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weirdmarioenemies · 10 months
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Name: Yellow Shy Guy
Debut: Certainly not Mario Kart Tour! (It was Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island)
Yeah yeah yeah this is a very Regular Mario Enemy. Yes, you are on the right blog! But this is a Regular Mario Enemy, in a Weird Mario Situation... yeah, it’s another post about the specifics of character alt colors in Mario Kart Tour. I hope you like those!
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Shy Guys come in all sorts of colors! They always have! Red may be default, but yellow can always be counted on to make an appearance if other colors are present. It makes sense, since Yellow is one of the main characters of Colors. Do you consider the primary colors to be red/blue/yellow or magenta/cyan/yellow? Doesn’t matter! Yellow is there! Please do not bring up RGB. But if you do, I will simply retort that the powers of red and green light must combine to give rise to the mighty Yellow!
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Yellow Shy Guy is also very often playable! In older, more limited games, the default red may be the only one playable, but these days you can confidently expect Yellow Shy Guy to be an option. If you were lucky in Mario Kart DS download play, you might be assigned Yellow Shy Guy by random chance! Yellow Shy Guy finally became selectable in Mario Kart 8′s DLC, which to me is more appealing than any of the added characters. While my favorite color is light blue, I am a big fan of Yellow Shy Guy, and find his green shoes more fashionable than Light-Blue Shy Guy’s red ones!
But then, along came Mario Kart Tour. Red Shy Guy was the first one present, no problem with that! We all knew the rest would come soon enough. But they came in a weird order! Black, pink, green, light blue, blue, white, orange... At the time of Orange Shy Guy’s release, it had been nearly three and a half years since the game launched. And yet, still no sign of that classic yellow fellow? I’m normally mellow, but that makes me want to bellow! Even a gold Shy Guy was added... gold. The coward’s yellow!
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On the wiki’s list of Shy Guy colors, Yellow is among the only ones not using a render from Tour, instead being shown using one from Dr. Mario World, in a different pose. Yellow looks like an impostor among all these others! I’m here if he ever needs to vent.
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According to Mario Super Sluggers, Yellow Shy Guy loves to steal. Hey! Stealing is bad! Is that why you’re not allowed in Tour, Yellow Shy Guy? Green Shy Guy loves to hit and run, but that’s okay. Mario Kart is all about vehicular violence. They love that kind of attitude!
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This all being said, Yellow Shy Guy is technically playable in Tour, though as a variant in the form of Yellow Shy Guy (Explorer). This is an act of community service, as Yellow Shy Guy is graciously role-playing as an old-timey prospector as seen in the new version of Sunset Wilds, replacing the racist usage of Shy Guys from the GBA version of the track. Thank you, Yellow Shy Guy! But still, he should not have to hide himself behind a costume to get a place in the roster. Or I guess a second costume, in this case. When will being a humble Yellow Shy Guy be seen as enough...?
Poor Yellow Shy Guy. But oh? What is that, under the read more of this post? Wow! I can’t believe it! What a thing to behold! You should click Read More, so you can see it!
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Donkey Kong is finally getting a costumed variant, and about time too! Congratulations to him! Sorry to Yellow Shy Guy though. Yellow Shy Guy is not Donkey Kong, you see. Unless he IS Donkey Kong under his robes and mask, and gorillas can be compressed into much smaller states than I was aware of.
...Huh? What’s that, live studio audience of children? There’s something I’m missing? There’s something else of note in this tour? Oh! Thank you for letting me know! Let’s see...
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HOORAY!!!!!
Yellow Shy Guy loves to steal, it’s true. And he is especially great at stealing the show! I am so proud of Yellow Shy Guy for finally making it into Mario Kart Tour! #YellowShyGuySweep! It makes me want to play as Yellow Shy Guy in Mario Kart 8, which is a much better game where you can access Yellow Shy Guy quickly and easily.
To celebrate our friend’s victory, if you have Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you could play the custom Yellow Mode I made up! Here are the rules:
1. All humans must play as Yellow Shy Guy, and use only the yellowest of kart parts!
2. Only yellow items may be used! This means Coin, Banana, Triple Banana, Golden Mushroom, Star, and Lightning!
3. Only yellow courses are allowed! There are not that many yellow courses, so you can use your imagination here. For example, Toad Circuit features a big Yellow Toad balloon, and untextured Yellow sand! Wario’s Gold Mine is about mining some Yellow Minerals! Ice Ice Outpost features a whole yellow track, but don’t even think about driving on the green one!
And speaking of yellow tracks... I hope everyone’s looking forward to the Simpson Tour, featuring the new Springfield Streetrace track! Mario Kart Tour? More like Mario BART Tour! Aye carumba!
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asimmutableasgravity · 10 months
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everywhere at the end of time (memoryloss!spiderdads)
I COULDNT GET THIS OUT OF MY HEAD me and my friend were gossiping about memory loss aus and this appeared...
i probably won't write this out but i wanted u guys to see it and scream w me
thank u for the warm reception for paper rings <3 let me finish some stuff up and then I'll get smth out for u
why yes this is post btsv i just wanted miles here
Peter doesn't blame them, really.
When Miguel told him that a Spider-Person had gone insanely rogue and created a memory-erasing gun, Peter wasn't even that surprised. There was plenty he would want to forget as Spider-Man, certain endorsements and franchises that displayed his mask.
Then Miguel told him that this guy saw their entire family killed by the Sinister Six, and was stuck in a Mysterio-induced hallucination of the memory. They relived it over and over again before the Avengers in their universe found them.
And Peter doesn't blame them at all for doing that.
But what he is doing here in Earth-5338 is making sure that this Spider-Person doesn't do this to other Spider-People. There's a decent amount of them here, Gwen, Miles and Jessica. It's a risky mission of course, but it should just be destroy-the-gizmo and extract-them.
This should be easy.
They're in their lab in Earth-5338. A spare suit hangs from a case, light blue with pink and white accents. Spinner, a sign by it reads. On the wall behind it are drawings of the spider in action, drawn in crayon.
It's something Mayday has done, and his chest constricts.
Someone lays a hand on him, ever-cautious, and Peter looks up at Miguel. It's battle time, so his mask is pulled up. But Peter knows that under it, his lips are just-kissed glossy. He grins at the memory of their pre-mission makeout session. He leans forward, careful to keep his voice down.
"Care for a repeat, ninety-nine?" Miguel has the shame to turn away. His cheeks are probably flaring red, and Peter pulls him closer.
Miguel traces two fingers down Peter's arm, stopping at his wrist. "
"Stay safe." Commanding. It's his way of affection.
"Back to you." Peter replies.
The memory cuts off here. The orange hologram freezes, and Miguel is allowed to fixate on the unhidden affection in Peter's eyes. The colour always reminded him of how Peter drank his tea. English breakfast, with enough milk to turn it opaque and turned sweet with an ungodly amount of sugar.
There's a small smile there on him, and Miguel wants to live in this moment again.
"Lyla, again."
"Miguel, this-"
"Again." He growls it this time.
The orange figures reset and all Miguel looks at is Peter. He will always turn to Peter first. He walks up to the costume case, laying his fingers on the sign.
"Is that me?" The memory breaks like shattered glass. Miguel turns around, and about ten feet below him is Peter.
But somehow, it isn't his Peter.
Miguel turns away again and breathes. He does it slow and quiet, unlike how his heart sounds like in his ears.
"I asked for you when I woke up again. I called you the scary big one, and people seemed to know who you were," Peter's joking, of course he's joking, but it's the way his voice sounds. The way his smile, his stupid grin is so evident in his voice that makes Miguel grip his table, until his claws are leaving marks.
"You know who I am, don't you?" Peter asks. "Who I was or whatever?"
Peter woke up with Miguel holding his hand. Peter pushed him away and asked for Aunt May. When rebuffed, he asked for Uncle Ben. He was scared of Miguel, eyes going wide at the talons on his suit.
The doctor eventually got him sedated and asleep again, but he pulled Miguel aside after. "He might not get his memories back. But we'll play our odds. We'll take it slow. "
Miguel nods. He didn't have to have the Spider-Sense, to know that Miles and Gwen were listening behind the wall. He could hear them whispering. He plans to scold them later, so he doesn't have to picture his future without his Peter.
"We have to keep memory dumps slow, so he won't get overwhelmed." Is there anything else other than being Spider-Man that might shock 616-B, something very different from what he knew before he became Spider-Man?"
"You were beside my bed. You know me, don't you?" Peter asks again.
Miguel breathes in. Breathes out. He closes his eyes.
"No."
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lightleckrereins · 1 month
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Have you heard the news? Apparently Hannah said on tiktok they are reusing old costumes. She is orange, Naomi is teal and Gabriella is silver because an existing pink doesn’t fit her and I guess they don’t want to go look at the black ones :/
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First of all so sorry for going MIA for two weeks in the middle of peak six chaos time. Life got crazy (read been drowning in work, working like crazy in cosplay for a contest and battling a bad cold all at once).
Second I'm throwing this all together because answers overlap.
For once I actually saw the bits of the live(s) everyone is talking about. The things we know for a fact are: current WE alts will wear alt costumes made for previous alts for their second covers, those costumes have been altered to fit them (to quote Hannah) properly, Hannah will wear orange, Naomi will wear teal and since there wasnt an alt costume that fit Gabriella well enough she will be wearing a silver swing costume.
