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keets-writing-corner · 2 months

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Love how Lucifer just manhandles Adam during their 'fight' despite everyone else getting their asses kicked. Plus him effortlessly destroying him when Charlie's in danger is really sweet.

gawd me too anon me too

that was everything me to me. like everything. It was built up so well too

we spent the whole season building up alastor as this massive powerhouse, eldritch, nobody messes with him. Only one who tried picking a fight with him (Vox) got utterly humiliated and everyone else was clearly outclassed. Except for Lucifer where Alastor merely just went with annoying instead of power challenging. Like we got vibes okay yeah makes sense that the King of Hell isn't intimidated by anyone, even if it's alastor, but Alastor got TWO wtf moments in Dad Beat Dad one with Husk and one with defending the hotel

other than that, it was pretty much, nobody messes with him cuz he will mess you up

and he fights Adam evenly sorta for a bit before Adam pulls out the "I'm an angel which is stronger than any demon" card and alastor gets his ass handed to him.

Like what a way to set up how strong ADAM is, having him beat Alastor. And then no one else in the hotel is as strong as Alastor was, so everyone's struggling. Charlie at least gets one good hit in but her inexperience kicks her in the ass and then Lucifer just shows up and

like hot DAMN that was just one hit! He broke Adam's mask, the force was enough to send him FLYING across the roof top, and bounce so hard against the billboard he BROKE THE SKYLIGHT

That was just a "HANDS OFF MY BABY" warning too, like LOOK at that face, that's not a "fight me" face it's a "if you touch my baby again, I will screw you so bad your bones will need therapy and you never recover"

Lucifer not even .2 seconds later, just upon seeing Charlie

and then yeah, Lucifer was NOT taking the fight with Adam serious at all, like the dude was taunting him, mocking him, dodging all of his attacks, just shapeshifting like Adam was a joke LIKE LOOK AT THIS

Lucifer isn't even scared, he's just "oh there's a wall there"

His FACE IM DYING he's legit like "wowwww you just tried shoving me into a wall? really? didn't have any other ideas? Soooooo original of you. I will mock you now"

HIS HANDS ARE BEHIND HIS BACK HE FOR REAL SAID HE COULD TAKE ADAM WITH BOTH HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK

rewatching rn for the screenshots, he's legit just shapeshifting for the fun of it. 70% of the time nothing has happened, he's just dodging adam and shapeshifting while doing it, like he doesn't need to be doing that this is 100% mockery.

And then the iconic

like omgggg this is soooo satisfying and amazing to watch. Like the set up of Adam being powerful was great, and then we just get this absolute trolling from Lucifer cuz he really doesn't care about Adam

And listen the trolling is great and all, but when Adam makes the mistake of not heeding Lucifer's warning of messing with his baby, and then does it a second time

RIP Adam just getting one shot-ed like that but hnnnnnggggg we got to see Lucifer fully pissed and it was GREAT

And somehow my favorite part wasn't even watching Lucifer go absolute ham on Adam, it was that even at his absolute most rage fueled moment, snarling like a beast where he was going to and fully intended on making good on his threat about messing with his baby

just one shoulder touch from Charlie and he's immediately chill. Like it's instantaneous, like how much do you love someone to be able to be absolutely livid, about to incinerate someone levels of rage only to immediately be "o oki! No more violence!" the second that person touches you???

Ugh I love them so much! Like everything about that fight, but especially how Lucifer can just go from absolutely the most dangerous person in one second and then OWO SOFT the next just by looking at Charlie

oops this post got long... IMSORRYYYYY other than "More than Anything" and the phonecall with charlie this is one of the scenes I replay the most, I love them so much

Characters going absolutely feral over loved ones is just aasdfadffalklkmafdjalsg 👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀👌👀 good shit go౦ԁ sHit👌 thats ✔ some good👌👌shit right👌👌there👌👌👌 right✔there ✔✔if i do ƽaү so my self 💯 i say so 💯 thats what im talking about right there right there ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵗʰᵉʳᵉ mMMMMᎷМ💯 👌👌 👌НO0ОଠOOOOOОଠଠOoooᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒᵒ👌 👌👌 👌 💯 👌 👀 👀 👀 👌👌Good shit

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womenloverlmao · 1 month

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Sweater Weather (Spencer Reid X Reader Smut)

Based on the song Sweater Weather by the Neighborhood

Summary: Y/N comes into their living area wearing one of Spencer's sweaters and it has more of an effect on him than intended.

Warnings: Sub! Spencer Reid x Dom!Fem! Reader. needy Spencer, munch Spencer, pathetic reid??? he fucking cums in his pants guys he's a fucking horny teenager basically. oral (f! receiving), uhhh... Reid will literally drop to his knees and go down on reader whenfuckingever, mommy kink, finger sucking?? wtf?? its based off a line in the song I'm sorry. humiliation, degradation, praise, thigh humping, slight nipple play, breeding kink, would be more breeding but reader is on birth control... yeah.

You didn’t think much of it when you put on one of Spencer’s sweaters. You were wearing your bra and some jean shorts–that rose a little too much–under it, and… well, you looked downright delectable to him. He was already implausably down bad for you, but now you looked like this and it was driving him impossibly insane.

He was reading when you came into the room wearing that. He was practically hidden by whatever book he was reading at the moment, one that you couldn’t translate to save your life. You started to journal after sitting down somewhere near him, completely ignorant of his eyes that were, in effect, undressing you. Safe to say, his mind was far from the Russian literature.

The sweater fits you fine, but it was meant to have something under it. It revealed a little more of your cleavage than you intended, but it was just Spencer. You knew he wasn’t a weirdo, so you were comfortable wearing things like that in front of him. That isn’t to say that when you finally looked up from your journal and saw how he was looking at you, you were uncomfortable and wanted to change. In fact, you wanted to use this to your benefit.

“Spence?”

His eyes shot up from where they had been. “Hmm? Sorry, I must have zoned out.”

“Zoned out, right,” you rolled your eyes.

“Did you know we spend about 47% of our waking lives zoned out?” He tried to distract the both of you from the fact that you had just caught him staring at your tits.

“We both know that you weren’t just zoned out.”

“Zoning out is, by definition, the act of becoming unaware of one's surroundings. Which is, technically, what just happened to me.”

“I can’t win anything with you,” you scoffed a little, but you weren’t upset. You did have one more thing to use. “Also, you might want to go take care of your friend.”

Leave it to Spencer to find a girl who would bully him. He turned red, set his book down, and started to walk away. That was when you spoke again, “Unless you want me to help you.”

He knew you better than anyone else. He knew there would be something to it, even if you hadn’t said anything yet. He walked over to you nonetheless; he sat next to you as you looked over him. “Did I do this to you?” You asked. He nodded. “Use your words, baby.”

“You did, ma’am,” he looked down.

“Only fair that I fix it then, right?” He didn’t respond to that statement. “Kiss me.”

He did what you asked, cupping your face with one hand as his other slid under your–well, his–sweater. He began to push you backward, gently. The hand that was on your face moved to support him beside your head. He started to trail kisses down your neck; your thigh managed to end up between his legs. His hand started to make its way up to your breasts, rubbing your nipple through the fabric of your bra.

“Did I tell you to do that?” You asked.

He looked up at you with his pupils blown out, fuck, those puppy eyes were gonna be the death of you. “N- no, ma’am, I’m sorry, but- please, please mommy…”

You looked as if you were contemplating it, but he knew you had made up your mind about it already. He just didn’t know what it was that your mind was set on. “Sit up,” You told him. He whimpered but listened. “Good boy…”

You put your hand on his face gently, your thumb running over his bottom lip. If anyone else was doing this to him, his mind would be going off and telling him to stop, but with you… he couldn’t bring himself to care. He took it into his mouth. You were surprised, but not reluctant. You watched as he sucked on it carefully.

“You’re killing me, baby…” you told him as you removed your thumb from his lips. “Why don’t we put that mouth of yours to good use, huh?”

Desperate as he was for any friction, he could never say no to eating you out. Every time he went down on you, it was as if he was starved. With no hesitation, he got down on his knees in front of you. Those beautiful brown eyes of his were almost innocent; they always looked up at you as if you were just below God Himself.

“My beautiful boy,” you smiled, running your fingers through his curls. “Straining so hard against your pants, bet it hurts, huh? But you’re still so eager to please…”

“Just wanna make you feel good, mommy,” he says.

“Then make me feel good,” you told him.

That was the confirmation he needed; he practically dragged you into your bedroom before he began to unbutton and unzip those little high-waisted shorts. He tugged them down your legs as you leaned against the wall. His hands pushed your legs apart gently. “You’re so pretty…” he said, before attaching his lips to your clit. You let out a string of curses as he moved downwards. He licked a stripe over it, before pushing his tongue into your heat. His nose pressed against that little button near the crest every time he did anything. You tangled your fingers in his hair.

His fingers dug into your ass as they were practically the only things holding you up. He tugged on one of your legs gently, and you understood what he meant. You put it over his shoulder, and… well, fuck, that new position made the feelings of his lips on yours (I'm so funny) even more pleasurable. Whenever he was between your legs, it was as if he forgot what even the idea of oxygen was. Nothing mattered besides bringing you delight.

Spencer knew your body well. If he wanted to keep you on the edge for an hour, he could, or if he wanted to make you cum in a minute he could do that. He may have been the submissive between the two of you, but he knew what he was doing. He possibly knew your body better than you. He did something slightly different, and not even a minute into that you fell over the edge. He didn't let a drop of your pleasure go to waste, leaving you slightly overstimulated before he pulled away. The look of your slick on his face was almost enough for you to cum again.

You slowly removed your leg from his shoulder and leaned against the wall for a minute, before you went to lay down on the bed. Part of you wanted to be nice and reward him for pleasing you so well, but the other part of you wanted to do something a little silly…

He joined you, climbing on top of you. He was fully clothed, and all you were in was his sweater. You glanced down again. “How bad do you need me?”

“So bad, please, mommy,” he whimpered.

