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smolslothloaf · 4 years

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Yo as the only Micheal Crew fan (prolly), can I just say I’m so fucking salty that he died how he did?

Homeboy’s been hinted at since the fourth episode in this entire goddamn series, he’s been repeatedly connected to the Leitner books (which I guess are less important now that we’ve met Jurgen Leitner and we’ve got Gerard but uggggghhhh), he’s got a cool lightning scar and backstory and everything!

And once we get to meet him? He’s so intriguing-he ‘s polite even as he forces Jon to just fall through the air, he has a great voice (both literally and writing wise), and once he explains his backstory it doesn’t dissapoint. You get the image of this scared child whose been searching for protection and meaning his whole life. This creature’s been following him ever since he’s gotten his lightning scar, you kinda get that it’s the personification of his past even if he connects it all back to the Vast. To an extent, he kinda describes his relationship with his scar and his journey in self discovery all as both finding meaning and acceptance in the Vast. The moment he figures out what’s been calling to him is also the moment he accepts his past and his trauma. It all makes sense and comes together.

What I also find particularly interesting the way he laments about never being able to remember the most important events of his life, as I feel it’s something we all can relate to. Traumatic or not, negative or positive, many of us have trouble recalling the most life-changing events of our lives. We feel frustrated over this, we beat ourselves up for it, it’s just apart of life. In Mike’s statement this is such a small detail but it’s one that resonates with me deeply.

They set up Micheal Crew in such an engaging light and make him feel so real. I will admit that I’m not sure how much more they could do with him as this episode tied up pretty much all loose ends in his story. That being said, I would’ve absolutely LOVED to see more of him! He has an intruging personality, a cool backstory, he could’ve been a neat reaccuring character or something.

But no! Daisy Fucking Tonner just needsa bust down the fucking door and be like “YO THIS BITCH HUMAN?” And Jon’s like “uhhh ig not” and Daisy’s like “WELL THAT MEANS HES GONNA CATCH THESE HANDS.” AND JUST FUCKING SHOOTS HIM???

FUCK THAT NOISE.

YOU BUILD UP A CHARACTER OVER THE COURSE OF THREE SEASONS, WE MEET HIM AND HE GIVES US HIS LIFE STORY, THERES STILL SOME ROOM FOR HIM TO GIVE US ANSWERS OR SOME SHIT, THEN YOU HAVE THE A U D A C I T Y TO JUST YEET DAISY IN AND HAVE HER SHOOT HIM OUTSIDE?

O K A Y

LIKE,,, IG THEY NEEDED TO SET UP DAISY’S STORY AND GET MICHEAL OUT OF THE STORY OR SOME SHIT BUT. NOT LIKE THIS PLEASE?? IM FULLY WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT IM JUST UNREASONABLY SALTY ABOUT THIS BUT SERIOUSLY?? SHE JUST. SHOWS UP. SHOOTS HIM. THREATENS JON. BITCHES FOR AWHILE AND WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY WITH IT?

MICHEALS NOT EVEN BROUGHT UP AFTER THAT HE KINDA JUST GOT SHOVED TO THE SIDE FOR IMPORTANT PEOPLE PLOT(tm). HE GETS. PUSHED. TO. THE. SIDE. IN. HIS OWN. FUCKING, EPISODE. WASNT JON GONNA QUESTION HIM MORE? WASNT THAT WHY JON WAS THERE? I MEAN I GUESS HE COULDNT CUZ MICHEAL COULDDA DEFO KILLED HIM, BUT HE DIDNT EVEN DROP ANY BREAD CRUMBS FOR JON’S INVESTIGATION. JON LITERALLY GOT JACK SHIT FROM THAT INTERACTION ASIDES FOR MORE FUEL FOR HIS STATEMENT KINK. AS FAR AS THE PLOT’S CONCERNED, JON DIDN’T NEED THE CONTENTS OF MIKE’S STATMENT. THE KNOWELDGE WAS GOOD BUT HE GOT NO FURTHER ON HIS INVESTIGATION OF THE STRANGER. HE WAS DIRECTED TO MIKES DOOR FOR THE PLOT BUT THE PLOT AINT THERE, THE PLOTS AT DAISYS HOUSE

TO REVIEW:

THEY

DEADASS

JUST

THREW MICHEAL CREW IN THERE

HAD HIM EXPLAIN HIS BACKSTORY

THEN KILLED HIM OFF

AFTER HYPING HIM UP

FOR

THREE

FUCKING

SEASONS

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???

ARE YOU ACTUALLY FUCKING KIDDING ME???

YA KNOW THATS PROLLY THE ONE BIG BONE IVE GOTTA PICK WITH THIS SHOW. THEY BUILD UP INTERESTING CHARACTERS OVER THE COURSE OF FULL SEASONS, THEN THEY’RE ONLY GIVEN THEIR TIME TO SHINE FOR ONE EPISODE BEFORE BEING ADRUPTLY KILLED OFF AND NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN. I HEARD IT GETS BETTER BUT ITS A PRETTY BIG PROBLEM FOR THE FIRST TWO SEASONS.

