#changed the trajectory of my life I'm so serious

[harpygee]

Hi, I recently saw your storyboards for Harpy Gee you posted back in 2018 if it had been greenlit for a show, and I have 2 questions.

1.) If you hypothetically got greenlit for a series and agreed to do it, would you still do those episodes of the storyboard you posted or would you start from scratch since the comic is now further along?

2.) I noticed DudeBro isn't DudeDead, would he have been a series regular? Or would he have died at a different time to signal a more serious turn?

Hi! 2018 is such a long time ago now, wow!

Ok so, Harpy was originally pitched to CN like back in 2008, Nick in 2009, Disney TV 2010-2011, Dreamworks 2014 (they offered $300 flat for it, which I find hilarious) but I had been tinkering with the characters and their stories since 2005. So the chapters in the comic are all from old episode synopsis's BEFORE it was ever pitched as a show. The 11 minute Harpy animatic on my YouTube channel is a stand alone story though, it was made specifically for Nickelodeon, but it never made it past that. It was intended to be animated along with the short, but there was an exec regime change and that changed plans. I'm ok with that though! But yes, if it'd gone to series my hope was that each chapter be broken down to 2-3 episodes each, giving room for some stand alone stories not seen in the comic during a season arc. Just to add, towards the end of development I was told Nick would want the show to be 11 min full comedy episodic, with NO overarching plot. That's a big reason why I'm happy it didn't go forward, so I can continue the story and character development in the comic. I'm not bitter towards the studio at all, this is all pretty normal for animation development. I still got a short out of it and the characters were still true to themselves. I love making the comic too so I see it more as a fun adventure making a cartoon. I'm glad other's liked it too! 2. So a funny thing I used to joke about, in the alternate animated universe Dude Bro survived the dragon attack. It might have changed the trajectory of the story, but would have been a fun thing to explore. If you've kept up with the recent comic updates you might know Dude Bro's short life in the comic might not have been so short.

#questions #harpy gee #webcomics #nickelodeon #koryn03

[fkinavocado]

So, Cricket World Cup is going on, I live and breathe that game lol and I happen to have a massive crush on this cricketer, he is quite literally the 🐐 of the game and on 23rd he played the greatest knock of his career in front of 90,000+ spectators in Australia, and it changed the whole trajectory of my life, I am suddenly a way more positive and fun person than I was before I witnessed that magic 🤣 and my fiance who is also a massive fan of the game has started showing signs of jealously with my celebrity crush,because I gush on him so much lmao. I love when my fiance gets jealous, it makes him hotter.

So, I was wondering if Y/N has a celebrity crush. Maybe some actor? What if she is watching some movie on a weekend with Harry and happens to have a crush on the lead actor (childhood celeb crush) I am pretty sure it will not go well with DI Harry 🤣🤣 I am dying to see his reaction, I am sure even if she is not as crazy as I am, he will still not like the idea of her gushing on another man celeb or not.

harry grimaced when you suggested it "a musical? i don't know..."

"oh come on, that's not the point. it's supposed to be a really good movie! got a ton of oscars"

you watched him mull it over while he was waiting for the popcorn to pop, and then just decided to search for la la land on netflix since he wasn't exactly saying no to your proposition, either.

he finally made his way to the couch and sat on his designated spot, waiting for you to cuddle into his side before pulling the throw blanket over you. he never used it himself, he was kind of a living breathing furnace, but you- you were always cold.

he then placed the popcorn bowl on his lap and finally glanced at the tv and scoffed "oh, alright. i see how this is"

you pouted "I mean, you didn't say no to it, so i just decided to search for it but we can watch something else, harry. it's fine"

"not what i meant" he singsonged to himself and you pulled away a bit, inspecting his features

"what are you on about?"

harry raised an eyebrow at you and smirked at your apparently genuine confusedness "you gonna act all innocent? like you're picking this movie for any other reason than the male lead?"

"the wha-- what, ryan gosling? you think i picked this movie 'cause he stars in it?"

"i mean, he was in that movie we went to see back home. the one you tricked me into watching"

you stared at him, mouth agape in mock offense "i did not! may i remind you, you surprised me and took me to see the notebook"

"ah! but i didn't know it'd be the notebook, did i?"

you squinted your eyes at him "your point?"

harry shrugged and began picking at the kernels "'m just saying. you got a crush on him or summat?"

you let out an incredulous laugh "are you serious right now?"

harry sighed dramatically "just play the movie. i'll allow it. no kink shaming in this house"

"as i live and breathe..." you beamed

"--before i change my mind."

"you're actually jealous"

"...these need more salt"

"you're adorable" you kissed the corner of his mouth and settled back into his side

"mhm. this guy better work his charm because i'm not wasting any time on foreplay afterwards" he then kissed the top of your head tenderly, a stark contrast to the tone of his voice and his heated warning

you bit your lower lip, swallowing a comeback. instead you whispered loud enough for him to hear over the opening credits "yes, daddy"

Daddy issues- Masterlist

#dhsfjdlsfjsd #yeah that's how i see it lol #harry styles smut #daddy issues #daddy issues extra #harry styles fanfic #harry styles fic rec #dilfrry #dadrry #dilf harry styles #daddy harry styles #harry styles writing #harry styles prompt #harry styles one shot #harry styles concept #harry styles blurb #daddyissuesblurb

[gerifran]

A Love Letter to Formula 1

F1 feels like home, and I love it like no other.

In particular, I find that Formula 1 has a unique ability to produce captivating stories about heartbreak, redemption, and glory—sometimes even all at once.

I’m not sure where my admiration for George came from. Perhaps it was our shared initials or a strict affinity for multiples of three. What I do know, though, is that his Formula 1 journey became one of my favorite stories in sports. I wrote my Common App essay about George because it was that serious. I forced college admissions officers to read about how I cried watching car 63 fall down the timing tower at 9 a.m. on a Sunday because that race changed my perspective on sports forever.

The 2020 Sahkir Grand Prix is nothing short of a captivating tale. I watched a man get the opportunity of a lifetime and lose it swiftly through no fault of his own. His misfortune would bring a victory that would change the trajectory of another man's career.

Everything in this sport is consequential and all of it is connected.

I’d never considered myself a competitive person, but in that moment I understood how people can put so much of themselves into a sport. I felt that team's loss like it was my own. I wanted the victory, I wanted the feeling, I wanted the story.

Of course, I don’t believe that this love is simple. There are many times when Formula 1 has angered me beyond belief—times when I’ve had to reconcile that maybe the sport I love is not one that can love me back.

What do you do with a sport that discourages—and actively censors—athlete activism? One that often fails to hold its most successful athlete in high regard?

I grieved the loss of Lewis Hamilton's eighth world title like it was me who had been cheated. I could not fathom losing something that was so certainly yours, much less to lose it through the admitted fault and negligence of an authority. Two years on, I still think of this as a moment that fiercely challenged my love for the sport.

I often joke that F1 is a billionaire’s playground, and frankly that is entirely true. You don’t have to be wealthy to become an F1 driver, but you sure as hell better know someone who is. I can't help but wonder how much more wonderful this sport could be if it wasn't so inaccessible. I wonder if we'd have full-time female drivers or more people of color. I wonder if I'd be able to see somebody who looks like me and grew up like me.