“Aww,” you cooed. You decided to slot your thigh between his again. “There, you can use that.”

He whined. “But-” “Either that or nothing.”

He huffed. “Can I at least touch you now?”

“Fine, you can touch.”

You didn't need to tell him twice before his hands were under the, now communal, sweater. His hands practically massaged your tits as he started to rut his hips against your thigh. It was humiliating, yes, but he really would do anything to please you. He hid his head in the crook of your neck, leaving kisses and curses in his trail. He moved one of his hands to keep himself steady as he rocked faster, his other tweaked with your nipple. Pinching, twisting, letting go, rubbing, then restarting. It hurt, but it felt so good.

His whimpers became more prominent as he got closer and closer to his climax. “Please, mommy…” “Please what?”

“Want to- need to cum in you so badly, please…”

“You can do it by doing this.”

“It’s not the same, please… Needa put a baby in you, need it so badly…” he whimpered.

“You want to put a baby in me?”

“Mhm, mhm,” he said, moving faster against your thigh. His fingers and hips became more frantic. “You’d look so pretty, and- and everyone would know you’re mine and I’m yours-”

“Wanna make me yours, hmm?”

“O- oh fuck,” he said as he came into his pants. He would have felt less vulnerable if he had been fully naked in comparison to this, but fuck, it made you need him even more. He finally stopped his movements, and you couldn't help but smile.

“Did I make you that desperate? Did you cum into your pants? Couldn’t hold it in?”

He turned red. “‘M sorry, you just- you felt so good.”

“Such a fucking whore,” you commented and took note of how his dick twitched in his pants. “Already excited? Gosh, you’re like a fucking teenager.”

“‘M sorry, ma’am…” he said as he slid off you.

You sat up to try and take the sweater off, but he grabbed your wrists. “Keep it on, please, mommy…”

That’s when it clicked. “Is that what all this is about, Spencer?” He looked down and nodded. “Holy shit. This is all it takes to turn your brain off? I just wear one of your sweaters, and suddenly you’re a mindless slut? Tell me, Spencer, why do you like it so much?”

“It- It says that you’re mine. That you- that you aren’t embarrassed about it either. And you- you look really pretty. You always look pretty, but even more so like this. And it- I can see you wearing that, and- and p- pregnant with my babies.”

“You wanna get me pregnant, huh?”

He nodded. “So- so badly…”

“Come on, then,” you told him. You were on birth control, he knew that, but it was just for dirty talk. This was all just for a scene, right?

He rushed off the bed and struggled to get his belt off because his hands were shaking slightly. He took off his soiled boxers and pants before getting his shirt and sweater off. He climbed back on top of you for the third time that night, stretching you out with his fingers for a couple of seconds before he finally positioned himself at your entrance. He slid in, inch by inch… no matter how many times he had been inside of you before, you would never be able to get used to that. You could feel him for days after.

It’s always the tall, skinny, scrawny boys.

“You’re- you’re so tight, ngh-” No matter how dominant sounding any of his words may seem, he always said them in a submissive manner. “You’re- so pretty around me, and- and I can see myself in you.”

He took your hand with one of his and pressed it down on your lower stomach. Sure enough, there was a slight bulge. You couldn’t help but clench around him. He let out a whimper. He knew he wouldn’t last long; he intertwined your fingers on one side, before using the other to circle your clit as he moved his hips in the way he knew you liked. He had to make you cum first, he would feel horrible if he finished before you. Always eager to please.

“You’re so perfect,” he kissed your neck. “‘M so lucky to have you, so unbelievably lucky- Gonna- gonna fuck my babies into you, gonna let everyone- ev- everyone know you’re mine.”

“Fuck,” you moaned. You could feel that all-too-familiar feeling bubbling in your lower stomach. “Right there, baby, I’m so close-”

His breath hitched slightly as he continued what he was doing, except for his movements on your clit went slightly harder. About thirty more seconds of that, and you were letting that knot slip. You clenched around him as your mouth opened into a silent scream. Once it was over, his fingers stopped moving on your clit but his hips never ceased their almost bruising pace.

He started going faster, desperately chasing his own climax. You decided to help him, despite the overstimulation. “Gonna get me pregnant, yeah? Gonna knock me up, let everyone know I’m all yours?”

He nodded, you knew he was close but something else was needed even if neither of you knew what it was.

“Gonna make you a real mommy,” he whimpered.

“Mhm, gonna make me a mommy. But… I’m already yours Spence. All yours. This just tells everyone else.” “Mine, you’re- you’re mine, mhm-”

“And you’re mine, all mine, yeah?

That’s what it took. Hot ropes coated your walls as his hips stuttered until he was empty. After a minute, you asked if he wanted to get cleaned up.

“You’re supposed to keep it in for around twenty minutes to an hour,” he said, his voice slightly muffled by your neck.

“I’m still on birth control,” you reminded.

“I know, but just for the… I dunno, idea.”

“Spencer.” “Fine,” he pulled out gently, both of you letting out a whimper. He watched as a combination of his and your cum spilled out of your hole. You knew he was already half-hard again, but you were not in the mood to go again. “You do need to urinate th-”

“Leave it to Dr. Spencer Reid to dirty talk his girlfriend into letting him cum into her and then ruin the moment entirely,” you laughed.

“I’m serious! I don’t want you to get a UTI.”

“Fine, I’ll go take a piss.”

“One more thing?”

“What is it?”

He didn’t say anything, only collected what was dripping out of you, before gently pushing it back in. You couldn’t deny that that did turn you on, but you knew that if you didn’t stop now you wouldn’t. You went to the bathroom and then took a shower together.

After all that, you were finally lying down. The more you recounted your previous activities, the more you liked what he said. Maybe it was time to forgo the birth control…

#spencer reid x you #spencer reid scenario #spencer reid x reader #spencer reid #criminal minds #criminal minds x reader #criminal minds x you #sweater weather

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clanwarrior-tumbly · 9 months

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HCs: Spot meeting a Spidey!Reader who takes him seriously as a villain

Been having brainrot for Spot lately and thought that he deserved something nice,,like a Spiderman who’s like “bro my bad guys are boring but you’re really cool” and so this happened-

First time writing him, but hope y'all enjoy!

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Spot’s first fight with Miles only made him feel like one thing..

A loser. An unworthy opponent. A mere “villain of the week”.

It’s downright humiliating knowing that the Spiderman who (intentionally or not) was the catalyst of the collider accident that turned him into this freak..didn’t seem to take him seriously anymore.

So he goes to hide in another universe for sometime, questioning wtf he’s doing and if anyone in this vast multiverse will see him for what he is--a real villain and a real threat.

Then he overhears on a police officer’s radio chatter that a spider person was several blocks away, stopping a robbery.

He sees this as his chance to shine and throws on a sloppy disguise.

And he arrives just you have already apprehended the crooks, all four of them webbed up as the store owner shakes your hand, expressing immense gratitude for saving her small business.

“I get it..living’s hard enough around here. I just do what I can to make it easier for folks.” You smile behind your mask.

Then Spot leaps out of hiding, demanding to know where the safe is.

The store owner looks at him, rolling her eyes like “oh boy, another villain for you, kid.”

Immediately, he’s pissed off.

Just “another” villain???

He would have damn near sent this mean lady through a hole and not care where she went had you not intervened.

“Woah, woah, woah...okay..you’re actually the coolest villain I’ve seen yet! I-If that’s what you are. Are you a villain or do you consider yourself one because I don’t wanna be rude-”

He’s thrown off by the questions, and your compliment. He's tripping over his own words.

“Yes. I uh..think so..? Now will you let me rob this store or-?”

“Not a chance, bud.”

And so the fight begins, branching all across the city as webs are swinging and holes are being thrown.

Judging from your voice, you sounded no older than Miles..and yet here you are actually engaging in the fight instead of texting on your phone and brushing off his attacks, not treating him like a nuisance to get rid of.

It genuinely made Spot emotional when you’re throwing hands on the rooftops and he makes you punch yourself in the face..to which you say “WOW that’s pretty amazing ngl”.

He’s glad he can’t really cry anymore but his voice stays high-pitched and wobbly during the rest of the fight and you even pause to say “are you okay, man?”

He just feels so validated here.

Even as you defeat him and web him up for the cops, he escapes back to his dimension, still wanting his revenge.

But from time to time, he’ll return to yours and demand a “rematch”, with you being more than happy to oblige.

#marvel x reader #spiderman across the spider verse x reader #across the spider verse x reader #atsv x reader #atsv spot #the spot #spiderman reader #teen reader #platonic #headcanons

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suffarustuffaru · 2 months

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Extremely insane question but A. how would healthy BDSM help Otto? and B. are there any other characters who would benefit immensely from healthy BDSM?????

OH ANON..... YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUVE UNLEASHED IVE BEEN HOLDING ONTO THESE UNHINGED HCS/IDEAS FOR A WHILE. IVE BEEN HOLDING BACK. NOW I WILL NO MORE. THANK YOU FOR ASKING. the following image is just like me fr!!

anyway to people who dont know wtf this post is referring to i um reblogged this post and put this in the tags in response:

me when i write/analyze otto rezero….. its true though. it helps think about a characters wants and needs and desires#i also think he could be fixed if he just engaged in healthy bdsm instead of his deranged borderline bdsm#i genuinely dont think he can have a romantic relationship if it didnt involve a bit of pain in it#hes just like that fr 👍

and ok i was half-joking but im also dead serious about this. let me explain before any of you go "are you going insane" bc the answer is yes. let me cook. i prommys im a genius.

