#they look especially nice here in his trailer so obviously that's what i had to gif
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His eyes are so pretty.
#and for what. huh. for what.#yeah reblogging that reference post hit me square in the face with that thought again what of it#hsr#honkai star rail#hsr blade#they look especially nice here in his trailer so obviously that's what i had to gif#but also all the time#yaoshi privilege?#something about the pupil shape and the color gradient looks really pretty#mihoyo likes to give their characters very unique eyes and i'm here for it and thankful also#every say good job i finally managed to make a gif tumblr accepted to take#the things i'll do out of love for blade#ray's records
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Weaponized Incompetence
Weaponized Incompetence 2/?
John ‘Soap’ MacTavish x Reader
Warnings: none? other than my near endless supply of stupid shit that can be said to make men think you’re stupid. Sfw
Part 1
You were entirely blameless for the next incident. Truly, you had been minding your business, avoiding responsibilities like any good non-commissioned officer. Secluded in one of the far off storage rooms on the west side of the complex, counting boxes of paper towels - far enough out of the way that Sgt. MacTavish had to have come looking for you, specifically. Adorable man, you thought giddily, watching him situate himself in the metal fold out chair next to you.
He wasn’t a tall man, maybe the shorter end of average, but you figured he made up for it by being the general size of a wide-load tractor trailer. Which was to say, when he slid the chair - legs scraping against the concrete ground - closer to you, he invaded like the tide. “Listen, lass,” he started, like you couldn’t smell his cologne over the stale, dusty air. Tobacco and vanilla, maybe. A little slutty, combined with the eyes and the facial hair and the accent.
Maybe you were just projecting.
“Ah get that you come from tae city,” he continued, phone in one hand while he braced the other one on the back of your chair. A part of you wondered if you should be worried; cornered in a far off room by a commanding officer wasn't the best start to happily ever after, but whatever. You were here to drive him up a metaphorical wall, not a white picket fence. “And ye probably never had tae deal with farm animals, but ye can’t go ‘roond spoutin’ nonsense like the other day.”
Was he still on that? You had hit him with that well before the weekend, and he hadn’t wasted time with cornering you. It was Monday. God, you thought, I am blessed to live rent free in the Scottish Highlands.
He wiggled the phone entreatingly.
Staring back from the screen was Google, “are eggs dairy” typed into the search bar. Pressing your lips together, you slanted a sideways glance at him. He looked back, expectant.
The nice thing would be to let him win this, you knew. A little tee hee, so sorry sergeant, let it die down before you hit him with some other out of pocket shit. But you hadn’t gotten this far in life by letting men win, even pretty ones.
Especially the pretty ones.
“Ohh,” you breathed, nodding to yourself like you’d had a world breaking - egg cracking, even - revelation. Sgt. MacTavish smiled, broad shoulders relaxing as he leant back, dipping back out of your personal space. “I get it now.”
“An easy mistake,” he placated. You both knew it wasn’t.
“No, yeah. You still think birds are real.”
An atom bombed dropped slower than his smile did; there one moment, gone the next. Total annihilation. You would have to play this one carefully. Not laughing hysterically would be a herculean effort, but so worth it.
“What tae fu -”
“No let me explain,” you cut in, flapping your hand at the wrist. It annoyed men, for some reason, a floppy wrist. Like a weak handshake, it triggered their little neanderthal brain. “I get that it sounds weird out of context. But like, okay. So in the, like, 1970s, in America? They had this President, right, Ronald Reagan?” Wrong. “And he, like, hated birds. So he formed the CIA,” made even funnier by the Task Force tangentially being CIA controlled, “And had them capture and kill all the wild birds, right? Except obviously people would have noticed if all the birds just disappeared, so he had them replaced with robots.”
You stared at him for a moment, waiting to see if he was keeping up. He stared back, lips pressed together and nostrils flared. “Or androids? I don’t really know. Are they different? I think they’re synonymous. Anyways, he had robot birds made so that he could spy on the American people during the Cold War. And, like. He couldn’t do it with domesticated food birds, so he had them sterilized. And cows evolved to make eggs because birds couldn’t.”
You nodded, and smiled, empty. Vacant. Not a thought in this head. “So I guess you used to be right,” you finished, patting his arm like it was a consolation.
MacTavish opened his mouth, closed it. Let out a breath through his nose like an angry bull. For a moment, you wondered if this was it. Was this really all it took? The Birds Aren’t Real Conspiracy? You had so many more. GMOs. Bananas. You could be a very convincing Flat Earther. Buffalos. God, you loved the buffalo bit.
“Who,” he stopped. Started again. “Who told ye that?”
“My Governments teacher,” you answered immediately. “Mr. Schumacher. I loved his class, he taught us soo much.”
“He lied.” MacTavished butted in, voice low. You bet he sounded like a blender in the morning, all gravely bass. You wanted to coo at him, at how cute he was, all ruffled. Instead, you did your best sure, Jan and shrugged.
“I mean, I think a teacher would know better than the internet, but if you say so, sergeant,” you agreed placidly.
Stressed, he rubbed a hand over his mohawk. And then, phone still in hand, he pointed at you, and left.
You watched him go, agreeable with the way his jeans sat on his ass. You wondered if he ever wore those bedazzled Buckle jeans. You wondered if you could ever get him into a pair either way. The door slammed behind him, shaking a layer of dust off the ceiling tiles. After a moment, when you were sure he wouldn’t be coming back, you tossed your package of paper towels into the nearest box.
You needed a new hiding spot.
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Hallmark Holiday (e.munson x reader)
SYNOPSIS: You love holidays, especially Valentine’s Day, but Eddie thinks that Valentine’s Day is a made up holiday to increase chocolate, card, and flower sales.
REQUESTED: no (working on something really cute tho…)
WARNINGS: fluff, angst, really really tooth rotting fluffy ending, not proofread
PAIRINGS: Eddie Munson x Reader
WORD COUNT: 3.4k+
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A/N: To my yearly valentines, Happy Valentine’s Day!
“It’s Valentine’s Day soon,” Dustin Henderson says, putting his tray down on the lunch table. “What are your plans, gentlemen?”
“I’ll probably try giving Max some chocolates or flowers. I don’t know what she really likes,” Lucas replied. “I think a new cassette tape?”
“Hm,” Dustin nodded, and then looked at Mike for his input.
“I mean, my girlfriend is in California,” he shrugged. “I’ll probably send her a letter.”
Eddie listened in as everybody talked about their Valentine’s plans. Gareth was planning on asking someone out. Jeff was taking somebody to the movies.
“You’re all so lame,” Dustin groaned, taking a spoonful of his chocolate pudding. “I’m going to build a small radio system for my Suzie. It will play all her favorite songs all night long,”
“Turn around…look at what you see,” Lucas teased, earning a shove from Dustin.
“Is that even possible? She’ll probably get sick of you, dude,” Gareth chimed in.
“Not my Suzie-poo. She loves stuff like this. Radios, technology, and all that,” Dustin replied. “It will be perfect and I will be the best boyfriend ever,”
“Nope, not gonna happen,” Jeff chimed in. “Eddie here prides himself as the best one, hm?”
“You have a girlfriend?”
“Who’s your girlfriend?”
“Do we know her?”
Questions from his juniors floated around the air and Eddie chuckled.
“Yes, if you’re so curious,” he told them.
“But we’ve never seen her,” Gareth added. “We don’t even know her name,”
“Well, what are you doing for Valentine’s Day?” Dustin asked.
“Nothing,” Eddie shrugged, his eyes confused. “Valentine’s day is just a fake holiday Hallmark made up to increase sales,” Upon the disbelief on his friend’s faces, Eddie continued. “Besides, she’s not that kind of girl. She doesn’t like holidays.”
“I’m so excited for Valentines,” you gushed to Robin. “Eddie’s so sweet, I know he’ll do something. Obviously, I don’t expect something grand or whatever but you know, it would be nice to go to the movies or have a dinner date,”
Robin still couldn’t believe that one of her best friends was dating Eddie Munson. According to you, you met Eddie at work. You were busy shelving the latest-released books when he came up to you, asking for any stocks of The Lord of the Rings. You told him you’ll take him there and you did and then, he took you out on a date.
Being a reader, you were such a romantic at heart. You’d have no problem reading the day away as long as it was a romance book. Eddie would always groan but you knew that he never minded. In fact, you both loved to spend the day reading together in your room, in their trailer, or somewhere else. You loved big gestures and small gestures—you loved how romantic and silly Eddie is. He’d hold your hand at the mall and surprise you with flowers. You loved it all and Valentine’s Day, when every single mushy thing was allowed, was your favourite.
“Hm, I wonder what to get for Eddie,” you mused. “He’s been looking at this dice set that had a matching guitar pick. Should I get that? It has the detailing of his guitar,”
“That sounds nice,” Robin replied. “What are you getting for me? It’s galentines too, you know,”
“It’s a secret,” you said. Every year, on the fifteenth, you, Robin, and Nancy would hold what was called a “Galentines” when you spend the night over at home with chocolates and ice cream. You’d end the night with gifts for each other and it was another tradition that you looked forward to.
“Fine, fine,” Robin said. “Can’t believe I’m spending another Valentine’s Day single,”
“Or…you can ask a pretty girlie named Vickie,” you teased.
“Ugh, no! Vickie doesn’t like boobs,” Robin complained.
“But Steve said—“
“Steve doesn’t know anything!” she said. “Trust me. Vickie likes lots of things except boobs,”
-
“Eddie!” you squealed, caught by surprise as you opened your car. You felt his familiar curls and warmth behind you, wrapped around you. He chuckled, kissing your head before detaching himself. “Are you coming along with me?”
“No,” he shook his head. “I saw you just as I was about to enter the building and decided to say hi,”
“Hi,” you greeted, smiling up at him.
“Hi, baby,” he replied, kissing your forehead. You raised your head higher, towards him and he chuckled before pecking your lips lightly. “Well, I gotta go. The boys are waiting for me,”
“Bye, Eddie!” you said. “I’ll call you later okay?”
“Yeah,” he said before running off, warmth flooding your chest. You couldn’t help it but you were sure that Eddie was going to surprise you for Valentine’s Day. It was your first Valentine’s together and it was so important for you to let him feel loved. The matching dice and pick was heavy in your purse and you drove off to the next store.
You arrived at a record store just outside of Hawkins. You had the manager, Piper, help you with a playlist you’ve carefully curated for Eddie. She sometimes accepted playlist commissions, personalising multiple playlists for people. You were lucky that you found her, she was very hands-on and passionate about music.
“Hey, kid,” she greeted, a smile on her face. “Here to get Eddie’s mixtape?”
“Yeah,” you nodded. Excitement showed itself on your face as she unwrapped a special cassette before you. On it was a sticker of Eddie’s Hellfire design stuck on the plastic. Instead of dice and flames, Piper opted for pink and red hearts—something that reminded her of you.