Yet despite all its faults, I’ve attached so much of my being to this sport. At a time when my world stood still, I turned to F1; not just as a source of entertainment, but rather a motive and a purpose. It became a reason to get through the week. I know I can survive this week because on Saturday and Sunday I'm going to watch F1. For about 20 weekends out of the year, I get to watch a new story and then I get to tell people about it.

I am intensely passionate about F1, and I could talk about it to anyone willing to listen and especially those who are not; I know its stories and I want everyone else to know them too. At their core, stories born from sports are about human persistence and man’s ability to pour heart and soul into a craft. Etched into Michael Schumacher’s final race helmet are the words, “Life is about passions. Thank you for sharing mine.” And Michael is never wrong.

What I love so much about Formula 1 is that it’s mine.

Nothing else ever has been.

#f1 #formula one #writing #f1 drivers #sports #michael schumacher #lewis hamilton #george russell #racing #motorsports

[severidescigar]

The Right Person At The Wrong Time - Chapter 2

Fandom: One Chicago

Pairing: Kelly Severide x Valentina Pierce (OC)

Disclaimer: This story follows most Chicago Fire storylines with my personal twist added to them. The only character belonging to me is OC Valentina Pierce.

A/N: This story will put some very beloved characters into a slightly bad light so I hope you will still enjoy it for the sake of the storyline 🤗

Previous Chapter

•••

The night before, clothing pieces were flying left and right in Valentina's apartment. Her and Carver barely got a few drinks in when they decided to cut the night out short...and truth be told Valentina knew this was what he meant by "drinks not dinner".

She was also no stranger to such practices, but it was only once these antics landed her in a relationship and it was the one with Kelly, which lasted for a few good years and slightly changed the trajectory of her entire life.

The morning after, Valentina slid out of the warm bedsheets and tip toed out of the room as quite as she could. Walking into the living room, clothes were scattered all over the floor and a smirk appeared on her face as memories from the night before came in flooding her mind. She had a good time...hell even a great time, but she knew she was walking on a thin line and things could go south very easily...which she obviously didn't want to since she had just returned and finally got her life together. But for real...out of all the men in Chicago, of course she had to pick the one working with her and with her ex in the same firehouse.

As all these things were going through her mind, she got dressed and got herself ready for shift. Making her way to the kitchen and fixing herself a cup of coffee she was still deep in her thoughts when she heard footsteps approaching her...and it was no other than Carver, half dressed, having the same cheeky smirk on his face like she did minutes ago. "How nice of you to also make me a cup of coffee...", the sarcasm in his voice was loud and clear as he took the cup out of Valentina's hands and sipped out of her hot beverage. It took everything in her to not push him against a wall again and he probably noticed that, so he was closing the gap between them to the point she could feel his breath. "I...had a really, really great time...but this has to stay between us." Raising her head to his level, she managed to say all that while keeping eye contact and a serious face. Nodding in agreement, Carver took one step closer to her if that was even possible. "Tell me one thing...who's the firefighter that ruined it for me?" The question took her by surprise...slightly, but she knew what game he was playing and she wasn't one to back off. "You wouldn't want to know....and you should get going or you'll be late for shift." "Fair enough...I'll see you later then!" Carver said and pecked her cheek quickly before he left.

//

"I thought I'd be seeing you at Molly's?" Brett said as she walked into the locker room and saw Valentina sitting on the bench while tying her shoelaces. "Yeah we all did. You haven't been there since you came back." Ritter pitched in immediately after. "Yeah...ugh, something came up and I had to call it a night very quick. But I will come next time...I promise." She was a horrible liar and she knew it, but everybody else just had to be happy with that answer for now. "Chief wants us in the briefing room in 5." Cruz appeared through the door and announced.

"I'm going to the bathroom real quick and I'll meet you there." Val told Sylvie before she disappeared out of the door. She just wanted to make sure she didn't look hungover or overly tired so she splashed some cold water on her face. As her eyes were still closed she heard the door behind her open and then immediately close. "Good Morning!" Kelly's voice filled the room as they were now looking at each other through the mirror. "Morning!"

"You seemed happy when you came in this morning." He continued as he leaned against the sink crossing his arms. "Is that such a strange thing for you? To see me happy?" Why was she giving him an attitude at 8 am...she never enjoyed speaking to him like this let alone hurt him in any way. "Is this how it's going to be between us?" He asked and Valentina could feel his eyes piercing through her as she initially avoided looking at him, but she turned around and took a deep breath in, that could easily come off as annoyed. In reality she just didn'twant to melt so easily into his blue eyes...because those used to be her weakness. "Like what Kelly?"

"Like you hating me." She was almost offended by those words, because in what world would she be able to hate him? Not in this one for sure. "I don't hate you Kelly...I don't have it in me to hate you, but I am indifferent to you, because what else am I supposed to do?" She thought about this moment...about the moment where they can finally talk, get it all out and moved on, but despite all the scenarios she made up in her head she was still not ready. "You hate me because I moved on! You just left and I was supposed to guess that you will come back? I was supposed to wait?" Frustration could be heard in his words as his voice grew louder.

"You moved on with the person you assured me so many times you had nothing to do with...and I believed you. You married that person...you didn't just move on, you made a lifetime commitment to her." It was all coming out now and there was no way back. "We were together what? 6, 7 years and we never once discussed marriage because I knew you weren't that kind of guy...and then I'm gone not even 3 years and I come back...and the one person I thought I knew so well did a complete 180°." There were a lot of underlying emotions, frustrations and feelings between the two and this conversation was bringing them all out. "Exactly Val! After 7 years you just got up and left...with an excuse of an explanation I had to deal with tha-"

"You two! This is not the place to be having this conversation...I can hear you from down the hall." Hermann appeared through the door, interrupting their screaming match. The room fell into silence and Valentina felt her breath get rapid so she quickly made her way out. Arriving into the briefing room she realized she was late...really late and Boden did not look happy. A few minutes later after the meeting was done the chief turned to look towards her. "And since Pierce and Carver were late, they have the honor of cleaning Ambo and Truck inside out."

'Of course he was late too.' She thought to herself as she looked to her right seeing the man she woke up next to earlier today. Getting the cleaning supplies she felt his presence behind her. "You know why I'm late...why are you late?" He asked and pretty much cornered her into the supply closet. "Figured I find a way to get stuck with you without making it obvious." He loved her attitude and she loved the tension that was building between them naturally everytime they were in each other's presence. "Now will you let me go clean the Ambo or are you going to push me into the wall?" If they had a choice the answer would be clear, but they didn't so he moved to the side for her.

//

"You're an awfully punctual person, what happened earlier? You know Boden hates when we're late." Brett asked as she watched her partner scrub every inch of the Ambo. "If I tell you, you can't make any faces, you can't judge me nor will you speak about this to anyone..." Valentina said stopping from whatever she was doing and saw Brett nodding in agreement. "I slept with Carver." She barely got the words before Sylvie gasped dramatically. "Sorry you can continue..." "And then I ran into Kelly in the bathroom this morning and...it got ugly to say the least." As she was saying all this out loud she realized how foolish the whole situation sounded...the situation or her? "My...very humble opinion? One or the other. Don't dig a deeper grave for yourself than you already have. I can't tell you to fight for Severide because that's a married man right there, but I also know what the two of you had in the past...or just move on. Your new friend seems to be helping you with that." Sometimes she hated how painfully honest Sylvie was with her, but who else was going to knock some sense into her if not her very own best friend. "Come on, I'll help you finish up...you already look like you're struggling." Brett pitched in making her partner let out a relieved sigh.

