#but they've had their happy endings

[otterlyart]

Fun thought.

With people complaining how it’s not a ‘bell hell’s’ show anymore and how they didn’t get to do anything blah blah, I actually thought of LOTR

Yknow hobbits? Those little guys no one thought important? Cuz they can’t fight like elves or dwarfs or do magic like Gandalf or be Super Important like a secret king? Yeah those are our level 8 bells hells.

They’re not Voice of the Tempest or Secret Order Super Monk to fight corruption or a dunamatic wizard turning dragon.

They’re level 8.

But yknow what, they destroyed a key. They have connections. They have loyalty and friendship. They’re tough. They’re the little guys. And if people are gonna underestimate them? Well, we all know how the last story turned out.

I maybe be biased (I know an embarrassing amount about LOTR) but I think you're on to something anon.

Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein are powerful heroes who can shape the world around them. At this point, they're all basically demigods.

And then you have Bells Hells, a ragtag group of people who didn't quite fit anywhere else. And despite being so small in the overall scope of things, still stare down death with the same voracity as people huge power levels above them.

And that's what really makes them compelling. That's why this is their story, despite cameos and mentions of previous campaigns. Because while the old guard's spells and power are great, they are nothing in the face of this small group's sheer will.

And that's what campaign three is about.

No matter how small you are, and how limited your options seem, you always have the capacity to create change.

And to be fair, doesn't everyone seem small when facing the end of the world?

#anon #replies #bells hells #cr spoilers #cr1 spoilers #cr2 spoilers #cr3 spoilers #critical role meta #Sorry for the late response!!! I missed this in the chaos of the other night!! #boy i have thoughts #and here's the thing #Campaign 1 will always be my baby #it's my first campaign #and my favorite #BUT #the story of those characters is over. They still interact with the world but this is no longer their narrative #I love them so so dearly #but they've had their happy endings #and now its time for Bell's Hells to find their own #critical role spoilers #criticalrolespoilers

[thehandymen]

the way that romantic killer started with “watch this gamer girl get her life turned upside down in the name of love 😍😘😜” and ended with “no character is just a love interest or supportive friend. they all have their own personalities, their own pasts, their own depth and meaning. love is not something that can be forced or formulated; it’s conceived through mutual trust and understanding, through respecting each other and what we want. never underestimate the value of kindness, sincerity, and communication, and never forget the importance of platonic love and friendship”

#and it slapped #i know anzu will probs end up with someone in the end #BUT i would really love if it had more of a found family feel #because right now they've got such a great little group #and i'm happy with how they are!! #romantic killer #anzu hoshino #hoshino anzu #kazuki tsukasa #hayami junta #riri romantic killer #junta hayami

[chirpsythismorning]

Thinking about the what if El was never interested in Mike romantically, she just assumed she was discourse on the tag today and how it's very possible what could make El fully realize this, is when in s5 she see's Will's love for Mike in real time, for the first time, and she's just like damn! That is not me!

#byler #no but arguably that already happened.. #remember that! you're the heart #el listening: you're the what now?? im sorry but that's corny as hell. could not be me! #i feel like this could be how el confronts will in s5 about lying to mike #i think it's interesting they had that talk with will and el about her lying to him with will calling her out #if to not circle back to it in some way for her to be like hypocrite much? #tho i doubt that's how it would happen #i have a feeling el is going to understand in will's case in contrast to her and mike's argument #like will and el are siblings so yeah they fight #but i just get the feeling she's going to sense something is up with them (already does) #and something big will happen and i feel like she's going to see the truth before they're able to #and i think will is probably going to realize last because he really does not think it could ever happen now #and also because of el i think will would feel like its wrong unless he was confident she would be okay with it #so i could totally see will not allowing himself to be happy in that sense even if he realized mike could return his feelings #but by then mike's already made his peace with el and they're good #UGHHGHHG s5 arrive now! #no but isn't it kind of side eye that they've never shown us el be confronted with mike and wills friendship at all? #like in s1 and s3 at the end Mike mentions will in his plans with el #and that's about where it ends #we have not seen her exposed to their dynamic and like reacting to it before #UNTIL THE END OF S4!!!

