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boysbeloving · 1 month

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What is your opinion on Mansuang?

hello nonnie! hope you're doing well 💚

to answer your question, i really liked mansuang!

i've only watched it once till now (at a discord watch party) so i'll be able to fully appreciate it when i watch it again several times hehhehehehe (real life has been very hectic sigh)

it was tong who stole the show for me...his acting is BRILLIANT and he looks exquisite and OWNS every scene he's in...from the eccentric tankhun in kpts to the poised hong in mansuang i'm in AWE of tong's range....the way hong (tong;s character in the film) navigates the politics, the mystery and the lies around him...and comes into his own being in the film is noteworthy

apo's character khem JUST CANNOT CATCH A BREAK OMG POOR BABY....i think khem easily would have the maximum screentime in the film (but don't quote me on that lol) and it's through khem's life and challenges and exploitation that we get to understand the socio-political climate of that era in thailand so he IS the carrier of the film's plot and what the film on the whole tried to achieve (present the thai culture of that period to the rest of the world through an intriguing plot and really fucking pretty clothes and people)....apo in those dance costumes and make-up is a SIGHT TO BEHOLD....man they did not cut corners in that department lol...it's apo's film...there's no doubt about it

as a mile enthusiast i was a little disappointed coz i felt that there's not enough of my man in the film lol...and whenever he is onscreen, he's generally sharing the space with others...and in a way where he is not the centre of attention...but otherwise i loved his character and his acting...tbh i was VERY impressed with mile in kpts so i was hoping he could show more of his acting prowess here too (which would have required more screentime for him)...however i understand that 1. this is a film, not a series 2. mile is not playing the main character and 3. the fact that he doesn't draw attention to himself too much IS part of good acting in this case heheheehee

bas was great! his character's trauma and his portrayal of that is commendable...sad about the ending though...but i understand his motivations and that he was processing the current ongoing through the lens of his personal trauma so he was bound to make some decisions (tm) which led to the outcome....bas as wan was truly a revelation

special shoutout to all the baddies in the film....they were truly despicable....great job

so ya...overall a good rating from me for mansuang!

#man suang #mansuang #chatra #khem #hong #wan #mile phakphum #apo nattawin #tong thanayut #bas asavapatr #mile phakphum romsaithong #apo nattawin wattanagitiphat #chatkhem

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writ-in-violant · 7 months

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Vivian Levy

Name/Title: Vivian Levy, the Sharptongued Stormwatcher

Pronouns: They/them

Referred to as: Correspondent, Professor, "you pest", "Vergil" (in specific situations)

Profession: Correspondent (no specialisation yet, leaning Epistolant), Professor at Benthic College.

Closest to: Urchins

Ambition: Hearts' Desire (ongoing)

Associated Stats: Watchful, Persuasive, Artisan of the Red Science, Shapeling Arts

Associated Quirks: Steadfast, Magnanimous, Hedonist

Destiny: Authority

Personality

Vivian is an inquisitive, generally kind person with a sharp tongue for those who they dislike and a love for the esoteric, strange, unlovable, or terrifying. People who meet them when they're in the midst of a revel or causing a scandal often are shocked to learn they are one of the Neath's foremost minds on the Correspondence; their skill as a poet and lyricist is far less surprising. Vivian never breaks their word and often tries to be kind and generous to all around them, but crossing them is a horrible idea. They have an orphanage of sorts in their townhouse, and any threat to them that endangers the children is met with lethal force or worse. Rumors persist of the worst thing they inflict on those who hurt people under Vivian's protection: a recitation of Vivian's nightmares in exquisite, beautifully-written detail. Rare is the assailant who makes it out of that without being driven to the Royal Beth, raving.

Background

Vivian was born in 1871 as the child of a young English nobleman, currently on his "grand tour" of Europe, and an Italian woman he met while traveling. Perhaps sincerely, perhaps not, the nobleman promised that he'd marry his summer sweetheart and take care of her; however, when she -- pregnant and shunned by her family for the out of wedlock child -- made it to England, she was turned away at the family manor by her lover's father. Vivian was born soon after, to a mother struggling to make ends meet in a foreign land.

Vivian's mother didn't survive an outbreak of sickness, and Vivian -- told their whole life that their father was a lord -- did their best to seek him out afterward, only to be ridiculed and laughed off the property as a child, assumed to just be an urchin with delusions of grandeur. They were placed in an orphanage, and remained there for several years, with their oddities (even then, they were a daydreamer, and that combined with their mistrust of all adults to make a child people didn't find 'pleasant') preventing any chance of adoption.

The first major turn in their luck came when their father married another noble lady, who learned of his youthful "transgressions" and the fact that a child had claimed to be his and declared it was his Christian Duty TM to care for said child, as the repercussion for his actions. At her insistence, he sought out the child Vivian and brought them into his house.