Six has a very long history of reusing costumes (I really need to make part two of that post). And the reason is generally obvious: debuted earlier than expected, no time to make a new costume, only wearing it for a very short period of time, fits well enough to wear full time, etc. Giving new life to costumes that were worn for only a handful of times, are in great condition and fit is a really good reason. We have been saying alts wearing altered costumes was a possibility since cast change. And at one point things pointed to them having different ones as a sort of emergency backup (orange for Naomi and pink for Hannah).
It is a good plan.
As for what they are getting and why. All black costumes have been worn by queens that had only black and for long periods of time so those are likely all too broken down and retired. It is the same case for silver but those have a stronger construction and the way Hannah phrased it says they tried all alt costumes before considering silver. I don't think they aimed for having different colors for all of them since second covers are meant to be for emergencies only and in theory who goes on for what character could be moved around to avoid duplicates (we know there will be shows with duplicates because this is six but that is not the plan). So Gabriella could have ended up with teal/orange/pink its just that nothing fit well enough.
And why do I keep saying "fit well enough"? Because I think they are aiming for a post lockdown AUS situation. They got a great mix of Zara's costume being a perfect fit for Cristina, Chiara inheriting Ella's costumes and despite not wearing the pants outside of promos and tech the top and shorts were a great fit, and Madeline wearing a slightly altered version of Jen's teal costume. On all three cases there are small signs that the costumes weren't made for them but you need to look very closely at photos to notice which means it wasn't visible from the audience. And I think thats what will happen with the WE alts. Costume team would have gone through the full costume stock to find what fits best with some alteration. We will definitely look at every milimeter of those costumes to search for the alteration points. But the audience won't know someone has two holes of net less or a new waistband and thats what matters.
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aemiron-main · 1 year
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[panicked chittering]: an analysis of the “henry killing the rabbit” scene
Henry Creel didn’t kill that rabbit. Well, I mean, he did, but he also didn’t.
SO! The rabbit scene. The one that supposedly proves that Henry was just an inherently horrible child randomly tormenting animals and his family for fun. Let’s take a look at it, because I REALLY don’t think he chose to kill/torture that rabbit. 
To begin, it’s interesting that the trailer gives us a shot of Alice walking TOWARDS the rabbit instead of running away from it (all while Virginia stands behind her) and then immediately cuts from a shot of the dead rabbit to a shot of Virginia eating. Why is this relevant? Well, people/creatures killed via powers like Henry’s (powers that Virginia likely also has) are consumed by the person who kills them- Brenner literally uses the word consume to describe Henry’s absorption of his victims.
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Plus, it’s worth keeping in mind just how similar Henry’s “rabbit killing” shirt is to Virginia’s dinner table shirt. except Henry’s has more orange whereas Virginia’s is even between orange and white- this is a small detail but if Henry was possessed by Virginia during the rabbit-killing scene, it would track with the amount of orange in his shirt. Why? Well, we see that Henry, when he gets older, is often associated with the colour white, with his lab orderly uniform. And Virginia seems to be the only character in the Creel house who wears orange (besides Henry, and Henry only wears it during the rabbit scene). So, if Virginia is represented by orange (and pink but for the sake of talking about orange, she’s the only creel associated with it besides Henry & she wears more of it than Henry), and Henry’s shirt is mostly orange, then that would reflect the idea that Henry is possessed by Virginia, the shirt is mostly orange, it’s mostly her influence, but the white is still there, Henry’s still in there, just possessed.
This also ties into something I’m going to talk about in the full analysis with the idea that Virginia and Henry both had powers and were fighting against eachother mentally at the dinner table, especially considering the “overlapping signals” subtitle regarding the radio that only starts up as soon as the lights start flashing- Virginia and Henry’s powers are overlapping, they’re fighting. This ties into Virginia’s clothes because Henry is now breaking free from the possession (“she left me with no choice- no choice but the break free”), and so, whereas previously, the orange in Henry’s shirt represented Virginia having more power/control over Henry, the orange in Virginia’s shirt at the dinner table is equally split with white- Henry has realized his power and is breaking free from his possession, they’re on equal footing now, fighting. Henry isn’t winning though, they’re equal.
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And take a look at the orange and white curtains behind Virginia in the screenshot prior to the above one- the curtains are orange and white, with basically equal amounts of orange and white- and yet, the white is encased by the orange, trapped, which is also the case on Henry’s shirt. Henry talks about how Virginia left him with “no choice but to break free,” and this feeling of being trapped is demonstrated by both the costuming choices and the set design. The white (Henry) is trapped by the orange. Also, there’s the fact that the dead rabbit was supposedly in three different places (Alice found it near the slide according to Victor’s retelling, but then in the trailer it’s in the front of the house, and then in Henry’s retelling, he’s shown killing it around the side of the house.)
And in the Creel sequence that Nancy witnesses, we don’t see the rabbit die onscreen. we hear noises, it’s implied, and we see it laying down, but we don’t see it die. Henry also never talks in his 1979 monologue to El about killing any rabbit, simply that he could “reach into others.” I still think it died in that moment but it’s an interesting choice on production’s behalf not to show us that death- as if we aren’t seeing the full story.
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As well, regarding the fact that Henry never said he killed the rabbit- of course he doesn’t need to say it for it to be true, but it’s a strange detail to omit, and even stranger when we consider the Henry dialogue line that plays over the rabbit scene- “I could reach into others, into their minds.” Sure, that could tie into him killing others, but he talks later about “growing stronger with each life I took,” he’s not afraid to talk about killing. And the key thing here, and why I’m talking about this, is that from a production standpoint, Henry’s monologue is simply being played over top of the scenes that Nancy is witnessing. The scenes Nancy’s witnessesing don’t necessarily align with the scenes Henry is referring to in his monologue, which would explain why this dialogue seems so strange for this scene. Henry, in his mind, in 1979, was very likely picturing totally different scenes that we didn’t see. Think of it this way- with Victor’s retelling in Pennhurst, we seem to be seeing what he’s thinking of in that moment, what he’s remniscing on (for the most part, but there’s also a lot of weirdness there with a lot of those shots being through Henry’s eyes), but with Henry’s monologue, the audience doesn’t see that, because we see Nancy’s 1986 trip through the memories instead. 
Also, there’s the fact that hHenry kneeling down and reaching out to kill the rabbit is paralleled to him reaching out to the spiders- and yet, he shows empathy and compassion to the spiders. he’s not inherently violent or cruel. So, what changed?
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Something else that’s interesting to me is his hair.  I have so many thoughts on Henry’s hair in general, but sticking to the topic of the rabbit- during the rabbit scene, his hair is tightly gelled down, controlled, whereas during the spider scene, it’s much looser and fluffier. We know that hair and hairstyles are often used to represent a character’s mental state and experiences in ST (see: El being re-traumatized by NINA and also getting her head shaved again, she’s being controlled again, she’s reliving that trauma mentally and physically.) I would bet that in S5, we’re going to get a scene of Virginia slicking Henry’s hair down with gel that later parallels him getting his head shaved at the lab. Because both scenarios are about control- Henry says as much in the lab when talking to El, Brenner wanted control and when he couldn’t control Henry, he sought to recreate him. Henry is being controlled in the scene with the rabbit. We’re going to come back to Brenner and the theme of control later, so stick a mental pin into it for now.  What’s even weirder here is how the whole sequence with Nancy watching this rabbit scene play out is set up. We focus on Henry’s face, and then Nancy’s face. I talked a bit about this earlier and the idea that we don’t see the rabbit die and aren’t technically seeing the full story, but I want to talk about just how strange this shot setup is. 
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We aren’t seeing what Henry is seeing, but we also aren’t seeing what Nancy is seeing. They go out of their way not to show us the body of the dead rabbit. We hear it screaming but we don’t ever see it’s body during this sequence. They chose, for some reason, to focus on Nancy’s face instead. Why not show us what Nancy is seeing OR what Henry is seeing?? Why no Nancy OTS shot here? Why no Henry OTS shot here? They gave us a Henry OTS in the attic drawing where Nancy was looking over this shoulder (and so we saw through Nancy’s eyes and got a Henry OTS), and yet for some reason they’ve set up the rabbit scene in such a bizarre way. 
It’s setup this way because Henry doesn’t have the memory of the rabbit dying- we can’t see it through his eyes because he lacks the memory, and so, from a production standpoint, we don’t see it either, because these are supposed to be Henry’s memories- instead, they keep the focus on Nancy. Henry is filling in the gaps here in terms of what he’s showing Nancy, but also, what Nancy is seeing is not the same as what the audience is seeing. Nancy is not seeing a closeup shot of her own face. They’re keeping things from the audience that Nancy knows about (such as what the corpse of the rabbit looked like in this scene/seeing it die). Like, think about when Vecna showed Nancy her vision of Hawkins being destoryed- the audience saw the cracks forming in Hawkins, but Nancy saw something totally different, she saw the bodies of her family, she saw dead soliders in the street, and a gaping mouthed creature. 
 “But if Henry doesn’t have the memory of the rabbit dying, how did Nancy see it dying?” Well, Henry does technically have it- it’s just repressed, like El’s nina memories, and Nancy is seeing it because it’s still there, in his memories, he just can’t access it, whereas the audience is being shown the parts that Henry actually remembers/aren’t repressed for him. It’s like how Will’s memories were locked away when he was possessed in S2- Henry is being possessed by Virginia in a very similar way, but that’s also another post in and of itself. 