JANE PRENTISS COULDDA BEEN COOL! AND SHE WAS COOL! BUT SHE ONLY ACTUALLY DID SHIT FOR ONE EPISODE THEN WAS KILLED WITH LITTLE RESISTANCE. SHE DIDNT EVEN MAKE A COMEBACK OR ANYTHING, THEY REALLY JUST WENT “THAT BITCH DEAD AND DID JACK SHIT” AFTER HYPING HER UP THE WHOLE SEASON. LIKD OKAY SURE GO OFF. THEYRE BUILDING UP BREEKON AND HOPE A BIT MORE NOW, CANT WAIT FOR THEM TO BE KILLED OFF AS SOON AS WE MEET THEM.

LIKE I GET IT I GET IT. MICHEALS STORY WAS COMPLETE. NOT EVERY CHARACTER NEEDS TO BE PLOT RELEVANT. NOT EVERY CHARACTER THATS BUILT UP NEEDS AN ELABORATE PLOT. NOT EVERY CHARACTER NEEDS A SATISFYING SEND OFF.

BUT IM STILL FUCKING MAD ABOUT IT CUZ I FEEL NOTHING. I LOVED HIS STATEMENT AND IT WOULD’VE JUST BEEN FINE IF MICHEAL WAS JUST LEFT ALONE AFTER THAT OR SOMETHING. OR HELL HE EVEN COULD’VE BEEN KILLED IN A DIFFERENT WAY I JUST HATE HOW DAISY CAME IN THERE OUT OF BUTTFUCK NO WHERE, SHOT A GUY SHE BARELY KNEW CUZ “he spoopy” AND ITS JUST NEVER BROUGHT UP. MIKE DIDNT EVEN NEED TO BE THERE. JON WENT THERE FOR ANSWERS, MIKE GAVE HIM NOTHING CUZ INSTEAD OF HAVING AN INTERESTING LITTLE CONVERSATION, DAISY NEEDED HER CHARACTER ARC. IM REPEATING MYSELF AT THIS POINT BUT IM JUST SO FUCKING ANGY ABOUT THIS.

FUCK DAISY, ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS

I am fully aware that I’ll wake up tomorrow and deem all of this as invalid and unreadable, I just needed to get this all off my chest. In all honesty the main reason I’m upset is because the Vast is my personal favorite entity and Micheal’s statement is a good summation of why

People affected by the Vast are just that-people. Well, all statement givers are people, but the Vast’s statments I find are much more grounded and down to Earth. They aren’t as out there or over the top like the Corruption or the Stranger. They’re just little ‘tweaks’ in someone’s perspective that shakes their core. It takes mundane occurances and pushes them to their extreme. All the Vast did in “High Pressure” was make someone feel as though they were sinking forever and forced them underwater. It’s some you could probably picture happening to yourself more clearly then say, being attacked by War Ghosts. (NOT bashing on War Ghosts btw, they’re just a different brand of spooky.) The type of fear that the Vast victims have is also kinda different to me. I’m not sure how well I can explain it but best I can describe it is that it feels like geunine trauma that someone with that phobia would experience? I still don’t think that’s quite right but take “A Long Way Down” for instance, where the statement giver’s brother suffers from Acrophobia. That’s a real boy with Acrophobia! I feel who he is as an actual person as I follow his life, I know his worst nightmare, and once you see what happens to him, you completely feel both from him and his brother. Or in “Freefall” where you see a mother mourn for her son’s trauma and death. She saw something he loved suddenly turn him so, so afraid then saw the very thing he feared swallow him up.

It’s just any average person greiving their loved one’s trauma or being pushed to a limit you can see yourself being pushed to. It’s all very grounded in reality and makes it all feel that more real. And I feel like Micheal Crew’s statement just summed that up so well. He’s such a perfect face for what I love about the Vast. He’s just a person at his core, who was scared and needed guidance.

It’s just that the way it ended and how adruptly he was killed left a sour taste in my mouth.

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silverinia · 3 years

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fav Diane and Kurt scene?

I'm not gonna lie anon, for reasons I can't explain I'm completely incapable of naming just one, even though I actually have a definite favourite. I just felt so bad not listing a couple of other scenes that I love, so I made it a list. You probably won't believe me when I say this but I really tried to narrow this down to a top 5 but I kind of didn't feel like sleeping last night and well... This is not what you asks for anymore but I sort of figured that this is still my blog and so I can do whatever I want with it. And last night I apparently felt like ranking twenty McHart scenes. Anyway... enjoy this.

(Disclaimer no. 1: There are so many more great ones that I would've liked to name, but this post is going to fuck up everyone's timeline as it is, so let's save the idea of me rating every single McHart scene for a point in time where we actually have access to all McHart scenes that will ever exist and then I'll just destroy tumblr and we'll all live miserably ever after)

(Disclaimer no. 2: Also please keep in mind that I finished this list at 7 in the morning, I haven't slept in 24 hours, so it probably won't even make sense to me as soon as I've gotten some sleep)

(Disclaimer no. 3: Apparently tumblr only allows me to put up to ten images in one post (which is rude af in my humble opinion), so I'm going to have to post this gradually in reblogs. I hope it won't end up being too chaotic)

(Disclaimer no. 4: The vast majority of the following gifs wasn't made by me. I'm not claiming that they're mine and if anyone would like me to credit them or take their work off this post, feel free to dm me any time!)

