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shameboree · 2 years

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Could you tell us more about your bad vives AU? I love your art btw <3

okay id like to preface with a lot of it is VIBES which means if smth doesnt make sense i need everyone to suspend the FUCK out of their disbelief dont question me we are here for a GOOD TIME and a GOOD TIME ONLY. here are some bullet points largely summing up things ive already drawn!!!! pls note my fav kind of Time Stuff is bullshit miserable groundhog day style time loops

-chat blanc gets the bunny miraculous we dont ask questions about this

-he SLINKS ARND IN THE SHADOWS of paris for a while and it builds up marinettes paranoia bc shes TOTALLY 100% SEEN CHAT NOIR and knows that absolutely he isnt akumatized so she gaslights herself into thinking she hasnt caught random glimpses of chat blanc BUT ALSO spirals into a state of FULL BLOWN constant fight or flight response and wont sleep so that shes not vulnerable

-blah blah chat blanc drops in on her while adrien is arnd entirely bc i really wanted to draw that thing of adrien doing the Mom Arm when the car stops too fast bc this whole sitch is just a violent messy WRECK. anyway chat blancs whole attitude is like hewwo my love <:3c im here to give us a super romantic ending <:3c and marinettes response to everything is just like. okay cool, i am going to puke now!! meanwhile adriens just like what the FUCK is happening here

-anyway. more cat n mouse games. ANYWAY. at some point its lb vs cb but chat blanc is just having a great week and WINNING so gets her earrings or smth who cares and successfully romeo and juliets himself n marinette yandere style. a VERY ROMANTIC ENDING bc nothing was ever gonna fix things OBVI so ofc they have to just die in each others arms 💖

-YES adrien experiences massive manpain NO i dont care anyones opinion on it bc i love to see the kids cry. OBVI he is catastropically devastated and NO there is no identity reveal hes just deeply and viciously torn tf UP over marinette getting dead and also feeling completely helpless AND ALSO ALSO like hes the one to blame <:3

-everyone is so catatonic in the wake of No More Marinette that even adrien doesnt notice ladybug hasnt been arnd since

-idk. timeloop shit. adriens stuck in a cycle of the night before (V HARD TO GET A HEAD START IN SUCH A SHORT TIMEFRAME!!) day of, n day after (so no matter what he always has to reexperience the aftermath hehe). i am actually not a huge fan of when longer timespan loops get past mid teens (ESP when it gets to TRIPLE DIGITS???!) bc it feels like it cheapens the experience and also acute stress is sexier than chronic SO ANYWAY. eventually he will obviously succeed in brking the loop and keeping marinette frm dying. good for him.

-every loop is a little different bc every loop marinette CANT PUT HER FINGER ON IT but she knows something is Not Right, which chat blanc is ALSO feelin, so every time they react or do smth diff which means adrien is constantly having to deal w CHANGING VARIABLES !! hes having a bad time. marinette is having a bad time. chat blanc is having a very good time

-final actual confrontation or whatever is pure marichat (DOUBLETEAM. MARI IS AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT EVEN AS A CIVILIAN. YOU GO BABY!!). ive only drawn adrinette moment but the whole thing is very marichat bc im PREDICTABLE!! anyway no lb bc marinette freaks out cb is gonna take her earrings or cataclysm them so she just straight up swallows em. good job baby.

-THE END BABY!! epilogue reveal EVENTUALLY but for quite some time after they are both quietly carrying the weight of their secret traumas alone w neither of them having a full picture of the situation but not knowing it. what a good time :)

i think this looks v adrien focused but they are all having their separate little stories here and its largely marinette feeling isolated and small for all her mistakes, and chat blanc feels like the worst possible one she has or could ever make so she cant consider asking anyone, let alone CHAT NOIR HIMSELF!! to help her, which just makes everything 100000x harder. by the end of the STORY PROPER she accepts she can trust herself in chat noirs hands but shes still too scared to put her full weight on him bc she doesnt wanna FUCK UP. meanwhile adrien wont say shit to her abt it bc he doesnt wanna burden her w his SECRETS also hes drownin in guilt. also eventual identity reveal changes nothing for him in terms of grief bc he already felt like he died every time marinette did except worse bc he had to just keep living anyway :) but now also hes afraid of an identity reveal for probably obvious reasons. and then beloved CHAT BLANC man of the HOUR switched gears frm wanting to Fix things to wanting to destroy things bc hes a fucking yandere wifeguy OKAY. he knows he is forever RUINED for love of marinette and since he cant have her future is instead entirely focused on making sure he has all of her end <:3c

dw the kids are gonna be OKAY. they are insane and the power of LOVE will help pull them thru, theyre just going to be incredibly clingy for the rest of their LIVES

i love to draw very cutesy w soft and warm palettes and then have the Content be batshit miserable badtimes. i also like to draw a lot of goofy moments btwn and during the Traumas bc i love to be a dumbass

THIS ENDED UP SO LONG SORRY EVERYONE!!! please enjoy my unhinged misery porn 😊💖

#kels talks #BAD VIBES THE AU #eternal shoutout to ladybeug for encouraging and enabling me w this au

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prowerprojects · 9 months

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Well, in Rouge's case, while I imagine her natural abilities is enough to get the job done at the bare minimum, any gadgets she'd have would just mainly be ones for spy work. {This also applies to those who has specific jobs.} (Unlike Tails, who often has to adapt to whatever problem is going on at the moment. Which would mean modifying or hijacking what he has on the fly. What was once a vacuum can be a flamethrower at any moment. In a way, it can actually make him a bit unpredictable, compared to those who have a specific form of combat. {Sonic's a quick thinker and uses his environment to his advantage, but would you catch him with guns?} He could be demolition, a trapper, defensive wall, setup/diversion or a summons lord. Whatever support is needed at the moment.)

In fairness, Rouge, Charmy and even Cream don't get a lot of opportunities to use their flight much other than maneuvering. Tails is more or less the same spot, be it game or adaption. (It comes down to it being used in different gameplay more, like that one Eggman boss from the original trilogy where he essentially has infinite flight. I think Tails Adventure had one too.) As far as shows which are generally free from game limitations, outside of AOSTH and Boom, they seem very keen on keeping him glued to the ground unfortunately.

What's funnier is that in Sonic X; which predates Lost World by nearly a decade, he actually did this before. At the end the episode where the Chaotix try to pair Tails with Cosmo, just before he returns the trinket she dropped earlier, you see it wrapped up in one of his tails. Just like the toothpick. And this adaption had Sega's hand on it. (And just to throw more tidbits out there: Tails using himself as a fan predates Archie and Mania, from a very old minigame from a popcorn machine. Where you see him fanning the flames, to a point where he slides a bit and has to reposition himself. And depending on how he uses this supposed tornado move in Superstars, it could be a "semi-nod" to the AOSTH episode Tails Prevails. {As well as another hc of mine being fuifilled. Tails being able to blow stuff away just makes sense})

Eye for an eye, it's a fair trade. :P (Heh, been trying to explore interactions that don't get touched on very much. Good place to start is to find a base that strongly supports both and work from there.)

Oh, I meant more like. Why can't Rouge use Tails's gadgets?

