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cyjlovebott · 1 year
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༉‧✧‧₊˚彡.˚☆ academics is nothing. | choi yeonjun
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synopsis; when another guy ends up asking you out, your academic rival tries everything to get you not to go. including asking you out himself. but without even realizing, you start to fall for him. or did you just enjoy his company?
warnings : LOTS of profanity, drinking. thats all im pretty sure! lmk if theres anymore
genre ; angst?, crackish, romance, fluff, smut.
word count : 2.9k
part 2 > part 3 > part 4
read smutty part here! yjun
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three more days. three more days before your exam is gonna start to come up. even though it was gonna be three days of hell because you know you're spending it with choi yeonjun.
don't even get me started on yeonjun. he was the most cockiest man you’ve ever met. a jerk?, a pussy. that's what he was. a fucking pussy. how did you even last your semesters with this man? a guy who would do anything just to beat you at everything. quizes, exams, tests.. anything. he would pay a fucking nerd to do his homework just so he could get a higher grade than you. a pain in the ass right?
he never needed a nerd to do his homework, it was all him. those A+’s, 100%s. all him. just, him. no tutor, no teacher, no nerd, him.
and that was the annoying part. he effortlessly aced everything you all had, while you would stay up NIGHTS just to finish some random essay. the compliments your teacher would give him would be so annoying. “you’ve done it again yeonjun!” or a “well done yeonjun!” ugh. even just imagining your professor complimenting him would make you gag and roll your eyes.
you stayed up all night for the upcoming exam, and you could feel two pairs of hands shaking you to wake up at the cafeteria. “y/n! wake up!” seeun shaking you harder, making you rub your face on the hard, bumpy table. “ouch?” you look at her, raising a brow. “it was the only way to wake you up.” seeun defended herself. chaewon giggled, and j sat down after helping seeun wake you up.
“shit. pop quizzes. again. bet you 30 dollars yeonjun is gonna ace it again.” you rolled your eyes at chaewon’s unnecessary comment.”i'm not in, it's kinda obvious chaewon. keep your money.” j shrugged, looking at you as she debated toward chaewon. “pussies.” chaewon pouted. 
you and seeun were walking to class, till yeonjun tapped you on the shoulder. “fuck.” you mumbled, taking a deep breath before smiling and turning towards “hi yeonjun! ready for the quiz?” you smiled sweetly, trying not to show the disgust in your eyes, so you ended up smiling them too.
he smirked, knowing you were playing the nice act. “stop the act y/n.” so you did. you dropped your smile and walked away from him, clinging onto seeun as your silhouette with her fades away into the hallway.
“she really does hate you.” beomgyu says, passing two ten dollar bills to yeonjun’s fingers while watching you walk away from them. “told you, she hates it everytime i ace an exam or test, its kinda-” yeonjun was cut off by beomgyu. “cute? don’t tell me you find her cute.” he says, chuckling as he completes his sentence. “just wait gyu, someday, academics wont even pass her mind.” he smirked, putting his hands into his pockets with the money beomgyu gave him.
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“y/n,” she giggled, trying not to snort while walking away from the two tall men that were behind you. “pfft, did you really just do that?” seeun teased, pleased when she saw you roll your eyes. “shut up, it works anyways.” you glared, seeing how much she was laughing just because of yeonjun and you.
you enter the classroom with seeun, gossiping about school drama, or talking about the exam coming up. you could feel eyes looking at you, besides seeun. but you didn't bother looking cause you knew who it was, yeonjun.
you sat next to her, laying out your highlighters, rulers, pencils, erasers and pens, so that you and seeun could use one just in case one didn't have something. you took out your airpods, about to listen to something when suddenly, yeonjun tapped you on the shoulder again, catching your attention. you rolled your eyes. “what?” it was obvious you were pissed by your tone, so he slightly widened his eyes, smirked before reaching his hand out. “can i listen too?” you looked at seeun who shrugged, before handing him one. “just this once. don't ask me again.” you turned your head immediately after passing an airpod to him. he mumbled a thanks, and stuck it in his ear.
“better not be any earwax by the time he returns it.” you whisper to seeun, whos giggling and patting your back as a sign of “poor you” 
without thinking, you play an intimate song, which took him by surprise, and smirked the whole time he was writing notes. 
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by the time he gave it to you, he was smirking. cocky-smirking. “what are you smirking about?” you question, thinking he did something to your airpods. “nothing, just didn't know you were into intimate songs. especially the weeknd.” he winked, took his books and walked away with another one of his friends, not even paying attention to you, or to what he said. “y/n.. are your cheeks heating up?” seeun looked at you as you followed yeonjuns shadow toward the door, snapping back to reality as seeun’s hand waved upwards and downwards. “shit. you ARE blushing!” seeun teased, smiling as she pushes you slightly. she giggled, gathering her stuff while teasing you. “who would’ve thought. lee y/n has a crush on her academic rival.” 
“fuck you seeun.” she just laughed, cackling as you both walked out the classroom, on your way to j and chaewon. “why are you two giggling?” you felt another presence at the other side of your arm, seeun’s smile dropping as she sees tanya, someone you absolutely hated; cling onto you too. “just had a little joke we made together,” you smiled, trying not to come off as rude as you take your arm off hers. “are you guys going to the cafeteria for break?” you shook your head.
you were lying, of course you guys were going to go to the cafeteria, but new changes of plan i guess. “out of campus, we’re probably gonna go to hybe cafe.” tanya pouted. “aww, well, see you around y/n and seeun!” she waved goodbye as she skipped towards yeonjun and his friend group, probably going to be slutty and flirt with them again. 
“ugh. now we have to tell chaewon and j just to go to the cafe.” you nodded in agreement, looking back at tanya and yeonjun, which you were correct, was flirting.
it's not like it bothered you or anything. really! you didn't care, or did you? 
you turned back to seeun smiling as you both walked to the gate, on your way to the cafe to meet chaewon and j.
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you ordered an iced americano, along with a croissant. talking with your friends when yeonjun and his friend group enter the cafe, smiles dropping and giggling stopping as your friends follow tanya’s figure. “god take me.” chaewon mumbled, which caused you to giggle, and seeun and j to laugh out loud. 
you tried your best not to look at them, knowing they were holding hands. fuck, why were you feeling this way? “y/n? you okay?” luckily, you finished your coffee and croissant. which you used as an excuse to order another coffee. “just a little unenergized today.” you smile, thankful that they were worried about you.
you stood up and lined behind someone, waiting to order another cup of coffee to take out. you couldn't help but glance at the friend group and ‘couple’ that was at the corner of the cafe. tanya giggling and yeonjuns hand sitting on her thigh. sigh. hes just a rival. nothing else. you breathed in and out before looking up from your phone. 
“oh! hyunjinie! i didn't know you worked here!” you smiled, taking the opportunity to take everyone's attention. you could feel your friends smiling, and yeonjun and his table staring at you both. hyunjinie? that was a first, you've never called him that before. “y/n-ah! we haven't talked in a while!” his eyes smiling at you as his mouth stretches from side to side. “this ones on me, what would you like?” you gave him your order, and when you got it, there was a note.
“message me <3 XX-XXX-XXXX” you widen your eyes at his message, showing your friends as your cheeks produce a baby pink. “y/n-ah! going on a date hmm?” seeun teased, allowing j and chaewon to laugh once again. “you fucking loud mouth.” you giggled along with your friends, putting your phone in your pocket as you walked out the cafe.
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this time, you weren’t walking with seeun. since seeun had cooking class, you and chaewon went to english together, still freaking out about the note hyunjin gave you. “i cannot believe it. hyunjin? you? power couple.” chaewon jumping around as you watch her get excited about you and hyunjin. “he’s my friend!” chaewon nodded, assuming that you didn’t think of him as ONLY a friend. “but you're free the whole week after the exam?” she smirked, watching you place your index finger on your lips as you walk to your class.
chaewon is the loudest person you know. so loud, that one of yeonjun’s friends ended up hearing you and chaewon talking about you and hyunjin, specifically about you being free the whole week after the exam. so he runs towards yeonjun’s friend group, completely pouring information about you and hyunjin to him that he heard. “- and after that, they went in the classroom so that's all i know.” jungwon explained. “that’s more than enough, won. thanks.” jungwon nods at him, and smiles before entering his class.
you and chaewon were laughing your asses off that when someone enters the class, their eyes would be on you two, including yeonjun.
when class started, he didn’t hesitate to write something on a sticky note and pass it to you. you were thinking that it was probably some words that would piss you off, or something about the exam, or competing with you. but you didn’t expect to see him asking you out. you looked at him, fluttered your eyes and huddled with chaewon, strands of hair covering your reaction. 
you weren’t going to say yes!, i mean for god’s sake, hyunjin asked you out first. so you replied with a no, immediately passing it to him and switching places with chaewon after sticking the note on the top of his desk, continuing to write the notes your professor had written down on the board. 
when class finished, yeonjun didn’t leave you alone. he would go to the cafeteria to annoy you, especially asking you out non-stop, he wouldn’t only annoy you, but your friends, asking for your number because its ‘important.’ he did everything he could to go on that date with you, but you were going with hyunjin and nothing would change your mind. unless..
