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viaoverthemoon · 9 months
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Father's Day <3
Leon Kennedy x Fem!Reader
Happy Father's Day to my man <3
He's no father, but he's about to be one today ;)
Enjoy!
Summary: You tease Leon with a secret Father's Day gift, and he has less than an hour to open it <3
Cw: SMUT, p in v sex, unprotected sex (Don't be silly, wrap your willy), mating press (if u squint), kinda quickie, little sad/happy part at the end
18+!! NSFW!! MDNI!! Sexual themes ahead!!
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The second your daughters are out the door, you're ushered to your bedroom by your husband.
Quiet giggles spill from both of your lips as Leon chases you down the hallway that leads to your shared bedroom. He manages to catch you just before you can fully shut the door in his face, wrapping his hands around your waist and ignoring your surprised scream.
Your giggles are soon turned into blissful sighs as Leon presses loving kisses to your neck, moving one of his hands away from your waist to grab your hand and intertwine your fingers.
You quickly pull him into the room and he closes the door with his foot. He nudges you backwards until you eventually run into your bed, falling back on it and sitting on the soft and ruffled blanket. You look up at him, watching him with mischievous eyes as he steps between your legs and looks down at you. "What?"
His eyes widen. "'What?' What?! Sweetheart, that little stunt you pulled there almost killed me! What if the kids saw that?"
You roll your eyes at his joking words, trying to ignore his hands running up your legs and trailing up under your robe.
So, you'd teased him. So what? All you did was write 'Hurry up and unwrap your Father's Day gifts so you can unwrap the one under my robe. ;)' On the card you'd gotten for him.
Of course, you'd gotten your two daughters their own separate cards to give to him. The very same daughters who are hardly old enough to know how to read. And even if they did accidentally read the card, they wouldn't have understood it.
But after seeing the card, Leon's face turned a bright red and he whipped his head towards you with wide eyes and an open mouth. Then he made up some bullshit excuse to the girls and told them there were somethings he needed from the gas station down the street (of course he had Chris go with them).
"Well then, it's a good thing they didn't, huh?" You said, before biting your lip, your eyes darkening as you ran your hands up his chest. "Now, are you gonna keep talking, or are you gonna unwrap your last gift?"
Something seemed to snap within Leon when you said that. Suddenly, you were thrown farther onto the bed. You land on your back, a surprised yelp leaving your lips. Leon's on you in a second, hungrily staring down at your body as he reaches for the ropes of your robe. "Fuck, we have 30 minutes max..."
You watch him as he slowly opens your robe, you watch as his eyes widen to the size of saucers, and you watch as he loses all self-restraint.
The lingerie you had on was arguably the most revealing set you owned. A cute, lacy black set that hung onto all the right curves in all the right places. You liked it enough to buy it as a gift for Leon. And it would seem he liked it too.
He makes quick work of your clothes, tossing your legs into the air and slipping off your panties before scooting down the bed to be eye level with your drenched pussy.
You're surprised by his quickness, having no time to prepare yourself for when his mouth suddenly latches onto your cunt.
"Oh shit-!" Your back arches and your eyes widen. Your moans are unrestrained as your hands shoot down to harshly grip Leon's hair.
He doesn't seem to care though. In fact, your action seems to encourage him as he groans and pulls your hips closer to his face.
Your body can't keep up. Your orgasm is already close and you're about to cum embarrassingly fast. You whimper as you try to pull his head away. "Fuck- Leon- Wait... Honey, I'm so- so fucking close-"
You try to warn him but he's not letting up. Your legs are shaking and your toes begin to curl as the knot gets tighter and tighter... until it finally snaps.
Your release hits you like a fucking train. Your back arches further and stays painfully like that for at least a minute as the only word on your tongue is Leon's name. You say his name like a prayer. Like it's the only thing keeping you going.
Leon helps you down from your high, watching you with a predatory gaze. You're left in a state of pure bliss, looking down at Leon as he licks up your slit one last time before coming up to rest between your legs.
You open your arms to him, holding him close as he kisses you deeply and lovingly. Your mind is completely fogged by the passionate kiss, so much so, that you hardly notice Leon lining himself up to your entrance.
You pull away slightly, a breathy moan escaping from your lips as his cock eases its way into you. Leon groans, sitting up to grab your hips and keep them in place.
Once he bottoms out, he slides one of his hands down to your right leg, folding it to your chest and hitting a deeper angle that makes you see stars.
You barely have time to appreciate the feeling before Leon snaps his hips forward, ramming into you and causing your body to jerk. He fucks you at an unrelenting pace, muscles tensing with every movement. You can't hold back the tortured moans that rip from your chest, hands clinging to Leon's biceps and leaving red angry scratch marks along his skin.
He throws his head back, panting and groaning as his grip on your thigh tightens. You simply clench around him, limbs trembling as you let him have his way with you.
His thrusts get sloppy, and he begins to babble praise to you as he gets close.
A series of yes, yes, yes's leave your lips before you reach your high, your head digging into the mattress as a high-pitched whine accompanies your release.
Leon moans out at the feeling of your orgasm seeping all over his dick, his thrusts becoming more ruthless and his hand gripping the pillow beside your head. "Oh fuuuck sweetheart, you're gonna milk me dry over here- Ah- I'm gonna c-"
And with that, he pushes all the way inside of you, his warm seed filling you to the brim. He shudders, his thighs trembling from the power of his own release.
You watch him come down from his high, admiring the beauty of your husband, before caressing his hair and bringing his face down to yours for another passion filled kiss. And it's only when you run out of air that you pull away, panting and gazing lovingly into his icy blue eyes with the softest smile.
"Happy Father's Day, my love. You aren't perfect, but you do your best. And that's all that matters. Thank you for caring, thank you for being here, thank you for loving."
Of course, you held him while he cried. <3
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Yes y'all, the kids did make it back home (After you and Leon cleaned up and everything ofc).
Hope y'all enjoyed!
Requests are open!! <3
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last-ofthe-starks · 1 year
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HOTD Episode 7 Thoughts and Easter Eggs
Shoutout to Daemon’s helmet in the opening credits and now flowing into Rhaenerya’s symbol. Credits move so fast it is hard to catch things within it. 
Opening with this scene is heartbreaking but I enjoyed not having a huge time jump this episode. Also Rhaena being held by Rhaenys is a great way to show that in the ten years time they were apart, they must have still spent time with one another because they are close.
Otto with that stupid pin pisses me right off, but to me seeing them zoom right in on that pin on his chest is to emphasize just how easily Otto was able to become HAND OF THE KING - arguably the most important role in court someone could have - and the man who banished him for being a snake and untrustworthy has somehow allowed him to return to court. (Also, you can see that he bites/picks his nails like Alicent). Say what you want about his health, but if Viserys were a strong man (like Daemon has always said), this would never have even been entertained, and yet here we are. 
Daemon is losing it during the funeral while Vaemond Velaryon is speaking, and rightfully so. The poor guy sees through all the falsities and knows that every person involved in the throne is playing the same game. Low blow from the Verlaryon’s to say their true blood runs thick and may never run thin while looking right at Rhaenyra. This episode really drove home the point that Rhaenyra is at the very end of her rope with trying to claim her children are not the children of Harwin Strong. It is becoming impossible for her father to defend her against the opinions of the public. 
They mention the Merling King during the eulogy - this is the God who rules over the Narrow Sea. That is obviously a book reference, and in the house Velaryon, it is believed that Driftwood Throne was a gift from the Merlin King to their family to conclude a pact. 
The opening scene following the funeral with the dragons flying together again over Driftmark is fairly symbolic; we know that by the end of the episode they will never all be together again harmoniously. 
Alicent knows what’s up as soon as she sees Rhaenyra and Daemon in the same area. I like how they shot the scene with everyone on the patio area because you can feel how awkward it is, with all the tiny pockets of people and hardly anyone talking. It’s also a great visual tool to show how isolated Daemon continues to be. When Viserys’ finally does speak with him, you can see that it is too little too late. I think you can tell that Viserys regrets not making a greater effort to keep him around - Daemon warned Viserys of all of this happening in the very first episode. Additionally, having Rhaenyra walking in the background of the crowd watching the two brothers speak again with a nervous look on her face is a great parallel to the wedding episode, when Viserys was watching her and Daemon. 
It is incredibly telling that no one is consoling or even talking to the widowed husband, and in a later scene with Rhaenys calling Daemon self serving (fact), we understand that the people of Driftmark likely share her same sentiments. In the books, it is said that everyone on both sides were angry when Daemon and Laena wed behind everyone’s back and ran away to Pentos. Surely his reputation is even more tarnished with her now dying and not being at home to big birth.
