so... i made a new family based on the show the fall of the house of usher and edgar allan poe lore and i'm definitely excited to use them so like this for a starter and please reply with whoever you'd like or i'll just choose at random.
tl;dr on the family: they're based on poe's original story meaning that the family is cursed. they've had over 30 years of non stop success, managed to get to the top of the world and bury a lot of people through it and now the universe is finally coming down on them to make it even. each member of the family (saved ugo, of course) starts to experience the fall of their careers, personal lives etc. so far, the only victim has been the youngest of the family, belly usher; whose videos and photos of secret orgies she had been organizing for the last ten years surfaced online.
tamerlane usher — margot robbie, henri’s twin sister, coo at celesio pharmaceutical, bisexual.
henri william usher — charlie hunnam, tamerlane’s twin brother, ceo at celesio pharmaceutical, heterosexual.
emmet usher — henry cavill, henri’s only biological son, cfo at celesio pharmaceutical, heterosexual.
marian raven usher — christian serratos, henri’s only biological daughter, unemployed, bisexual.
morella usher— camila morrone, the oldest bastar of the usher family, researcher at the celesio pharmaceutical, bisexual.
victor usher — rudy pakow, the second-olderst bastard of the usher family, owner of a strip club, bisexual.
pedro diaz usher — diego tinoco, the second-youngest bastard of the usher family, professional boxer, heterosexual.
annabel ‘belly’ usher — valentina zenere, the youngest bastard of the usher family, actress and social media influencer, bisexual.ugo dawson — trevante rhodes, the usher's lawyer and herni's longtime friend, heterosexual.
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Fake Cryptids, Real Ghosts
Ok, so dp x dc/batfam because this AU has me by the throat but what if it's the fake cryptid batfamily AU who never joined the JL.
Just...imagine it. The Batfamily has been protecting Gotham quietly but fiercely by scaring the daylights out of criminals as creatures that go bump in the night. A bit of stage magic, frightening method acting, contortion, a whole language comprised of chirps, growls, and body language, and the best tech possible and you've got a recipe for striking fear into the hearts of everyone.
They've got shrines on the rooftops, vaguely on the JL radar (Cause really, who's gonna believe that Gotham, one of the worst cities has a demon problem? Constantine? Homeboy took one look at Gotham and went Nope.) and they're protected cause any self respecting Gothamite wouldn't go spilling the beans to Outsiders. The Bats keep them safe. Who would believe them anyways?
Enter half dead, half alive Danny Fenton.
Danny Fenton who has a best friend's named Tucker and Sam who find out about the Gotham Cryptids, and go absolutely ham on research because here lies something,a bunch of someone's who are Other. Maybe they're creepy but they're cool and they're Heroes and they help people.
Sure, at first it was an attempt from Sam and Tucker to help their best friend feel less alone in the face of other, more 'normal' heroes and people out there in the world. Maybe they try to further bury the Bats online cause if anyone understands keeping on the down low, it would be Amity Parker's. For awhile, Danny Fenton, sometimes Phantom is simply happy to know he's not alone.
Then he's outed and his sister who's long since been ecto-contaiminated is put at risk there's nowhere that seems safer. Gotham is a chaotic city, even without the Bats factoring in. After all Gotham has (Demons-Spirits-Creatures?) The Bats already. Who would care if a halfa and his sister hide out there? As long as they're respectful of their territory, it'll be fine right? Besides, they've got to warn the Bats anyways about the GIW and government. They're coming after ghosts, who knows if they'll be next? Spooky things have to look out for each other after all.
Cue shenanigans as Phantom who stops hiding all of his creepier traits as a ghost walks up to the Totally Human but Faking it Batman with really thoughtful gifts for all of their shrines (And one fruitcake), no heartbeat and an earnest plea for a safe haven in their Haunt because the Ancients taught him manners and the importance of respecting another entities territory.
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Stop saying that Reo refers to his dynamic with Nagi as just a business partner, that's not factually true
Or well, it's out of context and only partially true
I keep seeing this argument brought up in nagireo meta as a way to bring ammo to the interpretation that Reo sees their dynamic as transactional while Nagi cares for him as a person, using the Barou scene as a frame of reference, but. As someone who read the whole manga in japanese, fun fact! There's another time where their relationship is brought up with a descriptor before that scene, and it's in fact Reo who refers to Nagi as his partner first. Not a business partner, just a partner. Someone you spend time with.