A. How would healthy BDSM help Otto?

the thing with otto is that his sense of relationships is a bit skewed. and you may be going "okay but isnt that like almost everyone in the rezero cast" which is true, but otto's got his own flavor of interpersonal issues.

he spends 20 years of his life having zero human friends. half of that time he spent being constantly overwhelmed by his dp so he was already behind all his peers. so he had to play catch up with socialization only to realize the Hard Way (by embarrassing himself in social situations bc he had no clue what he was doing). apart from that, his main sources of socialization was his family (with merchant parents who TAUGHT HIM HOW TO BE CONNIVING AND MANIPULATIVE), various animals (and lets be real does the animal kingdom have squeaky clean morals either????? and also like ottos a human ofc his socialization is gonna be a bit incomplete from this anyway sLJDSLFJSD), and also being bullied and ostracized multiple times. naturally this means ottos gotten zero friends for many years and he decided to be independent to compensate.

so. to put it bluntly, otto has basically spent his entire life getting humiliated. hes literally the butt monkey for literally everything to the point where everyone in the story, including him, calls it him having "bad luck". he also doesnt like the idea of being pushed around by fate bc thats basically Been His Whole Life.

(more under the cut)

he has two confirmed childhood crushes in canon and one of them is a white cat - which is embarrassing enough, but in little kid otto's defense the only socialization outside of his family he's getting is his family and his dp makes it so he talks to animals like theyre other people. the anime does show otto interacting with cats, but theres these two particular cats that stand out and iirc the most likely possibility is that the cat otto had a crush on was this white cat. and she looks suspiciously like emilia (white cat?? with purple eyes??) and then she runs off with a cat that looks suspiciously like subaru (dark colored cat with brown ish eyes iirc??? but it looked like subaru ok im not joking T^T). and then otto was rejected by this cat in front of his little brother. and dont forget the Other Mishaps ottos had throughout his life includes:

brief moment in ottos arc 4 named chapter where he gets slapped by a (human) girl he had a crush on. poor guy

accidentally summoning a whole bug swarm on his whole hometown bc his little brother begged him to use his dp to look cool (they did not look cool)

starting beef with a rich girl who has the hots for his older brother bc her seventh boyfriend unfairly beat him up, proceeds to get exiled at like 16 bc of assassins she sent after him

anyway yeah so. zero human friends + only animal friends + taught by his parents to gaslight gatekeep girlboss + relentlessly bullied by life + forced to be independent via exile and assassins = otto decides that he is allllll good alone for now traveling around being a merchant with his trusty ground dragon frufoo as his only company. people have only been trouble for him!! life has been trouble!! so he shrugs and goes welpppp time to focus on my career idc about anyone else and i dont really need friends rn <3 hes like ambivalent on it ykno? why should he care - he's superrrr independent and doesnt Need anyone!! besides who would care for me anyway lmao?

and looooong story short, ottos motto is that hes like simultaneously intense yet avoidant about any connections, no matter how fleeting it is, that he makes with other people. marones a good example - shes a girl he met bc they were nearly sold into slavery together by bandits, and ottos. you know. a gaslight gatekeep girlboss who looks out for himself and only people he cares about. except he Would feel bad leaving her behind so hes like .............yeah ok ill save her. and so he does!! then he pulls the asshole move of pretending to be a little more of an asshole than he actually is via giving her his own money but telling her that its "bounty money" (this is his own money) from the bandits that "ran off a cliff on accident lol" (ottos plan killed them and he doesnt really care about that). then otto proceeds to not tell marone his name then he goes to fuck off again.

BUT THEN OTTO MEETS SUBARU and the thing with otto is that when he falls hard, he falls Hard. hes got an addictive personality. hes a workaholic, an alcoholic, he gets obsessed with playing servitude for people he cares about, which is what happens with otto after he meets subaru and promptly feels bad enough about trying to kill subaru that he dies going back for him (the failed white whale loop). and then he sleeps next to subaru in sanctuary. follows subaru around all the time. writes about subaru in his diary. wrote a suicide note just in case he died for subaru. is perfectly fine sacrificing his safety for subaru within days of meeting subaru.

AND SUBARU ADDED TO THIS DYNAMIC by dragging otto in by including him all the time, caressing and hugging otto, calling otto his toy (yes this is an actual quote that happens in arc 4 wn), hiring otto without his consent, teasing otto allll the time, including calling otto gay for roswaal (yes this is an actual quote too), and ottos response to it?? hes FLUSTERED. AND THEN OTTO DOUBLES DOWN AND GOES YEAH OK I DO THINGS FOR SUBARU NOW. BC HES MY FRIEND. I JUST DO THINGS FOR HIM WITHOUT EVEN TELLING HIM. ILL WORK MYSELF SOOO HARD. ID BE SO HAPPY TO DIE FOR HIM EVEN. and proceeds to metaphorically bow his head in servitude to subaru and later emilia by working himself to the bone for them. like. like subaru is ottos BOSS okay if this was modern day, itd be like subaru is some upstart ceo that otto got forcibly hired by but then all otto did was blush and go "i-it's not like i like you or anything but we're FRIENDS NOW. youre my friend. BUT ID STILL LEAVE YOU THE MOMENT THIS COMPANY FAILS OKAY ITS NOTHING PERSONAL" and proceeds to like clean up corpses for this guy on the down low. and ottos so down bad that everyone around him is going "youre literally like subarus accessory" (this is also a real quote said by ram. not in those exact words but the "subaru's accessory" part is still highlighted in canon bc ottos just deranged like that).

so otto, the butt monkey of life, turns into being some guy's LITERAL BOYTOY in the span of less than four days and gets put in a role where he's said guy's employee whos playing a support position where he gets to pull strings from backstage????? you know what thats like??? you know what that sounds like?? its like ottos metaphorically subservient but dominant at the same time. hes ALWAYS in submissive roles but hes really TRYING to be in charge half the time. hes like trying to make himself look like slightly more of an asshole bc it feels like hes afraid to be found out - afraid to be known, bc then that means hes just showing his whole ass soul bc hes trying to be nice and what if he does that and people dont like him anymore like how it was when he was little and genuinely tried to be nice??? no can do. no no no, if he says "im onlyyy doing this bc i ALSO benefit from this, we got a deal going you know? im a businessman through and through" than that ISNT being too vulnerable. thats called being smart (otto is terrible at intimacy). so hes either gotta look like a bit of an asshole or hes gotta look innocent bc he has Plans and hes Clearly In Charge here (he says, being a control freak that cant control anything).

"suffaru tumblr can we move onto the bdsm, i think im starting the see the point" yes ok so why is ottos first reaction to seeing his new buddy pal subaru having a mental breakdown in the forest punching him and beating him up. why is ottos first reaction to go "take a deeeeep breath.... (yes thisll calm subaru down so i can punch him and slap him around a little bit after bc im SUPER MAD AT HIM FOR NOT VALUING HIMSELF". yeah bc ottos got this self righteous anger whenever subarus trying to get himself hurt so than otto gets Physical about it. it like explodes out of him, he has to like yell in subarus face to get all his points across.

and dont get me wrong, subarus stubborn af and probs needed a little yelling, but it sets a precedent okay. subaru (lightheartedly) punches otto back later as payback for this. they got like a push and pull in their relationship - subaru drags otto along, otto punches to switch their roles so he can drag subaru along too, etc etc. they enable each other with the sacrificial shit. but then arc 8 comes along and otto gets 1. mad that his friends arent doing the questionable shit he wants to do 2. he still proceeds to do what They want to do, bc its back to subservience again, 3. he gets mad at julius for butting into what he sees as HIS territory (subaru and emilia camp) basically. like he gets territorial like a dog ok. and then 4. otto gets SO mad about emijulisuba being Like That (read: Good People That Arent Bitter and Cynical and Amoral At Worse Like Him) that otto punches a wall thinking about julius. bc honestly i think hes mad like a territorial dog and hes mad julius not only ones up him in power, status, composure, goodness, etc etc but also julius EFFORTLESSLY fits in with emisuba while ottos ykno just the lackey. the lame little sidekick. the side hoe. the accessory no one needs right now.

anyway what otto really craves is control over his life. control over his friends so he can do what he wants for “their own good”. control over himself bc hes a Very conniving little guy except his emotions explode out of him at random points and it makes him reckless so then it makes him. Less Intelligent bc he doesnt have a hold of himself no matter how much he tries to. bc he overcompensates in all his interpersonal relationships by trying to play support!!! all the time!! but hes high strung and keyed up, what he really needs is to relax too and like. loosen his grip on the reins also bc hes holding onto that shit so hard hes gonna break his hands. theres a bit of violence in his closest relationships in the sense that he 1. has no problem stooping Low if its for the “best” (ie being a little mansplain manipulate malewife) and 2. will be maaaybe a little fake bc he wants to be close, he wants to declare himself as a friend bc thats what he IS, but he cant get any closer than that bc eewww why would i. thats too much. and 3. otto gets violent over subaru.

so ottos a real masochist with literally all of relationships bc it goes back to him being bullied as a kid, teased relentlessly by everyone around him, takes his jobs Way Too Seriously, then he goes off the deep end with it trying to do things for his friends only to end up debasing himself (see: getting his legs sliced open in arc 5 as a consequence of bringing that damn tome into the city) (see: all of arc 8).

anyway i think in actuality otto would rather die than admit he wants to be dominated by some guy (probably subaru) (lets be real he probably daydreams about subaru). bc otto feels the need to simultaneously grovel like a dog but also be in complete control of the leash. and also hes kinda craving attention via Being Needed. you gotta like try to spin that desire to be used like a squish toy into something healthier HAH. maybe if he just had an outlet to get the aggression out that Wasnt being a workaholic alcoholic obsessed with his friends, MAYBE he could be fixed a little. like ottos a bratty (nonsexual) (…….unless.) little guy, just ruthlessly call out his flaws, slap him around, praise him for the hard work he actually Does Do, etc etc he’d love that shit. he’d rather die than admit it but maybe after he gets some much needed dopamine he’ll be a little less of an asshole KANDND. and also he could probably be fixed a little if you gave him a boxing bag to punch in his free time too.

