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hermannish · 3 months

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the saltburn review

saltburn hit pretty close to home. largely because i lived it. at times it was personal and surreal, shocking and true. but in the end it was just another misguided attempt at understanding the misunderstood.

and whom are the misunderstood? the middle class and the one percent? or the soul searching queer? according to emerald fennell, it’s the latter.

for the most part i felt that oliver was created and portrayed accurately, though i was ultimately disappointed by his character arc. while the idea of him m*dering Felix and his family is darkly humorous and seems like an appropriate conclusion, i think it actually misrepresented his character entirely. simultaneously, it absolutely destroyed any sense of romanticism the film spent close to three acts persuading the audience on. instead of the psycho-erotic masterpiece you think just might serve as the male counterpart for killing eve, you get just another fuck you to the LGBTQ community and the one-percent economy. which i might add is grotesquely overdone in media, and the audience knows it by the time they reach the film’s stale ending.

and it is stale. every scene plays like a fever dream of conversations one has already heard before. with the most cliché monologues coming from Farleigh and Venetia. every word seems so painstakingly familiar one can’t help but draw the similarities to F. Scott’s Jay Gatsby. Though where Fitzgerald cuts his dreamy romance and imagination short before any nightmare can begin, Fennell embraces the demons of the night, dragging her Gatsby through the mud and the blood until he’s so unrecognizable she has to provide an alternate origin story to make up for Oliver’s unnatural behavior.

and it is unnatural. so unnatrual that by the credit roll, you’re not quite sure who Oliver is, or what his motives are. on the pretense of reality, it seems pretty rigid for a guy who grew up in a decent neighborhood to go from erotically obsessed with his classmate to a murderous usurper. a conclusion so categorically absurd, it’s impossible to believe- largely because anyone on Oliver’s spectrum would never be able to sustain the public image it takes to uphold Saltburn let alone the ghost of Felix. His nude dance around the estate might as well be his seven seconds of heaven before the vultures descend at Farleigh’s call. And who would Farleigh find? Venetia claims her family believes Oliver to be a spider while she herself is partial to the idea that he’s a moth. [though ultimately she decides he’s a freaky nobody.] i personally concluded he was a werewolf. Normal when the prodigal *son is out, but absolutely possessed at night. Oliver himself professes that he is in fact a vampire. but much to every viewers dismay, we’re not entirely sure why.

3/5 stars: guess it’s just an oliver Quick Horror movie for the rich and famous.

bonus:

which saltburn plague are you?

let me know in the comments

the vampire: dead. cold hearted. bloodsucking. manipulative. stealing the life out of everyone and everything after they invite you in. guaranteed to love you forever or your money back.

the spider: the silent observer, hiding in corners, working in the shadows, whispering half-truths to make your bed of lies. and once you’ve captured your lovely guest, up up and away they go. down your throat for dinner.

the moth: addicted to the light, and the money, and the scene, and the shiny diamond irresistible things. you do nothing but eat holes into everything and everyone until the light is yours alone.

the freaky nobody: you have an erotic obsession with the guy you met in chem class, or the 60 year old lead actress on an emmy award winning tv show. you spend your days, weeks, months admiring from afar and planning how you’ll end up being together. you like to spy on them while they masturbate and after they’re dead you wear their aromas and old underwear.

the werewolf: an absolute darling pet during the day. someone's best friend and best mate. you wait by their side and do everything they ask in complete and utter obedience and loyalty. but as soon as the full moon comes out you can't be trusted. the demon inside comes out, no one is safe, and everything is considered dinner.

would you / did you / never ever

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1. lend your bike to your secret crush

I WOULD ABSOLUTELY. wouldn’t go so far as pre-sabotaging the bicycle, but if she needed a ride, i’d give her mine.

2. watch your crush sleep with another person

never ever. i don’t think i could. it’s one of those things that i think i never would want to see. I think i would black out. I think I would get jealous in a way that i’ve never been jealous before. and i think it would haunt me in a way that nothing’s ever haunted me before. i can’t see it being healthy.

3. make out with your crushes love interest

there’s a duplicity to this. maybe even a triplicity given the nature of the game. would I? yes. if the circumstances were right. have i? I have - sort of. not really. there was a guy that i knew who had worked with her previously. and they weren’t romantically linked at all. but i remember thinking when we made out, this guy has been near her. they've touched. because of my circumstances, it felt mystical and urgent, but i never allowed it to happen again. mainly because deep down i knew i was using him. and all i would ever do was use him for precisely that reason. and that wasn’t fair. so i never talked to him again. never ever? she’s married. her husband is this guy. i don’t think i could kiss him. i don’t think i would. but if i did i would imagine it being for the sole reason of missing her because she was no longer with us.

4. tell your crush you suffered a traumatic event to get them to befriend you even more

no. not to the extent that Ollie lied. that was pretty big even for me. i’d tell a white lie. I have told a white lie to get my crush to befriend me even more, but to lie about trauma is diabolical. [the lie i told, was about not having a twitter account in my crushes honorum. in truth, i really did. and i didn’t want her to know about it because it was my place to be transparent. and curious, and sexually fluid. it was my place to be absolutely mental. but i never lied about traumas. [that’s gnarly.]

5. spend the night over your super rich friend’s house

never ever. for precisely the reasons detailed in this film, however parody the script may have been, there’s a lot of truth to the scenario. to the reactions. I always did my best to avoid putting myself into those situations. when you’re in social settings like that i think it’s important to realize and establish your role early on. if they’re fire, you’ve got to position yourself as water, or earth, or wind and be realistic about that. if you’re not, you’re just setting yourself up for failure. you just seem delusional. you've got to be strong. be your own character. set your boundaries and don’t apologize for them. if you don't you''ll only ever be a play thing. you want to make an impression? you want to be memorable? my advice is to keep networking. don't limit yourself to one person just because they're so and so and they have connections. keep networking. make your own connections. and make connections that are outside of their circle. that way if things do go south, the most you lose is an understanding, but never your newly earned position. when you limit yourself you become dependent on others for your happiness and growth. you don't just come off as a moth, but a leech. [that's your que pamela!] it's just not attractive.

6. slurp your crushes masturbation bathwater

abso-fucking-lutely - on second thought it might be a bit too soapy for my tasting. but i’d definitely do a finger dip.

7. perform oral sex during someone’s menstrual cycle

like a full session? probably not. some people try and justify it and make it acceptable but the fact is it’s unsanitary, unhealthy, and unclean. there’s even risk of giving your partner a bacterial infection. so no. not exactly. but i know it’s possible for some women to become aroused. i’d be open to fingering long term, but nothing oral. i have nothing to prove in doing that.

8. play psychological mind games with your competition

i did. don’t recommend it at all. it’s enough to make a person go insane. and there are so many other wonderful things you could be doing. like being kind and being genuine. that’s not to say that being that way will inherently make you exempt from offensive behaviors- and by offensive behaviors i am referring to the unmentionable hazing experience wealthy young adults play on middle class young adults. that's the ugly side of ambition. the part that you’re unprepared for because no one really expects it. you're so focused on socially advancing that once you've gotten your foot in the door the only thing you can process is the success of it. the next steps of it. it's a lot. one minute you think you've just secured generational wealth for your family and the next you're standing in an arena with a sword while all the advanced gather for entertainment. it can just be impossible and manipulative, and jealous for no reason. they’ll hurt you just because they can, just because they’re not having a good day. and it can cost you everything. so don't go in it with the expectation you're going to win. the game is rigged. go in with the intention to survive. you never know, you might get lucky.