Vivian, at the time around nine, was a living reminder of the man's more bohemian past, and he didn't like acknowledging that or them. Primarily, he dealt with this via icy silence and shipping them off to boarding schools to get them out of his hair. There, though, Vivian discovered their talent with poetry and languages -- which still got them ridiculed, some, but provided them with an outlet other than pure rage. When they completed school, doing quite well, they applied to University, which their father agreed to keep funding to keep Vivian well out of his personal sphere.

And then, when Vivian was around seventeen, their stepmother died in childbirth with Vivian's second half-sibling. Vivian was not invited to the funeral, and all funding for their education was immediately cut. Vivian was ripped away from their studies and their poetry and had to make their way on their own, with almost no resources.

Through connections of former professors and their own ingenuity, they eked out a living as a governess or tutor for some years, but deeply resented the way their life was dictated by the whims of the powerful. They had heard tell of a card game in the strange cavern London had fallen into -- one which, if won, allowed one to pick their heart's desire.

In 1894, 25 years old, they descended into the Neath and introduced themself for the first time as Vivian Levy -- an entirely fabricated name, for the person they were determined to become.

Time in the Neath

Here's where I shamelessly invoke the Treachery of Clocks because uhh, while I've been playing this game for six years, I uh. Um. Get forgetful. So while in our real world, Vivian hasn't completed their Ambition yet...they absolutely have in-universe. It probably happened sometime around 1986. I just don't know how it's shaken out yet (although I have some plans). This character sheet will definitely get updated when it does, but like. In 1899 (2), Vivian has completed their Ambition. Just not in 2023.

That said! Vivian descended into the Neath in 1895, which might be the last solidly reliable date they can cite, given that time gets strange in the Neath. Once there, they set about arranging the Marvellous, following their ambitions. However, they also quickly got sidetracked. Firstly, they had a burgeoning career as a writer and poet in Veilgarden that they took great joy in continuing -- as well as several dalliances. The freedom of the Neath, where nobody cared about what Vivian's body was compared to their pronouns, meant Vivian was far more flirtatious and promiscuous than they had been on the surface, and they discovered they quite enjoyed living life to the fullest. Secondly, they began having dreams of thunderstorms; upon leaning into these to the fullest, they grew more and more consumed by the poetry of lightning and thunder, the songs of the wind, and one day looked in the mirror to discover their previously-brown eyes had turned grey. Finally, they learned of the Correspondence, and immediately set about studying it with the fervor of one who had found a vocation.

Vivian's time in the Neath has brought them into contact with many powerful figures and dramatic circumstances. Their infatuation with Storm and study of the Correspondence has led their mental health to be unstable at best, ending with them often in the care of the Royal Bethlehem Hotel; between that and learning of the Manager's past, Vivian imprinted on him as a baby bird and is very fond of the man, who returns it in his own somewhat creepy and nightmare-harvesting way. Listen, man's a gardener of a sort, and Vivian can appreciate his gardens! It just further wrecks their already tenuous sanity. Vivian and the Manager both share the quirk of nightmare-cultivation, and the Manager is pleasantly surprised that Vivian has of their own accord stumbled upon weaponizing their nightmares against those who cross them.

Of the Masters, Vivian interacts most frequently with Wines and Pages. Pages they first met when strong-armed into finding a stolen book; upon hearing the story of the Epigrammatic Irishman and the Wilting Dandy, they hand-copied the Irishman's book to give to Pages, allowing the Dandy to leave with the original. They are fond of Pages, finding its poetry endearingly bad and finding it to be a good discussion partner when it comes to literature, but do their best not to let themself forget that at its core, it is as dangerous as the other Masters, and they're hesitant to call it a friend.

Wines, on the other hand, Vivian has a much more fraught history with and is far fonder of. Their early interactions were somewhat contentious, with Wines making Vivian fund revels and Vivian at one point (in the Empress's Shadow ES) writing a story about a royal having an unrequited crush on Wines and getting hate mail in the correspondence; however, the more time Vivian spent around the Master, the fonder they became of it and the more aware they became of the fact that Wines is uh, not doing well. Vivian is so used to what they term as "love" being overwhelming fear and awe for things larger than themself that I don't think they've clocked that that's their emotion towards Wines yet, but as their writer, they're not fooling me about this one.

A few Exceptional Stories are particularly important to Vivian's plot, mentioned down here: The Gift - Started some of Vivian's wariness around the Royal Family and their fear and mistrust of the Captivating Princess, as well as their firm belief in the necessity of giving people fully informed choices. Many of the themes in it came up again in Reunion, where Vivian befriended Albert Victor and convinced him to remain in London -- but not to side with his aunt.

The 12:15 From Moloch Street - An early interaction Vivian had with Hell, it ended in them freeing the Lily from his contract with Hell and becoming his roommate for a few years, while he got back on his feet. They're still good friends! Vivian also got a tour of hell that wasn't fantastic for their mental health.

