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Today is (was?) the voting. Brandon Mull posted this on his instagram:

screaming crying my sweet sweet girl

#fablehaven #brandon mull #kendra sorenson

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#quote #life

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Animation drawings for Sleeping Beauty by Marc Davis

#sleeping beauty #marc davis #disney animation #animation drawing #animation art #artwork #disney

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There should be a truly effective way to protect oneself from spoilers. 😑 I was just looking for a list of names of the characters in the series because I haven’t learned them all (there’s a little fic i would love to write), two seconds afterwards and I get a major spoiler. 😔😭

#mha #my hero academia #spoilers

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miraculous minis ! 🐞🐈‍⬛🦊🐢

#🤗 #chibis #chibi art #ml art #miraculous ladybug #alya cesaire #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #nino lahiffe #miraculous tales of ladybug and chat noir

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Be Careful What you Wish for- A Season 6 Miraculous ficlet

Chloé bit her lip to keep from panting. The climb had been excruciating. Any number of tools would have made it easier. Sabrina was the one who normally thought of these things.  Now it was just Chloé on her own, and she was way out of practice with thinking. Climbing though, climbing she could do. Spite helped too. Banished to London for a summer! The last words of that Dupain-Cheng still echoed in her head. Ridiculous am I? I’ll show you ridiculous.

This is how Chloé ended up dressed all in black and perched atop the Dupain-Cheng bakery. The trapdoor down was unlocked, which was good, because she’d forgotten the prybar back home. She lifted the door slowly and listened… silence.  Chloé crept down onto Dupain-Cheng’s bed and- Froze.

“No, I’ve made up my mind. I’m going to tell him. I have to tell him before the school year starts. It’s a new beginning. I’ve got a new recipe baking downstairs for the first day of class. I’m going to do things right this year, from the start,” Marinette’s voice carried more than the usual agitation.

“But Marinette,” a high pitched voice answered back, “What good would it do? He seems happy the way things are. Everyone does!” A series of unidentifiable clicks sounded from below.

Marinette’s reply was quieter, “Happy lies, Tikki? My word as empty as this box is right now? It’s eating me up inside. Will it be easier or harder if it comes out some other way?”

“Who else would know?”

The sound of pacing down below. “It doesn’t make it right Tikki, just because you don’t get caught. Argh. You know what? I’ll practice on Cat Noir! He should know too. I just don’t want him feeling guilty when he hears the full story. I know my partner, he’ll blame himself.”

CAT NOIR?! Chloé bit her knuckle to keep from screaming. The bed shifted just slightly under her. She froze again, dancer's training allowing her to lock every joint in place.

“I don’t know, Marinette. He might ask why you kept the secret, and that might clue him in as to-”

“Marinette!” a deep voice boomed up from below, “Honey, the oven is smoking!”

“Oh no!” Marinette squeaked, “My cookies! C’mon Tikki!”

A thump, a familiar scramble, another thud, and the sound of MArinette’s feet pounding down the steps.

Chloé dared to unfreeze, letting her breath out in a gasp. She clamped her lips shut again and screamed wordlessly into her closed mouth.

DUPAIN-CHENG?! Of ALL people?

A little voice soothed that if it was true then at least Chloé’s life had been upended by someone with superpowers, and that made it a little easier to stomach.  The rest of her sprung into action though, racing down the stairs to Marinette’s room proper. She was doubly bent on revenge now. There had to be somethin-

It would have been so easy to miss. It was just a single line, a crack of color from a drawer left barely ajar. It was Marinette’s tacky sewing chest, but that color… Chloé hooked her finger in the crack and pulled the drawer open slowly. For the second time in as many minutes she nearly swallowed her tongue.

She knew it instantly. She’d held it once before. That gaudy red bulb of a box. The Miracle box. It sat there, solid proof that she hadn’t misunderstood, that Dupain-Cheng hadn’t just gone insane or been playing pretend. This was all real. Chloé lost sense of time. The past year was running itself through her mind, this new reality fitting itself into every interaction. She needed to scream. She needed to scream more than she ever had in her whole life. She couldn’t even begin to guess what she would scream about, or why, but the need was overwhelming.

Another harsh thumping from below cut off the explosion, making her swallow the scream painfully. Footsteps- Dupain-Cheng! Chloé grabbed the box, not even knowing why anymore. She shoved the drawer shut and bolted up to the bed. She almost made it to the trap door.

The creak from below left her poised, one hand on the thin barrier to her escape.

“-hy not?!” Marinette normally reserved that level of anger for her, “It’s over, we beat Monarch. The Butterfly is probably lodged in a filter at the local sewage treatment plant. It’ll end up in a Landfill, which as far as I’m concerned is the best place for it.”

“But Marinette…” Tikki protested.

“No buts, Tikki. I’m making changes aren’t I? Cat Noir can know. It’s time. The two of us can coordinate the team so much better if we aren’t chasing each other’s shadows half the time.”

“Marinette, it’s not over.”

“It is Tikki, we won!” That wasn’t the sound of disagreement, it was the sound of a plea.

