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poppylovestowrite · 4 months
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Why Are They Friends?
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Even if it's not obvious during the first watch, everyone in the ass-class fandom agrees that Gakushu's closest friend is Ren. Ever since I started writing Ren into my Asano fics, I've had this constant question going on in my head. How and why are they friends? I can see why Ren would stick with someone like Gakushu. Gakushu is admired by everyone and that includes Ren. But, why does Gakushu see Ren as a friend? Or does he? Even as adults the two keep in contact with each other, so he must enjoy his company somewhat. Gakushu also refers to Ren as his first name, unlike most people. 
Ren is a womanizer, who, yes has amazing grades, but so do the other guys in the Big Five. So why is he the closest to Ren?
Now, it could be because of Ren's status at school. Gakushu is rather shallow, so I doubt he would be close to someone who doesn't have the intelligence or wealth to back them up. Ren has both of those. 
According to the show, Ren is not only described as a poet but a shrewd one at that. And as we all know it, Gakushu himself is one manipulative asshole, so maybe that's something he admires from Ren.
In chapter 50, when Gakushu went to confront Isogai for having a job, one of the women there got upset, but Ren immediately stepped in and calmed her down. Now, Gakushu is a good-looking guy, he could probably seduce anyone if he wanted. But let's face it, he wouldn't. So, he leaves that stuff for Ren to do.
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It wouldn't surprise me if something like this happened before where Ren needs to use his poetic skills to quell an angry woman so Gakushu could do what he wants. Would that make them partners in crime lol.
And over time, their time, they probably grew to have some kind of bond and grew to trust Ren for stuff like that. Ren is also the student council secretary, giving him more opportunities to be with Gakushu. 
They also hang out outside of school. After their loss in the sports festival, Ren offered Gakushu to go out to eat at a fancy restaurant to cheer him up. 
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I don't see Gakushu asking any of the Big Five to go out and just hang out. He seems to only spend time with them when it comes to school-related activities. From what I have seen, Ren is the one to suggest going out or inviting others to parties.
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It's safe to say that Ren seems to like having a social life. He's not like Gakushu, someone who is obsessed with grades. Yes, Ren likes to have high grades, but he also likes hanging out with his friends, going on dates, and just being a teenager. And since Gakushu was groomed to spend all his time excelling at everything, which means he doesn't have time to build genuine relationships around people, it's a nice change of pace to hang out with someone like Ren.
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thelunarfairy · 5 months
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Yashiro and Tsukasa's Relationship
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You have to admit that kiss took you by surprise, didn't it? Suddenly Tsukasa, who had been missing for so long, returns in all his glory making everyone talk about him.
The war between Tsunene and Hanene had started hahaha I particularly found it interesting how most people didn't notice the signs that Tsukasa gave throughout the series about how he saw Yashiro.
We must assume that Tsukasa is a controversial boy, totally unpredictable and difficult to read, but one thing that helped me see the signs is that I like to separate the pieces before analyzing.
What do you mean, analyze the pieces?
I don't analyze Tsukasa in general, I divide it into periods. There is the 4-year-old Tsukasa, the 13-year-old and the sealed one. The three are the same person but they are totally different with some similarities.
Tsukasa child is kind, empathetic and emotional. 13 year old Tsukasa is similar, but we don't have much information about him yet, sealed Tsukasa is chaos, but apparently he is also emotional. We can now follow this side of him. The way Tsukasa was dealing with Yashiro in chapter 107 is surprisingly contrary to how he usually is.
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For a boy who gets angry quickly and acts aggressively at the slightest opportunity when disturbed, reacting so patiently with a child who throws a tantrum, who screams and hits him shows that there is still the 4 and 13 year old Tsukasa there.
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Looks like Hanako isn't the only one who's a good actor, twin thing, you know. It's funny how sometimes I can see the 13-year-old Tsukasa in him, always with that melancholy look…
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It's as if in the midst of that chaos there is a calm that few people can see. This calm that Amane loved, but he couldn't bear the storms. So, it all started with Nene. Little Tsukasa's eyes shone for the first time in so long, someone hugged him so willingly.
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So the stars, you know, those stars that always appear when the characters are enchanted, happy, or positively surprised by something
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they appear here.
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So he is relieved when Kou says he has never kissed her
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He asks Yashiro if she likes him or his brother. He wanted to show Yashiro about Amane's past, and he does so from the beginning.
Then, the sealed Tsukasa takes her to the tea party and purposely makes her see Amane from the past. He makes Yashiro take the teacher's seal, and another piece of Amane's history.
Hahaha of course we know he uses Nene to take out the Yorishiros, I talked about that.
But let's focus on the relationship between them in addition to related objectives.
How does Tsukasa see Yashiro?
Isn't that the golden question? His eyes shine in childhood when she hugs him, he is relieved when Kou denied kissing her, he abruptly approaches her face when she denies kissing or dating Amane, he regresses when he almost hits her head on the floor when Yashiro got in the way with Mitsuba (scary), he might not have killed her but hurt her the same way he did Kou. Then, he returns to the school festival and asks her to play with him again, then the kiss and his good reaction to him.
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Aren't they signs?
This doesn't guarantee anything, but the signs are there. The twin who would fall in love with the girl his older brother loves… What would be the best revenge for the older brother who killed him?
What if Amane had killed him because Tsukasa had fallen in love with the girl he loves? hahahaha this crossed my mind even though it seemed so unlikely, but was Tsukasa kissing Yashiro something you thought would happen?
But then, Amane feels guilty and doesn't accept any justification for killing someone. He punishes himself all the time thinking about it. But he would explain why he is so jealous and insecure (in part, because there is no shortage of reasons for Amane to be like this, I could list them all day hahaha)
But imagine, the classic story of twins who fall in love with the same girl and one of the brothers kills the other for the girl's love. And in a worse case scenario, what if he killed them both because they were guilty to him.
But what if Tsukasa decided to give up Nene because Amane fell in love with her?
Ok I exaggerated now, sorry XD hahahaha
It's funny how the relationship between the three fluctuates like that. In another post I talked about how it would work according to Tsukasa's goals. Using Nene to manipulate Hanako and remove the seals, if you want to know more about this hypothesis, click here.
But since we are talking about how their relationship would work without considering these goals, because there is a possibility, after all, Amane also had a goal but fell in love with Nene, why wouldn't Tsukasa be the same?
Maybe he was just fulfilling Amane's wish, to meet Nene again. Ah, the hypotheses, how could we adopt just one? There are so many possibilities…
But honestly? It seems that Tsukasa, dissatisfied and hurt that his brother killed him even though he sacrificed himself for him, may have felt that he didn't do enough.
Amane still hates me, what could I do to make him love me? What I did before wasn't enough, so what is his wish? Meet Nene again?
And Tsukasa didn't make that happen? He said he can feel a desire within the heart of whoever summons him, if that wasn't the only thing, what else would it be?
It's as if Tsukasa is spending the last of his energy to fulfill his older brother's wish, and Nene is part of that wish.
Melancholy, isn't it? You try hard to make the person you love most love you back, you think they hate you, so you do everything for them to make them love you, but in the end they stab you. When you regain consciousness, you are hurt, but you love him enough to forgive. So, you try again, you try to fulfill his wish, even if you have to disappear again (when your yorishiro seal is removed).
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And you work so hard, but what will you get in return?
What will Tsukasa get in return?
I'm going to admit that I loved that Tsukasa kissed Yashiro, not because I ever considered Tsunene, but because it shows that Tsukasa was always much more than he shows us.
Because he is a storm, but you know, every storm has its lull.