As Valentina wanted to continue her work she couldn't help but hear a pretty serious conversation going down a few feet away from her. "House fire in Pilsen going wrong? Really?" Stella's voice could be heard asking and a frown appeared on Valentina's face not realizing who was on the other end of the conversation. "I don't appreciate you lying...I don't like liars especially when I'm trying to make them part of my crew." She continued and Valentina just grew more confused and curious as she unintentionally eavesdropped. "You need to be honest with me for this to work...so go ahead." "All due respect Lieutenant, but it's a private matter and I guess I will just shut up from now on." Carver's voice could finally be heard and Valentina was immediately felt a bitter taste in her mouth...she knew what they were talking about and for some reasons it pissed her off badly.

#kelly severide #chicago fire #kelly severide x oc #kelly severide fan fiction #stella kidd #sylvie brett #sam carver #kelly severide imagine

[andypantsx3]

your fingerprints serious has changed the trajectory of my life oh my fucking god you’re unhinged it is so fucking good i wanted to explode reading it. you deserve compensation for creating such a masterpiece you genius you oh my god oh my god oh my god

LMFAO I'm so pleased you like it this much, you're so cute.

To be honest, I'm starting to get completed story grief even though we're not quite at the end yet!! This has been one of my favorite series to write ever and I'm so sad so see it come to an end!! I've been enjoying it a lot too. 🥺

#ask andie

[holocene-sims]

next // previous

july 20, 2021 7:30 a.m. ireland

[grant] but what actually made you leave? what was the motivation?

[aoife] well, you spend your whole life doing one thing and it’s a real swift kick in the bollocks when you’re forced a change in trajectory. one minute, you’re farming land in your family’s name, and the next, you’re meant to marry and tend someone else’s land in someone else’s name.

[grant] that makes sense. it's a total directional change. and you were already independent, so going into a partnership is kind of losing all that you’re used to. it doesn't matter how you find the relationship, you still have to make concessions.

[aoife] see, you’re smart!

[aoife] but my parents didn’t feel any of those were worthy problems. they had plans for me and i ruined them. they had different ideals of what i could do to help them as an adult. i won’t blame them, though. every parent has dreams for their children and we all push them too hard once in a while. find me a parent who hasn't done that.

[aoife] and for my father, well, i suppose he felt like he'd done everything in the world in his power to make a perfect country, and i think he took personal offense to me disagreeing with one part of the way things were.

[aoife] but i sacrificed everything for our family farm. i don't believe i slighted anyone. i did what had to be done. for one, i barely went to school, never finished even primary school, because my work was the priority. i gave up the only chance of an education and more, and i was meant to walk away from the fruits of my labor.

[aoife] i was young and somewhat bullish. in the heat of it all, i felt betrayed by their asking me to marry.

[grant] and they did, too.

[aoife] they did.

[aoife] now me? i was so hurt, i told them i'd first live with the yanks in america before i'd give up my name and my family for some man.

[aoife] but are those two options not the same?

[grant] i guess one is by choice, though.

[grant] but did you, um, leave to make a point?

[aoife] what point?

[grant] like, “this is how desperate and serious i am, please let me stay at home with you."

[aoife] and now you're too smart. but you’re bang on.

[grant] did they ever get it?

[aoife] they died resenting me.

[aoife] never mattered how hard i tried to prove i wanted to do right by them and look after the family, they never understood. there’s that rehearsed betrayal line. my siblings didn’t come up with it alone.

[aoife] i kept my surname. i taught my children, my grandchildren, and now my great-grandchildren to know irish and i'd death glare at you if you dared use the colonizer’s tongue without good reason. i retold all the stories i heard as a girl, brought you home for visits...

[aoife] i did everything for you kids that they taught me and wanted from me, but it never made them happy with me again.

[aoife] listen, my parents were glad you all existed and to their standards, had good times with you here, but yes, they’d still look at me like they were embarrassed of me.

[grant] but they were just casually cool with seámus and róisín being in america?

[aoife] oh, jesus. i don’t know. they knew seámus hated farming, so i suppose they knew his whole life he’d never stay, and róisín...well, talk about egos. she has notions.

[aoife] their leaving was no surprise. mine was.

[grant] something something, you were a good girl and did everything asked of you your whole life, so they thought you’d do it one more time.

[grant] and now a whole bunch of people make fun of you for the things you did do "right" because suddenly, those things weren't "enough" to please them. you disappointed someone once and they let it stain every other part of you.

[grant] do you still wish you hadn't left? do you wish you lived here?

[aoife] i love you so dearly but that is a question only a man could ask.

[aoife] very bold of you. never ask me that again.

[grant] that was stupid. i'm sorry. i didn’t mean it that way but i see your point and agree. we did just have a whole conversation about how making the decision as a woman to leave and break up a family’s standing fucks up everything.

#ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 #sims 4 story #sims 4 storytelling #simblr #hlcn: everything the stars promised #hey grandma aoife are you sure you're actually okay with constantly being overburdened with work? lol #because you REALLY resent people who make you work harder than you need to for no reason #*glances at her parents* #being nice to you for the sake of being nice? cool! taking care of you because you can't do it for no good reason? not cool! #(in her eyes at least) #also aoife totally just does NOT want to answer grant's last question #it definitely is a man question because men can just...leave...but tbqh she just cannot process that question emotionally #twinsies! grant can't process a whole bunch of questions either #p.p.s. pay reallyyyyy close attention to aoife saying “find me a parent who hasn't pushed their kid too hard” #just tab it in your brain oop #p.p.p.s. LISTEN THE FACT THAT AOIFE AND GRANT BOTH HAVE SUCH A STRONG DESIRE TO PLEASE PEOPLE IS SO SAD #holocene.docx #holocene.png #hlcn: grant #hlcn: aoife

[givemearmstopraywith]

I know you don’t really identify with it anymore so do you ever feel embarrassed about the whole divine cannibalism Christian sensuality etc phase? I rarely express myself on the internet because I don’t want to be held to the standards of my past self when I eventually change my perspective on things, just wondering what it’s like to go through that

i'm not embarrassed by it and i do still identify with it! i'm writing my graduate thesis on it and that research will also comprise my doctorate. its hugely a part of my life and who i am. the reason i disowned that aspect of my online presence was because it was becoming a fad. i have a very big following on this blog. me and a couple of other mutuals started experiencing the same kind of intensely spiritual awakening around the same time over the same things. and we all had semi-serious presences on this website, so our spiritual expereicnes became a fad- it permeated tiktok and twitter and morphed into something i find incredibly distasteful and insipid- trad caths, and coquettes coopting the "look" of lean martyrdom and piety to turn it an aesthetic. and that is to say nothing of people who started coopting a meatier aesthetic without any real idea what they were engaging with.

the premise of eating God for me was rediscovering my jewish identity and my connection to God. it completely changed the trajectory of my life. this is not something that everyone can understand or identify with, and it is absolutely not something that should become an internet fad.

but with that being said, i've had phases that i found embarrassing. that i tried to disown and pretend hadn't happened. and then more time went on and i realize that everything about me, everything i thought was insipid or ridiculous, was part of me, and for that reason it was beautiful. i've been a shitty person in the past. i've done shitty things and made bad decisions. but if i hadnt been shitty, i wouldnt try so hard now to be better. everything has a purpose, nothing is exempt from meaning. i am indeed part of all that i have met, like the poet said.

