#i mean i have bought main range stuff and when i can i do like buying from big finish bc like

[afterthefeast]

sooo funny seeing people say “just save up for big finish stuff, people worked hard on that!” girl do you know how expensive it is

#its €40 for one season of ravenous #i mean i have bought main range stuff and when i can i do like buying from big finish bc like #its not the bbc and they’re pretty good about like. no drm if their license goes #making sure you download it not just using their app #and its written by people who do care about the source material and arent Big BBC #but like its not an indie content creator really its a big company and they will be fine if broke 20 yr olds #share around rhe same drives full of mp3s #ais.log

[milimeters-morales]

okay so there are robots in the ACAU, but they vary a ton based on who & what they’re made for. The main ones i talk about Miles destroying are robots that were made in secret by Alchemax, which was going to become like the Alchemax of 2099 before Miguel showed up, and he calls just calls them “prototypes”. more info under the cut bc it got long

They’re actual weapons, and are used to attack/kidnap whoever Alchemax wants them to without them getting an actual human’s hands dirty. These robots are not very smart but very strong, and can still be a huge threat bc of the weapons they can use, and have been programmed to not hunt down Peter and Miles because Alchemax just can’t risk them blowing shit up again and exposing their other experiments to the world (there’s more to it but that’s their main fear as a company), but can attack if they just so happen to run into them, and are programmed to self destruct if they realize they can’t win a fight or risk getting exposed to the public (usually already destroyed before they can do that lol)

The other robots, the ones that aren’t trying to kill anybody, are usually for cleanups, repairs, search & rescues, and constructions that are too dangerous for a human, and are a bit small and don’t have a human appearance at all. Think of the robots in Wall-E, that’s the most common style they’re made in and the. distributed to the better funded public services (private stuff gets more specialized, custom-looking, expensive robots) Some are simply created for companionship or servitude, which can actually be bought in some stores by anybody who can afford it. All of these robots are also mainly created by Alchemax!

Miguel knows what becomes of these Prototypes, so he and the duo try multiple ways to destroy them completely so their final versions don’t exist in the future to take away from the future’s already huge problem, but since altering the past is a delicate operation, unwanted things keep happening instead, some more horrible than others. So Miguel keeps having to jump back to Miles and Peter’s time and try something new. It ranges from a few hours to a few days for Miguel to come back to them and update them, but for Miguel, it can range weeks to months because he actually needs to be have the actual portal to time travel each time (but sometimes he does have to actually seek out what else changed in the future which takes a while)

and btw when I say Alchemax, i don’t mean every single worker, because around 80% of them don’t even know about the Prototypes or other insidious parts of the company, they’re just normal ass employees lmfao. well most of them.

#actual cryptid au #acau core tag #<- worldbuilding tag? maybe?? #m&m posts #damn if i stick with that tag i’ll have to go soooo far back and find my other world building stuff. or i can just make the posts again+ #and tag them properly. which makes more sense #miguel o’hara #peter parker #miles morales

[shamelessler]

creek agere hcs

plain text: creek agere hcs

tweek - little

plain text: tweek - little

does both voluntary and involuntary regression

usually helps a ton with his anxiety if its craig suggesting it

if he involuntarily regresses when he's on his own things can turn sour really fast

he is a little that is very dependent on his caregiver for nearly everything (sleeping, eating, going to the restroom, ect)

craig is the only one he trusts with his regression

doesn't regress often but when he does he's stuck for a long time

absolutely destroys pacis in under a day due to his nervous biting and chewing

during panic attacks while small he bites and scratches his cg and then immediately feels guilty, because they were only trying to help

his little age tends to range from 0-4

a pretty shy little towards everyone but craig

he has a page where he posts and reblogs stuff that helps him slip into little space

he's his authentic self around craig and thats true when hes little too

when he isn't going through an episode he tends to be quite bratty and likes princess treatment

his favorite little activity is watching baby shows with his caregiver and cuddling

when he's little, his favorite cuddling position is lying on top of his caregiver while they play with his hair

he's a pretty messy and chaotic little without meaning to be

whenever he voluntarily regresses its because craig is trying to get him to fall asleep and its much easier to lull a little tweek to sleep

being babied while still validating his big feelings is very helpful to him

tweek - caregiver

plain text: tweek - caregiver

now lets talk about him as a caregiver!

naturally he mostly cares for craig, but has cared for people on the side, like clyde or jimmy

he's naturally a very anxious caregiver and is overly protective of the little

if you fall down he'll cry with you as he's patching you up

caring for you actually helps with his own anxiety because as he's consoling you it feels like he's comforting himself too

you are both in it together <3

likes listening to the little ramble about their special interests

a personal headcanon of mine is that tweek enjoys singing to help calm himself down, so i believe he'd sing to his little to calm them down too

while most caregivers get tired of watching baby shows with their littles, tweek likes the repetitiveness of them

really enjoys caring for quiet littles (craig.)

but he does also care for some pretty rambunctious littles (clyde and jimmy.)

caring for extraverted littles can be exhausting for tweek but in the end its still rewarding to see his friends happy

didn't call his little ones petnames very often until he saw the way baby craig melted after he used one

now he slips one in whenever he thinks craig could use some cheering up

very good at spotting anxiety in his littles due to his own experience with it

craig - caregiver

plain text: craig - caregiver

encourages his little to regress whenever they're stressed

bought tweek little gear immediately after he said he regressed

hard to play pretend with (he doesn't do it right)

laid back and chill caregiver

likes reading out loud to you

he's mastered knowing what mute littles want because he himself is a mute little

its difficult for him to make sense of peoples feelings in general, so it's extra hard to understand how a regressed person feels when their emotions are so big

likes doing things for his little (tying their shoe, helping them up, picking out clothes)

tweek is his main little but he's helped look after kenny and cartman (albiet begrudgingly)

his voice is soothing to listen to and can lull you to sleep just by talking about his day

when tweek is feeling playfully, craig will bounce him on his leg a little bit

likes the feeling of holding a little because it reminds him of a precious stuffed animal

takes you on outings to the park, the fair, supermarket, just about anywhere to be honest

he just wants you to have a good time

incredible at taking care of sick babies and using logic to console them about their illness

calling him 'bubba' will immediately make him slip into caregiver headspace (tweek uses this trick a lot)

his love language is petnames

craig - little

plain text: craig - little

most of the time when he regresses hes mute

this is because he regresses after an autistic meltdown and is too tired to talk and is very stressed out

likes being alone when he's small but sometimes tweek insists on helping when he regresses very far. "its th-the least i- ACK- c-can do."

little age ranges from 2-7

he is a quiet little who is usually compliant but occasionally does flip off his caregiver for no apparent reason

when he regresses on his own free will with tweek, he'll babble about his special interests (space, guinea pigs, red racer)

likes learning a lot while small

a very sleepy little who enjoys his quiet time

things that tend to make him regress are being called petnames, getting cooed over, and being babied

his favorite petnames are little guy, bud, and honey

#weewooweewoo #south park #south park agere #creek agere #craig tucker #craig tucker agere #tweek tweak #tweek agere #sfw agere #creek #creek headcanons