And when DO we see the rabbit’s dead body? A.) In Victor’s retelling where alice runs away from it at the slide and b.) in the Creel family trailer, which, I’m going to make another post demonstrating this at some point, but the Creel family trailer seems to be Virginia’s pov. And going based on my post from the other day about Alice being in a vision when she supposedly saw the rabbit at the slide, Virginia would then be the only person who actually saw the real irl corpse of the rabbit- and that’s why they give us the closeup on it in the trailer. Because she’s the one who remembers killing it. 
Not to mention that in the scene of Henry killing the rabbit, 1979 Henry’s voiceover is talking about reaching into peoples’ minds and memories- almost like that’s exactly what happening here with Virginia reaching into Henry’s mind. 
The rabbit was the innocent creature Henry was torturing (as a result of Virginia’s influence/control), but a Henry was the innocent creature Virginia was torturing. In the script AND in the show, it’s not just about killing the rabbit, and it’s not just about torturing it either- it’s about the fact that the rabbit is trapped, trying to break free (“She left me with no choice but to break free.”) The suffering rabbit is also directly paralleled to the suffering child in the crib in VIctor’s vision, and the screams of the rabbit and the screams of the child even sound very similar, and the scene of Nancy seeing the rabbit happens right before the scene of her seeing Victor’s burning cradle. Because it’s about suffering and feeling trapped, because that’s how Henry feels- and beyond how he feels, he IS trapped, he feels trapped because he knows he IS trapped. 
Also, there’s the fact that Virginia is paralleled to Lonnie, who forced his son to kill a rabbit. The rabbit was the innocent creature that Jonathan killed- Jonathan was the innocent creature that Lonnie killed (figuratively, in a “death of innocence,” sense. And just like with Virginia and Henry, it wasn’t just about killing the rabbit, it was about Lonnie forcing him to do it, Lonnie didn’t just want the rabbit to die, otherwise he would have killed it himself- he wanted Jonathan to do it. He was tormenting Jonathan. Virginia was tormenting Henry, just as Henry tormented the rabbit. 
  And the scene with Nancy and Jonathan and the dying deer in S1- the deer is SUFFERING, and the way it wiggles around is very, very similar to the scene of Henry with the rabbit. And what is Jonathan preparing to do? He’s preparing to put it out of its misery, but he’s also suffering as a result of this. Nancy offers to kill it, but Jonathan declines, and in the end, neither one of them kills it. Jonathan and Henry are paralleled here, the rabbit died, the deer died, but Henry didn’t kill the rabbit (not by choice), and Jonathan didn’t kill the deer.
So, once again, I don’t think Henry CHOSE to kill that rabbit at the Creel house. i think he physically did it, but he had about as much choice as Jonathan did- and actually, he had even less of a choice.  Jonathan? Jonathan still had a choice. I am NOT saying that jonathan was in the wrong, i COMPLETELY understand why he killed it and how dangerous Lonnie was. This is not me saying that Jonathan had it easier, but rather, that he literally, technically had more of a choice than Henry. even if we go to the worst-case scenario and assume that Lonnie would have killed Jonathan instead, Jonathan still had more of a choice because the choice is ‘do or die’. with Henry? There is no choice. death is not even an option. he’s being controlled/possessed in the deepest sense, he can’t even make the choice to kill himself because he’s not in control in that moment. it’s like what we see with the flayed. Billy regains enough control to make a last-minute decision to sacrifice himself, but thats AFTER El gives him strength by focusing on billy’s best memories. not only did Henry NOT have somebody like el doing that for him, he also seems to have very little in terms of good memories at ALL.  And on that note, let’s look at the themes of Henry’s character- he is a character who is robbed of agency and choice, much like Will. Henry, unlike Will, goes on to try and cope with this loss by controlling and hurting others. however, prior to that, henry and will are very, very similar in terms of their loss of agency. henry was one of the key factors who took will’s agency and choice away from him. virginia was one of the key factors who took henry’s agency and choice away from him. The lab also did this, but he wouldn’t have even ended up at the lab if it wasn’t for virginia. Jumping back to narratives and themes, and what I said about Jonathan and choice, even if the choice is death, Henry sees death as an escape. Because of Soteria, Henry couldn’t leave the lab- he would be tracked down and brought back. Death was LITERALLY his only chance at escape unless Soteria was removed. 
Also, Nancy’s sequence at the creel house, the dying rabbit happens right before Victor sees the vision of a burning cradle, like Nancy runs inside, into the front door (which is interesting because the trailer show the dead rabbit being in front of the house even though Nancy supposedly just saw Henry around the back/side of the house), which is strange, because  Victor’s retelling claims that Alice found the dead rabbit by the slide much earlier than when Victor had his vision, but Nancy’s sequence frames it as being back to  back- almost like Henry skipped parts of the story/is missing parts of the story- almost like how Brenner canonically skipped through some of the NINA footage for El. The Creel murders are Henry’s NINA equivalent. That’s a whole separate analysis in and of itself, though.  Now, let’s go back to the beginning of this post- people/creatures killed via powers like Henry’s (powers that Virginia likely also has) are consumed by the person who kills them- Brenner literally uses the word consume to describe Henry’s absorption of his victims.
And let’s look at the lab scene where El is supposed to kill the cat. Brenner wants her to kill it not only as a show of her powers, but to build her strength in terms of being emotionally capable of killing people and creatures, which is why he’s so pleased when she kills the guards- and most importantly, beyond any building of emotional strength, he wants her to obey him. He wants to be able to control her. What does Brenner value most? It’s not power. It’s control. That’s why he tried to recreate Henry, it wasn’t because Henry was lacking in power, it’s canonically because he couldn’t control Henry.
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Brenner doesn’t have El punished until the moment she looks at him and shakes her head. It was never just about killing the cat- it was about control and obedience. 
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Even when El rips the device off her head, Brenner is staring at her, but doesn’t take action until she directly disobeys him. 
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The moment El shakes her head is when Brenner’s mind is made up, because she’s rebelling against  him, it’s not just her sitting there refusing to kill the cat- it’s her looking at him and shaking her head and defying him, and THAT’S what results in punishment. 
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Virginia is doing something very similar. Although El doesn’t absorb/consume people/creatures and gain strength from them in that regard the way that Henry does, Brenner was still trying to emotionally strengthen El by forcing her to kill an innocent creature. He was trying to control her and get her to bend to his will and obey him. Virginia was trying to physically strengthen Henry’s powers AND control him, she doesn’t need the emotional aspect, because unlike Brenner with El, Virginia already has control over the emotional aspect, she’s already inside of Henry’s mind, controlling him in a supernatural sense. Brenner does not have this. He cannot force El to use her powers, the only methods of control that he has over her is abuse and emotional manipulation, he can’t physically/supernaturally go inside of her mind and make her do things. But Virginia DOES have that ability with Henry. But she’s also trying to make sure she maintains it, so she’s trying to make sure she can control Henry and build his strengt, she’s trying to test the limits of that supernatural control, especially as Henry seems to be beginning to break away from her emotional control.
Also, Let’s take a look at a movie- “Fatal Attraction.” Specifically, let’s look at Alex from Fatal Attraction. And then let’s look at Virginia Creel. Alex’s floral pink robe is like a combination of Virgnia’s pink bathtub scene robe and her blue and pink floral robe during Alice’s nightmare scene. There’s more parallels (which im working on another full analysis about), but for now, long story short, these two are paralleled. 
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And what did Alex do in Fatal Attraction? What’s one of the big things her character is known for? Killing a rabbit. Killing and boiling the family’s pet rabbit. The daughter’s pet rabbit. Now, the rabbit outside the Creel house wasn’t Alice’s pet, but Alice was the one who found it, so the association between the daughter and the rabbit in Fatal Attraction and in ST is there.The Creel rabbit and the Fatal Attraction rabbit both even have similar poses, with the blood on the cest and head outstretched. 
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And finally, let’s circle back to the title of this analysis: [panicked chittering].  This scene with Nancy isn’t the only time we’ve seen the word “chittering,” used in a subtitle, but it IS one of the few times. When else have we seen it?
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The spiders in the bathtub with Virginia.
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The phone in the byers house- and who was likely on the other end? Henry. Henry as the Henrygorgon/Demogorgon (which is interesting because the demogorgon in the prison is described as “roaring,” rather than “chittering”)
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And then look at the subtitle setup during the rabbit sequence with Nancy- we go from “shrill shriek,” to “panicked chittering” to “rabbit shrieking”.
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And looking at this “shrill shriek,” scene, it’s interesting that Nancy turns to look at the front door, and then we magically cut to her around the back/side of the house. It’s almost like the “shrill shriek” was Alice, as we have that shot in the trailer of Alice, seemingly entranced, walking towards the rabbit in front of the house. 
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Why would they give us “shrill shriek” and then “panicked chittering” and then “rabbit shrieking”? Why remove the “rabbit” prefix from the other two scenes? At first, I thought that maybe they kept “rabbit” out of the subtitle to build suspense & didn’t want to tell us it was a rabbit until they showed the rabbit- but the “rabbit shrieking” subtitle shows up before we see the rabbit. So, I think there’s a chance that the “panicked chittering,” wasn’t meant to refer to the rabbit- I think there’s a chance that the “panicked chittering” was a subtle nod Henry panicking because he’s being controll by Virginia and forced to kill a rabbit. 
