#disclaimer this is not about anything actually tragic happening

[sunn-kist]

I'm currently thinking about life series Scar Goodtimes because he is such a fascinating character to me. Specifically because he never chooses violence.

(Disclaimer, I've only seen the first 2 seasons so far. I don't know what happens in double life or limited life so my perspective is slightly. Well. Limited, but still.)

Scar is unique in the life series because violence is NEVER his first option. In fact, he barely considers it at all. He 100% believes that there's always another way to worm yourself out of a bad situation. Be that a bullshit scam or clever bargaining or a helpful ally. He's a pacifist not in the sense that he's peaceful, but by the fact that he will be ANYTHING ELSE before he is violent. And that seems stupid, to refuse violence in a world where violence inevitably overtakes everything else. But he's actually the smartest one there. Because he realizes violence doesn't have to take over everything else.

It's like Martyn said while explaining the shadow lore. The tragic thing about the life series is that the players don't realize they don't have to kill. They could just drop to their red lives naturally, co-exist like a normal hardcore world, and then pass when their time comes. They don't actually need to fight. But the watchers keep egging them on and making it seem like bloodshed is a necessity.

I think Scar is actually the person closest to realizing that truth. That they don't have to murder each other. You'd think it would be Scott, considering the stunt he pulled at the end of last life. But he didn’t refuse the boogeyman because he's a pacifist, or because he believes violence isn't the answer. He did it because he's honourable. He's still totally okay with murder and bloodshed as long as he does it from a place of morality. Which is why he won. Ironically, the person closest to the truth is the least honourable person around. A literal serial scammer.

That's why Scar had to lose 3rd life. That's why he didn't thrive in Last Life. It's because he just chooses to not be violent. Every time.

It's genuinely a wonder that the watchers don't despise him.

#goodtimeswithscar #life series #3rd life #3rd life smp #third life #third life smp #last life #last life smp #traffic life series #traffic light series

[applebyraven]

i'm rambling to myself about dead poets society like i'm literally talking to myself and making points but maybe i'll just make a post so i don't sound too crazy. so... anderperry and chameron and how they have parallels, according to me.

disclaimer: this is just my opinion, just my perception. if you think otherwise you're wrong, just know that it's my point of view.

i Hate it when they write richard cameron as nothing but the uptight character of the group when he's pretty much not that. i mean, cameron was literally the Second person to join the dead poets society. right after charlie.

and of course, he was always reminding the poets about the rules and what could go wrong (which charlie clearly hates), but despite that and even though he could perfectly well have stayed in his room and not risked anything, he was the SECOND to join and attended the DPS meetings.

and it's important to emphasize that he did it right after charlie did it. i think a part of cameron always wanted charlie to accept him (as a friend. or more. i fervently believe that cameron comes from a very traditional family and is repressed. and liked -or even loved- charlie).

my point is that cameron was willing to "bend" his righteousness, step out of his comfort zone and take a risk. things went to shit when they went to shit, but the intention to actually carpe diem life was there when it wasn't even necessary for cameron to do so. he just wanted to.

i even believe the reason why he was always reminding them the things that could go wrong weren't even to protect himself because, again, if he wanted to protect himself, he simply would've stayed in his room and call it a day, but he didn't. i think he just truly cared about the poets' safety and well-being. even when he "betrayed" the poets, i feel he knew it was already a lost cause and everyone would lose (continue to lose, that is) if they kept going against the grain. but that's another issue.

that brings me to one of the reasons why i love chameron. besides the scene of charlie wearing cameron's shirt and the face cameron makes when charlie brings the two girls to the cave, i 100% believe they could be good for each other. which is crazy taking into account what happens in canon.

but charlie is like so fearless and kind of rebellious, that i really think that pushes cameron to get out of his comfort zone and try new things. like anderperry, but in a different way...

both neil and charlie are like two faces of the same coin in that sense of fearlessness and kind-of-rebelliousness. and they encourage todd and cameron, who usually prefer the comfort of the status quo and don't tend to try new things. one pair more directly than the other, but that dynamic is somewhat similar. and at the same time, that same fearlessness tends to get neil and charlie into trouble, which is why they also need someone to remind them of the possible consequences. and that's when todd and cameron step in.

we already know that cameron usually does it and charlie hates it and i don't think i should specify when cameron does it, because it's a frequent occurrence. and with todd, when he tells neil that keeping the lie from his dad about the play is impossible and when neil was writing the letter pretending to be his dad and he told him he was crazy for doing such a thing.

i don't know if it would be correct to say that they're their voice of reason, but at least they're the voice that tells them, hey, before you proceed, this could go wrong... and they don't do it with the intention of preventing neil and charlie from doing it, they do it simply because they care.

but then we know what happens and how it all goes to shit for both anderperry and chameron... i guess that's just another parallel: how it ends so tragically for both pairs. so, anyways, i just wanted to ramble about this random thing i thought about and that's it.

if you read this, thanks? and if u have thoughts, share them (only if you agree. i don't want to read wrong opinions /j).

#anderperry #chameron #dead poets society #dps #neil perry #todd anderson #charlie dalton #richard cameron #* #ramblings

[imustbenuts]

Kiran is luck itself. And that luck is causing problems in FEH, an analysis. (Part 1!)

(Disclaimers first. One, I’m drop kicking my Kiran is a deity theory from this post, but elements of it will pop up bc it’s hard baked into the game now. Two, my understanding of Norse mythos is very limited and I might get some stuff wrong. Am doing my best, but if there’s any hiccups I apologize ;; also Part 2 is here.)

Luck in FEH is a big big thing.

It's in gacha, which is the core mechanic of the game, but it's in the story too. And I think this luck is causing massive fucking problems as time goes on, but specifically to Kiran as well.

In the original Norse mythos, Odin/Alfador knows the future to come. His best buddies are Loki and Thor, who together make up the Norse Trio. Surtr is meant to bring about Ragnarok, and end the world.

But something is weird in FEH's story, and we can safely say now that Ragnarok is averted or subverted after the events of Book 2 and everything that has gone on since. FEH's story has derailed so hard from Norse mythos that we can't predict anything anymore, and it's thanks to 1 Summoner allying themself with Alfonse & co.

Bc see, Kiran's real power is half from their ability to summon heroes, and other being their incredible fucking luck. In fact, here’s a brief overview of how each book was won in Askr’s and their allies’ favor real quick. (Feel free to skip over this segment under the read more if you don't need a refresher.)

Book 1: Kiran gets dropped into the world of FEH after Alfonse & co seeks out the legend behind Breidablik. Their situation immediately turns around from being helplessly invaded to invasion repelled. OoH gets fully established as a result of Kiran’s presence. Lucky them!

Book 2: OoH travels to Nifl then to Muspell, fighting against a tyrant named Surtr who is unkillable due to his Rite of Flames. Helbindi intervenes by removing the sacrifice needed for the rite, and the Order drop kicks his ass into the aether. Lucky for everyone!

Book 3: Hel invades Askr, but one of her generals, Lif, turns out to be an Alfonse from an alternate world who wasn’t so lucky and everyone died. Passing that dead Kiran’s Breidablik to our Kiran, we luckily gain the power to kill that which cannot be killed, Hel.

Book 4: Freyja seems to be keen in trapping Kiran in the dream world through a bluff, but Kiran decides not to believe in the bluff and kills her and wakes up to find that Alfonse is actually still alive. Lucky them!

Book 5: Reginn is the luckiest here, in that finding out she’s the real successor to the throne of Niðavellir. By accepting and allying herself with the OoH, they do the difficult task of killing her brothers and taking out Eitri to bring peace to Niðavellir. 

Book 6: Thanks to Kiran preventing Alfonse from cutting down Bruno all the way back in Book 1, Bruno eventually pulls off the ultimate sacrifice and helps Askr and Embla achieve peace. Lucky, but tragic.

Book 7: The Kiran we know happens to pick up a glowing Breidablik which has been +1’d and can break everyone out of a perpetual time loop. Lucky them, since the other Kirans did not make it.

So. Kiran is not winning necessarily by having incredible power. They are winning by being in the correct place, with the correct people, under the correct conditions, and having the correct power-ups.

And even if you want to argue it's about raw power, the ability to summon powerful heroes is also dictated by luck in the gacha mechanic.

In short, Kiran and whoever allies with them is surviving by sheer luck.

The problem here is that, despite preventing Surtr from causing Ragnarok, Kiran is now... effectively causing Ragnarok.

OKAY to be fair it's more like preventing a meteor from impacting the earth directly by shattering it into a billion pieces, but having to deal with the small bits and aftermath. The Ragnarok was the meteor, and while Surtr was going to be the trigger, a lot of things were already in motion long before Kiran's arrival. Askr and Embla's 'feud' for example. Taking out Surtr only seems to change the trigger and cause smaller explosions instead.

Kiran is definitely helping, but in doing so have gone from being a curious insignificant interloper to a outright formidable entity in the world of FEH. In fact, the more they seem to fix, the more things change, and the more the world reacts to their actions and accepting their presence. And also, drawing attention to them and theirs.

Which. Causes problems. More so for one guy who knows everything. Alfador.

If I were Alfador, I would be interested in paying super close attention to this cryptid the moment they landed, more so because they don't fully belong in the world of FEH.

There's some evidence of this. Loki and Thor immediately puts them on a watchlist as early as Book 1. As part of the trio, they would know some things about the prophecy, especially Loki. Since Loki LOVES chaos and fun, it's entirely possible she's very invested in Kiran's ability to fuck shit up.

Loki even seems to give Kiran and co a chance to break fate in Book 2 by letting them mess with Surtr's Rite of Flames. And once that they've proven they can, and again in Book 3 by killing death Herself, all bets are off.

Kiran. Can. Kill. Gods.

Which then kind of makes sense for what happens in Book 4. From what I can understand, it seems like 4 was a whole ploy by Freyja to keep Kiran trapped in the dreamworld through a bluff. In Book 4 chapter 15:

Freyja: I don't suppose you CAN remember what happened... If you could recall, the dream would likely collapse. Be that as it may, the truth is that this mortal you care so much for, Prince Alfonse, defeated death... And with that, He Who Created Everything, Alfaðör, has decided... Prince Alfonse could no longer be allowed to exist. A decision made by the Creator is absolute. His will is truth—and as you know, truth is inescapable. Yet here you are, fleeing... Soon you will have no choice but to accept it. Prince Alfonse is gone. You will never see him again!