[nerves-nebula]

As a kid I noticed that no one liked the ends of bread loafs so I decided I wouldn’t let it go to waste or let anyone feel bad about not eating it. I also make myself milk shakes with bruised fruits, eat the icing no one wants off cupcakes for people & eat leftovers when I think whoever bought them must’ve forgotten about them. I often have to take a moment to decide if I can really handle these things (or to check if it’s truly unsuitable for consumption, I may tolerate stale bread but I will not eat mold… on purpose) & to prepare myself mentally to do so. I’m really good at acting like I’m just a silly goof tho so everyone thinks that I just really like eating weird things (which is partly true)

I was just wondering if any of the turtles might find themselves doing something like that. Raph would probably be the most likely, especially for the same reasons as me but I’ve also been seeing a lot of asks recently saying he has food sensory issues like Donnie? (Did you make a post about that because I feel like I’m missing something) I could also see Mikey having my weird food habits w/ how I cover it up

Ik your own sensory issues make answering food asks hard so don’t worry if you’re not sure how to answer this, just something I thought about yk?

i once drank like most of a cup of paint water. i dont remember why, i think it was an impulsive thing, and once i realized i'd been FORCED to eat worse tasting stuff I chugged it to make my friend laugh. then our teacher got freaked out cause like what if i just poisoned myself. not food, but an interesting story this reminded me of.

anyway, generally i tend to slot the turtles into these three categories when thinking about their relationships to food:

Will eat mostly anything: Raph (he's god food anxiety, if something can be considered Food he will eat it, possibly binge if there's too much, and hoard for later if he thinks he can), Mikey (enjoys food/isnt picky, will go out of his way to make food abominations to irritate/disgust his brothers)

Will eat a normal range of foods: Leo (probably the most normal attitude around food because she never starved as much as the others and he doesn't have a ton of sensory issues. still has some food anxiety & has trouble sharing, but she's pretty chill about it.)

Has a very strict set of safe foods: Donnie (a lot of sensory issues, a lot of being forced to eat things he cant stand, he has a lot of stress about being forced to eat new foods. if he tries something you say is good its likely that it means he trusts you- or at least cares enough about your opinion to give it a shot)

I don't remember everything I've said about the turtles, so it's possible I planned for Raph to have food sensory issues at some point but he doesn't as far as i remember. Honestly, his main stuff about food is bingeing, starvation, hoarding, not letting food go to waste, and his guilt about having cannibalistic intrusive thoughts.

Point is that it sounds like Raph would be closest to what you're doing here. Raph wouldn't wanna waste food EVER and he might even get triggered when other people do hah.

#nnstuff #ask #asks are sweethearts #teenage mutant neglected turtles #tmnt raph #disordered eating #food tw #starvation tw #child neglect tw

[zoobiefish]

Yooo, why was I not informed about what Auctober is??? We’re about halfway through the month and I’ve only just recently heard of it! I got some catching up to do, so without further ado, here we go!

Day 01: Stims

I am a biiiiig time stimmer! I mostly use my fidget toys to stim, but another common stim I have is shaking my feet. I tend to shake my feet when I’m idle and have a bit too much energy or I’m excited. I kind of think of it like a dog wagging its tail when it’s excited lol I do a lot of vocal stims too like humming, repeating dialogue from media, singing or just saying words I like out loud.

Day 02: Infodumping

Omg, I am horrible with infodumping 😅 I will infodump at any given opportunity unless someone clearly tells me to shut up haha. I sometimes annoy people with how much I infodump and people have repeatedly told me “no offense Zoob, but I really don’t care,” and like I get it but also wow, rude. I often infodump about space, biology, history (especially art history), The Legend of Zelda, languages, pschology and cosmic horror. I have a pretty wide range of special interests and hyperfixations and it means a lot when someone actually allows me to infodump about them. Infodumping about my own interests may come across as selfish, but it’s not my intention. Infodumping is actually what helps me connect with people and is how I show that I do want to connect!

Day 03: Collections

The biggest collection I have is my fidget toy collection! I have an entire big bin full of them and I may or may not impulse buy them sometimes 😅 I also collect Legend of Zelda games and merchandise. I’m thinking when I eventually have a place of my own, my bedroom will be completely Zelda themed 😝

Day 04: Animal Friends

My favourite animal is cats! I particularly like maine coons because of how big and fluffy they are and they have such a sweet temperament 🥰 I have a maine coon with a tabby coat pattern named Curry. He is such a sweetie and he comforts me when I’m overwhelmed or I’m having a meltdown. When he notices I’m upset, he’ll climb up on my lap or my stomach depending on whether I’m sitting or lying down and he’ll start purring and nuzzling me until I calm down. He always wants to be around me and follows me from room to room throughout the day. He even sleeps on top of my head on my pillow at night, or sometimes he’ll sleep at the foot of my bed. According to the research I’ve done online, cats will typically sleep by your feet because it’s easier to look out for you and alert you when there’s danger. They can be quite protective of their beloved humans! One time I remember waking up in the early hours of the morning with a horrible headache on the left side of my head above my eye. As if he knew, Curry came into my bedroom, laid down in his usual spot above my head and gently placed his paw on the spot where my head hurt. He is such a sweetheart and I have no idea what I’d do without him 💖

Day 05: Music

Music is one of my favourite ways to stim! I listen to music to either get pumped, relax or help me focus. I have comorbid ADHD along with my autism, and so whenever I’m studying or reading a book I have to put on instrumental music in order to focus. I do the same when I’m writing my own book! Typically when I play instrumental music, it’s usually lo-fi, classical, videogame OSTs or ancient Celtic music. When I play music just for funsies or so I can stim-dance to it, I play a wide range of stuff! I like some pop music (my guilty pleasure), jazz, electroswing, rock and again, videogame OSTs. Music is honestly my therapy haha

Day 06: Stim Toys

Like I mentioned before, I have a huuuuge stim toy collection! My favourites are my fidget cube, my fidget pads (they look like mini Super Nintendo controllers!), my click track and this mini keyboard thingy I bought off Etsy. I take fidget toys everywhere I go! They help a lot with my focus and I often use them when I’m trying to talk or pay attention in a conversation. I know some people might see it as rude, so I explain ahead of time that these are not just toys, but tools I use to aid in my disability.

Day 07: Hyperfocus

I tend to hyperfocus a lot when I’m doing crafts, artwork, when I’m writing or playing videogames. I don’t think I hyperfocus quite as much as other autistic people do but it can sometimes get out of hand. Sometimes it feels almost as though I’m in a trance and even if I can hear someone talking to me or my phone going off it won’t register for me to answer while I’m in that trance. I often lose track of time easily when I’m hyperfocused as well. It’s like the rest of the world sort of doesn’t exist anymore—it’s just me and whatever task I’m focused on that makes up the universe. Whenever I snap out of my hyperfocus, it almost feels like waking up from an intense dream. I almost feel like a character in a sci-fi that wakes up from being cryogenically frozen for several hundred years: “where am I?? What year is it???”