The Tempest - The Tempest played out very differently than as written, with Storm cleaving Vivian's own childhood out from them to serve as Slivvy's helper and its new speaker (this is largely because the Tempestuous Urchin's backstory was so uncannily like Vivian's own that I couldn't help myself). During this impromptu soul surgery, Vivian lost all memory before age around 10, and much of the anger they'd carried from a young age with it -- all of it now in the person of Vivi Storm, the younger, unaging ghost of Vivian's past who haunts London's rooftops and serves as minder and mouthpiece for Storm.

#oc: the sharptongued stormwatcher #character sheet #vivian 2: the meaner vivian

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hirocimacruiser · 11 months

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Ralliart tuned street version EVO. Tommy Makinen TM-V4

Lancer Evolution TM-V4

Ralliart fine changes EVO.

For a stronger evo

Numb!!!

Report/ Motonobu Takehira

Based on the Lancer EVO 6 Tommy Makinen Edition, a model tuned by Ralliart incorporating sports parts has appeared. That is the TM-V4, a street model based on the GSR, equipped with plenty of Ralliart sports parts and aiming for further improvements. Not a so-called complete car. Instead, it will be a tuning model that incorporates parts developed by Ralliart.

First of all, looking at the exterior, the side aero spoilers, which are larger than the normal ones, are noticeable, but the rest of the car doesn't look any different from the normal ones. Isn't it?

The tires are Michelin Pilot Sport 235/40ZR18. This is expected to increase the potential of exercise performance on winding roads.

If you look at the cockpit, you won't feel any difference from the normal one, but the 300km/h scale white triple meter, Carbon look panel on centre console and polyacetal shift knob increase rally mood.

Suspension is equipped with a shock absorber that can adjust the damping force (4 levels), and a vehicle height adjustment type with series springs (5 kg for both front and rear). It has aluminum tower bars on the front and rear. The brakes are reinforced with stainless mesh hoses, master cylinder stoppers, and sports pads.

And although the engine is worrisome, the main body is normal. However, motor sports improved exhaust efficiency. A muffler, piping that smoothes the air flow in the intake system, a sports type air cleaner, etc. are used to smooth the flow of intake and exhaust, and the sports ECU manages the engine.

When you open the hood, the dull black pipes have been changed to bright blue and red pipes, and just looking at them is exciting. It is also a part of Ralliart that is beautifully put together.

Running is a high-level unity ◎!!

Well, what about the running!?!?! I wrote that the engine itself is normal, but isn't it powered up? In particular, you can clearly feel the power increase in the middle and high rotation range. The response to the accelerator is sharper in the entire range, and the top end is even better. By the way, the boost is up by about 0.1 kg/cm. Isn't it about 30 horsepower increased!?!?!

No problems with drivability. Torque may be lower than normal at low revs, but there is no practical problem at all. Same smoothness as NORMAL, same ease of handling. The suspension is also perfectly decided

Wider for higher grip

Even if the tires are bumped and the road is uneven It is well demonstrated. Hardness

It is also exquisite, and the ride comfort is properly secured, so it can be used well on the street. The damping force to the shock absorber was set to 3 stages both front and rear, but this is the best setting for general winding.

You can enjoy sharp handling and improved cornering performance.

Brakes are high even at normal running. I felt a sense of rigidity, but this guy is even more solid. Efficacy that responds linearly to pedal force,

There is no perfect touch.

TM-V4 is a radical tuner

Although it is not a driving model, you can definitely enjoy the performance and enjoyment of riding on a higher rank without sacrificing comfort.

I think Lancer Evo owners will enjoy using these parts and tuning step-by-step.

Photographed by Tadashi Saito

PIC CAPTIONS

Equipped with a Ralliart damper suspension that can handle 18-inch tires, it is extremely controllable even in heavy wet conditions.

The engine itself is normal, but the engine performance has been improved with piping that reduces intake resistance and a pickup with a sports muffler. beautiful to look at

A 300km/h scale white meter, polyacetal sports shift knob, carbon-like console panel, and triple gauges give it a unique look.

The seat is the same as the normal seat, but it has a high holdability, so if you tighten the 4-point seat belt, your body will be firmly fixed.

#Tommi Makinen Evo #Tommi Makinen #Ralliart TM-V4 #Lanevo #Evo lancer #Evo 6 #Lancer Evolution

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dirtyoldmanhole · 6 months

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revelation loveblog with a gunter focus, ch26, 4/4.

this one's the last big one and deals with some really heavy topics, not kidding, so take a drink and/or a break if you need to.

where we left off: corrin defeats gunter.

this is another one of those perfectly framed shots that does such a good job of capturing the emotional subtext.

gunter is cornered.

the big bad divine god that he thought he had (anankos) is silent, leaving him alone to die, watching him as judgmentally in the background as the other royals.

he expects no mercy, still, as a traitor.

there's a bit in my fic (sorry i'll be saying that a lot) where strictly speaking, by nohrian and hoshidan justice codes he'd almost certinally be executed for his actions this day.

remember what I said about the desperation and despair starting to sink in? you really see it here. anankos is still influencing him, but you see the man underneath panic.

gunter has always been prepared (and i truly believe, wanted to) die honorably on the battlefield.

he does not want to die like a cornered animal.

note he's holding a sword now. that's about to get important. (all nohrian knights likely have a sword on them even if they favor lances like he does, or axes.)