The bluff itself is very interesting, since it's the first time we see the name Alfador be dropped directly in Kiran's face. It's also a hint that Freyja and Alfador may be working together, since Freyja doesn't have a real gain out of trapping Kiran in the nightmare realm aside from for the hell of it otherwise. (And maybe also to kill her brother. Is she in on it?)

PLUS, Alfador in FEH is the CREATOR. Which adds to Kiran being something he did not create, and seriously does not bloody belong in the world of FEH!

AND now in Book 7 Gullveig seems to have been brought into existence because of Kiran in... a way. It's ambiguous here but that luck works, in weird messed up ways sometimes.

So to reword this in another way...

Kiran's superpower is LUCK itself. And they are actively breaking fate with it, in doing so causing ripple effects which drastically alters events. Alterations which one Alfador may or may not like.

And the more they survive, the more gods die, the more things change, the more aggro Kiran will draw unto themself and their allies. Which means, Kiran could become a Surtr replacement in the worst case scenario, but will likely crawl out of the carnage. Through luck. Again.

So in summary....

Alfador has high blood pressure now.

Edit: a part 2 has been written!

#fire emblem heroes #summoner kiran #kiran #analysis

[thesweetnessofspring]

Do you think Katniss and Peeta have biased opinions of each other?

Yes / No? Why?

Could you give example?

How did Peeta's hijacking affect their views of each other?

Disclaimer : these questions are for textual analysis, it’s not meant to incite fandom war.

Thank you :)

@curiousnonny

Hi nonny! This has taken me some time because I wanted to think on this for a bit. Tldr; their opinion of the other hinges a lot on how they think the other views them.

When Katniss thinks that she was just a random Seam kid Peeta helped once, she can't help but feel he's too good, too pure for Panem. When Peeta only knows Katniss from afar thinking she doesn't pay attention to him, she has an "effect" on people she doesn't herself perceive. When Katniss thinks Peeta views her as his competition, she believes him duplicitous and suspicious. And so it shifts based on whether they believe the other is actually in love with them, or if they're distant, or if they're friends.

The hijacking is definitely really tragic and this rocks how they view one another more than anything else. Obviously Peeta at first views Katniss as a mutt created by the Capitol. Once he's gone through some treatment, his views are still negative and that she's in the very least manipulative, his feelings and relationship to her bring a lot of confusion (did you love me? did you like kissing me? did you like kissing Gale? what happened on the train? are you my friend, lover, my target, or a mutt?).

Here's the thing with Peeta: he will not for the life of him admit when he needs to be cared for. He is the classic "I will take care of you, but don't worry about taking care of me, I'm fine." But underneath that, he just wants love, he wants someone to show him that he is loveable because he fears he isn't. And this personality trait doesn't disappear when he's hijacked. It is his very nature. But in seeing Katniss from a different light, in both his hijacked memories or her and the real ones clouded by the tracker jacker venom, he's broken to the point where he can't find it in him to love anyone (maybe other than Delly) because the memories have reinforced to him that his worst fear is true: he is unlovable. He gave his heart and was used and betrayed in return, never valued by anyone--not Katniss, not Haymitch, not Finnick.

In that anger, though, he is still reaching out for, yearning for Katniss to answer him. To explain everything to him. And I think a large part of him expects her to confirm she'd only used him the whole time. That his perception of her being a girl who enjoyed toying with him and Gale was true. But deeper underneath that layer of resentment, that part of Peeta that always sees the good and hopes, is searching for the reassurance: no, I love you. You are loveable.

When Peeta references the fact that the memory of Darius and Lavinia's torture wasn't "shiny" as well as the nights on the train that weren't touched by the Capitol, we're given to believe that he might have started to sort through some things on his own. And after Haymitch shakes up Katniss, she nicks a tiny crack in offering him a piece of himself back: his favorite color. Then seeing himself in his hijacked state really wakes him up to how far gone he is, how his perception cannot be trusted anymore.

This is I think where it really starts to turn back for Peeta. If he can't trust his mind, then his opinion of Katniss is wrong. So he has to learn about her all over again. And what does he learn? That she won't let him die. Not when he asks for it, over and over. Not when he first proposes it, not after more discussion, not when he's in the middle of his hijacking episode and she kisses him, puts herself in harms way again, to keep him with her.

The trouble is, Katniss has done this before during both Games, refusing to let Peeta be the one to die. So Peeta doesn't know if he is loveable, or if Katniss is simply that good and brave and strong to not let him go. That opinion he offered her about going to kill Snow, reminding her of the effect she can have...he sees now why she became the Mockingjay, why people followed her. And when he believes that she loves Gale, how can he see her sacrifices for him as anything but noble? If he is broken and worthless but she fights for him anyway, then she must be the hope Panem needs in that dark moment.

As for Katniss, well, we have access to her thoughts and some feelings. And she meets Peeta where he's at in challenging her. When he attacks her, calls her a mutt, something she never thought possible, she sees getting him back as impossible. She mourns him as if he were dead, because their relationship has changed so much she can't see it recovering, as she can't see him recovering.

She does get bits of hope, like Finnick and Annie's wedding cake, but when he comes at her with hostility, she sees that right back at him. It takes Haymitch reminding her who Peeta was, what he would have done for her, that brings her back to him. No longer is she meeting Peeta where he is in his hijacked state. Instead, she is remembering who he was, how he loved her, and tries to see him as he would have seen her in the same state. Through everyone helping out with his recovery, she finally gets glimpses into the true Peeta, the one she loves. Remembering her favorite color is green. That she loved the lamb stew. Giving others encouraging compliments. That he promised to always stay with her.

And after he had been conditioned to kill her, the fact that he saved her life as he always used to--that gave Katniss the belief and the hope that her Peeta, her dandelion in the spring, had truly come back to her, if she would only wait for his return. And then, he did.

#curiousnonny #the hunger games #everlark #katniss everdeen #peeta mellark #mockingjay #hijacked!peeta

[moonlightstrife]

So about Terence and Dion

tldr; these two are really, really similar to Patroclus and Achilles

So a couple weeks after the game was released I tweeted this.

Of course two months later while doing some research for a WIP teredio fic I develop a brainrot so strong about this very comparison

disclaimer: this is all purely speculation made out of 7 hours of brainrot. I am not in any way an expert in greek mythology and i cannot even afford a PS5. This is purely a fun write-up I made in hopes of my hyperfixation reaching other people who also adore this pairing. This is also VERY long and windy.

Right, firstly, I don't think it is a reach to make this comparison at all; if anything, I am more surprised by how few people have actually posted anything in the interwebs about this (I found like, one other tumblr post, but I am also not a part of the ship Discord server for this pairing so I might just be late to the party 🤷‍♀️).

FF16 is FULL of references to greek mythology and culture. Cid's last name Telamon is the name of one of the Argonauts, Charon is the name of the ferryman to the underworld who requires payment for passage to the underworld, Ambrosia is the food of the gods, and those are just the simple ones that I think most people can tell from modern pop culture references. Comparing Terence and Dion to Patroclus and Achilles, one of the most famous greek relationships between two adult men, is really not that far of a reach.

Actually, the thing that got me to tweet that teredio reminds me of patrochilles is the whole hero-and-squire relationship they got going on since the very beginning. Terence is technically Dion's second-in-command, but with that opening scene of Terence holding onto Dion's spear and then followed by the cutscene of him tending to Dion's arm in the camp which is also followed by thee kiss scene? Doesn't take a meta analysis to draw the line from one ship to another

(Also the hero with blonde hair and his lover with dark brown hair 👀 but this is more of a common trope rather than something specific to patrochilles)

And that is where I left my teredio-is-like-patrochilles thoughts for a good while. I spent the next two months RTing all the gorgeous teredio fanarts on twitter, read a few teredio fanfics, then onto other FF16 ships like a normal person.

(my personal favourite for the longest time is Cid x Clive; the longfics for this pairing are insanely good..)

Then I decided to write a oneshot for teredio about their servant-and-master relationship (at least, that's how they worded it in the game).

I wanted to find a better way to describe their relationship in my fic; still sticking to the term master and servant as it is canon in the english script, but not neccessarily implying an irreconcilable difference in social standing or power imbalance. My searches somehow led me to biblical fanfiction, in which I find some very interesting takes on David and Jonathan, which then leads me to a wikipedia page about David and Jonathan --

and then back to where I began, Patroclus and Achilles.

except when I first made that comparison, it was just a tweet off the top of my head. I read Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller in 2016, and I do not remember everything that happens in that book. All I remember is roughly the overall feel of the relationship and that these two greek characters died tragically and that their ashes are buried together.

So imagine my surprise when I see this image on the wikipedia page for Patroclus and Achilles.

The caption says: Achilles bandaging the arm of Patroclus.

I do not have 4k screencaps the exact scene so have this image i copied off GamesRadar off a lousy google search

Great, so they both share an arm-bandaging scene. Doesn't make them any more similar, you'd say. Also, didn't I just draw similarities from Achilles to Dion and Patroclus to Terence in the beginning? This one is completely swapped!

Well give me a moment to recover from the shock of seeing what looks very similar to a ship i like on a real-life greek pottery painting, and let's get to actually comparing details.

Quick note, I will be using in-game canon, the information from the newly released FF16 ultimania, descriptions from homeric traditions, and also the book Song of Achilles (SoA). You can argue that using Song of Achilles as a reference is a stretch because it is a romance book that treats patrochilles as a canon homosexual relationship, but honestly Madeline Miller took 10 years to write that book and I don't think I can compete with her amount of research in 7 hours.

What's similar:

Terence is the son of a minor noble family in Sanbreque (from the Ultimania), and Patroclus is the son of Menoetius, one of the Argonauts. They are both from 'lesser' lineages in comparison to their partners, but is still technically born into nobility.

Terence and Dion grew up together after meeting each other in school at age 7 (from the Ultimania), and Patroclus and Achilles grew up together in Phthia after Patroclus was exiled. Both are childhood friends who grew into adulthood together.