Watching the dynamics of all these kids being circled around for so long is very important foshadowing for how they will all be interacting in the future. I actually really like the actors, they are doing a great job and each one of them is really able to say so much about their character without having much dialogue or extended screen time. Shout out to the writers for managing to achieve that, it is no small feat. 
Jace is such a sweetie pie, and now that he knows his father was Harwin, it makes it all the more sad watching him trying to mourn a man when he is not allowed to. Rhaenyra is such a good mom and you can see that she is emotionally a very nurturing and caring parent to her children. It’s such a shame Alicent doesn’t learn a thing or two from her. 
Having Daemon and Laena’s girls Baela and Rhaena reach out their hands to Jace is so sweet. In the books it made it seem like Daemon and Rhaenyra saw quite a lot of each other, with Rhaenyra becoming quite close with Laena, but in the show it’s implied that these cousins would hardly know one another. It is clear in this one act that they trust one another and feel like they can be vulnerable with each other. This is reinforced when the girls go get Jace first after Vhagar is stolen, and when the boys defend them against Aemond. 
Lucerys’ conversation with Corlys was so sad, about Jace becoming king and Luke would inherit Driftmark. It reminds us all that there is so much already riding on all of these kids shoulders. For Luke to respond in such an innocent way that only a young kid can really puts it all back into perspective. Combine that with Aegon getting drunk and behaving like a teenager yet again, and you can see how if left to their own devices, these kids would have likely been friends and lived contented lives.  
Helaena being married off to her brother Aegon is true to the book, but seeing Aemond wishing Alicent had betrothed her to him is a new twist. Last week Rhaenyra tried to marry her to Jace to strengthen the family bond and Alicent refused. Alicent was married off as a political move as well, and had completely rejected the notion of Targaryen’s marrying within the family when she was younger. We see now that as an adult, she will truly do anything to prevent Rhaenyra’s claim be stronger than her children’s. 
Helaena predicted Aemond losing an eye last episode, and in the short scene we get with her she makes mention of “weaving Dragons with thread”, which could be her foreseeing Daemon and Rhaenyra’s wedding. 
Viserys calling Alicent Aemma!!!!! 
Like I mentioned earlier, Rhaenys’ clear disdain for Daemon is just the tip of the iceberg. She has clearly been harboring resentment towards Corlys for putting their family at risk, which she warned him about at the very beginning of the show. For a man so hell bent on revenge over men who didn’t listen to his wife, he sure does not listen to his wife a lot. She also cannot look Rhaenya in the eye in this episode, so it is clear that she is deeply disappointed by both sides of her family and it ultimately costs her both of her children. The Targaryens have taken everything from her, so I can’t wait to see how next week plays out with her. 
“History does not remember blood, it remembers names.” What a line. Sadly, if Corlys were to take Rhaenys’ suggestion to heart and name Baela and Rhaeyna, they would eventually get married and lose the Verlaryon name. Corlys knows this, and even though the boys do not have his blood, it is his name he values more. 
Rhaenyra confirming that her and Laenor tried to have a kid is a big deal my friends! 
Harrens Curse - Rhaenyra mentions this and it is a reference to Black Harren. A lot of owners of the land ended up dying by violent means, and Larys made mention of this in last weeks episode as well. 
“we were happy enough” - what a loaded statement. “I’m no longer a child” - also a loaded statement. In their relationship she is clearly the one running the show.
Aemond going after Vhaegar and claiming her to ride - what a scene to showcase just how big she is. you can tell that she smells him and for whatever reason, allows him to ride her. I know that is bad news bears but still a very cool scene. To see someone ride a dragon for the first time again like Jon Snow was so cool and well done, especially considering her size and that back then they actually rode them like horses. In the books, Viserys told Aemond that he would bring him to Dragonstone after the funeral so he could pick a hatchling but he takes matters into his own hands. Vhagar was originally owned by one of Aegon’s sister wives, Visenya. 
Lykiri is a word in High Valyrian used to calm dragons down. 
AEMOND IS SUCH A DICK, wow he becomes an awfully cocky bastard once he has a dragon. And then to throw is brother under the bus so easily, you can feel the resentment in him. This fight between the kids is also slightly different than how it was told in Fire and Blood. In the book, Joffrey sees Aemond sneaking out of the castle. Aemond kicks him into a pile of dragon poo so that he will stay quiet, In the show, we didn’t see Joffrey, and instead it was Baela and Rhaeyna were the ones to see him take Vhagar. 
Poor Viserys, my man, he just wants peace and his people refuse to let him have it. But at the same point in time, he is really (to take a quote from Outlander) sailing on a ship made entirely of paper at this point, and everyone can see through it but ultimately because he is King it is the only thing maintaining Rhaenyra’s entire life and social standing. There is an obvious inequality between the family. Every law he puts into place ends up having the Streisand effect. 
Alicent freaking out was actually an incredible scene, I knew what was going to happen and my heart was still pounding. Her fall from grace has been huge and the standoff in the center of the room was incredible. The dagger is emphasized a lot in this scene, so I hope to god they somehow make season 8 makes sense with this damn show. Also Criston Cole smirking, I wanted to smack his smug face. 
Thank god Daemon actually stepped in to protect Rhaenyra this time unlike episode 5, but I think it’s telling that he blocks Criston instead of going for Alicent. To me, I think he knows Rhaenyra is strong enough to protect herself, and always has.
Otto being proud of Alicent is even more insight into how big of a scumbag he is. Him saying Aemond’s eye was a thousand times worth the price he paid was insight enough into just how far they will go to win. At the beginning of her conversation with Daemon, Rhaenyra says Alicent is not capable of cold murder, but now she can see the true face of her enemy. 
Laenor being MIA mourning his sister for most of this episode is so sad. It really is so difficult a position he is in. And thankfully Rhaenyra does truly care for him and recognizes that he is a wonderful person and honorable man. That said, you can see the disappointment in her face when Laenor recommits himself to her. Daemon’s return is breathing new life into her and giving her the strength she needed to fight back, something Laenor will never be able to give her. This scene is very successful because at the end of the episode for a moment, you can believe Rhaenyra would have been willing sacrifice him to get what she wants.
“Fire is a prison, the sea offers and escape.” At first I was unsure how or why Rhaenyra was saying this in reference to her and Daemon, because the sea being her escape isn't an option if she kills Laenor. But after the episode ended, the idea that Rhaenyra knows her and Daemon’s fate’s are tied to their Targaryen blood, but Laenor has an escape if they give it to him is very clear. Another great line from this episode. 
Rhaenya and Daemon speaking to one another again in High Valerian  - and it is Rhaenyra asking Daemon to marry her again. Girl really has it bad. Rhaenyra has been depicted as an overall honorable person thus far, staying in her lane in court and despite sleeping with Harwin and siring bastards, the new context we gain this episode that she and Laenor did in fact try to have kids makes her situation more sympathetic. They tried, and couldn’t. That says something about her character that previous episodes denied. 
When Daemon and Rhaenyra begin talking about marriage and needing Laenor to be dead in order to do so, I immediately was sad. Having Daemon do her dirty work and implying that upon Daemon’s return she would be willing to betray the only other family she has ever had when Laenor did nothing wrong, it would have been very Game of Thrones and I would have been very disappointed. This was all masterfully shot; juxtaposing the audio of their plotting with the scene of their wedding with their kids watching made them seem incredibly selfish, then having it all take place RIGHT after Lenore’s implied death rather than six month after the fact like the book implied is just crazy, honestly. And then you TWIST IT ALL and you see Laenor and his lover leaving together and my faith in Rhaenya and Daemon is restored once again and DAMN what a way to end the episode. But, no one else will ever know they did that, and it will paint them in an incredibly ugly light. For Daemon that is a strength, but Rhaenyra has never had to live with that shadow of darkness. 
When they get married they cut their lips and hands with dragon glass! And Rhaenyra touched his chin like she had in the brothel again! We love a good parallel and continuity.
John MacMillan was good in all his scenes this episode, but to see how tormented he was with Rhaenyra when he promises to be a husband to her now...so well portrayed. She knows he is not a strong enough husband for the fight to come, and loves him enough to set him free. I wish we were able to see the conversation between Rhaenyra and Laenor (and likely Daemon) and be able to know his reaction because when you think about it, they gave him and incredibly selfless gift. 
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pastafossa · 16 days
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Late to the party, first time watching DD completely, not in bits and pieces.
Ya know, thinking about it, in TRT, you've added ANOTHER parallel to Fisk and Matt.
They both fall in love with women who enable them.
Vanessa reassures Fisk that he's doing the right thing, that he's not to blame for what happened as a kid.