[lloydfrontera]

male authors, writing m/m friendships: their bond will develop through hundreds of chapters, we will get to see each stage of their budding relationship, they'll constantly be in each other thoughts, their first instinct will always be to reach for the other, their first worry will always be the other's safety, they'll spend every minute of the day together, they'll be complete opposites and yet perfectly compliment each other, they will put everything they ever loved in risk just to keep the other safe, they will give their life without hesitation to save the other's, they will fight and argue and tease and joke around but they will always be at each other's side at the end of the day, they will plan to spend the rest of their lives together, sharing the happy moments and the hard times, the idea of being without the other being unthinkable, the thought of being always together coming naturally, as easy as breathing.

the same male authors, writing m/f romance: she'll like,, smile once at him and he'll start thinking of marrying her and having children with her idk

#i talk a lot <3 #tged #the greatest estate developer #ch 368 #LITERALLY WHAT THE FUCK SIR #i remember the romance being sudden but this is fucking ridiculous lmaooooo #it came out of fucking nowhere!!! it's so shoehorned in there they almost cut off the heel to make it fit!!! #i don't think they've spent more than like.... 12 hours in the same room in all the years they've known each other.... what the fuck.... #and in fucking ch 368!! literally 40 ch away from the ending!! #less than 10% of the way to the end!!! i thought i was exaggerating when i said 90% of the novel had no romance but no!!! #i was fucking right!!!! #this is........ infuriating skjashdkdsf #to be clear i am not saying friendships cannot do everything i just listed here #of course they can!! more friendships in fiction should be like that!! but!!! you cannot write a friendship between two characters like tha #and then put one of those two characters in a romantic relationship with a completely different character #and not give it even a tenth of the attention you gave to the friendship and expect me to find it realistic!!! or compelling!!! #either give it the same level of attention or just!! don't include it!! #that's also an option!! just leave the incredibly compelling friendship you wrote be the highlight of the novel!! #let it be the most important relationship of the plot!! let it be the happy ending for those characters!! that's perfectly okay!!! #FUCK!!!! #i'm fine i'm normal i'm okay

[musicalchaos07]

No you don't understand Jonathan has to break the cycle or else what the fuck was the point

#like you don't get it Will wasn't parentfied that's not part of his story #that's why Jonathan has to go to college #or they've just fucking wasted an amazing character for no reason #he had to start living for himself that's his happy ending #and OF COURSE it includes his family but he deserves to be his own person #and want his own wants without feeling guilty #like he can't just d word that's so unsatisfying #ALSO HE HAS TO GROW UP SO THAT WILL CAN #like it's a dominoes #.... ok now I'm done #if i wake up haters i will be blocking #jonathan byers #stranger things

[katierosefun]

my cancelled-able trait from the queer community would be that i really apparently love messy endings. i love u happy endings and i also love u such sad, messy, ambiguous endings . . . i love u endings where u have this weird pit in the bottom of your stomach because you know that there's love here but u have no idea what to do with it and u just have to deal with the fact that someone is profoundly affecting your life and you're not gonna get closure from it anytime soon . . . i love u queer love stories where it's really just "u don't always get to see the sunshine and rainbows at the end of it . . . sometimes all that's left is just one big question mark and the quiet hope that they get their shit together" . . .

#caroline talks #don't get me wrong. i love u happy endings. esp when it comes to queer love stories #but i also just. love endings where it's just like. well. u DON'T know for certain whether the characters #are truly going to ride off into the sunset together. #the only thing u know for certain is that they love each other and that they're going to have to grapple with that forever. #maybe it's also just bc like. idk. i took too many film classes and so my head's forever stuck #on this one essay about how some really happy endings feel lifeless. #like how in some ending shots. the characters look like they've had their happy ending. but there's also some weird unease and confusion #and it's like. well yeah. because for every happy moment u get in life. u are still already thinking 'well what's next. what now.' #which is fascinating to me. but also me @ me: god maybe u can just be happy and it's not that deep. #but also. i do love the wonderful ambiguity of just. 'there is so much more to live. so much more to do.' #and i guess it's not just for queer love stories. i think a lot about the ending of my mister. #with lee ji an and park dong hoon walking away from each other but they're happy. u have no idea how their relationship will pan out but u #do know that they love each other. #or like. columbus. with jin and casey. they hug each other and thank each other for being in the other's lives. #and jin says goodbye to casey and casey says goodbye to jin and u have no idea if they'll see each other again. but u know they love each #other so very much. even if they'd only known each other for a second. #or like. beginners. anna and oliver love each other so much and u get this sense that. they're still a little bit uneasy/nervous about how #the rest of their lives are going to go. but they'll try. #or. god. the swearing jar. #the last shot. i think about it a lot. #there is love!!! but u don't always know how the rest of it is going to pan out!!! u just know that it'll pan out somehow!