yeah so otto i think has a bit of a complex over being the weiiiiird power bottom so like. let him be half in control but then beat him up a bit. metaphorically or literally. consensually of course. maybe itll help a bit 👍 wrangle his control issues LMAO 😭😭 im a little too asexual for the sexual side of this convo but i am very sure ottos a freak in the streets and a freak in the sheets he just wouldnt ever admit it. the guy HAS to learn to be more vulnerable ok he was doing not too bad after arc 4 (he gets a “you tried!!” star) and then it alllll got worse from there. i am very sure he’d be into degradation given how much he keeps getting actually degraded so like. gotta spin that into something better than what hes doing now wkdndnd. otherwise he would probably get off from being an asshole.

but yes otto in all seriousness needs to learn to Let Go. but hes too used to The Worst so you gotta coax him out of there like hes a feral cat. you gotta like wean him off of violence / give a better outlet. get bdsmed otto 🫵🫵

B. Are there any other characters who would benefit immensely from healthy BDSM?

reinhard. 🙏 also maaaaybe emilia once she learns what sex is. in general she should do exploration if she wants to engage in sex, exploration of what she would enjoy if so, etc etc. she should get all the time in the world to figure it out on her own terms 👍 also she’d wanna make her partner feel good. i dont like the idea that she stays “innocent” and “pure” forever or whatever. she should get room to explore. girls curious and eager to learn new stuff, she mightt just want to do that.

reinhard bc hes used to being op af ok and he wants to be normal sooooooo bad. dominate this man RIGHT NOW he’d beg for it if it meant getting the fun experience of being normal for like five minutes. i think he’d want to know what being weak in that way feels like!!!!!!! he could be ordered without being ordered (derogatory) like how the kingdom orders him around!!! he wants to be normal!!!!! screw the dp of bedroom wiles!!! he’d be relieved being a little cringe bc WOAGH THIS MEANS IM HUMAN!! do you understand my vision. he can let go a bit (hes repressed).

also i think julius should be allowed to go feral.

and also arc 3 rem is horny af she’d probs super kinky sometimes. when she feels like it. nice healthy bdsm would be fun for her. its like her enrichment. her bread and butter. i feel like sloth if remsuba were definitely doing it. and also ig subaru benefits from being a little kinky bc its um. probs a healthier spin off of like the way almost all his relationships are based on getting maimed by AU versions of his now friends. oops.

anyway thats all the thoughts i had atm i might have more later👍 hope that answers ur questions anon :)

#rezero #re:zero #otto suwen #natsuki subaru #arc 5-8 spoilers #ask #in conclusion otto is subarus side piece and modern au ottosuba would just be ceo x employee

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judeswhore · 11 months

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imagine seeing ex!jude while you’re away with your friends in mykonos and you end up sleeping together but there being a big misunderstanding where he thinks it’s just a one night stand but wants more and so do you but neither of you know how to convey these feelings. I love angst 🤭🤍

omg this wld make a hot fic🧎‍♀️🧎‍♀️the two of u didn’t break up on bad terms like distance and stuff just become too much so the breakup was amicable. so when u see each other on holiday for the first time in like over a year all those feelings start coming back and it somehow leads to sex and it just sort of solidifies that u want each other back. you’ve both grown in the past year and matured and u could 100% handle the distance now. but maybe u have somewhere to be on the morning so u have to leave early and u leave a note for jude on the cabinet bc u don’t wna wake him but it gets knocked under his bed or something so he doesn’t see it :(( poor boy thinks you’ve jumped and dumped him and he’s mad and humiliated bc u had such a deep conversation the night before abt wanting to be back together and now this??? you’d have made plans to have lunch together and he wldnt turn up so ur there thinking he stood u up and now ur the one that’s hurt and embarrassed and ur thinking maybe he hasn’t matured at all. ur both too stubborn to just message the other and see what’s going on so u don’t see each other till later that night at the club. ur dancing w some boy and he’s sitting w some girl and he just has had enough so he comes up to u and he’s all “seriously wtf is this? i was inside u not even 24 hours ago and now ur hooking up w some randomer? after everything u said last night?” and ur just glaring at him and tell him “u literally stood me up i’m not gna embarrass myself again” and then he’s abt to burst when he’s like “i didn’t stand u up i just didn’t think dinner was still on. u snuck out on me like i was a dirty one night stand!” and u are dumbfounded bc what is he even talking abt so ur shoving him into a secluded area bc u don’t want everyone hearing u fight and ur all “i didn’t sneak out on u, i was meeting the girls i left u a note” and he just reals back like you’ve slapped him and just watches u open mouthed as it starts to sink in that the whole situation has kinda been misunderstood and spiralled out of control. he’d feel like an idiot and he’d be sheepishly apologising and you’d spend the rest of the night making it up to each other and u wld definitely end up back in his room. and when ur there u find the note under his bed and it’s the cutest little message and you’d left a little lipstick kiss on it for him and he’d feel even worse abt leaving u stranded for dinner :(( he’d make it up to u in kisses and orgasms tho :))) but then he’d definitely keep the note and it wld be tucked away in a little photo album he has of the two of u years down the line

#hey jude :)#jude bellingham

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el-moscorrofio-y-el-mercachifle · 6 months

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Sometimes Margarita and Marcela were so passive aggressive with zero reason. Like right after coming back from London when they go to Ecomoda they greet Aura Maria and Roberto asks AM how her kid's doing. You know, the normal stuff.

And then Margarita asks kinda drily "did you get married already?" OUT OF MOWHERE. like idk but i feel like those kind of questions are never fully well intentioned. And then when AM answers that she's still looking for her dream man, Marcela answer AGAIN OUT OF NOWHERE that AM is "looking for him with SUCH intensity" AND LIKE??? Why. Why so passively aggressive like that??? Literally zero need 😐😐 i don't even like AM but like wtf was that. Zero need to humiliate employees like that.

No wonder everyone lovez Roberto, barely acknowledge Margarita, and straight up bad mouth Marcela...

#ysblf #yo soy betty la fea #betty la fea #marcela valencia

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andiwriteordie · 1 year

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I know you like to write angst and fluff/whatever this will turn out to be, so I propose two options to choose from because I couldn’t decide:

1. An angst filled, heart-wrenching prompt in which Mike and Will have a fight (around the time of season 5) that parallels the rain fight, but when will leaves and Mike follows, Will is Vecna’d (bonus points if Mike says he hates him)

2. A fun, lighthearted prompt with the party at college together and Elumax and Byler engage in an April fools prank war to end all prank wars, which Dustin ultimately wins by pulling one on all of them.

It’s your choice! Whichever you’re feeling in the moment. Congrats on 1500! ❤️

hey piper! wtf was with that first prompt! why would you do that to me, huh? was that necessary? WAS IT?

(said by the woman who chose to write the first prompt instead of the second one.)

i did change a tiny part of the prompt, where it's mike who leaves this time instead of will, but otherwise, the premise is the same. and ouch ouch ouch i'm sorry for this one.

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you went quiet, and i got mean

Mike can’t remember the last time he was this angry.

Look… Mike knows that he’s an angry person. He’s prone to frustrated, snappy outbursts, and he’s got a bad reputation of being someone who speaks before he thinks. It’s easy for him to give into negative emotions like anger or to channel other negative emotions like sadness into anger.

Anger is something that gives the illusion of control, whereas sadness is its own beast—untameable, overwhelming, and terrifying. The feeling of anger projects itself outwards towards others, whereas sadness just… overtakes you. Anger is easier to deal with than sadness and guilt and betrayal are.

So, Mike is angry.

And he can’t remember the last time he was this angry.

His hands are trembling, clenched tightly around the stupid fucking painting that has been proudly hanging on Mike’s wall ever since it was gifted to him back in 1986. This stupid painting has traveled with him across the country in the back of Argyle’s pizza van, it’s lived with him for nearly two years in his childhood home, and it’s among one of the few things Mike had chosen to bring with him when the extended Party made the difficult decision to abandon their homes and begin using the lab as their base of operations.

This stupid fucking painting means way too fucking much to Mike, and that’s the only fucking reason he hasn’t ripped it into shreds right now.

God, he’s so fucking angry. He’s so angry, and his heart feels like one big gaping wound right now, torn open by the mortifying betrayal and humiliation caused by his best friend’s lies.

Will lied to him.

Will fucking lied to Mike.

He lied to Mike two years ago in that stupid pizza van, and he made up some bullshit story about the painting being from El and about El believing in his ability to lead the Party and about Mike’s importance to their friends. And sure, while maybe the romantic implications of those words had fizzled out once he and El broke up, Mike had still been able to hold on to the encouragement and the love that he’d felt from El’s belief in him. Maybe they weren’t meant to be boyfriend and girlfriend, but they were always meant to be friends.

And if El and the Party could believe in him, then… then maybe Mike could find the courage to keep leading them, no matter how inadequate he feels.

…

What a load of bullshit.

What a load of fucking bullshit, because El didn’t fucking commission this painting. El didn’t even realize Mike still had the painting, and she sure as hell had never seen it in her life. All those words Will had said about Mike “being the heart” and “guiding the Party” were nothing but a load of bullshit.

And Mike is angry.

…

Mike is hurt.

…

Mike is betrayed.

…

And Mike is humiliated.

But anger is the easiest emotion to deal with, so that’s exactly why Mike finds himself storming down the dimly lit hallways of Hawkins National Lab. He doesn’t even knock on Will’s door; instead, he opens it roughly, letting the door slam against the wall.

Will flinches sharply, looking up from the book he’s reading. A surprised but also confused expression forms on his face, and he narrows his eyes slightly. “Mike?” he asks. “What… what’s going on?”

“I need to talk to you,” Mike spits, barely able to keep his temper contained. “Now.”

The confusion on Will’s face grows. “Um… okay,” he says hesitantly, and he stands up, walking over to Mike. “Is… everything okay?”

A broken laugh escapes Mike’s lips. “‘Is everything okay?’” he echoes incredulously. “No, actually, everything isn’t okay, Will. Everything’s not fucking okay, because I… I just got done talking to El, and you know what? You want to know what El fucking told me?”

A hurt look forms on Will’s face as Mike all but yells at him, and his eyes flicker to the painting in Mike’s hands. For a moment, a look of recognition flashes across his face, and Will’s eyes go wide. “Mike…”

“No.” Mike shakes his head. “No, don’t. Don’t you… don’t you dare do that, Will. Don’t you dare.”