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laurasbailey · 2 months
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i wish maybe in the future ppl could discuss beaujes more openly! without of course, attracting those weirdos that almost made me quit the fandom altogether back in 2020. they lurk in the shadows, and pounce from time to time making things awful & weird...
i'll love to have some answers about marisha going for it pretty seriously (in her own talksm words). about how things seem to go that way until ashley came back for real, about how there must been over the table talks about the endgame relationships. about how after the c0vid break it was pretty much gone...
i hope time buries those insanely nasty things that those years brought, and maybe they get to share a bit more of how things went....
oh i totally get it, beauyasha antis and the lesbophobia surrounding them were a big reason i stepped away from fandom interaction during c2 too. nowadays i'd like to think my inbox is a pretty safe space to have mature conversations about things bc even if i'm not a fan of something i'm well aware it's someone else's favourite thing and i hate when people needlessly shit on something i love when there's nothing wrong with it lmao
i remember at the time a lot of people were confused about beau's choices (especially when they contradicted things marisha said on talks) but honestly i think marisha was just playing her character really well. in my opinion it went down exactly how beau explained it to fjord: her feelings for yasha were always deeper and that scared her, then she drew back even further when she found out about zuala. then yasha was taken by obann, and while marisha knew yasha was coming back, it made sense for beau to close that door (they also had no idea whether yasha was straight-up evil or not). meanwhile, jester has always been there, doesn't have a dead ex, and is, for beau, the "safer" choice.
and i could just be projecting, but as someone who can relate to parts of beau's upbringing, it's a very real lesbian-who-has-family-trauma experience to latch on to your friend who is incredibly sweet and open with her emotions and shows you affection in a way you've never received before. i think the crush was definitely real, but despite marisha saying beau's feelings were 'unlike anything she'd ever felt before' (which, again, with the repression of her feelings for yasha, could very well be what beau believed), the minute yasha was back, beau didn't so much as look at anyone else.
but that's just my two cents on it! in the end it made sense to me, but i was also an angry gay only child with a shitty childhood who gravitated towards any girl who was extra nice to me and radiated sunshine so i feel uniquely qualified LMAO
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purgemarchlockdown · 6 months
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Lyrical Repetition in Purge March
So I've been thinking a lot about repeating lyrics in Milgram MVs. Since Milgram will often repeat lyrics to create a relationship between the two scenes. The relationship could be Anything, contrast, parallel, irony, etc. The purpose is just to associate the scenes together using the lyrics.
I think it's really fun to check out what the lyrics and scenes are since I like seeing what connections Milgram is making and what it says about the story and characters.
So with all that preamble out of the way let's talk about Purge March!
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So Purge March has this whole repeated sequence in it, but I'm splitting it up for ease.
So this lyrical repeat features a fun thing Milgram likes doing with them, perspective change! The first time these lyrics are sung we are looking at it from the perspective of Amane Punishing Herself and the second time is Amane being Punished by Her Mom.
Milgram is establishing a connection here between her Mother's abuse and the way Amane treats herself, it's being portrayed as Similar. There's also an additional layer of that the Lyrics are referring to Different People in these scenes. The first is referring to Amane Herself as the scum. As the Marching Band leader "erases" this Amane for not being able to get the performance right. She can't be helped so she must be erased.
Note that this scene still humanizes this Amane to the audience, showing how terrified she looks and how she didn't mean to make that mistake. It was an accident.
The Second Scene, however, is referring to Amane's Mother as the scum. And we aren't shown her face at all, just her hand as she's about to Taze Amane.
This completely removes any and all sympathy you could have for her. There's No Person you can latch onto, just a hand that Tazes Her Daughter.
In both cases we are encouraged to sympathize with Amane. However the first case has some Internal Justification from Amane that the abuse was "warranted" in some way because she Did "Mess up". While the second completely gets rid of that idea and showcases how truly cruel and and awful these punishments are.
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Moving onto the other lines in this sequence. This continues the change in Who the lines are talking about but this time we also have a change in Role.
Instead of the one being Punished, Amane is now the Punisher. She's the one enacting punishment on the sinner. Initially she was the one who's eyes Needed to be crushed. She was the one who was corrupted and sinful. But now its her mother who needs to be crushed, her mother who Killed a Cat who did Nothing Wrong. Who broke cult rules and thus should be punished. That's how this works, that's how this Always Worked.
They never stopped treating her like that just because she was a Child.
T1 VD:
Es: Also, your dislike for being treated like a child… I never really noticed it up until now, but just looking back on it makes me angry. (sigh) You did something very unlike Milgram. From now on, I will treat you like a murderer with full awareness of their actions, prisoner no.8, Amane. Amane: Yes! I am very grateful for that… Hm?
So why should she stop just because she's her mother? Or because she's more "righteous" than her? Or because she said sorry?
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That sorry doesn't matter.
The rule was still broken, after all. (Note that, unlike a lot of the other shots. The scene where the line about hopelessness first appears is in the Real World while the second scene is in the Marching Band World, unlike most of the other shots that are reversed. I don't know how purposeful this is but I think it's interesting!)
Related to all of this is how the hopeless sorry line is used to Transition between Amane's intention, there's a few lines right before it gets repeated about how Amane's mother broke the vow and how if she breaks her vow, Amane is supposed to punish her.
Right after this we have the lines where Amane is Noticeably Angry and Upset that her Mother Never forgave her even though she cried and screamed and Tried her best and how much she wants her mother to die.
The "hopeless I'm sorry" is used to transition between those two ideas. Amane punishing her mother because she broke her vow and Amane killing her mother because she Hates Her and Hurt Her.
This is a two minute and thirty second song and In One Sequence we can gather This Much Information, that's just Good Storytelling.
And that's not the Only repeated part in Purge March.
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So second repeated part in Purge March. This sequence recites the main doctrines we are presented with in Purge March while also playing this line in the background.
If you become a bad girl, monsters will come out This is the magic that stops that from happening
We are associating these lyrics with each other and for good reason. The Doctrine is the Magic, if you follow that then the monsters won't come out.
We see those monsters, after all, Amane broke a Rule.
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They even have the line about the magic stopping it from happening On the scene where Amane is helping the cat. A lovely bit of visual irony since this action is what they use as an excuse to punish her.
Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows more than the character and we know More than the character, we know she gets caught, we we're told what happens next, and we Can't Do Anything.
Except, the lyrics is Presenting us with a solution. Follow the Doctrine, that's the Magic. You'll be safe if you do. Amane didn't and that's why this is happening.
Now of course that isn't true in the slightest and her abusers would of found a way to abuse her no matter what.
But the point is we're being put in the shoes of this girl who wants to be good so bad it's going to kill her through the usage of Dramatic Irony and Lyrical-Visual Association. It's Good Storytelling and I think it's incredibly cool how Purge March Does That with such little time.
Those are the two scenes where lyrics are repeated in Purge March (unless I missed one somehow.) This was really fun to write and a lot of the other MVs are super cool about this too, Cat especially is fantastic at this and I might write more about it if I ever have the time. Hope you enjoyed reading!
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coeluvr · 4 months
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Hey, thanks for answering!
Another question related to one of the other asks. You said this: "I do plan on making MC kind of go through what a lot of us go through and I'm excited for MC to feel angry or sad that they will never truly belong in what used to be their home as much as they'd like to."
Will we get the opportunity to have the MC be at ease with who they are because who you are doesn't depend on where you were born or where you live? I mean, not everyone thinks like that, but I certainly do.
I'm in a sort of similar situation in the regard that my whole family is in a country I only visited for holidays, and I left my birth country at 7 years old and was never truly integrated in the country I moved to. Then as an adult I moved again and now I'm literally alone in the country I moved to. But I never ever felt bad about any of this. I indeed don't feel like I "belong" to any of these countries because I "belong" everywhere and nowhere. Like, I feel like I'm not "chained" by a culture or a country or anything. Like I have the privilege of having the mindset and beliefs I want with no shackles. I wouldn't want it to be any different.
So it would be very alienating to have the MC be forced to be sad or angry about something that is so liberating and happy to me I guess? Sort of like "the way you feel is weird and not really valid" in a way? I had people telling me literally that IRL and it stung! Especially since we get a fair share of freedom of choice about what MC thinks and feels in general!
Short answer: No that won't be possible.