[myperfectdad]

7. Favorite things

I still remember my old life. Sometimes, I wish I didn't, but that's the way my Son wants it to be. He likes knowing that all my memories and intelligence are trapped inside this big, dumb body, wanting to get out but unable to. Every morning when I wake up before dawn and lay out His clothes for the day, I stop and think to myself, "What would I be doing right now if I'd never met him?"

I was a physicist, for Pete's sake. Tenured faculty at my university, just hitting my stride career-wise. Another ten or so years on this trajectory and I'd have earned myself a long, comfortable retirement.

And then I met Jay. I was flattered that a guy his age would even pay attention to me, let alone ask me out on a date. He didn't fit the younger guy stereotype at all. He was clever, well-spoken, and interested in things beyond sex and video games. For a soft-spoken intellectual like me–well, like I used to be–Jay was such a breath of fresh air. I loved introducing him to my favorite things, theater and wine, and he had this amazing way of comforting me after a long, stressful day at the office.

As we developed feelings for each other, things started to change. My mind started drifting and I had trouble focusing on my research. I forgot appointments and important deadlines. I even got lost on my way home from work a couple times. Jay was always so understanding. He never made me feel stupid or old or feeble, even though I increasingly did.

The gym membership was a big deal. "Mens sana in corpore sano," Jay said. I agreed with him, even though I wasn't really sure what he meant. All I knew is that he had high expectations for me. Three days a week at first, then four, then five. I was exhausted, but Jay always seemed so impressed by my progress, that I just started getting up earlier and earlier to squeeze in another workout.

"Jay, something weird is going on," I told him one day while I was measuring out my protein powder. "It's kind of embarrassing."

From his spot at the kitchen table, Jay looked at me with a concerned expression that melted my heart. "Sounds serious. What's up, Pops?"

I chuckled at his pet name for me. At first I thought he was making fun of me for being older, but when I realized he meant it to be endearing, I warmed up to it. "I'm distracted. Lately I've been noticing my hand just wants to go..." my voice trailed off as I glanced down to the crotch of my chinos. "You know, down there. Sometimes I don't even realize I've been doing it."

Jay came over and put his arm around my now-bulky shoulder. The way it sat awkwardly against my pumped-up trapezius made me feel at once proud and confused, but Jay's voice made any confusion vanish right away.

"No worries, Pops," he said. "If you're self-conscious, we can fix that easily. Let me make some calls." I tried to tell him that his conclusion was incorrect, but I just couldn't find the words. One week later, I was at the cosmetic surgeon's for silicone injections. Now my bulge gets in the way no matter where I am or what I'm doing. It's impossible not to notice.

I still remember my old life, but people from my old life don't recognize me anymore. Not that I spend much time in academic circles, anyway. If I'm not at the gym, I'm at home taking care of my hot Son, cooking his meals, and showing off my body to his friends. No more theater, no more wine. My stud Son printed my new favorite things on my gym shirts. Although, now that I think about it, I can't recall the last time I had either.

#gay #dad #gay dad #male tf

[lasnevadaslaborunion]

I think I already know your answer but I love hearing you talking about c!Q so 🦆

(For the ask game)

Do you know my answer? Do you? Do you really know?

... okay, yeah. I think you know, too.

c!Quackity is a character who means a lot to me, despite (or perhaps because of) his story's many Dark, Disturbing, and Depressing turns. But I do believe that since c!Charlie's death and the insights he gleaned from those lessons with him, the narrative is on an upward trajectory. And I'm glad for it! I want c!Quackity to heal. I want him to process everything he's been through. I want him to trust others and have that trust repaid. I want him to have a chance to do good in the world, just as he set out to do at the very beginning of his story. I want him to have time to do the things he needs to do, say the things he needs to say, and mend his bonds with the people who mean the most to him.

But I don't necessarily want him to get everything he wants. I don't want him to forget what he's done to arrive where he is now, and I don't want the people he's hurt to forget it, either. I don't want these wrongs to go unaddressed or unpunished. And I think his recurring motif of "legacy," of everything a person leaves behind, is going to require some serious reevaluation - because the legacy he's building now is quite literally sitting on a foundation of sand. What exactly is he going to leave behind? Is Las Nevadas, the physical place, all he has? What happens when it's destroyed, either by enemies or by time? What happens when he can no longer prevent the grimmer aspects of his history from coming to light? What about the people who care about him or who once did; how would they remember him when he's gone? And what's he doing to change that, repair these relationships, help those around him, reach out to people who are willing to give him their help as well? He's started that work, but there's a long way to go.

So, my perfect ending for him is somewhat bittersweet. I would say one where he makes the best possible use of time he understands to be limited, in which he can't fix everything he's done wrong, but he still ends on his own terms in a better place than he began, knowing that he'll leave something good behind - though not something its flaws remaining, which history will judge him for just as strongly it praises his successes.

Or - my preferred choice - one where he loses everything except his life. His home, his wealth, his power, his reputation, and likely many of his friendships. One where he is forced to adopt a more sustainable view, where he resists the pressure to grandstand or manipulate or start fights just to prove that he's strong enough to survive them. One where he faces his real last chance to secure a legacy, and he chooses to cherish the people he loves - those that are with him here and now - instead of expending his humanity to spite the dead and irrelevant or impress those who don't yet exist.

(For my fellow c!Karlnapity enjoyers, here is where I see their thematic tie-in: c!Karl's time travel and loss of identity, c!Sapnap's self-sacrificial promise, and c!Quackity's fear of fading away after his death... when will they learn to value what they can offer in the present? When will they no longer be afraid to lose what they have left? When will they realize they don't need to carry everything on their shoulders alone? When will they let themselves appreciate the simple joys again?)

I would push against the word "happy," because I think things need to get much, much worse before they get better, and I think the ideal conclusion for c!Quackity will inevitably make some people very, very sad. But I would love to see an optimistic ending, no matter how long it takes.

Give us an ending that's true to c!Quackity's entire narrative: one where he is reduced to nothing, and grows back nonetheless.

#asks #ask game #dsmp #c!quackity #long post

[girlfictions]

hari need to know your thoughts on the succession finale once you finish it 🙏

i’ve genuinely been in a state of shock since i finished the ep so i’m probably going to ramble terribly bc my brain will explode otherwise.... thoughts under the cut!!! and massive spoiler warning obviously 💪

OKAAYYY in no particular order:

greg getting whacked was beautiful i wish he'd been stomped into a pulp honestly sorry for not being able to separate the art from the artist but nicholas braun is a weasel and i hope he gets hit by a car

that being said tom and greg's interactions this ep were top tier i'm not a tomgreg enthusiast like That but i think every scene of theirs was hilarious as it was twisted

tom this whole episode... phenomenal. matthew is just a cut above in terms of acting he embodied tom's hunger and desperation and patheticisms so perfectly i really felt more and more unsettled by him every appearance

i do wish we had more stewy screentime but i also wish that for every single episode arian moayed is so freaking talented and charismatic and amazing and he ate up every second he was on screen

speaking of stewy. "you kiss guys on molly" <- BITCH.....? i actually don't know if i've mentioned this on tumblr but i'm a kenstewinator for life and frankly this was confirmation that they explored each other's bodies at college idgaf what anyone has to say about it

ohhhh my god the fucking "meal fit for a king" scene. i can't even find the words for it. seeing them all so happy and having so much fun with each other in that moment was just so heartbreaking bc i KNEW it wasn't going to last 😭 like my mum and i literally checked how much time was left in the episode after that scene and looked at each other like Wellll something terrible is going to happen isn't it.