Jane reassures Matt that he's doing the right thing, that he's not to blame for what happened as a kid.
They both calm the raging fury that's inside of them.
I'd love to see Venessa and Jane have a conversation, just one. Just to see their personalities bounce off of eachother. I have a feeling Jane would start to show her teeth and Venessa would start to show her second face by the end of it.
(Not fully caught up with trt)
YESSSSSSSS! And that's the thing, like - the parallels between Matt and Fisk have always been an amazing piece of writing for me in canon. They set it up so beautifully, weaving in all these layers where you see how similar they are, but also slightly different: their first drink with their father (Matt while stitching up his dad, Fisk trying to please his dad), their father's deaths, the rage, trying to 'fix' the city, etc. And so it felt right to show something similar with Matt and Jane versus Fisk and Vanessa who, spoiler alert: I also fucking love as a couple.
Both are arguably healthy (ish) relationships in their own way. Supportive, loving. Like you said, they encourage or enabling the other depending on the circumstance/where you're standing: you're doing the right thing. I believe in you even when no one else does. You can do this. You're not to blame for what happened then. They're kind to their partners. And neither of them are as innocent as Matt and Fisk initially think.
But much like Matt and Fisk, there are slight differences, showing the different ways the wheels can turn even in similar people, namely in the way Vanessa leans into that personal darkness, and Jane is, at least for now, trying to lean away from it. Because Vanessa's very comfortable, confident with strolling through that darkness, as is fitting for a villain power couple. Jane meanwhile is more like someone who's trying for the second time to cross a Decent Person wire above a darkened I Want To Murder Many People canyon but she slipped and is now hanging onto it upside down, holding onto that rope with her teeth, fingers, and toes all while Circumstance butters her fingers and Matt desperately uses his balancing pole to swat at Circumstance from the nearby wire Matt himself is barely walking labeled 'Violent Catholic Vigilante Issues'.
ANYWAY, I agree. I think Vanessa and Jane would have a lot to talk about, and the push and pull between them both would be really interesting! Because there's so much they agree on, and yet, there's just enough different that ooooh... that slow build in tension would be delicious. How long before the masks fell, and they both got a true sense of the other? Only time would tell.
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toomuchracket · 5 months
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i cannot stop thinking about ross and girlys height difference. it’s plagued my mind i fear. like his hands being so much bigger than hers (them comparing hand sizes in a sort of flirty way pre-dating and both losing their mind!!). his clothes being really oversized on her etc etc. (and of course size kink definitely comes into it, i go feral every time)
arguably this would work for any ross universe but i have girlband gf on the noggin rn so we're doing that. genuinely the first time you guys ever met, there was hand size comparison - i see it as being at some music industry dinner thing, kinda along the lines of the lunches actors go to if they get nominated for oscars or baftas, and you and ross end up sat next to/opposite each other and get chatting. he asks you who played bass on your band's newest single, and you blush profusely and say "i did, but it was a struggle lol look at how tiny my hands are"; ross's eyes go wide when you lift your hand up, and he tentatively presses his own against it like "christ, you're not kidding. could fit both of your hands in one of mine!", and your brain short-circuits because oh my fucking god look at the size of his hands!! so does ross's, and it only gets worse when you both get roped into taking a pic and you have to stand up; you're wearing heels and he STILL towers over you, and quite frankly you're fucking obsessed with it (and him. and so enamoured by how handsome and funny and sweet he is! god. you're so fucked). he actually uses the disparity between your hands as a means of ensuring you don't lose contact - before he leaves, he writes his number on your arm ("your hand's too small for me to put it there, love") and says "phone me if you need someone to play bass on a song. just so you don't strain your tiny hands trying to do it yourself, yeah?". you're like jesus christ YES and say "will do, darling. but also... i can't fit my hand around a pint glass, either. can i call you if i want a drink, and you'll help me out with that too?", and ross blushes before smirking like "anytime you want, of course". in terms of height difference... you both run the risk of developing back problems trying to kiss the other while standing, but that's easily solved by ross just picking you up to make out with you, or laying you down and doing it; that's your fave, because it almost always ends up in sex (which, like you said, is made all the more fun by how much bigger and stronger ross is than you. he's lifting you and manoeuvring you like you're a little doll, and it's the best. princess treatment in the dirtiest way!!). and then afterwards, you get to steal his clothes, and just allow yourself to be enveloped in both the fabric and the comforting smell of your boyfriend from his shirts and t shirts and hoodies - in fairness, though, you don't reserve that for post-sex, you have literally gone out wearing one of ross's tops as a dress, and needless to say he loved every second. yeah, i love this <3
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epistemophagy · 8 months
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Thoughts on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds S2 E9 "Subspace Rhapsody"
Spoilers under the cut.
Chapel/Ortegas
This episode really sold me on Chortegas, on which I was previously neutral. As far as I'm concerned, it's now canon.
"You're not the only one who's gonna miss her" — That was obvious queerbait, but I'll take it. Same with their adoring stares at each other during "I'm Ready".
Chapel/Spock
"Unfortunately we have had another communication failure" — You don't say (!)
I'm glad they're killing this ship off. I think there's a universe where Spapel might have had some appeal to it, but it's not this one.
Jim Kirk/La'an
"Jim? Sounds so serious" — No that's just what La'an sounds like all the time Jim, sorry.
Jim turns La'an down because of Carol, who is pregnant with David, who will get killed on the Genesis Planet about twenty-five years later indirectly owing to actions taken by Khan ... the Marcus and Noonien-Singh families really forming something of a Montagues and Capulets vibe here
Jim Kirk/Spock
I feel like we are definitely starting to see the beginnings of the TOS Kirk&Spock-to-Spirk dynamic taking shape.
Spock & Uhura
"You pick the song, Nyota" — I feel like there are the beginnings of a Spock and Uhura friendship here and I'm happy about it.
Chapel
I have a note here that reads: "Holy shit, Jess Bush's voice is so hot. Holy shit, Jess Bush is hot."
I really enjoyed how they used Chapel as a powerful contralto soloist. We don't hear enough of that, and being forced to actually give material to voice types who aren't already Broadway's favoured children is one of the ways that musical theatre outside the high-end professional theatre context can be superior to musical theatre in it.
Jim Kirk
"Someone who keeps a necessary distance from her crew because she knows she has to make hard decisions" — For better or worse, we know Jim will ignore Una's description of this attitude as a "first mistake" in TOS, given that "keep[ing] a necessary distance" becomes one of Jim's most defining and most isolating behaviours and in the end is arguably the main reason he is never truly happy.
"Show him the ropes. Kirk's full of talent but still has one or two issues to work out before he begins his commission" — As we TOS girlies know, Jim never works them out.
La'an's tip about the aft torpedoes on the K't'inga class will come in useful for Jim thirty-three years later, during Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Sam Kirk
I honestly haven't really liked Sam up to this episode, but Dan Jeannotte's ensemble work in "I'm Ready" did a great job of making me like him more.
La'an
Christina Chong did a great job with La'an's part, but she deserved better material. She was buried under the instruments at times, and even as a former pit band director who rightfully sees actors as the lower life forms they are (/j), I think that should have been corrected. Also, vocal portamenti are compositionally risky at the best of times and using them over and over in La'an's solo struck me as a misstep.
Pike
I do love Anson Mount but he was the Pierce-Brosnan-in-Mamma-Mia! of this episode. Oh well. The man has many strengths, I'm not going to expect him to have all of them.
I enjoyed that Pike was visibly not taking La'an's concerns about the musical episode effect being a security risk all that seriously, and then bam, "Private Conversation". Listen to women, Christopher!
Spock
I've distrusted Ethan a little since he said "Charades" was his favourite episode but man, he had the biggest positive performer-versus-material quality ratio in this episode. The material they gave Spock was bad bordering on awful, but Ethan's vocal and dramatic performance absolutely sold it, which is quite the achievement given that Spock is not a particularly expressive character and that particular area of the bass-baritone range — the Caiaphas area, if you will — is not easy to be expressive in.
Other
I love that they can hear the soundtrack in universe. Up until Pike asked "Where is that music coming from?", I assumed everyone was just a cappella in-universe, but no! I love even more that they just don't question it after "not anyone on this ship"
"Perhaps fundamental harmonics are the answer" — Honestly, as a theatre music director, I enjoy the fact that the episode doesn't try to get too deep into music theory. It's not something you can fake convincingly unless you actually get your music supervisor to write the dialogue.
"You're applying old rules to a new reality. I suggest you find a different tempo" — Nope! In this house we have a tempo and l'istesso tempo only!
Whose recording of "Anything Goes" was that?