9. kill your crush after they found out about your deception and decided they no longer wanted to be in a relationship with you

nooooo!!!! never ever! if anything, i’d kill myself before i had the nerve to kill my crush. to ruin those eyes? and that hair? and those legs? and that ass? and those lips?! PLEASE. the last thing i’d want to do is kill someone i’m in love with! it's just unfathomable. i can't even imagine it. life just wouldn't have meaning without my crush. even if she is married. i don't care. i still want her alive and breathing. if anything i want her to live forever.

10. masturbate on your crushes grave.

this one made me laugh. in hindsight no. maybe you know, i’d think about us being together when i go to lay some flowers, but full on, naked and thrashing against the dirt? i can’t say that’s for me. I can’t speak for what happens in the car though- especially if the grave just happens to be by the beach...

#saltburn #gatsby #killing eve #love:andie #parasite #barry keoghan #jacob elordi #jacob elrodis bath water #rosamund pike #felix catton #oliver quick #psych:andie

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thepenultimateword · 2 years

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Short Prompt #62

“You have the loveliest eyes,” A crooned, sliding into the seat beside B.

B shot them a dry look, angling their eyepatch in the dim bar light.

“Well, eye,” the annoyance corrected.

It only took about 3 seconds to identify their type. Peeking eyeteeth, hungry predator stare, corpse pale skin. Vampire. Not old school. Undead usually stuck to threads from their own era, and A’s lack of a waistcoat and cravat meant they were at least from this century.

B flicked up their collar and ducked the hole in their cheek into their jacket. “Why are you talking to me?”

“Pardon?”

“What’s your deal? Your friends dare you to come over or something? Trying to get a closer look? Yes, my skin really is this blue. No, pieces of myself don’t actively fall off. And no, I’m not going to tell you the story of my ‘undeath.’”

The vampire held their hands out in front of them. “Woah, fists down, sunshine.” They settled in firmer. “Do people really ask those sorts of things?”

“What? You’ve never been asked that before?” It came out a little more sarcastic than B had intended, and despite themselves, a bit of guilt edged in on the perpetually ravenous ache in their gut. It wasn’t the vampire’s fault they were a more fortunate undead than they were, the sort people ogled and romanticized and begged to come near—even at the risk of something dangerous.

But it was still infuriating.

Who did they think they were? Coming up here with their looks and their cheesy lines, thinking B would just fall all over themselves to bask in their attention. They weren’t stupid; they knew what was really happen—

“I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to upset you. I just thought you were cute and wanted to talk to you.”

B gaped, forgetting too late to keep their chin tucked down. Surely they’d seen the hole, and all the teeth within, but for some reason A didn’t cringe.

That wasn’t actually possible right? People didn’t get romantic about their sort of dead. It was too messy, too ugly, too unstable. This was still a set up. Just like B had suspected. It had to be.

“Forgive me for not buying that…but I’m not buying that.”

They moved to turn back to their drink, but suddenly the vampire’s face was right in front of theirs. If anyone had lovely eyes, it was them, a deep molten amber that rippled in the light.

“We can go somewhere more private if you like,” they said, flickers of fangs showing through their sultry smile. “Just you and me. Would that prove my intentions?”

“Not really,” B said flatly.

A long sigh dogged the end of the vampire’s chuckle. After a moment, they held out their hand. “Come with me anyway? For spontaneity’s sake?”

B stared. And stared. And stared. Until they’d committed the glossy black tips of those slender-fingered nail points to memory. They supposed it really couldn’t hurt. It wasn’t like a vampire could hurt them, not physically, and they were already prepared for the worst, so they should be emotionally sound too.

“Fine,” they said, accepting A’s hand.

People said a vampire’s skin was cold as ice, but temperature wasn’t really something B’s body recognized anymore. They’d been used to it for a long time, but for some reason in this instant, the lack of sensation hit them like a tidal wave. Soaking them in long past wants and wishes they’d thought successfully and deeply entombed.

They were probably going to regret this.

#I’ll get back to snippets at some point #in the meantime #these are so much easier #I think I maaay be a little burned out #prompt #short prompt #writing prompt #zombie x vampire #undead #undead x undead #supernatural #spooktober #vampire #vampire x human #sort of #writblr #creative writing

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dreamcaught · 9 months

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I don't like Angel. I didn't like him in season 1-3 on my original watch when I was a kid, and I actively dislike him as an adult. I think he's creepy and I think his obsession and romantic entanglement with a 15-17 year old girl is really fucked up. People who have worked on the show have said that Angel was the perfect fit for Buffy as she's coming into her powers. I would like to wholeheartedly and vehemently disagree.

The show is brilliant in its use of allegory to show the trials and tribulations of growing up. Vampires, demons, etc. all represent different things that regular teenagers have to "slay" as they make their way through life and hardships. Surrounding yourself with friends, good coping mechanisms, found family, etc. are real world ways to get through life, and I love how the show emphasizes their importance.

The thing is, though: Angel's relationship with Buffy is romanticized abuse. Calling Angel Buffy's true love, or that she should choose him after their relationship ends, or that Angel was a good fit for Buffy in any way whatsoever, is problematic.

Let's break this down:

Angel is an authority figure in Buffy's life. He brings her secret information from the underground. He is older than she is. He is attractive, but he is friendless and lonely. He tells Buffy that she is special, interesting and unique - that she is important to him in a way that no other person has ever been important to him before. His mysterious persona is romanticized. Buffy is supposed to fall for the dark, mysterious stranger - much like many 15-16 year old girls do.

Buffy wants to change aspects of herself so that he will like her more. She tries to act older, more mature and more attractive to get his attention. She feels that he understands her because they were both given destinies that neither of them really want, so he makes her feel special, but also alone, because only he can make her feel better.

These are red flags.

If, in the real world, any of these things were happening to a 15-16 year old girl that you know, the right thing to do would be to tell them that this is not a good, healthy relationship to be in.

The purpose of Angel and Buffy's relationship is to demonstrate this. In some ways, it is actually very well done. When Buffy and Angel get serious and he turns into Angelus, the allegory is that as soon as men have sex, they've gotten what they want and will give up the relationship as meaningless.

(They do this more explicitly again with Buffy's relationship with Parker, but let's not get sidetracked.)

Their relationship is meant to be a representation of the difficulty of teenage/adult romance and the danger of underage sex. I'm going to sidestep my opinions of how any kind of sex in BTVS is represented, because I think that deserves more analysis. The point is that the audience is meant to see, in no uncertain terms, that Buffy's relationship with Angel is wrong.

But... we're not supposed to think that it's wrong. We're supposed to think that it's tragic. The show is trying to teach me that Angel and Buffy are soulmates who are meant to be together and that they can't be is a problem.

They are saying that all of these red flags, all of the things that I've pointed out as being actual real life examples of abusive relationships do not matter. It is all swept under the rug because Angel and Buffy are in love. He can do absolutely no wrong because he's not really himself.

I admit: their story is convoluted because of the supernatural elements of the show. I love how complicated it is that Buffy's lover turns into a monster that she has to fight. It's brilliant that she has such a large character flaw in that she feels so unworthy, so unlovable that she finds herself in an abusive relationship wherein she literally has to kill her abuser to get out of it. That is gorgeous closure for people who have fallen for these same tricks, for women everywhere who have been in abusive relationships.

But then Angel comes back, and this closure is lost.

The divide between Angel and Angelus permits the viewer to see their relationship as only romantic - as tragic, and heroic, and terrible for both sides because the love must have been real, right? Since it is possible to separate out the abuser, we can. We do. Angel gets a free pass because he's trying to do better, to redeem himself, and so they should end up together after all.

And I think that's a horrible message to send to viewers.

Imagine you meet a young girl who is terribly infatuated with an older man. The older man says he loves her, but he separates her from her friends. He treats their relationship like a freak show. He needs it to be secret because he feels too guilty, but prevents her from having relationships with anyone else. That is emotionally abusive, controlling and a terrible way to introduce someone to what healthy romantic love should look like.