Day 08: Diverse

I have a wide range of friends of different genders and backgrounds that are autistic or at least neurodivergent in some way! Most of us are also queer in some way as well. Myself, I’m nonbinary, biromantic and asexual. I think I may or may not be arospec in some way too but I’m not sure 🤔 My partner is agender, demiromantic (he isn’t sure about which genders he’s attracted to, he essentially says he’s “Zoobromantic” because he’s attracted to me haha!) and also asexual! And both of us are autistic!

Day 09: Comfort Food

My comfort food is very odd. So, I’m Canadian, and for those who don’t know about it, we have a popular restaurant chain called “Tim Horton’s.” It’s a coffee and donut shop. I dunno, I think the US counterpart is like Dunkin’ Donuts or something…? 🤔 Anyway, they make these things called “iced cappucinos,” or “iced capps” as they’re affectionately called. They’re kinda like iced coffee but sweeter I guess and they have more of a Slushy consistency. I think it’s a combo of the taste and texture that I like about iced capps…and also the caffeine 😂😂😂 They just give me so much dopamine and make my little autistic-ADHD brain happy. Other comfort foods include coffee and tea because ~ w a r m t h ~

Day 10: Self-Care

Self-care is something I take part in every day, whether I need it or not. My favourite things to do as self-care particularly when I’m sad or overwhelmed or overstimulated etc. is to make myself a hot cup of tea, curl up in my favourite moon chair in my studio, dim or shut off the lights, wrap my heavy blanket around myself, put on my headphones on with my iPad and watch my comfort shows. (Currently my comfort show is Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 🐢). Other self-care activities include playing my favourite videogames to unwind from stress, take warm baths with bubble bath and/or bath bombs, working out and taking naps.

Day 11: Neurodivergent Community

As I previously said, I have several friends that are autistic and/or neurodivergent in some way! In fact, I’m uncertain whether I have any that *aren’t* ND! 🤷 They’re the ones that make up most of my ND community and then I also got all you folks on Tumblr! I’m hoping to find an in person support group though. I think it would really help me out to talk with other people about my struggles as an autistic/ADHD person in a more therapeutic setting.

Day 12: Sensory Euphoria

One of the weirdest sensory euphoria moments for me is having my feet submerged in water. Not my whole body, but just my feet. I don’t know what it is!! But it feels so soothing! Especially in the water is running or it’s in a river or something. But my absolute favourite sensory euphoria moment is sitting in a sensory swing!! I really wish I had one!! 😭😭😭 I’ve tried them at stores and my cousin’s house and they’re sensory *heaven!!* When I move out I’m hoping I can afford to get my own. Swings in general are just *chef kiss* 👌

And finally, Day 13: Alternative Communication

I don’t really use alternative communication tbh as I am quite verbal. I did have Selective Mutism for over a year when I was a child and almost had to learn ASL but I started speaking again. (Now I just teach myself ASL for fun!) I guess the closest thing I do to alternative communication is that I will text or PM people instead of talking to them in person if I am too overwhelmed with emotion to physicallt speak. Huh, maybe I’m not completely verbal after all…? I’m still figuring that out tbh 🧐

And with that, I am caught up and now I am tired! I am going to do my best to keep up with the prompts now that I’m aware what Auctober is 😂😂😂😂 I might even do some drawings with some of the prompts, who knows! We’ll see 😜

#auctober #autism #adhd #audhd #auctober 2022 #actually autistic #actually adhd #queer autistic

[blueikeproductions]

Rise of the Beasts is almost here, and the movie is getting pretty glowing early reviews similar to Bumblebee showing signs we have good talent behind it again. The toys however seem to be sitting on shelves mostly, though that might be due to price primarily as I have seen evidence of people looking at the toys and buying some. I’ve had an eye on the two pack Spark Armor style toys and two pack Autobot/Maximal/Terrorcon with animal weapons, but those are the most expensive toys of interest and not in my price range atm. One older collector I bumped into bought most of the Beast weapon toys so he could display them in Beast Mode and Gun Mode. So there is at least some demand for the toys.

I do have some quibbles due to recent interviews. Ol’ Lorenzo keeps insisting the film doesn’t break canon and is part of the Bay films, but the director and early audiences have all pointed to the film being treated as a reboot but still having nods to the older movies, like most franchise stuff are want to do. Lorenzo won’t let it go, but as far as I’m concerned, Beasts is part of a reboot era, and unless Paramount finds a way to shove the square peg into the Star shaped hole, I’m disregarding anything Lorenzo says. And it appears other officials are doing the same, as it has been officially declared RotB is a reboot, with a new trailer also calling the movie the start of a new era to solidify the deal further.

Steven on the other hand seems interested in seeing more movies that utilize other planets and other kinds of Transformers since they spend too much time on Earth. As much as I’d be open to fiddling with this, I’m not sure if they’ll actually do that. At best you get Nebulous, since it’s populated by human like beings, and you get more Scorponok for whoever keeps putting Scorponok in the films. I’m not sure how a Velocitron movie would work, is it Fast & Furious with the villains being the Stunticons? In any event, for context and mild spoilers, a post credits scene involves GI Joe recruiting Noah. If I had to guess, besides the usual Joe/Autobot team up, if this gets properly followed through, the Joes are likely meant to be NEST in this universe. Not sure atm what this means for Sector 7, which exists still via the Bee movie. Perhaps GI Joe is an extension of S7, as the Joe rep talking to Noah is fully aware of the Transformers. It’s worth mentioning it was recently revealed a Transformers and GI Joe crossover movie is in development, so the scene with Noah is clearly meant to build towards this. I suspect this may be how we get Megatron as well, with Cobra, like in past comic adaptions, discovering the stasis locked Megatron and seeking to utilize him as a weapon, also potentially explaining his inevitable (HISS?) tank mode, unless they decide to make Megs a helicopter like his Animated and EarthSpark selves. In any event, it doesn’t seem like Hasbro wants the Autobots to leave Earth any time soon, and it might depend on if the Transwarp Keys survive intact if they CAN get off world on the future.

Steven’s similar interest in wanting to show threats beyond the Decepticons feeds into my earlier concerns Hasbro doesn’t seem to want to use the Decepticons as major villains anymore. I mean let’s be honest, we all thought a possible Bee 2 was going to involve more Decepticons on a larger scale having picked up Shatter’s transmission because Soundwave detected it, none of us expected Terrorcons or Maximals. It makes me wonder if Horrorcons will be in the sequel: guys like Apeface and Snapdragon would lend themselves well as Unicron agents. With Unicron, at least at the moment, intended to be the trilogy’s main antagonist, I don’t really see any other evil Transformers beyond the Terrorcons right now anyway. Even Beast Machines felt it was less complicated not to involve Predacons so the Vehicons could shine as the main enemy. That being said, when there’s Maximals, usually there’s Predacons, so the Preds might have a shot at becoming antagonists. It’s not clear who else survived Unicron eating the Maximal planet, but they clearly had better luck than the Lithones did. Megatron’s Predacons surviving seems like a safe bet going by advertisements that feature reliefs of Terrorsaur, BlackArachnia, Waspinator and the like. That said, Scorponok was part of it, but he appears to be allied with the Terrorcons and is a mass produced drone despite being labeled a Predacon in toys, so… -big shrugs- I could see Megatron’s goal being similar to RiD Steeljaw in that he wants to create a Predacon homeworld and chooses Earth for his purposes, intending to wipe out all humans, Autobots and of course Optimus Primal to claim his prize. I’m sure they’ll eventually bring in Decepticons later on, but the fact we abruptly jump from the Great War to whatever the deal is with Terrorcons doesn’t inspire confidence there. I do hope though that since we have Scourge, the next leader of the Terrorcons is Cyclonus. Still has the Acolyte of Unicron mask, but he is helicopter patterned after Armada Cyclonus, lol. I mean if this Scourge is a homage to RiD Scourge, I don’t see why we can’t get this.