The grand finale needed better drum mixing. Did they leave a soundfont in by mistake?
Apparently the Klingon part was supposed to be a parody of K-pop (you know, because Klingon begins with a K). You honestly could have fooled me. Satire requires a clarity of purpose etc.
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hibiscussoupbowl · 2 months
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Yk what ive already made all my statements abt the teen wolf movie on instagram but imma say it here
As much as i love and breath teen wolf, its not the perfect show which is fine bc recognizing that is what makes its good. The thing is the movie? Godawful. The one thing i can appreciate is that the movie had an opening and the graohic design was cool
My problems with it?
-the plotline being abt allison. I think alisson (is it allison or alisson?) Is a fine character especially in s3, however, you killed her off. That whole s3 ending was abt her dying and isaac leaves BECAUSE of allison dying. Now ur gonna reopen that plotline that was TIED OFF? Ur not even gonna get stiles or isaac back into play even tho theyre arguably the most important for that season. And ur not gonna tell us how s6 ended??? Even with a flashforward of 2 years??
-the fbombs. Im sorry, what? U make a show that doesnt use f bombs at all and u make it creepy and horror but when u make the movie thats r rated meaning u can go even harder... u use it on fbombs? Might i add in the worst way possible. "Darkness motherfucker" wow. It just sounds so cringey. Either use it once meaningfully or dont drop one at all. U managed to make s3 be creepy without it do it again
-why the absolute fuck was liam in japan. By the hour and a half mark that question wasnt explained and it never was. Him and this girl hikari (whos gr8 actually) are just in japan and i guess own a bar??? I dont even know what they are to eachother let alone how they ended up there. I only knew that they love eachother bc they say that in jpn but like still??? Is it a sibling ily or a were dating and ily?
-the actors. Im sorry but if ur gonna get all these actors like masons and parrish and malia and whoever but u give them like what one line? Mason had legit like 2 lines in that movie. And u dont even know how he beacme a police officer! He just is! And they dont even say anything abt corey??? U could easily get his actor i know he aint doin anything rn. Liam and hikari? Also have like 3 lines in the movie
-personal thing lol but not everyone looks good with a beard and a shaved head
-lydia and stiles. Just bc u coudnt get dylan obrien cuz hes like the most succesful does NOT mean u just break up the couple that u built for six. seasons. You couldve said literally anything you couldve said stiles was dealing with some fbi shit or another supernatural disaster. Lydia having the dream? Tragic but stiles wouldnt have cared bc he loves her and wouldve just wanted to be with her forever.
-how can u not tell us who elis mother is. We ALLLL wanna know who derek banged im sorry but he slept with the enemy like three times and with his history and family history everyone just wants to know who it was.
-dereks death. WHAT THE FUCK this man survived a *pipe* going thru his back for like 10 minutes and survived, got brutally slashed and survived and ur telling me he died by magical fire. Sure teen wolf sure.
-if ur gonna introduce a character like alec in the season finale, bring him into play somehow recast him idc but do smt. Even nolan! Someone !
-what was with the whole nogitsune temple thing?? It was so... not scary at all and it looked bad. Like idk it was just so kiddy. Like oh noooo we re trapped bc we re tied to a pole with rope -_-
-sorry but again why continue a plotline that has been tied off? And not continue with the one that was open ended when u cant even get the significant actors for the s3 plotline? Bring daniel sharman into play, medicis over he has the freetime.
-malia and scott breaking up is also stupid bc again they were "endgame" and they had no reason to break up other than the fact that allison was alive again and for plot reasons.
-harrison coming back was so stupid i was so glad they killed him off even tho i guess they never found his body. I was hoping
-are argent and melissa not dating anymore? Its been like 3 months since ive seen the movie so i dont rememeber that but if they arent, why are the writers/producers, whoever, so desperate to break up everything great they had goin at the end of the show.
The interesting parts of the movie were
-the intro
-elis backstory with his dad, except why would u hate derek its literally tyler hoechlin
-and scott having an animal clinic bc i think thats funny
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AND ON THE JAY NAKAMURA AND JONJAY HATE....
when you take into consideration the fact that gamorra, a political narrative that’s borrowed from ANOTHER set of books that only recently merged into the dc universe, it’s like... what did you expect jay nakamura’s story to be about? sure, FINE, you don’t wanna see a story about superman saving a boat full of refugees, and maybe you just don’t care for this twink in a green mask that is clearly recruiting jon for some shady shit. and that’s fine! you can hate jay for being a pink-haired twink with shady underpinnings. totes fine. i still think hal’s a green fascist even after seventy years of character development, BUT THAT’S OK. we each have our no-no’s.
but then i see ppl talk about jon as if he’d an uwu bby boy who was so unjustly seduced by some pink-haired asian twink, and i think.... please tell me more.
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pls tell me how the most powerful heir on the planet, the son of superman the god himself, was so uwu bby boy seduced, hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok, and flat out DECEIVED by some broke asian twink refugee with a podcast. actually, don’t. i’ve read enough twitter threads, reddit forums, and random commentary on youtube. i may be a fool for doing so, but i live for the drama, so i will read some more laterz.
like fine if u think jon did indeed get played, but i have to ask.... and what about it? even IF jon got played in the end, no one’s holding a gun to his head telling him NOT to fuck that damn gamorran. he’s fully consenting to smashing that twink, and by all the kissies, im thinking they are both very much enjoying their mutual shenanigans.
.... so why don’t folks like jon with jay? like really. be forreal.
and while reading LOSH, i finally got it! i thought about how, narratively, it makes PERFECT SENSE why jon and lor zod get married in the future, ESPECIALLY if the earth does get destroyed. if the earth is gone, then so are all of jon’s roots and ties to his human side. it would really only make sense for him to marry a zod, give half his dna to zod’s scientists, let them slap it together with lor zod’s, and thus produce children that could continue to help repopulate new krypton. plus, we know jonno’s stronker than his pops! a zod plus an el with those pesky human genes that makes him stronger? i know in my heart dru zod himself drafted the marriage proposal and took it to clark while he was just tryna have dinner with his wife and son. unfortunately, bc of this decision, mon el now exists. le sigh.
AND IT’S DURING THIS SHIT ASS LOSH RUN THAT I REALIZED... well of course jon/lor zod makes sense in the narrative. jon’s a plot device. he’s the most powerful fucker in the world, arguably. not yet fully realized, hella pretty, falls in love easily. it makes perfect sense that he’d give into an el/zod union if would make peace. and really, nobody really cares about bendis’ LOSH implications, bc it is such a stanky run, but it’s there. and apparently it’s ok bc it makes sense, bc hey, the zods are SUPPOSED to be evil, so why WOULND’T they try to rope jon into marrying their son so that they can be the universe’s power couple? it’s par the course for the zod famileh.
so why does it make people sooooooooo uncomfortable that jon is dating, in the current timeline, someone who is arguably just as politically inclined? what is it about some asian twink with a podcast that THREATENS fandumb’s delicate sensibilities, and i realized..... it’s cuz he’s literally not lois.
snake eating it’s own tail, jay is not lois!!!
by FUNCTION, he is lois, and is arguably, jon’s central and most important love interest. but jay is NOT lois. he is not even lois adjacent. he is a revolutionary. he’s a refugee. he’s asian. he has pink hair, and apparently that makes him effeminate. he sometimes dresses up like a ninja, but it’s the pink mop that makes him look like a girl lmao.
and, oh yeah. the haterz in-universe think he’s a terrorist. lex framed him as one. in-universe reddit and 4chan DEFINITELY thinks he’s a terrorist.  batman thinks he might be one too. his friends, aerie and wink, certainly were at one point.
so what happens when the son of superman the god, someone who’s supposed to do better and BE better even when the options are all garbage, starts dating a guy who is being touted a terrorist by a billionaire, a foreign government, AND people on reddit?
well, that’s just too woke now, innit? this is woke. this is what happens when kids learn CRT. they end up falling in love with terrorists. superman can’t love a terrorist!! siegel and shuster rolling in their graves.
except anyone Who Can Read and DID read KNOWS that, that’s not true, and the fact that lex, bendix, and the people in-universe FRAME the revolutionaries as terrorists is literally a meditation on how OUR world frames the question of the revolution, youth-led revolts, and anything not being shielded with rose-tinted glasses. it’s literally a common theme in fiction these days. it’s a common theme in LIFE.