Tears begin to well in Will’s eyes. “Mike, come on,” he pleads, his voice soft. “I’m sorry—”

“I said don’t, Will!” Mike shouts, and he shoves the painting into Will’s hands, pushing on Will’s chest, the way Will always does to Mike when they argue. “I don’t want your fucking apology, Will! No, I want you to look me in the eye and tell me why you lied to me!”

His voice cracks on those last few words, and God, Mike loathes it. He absolutely loathes the way there are tears stinging his own eyes and how there’s a lump in the back of his throat that just won’t go away. The fiery anger inside his chest spreads, but it’s not enough. It’s not enough to consume all the pain and betrayal and sadness brought on by Will’s lie.

“Mike,” Will whispers. He’s holding onto the painting with trembling hands, and he shakes his head. “I-I didn’t lie—”

“Bullshit!” Mike snaps, and he throws his hands up in the air. “That’s a load of bullshit, Will! You did! You lied to me—straight to my face! You told me El commissioned this stupid fucking painting, and… and you said all that bullshit about… about El needing me and about me… being the Party’s leader and heart… and all that shit. You lied to me, Will. You lied. And I. Want. To. Know. Why.”

Will flinches sharply, and though there are tears in Mike’s own eyes, it’s impossible to miss the way Will’s eyes fill with even more tears. He’s breathing a bit heavily, the way he does near the beginning of a panic attack, and fuck, something in the back of Mike’s mind yells at him to just stop, stop, stop, back up, apologize, don’t do this…

But Mike can’t.

Because Mike is so, so angry and so, so hurt.

God. Everything inside him hurts, and hot, salty tears sting Mike’s eyes as he and Will stand there in silence.

Everything hurts, and Mike hates it.

So, he does the only thing he can do—the only thing that might make the pain stop.

He pours more gasoline on the fire of his anger, and he hopes that it burns away all the rest of his sadness and pain.

“So, what? Are you just going to stand there?” Mike snaps, his voice trembling. His conscience yells at him to stop. The pain yells at him to keep going. “Tell me, Will. Look me in the eye, and tell me why. Why did you lie to me? Why?”

Will blinks, and he forces himself to take a shuddered breath, holding that stupid painting close. “I can’t,” he whispers, and oh.

Oh, that’s just more gasoline on the fire.

“You can’t?” Mike echoes. “What’s that supposed to mean? You can’t tell me? Why not?”

“Mike,” Will pleads, his voice shaking. “Please… just… just trust me—”

“That’s the last thing you should be asking from me right now!” Mike snaps, clenching his fists at his side, and Will flinches, a broken look forming on his face. “You lied to me, Will, and you want me to trust you? How am I ever supposed to trust you, when you can’t even tell me why you lied?”

Once again, Will just goes quiet, and he shakes his head slightly. His hands are still clenched around that painting, and he takes a slow, deep breath—in and out. In and out.

“I’m sorry,” Will finally says, looking Mike in the eye now. His voice is still trembling, but it sounds like his mind is made up. “I’m sorry I lied to you. But I… I can’t tell you why I lied, Mike. I just can’t.”

The fire spreads inside Mike’s chest, and that lump in the back of his throat grows. For a moment, the two of them stare at each other, standing on the precipice of something that could change everything forever.

This is Mike’s last chance to turn back—to walk away from the edge and to let it go, lest he do something that he regrets.

But his heart aches, worse than it ever has before. And Will’s words—his inability to tell Mike the truth even now as he’s confronted with his own lies—feel like salt rubbed into the wound.

Mike takes the step off the edge.

“I’ll never forgive you for this,” Mike whispers, and he watches as Will’s face crumples as much as the stupid painting in his hand does. “I’m never going to forgive you for this.”

Will swallows the lump in his throat, and he holds the painting tighter, looking down. “Okay,” he whispers, his voice full of resignation. “... Okay.”

Somehow, that response hurts even more, and Mike blinks back the tears in his own eyes. The anger in his heart still burns, but it’s not enough. Nothing is enough to overtake the ache in his heart, and it fucking sucks, because all Mike wants is Will’s honesty.

The only thing that would fix this is the one thing his best friend isn’t willing to give him.

So, without another word, Mike turns and leaves the room, walking briskly down the hallway. He brushes past Jonathan, who gives him a skeptical look that Mike very pointedly chooses to ignore. He’s not in the mood for this bullshit right now, and he doesn’t want to answer anyone’s nosy questions. Right now, all Mike wants is to be alone.

Mike’s just about to enter his own room when a yell echoes throughout the hallway.

“WILL!”

And Mike’s blood runs cold.

There’s absolutely no hesitation; it’s as if the last ten minutes never happened. Mike turns away from his door, and he sprints down the hallway back towards Will’s room and towards the sound of Jonathan’s frantic shouts.

Shit, shit, shit, shit—

By the time Mike reaches Will’s room, a few others have already crowded around the doorway in an attempt to see what’s going on. He shoves past them, right into Will’s room, and immediately, Mike’s broken, wounded heart drops to the bottom of his stomach.

Because there, frozen in a trance and standing in the middle of his bedroom with his eyes clouded over, is Will Byers.

#andi's asks #byler #byler ficlet #this was mean.#this was so so mean #i wanna keep writing it.#HELP #listen if the painting fight is even a fraction of this level of anger i'm gonna shrivel into a ball and just die

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jalebi-weds-bluetooth · 5 months

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Khushi & Shyam

Upon rewatching the kidnapping track - barring the James Bond ghosts in Manorama & Khushi, Anjali and Manorama doubting Khushi’s character (cause I’ve had enough of her character assassination), and Khushi honeytrapping Shyam (ew to the kheer feeding scenes cause wtf) - I realized I deeply enjoyed the Shyam and Khushi scenes.

Yeah, that’s my hot take. Upon deeper pondering I realized that Khushi & Shyam might just be an underrated dynamic in the show. Almost ALL their scenes are stellar simply because of their chemistry and interesting history.

You see, Shyam as a character is very flat against Arnav. Each hate the other. Shyam wants Arnav’s money and Arnav warns him to stay off Khushi and attempt being the husband he pretended to be so long to Anjali. It’s just that. Literally all of their scenes post the terrace misunderstanding is a loop of this and Shyam going “yay I’ll win your trust and then you see Saale Sahab” and bro just has an Arnav protection charm cause Arnav doesn’t confront Shyam even ONCE when he sees him flirt with Khushi.

Rather Arnav abuses Khushi instead. Like… why would you not threaten Shyam as well? Arnav can literally financially choke Shyam further (I love that scene where he closes the joint account - more of that Arnav!)

On the other hand Shyam and Khushi are absolutely electric with Arnav out of the picture. During elopement I rolled my eyes, again, that all the loop was Shyam harasses Khushi, Khushi is like “lemme just do nothing about this” (cause Arnav’s misunderstanding needs to be constant!) and that’s it. Because Khushi is eternal helpless damsel who legit just needs to be mad or abused.

But with Arnav out of the picture Khushi and Shyam rise as characters more than “Arnav’s misunderstanding”.

They have to acknowledge the layers they wrote into both of them. The whole fact that Shyam and Khushi were best friends at one point of time! To think every relationship Khushi has, has betrayed or hurt her irreconcilably at one point of time and it makes my heart hurt for her. Her aunt, adoptive mother, sister, friend and husband.

Barring the villain Shyam is, during the Gupta House stay he was the only vocal advocate of Khushi in the house. Yes, Shashi and Payal always supported Khushi, but neither prevented Khushi from constantly being belittled.

Rather the max was they’d tsk over Buaji’s comments or laughing agree that she is mad.

But Shyam was the first to point out that there is a certain stillness and maturity behind the chatter. He is, perhaps, the only character who understood Khushi. He was the one who shifted Khushi’s narrative in her house. No she’s not crazy, she’s responsible. No she’s not childish, she’s an empath who would do everything to make everyone smile.

She’s having a bad day? Don’t badger her with questions, rather cheer her up with her favourite food.

(Khushi had a bad day when she joined AR, and she had a bad day when she left AR - but you see the marked difference in the way the house responds to her bad days with/without Shyam’s influence. With him, the house, for the first time, cheers Khushi up and lets her have her bad day).

When Khushi comes back from Janmashtami, humiliated, she has to spend time comforting her family and pacifying them. She has to push her insults away and bring a smile on everyone’s face. But Shyam actually asks her how she is and gives her the space to talk about her own feelings and humiliation.

She actually finds someone with whom she can share her pain without having to care for the other’s concern.

It’s liberating and the foundation of a truest friendship. I feel so bad for her that she lost this friendship!

And to see this strong friendship be a mask for Shyam’s dark deeds and desires is heartbreaking but writing wise - oof, that hurt! Imagine a false friendship being the healthiest relationship Khushi has had with anyone (thank God NK & Lavanya existed!)

The only time Shyam is wrong about Khushi is when he’s twisted in his romantic delusions. Which makes him such a compelling villain because you cannot figure him out. What are his motivations?

And with only Shyam in the house and Khushi manipulating him instead - we see the justified pain in Khushi! Like hell yes, Arnav did destroy your life. Hell yes, grieve for the fact that man gave you nothing but pain. They’re spitting facts to each other while trying to outwit each other.

Every scene is a definition of how twisted Shyam is or how intelligent Khushi is and how each takes turns manipulating the other and it’s literally super thrilling to watch. Shyam asserts that his only goal is Khushi - suddenly making him a freeloader who only wants to destroy “ArShi” makes no sense and rips away a lot of his character and motivations.

Also, begrudgingly, Shyam and Khushi exactly know each other too well. She knows where all his mind can go - and utilizes his obsession with her against him for he thinks he’s an ethical man regardless (I love the whole getting him to sign papers moment, she just pulled a Shyam on Shyam!) and Shyam knows Khushi’s weakness is family and utilizes that to buy time.