#transformers movie #blueike productions #transformers #blueike #autobots #maccadam #decepticons #terrorcons #blatherin blatherskite #transformers rise of the beasts

[seisoukan]

A Praying Chant - Chapter 4

Translated by: @seisoukan

With thanks to my proofers: @kuma829

Season: Winter

Location: Mall

SUBARU: We’ve arrived at our destination ☆

Where can we find those mascot animals you told us about, Ukki?

Hm?

I’ve never seen this area here before? Is it new?

MAKOTO: Mhm, this is the newly-opened Chinese vendor area I read about online. There are lots of products from there for sale~

ADONIS: I am quite interested in learning about these products.

I heard somewhere that China’s meat products are very diverse, so I have a little understanding of it.

MAKOTO: Haha, then Otogari-kun could check out the butcher’s store, or a Chinese restaurant.

ADONIS: Mhm. Let’s first find a gift for Oogami.

It’s getting late, after all.

MAKOTO: Yup, let’s go directly to the store mentioned online. When we have time, we can browse the rest of the feature area.

SUBARU: Sure! By then, we can call up Gami-san, Hokke and the others for a grand adventure~

MAKOTO: It should be in this area. Let’s go to this store first~

SUBARU: Whoa! It’s so red! It feels like the color red is everywhere~

And above us, there are tons of these weird hangings with lots of knots tied into them.

MAKOTO: Let me check. These seem to be called good luck knots, or Chinese knots. Their meanings range from ‘good luck and good fortune’ to ‘peace and prosperity’.

SUBARU: This material is super comfy to the touch. I think I’ll buy a bunch to hang on my body later~

Hey, Occhan, do you want to buy one as well?

Huh? Where did Occhan go? Ukki, have you seen Occhan?

MAKOTO: Ahh, nope… I was too fixated looking at all this stuff and in a moment of carelessness… er…

Ah, wait, Otogari-kun’s over there!

SUBARU: Occhan, don’t go running around by yourself!

ADONIS: Ah, I’m sorry. I saw something quite interesting, so I walked away.

These are some strange-looking animals. Which country are they from?

SUBARU: These should be the mythical beasts Ukki told us about, right?

Look, they even have a little good luck knot tied on their tail~

MAKOTO: Yup, I’ve seen some of these beasts in games of mine, so I recognize a few.

SUBARU: This one, this one! This one should be the divine dragon ☆ The one from Dr*gon B*ll that can grant wishes~

MAKOTO: You’re right, but I think this one matches Akehoshi-kun well~

This is called a pixiu[1]. In local culture, it is an auspicious beast that attracts wealth and treasure. It can bless Akehoshi-kun with tons of sparkly money ♪

SUBARU: Wow! This one’s good, I want to buy this one ☆

I’ll take really good care of you, so I’m asking you to bless me with a steady supply of super sparkly and shiny money ♪

ADONIS: Um, Yuuki, do you know what this one is? The one that looks like a turtle carrying something on its back.

MAKOTO: This should be a bixi[2]. What it’s carrying on its back is a stone tablet.

SUBARU: What a poor thing, having to carry su~ch a heavy object.

MAKOTO: Haha, it’s not what Akehoshi-kun thinks. In fact, this guy likes the weight; despite it, he always holds his head high, and never stops moving forward.

ADONIS: I want to buy this one. Although I’m unsure what it symbolizes, I greatly admire its tenacity.

MAKOTO: Mhm, I also feel like this creature is suitable for Otogari-kun~

But let’s see what to buy for Oogami-kun first. We all went off and bought our own things, and ended up forgetting the main quest.

SUBARU: Hm? Does that mean Ukki bought something too?

MAKOTO: Yup, this is what I bought. Hopefully it can protect me while I escape from my recent misfortunes~

SUBARU: This is a phoenix[3], isn’t it?

MAKOTO: Mhm, that’s right~ By the way, I just picked this out for Oogami-kun. What do you all think?

SUBARU: Wow, this one looks super majestic! Gami-san is sure to like it!

ADONIS: Mm, that’s what I think, too.

MAKOTO: If we’re all in agreement, then let’s choose this as our present~

Let’s go and visit Oogami-kun now. But where is he, exactly?

SUBARU: Give me a moment, I’ll contact Gami-san~

Subaru’s card is based off the pixiu. You can read more about them here.

Adonis’ card is based off the bixi. You can read more about them here.

Makoto’s card is based off the Chinese phoenix, quite different to the Western one. You can read more about them here.

The Heavenly Beast's Scroll - Masterlist

#subaru akehoshi #makoto yuuki #adonis otogari #enstars #ensemble stars #/ #mine: translations

[tiredassmage]

15 questions, 15 mutuals

Thank you for the tag @captainderyn!

1. Are you named after anyone?

Possibly a great, great(?) grandmother I never had the chance to meet, via middle name, though it’s been... probably at least a decade since I heard that tatter and I’m not sure how correct it is, lol. I’m... not particularly close to a vast majority of the family, tbh, given Drama(TM). Mom picked by meanings though. I know that was very important to her.

2. When was the last time you cried?

I... think I cried a little about a week and a half ago in one of my classes. Not because the class, I promise, lol. We watched the pilot episode of a show called Station Eleven in class and that was a gut puncher.

3. Do you have kids?

No, thank you. My pets and my OCs are all I need, lol. Very ace. Not my personal cup of tea.

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Mmmm. I wouldn’t say regularly. It has its moments and I’m sure I was a bit more brutal with it when I was a kid, but its purpose isn’t generally helpful in areas where I need to communicate. I think most of the things I say sarcastically now are probably in regards to fictional characters. xD

5. Favorite time of day?

Late evening, in that like seven - ten pm range. Generally evenings. I’m absolutely not a morning person. If I’m up rather early, I’m tired later in the day. Evening tends to host “me” time.

6. Eye color?

Good ol’ reliable brown. (I need more brown eyed ocs, tbh?) Fun fact: eyes are kind of what enchants me, irl and I probably tend to be a bit invested in fictional character eye colors, too, lol. They’re beautiful. I have no other explanation. That said, I’m very shy about eye contact until I feel more comfortable with people/get to know them better.

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings, if I’m picking between them and scary. I don’t do horror, I am baby. I can be enraptured by a decent thriller and loved a good crime drama TV show. I can kind of do paranormal stuff sometimes, but I can scare myself just thinking a little too hard about it, so very hesitant.