kendall My beautiful baby boy kendall IM SORRY I WASNT YOUR MOTHERRRRRRRR . i could honestly write an essay about kendall in this episode alone i have never seen such a tragic crumbling of the self maybe ever. him sitting at logan's desk thinking he's finally won... his reaction to shiv betraying their deal... him attacking roman like i was seriously breathless my god that entire sequence was fucking crazy

and to be quite honest if i was kendall in that situation well i would have killed myself in that damn board room and changed the trajectory of all those old hags lives forever . like "i'm a cog built for one machine" And now he has nothing no father no siblings no wife no kids no company my fucking goddddddd 🤦‍♀️

i started chanting "please please please dont kill yourself" out loud in the final scene and i'm dead serious the kendall water motif HAUNTS ME and i was so freaking scared . but that final frame is honestly equally awful like kendall alone with colin in the background him basically becoming logan with none of the power this is seriously the worst possible ending for him.....

shiv doomed to repeat the pattern of being under a man's thumb is genuinely so deeply demented jesse armstrong sleep with one eye open. and i hate it so much because it makes so much SENSE like yeah she's lady macbeth she's caroline she's the wife she's the mother and she will never be anything else okay OKAYY.

like that scene w her and tom in the car where he waits for her to hold his hand was so fucking spine chilling also the ambiguity of us not knowing whether tom knows that shiv was the deciding vote in his favour is crazy <- i do think it makes sense that he would know but just shiv having that as a bargaining chip so they can sting each other over and over again like its all about the cycles i fear

roman being so resigned to it all by the end was sick like ok that comment about kendall's kids was evil but i still felt for him howeverr i do think out of the trio he will be objectively the most okay in the future... like he's free from it all in a way shiv obviously isn't and kendall literally can't be

honestly i'm struggling to articulate anything more i'm still so overwhelmed by how it came to a close.. never have i watched a show that left me so heartbroken and hollow but also absolutely satisfied narratively like succession is going down in the history books FR 😭

also they're def going to sweep the emmys and it will be so deserved i seriously think they need to invent a new rule to allow for a tie because i cannot imagine how they're going to decide between kieran and jeremy for best lead... <- i do lean a little towards jeremy bc i'm a biased kendall girl but kieran's performance esp in the first half of this season was just jawdropping so who knows

this got really long i'm so sorry but i feel like a crazed woman what a fucking show what a fucking ending i will never be the same after this SUCCESSION YOU WILL ALWAYS BE SO FAMOUS !!!!!!!!!!!!

#succession #succession spoilers

[supernovaa-remnant]

Ask game: 24 22 and 19

19. What are come of your favorite pieces of c!Dream animations/songs/other types of video/audio content?

The Old Days animatic by Knp lives rent free in my brain. Watching that animatic changed the trajectory of my life I'm so serious it's so aklsjdhsgajksdshass the way it so perfectly represents c!dream's longing to return to a simpler past? when he could laugh and have fun with c!george and c!sapnap???? the way you can see when c!dream stops smiling in the animatic?? aughhhh c!dream team my c!dream team you are a wound that never stops aching.

22. If you had all the time, resources, and skills to create your ideal piece of c!Dream fan content, what would it be?

I've talked about it before, but genuinely You and I Drink the Poison From the Same Vine (my theoretical c!dreambur semi-canon compliant fic that I talked abt in the post linked). I think about it all the time. I would love to just... have the commitment needed to write this long fic that examines canon through the lens of one non-canon element being added.

Also, it'd be really really fun to write interactions between c!punz and c!wilbur (where c!punz doesn't understand why c!dream keeps c!wilbur around and does what he wants and c!wilbur holds his connection to c!dream over c!punz's head like a taunt).

Uh, other than that, I have a slide show about c!dream that I never finished. I started making it with the goal of presenting it to my non-c!dream sympathetic irls haha

24. When/how did you become a c!Dream apologist?

Okay, this is going to get long and I may get into way more detail than I need to, so buckle in because this was quite the journey for me.

So, I didn't get into the fandom until around august-september of 2021. However, I had multiple irls who were really into the dsmp in late 2020-early 2021. And, uh, they're very very non-sympathetic to c!dream. (also believers in the l'manburg mythos, but we are not getting into that...) anyway, I heard a lot about the dsmp from an outside perspective during my time of not being in the fandom. And this included hearing about the exile arc (with one hilarious instance where my friends did not specify it was rp so for a moment I thought cc!dream was just a really really bad dude 💀) and hearing about how horrible c!dream was how evil he was etc etc.

In typical "I am not invested in this fandom at all but my dear friend is" fashion, I just agreed with them. All of my info came from hearing them talk abt something they were interested in, so why would I disagree?

Anyway, flash forward, like, half a year, and I begin watching the manhunts. I got really into them and ended up reading some non-dsmp fics. And then everything spiralled and I got sucked into the fandom. I remember reading some c!dream redemption fics, and I was really enjoying it, but I still didn't consider myself an apologist. Afterall, my entire first impression of him was how horrible he was through my friends.

Anyway, I don't have an exact timeline, but it wasn't until I actually followed someone from dreblr that I started fully embracing my c!dreamisms and my c!dream apologism. I kept my c!dream apologisms hush hush in front of my friends for so long. I still do to an extent. I'm scared, okay? And I don't wanna get into arguments with them, so it's best to just, like, not bring it up I guess.

#c!dreamie has always been my favorite character though #it definitely started with some cc bias bc I got into the fandom via manhunts #but it has evolved from that #stella answers #sioster #dreblr #ask game

[odinsblog]

What's your beef with Dore?

[re: this post]

Not even the infinite scroll feature has enough space for me to list everything wrong with him.

Look, I don't require every politico to agree with me on my every political position—not only is that a childishly ridiculous expectation, it's also a cultish mentality. I don't agree with anyone on absolutely everything.

That said, Dore's rhetoric went from being needlessly contrarian, to "WTF is he talking about," to him agreeing with (or too closely aligning with) waayyy too many conservatives, conservative Libertarians, and Republicans.

For example, Dore rarely misses an opportunity to attack Ilhan Omar, and hasn't once mentioned Brittney Griner (although I'm sure that's about to change, because shitting on BG's release is what Republicans are doing now, so it's only a matter of time before he emulates their thinly veiled anti-Blackness). And please don't get me wrong - it's not that Omar is perfect or anything, but if you didn't know who authored his tweets, it would be hard to distinguish between Dore's attacks on her and Republican attacks on her.

Jimmy jumped the shark a long time ago and I got off that particular crazy train over a decade ago.

Look, once upon a time, there was a period of my life when I ascribed to that whole Glenn Greenwood, TYT & Jimmy Dore type of leftist. Maybe in 2012ish or so. But at the end of the day, I'm Black af and I've watched too many of them begin to slowly morph into the same kind of smug ass, edgy white guy™ that Bill Maher and Joe Rogan have become. 🤮🤮🤮

Dore is on that same trajectory.

So I like to think that I matured beyond their kind of bombastic antics, much the same way that some people thought Atlas Shrugged was serious political thought—not me, but I've known some—but eventually snapped out of it as they got older and got into the real world, and learned compassion.