It is certainly not a relationship that I would call a perfect fit for anyone.

#btvs #btvs meta #meta #anti angel #anti bangel #abusive relationships #long post

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allexina · 3 months

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Here are summaries for all the answer choices above!!

1. Johnny Cade x Female! Reader who’s stuck in a cult

Summary: You were stuck in a very religious household and were raised to believe that bad things would happen if you didn’t follow the rules set for you perfectly. When you meet Johnny Cade, an innocent boy who just wants what’s best for you, he shows you what affection and love is when given in a healthy dosage and not used in a detrimental way. When you finally open up to him about your family, Johnny decides he wants to get you out before something bad happens to you.

2. Johnny Cade x Female! Reader who sees everyone around her with no eyes

Summary: You were more often than not forced into your room with the curtains drawn and your door locked. Everyone around you was missing their eyes and all that was left was these gaping holes. They still moved around freely without knocking anything over so you assumed it was in your head until Johnny tells you that he sees it too and he doesn’t think the two of you are crazy.

3. Vampire! Johnny Cade x Female! Reader who’s completely obvious to the fact.

Summary: You had been friends with the Curtis’s for as long as you could remember so when Ponyboy mentions a friend named Johnny out of the blue, you grow curious. How come you’ve never met him before when you’re always at Ponyboy’s house? So, when you receive an invite to Johnny’s house, seemingly along with Ponyboy, you take him up on the offer. What you didn’t know about the boy was he was far more interested in the beautiful blood flowing through those pretty veins of yours.

4. Johnny Cade x Female! Reader who’s mother is an imposter

Summary: You were told that all potential living relatives were dead and you would never get to see your dad again. When you receive a letter in the mail, detailing the circumstances that forced your dad to leave. Along with the letter, your dad sent a picture of your family as a means of reassurance. The most terrifying part wasn’t that your “dead” dad wasn’t actually dead but the fact that the woman in the picture looks absolutely nothing like the woman you call mother now. With all of that happening, you began relying on Johnny Cade, your best friend, more as he comforts you and tries to help ease you through everything. At times, it seems like he knows more than you do but if you can’t trust Johnny then who could you trust?

5. Kidnapped! Johnny Cade x Kidnapped! Female! Reader

Summary: You were sneaking out to see one of your close friends when you get taken by a stranger in the middle of the night, with absolutely no one knowing your whereabouts. When you get to the place your kidnapper will be holding you hostage, you realize there’s another person and he already seems to be in the mood to fight for his life to escape.

6. Johnny Cade x Female! Reader where everyone disappears for twenty four hours

Summary: When every person in Tulsa, Oklahoma disappears within minutes, only you and Johnny are left to fend yourselves against the monster that had risen with nothing other than the shotgun your mom owned and Johnny’s switchblade.

I do want to add this down here just in case but these stories/oneshots aren’t suitable for those 15 and under. I know I can’t stop anyone from reading but I’d prefer an older audience because some of these topics are extremely mature. On top of that, I want to add this is all fiction. Please, don’t romanticize anything you see in any piece of literature that is tagged as horror.

I can swap the boys out if you want one with one of the other boys too. I specifically just wanted to show Johnny some love because he’s kind of overlooked. Plus, I love him so:).

All of these stories/oneshots will contain dark content that may be offensive or triggering to some people and I will add content warnings at the beginning of every story/oneshot.

I will also eventually get around to writing all of these out and getting them posted on here!!

One last thing is I only write for female reader. I’ve only ever experienced being a woman so I feel like I have no right to write about someone else’s experiences.

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wrathofthestag · 5 months

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2, 9, and 16 for the books?

Thanks for the ask! I love this list. <3

2. Did you reread anything? What?

Yes! I love a good reread :) I reread:

Tender at the Bone by Ruth Reichl - I love food memoirs, and this one is lovely. It starts with Reichl's childhood and her relationship with cooking and food. It also has recipes scattered throughout.

Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston - The movie came out, so I had to. :D

The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler - One of my favorites. It's about grief, realizing who you are, and letting yourself be happy.

Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume - Another one about grief and growth. I actually have an autographed copy of this from Judy Blume.

9. Did you get into any new genres?

I keep trying to get into horror (I love horror movies, so it seems like it would be a no-brainer for me), but I'm usually just meh when I'm reading horror novels. I read Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and it's part gangster, part vampire/folklore.

16. What is the most over-hyped book you read this year?

BookTok kept suggesting Verity by Colleen Hoover, like they couldn't get enough. I hadn't read anything by her, and didn't know much about her work. Libby happened to have it available, so I read it. Whew! That was probably the worst book I've read in a while. Just so poorly written with the dumbest plot. And now, I find out she romanticizes abusive relationships in her other book? No thanks.

#end of year book ask

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skibasyndrome · 3 months

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for the fanfic writer ask game: 💕💭💛🎨 💜

Thank you so much for the ask, Martina 💜🥰

💕: What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

This is like constantly changing for me, but I'd say it's You crave the Applause / Yet hate the Attention because I love it "plot"-wise and I love that version of Wille extra much (anxious buffoon, hopelessly obsessed with his bf and still somehow insecure about things he really shouldn't be that insecure about 💜) (and I try to ignore the fact that I'm already cringing at October-me's writing again)

💭: What inspires you and your writing?

Lots and lots of things! First and foremost obviously the show and the feelings it stirs up in me, but aside from that so many little things can be inspiring. Like a lyric from a song I really like, some topic I learn about at uni, YR promo (has happened twice already lol) or just some general feeling or emotion or experience that I want to write down or that I want to change into something else by writing about it. And obviously it's always inspiring to see what other people are able to do writing-wise 💜

💛: What is the most impactful lesson you’ve learned about writing?

That I can still do it?? No, but seriously, probably the fact that writing isn't to be confused with inspiration, at least not fully. Writing is a craft and like any other craft you get better at it the more you do it, you get into the habit of it, you learn by doing research and trying out new things. Writing (at least for me) is a lot about just getting myself to finally sit down and do it, not (always) waiting for that perfect moment of artistic genius or whatever other romanticized idea of creativity there is to strike.

🎨: If someone were to make fanart of your work, what fic or scene would you hope to see?

GOSH, I physically NEED someone to do fanart of vampire Simon once I start publishing that fic! If I can't get my bf to do it for me I'll probably commission someone, because I personally need to see him in the costume I'm imagining him in and the hair I'm giving him and just... everything <3

Send me fanfic writer asks

#themarsbar #answered

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aspiring-holistic-otaku · 2 years

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Ramble#9

My main focus here is on samurai manga…

top 5 samurai manga read this month:

#5. Kurozuka by Baku Yumemakura on story and Takashi Noguchi on art

This is a story that takes samurai, crosses it with vampires and kind of just illustrates how far those two can go, It’s based on real 2 life guys, maybe even considered legends in Japan with a bridge and statue dedicated to them and everything, Yoshitsune Minamoto and Saito Benkei

Basically, the story starts with them trying to escape some pursuers in the mountains and in doing so they end up unwittingly shacking up with a vampire, a lady vampire,,, and shit just gets crazy from there…

Don’t wanna get too into it cause 1 it’s number 5 and 2 tbh the story wasn’t all that outside the romanticism and dark sides of immortality, but what I can say is that the illustration over the eras that pass and how a dude with a sword, a samurai, changes over the millenia was pretty cool to see…

Pretty rad action, decent enough story wrapped up in just 40 chapters, kind of a mid cast but i loved the concept and its illustration..

For all you anime folks it does have a 12 episode anime but I can’t speak on that adaptation and its quality, differences etc. at all.

#4. Gintama by Hideaki Sorachi

Super popular in hella anime and manga circles, in a lot of top 10s n 5s and If you haven’t heard of it well don’t worry the world’s full of information you don't know so continue to enjoy the journey...

