#i just thought it was actually criminal

[ghostampede]

a soc adaptation that was just that duology abd respected it’s characters and knew how to show their povs despite not being in their heads would’ve been so good, we have been robbed <//3

getting to just see how kaz acts with others vs seeing his face when he’s alone or sees inej, hell seeing how each of the crows are in their vs how they’re perceived by certain people through visuals and sound design alone, the gorgeous lighting throughout the rugged and fun dark streets of ketterdam in contrast to the whimsical nature of fjerda, jesper’s gambling problem being a legitimate issue that builds up, the crows still getting to be kids cause thats the Point (my ghost wouldn’t associate with your ghost type of stuff before they witness more Terrors), inej’s trauma being explored actuality and how kaz and her mirror each other in some ways, flashbacks meshing with present time in a very cool way, visual metaphors that weren’t in the book or were interpreted from the book, hints at wylan’s character in s1 that push just slightly beyond what the book could’ve done, wylan flashbacks in s2 that were never fully explored or seen, things having time to build throughout the book through like timed tension you can’t get through reading making an immersive experience cause god damn the kids are fighting and even im uncomfortable but in a good way, amazing fight scenes and heist scenes in the ice court, the way the framing and filming changes dramatically in big hectic moments vs the aftermath, hearing the word Investment with no background music or anything and all the weight that word requires, idk im not a showrunner but i have visions of what their show could’ve been and it makes me so sad because even if they do get their spinoff, i personally have zero faith in it after s&b :(

#anti s&b #six of crows #matthias helvar #nina zenik #kaz brekker #jesper fahey #wylan van eck #i am sorry if you like s&b ig #i just thought it was actually criminal #and as someone who is very passionate about what i like #i can’t help but imagine an alternative #idek if this makes sense #i hope you see the vision #do you see the vision #who knows #dorian writes

[ikiprian]

Ghost Kitchen (brought to you by criminal entrepreneur, Red Hood)

Danny’s got the easiest job in Gotham.

He works as a fry cook at a shoddily-run, independent burger joint. Hardly anyone comes in, despite prices being criminally low, and portions insanely large, and while the manager looks like the average tough-as-nails ex-con, he lets Danny mess around in the kitchen whenever the place is empty. (Which is often. This place has to be the city’s hidden gem or something!)

Mr. Manager’s the only one ever there with Danny, except for sometimes when his buddies come over to smoke and play cards. Danny would find it shady, except part of his job is not to ask questions. Literally, he was told during the interview.

(It was a weird interview. Why would they need to hire someone who’s been in a gunfight before? Like, he has, but Gotham’s idea of “hirable qualities” is so bizarre.)

So instead he whips up some killer burgers with the frozen ingredients, and basks in the praise as the guys tell him he shouldn’t have, he does too much for this joint, ain’t that friendly!

Now, Danny’s a chef on the newer side. As a teen he’d preferred the look of Nasty Burger over anything with Michelin stars, and he only really took up cooking after Jazz moved out for college. But just like ecto-exposure used to turn the groceries sentient, Danny’s low-level ecto signature imbues all his food with something historically haunted Gothamites just love! And Danny’s never been one to half-ass a job when it makes people happy.

With fresher produce, real meat, Danny’s sure he can take his dishes to the next level. It takes a couple months of badgering, but his manager finally agrees to contact the mysterious store owner, who keeps the place going, despite profits Danny knows have to be in the red.

Danny spends the morning prepping. He pours his heart into his food, eager to impress. The big boss will be here soon, and he wants to prove that despite the dangerous location, this place has real potential!

It isn’t until the Red Hood shows up that Danny realizes he’s been working for a money laundering scheme.

#ecto has a weird effect on them actually. a lot like how danielle drinks ecto to keep her stable #ecto has positive health benefits for gothamites! it boosts their immune system gives them a little more energy makes them less irritable #silly hc but i think its fun #also danny just. thought it was a normal ass interview. the person who hired him was heavily hinting at the criminal element of his job the #whole time. danny just kept thinking man i cant believe all interviews are like this in gotham. every one of the #m asks if im okay lying to cops. i am but its weird i never got asked this in amity #dpxdc #dcxdp #dc x dp #dp x dc #dead on main #ghost kitchen au #danny fenton #jason todd #kipwrite

[2sw]

You got to wake up. because if you don't, then trying to keep that dream alive will destroy you! It'll destroy everything!