Terence is instated as Dion's squire at age 12 (from the Ultimania), and Patroclus is given to Achilles by Achilles' father Peleus as his henchman (from the Illiad, though translations differ) or his trusted brother-in-arms (from SoA). Both are bound by duty to their partners from a young age.

Terence is Dion's second-in-command during the events of the game, and Patroclus is Achilles' right-hand-man during the events of the Trojan War (from the Illiad and SoA). Both are confidants to their partners during war times.

Dion is the dominant of Bahamut and the prince of Sanbreque, Achilles is the son of the Nereid Thetis and a mortal king Peleus. Both are born into nobility and are famous for their inhuman battle prowess.

Dion's main weapon of choice is a lance, and Achilles was given the legendary Pelian Spear by Chiron the Centaur before he participated in the Trojan War (from the Illiad). Both notably use spears/lances/pokey sticks.

I think those are the main similarities that I can in good faith say are pretty obvious. Next are the things that I personally think might be slightly delusional depending on the angle you approach the premise from.

What can be a bit of a reach:

The arm bandaging scenes. Assuming it is to relief the pain from the Crystal's Curse, Dion is not the only dominant to start petrifying from his arm. Cid also has similar marks on his arms and Clive's hand eventually petrifies. However, it is also the first scene where we explicitly see the extent of Dion and Terence's relationship.

There is no mention about Terence's relationship with his family, while Patroclus is notably exiled from his father's lands -- that's how he gets to Phthia and meets Achilles. Instead, we know that Dion's family did not love him (from the Ultimania)

Dion is the son born of a courtesan, and his father had her killed after buying him from her (from the Ultimania). Achilles is born of Peleus basically binding and coercing Thetis after she is gifted to Peleus by Zeus and Poseidon. Both tales frame the image of both men's fathers being not exactly good people, and their marriages and the births of their sons would be important to mark the start of upcoming events (the Judgement of Paris took place at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus, Dion's birth and awakening backs Sylvestre's claim to the throne). I call this sort of a reach because this doesn't exactly play into the relationships' dynamics per se, just a reminder that their fathers are horrible people 🤷‍♀️

There is an element of fate in Achilles' death, where the god Apollo is said to have guided the arrow Paris shot to Achilles' heel. The dominants in the game have on multiple occasions been mentioned to be slaves to their own fates, and the main theme of the game has much to do with defying fate decided by gods, even if it means die trying. Dion 'dies' defying the fate Ultima has decided for humanity, so I guess there is a similarity?

This is the biggest reach of all lol. So remember that I mentioned Telamon, Cid's last name, is also the name of one of the Argonauts? Telamon is also the older brother of Peleus, Achilles' father. Now, I do not think that this is the only explanation as to why the writers chose the name Telamon out of all the other greek names. The writers managed to shove in 3 different thunder gods into Cid's character, and I refuse to believe that they chose the name just because Telamon is somewhat related to Achilles. Telamon is also the father to Ajax the Great who is a notable hero, but Ajax is like, second to Achilles in fame and I don't really see a FF16 character that can be somewhat related to Ajax..

Okay, so what does this all mean?

Honestly I don't know lol

Terence x Dion, unlike many other ships I've liked, is an actually canon ship at some point in the game's story. Even without the comparison, the ship still stands as confirmed to be canon. Drawing lines from two greek mythology characters to them does not make the ship any more canon than it already is.

But the game's story also doesn't shed much light on the ship itself, not in the base game at least. Fair enough, it is Clive's story and not Dion's story, so Terence, who doesn't play a part in Clive's story, doesn't get to be in the spotlight for long. Dion's conflict with his own father is also given more weight to Dion's character development. We're given so little information about Terence that when the Ultimania came out I was just happy I get more crumbs of lore to work with.

I don't think the devs took direct inspiration from the tale of Achilles and Patroclus either. We've learned that FF16 is just a melting pot of all the storytelling and worldbuilding elements we loved from FFXIV, FF12, GoT, greek mythology, classic FF and media tropes, and so much more. The most I can think of is that the writers wanted to write a canon gay love story that people will love, and in doing so they picked out the romance tropes and stories that have been widely accepted and loved for a long time. Childhood friends to lovers, unrequited first loves that eventually became mutual in the threat of separation, the second-in-command who is loyal in both duty and matters of the heart.

If the tale of Achilles and Patroclus happens to fall under that category, needless to say I am very happy with the writers' decision. If not, well consider this just a very very long headcanon post

If you've never read anything related to patrochilles and is interested, I highly recommend reading the Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller! Prepare about half the amount of tissue you've used for FF16 and you're all set for a heartbreaking love story 🥰

Also I hope these two don't die as tragically as Achilles and Patroclus.

#ffxvi #ff16 #terence #dion lesage #teredio #flareknight #patrochilles #good lord this is long i will never post on tumblr ever again

[anneapocalypse]

They’re all pretty related, so in case you want to merge or skip some: I’m curious about 9, 20, 21, and 22 for 🔥 choose violence 🔥

For the 🔥choose violence 🔥 ask game!

Disclaimer: provocative name aside, I am not actually trying to be mean here, these are just my opinions offered for Entertainment Purposes™️, and I’m not mad at anyone who has a different opinion.

9. worst part of canon

The lack of forethought about representation when the series began. The first game was like, "Seven skin tints! The dark ones looks Bad in our engine! Your family is white no matter what! Brown people are from Over There somewhere! Asians????" Since then, I think the games have each improved on that situation, with increasingly better character creators, more diverse companions, and a more diverse world generally. But I think that there's still a lot lacking, and part of that is because the first installment laid a pretty weak foundation, so all subsequent canon is having to correct for better representation rather than building on a strong start. A few big things I would love to see in DA:D are a better variety of hair textures and styles, a better variety of Asian features in the CC, and more Asian (coded) characters in the world generally since that's an area where it's really been lacking. (Lighting that doesn't wash out medium skin tones to ghosts wouldn't hurt either 😉 but when it comes to video game lighting I assume that we'll just be trading one problem for another. I look forward to experiencing a New Problem.)

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

Inquisition's Too Many Collectibles. I don't mind collectibles, especially when there's an actual reward for collecting them, but Inquisition just has too many. Was it really necessary for us to discover landmarks and regions? Like, could those not have been the same thing? It's fun to treasure hunt and everything but did we need to hunt for astrariums and shards and mosaic tiles and bottles? None of those things are bad on their own, but there's such a thing as Too Much, and I think Inquisition crosses that line somewhere.

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

Marrying Alistair to become Queen! Like, that's fine if that's the ending you want. Me, I've romanced Alistair multiple times and I've never felt like becoming Queen Cousland was like, the Ultimate Ending to that story. My first ever Warden, Jolene, was a Cousland who romanced Alistair, and while I'd watched Mr. Apocalypse play parts of the game, I was unspoiled for the romance, so I wasn't gunning for any particular ending, and because Alistair clearly didn't want to be king and because he seemed so uncertain of what would happen to their relationship (despite her being a perfectly valid candidate for queen), Jo ended up deciding to let Anora keep the throne and ride off into the sunset with Alistair. I wanted a happy ending for that first run and to me, that seemed the happiest for both of them.

Since then I've also done a tragic Alistair romance with an Aeducan, who starts out a real asshole and has kind of a redemption arc as a Warden, culminating in her giving Alistair the throne because she believes it's his destiny, and sacrificing herself to kill the archdemon because she knows she can never be his queen. I loved that one too! It was so juicy.

I'm not opposed to Queen Cousland or anything, I just remember a time when it was so venerated as the ending for Origins. Really, I just don't think of any outcome in an RPG that way. What I enjoy is exploring all the possibilities.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

Once again, consider "everyone" to be a bit hyperbolic, but I am really, really interested in the politics of the setting, something I think maybe a lot of fans consider to be boring or "not that deep." 😂 Dragon Age does not always handle its power and oppression narratives perfectly, for sure, but I also think a lot of the worldbuilding shows a level of understanding of structural power that it maybe doesn't always get credit for. When a group is marginalized in this setting we can identify actual systemic barriers to social advancement for that group, not just "people being mean" on an individual level like you sometimes see in lazier narratives. Orlais isn't just fancier and snootier than Ferelden; it actually has more barriers to upward mobility in place! Society is more stratified, and power is more concentrated, even though both nations are monarchies.

I love the fantasy politics--of people in day to day life, of factions, of nations, of religion. I love it because, at its best, Dragon Age does have some interesting things to say about the nature of power. It's easy to say "Chantry bad" or "nobility bad," but to me it's much more interesting to explore why these institutions function the way they do, the ways in which they concentrate power, and the means they employ to keep it. And controversial statement, maybe, but you can't effectively explore the politics of revolution and social change without understanding the structures you're trying to change. Sera's right about one thing: it's not as simple as just lopping off the top.

#ask anne #peforby #ask meme #choose violence ask game #dragon age critical #blunders of thedas #thedas politics

[anulithots]

Anuli gets an interview. (Very dangerous, do not recommend. )

Let's pretend that @gummybugg tagged me. (Bliar and Elijah will now live in my head rent free)

TW for self-deprecation and suicidal ideation. (Mild and overdramatic <-- the sort of comfortable joking about it)

Anywho, welcome to Trinity Hollow!

You've happened to stumble across flower bushes. A hollow exists underneath, studded with mushrooms. (I cannot find the picture)

Anuli has this expression.

Fae looks like this:

And congrats! Anuli will probably do whatever you ask, because fae doesn't like deviating from others instructions, lest something awful happen. Fae also doesn't like following instructions, because something bad will happen. Good luck!

(The fancier language Anuli uses, the more nervous fae is)

[1.] Are you named after anyone?

.... I- er. Plot holes and darling murders, the possibilities for character depth here! Wonderous questions, pinnacle questioning.

Figures that I do not have an answer for this one, my apologies.

I was just... Anuli, since forever, perhaps past that.

...

Wouldn't it be ironic if there was another being named Anuli and they had a similar arc as mine.... and perhaps one's name governs their fate and that's how Kamari's star-y fates dictate the destiny of all the beings because they just reuse the names over and over and over again.