To put it really bluntly, that particular cadre of “leftist” is far too rooted in whiteness for me, and I find his analysis to be similar to that of a vacuous high school senior’s understanding of the world.

#7wo7rees #ask #answered #politics #jimmy dore #tankies #he is the kind of white ‘ally’ who will acknowledge racism exists #but then turn around and say to white people: its not about racism its about classism

[fluffykitteninabox]

Hawks being endeavor's cheerleader is weird to me because all the progress endeavor had in his atonement is coming from him and his inner thoughts.

Hawks doesn't affect endeavor's arc in a negative way but neither does in a positive way.

I dare to say that the teenage enji hallucination we saw in chapter 356 was more succesful in making endeavor see how much of an abusive father/husband he was and the damage he caused in 1 chapter than Hawks did ever since he promised to help Endeavor in chapter 299.

Hi anon thanks for the ask. I'm truly sorry I took so long to reply to this. I wrote it, saved it as a draft and then I literally forgot!! I'm so sorry.

Here, have some sparkles as an apology: ✨✨✨

I'm not good with words so don't take this as some serious analysis or something, it's mostly just me talking about how I felt Hawks' character was handled badly, plus some of my thoughts about Endeavor. (mild character bashing sorry-I call him pathetic a couple of times is that mild?)

Hopefully this post is proof enough that I actually like Hawks, and I'm just disappointed in his character because fuck me I made a single post defending Dabi and jokingly hating on Hawks because I was annoyed and now every Hawks stan thinks I want him dead!

Hawks' presence in the story in general feels forced after the war arc. After the conference, he doesn't really feel like a character, at least to me. I always say that his character arc feels like it's on pause. We don't see him thinking about his actions or decisions, We don't see his internal struggle after killing a person. I'm not asking much I think. Hawks didn't necessarily need to regret his specific decision to kill Twice in my opinion. I just wanted him to at the very least regret the act of taking someone's life in general. I wanted him to have that self reflection, because I thought that would have been a lot more interesting than him being forcefully shoved into the Todoroki side plot. But unfortunately that's not what we got in canon.

There's the part with his backstory sure. But the way it is presented it feels very clinical and detached. This flashback is just him remembering his childhood. No other character learns about this and though it seems to affect him emotionally, it doesn't really influence his future decisions.

If we compare it to other characters' flashbacks it's more obvious. Shouto's flashback during the sports festival changes the entire trajectory of his character. Every decision he makes after that (using his fire, visiting him mom, making an effort to become friends with his classmates) are all connected to this one moment. Twice's flashback doesn't exactly change his future decisions, because it just explains to us how he ended up where he is now. But what we saw happening in that flashback still affected how his character acted in the present. And as a last example Dabi's entire past dictates every single decision he has ever made in this story.

Hawks' flashback doesn't feel like that. He doesn't come to a new conclusion after it and it doesn't seem connected to his decision to help Endeavor. In fact it feels the opposite. He made the decision despite of his past, not because of it. That gives me the idea that he knows exactly how he feels about his past, he figured it out a long time ago and isn't in a stage in his life where he would be able to rethink about this topic or change his mind. The conclusion has already been reached and we didn't get to see any of the process so it feels disconnected from the rest of the story. Just background noise in Hawks' head while he's doing work. (sidenote: this is also why some later plot points like Mirio's return and how Deku unlocks his other quirks don't work well. Usually we got to see Deku's thinking processes and there was buildup before a plot twist so the conclusion was satisfactory. But later in the story Hori flipped that around and now we see the conclusion first and then he has to quickly explain to the reader how we got there by shoving in some quick flashbacks. Obviously that isn't as satisfying)

Obviously Hawks distanced himself from his mother for years so it's realistic that he would have already gone through that process on his own and wouldn't need to needlessly think about it now. But just because it's realistic doesn't mean it's good for the story. If the character has already reached a point where something in their past doesn't affect their actions in the now, then we don't really need to know about it. Unless the character is about to make a decision based on their past then we don't need to see it now.

Hawks doesn't make the connection in his mind how similar he and Dabi actually are, even though we can all clearly see the parallels in his flashback.

Both came from abusive households, but one was "saved" and rose to a higher status, while the other ended up homeless in the streets. They took opposite journeys.

The logical thing would be that they'd be able to understand each other, but they don't. If the flashback was supposed to be functional for the story then Hawks should have made that connection.

The Endeavor stuff:

Hawks says "Endeavor is in trouble", and the story wants us to feel sympathy for him. We see him crying from guilt but I honestly don't care. He can cry all he wants, but as long as he keeps this atonement arc thing centered around himself and his own feelings it will feel self serving and inauthentic and I can't feel anything for someone so pathetic.

As Rei so elegantly put it "Regret. Guilt. Everybody's feeling those feelings much more than you.", "The one in the most pain isn't you".

So when Hawks defends him I honestly can't understand what exactly his logic is. Yes for the reader/viewer Endeavor's atonement arc has been an ongoing thing for a while now. But for the majority of the characters in the story, they literally just learned that the number one hero, the person after All Might, the person who's supposed to invoke the feeling of safety to the public, is a domestic abuser. This is news to most people, including Hawks.

Endeavor was Hawks' idol, the person he looked up to the most. He was his hero, because he arrested his father and saved him. He must feel a more personal connection to him because of that.

When your view of someone you held in such high regard gets shuttered like this, you naturally have conflicted feelings. But in the hospital scene we see that Hawks' immediate thought is to help Endeavor even though he's not the victim here. He doesn't seem all that conflicted at all.

We do get one little hint with him asking if the scar on Shouto's face is because of Enji as well, but once he gets the answer "no" he immediately changes the subject to "how we can save Endeavor's image to the public"!! He doubts the validity of Dabi's claims and immediately assumes that things must be different now even though he just learned about this with the rest of the world and he has no indication that Endeavor is trying to become a better person.

So the fact that the dramatic irony of Hawks idolising an abuser who saved him from another abuser is completely lost on him feels rather stupid in my honest opinion. I'm not saying it's out of character exactly, I'm just saying it feels stupid even if it's in character and I personally dislike that story decision.

I didn't care much about the teenage Enji flashback, but I will agree with one thing he said. Endeavor truly is pathetic and weak. But not for the reason his teenage self implies in the manga.

Teen Enji implies that current Enji is weak because of his emotions. Because he feels guilty for his crimes against his family and is trying to atone (at least that's how I understood it). But in reality those emotions just make him human.

His weakness comes from the fact that he still doesn't have the guts to face his biggest mistake, Dabi. He let Shouto go fight his brother on his own, even though they had agreed to face him together. And even though Shouto had no obligation to do this, because it's not his responsibility to fix his father's mistakes, he still did it.

Touya had to seek out Endeavor himself, to force him to look at him, because even after so many years he's still avoiding him like the plague!

In the end as you said Hawks didn't really contribute to Endeavor's character arc because he himself has stagnated as a character. Endeavor on the other hand has progressed in the way he views his family and how he feels about them, but he's yet to prove that he's committed to changing for the better with his actions.

Neither of their characters are progressing in a way I would have preferred, but this is Horikoshi's story to tell so I can't do much about that.