Supernatural S8E08 Hunteri Heroici ( + S8E06 Southern Comfort )

#sam winchester #spn 8x08 #spn 8x06 #s8 #gifs #I wish they had actually shown how Sam dealt with his grief after s7 #but it's not that hard to understand why he didn't try harder to find Dean #It was just too much for him. He was left all alone in the world #Bobby was already dead at that point #Dean and Cas disappeared before his eyes (he probably thought they were dead. certainly didn't know they were in purgatory) #and the king of hell took Kevin #Isn't it obvious why he was running from all of it and trying to hold on to something? it was too much for anyone to go through alone #I'm saying it wasn't the best thing to do but totally understandable #(and what's so criminal about trying to make his life less miserable anyway??) #the sad thing is almost every choice he made while running from the burden of reality turned into messes #He had to leave the woman he loves and now his brother trusts a vampire over him #All of that piled up and weighed down on him #It made him question his self-worth #And that insecurity led him to the church in the season finale (not to mention the whole “I'm not clean” thing) #and even after s8... oh I can't do this rn. I'm sad again

[leaffiii]

here's time's actual design oops (plus a height chart)

#he's insufferable actually. he is so SO dinky #my thought process was: make him short. make him so full of spite for that and being replaced #his design is kinda simple but there's a reason for that #anyways he sounds like either commander pe/epers or the gamer video i posted. i cant decide lol #he shoots clock-hand projectiles which are either basic energy attacks or ones that slow down or speed up machines/robots they shoot throug #there'd be like a game tournament episode and aki is desperate to prove that the known criminal is cheating #but no he's just an insufferable little mf who has too much time (lol) for his hobbies and is insane at smash bros or something #fc!time man #my art #mmfc #mega man #mega man fully charged #megaman #mmfc au #the little clockhands on his face act as his eyebrows + top eyelid. his default expression is angry

[fruit-sy]

Another on my list of anime with female protags: Apothecary diaries!

My friend recommended it to me a while back and I finally got around to watching it last week. 10 episodes in, it's a really enjoyable watch!

One thing I love about this anime is that it really explores how the women survive in that world. From being a concubine to a courtesan, these women have power in these environments thanks to their talents, sharp thinking and... erm "assets". Other than that, it shows women's struggles in and out of these environments. How women will get kidnapped for their looks and how they have to keep down low in order to have some semblance of peace in their life, how to even make it up the ranks you have to be born beautiful.

Other than that, it shows problems which are completely fucked in this social hierarchy. How dispensable the lives of maids and food tasters are, how their lives are worthless compared to the concubines and how they could lose their lives if they so much as offend someone in a higher ranking.

The setting is in ancient china and yeah, a lot of things were pretty fucked back then. Like lady Lishu being 9 when she became a concubine (Throws up) and the social hierarchy, but once I acknowledge how utterly fucked some of it was and acknowledge that it's period acurate, it was a pretty enjoyable watch.

Maomao as a protagonist is really fun. She's very level headed and calm, but I love that they also gave her some room to be silly when she's passionate about doing the things she loves.

ALSO!! She can be a bad bitch as well!! I LOVE how she went off on the ladies in waiting for lady Lihua, and it really drives home her professionalism. As someone who works to better the health of other people, of course she'd be furious when the lady in waiting ignored the ban on the face powder and knowingly chose to slowly kill another person in her ignorance.

Maomao's curious and has a habit of trying to help others (especially her fellow women) when it's within her power. Though, she's very rational when it comes to things outside of her control and just chooses to move past it. Although she may seem cold, she's shown a kind of, solidarity with fellow maids who are disposable (food tasters and such) like herself as well as showing empathy for people who are suffering like lady Lihua and lady Lishu.