Long answer: I think while people can relate to MC and their struggles in one way or another, I have to say that MC is my character at core and will be limited by me sometimes.
That being said, I think while most of us have the freedom and autonomy to do as they want to do with their lives, MC does not. MC was taken from their home and does feel like their home no longer exists. MC is caged and shackled.
Unlike this room, your home will never be brought back to life. As you gaze around the room, the anger builds within you. It seems unfair that this room is so well-kept, while your childhood home was taken from you so brutally. The palace may have been rebuilt, but it is no longer your home. It is merely a palace. - Chapter 2
While the anger can dissipate through the years, there will always be a part of MC that just feels like they have nowhere to return to even if they escape their gilded cage of a life. And in Chapter 2, Rosea does not feel like home.
The player will have basically 3 options regarding how MC feels:
Feel sad and feel like they don't anywhere
Feel angry and feel like they don't anywhere
Feel like they belong in Rosea and not in Vesphire due to all the time they lived there and despite all the hardships.
Will we get the opportunity to have the MC be at ease with who they are because who you are doesn't depend on where you were born or where you live?
I think this is a very "sane" take on things like it's very rational and I think MC is still not that rational about their past. You can 100% end the story with MC feeling this way but I want MC to go through some growth and some character arcs and being so "normal" right away is not the way I want to do things.
I'm not saying you're not valid or anything, it's just I'm the author and this is how I want things to be. I want MC to grow, to change, and come to the conclusion you have after a while.
I do want to say just because I gave a lot of freedom in terms of MC's other aspects, does not mean I have to give complete freedom regarding everything. ^^
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sobeksewerrat · 5 months
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HYPERANALYZING/ SCREAMING ABOUT EP.3 COZ IT IS MY FAVOURITE AND I AM REWATCHING IT LET'S GOOOO
Disclaimer: this post is literally just me talking about how much I kin Milly and technically a combined liveblog
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Oh look it's one of Taylor's bullies from BWBL!!
Also, what the music freak is this shitty pop song playing in the back ground man I'm-
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Why is the school nurse running around like that-
Gotta love how everyone just rushes over to see Milly fight, and that Jake knows exactly who they're talking about (even though they've been friends for like 2 weeks). Really shows how much of a negative-ish reputation Milly has (relatable man)
Fuck Miss Jones man she sucks she can't even break off a fight who hired this bitch.
I really like the fight scene, Luke's animation is kinda wonky but I really miss seeing Kurie's animation!! I really miss the old GL episodes, they were just so much more well-written, and the amount of editing done by Rosy in them is really underrated like they seriously look so good considering how limited GL was.
God, seeing Milly fight for something Zoey stole is really fucking relatable. Like, my bullies always steal my books, my sketchbooks, my pencil case..etc. and I always get in trouble when I try to wrestle them for it. Like, I get yelled at and keep getting told "You're a girl you shouldn't be fighting with anybody!" and all they get for pushing me over the edge is a slap on the wrist, schools are really unfair (and then adults wonder why we don't talk to them about shit).
Dear Rosy Jake is so pathetic he literally gets thrown away by just a punch I'm-
Fuck you Luke
Zoey calling Milly an animal is um, weird, to say the least.
Um, side note, I really forgot how weird Henriam were in the first few episodes- like you could see the basis of their characters as we know them now being established but it's still so weird seeing them like this (also Henry is almost Liam's height in GL which makes me want to die)
Imma just skip over the Miss Jones scene I practically said everything I have to say but before that Drew was too much of a dick in this episode in an unlikeable way like THANK GOD he's barely in this one and seeing Lia flirting with Jake feels very wrong for some reason. Still love her GL outfit though <33
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Wow Hailey I am so glad to know you care more about the competition than Milly <444/sarcasm
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FUCKING HYPOCRITE- (jk I love GL era Hailey <44)
Seeing the club pressuring Milly to talk speaks to me on a weirdly personal level. Everyone wants me to talk about my feelings, but have you ever considered that I don't want to talk about them? That I am still not comfortable enough to let you in? To let you see that I am vulnerable? To actually confront the fact that I am not okay? I know the music club and the ppl ik irl genuinely mean well, but sometimes people aren't willing to talk, and you should respect that. Sometimes, just being there to keep us company and not judge us is enough, yk?
Side note: can really relate to Milly's reflex of hitting people when they get too close, I literally have to stop myself from punching my own mother whenever she grabs my arm or something I fucking hate being touched and I like the nice detail of Zander smiling when he found out who punched Jake.
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Honestly, fuck Zander man. I joked about Hailey not caring about Milly's feelings, about Zander straight up doesn't care.
He is a straight up reminder of my one of my bullies and all the adults in my life. Fuck you Zander.
"Does the band mean nothing to you?"
DO MILLY'S FEELINGS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU ZANDER?!?
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[Cries in this is super relatable]
"Great...she's on a rampage again"
Um...so, the girl being on the verge of a breakdown and being understandably angry at her bullies and her friends being extremely inconsiderate is considered being on a rampage? Damn, Sean, why do people even like you man.
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So...you WANT to have control over her?? Idk man I am really mad at zander rn
"We can deal with whatever's bothering you, together!"
"Milly, I'm worried about you."
I already elaborated on this point but I just want to talk about how much I love Hailey in the first 4 episodes she was literally an awesome queen what happened to her 😭
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God I love Redemption so fucking much it is literally the best song and musical scene in TMF /gen
Love the foreshadowing to Lia's redemption in the scene where they're bullying Milly btw, Rosy is awesome when it comes to subtlety (that is how you spell it right-?)
"🎵But you keep trying to get too close🎵"
Literally on the verge of tears this song (and whole episode tbh) hits way too close to home/gen (i feel like I have to keep clarifying how genuine I bcuz I don't think people realize how emotional this gacha series can make me)
"🎵Saved myself by turning into stone🎵"
[In tears] I swear people really underestimate how fucked up someone's psyche can be when they're all cheery and hyper. Media has made us believe that people who bottle up emotions are all cold and depressed but really the most cheerful people you knew tend to be the most depressed. The only other major examples from my fandoms that fit this category that I can think of are KEL from Omori and Kokichi form Dangan, but I feel like KEL fits this statement more that Ouma tbh
"🎵So save your judgement 'cause you just don't know🎵"
REAL. AND THE CAMERA PANNING TO ZANDER WAS JUST *chef's kiss* I SWEAR ROSY IS REALLY GOOD AT SHOWING EMOTION.
"🎵And they keep coming like moth to flame🎵"
People want a reaction. Adults keep telling you to just ignore the bullies and they'll go away, but they never will because they KNOW they're getting under your skin and they'll continue teasing you till you snap and they'll only stop when it's already too fucking late.
"🎵Redemption never came🎵"
This. This line is perfect and it is the perfect ending to the song. People are so quick to judge and tell you you need to change but they never stop to get to know the real you, they never stop to actually help you change, and you'll always be the villain in the end.
"Milly seems really important to these guys"
YA THINK?!?!
"I'm missing chunks of my hair because of her!"
Zoey please marry me 💖
"They must be talking about Milly..."
Yeah, no shit, Sherlock
"I can't believe she has a crush on that nerd!"
Me neither, Zoey, Milly is wayyyy above his league.
"You...blackmailed your friend for me?"
Also, being bullied for a crush is soo real. Like, I am aroace so I wasn't bullied for HAVING a crush, I was bullied for being a "pick me" because I just so happened to be close friends with a guy and they were all accusing us of dating (this is like a big deal here since dating is very frowned upon, especially for AFABs; so they KNEW they were gonna tank my reputation and ruin my life basically. I can't tell you the amount of teachers who would look at me weird when I talked to my guy friends)- anyways this barely has anything to do with Milly or tmf but this is my blog I do whatever
[EDIT: A WHOLE CHUNK OF THE RANT WAS DELETED?? I AM REWRITING IT NOW]
"Y'know, what? I think I might go see what Drew's up to, I've yet to tell him about how I saw you with your sugar daddy last weekend"
This was the moment I started hating Jake. I didn't like him before, but I started loathing him at that moment.