And going back to the spiders in the tub, this is tied to a separate full analysis I’m working on, but I think there’s a solid chance that Virginia actually saw Henry in the tub. So, he would have been the one “chittering.” It’s also interesting to me, as “chittering,” tends to refer to birds and their chirping- and we see Henry associated with absolutely CONSTANT owl imagery, right down to using owl pieces on the chessboard when playing against El. Like, since when do spiders chitter??? Since when do they make chirping noises?? Has a spider ever chirped at you?? I know there’s artistic license, especially because it’s a vision of spiders, but considering the other uses of “chittering,” in ST and considering the analysis I’m finishing up about how Virginia may have seen Henry in the tub, I think there’s more to it.  So yeah. I don’t think Henry chose to kill that rabbit. 
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10, 13, and 42 for the oc asks?
Sure! This one's a bit shorter.
10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design?
The holder of the most complicated design title may be Ironwing but Altitude is a close second and he has only been referenced in asks about his brother or his bf so far which is why I think he should be the answer to this question. The biggest issue I have with him is the placement of his colors, not the design itself.
Dramatic, sociable, an absolute blast to have around, Altitude is the kind of person you'd want to invite to any kind of gathering for he will breathe life into it. He has a bright personality and an equally lively appearance to match.
His base form is a simple propeller plane, nothing special. Cybertron's atmosphere is comparatively thin and makes it nigh impossible for him or his brother to fly. They are bound to walk through their floating home city state Vos but they can fly just fine under a certain... altitude, hehe.
Like his brother, Altitude doesn't have an outlandish robot design either. They use extra parts to make themselves appear more formal in Azimuth's case and fancy in Altitude's. Sometimes, the actor walks around with his costume on (superficially added kibble) and refuses to take it down even when it inconveniences him.
They share colors too: black, white, green, red and a flash of pink to complete the look. Altitude sports orange parts as well while Azimuth has more blue and purple on his frame. The twins are walking fashion disasters and sometimes tricky to draw due to their odd color schemes.
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13. Do you have any troublemaker OCs?
There are a bunch! Munchy and Chomper for example. They are two sparkeaters @cyber-streak-2 has shared custody over and both are generally timid, although when they're at ease they might play a trick on mecha they know well. They're relatively young and are still testing out boundaries. Exopulse and Azimuth have to be patient with them.
It doesn't help that they're considered to be preternatural creatures by Cybertroniankind and that their ghastly appearance is hard to hide. They gotta use those creepy vibes to spook a mechanism or two.
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(Old, unfinished sketch of Chomper)
Another noticeable troublemaker is Sparkattack :) Sparky needs enrichment.
42. Which one of your OCs would be the most interested in Greek gods?
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Not Helios haha, please don't mention the sun when he's around. No! Nooo! Helios come bACK-
Acidsplicer harbors a healthy amount of curiosity regarding the world and history happens to be a part of it. Reading is only one of her thousand unsuccessful hobbies but it is something she attempts to get into over and over and over again.
She lacks the patience to read through any book longer than a novella. Either because she keeps interrupting her reading by doing something else besides or If she can't finish it in one day or one sitting, she will have a hard time returning to it because there are always so many more things she should be doing instead.
It must be said that she would love short stories about Greek mythology. She's not a literary nerd, but rather an artist and she will seek the beauty in prose. Beauty which she can memorize and illustrate in a painting or form in a sculpture. According to her, literature does not always do it justice.
Like numerous heroes in ancient greek mythology, she is obsessed with being the best at something. She knows how to use every tool she comes across and has a broad basic knowledge, however, she cannot recognize how valuable this knowledge is and will complain about her inability to master a skill.
This is in no way connected to the myth of Pygmalion and she will never find her Galatea/something she is good at.
But yeah, she'd like Greek mythology.
Snowblast would be less interested in it, but if Acidsplicer recommended him anything, he'd become interested in it too.
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It’s interesting to see how long fashion can last beyond it’s presentation. It’s not uncommon to see styles or trends come back around but another aspect of it within media is how integral it can be to the show’s image. When you think of a character, you think of how they dress too. Good costume design can bring a full image together or reflect a new side of someone. Games can implement skins, armor, and character customization to express new sides of a character or allow players to create looks that directly reflect the outfit’s origins. Today though I want to talk about 2 shows, One Piece Live Action and Buffy. I'd like to ruminate about some of the outfits I loved and how the outfits added to the shows unique and iconic imagery not by being just stylish but relevant to characterization of these already iconic characters.
My favorite two outfits from the One Piece Live Action were Nami and Luffy’s Baratie outfits. I feel like Nami’s was both poppy and cute, a Pink top and Orange pleated skirt, in the realm of party wear whereas some of her other outfits were more obviously for comfort on the sea or in combat. The way Emily Rudd wore it was also very confident which I feel is important for the character. Part of what I think makes Nami’s strength and so great is her own confidence and will, where she will confidently take the action she believes. Likewise Luffy’s outfit is a bit more of a modern casual version of his usual outfit but still works for his character. Luffy’s usual clothes are supposed to be ones he happened to have found, where as these feel like some he perhaps got before leaving Syrup Village as they’re much cleaner. The style of them though is still super fun, almost childish, and just similar enough to his usual that you don’t feel a difference in his presentation. Iñaki Godoy has a really energetic and in some ways naïve play of Luffy and so the outfit and the it fits that makes it feel like something Luffy would wear with blue jean overalls and a bright red hooded t-shirt.
For One Piece it’s not too hard to figure out how it can be so distinctly styled. Oda’s art and designs are fairly unique. If you see Luffy’s outfit off of Luffy, it’s still recognizably his outfit. But what was kind of unexpected within the show was that even in other outfits they always felt like something he’d wear. Most of the costumes were adapted from Oda’s Color Walk 1 and 2 but costume designer Diana Cilliers has mentioned that there were costume changes made for function and to better fit the cast in ways. But it’s fun to know that it wasn’t just actors and set designers trying to recognize Oda’s vision for the world but also the costume designers trying to bring more of his work directly into the production.
I think this is a good vision for the show to go by too. Taking the both iconic characters and Oda’s sense of design for them and making it integral to the iconography of live action’s production, recognizing that the clothing and fashion of the world is just as important, is wonderful.
Now you may be wondering how I am transition to Buffy in this or how I even relate these two together. Actually I had seen Buffy a lot when I was younger, my mom and Aunt watched it quite a lot. From time to time they also like to rewatch old shows while doing chores and stuff just as background noise. At the time OPLA came out, my mom happened to be rewatching Buffy and something about how stylish Buffy was stuck with me the same way I was noticing OPLA was really stylish. Thats about how they ended up being compared in my case but something I noticed actually was how both felt like they tried to authentically represent and evolve the characters outfits.
In One Piece where the outfits are more involved with the characters and clothing functionality, Buffy’s feels more about the way it grounds the fantasy of the world in Sunnydale and it’s time. Buffy has returned to the fashion zeitgeist as Y2K fashion has made a some back in many places. Which makes sense with the way the show has a pretty iconic sense of fashion. Buffy and Willow both have the most distinct styles in the show an that definitely left a note on the fashion culture at the time. Within Buffy it’s pretty interesting to note that not all the outfits were bought or pieced from everyday fashion, some were specifically designed and made for the show. A lot of the ones that were bought were also sourced from around LA and it’s surrounding cities, the closest thing to Sunnydale there probably is. In one interview for Paper Magazine Cynthia Bergstrom mentions the brands Ver Wang which was located in Beverly Hills, Mark Wong Nark who had a store on Sunset Blvd and Cynthia Rowley out by the coast and south of LA and Huntington Beach.
Just as much as the show set trends in style, leaving ever iconic looks for characters, it also captured a lot of the actual clothes of the time. Willow’s clothing evolution is probably the one most people recognize across the series. Going from varied, almost hand me down fashion, to an almost casual punk or alternative style. From there it kind of naturally matures into outfits that feel more mature overall. One of my favorites though is from the episode where she meets Tara during a Wicca Group meeting. The episode is HUSH, a well known episode for being one of the more terrifying ones based on the idea of silence and terrors that lurk in that and take advantage of that. Willow’s outfit that I like has probably one of my favorite balances to match her personality and budding interest in this dark power in her. It has this cute cropped pink sweater and jean-patchworked Maxi skirt. It feels like it’s somewhere between the sweet and kind Willow and then the alternative grungy-naturalistic aesthetics of magic. In a lot of interviews it sounds like Willow was one of the easiest to style for and it shows quiet well. Willow always has a developing style all the time but it’s a very natural and understandable one and I love being able to see that.
The other outfit in this show I absolutely LOVE is from another legendary episode, Band Candy. Joyce, Buffy’s mom, and Giles, Buffy’s Mentor, essentially get their brains turned to teen-age from the chocolate sold from the school. Technically all adults who eat the chocolate get affected but we’re focusing on these two because Joyce looks great. Stacy’s mom? NO! Buffy’s mom. She and Giles go on a trek through the chaos that ripples through the town. Giles being the british-punk warlock he is steals a coat she wants from a shop window by tossing a trash can through it. Now when I say Joyce looks great in this episode I mean it’s undeniably one of the best outfits in the series. With suede (?) knee-high boots, a short formfitting skirt and the layered, ankle length jackets, one of which topped with an almost fur like feather collar, on top of a nice pastel V-neck shirt, is one of the most cohesive and timeless outfits seen in the run of the show. Giles’s outfit also fits this episodes' event change where he rolls his t-shirt sleeves up with a plaid shirt tied around his waist and plain jeans. It’s really simple but echos the general look of the younger punk scene Giles likely was a part of in his youth.