[thefrogdalorian]

The UCS Lego Razor Crest figure of Din made a fine addition to my collection...

#din djarin #lego #the mandalorian #i hope one day they gain sentience and end me #also yes two of them are *ahem* very legitimate #but their weapons are so much better? sickening #also putting them all together makes me realise how much the printing on his helmet was sO hit and miss #i think they've fixed it now because the two most recent ones i've had have been GOOD but still 😭 it's a struggle #and festive din and grogu with their scarves!!! crying #i'm so happy i have a legit hair piece now though because the other ones... oof shshsj #one is from the diner modular and another one is from the mini figure builder i did at a lego store #neither one was right unTIL THIS ONE CRYING #i could really talk about lego all day im so cool #anyway i love him tiny lego king 🥹

[theguardianace]

our happy ending

[ID: a digital painting. The left features a grey hourglass seen in the A Sorrowful Farewell at Curtain Call card sets. The sand is filled with orange star, pink heart, and green shell jewels. The bottom edge has been broken from the inside, spilling out the sand. Footprints lead towards the edge of the drawing, where Wonderlands x Showtime is walking together towards an orange light. They are wearing the outfits seen in the Our Happy Ending trained set. Text in the middle reads "I know the ending will be a happy one", the final lyric of the song "What Sort of Ending Would You Like?" /end ID]

#project sekai #pjsekai #prsk fa #prsk #wonderlands x showtime #wxs #im not character tagging lol #anyways. this was cooler in my head but i need to just post it and be done with it. #THIS ARC MAN.... WXS SEPARATION ARC.... #rui feeling trapped by time but choosing to find a way and break out #to reach the happy ending #the growth nene and tsukasa have had as actors and the steps they've taken towards their dreams... #emu's dream finally becoming not just her selfish wish but a shared ideal... #waugh i love them. #yeah :) #i originally had flowers growing from the sand from the curtain call set #but “don't let the petals... fall/ the flowers of the bouquet i hold close to my heart”. those flowers do Not belong on the ground #polyshow #I FORGOT THAT TAG. POLYSHOW QPR REAL

[bitchthefuck1]

People who hate Shiv or think she was wrong for what she did in the finale are so unserious to me. "How could she screw over Kendall and stop them from keeping the company???" oh you mean the guy who promised they'd run it together and then immediately double crossed her? And then spent the rest of the season trying to cut Roman out of the company too?? How could she betray that guy??? real mystery.

#like are y'all just pretending that didn't happen? he was literally trying to cut them out the SECOND he thought he had a shot at the top #spot. why should she stay loyal to the plan if he literally never has??? be serious now #and yes she stabbed him in the back too but he started it and honestly what did you expect from these people? they've spent their entire #lives being trained to drag each other down for the top spot. that's not changing because they got along for 3 months and their dad died #also like 'we could have had a happy ending if she hadn't done that!!1!' first of all them keeping the company would NOT have been a happy #ending at all. and second of all. i'm sorry. were you expecting a straightforward 'we win' ride off into the sunset??? #from the 'the poison drips through' family trauma show????? be so fucking forreal. them getting out is the happiest possible #ending this show could have that wouldn't immediately ring false and feel unsatisfying #and before anyone tries to start something i am not a kendall hater or a shiv stan i'm just being honest #succession #shiv roy #kendall roy #siobhan roy #succession finale #with open eyes #roman roy

[boyingray]

i... honestly didn't think we would see a day where a suju member (or three) left sm. i can't blame them though. the sublabel seems to be getting dissolved with 3.0, and that was most of how they managed to get promoted to begin with (from my understanding, at least) after a certain point. best of luck to kyuhyun, eunhyuk, and donghae in the future!