and it’s FASCINATING to see how a thematic element in a comic book that’s geared towards 12-22 yr olds garnered such OUTRAGE, when that thematic element is played on like every other tv show and i think.... oh people are CRAZY crazy now. and not just crazy, they hate being uncomfortable, and dont like that jonno’s not in a traditionally white hetero romance that’s solely dressed in black in white in terms of morality and politics, like lois and clark are. and no, im not referring to the new anime where lois is racebent, this is not a factor in this convo. historically, and up until recently, the question of lois and clark has been and still is a deeply americentric approach at truth and justice, aka the american way. lois is the star reporter, the uncoverer of truths and part of the reason why justice gets served, but she does it the AMERICAN way, the way white people always have and always will find palatable. and that’s fine! these comics have a history. they have a pedigree, and ppl love them for a reason.
but jay doesn’t fit into that mold. he’s not even pretty to look at, in terms of conventional handsomeness, and that seems to be by design!
cuz it’s not just jay being brain smart that makes folks uncomfortable, but that he holds a Frame of Reference that even jon doesn’t really understand. his mom might be a military brat and his dad a refugee’s who’s DEEPLY assimilated into the land he was able to find refuge in, but jay is decidedly NOT assimilating. lord knows how many cops, armymen, and green lanterns we got running around, but jay’s not a lantern, and he’s certainly not US military. he’s the son of an ousted politician from an asian nation most ppl dont really care about. he’s got pedigree that’s decidedly NOT americentric. he’s NOT invested in truth and justice done the american way. he literally does everything unamerican, including seducing superman’s son, to make ends meet and make his revolution happen, and man oh man, that shit makes the intellectually conservative fandumb so damn UNCOMFORTABLE!!! his broke ass was able to bamboozle jon kent AND dick grayson! he went to take down a dictator the rest of the world saw as a hero! and superman joined him! and dick grayson funded the campaign!
superman fell in love with a terrorist. that’s what pisses people off 😂😂😂
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chibipandaao3 · 1 year
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Thoughts on Hemp Rope novel and Between Us pt1 (spoilers for both)
Arguably the largest alteration between the drama and the novel is Team’s family dynamic/structure.
For clarification, in the novel Team’s parents died in an accident when he was about 5 - his father had no living family and it seemed like Team would end up in the system except his cousin Ton begged his parents (Team’s aunt and uncle) to take him in. Whereas in the show, Team’s parents have both survived.
Why was this changed, I think in part it was done for simplicities sake. Separating the two families makes the overall structure easier to comprehend and lessens the nuance. However, it really changes (and almost lessens) the nature of Team’s grief and guilt.
Throughout the novel leading up to Team revealing everything to Win we get bits and pieces of Team’s trauma; his internal admission he can’t look his parents in the eye, his reoccurring flashbacks, and of course his nightmares. He also admits that he feels like he’s taken his parents and replaced Ton’s entire existence. His guilt is complex - he believes he killed his brother, his cousin, his savior AND then took over that person’s entire life.
By separating the families in the show it also adds a degree of separation from the traumatic event. When Team goes home, yes his mom’s like “visit Ton’s grave”
But in the novel it’s go say hello to your brother, who’s room hasn’t been touched since the day he died minus the addition of trophies (which I think Team puts there). He also doesn’t visit his parents in the book, actively avoiding it until after he’s started therapy.
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hannahhook7744 · 10 months
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Isle kid Moodboards revamped part 2;
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Marya Grigorievna Rasputin, the 20 year old daughter of Grigori Efimovic Rasputin and Baba Yaga (bartok the magnificent).
One of the medics of Harriet Hook's crew.
Lover of skeletons, magic, taxidermy, bugs, roses, and whiskey cake.
Not too great st speaking English.
Bestfriend of Big Murphy and Claudine Frollo.
Currently single.
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Reza Vizer, the 15 year old son of the former Royal Astronomer of Agrabah and a harem girl as well as the adoptive son of Mozenrath and Sadira. Older brother of Omar and Alya.
He is the forensics expert of the Badun Detective Agency and is rivals with Carlos De Vil as well as a student at Dragon Hall.
He's good with swords, daggers, guns, tea, and breaking and entering, and He always acts like he is the smartest in the room (which he is most of the time) and doesn't like it when that title is challenged because he has earned that title.
He also doesn't like it when people treat him like he's less than Carlos, which is why he didn't join the Anti-heroes club (because it was being run by Yen Sid who is not found of him at all).
He is dating Yzla Sorcerer of Enchancia.
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Claudine Esther-May Frollo, the 19 year old daughter of Claude Frollo.
She is homeschooled and apart of Harriet's crew, the Bad Apples, and the Anti-heroes club. She is also the bell ringer at Dragon Hall.
She is left handed and a redhead who loves science, art, music, sweets, and things being fair. Which of course while paired with her beauty did not bode well for her due to how her father is.
She works at her father's crepes shop and is dreaming of the day she can escape with her friends.
She has a thing for Lefou Deux.
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Richard 'Rick' Perseus Ratcliffe, the 21 year old son of Governor John Ratcliffe.
He is apart of Harriet's crew, The LeGume Hunting Club, and The Bad Apples.
He and his dad do not get along at all due to many factors—like his dad being racist and naming him after his dog. If anyone dare mention the origin of his middle name, they will get a black eye from him.
He had his own pug named Prometheus.
Once when he and Clay Clayton were young and rough housing, he accidentally knocked the other man out of a second story window at Hook's inlet. They're still friends though, surprisingly.
He also has a habit of saving people from water sources like John Smith, much to his father's annoyance.
He has two younger siblings (Rachel and Rory) and is very protective of them as well as the kids of his father's former crewmates who got stuck on the isle with him.
He is dating Mad Maddy.
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Claymore 'Clay' Comrade Clayton, The 20 year old son of William Clayton.
He is a member of the Bad Apples, Harriet's crew, and The LeGume Hunting Club.
Though unlike his dad he doesn't enjoy poaching or being crueler than necessary when hunting because it makes him uncomfortable, so he avoids doing it.
He loves graffiti and sailing and the jungle as well as tree climbing, rope swinging—on vines—, and partying. He also likes carving his intails into things and rough housing.
Especially with Rick and Anthony.
He and Rick once overdid it and he ended up getting thrown through a window, which no one has let them live down since.
He and his dad have a volatile relationship, which is arguably better than what most kids on the isle have, though those in Auardon would argue that that's still bad. He gets along alot better with his aunt and brothers though and has no clue who his mother maybe.
He has no problem with speaking his mind, which gets him in trouble often. He has tons of weapons as well as a stuffed grollia and would get along swimmingly with Tarzan and Jane, and their family. Especially their son, Taylor, who is just as rambunctious as he is.
He doesn't have the best grades but he's a good person and arguably Ginny's conscious, and that's all that matters, right?
Also he's terrified of getting hung like his dad and the idea of drowning again.
He's protective of his younger brothers, Cassius and Wilson, and is dating Ginny Gothel.
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Jadeana 'Jade' of Agrabah, the 19 year old daughter of Nasira and the niece of Jafar.
She is in Harriet's crew and is the messenger of the isle, so no one really messes with her.
She's a bit of a loner but when she cares about people, she cares about them deeply—i.e. Jay. She'd help him steal so he could stock Jafar's shop quicker and so he would get hit or have to sleep outside. She rarely ever goes near Jafar's shop—since her mom who isn't all bad strictly forbade it—but when she does, it's to see Jay.
She was heartbroken when Jay left without saying goodbye but slowly over time she's gotten angry and bitter and resentful because she thinks he forgot about her.
She likes crocodile wrestling since it's an easy way to get out her aggression and she has two pets—a snake named Hassan and a parrot named Tygo.
She has magic but goes to Dragon Hall because she thinks the witch school is pointless on the isle.
Oh and she's dating Jonas Olympian (a member of Uma's crew).
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Hermione 'Hermie' Leona Bing, the 14 year old daughter of The Ringmaster and Miss Atlantis.
She is a member of the Badun Detective Agency and as well as the Anti-heroes club.
She was an orphan by 7 and left to run what was left of her father’s circus on the isle.
She lives by herself with her animals in her father’s old trailer by the woods where the circus tents and trailers are located.
She is known as an animal whisperer and a Jack of all trades on the isle because she can do nearly every circus act there is.
She obsessed with circus related things—ESPECIALLY clowns.
She is in denial about the true nature of her parents' deaths and is emotionally and mentally unstable due them.
She has quite a sweet tooth—especially when it's traditionally considered circus food.
She collects glass figures as well as odd/deformed furniture, toys, and photos (along with just vintage photos in general) and loves colorful things.
She also loves reading, filing, painting, dagger throwing, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, playing games, and taking care of animals.
Her and Eddie Balthazar are dating.
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Edmund 'Eddie' Seraiah Balthazar, the 15 year old son of Sarah Dear /Aunt Sarah and Edgar Balthazar.