I do think Tails rebuilding his weapons on the fly (hehe) is a cool idea, and I could totally see it in a comic or a cartoon, how do you implement it in the games? I guess it's not impossible to come up with an explanation... oh it could be really cool if during the game you found a "base" that you can modify into a weapon of your choice (different ones with different strengths and weaknesses), and it would make people want to replay the game to choose a different weapon and try to beat the levels with it. (Maybe there could be a weapon that is harder to use so you pick it if you want to basically pick hard mode) It all sounds really cool but I'm not sure if we could actually get it in the games though. (Plus Tails being the sidekick can't ever be cooler than Sonic, you know how it is)

I also think Rouge has an advantage here too since she can also glide and maneuver with her wings, while the kids need to constantly flap/spin to stay in the air, so I don't believe they'd be able to replicate her fighting style with all of them cool kicks. (What little we see of Rouge(s) fighting in Prime is well done I think. Tails uses a drone :| But now that I started thinking about it, it's starting to make sense but uh. He's fighting in Boom and the comics though, and I'm already suspending my disbelief by believing he can fly in the first place, soo)

(Also I don't think there's infinite flight in Tails Adventure, in Sky Patrol you're forced to constantly be flying but if you don't replenish your stamina and get tired and fall, you lose)

Nooo way. (I need to rewatch X. Someday). It actually makes me feel better because I love that silly thing and if it was even in X we might see it again, I'm taking it as a win.

Also about Superstars, Sonic and Knuckles just get their regular attacks that they have in Modern Games (punching amd homing attack if I'm remembering correctly); I hope it means that the attacks Amy and Tails get would be added to their modern gameplay later on too. (Also interesting that they're using the clear emerald for this, because in Fleetway it also had special powers compared to others even if it manifested a little differently, it was basically the ME before the ME was a thing)

One thing I find interesting when it comes to Tails and Knuckles, is their interest in history. It makes sense for Knuckles, though seems a bit out of left field for Tails (but alas he must be the exposition fairy even when Knux isn't around), I wonder if Tails got into it because of Knuckles. (Also they're both afraid of ghosts, it's funny).

#tails #sonic #project.txt #miles tails prower #tails the fox #sonic the hedgehog #project.ask

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lavenoon · 1 year

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For the writing asks:

💞 💫 🎀 (if you wanna!)

I always wanna! Even though I might pretend I theatrically perish at having to compliment myself gfhdjs it's mostly just for the bit! (The rest is bad awareness of myself so I gotta think hard lmao)

🎀 give yourself a compliment about your own writing

Okay compliment number 2, let's go fghdsj

I really really like my dialogue! It's often the first thing that I have for a scene, because I think in words more than visuals, and then I craft a scene around it to make it all as emotionally devastating as possible! Seems to work well enough, with an eye towards the comments I get hehe <3

💫 what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

Answered here, but I can also say that I really just reread comments an insane amount. It's a bit of a shame they're all very scattered - some in tumblr tags, some in asks, some on ao3, some on discord - but that just makes it rewarding no matter where I look! Especially recently with that creative slump I've been rereading my own stuff and the reactions it got to remind myself why it's fun and a good thing, so I'm really really glad the dca fandom is just so generous with feedback! <3

💞 what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

Also mentioned a bit already in that other ask, but there's more! These also translate to what turns me away from a story if I don't feel like they were considered to a satisfying degree, because yeah that's. That's what's important to me!

So another point is not exactly worldbuilding, because I do admittedly not worldbuild a lot. But it's about how what is there is treated, and integrated, and if it feels like there's info missing! My willingness to suspend my disbelief is unparalleled, as long as what is given within the fic makes sense. I don't need excessive detail as long as things are consistent, and make sense for the world the characters live in. That's of course a tad subjective, but it really depends on the vibe! In fact, sometimes worldbuilding can be excessive - my favorite urban fantasy series unfortunately has that habit of just. Reiterating the worldbuilding in every new novel, and often in a big chunk to get it back out of the way like a refresher, even if not all of it is currently relevant! (me, every Kate Daniels novel: yes, I know how the were-society works, I know I know I know I have binge read this many times thank you can we please go back to your currently happening conversation with your best friend -) So I tend to not overdo it on the worldbuilding myself - there's the asks I reply to here on tumblr, to give the people curious some idea of what I'm imagining, but within the fic I keep that stuff to a minimum and expect the reader to read things at face value. There's hints there, but they're treated as normal and natural within the fic, because I want the audience to think of it as such within the universe! The elaboration has no room within the writing itself, that's for lore asks!

#answer let luce #thatmooncake #ask game #I'm willing to believe a lot as long as it's not annoying #that's literally it fgdhsj #I should really start taking screenshots of comments to keep them in a little folder or something #so I *dont* have to look every time #and I'm very much a person who likes saving little crumbs of fun conversations so I can go through them again #I have bad memory and love my friends -> screenshot time #can only recommend hehe #edit for mutuals tag #we're holding hands

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the-fandom-hopping-mage · 3 months

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doctor who 1996 movie

stop hurting the tardis pls she's the best and doesn't deserve any of the shit you put her through doctor

why is the master a slug

I know he was a cat once is he trying to start a collection

oh no he's horrified, you can tell by the fact that you can see the entirety of his eyeball

wait are time lord remains just slime is that what they're trying to say

AGH FISH

AGH KNIFE

well if you're gonna run away do it the second you see the car not when he's seen you and starts pulling in

hehe idiots the car's gonna come around the corner and probably hit you

how tf is he not dead on a slab

bro zig zag you gotta run zig zag

don't worry random child you're getting saved by an alien who's about to get shot by those guys and his boyfriend who took over his space machine

NOOO STOP HURTING HER shes probably fine but STILL STOP HURTING HER

why did he fall like that tat was hilarious "eugh" *le death* he sounds like a swooning victorian maiden

for the record I totally called his death

and that car

hey it's the tardis she's not a thing don't be rude she's the best character ever

how tf did he get over there

oh its not the doctor its the kid's dead friends

hello random child are you excited to see a dying man EXPLODE

why is he so casual about it "oh yeah guy who's bleeding out and just got shot hm .......................................... I'm gonna call you an ambulance"

oh hehehe the hospital is gon be so confused

oh ominous music did the master follow his boyfriend to the hospital that's rly sweet

wait where are the wounds

is this bitch dying from a shot to the arm

weak

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM THAT WASNT THERE EARLIER

if your listening to his heart why do you need a scalpel girl i don't think hearing = seeing

he's aliiiiiiiveeeee

isn't he back already stop electrocuting him

they're gonna be besties i know it <3

he's on his side how is he snoring

i can suspend my disbelief for aliens and shit but real life stuff you should get right

why are the lights outside changing colors is it aliens or just lighting

oh wait do they live next to a traffic light that would make sense

the doctor: thank you very much kind sir i shall 😴

we're 21 minutes in cut to the chase and die already please

also girl stop pouting his snoring isn't even that loud

oh now i understand what ppl meant by 'the master wants to be inside the doctor'

doctor who is so weird i love it

where's the lightning coming from

oh was that the 90s regeneration energy

rude i already made that joke like ten minutes ago keep up

isn't that a pull door excuse me

how did he hear that from two rooms away

wow ominous punching noises in the morgue you should definitely come closer to it

OMG IT'S ALIEN JESUS

"oh my gawd"

doctor: um rude

hehe the movie is still mimicking him

what's with all the convenient long dark ominous backlit hallways for the main character to pose dramatically in in media why are there so many

*ps i made popcorn :)*

some doctors (nine/ten) regenerate into a romcom. this doctor regenerated into a horror movie

hehehe he still has the john doe tag on the toe

where did he go why is everything destroyed the horror movie thing was a JOKE

in that shot he looks like owen wilson

bro the jesus thing was also a joke

i know who you are you're frankenstein

first i thought we were in asia then i thought we were in London now we're actually in san fransisco

hehehe it's the scarf

hehehe its a face

ngl that mirror does not look like its reflecting his face properly

nope sorry kit it's not a memory chamber no chameleon archs involved here

"I need the doctor's body" yeah i see what yall meant that's a totally sane and normal thing to say about your not-at-all-boyfriend

hehe they made the jesus jokes too

shut ft up bitch and stop talking to her like she's six years old you can pick up the goddamn pace with your fucking words

"bitch watch me"

how far did he back up

he's in the car

ha haha

why is there a security guard from the outside there is nothing wrong with that car

"grace why aren't you understanding this i have thirteen lives and two hearts pls its so obvious try to keep up"

and here we go again

that looks so cozy i want to live in that tardis

*deep voice* "it is me. i am the boy friend of the doc tor. i want his bo dy."