#super junior #suju #kyuhyun #eunhyuk #donghae #kpop #feels like an end of an era but im happy for them honestly! if they feel like sme doesn't work for them they should leave #adding that yea they've had ppl leave sm before but it's been a hot minute #and usually when someone's left sm they've left the group. like henry

[cold-neon-ocean]

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#[ sometimes when I'm especially sad or even just need to chill my brain out #my mind instantly goes to daydreaming about the warmest comfiest Baatar/Kuvira cuddling sessions like #when they've had to spend most of the day away from each other bc they are in charge of entirely separate branches of the empire #and they get to reconvene at the end of the day after all the stress and just melt into each other breath together #like they're a single person #and nothing else exists in the world for that little bit of time #yeah that's the stuff tbh #idk man I just love them so much they make my brain so happy #the instant cure for the sads ] #;and that was the trivia for tonight

[hexados-on-a-string]

mylene is so interesting to me bc like. she just chucks elico out as soon as she gets a mechanical replacement with macubass. and i think she's the only villain so callous about their guardian bakugan???

most villains still care about their bakugan and usually actually share the same goals and are on the same wavelength, birds of a feather and all that. like even characters like kazarina, cruel as she is, still are fond of their guardian bakugan. and theres characters like spectra and barodius who's plans center around their guardian bakugan, and are actively encouraged by those bakugan.

even characters who's guardian bakugan dont necessarily get along with them all the time, like avior and mason's constant bickering, are still friends. meanwhile mylene just. throws elico out. and also takes brontes from volt and throws him out as well. i think whats also interesting, since the show likes to bring up spectra and mylene parallels, is how spectra uses machines to upgrade and evolve helios, while mylene outright replaces elico with a machine.

but it's not like she's shown to be like. completely heartless either. she calls volt her friend even though she threw out brontes beforehand. she stands up for hydron when zenoheld takes his anger out on him. she has some weird friendship with shadow prove.

i think she was the vehicle to show the general vestal opinion on bakugan, since mylene only sees her bakugan as weapons and when she loses she blames the loss on them. (meanwhile i think volt is supposed to show that not all vestals are THAT bad, even if they are part of the king's entourage of fucked up teenage celebrity theatre kids). and i think she's very interesting bc of that. anyways i love mylene.

#mylene farrow #bakugan new vestroia #lync and shadow prove can also be considered this to a lesser extent??? but they've never had a guardian bakugan #so the comparisons aren't as strong #they probs dont have guardian bakugan for the same reason mylene threw elico out #i think lync is more representative of nv's overarching theme of loyalty. as is shadow prove. #and obvs spectra gus and hydron too #obvs mylene and volt are too but like i dont think that's their main purpose #i think they're more supposed to represent vestal society as a whole #i feel like this went off on a slight tangent or something?? this is just how my thoughts work im adhd #interestingly i think the time when spectra is at his worst is when he steals drago #after he steals drago he kinda sorta starts ignoring helios a little?? kinda replaces helios with drago??? #so he replaces one bakugan with another thats seemingly more powerful and can only follow orders. sounds familiar?? #love that tbh. i love villains. they're so interesting. #also i could probably write a post even longer than this about nv's theme of loyalty regarding the vestals #but thats neither here nor there lmao. always happy to ramble #anyways also happy lesbian visibility day from ur local bakugan loving aro lesbian #also this post ended up being far longer than i expected but i have brainrot sooooo #ANYWAYS BYEEEEEEEEE might go watch nv i love that season if u cant tell

[wayfinderships]

Every once in a while I think about my old L.upin III s/i and the whole situation they had going on with him and man...