Anyways… Gintama… is a story… that unfortunately I can’t speak on too confidently as I haven’t finished but despite a valiant attempt to in one month while reading a bunch of other stuff, I got to 200sumthn out of 709… but yh…

Gintama is set in futuristic japan but still somehow having a shadow of the edo period mixed in, meant to give a new take on the real life events of japan’s borders opening, foreigners coming in and that essentially leading to the downfall of the samurai, except the foreigners here are literal aliens. The story follows a samurai that previously fought in the war to keep japan alien free who’s now a dead beat, sakata gintoki, a young aspiring samurai whose dad died and left him a dojo in a world where swords are banned, shimura shinpachi, and a pretty much orphaned humanoid teen alien named kagura, all just barely scraping by with doing a bunch of very odd jobs.

VERY HILARIOUS, and so far largely a gag manga but it flips the serious switch very well and what I really like about it is that unlike a lot of other samurai mcs and characters, these guys, especially the central mc of the trio, sakata gintoki, have zero ambition, but constantly stress and fight to the death with swords to rubber chickens to protect their simple way of life. This is exemplified by the words shinpachi’s dying father left him in the very first chapter “Even if there comes a time when you must throw away your sword, never throw away the sword you have resting in your soul.”

I know it builds into an amazing story where almost every character they ever interact with pitches in and I'm probably underselling like crazy but if you want something samurai but samurai like you've never seen, check it out, I hear it’s worth the time and so far that’s proving to be so over the top gags and all.

Anime peps the anime is complete with 201 episodes.

#3. Sengoku Youko by Satoshi Mizukami (mangaka of spirit circle, Lucifer and the biscuit hammer and more)

Technically not a samurai story, leaning more into fantasy but it's in that era and a ronin is in the main cast so bite me and my list ig…

Anyways this is an epic that somehow does an incredible extensive story in 100 chapters and it's not too surprising given the mangaka (seriously check out spirit circle, i’ll never stop talking about it, my favourite manga ever at just 46 chapters and Lucifer at the biscuit hammer which is pretty up there as well, which finally got an anime adaptation this year with 65 chapters).

The story follows a demon named Tama trying to bring peace to the world traveling the land with a human named Jinka who's trying to become a demon and hates humans, but because of his love for demons does whatever Tama tells him to. Further than the usual “what is strength?” question that you could say the way of the sword tends to boil down to, this story looks at the question of “what is a human?”, as the duo run into other humans and demons with their own perspectives and characteristics.

Unfortunately it’s pretty hard to sell it more without getting excited and blabbing it all but brilliant story (admittedly with a little bit of a choppy start), great cast and cast dynamic, dope action, average but fitting art, highly recommended.

Side note, this had one of the coolest, if not THE coolest dragon depictions and fights I've ever seen in manga.

#2. Ichigeki aka one hit kill by Jiro Matsumoto

This was honestly an unexpected banger, as in, my firm philosophy is that by definition the average manga is average so you gotta just be thankful for bangers when they come but even so, especially for how short it was I was blown away.

The basic premise is that some peasants are brought in from the countryside to get some quick training in the sword and used as a throwaway one time hit squad but after they survive and show some promise, they're trained more seriously and sent on increasingly important but increasingly dangerous missions.

What I really love is how this story really highlights the caste system of the time, sounds weird to say but a lot of samurai manga mainly focus on the samurai class and up which I think paints this picture that some people just chose to pick up swords and others didn't, when really for the most part a lot of that was predetermined by birth. There were organized schools that only accepted certain families and it was only in extreme off chance cases that a peasant could even get their hands on a sword much less get formal training.

But yh, story and pacing was great and would even call it phenomenal (especially relative to the length), brilliant cast and cast dynamic, really loved the way the peasants viewed themselves and were viewed by others over time as they became more established, great action and pretty dope art, absolute banger in only 49 chapters, highly recommend.

#1. Kozure Ookami aka Lone wolf and cub by Kazuo Koike on story and Goseki Kojima on art

This is a actually apparently a classic samurai epic and when I say epic I'm not using it loosely just to say it's good which it is, but when I say epic I mean to think along the lines of the Iliad or dante’s inferno.

The story follows a famed samurai, ogami itto, official executioner appointed by the shogun (really big fukn deal), framed, defamed and now turned assassin traveling the land on the path of revenge with his son daigoro.

Now if you're familiar with epics you'll know they're quite long and tbh when I started I was a bit confused like why is this dude out here carrying out assassinations with an infant? and is every chapter just gonna be him killing randoms? do I really need to know the name and history of EVERY prefecture like fr???? (really reminded me of that one chapter of the Iliad where they just listed everybody and their moms from athens)

A little bit of a slow start for me especially as the mc was just super stoic, the ideal samurai if you will but it's through that we see his character and what a true bushi/samurai is. Through any danger and challenge he sees his duty through to the end. Even the decision not to kill in the face of certain death. Wildly enough his kid is not a prop at all as watching his father over time he picks up his habits and has his own adventures.

The action isn't the smoothest but it perfectly captures that old samurai flick vibe, phenomenal aesthetic that becomes even more exceptional in the final few arcs and some of the greatest dialogue around the meaning of Bushido I've ever seen. A small example I'll give is in a duel he has with another fallen samurai, he’s asked what the right thing to do would be when caught in an ambush. Standing by his lord’s side and defending them or leaving his lord’s side to take the initiative in battle, both with equal chances of success.

It's 142 chapters but because almost every chapter, especially early on, is isolated and almost feels like a movie, it can be a bit of a rough read but definitely worth it. (actually started last year and read the second half this month).

hm: tenkaichi, elusive samurai, gantz:e, sengoku strays

top 5 samurai manga before this year

#5. Gamaran by Yousuke Nakamaru

I almost want to say hunter x hunter but for samurai but the only real similarity is the mc trying to find his dad + in this he's trying to kill him cause they basically pulled an itachi and killed his squad.

I love this manga but again number 5 so I'm not trying get too into it plus it's really for the most part a battle tourney, nothing against tourneys but fight fi*azP_Qzght fight gets a litlle tired over the years yk?

Now why this is top5 is that along with really great art I really loved the detail put into the choreography and technique of the fights, as in alot of times sword fights, if they're not basically pokemon battles can be bland despite the contextual meaning and weight of it all. Like it's hard to really differentiate one swordsman from another midfight because outside of their stances they all just look like they're swinging swords pretty much the same way and on occasion shouting random stuff, especially in manga, but maybe that’s just me idk… But gamaran takes the time to illustrate the characteristics of each style, strengths, weaknesses, body motions, etc, to really give almost every fight a real definitive feel

solid story despite what I said about tourneys, great art, pretty dope cast, amazing action and only 194 chapters

There’s also an ongoing sequel called Gamaran: Shura but that only has 25 chapters so far and hasn’t really gotten anywhere yet

4. Sidooh by Tsutomu Takahashi

This story follows two brothers whose mother dies in front of them as kids, leaving them with the last words "It is the fate of the weak to die", giving them an obsession with strength that leads them to claw their way up into the ranks of society

Really great pacing, great story and amazing aesthetic, an interesting art style that's a bit inky for lack of a better word but goes really well with sword strokes and stuff like that + some of the hardest drip I've ever seen on folks in that period and some of the meanest stare downs I’ve ever seen.

It's complete with 269 chapter but only 250 are translated to English, if you've been listening for awhile this is where I usually say fuck the french cause they usually have more manga chapters translated than others in general but hate is lame and all I need to do is step up and translate shit myself if I really want to yk so yh, sorry France, all my hate towards you will solely because of colonialism and especially what you've done to Haiti. fuck France and fuck imperialism

3. Vagabond by tajehiko inoue ( mangaka of slam dunk and real)

This is something I'm always hesitant to mention because it's so good but is almost certainly never going to be completed and there's so much other great works to see but this is a definitive work of art and it'd be criminal to leave it off the list.