"Bah ruce don't scare me like that pls"

how does he know his name yall met once

awwwwwwwwwwwww she likes himmmmmmm

I'm rly a guy w/ weird eyes

text does not do justice to theweird voices I'm using (cause I'm saying half this shit aloud first)

BITCH WHY ARE YOU GOING CLOSER

"he's Nat Ded"

"oh shit i offended his boyfriend someone's in the denial stage of grief"

he did nat steal yo body bitch you're stealing his

i like this kid

omg shes literally me i eat pens too

yay he has shoes finally

*investigative glass* my scientific deduction is that that red liquid you took from my body seems to be my own blood, how curious

"iTs NoT bLoOd" ok girliepop what is it then?????? id love to know

aw i love hearing him talk about gallifrey without that underlying note of grief and pain and loss that all the nuwho doctors have

omg ive seen that shoe clip its so cute and silly

*run run run run run* he got the zoomies

girl: *looks into camera like the office*

*stealing from boyfriend* omg parallels to the whatsisface boyfriend

"you know this is all mine" i burst out laughing i honest to god died

ALL THE TIME LORDS ARE SO CASUAL ABOUT THIS "OH YEAH HES DEAD BUT HES ALIVE NOW NBD" "OH YEAH I HAVE TWO HEARTS WDYM YOU DONT"

"unspeakable crimes" you can say sex

how did he recognize gold dust on sight

kid its probably sand why tf would the doctor have gold dust

"DeAl"

omg its a golden snitch

"well of course it used to belong to me" I'm actually dying i cant

um bro that thing is the size of his body even if he is the 'chosen one' or whatever bs you're feeding him he probably couldn't lift it

bitch HOW

finally bro's catching on to the bs he's spouting

"i know who i am! im the type of guy who kisses women randomly!"

"doct-eah" they're so married

THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS "hes planning to take my body so that he will live and i will die :0 *run*"

doctor: honeslty woman try to keep up why isn't this making so much sense to you

first intelligent thing that woman has done all day

well that's conveinient

"oh fuck its my evil boyfriend"

aw chickens

"he's . . . british." HA

"jelly baby, officer?"

none of these people should have a license

good to know that his horrible driving skills apply to every vehicle not just the tardis

"you kill me" yes that is what will happen to you when the master gets his way excellent deduction

girl's got her priorities straight: alcohol > clock

how is that working there isn't any tension on the wheel they should be plummeting

THERE she is <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

weoweoweOWEOWEOWEOWEO "i cant find the brakes!?" *distant echoing weoweoweoWEOWEOWEOWEOWEO "aaaaaaah"

close your front doors idiot

why does she know that is she possessed by the slime

hehehe called it

"and you beLIVE him????" facts

BAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD HE LOOKS SO STUPID DOES HE REALLY WANT TO BECOME FUCKING RASSILON????? HA

ok someone's sucking up to the kid

Lee's like wtaf is going on

oops i ran out of space on the other text block

i feel like she's faking or smth she looks like an angel w/ that thing and he's coughing

"i would never lie to you i would only protect you" funny how none of that is true even remotely

how the hell do all these characters remember all these super specific spoken instructions during high stakes situations, i can't even remember spoken instructions on a regular day

cant she just pull out one of the huge pole things wouldn't that stop it

he's always so kind even to the ppl who are actively trying to kill him and the entire planet

I CANT HAHA ITS SO STUPID

i don't think it's the tardis who's sentimental, doctor

SHE ATE HIM

why are we all so tense

that poor guy

you go boy

i despise these 90s romance arcs theyre so horrible yall met two hours ago

thats sweet

wait how does he die then

*after google* ohhh okay guess ive gotta watch the 50th anniversary now

#doctor who #that was fun

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levmada · 2 years

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Ok so after the latest episode, this may be cheesy, but I could just imagine visiting Marley with them and let’s say some men in the crowd bother you or something and Levi like stops it? Idk I’m in a fluff mood

hiya anon :3 this took a few days, so i hope you’re still in a fluff mood 🤲 also, i hope you don’t mind that i added that the reader character is (a little) pregnant👍 which changes nothing else otherwise :)

summary: Upon visiting Marley for the first time, Levi does more than defend you when some men try to bother you.

content/warnings: suit Levi (hehe), highkey Ackerbond portrayal, Levi-typical violence, expedition to Marley, protective best boy Levi, light description of harassment, very happy ending

wc: ~1.4k

Levi senses something’s wrong before there's any obvious indication. Hell, you’re not even within his line of sight, but he knows. He can feel it. Some hard instinct stirs behind his sternum, and a light thread of knowledge tugs at the top of his spine.

He stops dead in the middle of the street and turns around, his eyes narrowing. Men and women brush past him, but his gaze is locked in the direction where he last saw you.

Then, it’s no longer tugging, but yanking, and he’s moving in long strides without commanding his feet to do so.

Something tells him you’re down by the docks. Even though he last saw you gushing over the cold cream-stuff with Sasha and Connie, you adore how the saltwater smells, you like picking at barnacles for some horrible reason, not to mention burying your feet in the sand and somehow Levi just knows. He couldn’t pry you from the deck the whole journey here: you’d live on a boat if you could. Something tells him you’re by the docks and that something is wrong.

The people of Liberio have better things to do than appreciate the ocean. The dock is very sparse of people, which means he catches sight of you immediately; your insistence this morning to match Mikasa’s outfit helps. But he’s not looking at that: there’s three men. One of them has his hand very sincerely trying to catch your waist. Levi sees red.

You don’t even notice it’s him at first, you’re so caught up in what’s happening. The one who put his disgusting hand on you is stocky and tall with a disgusting smile.

Levi bends the man’s wrist back when he grabs it, feels with satisfaction the tiny bones grind together before they break, and wrenches his whole body back. His howl of pain is cut short when he smacks into the ground, shortly followed by the balding one that Levi nails in his fat belly. By this time you’re clinging to the back of his suit jacket—not pulling him back, but clinging, as if you refuse to let go now that you’ve found something safe and strong to hold onto.

Levi isn’t even winded. The last one is tall and skinny with a thick, bushy mustache. It seems to shiver with the way his jaw stammers to speak. He’s shaking all over, even his twiggy arms that he holds up in surrender.

“Ho-lee shit–”

Sneering, Levi seizes him by the front of his suspenders and yanks him down so he can get a good look at the murder on his face.

“Tell me,” Levi hisses, “You wanna have kids in the future?”

“I-I—” The skinny guy blubbers when he nods, like a broken bobblehead.

“Then get outta here, or I’ll be cutting your balls off.”

Levi hurls him back. The guy was already squirming to get away—“You’re crazy–!”—so he falls, ending up sprawled on his back like a pitiful turtle.

You pull on his jacket again, this time demanding. You two have to get the hell out of here now that a scene has been made: bunches of kids are pointing, women cupping their mouths in disbelief at the sheer violence that just transpired.

He starts to say your name—to make certain you weren’t physically harmed—but with his wrist clutched in your hand, you’re already dashing to get away. You call him an idiot for going overboard and in the same sentence thank him until the words lose meaning.

At least his ferocious instincts have bled away.

You find yourselves in a crowded street, bullying through bodies, and now that you’ve certainly blended in, he yanks you close to his side to stop your haste. There’s a corner up ahead.

He isn’t winded, but you are. “You shouldn’t be running. This way.”

You clutch him even harder, your breaths ballooning. “We’re not far away enough—” you swallow audibly, “—and the others—”

“Hey. Hush. We’re gonna be fine,” Levi soothes. With his arm protectively around you, he steers you both around the corner, and in the direction of the far side of town.