“i said no yeonjun! i’m going with someone else!” you yell, fingers making a mess through your hair as you grip onto it by stress. “who are you going with?” he asks, eyes staring right through you as his pockets are stuffed with his hands, body leaning onto the cafeteria table. “none of your business, yeonjun. why do you care anyway?” you defend yourself, folding your arms as one of your friends tug on your shirt, pulling you towards the door. “no chaewon! why does he care so much? it’s not like he owns me!” you turn to chaewon, whos shaking her head and her face scrunched up. “y/n. lets just go!” still dragging you towards the door. 
“fine. but mark my words yeonjun. you don’t own me. never did, never will.” you look at him and tanya up and down, and follow chaewon towards the door. “just wait y/n. i will own you one day.” he mumbles, before letting go of tanya and telling her to go home, walking with his friends.
your stomps could’ve been heard from miles away, filled with rage and anger because of yeonjun thinking you were his. “how dare he! embarrassing me with all those people, and- and- ugh!” you groaned, irritated as you walk-run with your friends on the way to your house. “and tanya just standing there?” you hummed in anger, clearly about to punch someone. “y/n calm down.” seeun acted her hands as a fan cause it was visible that your ears were red. 
the glass of champagne that sat infront of you was chugged down in mere seconds, causing your friends that were surrounding you to choke on their drink with widened eyes. “can you guys believe it? he hates me so much up to the point he thinks he owns me?!” you vented, your friends still patting their chests as they glance at you once or twice. “to be honest, that is kinda weird.. i mean why did he suddenly ask you out?” seeun and j looked at chaewon as they both were still coughing, nodding once they finally get their eyes back on you.
“exactly! who is he to ask me out?” you protest, still pissed about what he did. “no way. did he get sick of tanya?” you shook your head, “mm, no. he was squeezing her thigh earlier so- what?” your friends smirked at eachother, eyes teasing you already. “how did you know? were you looking at them? why were you, hmm?” shaking their shoulders as you glare at them, taking a halt immediately when they see you cross your arms.
“i c-couldnt help but notice.” you turned away from your friends as they poured down another glass, making you turn back and smile. “your probably gonna kill me for this, but i think he likes you. and you do too!” j squealed, causing the other two to cover their faces and lay down on their backs. you just looked at them. deep in thought.
did you like him? or did you like the attention he gave to you?
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the next day, you felt awful. face puffy and head throbbing. “ugh i hate this.’ you complained, digging your face with your hands in your hair, slapping yourself continuously. “your fault you took out the soju.” chaewon groaned, head tilting with her elbow sitting on the table. “am i the only one who didn’t drink soju? or am i really good with alcohol?” you looked up at seeun. “really? you? alcohol? i still might be drunk.” you teased, seeing seeun’s eyes rolling, until she saw yeonjun. “y/n.. i don’t think i’m the one you should be worried about right now.” seeun whispered, hiding her face. “huh?” you look up, to see black jeans, and a white polo. j pushed your head down again, causing you to squeal and complain. “ouch j!” rubbing your forehead as you flick a strand of your hair from your face. “what do you want?” you ask, taking a sip of coffee as you look at him up and down.
“don’t go on that date with hyunjin.”
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a/n: cliffhanger!!! LMAO i promise y/n is gonna get smarter
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shoezuki · 11 months
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Shoe im too sleep deprived to go zooming on all those screenshots and redownloadong the bird app, may i ask what is happening w the dream drama u posted? I love ur summaries, they make me laugh about things i am gratefully unaware of
My beloved anon im sorry it took me this long. But i am lazy. No other reason really. So i am now chronicling this dhit on my phone. And oh fuck dude is it a trip
SO. this fuckery began with quackity announcing the QSMP. He did so on the 17th of march and whatever the fuck. He mentioned it earlier than this (edit: just checked but the First announcements was the 10th)
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And this is all great. New server that fucks. But what truly started all this. Was dream's tweet on his private twitter.
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Im gonna try to be kinda impartial qnd jus. Explain it all as is but first i gotta say who says this shit lmao. So quackity announces his new project and is very passionate about it, he tweets more on his alt(?) About how much it means to him to bring his two languages spanish and english together. And dream on private is like 'wow cool! Guys dont get mad at me when i announce the same thing later tho haha' its just so weird.
But anyways. The usmp wasnt even A Thing. Only written instance of dream makin a multilingual server was in a tweet defending himself from copying quackity. (Altho he allegedly mentions in streams or whatever wanting yo do things w other ppl from other languages? But that shit dont count n im not diggin audio n videos out fuck that).
The actual, official announcement of dream makin a usmp was april 2nd (idk why this says the 3rd but whatever) wherein he announces the 'first multilingual smp' with a list of languages that will be on it such as portugese, spanish, english, russian, etc. And that it has live translation.
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The same day, quackity releases a tweet labelling the qsmp as the 'first multilingual smp' and that he is introducing a live translation system to it. Mr beast connects that the usmp and qsmp are similar to which dream responds. Quackity doesnt respond, nor does he acknowledge the usmp at all.
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Dream's response is essentially theyre different in that qsmp is spanish and english, he announced his live translator first, they had 'similar good ideas'.
So. This sparked a lot of drama and discussion. Because of the 'first multilingual' bit in that people began discrediting qsmp as it was 'only' english and spanish, and therefore was bilingual and not multilingual. Altho others countered thid by saying quackity himself called it a multilingual server in his streams. Not to mention the idea that the translator was copied but regardless both those things are kinda stupid arguments and just drama inspired by the comparisons.
More notably is that dream team were making fun of the 'first multilingual server' bit after this. Dream was liking some jokes at it as well
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Dream also liked some. Vaguely sexual/romantic 'they should just kiss already' art of him and quackity?
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Also after this dream started somewhat addressing/replying to quackity more. Quackity didnt respond to any of it.
Dream also tweeted this on his private the day after
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Most narrowed in on the 'this wouldnt have happened without quackity' and was often interpretted as dream saying quackity HELPED him w it in some way or that there was more collab behind the scenes but we will find that to be false. Because. On april 27th. Dream dropped his magnum opus. Which i will include in one screenshot.
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Anyways i seriously encourage reading the full thing here because its. Something. Theres so much. It is literally 1.7k words. A lot of it is repetitive but i will. Try. To summarize it.
Essentially dream is writing that he has been trying to contact quackity for some time now with no response. He has been messaging him about how theyve ended up with similar servers (therefore noting that neither one know of the other). This gets nothing. Dream tries contacting quackity more publically with jokes. Nothing. He starts going through secondary sources by talkin to ppl to message quackity for him (i think some people who dream knows that are on the qsmp. Unsure who) but quackity doesnt say shit. Dream is being absolutely ghosted.
Im also noting this last paragraph in his first tweet where he describes being 'taken back' when quackity announces the qsmp live translator after his usmp announcement, because he 'knew it would cause more drama'.
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He says he messages quackity so they can plan how to deal with the 'vitriol' between the teo 'communities' and that the drama can be solved with 'communication'. He is ghosted. He also mentions that he puts the usmp 'on hold' in the 2nd tweet so it all can be dealt with and he can 'extend love and support to quackity'. Most notably he says that its alluded that quackity wouldnt let ppl who were on the usmp couldnt be on the qsmp which dream tries to say makes sense for quackity to do.