“Piper, this is so beautiful,” you gasped. On the back of the cassette was your name and Eddie’s. It was beautiful and you were so excited to see Eddie’s face light up. You paid her and left the store, going to the local supermarket to buy chocolates and candies for your boyfriend. You even bought heart-shaped chocolates and biscuits for Steve, Wayne, Mike, Dustin, Max, and Lucas. Robin and Nancy’s gifts were already tucked away separately in your home.
At home, you poured your entire time on cutting up hearts and wrapping the gifts in themed wrapping papers. You added a note on each of them, looking forward to giving them to your friends on Monday, Valentine’s Day.
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Monday comes and you smile at the plate of heart-shaped pancakes your mom made for you.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, sweetheart,” she greeted, kissing the side of your head. “Dad and I are going to have a lovely dinner tonight. What are your plans with Eddie?” she asked before sitting beside you.
“I don’t know but I’m so excited. He’s been acting suspicious lately and I know it’s a surprise,” you said, telling her about the time when you saw Eddie rush to the mall.
“Whatever it is, I’m so excited to hear all about it!” she said. “Except for the parts I don’t want to know, of course.”
“Mom!” you groaned. “It’s nothing like that, I promise,”
“Okay, okay!” she laughed and you chuckled. Maybe the reason why you loved Valentine’s Day so much was because of how your parents celebrated it. Your mom always made heart-shaped pancakes with berry syrup in the morning. She and your dad would have a special Valentine’s day gift for you. It was always a great time when you watched them reveal their gifts for each other. A watch that your dad liked. A cooking class that they’ve been eyeing. It was always heartwarming and you knew that it was something you wanted to share with Eddie.
You were bummed because Eddie didn’t pick you up but it was fine. He didn’t have to do it all the time…it’s just that it was Valentine’s Day.
Walking in the school corridor, you smiled when Nancy linked her arms with yours.
“Happy Valentines!” she greeted. “Where to?”
“My locker! I’ll get some stuff for the next subjects. You?”
“Going with you,” she replied. “I wonder what Eddie has up on his sleeve for Valentine’s. How are you guys spending it?”
“I don’t know yet,” you told her. “He’s so secretive about it,”
“Really?” Nancy asked. “Maybe he has some big surprise for you! I’m so excited to see all of it,”
“You think so?”
“I know so,” she shrugged. “Eddie adores you. There’s nothing that man won’t do to make you happy,”
“How about you and Jonathan? How are you guys spending it?” you asked.
“I’ll call him later,” you heard her say.”But he sent a package of pictures that he collected over the years, some chocolates, and a sweet note! I’ll let you read them tomorrow,”
“Nancy! That’s so sweet,” you gushed. You stopped in front of your locker, bracing yourself for a letter that could fall when you opened it. You breathed as you unlocked it, shoulders falling when you found that it was empty. No roses, chocolates, or a sweet note. Come to think of it, Eddie didn’t wait for you by the door.
“Don’t worry,” Nancy said upon seeing your crestfallen expression. “I’m sure there’s something,”
“Y-yeah,”
-
You watched as couples celebrated by surprising each other during lunch time. Eddie seemed to be determined to ignore you for the rest of the day but you brushed it off—maybe there’s a surprise.
Meanwhile, Eddie looked puzzled. In front of him, Dustin, Lucas, and Mike were all rushing to get wrapped gifts from their pockets.
“Dude! Your gift sucks,” Dustin snickered, seeing Mike’s crumpled gift paper.
“I didn’t have any space in my bag because some asshole asked me to keep his jersey because he forgot his bag,” Mike replied, scowling at Lucas who only seemed to shrug.
“Anyways, doesn’t she sit with Nancy?” Lucas asked, a box of chocolates tied with a pink ribbon in his hand. Dustin replied with the affirmative while Eddie looked at them, wondering who this girl is to receive such thoughtful gifts from his juniors. He continued to watch as the juniors ran towards Nancy Wheeler’s table; to you. He leaned in, trying to make out the conversation but he couldn’t.
“Hey, guys!” you greeted. Dustin, Lucas, and Mike all said hey, shy smiles on their faces. “Happy Valentine’s Day. I got you something.” You rummaged through your bag until you found three red boxes all with personalised names and messages. “Dustin, Lucas, and Mike…here you go,”
“Thank you!” Dustin beamed before giving his gift for you. The others did the same and you chuckled at their excitement. In Dustin’s box was a baseball hat in his favourite colorway, Lucas got a shirt that he could use for practice, while Mike got a cute polo for his next Californian trip. You heard more expressions of appreciation before they walked back to the Hellfire table. Your smile dropped when you saw Eddie frowning before turning away, looking at the kids’ best attempt to wrap their gifts.
“You’re really close with them,” one of your friends commented and you nodded.
“Yeah, well, I used to babysit them alot and we kind of just stayed friends,”
“You know her?” Eddie asked the trio when they sat back down.
“Yeah. She used to babysit us and Valentine’s kind of became a tradition,” Mike replied. “She makes sure we get things like these every year especially because we had no girlfriends back then,”
“Oh,” Eddie nodded, a soft smile on his face. “That’s nice of her,”
“Yeah. She gives these things to all of us. Robin, Nancy, Steve, Max, and everyone else,” Lucas added. “I don’t know. Somebody slipped that she has a boyfriend now so maybe she’ll get something big,”
Eddie scoffed. You weren’t like that…right?
-
The bell rings and students of Hawkins High fill the corridors. It was Valentine’s Day and there was love in the air. Couples were more affectionate than usual and everyone received flowers, chocolates, and everything else for the holiday…everyone except for you, it seemed.
You smiled when Eddie ran towards you in your meeting place, the benches by the woods.
“Hey,” he said, smiling at you before kissing your head.
“Hi, Eddie,” you greeted, a blush on your face.
“Why did you ask to meet here?”
“Well…it’s uh, Valentine’s Day and—“
“and we don’t celebrate it, right?” he asked.
“Oh,” you nodded, swallowing and slyly putting away the gift box you’ve been hiding from him. “W-we don’t?”
“I mean, we don’t celebrate holidays,”
“We do, though…” you replied weakly. Your heart dropped at Eddie’s teasing smile.
“Come on, princess. We don’t. We didn’t celebrate New Year’s Day or Christmas,” he countered before chuckling.
“We baked cookies on Christmas day and spent New Year’s Eve with the kids,” you offered. “But…um, anyways…I know we don’t celebrate holidays,” you replied bitterly. “but I thought it’d be nice to get something for my boyfriend,”
Eddie’s teasing smile drops when he hears the waver in your voice. You were trying so hard not to frown, blinking the tears away when you bent down and retrieved a red and black box from your bag.
“Happy Valentine’s Day, Eddie,” you smiled weakly. You ran off with your bag before Eddie could even say anything. He was just dumbfounded. He groaned before plopping on the bench, opening the box and seeing everything you’ve gotten for him—a guitar pick, a dice set, a mixtape, and a note.
Happy first Valentine’s day, Eddie. I love you.
Your boyfriend ran a hand on his face. It was the first time you told him that you loved him and he tanked it because he thought you weren’t the type to celebrate Valentine’s. What stupid reason made him believe so? You baked cookies for Christmas and exchanged gifts but Eddie thought that it was obligatory. You spent the New Year’s Eve together but isn’t that what couples do? Wasn’t Valentine’s Day just a small holiday? A holiday that greeting cards made up to increase sales?
He felt stupid—of course you’d celebrate Valentine’s Day. It was going to be your first Valentine’s Day and you loved to celebrate things. Your first month anniversary, Eddie passing an exam…you loved to celebrate. So, why didn’t he think of celebrating this with you?
“Jesus Christ!”
-
“He said that we weren’t the type to celebrate Valentine’s day,” you told Nancy and Robin. As soon as you got home, you asked them if it would be okay to celebrate your Valentine’s together. They immediately agreed, bringing with them gifts, chocolates, and snacks.
“He’s so dumb,” Robin replied. “Sorry. I was the one who planted that he might have a big surprise for you,”
“It’s okay, Robs,” you assured her. “I just…it kind of sucks because I was really looking forward to spending more time with him but I’m really thankful that you guys agreed to celebrate a day early. I don’t want to spend Valentine’s alone,”
“It’s alright,” Nancy replied. “Jonathan and I already called each other. We have the whole night free,”
“Pizza and cheesy romcoms?” you asked them.
“Pizza and cheesy romcoms,” Robin replied. “Let’s watch the cheesiest ones! I brought some tapes from Family Video,”
-
It’s not like Eddie could call anybody else. Hellfire was doing something and he hoped—at least that Steve Harrington didn’t bring anyone to a Valentine’s Dinner.
“Pick up, pick up, pick up,” he mumbled as he listened to Harrington’s phone ring.
“Hello?”
“Steve!” he exclaimed.
“Huh, you’re not on a date?” Steve asked. He was confused. Didn’t he have a girlfriend?
“I wouldn’t be calling if I was!”
“Geez, sorry. Just wondering because you have a girlfriend and as far as I’m concerned, she’s really big on celebrations,” Steve explained.
“Look, sorry—I didn’t mean to be rude but can I come over?”
“Sure.”
-
“So you’re telling me, you didn’t get her anything or do anything?” Steve asked.
“Yeah, but I didn’t know she was the type to celebrate! I mean, I really thought that we only celebrated New Years and Christmas because it was an obligation since it’s such a big holiday,” he rambled. “I mean, I should’ve figured out that we’re supposed to celebrate it because it’s our first Valentine’s but I didn’t and now I feel terrible because she told me that she loves me and had this beautifully elaborate gift and I gave her nothing!”
“Hold on,” Steve said. “She told you she loved you? You’re fucked,”
“I know and I really love her and I don’t know if she’ll believe me because I gave her nothing!”
“Just…explain everything, man. I’m sure she’d understand,” Steve assured. “I mean, obviously you fucked up but if you’re honest and you explain everything, I’m sure it’d be fine,”
“You really think so?” Eddie asked. Steve nodded. It was amusing to see Eddie so worried. He never usually worries and it’s true that Eddie had never had a girlfriend before. He’s been on a few dates, sure but never a girlfriend. It was quite entertaining, to say the least—the metalhead falling head over heels for Hawkins’ Sweetheart.
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The lights are on, but you're not home
Your mind is not your own…
“Jesus Christ, who’s playing songs in the morning?” Robin groaned, burying her head to the bed.
There's no doubt, you're in deep
Your throat is tight, you can't breathe
Another kiss is all you need
“Quit it!” Nancy added. “It’s like…five in the morning,”
Whoa, you like to think that you're immune to the stuff, oh yeah
It's closer to the truth to say you can't get enough
You know you're gonna have to face it, you're addicted to love
You groaned before checking to see where the song came from. Who in their right mind would play a love song at eight o’clock? You groggily waddled your way to the window. The sound came from outside, that you were sure.
“Oh my god,” you gasped, altering Robin and Nancy.
“What? What?” Robin asked, sitting up.
“It’s Eddie,” you told them. “He’s outside!”
Your friends ran towards the window and sure enough, Hawkins’ Eddie Munson was outside, standing on your porch carrying a boombox.