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20. The One Inspired by Roy Cohn (3x02 TGF)

The one where Diane comes home after work and Kurt has knotted ribbons around their beer bottles because he's just straight up a lovesick idiot.

This scene, you guys... it's the gift that keeps on giving because I will never stop mocking Kurt for his inability to tie a simple bow. It gave us domestic McHart. It gave us a great kiss. It gave us "Hans and Franz, your safari buddies" and "baby zebra bbq", two of the best things Diane Lockhart has ever said on both shows. It made "Mrs McVeigh" canon. It just deserved a spot on this list.

19. Silver Bullet (2x15 TGW)

The one where Kurt really wants to go on vacay with the idiotic overworked love of his life and tries to talk her into it by agreeing to make it a marriage proposal, because he probably thought, "Huh. Might as well tie the knot [you know, because he's physically capable of that] while we're at it 🤷🏻‍♀️", aka the one where McHart completely owns the idiots in love trope.

This is not going to surprise a single person out there who's part of the fandom because I've been going on and on and on about McHart and Costa Rica for years now, and I won't let anyone hear the end of it. Never. Never ever. You're welcome, world.

Anyway, iconic scene. Deserved a spot.

18. The Wheels Of Justice (4x19 TGW)

The one where Diane short-circuits Kurt's brain by merely walking into the same room he's in.

Also the one where Kurt bursts out laughing at the idea of working on the Colin Sweeney case because it's just so ridiculous: him, the "I don't take on guilty peoples' cases because I have moral standards" guy working on a Colin Sweeney case, a man who's killed approximately 78352 of his wives. Ridiculous... Laughable... Exactly up until Diane bats her eyelashes at him and smiles very sweetly and asks him, "Just do it for me?" while tilting her head aside and yeah, the next scene he's in he's working on the case.

Also the one where the joke's on Kurt.

Underrated scene. Deserved at least three-hundred emmys in the category of "entertaining idiots who deserve an emmy or three-hundred". Didn't get the emmys but did get a spot on this list. And I'd say that's close enough.

17. Day 492 (2x13 TGF)

The one where Kurt said "Go to hell" to a couple of FBI agents and Diane reacts by fucking him while said FBI agents can hear them through the bugs they put in their house.

I honestly don't know where to begin with this scene, I actually tend to completely block it out of my mind because I always feel like it's something we collectively hallucinated as a fandom. But I'm glad I remembered it in time before I finished this list because it's just a god tier scene and the kiss is absolutely perfect and the way he blushes is adorable and the way she smiles at him melts my heart and I'm rambling now but you get it. You get it.

16. Previously On... (5x01 TGF)

The one where Kurt pulls Diane aside from a room full of people to privately tell her that RBG has died because he doesn't want her to find out in an environment where she feels like she has to keep herself together when she really can't and he tells her in a way that almost makes me tear up right now as I'm trying to describe it and he just really wants to be there for her in a moment where he knows she needs him to ground her, as he always does, and Diane, thinking this still has anything to do with politics for him, argues that he doesn't have to pick up those pieces because he doesn't share her beliefs, and Kurt tells her that he can still feel bad for her because this is about them, about his love for his wife who he knew was going to be crushed by this and he genuinely just wants to be there for her because he cares, and she says that she doesn't deserve him and she calls him "babe" in a way I never expected this stupid word to be able to break my fucking heart, and they hug and it's honestly my no. 1 favourite McHart hug so far and now that I'm writing this, I'm realising that this scene deserved to be so much higher on this list but I literally don't have the energy to change it again, so you'll just have to act like this is actually in the top five, along with the other five because numbers don't actually make a lot of sense anyway.

What a scene. I need a glass of water.

15. The One About The End Of The World (3x10 TGF)

The one where we probably got the peak of domestic McHart and Diane's hair is messy and they're both wearing pyjamas and Diane says she loves Kurt and she also says "British, blah blah blah" which is just hilarious, and they're on the couch and they're just so married that I almost cannot believe it but I won't doubt it for a second because it's not like my body could possibly function if it wasn't true.

I just love this episode. I have my fair share of complaints about season 3, but this episode? I loved it so much. It's one of my all time favourites. And I make silly little noises whenever I watch this scene. Absolutely deserved a spot.