Azura starts singing her healing song.

it's a bloody fantastic idea since she's capable of swaying minds with her songstress magic, and it's always been a "good" foil to Anankos' warped magic.

and ....

it's working. partially at least. good on xander for noticing this, too. he's becoming a remarkably decent leader in his own right.

(apologies for the javelin in azura's hand breaking immersion a bit)

the camera angles are exquisite, and absolutely heartbreaking here.

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it's notable she doesn't just stop at the bare minimum of what the game outlined as his duties. gunter really went above and beyond in raising her.

(so, yes I have thoughts(tm) about that discipline line, ironically not even in the iddy sense but it's complicated so put a pin for that in a different meta post later.)

that's significant. titles come back.

this time... it's not explicit, but i would bet you cash money it's done out of genuine respect for her, not rote. he's fighting against anankos.

for all of his legitimate resentments, there's that part of him that really does treasure those happy memories.

it's particularly bittersweet/telling considering how much memory is its own traumatic arc for corrin, too, with her mind wipes.

the fact they both hang on so tightly to those moments as an anchor?

...

at the last second - he stabs himself with the sword in a fatal disemboweling wound...

...

... and we see black smoke rise out of him in a very explicit gesture that anankos has finally left his mind and body for good, thanks to corrin and azura's efforts.

you ever research disemboweling wounds?

there's a reason why it's consistently ranked up there as one of the ugliest ways to die.

...

(note the title again below)

...

gunter collapses.

...

corrin calls over the healers, and this time, they're able to save him.

...

so.

here's the thing. this is more interpretation/fic stuff, but--

i've always had the long-standing conviction that possession would leave emotional scars remarkably similar to sexual assault given the type of mental violation. (this also had the semi-intentional result of paralleling with Corrin’s mind wipes which is also a violation of a very similar kind. it's a big theme in the fic.)

something else that's a big theme there, and i hope, not without reason, because i see it all over his arc here in revelation - is dignity.

dignity, or the lack thereof.

gunter's a very proud man of his generation; pretty much every time we see him elsewhere in the game there's a consistent focus on control and discipline.

garon was the one that broke him first, but there were many, many instances afterwards that just ground him in the dust, particularly with anankos. here, he doesn't even have the dignity of privacy anymore; he's got the people who he hates the absolute most, watching all of this.

my point here is he is truly at his absolute lowest.

no wonder his endings strongly imply he offs himself after the game.

'revelation's the golden route for everyone' my fucking ass

...

back to the game, sakura/elise heal/stablize him, and he's able to talk again, barely. but at least he's out from under anankos' possession.

here comes the whammers.

gunter decides to come clean.

this isn't for anyone else's benefit. this is just for corrin's.

you know, i just realized. how the hell does he react when he realizes she's a dragon on top of being a thrice-cursed royal? (back eventually when he meets her in the bottomless canyon.)

dragon "anything" (especially with anankos now) was and is going to have some real unpleasant connotations for him.

...

and there it is.

...

"once / was also"

you know, that sure implies garon forced gunter to watch. not just arriving on the aftermath of the scene.

jesus fuck.

....

fuck.

...

ngh, that "you all".

yeah, I called it again with that resentment and him absolutely throwing Corrin in there too. it's complicated with her-- there's a reason she's the only one that was able to bring him back at all-- but not for one moment has he ever forgotten that she's a royal too.

here's the other interesting thing. he never tells corrin about his dead wife and kid in conquest's married route with her, even when it's ostensibly "her dad"" that does it.

i don't think it's him being deceptive as much as ... he's satisfied when corrin kills garon, and this is such an old scar that hurts that badly that he just straight up takes it to his grave.

literally the only time we hear is now, against his will.

he bares his soul to you all, and that is you react? jesus, that's tasteless.

fucking christ alive, get your heads out of your arses for once and quit fucking thinking about yourselves.

...

ngh.

aaaand there's the other big whammer.

note that he says this when he's not possessed. this isn't anankos twisting a resentment and jacking it sky high to ""debatably"" a falsehood. this is 100% the truth from the horse's mouth.

now, mind, it's not the whole truth.

he would not have let corrin bring him back from the absolute brink if there was nothing but hatreds and resentment - there's undying love, affection, and i genuinely believe, yes devotion there.

but yeah, their relationship is complicated as fuck.

okay, so I've talked before about how this chunk is actually different depending on m!corrin/f!corrin existing in terms of this strongly implying he holds a romantic flame for f!corrin even on revelation's route and not just conquest.

that said that's more of a 'ship manifesto' tangent, and I'd like to focus just on him for this post.

corrin, babe, i don't think you really understand, but props to you for giving a shit. that actually does mean a lot.

we're almost done.

corrin's giving him a remarkably gentle pep talk so he doesn't turn around and disembowel himself again.

that was absolutely the right tack to take.

corrin gets it here. she remembers his family. that more than anything, is what convinces him to stay on for this one last gauntlet to kill anankos for good.

ellipses strike again. given the turmoil he's going through, it makes sense.