“Oh my god,”
“Oh my god,”
A teddy bear hugging a red heart was sitting on a foldable chair. Eddie’s black van was adorned with red and pink balloons. A big “I love you bear-y much” sign could be seen leaning on the van.
You left your friends standing with their mouths wide open, running towards Eddie.
Eddie felt warmth on his cheeks when he saw Nancy and Robin but he didn’t care. He’s done worse things to get attention and this one would actually take the cake. His arms were wobbling but he didn’t care. He waited until you got out of your house, hair sticking out everywhere.
“Hi, Eddie,” you greeted, a shy smile on your face. Eddie puts the boombox down before smiling at you.
“Hello, princess,”
“What are you doing here?”
“Well, I wanted to apologize to you,” he said. “I’m sorry I didn’t celebrate Valentine’s with you yesterday. I, uh, didn’t know how to celebrate it and I didn’t know that you celebrated it. It’s all on me, though because it’s our first Valentine’s and we should’ve done something together and I just—I didn’t know. I’m really sorry,”
“Eddie—“
“Look! This teddy bear says I love you bear-y much and I love you bear-y much. I looked for the biggest bear I could find in Hawkins but if you don’t like the bear, I have these berries,” he stopped when he picked up a container of chocolate-coated strawberries that he and Steve made last night. “and it’s supposed to say that I love you berry much and I do love you. Please don’t break up with me. I promise to celebrate every holiday with you and make you feel important and special and—“
“Eddie! It’s okay,” you laughed. “You’re forgiven,”
“I’m really sorry I have these chocolates—wait, I am?”
“Yeah,” you nodded. “Just…talk to me about things next time, okay? If we’re unsure about something, let’s talk about it and find a common ground,”
“Okay,” he nodded. “That…that’s actually good. I’ll learn everything about you…how to treat you the best and stuff,”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah,”
“Question—were you gonna camp out here if I didn’t go out?” you asked.
“Yeah but I’ll definitely have to put the stereo down at some point. My arms almost gave up. It’s a good thing I have my charm with me, huh?” he asked, taking a step closer.
“Yeah, really good thing,” you nodded, taking Eddie’s face and kissing him where you wanted to kiss him the most.
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How Vol 2 Should have Ended
A re-write of the st4 finale, to address the narrative issues and especially the rampant homophobia, racism, and sexism. There’s a lot here so, as the kids say, buckle up and obviously spoilers below.
Surfer Boys + El (part 1)
First of all, let’s put the cali gang actually in or near Hawkins. El could still do the piggyback because short of her actually getting into the Upsidedown, that seems like the best strategy anyway, but the four of them careening into a situation they don’t fully understand without anyone else knowing they’re on the board now too would have added a lot of tension and raised the stakes for that group to be on level with the other groups. It’s an easy enough timeline or location fix. (We could also nix that weird stoner POC motif?)
Next, this is subtle, but important. During the Pineapple pizza scene, El should be struggling to find the words to end her and Mike’s romantic relationship. It would be best if we got some hints during her time away that she was beginning to realize their relationship was unhealthy. But anyway, we should see in her facial expression, tone, body language, that while she did miss Mike, she is not planning on ‘making up’ with him and is trying to figure out how to let him down.
Mike should pick up on this vibe and panic. This should be due to his intense compulsory heteronormativity. Instead of framing him fumbling with the ILY as Mike attempting to overcome his own insecurities, we should see it more obviously as a last-ditch attempt to stop the impending end. Again, subtle, maybe no actual scripted changes, but a change in body language, tone, framing.
The Sinclairs
We’ll come back to them, but now we need to delete that whole scene with Jason and his cronies attacking the Sinclairs because the racial/power dynamic is very fucked up. Jason may still need to walk in on Lucas and Max and step on the walkman, and it would be nice to get Lucas rejecting everything Jason stands for, but we don’t need a young black kid being threatened at gun point like that.
Instead of Erica getting caught and pinned down, she escapes and runs to get help. I don’t think the murder house is supposed to be right next to the trailer park, but we’re going to say that it is, so that Erica can reach Dustin and Eddie or they can hear her yelling. Which brings us to...
Eddie + Jason
We do need a death this season. We get one every season, and Eddie is, unfortunately, the red shirt. But it should be done much differently. It shouldn’t just be a red shirt death for the sake of keeping the tension alive, it should allow Eddie his real hero moment and mean something. (And yes, the outcast dying is sad, but most of these characters are outcasts in one way or another, it’s their Thing, so I don’t think Eddie dying sends the message that outcasts don’t get happy endings if the rest of the outcasts are ok)
So, the bat scene goes as it does in canon. But Eddie follows Dustin through the gate instead of - I don’t even know what he thought he would accomplish exactly. Enter Erica - Eddie and Dustin rejoin the Murder House group and Eddie and Jason get their destined meet-up. Jason’s been looking for him all season, here we go.
Eddie gets his hero moment facing off against Jason. He doesn’t run from him anymore. And he dies directly saving either Lucas or Dustin’s life. Maybe by getting Jason away from all of them. Dustin still has his dramatic scene with him as he’s dying. He gets to be a real hero whose actions had bigger impacts than killing a few bats out of thousands.
Plus, with our main emotional death happening outside the Upsidedown, caused by an angry white kid with a gun and not a supernatural monster, we get the commentary that ordinary violence is as real and terrifying as these scary monsters. (Ala Buffy season 6 anyone?) Also Jason’s villain arc comes to a head. I think it’s also important to show how dangerous guns are in a show like this and that they’re not just cool monster fighting toys.
Jason does not simply die quietly off in the background. We frame him as the dangerous monster that he is and give Eddie some vindication by having him arrested (maybe even blamed for the other murders as well, thereby clearing Eddie’s name). The is revealed later via the news reel. In the moment, either they manage to subdue him or he just runs after the reality of killing someone sets in.
Mad Max
Ok, now about Max. We are not turning her story into one where she loses to the monster (depression) just as she is starting to heal and get help. This doesn’t work specifically because Max’s ending in canon really undercuts the powerful scene in episode 4 where she chooses to fight for her own life and wins because her friends love her. It undercuts all the progress she’s made coming back from that trauma and it sends a pretty shitty message about mental health and to anyone who identifies with her.
Instead, we amp up her fight scene a little so that her happy memories are actually used in a way that explores her character and continues her arc of healing. As she runs and distracts Vecna, we see her coming back to her true self, remembering who she is and what she has to live for.
It still gets pretty dicey. El shows up and we proceed as in canon for awhile. Max has found her core and puts up a good fight, but the music, her doorway out, is gone. She levitates, Lucas (and us) are terrified, her arm breaks, we’re all freaking out here.
But Max is stronger now and she holds onto that core of who she is and keeps pushing him away. She has El and Lucas and Erica and she’s not an easy target.
Surfer Boys + El (part 2)
Meanwhile, while El is struggling, it is not just hearing her boyfriend’s voice that gives her strength. Instead of just telling Mike to monologue, Will starts talking to El himself. It’s a clambering combination of Mike and Will and Jonathan (and even Argyle) telling her to fight, telling her she’s strong with and without her powers, telling her they’re with her. Maybe we even get a Jonathan Byers pep talk for El, a little window into how he’s adjusted to being her big brother too these last few months. It’s all of them together that help El fight, help her find her own inner strength.
And Mike still says he loves her. He gets caught up in the moment, rambling, doing his best to hang on to their relationship because he wants to be straight and he wants to be in love with her and he doesn’t want to lose her. And he still says that Thing about how his life started the day they found her. And this all gets Vecna’s attention.
He can hear them. And he recognizes Will. He can sense him now, a radiating presence in Hawkins, right by El, rife with pain and doubt and isolation. Someone Vecna already knows inside and out, has a bond with. And this is his opening. He gives up on Max and switches to Will.
In the restaurant (maybe Benny’s), Will has gone still and quiet. They don’t notice right away because they’re focused on El. But Will hears the chiming of the clock, and suddenly Will is there, in the ruins of the house with Max and El, and Vecna starts in on him.
Max, no longer in his thrall, wakes up in Lucas’s arms. She has a broken arm, but otherwise is ok. But she tells him she thinks Will is in real trouble.
Meanwhile, Vecna overwhelms Will. It’s easy. He plays Will’s own words about being a mistake back to him. El tries to help him. She tells him to think of something happy. She blasts Vecna. In the restaurant, she’s screaming Will’s name, and they’ve noticed. Jonathan is frantically trying to wake Will up (parallel to Joyce in S2)
Will
Will thinks about his friends, but Vecna corrupts that with memories of his friends ignoring him, his own isolation. He thinks about Jonathan. The words Jonathan just said to him. But Vecna drowns it out, with all the fears and doubts a gay kid in the 80′s would have. That a lot of gay kids today still have. And then he plays Mike’s line back to him. He tells him Mike will never love him. No one will ever love him. He shows him every painful scene Will and Mike have ever had. Will levitates to the restaurant ceiling. His bones start snapping.
El does her best to stop him. They fight. She says something like HE IS MY BROTHER. NO. Eventually, as in cannon, they stop him. The combined efforts of the Russia crew and the monster fighters in the Upsidedown take him out.
Will falls. Jonathan breaks his fall, has him in his arms. El comes out of her trance and she and Mike crowd in close. Will is like Max in canon. Not completely vecnaed, but in very bad shape. Paralleling Joyce in season one, Jonathan is holding him and telling him to breathe and that he loves him and he’s going to be okay. (The song that played in s1 when Will was ‘dying’ and also played while Max was dying plays over Will again)
The bell tolls, the earthquake happens. Max and her group know Will or El must have died. El has the same reaction, saying that Will cannot die and pumps his heart for him with her powers while Argyle is getting an ambulance there. Will has Max’s fate of being comatose.
Why this works for Will when it didn’t for Max: Will’s arc has been entirely repressing and hiding his trauma. All of it, not just the gay stuff. He hasn’t confronted or processed anything, so this is round one that will force him to confront it. He hasn’t started healing and then gone backwards. There’s a more concrete promise that this is not the end.
It also plays into sooooo many parallels that Max’s situation doesn’t. One of Will’s central functions is being missing. Him being physically present but mentally gone is a nice symmetrical flip to what we had in s1 and will bring up old tensions in a new way. Joyce was gone when this happened. Jonathan was in charge when this happened, etc. S1 ends with Will in the hospital waking up and everyone being happy. S4 ending with him in the hospital and not waking up drives home that point that ‘this time it won’t all work out’ with even more poignancy than Max’s.
This also gives new meaning to ‘running up that hill’ as Will has essentially swapped places with Max. And it serves as a plot twist right when we need one. We were worried about Max, but she’s not the one we should’ve been worrying about.
It sets up s5 so well. Joyce will be back on her ‘my son is not dead’ juice, which is peak Joyce. Fighting to save her kids’ lives. Insisting on things that sound crazy (although hopefully they all just believe her this time when she’s like I can hear him etc.) It will give Mike the time, space, and motivation to sort out his own feelings as he remembers what losing Will felt like and how much he needs him in his life. He’ll probably feel a lot of guilt for pushing Will away and saying that thing he said. He and Max could bond over those feelings. It will also set us up for an entire season of Will fighting his demons and then finally finally gaining the agency he has never had in this show from day one.