#mchart

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sage-nebula · 2 years

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pokemon games :D

I was hoping someone would ask me about Pokémon!!

blorbo (favorite character, character I think about the most)

ZINNIAAAA MY BELOVED. I mean, don't get me wrong, there are a lot of characters from these games that I love. Heck, there's a whole handful of them from the Galar games alone because the Galar games have a great cast (like Professor Sonia, my other beloved, who would be #2 on this list). But despite only appearing in the ORAS postgame, Zinnia is just . . . my ultimate blorbo. I love her so much. I love her, I love her culture, I love her, and I'm glad that Pokémon Evolutions FINALLY gave her the spotlight she deserved in animation, and in such a beautiful way, too.

scrunkly (my “baby”, character that gives me cuteness aggression, character that is So Shaped)

We will be here all day if I am allowed to name actual pokémon for this one. Between Charmander, and Furret, and Dreepy, and Umbreon, and Lapras, and Mimikyu, and . . . you get the picture. There are just too many babies. All pokémon are babies. It's a law of the universe, Arceus theirownself told me so.

But if we're talking human characters, then gut instinct says that it's a tossup between Emma and Marnie. Emma is basically the only Kalos character from the games that I really like; I adore everything about her and if Looker hadn't adopted her first, I would have. But I also really love Marnie, because between her cockney accent and the fact that she's the sweetest angel in the entire universe while trying so hard to be strong for her town . . . babie girl, babie.

scrimblo bimblo (underrated/underappreciated fave)

I mean, Zinnia is pretty damn underappreciated!! In fact, because a lot of people in the fandom have poor taste, I remember seeing quite a lot of hate for her back in the day. Thankfully, opinions on that seem to have changed with her inclusion in Masters and then Evolutions, but still. She doesn't get nearly the love (OR THE MERCH) she deserves. :( It's a real issue.

Other than Zinnia though, I think Morty and especially Eusine also count. I do think that Morty does have an all right number of fans due to his glowup in HGSS, but Johto as a whole tends to be overlooked and its Gym Leaders right along with it. And then Eusine is probably even more forgotten than Morty because he's not attractive at all. I love them both though, and I am waiting every day for Eusine to finally be added to Masters. (Hopefully with Suicune, please just give this man his day.)

glup shitto (obscure fave, character that can appear in the background for 0.2 seconds and I won’t shut up about it for a week)

[SLAMS HANDS ON DESK] DO YOU REMEMBER JUGGLER IRWIN?

Juggler Irwin is this NPC in the Johto games who asks for your phone number after you battle him. And then, if you give it to him, he constantly calls to FLIRT WITH YOU, in ways that heavily imply he is stalking you. Like after you go sailing on the S.S. Anne, he calls you and is like "I saw you getting on the ship, you looked so beautiful with the sea as a backdrop~" He's so creepy and just stampedes over the line of what is an acceptable way to talk with someone you battled with a grand total of (1) time, but it's also so over the top that it's extremely memorable and, if he ever showed up again, I would just be like, OH HI JUGGLER IRWIN, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD djsfdsl.

poor little meow meow (“problematic”/unpopular/controversial/otherwise pathetic fave)

I mean, Zinnia would probably fit here again, but in the interest of picking a character who isn't her for once, let's go with Lear from Masters! I don't think that he's necessarily unpopular, but he is a little shit for the vast majority of the PML storyline and he is kind of pathetic as well, considering he started the entire tournament because he was salty that Red beat him, and then was so salty about it that he went aggro on any trainers who wore hats. Lear pls.

However, I'm not sure anyone in the series is as pathetic as Paulo. Poor, poor Paulo.

horse plinko (character I would torment for fun, for whatever reason)

If you put me in charge of the plinko basically the whole think will be filled with Kalos characters. Professor Sycamore (because remember this is for the games)? In the plinko. The rival squad? In the plinko. Diantha after she decided to defend Lysandre to a degree in the New Year's opening chats in Masters? In the plinko. But there are other characters from other regions that I would put in the plinko as well, such as Chairman Rose (for being a capitalist who monopolized an entire region), Lance (for being a dickhead who takes pleasure in assaulting people with his dragons), and Wally (whom I always forget about and so he's kind of in an emotional plinko by accident, sorry Wally).

eeby deeby (character I would send to superhell)

I would dropkick Lysandre into superhell so fast he would create a crater in superhell's floor. All of his admins who helped him attempt mass genocide (Malva, Xerosic, etc) are going with him. Joining him there is Lusamine (child and pokémon abuser), Ghetsis (child and pokémon abuser), and [Legends Arceus character redacted for spoilers]. Oh, and last but not least, Steven Stone for being perfectly fine with Devon Corporation for using Infinity Energy even though it's made from dead pokémon; for using racist microaggressions against Zinnia by calling her "the Draconid" after he already learned her name; and for taking Mega Rayquaza from Zinnia in Masters. I was going to put him through the plinko, but no, my dislike for him is too strong for that now, so into eeby deeby he goes.