...

there'll be one shorter post capturing everything end/post-game, but nothing to this degree.

thanks for reading.

#... that was the single hardest meta post i've ever done and i'm not doing that again. damn.#[ sticks cig in my mouth and mutters ] after this we back to hookers n hornyposting n shitposting mates #krad loveblogs revelations: electric boogaloo

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just-a-silly-little-whumper · 1 year

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☆ Fingers digging into a wound

for the nsfw asks?

Sorry this took a bit! Hopefully you enjoy tho, bc this certainly went in A Direction(TM). Honestly might add this directly to the masterpost bc I like this so much.

Contains: intimate whump, knives, stabbing, forced self harm, noncon kissing, fade-to-black noncon, painful magical healing

The knife sank into the soft flesh of his lower abdomen with agonizing ease. Elze'ith's wordless cry of pain was swallowed by Lord Denholm, who did not pause his kiss as he slid the blade in deeper. Sick satisfaction radiated across their mental bond, and a part of Elze'ith wanted to reach into Lord Denholm's mind and tear it apart.

Then Lord Denholm twisted the knife, ever so slowly, before pulling it out again. Elze'ith's loathing shattered into fear and pain and dread once again. The claiming, insistent pressure on his mouth eased as Lord Denholm pulled away ever so slightly and set the knife aside, though one hand remained tangled and possessive in Elze'ith's hair.

Elzeith was overcome with conflicting urges— to curl protectively around the injury, to try to wrench away, to seek reprieve in Lord Denholm's embrace— but all he ended up doing was whimpering and bringing a hand to the wound. Lord Denholm chuckled, a dark sound, and placed his hand over Elze'ith's.

"Exquisite, isn't it?" he said lowly. Elze'ith made to shake his head, but Lord Denholm's grip held him fast, instead moving him forward so that their foreheads were touching. "Here, feel it for yourself."

Lord Denholm pressed down, and Elze'ith's fingers were pushed inside the hole in his stomach. He tensed and gasped as agony exploded around the twin touch of Lord Denholm's cold hand and his own trembling fingers. The clinical part of his mind was concerned about the wound being wrenched open wider, but it was a distant concern under the white-hot, twisting agony.

With a smile, Lord Denholm twisted his wrist. Elze'ith distantly recognized his own blood squelching around his fingers in the split second before his mind went blank with pain. His mouth opened and closed, but he could barely breathe, never mind speak. Lord Denholm's fingers continued to move next to his own— pressing, burrowing, gouging. It didn't even occur to Elze'ith to try to move his own hand away. It was all he could do to hold as still as possible in a futile attempt to lessen his torment.

Finally, after what felt like an age, Lord Denholm painstakingly drew his hand away. Elze'ith groaned as the agony lessened ever so slightly. He tugged his own hand out as well, taking care not to jar the wound more than necessary, and went to heal it, but Lord Denholm seized his wrist.

"Just a moment, light. Indulge me in a change of pace."

The grip on his hair eased and then vanished, and Elze'ith's head lolled forward. He was feeling faint from the pain and the blood loss. Lord Denholm merely laughed breathily as he lowered his head, and a moment later Elze'ith felt Lord Denholm's lips encompassing the wound, his tongue lapping greedily at the blood there. The pain was joined by a familiar cold numbness, and Elze'ith couldn't tell if the change was welcome or horrifying.

"Delicious. As always," Lord Denholm said, though Elze'ith barely heard him. He heard the next part, though, as Lord Denholm's attention slipped lower: "Go ahead and heal yourself, light; I think we're done with foreplay."

A blood-slick hand grasped at the junction of his legs. Eyes clamped shut and breathing heavily, Elze'ith raised his own soaked hand to his side and healed himself, willing the pain of the magic to steal away his consciousness entirely.

#flicker in the dark #flicker in the dark asks #whump #whump writing #silly writes #elze'ith sylrel oc #lord soren denholm oc #nsfwhump #intimate whump #vampires #blood #knives #self harm (whump)#thanks for the ask!