#pan rambles #My ramble is gonna be a bit somber so feel free to just scroll past it! #but anyways #I think about that insert a lot #They didn't want the life of a thief #They only started because their mother was being tricked by loan sharks to they simply stole from said loan sharks- #(oh yeah. this s/i had a mother and she's her whole character and e everything.) #(Most my s/is have parents but I never delve on them because their relationship with them is bad/complicated usually) #(this one is different mainly bc was more based on my Sona which may be called Panchi but is like it's own separate entity from my inserts) #back to the point though. #They didn't want to become a thief but ultimately they stole and now they felt like they had no other choice but to continue #They meet friends ofc but they still feel guilt for their life of a thief. even if they're closer to a robin hood type of thief #they still feel guilty. And then they eventually meet L.upin #and like it or not...they become charmed by him. They're both leaders of their own groups and pretty smart. #The two were on opposing teams at first but their groups eventually get along and Panchi is happy. They were always happy to help L.upin #and eventually they realize that the reason they like helping him/seeing him is because they've fallen in love with him #They've fallen for the great L.upin the T.hird. The two have had their ship tease moments but it never went beyond that #And unfortunately for them...The love isn't quite requited. There's this scene between him and F.ujiko at the end of Part 5 that just. #Hurts Panchi. The feeling that the one they love-the first person they fell for simply loves someone else. #oh man that reminds me of this moment in Part 4. Da Vinci gives each character a challenge of sorts near the end #Panchi was placed in a Perfect Dream world and their challenge was to find what was wrong with it/to snap out of it #what snaps them back to reality was the fact that L.upin wasn't in the “perfect” dream world. Their feelings for him were that strong #Anyways. point is. This s/i has a life they didn't want and in the end didn't get the guy- #It's quite a melancholic s/i when I think about them too hard. they work so much and never catch a break #A part of me still does like L.upin and wants to go back to shipping him but then I just get insecure (?) I guess. it's so strange #but anyways! haha thank you to anyone who listened to my kinda sad ramble! #I miss L.upin a lot. He has a special place in my heart

[classicjdog]

CURSE MY FUCKING SHITARSE INTERNET I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOME FUCKING TEKKEN GAAAAHHHHHHHH

REINA IS SO FUCKING SICK AND I CAN'T PLAY HER AGAINST REAL PPL I'M STUCK FIGHTING THE STUPID AI FUCK

#i have some christmas money lying around so i guess i'm just gonna have to buy an ethernet cable #my setup (if you wanna call it that) is really not conducive to getting wired up at all #but fuck man there's no way i'm gonna just not play this fucking game it's way too fucking sick #well at least i had plenty of time to play the story lol which for the first like 80% of it's runtime it's like hey this is fun #like it's not super boring & there are actually some really cool moments sprinkled in here & there #then there's the second-to-last jin/kaz fight which was kinda what i expected the finale to be #like ok they've got their big crazy final forms & they're gonna have their big over-the-top anime fight & that's all fine i guess #but then they have one last normal hand-to-hand fight #and speaking as a long-time hardcore tekken fan that last fight is one of the best most joyful experiences i've ever had with a video game #like i've always felt that jin's transition from tekken 3 to tekken 4 was such a cool melding of story with gameplay #like in story at the end of t3 he's betrayed by heihachi so in t4 he forcibly unlearns the martial art heihachi taught him #and this is reflected in gameplay by his moveset being completely different so them coming back around to that in t8 #and reinforcing the whole theme of jin accepting his past by LITERALLY GIVING YOU HIS TEKKEN 3 MOVESET IN THE FIGHT AGAINST KAZUYA #WHILE A REMIX OF HIS TEKKEN 3 THEME PLAYS???? GOD WHAT A FUCKING SEQUENCE!!! CHEF'S KISS MWAH MWAH MWAH #and then just the lovely little moments of fanservice. obvious stuff like kaz wavedashing or he & jin doing the namco logo thing 1 last tim #but then obscure stuff like jins t3 df1 glitch & kazuyas weirdo t4 re-stun combos?? like how many ppl are even gonna know about that shit?? #they hella did not have to do that but they did & it makes me so so so happy #so yea the t8 story is like 80% a fun entertaining little romp & 20% the hypest shit i've ever ever ever seen #and also reina is the best new character namco have made for tekken since steve in t4 #it's funny cause in the whole leadup to t8 i was having a little trouble figuring out who i was gonna main #cause in t7 i spent most of my time bouncing around basically the whole cast before finally settling on julia near the end #obv no julia in t8 so i had to pick someone else & no one in t8 was really jumping out at me #lots of super cool characters that i'd already played quite a lot of but not really anyone that's like ok yea that's my fucking guy #lots of sick af potential secondaries but no main basically #then they released the reina trailer & i was like ok yea that's my fucking guy #sick design sick stage sick AS FUCK music & a bunch of mishima staples to go along with it??? #she's got an electric? hellsweep? wavedash? flash punch combo? stonehead? #plus some heihachi specific staples? demon breath? heaven's gate? iron hand? fucking HUNTING HAWK??? then yea that's MY FUCKING GUY #so yea reina fucking rules & i just wanna play her against real ppl please for the love of fuck #OH ONE MORE THING THEY DID ANOTHER GREAT JOB WITH THE MUSIC. AT LEAST 3 NEW TRACKS ADDED TO THE TEKKEN PANTHEON OF ALL-TIME CLASSICS