8. Any special talents?

Mmmm... nothing nontraditional, I suppose. I had a few music teachers tell me when I was younger that I have hands that would’ve been great for piano, but I wasn’t super interested in pursuing musical interests outside of, like, basic school requirements. I did chorus for a while, but was kinda eh. I did enjoy acoustic guitar, but, again, not exactly enough that I ended up doing anything with it.

9. Where were you born?

Rural northeastern US of A. I miss having a fall season, but decidedly not enough to give up the warmth of living much farther south.

10. What are your hobbies?

Largely video games, lol, if it was hard to tell. I’d like to do more drawing and get into digital art. I am majoring in Digital Media Design, after all. One of my hopes is to properly play around with a tablet I bought myself over the summer while I take a break from courses. I desire to draw my blorbos, haha!

11. Do you have any pets?

Two ball pythons, the loves and amusing occasional nuisances of my life! They made a brief appearance on my main here. There’s also two dogs in the house, James and Cooper. Cooper is definitively my mom’s dog, however, and, jokingly, my little brother. (He’s her favorite. We all know this.) Cooper is... ??? We think a Collie mix. And James is a Basset-Lab, both adopted about a year or two apart, if I remember right.

12. What sports do you/have you played?

Oh, actual eons ago, I briefly played soccer (probably not very well) when I was very, very small. I have ridden horses (I miss them, Brent), but primarily only in schooling shows and I did participate for a few years in my barn’s summer gaming series just at Walk/Trot. I used to ride low-level jumping courses. Competitive sports haven’t ever really been my thing, particularly to participate in. I would’ve called riding one of my hobbies while I did. It’s an expensive one though and a bit of a tricky one to get back into when balancing college and part-time retail work. My mom and I try to stick to our developed tradition of selecting a local trail riding venture to attend every year for my birthday though that keeps that connection outside of whatever I vicariously pick up through games, lol.

13. How tall are you?

5′5ish. A smidgen shy, but that’s what they put on my license.

14. Favorite subject in school?

Histories and sciences. If I wasn’t so averse to writing research papers and math, I have genuinely considered majoring in either area. Unfortunately, my university doesn’t have a program for meteorology (weather and natural events are a somewhat more recent interest of mine) and video games evidently have some staying power as my interests, so that’s how I ended up in DMD.

15. Dream job?

I’m honestly not sure anyone has a really solid answer to this question, lol. I certainly don’t. I... went into DMD partially because it was interesting enough and I genuinely felt college would benefit me somehow. While I like my pet store job, it’s not exactly where I’d like to spend the next twenty years, even if I am a creature of habit that balks at change, lol.

So, theoretically, I’m studying DMD and entertaining the idea of a minor in creative writing because characters have always been one of the most important aspect of games to me. The idea is to maybe pursue a focus on character or scenario writing, but I... really don’t know, lol. I’m still largely clearing prerequisites and other structural graduation requirements, so I haven’t really dug into the focus areas of my degree yet and I definitely still doubt that I know what I’m doing or if it’ll genuinely be something I can pursue.

It’s definitely scary and I absolutely struggle with that uncertainty, but it’s also a process of just trying to remind myself that it’s a skill and therefore it is something I can develop if I put the work in - that’s the whole purpose of taking classes, after all. It’s something I’m trying to be more conscious of because I have found it very easy to slip into the student mindset of doing things just for class, so I’m still not sure what all I have as far as presentable skills or how to showcase them. But that is... off the base question, I suppose, lol.

So, work in progress!

Uhhhhmmm, this one’s sort of a mix idk who to tag for, lol, so I think I’ll leave this one open? Muts/followers, feel free to say you’ve been tagged if you’d like to do this one!

#tag games #dot talk

[overculturedswine]

I came across Flipwitch when the soundtrack came into my YT recommended, and wow, it really goes. Absolutely recommend checking the soundtrack out, it's amazing. The art looked pretty good, and people in the comments were talking about how good of a Metroidvania it actually was, despite being "just a porn game TM". That was all very intriguing, so I checked it out.

Now, I'm not like an expert on Metroidvanias - I've played two Metroid games and failed to get into Hollow Knight - but this seemed mediocre at best as one of those. The actual movement and controls are good, there's some interesting stuff you can do - I think I got a couple treasure boxes before I was supposed to cuz you can toy around with coyote time and whatnot. However, the movement at the start of the game is nearly the same as the end. You get a side dash and a triple jump (you start with a double jump). I didn't think that this changed the way I interacted with the world really. There are some spots you can't reach without an upgrade, but not very many. When the game wants to lock you out of an area, it'll do it by locking it behind a key you have to find instead of an upgrade you need. This just makes it feel a lot flatter, sometimes I felt like this was less of a Metroidvania and more of an Open-World game, if that makes sense. The quest log certainly didn't help in that regard.

There are two progression paths: the ability upgrades, and the wand/damage upgrades. The ability upgrades are just like any other Metroidvania, mostly. You explore around and find stuff you can use. There are also merchants you can buy from that'll give you magic items, but I never really interacted with them. At the start when their items were useful, I never had enough money to spare, and by the end I had already figured out not to bother with combat. The only good thing I bought let me use fast travel starting from anywhere - the only good thing I bought let me skip more of the game. The wand upgrades come from doing quests. There are a bunch of NPCs around, you do some stuff for them, and after you've done a few, you return to your teacher and raise your damage output. Mechanically, you could probably ignore this. It's just a damage buff, and it doesn't do much more than make combat less tedious. But those quests are where most of the porn in this porn game is, so the game does want you to interact with it. I did do all of them, but mostly cuz I wasn't sure if they were important to do or not. For a while, it was unclear how important these were to progression. They aren't normally super interesting either. Some of them require exploration, you need to find an item and bring it back, so you might need to backtrack and use an upgrade, but most aren't. Most of the quest entail of finding someone who's into catgirls, so you put on your catgirl costume and have sex. You can collect a bunch of these costumes and wear them in normal gameplay, but tbh I stuck with the defaults most of the time.

I found the combat really uninteresting. You have two attacks, a melee and a ranged. You can get magic items and upgrades that will enhance your ranged attack, but since you have to rotate them into activation and then charge them, it means they're not that useful in gameplay. Using them is so slow, so it's almost never worth taking the extra seconds swap them in, charge, and then activate. I also had issues with some of them where they wouldn't activate properly, so I'd have to start again. It didn't take long before I just stopped bothering. Since the combat is so uninteresting, the boss fights also really suffered. I died a few times on the first boss, but from there on out I cleared each boss in one or two tries because they all had almost the exact same tells and patterns. I actually thing normal exploration is more dangerous than boss fights, but not even for a good reason. The main reason I died was that I was unaware I was so low on health. You get a ping if you're very low health, but every single attack does more damage than that ping accounts for, so even if you don't hear it it's possible to die in one hit. On most of my deaths I had heals in the bag, and plenty of time to heal, I just didn't realize I needed to. Obviously there's a HUD as well, so I can always check visually, but it's small and in the corner, so I didn't really see it passively. Personally I just found it rather annoying.