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archduke-enver-gortash · 6 months

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how some of my ocs would react to being called beautiful (dumb idea i know but. having thoughts)

ven: takes the compliment but is noticeably a bit nervous. if you think she’s beautiful it means you’re perceiving her tm. and we all know how much she hates that.

oleander: now. it depends with him. as a lamashtan if someone like sosiel calls him the most beautiful man he has ever seen like he does in his love confession he sees red. this is mockery of what he stands for. someone like cam on the other hand he would be overjoyed. lovesick heart eyes at her. showers her in a billion affections afterwards.

zeke: completely perplexed. thinks you’re making fun of him at first. but when he realizes you’re serious he starts getting angry. insulting and belittling you. he craves praise and approval more than anything in the world but he can’t handle compliments for things that he believes he didn’t “earn”. also probably has some negative connotations with the concept as gortash always called him things like “exquisite” when zeke was suffering at his hands.

#oc: zeke #oc: oleander #oc: ven

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whataperfectwasteoftime · 2 years

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I've gotta ask, obviously Marcus Pike is a dom no matter how you slice it, varying degrees, but still kinky in every version of him in every universe you've created him. Have you ever considered him being with a partner in a capacity that intended to be no strings attached, or even in a more formal kink setting like a bdsm club and finding his perfect match there? I'd love to know what versions of him you've imagined even if it's versions we haven't seen. You write him with so much heart and I just can't get enough. I will pay for crumbs of your Marcus content even the most fleeting or passing thought about him. Thank you for writing!

Oh wow, anon. I was trying to implement a "No new Marcus Pike ideas" rule for me so I'd be forced to branch out a little and then I read This Ask. I got this right before a 1 hour car ride so basically I had this idea rattling around in my brain for an HOUR and it's very possible there will be a fic of this at a later date but for the time being please imagine the following:

My first thought was that Marcus is asked to go undercover as a dom at a BDSM club for [insert Art Crimes reason here].

He plays dumb for the benefit of his colleagues but the truth is, he's intimately familiar with the concept. He used to go back in grad school, after all. It’s been a long time, but its not like those preferences... go away

He decides to go for the full "daddy dom" look and wears his suit (sans jacket) with his sleeves rolled up and too many buttons undone😏 and the effect is just 🤌🤌🤌

He's trying to just lay low and get the arrest (even though he's ITCHING to be involved and his brain is like 'hnnnnggg') but somehow he gets roped into doing a scene.

At first the sub he's paired with is like "haha nah" because of course Marcus looks SOFF(tm) and she's like "I need a dom who can make me cry and I am VERY hard to make cry."

(Most doms upon hearing this will go straight to heavy degradation and humiliation and generally that just pisses her off and does NOT make her cry)

But YOU KNOW that's not how Marcus rolls. Instead he fucking obliterates her with his belt, all the while whispering little praises and teases in her ear, telling her how perfect she is, how much he loves doing this to her, telling her he's not gonna stop until she's a crying mess, so she's gonna be a good girl for him, right?

He's like stroking her cheek so gently with one hand and causing exquisite pain with the other and it's so overwhelming that he DOES make her cry (and come)

Marcus KING OF AFTERCARE Pike dedicates an excessive amount of time tending to her afterwards and just talking to her softly and making sure she's okay

afterwards she's like WHAT THE ABSOLUTE SHIT and is understandably affected and has a lil crush and Marcus is also like "oh wow that's right I REALLY fucking like doing that" and he's super taken with her too, but...

He's got a case to focus on. And finally at the end of the night he's able to make an arrest and his sub from before sees and understandably feels lied to, and like ~angst~ happens and he convinces her it was DEFINITELY real for him. 💕

#marcus pike #marcus pike x f!reader #marcus pike x you #marcus pike x reader #pedro pascal #the mentalist #the mentalist fanfic #okay you can probably expect this to be written at some point

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pctaldrunk · 9 months

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anonymous asked : 💕 - send 💕 or ( ‘HEART’ ) for me to randomly pick one of my mutuals and write at least two things about why i love seeing them on my dash, writing with them, talking to them, etc. (ACCEPTING)

@swordswept made me feel super loved (tm) yesterday and also a while ago (I don't recall the details of this other specific instance but I know it was also you!!) by not only integrating my oc into their canon but integrating their muse... into my oc's canon??? And that to m e is just so much acceptance and consideration and just like...so dang nice.

I love your enthusiasm, I love how kind you are, I love that it's so easy to talk to you and plot with you and it all just snowballs into the wild but brilliant and chaotic and dramatic but always exquisitely emotional and meaningful and terribly exciting. I love that it never feels awkward when we drop off and pick up again years later.

IDK IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS ECHO bc I never know which blog to tag / if you're even lurking but literally, all I can tell you is I felt Literal Hearts (tm). There were literal hearts floating from my head yesterday.

#anonymous #swordswept #positivity : someone is on your side. no one is alone .#((HI IM WAVING))#((idk if u see this)))#((but IM WAVING))#((BC I LOVE U SM))#((literally 'u walked in n my heart went BOOM' on this one thnx))#((u finished typing and my heart went boom pFF))

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fourseasonsfigs · 1 year

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Niuniu Flying a Kite - New Year's JZEU Series (5)

Following up yesterday's noble prince is a gallant duke - Duke Su Xu Jin of the Kingdom of Yu.