He is apart of the Anti-heroes club and the Badun Detective agency.
He has alot of old school hobbies like croquet and crochet, golf, birdwatching, and collecting things. Things like stamps, coins, and bugs. He likes reading and listening to music and writing and he loves picnics, sewing, and knitting.
He had a litter of kittens that he adores as well as a motorcycle.
He also likes red wine, coffee, tea, champagne, slushie, hard candy, chicken pot pie, cigar, and toast with beans. Not that his parents know that he likes alcohol.
He usually shows little more than indifference to those outside his inner circle and has been taking care of his elderly parents (and their pets) since he was 9.
He is dating Hermie Bing.
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Gaston Junior and Gaston the 3rd LeGume, the 21 year old sons of Gaston LeGume and Laurette. Aka Junior and Bronze.
They are hard heads lacking in education because of their father and can hold one hell of a grudge (as well as an ox) but have hearts of gold. When it comes to the people they care about that is.
They are both members of Harriet's crew and have many shared (and differing) hobbies.
They are very protective of their little brother (and sister) and their little cousins, even if they love getting under their skin at times.
Junior is dating Daphne Tremaine and Bronze is dating Sammy Smee.
Also Junior has a bad leg from trying to ram through the barrier with his dad.
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Gemma Enchtra LeGume, the 3 year old (by d3) daughter of Gaston and the Enchantress. She is the younger half sister of the Gaston twins and Gil as well as the younger cousin of LeFou Deux, Claire Bimbette, and La Foux Doux (by default).
She is every bit as good, innocent, and bubbly as Gil is. She loves Magic, fruit, candy, roses, lifting rocks, animals, the forest, mirrors, and adores her older siblings and cousins with all her heart. She also loves her parents too despite not knowing them all too well.
Oh and she likes weight-lifting, though her elder family members don't allow her to do it.
And she loves mirrors as well and carries around the doll that her brothers and LeFou Deux made her.
She is my oc based on the toddler from d1.
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I’ve never read moby dick in my entire life but seeing you post about it so much made me want to give it a try! any warnings before I go into it? :D
oh my god gbskxjs okay first of all im honored that my mad posting has had this effect :DD!! you are so powerful for this, genuinely 💙💙
and secondly YEAH ok i can absolutely give some warnings!!!! this answer got long tho so I'm gonna put it under the cut 🐳💙
Firstly: the main thing most people struggle with in Moby Dick (myself included) is how utterly rambley the narrator is.
there WILL be pages upon chapters at a time where he simply Cannot get to the point, which is frustrating!!! something that helped me to keep in mind, though, is that Ishmael is doing that on purpose to avoid having to relive his trauma. It helped me to think of his whale rants as either a friend infodumping, or a desperate plea for the story to stop repeating.
if that doesn't help, you can always look up a summary for a chapter to see if there's any plot you'll miss by skipping it lmao
The Racism. This is a novel written by a white man in the early 1800s. There is some bullshit in this.
Although Melville does try to be conscious abt race and stereotypes, and has a very diverse cast, he still majorly fucks up. He regularly refers to several major characters as "s*vage", uses outdated terminology for Black people, throws out all sorts of shitty descriptors for folks, and rarely lets the characters of color speak for themselves. It's important to be aware of that going in.
This one is a weird dichotomy though, bc like. on one hand. all of that is infuriating. but on the other hand, the love interest of the narrator is literally a Pasifika man who is a gorgeous character that undercuts a ton of stereotypes and is allowed to be a nuanced person with a life that exists outside of the white characters. There's several characters of color who get to be People and have nuanced experiences and vibrant lives!! Pip and Tashtego and arguably Ahab himself are all fascinatingly nuanced folks that are not entirely bound by stereotypes!!
However comma, there's also an entire character who isn't allowed to exist outside of "evil zoroastrian stereotype" so hgbbjggbngmdhhf. it's a whole thing. Be aware of it.
Animal death — this is a book about whaling gbsjfjjf
Seriously though a significant portion of the book is dedicated to violently killing and then harvesting the corpses of whales. It does get sad! Some whales are killed more brutally than others. There is gore.
Rope violence/strangulation
This is just a safe one to mention. Lots of shit goes wrong with the rigging/harpoon lines in the book. Several characters are seriously injured or killed directly due to this.
Suicidal themes/tragedy
The first chapter literally starts off the book with this gbskfjwjd but it is a present theme throughout, and especially in regards to the final tragedy. A significant portion of the story involves characters thinking that they have no choices left but to die.
In tandem with that, this book is a tragedy. Like a "everybody dies" kind of tragedy. Do not go into this story thinking that you're getting a happy ending out of it LMAO. there's love and joy and good times within the story, but it ultimately ends in tragedy.
This is a long ass post, but hopefully it's thorough enough to give you answers!!! On the more uplifting side: I did have a fantastic time reading this. The characters are all super compelling, the queer rep is incredible for the time, the narrative is truly awesome, and it genuinely left a huge impact on me. It definitely earns its place as a masterpiece of American literature imo.
I will also note that if you would prefer to engage with an adaptation of MobyDick that is not narratively racist to its characters, generally more accessible, and also gorgeous, I will always recommend @pocketsizedquasar 's Moby Dick (Or, The Webcomic)! It is, as of yet, unfinished, but they're currently releasing pages weekly, and it's what got me to read the book in the first place. There's a ton of heart here.
But yea thanks for reading this long ass ramble, and definitely do whatever you need to keep yourself safe! 💙💙💙 happy reading if you choose to!!! :D 🐳
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Genshin men as highschool boys (modern au).
Warnings- Light mentions of fighting.
Feat. Childe, Venti, Albedo, Diluc, and Ayato.
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Childe who would be known as the guy who never loses fights. Understandably, this would make you angry and worried for him, but seeing as he never gets injured too bad you try not to worry. Many try challenging him only to get their asses kicked badly by the bloodthirsty ginger.
Venti would be known as the guy who everyone somehow knows and is friends with. People know him by his unpredictable snap stories where he is either drunk or doing crazy shit at 3am. You always end up getting roped into his schemes and you both end up laughing about it later that day. (The headaches you both have while in class after a crazy night will never be worth it tho.)
Albedo who is known as the schools nerd, contrary to popular belief he never gets bullied by this proclaimed title. Many go to him if they need extra help on assignments or to commission one of his lovely art pieces, this had earned him mad respect in the school. Your boyfriend is arguably the best guy to be with while in high school.(You feel so smug knowing you bagged him.)
Diluc who is known as they guy who everybody goes to when they need advice or to simply have a pillar of support to lean on. His standoffish persona may scare some but he’s generally just a simple guy who wants to live a simple life. Because Diluc has helped many with their problems he often acquires a large amount of admirers. You do not find yourself jealous by the amount of people who look up to him or claim to be in love with your boyfriend as you know you’re very well one of them.
Ayato who is known as the schools charmer and is the student body president. Many respect him due to the fact that he genuinely listens to problems that arise in the school. Ayato can always be seen in the schools council room or talking with somebody. You always try to help your boyfriend with any of the work he has not yet gotten to as you know a lot of responsibility and stress rests on his shoulders.
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Scooby-Doo AU: what is the dumbest, most idiotic thing each of the kids has done, on or off a case? The thing that had everyone else asking where their common sense went? (Like that time Mira and Camilo decided to try juggling torches xP)
Um??? Well. Depends on your definition of stupid.
For Isabela, its her traps. She will pull together the most goofiest looking thing and there's a 50/50 chance it'll work. One time, she had set up a trap and was leading the bad dude into it; he did get caught, but she ended up getting caught in the back up---she often forgets that she sets up back ups to her traps in case the first fails.
Dolores, was a driving incident. They were getting chased by that Ghost Truck and she FOLLOWED THE ROAD RULES. She stopped at the light and everyone was telling her to keep going; she almost got the van totaled, but luckily Luisa out the pedal to the metal <33
Luisa she. Is just very BAD at lying. At anything, on and off case. Even when they aren't solving mysteries, she can't really keep a secret, not unless its super important (like the Disc). When they first found the disk piece, she was tasked with keeping it. Yeah she ended up losing it and se looked up and down, without telling anyone or asking for help---it was in her locker the whole time 💀 and she swore she looked in there, and she did! But she was looking so hard and over thinking it she passed over it like 4 times.
Camilo literally tried to solve a mystery himself. He started out good, but he stole some of Isabela's supplies for a trap. Ended up tangled up in ropes and hooks behind the museum for two hours. It was only thanks to Antonio pointing out the trail weird and strange objects that they found him to begin with 😭 he was out of helping with traps for a while after that.