The show started with his vanishing. It would be poetic to end on his reappearance. On him beating the thing that has haunted him. Bring things full circle.
Anyway, this is how I would’ve done it and no I’m not taking notes.
#stranger things#st4#vol 2#byler#will byers#mike wheeler#el hopper#jonathan byers#max mayfield#lucas sinclair#erica sinclair#eddie munson#dustin henderson#joyce byers#argyle
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Ok bitches, here's some zeglyth. 😊
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"Sorry -" they say at the same time when their hands touch, having reached for the only flamingo print mug on the shelf.
His lips parting, he takes her in. She does the same. There's more white in his hair, she observes, but his face has retained the boyish charm, the deceptive innocence.
Despite everything, she can't help the wide grin splitting her face.
"No way!"
He barks out a laugh. "It really is you!"
There's a second of awkwardness, uncertainty as his arms give a tiny jerk towards her, as if he's about to hug her. He doesn't.
It's okay, she tells herself - she wasn't going to either. It has, after all, been years and years since they last talked properly. They're not, by any means, on hugging terms.
His eyes give her a quick once-over. "So, what are you doing here?"
The question quickly sobers her. Her mouth opens and closes twice without making a sound. He watches, patient, sensing her discomfort.
She remembers this, his almost annoying, scrutinizing perceptiveness, his sensitivity and attunement to her every little mood swing.
Finally, she shrugs. "I just need new stuff," she says quietly.
He waits, giving her time to say more, and when she doesn't, hedges. "More stuff?"
She nods firmly. "I've moved out -" she clears her throat to keep her voice steady, "of the previous apartment."
His eyes narrow. "You have? You mean, you and- "
"I've a new lease!" She says quickly to prevent him from finishing the sentence. She isn't ready to talk about the breakup yet. "And it's really nice. But the flat is empty, obviously - so, here I am."
There's a long pause before he nods in understanding, peering down at her. "Here you are," he repeats.
She gives him a quick smile before her eyes scan around their surroundings. They're lucky IKEA in Brooklyn is practically empty on Monday morning. She doesn't know if she'd be able to handle any unwanted attention now, especially with him here.
"What about you?" She asks to change the subject. "What brings you here?"
His pensive eyes haven't strayed from her, but he plays along, mimicking her conversational tone.
"Just needed a new mug," he says, glancing down at the item in her hands.
He doesn't say why. She doesn't probe, because he didn't.
She stretches out her arm at him. "Take it, you should have it," she says.
"Oh no, it's all ri -"
"No, really. You should have it," she insists, firmly pressing the pink flamingo mug into the middle of his chest, so that he has no choice but to cradle it in his palm.
The pitch of her voice rises in jest as she speaks. "Perhaps it will remind you of the good times! You know, when you'd have your roots bleached at 5 AM."
She's fully prepared for him to not get it, not remember, but then he laughs - a deep, melodious sound from his belly.
"Nothing like sniffing wig glue at dawn," he deadpans, the corners of his eyes crinkling with mirth.
She can feel her cheeks turning hot at the unexpected, devastating, open fondness of his expression as looks down at her. "I can't believe you remember my flamingo mug from that trailer in Poland."
She shrugs in a way that she hopes looks casual. "Well, you once scalded me with hot coffee from that mug when we were dancing. Hard to forget."
He laughs again, shaking his head, one palm sliding down his face. She notices the absence of the ring on the finger.
"Shit, I remember," he says, and then - in what seems like a split second - his face is composed again. How does he do it? She had always wondered how his micro expressions could shift so quickly, so expertly.
"I'm sorry," he suddenly says.
They study each other silently.
She almost asks if he's apologizing for scalding her with coffee ten years ago or for his part in the cooling off of their friendship, for the overly-formal, generic correspondence on birthdays, movie release days and Christmases; the increasingly icy politeness of his tone as the years passed.
"You know, I actually brought it with me to New York, but then one day, I knocked it off the table and broke it."
She nods at the mug in his hand (and tries to ignore how tiny it looks in his palm).
"Another chance, then," she says. "New beginnings."
The grip of his fingers around the mug grows firmer. His thumb lazily brushes over the pink flamingo's neck on the ceramic.
He nods. "New beginnings."
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Now, Anon…….I immediately know you’ve been on this blog a while because this is out of pocket
1. Flamingo print mug? JAIL FOR YOU
2. Not him having white hair omg? That gagged me because that could be 2 years from now 🤭 JK JK!
3. R being in her 30s and still in denial? Did my girl dirty 😭
This is so sad and cute! I need more!
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S1E8: “Game Ogre”—B/C+ (Watched 2/29/24)
“No record of where he was born, no record of a family. It’s like this guy just fell out of the sky.” – Hank re. an ogre/giant (Got a, not exactly unhappy, groan from me!)
“Just the facts, right?” – Monroe to Nick/Hank re. the ownership of an important watch (Bonus points for Dragnet reference?)
Exactly how much silliness I find charming and at what point the goofiness should result in some sort of deduction for review purposes are questions I find myself thinking about a lot while watching Grimm. Even the episodes I’ve scored as “A”s have their Moments. And if I had to sum up my feelings about “Game Ogre” I would say that it starts as a fine enough monster of the week story but then, perhaps fittingly for an episode that prominently features a watch early on, it accumulates enough “complications” that it becomes genuinely interesting or noteworthy.
First—the central role of Oleg Stark, an ogre. I did love the very physical performance, which has a lot of stiff-bodied stomping around and grunting and growling. It had to have been fun to try to play that role and to try to make yourself seem as big, burly, and dense (in more than one sense) as possible. The way the camera frames this big boy and the way that shots of him getting physical are filmed and edited to make him feel as large and powerful as possible is just very entertaining. Definitely goofy, but also definitely fun in a C+ sort of way.
Another entertaining C-sort of goofy detail is how the initial murder victim is a judge, and we know that because he’s just got a gavel sitting out on his desk at home. It’s used in his murder to help suggest that the crime was personal, of course, but the placement is still such a ridiculous way to communicate the man’s profession, especially when you consider that we’re also explicitly told he’s a state judge when Sergeant Wu and his partner are investigating the scene of the break-in.
There are some similarly unnecessary-feeling, awkward quick flashbacks in the mix—back to Nick being brutalized by the ogre in his house and to the ogre-killing poison and gun in his trailer. Of course, one way of looking at these is as part of the TV series package: Commercials are a thing, and people come in late. You have to catch up the late-comers and maybe re-establish a sense of drama and of the critical details for folks after the ads. This is one of those things I struggle to identify as a positive or a negative in my subjective assessment since Grimm being so obviously What It Is is absolutely part of the charm and was part of what I wanted out of this whole experience.
And there are a couple of plot oddities here, too, like just how long it takes for someone (Wu) to put together the idea of using Hank as bait for the vengeance-seeking Oleg. Captain Renard going along with Hank to a suspect’s place probably shouldn’t feel weird, but it does since, as far as I remember, this is new behavior for him.
It’s the mounting “complications” that ultimately elevate the episode, though, because of their novelty. Actually seeing Nick kind of shaken and vulnerable after he’s hospitalized from Oleg’s attack offers a new emotional angle from which to view him. He hasn’t been this badly beaten by a Wesen before. Hank similarly gets pushed emotionally in this episode, and the exact nature of the strain on him ends up being a nice twist, with how he and the DA colluded to “lose” evidence that might have gotten reasonable doubt for Oleg at his trial years ago.
The trust that Nick places in Monroe, a Wesen, by revealing the trailer to him is very much understated and great for it. The fact that Monroe ends up being the one who has to put Oleg down is also a cool, interesting wrinkle. The focus on the .600 caliber “elephant gun” bullets that are over 100 years old in the final scene with Renard and Hank is just a delightful little bit of quirkiness and suspense. That the weapons from the trailer are actually deployed here is something I was glad to see. It certainly makes sense for Nick to use his service weapon rather than swinging around a sword or flail or something, but that armory has been essentially teased up to this point, and it was just good to see some of it put to use.
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good omens s2 episode reaction: 1
hi! i've been watching good omens season 2 with my family, one episode a day, and writing down my reactions. it occurred to me that it would be better to post the reactions individually rather than all in one post. so here's the first one, from a few days ago! spoilers for s2 e1, obviously, but not for any of the other episodes.
[the rest of my reactions: e2, e3, e4, e5, e6 - links will be added as i post them]
starmaker crowley!! he's so happy! seeing him get excited about the universe is so cool! the dynamic where he's annoyed about his work and creativity going to waste and wondering why the plan is like that, and aziraphale is enchanted by the stars but warns him not to ask questions, is exactly how i would have pictured it. the wings moving to express emotion is a nice touch. the sheltering wing same as eden!!!! when they met on the wall of eden, they didn't seem to know each other, so i would guess their memories were erased but the instinct to shelter the other beneath their wing remained, which is so sweet. i didn't get a good look at how crowley's eyes were when he was an angel, obviously not snakey yet.
the next time we see crowley being on the bench with shax where he's asking what's the point of it all hits even harder in contrast to his pre-fall self. i wonder why he's so cynical and why he hasn't spent as much time with aziraphale! did something happen between them?? i hope future episodes explain.
"you only call me when you're bored, you want to tell someone about the good thing you've done, or something's wrong" (paraphrased). why doesn't aziraphale call more often??!!? or maybe he does, but crowley is interpreting his attempts at reaching out as boredom and wanting to brag about good deeds. either way, it's sad that their dynamic is so different from the fluffy post-s1 that most fanfic imagined.
lots of focus on maggie and nina. i like them, but i wonder whether they'll actually be relevant to the story. they're so aziraphale- and crowley-coded though! dark color scheme/light color scheme, cynical/sweet, old fashioned/modern. from maggie's lines about not drinking, i already relate to her, growing up sheltered and deciding i'm not interested in partying because it's not the kind of thing a good girl like me would do. nina already being in a relationship is an obstacle to her and maggie's romance, but it seems like her current relationship is unhealthy from the type of texts that were showing. interesting effect to have them written on pieces of paper that pop up.
the special effects on beezlebub are wonderfully creepy, and so is beezlebub zirself. (is neil gaiman's post about beezlebub using ze/zir pronouns canon?) the threat of being erased from existence entirely is especially threatening to crowley and aziraphale because if they never existed, they never would have stopped the apocalypse.
gabriel/jim is delightful! i had already seen a lot of his funny lines in trailers and sneak peeks, but my parents and i definitely laughed. a lot of the lines have great meme potential.
there's a lot of potential for angst in crowley's reaction to gabriel: crowley recognizes that gabriel was abusive towards aziraphale, but aziraphale himself doesn't recognize that. i wonder if crowley remembers being an angel and whether he has history with gabriel.
i didn't love the michael and uriel in heaven scenes. it's cool that there's an angel in a wheelchair though!
we got the song good old fashioned lover boy! unfortunately, not in the sweet way that so many animatics use it. although it blasting while crowley speeds toward aziraphale's shop is pretty good.
good on aziraphale for demanding a real apology! the song and dance are hilarious. i've already started learning the dance just for fun.
they seem to have dropped the narrator, which i didn't notice at first because the dialogue was very good on its own. it was a fun convention, though. i wonder if any of the main characters from s1 like adam and anathema will be appearing.
my overall rating: 8.5/10. i think it would be a higher rating if i hadn't seen so much of the episode through sneak peeks already. there's an intriguing mystery set up! the dynamic between aziraphale and crowley is tenser than i was expecting- i hope we get an explanation for why- but i guess we still need conflict between them. seeing them again is like reconnecting with an old friend!