One thing that really stuck with me is how with lady Lihua, Maomao offered help and kept helping because Lihua wanted the help. Maomao said it herself, if lady Lihua refused to eat, then Maomao would accept it is how it is and prepare for her imminent punishment (and possibly execution) from the emperor. She is prepared to help others and see it through when they want the help. And I really admire that about her.

Another thing I like about her is that, while she isn't interested/doesn't want to put herself out there sexually, she doesn't put down other women who do! I think this comes from living in the pleasure district and Maomao having big sisters who talk about those kinda stuff with her, but even growing up near those kinds of things, she decides that it's just not what she wants to do!

She isn't interested in romance either, because that's just How She Is!

Anways, love how she knows what she wants and when it doesn't go her way, just chooses to roll past it.

Next, Jinshi... yeah he's got the looks but ok being For Real right now: I thought he was a gigantic creep in the first few (and latest) episodes. Because of his position and looks, he could get away with a lot of annoying/uncomfy stuff like getting really close and touching Maomao when she's uncomfortable with it. Also makes unwanted advancements towards her and her not having the power to refuse him too directly because of the fear of punishment because of the insurmountable gap between their social standing.

Though, even when he's still kinda condescending/doesn't respect her, I can see how he slowly starts admiring her for her strengths and begins to genuinely care for her, and that's a pretty sweet character development. Though he still doesn't respect her boundaries despite feeling affection (and having some seeds of genuine care) up to episode 10.

Alright, not so Seriously now, I am a sucker for the "popular/handsome guy thinks this chic is easy, oh whoops he fell and he fell hard" trope huehueh and that's exactly what he's going through right now!

Though, as much as their ship dynamic is a guilty pleasure of mine (one is super flirty while the other hates them with a great passion), I'm kinda hoping Maomao doesn't end up with him romantically.

I think it'd be interesting if that's just how Maomao felt, she just isn't interested in romance and if Jinshi really loves her, he has to acknowledge that no, "oh if I keep trying she'll cave eventually" is not it, and he has to respect her boundaries, regardless of their positions.

I think it'd be interesting if Maomao grew to also care for Jinshi as well, but not romantically. Caring for someone and romantic attraction don't always have to come in a package! I think it would be an interesting discussion, where both parties care for eachother but in completely different lights.

Anyways, in conclusion, I love how much of a women's perspective was put in this show. Women have power in certain areas, even if it is kinda fucked, and they have their own set of problems. Maomao is a really fun and compelling protagonist, Jinshi is kinda a creep though he has his moments, the other concubines are pretty fun (esp. Lady Gyokuyou), and the mystery and promise of character development compels me to keep watching!

#Fruit talks #Whoo here's my monthly dose of word vomit about The Thing that caught my attention this time #I actually have more thoughts (specifically) episode 9 and my hopes for this anime but maybe another time #Love maomao. you slay bitch #Jinshi is very hideously criminally Pretty and ok im into that #doesnt help that his english dub voice is KAIJI TANG and like almost all his lines are Low sing songy whispers that just aAARGHHHH #*punches wall* #*head in hands* #*pacing* #*deep breath* #im so normal about it #anime with female protags

[blueblurseptember]

in my head, svsss shen jiu didn't really die after shen yuan transmigrated into his body. instead, he (reverse?) transmigrated into shen yuan's body, and all is well bc sure, whatever. this guy has it sooo much easier than he does anyway. for one, he's filthy rich and has an acceptible family. he can live with this; he's been through far worse.

he copes pretty well, even after finding out about pidw and his role. until one day he runs into shang qinghua, the cannon fodder, who has transmigrated into the author's body, and somehow, one thing has led to another, and they both find airplane bro's drafts which contain the truth about what happened to yue qingyuan in the past. how his qi-ge really did actually try his damn hardest to return to him as he had promised, almost literally died trying hard even, he just happened to have arrived too late.

yeah...... shen jiu decides to give therapy a try after that.