Khushi’s attachment to Arnav is as unhealthy as Shyam’s attachment to Khushi. Like seriously Arnav insults her five times before heading to the airport and Khushi isn’t afforded even a second of anger or grief. Like she literally admitted farak and he still walks off (yes he was going to go back to Khushi but he did break her heart at that moment).

And all the show keeps shoving to us is how Khushi wants to prove her innocence to a man who really does not deserve it (I’m not faulting Arnav’s anger, although tbh his anger makes sense a lot of times! But the abuse? No way).

Khushi’s deep love for Arnav right when he has been nothing but insulting (he literally told her he’s glad her parents are dead) and her rushing to prove her innocence and have constant Rabba Ve’s after he leaves instead of any rightful anger or hurt make like… no sense to me. Was that Stockholm syndrome talking?

I just find such richer writing in some of their scenes and dynamic that we get a full intelligent heroine and intelligent villain vibes where the audience is treated as smart.

Khushi’s hatred for Shyam is also so good and justified than her love and need for Arnav at this point.

I can imagine Arnav whispering an “I love you” breaking Khushi down to her going through an obsessive phase of finding Arnav and wanting him and his love and worrying for his safety. But until that point Shyam and Khushi make so much sense as villain and hero because Khushi rises beyond a star plus “bahu” who only wants her husband’s love regardless of his anger.

This is a woman wronged and she’s going to fix it by outwitting the villain.

Hell yes.

Also, Shyam is totally Khushi’s villain - a fact that the show forgets.

And no, this doesn’t mean I hate Arnav. His character consistency is brilliant. Nor does this mean I’m shipping Khushi with a man who harassed her multiple times, nope.

It’s just that this show also did something great apart from romance and romantic chemistry between the leads and that needs to be noted.

#ipkknd #Shyam #Khushi #LONG POST #WARNING

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nokingsonlyfooles · 1 year

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The Dark Secret of Kung Fu Panda (Part 1)...

... Shifu is kind of a shitty teacher.

But only if you live in the West!

Apparently, you all like Panda analysis, so let's talk about cross-cultural translations, Theravada Buddhism, filial piety, and the ultimate futility of writers trying to impart a specific interpretation to a diverse audience - just to start! Then, I'll come back on Thursday and we can unpack WTF is the deal with that Dragon Scroll.

American movies can pick up a lot of box office cash in China, so they try like hell to stay inoffensive and relevant to Eastern and Western audiences. Often, they fail spectacularly.

But Kung Fu Panda pulled it off! ...With just a little wobble on the dismount.

Chinese audiences have little to complain about when it comes to these guys:

But here in the West, we can't seem to stop coming up with reasons all three of 'em got a raw deal - even the ones who were a little bit genocide-y.

And especially this li'l guy.

Aw, no, look how cute!

People will bend over backwards to defend that cute kid (and sexy adult), to the point of throwing Oogway, Shifu, Po, Tigress, or the whole franchise under a bus.

There are folks out there who are gonna die mad about Tai Lung's lack of a redemption arc and humiliating demise. Like, literally.

To their credit, the Kung Fu Panda team caught this after some early screenings and tried to fix it. Tai Lung's betrayal and attempt to steal the scroll just wasn't enough, so they added a massacre, and every villain after Tai Lung had an impressive kill count woven into their backstory right from the start.

(Not that it necessarily helped, if you happen to look this bad boy up on DeviantArt.)

In a wuxia film, and in Chinese culture in general, betraying your father/teacher, and asking that they betray their father/teacher is more than enough to make a villain. Given that filial piety is the basis of all ethics, as taught by Confucius himself, what went down in the Jade Palace was an attempt to burn society itself to the ground, all because one guy felt entitled to a shiny piece of paper. That is Captain Planet levels of self-destructive evil.

All three movie villains pulled off some violation of this fundamental ethical duty. Tai Lung betrayed his father/teacher. Lord Shen betrayed his parents - and managed to let his teacher go, with sadness and disappointment on both sides. Kai betrayed his adoptive brother - although from his point of view, his brother betrayed him, so he may be the most sympathetic of them through this lens.

The only way to impart this level of wrong across cultures is to add a lot of murdering, and even then it doesn't quite scan. Tai Lung didn't even necessarily kill anyone in the village; cartoons get nervous about the word "die" around these here parts, so they just said he "laid waste." Well, that could mean a lot of things! Does that guy deserve decades of solitary in a hell-prison for (in my mind) doing nothing more than calling out an unfair action and leaving a bad Yelp review of Mr. Ping's noodles?

I can't trust a bird who eats noodles, I don't care how cute his hat is!

So, it's not just that the violation of ethics doesn't carry, the concept of "unfair" crept into a place where it really doesn't belong. Traditionally, it is perfectly acceptable for a Kung Fu Master to be a total piece of shit who motivates his students to learn out of sheer spite and puts them through hell.

Oh, yeah, I remember him. That moustache looks familiar...

If we're coming from a place where we buy that trope and expect it to be played straight, Shifu's mistake was being too nice to Tai Lung. His student's self-esteem was insufficiently crushed! That boy had the nerve to break his own Master's leg! Thank goodness Shifu became a cold, uncaring, emotionally-distant task master - just in time to raise Tigress right!

Yes. Good. Never let on that you're pleased with anything your student does. That'll keep 'em in line!

But a Western audience isn't going to buy that. Shifu just looks like a jerk, and Tigress is a jerk... In fact, all of the Five, save Viper (who is just that nice) seem like jerks, and Oogway is a troll.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did you have something urgent to do? I think blowing out these candles, one-by-one, is rather important too."

Being an utter troll is also a valid way to teach kung fu, and Buddhist practices in general, which is definitely where Oogway is coming from. I peg him as a Theravada Buddhist, due to the way he teaches, and one scene in particular from the third movie.

Enlightenment isn't something you just hand over like a piece of paper, it's something everyone has to find for themself, in their own way. It's not possible to teach Tai Lung or Po self worth, and it's not possible to teach Shifu to lighten up, so the best a smart teacher can do is give them a good nudge, then step back and see what happens.

...Even if that "nudge" requires one to ascend to the Spirit Realm and leave your most stubborn student to clean up his own damn mess.

But there aren't as many Buddhists watching in the West, so what's a writer to do?

Well, they split the difference. Tigress did grow up better than Tai Lung, in accordance with the tropes, but it turns out she's not done learning and growing, and neither is Shifu (or the rest of the Five, but they don't get much of an arc. There are time constraints!). Their arrogance and lack of flexibility render them incapable of working with someone like Po - and they gotta figure out what they're doing wrong fast, 'cos Shifu's other teaching mistake is on his way back! In China, Shifu is learning to be a better teacher. In the West, he's learning to stop being a shitty teacher! And it takes him all three movies to grasp the humility he needs to learn from Po. Tigress, on the other hand, learns to respect Po and soft style by the end of film one.

When Western values are applied, Shifu comes off as a very slow learner, due to his own impatience and inability to slow down. But that's okay. He does learn, he's clearly trying, and we love him anyway.

Well, most of us do. Some of us can't get over that cute, fluffy little leopard, and we don't buy the (admittedly imperfect) attempt to make this story intelligible across cultures. These folks tend to focus their ire, much like Tai Lung himself, on that useless piece of paper the troll stuffed in a temple like it was something important, and the jerk led Tai Lung to believe was rightfully his. Why can't the boy just have his useless piece of paper, huh?

Well, I'll come back later and I'll tell ya.

#kung fu panda #po #shifu #oogway #tai lung #buddhism #cross cultural translation #stories #confucianism #villains

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viriborne · 10 months

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Hey I saw you do a character ask thing, and I was wondering if you would do lucifer

I COMPLETELY FORGOT TO ANSWER THIS EVEN THO I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY!!!!!

Okay, just to start off with, quick warning to Lucifer fans...I am VERY UNFORGIVING when it comes to my opinion and interpretation of him. He's too real of a character to me for me to like him. I appreciate his complexity... but I hate him lol.

If you've ever been in a family with generational trauma, you likely know someone like Lucifer. Someone who, while recognizing the abuse they've endured, still perpetuates it over and over again. Someone who controls his brothers just like how his Father did. And this is why he's mom-codedBEFORE PEOPLE GET ON ME FOR THIS, just listen. While we can't determine what Father's motivation is for keeping angels on short leashes, I feel as if we can infer that it's meant to "keep them in line," by force, if needed. We can see this mirrored in Lucifer's treatment of his brothers. Yes, the brothers are Very unruly but, as we can see with Mc's influence, they react MUCH better to when treated with kindness than humiliation and corporal punishment, something that mirrors real life. While Lucifer isn't as Bad as Father is when doling out punishments, it still yields the same effects of the brothers being terrified of the one in charge, something they reiterate over and over again. And Lucifer acknowledges this! He KNOWS his brothers are terrified of him but feels that it's "for the greater good" as he's scared of being thrown out of their home once again.

Okay, now let's get into Lucifer's treatment of Mc (is about to be nailed to a cross by Luci fans)

Sorry, I gotta mention Lucifer beating Mc until they passed out as "punishment" during the early lessons for the heinous crime of...protecting Beel and Luke. Like uhh wtf was that lol?? How am I supposed to like him after this? Even Belphegor had a better motive literally Killing us than he did for beating Mc unconcious lol. Not to mention the god forsaken pact scene where, despite attempting to be forced into a pact by Solomon multiple times, forces Mc into a pact (and a fade-to-black sex scene) and undermines their consent. Yippee!!! Overall, he's really just written to be the stereotypical Christian Grey archetype when it comes to Mc. I'd say he's like Beast from Beauty and the Beast but at least the beast grew as a person instead of being a man baby who can't express his emotions for the rest of his life. Instead, I feel as if he's the husband from The Taming of the Shrew. Okay that might be a bit harsh, even for him, but it still feels like an accurate comparison in some aspects lol.