You thank him again, one hand still clutching his lapel, your belly with the other. This soon, you’ve barely started showing. That’s the only reason Hange allowed you to attend this expedition, and the only reason Levi let you drag him along as fast and as far as you did just now.

The cityscape drops away, and patches of grass and farmland start to sprout up. He’s still holding you. No matter that he isn’t winded from the fight, his heart goes on pounding. It feels impossible to stop glaring daggers and calm down, because how dare they touch you? Nausea turns his stomach. He wouldn’t have done it, but he wanted them dead at that moment.

“Did they hurt you?” He makes it a point to look at you while he says this in case you even think of undermining the urgency of the situation. “Touch you anywhere else?”

He knows it’s needless and possibly overprotective of him—Hange has dubbed Levi your ‘attack dog’ since you became pregnant—but his palm keeps skating over that spot on your back where he first spotted one of the three touching you. It eases his nerves, erasing that filthy touch and replacing it with his own.

Meanwhile, you’re just shaking your head, still a little shaken. There’s a bead of sweat on your brow, beneath your crisp boater hat.

“I think…” You stall, and laugh breathlessly. “You hurt them so bad they’ll never try a thing like that again. To anyone.”

That reassures him somewhat. He’s not sorry for what he did, but it was overkill to break a bone; his body just acted. All for the better though, now that you’re safe and relatively unharmed.

Abruptly your stride slows down to a trudge. You’re sorry, but you need to sit down. “My feet are killing me.”

Since this expedition was finalized, Levi must’ve given you grief a hundred times for just how much he opposed you crossing the ocean with the others to scout out Liberio; even after you made an arrangement with the Commander to go on leave once you hit the three-month mark.

A sour word sits on his tongue, but he says nothing. You’re in no state to hear him bitch and fret over you some more.

Instead he stops immediately, and checks out your surroundings. Obviously there wouldn’t be a bench this far from the inner city. Rather, he’s checking to make sure there are no threats. Stubborn habit.

He sees none. By a fence, where the grass is trimmed and your surroundings are relatively adequate, he finally lets you go to shed his suit jacket, exposing his vest and pressed shirt. It’s already wrinkled anyway.

He spreads the navy jacket in the grass, and looks expectantly at your flabbergasted expression. He understands your confusion, but he can’t bring himself to care that it’s dirty. You need someplace to sit.

“Well?”

Your eyes glaze over with tears, and his eyes grow a touch wide. “You’re the best. I love you so much.”

“I… I didn’t. Do anything,” he stammers. You know how he dislikes when you say such things out of turn, but the doctor also warned you both extensively that your hormones may get a bit wild sooner or later.

Just so he has something to do, he gently presses on your shoulders so you lower down into a sit. Right when his heart was starting to calm down, it skips a beat now that you say that.

“You did. Are you kidding?” You sniff.

He settles down beside you, then a little closer so his hand can lay comfortably on your stomach. “Still… You don’t have to say all that.” Though he loves you too, very much.

A pause. “Are you both alright?”

You laugh and weep a little at the same time. “Yes... But I meant it,” you whisper.

“I know.” And he’s still reeling because of it. “Don’t cry.”

You breathe a long, level sigh, and it’s a relief to feel you finally relax; not strung tight like a bowstring anymore, but loose and comfortable, because you’re safe.

He plans to always be there to protect you. Today again proved that he doesn’t even need to be near you to do just that.

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chellerbelles · 2 years

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Batch #10! Days of Future Past expansion pack and two characters from the Promos Box: The star of the original DOFP, Kitty Pryde, and her companion Lockheed.

Only 7 in this batch, but 3 of them are huge. And Lockheed is tiny.

I have mixed feelings about Sentinels. If you can turn your brain off, Sentinels are fun villains. But if you can't suspend your sense of disbelief, Sentinels are incredibly unrealistic. They're resource heavy automated killing machines. Surely anyone with half a brain would see that letting loose such entities into the general public is a terrible idea.

They were really fun to paint, though :D

Sooo happy to have Kitty Pryde :) Really loved getting to paint her phasing through a wall, hehehe. I like how the wall came out too.

Lockheed was the easiest mini to paint yet! Hehe. I love his wings and his little golden eyes.

Nimrod came out okay. My only disappointment is that you can see the red plastic that I couldn't paint 'cause the transparency was in the way.

And this is the 4th and final Wolverine! I like him.

Size comparison! Here's Sentinel #3 holding Wolverine. This is how big these guys are :D

#X-Men United

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⇢ phoebe tonkin. thirty. cisfemale. she/her. i can’t believe i just saw ELIZA HAWKE walking out of cadence records. they’re lucky enough to be the HEAD OF THE LEGAL TEAM at cadence records and they've been with the company for ONE MONTH. it's been stated at cr that they're known to be FAULT-FINDING but i heard they can be ALLEGIANT too and they seem to give off a vibe that reminds people of red lipstick on its 8th hour, draping your wrist over the steering wheel, hiding your bad smoking habits, & pointed toe heels .

YEA I GOT ANOTHER CHARACTER AND WHAT ABOUT IT ! bc i'm shameless i will also link adri's bio here just in case y'all wanna come plot there too hehe :D

eliza is ultra different from adri but if im honest ... both are messes ... i try my best to keep my intros short so i will sparknotes her life below but pls message if u wanna plot or if u wanna know more about her ! either way thank u for reading this and for being a great group ajshkajsh ... it has been expressed to me ( not here ) that people feel A Way™ about phoebe tonkin fcs but this is my first time playing her and i will try my best to not be Like That™ ( whatever that means )

eliza is australian because phoebe is australian and 1. h2o and 2. she has a terrible american accent and i know this is all fake but i refuse to suspend my disbelief for that long . anyways she was born and raised in melbourne, the only child to an american soldier and an australian flight attendant. some may ask her how that worked out and her honest answer is that she wishes it didn't

she grew up to be a bit of an army brat, not necessarily because they moved around a lot but in the sense that her father's always been pretty strict. there was never a lock on her door, her social and online activities are heavily monitored, she has to say yes sir to her own dad ? this mans got issues ... clearly . for someone like eliza, always a bit inquisitive and rebellious and independent, it felt stifling at best. her mother was no reprieve, either, intent on creating the image of a perfect, nuclear family that often times her pressure was just as suffocating. when her father, one day, decided he missed arizona and took his wife and fourteen year old daughter with him, eliza felt more isolated from the world

so she overcompensated in school to find that control. for her family, her hard work was an indicator of ambition. for her, it was a way to not be inside her house. as debilitating as her family was for her mental health, that level of accuracy and perfection and need for control propelled her to the top of every, if not most things, she did. when she joined the debate club in her high school, i think you can only imagine how freeing it was to finally win an argument and have platform for her own opinions

eliza was supposed to be a politician. but when college and that freedom hit ... she figured her escapades would be best kept secret if she were an attourney. she double majored in business and in law, having degrees in both, and soon became an asset in a major law firm. she'd gained notoreity as a real shark in her firm, but after she won a suit against the team put together for [ redacted celebrity name ], and then another one ... and then another one ... she was recruited to actually work for cadence record's rival label to be a part of the legal team.

she went in for the interview and was extended the offer. instead of jumping at the opportunity, she sat on it ( LIKE A BUSINESS WOMAN ! ) until either a.) they raised their price or b.) someone extended a better offer. it wasn't like she was hiding anything either, so when word got out that the person costing all these record labels hundreds of thousands of dollars could potentially be a free agent ... offers rolled in. she picked cadence because, more than the money and the brand, they offered her something no one else did: at the young age of thirty, she would be in charge of the whole team

wanted connections ! spare plots sir ... :

headaches ! celebs that keep getting into trouble. she's like ... this person again ?!?