This story is based on the life of miyamoto musashi, a legendary swordsman, legendary, as his feats for a self taught peasant are just incredible, in real life this eventually culminated in him founding his own sword school, the Niten ichi Ryu (roughly translated to two heavens as one) but the manga doesn't really get to that bit.

Probably by far the greatest art in this list, Inoue is a master of the craft, and the investigation of the way of the sword and what it means to be unrivaled under heaven via musashi's travels and encounters with other known legends like the yagyu and itto ryu is truly enlightening.

Brilliant characters and character dynamics, stunning art that can never be understated, brilliant dialogue, very engaging fights, just an all round brilliant manga…

Besides the fact that a chapter hasn't come out in about 7yrs… I cry… 327 chapters out and translated if you can handle it…

2. Shigurui aka death frenzy by Takayuki Yamaguchi

This was only 84 chapters but in case the name didn't give it away it gets pretty wild

The story revolves around the participants in the first fight of a deathmatch tournament, one being blind and limp while the other only has one arm. We're shown the events that led to them being chosen to fight and what they continue to swing their swords for in spite of their condition, and both having started out as students of the same sword school.

Lots of tragedy packed in here, lots of gore, very clean art, pretty dope fights, solid cast, and a brilliant story that really illustrates the sometimes unbecoming struggle that is being samurai.

1. Blade of the immortal by Hiroaki Samura

bro... just trust me on this one....

I Know this is about manga but 3 Anime movies I gotta mention are: sword of the stranger, Lupin the IIIrd: The Blood Spray of Goemon Ishikawa and ninja scroll

listen in to hear my top 5 swordsmen

#just another day #mm..manga #way of the sword #manga #kurozuka #gintama #sengoku youko #ichigeki #lone wolf and cub #gamaran #sidooh #vagabond #shigurui #blade of the immortal #samurai #writeup

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20, 21, & 25?

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

In BG3, it really is not controversial to say that Act 3 drags, but...it does. So many quests that I never intend to do again, so many artificially difficult boss battles, so many *fucking githyanki EVERYWHERE* ALL SAYING THINGS LIKE "IN VLAAKITH'S NAME" like shut UP, all building up to you grinding up the last few levels that you need to FINALLY. FINALLY. Get into the endgame. From the point I killed Orin onward, the game ran smoothly, for a very intense five hour or so finale, between killing Orin, destroying the Steel Watch, killing Gortash, and then going into the confrontation with the Elder Brain.

But getting up to that point...

Oh, boy.

FUCK the Cazador boss fight in particular. And the Viconia one. Fuck them, fuck them, fuck them.

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

I am once again on my hands and knees begging the BG3 fandom to remember that @_starion is not the main character of the game. There are many other Origin Characters in BG3 who are not @_starion. They are very good. Their stories touch on similar themes around bodily autonomy and abuse, he is *not* the only one. People are allowed to like him, they're allowed to see themselves in him, but you'd think he was the ONLY ONE when....no. (Also he is SO whittled down from his canon characterization -- like he was an actual cunt to my first Tav.)

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

Honestly, at this point, I see more people complaining about Ascended! @_starion fans than actual fans and it feels quite performative at this point. I don't know what the situation is like on Twitter or Tiktok -- I don't particularly *care* to find out, especially since he's probably....my least favorite of the Origin Characters, not my least favorite companion in general. And there's this slight air of sexism about the whole thing given that it's always "those stupid women don't know what they're doing/they're romanticizing vampires/they're sexualizing the poor 200 year old baby", like. Bruh. *Bruh*. If you don't play your cards right during that final confrontation, he will *leave your party if you don't ascend him*. I've considered doing it with a Tav that ascends him out of love, wanting to give him what he wants, only to realize they've created a monster, because THAT'S narratively compelling to me.

...I don't know, part of the joy of RPGs for me is that every player character is different. My first Tav had a very different relationship with him (worsties) than my second Tav (who is banging him) and my third Tav (who is platonic besties with him since she's a lesbian and considers him #OneOfTheGirls). I don't like applying a broad "if you do this, you are MORALLY WRONG" or "If you do this, you don't understand the character", since the character reactivity can be insane. In three main runs of BG3, each of my PCs had different dynamics with each of the companions because of the decisions they made and the conversations they had. I've unfollowed long-term mutuals over @_starion discourse because I just. Did not enjoy it. He's not a real sexual abuse survivor, he is pixels, and the way we react to him...it can be telling, yes, but any time you have a character who appeals to so many people with varying types of traumas, it's bound to get very heated, and a lot of people get hurt, and I'm not interested in seeing that.

...so I stay in Devil Daddy Land. Yaaaaaayyyyyy.

Since I've been very harsh on @_starion, I also see a lot of G@le fans say that he isn't REALLY mansplaining, if you think he's mansplaining or you think he's annoying, you're ableist and...with respect to my fellow autistic people in fandom, who see themselves in him.....I can both sympathize with him and ALSO remind them, very gently, that autistic men can be sexist. And it can remind autistic women who have had to smile through the sexism in favor of solidarity of real experiences they've had. I don't HATE him, I like him, I hated sacrificing him in my first run, I think the creators HAVE done him wrong, one day I do want to do a run romancing him....but I will say, as an autistic woman (?) in academia, that he does kind of remind me of sexist male colleagues I've had and the way that they tend to be catered to and respected and the way that they tend to put themselves over their female autistic colleagues. I'm not saying that the CHARACTER is sexist or that if you LIKE HIM you're sexist -- he has a LOT of really, really attractive qualities, but I'm saying that people also aren't inherently WRONG to interpret it as mansplaining, either. Again, player reactivity. For me, he is always one step away from telling me "now, are you SURE about that?" when I talk about a topic that I've spent the last year working on.

(Also a lot of G@le VS @_starion discourse boils down to "Why are people focusing on this white dude when they could be focusing on MY white dude?" Which is rich coming from the Raphael fan, I know, but I'm not trying to guilt or shame people into liking my meow meow...and in fact prefer the small group we have.)

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Thoughts about Wednesday (the show)

I wished i liked the Wednesday show more. Truly. But...

...the writing felt half-assed. The characters felt lazy. The addams family felt not quite weird enough. It seemed to be a very safe (somewhat boring) reboot that ppl are groveling over simply bc they want winclair to be canon (which, fine do your thing -- but you're setting yourselves up for heartbreak bc these writers/showrunners give zero effs about making wednesday canonically queer). The love triangle was actually painful to watch.

There was throw-away "representation" with her being asked if she was into someone a "guy...or you know, a girl?" to get woke points. Someone else pointed it out too, but the black male mayor being told he doesn't "know what it's like to be not heard" was so incredibly tone deaf it threw me off. As well as the only real POCs having a personality being the actual Addams crew.

(The siren queen bee was cool but she like immediately became Wednesday's bestie after 2 minutes of a heart to heart at a dance? Idk she felt wasted/characterized too quickly to feel impactful when she helped in the last episode. There was no emotional "oomph" to her being on Wednesday's team.) ((Also there was the aapi vampire who smiled once and had a single line of dialogue or smth...? wish we got more from her bc that's a cool-ass concept of being stuck in a place like nevermore where ppl know you're an immortal--like I was waiting for a big reveal to be pulled from this vamp being like "hey I knew your parents when they went here, oh, that fancy book you need? I have read all the nevermore books so many times I can just rewrite it for you by memory, where's your typewriter?")) Basically none of the students "banded together" for Wednesday in a believable way. They just...did....?