.... and if the stars lived forever, did they see the same story repeat? Is there a limited number of stories in the world, a limited number of ways lives can play out, and yet we never learn. No one has an arc unless they live through it, no one goes "aha! I have just popped into existence, and I know everything about everything, and life is simple and easy, what are all these buffoons doing?"

.... Revision... most beings are like that. They always seem to go on some arc that makes them a protagonist or a side character or a foil or a mentor, and the ones that don't have that arc... (a pre-existence arc?) are left to scramble and eventually they become villains.

Apparently, ignorance of ignorance is bliss, awareness of ignorance will eat you alive.

... my apologies. I- I did not answer that question.

[2.] When was the last time you cried?

I'm still crying. Without tears.

Symbolic crying.

Metaphorical crying.

From a villain who should not cry.

Why would the proponent of harm cry?

Fae doesn't actually care.

If fae cared, it would've ended better.

... Unsure if disclaimers that sound better will work better. Because if this story repeats ONE MORE TIME I'M GOING TO [redacted]

[3.] Do you have kids?

Younglings? Me?

... that will never happen. That's not fathomable. I'd probably... pass on my antagonistic traits to them and mess everything up or accidently squish them, or I'd start sparking on the inside with those heat-ripple flesh and blood and morbidity thing (Anuli's trying to describe anger) and I'd purposefully squish them. That's... taking care of little things is nowhere in the 'antagonist character bio'.

[4.] Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Sarcasm gives one the power to shroud truth and leave it up to interpretation, making the one interpreting it find whatever meaning they want...

IT'S WONDEROUS AND I WOULD NEVER BE MISUNDERSTOOD AGAIN... but alas, its elusive nature leaves me tragically unfunny.

[5.] What's the first thing you notice about people?

.... I tend to... not notice things about people? I definitely do not notice a 'first thing'. A new character takes time to decipher into their desires, fears, worldviews and purpose in the story after all, but I... well I thought I was good at analyzing them. Was being the imperative word.

Er, suffice it to say that I don't notice anything about anything. My internal world takes first priority... it's the bane of my existence.... my grand villainous trait.

[6.] What's your eye colour?

... That's a wonderous question... Kamari might've told me once.

...

...

Plot holes and darling murders.

For this VALUABLE PIECE OF EXPOSITION... we shall say yellow. I think Kamari said yellow. Maybe. Possibly. It might fit in with the narrative... actually red.

Red is now my official and metaphorical eye color, for peak villainous disclaimers, symbolic for the blood on my hands (metaphorically).

Anuli's eyes are green. Kamari has told Anuli faer eyes are green at least seventeen separate times.

[7.] Scary movies or happy endings?

.... CONTEXT???? BACKSTORY???? IS THIS A "what do you, Anuli, prefer?" OR A "what type of story do you tell?" QUESTION? THE CONJUNCTION 'or' IMPLIES THAT IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER...

CAN SCARY STORIES NOT HAVE HAPPY ENDINGS? I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS CRITICAL STORYTELLING-

oh.

'Scary stories cannot have happy endings'.

.....

I HAVEN'T ANSWERED ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS, THIS ONE IS STORY-RELATED, MY SAVING GRACE, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO SHALVAGE THIS, BUT ALAS, OBSTICALS.

.... plot holes and darling murders.

... LET'S DO BOTH QUESTIONS.

*Ahem, Anuli what types of stories do you prefer?*

'Why thank you for the question Anuli! I liked Kamari's stories, they were...simpler than mine, all with happy endings. I don't know- how fae told such happy little stories all the time eludes me.'

*what an insightful answer Anuli! What types of stories do you tell?*

'Yet another wonderous question Anuli, I typically tell stories that spiral into morbid deaths full of blood and flesh that rips off of bones and characters that never get their happy ending no matter how much they wish for it! It's ironic really, how attempting to get that happy ending only makes it spill from their fingertips!

I tried to tell a story with a happy ending once.

.... tried being the imperative word.

[8.] Any special talents?

Ruining every story beat, happy ending, and spiraling into morbid nonsense no one would want to hear.

[9.] Where were you born?

... This must also be valuable exposition, apologies for not containing the answers in this.. needlessly complicated internal world.

My tree is in the wanderer's nest, so I assume I sprouted in the wanderer's nest?

FROM THERE, DEAR AUDIENCE, COMES THE PLIGHT OF THE WANDERER'S NEST AND ITS VILLIANOUS COMPANION - THE PLACE OF TETHERS - TO KEEP ITS VILLIAN SPAWN FROM RUINING THE PROTAGONIST'S HAPPY ENDING INSTEAD OF DYING LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

[10.] What are your hobbies?

Storytelling! Art once in a while! Overthinking! Daydreaming! Nothing helpful! Messing up everything! Talking to inanimate objects!

[11.] Do you have any pets?

What's a pet?

[12.] What sports do you play/have you played?

What's a sport?

(Anuli is extremely slow and has awful motor control and will trip over faer feet and reach for something and miss it. Fae can't fly nor walk that fast. Anuli's spent most of faer young life tethered to a fence, and fae sat and rolled around for most of that tethered existence. Standing up suddenly will make faer dizzy. Do not get this one in a sport.

Human AU Anuli likes to float in a pool, that's about it.)

[13.] How tall are you?

I can answer this one! HUZZAH!

About a half-Kamari length.

(This is the most accurate height chart you're going to get. And the Anuli doll took three months and is about the size of newborn child. I don't think I'll ever make a Kamari doll because... making that size accurate would be a nightmare and I don't think I would ever finish)

books for size comparison

[14.] Favourite subject in school?

What's school?

(Human AU Anuli would have hyperfixations in musicals and classical literature, along with the occasional high fantasy modern books... as long as they break tropes or have a good sense of storytelling (fae gets bored easily.) That being said, assignments are faer least favorite thing in the world, fae would have the highest grade in literature.... but only when fae gets to analyze stories or write faer own. When this happens, fae will write pages and pages longer than the assigned length.

All other subjects are barely over failing grade, except for art, although Anuli might do something completely opposite of what the instructions where but fae gets a decent grade anyways because it had a lot of effort put into it.

Anuli miiigghhhtttt have a learning disability in math, since cannon Anuli has a hard time counting. Numbers are hard to work with because fae can't see them that well... they are very abstract things.

History would be pretty good... except for the assignments parts. Human Anuli could infodump on ancient history for hours and think they all happened in the past hundred years.

Science is a hit or miss. Anuli's gone on a hyperfixation from time to time (mainly genetics because fae saw this one show where they use DNA to identify a killer), but fae just... doesn't do the assignments.

TL;DR - Literature and a bit of history, has a failing grade in most subjects because school work = executive dysfunction)

[15.] Dream job?

... I get to tell stories to Kamari while fae hums songs and makes windchimes, but that's another story entirely. That's not mine to have.

... I don't daydream about myself in a... positive light that often... so... I'll take suggestions for free lifestyles as long as it doesn't involve anything important or breakable or involving emotions or other beings or consistency.

#original characters #original character #character design #character art #writeblr #creative writing #take care of yourself #fiction #dryads #fairies #fairy #fae #faerie #fairy art #oc story #the land of the fallen fairies #anuli the dryad

[vanilla-c0c0]

William Rex route - ch. 4 summary

All possible disclaimers are valid! I'm not a mother tongue speaker and I'm doing this for fun. 100% accuracy is not guaranteed. These two are gonna drive me crazy btw. Also I linked another blog’s summary of William’s ch.0 towards the end, when he mentions the way she looked at him the first time they met. It gives a lot of insight of what’s going on in his head.

The morning after the social gathering, MC is greeted by Liam in the dining room as she joins him and Harrison for breakfast. Liam asks MC how her date with William went, and as soon as she hears those words, her memory is sent back to the night prior. When William proposed to commit one sin, he actually took the back of her hand and lightly kissed it; it was similar to the respectful greeting noblewomen receive, but MC's face became all red.

William: "Kissing without asking for permission is a fine sin. You can write about this in your report to her Majesty."

MC: "Ah....... Ehm........ Ah............... t-thank you"

Describing such a "sin" in the report is.... In the end, the report was not submitted. MC feels as if she has failed her duty, both because she couldn’t get any results and because Liam used the word "date". Liam's voice brings her back to the present, and in front of her dazed and embarrassed stuttering, Harrison scolds the other man saying that he doesn't need to ask her to see that it went well; ever since she stepped into the room, "yesterday was fun" is written all over her face. MC questions this, and Harrison explains that he doesn't have any reason to be making it up, after all, most of the people who go out with William are like this. MC figures that William must go out with a lot of people then, and proof of it is in the popularity he demonstrated the day before. He doesn't hesitate to support the people he likes, and perhaps she's just lucky to be considered one of them. Harrison reminds her to be careful: Will loves others easily, but his love is like rain to the plants, one can get addicted too easily. Does he mean that in a romantic sense? Surely, William is not the kind of madman MC first thought him to be, but falling in love is a completely different matter. He kills people and is destined to meet a tragic end... falling for him is too dangerous.

Alfons and Elbert arrive to the dining room, and Liam notes that it's rare to see the latter join them for breakfast. Alfons says that he would be troubled if Elbert passed away, so every once in a while he needs to make sure he gets something to eat. Harrison jokes that despite him having a lot of material desire, he never has any sort of appetite; what's wrong with that body of his? Alfons sits across MC, and Elbert next to her; the blond avoids the food and only drinks water with sliced lemons in it. MC wonders if he's sick, and while she's unintentionally staring at his face, the man stares back at her. "Did something good happen? You.... look more beautiful than yesterday." Being called beautiful by the man who's obsessed with the epitome of beauty makes MC implode with embarrassment. Alfons wonders if MC is also gonna end up as one of the many objects in the other’s room, and Elbert replies that yes, if she's what he's been looking for. MC: (if he likes me, will he stuff me and lock me up?) (note: the word is 剥製 which means stuffing/mounting???😭girl what). The others comment that her imagination is not too far off from what the reality of things would be, but they have never seen Elbert put a human being away in his room. MC says that she's probably not what he's been looking for! And Alfons (note: this fucking bastard) agrees, as "the most beautiful in the whole world" would be an overestimate. Anyway, MC still thinks that she hasn't changed much from yesterday, so she finishes up her breakfast and stands up to go and find William in order to observe him today, too. Without her saying anything, Liam guesses that she's planning to go look for him because she's smiling, thus shocking MC who simply denies it and exits the room.