Theres apparently a fucking image limit on the tumblr app which ive hit so i am now not using images and speedrunning this shit. But im quoting this one thing exactly as its most important:
"That being said, I’ve seen the communities split against each other and have tons of hate build around this and around the speculations of peoples motives and friendships and so on, and it’s really really harmful to the community as a whole. I have seen more threats, doxing, fights, slander, and hate between a bunch of fan bases that I’ve seen in a very long time. I personally have experienced an elevated level of in real life threats & stalkers & even had the police involved in somebody showing up at my house, & even putting trackers on my family vehicles, surrounding this drama, for the first time since pre-face reveal. That’s really why I feel like I have to say something about it despite me wanting to avoid any kind of serious talk about all of this, especially even talking about communication publicly feels wrong but necessary in this instance. I never like to air out anything that feels or is private, but I feel like in this case it’s really important for my fan base to be aware of my intentions, motives, thought process, and how we got to where we are. I’ve always been a creator that’s very open with my fan base about everything going on in my life and this is a massive thing right now for my friends & me"
His last tweet begins with him saying he 'doesnt want anymore drama' and ends eith him saying he loves quackity and believes this is all just a miscommunication.
Now, obviously, shit blew up. Hes been ratiod a few times by people meming it. Ive seen many people on quackity's 'side' saying that the usmp doesnt even exist yet, dream is the one causing drama, etc. And people on dream's 'side' saying quackity is being horrible and needs address this because its caused dream to be in danger. Most importantly. Quackity didnt address it at all.
But then quackity announced he was going live in an hour. And a lot assumed hed say something. But he didnt. His stream was roughly 15 minutes long and it was entirely quackity announcing that he was introducing brazilian/portugese speaking streamers onto the qsmp.
Anyways. Theres a lot of details but my hand hurts now. A big thing is whether qsmp or usmp was 'first'. Imo theres a lot more pointing towards quackity having had this is store for a longass time, as he had been hinting and a project of his for months and more notably the qsmp is so organized and put together i doubt he couldve had it finished up 'after' dream as dream's nonexistent server was an idea he got after that squidcraft thing in early March i think?
More recently (i think today) i saw that quackity apparently took two emojis off his twitch that were dream roblox characters and i saw people freaking out in r/dwt2 about how quackity could be so petty? But ya. My condolences if youve read all this.
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gentlegentian · 4 months
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I feel like the true cruelty of the lan sect is a really overlooked topic in the mdzs fandom, because when you think about it...
they practically forced madam lan into marriage so she wouldn't be executed because she killed one of her teachers, but gave her no trial or chance to explain why, and once she was married they simply locked her away and that was that. qingheng-jun then locked himself into seclusion once he had a kid and that was that, had no business with the rest of the sect and left xichen and wangji to grow up alone.
not to mention the fact that wangji even being born is suspicious... xichens conception makes sense, as they would've needed a sect heir, but wangji? how would he have been concieved, if madame lan was trapped away and qingheng-jun was in seclusion. either this is a plot hole im looking way too deep into or theres something darker happening there
in any case, the twin jades most likely did not have a good childhood. like at all. their father was completely absent, and once their mother died they were practically parentless. sure lan qiren raised them, but he was also acting as the lan sect leader whilst qingheng-jun was away, so i doubt he held much involvement in their raising other than making sure they stuck to the rules and were fed etc
SPEAKING OF THE RULES. the punishments the kids in the lan sect had to deal with?????? the fact that nhs, wwx and jc were beaten for rule breaking whilst they were staying at the lan sect as pupils just makes me wonder how badly they treat their own lan disciples if thats how they treat special guests from other clans. they were fifteen when that happened, FIFTEEN, so clearly the lan sect has no problem with LITERALLY BEATING children to teach a lesson.
its basically just abuse to keep a system in place, and it makes me wonder just how many times the twin jades suffered like that as kids to be as 'perfect' as they are as adults
the lan are so corrupt in their ways and i hate how we dont fully see that in the story until wangji is whipped for protecting wei ying. the whole situation is so fucking cruel and unnecessary it makes my blood boil whenever i reread/rewatch that part, because yes wangji did wrong by injuring the elders but the only reason he did so was because they were refusing to listen to him and quite literally trying to murder his lover.
i get he committed treason or whatever by fighting the elders but 33 whip lashes all in one go with NO breaks or healing time?? with a magical cultivated punishment whip as well, its genuinely like they were trying to kill him. even if he didnt die from the lashings themselves he could've gotten an infection, or had severe blood loss, or hell they coulve broken his spine with the force of it. it took so long for him to heal from that, and it left him with so many scars both physical and mental. that level of injury would've likely left him with some form of chronic pain or illness as well, and it was just so cruel for a situation that didn't ever need to come to this.
they forced him into seclusion, just like his father, and punished him for defending himself, just like they did his mother. xichen ended up similarly as well, with his seclusion after the events with jgy. the lan elders had seen the horrific end qingheng-jun and madame lan had, and yet did nothing to stop their children from facing the same trauma, even making theirs worse.
the lans praise themselves as a sect that sticks to righteousness and principles, when realistically its just full of hypocrites holding onto power by means of fear and punishment. they say that lwj broke the rules by fighting to save wwx, and yet somehow torturing him was completely within the rules of the clan.
their rules and image are merely a cover up for the downright abuse and silencing of their disciples, and its just so fucked up. i could rant about this for so much longer, but also wanna see what other people think before i delve into some of the other topics i have in mind that relate
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Ive made through chapters 4-7 today and good god, I feel like i had basically nothing to say about acotar as I was reading it but with this book theres so much to talk about for some reason, its wild. Truly, I did not realize how much I liked Feyre in the first book until I was under threat of losing her
Now, I will say that Feyre seems in-character so far, shes still the same woman but traumatized, but I am worried for her. Tamlin is a whole different story though, SJM might as well shoot him dead right in front of me for how thoroughly hes being character assassinated. Like, if Tamlin actually cares about Feyre as a person and not just in a douchy, possessive alphahole way, which he should because Tamlin was not that kind of guy previously, then he would force Feyre to train so she can defend herself if necessary, not forbid her from it. Even if he didnt want her to use her magical powers, surely he would make her practice with her knife or with a sword or even with her bow just to be safe, because hes not always gonna be there
I think his actions do continue to make sense if you look at them from his perspective, but I also maintain that he's doing a really bad job at responding to Feyre. But also, its so laughably obvious what sjm is doing by having Tamlin say shit like "you were stolen from me", shes trying to paint him as some objectifying asshole. Even Lucien calling her "Tamlin's bride" feels like its part of all this, and I know Ianthe is gonna turn out to be a traitor and a rapist at some point, so it really comes across as an attempt to villify the entire spring court for its association with Tamlin
Speaking of Lucien, I genuinely think part of the reason Feylin is doing so badly in this book is that his dynamic with Tamlin is completely different now. For some reason hes all like "oh, my High Lord" instead of "my good friend Tamlin", he suddenly cant say a word against him when he was talking to shit to him just a few months ago in-uinverse. Like, if their dynamic was the same as it was in acotar, Lucien wouldve probably been like "hey man, I know youre stressed and I get it, I know what its like to watch the love of my life get brutally murdered I dont know what its like to have her magically ressurected again but thats neither here nor there, but Feyre is clearly not happy being inside all day and you need a break, go take her out on a date in the woods, I'll stay here and take care of everything, dont even worry about it" or gotten him to comprise with Feyre or chill tf out or SOMETHING but because theres suddenly this rigid hierarchy in the spring court in order to make the night court look better
Speaking of the night court, Ive heard some stuff about it feeling very orientalist but it still managed to completely blindsight me with its badness. Feyre got fucking harem pants to wear, really? And a short-sleeved croptop, and no fucking shoes, probably because Rhys didnt want Feyre throwing shoes at him again. That was the one moment in this book that brought me genuine joy btw, I would read a thousand fanfics about her just throwing shit at him
Anyway, speaking of my guy (derogatory) Rhysand Nolastname, hes so incredibly annoying I dont even have any coherent thoughts about him right now, like, if I were to write down what I think of him I would just write "he fuckinh pisses me off" over and over again. Im actually a really big fan of edgy shadow bois, but only if theyre like, sad and angry and closed off, if theyre like Rhysand and theyre all flirty and teasing and cocky and shit, theyre just annoying and nothing else. And the romance has barely even started yet, I cant imagine how much worse the flirting is gonna get later. Not to mention all these desperate and obvious attempts by sjm to make him sympathetic and morally good now, its honestly pretty pathetic
Now Im gonna be real with you, I didnt get a lot of sleep yesterday and I can feel myself and the things Im writing getting less and less coherent, so Im just gonna hit you with the very last of my thoughts bullet point style
The fact that Amarantha apparently didnt actually go rogue and it was all part of Hybern's plan feels misogynistic ngl
Ianthe's entire character already feels so misogynistic and slutshame-y and she hasnt even assaulted anyone yet
Something about Mor bothers me, I cant quite put my finger on it but its there. I think I do like her for annoying Rhys though