✅ discussion in the replies and reblogs - yes please!
❌ spoilers for the rest of s2 - no!
#good omens#good omens season 2#good omens season 2 spoilers#good omens 2#good omens 2 spoilers#go2 spoilers#go2e1#go2e1 spoilers#good omens s2#gos2 spoilers#gomens#good omens s2 spoilers#wow there's a lot of varied tags for this#a violet original
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8, 10 + 2 if you're feeling heinous 😈 24 if ur not 😇
8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about
well MY special little noble is actually the most inherently just and pure of heart and when they win the throne there will be a thousand years of peace. Wdym inherent violence of feudalism that's not real. And while there has been a downtrend in this belief throughout the last five years it HAS influenced a lot of other discource subtly... most people have realized that the way to start fixing westeros's problems is not thru a nice feudal monarch, but they dont understand that abandoning this framework for character/plot analysis also means abandoning a lot of other framework. In the arya v sansa wars people still use feudal patriarchal definitions of femininity to decide who is the Best Sexy Feminist (preteen girl). In debates about morality for certain actions people excuse things because it aligns with the feudal code of ethics- a deeply flawed and violent code. See: ned HAD to take theon hostage because well we live in a society. Like i think it's important not to hold characters to the same moral standards that we hold people in modern times to, because their circumstances are so wildly different, but we dont have to adhere to THEIR feudal values when analyzing them because its only a detriment to their characters. They live in a society but WE do not... cmon guys...
10. Worst part of fanon
no one fucking draws these characters ugly enough. Asoiaf fandom has a plague of sameface ig model syndrome and it sucks cause george puts so much distinct personality even in minor characters and then people are like hmmmmm what if they had the same button nose and good chin that everyone else has. Brienne is ugly let her be ugly!!! Arya and jon have long plain faces u dont have to draw the teen/preteen kids as super defined and striking! Let the kids look like kids. I don't care how beautiful dany is let her be a 15 yr old. OR the instinct to make everyone best friends forever and soften the complicated dynamics btwn these characters. like modern aus where the starks are the benevolent rich people who adopted theon from his abusive trailer park family grind my gears like hes a child hostage from a powerful noble house and u cant erase such a defining part of his character bc you want everyone to be nice to each other. Also related to this is people making jaime nice/acting like asos was a redemption arc or that he didnt commit some uniquely horrific acts in agot/acok. His actions thru out the last two books are not the acts of a changed man they are the acts of a man who realized he can make choices based on empathy and reason not instinct. LAST thing which is something i dont reaaaaally see here much but i know the cunts on ao3 are doing it: the post canon thing where people want brienne and jaime to get married and have twelve kids. Fuck you eat shit and die brienne is not an incubator especially not for that lannister SLAG
2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom
cersei is not necessarily my fave but shes a character whose sexuality i often think of. In canon the only time she's had sex with a woman she's topped and every time she fucks a dude she's disassociating so hard shes on another planet. Even when fucking jaime shes like imagining herself in his body fucking him in her body. In the bulldyke cersei universe he's stone. The pants stay on during sex and so does the shirt and probably also the shoes. Cis gay guy cersei universe he already thinks being gay is emasculating enough so obviously he's not going to let anyone penetrate him. Transmasc bi universe its like you've never been strapped until you've been strapped by a dude who's never cum once in his whole life. THANK YOU!
24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse
"Daenerys is basically george bush because she uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh well its a post 9/11 metaphor and uhhh well astapor is basically iraq and uhhhhh nuclear arms" "dany has never done anything wrong in her life and criticizing her means uhhhhh you hate women and abuse victims" "dany is a RAPIST and a RACIST and wants ALL BROWN PEOPLE TO BE SUBSERVIENT TO HER" "mirri maz duur deserved to die horribly for killing (checks notes) her enslaver" "dany is a colonizer (that's not what that word means. you need to look up what that word means)" brothers. Lets all link arms and kill ourselves
Jesus Christ this is long as hell. Sorry I got a lot of beef
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My top BL-Series Of 2022
Hello my fellow Bl-fans. The girls/ gays and theys obviously won this year, so let’s look back on our blessings 😃
I’m not spoiling anything or I’m trying not to, let’s go 🚶🏻♀️
1. KinnPorsche
This doesn‘t come surprising, does it? I remember how I lived week to week back then and the mafia topic was still kind of new and oh so exciting. Enough sexyness, earnestness and humour gave this series a well rounded outcome. There were still holes in the plot here and there but where weren‘t any this year? Let‘s move on. (Waiting for season 2)
2. Semantic Error
My god, these two held me by my throat in the beginning of this year, you couldn‘t help but immediately fall in love with them. It was a successful series and I hope Jaechan and Seoham will do another project in the future, but I don’t think so as of now.
3. Young Royals 2
Another Wilmon gold piece produced, which plot went smooth and showed progress over the episodes. It’s still very short for such an amazing piece and I miss Wilmon almost all of the time, but I‘ll gladly wait for season 3.
4. The Eclipse
The portraying of strong queers went WILD with this one. How Akk got weak in the knees because of Ayan had me gushing over them every week. The plot is lacking a little tho since some points weren’t finished/ worked on properly and Thua..no, just no. Neo looked so dann handsome in his role though and did such a good job with Louis!
5. Between Us
It‘s not finished yet and the plot seems to move too slow atm, but boy, Win is the consent king of this year and is doing the work for every bl character this year that couldn’t do the bare minimum. *COUGH*LITA*COUGH*
We also got a P‘Deeaan~ and the UWMA throwback is nice and so well done from this perspective.
6. Cutie Pie
Nunew and Zee feeding the sub bottom/ dom top fetish/ height difference fetish well 😂 I didn’t like the bff side couple that much and sometimes the corny plot was too much, but the acting was well done.
7. My School President
I can’t believe either that this is in my list already BUT IT IS MAKING ME FEEL THINGS THAT COME CLOSE TO THE THINGS I FELT WHILE WATCHING BAD BUDDY. It is super cute now, not like you think at the beginning and I can’t wait for a new episode. The fandom posts here on Tumblr are also 😘👌🏻
8. Never Let Me Go
This one is also here already. Can’t say much except for the acting that has improved for both Pond and especially Phuwin, my little guy grew up.
9. Blueming
One of the best k-bls this year, hands down. Story, aesthetics, just everything.
10. 180 Degrees Longitude Passes Through Us
"You ask me what I‘m thinking about, I tell you that I’m thinking about whatever you’re thinking about“ it’s DADDY ISSUES, everyone! We all needed a series like this. It was slow-paced and kind of clickbait, but the aesthetic shots made up for that. Nothing made up for the one of a hell annoying mother tho. I also didn’t know any of the actors before even though they seem quite famous.
Very honorable mentions:
Plus And Minus (best Taiwanese bl, still not over the cameo)
Star In My Mind (the Joong-flavour)
My Only 12% (good worked out plot, good acting, angsty season)
Enchanté (the end omg 🤦🏻♀️, Force is one handsome dude)
Old Fashion Cupcake & Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice (best of Japan this year)
My Secret Love (preferred the second couple)
Cherry Magic The Movie (😍 I missed them and WEDDIIIIING)
Big Dragon (…they could improve the plot for season 2)
Love Mechanics (the kinda non-con at the end turned me off and it wasn’t my favourite story to begin with)
Eternal Yesterday (I should‘ve watched the trailer, I didn’t expect THAT 😂 but it was still good)
To My Star 2 (at first I thought we didn’t need the angst, but we kind of did)
Vice Versa (good story, mediocre acting, not my favorite couple except for the lesbians 😏)
Cupid’s Last Wish (…we didn’t need that, but EarthMix we did)
Kissable lips (I’m happy that the actors still work together, but it was mediocre)
About Youth (can’t remember anything, but it was good 😶)
My Tooth Your Love (cute and the couples slayed)
Magic Of Zero (🥹 EarthMix and MilkLove)
Secret Crush On You (super corny and mediocre acting, but the topics they handled and how they handled them!! Rare occasion)
The Tuxedo (pretty actors and an okay plot)
The Miracle Of Teddy Bear (not my cup of tea, but I’m happy it was kinda famous in Thailand)
Not so honorable mentions:
Minato’s Laundromat (did turn me off and also non-con)
A Man Who Defies The World Of BL 2 (it was probably decent, but I can’t remember one second of it 😫, I’m getting old)
Ocean Likes Me (cute and HOLLAND💓💓💓💓💗 but we didn’t need that)
Cherry Blossoms After Winter (the non-con destroyed it)
Our Days (I don’t know what the person ate that made the plot go this way)
Check Out (we all know why this is here, I can watch porn instead, thanks)
Close Friend 2 (oh we didn’t need that as well)
Love In The Air (kinda non-con and Mame can’t live without rape in a plot, sorry not sorry)
Oh!My Sunshine Night ( I started this series and stopped after two episodes since it was boring, sorry OhmFluke)
War Of Y (started off good, but went downhill pretty fast. Been skipping the last few weeks through the episodes)
Love Victor 3 (not sure where to put this honestly. I loved 1&2, but this was a back and forth, which is normal for teenagers, but I think this wasn’t it for me)
Mr. Cinderella (finally a Vietnamese bl, but not my cup of tea)
Heartstopper (kinda overhyped, plot didn’t get me, boring 😶)
Note at the end: Look how far we’ve come! It’s sad bl’s with lots of sex scenes get the most attention, I recommend everyone to just watch porn if you’re thinking a series/ movie is bad/ not enough because there is not enough bed sports displayed. If you’re an adult, you must know there are relationships that aren’t only in for the sex. (Since I’ve seen enough people saying you’re not a couple when you’re not having sex, BULLSHIT YOU F***ING CHILDREN)
Thanks for coming to my rant. Let’s hope for a better 2023!
#kinnporsche#semantic error#the eclipse#young royals#between us#cutie pie#my school president#never let me go#blueming#180degreelongitudepassesthroughus#thai bl
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The Eclipse: Episode 7 Ramblings
Okay I sorta fucking called it that the kiss wasn't going to be real because it was so dreamy. Also thank you 'The Eclipse Special Episode' because there were some parts I recognized and went "Ah, now I get it."
Also I figured that the trailer kiss would still be their first kiss, though the ending of this episode might suggest otherwise. PREDICTION: There's a scene from the trailer of what looks the be right after that scene where Ayan is chasing Akk, who looks quite down, and grabs his wrist. So I'm assuming Akk pushes him away and then we head into ep 8. How in the world both of their hands end up on each other's faces, how they get to Akk's bedroom in the first place, no idea, but looking forward to it.