I'm hoping Hawks' character arc will be continued now that he is forced to interact with Toga and the Twice clones. But it still feels odd that both Hawks and Endeavor need to be forced for their character arcs to continue. It's an interesting parallel that they both avoid making a decision until they're backed into a corner and forced by the narrative/other characters (Toga and Dabi in this case)

We can see this even when Hawks kills Twice. He wastes a ton of time talking to him because he doesn't actually want to follow the orders he's been given, even though he fully intended to follow them from the beginning. This might sound contradictory but it isn't. Hawks enters his fight with Twice, already having convinced himself that his attempts at turning Twice to his side will fail. So he doesn't actually listen to what Twice is telling him and thus doesn't understand why his offer to help is rejected.

If he had made an attempt to understand Twice better then he could have very easily made a better offer that included helping the rest of the league.

Another very easy thing would have been for Hawks to just arrest Twice with or without making an offer. We know he could have done this easily because the fight starts with Hawks already having Twice pinned down to the floor. He had him immobilised for several minutes that he could have used to very easily arrest him or kill him. But he doesn't do either. He avoids making a decision until he can't avoid it anymore.

When Dabi joins the fight, that's when Hawks becomes desperate. Up until that point he was mostly standing still and using his feathers to do all the work. Now suddenly he has to move around and dodge Dabi's flames while also keeping an eye on Twice. He has no way to avoid his orders anymore so he kills Jin.

Up until Dabi joins the fight Hawks had plenty of other options he could have chosen, but he didn't. Because in his mind the decision has already been made for him, by the end of this encounter Twice will be dead.

Anyway I should find a way to end this....

sparkles ✨✨✨✨✨!!!

#wow I've never gotten this type of ask before #probably because I'm not an analysis blog #it was very fun to write though #sorry again for the late response #these are just my thoughts on the topic #feel free to discuss with me if you think i misinterpreted something and you think I'm wrong #just don't be rude #mha #mha manga spoilers #hawks #takami keigo #todoroki family #anti endeavor #tagging this just in case #ask #krista answers

[edoro]

Do you have any more Thoughts about Phillip making a grimwalker of himself? And maybe what that grimwalkers relationship with Hunter would be like?

oh i DO have more thoughts! thank you for asking!

this might be a little unorganized because i'm just kind of dumping my character ideas and what vague concept of a plot/life trajectory i have here, bear with me

so, first of all, i think this grimwalker predates Hunter by a lot. the idea of Hunter and a Philip grimwalker being raised together and interacting is a lot of fun, but the au with Wik/William has that covered imo so i went in a different direction

so my idea is that the two grimwalkers are the ones who Philip has when he first ascends to power as Belos. he makes them the same age, approximately 5 or 6, and what he tells them is that they had to live elsewhere in secret while he took power so no one could use them to hurt him, but now he has this big castle and a secure foothold and they can come live with him, and he tells them he's their father and raises them as twins.

the Caleb grimwalker is named Artemis. per my transfem Caleb headcanon, she's one of Philip's more successful unethical gender experiments - he more or less force femmed her and just raised her as a girl from the start, and while this has historically resulted in some Very Weird Dysphoria and been a contributing factor to the betrayal of several early attempts, it actually works out okay with her because she is in fact a girl, although sadly not really the sturdy farmbutch that Philip wants her to be.

(she's more of a reserved femme type - presentatio-wise, very good Puritan girl fashion, long full skirts and high-necked, long-sleeved blouses in sturdy knits and basic colors, enormous long hair that she usually keeps either up for running around or loose when she's attending meetings etc - not a lot of jewelry or ornamentation, but she has some fancier clothes for Special Occasions

personality-wise she's dutiful, serious, thoughtful but very headstrong and stubborn. she takes her role as princess seriously and genuinely believes that one day she will inherit the throne, so she sees herself as having a duty of care to the people of the Isles - kind of the 'best possible outcome' of a belief in monarchy here, where she sees herself as a superior kind of person and believes this gives her a responsibility to care for and guide those below her and do what's best for them.

as she grows older she learns to temper her impulses, and thinks her decisions through very carefully. after all, she's been taught her whole life that Her Actions Have Consequences, so, if she's going to do or say something, then she needs to be aware of and okay with the potential consequences. this means she's thoughtful but also means that once she's made up her mind, it's almost impossible to change it, because she's already considered every angle and decided she's okay with whatever she can imagine happening as a result.)

the Philip grimwalker is named Mortification-Of-The-Flesh, because Philip is not a subtle man. they call him Morty for short. he's the whipping boy, of course, so his life sucks so incredibly bad because he's the one designated to Suffer For Artemis's Sake.

(and also more than a little for Philip's sake too.)

Morty is a twitchy haunted mess of a recluse with absolutely apocalyptic amounts of rage simmering just beneath the surface at all times. he treats Philip with terrified obedience and respect bordering on worship, is wholeheartedly devoted to Artemis (who is, after all, the entire purpose for his own existence), and is a rude, sarcastic, nasty little shit to absolutely everyone else if he ever interacts with them.

his needs are provided for the same as Artemis's, but of course he's dressed in a much plainer, more ascetic style - lots of black and grey, you know. Philip keeps his head shaved to encourage humility. he's not given a staff or taught how to use magic or how to defend himself at all - that's Artemis's responsibility.

(she's not quite raised as a soldier the way, say, Hunter is later, but she is shown how to use an artificial staff and given combat training, and does eventually get given the position of Golden Guard, i think. in her case it's a lot more "personal bodyguard/caretaker/assistant to the Emperor" rather than the all-around gopher position we see Hunter have.)

he's punished frequently and harshly for any misstep on his sister's part, and he never really gets used to it or quite figures out how to disengage from himself while it's happening. really, his suffering is the point, so if you look at it that way, it would be wrong of him to, right? Artemis watches his punishments and is responsible for patching him up afterwards, to really drive home the lesson that this is her responsibility.

they are... very codependent. they both sort of see Morty as, basically, part of her. not even quite like they're both one person or conjoined in some way, but like he's one of her limbs, something that has no independent will of its own and could not function or exist separately from her, and which ultimately exists only to be controlled and used by her. totally healthy normal sibling relationship here!

Morty's very angry a lot of the time. he has an interesting status - barely even a person in his own family, but he exists to be punished for them, not for anyone else. since he isn't really an independent person and he doesn't really have any autonomy and he exists as the living embodiment of Philip and Artemis's penance, then he can't really get in trouble for anything he does to anyone else, right?

so he's just kind of an asshole and a terror to most other people. the castle staff and coven heads stay out of his way. this is easy because he likes to keep to himself anyway.

he lives a very aimless sort of life, just drifting around the castle or trailing after Artemis. he picks up a lot of gossip, i imagine, and shares it with her, and he's her errand boy whenever she wants to get something done without being seen to have done it herself.

i think these two make it into their early to mid 20s.

at some point, something happens, i'm not exactly sure what, but it's a bit of a lightbulb moment for Artemis. she realizes that Morty is, in fact, An Entire Separate Person, and furthermore that this whole whipping boy arrangement is extremely fucked up, and mulls that over for a bit and comes to the conclusion that it should stop, but when she tries to present this idea to their father, well, it does not go very well to say the least.

this earns Morty a ferocious punishment, and to really drive the point home, Philip makes Artemis be the one to inflict it. she does learn a lesson here, but not the one he wanted: she learns that perhaps her father is wrong and is not as reasonable as he likes to act, and decides that she and Morty need to get out of there. (and maybe she can go spend some time living amongst the common people, learning how they see things, etc etc...)

so that's a whole thing, she does the like Mulan plot-relevant haircut, dresses them both up all incognito and takes some money and goes. they end up wandering for a bit and then finally settle in a city a ways away from the castle, and get taken in by some good samaritan who recognizes they need help and offers them a room to rent and work at their business.

they have, oh, maybe a year or two of freedom, but of course eventually Philip catches them. :o) he kills both of them, burns down the shop/apartment, and has the person who housed them captured to publicly execute and Make An Example Out Of - see what this vicious wild witch did to his poor dear children?

he made sure to keep a bit more distance between himself and the next couple of grimwalkers, and he never made one of himself again.