God, Im gonna have so much to say about the Illyrians but for now, its awfully bold of Rhysand to be like "they wasted no time throwing themselves before her feet" when THATS WHAT HE DID
Thats it for now
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lanchang · 2 months
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i see "hualian invented love" so often & every time im like these are the standards you're setting? either unattainably high (not all of us can be ghosties AND sculptors!!) or kind of a weird low bar depending on your point of view
trueeeeeeeeeeee yeah on the surface they have some interactions i really like and i do enjoy elements of the devotion and hc's ride or die nature can be charming when hes not being immature about it but theres not much underneath that it is just fantasy wish fulfillment and in that sense i really do get it like yeah it would be pretty awesome if a hot guy showed up and you liked hanging out with him and he already knew all the dark things about you that you were ashamed of but he loved you anyway and would defend you against anything. but also then you find out youre his entire reason for living and thinks you can do no wrong. and maybe youre like okay cool but also he doesnt really have anything else that he cares about so you never really feel like hes choosing you over anything else it kind of feels more like he has no choice at all..... and if you love him back i feel like eventually that would make you kind of sad like i wouldnt actually want that and in reality its a lot of pressure being someone's only or most significant relationship even if you really love them. also yeah they dont really ever develop or change theres a vague question of what hc's intentions are but xl isnt ever really worried about that and then they get together. its cute! but instead of them really going through anything together i feel like the backstory reveals take the place of any character development they go through because of each other. and yes hc actually does a lot because of xl but thats in the past and xl didnt know about any of it so idk its not very satisfying to me like oh it already happened.... and theres nothing from hc's point of view which could really have helped a lot. i guess it's nice that hc never loses faith and hope in xl but it might have been better if he did and then found it again. thats kind of what happens to xl and its way more interesting and its the heart of the story!!! yeah as a romance theyre fun and cute i do like them and i think they make sense in their context but there's a lot left to be desired
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you said that you "need 2 characters to deeply care for each other and positively impact each other for me to want to ship them" so which of the twdg canon ships do you actually think work/make sense? and by canon ships i mean like actual established relationships, implied relationships or perhaps a character that was crushing on someone else before death.
me immediately blanking on every relationship in twdg upon reading this ask
the only one i stand behind with conviction is clemvi. idk if you need me to explain why i feel like ive done it a million times by now 👀 but yeah theyre the only relationship i "Ship" in regards to the quote where i see them as a match for each other and think romance makes sense for both parties
as for some "in defense of"s
i'll defend javi and kate. my only Real problem with them is how they handle david in it like girl can you at least take off the wedding ring before we kiss 😭 my brother still thinks youre his wife (plus they did push it Really hard.. but like.. narratively i understand why they did. family is a running theme of the series and javi and davids relationship is like the main conflict). but like. kate and javis relationship Makes Sense. she had a shit husband (who wanted to go back to the army anyway). her and javi already had the beginnings of Something before the outbreak even happened. she was left with javi to take care of 2 children that werent even biologically hers (i enjoy the complex family dynamics in twdg as a whole). and together theyve been surviving for years as a family unit. i think javi having feelings isnt up for debate, its more just will he act on those feelings or will he respect his brother? and like.. fuck david am i right? kate was Not happy in that relationship and deserves better, and javi cares about her. but also the pressure from their dad to get along after hes gone. it all works for me even if it couldve been executed better
and i .... sigh .... Understand gabe and clem. BUT!!! i think they have different feelings towards each other and its an important distinction. gabe definitely has a huge crush on her, shes cool as hell, but i think her feelings in return are fueled by hormones and the fact that she hasnt been around anyone her own age since DUCK (sarah was 15 at the time). like. does she think hes cute? yeah. but he can also be kind of a huge jerk sometimes and acts recklessly. i think its those moments that snap clem out of it lol. seeing this response in S4 felt vindicating im taking it as sad loner clem having a hormone induced crush. like girl yes or no?? this is the most direct option??
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personally i dont like them together because i Hate tropes where the more mature girl half has to teach the immature boy half to grow up and be capable and thats somehow romantic. ESPECIALLY in clems case where she is literally already raising someone like her hands are full ok. her assuaging his ego makes me 🤢 girl you dont have to take that second gun just because he was gonna cry about it if you didnt. its just not romantic to me. also i think its soooo funny that clem uses the same tactic on gabe that she does on aj in S4 with the "i need you to watch my back" to stop him from complaining about being left behind at the gate LOL. also i just think he loves his dad too much who clem hates more than anyone on earth so like.. theres that
uuhhh who else... alvin and rebecca are fine. like i have nothing to say about them but i believe their relationship and think they wouldve been good parents to aj. hmmm.... i guess thats it for the ones i have defenses for?? the others just like.. exist. like im neutral
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As a fellow creator who is also disturbed and upset by the revelation of pizza tower being a product of 4chan type people, I'm wondering how you handle it? I still want to draw fan art but Im struggling to not get uncomfortable. Basically, I have both love and hate for the game now, and you seem like a cool person so Im wondering how you deal with that. Love your pizza tower fan art sm btw!
im really glad that you enjoy my art, and also am flattered you think im cool!!!
first of all, id like to mention that the art i posted just now was art that i had finished last night, before everything about mcpig came to light and i just wanted to post it since i already had it done…still unsure if im going to draw consistent pizza tower in the future honestly, id like to because its a lot of fun and i really do love a lot about the game. ideally, the current situation would change somehow so i can do that without any discomfort for myself or others, but the only way i foresee that happening is if the devs actually remove the racist shit from the game
what makes me feel (kind of) okay about producing fanart for the game despite what emerged is mostly the fact that as long as i am not reproducing the harmful contents of the game, nor directly supporting the people behind it, im not putting any harm into the world or perpetuating the 4chan stuff i guess? the only thing im really worried about is possibly getting people to want to buy the game by putting my fanart out there, but considering the games popularity from streaming and youtube videos i dont see my own art as contributing to that much. that makes it easier for me not to feel unsettled when i draw fanart for it, but i think that depends on how you view the relationship between fanart and source material, especially in an interactive space like the internet. if you think your art risks sending the message that you approve of negative aspects of a piece of media then its probably better not to share that art
theres also the fact that from the messages that were revealed i get the impression that at some point mcpig had a sort of disdain for "cringe leftists" being fans of the game i guess, and i would consider myself someone who he would/would have found cringe at one point lol. so by being into the game its kind of a fuck you idc that you hate me, this thing you made is being enjoyed by cringe leftists. considering the tone of some of the messages was "if people get mad at me im just going to be edgy in response" i dont even think disengaging with the game would even bother him at all. but all of that is really just speculation and i dont want to insinuate that engaging with bigoted media is proactive just because you are a marginalized person or have progressive politics. its important to actually weigh the harm of your actions and what effect you have with your consumption of said media i dont really know if thats a good answer though, and if it holds up to any sort of moral judgement. i do think its possible to enjoy problematic media, but considering how new the game is its not the kind of thing i can look at and be like "this piece of media is from x years ago and doesnt do real harm now". my worst fear is that there are pizza tower fans who are going to see the awful shit in the game and replicate it, bc the game somehow makes them thinks theres nothing wrong with it or that they can do so without consequence. just from a scope of the fandom there seem to be a lot of young teenagers so Yeah. im concerned in that regard and id like to beam a message into kids' brains thats just like Hey this character design/behavior fucking sucks Dont do this
so, by posting my art anyway i hope i can contribute to a portion of the fanbase that is outwardly against the bigoted content in the game, as an alternative to mcpig dick riders/defenders. and if there are any fans out there involved in the community who dont know better, hopefully they can learn, and avoid perpetuating bigotry
all that being said, your feelings on the matter may be very different, and you dont have to abide to any of this thinking. if a piece of media is upsetting you, its okay to step away from it as long as you need. maybe see how you feel when you come back to it and if the hateful feelings are still there, there is no obligation to engage further
(and as a bottom line if anybody reading this is considering playing pizza tower i suggest you pirate it instead of paying for it)
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extra luke thoughts i couldnt be bothered to edit
my tone in more edited writing often ends up sounding a bit. melodramatic and over-think-y, but i dont really perceive luke as a sad character! he's someone incredibly resolute, and even if his surface level opinions seem harsh, they're brittle and easy to break through. i think luke worries too much about being fragile, when that fragility can just as easy become /flexibility/. i believe this flexibility built on his foundation of genuinely strong morals will make him - already makes him - incredibly strong as a person. 