#svsss #shen jiu #original shen qingqiu #yue qingyuan #qijiu #brain dump #thinking about qijiu today and am in pain #theyre too tragic #i know shen jiu committed his fair share of criminal activities but goddd hes been through a lot too i somehow cant accept hes just gone #anyway added thought to this delulu is yue qingyuan finds out about the whole transmigration thing after airplane bro accidentally #somehow finds out that the characters he and cucumber bro transmigrated into have transmigrated into /their/ bodies #and they find a way to reunite qijiu in the modern/real world and everyone lives happily ever after the end #...wait this is actually a pretty decent fic idea #maybe i'll write this....... someday

[hotmess-exe]

it's not my story to tell, so i won't be writing it, but i sincerely hope to see an interactive fiction someday where the protagonist is a felon. specifically, i'd like the protag to be someone who has served their full sentence and just gotten out.

there is so little respect and empathy for that perspective, so i just would love a well-written IF about it

#maybe there is one and i'm unaware? #if #just thoughts #writing #was just thinking about the stigma that ppl who kill during psychotic episodes face once they are approved for release #and ofc the skepticism and wariness of the general public makes sense esp of whichever community was actually affected by the crime #but like #what do we believe y'all #wtf do we believe #is psychotherapy real or should ppl be locked up forever for doing something while literally out of their sane mind #do we believe in reform or do we keep everyone locked up bc it's more comfortable to treat people like refuse #do we believe in live and let live or do we want ppl to never live on if we personally deem them undeserving of peace or life #is psychosis a real thing or are we all pretending to understand and empathize with mental illness #fr fr #i just really hate how ppl are so comfy reacting in certain ways to that specific sort of perpetrator idk lol #gut reactions are one thing and using our brains and what we objectively know about psychology in combo with that is another #and when it comes to criminals ppl are very happy to abandon the latter and fully embrace the former #but claim to still be good decent people like............... #do you truly believe crimes committed during a psychotic break should be weighed the same as ones not? #cause if you do like... fuck you??? #and if you think they shouldn't.... then we *must* apply that logic to how we treat and perceive ppl cleared as not a danger #there's no perfect system anywhere but i hate how individuals are so quick and willing to disappear people we view as problems #the constant war on the unhoused is a good example too #mh #at capacity #the great sham #abolish prison anyway yknow

[crimsongrimoire]

i may not know fuck or shit about hsr but whatever is wrong with boothill is fascinating. also horny robot thoughts

#crow.txt #snippets #suggestive #uh.. do i tag this as anything do i care that much #hsr #gallahill #sure fuck it whatever #he gives me disease. Badly #inordinate number of thoughts about this guy #realizing i never particularly had a ship with a robot so i never wrote robot smut and like. well. thats criminal i think #bc its very fun #and Also hes a cowboy? catnip for my brain actually. im going to eat him. iron supplement. #'suggestive' i mean.... its certainly horny. does this count? is wire pulling second base???? fuck if i know actually #is it just foreplay until you get to actual disassembly??

[adastra121]

The Ones That Got Away (Touchstarved OC Rewrite)

I changed the lyrics to “The One That Got Away” by Katy Perry (I listened to this cover by Brielle Von Hugel), based on my Hound!MC Alon's backstory and their childhood friend's betrayal.

Summer in the city where we grew up. Running from our troubles and tryin’ our luck, Searching for a world that’d be big enough for two. Used to steal Headmaster’s liquor and climb to the roof. Dreamed about the future like we had a clue. Never thought that one day, I'd be losing you.

In another life, I’d still be your friend. We'd keep all those promises, be us until the end. In another life, you would make me stay, So I don't have to say you were the one that got away, The one that got away.

One night on that rooftop, we’d made our pact To leave these walls together, have each other’s backs. Sometimes when I miss you, I climb towards the sky. Summer kept on passing, and we grew up, Found something in the city much bigger than us. It’s time to face the music, we had long run out of luck.

But in another life, you’d be by my side. We'd keep all those promises to take charge of our lives. In another life, I would fight to stay, So I don't have to say you were the one that got away, The one that got away.

The one that got away.