What I feel makes Joyce’s outfit stand out as iconic though is how it showcases something that actually people saw in a recent tiktok trend. People were swapping clothes with their parents and it made a lot of their parents look a lot younger. In many ways it showcased how style trends not just across time but across age can be irrelevant because of how the fashion itself is worn. A newer style and a certain level of trends can really affect the way a person’s age can present themself. When Joyce wears this outfit along with her acting younger it feels cohesive. The way she wears it and how it looks together, just like with Nami, Luffy or Willow, plays into the relevant parts of the character. She is teenage brained from a story standpoint but from a visual standpoint it helps to actually showcase that difference by evolving her outfit. Yet it still feels like her, not just because we see her in it but because of what we see in Joyce’s character in the rest of the series. She enjoys art, she jokes with Buffy and her friends a lot, and in being Buffy’s mom has raised her to be confident and fight for herself, even if she hadn’t always known Buffy was the Slayer. There is a deeper character that may not dress the way she does in Band Candy all the time, but has an origin and side to herself that would dress like that.
So when I say Fashion is always relevant, it’s not just a statement on how relevant it can be to a time. Most of what makes it so relevant in storytelling is the character and how believable it can be to see that outfit or costuming applied to said character. In live action series this can add a really thoughtful layer and be used to develop subtle, or overt, storytelling points. So when you find your next favorite show, see how much your impression and idea of the characters comes from how they dress. It might surprise you to see just how much it can change with a few outfit differences.
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Anyways I’m no style expert, I just wanted to talk about some cool feelings I had over the fashion in these shows. Above is the full body picture I drew as a nice little doodle of the outfits I talked about here (You can also see part of it in the header for this post). Hope you like it. Here are all my sources and interviews I read to write this up:
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Animation Rant: Frozen vs Balto
Gonna say this right away: I do not hate Frozen. It’s well-written and beautifully designed, but I think the winter scenes (aka 90% of the movie) are unnecessarily limited.
“Limited?” I hear you ask. “What do you mean, limited? This is Disney! They have an animation budget comparable to some militaries!” I don’t mean Frozen was made cheaply or without great care. I’m saying it’s artistically limited, which in this case the color palette leaves a bit to be desired.
TL;DR: I like the color direction in Balto better than I like the color direction in Frozen and the post below explains why.
Let’s look at three scenes from different parts of the movie:
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Three scenes, three times of day. The scene with Marshmallow happens in the evening, they meet Olaf around midday, and this shot from Frozen Heart occurs at either dawn or dusk. The environments are mostly periwinkle and a cool pink. The shot from Frozen Heart is the most visually distinctive with the orange in the sky. The lighting is all fairly soft and diffused, and aside from the hint of orange, it’s all cool colors (fair for a chilly environment). The scene where Olaf is introduced is almost monochrome.
Now, let’s do the same for Balto, an Amblimation movie from 1995: an evening shot, a midday shot, and a morning shot.
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Location note before anyone comes after me: Frozen takes place in a pseudo-Denmark during the July of 1843, while Balto takes place in Nome, Alaska in the winter of 1925. Nome is further north than the northernmost tip of Denmark; most of Alaska is.
The evening shot has that bit of periwinkle in the snow, but it’s pushed to a blue-gray. The sky is orange and reflects on the snow with a subtlety that Frozen doesn’t quite manage. It warms up the scene to help the intended emotional impact.
The midday shot has a purplish gray that’s almost not periwinkle. It has very deep bluish greens for the trees, while Frozen has a dark, desaturated green on the parts where the trees are not smothered by snow. There are basically no warm colors.
The morning shot is more of a midmorning than a dawn like the one from Frozen Heart, but that’s what I could find. The shadows are sharper than anything from the example screenshots from Frozen, and I don’t think that’s just the 2D/3D difference. 
I’m not going to bog this post down with more images, but the artistic differences in color choice are really interesting to look at. There’s a lot in Balto that’s done in blue/orange, and Frozen has that pink/periwinkle color scheme going on. The difference is that the directors of Balto had to prove that their movie wouldn’t be a bunch of black and white dogs in a white field, and the colors reflect that.
Aside from the environments, costuming is probably a part of why I like Balto more from an artistic perspective—the characters feel like a part of their environment. Anna’s clothes are so bright that she almost doesn’t look like she belongs in the scene. (That kind of brightness is impossible to achieve without chemical dyes, which really didn’t exist yet.) Elsa has her own problems with her ice dress clearly being designed like a modern prom dress, but her coronation gown is lovely, her color palettes are fine, and they pretty much fixed any “costume is too modern” problems in Frozen 2, including the issue of most of Anna’s costumes being oversaturated.
In Balto, none of the costumes stick out like a neon sign the way Anna’s winter costume does. Jenna’s orange bandanna is pretty bright, but it’s just as saturated as she is. There’s no color correction when she gives it to Balto, because it’s basically the same color as his eyes. There’s no color disparity between the humans and the dogs; Rosie’s hair is almost same color as Jenna’s fur and her mittens and musher’s hat are the same yellow as Balto’s eyes.
The two movies have similar settings temperature-wise, but until I rewatched Balto and compared the two, I couldn’t pin down why I didn’t really like Frozen’s aesthetics (beyond it being plastered everywhere after the movie’s release). It’s all in the colors. Thank you and goodnight
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Answer all 50 questions!
I've never been asked to do all of them before...but challenge accepted!
What are three shows in your watchlist that you’ve been meaning to get to? --- I have so many...but if I had to pick 3 I would say Daredevil, Ms. Marvel, and Marvel's What If...? .
Describe your favorite pair of socks --- Very fuzzy, with white and green stripes.
Do you like smoothies?---Yes, but I don't have them very often.
What do you wear when you have to dress nicely?---Usually dress pants with a plain long sleeve shirt, I don't have many nice clothes lol.
How do you like your eggs?---Scrambled or hard boiled.
What do you use to keep your place when you’re reading a book?--- A Lord of the Rings bookmark I got as a gift, featuring Gollum. I don't know how this became my go to bookmark, but it is now, so...yeah.
What color dominates your closet?--- My closet has a lot of coral colors (oranges, pinks, yellows...)
Do you collect anything? If so, what?---Funko POPs. I started collecting them a couple of years ago, and I can't stop. I have tons of Marvel ones, and my Stranger Things collection of Funko POPs is growing. In total, I have 132 of them...I'm both proud of this number as well as embarrassed by it...
What sounds or scents calm you down?---Any sort of music helps calm me down, but lately Djo's song End of Beginning has been my go to song when I'm stressed. It has such a great vibe...it's by far one of my favorite songs.
What’s your favorite kind of uquiz question? (Lyric, color, aesthetic, etc)---Aesthetic.
Do you wear glasses or contacts?---Glasses
What’s something about your best friend that you love?---My friend is so much like me, so that's something, but I really like how passionate she gets about the stuff that she likes!
Do you prefer to write in pen or pencil?---Pen. Ever since I was forced to write essays in pen at school, it's always my go to writing tool.
What are some places where you feel most at home?---Does a movie theater count? It's one of my favorite places in the world, and I've had so many great memories in movie theaters! It's probably my home away from home. But my room would have to be one too, it has all of my books, Funko POPs, and my dogs are usually in there too, so it's 100% home to me.
Do you have any houseplants? Do any of them have names?--- I have a croton plant that I have named Finnick, in honor of Finnick Odair from the Hunger Games.
Describe your favorite hoodie. How long have you had it? What makes it unique?---My favorite hoodie is a plain orange one, I got it a few weeks ago. It's my favorite color, it's super soft, and it's super baggy on me, which is exactly what I like.
What’s the last thing you ordered online?---I think it was a Funko POP display case, a replacement for a book that was destroyed by melted snow (the joys of living in Canada...)
What’s one historical event that you would have liked to have witnessed?---I don't know if this is considered a "historical event" but I would have loved to have gone to one of Shakespeare's plays. Then I might have been able to understand what was going on lol
What’s your favorite Halloween costume from when you were a kid?--- Probably a popstar.
What kind of math are you best at?---I would say mostly everything but probability. I love math, and was pretty good at it in school, but probability was super hard for me, and I have no clue why. My favorite math is most likely algebra.
What’s your favorite period in art history, your favorite famous work and/or your favorite style of art? If you don’t know any that’s ok!--- My favorite art work is probably The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh.
Iced or hot drinks?---Iced.
Which songs do you like to sing in the shower?---I don't usually sing in the shower, but if I did I would sing songs that I can just belt out to, like Hold my Hand by Lady Gaga.
Are you a good driver?---....no? I honestly feel like I'm a horrible driver, even though everyone else says otherwise.
Do you have any piercings or tattoos? Are there any that you want?---I have ear piercings, no tattoos, but I really want to get a tattoo one day, I just have no clue of what yet.
Can you cook or bake? If so, what are some of your specialties?---I can't cook or bake, really...and I don't really enjoy it. I do like cutting vegetables, though, so I'll help, but I'll stay far away from the stove.
Do you have any keychains on your home or car keys? Describe them!---No keychains yet, but I'm on the lookout for a nice one!
Can you swim very well? Do you like swimming?---I love swimming, but I wouldn't say that I'm very good at it.
Did you play with Legos as a kid? What was your favorite set?---I LOVED playing with Legos! My favorite set would be Jay's dragon from Ninjago!
Is your closet organized? If so, how?---Nope. Not organized at all.
What’s the last music video you watched?---It'll be Okay by Shawn Mendes
If you could dye your hair any color, regardless of how you think it would look, what color would you choose?---Dark blue or purple
Headphones or earbuds?---Earbuds
Can you read analog clocks?---Yes, but it takes me a minute...