“Even if the Ladybug isn’t needed right now, you’ll always be the guardian, Marinette. You can’t let your guard down.”

Marinette let out a growl of frustration, “Gah! Forever? I’m fourteen Tikki! I can’t believe-”

She cut herself off. Chloe could hear her deep inhale and exhale.

“I’m sorry, Tikki. I’m grateful. I’m grateful for your advice. I’m grateful I’ve had the chance to help so many people. I’m grateful for the changes in my life. I’m grateful for all of it. Still, there are times that I just wish…

“I dream of it sometimes, Tikki. Someone comes along. I hand them the box and I say. ‘I’m done. You are the Guardian now. I’m going to go live a normal life with those I love. I wish you luck in your new Guardianship, may it be easier than mine.”

Chloé’s head bounced off Marinette’s wall. The wave of sudden nausea gave her no choice. There was a shout of alarm from below. Chloe threw caution to the wind and scrambled up to the roof, silence be damned.

As the trapdoor slammed shut behind her Dupain-Cheng’s voice carried up, “Help! It’s a giant bug! A Mouse! A Bug-Mouse!”

#generalluxun for miraculous head writer #ml fanfic #ml what if #chloe bourgeois #miraculous ladybug #marinette dupain cheng #tikki

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Credits: aspirinoverdose @ Twitter-X

#keychain #Zuko #prince zuko #atla #atla fanart #avatar: the last airbender

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The existence of the Ox miraculous is such an unnecessary ugly detail when you think about Ladynoir and how Chat Noir served as the punching bag and scapegoat for Ladybug, Alya as Marinette's actual partner in season 4, and the whole team in every single way pre-s5

The Ox gives the power of immunity even against any other Miraculous power. One would think with Adrichat's self-harming tendencies that canon had Marinette make entirely about herself because "they're haunting her so much", and her still narratively entirely unchallenged tendency of leaving Chat Noir behind on the battle field as sacrifice or bait to possibly have whatever the hell done to him so she can be save and sound while she and everyone else can look and be cool on his expense

With all that, one would have thought that if Canon Marinette truly loved Chat Noir "sooooooo much" and is oh so haunted by his self-harming behavior and him always getting hurt so she sidelined him "for his own good"

Then how come at no point did Marinette do the actually caring thing by giving Chat Noir the Ox miraculous since he's ALWAYS left behind BY HER so she can leave the battle field and execute her plans with the others save and soundly? If her Chaton's well-being was oh so important to her and it always "pained her so much" to see him getting hurt then why was the Ox only used 2 insignificant times by Ivan at the end of season 4 when it could have saved Chat Noir ALOT of suffering all the way through?

Or the turtle. Or ANY OTHER Miraculous for that matter?

Why was Alya getting two miraculous in Hack-San perfectly fine with Marinette but heaven forbid Marinette is actually expected to ACT like she gives a damn about Chat Noir's well-being as his leader, guardian, partner, and friend and not just the show having her claim superficial words that hardly have anything to back them up once they actually have to mean something?

Its almost as if Canon inherently doubled down on having Marinette be the kind of leader who will only do things in a way that primarily benefit HER while everything else gets swept under the rug because she isn't maliciously intentioned and then never brought up again. And unfortunately it was her who was written to prioritize making an unnecessary team of 18 miraculous holders no one ever asked of her to form (Su-Han even told her NOT to give out the miraculous like candy),

so Marinette was just made to not consider Chat Noir either at all or simply not as worthy enough of any kind of consideration in her entire leadership/ guardianship or actual safety, support, or ANY KIND of resource since that wouldn't be narratively about her, now would it?

She can't have Chat have the Ox because she might need Ivan as Ox in 4 months and she doesn't want to have to ask Chat to get it back or end up NOT getting to use this ONE other Miraculous out of a whole ass box, because that would involve a basic ass conversation Marinette can't have apparently or her not getting to use all of the miraculous however she pleases at any given point

The horror. Now she would have only 14 miraculous to work with!

As per usual, count me fucking unimpressed by Marinette's writing. The negligence towards Chat Noir on even the most basic level is insane and she was declared the epitome of leadership and kindness for this.

Cool that Marinette already decided in her head that Ivan is suitable for the Ox miraculous and he should get it in future, but Chat Noir needing help and protection wasn't some theoretical case, it constantly happened right in front of her eyes and even by her own freaking orders too because she never thinks of him in ANYTHING and the show glorified the hell out of her as leader for doing all that

Why is looking into ANY detail only making Marinette's side of Ladynoir so much worse ever since season 4? There is no escaping this! Just don't add the Ox with this power or actually have Marinette be a good leader towards Chat Noir. But noooooooooo.

#ml writing critical

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shouto posting🩵🍰

#mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bnha #bnha fanart #todoroki shoto #katsuki bakugo #tenya iida

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Todoroki was sitting on the couch going through his notes when he heard someone clearing his throat. He looked up. It was Kacchan. He started talking. Todoroki felt confused. Kacchan never spoke so low and fast. He was also avoiding eye contact and looking incredibly uncomfortable.

“What? I don’t understand what you’re trying to tell me,” Todoroki said.