All that money won’t buy back our time for me. Can't replace you with a million dreams. I never thought you’d turn our dream on me. So I guess this is goodbye.

But in another life, I could still believe That friends would keep their promises… In another life, we’d make our escape, And everyone who stayed would say we were the ones that got away.

The ones that got away…

In another life, I would make you stay So I don't have to say you were the one that got away. The one that got away…

#touchstarved #touchstarved game #touchstarved oc #alon the hound #erick the wolf #song parody #lyrics rewrite #the word “dream” is used a bunch because it's not just the childhood friend they lost in the betrayal it's also their shared dream. #the word “luck” is also repeated because of the childhood friend oc erick. he likes card games and gambling. #“we had long run out of luck.” referring to the heist that was the catalyst for the betrayal. #I changed the bridge lyric to “I can't replace you with a million dreams” for one of the songs I had in their playlist. “a million dreams.” #the “turn our dream on me” refers to the promise to leave the city. so alon did actually end up fulfilling that dream thanks to erick. #via exile. we love irony. #I liked playing with the phrase “the one that got away” because it can mean a lost chance #but since the hound mc is a thief it could also mean the person that escaped. like oh no the criminal got away! #with alon and erick in particular it refers to their promise to leave the walled city together once they gathered enough coin #that was also tied to finding a cure for alon's curse but the most important part of that pact was to be together no matter what happened #for the bridge after the chorus I just took out the second part of “we would keep our promises” because I thought it was more fitting #the sentence just ends because it's too painful to repeat. I also think it makes that quieter more subdued part stand out from the others. #my favourite change was the switch to plural in “everyone who stayed would say we were the ones that got away.” #it's meant to convey: “we were supposed to be the ones that made it out. we were supposed to make it out of here together.” #again it's playing with that phrase: “the one that got away.” I imagine it sung in a very raw and agonized way.

[heatheniousmaterials]

I love how "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" is just

Local Man Discovers Most Crime Is Committed out of Economic Desperation

#/pos btw #he seems so genuine #i imagine him earnestly telling his friends about his day #''no no i swear this dude was actually only mugging me to get money can you believe it?'' #like before he thought all criminals legit reviewed different careers & thought petty theft just sounded the most emotionally fulfilling #its frankly adorable #aint no rest for the wicked #cage the elephant #music #tara says shit

[agoddamn]

Something something something the fictional war criminal meme is deeply annoying to me because our definition of "war criminal" is a political tool to advantage specific actors (ie only CERTAIN types of land mines are considered a war crime and by crazy random happenstance the type America uses aren't!) so using it as a tongue-in-cheek alternative for "bad guy" or "extra bad criminal" is playing into exactly what the military industrial complex wants. It builds the false impression that there's some kind of "just" war that exists in contrast (hint: there isn't).

This isn't even political cynicism at work, it's the fucking acknowledgement of the legal system--which you'd think more people would do given the presence of the word "criminal." War crimes can never be a discrete, special kind of sin because, as a legal charge, their very nature is to be negotiable. It's not "sinned really hard," it's "failed to provide useful enough intelligence to sway whoever caught you." The perpetrators of the atrocities of Unit 731 were protected from charges of war crimes, for example.

#occasionally it's just the correct term #but the actual definition of war criminal is solely a political tool and this has always been the case #quit being so protestant about it #boots nobody wants to have this argument bc of a star wars or fire emblem joke--YES I KNOW #but if i don't get the thought out of my head it won't leave

[blorbocedes]

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#lewis is for sure going to come out after he retires 🫶 #the way he talks about lgbt rights and willing to die for it/being who you are etc #I know who you are you are who I am #there's this bitter irony that so many lgbt criminization is a direct result of british colonisation. thats what they exported to the world #from africa to asia this is colonial legacy that lives and harms to this day #anyways always major respect for lewis for repping 🏳️‍🌈 I respect him for it #this is actually a topic I have a lot of thoughts on but some of it is just too close to home

[anoras]

this website's all acab until y'all see an opportunity to shipify the military propaganda video game 😐