I have been cheated on before, and if my friends knew and didn't tell me I would have killed them.
"But drew wouldn't have believed him!" Well, he believed him in ep 10, didn't he? And Henriam would have been there to back him up anyways.
Another question I have regarding this is how on earth did he blackmail her?! Liek he didn't have a photo or anything.
AND WHY ISNT HE CONCERNED ABOUT ZOEY GOIGN OUT WITH AN ADULT!??!
"Aw, you two looked very cozy together"
His tone reminds me of my abuser and I don't like. It has nothing to do with the essay, but I wanted to point it out. It really got under my skin.
"Just...please don't tell Drew about what you saw"
Is ti just me or does she seem genuinely sad?? Like her conscience is tormenting her?? Idk man maybe I am just reading into this way too much but- [pulls out ancient tmf theories about Zoey being forced into this by sb and actually being in love with Drew]
"I can't believe those girls, snooping into people's diaries like that"
And you can believe Jake blackmailing Zoey?? I get you're still salty about Lia but cmon Hailey give the man some consequences
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MR.BROOOOOOOOOOOM
GOD HER TONE IS JUST- LIKE, SHE'S UNCERTAIN ABOUT JAKE'S METHOD [PROBABLY] BUT SHE CANT BELIEVE SOMEBODY CARES ABOUT HER THAT MUCH OH MY- SOMEBODY GIVE HER A HUG PLEASE SHE NEEDS IT
I SWEAR IF I SEE SOMEBODY ELSE CALL HER CARDBOARD LIEK THE ANON DID I WILL KILL YHEM
"Um...well, when you put it like that-"
Jesus Christ this man doesn't even realize what he did.
That final interaction with Milly and Jake where they reflect on the whole thing is just- beautiful, awesome, fantastic. It's really sweet and I love seeing Milly finally being comfortable enough to talk about her feelings (even if she isn't being too specific or conveying all of her feelings)
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Why does Elliot look like that.
Milly why do you like this guy.
Anyways, I love the sound effects Rosy used to add whenever people would blush, I miss it (iirc it isn't in any of the new ep)
GOD I MISSED HE INTRO/OUTRO SONG SO MUCH NOSTALGIA-
Anyways, I love this episode, this is peak TMF and it makes me angry to see how Milly was reduced to comic relief in the end.
I would write a proper conclusion but I am too fucking lazy
Bye freaks
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krikeymate · 1 year
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What do you want to happen for scream 7, mainly for Sam and Tara obv, and what do you think will happen for scream 7 Sam and Tara?
This is all from taking exactly what is seen in the movies, no consideration of my additional analysis or headcanons.
What's most important for me to see in 7:
Another sister-focused story.
Sam & Tara in sync and working together.
They end the movie alive and together.
What I really want to see:
Their mother appears. I don't care if she's Ghostface or just a red herring. I want her to be a bitchy POS here to cause problems. You could even make her a Jennifer Jolie type character.
A continuation of Tara struggling with her trauma & her being angry at her mother. I actually think Sam is more likely to try and get along with her than Tara; Tara is emotional and reactive.
At least one scene of Sam doing something 'adult' that quickly falls apart - I'm imagining something along the lines of putting together flatpack furniture that looks finished and then collapses, or having a phone call and then hanging up and bitching about whoever was on the other end only for them to say I'm still here and she had missed the end call button.
Just more affection between the sisters. There wasn't enough physical contact in 6.
Tara going absolutely apeshit. She see's Sam is seriously hurt, or even thinks she's dead, and she just loses it. She goes all 'Sam' on the Ghostface.
The location staying in New York.
What I really don't want to happen:
Return of Sidney. The situation with Neve sucks, but 6 did not need Sidney, it allowed Sam to shine, and I do not want Sidney to come back to be honest. I think Kirby is going to exist as a legacy substitute for her, and I think that works well.
Sam & Tara being pushed apart or feel like they are growing apart. Or their deaths obviously.
A pregnancy plot. The number of people who I see talking about either of them being pregnant is wack, especially Tara.
No more Stu references. I'm tired of Stu is alive truthers.
Other thoughts:
I think if we get a return to Woodsboro then I could see a Martha Meeks opening kill over a Christina kill. Side note, Reddit seems to love her character and I do not get it.
I don't mind the Billy hallucinations, unlike a lot of people it seems, but I don't think we need them in 7. We know Sam's meds do work, it acknowledges that this prevents the hallucinations. A nice small way to show her development is that she doesn't see him any more. You could even have a moment where Sam kind of wishes she could see him so he could give her advice - even though that advice is actually from the darker parts of herself she doesn't want to acknowledge.
The general assumption is that 5-6-7 are going to be a trilogy, but no-one responsible has actually outright said that. I would love for at least one more movie after 7 with a focus on the sisters.
I don't think we'll get a 'mastermind' reveal.
I think Chad should die in 7. I've spoken about this before, but the emphasis on Chad being strong and a jock just means he isn't the type of character to run from a Ghostface. Given how they've injured him in the past 2 movies as well, they've got to find a balance between 'well he's already had worse' and 'you were already stretching the realms of disbelief but this is actually ridiculous'. Older fans are already sour that they didn't kill any returning characters in 6, but they were happy to kill Dewey in 5. So there's that to take into consideration. HOWEVER, I could genuinely see them not killing any of the C4 and I wouldn't hate that. The thing is, when Dewey died, it was 25 years later, he was 50. This guy lived a full life. Our Core 4 are so young.
Mindy should get to make it to Act 3 with Chad being taken out of the running earlier.
I would like some Danny & Tara shenanigans.
I would also really like for Tara to be the actual end target of the Ghostface for reasons related to her instead of Sam. That could be hard to pull off, but I would love for a sibling of Amber's to show up and try to kill Sam because Tara killed their sister, just for the line Amber loved you, and you killed her for it. Great opportunity for Tara to finally acknowledge Amber and her anger at her and just call her a crazy bitch. They wouldn't do that though, we just had a revenge plot. But if they did, the sibling could be hidden in plain sight never seen by our protagonists and only side characters just like Mrs Loomis in 2. ALSO, I'm actually writing something that references this, but we all assume that Christina hates Sam/loves Tara, but what if it's actually the other way around. I think it could be spun that she wants Sam to be Billy 2.0, and Tara gets in the way of that. It would be a reach, but I think it could happen.
Anyway, it's virtually impossible to speculate on 7 until it's actually well underway and we have details to scrutinize.
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re my eleven + amy post i reblogged earlier... maybe i have just a couple thoughts on an alternate amy + eleven storyline
putting a readmore because erm. well. apparently i had a fair few thoughts.
like the doctor crashes in and ruins her childhood and twists her identity to be shaped around him or the absence of him, the absence of everyone who should have been there. (e.g. her parents). except i think i'd remove the crack in the wall storyline - so maybe amy's parents just died when she was young in some alien-related incident
and so she's cycled through therapists and angry and lonely and noncompliant her whole childhood, stubbornly believing in her imaginary friend. and then she gets together with rory and maybe is more stable BUT she's bad at commitment and flighty and still clinging on to the idea of the doctor because her aunt always lied to her and therapists always lied to her but he was there and he told the truth. he was like her parents (aka a good adult) but also a child like her and also a mirror of her (he has an adult's body but he never grew up) and unlike her parents he promised to come back. five minutes. he said five minutes. she can't let go.
so eleventh hour happens. no kissogram. and then he is there and he saves the world and she was proved right and he leaves again, and this time she thinks maybe she can get over him - he was real, she is an adult now and she can see his flaws (that's a lie. he's even better now that he's real and he saved the world. she was dazzled.) and she is over it. he's gone, she can grow up, she can be with rory and live in leadworth and be an adult.