The porn was also really disappointing. The art direction is on point at all times, the enemy designs are super cool, the level art is great, the soundtrack again, rules, the sound design is also really awesome. All of this together should combine into porn that's like, interesting. But it doesn't. Maybe it's just me being queer, but it's just boring. This has a fantasy setting, there are demons and angels and minotaurs and slime monsters and mushrooms and goblins and moving statues and living plants and the game somehow made those all boring. One of the biggest game mechanics is that you can switch your sex - that's what the title of the game means! So all together this should be incredible, but it isn't. Your player character mostly has the game animations across genders, but the boy's idle animation has him gently his hips swaying from side while the girl's is doing that, but also like, I can't even describe it well, breasting boobily? Find me a woman who ever stands like that and I will pay you. When you kill a male enemy he makes video game death sounds, but when you kill a female enemy she makes video game sex sounds. It's just really superly duperly made for straight guys. The PC's male sprite is actually pretty cute, but when he's in a sex scene it's always whatever girl who's the focus. It's all PIV or blowjobs, over and over and over again in the exact same way. There are a few lesbian scenes, but those are clearly made for dudes to watch. Is there any male gay sex? No, of course not. Again, fantasy setting, all sorts of fantasy creatures, and it's all straight PIV.

What's annoying about that is that they all look super good. The animation is incredible, the style is amazing! It's all very cutesy-chibi-ish, but it toes the line to where it's still hot. It is obviously executed well, but they just weren't interesting in anything else.

Anyway, go listen to Hieroglyphmix, it's amazing. It's got a whilhem scream, amen break type stuff, fun synths, full orchestra to loop it back to the top, it's great.

I like this game more than Hollow Knight, but that's cuz I'm a weirdo and can't stand that game.

#swine plays #flipwitch

[tiny-tigers]

That’s why I will never omit to being a real fan🤣 But better Sarries than Quins in my eyes anyway😅

I get that in a way though because if you started supporting tigers for one player it makes sense why you’d support elsewhere for another! And it’s not like all your loyalties would disappear anyway you will always have a soft spot for them. I think my experience is the opposite of yours in that respect where it has always been for the club not the players. But with how corrupt and poor clubs can be nowadays I feel like supporting for players is the better approach.

I agree I think Leicester is leagues ahead of most other clubs in terms of social media and marketing. You’d think they’d all do better trying to encourage the young people into rugby though😅 I’ve never bought anything or looked on line but when I was at the prem final last year the things they had there were miles better than anything sarries and it was only in little pop ups so won’t have even been the full range!

Haha I’m not offended don’t worry. I love a girly day out but I also love sports which my mum and sister definitely do not🤣 But I’ve still always been able to experience both so I’m very lucky really. And like I said it’s rare I go to games but if I ever happen to I will definitely send a message!

It’s so common now for rugby players and footballers to end up dating people with celebrity status or connections unfortunately! Mostly because of the places they go being upmarket, and especially where they went to private schools and so will have mutuals with those kinds of people. But it’s never everyone, some will end up with the girl next door.

Oh why sarries over quins you had me curious ???

I never changed national team even at the worst time but yes I will be able for the JackJack to swap but I am very curious that it is the other way around for lots of people ??? Even amongst my friends it is club before players ??

When Toby left I sticked with the remainings and owen williams for a while but kept an eye on Toby at Toulouse and George at Bath. I have a big time laps I was also studying a lot so couldn't follow rugby as intensively as I was doing it as a 16 years old... and now without work I was able to follow or cancel plans with friends ( oops , but blame me the people who never felt the pleasure of the aftermath searching for content !! )

I mean in a way what brings me joy ? Tigers or Jack 🤣 both but more Jack so I support the main focus. I would not thought so much about his giftbags and care about his charities if it wasn't for him and to help him or please him so... my loyalty is on him not on the club

Also tigers did dirty to players during covid and I think they are partly responsable for George's move.

But we have a lot of socials and gathering that really emulates that "belonging" feeling towards the club I think at Leicester... We are also a lot of time nicely portrayed because of club history and famous players.

Some people actually reprochead me that when I created the page, to make it all edits and shiny stuffs when I wanted to attract a younger audience...

I bought so many stuffs omg my bank account !!!!!

I am an easy target.

You didn't told me if there was some actual good parts to that rugby gathering or if it was just entirely chaos as we saw it live.

Did they showed you Jack injury on replay like they did to us ??

Girl (boy) next door prayer oooomg please

He would become unbearable otherwise

[saviorfoxowlis]

N:Era: Where We Lie Part 1: The Greatest Scam

Slaughterhound Studios presents:

N:Era: Where We Lie

Chapter 1: The Greatest Scam

A red fox stood opposite a purple fox. Both glared at each other, their hackles raised, their claws stretched out.

Owlis said, "Summer fades to Autumn, and that's why my name is Fall."

Ironically, the actual season was once Spring. However, each flower opened in bloom, and the sickly sweet scents faded away, as the plants became mature.

"The only thing falling is you!" Cyras shouted, "and no one's putting you together again!"

Owlis said, "Stand your ground, and fight me now."

Cyras rushed at her, only for the purple fox to sidestep, before grabbing the arm and forcing the limb to her back. Eyes widening, the younger realized how weird this position was.

Owlis slammed Cyras across her knee before flipping the girl over. Cyras' tail bone hit the grass, and she winced. "Stop doing that!"

With a laugh, Owlis told her, "Once you learn the basics of my type of fighting, you'll know."

Grumbling, the red fox rubbed her tail bone, her pelt being the exact opposite of the wet grass. Sometimes, she felt afraid her stealth was weak since she stood out so well. Luckily red and green colorblindness existed, unluckily, lots of other dires saw the full range of colors.

She once heard males had a lesser ability to pick out reds from greens.

"Cyras."

She snapped back to attention from her daydreaming. "Erm, yes?"

"I would like to inform you that your birthday is coming up."

Birthday. A mix of birth and day. "Like the day I was born?"

"Yes. Anyway, custom says you will be getting gifts, but unfortunately, I've only known you for a few weeks and am unaware of what you would like. Therefore, I am going to be giving you this." She handed her a dark blue card with a platinum streak. "And this will help feed you."

Cyras prepared a chomp when she got smacked on the nose.

"No, you little fool, this isn't the food, this buys food. You're going to give this to a cashier."

Oh yeah, Civics bought stuff unlike Wildborns such as herself. But stealing was "wrong" and resulted in Owlis getting very unhappy. That was around the part Owlis began explaining the credit card.

Rolling her eyes, Cyras ignored her.

"Finally, we will be throwing a party. This will be your first formal event too, so I'll teach you how to behave."

Cyras' ears perked up. Owlis trotted away, having other business to attend.

Scanning the garden, Cyras sniffed at some of the various plants and vegetables, getting the earthy musk. Summer roses were one of her favorite flowers. She picked one, and scampered, as she had a meeting with her friends.

A couple of hours later, she arrived at Summer's Meadow. An area mostly with grass, a large collection of trees for the wild she once lived in, and tulips. Main populace, younger kids. So the area was mostly noisy.

She passed by several groups and set herself by a log with a hyena, a coywolf, and a crimson - a species of bipedal weasels.