Mirabel is clumsy. She's similar to Isabela---gets caught in traps. But not Isabela's traps; its the traps the bad guys they're investigating set up. Doesn't matter if she's walking ahead, behind or in between, she somehow manages to trip up and get caught in traps. She actually willing walked into a trap---which led to her capture and the others had to save her. She ended up hitching a ride on Luisa's back for a while because they were worried she would get snatched again 😭
Antonio is the ONLY one who hasn't done anything remotely very stupid. Arguably its because he's too young, but the dumbest thing he's done is wonder off from his class when he was on a field trip. He found a clue to the Discs and just waltzed back into the room his class was in (not that the teachers really noticed, though).
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If you ever wanted to see the free market work in real time you should pay attention to what's going on in MMA right now.
Short(ish) version: The UFC is the biggest MMA company in the world and it's where every fighter dreams of ending up. For years, it was the only real game in town, especially after it bought PRIDE and Strikeforce, its two biggest competitors (at one time PRIDE was the biggest MMA promotion in the world until Yakuza scandals led to it getting purchased in 2008 by the UFC). The thing about the UFC though, is that most fighters are paid like shit. This isn't the NFL or the NBA where everyone who gets into the league makes millions. Most people barely make enough to cover their training camps unless they get a win bonus or a performance bonus. Even some champions and people who have been in the top 5 rankings and have huge name value aren't getting paid nearly what they're worth. That's because they get roped into signing contracts for multiple fights when they're not as big or high ranked for low money, but that initial number never changes until their contract comes up. And if you don't take the new deal the UFC offers you, they'll often sit on your contract for years while never booking you for a fight, or offering you fights that you'll never accept or that are designed to punish you and make you look terrible and tank your name value (for that last, look at the Nate Diaz vs Khamzat Chimaev debacle).
So what happens when a fighter is being paid far below what he's worth and can't get out of his contract? Usually, aside from a few big names that manage to escape, or older guys the UFC thinks it can't make money on anymore, they'll eventually resign with the UFC. Because the UFC has sold itself as being the only game in town and most people just want to get paid and support their families even if they're only getting half of what they're really worth.
But over the last few years, fighters are starting to figure out that isn't true.
Bellator, the second biggest MMA promotion in the west, has made some very highly publicized signings of big name talent, including Cris Cyborg (arguably the greatest female MMA fighter ever), and they've retained some great young homegrown talent who, 5 years ago, would have jumped at the chance to show up on the prelims of a Fight Night in the UFC. Part of the success Bellator has been having is because of their yearly tournaments, where the winner not only wins the championship, but also a million dollars. The PFL has shockingly been successful, offering up a unique season format where fighters fight in a year long season, playoffs, finals system for the chance to win a million dollars at the end of the year. They're also starting up a superfight division to showcase special talent who, for whatever reason, don't want to do the season format. In Asia, One Championship is making inroads into the western market as well and signing some big names both in Asia and in the west. They also offer more variety in their fights, putting on Muay Thai, kickboxing, grappling, and other forms of combat sports alongside MMA. And in Japan, Rizin is starting to finally get some notice with its unprecedented crossover events with Bellator. All of these promotions have western broadcast deals. Bellator with Showtime, PFL with ESPN, One with Amazon Prime, and Rizin with Fite TV. They all have the money and the backing to make a run at the UFC's throne, and they're all willing to pay that money to the fighters to do it.
(There's also Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship which has been massively successful and a whole new option for MMA fighters to make money, but I want to focus specifically on MMA right now and not bare knuckle boxing)
And fighters are starting to realize this. Big names are going to these promotions, making money, and telling everybody about it. They're getting opportunities that UFC fighters never get, like fighting fighters from rival promotions, or taking fights outside of MMA, or sponsorship deals (oh yeah the UFC stopped allowing their fighters to be sponsored by anyone other than the one (1) sponsor the UFC signs a deal with years ago). And in the years to come, you're only going to see more top name fighters in their prime either jumping ship or skipping the UFC all together.
(Keep an eye on where Francis Ngannou ends up)
But my point here is this:
This is how the free market works. A lot of fighters are talking about a fighters union to solve their UFC problems, but that would only be a huge step backwards for fighters who want to take control of their careers. By being smart and using your skills and your name as a bargaining chip, by knowing that there are better options than just staying with the UFC until they decide they're done with you, you can see real success in your career without signing your soul over to the UFC or a union. It is literally happening all around you right now. Fighters are getting paid more, getting paid more younger, and getting opportunities that the UFC will never offer them. Every single major MMA organization in the world is trying to expand at the same time. There are opportunities everywhere. You only need to look and be willing to bet on yourself instead of seeing that UFC logo at the top of your contract to fight for pennies and being blinded by dreams of being the next Conor MacGregor.
The free market works. The free market is the only way to achieve true success as an individual and not as a cog in someone elses machine. And best of all, the free market doesn't discriminate. It's there for you to use, no matter who you are. So use it.
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meowjf · 1 year
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The intended symbolism behind my Hangman Tarot card
I wanted to do a write-up of my thought process behind each major part of this picture. Please note I’m writing this on an iPad while I have covid, so there are bound to be mistakes and weird autocorrects I didn’t catch. If any part is incoherent or weird, let me know and I’ll try and fix it.
Here’s a link to the full hangman piece for anyone who hasn’t seen it/wants to look at it for reference.
So, I wanted to start out by discussing this piece a little bit. Yes, this had a ton of thought put into the symbolism and a lot of the picture had direct meanings I was trying to get across. I think I made it a bit ham fisted at times, but I did make me super happy to see how much people appreciated and noticed the thought put into it. Often times, I would include things because I needed to solve a compositional problem, or I wanted to include something I thought was pretty. So I would try to find a way to solve those problems/include those elements while tying it back to the main picture. I also had some things I didn’t mean to include, but were pointed out in various tags/comments, so I included them at the end because I think they’re super interesting! Overall, this picture took me about 7 1/2 hours from start to finish.
The Hanged Man
My major reason for choosing this card was simply for it’s name. However, I did do some research into it, as I wanted to ensure the card would actually fit him. There’s lots of different meanings depending on where you look, but a common thread was letting go and metamorphosis. I personally really liked these meanings, and decided to make this illustration about that- his change and growth as a character. I started drawing this in the middle of his reconciliation with the Young Bucks. I think as a whole this picture is about him letting go of the trauma associated with the Elite: both he guilt over the hurt he caused them, and the anger over the hurt they caused him.
TL;DR: It’s about letting go of guilt/anger and growing as a person
Broken Mirror Halo
This has a direct 1:1 moment it’s meant to reflect, which I think everyone could guess
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This is arguably his lowest moment, but also a major turning point. I wanted to explicitly make this mirror light halos from religious art. Part of this was for aesthetic- anyone who knows me knows I love light halos. But, often the worst points in our life can lead to major changes of the self (like a metamorphosis, winkwink) and turning a moment of despair into something “holy” was imagery I was really interested in playing with.
TL;DR: Sometimes the worst moments of our lives are also where change begins. And what is more divine than the human act of transformation?
Tangled in his Own Noose
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This is the biggest example of solving an issue with imagery. In the original sketch, his legs were just sort of cut off at the frame, which looked really weird once I started to clean it up. Originally, the noose was hanging loose around his neck (an homage to his old gear), but while cleaning up the sketch I couldn’t find a way to make the hanging noose look good.
This was meant to represent him being tangled and tied down by his mistakes and strained relationships. The two major elements of this are him being tied tightly to the frame covered with images of alcohol, and to the belt. The belt became a way for him to “redeem” himself, but reality is rarely ever that simple and getting the belt wouldn’t solve everything. I also liked the idea of mixing something representing his mistakes with something representing Kenny’s corruption (the belt). While the ropes may be plentiful, they’re sloppily tied and can still be undone.
TL;DR: the ropes are his mistakes
The Frame
The frame is a little obvious- we all know our favorite cowboy has had his share of problems with alcohol. I did consciously choose to have the alcohol spilling out of the cups and bottles, as if they’re being disposed of. Something I couldn’t quite execute to it’s full potential was the fact that one of the whiskey glasses is directly below where his hand is. I wanted it to mimic him pouring out the drink. Lowering the opacity shows this a bit better.
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TL;DR: Hangman likes alcohol too much but he’s better about it now.
The Monarch Butterfly
I was in the middle of working on this when he came out to save the bucks in his monarch butterfly pants. I immediately knew I had to include the butterflies in this pic, and I’m so happy I did. They were mostly there to connect to the recent episode, but I did do a little reading into meanings associated with Monarchs. They’re often associated with transformation. Considering this piece is directly about him growing and changing as a character, I was very happy they fit so well with the theme. Most of their placement was based off of aesthetics- I simply chose what I think looked best. The one conscious decision was to put a butterfly on the noose- a symbol of his new growth on top of the symbol of his previous mistakes.
