scylla ramshorn#raelle collar#character analysis#for science of course#im a simp#i know i know#i’m a sucker for raylla#if you read all of this you’re awesome#another rambling post
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I just read an Entertainment Weekly story about the new series The Muppets: Electric Mayhem on Disney+. This 10- episode series will focus on Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, the funky Muppet band featuring a host of characters including Dr. Teeth on keyboards and Animal on drums, and their individual backstories. As relative unknowns by way of these characters and their individual and band histories, they can go in a lot of different directions, and the show will feature a diverse human cast, including Lily Singh as an aspiring record producer, her social media influencer sister played by Saara Choudry, and Electric Mayhem superfan Tajh Moury. These three help the legendary but very chill and laid-back band finally find their own sound and record their first real album, while being pushed around by outside forces in the industry, which is the basic premise. This core group will interact with lots of human guest stars making cameo appearances, and it sounds like additional muppet appearances may be limited, to ground these musical muppets into a real and largely human world of touring and recording musicians. As these guys are a band from an earlier era, the first half will have covers of early rock music, while the second half will have original music created for their new album. This group actually appeared and performed a set before 30,000 people on the Outside Lands stage, in San Francisco, according to this article, that was well-received by both audience and performers (as muppets), and the thought from the creators and showrunners/producers is to bring them into the future just like they are a real band, possibly including a record release of original music, public appearances, and touring.
So could Darren be a guest star here? He fits the premise perfectly. There are tons of ways he could fit into this show, and all the various backstories of both the Muppet and human characters will be fleshed out with musical influences. They could even re-launch his Royalties songwriter character from this, and re-boot his show in some way for Disney+. (I would love to see some casting changes, though, if the show could go to a longer format, with a stronger female co-star who is more of a draw and equal partner to his level of talent and fanbase. I can think of a couple that are already under contract at the Mouse House and have proven chemistry with him and their own followings already.) He would be great in helping write these new songs, while also appearing on camera.
The Muppets, as a franchise brand, should have as big a footprint at Disney as Pixar, and their production studios should include the same flex as Star Wars’ Skywalker Ranch with all their innovative technology, except Jim Henson’s creative focus with puppetry. They have a great roster of character actors and bona-fide stars in Kermit and Miss Piggy. Disney should have a Muppets musical movie release or a tv special every year, with releases planned well into the future. Music is key in all their big productions, The Rainbow Connection and It’s Not Easy Being Green are classics, and I love puppets of all kinds. Where are the Regional Puppet Theater awards, hosted by a tuxedoed Kermit and Pinnochio, and held at Disney World? The History of Puppetry Around the World show with different Muppets and their real-life performer pals hosting a show together each week on Nat Geo? The Making of Puppets competition shows for Adults, with Miss Piggy and Celebrity judges, and the Crafty Kid version? The Kid’s Cooking Show with the Swedish Chef? This brand is still beloved BECAUSE it is nostalgic and a little sweet and corny, and it should never be too adult or too current and on trend.
The current producers of this show hope this will bring The Muppets back in a big way and cement their future with Disney once and for all. I hope, with such a heavy focus on the soundtrack, that these band members are be able to actually carry a tune and sing a little closer to an actual human voice. Kermit’s songs were always popular and memorable because he could actually carry a tune, and filled his songs with emotion, pathos, and humor.
No release date has yet been set. Check out the article on EW First Look.
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☕️ COFFEE TRIBE THEORY BELOW!! ☕️
So, I’ve been doing a lot of intense research on a new developing coffee cookie that I created for myself. One of which is related to the coffee tribe, but I wanted to put an extra twist on it and kinda tie up my analysis on the coffee tribe and Espresso Cookie’s origin.
So, my recent hc for Espresso is that yes, he is ancestral to the coffee tribe, which I headcanon him Ethiopia-descent. Which coffee beans were based in Ethiopia. However, since this is the case, I dove in a little harder that realized that there are two different kinds of coffee plants which are Arabica and Robusta (Arabica was going to be the name that I was going to go forward on with the current development of the coffee cookie have, but I went with Dark Roast Cookie.. but will have more details on her later on in a separate post).
I do think that there were different coffee cookies that came from different origins of the two plants. For instance, Espresso Cookie might have came from the Robusta plant family. Robust coffee beans are known for ‘harsher and bitter taste’, which is preferred for brewing fresh espresso. Arabica coffee beans have a more ‘sweeter and chocolatey’ taste with a hint of fruity aromas.
To come into play, I do hc that Espresso came from the Robusta side of that typical origin while the Arabica coffee beans hold that sweeter taste for making sweeter coffee beverages, I feel Latte Cookie and Mocha Cookie (my cookiesona) fit perfectly for that origin. Which also reminds me, could this also be the case that since Arabica Coffee beans were the most cultivated coffee bean, but were highly imports for Magic City for dessert magic and the Crème Republic for making only a limited variety of coffee such as Gingerbrave giving Espresso Cookie the only limited option, such as a Latte?
So what if the whole coffee tribe aren’t all related? Because they came from different coffee plant families, with how the behave when it comes to their personalities, they still came together to form the coffee tribe to work together to import their fresh coffee beans and migrate all across earthbread. They would still treat each other like family, except the fact that this would still make the descendants of the tribe ancestral, but in different families.
Robusta cookies for example with higher caffeine content shown above are the agile ones, more blunt, while Arabica cookies that have less caffeine content and show a more soft side with others would still have slits but most of them would have the eye palette like what Latte Cookie has, brown-yellow tinted eyes and different hair and other concept features the acquires more care and groom for themselves.
So there you have it! I do like the approach I went for. How not all coffee cookies are typically blood (or dough???) related to each other. (dw, i still support the latte and espresso sibling thing haha), but how I can initially see the coffee tribe being described as what they’re based off of.
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