As for the first kiss not being real and over the sound of my heart breaking, I'd like to say..."SMELL KINK!" Or something like that.
Did NOT expect for both of my baby boys, Kan and Thua, to be awake during their first kiss (surprised that it actually happened too) and think that each other were sleeping. Fitting though. Of course these fuckers would do that, repressed shit. Sometimes I forget I'm watching a show about teenage boys and then I'm like yep accurate.
Also also. Teacher Sani? Why you snitching on Akk and Ayan like that? And to Teacher Chadok of all people? I get that she's sorta worried about them, since she's seen firsthand them being antagonistic to each other, but damn bro.
Namo, my boy you are still sus as fuck but I forgive you because you're cute. Though, you definitely know that Akk is the curse because you're an 'observer.' Not sure what side, if any, he'll be on.
There's a pattern Akk might be noticing between Ayan getting skittish when Dika is mentioned and him admitting to Akk's face that someone he loves is dead, and gave him that notebook. So if Akk is looking for the notebook, finds it and reads it, perhaps????
Oh! Aww I really liked that all six of them are so happy outside of school. And that Wat and Kan especially don't mind him. Kan! Baby, you were so obviously relieved when Ayan implied he didn't like Thua. Do I smell a possible alliance? Thua noticed Akk and Ayan looking at each other with their gay vibes and was like, oh I know what's going on here. (Bet it reminds you of something huh)
OHHHH RIGHT! 1984! Can't believe it's actually a part of the story and not just a little nudge-nudge. Nice. Fucking hilarious that Akk was like wow I really like this story, I wonder who the main character resembles. My dumb baby that's definitely not brainwashed.
I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting about that I'll ramble about later, but overall still liked this episode. Episode 6 will probably still be my favorite, but this was also really fun. They had really nice cinematography too.
EPISODE 8 PREDICTIONS: The boat kiss doesn't happen. Ayan chases Akk afterwards and they confess and kiss in his bedroom. Thua accidentally hurts Kan during judo and that's where we get the 'wound tending' scene from the intro. Sometime when they're back at school, Akk asks for Ayan to leave the school at one of their homes (Ayan's?) to possibly protect him from Teacher Chadok. (Honestly thought that Chadok was instructing Akk to do the curse stuff but hmm not sure now). Akk 'breaks' into the school after-hours to look for Ayan's journal in the teachers' rooms and gets caught by someone.
#the eclipse#the eclipse the series#the eclipse series#akkayan#akk x ayan#kan x thua#kanthua#the eclipse text#the eclipse episode 7#the eclipse ep 7#the eclipse meta#meta? sorta not really#long post#i'm supposed to be getting ready for school yet here i am#my posts
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So I just watched the first episode of The Last of Us and my mind is FRICKIN’ BLOWN.
This is honestly the first time in my life I see a good video game adaptation. Not good, actually, SPECTACULAR.
I could rant on for hours about it, but I’ll just do a very quick list of details that made me jump on my chair, and I’m sure I’ve missed just about a gazillion.
Here we go! (Spoilers ahead, of course)
- Just a general shoutout for the whole introductive part, where we get to see more about Joel, Sarah and Tommy’s daily life. I loved it to bits and the added dialogue was on point, especially Tommy’s.
- The details in Joel’s home, like the guitar in the living room or Sarah’s soccer ball.
- The car ride sequence, which felt like reliving the game all over again. They even showed the burning farm, I can’t believe how much care they put into reenacting the game!
- I don’t know if I’m hallucinating, but I think Sarah’s whimpers and gasps when she gets hurt and then shot are pulled out straight from the game. Which is like an additional sucker punch in an already gut-wrenching scene. Or maybe Nico Parker is just an amazing actress (and SHE IS!)
- THEY GAVE ME JOEL&TESS. I mean, we already had Joel&Tess, but they added more on their relationship and I love them for doing it.
- Joel gulping down pills was a nice nod on the in-game mechanic for upgrading skills. And also adds to the character.
- ELLIE. Just Ellie. I feel like she’s a slightly different Ellie than Ashley Johnson’s, which is totally fine and refreshing. Bella Ramsey gave to the character her own personal touch while keeping her soul alive and I know I’m going to love her even more in this version.
- JOEL. Same goes for Joel, he’s absolutely perfect. Pedro Pascal definitely stuck more to the character than Bella, and really put his soul into absorbing his mannerism, but there are personal twists and additions that I loved (mainly facial mimics, sometimes more accentuated, but they don’t feel OOC or forced).
- The whole Boston QZ section. What I want to point out is how a cinematographic media has obviously stricter boundaries as to what it can show the viewer and for how long without getting tedious, as opposed to the game, where you actually spend a very limited amount of time in the QZ – but you can explore, read notes and letters, eavesdrop on conversations and get a hang of what the situation with FEDRA and the Fireflies is. A series doesn’t have this luxury and I think it’s astonishing how well they showed all that was necessary and even more without stringing it out, losing focus or butchering the source material.
- Back to details: Joel’s and Ellie’s backpacks! I mean, we already saw them in the trailers, but I still can’t believe they recreated them in the tiniest detail ♥
- THE CORDYCEPS. Everything about it. The Runners’ twitchy movements, the way a long-infested body looks, the whole opening scene. I can’t wait to see ‘em Clickers.
- The dialogues. It’s beautiful how they used some of the very recognizable lines from the game without overdoing it. The new/expanded dialogues are out of this world, especially Tess’ and Marlene’s. By the way, I’m loving HBO Tess in a visceral way.
“Negative” things
(really relatively speaking, there’s nothing actually
bad
imho, just a couple of scenes that left me slightly puzzled).
- Sarah stepping out of the house in the middle of a national emergency, despite the TV telling everyone to stay at home, then wanting to bring the dog back to her neighbors’, then entering the house even though she heard noises inside. I get that she was scared and probably wanted to seek help (or help the neighbors who could be in distress), but it just seemed over-the-top naive.
I wouldn’t have minded if it was just one of these three things, but the three of them together seemed a bit excessive.
- Ellie and Joel’s first encounter. I liked this more “rushed” version nonetheless, but I missed the original one, where we get to know Marlene a bit better before being literally tricked into smuggling Ellie. I think in the game Joel feels straight out cornered into doing something he didn’t plan to do. Here he has a stronger motivation to accept the task, namely getting to Tommy, but I feel like the scene could have used a slightly more relaxed pace.
- Bonus:
Ok, maybe it’s my hyperfixation for Uncharted, but I swear there are (at least) a couple of easter eggs, namely:
- The neighbors, the ADLERS. C’mon, we see what you did there.
- Ellie’s baseball shirt that definitely resembles young Nate/Sam’s. Or Ellie’s from TLOU2, but I think that itself was a nod to UC. We know that NaughtyDog loves to cross-reference themselves...
- Also, is it me, or Tommy’s attitude and demeanor resembles Sam’s a little? But I’m sure I’m reading too much into it.
And that’s the end of the rant, folks. I’m just so happy for this show, in case you couldn’t tell ♥
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Since I did a post talking about all the Mass-Production units I liked in SEED/SEED Destiny, so I should probably talk about the Gundams I did like, especially now that I’m thinking about it with the new movie trailer.
Generally, I don’t have a high opinion of much of the Gundam-type mobile suits in the Cosmic Era, principally because I find they all look rather similar (that’ll happen when they’re all developed from the same five suits by only two factions). I’m also gonna be focusing primarily on suits that appeared in the animated series, since sidestories typically can afford to be a bit more “out-there” with the designs. The first three are the designs that I genuinely like and appreciate, whereas the last two have asterisks attached.
First up, the Infinite Justice. Narrowly makes it into the top spot for me. A good part of it is the novelty of having a bright pink Gundam, I admit. But I do love how, where the Strike freedom decides to add funnels and more guns with which to shoot people, the IJ instead gets a bunch of blades. Like not only is it pink, but it’ll also cut you. It’s still well-armed in the ranged department though, having a beam rifle, “fortis” beam cannons and a bunch of beam boomerangs. I do like the original justice Gundam as well, but the Infinite Justice just feels like a fuller vision of the concept, without being tied into resembling the Aegis too much, in contrast to the Strike Freedom, which felt like they nailed it first time and had to add a bunch of extra stuff on.
The Providence is a solid second, because I like the concept more than the execution. The background for the Providence is that it was supposed to be a heavy assault suit, but they had to retrofit it with the Dragoon tech in a hurry, hence the cabling on its chest and the system’s overall lack of integration. I love the concept of this, and the heavy weaponry it retains makes me imagine a sort of Full Armour Gundam 7th-style unit. I *think* that the whole Dragoon system on its back thing is supposed to give the appearance of a halo? So Rau is a sort of angel of destruction that Kira must stop? It doesn’t work, but I think that’s what they were going for. Providence is a pretty cool name though. I’m not really sure about the integrated beam saber/gun thing on its left arm, but its not bad. The Providence also gets a bump because I quite like Rau as a character, and this is his final unit.
Grabbing third (and bringing an end to the ranking) is the Akatsuki (specifically the Oowashi Akatsuki). The Akatsuki itself is this lovely melding of SEED’s Gundam Aesthetic with the Hyaku-Shiki, and I think it looks gorgeous. You can obviously see the Strike influence, but it’s blended together with elements closer to the Astray series and it all works rather well. Its sensibly armed with a shield and rifle with optional bayonet in addition to beam sabers. I should note that I specifically prefer the atmospheric-based Oowashi pack to the space Shiranui one. This is because the Oowashi pack actually looks like something - wings and two beam cannons evocative of those on the F91. The Shiranui’s just a big box with some funnels stuck on. I do like how the Akatsuki’s great against beam weaponry but crap against physical though, since it’s a nice reversal of fortunes compared to the start of SEED.
Now if only Cagalli actually did anything with it.
The Calamity is a bit of a cheat, since it’s at least partially here because it can become the Sword Calamity. I like a lot of artillery suits, and the Calamity is just my favourite here, mostly because of how sensible it’s weaponry is. Guns in the shield, beam weaponry fitted on the suit itself to take advantage of the generator, then a nice, lovely plasma-sabot bazooka to round out the armament. The only thing it’s really missing is a beam saber. It also makes the most of its integrated weaponry - most of its handheld and the backpack’s replaceable, but that “Scylla” cannon isn’t going anywhere. I also quite like the head. If we had had the Calamity instead of the Buster, I’d probably prefer it.
The Legend Gundam’s here because A) it’s got a nice head. And b) we saw virtually nothing of it in series. It’s here because I end up liking it when it (very-rarely) shows up in side content (like videogames), but it regards to the anime itself, it could charitably be described as “being there”.
#gundam#gundam seed#gundam seed destiny#cosmic era#rambling#infinite justice Gundam#IJ Gundam#providence Gundam#calamity Gundam#Gundam Akatsuki#legend Gundam#ramblings
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Episode 10
Continual pacing issues. I'm going to wait until it's finished airing and I can do a binge-rewatch, but I think it's structural at this point, and it may be just a feature of the series now. And since it is a melodrama, I am not going to comment on: kidnappers ringing the doorbell; not checking inside the vase; evil villain monologing; convenient bulletproof vest; convenient Kinn arrival time.