Describe your favorite stuffed animal, either now or from when you were a kid.---A giraffe. That's all it is, a giraffe.
What’s an arcade or table game (air hockey, ping pong, etc) that you’re really good at?---None of them, I guess..?
Do you mind if others are in the kitchen when you’re cooking or baking?---It's fine if there are other people there on the rare occasion that I cook.
What’s one show you watch or musician you listen to that your friends know nothing about?---Djo for a musician, probably Glee for a show.
What was the best part of your day today?--- I get to stay up super late tonight because I don't work tomorrow!
What’s your favorite kind of tree?---Weeping Willow
What scent is your deodorant?---I have no clue and I'm not getting up to check lol.
Do you have any games on your phone? If so, which one(s) is/are your favorite?---I don't have many games on my phone, I never play them, either.
Do you shower with the lights on or off? On...wait, do people shower with them off???
What do you do with spare change?---Spend it on iced coffee
Do you have good handwriting?---I don't think so, but it's readable, at least
What’s the last thing a friend recommended to you that you looked into and actually liked?- The Flash TV show!
Do you like to go on walks?---Sometimes, but only when the weather is good and I have music.
Do you have a favorite plate or bowl?---Not really.
What’s your favorite thing to do when it’s raining?---Watch Netflix
Describe your perfect sleeping conditions---With too many blankets to count layered on top of me, like, way too many.
Thanks for the ask, this was super fun! And thanks to @idiot-stevie for the asks as well, I combined it in this big post!
50 Questions Just Because
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135.
Do you ever have so much energy that it’s annoying? No.
How many yellow shirts do you own? Maybe 2? I don’t wear them.
What is your favorite yellow shirt that you own? (What does it look like?) –
What has been the most annoying part of your day so far? I have a horrible headache.
Do you ever randomly feel nauseous for no apparent reason, and wonder why? Yup.
What flavor was the last popsicle you ate? I don’t remember.
When was the last time you wore a hat? I don’t wear hats.
…and what kind of hat was it? -
Would you rather skateboard, rollerblade, or ride a bike? Ride a bike.
Have the leaves started to change where you live? 🍁 Yeah, of course.
What color pants are you wearing? 👖 Charcoal grey.
….and what type of pants are they? Sweats.
Do you have your Halloween costume picked out yet? ...
How many months are there until your birthday? 🥳 11.
How old will you be on your next birthday? 29... :(
What is the most significant health issue you have been dealing with lately? Don’t know. Trying to figure it out.
What color shirt were you wearing in the last selfie you took? Blue.
If you HAD to take a science class- any type of science class- which science class would you take? Psych.
What color are your fingernails painted right now? 💅 A grey-blue color with glitter in it.
Can you hear anyone mowing the lawn right now? No.
Do you read every day? 📖 No.
What color was the last pair of shoes you wore, and what type of shoes were they? Blue slides.
When was the last time you talked to your mom? I texted her this evening.
What was the name of the first guy/girl you dated? Chris.
What was the name of the first guy/girl you want out on a date with? Hm.
Have you ever dated someone you had a crush on? Yeah....
Do you feel nauseous right now? A little.
How often do you wash your hair? 🧖‍♀️ (I won’t judge you if you don’t wash it often. lol) Every day or every other day.
What was the name of the best camp counselor you’ve ever had? I never went to camp.
When was the last time you had a headache? 🤕 Right now.
Do you get migraines? Yes.
Have you ever had to go to a neurologist? Yes.
Have you ever met anyone named October? Nope.
What’s your favorite quote? Hm.
Are you wearing any make-up right now? 💄 No.
If not, when was the last time you wore makeup? Today.
Have you ever been to Cedar Point? 🎢 Nope.
Name one thing you can see from where you’re sitting right now that’s orange. Part of an eyeglasses case.
When was the last time you rode a bicycle? 🚴 Like 2017?
What is your favorite TikTok song? Idk.
Have you ever filmed any TikToks? No.
Have you ever filmed a video for YouTube? Yes.
Do you have any big regrets that haunt you? Yes.
Do you have any stomach issues? Yes.
What are you sitting on right now? My bed.
When was the last time you had pizza? 🍕 Yesterday.
Do you like the name Ellery? No.
Which popular middle name do you like better: Ann or Lynn? Lynn.
Which spelling do you like best: Ann or Anne? Anne.
How many famous people can you think of with the same name as you? List their names. A lot.
Which name do you like better: Felicity or Fiona? Felicity.
Can you see a teddy bear from where you’re sitting right now? 🧸 Nope.
If you could join one dance class, which type of dance class do you think you’d most like to take? Ballet.
What is your favorite musical instrument? Piano or guitar.
Is anything on your body sore right now? Yeah.
Does anyone in your family have diabetes? Yes.
When was the last time you went on a date with someone? Lol.
Do you own a pair of pink pants? Nope.
How many lights do you have turned on in your home right now? Yup.
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merrill05mahler · 2 years
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Hermès Constance Baggage
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I feel like there is a possibility Hannah could get orange shorts for Boleyn. With the way Six Australia is keeping the three swings all covers system, Gabrielle Slade is going to need to update the alt variations so why not bring them to the west end too?
As cool as that would be. I don't think so. The AUS casting call was very ambiguous on the alt system they will follow. It mentions at least three swings covering all six queens, but also that swings might get the Cleves costume reveal. To me that says its either original AUS cover system with swings and an unnoficial cover priority or UK system but alts are expected to do second and third covers semi regularly; just not 100% decided yet.
If it is UK system then alts will get two principal costumes and one alt costume in the current main variation. If it is AUS we will might finally see new alt variations or updated alt variations. But I think that will mostly be general updates to black/teal/orange, as in more studs, newer vinyl, embossed spandex to pants, updated crowns, etc. My big hope is as usual pink pants but I really don't expect to see more than that.
As for Hannah, WE has standarized variations now meant to work for all their second and third covers. There are a few costume making logistics reasons behind that too. Current WE alts will have a different set of covers than all previous casts since this costume system was stablished. But that doesn't mean different variations. They will still get one costume meant to work for all four. And in Hannah's case for orange pants is the best choice. Orange has only two variations, pants and shorts; and while I will completely agree that shorts with main top work incredibly well for B/H and would work for C they are not the ideal choice for A and feel off for S/P. Meanwhile pants fit A/S/C/P really well not perfect but work for B/H.
Hannah's next cover is Boleyn, but she will get a variation for A/B/S/C not just Boleyn. Pants are the standard orange variation already and work for the full cover set. And on top of that it is practical to have standard designs. UK costumes rely on having makers specialized on one or two costumes. Orange alt maker has always done pants (and is great at it). Orange shorts have only been made by the AUS maker. And while in theory the Cleves maker could take over orange shorts it becomes unnecessarily complicated really fast. There is no real reason for her to get shorts aside from the fact it would look really nice.
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okay so i’m assuming karis is howard/parr which leads me question WHY the orange costume has pants when those are a parr thing.... give us an orange skirt!!!
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MUSIC SHOP 
: pairing — idol! heeseung x music store worker! reader 
: genre — fluff 
: album recc. — case study 01 by daniel caesar and any of the albums i mentioned throughout the story! 
: a/n — this is a little more on the lengthier side so please know that before reading! (i couldn’t help myself i luv hee too much) 
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it was a slow day at the shop. the dim fairy lights hung around lowly, making the atmosphere feel even slower. you walked around the store pushing a small grey cart that held all the albums, records, and cassette tapes one could ever imagine of, placing everything in their correct spots for future consumers to find. 
the sound of a faint bell was heard from the back of the store. where you were, indicating that someone had came in. you flatten out the front of your sweater and rush to greet the costumer. you are met with a tall man dressed in all black from head to toe, water droplets fell off the shoulder of his jacket and you make a mental note to mop the floor later. 
“hello! welcome to moonshines music. please let me know if you need help with anything, i’ll be happy to assist!” you cheerfully exclaim. you welcome costumers with a joyful energy that even cheers them up, it was your thing. the costumer pulled down the black mask from his face and waited for you to react. he was a slightly astonished when a reaction never came. no gasps, no eyes widening, no realization of who he was. just you with a firm smile on your face waiting for him to walk away and start shopping. he eyes you for a little before nodding his head and makes his way to the direction of the CD albums.
he pondered this feeling for a little. he wasn’t used to not being recognized. i mean, everyone knows him. he was on ever magazine cover and topped all the charts with his music. his face was plastered on every product poster that covered the walls of the busy city. so how could you not? he thinks that maybe you didn’t want to scare him off or bother him with pictures and autographs,  inflating his ego a little bit. but still, why did you not say anything? 
“excuse me! do you mind helping me out?” you could hear his voice from across the store as he shouted for you. jogging from your previous to his still figure. 