she tells herself she's angry at him for leaving again, but really her anger burnt out as soon as he handed her that apple. because he is magic and she was never really angry, because everyone she has ever loved has left. and all she knows how to do is hold onto things (she never leaves leadworth because she is waiting for him. because she can't let go of him and she can't let go of childhood). all she can do is be left and all she can do in return is follow the only pattern she knows with the only person who has ever not left: she can't commit to rory.
and when the doctor does come back, she follows the pattern. she leaves. all her life she has been stuck on the wrong side of the looking glass, with lovely magical people disappearing and leaving her in leadworth. forcing her to grow up (frying bacon for the doctor in that big empty house). as retaliation she refuses to grow up, tries to live in a warped version of the magical world of childhood. and then, of course, when the doctor comes to call and says 'come with me', she seizes the chance to be on the right side of the glass, in the world of childhood and magic and fairytale. finally she is the one who leaves, who flies off to the promised land (did anyone ever, well-meaning, tell her that her parents went to a better place?). and she doesn't even think that she is doing something cruel to rory because this is just the way the world is. she assumes that he would jump at the chance to leave too if he could because she can't conceptualise the idea that not everyone is desperate to leave, to escape, to be a child again. she assumes that rory is going to leave her and the only way she can make her peace with that is by leaving first.
and of course none of this is looking at the doctor himself, and how he has hidden away in whimsy and childhood, fantasy and fairytale - including the casual cruelty of childhood, leaving amy because he can't commit to anything, won't be anything real to anyone because he can't bear it after the bleeding-heart life his previous incarnation led. his and amy's story is almost a retelling of peter pan.
so amy and the doctor go off travelling together and they are beautiful and codependent and horrible together, and sometimes they are wonderful forces for good and enjoying seeing the wonder of the universe together, and other times they cause more carnage than they solve and then skip off again in their magic box and neither one of them gives it a second thought (amy because she never grew out of her childhood vision of morality, the doctor because he is ignoring the weight of his conscience. they did call him the one who forgets, after all)
and sometimes they're harsh to each other and shout and push each other to the limit because that's what needs to be done in the moment to save the world, and it's the only way amy knows how to love and the only way the doctor can love without getting hurt again
and i think they would carry on cavorting together, until. until amy decides that she wants to save her parents. and maybe she has been holding this one under her tongue for a while until they reach this insane level of intimacy where they have almost become extensions of each other, and then she says it and he would usually say no, no way, but she asks right off the back of a dangerous adventure and they're so close that they might as well be one, and he says yes.
so they go back to amy's parents' death and aliens are involved and they solve the mystery and it's all going so well and they're about to save amy's parents and then--
and then the doctor takes a step back, pulls amy away, lets them die through inaction, and amy screams and rages and demands that he takes her back and they do it again, and now and only now the doctor explains everything about paradoxes and personal timelines and how it was always impossible. and amy says why did you say yes then, why did you bring me and the doctor says, to make you happy. and of course she never would have been happy at the end of it, and the doctor knew this, and amy realises that their cold callous childlike no-consequences way of cavorting about the universe can be turned inwards and used to hurt her, and she realises that they have hurt many other people around the universe in similar ways, and she is horrified. and she tells the doctor to take her home, take her back to rory. all she wants is to be with rory, to feel his steady warm stable love. she realises the coldness and the horror of this way of life as well as the wonder and the beauty, of running and the never getting attached and this harsh, always on the verge of leaving way of loving, despite the heights of closeness they can achieve.
the doctor takes her home. this would be the episode after the one with amy's parents: the doctor sulks off on his own, deciding to leave amy and not come back, BUT he keeps getting distracted by alien clues around leadworth and putting off leaving. meanwhile, amy returns to rory and it's the morning of their wedding and she's a mess. and rory, who thought she'd put everything with the doctor behind her since prisoner zero two years ago, is flabberghasted but quickly catches up to speed and realises what's been going on. and, because he really does love amy - and maybe, in the moment despite his anger, because he can't bear to see her in pain. becuase he is a nurse and right now, he is what the doctor should be (someone who cannot turn away from a crying child) - he doesn't leave her.
he stays, and comforts her, and amy realises that she does truly love rory and that she was wrong to leave him, and that she was hurting him in the same way that she has been hurt so many times herself. but she doesn't quite get the whole picture, because then her solution is to say to rory: come with us, then! because she can't conceptualise the fact that rory actually wants to be an adult, and live a stable life - so her solution is to bring him with her onto the other side of the looking glass.
and the doctor mooches around leadworth and all his alien clues come to nothing (maybe they're foreshadowing for whatever the big alien threat of the season finale is), and he goes back to amy's to at least say goodbye, and she pulls her finace out by the hand and says she is bringing him with her. and also that he will make her Good. he is gonna fix her - he is gonna fix both of them (poor rory)
and the doctor, even though his new thing is being callous and not getting attached, can't bear to say no to amy because he loves her really, and so off they all go into the tardis.
so they have an adventure together and it's a really, really weird dynamic. the doctor is trying to be better and has realised he really cares for amy and that pushing down all this care is making him a bad person - he also got a bit of a shock at what he did re amy's parents - but he also can't quite bring himself to open up his hearts, so him and amy are discordant and haven't figured out their new dynamic and both of them are grieving thinking they've lost the other.
and it also quickly becomes apparent that amy and rory's romantic relationship is on the rocks.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE THIS IN A REBLOG because ummmm i just realised how insanely long it is. i care about doctor who a normal amount (huge huge lie <333)
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let-us-meet-aga1n · 1 year
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(im gonna start doing these cause they look fun and also because my tc is platonic it puts a spin on things)
March Tc Challenge 13-19
have you ever made each other angry or upset? if so, how did you reconcile? we have both made each other upset in a way, with me making her upset more times than the vice versa. the biggest thing i remember which made us mutually upset was when she reported me to the counselor for sh. i was upset that she did it after opening up to her, and she was upset because i blew up at her about it when all she wanted to do was help. we reconciled by talking it out (over paper because i WOULD break down face to face) and we have always wrote each other since <333
do you ever find yourself imitating them, either consciously or unconsciously? YES LMAO- IT'S SO BAD. i do this thing where someone says something i find funny or like once and i keep saying it for like 4 months- i am the official phrase stealer. she says stuff like "yahoo!" and "go *insert student name here*, go!" and i have accidentally stolen those. sorry, clover.
what do you think their love language is? what's yours? probably quality time. she said herself she's "a sucker for people." mine is touch + words of affirmation (more touch than anything).
have they taught you anything that isn't school related? valuable life lessons, insights on how you feel about yourself, etc? YES 😭. SHE IS THE SWEETEST EVER OMG- she has told me to not base my self worth on academic performance because i am "so much more than a letter on a screen" and she's currently trying to drill the self love and "EVERYONE DOESN'T HATE YOU CAS" into me. key word: "trying."
what would they have to do to make you lose feelings for them? oh dear god, i don't know. she'd probably have to become like my abuser for that to happen, which is highly unlikely.
are they introverted or extroverted? what about you? we are both introverted, but she has some extravert tendencies. i am very introverted until around my close friends, and then all hell breaks loose.
who's more likely to start rambling about their interests while the other listens? honestly, she is. i don't open up about that stuff because i don't want her to think i'm weird or stupid. now, rambling about their problems and favorite songs would probably be me (through writing because face to face is so anxiety ridden for me).
(stolen from @faszaakisshobbi and @tryoutstc. sorry, but it's so fun.)
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funkymbtifiction · 2 years
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I believed I was a core 9, due being an absolutely introverted and withdraw person, and prone to move away from... well, everyone.
However, I am highly critical and picky. I have opinions about everything and I don't shut up. "I don't like that." (All day, everyday) "You can like that movie, but I believe it's pure garbage." "Don't wash the dishes, you don't do it well."
So, now I am pondering the idea of being a type 1, but I am still ultra-withdrawn, soft-voiced, ghostly... And type 1, being more oriented to action, and assertive (not as an assertive type, but the essence of the type) ... I don't know. Since I was a teenager, I am a chronic sad person, and maybe that could be a really intense line to 4. After this, could I be a 1 instead? Or being that withdrawn it is unlikely?