Zhang Zhehan plays Xu Jin in The Blooms at Ruyi Pavilion (which remains at the top of my list of shows to watch when I find the time). All 40 episodes are available for free on Viki, although for higher viewing quality you'd have to spring for the upgraded VikiPass. It's also available on iQIYI too, although I've never watched anything on there before so I can't say anything as to the quality.

What I can say is that I've watched a few seconds of some clips here and there, and I've seen Xu Jin make some exceptionally cute faces. That explains why fans give this character the affectionate nickname of Niuniu, or "cute little girl". He's adorable!

That's a nice big kite in the show! Like Xu Jin, it's transformed into the small version of itself in fig form!

I will note the little mouth on this fig is right on - we have the charmingly turned up corners of Zhehan's mouth executed perfectly in a single line.

I like how this seller always includes the ear mole on both Zhehan and Junjun.

Nice view of the 3-D effect on the kite here. Xu Jin, like Zhehan, has exquisitely perfect posture here - none of the Fig Forward Lean (tm) engineered to keep figs upright that we see in so many figs. Sometimes figs aren't super stable on their feet when they're this upright, but this factory has an A+ in Fig Physics and he's fine on his little feet.

Fairly plain from the back with no patterning on the robe, but I do like how beautiful and clean the belt looks here.

Ooo his posture is not quite as straight here from this angle! Little tiny bit of the forward lean, but very well offset by the weight of his head. Not very noticeable, I don't think.

From this angle, the cute little Mona Lisa smile looks a little pouty!

You can barely see it, but he also has matching pants above his boots. Very nice.

The modeling of his guan is sharp and clean - not very ornate but very well done.

An extreme closeup so you can see the patterns on his robe, the belt ends, and of course his kite.

All these boxes in this series are beautiful. I wish it hadn't gotten so beat up in trans-Pacific shipping!

Material: PVC

Fig Count: 257

Scene Count: 19

Rating: Cutest little girl ever!

[link back to Master Fig Index for more posts]

#jzeu #zhang zhehan #the blooms at ruyi pavilion #xu jin #word of honor cast #woh cast #shl cast #figthusiast

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pristina-nomine · 2 years

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So I finally rewatched 1992 Wuthering Heights! And as I said I actually didn’t remember two thirds of what happens in this movie aha. I can’t say it’s the best or absolute favorite adaptation, not when the 1978 series and the 2011 movie exist, but it’s definitely still a favorite: I guess it’s that the only real flaw is its trying to compress the book in a 105 mins runtime, so the majority of its inaccuracies come from omission rather than misinterpretation, and I can just fill in the gaps by myself and enjoy the exquisite packaging. This movie really excels in creating this Aesthetic(tm) with the costumes (let’s talk about Catherine’s yellow gown, ugh), the set designs and the soundtrack, but I’ve already gushed enough over the soundtrack, I'll spare you for once. The whole Emily Brontë narrative device thing is perhaps tacky, but I love it sooo much. It tickles my literary fangirl heart, what can I say (would have been better if they used her actual words though). Also she’s Sinead O’Connor, how cool is that!

Ralph Fiennes is simply near perfection, and while Juliette Binoche doesn't really play Catherine Earnshaw as much as another character with the same name, she's still Juliette Binoche after all. I enjoyed her much more as the second Catherine, though: she’s pretty much spot on personality-wise and actually looks a lot like I picture her. I forgot how a good chunk of the movie is about the second half; I appreciate that they tried to sneak in the lookalike situation, even though it’s a bit trivialized. Jason Riddington as Hareton has this weird thing where he looks properly rough, but acts too well-adjusted; anyway I liked the importance given to his relationship with Heathcliff. Janet McTeer is at least an age appropriate Nelly (given that the children age up after a few scenes, for most of the movie you do get the idea that she’s not that much older than the other characters) and she manages to somehow convey her importance in the story, for how much the script allows her to, so I’ll keep these crumbs.

All in all, I still really like this movie. It’s a simplified adaptation, but captures the general feeling of the novel nevertheless, while being gorgeously looking and extremely well acted. I’ll call this my… “comfort Wuthering Heights”? If such thing as a comfort Wuthering Heights exist.

#opposed to too-long-to-watch-in-one-go wuthering heights and arthouse wuthering heights aha #wuthering heights #wuthering heights 1992 #emily bronte #cinema #recensioni #ralph fiennes #juliette binoche

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thetravelingmaster · 9 months

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TM's Musings: Falling

Part of 'The Traveling Master' fictional series

I was speaking to a certain sub one evening about the nature of Dominance and submission. Control and Release. As we talked, I kept using a certain turn a phrase that seemed to perplex her. But being the good girl she was, she didn’t say anything or even try to correct me.

Yet...