enemies ... maybe y'all don't vibe or u have different leadership styles or she litigated against u and said some out of pocket shit ? i love to hate

i also love to love ... exes plot maybe ? open to all genders !

work friends ... eliza is a fun drunk . but she's so high strung bc she's new at cadence so someone please ... let her let loose !

sibling style relationship — eliza is an only child but i think she gives me big sister vibes ? if u need someone to look out for ur muse she's ur girl

close friends — after living in arizona for hs ( gross ... ) and going to the east coast for college, she's probably got some ride or dies

unlikely duo

fwb yea i said it im trash. maybe will they won't they cuz i luv that shit

people that have known her for a while ? could be friends could be enemies but i think some history could be super interesting

also i love banter so ... if u could just have someone who can give eliza banter ... thank u . i appreciate u

#cadence.intro #i have queued this !! just so folks can see it but idk what time ppl are active ajshklfj

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Black Eyes & Red Leather (Part 11)

~ The Flash / Supernatural Crossover Series ~

Request by @none-of-this-makes-any-sense : Okay so could you do a crossover where the reader is Barry’s gf who is really shy but then gets possessed by a demon… [I have redacted the rest of the request cuz of spoilers hehe]

Read Part 10 — SERIES MASTERLIST

Summary: The Winchester Brothers reveal to Team Flash what is wrong with you and how to expel Roxanne and end this all!

Pairing: Reader x Barry Allen, Demon!Reader x Barry Allen

Word Count: 2600ish

A/N: Barry’s POV! This is the finale! Afterwards, I will post an epilogue but here we are! The climax!!

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“Is anyone else even slightly concerned about the fact that these Feds knew we were here?” Iris questions as everyone makes their way to the S.T.A.R. Labs lobby from the cortex.

Cisco had instructed the federal agents to meet them at the public lobby doors which had been closed to the public for more than a year.

“Well maybe they were able to ping someone’s cell phone. I mean, we’re all here on a regular basis…” Caitlin suggests.

“Just everyone play it cool,” Cisco mutters under his breath, sounding more than a little paranoid. He unlocks the doors and everyone gives the two F.B.I. agents a once over look as they step inside. Cisco and Barry were not oblivious to the way Iris and Caitlin seem to look them over a little more than necessary. The insecurities in Barry couldn’t help but notice that these men were tall, well-built, and more than likely very familiar with attracting swooning women.

“So what was this about again?” Harry starts the questions, leveling them with his smart and stubborn stare. Being from Earth 2 and having the face of Dr. Harrison Wells, the murderer, had put up his defenses right away.

The men flash their badges once more and Cisco snatches one of them to inspect it for authenticity. Team Flash isn’t about to let just anyone into their base of operations. Introductions are passed around.

“Do any of you happen to know Y/N L/N?” The man with shorter hair asks. The other looks around the abandoned lobby.

“Yeah, she’s my girlfriend. Why do you ask?” Barry steps forward.

“What are you guys doing here?” The tallest one asks, disregarding Barry’s response.

“I inherited the building. Again...why are you asking about Y/N?” Barry crosses his arms over his chest, defensive...as if the team hadn’t just been speculating about Y/N only moments ago.

“We’re investigating a series of crimes that started in Nebraska and New York and we just want to know if she has any useful information for us. Is she here?”

“Well, Agent Cobain,” Caitlin starts.

“Please call me Sam,” he interjects. He flashes a charming smile and Cait definitely starts blushing.

“Sam...she’s actually at work right now but maybe we can help you? We’re all close friends and Barry actually works at CCPD too.”

“Sure, and is there any way we could possibly get a tour, Mr. Allen? I remember reading about this place before and after the accident,” Sam asks and his partner rolls his eyes.

Barry agrees to a bare minimum tour, sending Harry off to the Cortex to lock away the flash suit and anything else that could give them away.

“Have you noticed anything strange about Y/N?” Agent Grohl asks. “Did she happen to mention anything out of the ordinary on her recent trips out of town?”

“Well...she did go there to investigate a strange police matter…” Barry starts.

“Has she been acting...unusual since her return?” Sam repeats.

“Look,” Cisco interjects, “I don’t know if you’ve heard of Central City, but we’re not strangers to unusual stuff. Everyone's a little unusual. She’s not a metahuman, if that’s what you’re implying.” Barry appreciates his friends dedication to protecting Y/N, even if something is wrong.

“Well look, ComicCon,” Agent Grohl starts in on Cisco, staring him down and taking note of his superhero shirt. “This isn’t some science fair experiment gone wrong. Something has happened to your friend.”

Iris forgoes any act of surprise and looks at the agents. Everyone is now standing just outside of the cortex. “Let’s say we know something is wrong. Do you know exactly what it is…?”

“Dean,” Agent Grohl finishes her question with his introduction. Sam and Dean exchange glances. Sam takes a deep breath and his brow furrows into a look of compassion.

“We realize this may sound crazy… but we believe Y/N Y/L/N is possessed,” Sam offers.

“By what?” Caitlin asks curiously and obviously suspending her disbelief. They’d likely say a metahuman and then everyone would be on the same page.

“A demon,” Dean answers curtly. Cisco snorts.

“No freaking way,” he smirks and starts walking into the Cortex; everyone follows him. Sam and Dean look around the room and seem impressed by the tech and their own investigation notes on the walls.

“Are you crazy? Demons don’t exist,” Barry argues. But then Caitlin catches Barry’s eyes and squints.

“Barry…” she murmurs. “Ra’s al Ghul? Vandal Savage? Damien Darhk?”

“Well that definitely sounds like a real Legion of Doom,” Dean snarks.

“Not exactly…” Cisco rolls his eyes and smirks like he’s just told an inside joke.

“The--uh--The Flash and The Green Arrow have had their share of villains that claimed mystical powers…” Iris explains for the benefit of the FBI agents.

“Okay, so maybe it’s possible but how can we be sure?” Barry admits.

“What makes the FBI even qualified to deal with this situation?” Harry tosses in his speculation.

“How about the next time you have dinner with your girlfriend,” Dean offers Barry a silver flask, “splash here with a little of this. Then you’ll know.” Barry opens the flask and sniffs it.

“Or…” Sam glares at his partner, disapproving of his technique. “You can just say...Christo. If she flinches then you’ll know.”

“And then what do we do? I don’t know if we can wait much longer to find out.”

“You don’t have to do anything. We’ll take care of it.”

It doesn’t sit well with Barry, tricking Y/N. He doesn’t want to do it, but the entire team convinced him that afternoon that something was definitely wrong and steps had to be taken.

Caitlin analyzed the contents of the flask during the discussion.

“It’s just water,” she’d explained while Cisco had a field day looking up signs of demon possession. By the end of that research, he’d convinced himself that several people he knew were possessed, including his second grade teacher.

“It’s Holy Water,” Sam explains. By now, everyone has been informed that they’re obviously not FBI and they’re actually monster hunting brothers.

“This all sounds so crazy,” Caitlin comments as Dean offers up a drawing.

“Any crazier that a city with a superhero?” Dean smirks, winking at Caitlin. The Winchester brothers still don’t know exactly who they’re talking to, or just how right they are.

“It’s a sigil. A Demon Trap. The second she walks into it, she won’t be able to leave it. Won’t hurt her,” Sam reassures them all. “You guys don’t exactly have a rug to cover up the drawing so we’ll have to get creative.” Sam looks around the room for solutions but Barry takes the drawing from Caitlin.

“I’ll take care of it. Won’t be a problem,” Barry shrugs.

“She’s going to be strong. And clever,” Dean warns him.

“Well I’m stronger than I look,” Barry replies. “Once she’s trapped, then what happens?”

“Exorcism,” the brothers say together.