1w9s can be very introverted, as well as highly opinionated and critical of what displeases them or doesn't appeal to them, but some of this just sounds like potential Fi-dom ("I don't like that / it's pure garbage"). IFPs are highly opinionated and sometimes critical, since they judge things according to how they feel about them. 9-core IFPs may or may not silence themselves to get along with people; but a lot of 9w1s tell me that they feel excessively judgmental 'inside' but they are not comfortable expressing those judgments (for fear of alienation from their loved ones) easily. The more secure they are, the more they are able to express themselves, but it still takes some work to reach that point and not to be passive-aggressive instead.
Chronic sadness is just a condition and/or a symptom of a Melancholy Personality Type -- 4 is more 'frustration' than sadness (a lot of 9s also relate to sadness / melancholy, because the world is not up to their standards. How I've seen the line to 4 manifest in 1w9s that I know is occasional bouts of hysterics and/or melodrama when their boundaries are crossed, frustration with being misunderstood or persecuted or accused of having impure motivations; being moodier than usual and/or moving away from 'duty' into self-absorption.
You could look into sp-dom 9, they tend to be more outspoken than the social or sexual dominants, or you could consider 1w9 more deeply, since it's possible that's correct.
Which are you more afraid of, being bad/wrong (and having fierce opinions about everything, most of which doesn't live up to your high standards), or having your inner peace disrupted by someone else?
Another something I have noticed is how almost ridiculously idealistic 1w9s can be -- and how much they hate to hear anything that upsets them, makes them angry, or causes them to lose faith in humanity; they think everyone should be constantly striving for self-improvement and growth, and hearing about humanity's baser instincts offends them, because it's not living up to its potential. Unpleasant things disrupt their inner peace (9 wing), but they react with a 1ish anger/resentment aimed at whomever has introduced this unpleasant truth into their life -- and they will assert a strong boundary as a result. The 9w1s I know hate many of the same things, but are far more able to just ignore what they don't like and still get along with people, whereas the 1 is more disruptive and moralistic in how they react (this needs said, vs I will ignore it and it will go away).
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faeflowerz · 2 years
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Happy Birthday, Epel Felmier! 🍎
Its AppleJack's birthday and I am fuckin gagging to give him some love! I'll sound like a broken record, but he grew on me over the time we got to know him. I was definitely drawn to him because of his cute face. Fuck, hes so cute. You don't understand, I love gap moe guys like Epel. Him and Yuki Rurikawa hit my buttons just right!!!!!
But I won't gush about it here. I don't wanna scare yall.
So, Let's chat about Epel!
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Okay so his birthday interview confirms a lotta stuff we already know: he's got short man syndrome. Small, upset and sometimes overcompensating for something. If you ask me, his feral side is funny. Like Riddle, he's got a temper when you mention his size. But like, how many people enjoy these two for that exact reason? Everyone. 
Anyway, Epel’s first interaction with Vil probably was fateful. We find out when he got her, Vil was already picking over him before he got sorted. He was a little dirtball with a bumpkin accent (someone sold me on the idea of him sounding Canadian. Look up Newfie accents. Do it). His resentment is strong when he's criticized for his looks. And now he's here.
I think Epel was put there for both his pretty boy facade and his relentless efforts to change himself. His biggest hurdle is his insecurity. So much so that he's predictable. Floyd has to tell him to pick a different dorm because everyone knows him as the "i wanna be sporty" guy. And Floyd is right. Epel is narrow minded about what he wants to be that he's not considering who he is now.
Sure, he's cute. But he's also smart, realistic, reliable, and earnest. Epel tells you how he feels in his own way. You see him get angry sometimes, but it's justified. He punctuates some of his opinions with 'i think' and 'maybe'. A lot of pauses because he is thinking about what he says before he says it. This prevents his accent sometimes but also gives him time to be careful of how he talks to others. We see when he's in his element (the Harveston event) he's a lot more extroverted, jolly and sweet. And he's a romantic too. The way he talks about his gparents is so cute!! He's such a sweetheart. Epel likes cute things. He just resents being stereotyped.
As a Taurus, he's also stubborn as fuck, which is why he can't see the forest for the trees. Epel's growing up to be someone who is strong and noble, but he thinks his appearance holds him back. That's why Vil is so hard on him. He has traditional ideas of gender, power dynamics and strength. It's kind of toxic.
Growing up around older people probably didn't help him expand his horizons. So someone like Vil or Lilia seems foreign to him. Lilia chooses to be small. He chooses to dress as a little guy all while knowing his true worth. Lilia’s lab coat story is really a great interaction because Lilia seems to be more relatable to Epel, making him receptive to what he has to say. Lilia broke thru the insecurity and guarded emotions he developed. 
I remember someone gently criticizing his special magic because unlike deuce, it seems counterproductive to his development, which I guess is trying to say his magic doesn't fit him? I don't think so. Sleep Kiss is versatile since it is pretty offensive as well as defensive. It's also a scary one too since you're at his mercy when you're asleep. Epel wants to protect his friends and family so his quirk reflects something that will defend them. So i think it's a reflection of Epel needing to play into his strengths as a shield rather than a sword, yanno?
He wants Leona as a brother and I think it's a good match. Leona and Epel are pretty independent guys, but I think Epel may be a bit too active for Leona. Still, I think they'd be cute together in general. I also think a good big brother would be Lilia. Not only is Lilia a fuckin beast, he's also wise and trained in combat. I could imagine them doing all types of friendly tussles, which would give Epel the wake up call he needs. 
And of course he wanted to go to Savanaclaw which I also disagree with. Yeah, he can go to SC, but considering how traditional he is, Igni would be a lot more beneficial. Epel's into magical wheels, which, C'mon Disney. Give us some magic wheel racing cards. I need Deuce n Epel in jumpsuits. Anyway Epel's interest in magi wheels is pretty cool. It's how he and Deuce bond in Chap 5. 
Actually comparing the two, their reactions to Vil are very different. Deuce willingly takes up on Vil's lessons because he realizes how machismo he is. Deuce is a former bad boy and we can tell he's not quite comfortable with some parts of his identity. The only pink thing he owns is a garish leopard suit for some reason? Deuce had to admit his faults over the course of the story and he's coming to terms with who he is. Epel is still struggling. 
In chap 5 + 6, I think we are cracking into his vulnerability. His meltdowns are justified because Vil oversteps his boundaries sometimes. Teaching Epel about breaking society's standards is great! Using him to get back at a guy he's got nothing to do with? Not. Epel's already gunning to overthrow him one day (just like Ace) so making it a vindictive thing will probably blind them from realizing how close they're growing. Epel will see that his dorm leader had good intentions of teaching him and Vill will see that he needs to be more accepting to people who don't fit his idea of beauty/perfection. 
So what do I hope for Epel? Aside from longer hair, I wanna see him accept himself. Epel isn't comfortable in his own skin. That's really what a few of these guys need. They need to accept themselves, flaws and all. I hope the chapter gives Epel a good resolution to compliment his magic. He's a sweet guy and I'm glad we got to see more of him!
Happy Birthday, Big Mac!!! 🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎🍎
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i had a crazy idea. you know how people make 'sonas for various fandsoms? like a lotr or star wars character? what if you had to make a napoleonic 'sona like a marshalsona or something
Oh man, I guess I don't operate in that corner of the fandoms I'm in so I've never come across that. I associate 'sonas with fursona and other sex-play related things, not fandom. I also personally don't do self-inserts, they're just not to my taste or my style.
If I had to create a self-insert (I think that's what this would qualify as?) for the Napoleonic world I'd 100% just be a long suffering, over-worked civil servant (...which is what I am in real life) OR I'd be a scheming diplomat. So, a Berthier or a Cambeceres or a Talleyrand. Something in that ballpark.
Hmm, probably scheming diplomat or spy. Since that sounds fun.
I'm not terribly into military things (perhaps a surprise?) so being a marshal or a soldier holds no appeal.