To be precise, the word he uses is 相棒 ("aibou"), which, second fun fact, is the same word Bachira used to describe his relationship with Isagi (in the scene where he says "I love you, partner". Just stressing that cause I find it amusing lol). In Bachira's case, this word was officially translated as "buddy". It basically means partner/companion/comrade. As you can see, there's no exploitative subtext, unless you're willing to read that into Bachira's line as well.
This scene was in chapter one of episode Nagi, so it's Reo who sets the tone of their buddying relationship. Nagi just follows.
When Barou accuses him of being a mindless slave that only follows Reo's orders then, Nagi's prompt response is to call himself "Reo's partner, not a slave", using the word 相方 ("aikata") this time. As you might have noticed, it's almost the same word! Same first kanji, almost no differences in nuance as far as the meaning goes. This one too means partner, companion.
So, where does the confusion come from? Well, the thing is, Reo does call Nagi his business partner, too! A whole total of once, and it made more sense in context. The reason why this got more attention than the line in chapter one, I believe, is because Reo says it shortly after Nagi candidly called him his aikata, so it jumps out more and makes Reo sound so much colder than he is.
But again, context!
Given how Reo's the first to put a friendly label on their relationship, clearly the intent here is not to tell us he secretly only sees Nagi as an asset whose potential he's investing in. More like, this line was in response to this,
Nagi's ego rearing its head at long last, and him taking the initiative in a play for the first time. Here he calls him his business partner because Nagi's finally rising to meet him as an equal, instead of simply trudging along because of Reo's pushing. It's Nagi who requests an assist, and Reo enthusiastically provides it, and remarks upon it with this term. But, and please note, in all the three different occurrences, no matter the word in kanji, the furigana always spells out "partner", cause that's what's the focus
So please stop saying that Reo doesn't give the same weight to their friendship as Nagi does, that's just untrue. They both obviously care about each other, and their actions show it better than their words, tbh.
I guess one might still overanalyse the fact that they don't use the same exact term for partner, and wonder what the difference is, as one (me) does. This is what I found (with a japanese source for more accuracy):
「相棒」と「相方」の違いとしては、「相棒」には「ひとつの目的を達成するために共に助け合う相手」といったニュアンスがあり、「相方」には「人柄や性格を理解し合いながら、苦楽を共にする相手」といったニュアンスがあります。
Inputting this into a machine translator cause it's 1am and I don't have the brainpower to translate it myself:
The difference between "buddy" and "partner" is that "buddy" (=aibou) has the nuance of "a partner who helps each other to achieve a goal," while "partner"(=aikata) has the nuance of "a partner who understands each other's personality and character and shares hardships and joys.
Which I feel is a much better distinction that makes a lot more sense with their respective motivators/feelings. Reo sees Nagi as the person at whose side he'll be able to win the world cup, thus it makes a lot of sense for him to use aibou. Nagi gave him the confidence to think himself world class despite his father's scorn. He's his partner in crime, so to speak. While Nagi sees Reo as the first person who saw past his weirdness, understood him better than most, and as the companion he can always circle back to and tell him about the joys and hassles hardships he went through
Signed: a pedantic nagireo fan who thinks they're both the same shade of simp
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A Moment at Awa’atlu in a Pleasant Future Between Sully SiblingsTM Lo'ak, Spider, and Kiri:
Kiri, kindly: Lo’ak, Tsireya obviously likes you.
Spider: Bro, she asked you on a date.
Lo’ak: But what if she meant it as a friend thing?
Kiri, throwing her hands up: I can’t do this anymore.
Spider, determined: Bro, we have been over this. A thousand times. No one makes friends by asking them to go on a moonlight swim one on one. That would be an insane way to make friends.
Lo’ak: …But what if—
Spider: Holy fuck, just tell her you’ll go!
Lo’ak: BUT I can’t say yes just because I want a mate! She probably doesn’t even like me!
Kiri, done: You are so right, she actually hates you. She told me herself.
Spider: Kiri, shut the fuck up. No one said anything about being her mate yet—
Lo’ak: I did, she’s the love of my life. Be for real.
Spider, murderous: Then. Tell. Her. You’ll. Go.
Lo’ak: Fuck. No.
Spider: Alright, I'm done with this kid, Kiri, kill him.
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