And if the intent was to simply get a flavor of the month moody white boi as Wednesday's love interest -- fine, but you didn't even make them likeable (not the actors' faults, bc they were clearly given no direction other than "go and be in love w wednesday for no reason bc she's MC"). And Wednesday as a character would avoid the moody bois and possessive "nice guys" like the plague (pun not intended) and would find interest in a strange/true social outcast more. (If she's gotta be with a boy make sure it's like whatshisface in Addams Family Values who is nerdy and nervous and a true social outcast that Wednesday had a real banter/challenge with instead of gross obsession/ownership like fuccboi #1 and #2. Again, not the actors' faults.)

I am so torn as an ace person bc I want her to be aroace so badly (and I believe it would be an appropriate identity for her). I also don't want to be the ace person being like "no winclair shouldn't be canon" bc I want sapphic stories to be represented but I hate how any close platonic relationships are automatically romanticized/ran away with despite how the characters feel about the other person. Again, if this is a friends(roomates) to lovers story fine. But there's zero chance that'll happen with the writing where it's currently at (I mean, they can change this but rn I don't see it happening).

TL;DR 1. wednesday shows how thirsty we all are for true queer rep/romantic or otherwise

2. the love triangle trope (esp the cishet ones) have to be damn good in this day and age to be worthwhile (the triangles in 1899 come to mind as good, current examples involving fleshed out characters with chemistry)

3. the show is trying to earn woke points without committing,

4. the addams family is mischaracterized from the source material,

5. this reboot entry is safe, lazy, and predictable from a plot, character, and worldbuilding standpoint (I was expecting far out weird/spooky shit like the Sabrina netflix series tbh and was really disappointed in how safe this reboot played it)

6. I wish I wanted winclair to be canon but i don't and I wish I did so ppl don't think i'm being "too ace" or "anti-" bc anytime platonic relationships occur between two pretty ppl the internet loses its mind and disregards what the characters actually feel about each other (reinforcing that friendship < romance)

#wednesday #wednesday netflix #the addams family #wednesday addams

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Klaroline Fic: The Wolf III [05/21]

Summary: Months after their return to New Orleans, Klaus and Caroline try to settle into a semblance of normalcy, while Elijah struggles to forgive his brother's sins. But a mysterious prophecy that foretells the downfall of the Mikaelson family brings them all together in a war that will reopen ancient wounds and see each of the siblings doomed: one by friend, one by foe and one by family.

[It's The Originals Season 3, but Caroline had Klaus' baby, now she's a vampire and they are back in New Orleans after a stint in Mystic Falls. It's mostly about Klaroline, obviously.]

----- S03E05 Beautiful Mistake

"Roses are red. Lavender is blue. Come find me, before I find you," he reads, comprehension dawning in him with a cold shudder. "I suppose we should've been expecting her," he says drily. "She's never far behind wherever Tristan is."

"I remember her being a better poet," his brother grumbles with scorn.

"Well, I wouldn't say this is lacking in poetry." Neither Freya nor Caroline are home, which indicates the compound was being watched for an opportunity away from their attention, probably Elijah's as well. This was meant for Niklaus and Niklaus only. How fitting.

"She wants us to go find her. So let's," Klaus decides, dropping the letter where he found it and starting for the door.

"You're so eager, Niklaus."

He halts, turns back. "What are you implying?"

"Last time you even said her name was a thousand years ago, when you told me never to speak it again in your presence."

"So I'm to wait for her to leave more of her little calling cards all over my home?"

"I'm merely wondering... If there isn't something - someone - you should speak to first."

Klaus presses his lips to a fine line. "Leave Caroline out of this."

"She's already a part of this. This is her home," he says, motioning towards the lovely artistic composition in their courtyard. "This is a significant part of your past coming back to haunt you, much more so than Lucien, leaving dreadfully romantic calling cards all over the home you share with her. You can't keep her in the dark."

"There is no need to make fanfare out of this because Aurora will be gone from this city so fast there won't be enough time for introductions. Just as I wish Lucien and Tristan to stay away from my family, the same is true for her. I don't want any of them near Caroline, so she shall remain out of these entanglements."

Elijah sighs. "If you say so."

"Yes, I say so," he declares with finality. "But since you're so concerned, get rid of all this before she comes home, why don't you? Dreadful romanticism aside, I doubt she'll appreciate the mess. Flaunting dead bodies in front of Eve gets her in a right mood." Read the full chapter on AO3

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I am so sorry for the unplanned long delay! Hope this giant-ass update (two episodes from the show combined) can make up for the long wait. ✨ As this is Aurora's long-awaited introduction to the story, I really hope you guys enjoy it. 😬 Took me forever writing and rewriting this chapter.

This writer is NERVOUS. So please, be kind! 🙏

As always, big thank you to @definedareasofuncertainty who had to put up with me freaking out about this and kindly went over both parts at the speed of light. ❤️

Your comments, reblogs, kudos and messages mean the world to me and also feed my volatile muse. ✨

#klaroline #klaroline fanfiction #klaroline fic #kc fanfiction #kc fic #klarolinefic #kcfic #klaus x caroline #klaroline shippers club #the originals rewriting #yokan writes #i have no idea what i'm doing with these posts each one is different than the last just ignore #i follow my heart #me right now 😬😬#hope you guys enjoy it

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Tag game, Stranger things edition

@hargrove-mayfields tagged me so you know I have to do this. Thank you so much!!

Ride or die ship: Hollogrove. Heather and Billy are my bread and butter. Like so much of my stranger things content is them. I just love them healing and growing together.

Most annoying ship: St*ncy. I just hate it. What Nancy did to Steve was kind of something you can’t return from. I have seen the effects of a similar relationship on one of my irl besties and I would never wish it on anyone. I would cry if that ship happened in S5.

3. Second favourite ship: Either Elumax (platonic Elucas) or Eddie x Chrissy x Steve x Jonathan (with Jonathan, Eddie and Steve dating Argyle and Chrissy dating Robin. If someone has a ship name please suggest in the comments). I adore these ships as the developed relationships there are just *chef’s kiss* but the people who haven’t met? Just so much cute potential for love!

4. Favourite platonic dynamic: Stobin is my platonic tea. I adore Steve and Robin and believe whole heartedly that they are disabled besties. Platonic soulmates.

5. Underrated ship: Hollogrove obviously but Cunningway, Cheerscoops, Photocheer, Stargyle, and Murrlexi. Those ships are also so top tier but underrated. There are so many more.

6. Overrated ship: M*leven. Again I hate it. It is so teenage abuse romanticized. And too many people think that it is healthy or OTP. To be honest, Mike is a bit of an ick for me anyway.

7. One thing to change in canon: Destroy any hints or hopes of St*ncy or M*leven or any abusive relationship. Stop the characters putting up with it, to the extent that it is romanticized. Abuse is not good or something to be idealized. And actually include canon disabilities please.

8. One thing canon did right: Making Robin a lesbian and allowing Max and Eleven to have a strong friendship which is not focused on the boys. That trope is so overused so I am glad it was not used.

9. A thing I am proud of creating for the fandom: I am really proud of my Hollogrove stuff because there is so little content for my babies. But some of my work for @disabledbillyandsteveweek is also something I am super proud of and I can’t wait to show people.

10. A character who is perfect to me: Heather Holloway is my queen. Like she is so sweet and caring but obviously has so much depth potential. The Duffers really made a mistake not giving her more screen time. They could have done so much.

11. Most relatable character and why: Robin is the most relatable character for me. Her social awkwardness and passion for certain topics is really relatable to me. We are both band kids, lesbians and we even look fairly alike!

12. Character I hate most and why: Karen. Moral trash who willing flirted and tried to seduce a child her daughters age. She also put down other teenagers simply because she was being petty??? Like she is the adult in this situation. Even though she backed out of meeting Billy, the fact that she ever flirted with him is creepy. If you reversed the genders, the fandom would be freaking out and be like it’s so creepy!! It’s still the same situation?? Of course, it is creepy. Neil Hargrove is a close second.