Since my character would operate rather high up in the Napoleonic governance structure, they'd have to be damn good at their job because Napoleon didn't suffer fools. I like to think they'd have a bit of Larrey or Lannes' guts in terms of telling Napoleon facts as they are and confronting him when he is making massive, fucking mistakes. Which as the empire continued on, he made more of and was less receptive to critique.
For sure my character would be buddies with Talleyrand and would have an ongoing letter-friendship(?) with Metternich. They'd hang out with Fouche just to get the gossip on everyone but since we all know Fouche is a snake, they wouldn't trust him an inch.
The more I think about it, the more I'm here for them being a spy or agent of some kind who isup to no good, but on behalf of the Empire. An Antonio Cincinello sort of figure (he was a ruthless diplomat/envoy/spy who worked on behalf of king Ferrante of Naples [yes, the one with the museum of mummies of his enemies]). Hopefully my character won't be hacked to death by an angry mob, unlike Cincinello.
So, a mash-up of Thomas Cromwell, Talleyrand, and Cincinello.
My character and Talleyrand would have wine-and-whine sessions where we bitch about people, mostly the Bonapartes and all the crap we put up with from them and on their behalf.
My character does know some of Talleyrand's less-than-loyal-to-Napoleon's schemes but doesn't tell but they're not some godless narc.
Talleyrand: you can't tell a soul.
My character: I'm offended that you think I'm a snitch, honestly.
Appearance I suppose would be unassuming. Nothing to write home about. Um, yeah, I don't know what I'd go for in terms of appearance. Since this is aself-insert do they have to look like me? Just make me a dude, then. Which means I'd look like my father lol. If I get to choose my appearance uhh brown or black hair? Long features, big eyes, ummmm I don' t know man. Average. lol.
I'm sorry if this isn't the right way to answer this! I've never done this before and haven't really seen this sort of thing, again, outside of sexual fantasy situations! Or fursonas, which runs the gamot from pedestrian to very sexual.
Thank you for the ask! <3 <3
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Some other Jellycat related thoughts (especially regarding recent events/issues)
Scalpers and resellers have become a major issue and as someone who doesn't have much money it's really upsetting and disheartening and makes me very genuinely angry. Like I totally understand that these are just nice things and we don't need to buy them and of course there's the whole "if you don't agree with the price then don't pay it" but it shouldn't be happening in the first place, it's so unbelievably selfish and rude, especially if the person selling isn't even into Jellycats and all they do is buy up several of something that's likely to be popular to resell at a wildly marked up price. Not to mention that if resellers can afford to buy up a bunch of designs with a few of each they don't need to be reselling because they've already got plenty of disposable income.
It stops people who genuinely want that design from being able to buy it at retail price, and when one person prices that way a bunch of other sellers follow suit. Sometimes the design isn't even discontinued, just out of stock, I literally see several sellers on eBay including "currently out of stock" in listing titles, I've even seen designs listed as "retired" when they're just out of stock, but with all the supply issues they can be out of stock for ages and people might just believe that and overpay for a design they're really attached to. As someone who has Jellycats as one if my special interests it's especially hurtful when I see all of that going on.
It's unlikely anything will actually be done about the scalper issue, but I have a few ideas of things that might help
The biggest thing I think would help would be if they looked at which designs are currently selling for extortionate amounts and did a rerelease, one where the designs would be available for a decent amount of time and where they had a reasonable amount of stock for each restock. This would help the most directly and I think people would be really excited.
They need to get on top of their supply issues, getting designs out to stockists promptly, reliably, and with the correct amount, as well as shortening time between restocks on their own store.
Of course we as a community also need to try to avoid buying designs that are listed at inflated, unfair prices. I totally understand how much it sucks wanting a design you adore and can't get, but if the designs continue to sell at these prices people will continue to list them at these prices or they'll continue to inflate them. I have a limit in my mind for how much I'd pay at most for any Jellycat, and I don't go over it, I will literally wait until I see it available in my price range or continue to wait. It has actually helped me.
As well as this I think it's only right not to play into this by listing designs at excessive prices. I've no plans to sell any of mine, but even with my life looking the way it does I'd never ever sell a Jellycat for hundreds regardless what design it was or what it was "worth", I wouldn't ever do that to people who are in this community. I'd be more inclined to negotiate with someone eho was interested in a design I was intending to part with to reach a price that is actually fair. Scalpers and resellers can absolutely bring a community down and ruin it. Being considerate and caring towards fellow Jellycat admirers is the way to go, we all enjoy these plushies, we shouldn't be trying to rip each other off or upstage one another.
I also have other ideas for things that could really help more generally.
Working on the quality control issues, maybe increasing the size of the quality assurance team or creating one if they don't have one.
Utilising their social media better because it's no longer the early 00s and keeping things under wraps no longer is the best way to build hype, sharing information is, and dropping little teasers. Things like announcing dates of drops in advance, maybe showing one or two designs from a drop (they could even do like a "who's that pokemon" style reveal where they start with a shadow in the shape of a design and either lightening it over a few days so you gradually see the design more or removing little bits of shadow until the design is revealed. Just more info and more fun things for fans alongside the cute photos.
The website seems to need a bit of help because there have been issues (like the leak).
It could be a fun idea to send out a survey to people subscribed to emails or via social media. I've seen it with other stuff (Sims has done a few for instance) and most fans find it really fun and are happy to be included. They could ask about favourite designs, favourite series of designs, colour, texture, shape, and size preferences, and have sections for specific design ideas. People who weren't into surveys could of course choose not to respond, but I love things like that, especially if it has impact.
Improving customer service in general, they don't need to be perfect, but I keep hearing that there are more issues than there should be on that front.
I am worried though because we're hearing a lot about layoffs and people quitting who worked at Jellycat, and that is something that often happens when a company is in big trouble, and with the UK currently in a recession that isn't showing signs of improving any time soon it's especially worrying. I know there's major issues behind the scenes but I still don't want them to go under, I want the issues to be fixed and for them to thrive again in terms of quality, and customer service (not just sales figures).
I've also observed the last couple of years that even in big stores where I am (Scotland in and around Glasgow) that used to have Jellycats some have none, and most of them have barely any. I was in a Waterstones recently and they literally had 2 Colin Chameleon and 2 Amusable Moons, and at one time most Waterstones would have various Jellycats on one display. There's also literally no stores carrying any Jellycats that are properly close to me, and I know that could be related to the way they've been neglecting some smaller independent stockists.
This isn't to say that I hate them or think they're a bad company, just that there's issues and I'm worried because I love Jellycats and they always bring me joy and the scalpers would go bananas if they did go under.
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lapata-lupt · 1 year
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it's a couple thoughts
- my text annoyed him and he knew I was just looking for attention rather than anything i shouldn't have texted him
- papa scolded me for being on phone and and feel angry bc while m on my phone all the time he never sees me on phone the 1 time he does he gets mad and idk what to think
- my pictures look ugly
- this family friend from uni is coming over
- m bothered by the replies on my insta poll on many levels 1 a lot of people ignored me which is ofc how it is 2 I cant accept that the childhood oomf swiftie m jealous of who went to study in the UK has anxious style 3 a couple people from my school in india responded and idk why I am so narcissistic I camt accept they have personality 4 someone replied to my story with wtf is this and m scared I did something wrong 5 a lot of them say they are disorganized and for my diagnonsense 2 of my friends said disorganized too but m not traumatized so idk what what think of that 6 straight friend from uni is give therapy to also replied and for soem reason it bothers me too that she has personality as well I think m just upset when I see that people who are not queer or nerdy like me have emotions as well and it's so stupid it might be also bc it makes me feel threatenerd cause it proves that people ahve same issues as me but they handle it much better than me and before anyone says u don't know how well they handle it I know they aren't failing school ok fuck off
- I can't stop thinking about abed and his rep on many levels
- I haven't done any of my work I ahve a shit ton of missing assignments and I have a written test on tuesday that I need to be prepared for or i fail again and unlike assignments i can't avoid it
- I have even begun my assignments and they are so big they were supposed to be done over weeks idk how to catch up i lowkey wanna go to the counselor like my professor suggested but m scared my parents will find out and get mad
- idk how to help my brother m not a good sister idk how to talk to him I just get mad and give him silent treatment and that traumatized him more idk how to fucking talk to him and he doesn't accept the kind of care I try try give him if I talk to him he takes it the wrong way and gets mad idk what to do idk how to stop my parents from giving him issues
- I really should have moved out m gonna miss out on all my life experiences rather just repeat the life I already lived past 3 years or a worse version of it there won't be any growth and m I should have moved out idk how to fix it and I don't even like this course I don't wanna do international relations and get into some elitist capitalist shit cooperation that fakes being a humanitarian organization under the guise of diplomacy I wanna get into soem real shit I wanna help people I am not capable of it tho so idk why m even whining it's not like of I had a chance I would use it I have a chance and am throwing it down the drain
- I miss her
my heart just started sinking more idk wtf to do
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allisonlol · 3 years
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Can you do tecchou, jouno, tachihara jealousy hcs?