#chidorinnnnn #blorbo meme #pokemon

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mightbewriting · 3 years

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So I came to W&H and B&E in an odd way. I'm a long time Dramione fic reader who like many of us doubled down on in 2020 to find comfort in a bananas year. I kept seeing W&H on everyone's rec list, but for whatever reason kept putting it off. Then I heard about the prequel and decided to wait for that to be finished, read it, then do W&H. But once it was finished, I saw you recommended W&H first so I was like okay I'll do that. I struggle with impulse control but am trying to do better so when I saw the audiobook for W&H I was like perfect, I'll listen rather than read that way I won't gobble it up in a day. Ha well that did not work, I listened to the first 3 chapters (at that time those were the only chapters they had recorded) then instantly ran not walked to A03, reread said chapters, then continued on. At Chapter 4 of W&H, I thought hmm maybe I'll read them simultaneously. I continued that way maybe through Chapter 13 of B&E and Chapter 7ish then fully committed to W&H first. I cannot imagine reading these fics in real time because reading them in full, back to back was the most intense glutenous binge and it's taken over my life in the best way. I have been living in your fictional universe for the past two weeks. I started a list of all the parallels and callbacks and eventually had to call it because they are innumerable. I'm awed. In literal awe. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Your writing - the individual words of your vast vocabulary, the way you string said words together into hilarious, heart breaking, heart stopping, beautiful, and visceral feelings is astounding. It's hard to explain but even good writers (and/or an intriguing plot) sometimes do not create an overall immersive feeling. But the feelings your words evoke are all encompassing and truly universe building. Like it's not just the wording or the plot or the charters but all of it together come to make something even greater than the sum of their parts. Your writing, your universe of W&H, S&S, and B&E live in my mind and heart and in an embarrassing amount of screenshots of passages on my phone and in voice memos to myself as I don't have anyone irl to fan girl with. When I think of your words and the world you built, I'm reminded of a Taylor Swift lyric: "it cut deep to know you, right to the bone". That is how I'd describe your writing's effect on me, but in the best way.

Your brain's capacity to plot, plan, and flawlessly deliver W&H THEN B&E? Idk how you kept all the threads and plot points and moments and timelines in check. My head aches just thinking about how you wrote these stand-alone but also inextricable works of art. Like how does one's brain function in such a level? And it's especially telling in B&E because we knew where we were going but I still gasped, screamed, squealed, giggled, had to put my phone down, clutched it to my heart, fist pumped, stopped half way through just for a minute to breath and take it all in, and overall looked and acted as an utter idiot during each and every chapter because while I knew where we were going I also had no idea! I'm just floored you managed to keep us at the edge of our seats with a prequel? Who does that? You do!

The texts in the final chapter of W&H devastated me, literal chills. I think about that daily. It's exactly what H and we needed. Just like a reminder of what they went through. It reminded me of Chapter 41 of B&E. Like a summary of where they had been and where they are now.

The other thing that rattled in my brain is the motifs of choice and time, life kind of boils down to those two things huh? But choice especially. It's funny because choice is so prominent but at the same time how W&H and B&E give off soulmate vibes even though this is not a soulmate fic (also are the rumors true...?!) because despite time turners, breakups, and lost memories, they always come back together. But more on choice: it's just as Draco says - in a million scenarios he'll always choose her and he feels lucky she chose him just once. But of course with W&H, she does it twice. And she does it in both timelines of B&E, and of course that's the problem when Draco realizes he has not done the same hence heartbreak 1.0. And just god - he wants her to have a choice with the potion, a choice with her memories, and stops the timey wimey madness by realizing he's taking her choice (and in a way H started it by taking away his choice and leaving the first time). And then those parts about how he chose her, she chose him, but they could not chose each other. This motif, these callbacks. I'm flabbergasted. It's just hitting me now that you extend the choice to us as readers - we get to choose whether H get her memories back or not.

Theo in all your Wait and Hope universe, but especially S&S broke me. Blaise asking who is taking care of Theo when he's taking care of everyone else? Theo's literal and figurative demons? Yikes. Those were unpleasant looks in the mirror for me. I'm glad Theo has his Blaise. Where's mine haha? Also just shout to your underrated Blaise. The fact that he might be my favorite of the Slytherians in your stories says a lot since he doesn't say a lot haha. But he packs such a punch in all your works.

Okay, after singing your well deserved praises and fan girling and marveling at your works (god this is so long, I'm so sorry!), at long last my ask. I still cannot get this out of my head: what did Theo mean in Chapter 1 of B&E when he suggests to Draco “I know that. Maybe you could—tell her some of—” some of what? I zeroed in on this as soon as I read it and it's been rattling in my brain ever since.

um. hi? holy shit. i dont know how to process this. i am resisting the impulse to cringe away from the level of praise happening here because i really need to learn how to take a compliment but oh my god? i am not...this is just...wowzers. you are very literally too kind to me. i have melted into a puddle of feelings in my reading chair here.

so, first things first: thank you. these are some of the nicest things i’ve ever heard about my writing and i can guarantee i will come back to this ask when I'm feeling like i suck and need a motivation boost. i can’t deny...it feels really nice to know that at least one person out there caught and appreciated some of the insane attention to detail i forced upon myself lol. so thank you. truly, thank you so much for saying such amazingly kind things that have short circuited my brain!