i do think there's some inevitable heartbreak that will happen - luke idolises too much for that to not be the case - but i don't think there is much that is unsurvivable for him. part of why i'm so irritated by a lot of the excessive infantalisation and chihuahua jokes about him is that like...he is the character who has received the most development in obey me. like he has changed a LOT throughout the story, and while i won't spoil anything there is a clear arc, and even WITHOUT that luke is already incredibly up there so far as strength in character (as a person, not as a literal character). the jokes just feel...so misplaced, i guess? like he's not some over eager annoying brat that wants everyone out of the way so he can take over, he's genuinely eager to learn, and his hostility to demons is completely understandable and the reasons he has for fearing them (being evil) is literally something a lot of the demon cast take pride in for a good chunk of the plot. 
admittedly i think a lot of my frustration also comes from chihuahuas being notoriously mistreated and boiled down to accessories (hence why theyre often aggressive and yappy. theyre small, their needs arent being met and they cant defend themselves any other way) because i sure do lack the parental/older sibling urges needed to feel like...protective or genuinely attached to luke in any sorta way. he's like bottom 3 on my list of charas to care about and thats not out of dislike, just out of apathy. but i also cant stand for slander and hypothetical injustice (/lh) so im gonna complain!!!
ANYWAYS if nothing else i think. lukes belief is important. like he really trusts that people like micheal and simeon are good, and will be good and keep that strength. by that same virtue he can have a similar confidence in himself, not arrogance, mind, just. yeah. hes good. he knows that!! he needs to learn to be better since the racism isnt ideal but yknow-
speaking of learning hes REAL determined like!! hes genuinely happy to keep working and trying. he doesnt want to be coddled because he genuinely wants to know and be better.  like. he DOES think like a child. he wants to grow up so fast, but he has so much time, so much more than most, but if he has all the time in the world then why not NOW? (course, waiting is easy for patience, simeon, someone who hasnt let time move for himself in centuries)
i think theres a sorta. inevitable conflict with simeon and luke coming whether solmare mentions it or not but like. dynamic wise. because simeon refuses to see change in others unless they dont let it be ignored, he needs everyone to be within his perception of them and the role hes assigned them in his mind. but luke is someone who WILL change, and is changing, and simeon can only infantalise him for so long before it genuinely becomes a problem, especially when it’s balanced/offset by the way that him and luke very much begin playing the roles of a struggling parent and over eager child. while luke is strong, and good, and genuinely skilled, he also needs time to be none of those things. everyone does, but it’s especially important for child development, even if said child is over a thousand years old. 
its something that id argue does give us way more insight to the celestial realm than a lot of other vague exposition we’ve gotten. while luke is considered especially talented, there never seems to be any indication that he is odd for an angel, adult or child. that combined with how vacant the celestial realm feels, how emotionally detached it is, gives some interesting extra details to the basis of the celestial realm not being holy and happy in the way it’s implied/perceived to be. which isnt a new revelation by any stretch, but...context, yknow? extra supporting evidence. idk! these are my rambles that i am putting out many of which are years old and some that i thought about literally yesterday!!!
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okayh okay HI you said you wanted to know about the freedom/passion dichotomy thing? ive got the graph and i am going to do my best to explain this to you despite me barely having a grasp of it on myself. THIS IS VERY LONG IM SORRY.
so the first thing you need to know is this just started as a way to split my ocs and help me make character arcs and motivations, and it became a little bit of a habit to categorize my favorite characters this way as well. its is in no means a perfect dichotomy, and im constantly looking for ways to refine it, but for now the best way ive found to illustrate it is this:
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basically its which think they represent most... or what they value the most? idk its kind of a case-by-case basis and is dictated by Vibe. like I said THIS IS VERY FLAWED so bare with me pls
when i first started watching lmk i sorted all of the characters i knew into either category. this was within the first four/five days are watching so some of it might be.. off? but i think its still worth something as my first impression of the characters, and it'll probably help illustrate what i mean
Wukong -> Freedom Macaque -> Passion Wukong and Macaque have this thing where one has too much freedom and is learning to temper that with passion (wukong) and the other has too MUCH emotion and is trying everything he can to gain true freedom (macaque) (this is true even when he isn't under LBD's control but is esp prevalent then). they each value the opposite thing they stand for and are trying to be more like the other, without even realizing it. MK -> Freedom Dont get me wrong! He very much has passion! He holds a lot of emotion in that body! but a lot of that passion is the passion for freedom. he just wants to be able to be himself and hang out with his friends, he doesn't do well with all this responsibility :C Mei -> Passion Does this need defending? High sense of duty (mainly towards her ancestors and her friends), and so incredibly passionate. and impulsive. She spits fire when angry! Nothing more to be said honestly. Red Son -> Passion Is a really good parallel to Mei, has too much passion to fit in his body. [In the original notes, I noted that he was 'scared of true freedom, but doesn't know that yet. I'm pretty sure this references his relationship to his parents? Smth smth he's too scared of making them angry so he doesn't explore who he is outside of his relation and loyalty to them?] Pigsy -> Passion this man doesn't need freedom when he as his passion for food. what does he need to be free from? he has everything he wants HEART EMOJI! Tang -> ...Its complicated The thing with tang is that he kind of gets like a character arc with like. Responsibility and his care for his friends? He goes from low passion/high freedom to low freedom/high passion over the course of the show. please note that i am insane about him and if i really wanted i could write a whole essay about him. Sandy -> ??? ONCE AGAIN ITS WEIRD. I WISH THE SHOW FOCUSED MORE ON HIS CHARACTER AND BACKSTORY BC I CANT GET A READ ON HIM.
okay thats the main cast, and HERES THE ALIGNMENT CHART ACCORDING TO THAT. WITH OTHERS AS WELL.
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theres not a lot of people without any value of freedom and passion at the same time so the grey area is pretty empty LMAO.
ANYWAYS. I BROUGHT THIS UP TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE OF THE CHARACTERS WITH EYE SCARS TRIFECTA!!! Basically i see them all of how i described macaque earlier. He's trapped in a situation that he doesn't want to be in, whether it be LBD's control or his situation wiht wukong or his own creepy and standoffish persona/his trust issues making it hard to make real connections with others.
(in contrast wukong loves doing his own thing and just Hanging Out and never stopping his own momentum, but he also has trouble caring about... a lot of things actually. he's just soo easygoing! responsibility harshes his vibe!)
But anyways, macaque's problems are very similar to quackity and tempest's, i feel. Quackity constantly feels trapped by physical threats like techno or dream, and also his own circumstances and trauma (a lot of it from schlatt and manburg). a lot of his actions are him trying to reclaim the freedom he used to feel when he was younger. tempest felt she couldn't be truly herself without her horn, but in trying to get it she got herself in a really bad situation where any wrong move could get her killed.
The passion part comes in play in different ways for them all. Quackity tried not to care about people for a while, but still can never stop being extremely loyal and protective of his friends. Tempest had lots of rage inside her and was so intensely driven to get to her goal. And Macaque canNOT stop obsessing over wukong honestly. All three of them are very passionate, and all three of them are constantly trying to gain more freedom.
This is a super long ask, but thank you for inviting me to ramble about this lmao. I think everyone represents freedom or passion in their own way, and this dichotomy really only matters for characters BUT I THINK ITS FUN. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO MY TEDTALK!!!!!
i had a whole Thing written out and i was so proud of it and then my phone decided to delete it before i could post and not save as draft. but yeah im putting this chart in the microwave and then eating it and then putting it in the fridge so i can keep it overnight and microwave and eat it again. this is so fucking Good. in their attempts for freedom macaque cquack and tempest all disown the people they were when they Were free, bc they want to be unbound entirely, but they Feel too deeply for that to ever be a possibility for them. so they do the next best thing and try to pass those "lessons" they've learned on to others OUGH it makes me sick!!!