[lasnevadaslaborunion]

Okay but have we considered the connections between c!Karlnapity and Gift of the Magi yet

#they all love each other so deeply and they were all willing to sacrifice so much for the other's happiness #but by the time those sacrifices come to fruition the things they were made for are already gone #las nevadas is the silver chain and kinoko kingdom is the tortoiseshell combs #both trying to build on what they had established in el rapids. function and protection. beauty and peace. #but el rapids was long gone even before it was torn down #they've given so much and those empty spaces should prove their love and devotion #but they haven't exchanged their gifts yet and they're left believing that the holiday they wanted to be perfect has been ruined #and we don't know yet if this is going to be the happy ending or the sad end of the tale #do they know yet how loved they are? do they know yet how much their gifts really mean? #this probably makes ZERO FUCKING SENSE but it won't leave my head #i need to write a fic of this holy shit #dsmp #karlnapity

[thethingything]

If you had to spend $100 at a restaurant for only you, what would you get?

hmm, there are so many options for this.

I think I'm gonna go with what we'd order if it was like, me and a few of our frequent fronters going for a meal at this restaurant because I'm not really sure what I'd order for myself but I know what other alters (mostly Lucy) would get me to try.

assuming it's a restaurant that serves anything we want, I think it'd be really fun to order a bunch of foods the system used to enjoy that we haven't had the chance to eat in a while. it'd give Lucy a chance to have some foods they've really missed, and since all our other frequent fronters haven't been around that long, it'd give us a chance to try some of the foods that other alters have told us about, and maybe chat about some of the nice memories associated with those foods.

the main things I can think of include:

the pizzas we used to get from a local takeaway (apparently they're just really, really good pizzas)

various Latin American foods from a restaurant we used to go to whenever we had birthday money and could justify treating ourselves

fries made the way our nanan used to make them, because we've never had ones made by anyone else that looked or tasted the same as those but apparently they were amazing

probably just like, a big bowl of paella

homemade tomato soup the way our mum made it when we were a kid

for dessert we'd probably have coffee & walnut cake, banana bread, and mango sorbet

drinks would probably include non-alcoholic shandy, Victorian lemonade (yes, the stuff I inhaled the other day), and virgin piña coladas

I have no idea if this actually adds up to $100 but oh well. they're all foods we have fond memories of or find comforting in some way and I think it'd be really nice to get to sit down and eat a bunch of them and have fun learning about some nice stuff from the system's past in the process

#ask #🍬 post #currently zooted #<- sort of? I took pain meds and I'm spaced out but I can't tell if that's just the migraine and dissociation or the actual side effects #anyway there's this ongoing thing where Lucy gets really excited about newer alters trying stuff for the first time #and that includes us trying foods that they've tried before but we haven't had yet #I think us trying foods that they have really specific positive associations with would just be a really nice experience #because I know when we do that they end up telling us about happy memories and it's really sweet #and I can just imagine having a bunch of those foods at once would lead to them telling us so many fun stories