Kacchan held his breath. His face turned completely red. “WANT TO GO TO THE MOVIES WITH ME!?” he yelled. A small explosion bursted in both of his hands.

There was the sound of a glass breaking nearby. Todoroki was confused at first. Why did Kacchan look so agitated about wanting to go see a movie? Then he understood that he meant just the two of them. An instant later it dawned on him he was asking him out on a date. His jaw dropped open. From the corner of his eyes he noticed several of their friends peeking out to witness what they had heard. Deku, who had been stretching behind the couch, slowly flatted himself against the floor.

He didn’t know how to react. This was so unexpected. So new to him. He had never stopped to think about love. And no one had ever expressed any romantic interest in him before. He noticed Kacchan breathing heavily. He wondered if he was seeing correctly, was Kacchan truly looking like he was on the verge of tears?

“I told you. Todoroki is going to say no!” Ochaco whispered to Mina and Yuga.

“This is going to end bad. We should had told him to ask him out at some other place,” Tsu said.

“With less flammable things around,” Yuga agreed.

“I’ll create a fire extinguisher,” Momo said.

“A first aid kit first. We’re gonna need it when he comes to explode us!” Mina said.

“Shh, Todoroki is about to answer,” Ochaco said, peeking through the door.

#mha fanfic idea #mha bakugou #mha Kacchan #mha todoroki #todobaku #bakuroki

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#the boy and the heron #studio ghibli #ghibli #poster #hayao miyazaki

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#disney animation #milt kahl #2d animation #pencil tests #disney

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#i first fell in love with drawing because of chibi characters so... 😊 #queen bee #queen bee fanart #ml queen bee #ml fanart #chloe bourgeois #chloe bourgeois sugar

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MLB MQ Boop

It was impossible. Of all people, it shouldn't have been her. The streaming rain couldn't hide the truth though. Cat Noir had tried. He had fought tooth and nail. Dragonbug could see him, struggling to rise even now as the sky cried their defeat.

Three shapes strode through the rain towards her, others stood impassively behind. The two tall shapes resolved first, purple and blue. Enemies to the core. Mayura wore a grim smile.

The third resolved last, the grey resolved to black through the rain, and yellow highlights follows. Miracle Queen. Chloé.

Hawkmoth didn't even bother to hide his fiendish glee, "Now Miracle Queen, take her Miraculous. Give me the Ladybug and the Cat. The rest are yours. You will be the only hero in all of Paris."

Miracle Queen stepped forward, box held under one arm. Her glowing wasps formed an aura around her, even in the rain. Purple within blue eyes stared down at Dragonbug's bent form. Dragonbug struggled to rise. She could still fight, she would still fight. She had two miraculouses. Seven on one? It didn't matter. Broken body? It didn't matter. She-

"You see Ladybug? Even Hawkmoth knows it. Once a hero, always a hero. Too dangerous? Ha. You should know I never let anyone get in my way." Miracle Queen leaned down. She reached out with one hand. Dragonbug's world shrank to those spread fingers. She saw the end and her racing mind turned completely blank. "Boop." Miracle Queen's finger touched the end of Dragonbug's nose. The stolen Miracle Box fell into her numb hands.

"Now, let's get these ridiculous losers."

Despair turned to disbelief.

The impassive silhouettes advanced, resolving into the other mind-blanked heroes. They encircled Hawkmoth and Mayura from behind.

"Ha, looks like the fur's about to fly, now." Cat Noir had pushed himself up on his baton.

Disbelief turned to hope.

Pain fell away. A yellow and black grip helped Dragonbug rise as the others closed in.

Miracle Queen ducked under Dragonbug's arm and supported her with a shoulder. "I promised I wouldn't disappoint you."

#oh this would had been so good to watch as canon #miraculous ladybug #chloe bourgeois #marinette dupain cheng

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I had heard of My Hero Academia, but until recently I hadn’t watched it. My favorites so far are Shoto and Tsu, closely followed by Uraraka and Izuku.

Currently I’m watching season 3. So far it has had some spooky/dark moments. I don’t like seeing Izuku getting hurt like that. 🥺

Season 2 should had bored me. Other series that have done something similar bored me, but for some reason I wasn’t with this series.

I like seeing how well defined are the personalities of the characters. So far their actions make complete sense. There are all this characters in the class and they don’t feel like flowerpots. They are there and contribute something to the story. Izuku is the main character but the writers aren’t afraid of putting the spotlight also on other characters. Let other characters shine as well. He isn’t the kind of characters who always win. I loved that.

Bakugo. He is two seconds away from being an antagonist. The writers aren’t excusing nor softening his actions but they don’t write to make him look as terrible as possible. They don’t write him like wanting the fandom to hate him. (Like it happened to a certain blonde girl from another series) He simply is a complex character and that’s it. I like that.

I can see more… challenges coming in future episodes. 🫣

#my hero academia #mha

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My eyes and brain need some good cleaning.

It said “Starwars. The bad batch.”

I read… something else. 🙈🫣

#my eyes deceive

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#easter #american gods #kristin chenoweth