#mara.txt #i know we all joke abt characters being war criminals but damn. y'all just casually making ocs in the military huh #the actual us military? and the cia?? #i need ppl to have an OUNCE of critical thought

[fangirlwithasweettooth]

Me? Going absolutely insane over every single Kanej moment in both the books and the series? It’s more likely than you think

#for the past hour my brain has been a jumble of just #‘you inej you’ #‘even the idea of being near someone should have set his skin crawling. instead he thought what happens if I move closer?’ #‘She could see it took every last bit of his terrible will for him to remain still beneath her touch. And yet he did not pull away.’ #‘He needed to tell her ... what? That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved.’ #‘I can hear the change in Kaz’s breathing when he looks at you […] it catches every time like he’s never seen you before’ #‘Kaz ran toward her without logic or plan’ #‘I’m going to get my money. And I’m going to get my girl.’ #[insert the entirety of the knives drawn pistols blazing quote here] #‘The harbor wind had lifted her dark hair and for a moment Kaz was a boy again sure that there was magic in this world.’ #‘She'd laughed and if he could have bottled the sound and got drunk on it every night he would have.’ #all of the bathroom scene bc oh my g o d #‘Curse you and all your Saints’ he said to no one at all then realized he was smiling. #(Inej outsmarting Kaz and leaving him on a rooftop my beloved 🥰) #‘she smiled then her eyes red her cheeks scattered with some kind of dust. It was a smile he thought he might die to earn again.’ #the ‘is my tie straight’ before he meets her parents my hearttgdsxbhd 🥹😭 #oh oops this actually did just turn into a compilation of every kanej moment fhdjdhdjjs #anyway i love these two violent criminals with my whole entire heart 🖤 #kanej #no one cares sage

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

wow the barbara-centric fic i was writing that was meant to be haha funny crack surrounding the whole thing of her being Oblivious to venti's identity has morphed into angst surrounding the questioning and potential collapse of the faith and religion that she has built her entire life on only to find out that maybe her god isn't so different from her at all and that maybe they're both suffering and imperfect in similar ways and that. yeah wow who could've guessed that this would happen

#look. i can start the story. i can't control what it does with itself though #also barbara is a criminally underrated character in this aspect imo #maybe if i actually get my arse into gear and write a substantial amount of this i'll post it to my ao3 that is currently as dusty and #unmaintained as my attic. maybe. #if i do though i'll need to orphan or put on anon all of the old ml fics i posted because. jesus christ are those things Bad lmfao #i like to think that my writing has improved in the last few years since so hopefully whatever this turns out to be won't be terrible lol #i have written a fair amount of genshin stuff it's just that most of it is only like. 1000 or so words per fic #because i'm not very good at writing actual plot instead of silly little drabbles lol #tempest's dumb thoughts

[invinciblerodent]

Having a single moment of realization that the common denominator for literally ALL your characters (not only the MAIN ones who are just... queer and have a visceral need to be useful and therefore surely also liked) is that they all struggle to figure out who exactly they are after some non-canon event made them realize that what they previously thought to be their identity was merely a restrictive illusion imposed upon them from an outside source... really hits different a few minutes before midnight.

Like at this point I'm unsure if that's just a common narrative theme for any character, or if I should go back to therapy asap.

#personal #seriously. Arvid is no longer just a priest or soldier. #which kind of fucks him up because he never THOUGHT he could be anything else #Iona is struggling with her whole life getting upended. #Ray is fundamentally shaken in all his beliefs. #Leena is widowed; she struggles with that- Harwen is dealing with a massive culture shock and how he doesn't really feel dalish anymore #Adela is literally the best adjusted and she was actually just a straight-up criminal #and the only one of these that was written FOR me was Arie no longer being in Orzammar or a princess #and needing to figure THAT out for herself somehow #they didn't technically NEED to need therapy #yet here we are #nobody MADE me do any of this #(side note I want to either draw or commission like... a dwarf gang and an elf gang) #(Arie Arvid and Vogar for the dwarves) #(and Leena Harwen and Iona for the elves)