“how can i help you?” continuing on your energetic personality. he didn’t have a real reason to ask for help, he was just too intrigued by you and needed a reason to converse with you. he looks around the store frantically for a minuet before looking back behind him to the CD’s he initially walked towards. “can you choose an album for me?” he blurts in your face loudly. 
this wasn’t the first time someone asked for music recommendations but he walked in with confidence so you assumed he was a man who knew his music. “uhh yes um— do you perhaps have favourite genre that you maybe like?” you question him. he just stares at you, his lips folded in with a blank expression on his face. he shakes his head no. you politely nod again, now even more conflicted with what to recommend. you trail your eyes around the store till you see through the window next to the door. the sky is crying, whilst gray clouds surround it. the streetlight emitting an orange hue that reflect the fallen rain drops on the glass and you suddenly remember the small drops of water that trickled down his jacket sleeve when he first entered the store. 
walking behind him you scan for the letter D section and begin to search for the album. letting out a soft ‘hmm’ before pulling out the album and handing it to him. “Case Study 01 by Daniel Caesar. perfect for rainy days when you aren’t lost in your thoughts.” you end with a smile on your face. ‘so they really have no idea to who I am, huh’ he thinks to himself. he looks down at the album in his hands than looking back up at you. a gentle smile reaching his lips. he follows you to the cashier register and pushes the album towards you. “that’ll be $10.15! card or cash?” he whips out his wallet and takes out a credit card. you can’t help but notice it was a black card, a card only the richest of people have. you wonder how this man can be so rich and why he is buying from a tiny music store in the middle of a unknown area. 
you’re pulled away from your thoughts when the sound of the machine goes off,  indicating the purchase has gone through. you delicately place the album into a tiny bag and hand it over to him with glee. “enjoy the album sir! if you ever do comeback, let me know what you thought about it!” you say in a courteous manner. the young man now looks at you with a toothy grin on display for you to awe at. he nods in affirmation before exiting. the atmosphere becoming quiet again. you hoped to see that man again. 
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another week has rolled around. you hum under your breath a silly little tune from a song on one of your many playlists, sending another customer off a new record they seemed to be extremely excited about. your job wasn’t much but seeing people share the same love for music as you was something that never failed to make you love life. wiping down the cashier, you hear the door chime and see the same handsome man from last week. you catch a glimpse of the clear sky and the natural light of the sun from out the door as he enters. 
“i LOVED that album! you described it literally perfectly, it fit the vibes of the weather sooo much but didn’t leave me agonizing about life like how the rain usually makes me feel.” it made you so happy and almost accomplished to have someone come back and praise you for your music choice. you were about to start telling him it was no big deal before he proposes, again, to choose another album for him. you look at him a little unsure, you honestly didn’t know what to give him this time and you were scared he wouldn’t like it this time. he can see the anxiety flush over your face but lets you know he is looking for something this time. “give me your childhood favourite album. like, you know every single lyric for every song on this album.” your eyes go wide as you practically jump towards the shelf. he giggles quietly, thinking how cute you looked. 
you prance towards the shelf knowing exactly where it was. in your hands was the Up All Night by One Direction, you shove the album into his hands with a passionate smile. he looks at you and tries to hide his judgment from you, which doesn’t work as you can see his eyebrow arch up and study the album in slight disgust. “hey! i danced to this album every night before i went to sleep for 3 years as a kid okay? it’s my favourite album!” your bottom lip pushes out, gazing at him with eyes the resemble a cute puppy. he throws his head back lets out a laugh that you think you could listen to for hours on end. 
just as the prior week, he passes you the album to scan through and pulls out his card to pay. he was about to make his way out before you stop him. “can I have your name?” you requested. you took a liking to the kind guy, he had a pretty face and laugh that you particularly enjoyed. he checks his phone and swiftly swipes through the millions of notifications he has, then gazing back up at you. a genuine look plastered on your face. a look that feigned innocence, kept promises, and truly enjoyed life for what it was. “heeseung. my name is heeseung.” 
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you tug the key out of the door lock with a little force. the moon created a source of light and comfort as you made your way away from the shop and towards the subway station. you worked longer than usual and fatigue was the only thing felt within your weak bones. a car pulled up next to you, the window rolled down and revealed the person that has been occupying your thoughts recently, heeseung. 
“on your way home?” you nod. “hop in, i’ll drive you home, we can listen to some music while we’re at it.” now you usually don’t just get into random peoples car, but you trusted him. who else would listen One Direction because someone asked them to? 
his car was black from top to bottom, mirroring his outfits that he always wore. the windows were tinted and it looked intimidating from the outside, but on the inside sat a doe-eyed boy with the prettiest smile to exist. heeseung’s hand reaches out to turn up the volume of the car sound system. the sound of Frank Ocean’s voice fills up the empty sound within his car. it was song you were unfamiliar with. you ask what song this was and he lets out a dramatic gasp, almost looking offended. “you DON’T know this song? I guess pretty people can have flaws huh,” he turns his head to watch you flush a pink shade that can still be seen despite the darkness. a sight he thinks is quiet lovable. 
the car ride to your home lasted much shorter than you wished it did. you two talked about everything under the moon. favourite songs, old childhood friends, past lovers. heeseung enjoyed the fact that you didn’t know his career identity. to the world he was Lee Heeseung, world renowned singer and model, but to you he was just, heeseung. a young boy who loved music and loved the world involved around it. you made him feel like a regular person again. 
as you open the car door to make way into the glass doors of your apartment complex, heeseung grabs your wrist and pulls you back into the car. “how about... i lend you my favourite album this time, and next week on—” he checks the schedule his manager sent him, “saturday at 6 pm, i pick you up and we can talk more about it hm?” he holds his phone towards you with a cheeky smile on his face. you shake your head in disbelief as you bit back a smile of your own that is creeping on to your face. “I’ll see you then, hee.” your heart skipping beats as you walk away from the running vehicle. 
unbeknownst to you, an excited heeseung punches the air rapidly with excitement. he silently screams into the night like a kid. feeling as if he was on cloud 9 to have scored a date with someone who’s a) the most beautiful person he’s ever seen and b) someone who likes him for his truest self. 
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// Day 6 //
// Fame //
Tikki was pissed. Her holder had been bullied mercilessly by Lila and due to the spell cast, her Ladybug's friends can't see it.
If only she could cause the lies to backfire.
Of course!
…..
Lila giggled as the swarm of admirers asked her for another story.
"Oh. I have this story about this family from Gotham. You probably haven't heard of them, but they're a big deal over there. The Waynes. I even dated one of them. Tom."
Marinette rolled her eyes. Of course she'd go for Gotham socialites, just before the class heads to America.
"Oh it's such a shame that you can't see them on the trip."
Their class had been planning this trip for months. They raised enough money to spend a few days in a city and two or three towns. One of the cities that were excluded due to budget was Gotham. But this was so very convenient to Lila.
"Actually," a mischievous voice piped up, "Daddy graciously agreed to match the money we raised and double it. Just so we won't miss out on anything America has to offer. So we will be able to go to Gotham."
A few of the girls in the class smiled.
"That's so kind of you and your dad, Chloé," Lila said, "But we wouldn't want to be abusing your friendship."
Marinette laughed slightly as Chloé's shark grin widened, "Oh it's no problem. I've changed for the better now! And what's a better way to prove it than providing for our class. I mean Marinette does so much for this class, what's a little money?"
…..
As it turns out, the 'little money' was not little. At all.
Chloé's dad didn't just match and double the money raised. Adrien's dad added to the pile, too! Although probably not out of devotion to his son, more like devotion to not being shown up by André Bourgeois of all people. The class itself raised over a thousand more than they needed to, anyway.
Now the class budget for visiting America was worth over 10 times as much and both Bourgeois and Agreste had to be asked to stop giving money, because Marinette couldn't think of any other activities or places for the class and they couldn't reasonably spend that much.
…..
The day after summer break started, the class arrived at the airport, ready to get their trip started.
The only problem was that Marinette's ticket was missing. The whole class looked for it everywhere. Only for Rose to find it ripped up in the bin.
"Oh dear, Marinette," Lila said, feigning innocence, "It looks like you can't come!"
Alya rubbed her friends back in comfort, "Don't worry, girl. We'll figure something out!"
…..
In fact, they did figure something out. Mlle. Mendeleiev explained the situation to the front desk.
"I'm sorry ma'am, unfortunately we can't reissue you the ticket for the same seat. But there is a seat in first class free. We can upgrade Mlle. Dupain-Cheng."
Marinette scratched her neck, "I don't know. That sounds expensive."
Adrien and Chloé met each others eyes, a silent agreement was made between the two ever since Lila's spell broke. To help Marinette whenever they can.
He walked forward, "Don't worry. I'll pay."
Marinette scrunched her eyebrows, "Adrien, no! That's too much"
The lady at the front desk grinned, "No need to worry, sir. The airline will provide the seat free of charge. Have a good day!"
…..
As the class boarded the plane, Lila feigned ear pain.
"Mlle. Mendeleiev! I'm having a tremendous earache! Maybe sitting in first class will help? They have hot towels."
The teacher looked alarmed, "Lila if you have an ear infection, it can be dangerous to fly. You could burst an eardrum! Maybe you should stay here and fly out when you're better."
Lila's eyes widened, "Oh, never mind! My mind must be playing tricks!"
…..
The class landed in LA and collected their bags from the carousel. Except Marinette.
Lila, once again, faked concern, "Oh Marinette! All your clothes are gone!"
Chloé grinned, "No worries, Marinette can borrow some of mine until she figures something else out."
Alya nodded, "Mine too!"
There was a chorus of agreement from the girls (and from Kim who wasn't listening but still agreed when he realised what was happening).
Marinette smiled kindly, "It's fine guys! I appreciate the offers but that was just my night bag! I sent my bags ahead just in case something like this happened. There were only old pyjamas and a few toiletries in there."
Lila let out a low growl that nobody noticed. Except for a little red bug rat who's mischievous grin spread wide.
…..
When they reached the hotel, the class looked around in awe of the fanciness.
Marinette collected the room keys and assigned rooms to everyone, making sure to hand the Los Angeles itineraries out as well.