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zorphie · 4 months
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MAULWURF APPRECIATORS RISE UP
I saw you mention him in the tags of the Musicology icons post and i would like to hear ur thoughts about da wurf if i may 👀
I RAMBLED ON FOR A BIT SO.. UNDEE THE CUT
DUDDEEE. I LOVE THAT GUY. he's sooo silly. loved him the second i started watching karamelle and his brief appearances always made me go :-) !!!!!! we need more of him and he needs more fans there's only like 5 of us
I do really want to include him more in my oc lore!!! and im honestly inspired to do so even more now, especially because i /did/ write in the fact maulwurf and devin are literally besties and they are the duo that defend musicology and have long, super loud discussions in the arcanum about it. ione is annoyed. and i would love to doodle that someday
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE SOUND OF MUSICOLOGY IS DIVINER SPECIFIC... MOUSE WITH A GUITAR? FUELS ME EVEN MORE😕 THEY ARE BEST FRIENDS!!!! maulwurf gave him a special little spell card just for him. I'm convinced. (ID LOVE TO SEE UR FAN SPELLS BTW)
also i am just. bfksixhaka over music in general (devin gets it from me) so i get maulwurf. he's so right. musicology IS a real magic class and i will fight for him forever. when i heard him first talk about it i GOR SO EXCITED. i was like oh yeah he's so dear to me Right Away . moved on through karamelle and I went WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE HAS 5 SECONRS OF SCREENTIME AND THERES NOTHING ON MUSICOLOGY IN GENERAL...
it's real somehow right because technically there are interactive instruments that u can set as furniture in ur house. and ur wizard jus plays it without actually .. playing it. also instruments are legal as wands. the spiral just hasn't discovered it yet and that man is onto something. DONT LIFE WIZARDS USE SOME KIND OF "MUSIC" TO CAST THEIR SPELLS???? THE SONG OF CREARION...?
devin fizzles if he plays offkey.. the creatures he summons specifically are enthralled by the music he's playing to cast a spell, so i feel like there HAS to be some knowledge of musicology there. how he figured that on his own arc 1-2 I have no clue. Sorry. especially cuz the only guy who gives a fuck about musicology is in space rn. but once he joins the arcanum he's in the musicology office 24/7 theorizing and creating new spells/methods with maulwurf
he's just so cool to me for trying to enforce a new magic class (that is so catered towards my interests) and i love how goofy he is. i really do need to write more about him huh. i wasn't too canon character focused, but I am gonna be expanding on more of that as I write and revise so .... HE IS HIGH PRIORITY bcoz i love him :)
points at u. maulwurf fan.... i respect you so much.... for my favorite characters he's definitely up there
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sentientgopro · 3 months
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My parents are currently trying to figure out a way for me to not have to share a bedroom with my brother, to the extent of considering a room in the garden. I said its probably just not worth it, Ive managed living in the room with him for many years, Im sure I can make do for another year and a half, and she said to me "You can't just put your life on hold like that for a year and a half until you move out". And she has no clue that had an entirely different meaning to me.
Yes, I DO have to put my life on hold until I move out, in a much more severe and damaging way than she realises, because of her transphobic ass.
But regardless of the twat saying it and the irrelevant context, I've been dwelling on those words. Its already getting kinda difficult a month into cracking doing nothing. Ive still got about another 20 to go before I even START transitioning and thats far from an instant problem fix, isn't it.
And I already wanted to think more in detail about how it will go when they inevitably find out, but this has presented a nice opportunity to think about it a bit more. My Dad will be absolutely pissed, plain and simple, to the extent that I'd have to make sure he finds out from a long distance for my own safety. He's gotten very aggressive over alot less. My mother, on the other hand, is a much more complex question.
She's the only one I've really ever talked to about issues (particularly issues relating to Dad, as well as mental issues), shes a psychologist so she kinda has a bit of idea what shes talking about. and she has said, on many occasions, that she thinks I'm very emotionally intelligent. She thinks I know myself very well. So if I told her about something I know she fundamentally disagrees with, will she just forget all that?
The thing is, she's been locked into conservative beliefs, but she can be reasoned with. One example was of a general discussion over the existance of gender dysphoria and validity of trans people, and I convinced her that gender dysphoria is real, there are scientific explanations behind why trans people feel the way they do. And she cannot find an argument against me so she resorts to "Okay, people like that exist, but I think most just do it because they think its trendy" cool, an entirely unmeasurable, impossible to back up claim that I cant even outright disprove so it pretty much ends up as her being right because she just knows better apparently. But, up to outright convincing her to change her beliefs, she can be reasoned with.
And besides, if Im so emotionally intelligent, surely I should belong to the group of people who aren't faking it, by her logic?
Honestly, if she was just outright never going to accept me like him, itd be easier. But the fact that theres a genuine question here makes it so difficult. Like, her helping cover for me and keep it a secret from my Dad and Brother while I start HRT is a genuine, possible outcome. Its also very unlikely.
But, if I could convince her Im not making it up, which should work in theory, and if she holds the belief that I can't just put my life on hold, its a forseeable outcome. And I don't know how I feel about that.
(Short bit of context for the next bit) One of my Sixth Form teachers has gotten extremely ill, we don't know the details but basically, hes disappearing for a while and we dont know if hes ever coming back. He is the ONLY member of staff in the school capable of teaching the subject. So, my mother arranged a meeting with the head to ask what happens next, and raised concerns over my education. In return, the head tried to ignore it by pinning it on me, saying I'm struggling already, and basically turn it around on me as if our only teacher isnt disappearing.
So I tried defending myself in a few ways, one of them being, since the last round of tests, Ive been feeling like, ALOT better, better motivated, to an extent that is affecting me on a day to day basis and making it easier to get work done, so there should be a massive improvement since my last tests. So after the meeting, naturally, my mother wanted to know what it was exactly that changed, and I realised I fucked up. The thing that changed was realising I was trans and realising that, eventually, I could be happy, and I have something to look forward to and work towards. So now shes gonna keep asking and wanting to talk about what it was. She keeps asking to go on a walk and talk about it.
And it keeps making me imagine, far into the walk, after she keeps poking and prodding, just going, "Fuck it, leap of faith". Because the more I dont tell her, the more suspicious shes probably gonna become.
idk, theres no real end point to this. This is more of a vent than figuring out my feelings. Supportive relatives are great, unsupportive relatives suck, but questionable relatives are fucking anxiety provoking. This is nothing new Im discovering here, really, this is a trans experience thats older than time itself. But I've never been a big risk taker, so Ill probably just take the long route and make sure they find out as late as possible.
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ikosburneraccount · 1 year
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if you had to pick a fav chapter out of any of the books, which would it be? (you can do one per book and/or multiple chapters lol just curious)
im answering this on mobile so if the formatting is fucked im sooooooooo sorry 😭 OK one per book here i go!!