and im sure my friends at @etl-echo-audiobooks will be over the moon to know that their recording work was such a hit! your trajectory reading these stories is so fun and hilarious and probably the most unique reading experience i’ve heard so far xD

also, please be advised that your analysis on choice in these stories is probably going to live in my head rent free for the rest of my life. i feel seen, you know? you just...picked up what i was putting down and it feels really nice to know that it worked for you!

and ok. your question. that little dash of ambiguity i was planning on leaving open ended. but let it be known i can be plied with compliments. i can’t just *not* give you something in return for such a lovely and kind and thoughtful dose of joy you had absolutely no obligation to give me today.

so, in my mind, after draco’s house arrest ended and before he went abroad for his mastery, he and theo had an extensive (most likely drunken. also blaise was probably there too) night of reflection where they kind of just looked back at their childhoods and the war and the history of blood purity and just sort of went: “what the fuck?” i imagine draco probably confided in theo that when he went abroad, he planned to just try and pretend like none of it mattered, to see if that was really true. and draco probably kept him updated via owl (even though draco did not write enough and theo had feelings about that) so that by the time draco returned and we have theo asking that sort of trailing question, the implication at the end is “what if you told granger some of your realizations about it all?” so...not all that exciting? but there you have it!

in conclusion: thank you! you are too kind! i appreciate your thoughtful commentary SO much! i’m so happy you enjoyed these stories. and i hope the explanation of what theo was going to say wasn’t too underwhelming.

#thegirlwhowatchedeverything #asks #death by kindness #my death #i am dead #oh also yes #they rumors are true #im writing a soulmate story next #i intend to hurt you #you being ALL of you #*evil laughter*

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borisbubbles · 5 years

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Eurovision 2010: 80 - 76

80. Birgit - “Et uus saaks alguse” Estonia 2013

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It is easy to write Birgit’s superhigh ranking off as my pro-Estonia bias, but I actually did NOT like “Et uus saaks alguse” until the semifinal aired. 🤭 You see, 2013 was the first year I followed preselections and i was SMITTEN by the quirky Lõhmus song Birgit beat in EL. You may have heard of “Päästke Noored Hinged”, and if you haven’t educate yourself now and return here once you’re finished. Ready? Okay, let’s continue~

Anyway, Birgit is just... so adorable? So charismatic? Such a soothing, likable presence? Her magical voice and hypnotic swaying was the exact medicine to treat my Paia ptsd. Before I knew it, I was humming the chorus without thinking about it twice, singing a self-made Dutch translation in the shower on a daily basis. In the end, Birgit won me over, which I think you’ll agree, is a stronger phrasing of words than “I fell in love”. A true example of an underrated gem who deserves more love and attention.

After the contest, Birgit gave birth to a healthy son, continued to live a happy life with her family, occasionally cropping up in Eesti Laul as a juror or in a hilarious collab with Tanja. This ending to her arc pleases me almost as much as “Et uus saaks alguse” did, because if there’s any europerson (besides Valentina Monetta and Ieva Zasimauskaite) that I wish all the happiness in the world, it is Birgit Õigemeel.

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79. IVAN - “Help you fly” Belarus - 2016

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If I can fly, then you can flyyyyYYYyyyYYYoyoyoohoyojojkoghkooo

With 330+ of read updates under your belt, it should hardly be a surprise to you that I LOVED “Help you fly” the second I heard it, because is there anything as timeless, as ethereal, as enjoyably dated as 80s electronic ska? NO I DON’T THINK SO. TAAAAAAAAKE OOOOOOOOOOON MEEEEEEEEEEEE However, I don’t think anybody expected IVAN to reveal his true Crazy Person Colours in the months after his selection. 😍 The first inkling came when IVAN insisted “Help you fly”s uplifting message would only be done justice if he did it starkers AND flanked by REAL WOLVES. When the EBU was like “um no wtf you crazy man”, being, you know, the sane boring people we know them to be, IVAN resorted to high-tech CGI to get his ~artistic vision across~

Lol I often joke about the insanity found at Eurovision but IVAN might be insane for real, which... is really damn’ fucking awesome because it turned “Help you fly” in one of the best acid trips of all time, while also remaining a good song on top of that, and also ironic because “leave all the madness behind” is one of the few audible lines. 😂 So let us bask in the glory of this:

and this:

and this

It is often said that the line between genius and insanity is fairly blurred and IVAN is masterfully... avoiding that line by going all in. "Help you fly” is absolutely BONKERS and frankly, I can’t help being impressed. Of course, it is exactly like “Telemóveis” in that whatever underlying message it had has completely flown over the heads of the gobsmacked audience, and arguably IVAN himself <3 Every time an entry dismantles our expectations with mind-blowing awesomeness, it’s a blessing. Thank you IVAN for blessing us <3

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78. The Shin & Mariko - “Three minutes to Earth” Georgia 2014

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MORE BONKERS ENTRIES <3 God, I remember EVERYONE losing their damn’ marbles when “Three minutes to Earth” was announced. NOBODY could make any sense of it whatsoever <3 It’s like... a bizarre amalgamation of different world music traditions without any discernible melody <3 A jam session not from this fucking planet. Of course, this made the vast bulk of the fandom HATE it, However... I was always intrigued and soon fell in love with its disarming avant garde hopelessness <3

Appreciation which bloomed into genuine deep affection once I realized “Three minutes to Earth” is a song about... ALIEN ABDUCTION <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ALIENS!!!!!!!!!