Onto fandom interpretations: I've already gone at length as to why "daddy dom" Lucifer is inaccurate and makes me wanna deglove my entire body so I won't go into it. There is an issue where I feel like he's reduced only to a sexual object by many fans and that's Weird and Not Good and often aids in how he's so bastardized in writing and interpretation of his actions. It really feels like his bad parts Really get glossed over or completely excused even by fans who Recognize his flaws and I really feel like that's a damn shame. He's a shitty bastard with tons of baggage and u gotta accept that or else you're liking a completely different character.

Anyways take this meme I quickly made while writing this.

#ask #anon #obey me #lucifer

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rumaru21 · 2 years

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lmao imagine that harbinger!Reader asks a Fatui underling who she trusts to a fair degree to come to her quarters at night and embrace her? (Nothing nsfw happens). And the underling's physique is similar to no other than the 6th harbinger, Scaramouche.

Fearing rejection as well as ostracism for falling in love in such professional setting, Reader fails to confess her feelings to Scaramouche. Knowing any relationship could become a double edged sword and become a danger to both of them, Reader didn't do anything about it.

As for Scaramouche, well... He often makes fun of her at meetings with his snarky comments. And he scowls when their eyes meet. It's doubtful that Scaramouche has any ounce of affection for Reader. Sometimes she wonders why she even fell in love with Scaramouche.

Perhaps it was when her mask fell, revealing the ugly scar for all to see; but them Scaramouche pulled her close, hiding her face with the wide brim of his hat. It was unexpected and afterwards he behaved indifferently. Though it had left Reader in a blushing mess as she turned and left.

Anyways, all the more reasons for the secret visits of her assistant to her private quarters, and fantasize holding the harbinger instead.

But when Scaramouche notices the frequent visits the underling makes to her quarters and how he leaves, pink and flustered, he finds himself angry.

When he finally thought she had felt something for him, he finds her surely being involved in.. acts of obscenity!

Not that it mattered. He was just toying with her. He didn't care. Her mask falling off was all a part of his ploy anyways, to silently note how much a harbinger could worry about something so stupid to prepare his crude jokes for the future.

Her hand had flew to the scarred side of her face in a poor atempt cover it. She had looked so ashamed. And panicked. Her scar wasn't even that bad. But something ached within him. That couldn't be right, because he didn't have a heart.

Then their close proximity. So close that he could see the tears prickling her lashes, despite the shadow casted by his hat. Her breath had caressed his cheek, sending shivers. She leaned, as though to bury her face in his chest, before abruptly stopping, ducking to reclaim her mask and pace away.

She didn't matter at all. Hell, the harbinger was detested by many Fatui members (obviously, that was just a part of his intentions, mainly for amusement), but he knew that there were still some unhinged members who were crushing on him. He just had to pick one to make out with, rile the witness (Reader) up and then successfully point out how she should'nt say anything about him since she does it too, sending her into the pits of humiliation.

"Ah, sorry," Scaramouche lazily said as he pulled away from the kiss, leaving the squirming lady beneath him gasping for air. He felt dirty. Triumphant, but dirty.

"I didn't know this place would be occupied at this late hour," he drawled. A big fucking lie. He knew Reader would visit the sparring grounds late at night when she felt restless, to hack at some training dummies in the cool night air.

The weapon storage room was dimly lit up by Reader who had unknowingly switched the light on. It was fairly dark, but it was just enough for Scaramouche to see Reader's expression.

Shock, surprise, and...

Hurt.

She recovered. "Quite a lowly spot for a harbinger like you, don't you think?" She sneered. Her voice wavered slightly.

She turned and slammed the door shut.

This is so ooc, isn't how Scaramouche is portrayed as a character in the game, but who cares my braincells are begging for scaramouche angst so

edit: just reread this shit wtf did i just write

#scaramouche angst #scaramouche #scaramouche x reader #genshin impact #genshin angst

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vixenpen · 2 years

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Levi x (Black) Bad Girls Club Reader

(awhile back somebody requested I do a Levi x Bad Girl’s Club reader and it has been awhile since I made one of those 😂 idk ALOT about Levi’s personality and it was kind of hard to write this because like idk wtf y’all wanted to happen, but here we are anyway. Enjoy)

He supposed it made sense. Although you were usually quite sweet and even demure, this woman on screen spoke to the underlying spitfire that occasionally came out of your personality.

This version of his y/n, jumped on girls, danced on tables, and knocked back shots like a pirate.

He was enthralled to say the least.

“Y/n!” He called out for you, eyes still glued on the screen.

A few minutes of silence went by and then he heard your footsteps pounding the stairs.

“What’s wrong, ba—“ But you froze when you saw yourself clapping your hands together in the face of a woman you remembered well from your hooligan days.

“Bitch I wish you would!”

“Do somethin then!”

Those were the magic words before you swung on the girl in your face.

You practically dove over the couch to turn off the tv, remote now clutched in your hand.

Levi blinked. “Hey, I was watching that.”

“I can see that.” Your face burned with humiliation as you whirled around to face him.

“I…um…I was surprised to say the least.” Levi continued.

You couldn’t read his expression, but you felt embarrassed all the same. You were a different person back in your younger years and had vowed to yourself to be different. Meeting Levi had helped with that a lot.

“I’m sorry you had to find out this way.”

“Sorry? Why should you be sorry? I think it’s interesting. Actually, I was watching that.”

“I would rather you didn’t.”

“Why, love? It’s interesting.”

“It’s embarrassing. That’s not who I am anymore.”

Levi stood, and strolled over to you. His expression softened and he clutched your shoulders gently.

“But it’s apart of who you were, and I wanna know everything about you.”

“Aww ba—“

“Starting with if you won that fight.” Levi snatched the remote from you to your own shock.

“Levi!”

You grabbed for it, but your short king was pretty strong and held the remote out of your reach while turning on the tv.

“I’LL FIGHT EVERY BITCH IN THIS HOUSE!”

“Oh my god.” You muttered.

“Damn right you will, y/n.” Levi rooted for you.

You flopped down on the couch and gave up. Instead you watched yourself during your baddie era. Lashes fully intact, lips glossed, weave down your back and a pair of matching two piece crushed velvet pajamas. You had fought the girl without even breaking a sweat.

You looked over at your boyfriend’s enthralled expression as he watched. He looked proud, impressed and a little turned on. You couldn’t help, but smile a bit.

“You wanna know why I fought her?” You finally conceded.

Levi turned to you with wide eyes.

“Do you really want to talk about it?”

You laughed. “We’ll, if you’re going to watch me in my ratchet era, I’d rather you hear about it from me.”

“Well then, be my guest. I’d love to know.”

Well, if you were going to explain your old self, you may as well channel her.

“Ok, so first; all them bitches hated me cuz I was cute and I beat all they asses at least once.”

Levi laughed. “Oh? I have no doubt about that.”

For the remainder of the marathon the two of you spent the time laughing at your on screen antics and cheering you on in your multiple fights.

#levi fanfiction #levi x reader #levi x fem!reader #levi x black reader #attack on titan #aot fandom #aot fanfiction #levi x y/n #black women deserve better #black femme #black writers #anime

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seikotakai · 3 months

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I finished all of the character episodes for Tekken 8

Not all of them are perfect (Law's ending and FUCKING Reina's ending - poor Kaz ╥﹏╥). But they are still better than Tekken 6 and Tekken 7 imo. I skipped some of the character episode cutscenes like Kuma and Jack-8 because I fucking hate Kuma (literally my least favorite character) and I don't care about Jack-8. It's neat to see some new character interactions in these endings like Ling with Leroy in his ending or Bryan doing some Mad Max Fury Road shit with Hwoarang and Paul or Victor with Raven. Glad some characters like Yoshimitsu didn't get some stupid joke ending like in Tekken 7. Overall they did a better job with the character endings here than Tekken 7 (for the most part).

Favorite Tekken 8 endings:

-Jin (loved seeing him being wholesome in this ending, finally reuniting with his mom and chilling. Jun is a bad cook but Jin still eats the peas anyways because he cares about her, he's so fucking cute with the chipmunk cheeks while eating the veggies. this ending actually calmed me down after watching reina's ending)

-Yoshimitsu

-Bryan (disrespecting Law aside, I loved his ending)

-Panda (Glad they brought back Xiaoyu's dreams of wanting to build amusement parks. Nowadays I'd rather go to visit Pandaland or Universal than D****yland tbh)

-Lee

-Victor

-Dragunov

-Azucena

-Leroy Smith

Least favorite Tekken 8 endings:

-Reina (Kazuya got disrespected wtf （πーπ）)

-Law

Hopefully when Eddy Gordo does inevitably return to Tekken 8, he doesn't get humiliated again by someone like Lucky Chloe.

#tekken #fighting game #namco #bandai namco #jin kazama #tekken 8 #tekken 8 spoilers #fgc #fighting games #bryan fury #lee chaolan

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http-byler · 1 year

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okay listen. I spent like 40 minutes ranting about this to someone who could care less TODAY so I feel like I gotta put it on here too bc at least you guys will care…

Mike was SO outta pocket with that snide little “she didn’t look fine” comment and I think it speaks to all the relationship problems between him & El. and to preface, I am a Mike defender til I die so this doesn’t come from a place of Mike hate/slander. that comment was just so unnecessary and petty in its delivery.

you can tell that it was just him being upset about El lying to him and not about Angela because even Will gives him a look like “wtf are you doing”. everyone else is trying to make El feel better because they know her and they know she needed that reassurance. and I’m not convinced that Mike doesn’t know the gravity of the situation for El. he JUST saw the horrific bullying she’s had to deal with and Will told him that it’s been going on the entire time. so it’s completely hypocritical of him to praise her for humiliating Troy, and even going as far as to break his arm, for bullying Mike & Dustin. why is it okay for her to use violence to stand up to his bullies, but not her own?

he knows the answer and we all know the answer. he’s just upset that she lied to him! because now he’s like, embarrassed and everything he thought he knew just, wasn’t true. his relationship for the past six months has been solely through letter correspondence, and he’s just found out that all of it was fake (or at least, that’s the extreme I think his dramatic ass would take it too). Friends Don’t Lie. that’s one of, if not, the first things he told El about friendships. and yet, in s3 he’s the one to lie to her! so again, were at a stand still because he’s mad at El for something he allows himself to do.

ultimately, what I took away from that comment and their subsequent fight scene is that they love each other, just not the way that they feel like they should.