13. Something I have learned from the fandom: To be more confident in sharing my opinions and work. Before I met a lovely group of people in the fandom I was so scared of being attacked for my preferences in the fandom but they showed me that despite us all not shipping or producing the same thing, we can all still support and respect each other. It really helped my social anxiety around sharing stuff, particularly for this fandom, online.

14. Three tags I seek out on ao3: I don’t actually read much stranger things on ao3 but Hollogrove, Hellcheer, and fantasy au’s are probably my top three for the fandom. I really want to see more fantasy au’s that aren’t just werewolves or vampires. I might actually write one now.

15: A song I strongly associate with otp and/or my favourite character: Pretty Brown Eyes by Cody Simpson for Hollogrove for a YouTube edit I saw. Love that song for them. Love Story by Taylor Swift is a close second.

I’m tagging @stranger-themes-blog, @carito-dorito , @mrsblackruby , @iloveyoubillyhargrove. Please don’t feel obligated to do this but I thought that I would share this with other stranger things fans.

#tag game #stranger things #stranger things tag game #not content

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The Sunnydale Herald Newsletter, Tuesday, September 12

Willow: Deep thoughts? Buffy: Deep and meaningful. Willow: As in? Buffy: As in, I'm never getting out of here. I kept thinking if I stopped the Mayor or ... but I was kidding myself. I mean, there is always going to be something. I'm a Sunnydale girl, no other choice. Willow: Must be tough. I mean, here I am, I can do anything I want. I can go to any college in the country, four or five in Europe if I want. Buffy: Please tell me you're going somewhere with this? Willow: No. (hands Buffy a letter) I'm not going anywhere. Buffy: UC Sunnydale? Willow: I will be matriculating with Class of 2003. Buffy: Are you serious? Willow: Say, isn't that where you're going?

~~Buffy Episode #53: "Choices"~~

[Drabbles & Short Fiction]

stolen inheritance (Giles, Xander, T, Hellblazer xover) by arcanedreamer

son of a gun (Xander, Giles, T Hellblazer xover) by arcanedreamer

His Dark Sire, His Light Sire (Spike/Angel, T) by EustasiaVye13

Growth (Buffy. E, MCU xover) by TheEvilInThisChild666

Debauchery in the Summers Household (Xander/Buffy/Dawn/Joyce, E) by CambrianBeckett

Taste and Temptation (Buffy/Spike, M) by RavenLove12

Demanding Houseguest (Buffy/Spike, G) by VeroNyxK84

I Know What Kind of Crazy I Am. (Xander, T, Hannibal xover) by WhiteKnightDragon

[Chaptered Fiction]

Sideways Magick Parts 1-6 (Willow, Xander, Giles, T, Hellblazer xover) by arcanedreamer

Agents of Chaos CH. 1-9/9 (COMPLETE) (Ensemble, T, Babylon 5 xover) by arcanedreamer

Mysterious Night Ch. 1-19/19 (COMPLETE) (Ensemble, T, Kindaichi Case Files xover) by arcanedreamer

Pain That I’m Used To Ch. 1-13/13 (COMPLETE) (Buffy/Angel, M) by BuildMeUpButtercup_x

but this love is ours Ch. 5 (Buffy/Faith, M) by ripslayer

The Neighbor's Point of View, Chapter 42 (Buffy/Spike, G) by the_big_bad

Take Me Home Tonight , Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Dynamite

Hi Granny!, Chapter 9 (Buffy/Spike, G) by Desicat

L'amore troverÃ la via , Chapter 2 (Buffy/Spike, E) by Violette-Milka

Dusk Rising, Chapter 23 (Buffy/Spike, E) by HappyWhenItRains

He used to be Mine, Chapter 13 (Buffy/Spike, E) by DeamonQueen

Buffy's Spooky Birthday, Chapter 1-2 (Buffy/Spike, M) by VeroNyxK84

The Art of Dying , Chapter 11-12 (Buffy/Spike, M) by disco-tea

[Images, Audio & Video]

Artwork:Spike () by vampywillz

Video: New World (Rupert Giles) by Jess Wilson

[Reviews & Recaps]

The Buffy Re-watch: S2E15 Phases (part 1) by jvstheworld

PODCAST: ATS 120 - Warzone by anotherbuffypodcast

[Community Announcements]

What Happened to the Vampire Slayer, a communal rewatch by thosedangnuns

[Fandom Discussions]

The last episode of every season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer by evilwickedme

I really don’t think Buffy/Faith has any business winning any sort of queerbaiting poll. by coraniaid

Faith for the character ask game! by coraniaid

“Buffy gets nothing from the Spuffy relationship”: A Rebuttal by a-heart-of-kyber

September: 28 Review and Meta Posts on BtVS Seasons 4 & 5 by becomingbuffypodcast

Willow Rosenberg is so important to me. by mothmans-wedding-photographer

The Buffyverse (An awesome pair of shows based on a dumb premise) by fancoloredglasses

Dawn Summers? by coraniaid

Who from the buffyverse is joining a fight club? by projectmayhems

New to Buffy. Season 1 kinda rocks by bpres2021

When does Witch take place? by rednax2009

I don't like Jonathan. by WhatName230

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I Would Have Liked Bangel More If The Show Didn’t Romanticize It by imissbluesclues

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zalrb · 1 year

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Damn Damn Damn😏🖤❤️‍🔥 I don't know if it went through but I read the first Stefan elena katherine fic loved every moment only thing I would like to see more I want Stefan to conquer more kinda how bonnie masters kai in your fics and I want to see him TRULY let go maybe some ripper dont get me wrong always love the edging anticipation you fo for his character gonna make a seperate one for telling you how much I LOVE the smut scenese and the difference between his curiosity with Katherine and Unbridled love for Elena and only you can write it no one understands his character all sides, layers of it like you Zal. The New York Victorian esque ball so like Stefan to do all that for his godess Elena super hot her claiming her Greek God in the bookcase we all love atonement 😏🥰and yes it perfectly goes with Stelena, reminds me will you ever write a part 3 to that Stelena fic with water or something like that I love the old times tension and lust sexual tension forbidden etc. Stefan and Katherine you make her way more interesting the way she was in season 2 but wayy more fucked up reeking havoc with the men like it was supposed to be done pretty cool still want to drown her I want Stefan to get his satisfaction of conquering her fucking her than killing her I'm pretty sure she wouldn't mind going out that way just something to think about not True Blood like though ew. You always have epic ideas also I understand Katherine's the older vampire but I really want Elena to kick her ass and get Stefan back actually fight for him like she's meant to maybe bring some of her human bravery not "training" with Alaric BS but actual guts like season 2. LOVED the argument was so amazing how I could hear their voices, and the Gifs went perfectly! These fics sometime hit home though I had a male won't say katherine she's too timid/ selfish to describe him more like a lighter Rosetta when I read that fic or bonkai but less dark definitely know what it's like to have someone fuck with your body and mind but you give you a high from it cause it's all you know but you eventually realize it's sick and he's sick and your sick that line REALLY got me your writing perfectly captures those relationships without romanticizing it you simply write it for what it is I LOVE it. Loved your Jax and Tara fic too super cute high-school while still giving the feel of charming and the impending danger of The club my eternal favorite author hope you get published one day if you wish it cause you deserve it love you ❤️You should know by now I write ALOT😂 but SO happy to be back to your blog work was KILLING me business before pleasure sometimes.