Iris comes up with the idea to lure her in by ordering take out and having dinner at S.T.A.R. Labs and then going out for drinks later. It’s a routine gathering that shouldn’t seem suspicious. Y/N agrees to it over the phone without protest or suspicion. Before Y/N arrives, Barry mixes some of the water into her usual tumbler.

Sam and Dean leave the Cortex, choosing to take cover in one of the rooms off to the side.

When Y/N arrives, Iris and Harry are unloading the take out and distributing the orders.

“Hey Baby,” Y/N greets Barry. She kisses him and prolongs it with her hand clasped on the back of his neck. “I thought about you a lot today,” she whispers near his ear. It feels like her tongue darts out to tease his earlobe and Barry flinches.

“Sorry, it just tickled,” Barry half-smiled. “Here.” Barry offers her the water but she doesn’t drink it right away.

“You know what I’d love…? To take you home, finish off a bottle of tequila and a box of chocolates, and then fuck in the shower,” Y/N speaks under her breath and close to Barry so that no one else overhears. Barry’s cock betrays him by reacting but he pushes that arousal off.

“Babe, you know I can’t get drunk.” Well isn’t that a red flag, Barry thinks to himself. She knew better. She plays it off and just kisses him quickly before greeting everyone else. They’re all watching her...eyeballing the drink in her hand.

Everyone exchanges pleasantries and discuss their days. Y/N seems to be acting normal...although Barry can’t help checking her out. He loves how she’s dressed and there’s an air of confidence around her.

He’s starting to wonder if everyone has been wrong and Y/N has simply made some personal changes…

But then she takes a sip of her water…

Hissssss!

“Ahhh! What the fuck!” Y/N lurches out of her chair, shooting the piece of furniture far behind her and across the room.

Everyone jumps out of their chair in alarm. Barry’s heart falls to the pit of his stomach, weighed heavily with guilt and devastation.

The smell of smoke is in the air and appears to be coming from Y/N’s mouth. She’s crouching and has spilled the water on the ground.

“Y/N? Are you okay?” Harry feigns ignorance as the person closest to her. Before looking up, she reaches out and touches a few drops of the water. The liquid sizzles on her skin. “Christo,” he dares to speak. As promised, she flinches.

“Oh...I think you know the answer to that.” Y/N’s gaze rises from the floor. Everyone takes a step back.

Her eyes are pitch black. She raises a hand.

Harry suddenly tenses, gasping as if his throat is constricted.

“Whoa! Hey! What are you doing?!” Cisco shouts. “She’s force-choking him! Like Darth Vader! Let him go!”

“Y/N, stop!” Barry steps in-between her and Harry and holds up his hands in defense. Her invisible chokehold doesn’t relent.

“Y/N’s not here at the moment,” she sneers, her voice overlapped by another. Cisco takes a step towards her. She waves her other hand and Cisco flies across the room; Caitlin cries out and runs to his aid. “Not another step!” Her voice is normal again.

With her eyes trained on Cisco, Barry seizes the moment. Lightning encircles Y/N, sweeps around her and under her. She stumbles and her hold on Harry is lost. When Barry is back at Harry’s side, Y/N is standing within a Devil’s Trap.

She looks around her and curses under her breath, shaking her head.

“What’s going on? What’s happened to you?” Iris asks, trying to control the situation.

“Bitch, you know exactly what happened.” She rolls her eyes and smirks at Iris. “Who told you? Fucking Winchesters, huh?” Rather than giving her the satisfaction, Barry sighs.

“I should’ve known something was wrong.”

“Yeah...Duh! You think little ol’ Y/N can rock your world in the sack like that? No. But I did you two a favor, huh?” Barry can’t maintain eye contact for a moment.

“What have you done with Y/N?” Caitlin asks, her voice quivering.

“She’s still in here. Her personality still shines through, doesn’t it? I know her every secret...granted there aren’t many...” Y/N shrugs. Sam and Dean enter the room. Barry notices that Dean is eyeing him warily. They’d seen him draw the trap. Y/N notices the exchange of looks. “Oops, secret’s out Barry. Now two more people know you’re the Flash. Way to go,” she snarks. Barry grimaces. He’s getting tired of the demon’s attitude and her dead black eyes.

“So which demon are we dealing with?” Dean asks. He brandishes a serrated knife with etchings in the blade.

“What are you doing with that?” Barry asks, panicking. Y/N struts to the very edge of the Demon Trap. She stops when Dean holds the blade to her throat.

“No!” Barry stands between them in half a second, pushing Dean backwards. The hunter looks both confused and frustrated at the interference.

Y/N peeks over Barry’s shoulder. “The Flash isn’t going to let you use that witchy demon knife on me. You’d kill us both,” she giggles. “I like to go by Roxanne nowadays,” Y/N trains her eyes on Dean and Sam. She’s flirting with them, even putting away the black eyes. “Are you a fan of my work?”

“You could say that,” Dean comments. “Crowley’s been looking for you too.”

“Oh? Are you his errand boys?” Dean’s smirk disappears. He gestures to Sam.

“Exorcizamus, te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanic potestas…”

“Oh fuck. Come on boys, there’s gotta be a way around this…” Barry can finally hear a hint of fear in her voice. He starts to back away from her. She tries to take a step forward but can’t leave the Devil’s Trap. “Y/N and I are really good together! Let us show you a good time,” she offers, starting to unbutton her blouse. She rolls her head from side to side though like she’s in pain and trying to fix a crick in her neck.

“Hurry up,” Barry whispers. Sam continues the exorcism, reciting from memory.

“Barry, you’re not going to let them do this to me, are you? We’ve had fun!” He voice shakes and her face twists with agony. “I...I love you!”

She starts to plead but when she gets no reaction from him, she grimaces.

“Fine,” she barks; her eyes are black again. “I’ll leave but I can’t make any promises about Y/N.” Barry freezes and his eyes go wide. “For all you know, she’s got some fatal wounds and I’m the only thing keeping her alive. You sure you wanna risk that Barry?”

“Barry, don’t listen to her. Demons lie to get what they want,” Dean cautions.

“Are you sure though? How can you be sure?” Barry asks as Y/N’s body starts to shake and fall to her knees. Her head falls back.

“Just have to trust us!” he shouts over Y/N’s screams.

“Ut ecclesiam tuam secus, tibi facias libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos!” Sam finishes and a dark cloud of smoke expels from Y/N’s mouth. She crumbles to the floor just as the demon smoke spirals downward to the floor and disappears.

When Dean gives the all clear, Barry rushes into the Devil’s Trap to cradle Y/N’s limp form. She appears to be breathing. In the background, he hears Sam explain to Iris and Caitlin that the demon was sent back to Hell.

“Y/N? Y/N, baby, please...wake up...please answer me...open your eyes, sweetheart,” Barry pleads, brushing her hair away from her face. She doesn’t appear to be injured.

Caitlin is standing by, ready to check on her as well. Iris is beside Harry and Cisco, covering her mouth and holding back tears. Cisco’s hands are tangled in his hair and Harry is frozen like a statue, a bruise on his throat is already developing.

Barry wraps his arms around Y/N, holding her close and rocking her back and forth.

“Please, baby, it’s me, come back to me,” he whispers, tears falling from his eyes and landing on her cheeks.

She stirs suddenly, gasping for breath as if she’d been held under water.

“Barry? Barry?” she gasps. “Where is she? Where’s Roxanne? We can’t let her get away!” she speaks frantically. Barry grabs one of her hands to stop her flailing.

“I’m right here. Right here. We’re all here for you. And she’s gone. Roxanne is gone.”

“Roxy’s gone?” she repeats.

“Yes, she’s gone.”

The entire room breathes a sigh of relief.

Epilogue coming soon!