It's good that Ken is the (dead) mole. I never liked him much. Someone should definitely make a Whack-a-mole joke. Whoever argued that he was the mole since he was always speaking in Ominous English™, well done. I do wonder if he wasn't just the incompetent mole, and the secret mole is Arm because that would make me really sad, but he is being relied upon for all spy tech, we still have a home invasion incoming, and he would be one of the most devastating moles.
I called Big stepping up. Good man. Was he our key character death? It was a bit rushed, if so.
Kinn should have killed Tawan; that would have been more emotionally satisfying. He didn't because he's softhearted at his core, and possibly also because his new piece was watching (although Porsche absolutely would not have minded Kinn shooting Tawan in the head), but it would have been cathartic, and it would have rounded out that emotional arc nicely. It also would have been a moment of growth as the boss-to-be.
The jail escape scene, considering that Porsche chose escape, went about as well as it could have gone, with Kinn letting him go. Kinn never thought that Porsche was the mole, obviously, because no one did, because everyone has met Porsche. Porsche was doing the same thing that everyone seems to agree that he was doing in the episode 7 bathroom scene with Vegas and that definitely he was doing with the tug-of-war scene in the spa in episode 5—shutting up and following along until he figures out what the fuck everyone is doing.
But trust issues are still here—don't think that I didn't notice the sex distraction from talking about it, and the 'I'm on your side' scene hasn't happened yet, so we've some issues still upcoming. Deutsche Bank looks on disapprovingly, as do we. But the trust issues remaining is fair, since it was a theme so dramatically emphasised in the trailer.
Relatedly, Kinn seems to be smoking a lot. If I remember correctly, his vice of choice is usually a whisky or so. I don't know that he's picked it up from Porsche or that it's a return to a prequel habit. Porsche himself was smoking less this episode, possibly holding to his decision to quit in episode 7. He's under stress, and he's not talking to Porsche about it.
Nonetheless, the final shot was very pretty, and we got Kinn smiling cutely as he does. Porsche likes Kinn to be happy, and he is happy when they're together, but happiness cannot be itself a foundation for a relationship, especially one under as much constant stress as a tripartite 1) gay, 2) mafia, and 3) heir relationship.
Vegaspete! Torture! CBT! That was great. We had a little bonding, and it looks like we'll have some more next episode. I want to know more about the guy who only exists to pull down Pete's trousers. What a guy.
I don't think anyone is surprised that Vegas' Red Room of Pain is decorated in Classic Edgelord style. Pete wasn't. Skullfaced Mother Mary next to a ballgag? Why not. We already knew that Vegas was unhinged: trouserlegs in the pool, lovebombing, grabbing arse in a temple.
He has so many scenes where it's clear that he's just trying to recreate scenes he's seen in movies or TV: the Italian massacre scene where he slutted over Porsche; the scene where he was somewhat normally flirting with Porsche but revealed that he was more on the stalker end; the kiss scene which I swear he thought was a natural progression; the scene with Pete when he talked about reincarnation in the temple; the miaowfioso conversation with Porsche next to the pool; the jail rescue scene. He's saying lines like he's expecting the instrumental version of Freefall to be playing in the background. It's like he doesn't quite understand how a human is supposed to work.
You'll notice also that most of these scenes are romance-adjacent. Absolutely Vegas has never properly dated anyone. Tawan does not count. Vegastawan was disgusting, and Tawan is clearly a yandere (that thinks he's a woobie). I spit.
Vegaspete is going to be less about sexy darkside BDSM temptation than about Vegas doing something kind of lame and absolutely baffling and Pete rolling his eyes or laughing in his face. Pete is a human masochist, thank you very much.
The scene with Pete laughing was actually really good. We got an aspect of his personality that we've only really seen in his personal trailer with the powermad grin.
Kinn and Kim still haven't been shown on screen together, although we did get the start of a phone call.
Given Porschay's ultimatum to Porsche about the mafia thing, I think that the Kimchay breakup will happen next episode. Perhaps episode 11 will be focused on our secondary couples.
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Duviri Hypotheses and other Tennocon 2022 thoughts
Ok, I’ve got a lot of thoughts and I’m gonna try to organize them. We’ll see how it goes.
This post is gonna be very long. Please bear with me.
SPOILERS AHOY under the cut!
The Nature of Duviri
ohhhh man. Duviri’s so weird and I wonder so many things.
-From a mechanics perspective: No conservation, fishing, and mining. Honestly I think it will be a nice change but in exchange we have to have OTHER things to do there so I’m curious what they will be. I had proposed to my brothers some sort of procedural generation exploration type stuff but after watching TennoLive I don’t think that idea has a lot of weight with the quest. But maybe it will be otherwise more exploration based? more scavenger hunt? We’ll obviously want things from there, but what?
-Other mechanics: Maybe no fish/mining/etc because we will only be playing there as our operator/Drifter? They can’t use the fishing spears or the mining tools or anything so maybe that’s just a limitation there built into it if they want to have them as the main character and having us not use our warframes at all. Though, I think that will make it much tougher of an area in general. Maybe after the quest we will have at least use of amp/other gun/swords as Drifter or operator, but as a casual player I know I rely on my warframe abilities for survival so that will make doing almost anything there much harder for simply... not having a warframe’s durability and abilities at your disposal. And the focus stuff takes a lot longer to level and can’t cover as many bases at once.
-Lore wise: Watching the Drifter doing things that brought color back to Duviri was FASCINATING and I’m betting it will become a wider thing with it as a locale. Originally we only saw stuff for Duviri in monochrome but this year they had a lot more promotional stuff in color or both, so I think making huge chunks of it be in color will be like.... an important improvement for the landscape at some point.
-Weird time stuff.... There’s a lot of options here. Maybe the time loop will continue after the quest, maybe it won’t. Hard to say. But I bet time will still be weird somehow. Actually I have a lot of thoughts about that quest in general.
Duviri Quest and Dominus Thrax
A lot of characters said a lot of REALLY interesting things in the quest preview we were shown. Bombastine also said a lot of interesting things in the relay. Let’s see if we can connect some dots.
-Bombastine refers to two different people as ‘King’, Dominus Thrax (especially in the relay presentation) and Drifter (especially in the quest). Dominus Thrax seems to be the one in control so it makes sense for him to be the king. But the Drifter? I might say it was just Bombastine being Like That personality wise but actually some peasants seemed to say it too once the Drifter crossed the bridge. Maybe there was some sort of distinction between ‘MY king’ and ‘THE king’? But I didn’t catch one at the time and until we get a transcript for Bombastine in the amphitheater I’m not sure we’ll be able to tell. Are they two different kings? The Drifter doesn’t seem to remember this. Did something happen before the time loop that the Drifter has forgotten?
-Dominus Thrax in the trailer is interesting- he doesn’t seem to know about anything beyond the void, at least that’s what his lines seem to imply (’What’s out there that’s so fascinating?/Maybe I should just go there myself’). But then, where did he come from? Are we looking at people whose entire existence has risen from the void, or did they come from somewhere else and just forget?
-....If there is a group of people that have lived in the void for a long time, what does that make The Man In The Wall? A God? A Demon? A force of reality? Some Dude?
-wtf is the timeline. Like Warframe usually has a very coy timeline, refusing to name dates and lengths of time. It’s a very squishy family of events and intervals. But, if the Drifter is trapped sort of reliving the same day over and over, then when did they age? To me I wouldn’t think that if you were in some sort of time loop you would age during the experience since it would just set you back to the exact age you were at the beginning of the day, right? But they are still older than the operator. They are taller and generally more grizzled and experienced. They ARE OLDER. So then, where did they age? Were they on the Zariman for 10+ years before they ventured into Duviri? Were there things they did in Duviri for years before they got stuck in the time loop? Were they like.... a citizen of Duviri before Thrax instigated these time loop shenanigans? But then why doesn’t the Drifter seem to recognize people around, like not knowing what Bombastine’s deal is or why people think they’re a king? But in the quest they seem to already know how to ride a horse.... curiouser and curiouser.
-Where does the quest end? To me logically if the quest is like.... Trying to escape from Duviri then the end of the quest would be..... when... you... escape from Duviri, right? But isn’t that some time in the beginning/middle of the New War? The description of the trailer on YT mentions something about trying to end Thrax’s tyranny, so then does the quest end with that in some capacity but the Drifter still stuck in Duviri? I’m not sure if that would make sense either.
-Speaking of which: During TennoLive DE said that Duviri would be accessible for players before The New War, which is very interesting. That would mean that theoretically players could learn about the Drifter from that before the New War. Which could make a certain amount of sense and make you more attacked emotionally to the character, but would tie back into ‘when in the timeline is it then?’ When would the quest be available? After the War Within? After the Sacrifice? Would it maybe run parallel to The New War? That I could somewhat understand, but.... The New War is still a hecking huge thing with tons of lore implications. I’m not sure how slotting in another story quest that you could do between the Sacrifice and The New War would go and what it would cause. Newer players’ experiences will probably be way different if they meet the Drifter here first before they show up in the New War. And again: When does the quest connect back up to the main timeline? Even if time in the void is weird, the Drifter has to escape from Duviri to show up in The New War. So... I’m not sure if we’ll be able to figure out that kind of timeline unless they tell us what happened there.
-I’m not sure I’m gonna be able to take down an entire Orowyrm with just a couple of swords tbh. Sorry Drifter I’m not good at games =(
Horse =]
-The Kaithe are so cool I love them. I can’t wait to learn how to ride a horse.
-They have WINGS how can it get better than that? I love a horse that can double jump. And glide.
-I honestly love all three of the designs. I love macabre fleshy designs and they brush that without going full Deimos Flesh Realm (which I also love but many I know do not). I will have to maybe decide what kind of horse I want to get if we have an option. They are all so good. They are all so Aesthetic.
-I’m just really excited to ride a horse I’ll be honest idc about anything else actually. Friendship ended with K-drive, Kaithe is my new best friend. I’m going to gallop around Duviri and feel the void-wind in my hair. I’m going to become a horse girl. I’m going to give in to the madness. Horse.
Hypotheses for Lore Explanations
-Seemingly simple explanation: The Strangers (Thrax and co) are citizens of the Void and from the Void. Drifter is not. But Drifter is in the void now and causing problems so Thrax wants to play with them. Thrax can control time because.... idk. Void powers. Maybe from being the king. Drifter’s purpose is to escape, at which time they are able to participate in The New War. This doesn’t address a whole lot of questions.
-Orokin Influence: A lot of the Duviri architecture and designs seem.... reminiscent of orokin design without actually BEING orokin design. Maybe when the Zariman got stuck there in the Drifter’s timeline, more people left from it to try to find a living and mingled with some people who were already there (or something), and the newcomers gifted Dominus Thrax with some of their materials and tech and knowledge and stuff, which enabled him to do things like design off-brand Dax (as it seems odd that Bombastine knows about the Orokin Dax, but Thrax doesn’t know what’s outside the void) and create architecture that shares some of the orokin design sensibilities without knowing about the Origin System really. Or maybe some of the orokin towers drifted in from the system? It’s hard to tell how far into the void the orokin towers and corrupted places are, but I didn’t see much like that in the Duviri stuff.