cinder: the chapter where kai gifts her the silk gloves! mostly because during my reread i COMPLETELY FORGOT that this chapter happened and omfg the KAIDER in this scene was so intense. like kai’s thoughtfulness of the gift…like he never pushes her to take off her gloves but instead gifts her gloves that make her feel not only safe, but beautiful. literally on the verge of tears thinking about that scene because it was so tender and beautiful and like a testament of how much he thinks and CARES about cinder…also its his way of showing how much it matters to him that she attends the ball. like that scene makes me wanna SCREAM AND CRY AND CURL UP INTO A BALL!!! especially because of its cruel bittersweetness like kaider angst hits like nothing else…like i love kaider fluff but their angst…theres something in the sauce with them
scarlet: one chapter is so cruel for this one like the plot development in this book is probably the best bc of its pacing IMO like there are so many moments across the book that really make it SHINE BUT if its only one chapter it has to be the opening chapter where scarlet (bad bitch) gets up on the tavern bar and defends cinder!!! she is the ONLY character that takes into consideration and expresses empathy for cinder and her AGE and NEVER holds her cyborg or lunar status against her!!!! also the shirt comment in front of wolf is LMFAOOOOOOO LIKE NOBODY SAID THAT!!!!! but that is my favorite chapter. marissa meyer put her wrussy (writer pussy) into that one
cress: during my original read this was my FAVORITE but on reread this is now my least favorite book! too much cresswell not enough scarlet/winter or scarlet/wolf content. like marissa meyer did a great job giving us kaider angst and mutual pining but absolutely FLOPPED on the wolflet front like cmon girl. FAVORITE CHAPTER HMMMMMMMM its the one where cinder tortures thaumaturge sybil! its a testament to her growth and mastery of her glamour like she really is so powerful! i wished she used it more in winter TBH but yeah her torturing sybil was soooo satisfying and i wish she did it more. like she really is the GOAT
winter: okay this is gonna sound crazy but its tie between cinder throwing herself off the ledge into artemesia lake and cinder getting stabbed in the heart. I CAN EXPLAIN 😭 I AM NOT CRAZY!!! cinder herself off the ledge is absolutely FUCKING insane i won’t lie it makes me giggle cause like GIRL I GET IT BUT THROWING YOURSELF OFF A 5+ STORY BUILDING WAS NOT THE ANSWER!!!!! IT REALLY KILLED ME READING THAT LIKE CAN YOU IMAGINE WITNESSING YOUR GF THROW HERSELF INTO DEATH LIKE THAT….OKAY FOR THE OTHER SCENE i loved the cinder being stabbed in the heart scene which sounds SO fucked up but i liked it because marissa meyer did a phenomenal job carrying cinder’s voice and depicting the absolute exhaustion that cinder felt during that moment. like cinder was TIRED like she’s BEEN THRU IT!!! her getting stabbed in the heart was really a culmination of this pattern where cinder expresses kindness and forgiveness to those who’ve deeply harmed her and her showing levana empathy even after levana tried to MURDER her and everyone cinder loved is so…cinder is so selfless and loving and her getting stabbed was peak heartbreak (which i realize is a pattern. i loveeeee suffering) but also i desperately want to know how/why kai left behind the earthen leaders and how he FUCKING FOUND HER SO QUICKLY! also the fact that her last sight is of the boy she loved but she felt could never have just really makes me burst into tears like cinder baby girl if only knew how much YOU (not your princess or queen or fugitive status) were worth it to kai and everyone in the rampion crew GAH IM CRYING I JUST LOVE HER SO MUCH!!
I SOUND SOOOOO UNHINGED BUT THESE ARE MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS <3 CINDER BABY GIRL I LOVE YOU. i just love so crazy quickly deteriorating from wholesome kaider/wolflet to cinder just…suffering LMFAO
thank you for the ask!! <3
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scalproie · 8 months
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I agree with your opinions on scorpweewee's voice actors (though I will admit, I think I do also enjoy a calm Seitz as much as a calm Yuan Scorpion) so I'd like to know what your opinions on Kuai Liang's voices?
I'd also ask for Bi-Han but you're not obligated to! Plus 11's.....well. hm.
oh sure!
for kuai liang:
Firstly I would like to thank Sub Zero for breaking the Steve Blum curse for me. Now with that being said ofc his voice for subz is the most iconic one and I like it a lot but I think I like it BECAUSE he is voicing an older sub zero, idk how well mr. Blum would pull off a young kuai in his late 20s, for me. Regardless, 💙.
On terms of pure tone of voice, Idk how well I like Jim Miller in mk8/9 bc I think its just a TAD bit too deep, but one thing I really do like is how he makes him sound soft, like it cant be just me that hears it right? Maybe its inherent to kuai in mk8/9 but mr. Miller makes him reach critical meow meow levels
Like said above, in terms of pure tone of voice, I gotta say I enjoy Bayardo De Murguia as kuai in botr, but only when he's masked up, like idk maybe the slight reverb adds smth more but I buy him a lot more that way than when hes unmasked at the beginning
Nothing to say much about Ron Yuan in snowblind other than his voice and acting were very fitting. He is more emotive as sub zero in there than as scorpion in mk11 but I know its a matter of direction and not a critique on his work
Im extremely fond of Luke Perry as subz in the defenders cartoon bc if I had a nickel everytime a blue character captured my heart while also having a nasally voice id have two nickels yknow yknow
cant wait until we get proper audio of Daisuke Tsuji as kuai in mk12 bc we heard one (1) line from him in the lin kuei trailer whoch sounded pretty good with him being hammy, but im waiting for the clean lin kuei bros cutscene where they climb the wall bc his normal-speaking voice sounds much softer and if theres one thing about me its that I like softer spoken kuai liang.
now bi-han:
Jamison Price was gooooood as bi-han in mk9, see the deep voice always sound better on bi-han
See, hot take but I like mk11's noob saibot's voice, the raspy whispery voice makes him more inhuman which fit imo, also I know it killed Sean Chiplock's vocal chords so he has my sympaphy.
Who doesnt have my sympathy is whoever directed Kaiji Tang to voice bi-han like that in mk12, see the reason I tolerate mk11's bi-han's voice is specifically bc he is noob, regular bi-han having that aggressive raspiness seems cruel to mr. Tang's vocal chords especially when you hear his more normal speaking voice like when he dubbed Ichiban in yakuza 7, which would ALSO be a fit for bi-han if he sounded just more agressive. Like hell, even in mk mythologies bi-han has never sounded as raspy as that.
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ynahzone · 1 year
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for today i offer you me talking about xchara's character development but it sounds kinda half assed / out dated because this was from weeks and weeks ago
im a big nerd so it's not surprising im talking about it, anyways
(warning really long post)
in the start XChara was depicted as a bright and happy kid along with XFrisk, with him getting upset over XGaster saying he's gonna end it all maybe it's safe to say he was happy being with XGaster and his works despite XGaster being underwhelmed with himself and his creations. And then Ink came right? Yeah it was all fun and games until XGaster decided to kill off Asriel
on the first overwrite XChara did nothing to stop it and just stood there.
on the second timeline he started growing upset and kept reminiscing about his past with Asriel, until Asgore became the big guy here and cheered him up. So like he got into a sad state but got cheered up in hopes for a better future, until XGaster deemed this timeline was too boring so he killed both the supports of XChara and XFrisk (Asgore and Sans (rip babygirl)) and that got XChara ANGRY
for once XChara stood up and tried to defend what's left in the timeline, but after XGaster's stiff "just let me work" he let go and just stood there bracing for impact again.
There was a part on timeline III where XChara called out XGaster for being insecure, so uhh his hate for him was like, starting to arise up now.
In Timeline IV it was shown the XChara locked himself in his room waiting for everything to end in the timeline, so yeah so he hits rock bottom in this timeline and his v v upset n all, and all that changed when XGaster took XFrisk to make him do genocide n stuff and XChara was like oohhh shit ohhh ooohhhhh and then like XALPHYS GIVES XMUFFET A CODIGO SAYING WHATS GOING AWN and then he stops XFrisk from stabbing XChara and told him thaf "he never cared about you" anx "you should stand up for yourself, stop him now" smn smn smn so XChara took that and rebelled against XGaster and punched him in the balls then resets the timeline
WHICH XGASTER FOUND RUDE so he sent off the twins to a timeline wherein no one knows them and XChara and XFrisk HATED everyone so they like planned to kill XGaster (i think) and then targetted XAlphys to like tell them where XGaster is and XUndyne butts in and beats the livinf shit out of them so like yeah yeah XChara hes so pissed rn so they took a moment to just unwind
then like XUndyne goes and offered the twins trainings, basically XUndyne gave them hope that they'd be a able to beat the shit out pf XGaster to which XChara took because he BELIEVED theres still hope, atp XFrisk already gave up
so like yada yada yada yeahh XChara went ti trainings and then they ambush XGaster n all n stuff and XUndyne fucking dies and XChara gets his half soul fragment stolen now he's sharing a soul with XGaster (which mind you, at this point the person he hates the most)
now, in XChara's timeline he's like,,, he killed XFrisk multiple times as commanded by XGaster (i THINK)
since they share a soul now XChara changed drastically, he probably judt submitted to XGaster n all (orrr that thing warped his perception of everythknf or smn like that)
then XChara says he wants XFrisk back, SOMETHING TO NOTE HERE is that throughout the whole series XChara still cares for his brother, XFrisk, even if it seems off putting, no matter what. and thats what i find endearing
so like yeah XGaster just said FUCK IT then revives XFrisk and prolly merge their souls so now XChara is this ghost that gpes around w XFrisk
take note XGaster said "2 masterminds in 1 body" or something similar,this is probably unimportant but this part was the whole theme for the X-Event (will be talking abt X-Event in another message)
In the next timelines, XChara can be described as someone with the brains, an ASSHOLE, a PIECE OF SHIT and someone who lacks boldness when going without a plan, a sadist and yada yada yada
now heres what makes me relate to him, through timeline IX (or Papyrus, i forgot my roman numerals) instead of reacting as happy and cheerful to a new crowd he now reacts to it with disgust
much like how XGaster would, in Papyrus' timeline he started acting much like XGaster would, in short he's becoming the person he hated the most.