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Some of my favourite dramas from the past half a year, ranked:

1. Because This is my First Life

k-drama, 16 episodes, each 1 hour long

So sensitively and personally written. I was sucked into the storytelling and felt as though I was seeing these scenes through the eyes of the characters. Bravo to the scriptwriter; as I was watching it I felt, ah, she must have drawn from some intensely personal and important place. It was not a story anyone could have written. Because This is My First Life follows the stories of three BFFs as they experience, and grapple with, love and marriage. It does not shy away from the complicated sides of these issues - the societal, monetary and financial pressures that love and marriage cannot be separated from, the difficulties of communicating with others honestly yet sensitively. There are some frustratingly incorrigible people in the drama (like sexually harassing superiors), but most of the time the conflicts play out between good people who care for and support each other, yet inevitably butt heads because they have different - and equally valid - views of life. Is it wrong to want to marry and start a family? Is it wrong not to? It was painful at times, I think I cried for some of the characters. Not because they were pitiable, but because sometimes in life there is no right or wrong; you have to make tough choices and it hurts but you have to keep your eyes open and keep watching; keep walking. For the literature lovers out there, especially those who might be sick of gratuitous (often cheesy) quotes inserted randomly into dramas, well, good for you! Characters in Because This is My First Life read and are impacted by (real life) books, and you can see how the books they’ve read influence the way they think, act, and communicate with each other. It’s very realistic and mirrors the way you might consume and digest books in your own life outside of the drama. Oh, the PPL is also wonderfully done and actually contributes to character building. 8-9/10.

2. Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu (I’ll be serious in my next life)

j-drama, 12 episodes, each 1/2 an hour long

One woman, five sex friends. I know. I know it sounds messy and melodramatic and angsty. I hesitated for the same reasons as well. But when I finally got over it and watched the damn thing (very bingeable, totalling at only 6 hours), I regretted not watching it sooner. Raise wa Chanto Shimasu is a breath of fresh air. Most of the characters, whether hypersexual or asexual, are pretty unabashed about it, and I love their self-love. Want to have sex? Go for it, gurl. Don’t want to have sex? Also no problem. The title is an apt one and showcases this message of acceptance. We might have bones to pick with our current lifestyles, but welp, we’ll just be serious in our next lives. As one of the characters said at the end, “we all became independent, working adults, I think we should be proud of ourselves”. Much needed affirmation in a world of moralising, slut-shaming, virgin-mocking, and expectations to get married and settle down.

Warning: one of the characters in a bi/gay relationship is pretty vocal in denying his sexuality even in front of his partner, and a trans woman was harrassed at one point. These were discomfiting for me.

3. The Fiery Priest

k-drama, 40 episodes, each 1/2 an hour long (or 20 hour-long episodes)

Action. Comedy. Kim Nam Gil, who won the Baeksang for this role. Honey Lee. Badass babe. Ahn Chang Hwan, who was so realistic at playing a Thai immigrant my friend who studied Korean for three years didn’t even realise he was Korean. Father Han. One reviewer said he was a literal angel, and I concur. Most dramas leave you with at most three or four characters you really like; this drama makes you fall in love with the whole gang. Everyone has a backstory, or some hidden side that you didn’t expect that just adds so much more dimension when revealed. Where some might find it hard to balance the weight of action and the levity of comedy, dipping too deeply into angst or farce at times, The Fiery Priest manages the tone really well even as the plot deepens and our characters have to deal with deep-seated traumas. I have nothing more to say to promote this drama except, how could you pass on Kim Nam Gil doing action plus comedy MINUS tragedy and the moustache?

A final note: Technically, The Fiery Priest is a stronger drama than Raise and should deserve the no. 2 spot. The former deals with bigger issues like corruption, morality and forgiveness, while the latter is more light-hearted and deals almost entirely with personal choices. However, some issues Raise touched on were really important to me and came at a time when I really needed affirmation to believe in my beliefs, so it edged out The Fiery Priest in my heart.

4. 传闻中的陈芊芊 (The Romance of Tiger and Rose)

c-drama, 22 episodes, each about 45 minutes long

甜。This drama is just Sweet with a capital S. What a refreshing watch, especially for women. I loved not having tugging battles between two men. I loved the respect given to consent. I loved having so many smart and capable women who have conversations with each other that do not revolve around men. I love how the male lead wasn’t hung up on Male Ego and gave his wife space to be herself and make her own decisions and mistakes. A rare gem. I’m sure I will revisit this when I’m tired of the usual ドキドキ tactics involving possession and pulling around

(If you can read Chinese, I suggest watching it on the 腾讯视频 app with 弹幕 on. I found it pretty hilarious, meaning I laugh-cried so hard in the middle of the night my neighbour knocked on my door to ask if I was ok.)

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A quick rundown of the dramas and films I’ve watched so far in 2020 so you know the pool I picked these four from:

Penguin Highway

good watch. super cute. I cannot over-emphasise how cute the penguins were. It got me into a penguin phase and I’m not out of it even after 7 months...

ぼくは明日、昨日のきみとデートする (My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday)

good watch. bittersweet.

わたしに××しなさい！(Watashi ni XX Shinasai/Missions of Love) movie and drama special

would pass on the movie (which cherry-picked from the manga but unfortunately left out a lot of important character developing scenes so the relationship didn’t make as much sense as it did in the manga)

but the drama special. Whew. I watched the drama special twice. It’s trashy good. Because it’s basically a spin-off to build hype for the movie, it doesn’t have to follow the plot of the manga, instead taking on the format of a (very cheesy) otome game. So you have all these ikemen saying clichéd toe-curling lines like “I am also a man you know” and getting stuck half-naked bReAthInG HeAviLy in cabinets together but instead of playing it seriously (as the movie would do because it’s supposed to make you feel like they are falling in love), the main character goes huh??? wtf are you saying?? at her otome game screen, which is so realistic and just cracks me up. definitely would rec.

ごめんね青春！(Gomen ne Seishun/ Saving my Stupid Youth)

hmmm. so-so? Leading lady Hikari Mitsushima is pretty, cool, and fits the bill of gap moe. Ryo Nishikido is also pretty believable (once you suspend your disbelief that somehow all his students think he looks dorky and are not gushing over his ikemen-ness). Unfortunately, relationship development between the otp happened too late and too suddenly.

Он – драко́н (On Drakon/ He’s a Dragon/ I Am Dragon)

a pleasure to (re-)watch as always. Lovely visuals.

Tokyo Ghoul: S

decent! Great performance from Shota Matsuda as the Gourmet. He’s definitely a draw-point for this movie - you can see him being featured heavily in the trailers.

Strong Girl Do Bong Soon

great drama, would rec! 7-8/10. Points docked for all the digressing they did with monks and gangsters. I loved the otp’s dynamic, how healthy their relationship was. One line that struck me was, “Do you know how you’ve found the right person? When you see yourself in their eyes, you look happy”. It was a reminder that while these are obviously fictional characters, we can and should form relationships where our partners are as supportive of us (and us of them) as our dear otp, and not to settle for less. Also loved the fact that smol Bong Soon is so strong and no one can manhandle her >:-) 10/10 also to rookie actor Jang Mi Kwan, who was absolutely terrifying as the villain. How is he only a rookie??

Because This is my First Life

see above

The Fiery Priest

see above

선덕여왕 (Great Queen Seon Deok)

hehe I watched it (again). As great as ever. Somehow cried more than I did the previous two times I watched it? Took me a week to get over one of the characters (even though I already went through all that heartbreak the first two times I watched this..) Sayang... Definitely has a special place in my heart. Available in full on youtube with subs.

传闻中的陈芊芊 (Romance of Tiger and Rose)

see above

来世はちゃんとします (Raise de wa Chanto Shimasu)

see above

覆面系ノイズ (Fukumenkei Noise/Anonymous Noise)

pretty good! Adapted from a manga but very film-like with its color-corrected shots, many cut-scenes to birds and crashing waves. Shison Jun was great in his intense scene, Ayami Nakajo has the most manga-looking face I’ve seen and Koseki Yuta is my bb as always hahaha he’s appeared in, like, four dramas on this list.