a/n: absolutely !! i love writing jealousy >:) this also makes me want more tachihara requests...
warnings: some suggestive content, that's about it?? otherwise just these boys being jelly
(Tecchou, Jouno, Tachihara) Being Jealous
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Tecchou
he strikes me as the type to not get jealous very often
what can i say? he has a lot of trust for you and knows you wouldn't purposefully do anything to hurt him
this doesn't mean it's impossible to make tecchou jealous, tho
an easy, go-to way would be to talk to jouno for an extended amount of time
hell, even if you said hi to jouno it would irk tecchou
very unlikely that he would say much about it to you directly
his body language will reveal how he's feeling instead
^becomes very tense and serious, and will hover behind you while you talk to jouno
it's kind of intimidating LMAO...jouno always makes fun of him for it later
if the conversation's taking too long, tecchou will grab your hand before pulling you away and claiming you have to "help him with something"
you'll end up "helping him" after but...it's nothing work related ;) rather him just giving you a reminder of who u belong to
tecchou won't hold anything against you if you unintentionally made him jealous since he knows that is a personal problem of his
but pls don't try to make him jealous on purpose :( even if you're jk, he'll take it seriously and it may break a bit of the trust he has for you
if someone tries to flirt with you (under the presumption that ur single) tecchou would be pretty polite in introducing himself and revealing that, unfortunately for them, you're very much taken
if they don't let up on the flirting after this, he won't hesitate to drop some subtle hints of how he'll have to use force if they don't get away from you 😳
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Jouno
this man lmao
tries to play it off like he's not but, it's pretty easy to make him jealous
not that surprising since he has a low tolerance meter for most everything else
becomes murderous when he sees someone flirting with you
will come up and stand next to you like “is this person bothering you, y/n? allow me to take care of it…☺️”
pretends to be all polite & formal, but his smile is threatening and there’s a hidden layer of venom in his voice
if that doesn’t scare off the person flirting with you...idk what will
it’s always evident when he’s jealous because he’ll go uncannily quiet...even his constant sarcastic comments towards tecchou will stop 
turns into the 😑 emoji
talking to anyone for an “unnecessary” extended period of time makes him jealous tbh
especially if it’s tecchou
jouno tries to keep you as far away from tecchou as possible...but obviously since y’all work together it’s gonna be hard
when he catches tecchou talking to you, he’ll just walk over and shove him out of the way, taking his place instead🧍🏻‍♀️
if you tried to make jouno jealous on purpose…
he’d definitely be able to tell
which would only amuse him bc then he could start thinking of all different ways to punish you for it 😶
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Tachihara
similar to jouno, tachihara gets jealous pretty easily
but unlike jouno, he doesn’t find it entertaining & instead becomes a bit insecure :(
the type + severity of his jealousy does depend on the situation
if someone else is flirting with you, he’ll become very protective
when the person first approaches to talk to you he doesn’t pay them much mind, but the second you appear even slightly uncomfortable, he’s going over to calmly inform them that they should leave 😅
and if they don’t? well, we all know that tachihara has a short fuse and won’t hesitate to use force-
this type of jealousy makes him particularly angry
(not at you tho, never at you)
^more directed towards the people who think they even stand a chance to hit on you 😒 like who do they think they are lmao
just pls never purposely go out of ur way to flirt with anyone else :( bc he’s another one who will take this seriously
tachihara will really start doubting himself & wondering if he’s truly enough for you
how dare you make him feel this way
this type of jealousy just makes him feel sad & insecure
literally pulls you aside and asks “am i not good enough??” :((
he looks like a sad puppy omg
JUST. PLEASE REASSURE HIM THAT HE’S PERFECT
& never even think about flirting with anyone else 😑 yes y/n i am threatening you
a/n: loved this reqqq, i hope u enjoyed !! i’m ever so slowly turning into a mega tachihara simp AAAA
song i listened to while writing: love taste by moe shop (been stuck in my head for the past week- help)
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ty! :D
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peachssodapop · 2 years
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My time has come, time for me to ramble about Wild, his current actions, his past actions, and how I think this it totally in character for him.
Starting with his current actions how he's acting in the last update is in line with how he has been acting ever since Twilight got hurt. The other's have noticed something is up with him for a bit now.
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Sunset pt 4, those aren't looks you give your friend because he's acting like he normally does. And up until this point when the fairy wasn't working he was a little more snappy and angry, but still thinking rationally. It's when Twilight can't be healed by a fairy that he really starts lashing out, and it makes sense considering he lost almost all his friends and now the person he's closest to is very injured and they don't have a way to heal him.
His actions with Four make sense, he's not thinking rationally, he's facing a potential repeat of past trauma and the mindset you're in when that happens isn't exactly palatable. He's not fully thinking everything through he's not in a mindset where that's even a concern, he's afraid and he doesn't have good coping skills so it's all trauma reactions. He gets mean when's he's nervous like a bad dog.
Looking at his past actions how he's reacting isn't a surprise to me, but from like Four's perspective it is weird. This is because of how Wild has reacted to things in the past and what things cause what reactions.
We've seen Wild be kinda snappy before because of the past, doodles pt 2, where he and Hyrule have an argument regarding their Zeldas, and Kings of Hyrule where he and Wind have an argument regarding their kings. These are both related to Zelda and what She had to go through. These are just two instances though, and despite him saying that he basically told them his life story there doesn't seem to be evidence that he told them about the other champions and their deaths. In Mipha's journal Legend doesn't know who she is and Wild doesn't mention her being a champion. So despite Wild saying he told them a lot it's clear he left a Lot out, and the others aren't super familiar with Wild's reactions when it specifically comes to other people.
They're likely much more familiar with Wild reacting to his own pain. The Wild that jokes after having to be woken up from a nightmare, that points to his scars and laughs about how he can't hide what's happened to him, that gets sheepish when Malon fusses over him upon seeing his scars, and when he does get more emotional about something it's not as strong of a reaction and other's are able to talk it through with him. And otherwise Wild is a very happy guy who's kinda eccentric.
So Wild's reaction here is fueled by the trauma cause by the champions dying, which the rest of the chain do not know about. Wild reacts more harshly when it's something that would hurt someone he loves, and unlike the incidents I mentioned which were related to how Zelda was treated, this is about his best friend potentially dying which would also make someone react more. And also he's still 17, so 1. he's a teenager, and 2. He likely has not been done with his adventure for long and likely did things fast, he has not had time to process everything and being to properly move on. Which has resulted in the breakdown he is currently having and the surprised reactions the others are having to it.
Also extra thing, I definitely think his cloak is in some way a comfort item, I've seen the master sword breaking comic brought up, and also in Malon 1 he has his hood up (except for one panel??) until they come into the home and as everyone is talking about how it feels like home Wild takes the hood down, he doesn't need the comfort, the house now provides a comfort.
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