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TL;DR: Butterfly pants, but also transformation.
Unintentional Symbolism
Upside down horseshoes look like an Omega symbol- this was entirely a happy coincidence! I drew him in the in-ring gear he wore during Full Gear 2021. Maybe that was something they intentionally thought about when designing his gear? I’m always a sucker for wrestlers including other wrestler’s motifs in their gear, so having this pointed out was a delight! But since it’s not something I actively meant to include, I don’t have a lot to say about it.
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Moonsault Pose- I think this one is really interesting. Him actively being in motion rather than being stuck hanging has really interesting implications. Like before, it’s not what I actively meant to include so I don’t have anything in depth to say about it. But it did make me stop and think about the piece in that context, so I thought it would be interesting to include here as well!
Some things I didn’t get to include/don’t have much meaning.
Dark Order- I didn’t really find a good way to include the dark order in this picture. I wish I did, but I couldn’t find a good way to include it without feeling busy. Unfortunately the purple + eye aesthetic didn’t look very good in this picture.
Bullet Club- I really wanted to find a way to include the bullet club into the noose that’s tying him to the frame, but couldn’t really find a way to that without it being distracting. There just wasn’t a good place to put any bullets or skulls. I did find a better way to do it in the Young Bucks + Flowers pics I did a whole ago.
The background pattern- the simple flower pattern was chosen because that’s what I thought looked the best. It was meant to mirror the flowers on his pants, but no additional meaning was put into that.
The Suns in each corner- the yellow circle in each corner of the frame is the sun. There’s no extra meaning to it, they just looked good with the color palette and matches the “riding off into the sunset” imagery he likes to use.
The End
That’s all for now, folks! This was surprisingly fun to write us. As a thank you for everyone who stuck around and read to the end, here’s the janky rough sketch, along with the final sketch that I ended up lining:
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Raising a young infant Jules was arguably one of the most difficult things Doc had ever done in his life. By the time Verne was born about two and a half years later, Doc and Clara knew and understood more about establishing a routine that would work for them (the second one's always easier they say), but with Jules and especially for Doc who had resigned himself to a life and death as a single bachelor, it was a struggle.
When it was confirmed that Clara was pregnant with Jules, Doc was simultaneously overjoyed and terrified. What was he supposed to do? Sure, now he was in very good health after his future rejuvenations, thirty to forty years younger, but all his worries and uncertainties had come out against his will and at times, he was far more nervous than Clara. Would he even be a good father? Could he do this? How was he supposed to do it?
Doc simply didn't know what to do to care for a child. It was an incredibly steep learning curve, one that often got so steep he'd trip and fall multiple times along the way. Clara had known much more about raising/dealing with children due to her upbringing and her expected position in society in the late 1800s, but that was a philosophy far outdated by Doc's time and he'd never subscribed to the notion that only she should/could be responsible for caring for Jules. If they were to struggle, they would do it together, in shifts or waves or whatever worked, switching on and off so one could get some much needed rest when they could.
The problem was, it was difficult and frustrating trying to figure out what children needed when they couldn't communicate. At such a young age, they had no concept of language and neither understood what was being spoken to them nor were able to communicate effectively what they needed. His closest experience to raising a kid was training Copernicus, Edison, and Einie from when they were puppies, but even training the dogs was a far simpler task in the long run than a child. There were times it felt overwhelming in the beginning.
But as time went on and with Clara's help, he learned.
No matter how tough and stressful it was at times, he never regretted it, not even when he and Clara were up for days on end sometimes, walking at the end of their respective ropes.
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Angel: 'I think I'm falling in love with you'
It took me a minute to come up with something for this one, only because I didn’t want to re-write something I’ve read from someone else (who arguably has written it better anyway) or copy a scene from the WiP I’m already writing. Not sure it’s very original, but here you go.  ~ ~ ~ Rating: Teen (lots of cussing) Pairing: Angel x Prostitute Summary: Almost got hung myself once. Didn’t care for it much. Length: Drabble Approx. Reading Time - 5 minutes (200 words/minute)
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Angel had barely levered himself up from the bed, extending himself to reach for his boots, when the door banged open. Even before the whore screamed, before the double barreled shotgun had begun to swing toward him, he threw himself at the window. It shattered against his shoulder and he tumbled ass over teakettle onto the porch roof. He plummeted to the ground, landing with a terrible thud that drove all the air out of his lungs.
"Son of a bitch! Get him!"
Diaphragm still paralyzed, he struggled to his feet and staggered towards the hitching post. All at once his lungs expanded, greedily sucking in as much air as they could hold, and he fumbled to free the reins. There was ruckus inside the brothel now, heavy tread coming down the stairs at a rapid clip, and men yelling, women screaming and shouting.
He was already turning his horse, one foot barely in the stirrup, ready to gallop as soon as he got his ass in the saddle, when the first shot rang out. Fuck. That had come from across the street. Abandoning half the plan, he locked his hands around pommel and cantle and crouched low in the stirrup, throwing his other knee into the animal's side instead of over it. Muscles flexed and bunch, not unlike the way his own were coiled in that moment, and the beast took off.
Trick riders might make that sort of thing look easy, but Angel was no trick rider. He was just a man desperate to escape a potentially fatal situation. Jostled and snatched around, he clung to the saddle for dear life and did his best to guide the horse by reins alone. The gunshots faded a little as that end of town fell away behind him, enough for him to risk throwing himself over the saddle. It knocked the air out of him like a punch in the gut, but he got his other leg over as the beast threatened to bounce him off.
Ahead he could see approaching silhouettes. He slowed his mount for a stride or two, evaluating, then a shot whizzed by his ear. More enemies. "Shit!"
His horse sat practically on its ass as he demanded a sudden halt and they pivoted, launching off in a new direction. Blasting through the alley between buildings, praying no pretentious city types had dared to put up any fences, they raced to get out of town. He had just enough time to register that something was moving through the air in his direction, enough time to choke up on the reins but not enough time to convey any new information to his mount, when the oak board caught him in the face.
Blinded by the explosion of pain, he was driven backward out of the saddle, rolling over his horse's flank and smashing face down into the dirt just as he lost consciousness.
Waking up wasn't particularly pleasant, either. He couldn't breathe, couldn't smell anything but the rancid metallic scent of old blood. Which he could also taste, unfortunately, and it was just as foul. His whole face throbbed with the beat of his heart, but especially his nose. Definitely broken. Squinting, groaning, he took in his situation.
Hands bound behind his back. Rope around his neck. Seated on a chair. In the middle of nowhere and nothing. Damn.
"You awake, yet, you cheating son-of-a-bitch?"
He glared back at the ugly cuss who'd spoken and the posse at his back. "Yeah, I'm awake."
His words came out as thick as the glob of coagulated blood and saliva he spit in their direction. Even talking made his nose hurt worse, and he hadn't thought that'd be possible. He didn't need to ask why they'd strung him up. It hadn't been all that long ago that he'd taken their money.
"I told you you'd regret crossing me," the smug bastard reminded him.
"I didn't cheat you." He jerked his chin in their direction. "I didn't cheat any of you. You suck at cards, that's all. Shouldn't bet what you can't stand to lose. Everybody knows that."
"That right? Well, I guess you made your last bet, stranger."
The brute raised his gun, aiming somewhere under Angel's feet, and pulled the trigger. He heard glass shatter and the chair swayed dangerously. Eyes widening, he dared turn his head to look as best as he could. There were boards under his chair, layers of them with gaps between. If the broken glass was any indication, those gaps held materials that would destabilize beneath him with each shot they took. Another bullet came his direction, taking out another bottle from between the boards, and Angel shut his eyes to pray to a god he hadn't believed in for more than a decade.
More shots rang out then, a cacophony of them, and then other noises. Shouting. Yelling. Audible chaos. He opened his eyes again as a last shot faded into the hills. Standing on the other side of a field of corpses was a familiar face with a revolver in each hand and a third tucked into the front of her dress.
Never in his life had Angel been happier to see a prostitute, even if his grin brought fresh blood gushing over his mustache. Behind her, he could see his horse with his boots and hat resting across the saddle.
"I think I'm falling in love with you," he hollered to her.
Letting spent casings drop to the ground at her feet, she began to reload with ammunition purloined from the dead men. It wasn't like they would need it anymore. "Don't make me shoot you, too, sweetheart. I'd hate to lose my best customer because he lost all his good sense."
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