She goes to his room but no one answers the door when she knocks. As she's standing there, thinking on where else to look for, she hears a beautiful piano melody drifting through the corridors. She follows it and ends up in the music hall, where William is sat at the grand piano playing the same song from yesterday's social gathering. MC doesn't really want to interrupt him, but he soon stops playing; William admits that he was playing to lure her out, so she has nothing to feel sorry for. The two of them greet each other, but MC's voice comes out a bit shaky, probably because the other's comments on how much she has changed are still at the front of her mind.

MC: "From tomorrow, please let me know of your schedule beforehand so that I know where I can find you."

William: "Ahah, will you look for me?"

MC: "Of course. It's our duty to act together."

William: "I see, so it's a duty."

[Player choice: I chose 何か問題がありますか？ = Is there anything wrong? -> +4 Romantic/blind love +2 dramatic/twisted love]

William: "No? No problem. For now."

MC admits to herself that whenever she talks to this guy, she always seem to get restless. She compliments his piano skills, and he invites her to come closer if she's interested. Again, she gets the feeling that accepting his invitation is dangerous, but she does so anyway, and before she knows it she's sitting next to him before the grandpiano. "Imitate me and play." MC has never played the piano, but he's sure she can manage. He starts off with a simple melody that MC repeats, in the meantime William plays a different one, and the sound is beautifully harmonised. Whenever she's next to him, she feels as if the world is entirely different; she's unknowingly dragged onto the stage, and maybe going back to being mere audience is impossible. Is it a good or bad thing for her?

William: "What is your number one wish right now?"

The girl's concentration starts waning just like the melody, and her answer is that she'd like to go back to her peaceful everyday life. "Really? When I saw you during you "calm daily life", you had a very wistful look on your face." She denies it; working a worthwhile job and going to the theater once in a while... that kind of thing made her happy. Sure, she sometimes thought that with a single step forwards, her life could change completely, but she has never felt that something was lacking so much to the point she was wistful. The weight of the notebook in her pocket suddenly increases, and she stops playing the piano.

MC: "Why do you think I'm so greedy? You don't know anything about me."

William: "Mh, I wonder why."

William's accompaniment also suddenly stops, and silence takes over. "It's exactly because I do not know that I want to know. That evening, you looked at me with such eyes... Why is it that you're obsessed with that "everyday life" of yours, to the point of concealing yourself? (note: he uses a very strong word that can also mean "to crush/stifle to death" ; he means that MC completely suffocates her true self and real emotions) Tell me what you want." MC's heart aches; he's staring at her with those red eyes of his, looking for something that not even she knows of. "Why do you want to know?"

William: "Because I'm interested in you. Any other reason would simply be an excuse."

Suddenly, she realises how close they are, the tip of their noses almost touching. His scent of roses invades her senses, making her heart thump loudly. Once more, she's assailed by that feeling. She wants to run away. She needs to run away. His voice, his eyes, they're trying to dig deep into her body and expose something. William smiles kindly, as if seeing through her impatience and brings his lips to her ear.

William: "...let's start with something a little more basic."

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#ikemen villains #ikevil #ikevil william #william rex

[sapphire-weapon]

Can you explain what you mean when you say that a lot of RE2's tragedies are a result of Leon's inexperience at the time? To me it just felt like my poor guy was just at the wrong place at the wrong time and non of it was in his control :(

So -- just to be clear, I specified RE2make for a reason in that post. RE2make made Leon far more culpable/liable in people's deaths than RE2 OG ever did. OG pretty much was wrong place/wrong time for the majority of things that happened to or around Leon, but RE2make was very different.

But as a disclaimer, I haven't played through RE2make myself since about 2020. I recently did a quick refresh of it by watching cutscenes on youtube, but that's not the same. So, as a result, this is hardly going to be a comprehensive list or explanation -- just things that I can think of off the top of my head right now.

Leon absolutely gets the manager of the gas station killed in the very, very beginning. He just stands there like a dipshit, not moving, not trying to help, while the dude is holding back a zombie -- and he becomes a complete and total distraction as a result, which gets the guy bitten. If Leon hadn't been there, or if he had actually idk HELPED in some way, that guy would've lived.

When Leon first arrives at the RPD and tries to save that one officer who's trying to crawl under a shutter away from zombies, Leon does what most normal people would do in that situation and tries to pull him to safety -- but that's what gets him killed. A more experienced Leon would've known to look under the shutter and shoot any zombies back there first before actually trying to put hands on the officer. We see him do things like this fairly frequently later in the series.

LEON IS THE SOLE REASON BEN BERTOLUCCI DIES IN RE2MAKE HOLY SHIT I COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS WHEN I SAW IT THE FIRST TIME LMAO In OG, Ben kind of just gets suckerpunched by Birkin through the wall and has a lil G-creature burst out of his chest Alien-style. In RE2make, there is a SIGNIFICANT WINDOW OF TIME in which both Ben and Leon hear Mr. X approaching, and Ben BEGS Leon to let him out of the cell, and Leon's actual fucking response is "I'd have to ask Chief Irons" because he's more concerned with following the rules than saving the life of a man who is CLEARLY a sitting duck about to be murdered.

Everything with Ada. Literally everything with Ada is because Leon's a fucking idiot who's Bad At Things in RE2make.

A more experienced Leon would've absolutely tried to save Annette Birkin, regardless of her involvement with Umbrella and the development of the G-virus -- because, at the end of the day, she's still a person. In OG, Annette is kind of an evil villain caricature, but RE2make humanized her a lot and turned her into a more tragic figure who's still sane and recognizes the horror of what's happened. But RE2make Leon is so completely fucking gobsmacked by the revelation that Ada was lying to him -- again, because he's a fucking idiot -- that he just leaves Annette not only to bleed out, but to throw herself more completely at her own death. This one's kind of iffy just because there was probably no way to save her even if he did try, but the fact that he was too emotionally stunned to do anything at all led her to a much worse fate than she probably would've had otherwise. She could have died with some dignity, as opposed to none at all.

And this is just off the top of my head. There's probably more. Like. Thank god Claire was there, because there's no way Sherry would've made it if it'd just been Leon on his own.

#resident evil 2 #leon kennedy #meta analysis

[an-angels-fury]

A Crossover Concept (and my Headcanons about it)

I'm reposting this because it seems the tags for the original post didn't work for some reason (or maybe the post simply didn't get as much attention as I had expected it would). Anyway, it took me very long to text this and I put much effort and love into it, so I really hope more people will see it this time. I'd definitely appreciate it ☺️😊.

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(Disclaimer: The relationship that will be described in this concept is TOTALLY FRIENDLY, NOT ROMANTIC OKAY ?!!! I want to make this statement very clear before anything else. And once again, I want to apologize for any grammar mistake. Thank you and good reading 😉😘)

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So, I've already seen many fans making really creative crossovers between Carrie and other fictional characters (especially with ones from horror movies) like Jason Voorhees (Friday 13th), Jennifer Check (Jennifer's Body), Matilda Wormwood (Matilda), Eleven (Stranger Things), etc.

But one crossover I would LOVE to see is Carrie meeting Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)

I've seen a post talking about this here on Tumblr almost 2 years ago (one that I failed to find again, because I really wanted to repost in my page) and I literally fell in love with this concept. Luckly, I printed the post when I read it for the first time and kept safe in my phone since then.

And that just made think how much these two characters have in common:

- They were outcasts who were ostracized by people of the society they lived in, also being seen and treated as freaks for the simple fact of being different (Erik because of his facial deformity and Carrie because of her appearence, her shy personality and her strictly religious upbringing)

- They were mistreated and abused by their own mothers (Madaleine and Margaret, when I find you women 😠🤬)

- They both knew the pain of loneliness and the experience of being bullied and humiliated because of their differences - and these experiences made them extremely insecure, distrustful and resentful towards humanity

- They have the desire to fit in and seeked for acceptance and true love

- They were very special and gifted individuals (Erik as a musician, architect and magician and Carrie as seamstress and wielder of teleknesis)

- Both characters were symbolically associated to the figures of angels (Erik as the Angel of Music/the Angel in Hell and Carrie as an Avenging Angel) but viewed as demons or monsters by other characters of the story (In the 2004 movie, Erik was known as 'The Devil's Child' during his childhood in the freak show and, in the book, he's described as having the appearence of 'a living corpse' while Carrie is constantly called a 'witch' and a 'devil's child' by her mother in the book and, after her death and the town's destruction, people wish her to "burn in Hell")

- Both are originally the main characters from epistolary novels (that were also adapted to cinema, TV AND musical theater) that relate the investigation of scary cases in the stories' respective scenarios (The Opera Garnier and the fictional Chamberlaine town) that no one can truly explain how they happened, the mysterious figures (The Phantom of the Opera and Carrie White) supposedly responsable for these tragic events and the sad, but terrifying stories behind these extraordinary beings

- Both the novels also end with a reflective note in their epilogue, making the readers think about how these characters could have turned out diferently if they were born in kinder circunstances, how they could have used their gifts to make the world a better place instead of becoming the monsters the others knew if they were not treated as such, but were actually truly accepted and loved for who they were

Now, right to the HEADCANONS - come here with me and imagine some things like this: 👇

- Erik calling Carrie 'angel', 'my dear' or 'little one'

- Erik giving red roses with black ribbons carefully tied around their stems to Carrie (and she thanking him shyly everytime while smiling and lifting the flowers to her nose to inhale their perfume because she really loves it)

- Erik singing and/or playing to Carrie always when she was upset, comforting her and soothing her fears (and Carrie being enchanted by how wonderful and unique his voice is)

- Erik freaking out and almost collapsing after discover Carrie's teleknetic powers (😂😆)

- Carrie hiding herself inside Erik's cape and Erik pretending to be annoyed by the act (but he secretly loves it and thinks it makes her even more adorable than she already is 😍)