Ahmond stared down as Cyras and Lilu played games. Cyras said, "So Lilu, now that you've come back home, how's your mother been?"

Rosod said, "Yeah, you haven't said anything for a while now."

Lilu shrugged. "I mean, things were fine until she started acting all herself again."

Rosod drummed a beat onto the stump and began beatboxing as Cyras sang.

"Who's lying always, causing Li problems?

Who's probably overcompensating?

Who's only famous, for being queen?

Everyone knows Jazmyn!

So, what's crazy Aunt Jazmyn doing this time?"

"Well..."

Lilu transported back, remembering before the before, as she told her mom, "I've found out that I really like strawberry ice cream with vanilla."

"You really need to start thinking about your weight," Jazmyn said during the movie.

-"Wait, you two were talking during a movie?" Ahmond asked. "At the theater?"

"Yeah that's pretty rude," Rosod told her.

"Not the point!"

Ahmond said, "Well if you want, you can have some of my apples." She rolled an apple to Lilu since that was her lunch, along with some crackers and lemonade pink.

"That's still not the- are you saying I'm fat?"

Ahmond said, "Oh, ummmm... I just figured the reason you were telling us is because you wanted help with your weight! So that's why I offered apples. Just, you're usually eating fatty foods."

"Yes, I go to your ice cream shop, to get ice cream from you, to support your business. And your family's business."

"Not really helping," Ahmond told her. "We've had to take out a loan from the government. And Owlis, is, ummm, really, really, scary."

The other three girls peered at her, with Rosod saying, "Let's see what's going on with her. Tell us more."

-

The guard escorted Ahmond to the torture dungeon, a spacious yet dank room made mostly of bricks. Grime accumulated on walls, but that wasn't noticeable compared with the mold and moss. Past some vine birthing bricks was a metal board. A toy coywolf with the same markings as Ahmond was strapped down, tail kept up with a single metal cuff, which was linked by a chain with the ceiling. Yellow marks were present on the buttocks where the paddle would strike.

Creases riddled Owlis' expression as she bit on the paddle. "I gave you that business loan two months ago. So pretend this is you."

Maypol the hyena said, "You heard her, that's you right there, Ahmond!"

Owlis whacked the marketable toy's buttocks as hard as she could, the force knocking the buttons off the eyes. The chain writhed and wriggled as the force echoed through the chamber.

Horror filled the coywolf. Her legs almost became jelly as she realized the eventual fate if, after a week, she hadn't given Owlis back the loan.

"YOU BETTER GIVE ME MY MONEY!"

As Ahmond took off running, she heard Maypol hyping Owlis up by saying, "She's gonna beat your candy butt, Ahmond, get her her money!"

-

Cyras' face was also riddled with creases, only these were more out of shock and disbelief. "Ahmond, when I got paddled, I got paddled in a nice comfy room, not in some awesome spanking dungeon that Owlis supposedly has."

Rosod told her, "And furthermore, she wouldn't have a marketable stuffed toy of you."

Lilu burst into laughter. "You're up the creek and unfortunately for you, Owlis has the paddle, Chubby Puppy! You better get her her money!"

Ahmond whimpered while Cyras glared at Lilu. "This is no laughing matter. Ahmond's a big wimp."

Ahmond puffed her cheeks out.

"Oh I'm just kidding, Sweetaling," Cyras told her, resting a paw on her shoulder. "You know, I might be able to help you out. I can give you the money for you to pay back. She gave me a credit card for my birthday."

"I wasn't invited to your birthday," Rosod told her.

"...My birthday is my day of birth. How are you going to miss my birthday?" Cyras asked. "Unless you sleep all day, that's impossible."

"Okay, fine, I wasn't invited to your birthday party. Punk." Rosod cracked her knuckles on one hand with her thumb, then her thumb with two fingers. The bipedal weasel rested her feet on the stump. "Also Owlis can just look up the purchases. She'll know, Cyras."

"Then, let's just buy enough stuff that Owlis doesn't know. She won't look at how much I gave Ahmond if she thinks I spent all the money on something else."

"Is that reverse money laundering?" Rosod asked.

***

Ahmond determined for believability's sake, Cyras should purchase something from a place she would visit. Not a jewelry store. Not a clothing outlet. So, that took them to the mall.

Immediately, Cyras ran to, the food court, however, Ahmond bit on her nape. Muffled, she said, "No."

Cyras scratched at the conditioned wind while Ahmond dragged her away. Spitting the fox out, Ahmond explained, "We need to buy something Owlis will see. Some toys."

Cyras huffed. "Just some cheesy chips."

"Nacho chips."

"They could be."

Ahmond blinked, then stepped on an escalator. She looked back, then double took as she realized Cyras wasn't with her.

She heard panting as Cyras was finally up the set of manual stairs.

On the next floor, they went over several shops. Fashion, candy ("No Cyras, not yet") or toys. Ahmond took her to one, saying, "Novelty items, these might be more your style." The carpeting was pink and plush, the lighting dim and faltering. A purple lizard stood behind the counter, a creature known as a "Violet".

"Oversized furry dice, crooked teeth... Are those real teeth? Uh. Soda drinking hats." Ahmond read each word for Cyras as they went through this shop of cramped oddities.

Cyras asked, "No offense, but, why would anyone buy any of this?"

The shopkeeper chuckled.

"She just made fun of your store."

"At least she's honest," the violet lizard said as he leaned forward, Cyras retreating a step because of his ugly bony body. "Look, I'm just the cashier and all I see is people coming in, buying stupid stuff. This shop has all the stuff no one would buy in an actual shop. These are all the rejects, the inventions that got nowhere, these are all wastes of space"

He pointed to a box with the words "Lie Detector". "Try that. The creator thought that would be the next big thing, the lie detector test. Unfortunately, that was a lie."

Ahmond ran a paw over the surface as she muttered something.

"Kid, speak up."

"...I just think this might be a bit interesting, that's all."

Cyras squinted. "Worth ten Drakold. Alright, let's buy ten."

"Oh Cyras, I don't need a lie detector," Ahmond said. "Much less twenty of them."

"I know. But maybe we'll help someone else while we help you. Two hundred Drakold may just be the break someone needs."

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

"Besides, Owlis might wanna hear that I helped a struggling businessman by buying Lie Detectors than by buying Ice Cream."

They both giggled.

After Cyras made the transaction with the credit card at the shop in the mall, she'd give Ahmond the credit card for the ice cream shop.

"Alright, making the transaction," Cyras said as she had Ahmond swipe the credit card, "and we're good now?"

Ahmond put in some numbers. "Yes, we are good."

"So out of interest, should I tell them, or you?"

Both girls saw Rosod mocking them, while across the booth was Lilu.

"Hit them with the facts, Rosod."

"I'll hit them so hard, Owlis will have nothing left," Rosod promised her.

***

Daybreak argued with his parents as they threw his stuff on the lawn. Including his magazines and his comic books.

"I told you I'm still waiting for the money to come in, and my other invention is taking some time. You let Orch stay."

"Orch has a job," his father said.

"Selling novelty items! No one even goes in that store, they're thinking about replacing the shop."