Which is... really fucking CLEVER, wtf?

Like, if we assume, hypothetically, that a friendly alien race were find the Voyager and decipher how to use the golden records, a song such as “Three minutes to Earth” could very well be their interpretation of our music, abducting and indoctrinating a few random Georgians to share their message of peace and cooperation, with millions of people worldwide. That.. is conceptually the most ridiculous sentence I’ve ever written on this blog, and worse, I believe every word of it. PISS AND LIGHT EVERYWHEEEEEERE.

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77. Hera Björk - “Je ne sais quoi” Iceland 2010

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When in doubt, always bring the agressive euroschlager, and man, Hera Björk is such a force of camp nature. She provided more fire and buzz than the fucking volcano whose name nobody can pronounce (from memory, the name is “Eyjafjallajökull” ^_^) The Eyjafjallajökull mught have held all of the European airports into a chokehold, but in Eurovision it was HERA who ruled (for a brief moment).

also take a moment to ponder on the fact she looks like Lady Tremaine’s cat.

I mean, “Je ne sais quoi” has ~that special something, something just can’t explain~ just kidding, I can and I shall: "Je ne sais quoi” is shamelessly camp, with a cheesy francophone hook, pinging its status as homo-friendly eurotrash to all the gay people EUROVISION FANS that love shameless campy schlager.

What I like the most however are the explicit references to aggressive love-making. “WHEN I SEE YOU FACE I WANNA FOLLOW MY EMOTIONS” Is this song about Hera getting the d this song is about Hera getting the d isn’t it. (“d” being dick or dildo, you pick the option that wets ur humourwhistle the most.) Well, I am happy! Obese people deserve all the happiness in life. Then again, I am saying this as a man big enough to have a cleavage, so maybe that opinion is a bit bias- OKAY MOVING ON.

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76. Maraaya - “Here for you” Slovenia 2015

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Okay, I will be first to admit that “Here for you” slapped SO MUCH MORE in studio version. Arguably the best song Slovenia have ever sent to Eurovision? Definitely the best between Sebi and Cvet z Juga. And the yes, the live didn’t *entirely* live up to the hype... However, a slightly less good “Here for you” is still fucking awesome? LEGIT CHARTABLE SONG THAT ISN’T BORING <3 AIR VIOLIN REALNESS <3

However, you all know that I LIVE for the small moments of incompetence and weirdness, and Marjetka provides two big ones BY HERSELF: There’s of course the hilarity of the headphones & lace dress, but what I’m getting at is the chronic headbobbing: seriously, is this a tic:

This reminds me of 1968 BorisBubbles fave Claes-Göran Hederström and his incessant lip-licking.

(Most lubricated lips in the herstory of Eurovision 😍)

Of course, Marjetka’s persistent headbobbing also had a hilarious impact on her voice, giving her a stuttering vibrato, as she were cycling over a cobblestone road while singing this song. 😍

After doing Eurovision and showcasing their talent to everyone in Europe, Maraaya went back to Slovenia, becoming their Sven Lõhmus and loyally delivering a slew of trashy semi-chartable shitsongs into EMA every year since, winning with none of them. 😍

#Eurovision #Eurovision Song Contest #Slovenia #Iceland #Georgia #Belarus #Estonia #Birgit Õigemeel #IVAN #Aleksandar Ivanov #Help you fly #Et uus saaks alguse #The Shin #Mariko #Three minutes to Earth #Hera Björk #Je ne sais quoi #Maraaya #Here for you

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A Quick Guide to Pentagon

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Hello, friends! It's me, your host to our quick run-through of the amazing group that is Pentagon!

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INTRODUCTION:

You may feel that you have heard the name Pentagon floating around before. And you probably have! They had one of the most successful comebacks of 2018 with their song ‘Shine’!

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And they have just finished participating in the Mnet show ‘Road to Kingdom!

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Now that we have caught up on where Pentagon are, let’s take a look at how Pentagon came to be.

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HISTORY:

Pentagon was formed by Cube Entertainment through a show called ‘Pentagon Maker.’ The members Jinho, Hui, Hongseok, E’Dawn, Shinwon, Yeo One, Yanan, Yuto, Kino, and Wooseok became the group we know and love today!

They made their debut with title track ‘Gorilla’ off the EP ‘PENTAGON’.

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(I highly recommend listening to the EP, ‘Smile’ is my favorite track ^^)

They have since come back with EP after EP, reaching a total of eight Korean and two Japanese EPs within three years! The members have put out a lot of music in a vast variety of genres: from electronic to rock, there’s sure to be a song for you!

Their latest comeback was in February of 2020 with ‘Dr. Bebe’ off the album ‘The Black Hall’!

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AN ABRUPT BUT MUCH NEEDED EXPLANATION:

Before I can get into the members, I will have to explain the current situation the group is in.