- Erik encouraging Carrie with her talent for sewing and even giving a little help in the making process of her new clothes

- Carrie encouraging Erik to smile more and exposing the soft side of his heart ❤️ (and he would probably do the same with her)

- Erik becoming extremely overprotective over Carrie, because he sees her and treats her as his little sister (or even a daughter)

- Both being touch-starved people, but hesitant of let the others get closer because of their common fear of being hurt again, and learning to initiate the first contact and open themselves to each other

- Erik gaining courage enough to reveal his deformity, still being afraid Carrie would reject him too, and getting suprised when she doesn't run away from him and even tells him he's 'beautiful' (I think Carrie's first reaction would be pure shock, but when she saw Erik trying to hide it again, she would stop him and ask gently to see him again, coming close enough to touch his face, showing no fear or disgust at all)

- Erik also constantly remembering Carrie how beautiful she really is and telling her to not let anyone put her down or convince her she's less than the special and perfect human being she is

- Both telling their stories to each other and relating to each other's feelings of pain and loneliness (Carrie would be both horrified and fascinated by the tales of Erik's adventures, sympathize with the suffering of his childhood and even comfort him about the end of his relationship with Christine, saying he still would find someone else, while Erik would look quiet and calm when listen to her story at first, but deep inside trying very hard to control himself to not grab his Punjab lasso - he would nurture a burning hatred for Carrie's bullies and all the other people who hurt her, but most specially for Margaret White and Chris Hargensen (those bitches 😡). He would promising himself to never let anything like this happens to her again)

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So yeah... That was the idea that has been running on my mind for a while. I was very nervous in post this because I'm always worried about the way people will react to my posts. I wanted to write this because these two characters are very dear to me and the idea of them, two misfits, meeting and relating to each other and becoming friends (even a family) in the process just warms my heart. Because that's what they deserved.

Hope you all enjoyed this post. If someone want to contribue with new ideas and headcanons, feel free to reblog 😄 (If not, just pretend you never found this and move on with your life, no need to come to offend me just because I said something you disliked or disagreed with, okay? I simply made this for fun👍)

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[thebleedingeffect]

tell us more about the au :]

OKAY!!! But one thing I gotta disclaim before I say anything, this entire au is born from my unmoving loz hyperfix and me having a thing for twinks so ^-^ also me wanting to torment the links so um....

ANYWAY!!! So this au majorly only involves ocarina of time, hyrule warriors, twilight princess, botw/totk, and skyward sword! And kicks off with the events of hyrule warriors and Cia gaining the triforce of power after stealing it from Ganondorf. One thing that you really need to know about Cia is that she is a tragic villain, but her actions afterwards are so abhorrent and just all around awful that she serves as more of a cautionary tale, or a warning to me.

Originally Cia was supposed to be more of a spectator, a protector, someone who watches all of the different time periods of the triforce and makes sure no harm comes to pass to the triforce. Cia is the embodiment of all of the loneliness, the anger, the resentment, every negative emotion that Cia and Lana had ever felt was forced into Cia and that's how she ultimately became one of the most terrifying villains of the greater loz sphere. Cia had been forced to live an eternal life where she would always be alone, always be the guardian, and could not under any circumstances- interact with any of the hands of fate that she was forced to spectate. Over time, she began... to develop a fixation of the heroes spirit, or on the Links.

The hero of courage is just that, a hero, and one of the only things that comforted Cia at all during this eternal isolation was the thought that she would eventually be saved. She would have her hero, she would have some kind of control, a life outside of these walls, but she knew it was never going to happen as simply-

She was never supposed to be part of their stories, she was never going to be the princess, she was never going to be the one chosen above all else. Cia is as much of a victim by fate and the goddesses as the holders are, but the main difference is that she doesn't even have the mercy of being part of the story. She was always supposed to be the invisible pillar, the support, she was always there to just watch everything she ever wanted slip through her fingers.

But... Cia refused to live like that, if the goddesses wanted to dangle what she wanted right in front of her face, if they simply expected her to stay in her place- they were wrong. And that's how Cia and Lana split in half and how Cia lost whatever hope or love left over for the goddesses and the fate they were all damned to. That's when she decided that she would simply hurt the goddesses where it hurt the most and sooth the part of her that was still in agony.

She would have her salvation, she would have her heroes, even if it meant burning down every single string of fate and dragging down the world with her.

Even if the heroes didn't want it, even if they ran and fought, she would have them and no one else would have them.

After all, the goddesses never cared for her and they had damned all of the heroes with a curse disguised as a blessing. What was she doing besides balancing the fates? Tearing the gods down from their gilded perches while taking what she always wanted. Damn the consequences, damn the panic and pain, she would have what she desired no matter what any of the world's had to say.

That's how this au's conflict kicks off ^-^ with a very, very vengeful woman who manages to bring down hyrule to its knees and yet wants more. In the game itself she actually does have the power to go into all the separate time periods! But one thing that is different from the main game is that the war against hyrule is more... of a siege, a much longer war that drags the death count for hyrule into the thousands upon thousands, while Cia? Similar to botw/totk Ganondorf, she can just resurrect her armies so it's no life lost to her.

With the war being a much longer, costly one, I imagine that Cia makes it no secret what exactly she wants: Link. I mean... in game she nearly manages to kidnap him and has fucking statues, paintings, and imagery of all the different Link's- she's not a good person and is breaking every boundary in existence SJSJSJ

She'll stop everything! She'll stop the war! She'll end the death, the misery, she'll pull back her armies and hyrule can glower at its humiliating defeat when they prayed so hard to their meaningless goddesses. Everything will stop... if she's given what she wants. But Zelda is furiously against this and refuses to subject them to such demands, so the war continues. At first spirits are muted but still high, but as the death count continues and as everyone just wants the war to be over... people begin calling for a sacrifice.

But Zelda refuses for Link to be that sacrifice, so soldiers begin to become traitors and switch to Cia's side as she seems so much nobler, so much more of a leader compared to their weak princess. Link. or Warriors, is so fucking interesting to me here but THAT'S a whole separate post but rest assured!! He's having a very, very bad time on all sides and he's been betrayed so many times that he's starting to develop an anxiety disorder!

But skipping ahead a bit to when the actual serious plot kicks in- Cia decides that she's not done, nowhere close to done, and wielding the triforce of power only makes everything that much worse. Suddenly she has the power to cross time periods with ease and has so much power, so much nobility, at her fingertips that she begins to attract those likeminded to her like a flame. This is majorly seen with the yiga but also: Zant, Volga, and Ghirahim. This makes things very easy to start planning to capture all of the heroes once and for all and effectively kneecap each kingdoms ability to protect themselves cause Cia knows better than anyone else just how much hyrule relies on each of its heroes.

From here it gets even more fucking insane as I have plans for how each of the Link's get captured and how Time and Wild <- oot and botw/totk link, are the only ones not captured for a time and they're desperately on the run. On the way they somehow manage to rescue the rest of the them and its like a lil family of very mentally ill, scared twinks! They all become dangerously protective over each other and are borderline dependent! I can even explain each of the Link's issues and personalities, as well with how they get kidnapped and tricked so badly that it triggers each of their fears in new, fun ways!!! But that's,,, a whole other separate thing and I think this is a long enough explanation for this damn au sjsjsj

Random details about this au: Time is the long lost prince of hyrule and only his Zelda knows about this, or aka his older sister. Sky is haunted by Hylia and visions during alot of the time during his adventure but it calms down afterwards, expect for the day before the downfall of skyloft. Twilight can still transform into a wolf as he kept the twili crystal but also he's sorta... part twili now. Warriors actually isn't originally from hyrule, he escaped from a kingdom a couple of countries away that successfully fucked with him mentally. Wild's memories are shot and he doesn't remember much pre-calamity death, but he does remember snapshots of it and the resentment he had for his own Zelda.

#thebleedingeffect talks #genuinely I may try to write some of the kidnapping scenes I have for all of the links cause I get MEEEAANNNNN LMAO #BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS I'M LOSING MY MIND OVER THIS DAMN AU !!!! #hyrules curse #<- thats the official tag for this au. I need this post for reference

[sparkyyoungupstart]

I am thinking about Critical Role (naturally) and the inherent differences between a home game and a public one and the narrative capitulations required therein.

(also disclaimer this isn’t a post against Matt, the players clearly trust him with the game so I will too, this is more theory than anything)

So like in a home game you can absolutely let the dice tell the story for you - all the bad decisions compounded by bad rolls and driving directly into a TPK. But live plays/actual plays require a good narrative to go along with it. This isn’t to say that home games have inherently inferior narratives, but rather than a publicly seen game is often better and more successful when the narrative is prioritized a little more than the game mechanics.

Like if we compare these deaths to Molly in Campaign 2, that was tragic and a random happenstance of the dice, but at that point the Mighty Nein were still heroes for hire essentially and Molly was random horrible collateral in that fight. No one had gotten so tied into the ongoing plots that losing them before the conclusion resulted in a loss of storytelling potential. Hell, the fact that it was Molly specifically who died and then ended up tying into Lucien and everything almost makes it seem like Molly was meant to die (even though we all know that wasn’t true).

Now compare the Campaign 3 characters, who are all intrinsically connected to the narrative. Imogen and Ruidus, Fearne and Ruidus and the whole Feywild, Orym and the shadow clones, Ashton’s chornurgy stuff, Laudna and Delilah, FCG and whatever’s happening with Aeormatons...Chetney right now is the only character who hasn’t been completely woven into the ongoing plot beyond being part of the Bell’s Hells. And what this means is that for two of them to die in a way that seems almost random, well, it’s not narratively satisfying. It’s tragic to see them die before their plots are resolved for sure, but it also makes it feel like their arcs up to this point were wasteful? If that makes sense?

And again, this isn’t meant to attack Matt or even criticize him, it’s just the price of having a narrative laid out in front of you. And that’s why I’m thinking...there’s gotta be an out, right? Cutting off Orym and Fearne’s stories just like that would actively harm the story. Not to mention the whole encounter seemed unbalanced even without people trying to flee. I’ll say that personally I think the party made some real boneheaded decisions before the encounter with Otohan, but I don’t think Matt would’ve thrown her at them while they were in that state unless there was something else at play. With all this psychic moon stuff going on I’m not going to rule out spontaneous revivifies, or that it was all a dream Otohan was blasting into Imogen’s head to unleash her full potential, or Imogen having a vision on her own, or fuckin’...time travel? Why not.