El’s basis for relationships is based on fantasy. she learned about romantic relationships from tv shows and movies, never learning what a real relationship should be like! Mike’s basis for relationships is his parents’ marriage and his friends’ parents marriage (as well as entertainment media). we can see just how little he knows about relationships throughout s3 when Lucas has to walk him through every single aspect of it, even the concept of an “olive branch”. and honestly, it’s not bad or wrong of them to not have a good level of understanding about romantic relationships! they’re kids! even Lucas and Max, who are established as the couple who does understand romantic relationships, get it wrong sometimes.

because they don’t have a grasp on what makes a romantic relationship work, they end up jeopardizing their platonic relationship as well! because I believe they do love each other, I just think it’s platonic! they’ve been through so much together, and I think a lot of Mike’s feelings that he believes are romantic are actually just a feeling of relief that she’s still there. he watched her “die” and he had to deal with the grief of her death for a year. having her back, that feeling of joy at her being alive and the fear of losing her again, it’s all such strong emotions! emotions one could mistake for romantic feelings. especially in a time where men and women were expected to date and not “just be friends”.

as for El, she might have romantic feelings for Mike. it’s hard to tell sometimes if she really feels the love for him she says she does, or if that’s just her going through the motions of what she has seen portrayed. because in season one, Mike is the one to kiss her, and she is understandably surprised by this (though not upset by it). but then she disappears for a year and in that time she watches movies and shows about romance. they teach her what that kiss means and how she should act with someone she likes romantically. so when they meet again in s2, she leans in as well and this time, she knows what she’s supposed to do. and I don’t doubt that she feels differently about Mike than she does about the rest of the party members. he was the one to take her in and he was kind to her and respected her before the other boys were/did. it makes sense that their relationship is set apart from the rest of the party. but that doesn’t make it inherently romantic.

their fundamental relationship problem stems from not knowing each other. they love each other so much, and they would (they have) risked their lives for each other. But! they don’t really know anything about each other and don’t necessarily share the same interests. El doesn’t know that much about Mike as a person, but she still knows a hell of a lot more about him than he does about her. she doesn’t know that much about herself.

s3 showed us just how much of her life revolves around the men in it (hop, brenner, mike). Max was integral to El’s storyline for an abundance of reasons but the s3 storyline has got to be the most important. she’s the first person to tell her that she is her own person and that she can make her own decisions about who she is. and we’ve seen her smile and laugh a couple times in the show, but that montage was the most fun we’ve seen El have ever in the show. nothing dampens the mood and she’s learning what SHE likes and who SHE is outside of the box she’s been shoved into her whole life. and it’s only for a day. then reality sets back in and she’s sudden thrust into the role of protector again. that silly, happy, pre-teen girl we just saw is gone in a flash. she’s still figuring out who she is and it’s impossible for Mike to know her if she doesn’t know herself.

in the place of knowing each other well, they put each other on this unreachable pedestal that makes them feel inferior in their own relationship. El is “Superman” to Mike. he believes that he’s “just some random nerd” and that he got lucky that he found El. he has no idea how harmful that ideology is to her and to himself. and he hasn’t even really learned his lesson. he put her on a pedestal and was upset when she fell. and yet, he puts her right back up there, expecting a different result. she doesn’t want to be some superhero, she wants to be a normal teenage girl, she wants to be someone outside of the powers she had/has. and she reminds him that she’s not a “superhero”, as least not anymore, but in the Van he expresses the same sentiment to Will because he thinks so highly of her anyway. he bases so much of his self worth on being needed and helpful that his self esteem is practically on the damn floor. it makes it impossible for him to connect with her about insecurities because he feels like his are true and hers aren’t. he IS some random nerd and she’s NOT scary or abnormal.

now El, she sees mike as this, righteous guy who is so good in his heart that he’d never do the things she’s done. she’s put him on a pedestal as well, though it’s not as dramatic as Mike’s. she wants to impress him, make him like her more because he is good. hop is gone and brenner was literally her abuser, all she has now is Mike and she wants his validation. she wants him to believe everything is going great and that she is normal and good and everything she think he is. she doesn’t want to be spiteful or angry or violent or bad. she doesn’t want to be feared. and Mike was the first person to make her feel that way. he’s one of the only people that can still make her feel that way (besides the Byers now probably). so telling him those lies made her feel like she could still be normal. as long as Mike believes it, then maybe it can be true. but eventually, he finds out the truth, and now she’s realized (she thinks) she “doesn’t belong anywhere”.

they don’t feel comfortable enough with each other to show who they really are or express their insecurities. that’s where their relationship really fissures. so unless s5 really reworks the entire foundation of their relationship I just don’t think they can come back from all that. even after Mike’s monologue! because that monologue can still be true as a completely platonic thing. he loves her, and he can’t lose her, he’s not lying! but I don’t think it’s enough to save their relationship.

especially because the things they want from each other can be fulfilled by other people.

Hop is back, all the love and validation she needs can be provided by her family. romantic love isn’t necessarily what she needs, she just needs someone to love her for who she is, and they do.

Will accepts, understands, and loves Mike for all that he is. his good parts and his bad. and Mike feels comfortable with Will too, he seeks him out to talk about his feelings and insecurities.

the things they want so badly in their relationship with each other aren’t being met, and they could get it from other sources. so in conclusion, I believe their relationship is over for good and that Mike is a complex and flawed character who is still learning how to be himself and love himself.

#this got really long and ranty.#sorry. i’m just sick in the head abt him #byler #the heart #the wise #the mage #you never say it #crazy together #elijah speaks

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anxresi · 1 year

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Somehow, I can tell who wrote the script for ‘Derision’...

...The latest leaked script for the bastion of security which is Miraculous Ladybug.

I’ll spare you the predictable scenes set in flashback where Chloe (with the help of that gullible lug Kim and willing assistant Sabrina) covers everyone’s favorite blunette in spiders (didn’t Zoe get cockroaches put in her locker too? WTF is it with this show which considers insects the epitome of bullying?) and covers her ass with green paint (hey, it could’ve been worst! It could’ve been gum... oh.)

The part where it REALLY shows Mr Astruc’s handiwork and how he’s far more manipulative than even Chloe could ever hope to be, stands out in this particular shining moment...

1. WTF is ‘Rosita’? Is this the Mexican dub, or something?

2. OOH THOMAS YOU SO META WITH YOUR BLATANT EXPOSITION!! But really, you’re using an argument against Chloe fans rivalled only in its disingenuousness by its pure straw man...ibility.

My beef with you regarding Chloe’s development isn’t ‘E-v-i-l people using bad parental treatment as an excuse for their misdeeds’ and more ‘Leading us on a wild goose chase with HOURS of episodes showing Chloe growing both as a person and a superhero, only to abandon all that suddenly to turn her into a wannabe terrorist and psychopath overnight’. Check out TV Tropes. Alpha Bitches do not generally turn from Lovable Alpha Bitches to Complete Monsters in the space of one episode, do they? (Unless of course, you want us all to kneel at the altar of that vast expanse of blandness known as Zoe, but that’s another story...)

Ways it could’ve been done better: SHOW us during S1 and S2 that Chloe is capable of the mindless thuggery we’ve seen of her more recently. If you’re going to show her pull a Heel-Heel-Face-Turn, do it GRADUALLY in a realistic fashion, don’t just dump it all at the end of S3 by pretending her budding development never happened. And if Zoe was REALLY ‘the true holder of the Bee Miraculous’, how come her name was never even mentioned until the early parts of S4?! I think we’re talking about less of a character here, and more of a placeholder introduced to take on Chloe’s role as a hero because you don’t like her. (Zoe getting Pollen after one-and-a-half episodes was ‘utterly ridiculous’ too, as will be her becoming Chat Noir briefly in a future show(!) But again., that’s a discussion for another time.)

Basically Mr A, you can heap as many humiliating ‘punishments’ upon Chloe as much as you want. Mutilate her once-halfway-complex and potential-filled personality by increasingly marking her as one-dimensionally e-v-i-l to your heart’s content. Insert as much clunky dialogue from the mouths of other characters to get back at your ‘haterz’ if it makes you feel better. Even set entire episodes set in the past designed to make people hate her as much as you do... hey, it’s your show!

But don’t try to pretend any of this was planned. Along with the reasons given above, I don’t think if all this was intended from the beginning, such a MEGA surplus of Queen Bee and Chloe toys would’ve been released... if they always intended her to be one of the most despised characters. It was all done because one man’s blind hatred of a fictional teenager hi-jacked the plot and derailed it from what it could’ve been. At one point at the end of S2, things were ticking along quite nicely. Then YOU got much more heavily involved in the show’s writing... and the rest, as they say, is history.

And no, I am NOT devaluing Marinette’s in-story bullying. I’m more criticizing Thomas’s shameless weaponizing of it to turn this episode into yet ANOTHER stick to beat Chloe with. It disgusts me more and more, to see him paint (pun not intended) a young child as some kind of irredeemable hellspawn incarnate to prop up the kudos of the stereotypically ‘nice’ girl characters around her. Sorry... Marinette, Mylene, Rose and ESPECIALLY Zoe. You’re just boring. CHLOE FAN FOREVER!! :D

So, to conclude... my main reaction to Derision... is complete and utter derision. Just not in the way they intended... ;)

(Someone just left a comment pointing out Mylene’s mother abandoned her. Figures only Thomas would use a side character’s misery as yet ANOTHER excuse to get back at Miss Bourgeois. What’s the betting that this now canonical detail was only put in to denigrate Chloe more? After all, he introduced an entire character for this very purpose, so I wouldn’t put ANYTHING past him now...) :p

#miraculous #miraculous ladybug #Chloe #chloe bourgeois #ml spoilers #ladybug

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