-Two Kings: This one is kind of far fetched and from very little information we have but I thought of it so I want to write it down. This one is also not completely mutually exclusive from orokin influence. But basically, at one point maybe Drifter was the king of Duviri because all the Zariman refuges settled there and the Drifter grew up and eventually took the mantle. Then Dominus Thrax comes in and usurps the throne from them, and all the powers that come with that, and now they’ve made Drifter forget they were ever King so that they don’t try to challenge his power again. Or, maybe Dominus Thrax was always king but Drifter was the elected as the king of the people and attempted a coup that failed, leaving Thrax still on the throne and as punishment Thrax made Drifter forget about all this and also is trying to catch and execute them. This could then make sense as to why Drifter would go against Thrax sooner or later and take him down, but not why they would try to leave Duviri. It’s not clear what Drifter does and doesn’t remember.
-Thrax’s Origins: I’ve been assuming Thrax and potentially some of the other NPCs we met are just.... people of the void somehow. But I’m not super sure if that makes sense with what we know about the void. It didn’t seem originally like there was much of a ‘there’ to be from unless you were made of eldritch Void Energy to begin with (as seems to be the case with Wally). Maybe Thrax and his people were actually originally from a different system and they also got stuck here when trying to travel through it. Maybe even Tau? Maybe there were people living in Tau before it was a good target for terraforming and they just got stuck in the void or something? I suppose it’s possible that they were originally Orokin/Humans too maybe from like, way long ago before we knew about void things which is why their stuff is similar. Either way, they’ve Forgotten because the Void just Makes You Forget Things.
-Lotus Eating: This is mainly just the vibes I get from the whole time loop in combination with Thrax’s dedication to not let Drifter escape. The void or at least Duviri is supposed to function as a net that traps people and then they can’t leave and slowly changes them to make them more likely to stay over time and forget why they would want to leave. The whole Drifter being a King thing might be part of this ploy as one of the plans to convince them to stay, or it may be part of some sort of story that Thrax is trying to tell and create his own Lore with and all the people like Bombastine and the other NPCs are mostly pawns for this story, willingly or not.
okay that was a lot. uhhh what else.
Khora Prime!
I like her. the first I saw of her I was like ‘lol wut’ but I looked at her more and I love her and Venari is also super pretty. Want. A good day for catgirls and fans.
Werewolf Frame
I think it’s super funny that this has finally come to be. Some of those concepts I wasn’t sure about but the very last concept they showed I was actually vibing with a bit. I’d love for the werewolf frame to be female. I would like more female coded werewolf things in general. The mouth pauldrons grew on me but I doubt they will make it to the final frame still that large because shoulder armor is a thing. We’ll see. I eagerly await more information.
Warframe animation
I wanna see it. Where is my cute animation showcasing Styanax. Please give it to me now.
Soulframe
Man I barely parsed what was going on with this but it looks neat. I will also watch this with interest. Gonna look at the site tomorrow I think to prod into stuff. I’m happy for DE that they’ve gotten big enough that they can finally keep up production with Warframe and have enough resources to start developing another game. I’m proud of them. I hope they keep it up.
This is way too long so I think I’ll wrap up.
TL;DR: I have a lot of questions about how Duviri works and how that’s going to turn out. I think it’s gonna be hard for me in particular because I’m not good at normal shooty and slashy game play. I have lot of questions of the lore implications and where Dominus Thrax came from. Overall Tennocon made me very happy. I am very happy. Horse =)
#warframe#tennocon#tennocon spoilers#warframe spoilers#duviri paradox spoilers#new war spoilers#oh god just all of the spoilers
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THE NEW TRAILER OMGGGGGGGG !!!!! IM IN LOVE WITH THE DESIGNS ><
What are your thoughts about it? OH ALSO. Have u noticed the man from the start ( THE BEARD MAN ) HAS LIKE star shaped eyes….. many people in the fandom, pointed out he’s maybe a Khaenri’an.
I AM SO EXCITEDDDDD.!!!
How have u been doing btw:D? I’ve been really busy with irl stuffs T^T. Some weeks are packed with duties to do huhu~ but i’m doing okay! I hope you are as well!
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uuuuuuuu OTL
This is going to be a little bit all over the place because I haven't had the time to sort through my thoughts and also haven't really verbalized them BUT
I agree, all the harbingers look so good! And then also I'm excited to see what's up w/ Pulchinella because he looks like a nice little old man but also he's most definitely not going to be- and the extent of that is something that definitely piques my interest. Also the fact that he is the one who checks in on Tartaglia's family?? So he certainly is able to be trusted in that sense, at the very least >>
I've been reading up on the wiki to just refresh over what we do know from official stuff (announcements, trailers, quests, voicelines) and boy am I excited to meet more harbingers.
I'm sure that we'll start to see/interact with/fight multiple harbingers per region now that we are down to the last four of seven but have 8 left to really interact with-
Uh--OH yesyes ngl I think that Pierro is def a Dabi situation (iykyk), like it's a theory but the theory makes sense when put up against what we know about Pierro as well as the history of Kaeya + all that.
It's confirmed that Pierro is the 1st of the harbingers, both in power and because he was the very first one to be recruited by the Tsarista herself. We know that the Fatui, Khaenri'ah + the Abyss have some aligned views, especially following that of the Cataclysm. We also know that Kaeya's father is very likely alive- not to mention all the design parallels + the mask over the right side (a whole other thing I want to dive into, since we know that Kaeya, his father, Dainslief, and the husks, were not effected by the curse of Khaenri'ah the same way that the rest were. tl;dr, I'm thinking that the curse is more of a mark in the way that is pretty much fanon atm--something going on with the color of the pupil, something that obviously marks them nodnod
but continuing w/ theories stuff, with Pierro's mask matching that of the Bloodstained Chivalry's set-
The general idea of the Bloodstained Knight is that he left to fight during the Cataclysm, went into the Abyss, came back alive, but was tainted by death and had turned his loyalty to the Abyss after seeing what happened to Khaenri'ah.
here's the excerpt from the mask, specifically:
As the Bloodstained Knight reached out to help a person in need after slaying the monster.
The way she cowered in fear made the knight realize:
He was now a monster himself.
Tainted by the blood and cruelty of his drawn-out war.
"Shield me from the eyes"
"Of those I vowed to protect."
"And shield them the horrors I am bound to effect."
So the thing is is that, symbolically, if Pierro is Kaeya's dad, then the fact that he's wearing a mask that mimics that of the Bloodstained Knight's makes sense.
Basically!
Kaeya's dad wants to avenge or rebuild Khaenri'ah, the Abyss and Khaenri'ah join forces (?), he ends up working with the Tsarista but doesn't realize the change that has occurred with him (whether or not this is something yet to come, idk) in the sense that his original intent is now tainted by what he has done in the Fatui or indirectly caused by partnering with the Abyss (?), but then continues because he's too far gone and would rather shoulder the burden as much as possible
mmm I'll have to go back and go through this again or maybe do a more comprehensive deep dive into research,,,
but for now sodifhe yes
I've been thinking about this a l o t
#anon asks#🌸 anon#also me dodging spoilers like that one scene in The Matrix#theories#sprout's theories#harbinger theories
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So today I got a visit from Mackenzie Fowl, who wanted to board her horses at Echo. Which was obviously fine. She talked a lot, telling me about her hopes and dreams, and I showed her around the barn I have come to think of as the boarding barn. I don't use it myself, as the main barn has plenty of stalls for the horses I have right now, so I don't exactly need it. Not at the moment anyways.
"So can I board my horses here? I have two gelding, but am looking at a third horse for the moment," she then asked with hope in her eyes while she looked at me, "I think your stable is small and nice, and I am sure especially Koda will thrive here."
"Sure thing. You are very welcome to bring them here," I told her with a smile. The more the merrier.
What I didn't expect was how soon she would bring the horses over. After a few hours, a car with a horse trailer pulled up to the stable, and then she brought her two geldings inside.
The one to the right was Hunting's Chrome Casted, an experienced Australian Stock Horse with a mild personality. And then there was Koda, as she called him his real name is AOA Tamborine Mountain. He is a semi-wild Australian Stock Horse gelding (recently gelded), and he is moody as hell.
Won't let anyone touch him, so Mackenzie told us that she would be here every morning to put him into the pasture and every evening to put him in his stall, until he has gotten used to us. Which is of course fine. Horses are different. I have just never had as wild a horse as Koda in my care before. I'm kinda nervous about it, but I can see how much she cares for him, so I will let her have him here for now.
I was grooming Flyer, when Ysabel came up to me. She almost never does that, I might add, as she prefers to just be by herself with Prada. Not exactly the most talkative person I have met, but she is ok I guess.
Anyways, so she came up to me, and began talking.
"So I have this question," she said, her expression worrying me a little.
"Yeah, what is it?" I replied thoughtfully.
"Since you have allowed Mackenzie to board her horses at the other barn, I wanted to ask…" She halted. She seemed nervous in a way she never is. At least not around me.
"Yes?" I said, waiting for her to finish her sentence.
"I found this Lippizaner stallion on a sales website a few days ago, and I have been thinking about him ever since. He is not exactly experienced, but he is everything I have ever wanted. I'm sure of that. I have even visited him. He is the horse for me." Her words filled me with dread. Was she saying that she didn't want to ride Prada anymore? Oh no! The mare would miss her dearly!
"What are you saying?" I asked, my voice as weak as my knees right now.
"Can I board him here? I will of course keep riding Prada and…" she kept babbling on for a full minute, before looking at me sheepishly, probably realizing that she hadn't given me a chance for answering her.
"I have said yes to Mackenzie and her semi-wild horse, so why not allow you to have the Lippizaner here too," I replied with a shrug.
She was visibly relieved as she, without a sound, sighed and almost smiled at me, "Thank you. I will bring him here later today."
"Great, then we can find some pasture mates for him." My tone of voice was optimistic, even if I was a little worried that she would neglect Prada now. Guess I would have to see!
Later when I was in the barn I saw a very soft moment between Ysabel and the stallion-soon-to-be-gelding. The last thing she told me before leaving to get the horse was that she wanted to geld him, so he could fit better in with the herd.
I don't even know what his name was though. I just heard her whisper soft nothings to the horse, calling him 'Neapo'. He seemed sweet though, and I could see how much she loved him already. He really seemed like the horse for her.
So now I have gotten three boarders in a day, and soon another one I guess. What an interesting day. Expected to get two boarder horses, and got three instead. Hmm…
#the sims 3#the sims 3 pets#sims 3 horses#sims 3#echo international ec#EIEC Neapolitano#Ysabel Calzada#narcisa foremann#EIEC Superfly#AOA Tamborine Mountain#Hunting's Chrome Casted#Australian Stock Horse#german riding pony#Lippizaner
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