Or maybe I’m just bummed that two really interesting characters got taken out before they reached their full story potential and I’m in denial about the consequences lol. I’m all for them facing consequences, I just think full permanent character death are the proper ones in this scenario - which is why I don’t wanna believe that Matt’s going to let this stick.

#critical role #critical role spoilers #fearne calloway #orym #bell's hells #rambling

[horizon-verizon]

What do you think of having made Helaena a dreamer in the series? I personally have mixed feelings about this, but one thing is for sure, giving him autistic traits was a mistake.

*EDITED POST* (3/19/24)

Disclaimer: I really don't know anything about neurodivergence or autism.

Here is one earlier post that I wrote about an issue with Helaena’s new characterization.

I used to think that it was nice to see some neurodivergent representation and that she got to be a little more than just the “plump” “fine mother” Gyldayn describes her. But it’s just that: “little”.

Now:

A) Dragon dreams are...dreams. Not visions you have while fully awake. So...

B) I think that it Helaena’s characterization suffers from the reliance on her neurodivergence. Neurodivergence does not equal personality. We don’t know her other than one small scene of her unintentionally(?) calling Aegon out, that she liked to play with bugs in her youth, and that she doesn’t like her own mother. These aren’t personality traits they are conviences for the greens’ image.

And the prophecies she speaks does nothing but tell us what we--the book readers--already know will happen, except for Rhaenys, but that was a scene that also never should have happened. We’re supposed to be wowed by how she is like Cassandra--the prophet who no one believes after cursed by Apollo for not sleeping with him or otherwise disobeying him. But using the futility of Cassandra’s story  element to express how “futile” and “tragic” the Dance was diminishes human choice more than i needs to--how Alicent decides to go after Rhaenyra and tries to get Aegon on the throne for power. Diminishes the activeness of human decision specifically for the people already having lost their ambition in the adaptation from the original story to the show:

Alicent is a uch younger sexual abuse victim (after years of fans having said that there was too much sexual abuse or violence esp against women in GoT) who apparently can't really reason as she would have in the book version and is more vulnerable to her father's machinations rather than her being a go getter herself

Rhaenyra's muster has also been greatly diminished

even Aemond's whitewashed and made less active by his killing Luke made into an "accident").

Then there is what another writers says about how we know what will happen to her. The show gives us the only neuro-divergent character and we know she’ll lose her son to Blood and Cheese, of which she obviously blamed herself for, driving her into a mad grief. That she will die a horrid, “suspicious” death. Her suffering will be used to generate more sympathy for the greens, while diminishing and ignoring that Daemon only uses B&C for what Aemond did to Lucerys. (Again, eye-for-an-eye is not moral or justifiable. I’ have said over and over that it is rather Aemond and Alicent’s fault for targeting Rhaenyra.) The show till then inadvertently act like the biased Maester Gyldayn, who also just refers to Helaena's death; the writer ponders over how her death inspired rebellion against Rhaenyra and seems to lean towards Rhaenyra actually doing it, even though it brings up the missing Larys and the possibility that he spread the rumors to incite the peasants against Rhaenyra more than they would have otherwise.

This cheapens her, especially because we don’t really get to see her apart from her Alicent, her brothers, and her kids. Nor do we see her interact with Aemond or Aegon like the two eldest boys do in episodes 6-9.

Rhaenyra’s story was about how women in Westeros would be pushed further back into practically subservient positions, and Daenerys was meant to be a penetration into that element. Rhaenyra is the story of how a precedent against women in power came to be; Dany is when a women pushes back and begins to regain that power.

So Helaena doing nothing more than tell visions that don’t matter while she stays in her room with her children and tries to get her own mother to stop touching her and knowing that she’ll die a horrendous death after long grieving and torturing herself for her son’s death just so she becomes some sort of Martyr for green-stans makes for a more disheartening picture than I’d like.

Oh, and it doesn't really make sense for her to know what's going to happen to not just her siblings and parents but her CHILDREN and not go to Viserys, the most prophecy-focused person in her family as well as the most able to actually do something to turn things around.

Dragon dreams in ASoIaF are fixed but they do not say that a specific person WILL do this so much as someone must do this for that to happen...unless they're Dany, Daenys, Rhaegar, & Aegon I.

#helaena targaryen #helaena's death #aegon and helaena #helaena and aemond #alicent and helaena #hotd characterization #hotd characters #hotd #asoiaf asks to me #helaena's characterization

[thezestyone]

My thoughts on Yoshimoto’s route Rant (SPOILERS)

I have to put this disclaimer out before I get started: I do not hate Yoshimoto so much as I hate how his route is written and how he was portrayed in it. I have to say, reading Yoshimoto’s route has unfortunately had a negative effect of my perception on him. Therefore, I am not going to acknowledge his route if I choose to write about him in the future. If you love Yoshimoto and his route, more power to you, this is just my own thoughts on the route in particular and how Yoshimoto is portrayed, not him as a whole concept since I loved him in SEs.

What I was afraid most of the route ending up as, the tragic “woe is me” approach, has happened. To be honest, I do not remember when it specifically started, and I didn’t bother to take much screenshots initially since this route after like the intro chapters had me disliking Yoshimoto and getting me frustrated with just how lackadaisical he seems about everything. He seems to love art first and foremost, and seems like he is his own worst enemy. The chemistry he had with MC from like the first two or three chapters seemed quite cute and romantic, but it all starts to fall apart when his backstory is brought up.

You see, Yoshimoto is a puppet head leader, who for some reason, is chained by the wants of his jerks for vassals, the same vassals that, mind you, are living under Kenshin’s castle in his territory. Why I bring that up is that to me, the solution to Yoshimoto’s issues with his vassals seems rather easy to solve, but for some reason, Yoshimoto makes no attempts to do anything to feasibly break free, despite having all sorts of cards in his favor. I mean, he has Kenshin and Shingen by his side! What are his vassals, who practically lost all their political power anyways, going to do? They’re powerless, they could just as easily be whipped by them up to shape or imprisoned. Yoshimoto could just as easily disappear to another country and never come back. He appears just so self-defeated and that attitude, for me, is such a huge turn OFF for any kind of attraction I may have been developing for him. He acts as if he has an illness that is shortening his life span, that is painful to conceal with the weight of the world on his shoulders while simultaneously having to duke it out with the people who has caused him to lose his very home… Oh wait, that is his cousin, Shingen, the same cousin he abandoned to help Kicho and Motonari, you know, the same people trying to send Shingen to an even earlier grave, the same Shingen who defended Yoshimoto when his vassals badmouthed him, scaring the hell out of them. The same Shingen who, despite the drastic odds, continues to fight until his last breath. Such a contrast there.

If Yoshimoto is so perceptive of people, I find it hard to believe he is unaware of Shingen’s illness. They are family, but as of writing this, at chapter seven, it seems like he doesn’t even truly care for him, or is grateful for all the things the people who actually cares for him has done for him. He claims to desire to so badly be free, but with all the cards in his favor, he just chucks them away and surrenders! WHY?!

This has been a pet peeve of mine for a while: Why must MC continuously be the guy’s personal therapist? Why can’t her presence be enough to just knock some sense into them and make the guys want to improve because they want to, and not because of MC’s constant cheerleading? It is completely exhausting having to lift someone up who just slumps themselves and makes no effort to move until you pester them to oblivion to move. Not the ripe situation for romance!

I was really hoping for Yoshimoto’s route to take another direction… One of Yoshimoto perhaps finding his true passions, of shedding his previous warlord life, of completely romancing MC, of their love for art creating such a sweet, wholesome bond that gives Yoshimoto the answers he is looking for in himself, the clue to help him feel whole and heal from his past trauma… But no. He prances around like he is so powerless, that his vassals completely got him under lock and key. Since Yoshimoto clearly moves to his own rhythm, I know he wouldn’t care at all about things like status or power, since his only love, after all, is art. So, what is actually holding him back, for real? I say HIMSELF. His TRAUMA. Instead of seeking to heal from it, he just further chains himself up, leaving poor MC having to frivolously pick at the locks that just keep growing in number, and all because “he is so beautiful”.

After the intro chapters, his chemistry with MC completely fell off for me. It went from a cute budding romance to MC being the person Yoshimoto dumps all his woes for.

Hell, in the starting chapters, I forget which number, but Shingen even asks multiple times if MC has fallen out of love with Yoshimoto for many sorts of things that would make romance not the best idea to pursue. But somehow, MC just nods and continues on, claiming how she cares for Yoshimoto so much, but at this stage, their romance doesn’t even feel all that fleshed out, and all the bits of info she receives should at least make her start to think more about her relationship with Yoshimoto.

For all the hate Motonari’s route gets, at least MC’s relationship with Motonari felt more fleshed out in comparison to her relationship with Yoshimoto. She didn’t immediately fall in love with Motonari. Hell, when she was starting to catch feelings for his snarky self, she even stated multiple times how this made no sense, how he was such a jerk, etc… You know, like how one would feel if they fell in love with the bad boy who has yet to soften up all the way. Most of the times, Moto barks more than he bites with MC, and he is an antagonist, he is not supposed to be portrayed in the same light as the protagonists, same with Kennyo.

Yoshimoto, however, unfortunately does not have that excuse. The bulk of his route felt more to me like he was dragging an MC who was blindly smitten with him through all his problems, having her have to deal with all of it. Again, exhausting, and completely not fair to MC. If I was actually the MC, I would have lost feelings for him long ago in his route… Which I did, and which makes scrapping through his route so painful…

The only thing that is making his route halfway bearable for me is, surprisingly, not the character you would expect. (Sorry Shingen and Motonari-)

It is Ranmaru.

Somehow, someway, Yoshimoto’s route for me turned into Ranmaru’s route. Ranmaru started to have far more chemistry with MC after the intro chapters, and their moments have just been… oh my goodness, those moments are the only reasons I seek to complete the route now.