Wow, thank you :)

I want Stefan to conquer more kinda how bonnie masters kai in your fics and I want to see him TRULY let go maybe some ripper

Yeah, that's definitely being worked up to, it's just a bit of a longer path because in a way, when Stefan truly let's go that's a huge win for Katherine and that's something Stefan will fight instead of just do but once he does conquer her, that's going to get dark because he doesn't love her so how is she going to handle him letting go and giving in and still not giving her his heart? She's going to lose it, haha. Which is another thing, Katherine is built up to be this master manipulator and planner and always being one step ahead but she is completely irrational when it comes to Stefan, so.

I want Stefan to get his satisfaction of conquering her fucking her than killing her I'm pretty sure she wouldn't mind going out that way just something to think about not True Blood like though ew.

It's funny that you bring this up, not that I was going to do this, but as I'm writing this and as I was writing about no humanity Stefan and Elena, I was like, they need to tell me how dark they can handle because I remember writing a really dark BK fic because people kept asking for a dark fic and then I got responses like this was too dark, Zal, and I was like LOL k my bad.

You always have epic ideas also I understand Katherine's the older vampire but I really want Elena to kick her ass and get Stefan back actually fight for him like she's meant to maybe

haha well like deeply jealous Elena may also not think quite clearly and who knows maybe she can be like Caroline .

and Elena actually did best Katherine in 4x22, Stefan had to save her

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casualtydept · 1 year

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experiencing a particular sense of derangement today so how about an annotated walkthrough of my zeroskull playlist

there's a sort of progression to this that i intended to span their relationship as i portray it so keep that in mind. i hope you like 80s music.

this charming man - the smiths

this man said "it's gruesome, that someone so handsome should care"

my very first zeroskull fic has zero call him handsome and i shamelessly stole the idea from here. oh the romanticism of somehow finding yourself involved with an older english man who knows so much about these things...

2. unloveable - the smiths

i don't have much in my life, but take it - it's yours

sorry for all the morrissey it's not my fault he's also depressed and sexually complicated. i haven't written late 50s skull face in a while and this makes me miss him. oh you poor messed up thing.

3. love my way - the psychedelic furs

a kiss in not enough in love my way, it's a new road i follow where my mind goes

would you look at that another song about being gay. a comfy dreamy sort of feeling of falling for that older man that encourages him just to give in to all these terribly complicated feelings

4. later tonight - pet shop boys

and you wait 'til later, 'til later tonight 'cause tonight always comes

"the most gay song we've ever written" says neil tennant. i'll leave it at that

5. jack the ripper - morrissey

your face is as mean as your life has been crash into my arms, i want you you don't agree, but you don't refuse i know you

oh fuck he's back. anyway haha hope you enjoyed the sweet stuff here's one in which i compare zero to a serial killer. the "nobody knows me" lyric at the end fills my head with many thoughts. it's not zero if it isn't at least a little bit fucked up and morally questionable.

6. shake the disease - depeche mode

here is a plea from my heart to you nobody knows me as well as you do

hope you like this band as much as me or you'll be sick of them by the end of this. oh the desperation. ow oof the mortifying ordeal of being known.

7. in your room - depeche mode

i'm hanging on your words living on your breath feeling with your skin will i always be here?

be thankful i only quoted the chorus here. zero is a powerful man.

8. vampires - pet shop boys

say what you like i'll do what you want me to do you're a vampire, i'm a vampire too

the inherent romanticism of becoming strange and offputtingly wicked men who operate largely at night together

9. master and servant - depeche mode

domination's the name of the game in bed or in life, they're both just the same except in one you're fulfilled at the end of the day

i could have just quoted the whole song here. it's a lot like life!

10. stories of old - depeche mode

but we won't sacrifice anything at all to love

tfw you're totally in love but not enough to make you stop caring about controlling the global population/destroying the english language [delete as appropriate]

11. lovesong - the cure

whenever i'm alone with you you make me feel like i am whole again

i love pain and suffering.

12. love will tear us apart - joy division

love, love will tear us apart again

from the mgsv soundtrack itself. oh the misery.

13. wicked game - chris isaak

the world was on fire and no one could save me but you

[chanting] DIVORCE ERA DIVORCE ERA DIVORCE ERA. the bitterness... the longing.... the knowledge that the guy you essentially spent the last decade or more giving your life to is obsessed with some other guy and has ambitions that directly conflict with yours/make you want to murder him

14. diamonds and rust - joan baez

it's all come back too clearly yes, i loved you dearly and if you're offering me diamonds and rust i've already paid

[skull face voice] oh joan baez we're really in it now. music to drink heavily to after making a certain phone call, thumb running over the scratched metal of an authentic pin badge...

15. no children - the mountain goats

i am drowning there is no sign of land you are coming down with me hand in unlovable hand and i hope you die i hope we both die

oh you know i had to.

anyway hope you enjoyed this glimpse at what drives my insanity, i might do this for my (multiple) skull face playlists sometime but one is full of edgy bullshit + hungarian metalcore and half of my other one is just ennio morricone's dollars trilogy soundtracks lol.

#not art #words #far too many words #put me and skull face in a Talking Incessantly contest i swear i could beat him #playlists

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prsfphone · 2 years

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𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐈𝐄'𝐒 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝟏𝐊

CLOSED

thank you all so very much for helping me reach this unbelievable milestone!

to celebrate i’m making all of you suffer through a twilight celebration! blame @my-my-only-angel for encouraging me.

i love a variety of fandoms! to check which i write for, click here.

please only send one celebration prompt per ask!

spamming is very welcome :))

𝘊𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘌 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘋𝘌𝘚𝘛𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕:

𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒 - give me 5 facts about yourself and i’ll tell you what edward heard in your thoughts that made him despise you immediately.

𝐋𝐀 𝐏𝐔𝐒𝐇 - send me a character and concept and i’ll write a fluffy little blurb about it!

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐄'𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 - (moots only) i will give you a mundane everyday activity you remind me of. (romanticized)

𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐒 - send me something to cast my mutuals as.

𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗 - give me a character and a nsfw concept and i’ll elaborate on it!

𝐕𝐎𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀 - send me 3 different characters and i’ll fuck, marry and kill them.

𝐈𝐒𝐋𝐄 𝐄𝐒𝐌𝐄 - give me a character and tell me 3 facts about yourself and i’ll tell you what kind of honeymoon they’d take you on.

𝘎𝘌𝘛 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘍𝘜𝘓𝘓 𝘌𝘟𝘗𝘌𝘙𝘐𝘌𝘕𝘊𝘌:

𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌 - send me the dress you’d wear to prom and i’ll give you a date! (specify fandom & gender)

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐖 - give me your best pick-up line and i’ll tell you if edward would drain you like a capri-sun in the meadow.

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐋 - give me the genre & 5 song soundtrack to the movie of your life and i’ll tag it like an ao3 fic.

𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐆 - tell me your most controversial headcanon and i’ll elaborate on it.

𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 & 𝐄𝐃𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐃'𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 - send me a character (a prompt is also welcome but optional!) and i’ll give you an unhinged headcanon.

𝘗𝘐𝘊𝘒 𝘈 𝘚𝘐𝘋𝘌:

𝐕𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐒 - describe your favourite scent and i’ll give you a twilight vampire.

𝐖𝐎𝐋𝐕𝐄𝐒 - tell me your favourite ‘free time’ activity and i’ll tell you which wolf would imprint on you. (mutuals bonus: i’ll tell you the unhinged ‘when’ of it.)

tagging some mutuals to boost!

@my-my-only-angel @siriusblackloml @moonbcrry @silverdelirium @ameliora-j @dr4cking @weasleyscumslut @jamespottersmommy @ronoholic @enviedear @leydileyla @if-i-were-a-villain @cupids-crystals

if i missed anyone i’m very sorry and i appreciate each and every one of you for your support and help in reaching this milestone!!

#twilight 1k #celebration #asks #ask games #harry potter #marvel #twilight #tvd #the vampire diaries #stranger things

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