I could see something about it was making her uneasy. When I scanned her mind, I confirmed that the wording I was using to describe the act of submission had her at odds with how she felt her own submissiveness. I stopped using it and moved on to more distracting topics.

But it did get me thinking...

The metaphor I used, to me, seemed perfect to describe the feeling. But then again, being a dominant person, I realized that I might me mistaken in my comprehension of how a person feels while they are submitting themselves to another. That wording was: To Fall. I’ve always seen it as such. But whenever I used it in conversation, my little sub saw it as frightening. Of course, no one likes to fall down. To fall from up high with no safety net. To crash at the bottom... Falling can be the most extreme and frightening thing you’ll ever experience. But when I use this word to describe submission... Well... I think of it as voluntary free fall. Leaping out and feeling the rush of the air around you as you feel your body loose control and plummet towards the Earth. To feel that exquisite exhilaration as your heart starts pumping faster as the speed increases. Falling in this way still requires one crucial and primordial act that I believe represent submission very well. It requires the act of leaping into the unknown. Taking a step you know you can’t take back. Jumping out and giving yourself over to the fall. To the rush... Choosing to forsake your grounded stance and leaving yourself to the mercy of gravity. Choosing to give up the safety you feel before you fall. Choosing to give up control... To Fall. I always thought of submission in this way. To fall into the mercies of another. To take a leap of faith and trust as you choose to give up the reins of your will to another. To let yourself fall into his (Or her) will and let the world rush past you as the unknown of your choice makes your skin tingle with anticipation... It is part of the reason why I find submissives so beautiful. So alluring... So strong... It takes a very special kind of strength to give yourself over to another completely. That my dear ladies, is something I never get tired of seeing. And yet... I might be wrong... After all, you all experience your submissive side in unique and wonderful ways.

#traveling master logs #musings #Falling

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infinitelytheheartexpands · 1 year

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La juive (Geneva, 2022): Reactions, Part I

ENFIN!!!!!!!!!!

MARC MINKOWSKI MY BELOVED

okay this looks so cool

omg no don’t attack them

(update: surprisingly and thankfully, they did not)

hey you’re supposed to be in church right now so maybe be in there and mind your own fucking business

“the power of christ compels you! THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!”

“…i’m jewish, not a vampire”

JOHN OSBORN MY BELOVED

léopold you shady little motherfucker

“the hussites have been defeated—”

“EYYYYYYYYYUP THAT WAS ME BITCHES”

i love when Abstract Organs Are There

time for a Public Service Announcement TM

free alcohol: the fastest way to excite a crowd

omg no don’t attack his shop

OMG NO DON’T ATTACK MY BABY

TELL ‘EM OFF ÉLÉAZAR

hmm. interesting!

rip to his family (unless…)

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 🥺

can you be friends after such shit has passed between you??? can you even not hate each other???

when an aria turns into a gorg ensemble *chef’s kiss because halévy was a master*

they don’t know it but…

TAKE RACHEL’S NAME OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MOUTH

“oh hi orchestra thanks for helping with my seduction serenading”

spicy times

admittedly this is some very spicy music

léopold more like “i wanna get laid-o-pold”

she’s so adorable i can’t

“uh…yeah. just like you. totally jewish.”

love the church bell addition

love the look

interesting choice!

day drinking a little too hard

this is literally the SECOND time in the past THIRTY minutes you have threatened to MURDER them

and i oop

okay her voice kinda reminds me of Anna Caterina Antonacci’s 😍

halévy went OFF with this absolute banger

EXCELLENT use of film

yeah léopold you have a WIFE and KIDS what is WRONG with you

them against the world 💔

THE LOOK ON HIS FACE LMAOOOOOOOOO

(also: bling)

and the party and the antisemitism go on!

sometimes just EXISTING is an act of indescribable bravery

actual picture of me trying to not burn myself with matches (and usually failing)

léopold: imma yeet the matzoh

rachel: dude what the fuck

GOD TIER SINGING AND ACTING FROM JOHN OSBORN

AWWWWWWWWWW (again)

uh oh…

words cannot describe how much i hate this wig

also: TIME FOR MY FAVORITE TRIO IN THIS OPERA

okay tbh the outfit kinda pops off tho

like the detailing on the bottom of the coat!!!

NOT LÉOPOLD HIDING FROM EUDOXIE IN PLAIN SIGHT PLEAAAAAAASE

you done fucked up boy

the assignment was apparently to do stereotypical diva poses and by GOLLY she understood the assignment

a) the dress pops off

b) WHAT IS THE DANCE THE LADIES ARE DOING IN THE BACKGROUND LMAOOOOOOOOO

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW (again, yes. they are just SO PRECIOUS pls let them be happy)

this is EXQUISITE

still like the Konwitschny staging of this trio better because a) no weird cuts and b) ALL the chaotic energy but this, like the rest of the show so far, is very good!

to be continued later :)

#opera #opera tag #la juive #opera liveblog #halévy #fromental halévy

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