now
TIMELINE X
AUUGHHH MY FAVORITE AAUUUGGHHHHHHH
in this episode it like shows how devoted and determined he is into ending it all
despite him growing like XGaster he still sticks to his original goals, props to him
so like YEAH but at this point it looks like his care for XFrisk is deteriorating, it's like all he cares about now is his goals and not his brother (but his goal is literally to end XGaster to stop the suffering so....,, slay ig?)
he started forgetting why he even stuck around with him brother, he didn't care what it takes he didn't care what will happen to XFrisk when he makes him do all these crazy shit all he cared about was his plan
he always strived for a better future, so much he forgot about everyone else
he basically turned into a manipulative piece of shit 😍
so like yada yada yada stuff he tells XFrisk to make Cross (aka my husband <3) kill him
the difference between XFrisk and XChara on this timeline is that XFrisk still cares, XChara lacked empathy at this point
oh yeaj did i mentioned XChara also threatened Cross to KILL XFrisk because that's how determined he is
and when he found advantage knowing XGaster's half soul wasn't with him and it'd be easy to kill him off and take the soul he took it and used it
his second plan to kill XGaster was to give everyone back their memories of the previous timelines so they're mad n all
but since Cross refused to cooperate on his first plan he decided to tell XFrisk to tell everyone to just kill him off or leave him alone
now this, this is the part where they thought they reached victory but nope, Cross comes in and kills everyone then takes XFrisk's soul and then BOOM the world is deleted and his whole plan goes in shambles
he was quick to planning, he tried to kill Cross to be free from his body and go back to his originsl host (XFrisk) so they could still overwrite but noooo Cross kills XFrisk too 💀
so like there
hes stranded, so he chose to try and manipulate Cross (he was successful)
so basically he poured his soul, life, time and XCharussy into putting XGaster down which just failed in the end :(
the thing to alwaye remember about XChara is that no matter whay happens that hoe never backs down #SlayXChara
from his happy and cheerful picture he slowly turns into this sadistic piece of shit wjo seems bad but really just have a good intention and just wants everything back to the way it was without the overwrites
i feel bad for him:(
thinking abt this makes me kin him even more, like im not an asshole but .. some days i catch myself lacking
AND AND most of this is a copy paste btw like, a REALLY long copy paste, im talking 4 discord messages worth of copy pastes— plus i was typing all thiz in a friends server and got this message, i got alot of this but im too lazy to ss all of them messages
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much love to mim mwuah shes so great
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opal-owl-flight · 2 years
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Since you stated that (your?) Magalor is a descentend of the acients, is he a self made magician from the science side of the acients? Related to some magic acient that survived the banishment? Or since the whole deal happend so long ago, it dosent even matter at his point?
And beside the whole void termina thing, how does he feel about Hyness?
I also hc him being related to the acients (with the acients themself being an evolution of humans) so i want to know the magolor n1 stan opinion 🤔👀
I was JUST writing about how hes a culmination of both sides of the Ancients!
FIRST OF ALL THOUGH. I dont believe that the Humans became the Ancients. I will die on this hill. Adeline is a human so Im going to assume theres more settlements out there (unless Adeline has become the last of her kind). Why the Human tech revealed in Forgotten Lands is similar to the Ancients is because the two races collaborated once they came into contact with each other. Science is collaboration, baby! The two races were so close that they started sharing an alphabet so that they can understand each other, bring their joint knowledge further.
As to Magolor having magic… I do believe that he, like the rest of the Halcandrans, are descendants of the Tech side of the Ancients. He learned magic on his own somehow, and kept it secret in fear of being banished (He had to learn to lie at an early age, then). In addition, in my interp anyway, him having magic was the only reason he survived the Haltmann Invasion of Halcandra (I follow that interp too; hard to really fight against a clockwork star, eh?).
About Hyness.
Mags has seen Void Termina up close through the Crown. He knows how twisted it is. If Hyness summoned the body of the beast, the Crown held its mind. Part of it, anyway. I hced that the Ancients made the Crown to try to use the eldritch being’s power, use it for their own whims. They tried to catch the whole of its might and power, but only caught a fragment of it. For a while…it was working as intended.
Gonna go off on a tangent here for a moment — I am a believer of the Four Heroes of Yore being different races. I think that one of them was an Ancient King, who was wearing the Crown in the fight to seal away Void Termina. It was a mistake — the Void reached out, seized the power that was trapped in the crown…made the Ancient King turn against the other three. (Looks like a betrayal across the ages.)
The King was both magic and tech, but…after the magic fellows sealed away Galacta, the tech guys grew more fearful of them. It was magic that corrupted their king. The magic users must be sealed away.
Thats…what Mags had to grow with. And yet, he still dabbled in magic. Maybe he was curious! Maybe he was rebelling against what was usually taught to him! Anyway, as the years went on, he saw more and more that the Techs/Halcandrans were wrong about the magic users. Those little that found out about his magic treated him…poorly, I assume. (Jokes on them, they had nothing to defend themselves with against the Haltmanns.)
Back to Hyness! Magolor thinks that hes crazy to follow Void Termina. Mags used to follow it, as it was the force that (mis)guided him prior to and during the events of RTDL (I have a WHOLE other ramble about that. But Ive rambled enough). He knows the truth about Void. Seems that Hyness is aware too, and had wanted to use the being to destroy/conquer the universe, much like he did back in RTDL!
He can relate. To that anger, to that hate, against what the universe has done to him. Theyve both been through some horrible shit. They have both been under the influence of Void Termina, more or less. Theyve both been proven wrong about their beliefs. Both beaten by a pink puff.
Theyre both…Ancients. Mags is a far descendant but technically, still related. I think Mags would see the guy as some sort of family… I mean, I already imagine him learning more spells from the guy! They have their disagreements on how magic/spells work (Hyness may think it as a form of worship of some kind, Magolor sees it as manipulation of universe code) but they work together on them!
Ofc they also talk history, of the time before the banishment. Hyness doesnt remember it all clearly, assuming he was ALIVE back then (or he could only have been told about these things, or read them in really old texts). Piece things together. Make relics the way those Ancients used to do em (a combination of Magic AND Tech)!
THERE YA HAVE IT, BIG RAMBLE ON ANCIENTS WIJDEKD! Apologies for how long it is! I have NO IDEA HOW TO DO A READMORE ON MOBILE.
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cupuasu · 1 year
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i gotta take this out of my chest cos one of my kpop twt mutuals is really getting on my nerves and it makes me feel like this
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& its crazy cos overall shes super sweet but she has the mostly ungodly taste and most fucked up morals i have ever seen. like to begin with i only follow 2 (TWO) armys (shes one of them) on twt because ive known them since forever and we never fought or nothing. shes overall super nice but i think the fucked up morals started showing quite early actually (no normal person idolizes bts). years ago before they blew up they had so many scandals and she would just ignore them or try to defend them. right after the jim jones stuff she was also defending them (and she is black!!!). and theres also some drama that would only make sense if you were born and raised in brazil so im not gonna go into it but i'll just let you know she always sided with the worst person ever. i think most of the time i took it as a joke because like theres is no way a person is like that right. and after the lucas went on hiatus she sided with him (and still does to this day). recently there was the bambam being a weirdo and she once again went to his defense. you'd think this was a 14 year old kpoppie nah bro shes on her late twenties, has a job and everything. like how do you on your big age spend hours a day on twitter defending grown men being racist or weirdos? like what type of brain fry did you get? not only that something else that gets on my nerves is that shes always saying shit about women (girl groups in this case). not even problematic ggs but just random women like!?!?!??!?! it just doesnt add up in my head how this grown lesbian just never says anything nice about women at all. and its sad and embarassing how she would stone somebody she doesnt like for doing something then defend somebody she likes for doing the same thing..... like im a hypocritical bitch too but damn!!!!!!!!!!!! grow up!!!!! wake up!!!!!! these type of ppl really piss me off.
and i know the easy route would be to just block and forget but once again i have known her for years and i dont have it in me to just do that
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