博多弁の女の子はかわいいと思いませんか？(Don’t You Think Girls Who Talk in Hakata Dialect Are Cute?)

YES!! I DO!! Wholesome drama packed to the brim with hometown (Hakata) pride). I also loved Okada Kenshi going around looking for Ramen shops hahaha. Now I want to see him host a food discovery show. 8/10. Would rec!

帝一の國 (Teiichi no Kuni/Teiichi’s Country)

面白い。Interesting watch! In which a bunch of high school boys in an elite school take their student council elections very seriously and attempts at political hijinks ensue. Suda Masaki and his pals somehow make over-the-top super seem natural. I don’t know how they do it, but it’s pretty good. Peppered with interesting reveals and counter-reveals along the way.

男子高校生の日常 (Daily Lives of High School Boys)

I liked this! It delivers on what it’s supposed to. As a film, it is very film-like. The background is given a lot of weight in this film, and the director “shows, not tells”. The conversations of our characters are situated in the chatter of their schoolmates, you hear random snippets of conversations drift around, you see the school situated in the mountains, piles of decorations around the hall. This helps in conveying the “daily” nature of what happens in the film - not some life-changing adventure, but a warm high-school memory that is pretty like a paper star in a glass bottle. The boys are also very lovable and dorky in their high-school roles.

ピーチガール (Peach Girl)

not bad. Typical shoujo manga adaptation storyline, even if the leading quartet do well in their roles. Nagano Mei was especially memorable for me out of the typical shoujo heroine roles I had previously seen her in. Inoo Kei also really looks like a boy from a manga. He has a lot of exaggerated actions, but he pulls them off really well.

突然ですが明日結婚します (Totsuzen desu ga ashita kekkon shimasu/ It’s Sudden But Tomorrow We’re Getting Married/ Everyone’s Getting Married)

pretty decent. It’s not mind-blowing, but it’s definitely not bad. (Or you could flip it around and say it’s definitely not bad, but it’s not mind-blowing).

ヲタクに恋は難しい (Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku)

disappointing. I really wanted to like this film for Takahata Mitsuki and Yamazaki Kento, but there were too many useless musical scenes.

同期の桜 (Doki no Sakura / Our Dearest Sakura)

Hmmmmmm. About colleagues who become inspired in their work and lives because of their colleague Sakura. I wanted more love but that’s not the main point of the drama so it’s not their fault. It got a bit repetitive towards the end, and I felt there wasn’t enough character development. Another drama I really wanted to like more than I did, because I was looking forward to seeing Takahata Mitsuki, Ryusei Ryo and Mackenyu work together.

Tokyo Coin Laundry

A mishmash of lost souls meet at a coin laundry. A short drama about running away, making choices, and moving on. Katayose Ryota might have been cool in My Brother Loves Me Too Much, but this was where I first saw him and I prefer him in this. I enjoyed this a lot and even drew a postcard based on this. 7/10.

兄に愛されすぎて困ってます (My Brother Loves Me Too Much) drama and movie

ok don’t judge; I watched this because my friend said it was pretty good. Katayose Ryota IS pretty cool in this, and Tsuchiya Tao brings to life the quintessential image of the Japanese girl, but if you’re watching this for “so cheesy it’s actually good” I would point you to the Watashi ni XX Shinasai drama special instead. If you do want to watch this though, you should watch the drama before the movie, because they are not standalone.

Nodame Cantabile

What can I say? Classics are classics. 8/10, would rec. This is my first time seeing Ueno Juri acting, and she’s so believable as quirky Nodame I wondered if this was her actual personality. Straight out of a manga. There was potential for messy love-drama, but this drama took the high road and focused on proper character development instead. Thumbs up! They also did really well in “showing not telling” us the OTP’s relationship development. Rather than declarations of love, you can see it in the little caring gestures and almost subconscious smiles. I liked that too. Though maybe I’ll dock a point for how they treated gay expressions of love - “he’s a man you know” and icky faces - and how much casual manhandling there was against Nodame (exaggerated flying punches... maybe that’s how the manga wrote it?)

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The Six Thatchers live blog

Okay I finally watched the first episode of Sherlock this year. Over all, I wasn’t as impressed. There were a lot of things that I was able to guess. Some overdone video tricks. I’m sure there were loads of things I missed too, but one of the things I love about Sherlock is noticing things and not knowing how they matter until the very end, but I didn’t get that feeling in this episode. Still good though and I look forward to the next.

Live blogging notes under the cut.

· Man I still need to know what happened to ‘the other one’

· Mycroft is such an older brother

· They are both acting so immature, so unlike the fanfic version of Myscroft

· Hehe, them both responding to Mr. Holmes

· Q totally doctored the footage.

· Interesting choice to start it off in a top secret briefing

· So, by avoiding your death, you can cause it

· The cases at the beginning feel a lot like Sherlock ignoring reality, but also an excuse to remind people of the cinematography tricks they are known for

· “yeah, but there’ll be cake”

· Aww, totally should have kept the flower in his hair

· I love Lestrade so much. I don’t care, just solve it.

· Oh the jokes about Sherlock acting like a baby is perfect

· Okay, very hard to suspend disbelief that their video calls are that perfect and don’t lag at all

· Yeah, good, I thought it was odd that he didn’t respond to his dad

· Mycroft’s bunker has amazing lighting. I love the checkered look. A mix of the light and the dark.

· Shattered glass transition?? Really? I thought we were more professional that that. There had better be a darn good reason

· What? They had to give us a short shot of the baker st sign? We know where they are.

· Yeah I had hoped that was made up

· Oh, but I do like the turning of his face into stone. Symbolism squee!!

· Wait, is something hidden inside one of the busts and they don’t know

· Toby… Q? Friend of Q’s

· Car sound effects?? Really?

· The comment of the divorce makes me sad since those two are separating

· Please don’t hurt the kid

· For all the pool scenes they have had before, I’m amazed it has taken them this long to get in one

· Why is there no back up??

· Because of course that wasn’t gone. And they had mentioned spying quite a lot this episode

· You know we have only seen that flash drive with the USB sticking out, no one smart leaves that uncapped. So does it say something more significant like that?

· I do like seeing some of this understanding and comradery between Sherlock and Mary

· …And then she drugs him. Great

· Ah, that’s the reason for the disguise, nice switch

· Haha, of course Sherlock found her

· Hehe, he just put a trace on there. Love it. Quality John.

· And I do love this theme of Sherlock lying just to entertain himself and it contrasted with all the other lies people tell for different reasons

· Good job John getting in an out of sight spot with a gun

· Love, like the code name?? Gosh darn it. I translated as soon as I heard it but I couldn’t figure out why that would make sense

· The seat between them on the plane though

· Why, why would you give someone your phone number? And why would you text just ‘hey’ without saying who you are?

· At least John broke that off before it got bad

· Oh Vauxhall Bridge

· Oh my beautiful London at night

· Man, now I want Q to meet up with an agent at the aquarium

· “Be sensible” “No I don’t think so.”

· Right, but you can’t jump faster than a bullet. So she probably knew something or was at least good enough to see what was going to happen right before it did

· Those are very weird noises John

· Wait, is she going to be eaten by the sharks? No, even MI6 wouldn’t be that cruel

· Is Sherlock with the therapist? Is that why it is taking so long to show who is in the chair? Ha! Called it.

· I really like Sherlock asking Mrs. Hudson to keep him humble

· I like seeing Molly again. But I would have liked to see her doing more science rather than just caring for the child.

#sherlock #sherlock spoilers #six thatchers #six thatchers spoilers

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