Appreciation for those moments might be set for another post, since this one has gone long enough.

Suffice to say, I am extremely disappointed in Yoshimoto’s route. I was really hoping for a Motonari plot twist, but so much has happened thus far that just has me completely disinterested in his story since it is so self-defeatist.

I do not think I am going to do this route again for a long time. It for me has just been too much of a pain to go through, and since it takes about a month for F2P players to clear a route, I rather read a route of more interest than this one.

Such a pity. I was really rooting for you here, Yoshimoto, but you just let me down, which is why, for the sake of continuing to follow one of my rules, I am not going to refer to your route in any future works of mine I may feature you in. I feel as if the route could have been handled so much better, and that Yoshimoto deserves a more optimistic story, one that would have the soil just right for romance to truly grow and blossom beautifully.

After all, seeds of pain can only generate more agony.

*Added more Info, after reading a bit more and choosing Yoshimoto’s dramatic route and getting more data on him:*

Annnd it just. Keeps. Getting. Worse! So apparently it seems he has ties to the shogun, which is why he turned “traitor” (he really was faking it this whole time, everyone!). My earlier point still remains. Yoshimoto apparently is a tactical genius, able to change the course of war to his liking… With such an ability, why the hell side with the shogun to begin with? Why not side with alliance? I think Yukimura put it clearly how I’m feeling about Yoshimoto:

And apparently, I haven’t even touched on the most annoying thing… The way Yoshimoto is so quick to deny his affection towards MC, which makes her intense infatuation with him even more unbelievable. Just three words would make a world of difference, but he continuously pushes her away, which is even more annoying. How do you still like a man who makes such an effort to refuse to acknowledge his love for you? Again, if I was infatuated by him, that infatuation would have been burnt to a crisp at MC trying time and time again to get into Yoshimoto’s heart, but he just refuses to yield for the most inane of reasons. Yoshimoto is his own worst enemy, period, and is so stuck in his thoughts, in his perceptions that he completely lost the plot and forgets how he has many people who support him that will help him break free.

He is shown time and time again to continue to value art over everything else, which absolutely does my head in. Like, priorities, Yoshimoto, you need to first get some help from your clearly deeply rooted trauma, because unless you do that, there is just no way forward, you are always going to be stuck as that trapped little boy.

This route is just so bizarre to me in many ways, though the most prominent, besides how self-defeatist Yoshimoto is, is how in the world is this the environment for any romance to grow? Yoshimoto is very clearly in a place where that is the last thing he needs, or seems to even want, according to the plot. I just wanted to shake MC constantly and tell her to leave him to his fancy nicknacks and go with someone who clearly loves her and is not afraid to show it. (*ahem* RANMARU!)

I personally just did not find this route appealing at all. It was such a pain to get through, and the only parts I looked forward to was every scene Yoshimoto was not a part of. His entire attitude throughout the route, how he continued to deny MC of any romance until the very end, and even then that was just ugh considering everything that happened prior… I, absolutely, hated this route. I can’t wait until I finish it so I can read another one that’s more palpable.

This route just left me frustrated and absolutely hating Yoshimoto’s guts, which is why in my future works I will not be referring to it. I absolutely loathed his portrayal here. I’m just gonna leave these screenshots as the ending to this long rant, because the frustration is real.

The fact I am agreeing with these two antags that I can’t stand speaks volumes of Yoshimoto’s portrayal in this route. Just, ugh, no more. Please.

#ikemen sengoku #ikesen #ikesen yoshimoto #ikemen sengoku yoshimoto #yoshimoto’s route #spoilers #rant post

[anomalouscorvid]

1, 9, 10, 16, 18, 21, 22 for fallen london🦇🦇🦇

as usual this goes under the cut because i like to type a lot. but a lot of this is '¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i don't know anything about the actual fandom so i couldn't say for certain what my thoughts would be'

1 (the character everyone gets wrong) - well, as someone who doesn't interact with the fandom except for what i see on tumblr and doesn't read fl fanfiction or anything, i'd have no idea lmao, some of the stuff i've heard makes me think the answer to this might be mr veils (but not really) or actually potentially mr apples but i'm just not certain

9 (worst part of canon) - this isn't the worst part for me, but here's a fun opportunity to admit something: it's always annoyed me that curators have arms as well as wings. not just because the anatomy is annoying to get right when drawing (two sets of limbs! in the same space! what are your shoulders meant to be doing) but also because i just think any curator interpretation could be improved with hands on their wings. it just looks more balanced when they only have wings and not separate humanoid arms. and yet it seems like in canon the arms and wings are separate. tragic

anyway space bat limbs aside. i'm sure there's actual probably-the-worst things about canon that should actually be changed but i think any concerns have already been talked about with better wording by others? so i don't know what else i could say here

10 (worst part of fanon) - here's another opportunity for me to admit something that isn't precisely answering this question but i wanted to say it anyway: i don't get why people seem to hate the manager's design in motr. like that's less fanon and more fan reactions to canon but regardless. he seems... fairly alright? accurate enough to how he's described? visually makes me think "yeah that's him"? but apparently people hate the design, i haven't seen a single person talk about it in a positive way. i don't get it maybe there's just like. a fan design that the fandom decided was the only accurate one idk that seems to happen a lot with stuff like this where there's suddenly a canon design after so much time being relevant with no canon design

anyway again i must mention that i don't know anything about the fl fandom that doesn't appear on my tumblr dash. maybe there's a really popular bit of fanon elsewhere that everyone agrees on but i've never seen. maybe everyone agrees that [x character] is totally a snuffer or [y character] is actually a star in disguise or whatever and i had no idea.

i mean apparently there's december discourse and people have actual opinions on it but i didn't even know there was december discourse until recently. i mean yeah there's liberation of night discourse i get that but discourse about December specifically? december of the calendar council the twelfth month? we know like 3 facts about them. what would you even discourse over. about whether or not calling them a borzoi is actually even remotely accurate? (and for the record my view on that is that it totally isn't but i call them a borzoi anyway)

so anyway yeah i don't know enough about popular fanon to make any judgements here

16 (you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)) - why is candles so often drawn as specifically albino? i'm not sure if it's canon or not but i haven't heard of anything mentioning him (?) as albino or leucistic in canon. like yeah the colours fit with the themes i guess but i don't think i've ever seen a fan depiction of candles that didn't include pure white/pigmentless fur. obviously disclaimer that it's not necessarily a bad thing it's just like. wow that appears a lot

18 (it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on…) - the grand devils. so aesthetic! so dead! so.... bugs! not even necessarily the canon ones, i think it'd be cool to see more grand devil ocs, or just devil ocs that don't follow the usual 'human with weird eyes' physical form (i know i don't really have any of those but. regardless i think it'd be very cool to see more of from others.)

21 (part of canon you think is overhyped) - would the masters of the bazaar be too obvious an answer for this one 💔 i just. think there's plenty of other interesting non-human species in the fl universe. yeah not much else to say for this one. i could also say seeking the name or mr eaten as a character in general for this one. but overall there isn't much overhyped in such a small fandom i think?

22 (your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores) - maybe the grand devils also fit as an answer to this question. i haven't really seen anyone talking much about them anywhere, which is fair given their crimes of being monarchs, but it's kind of surprising. i simply think that sometimes people should consider the dead or sort-of-dead bees.

also, maybe this is obvious from a few of my recent fl posts, but i think the god-eaters could be interesting (although there... isn't much to them in canon compared to the other important figures from past cities), and yet i've never really seen anyone acknowledging them (except for maybe, in some cases, mentioning them when talking about mr eaten)

[anneapocalypse]

rvb fandom for the choose violence ask game! 1, 12, 17, and 24.

🔥 choose violence ask game 🔥

Obligatory disclaimer that I'm a few years out of the loop on RvB fandom at this point, so take anything I say about "the fandom" with that in mind, and a huge grain of salt.

1. the character everyone gets wrong

I freely admit that I've always been brutally picky about depictions of Carolina, and I think I've griped about most facets of that in one meta post or another over the years! There was the Freelancer-era hate for her of course, writing her off as caring about winning above all else and ignoring her demonstrated concern for her team members (something even later seasons seemed to forget happened), the awful bitch who broke precious perfect York's heart, etc etc but there was also a sort of overcompensation that happened later, where people liked Carolina and wanted to portray her sympathetically but seemed to struggle to reconcile that with the fact that she is, in fact, prickly and difficult a lot of the time! So you'd get these sort of smoothed-over versions of Freelancer and present-day season 10 Carolina that were certainly well-intentioned, but still, for me, kind of off-base in terms of who the character actually is.

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Since I just talked about Carolina, and since I think she is in fact fairly well-liked these days as female RvB characters go, I will say instead that Kimball is a wonderful, complex character who deserves so much love always and forever. I don't think Kimball is unpopular in the sense of being hated, but more in the sense of having fallen out of relevance in recent canon and becoming, along with the entirety of the Chorus arc, tragically overlooked.

My hottest take about Kimball, I guess, is that for a lot of season 13's conflicts, she is objectively right and Doyle is wrong. The arc she has to go on in season 13 isn't realizing that Doyle is right about combat strategy (if you listen to what he's actually suggesting, his ideas are almost universally terrible) but recognizing that he, as an individual person, is not responsible for what happened to Chorus or to her people, that most of the surviving Feds are inheritors of the conflict rather than instigators of it, that the people they were originally rebelling against are all dead, and that working together to fight back against Charon is Chorus's only hope for survival. Flattening that into "both sides are wrong" is kind of insulting to Kimball and I think misrepresents the nature of the conflict. Also, I think her season 12 characterization is so important and everything she does in 13 needs to be read in light of that. Her greatest strength is the faith she has in people.

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

More love for Chorus in general!

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Mental illness headcanons as a cover for "my fave is the best/woobiest/poorest little meow meow and your fave sucks and is an abuser/war criminal" slapfights. (Please note I am not saying mental illness headcanons are bad in and of themselves, just that I've seen them tangled up in so much terrible discourse over the years.) If there's one thing I can confidently say about RvB, it's that everyone's a war criminal and they all have PTSD and are wet and sad. Let's move on with our lives.

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