In September 2018, E’Dawn left both Pentagon and Cube Entertainment.

Starting in July 2019, Yanan has been on hiatus due to health reasons.

As of May 2020, Jinho has enlisted for mandatory military service and is expected to return in less than two years.

Due to these circumstances, there are currently 9 official members with only 7 of them active.

For the sake of this guide, I have decided to focus on the official members of the group. But! E’Dawn has re-debuted under the name DAWN and is now working as a solo artist producing music so please show him a lot of love and support in his future works!

Onto the members!

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THE MEMBERS:

Jinho

Our petite vocalist with larger than life pipes!

He may be small in stature, but he is very big in sass and does not hold back his tongue.

He is known for his incredible vocals! He regularly uploads covers of various artists at the end of every month, check them out here!

A little bit of a scaredy-cat. Easily Startled Squad 1/3

Hui

The reason (along with several other members!) why Pentagon has two Japanese EPs, eight Korean EPs, and a full album along with other singles.

He has written and composed a lot of songs that you might be surprised by! Shine - Pentagon? Hui! Energetic - Wanna One? Hui! Dramatic - BVNDIT? Hui!

His super power is his bank account.

Random fact! Hui has always reminded me of carrots for no particular reason and I share this information with all of you so I will no longer suffer alone in associating him with a vegetable :)

Hongseok

Secretary of the Big Tiddie Committee™ by day, a muscle man always.

Neutral evil. There’s no explanation, it’s just fact. Beware of the chocolate abs, they can be used as a threat and he most definitely will threaten.

Underrated vocalist. He expressed in the past that he could sing the high note for Dr. Bebe but he is being held back and I demand justice for him. if he says he can do it then let him do it cowards

Extra Squad 1/2

Shinwon

Easily Startled Squad 2/3, Extra Squad 2/2, Tall Line 1/3, Pentagon 1/9. A man of various characteristics, a real Renaissance man.

The Scream. One of his many skills. If you do not know what The Scream™ is, fret not! You will know exactly what it is once you hear it.

Another underrated vocalist! He has a very soothing and low voice great for ballads and for The Scream™

He does not lie, he is an honest man!

Yeo One

A beam of actual sunshine!

My favorite vocalist! He has a very solid singing voice and it is everything I wish Disney princes sounded like.

Traitor to the Corny Party and a new member of the Funny Party! He is very funny in an unfunny sort of way which is my personal favorite type of funny, but I am still upset over the betrayal ;-;

He uploads ASMR videos once every so often! There’s no playlist by the official channel yet so I organized a playlist here!

Yanan

The absolute most softest and the absolute most precious.

Everyone is so whipped for him and for good reason! He’s just too sweet and gentle for anyone to not love him T^T

Be careful though. The duality in this man is strong. The Scorpio energy really shines through when you least expect it to.

Model-like visuals and model-like proportions! no seriously he has legs for days

Yuto

“YuTO dA”

He has a very distinctive voice! If it weren’t for his little catchphrase, I am sure you would still be able to tell who is rapping by his deeper and slightly raspy tone.

Tall Line 2/3 and Easily Startled Squad 3/3. Don’t let your initial impression fool you, this man is a whole softie and deserves all of the protection.

Speaking of softie, he is very affectionate towards his members! You can often catch him just slinging his arms around someone and it just makes me soft I-

Kino

Everyone’s first bias, our main dancer Kino!

He was meant to be on stage! He has some crazy stage presence, captivating facial expressions, and his dancing is among the best.

“I’M SeNsiTive aUbrEY” He is also known in the group for being a pretty sensitive person. He is the funnest to teach but the least likely to respond kindly to teasing so it makes for an entertaining situation every single time!

He also holds a radio-style show every Monday called Kino’s KiSing Booth! You can tune in on Pentagon’s V Live!

Wooseok

The maknae, the giant, the dolphin, Wooseok!

I know I said that Yanan has legs for days, but Wooseok has legs for years, please google the term ‘wooseok legs’ and observe for yourself. He isn’t Tall Line 3/3 for no reason.

Not an official vocalist, but he can hit the highest note in the group! His human exterior is the perfect cover-up for the dolphin hiding inside.

If you have a younger sibling or friend in your life, then congratulations! You have a real-life specimen to observe that perfectly reflects Wooseok’s behavior! Loud, extra, and lovable!

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EXTRA RESOURCES:

To listen to them on Spotify, click here!

For a playlist of all their title track MVs, click here!

For a playlist of my personal b-side recommendations, click here!

And finally, if you have made the wonderful decision to stan Pentagon and would like to know them more than this quick guide offered, here is a more extensive guide that really helps in getting to know the members better and gives you fandom inside jokes!

ENDING REMARKS:

All in all, Pentagon are wonderful artists with beautiful songs that all listeners can enjoy! They may not be the most popular group, but they also have a very kind and understanding fan base that are more than happy to accept newcomers.

I highly encourage you guys to support and stan Pentagon!

Let’s love Pentagon together!

#pentagon #pentagon guide #new to pentagon

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