"Feel free to get something to eat before going to bed and meet here at 8am.
…..
Marinette woke up feeling refreshed, she checked her phone and found it was only 6am local time.
"Hmm, I'm never up this early. Must be luck!"
She opened her door to see if anyone else was awake, but on the floor outside were her suitcases.
"Oh, how fortunate! The hotel must have sent them up a few hours early."
…..
Lila looked all over the lobby, feigning concern, "Oh, it looks like Marinette isn't here. Maybe we should go ahead without her. She's probably sleeping in. You know our Marinette."
Suddenly, the automatic doors of the lobby opened to reveal Marinette carrying a coffee and wearing some of the most stylish clothes Lila had ever seen.
Her eye twitched.
…..
The class was about to climb off the bus before Marinette stopped them with an announcement.
"Okay, everyone. I need you all to listen because this is very, very important. Today we'll be visiting many attractions, including a tour of some of the studios. I tried to get tours of places that will interest at least one person. Please remember that these are places of business even if it doesn't seem like it with all the costumes and acting."
…..
Lila couldn't believe her misfortune. None of her attempts to hurt Dupain-Cheng have worked and some have even backfired right back on her.
She tried to push Marinette onto the set of a show filming live. But she just tripped herself and had to face the humility she tried to subject Marinette to.
She couldn't even pin the blame on Marinette because there were cameras pointed at the audience and if they checked they would see her failed attempt.
Lila couldn't have that.
…..
A few days later, the class packed up and headed to Anaheim, so they could spend a few days in Disneyland before heading to the next state.
The result was not great for Lila.
…..
"Oh thank you, Marinette, for saving my space, you can go now."
Marinette's face scrunched up and Adrien and Chloé were about to pounce.
But someone else bet them to the punch.
"Um… Excuse me, miss."
Lila turned around only to be met with a hair bob.
"There aren't any cuts allowed."
Lila smiled beautifully at the woman, "Oh my friend was saving this space for me."
The woman didn't look impressed, "No, cuts. Do I need to get an employee over here? I've been waiting in this line for three fricken hours, because my kid didn't wanna go on the Teacups, if I have to wait three hours to get on the Tower of Terror. So do you."
Lila was pushed out of the line by the Karen.
…..
While on the bus to Arizona, Lila got herself thinking.
'Why are my attempts of ruining Marinette, not working? Am I losing my touch?'
…..
For the next few weeks, the class had the trip of a lifetime. They visited many attractions, including the Grand Canyon, the Kennedy Space Centre and they saw alligators in Louisiana.
The class were delighted to learn that even though the road trip portion of their trip was over they still had a lot left.
They flew up to Massachusetts and spent a few days visiting tourist sites in Boston, whilst others took college tours.
Everyone was excited to visit their colleges of choice and luckily Marinette was able to arrange for train and bus tickets for day trips for anyone who wanted to visit any colleges in the second part of the trip.
Lila made it her mission to take up Marinette's offer whenever possible, just to slightly inconvenience her, but no matter what Marinette seemed happy to help. It infuriated Lila.
Every time she'd get off a bus or train, Lila would walk around the town, shopping, instead of going to colleges.
…..
Soon, the class arrived in Gotham, Lila was worried.
For some reason, people would pass by Marinette and ask for selfies, which greatly confused the class before Max found out that MDC was very famous and popular in Gotham. Apparently, the Wayne's were big fans of MDC's work and they owned several originals. Unfortunately, for Lila they were also the family she lied about and they had a connection to Marinette, her one rival.
"Oh Marinette, isn't that swell! I did mention you in passing to Tom, but he must have looked you up and liked your work!"
She knew that the likelihood of running into a Wayne was low, so she had no problem lying. But, on the day Marinette announced to the class that she and the entire class was invited to the Wayne Gala, Lila felt a pit in her stomach.
…..
Luckily for Marinette, her fame in the city got her some discounts in fabric and supply stores, so she was very easily able to get what she needed for her friends outfits.
The class was supposed to be in Gotham for a month in order to attend some summer classes in Gotham University, so Marinette (who only signed up for 3 classes) was able to get a lot done.
In fact, by the time the Gala came around she had all the outfits ready.
She made everyone an outfit.
A bouncy pink dress for Rose and an elegant but dark coloured dress for Juleka. For Alix, she made a suit that would match her favourite sneakers.
Alya had a high-necked burnt orange dress that went to her knees, whilst Chloé's high-low amber dress brought out her eyes.
Sabrina had a purple two-piece and Myléne had a green floor-length dress.
For the boys she made suits with their own flare, to avoid a uniform look.
She even made Lila a dress, but the girl refused to wear it in favour of a dress she bought during one of her 'college tours'.
…..
"My father will be furious when he learns that I went to a Wayne party in clothes that he didn't make," Adrien joked with Marinette and Chloé.
Lila let a shark grin take over, "Oh, Adrien, you shouldn't let Marinette get you in trouble. They're only clothes. Maybe you should change. Maybe we should all change, just in case."
Adrien shook his head whilst waving Chloé off, "No, Lila. I was only joking."
(For once, Lila was right. Gabriel was furious that his clothes didn't get into a Wayne party but a teenage girl's did. But it wasn't like he could do anything about it, while they were in America)
…..
When the class exited their stretch limo. The paparazzi outside the Manor ooh'd at their clothes. Lila decided to go last just so her outfit can have the most climactic admiration.
When Marinette stepped out, wearing a navy halter high-low with sparkly stones sewn in a way that emulated the night sky, the crowd shushed.
Marinette was about to hide her face in embarrassment, 'They don't like my dress.'
Suddenly, the crowd broke into whispers of curiosity and admiration.
"Look at her dress. It's gorgeous."
"Is that an MDC original?"
"Is that MDC herself?"
Lila smiled, 'If these guys think her dress is nice. Wait till they see mine.'
She stepped out and, well, it was anticlimactic.
The praise slowed and turned into more of a polite murmur.
"Oh her dress is… nice."
Her dress was a grey spaghetti strap that went to her knees. It was actually a nice dress but it was not formal at all and made Lila stick out like a sore thumb.
'I should have just taken Dupain-Cheng' s stupid dress.'
…..
As the class entered the Manor, they were greeted by a young man, who Marinette and Chloé both recognised from their Business class in Gotham U.
"Tim? I didn't know you'd be here?"
Tim laughed gently, "Well, it's kind of my family's party so I have to be here. Trust me I'd rather be anywhere else."
Chloé smirked, "Oh, you're a Wayne? Lila here, used to date one of you. Tom was it, Lila?"
Lila shrunk back, "Oh no! You must have misheard me. I never said I dated a Wayne."
"Yes, you did."
Everyone turned to look at Max, "I have an eidetic memory and you definitely said, and I quote, 'I have this story about this family from Gotham. You probably haven't heard of them, but they're a big deal over there. The Waynes. I even dated one of them. Tom'."
Tim scrunched his eyebrows together in confusion, "Well actually that's a coincidence, I also have an eidetic memory and we don't have a Tom. We have a Tim, and that's me. And I've never dated a Lila."
The class had varying facial expressions, but all of them had one emotion in common. Hurt.
Rose gently pushed out, "Were you… Lying to us, Lila?"
"No, I-I wasn't, I just-"
Alya almost cried, "I almost cost my whole journalistic career for you! Marinette stopped me from posting about you onto the Ladyblog. If she wasn't there, I would be ruined!"
The class all came to their own realisations.
"If Marinette didn't send off my application, instead of letting me rely on you--"
"If she didn't push us to continue--"
"Marinette knew and we didn't believe her," Nino said, "I'm very sorry, Marinette."
"Me too!"
"Same."
"Yeah."
She smiled at them graciously, "It's alright, guys! You learnt in the end and you didn't know any better."
Lila looked around frantically, "Why isn't the spell working? It should be working!"
"Spell?"
Alya walked forward, "Lila, what spell?"
Chloé spoke up, "She was given the power to make anyone believe her lies, unless they have been given undeniable proof."
The class looked at her in confusion.
"Hey, I actually knew Ladybug, remember! Unlike her."
…..
Tim sat beside Marinette, "So…"
"My classmate has been lying about famous people including your family for years?"
"And…"
"She keeps her victims under a spell, so they can't learn the truth."
"... Ladybug?"
Marinette grinned, "One of our superheroes. Chloé used to be one and revealed her identity. She isn't anymore."
His face was scrunched in confusion, "You know, Gotham is really fucking weird but I've never heard anything like that."
"Eidetic memory?"
Tim sighed, "I am technically, kind of, very much knowledgeable on… Things."
She smirked, " 'Things'. Timothy you are so very specific," She teased, "I don't even need you to clarify."
He knocked her shoulder against hers, "I've been meaning to ask…"
"Oh more than usual?"
"Wipe that shit-eating grin off your face, Marinette. I wanted to ask you if you wanted to dance."
He held out his hand.
Gently she took it, "I'd love to!"
Tim looked down at Marinette's dress, "Is that an MDC original? I love her work! Where did you get it?"
Marinette deadpanned, "What are my initials Tim."
"... OH!"
"Do you not have Twitter? People have been tagging me all month."
Tim smiled sheepishly, "Okay to be fair, I'm a dumbass and my pregame to any events like this is to drink a shit ton of coffee every day for a month."
A man who very obviously knew Tim walked by and looked at him incredulously, "Tim, that's your pregame to waking up every morning!"
Tim glared at him, "Fuck off, Jason!"
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