#whipping boy grimwalker au #grimwalker ocs #typical philip wittebane abuse actions #the owl house

[twelverriver]

gonna go with the obvious and say buffy for the tv show ask game (also saw you reblogged some ouat and dw so if you want to do those too 👀)

hello lovely anon i'm gonna do all three shows thank you for asking!!! see below this is gonna get LONG

buffy:

Favourite character: buffy summers <3 the one and only!!

Funniest character: look buffy isn't the pun master for nothing!!! she's working hard on those!! i gotta appreciate good effort

Best-looking character: okay so the thing is here at jana summrsbuffy no one is suprised when i say buffy a third time but ALSO it's faith for obvious reasons but also it's s6 willow but also it's cordelia in every scene she's in same as jenny & tara & so on and so on

3 favourite ships: buffy x faith, buffy x spike, buffy x cordelia (also special mention to spike and dru bc literally WHO is doing like them. they said we're just gonna redefine your definition of love & vampirism on this show real quick. they said what if we're just a wifeguy & his vampiric seer wife and we were sooo insanely devoted 2 each other n also hot <3)

Least favourite character: oh many!!! my first thought was warren and i'm sticking with it

Least favourite ship: hmmm i don't really like buffy x riley, no surprise, i also don't like buffy x xander, i think that's about it???

Reason why I watch it: buffy summers is the actual love of my life i'd trust her with my life more readily than anyone else fictional or real <3 okay but also bc it's gotten a hold on my brain that literally no other show has done it is literally changing my brain chemistry it is so good it is so rich in neurodivergent and queer characters. i love characters with Such Issues <3

Why I started watching it: my sister watched it and i just started watching with her sometime and then i was like wait. this is actually cool i need 2 go back to the start and see everything

doctor who:

Favourite character: river song!! also twelve. it's river for when someone asks me but it's also twelve in my heart <3

Funniest character: hmm i think bill and rory are underrated comedic geniuses actually

Best-looking character: river song duh. also this is so rude to ask bc there are sooo many good looking women.... i keep getting tormented with choosing the prettiest girl...

3 favourite ships: river song x the doctor (especially river x twelve) is my favourite ship of all time and it probably always will be, the doctor x the master (especially twelve x missy) and rory x amy . all of them rotate in my brain like crazy

Least favourite character: okay choosing a least favourite character for a show this vast seems soo impossible... i'm not the biggest fan of clara i also dislike donna's mom... i don't know i'm not a hater at heart :/

Least favourite ship: oh definitely the doctor x clara no doubt no doubt 0/10 ship. also for a less serious note i heavily disliked ten and the woman he was married to in fob though that was mostly on her... anyway it Counts.

Reason why I watch it: it's my favourite show it's my special interest it's soooo !!!!! i love doctor who so much i've rewatched it plenty of times, it says such beautiful things about being human, space but mostly about LOVE !!! life is all about the beautiful things and having a friend actually so true <3

Why I started watching it: my best friend watched heaven sent years ago when i came over and she said hey do you mind me finishing up this episode while we eat lunch and i was immediately intrigued and then watched all seasons <3 she literally changed the trajectory of my life forever <3

ouat:

Favourite character: REGINA MILLS !!!!

Funniest character: hmm also regina also zelena has her moments

Best-looking character: sorry for going regina a third time but i'm also a lesbian and i love regina milfs ok

3 favourite ships: ouat is the swanqueen show to me, i don't really have any other ships :/

Least favourite character: hmm probably mary margaret ngl. i take my further statement back i AM a hater when it comes to ouat <3

Least favourite ship: uhh i don't really like emma x killian they're like spuffy but with much less flavour and spice... ok actually i think zelena and hades annoyed me more for the short time they had. okay final answer is rumple x belle i can't believe they weren't my first thought...

Reason why I watch it: for regina mills and for swanqueen <3 also it had a musical ep. what more do i need 2 say

Why I started watching it: my sister! also my best friend at the time was also a big fan and rewatched it

#i've got mail💌 #sorry i really did hate on ouat sjdjgj #i have a complicated relationship with it where i love it very much and i also hate it very much and i also really want it to be #better than it is SO badly bc i do feel very fondly about it #anyway <3 thank u for asking!!! #anonymous

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i'm still not 100% if you are thee catmanu on ao3 and if you're not please ignore me 🙄 but i wanted to ask if you would mind answering 38 and 39 for the ask game. and, only if you feel like it (!!!), 18. tysm and ily.

YES! i am indeed...THEE catmanu! nice to meet you 👋🏼 ah i forgot i'd reblogged the ask game! let me see...

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? good question...i once wrote a large part of a fic while walking down the street bc it gave the fic the right energy. but that was a one time deal. i'm not sure if i do anything that other people don't do? i do have a very particular song that i put on when i have serious writing fatigue and sometimes it helps me.

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up? i hate to say it, but certain ao3 comments. but also, the drive to tell a story and express myself in my most comfortable way (the written word). ultimately i can never give up on that.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. this one is hard for me because it's generally my fics as a whole that have a backstory and changes, not specific passages. but i'll give it a try and take it all too seriously:

“I don’t understand why you are afraid of me.”  Granit sounds like he’s talking underwater...Granit lets go and Mikel gasps and he feels something inside him suddenly wake up. Everything is different now that he’s had Granit’s hand around his throat.  And now he doesn’t have to hold back.  God, he doesn’t have to hold anything back.

“I think I like being afraid of you.”

A shiver runs through Granit, his sweet Granit, his beautiful beast.  His hips snap.  The candles set his eyes on fire; light glows in streaks across his perfect skin.  “That’s fucked up, man,” he whispers. 

“I know.”

this moment i feel like i've been a broken record about but this was my first Xhakarteta that i was writing back in november/december. it was really fun to write, though it was very challenging (as these two are) and i had most of the fic done but it felt kind of aimless. like okay, in the fic it's hot that granit chokes ashley westwood and then mikel realizes he too likes breathplay, but it just felt like it had no point. like okay, all that happens, and so? (i'm still not into the full on PWP; i want my fics to have some sort of point most of the time)

then as i've recounted, i was walking to put some laundry up when the line popped into my head: I think I like being afraid of you.

without revealing some Personal Details suddenly it all made sense--not just the point of this fic, but things about this ship that are so hot to me, and a potential trajectory for how i wanted to develop the ship. and then these few lines just flowed and i think they sound good and feel good and every time i read it i'm just like, Who Wrote This?

I think I like being afraid of you is a concept I don't see explored a lot in footie fandom but it's a really good one if you're wired that way, so hey. life changing moments!

#are you on ao3 as well in any way? you can answer in private too or not answer at all #dejan-kulusevski #answered #fic saga