"Great, sounds like you'll have a buddy soon," his dad said before the purple lizard threw a box of childhood toys.

Daybreak threw his arms out in wild, illegible gestures, before saying, "Twil lives here."

"She cooks."

"Terribly!"

A voice inside the house said, "I'm going to be cooking meatloaf tonight."

"Thanks, Sweetie," her father called back at her, before facing his son. "Look on the bright side, you don't have to eat that. We'll see you on the holidays." He slammed the door.

Daybreak stumbled over at a box, then whirled back and said, "...If I get a girlfriend I'm visiting her family for the holidays."

"I'll be in the hospital because oink-a-loinks will have flown right outta my butt."

Daybreak groaned as he walked down the streets and knew the only place he could head. Warm tears flooded from his eyes as snot came from his nostrils.

He got into the mall, got on the escalator with his hand draping over, before walking across several shops. Finally, Orch's shop.

Taking a deep breath, he sucked up the snot and cleared his voice, then he came into the Novelty shop.

"Orch." His voice broke. "Um, Orch," he said louder.

His brother stared at his eyes, then at his feet. "Mm-hm. You sound a little snotty."

"Oh, I'm a little sick. Uh, Mom and dad kicked me out."

Orch looked away and stayed silent for a moment. "Oh, wow. Uh... like you mean kicked out."

"I'm not allowed back home until the holidays."

"Just like that."

"I need money, I don't know where I can stay."

"Well, can't say we didn't know this was coming. Good news for you. Two girls just bought a bunch of your lie detectors."

"...How many."

"Twenty."

Orch pointed to an area, and Daybreak saw the tag mentioned Lie Detectors, but none stood there. A smile broke on Break's face, then he began grinning.

"You're not out of the water yet."

"Okay. But still, pretty cool. Maybe there will be more orders, and maybe more people will begin buying."

Orch shrugged, and stretched out a palm of Drakold, saying, "This should get you a hotel room." He patted his brother's shoulder. "Take care of yourself, man."

"Thanks." Still, Daybreak felt his life was better. Just a bit. "Tell me what these girls looked like."

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[live-the-fangirl-life]

Monstrous Morning Brews

Aelin Galathynius x Rowan Whitethorn - Halloween Lattes

Rowan keeps asking himself why he orders the same, overly-sweet, coffee every day when he prefers it black and bitter. Oh, the golden-haired barista—that’s why.

Fic inspired by the title image 👻🎃

Masterlist | Read on Ao3 | Halloween Collection

Warnings: Language

1838 words

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“Large pumpkin latte for Rowan!”

Rowan’s head snapped up as the barista’s voice rang out through the small café. He carefully finished setting down his laptop and books before striding towards the pickup counter.

Aelin was leaning onto the counter’s other side, her golden blonde hair pulled up in a precarious bun as she smiled brightly at him.

“Thank you,” he grabbed the drink and offered her a crooked smile of his own.

“I gave you a ghost this morning, what do you think?” she was grinning as he finally dragged his eyes from hers and looked at the image gracing the top of his coffee.

This was what the café was known for—well, what Aelin was known for, seeing as she was the one to pitch this particular menu item. Specialty designed latte art. Not that latte art was her idea, or new by any means, but Aelin was the one to suggest that the café start allowing customers the choice of images, letters, or patterns on their drinks, for an extra charge of course.

After the first few Instagram posts circulated of various designs, the café soon had long lines of people waiting to get their custom lattes. These days, with Autumn in full swing, many of the Halloween themed images were in high demand.

The first time Rowan visited the café it was only because he’d passed out the night before at his friend’s apartment and desperately needed caffeine before making his way home. This place wasn’t remotely close to either his house or to campus, but he found himself driving the longer commute just to see a certain barista.

He’d been struck by her golden hair and bright blue eyes the first time he’d come in and she’d barely been able to piece his order together because Rowan had somehow reverted to his flustered by a pretty girl teenage phase. Which was why when she’d asked what design he wanted on his latte (when had he ordered a latte?) all he’d managed to say was surprise me.

Watching her eyes light up and a wide grin spread across her face, Rowan decided he would let her choose his design whenever he ventured to the café and bought one of the special lattes.

‘Whenever’ then becoming every day.

But it wasn’t the artistic coffees that brought Rowan back day after day, it was the sharp-tongued, cheerful, stunning barista who smiled at him whenever he walked in. Aelin, who got excited whenever she could draw something new on his drink; who always tried striking up a conversation with him despite his multiple failed attempts at not looking foolish in front of her; who, today, had put a cute little ghost on the top of his coffee.

He chuckled at the little ghost that shook as he gripped the mug. “It’s boo-tiful”

Rowan froze, regretting his stupid pun before the words even finished spilling out of his mouth. What? Why in Hellas’ name would he make such a corny joke—

Aelin laughed and grinned wider but was cut off from replying as another customer approached the till.

Rowan hastily walked back to his table, careful not to disturb the intricate design atop his drink. As he glanced around the café, he was happy to note that besides his, there were only two other tables occupied.

He set the ghostly latte next to his computer and situated himself for the next few hours.

First, Rowan took out his earbuds and turned his study playlist to shuffle. He hated the loud, chatting crowds that sometimes overtook the café.

Next, he pulled out a few bags of snacks, some grapes and crackers. He wasn’t a fan of the overpriced too-sweet pastries on display.

Finally, Rowan looked at Aelin and watched as she ducked into the back and out of sight, before stealthily pulling out his thermos. It was filled with freshly brewed, hot, black coffee. Because he absolutely, without a doubt, hated pumpkin lattes.

***

As soon as the leaves had started changing, the café’s menu was overtaken by pumpkin, caramel, and cinnamon.

The rich aromas were comforting, especially as the weather got colder, but that also meant his already-unwanted latte was now overflowing with the sickly-sweet artificial pumpkin flavor. He knew Aelin loved it; he’d seen her make her own drinks while on shift to know she adored the pumpkin lattes and hot apple ciders.

Maybe that was why he still pretended to enjoy the monster-covered drinks.

In the last few weeks, Aelin had given him coffees with pumpkins, bones, and leaves, as well as more intricate designs like a wolf howling at a moon or a witch on a broomstick.

Rowan would buy a thousand sugar-filled lattes if it meant seeing her proud smile as she handed over his coffee.

Aelin’s voice snapped him out of his reverie as she walked over towards his table and swept some dust and old crumpled wrappers from the ground. “Not thirsty?”

Not for coffee. He shook off his immediate thought and fought the blush that rose as she tilted her head and waited for his answer. Gods, he hadn’t been this horrible with girls since high school.

He cleared his throat, “Sorry, what?” Smooth.

Her lips quirked to the side as she nodded at his latte which was as full as it’d been when he picked it up more than an hour ago. “Are you not thirsty?” Then her brow furrowed as she asked, “Or was something wrong with it? I could make you another one—”

“No!” His eyes flew wide as her brows flew up at his quick response. “Uh, I mean, no, there wasn’t anything wrong with it. I just, uh, I got distracted.” To prove his point, Rowan plucked up his mug and took a large sip. It took everything in him not to cringe at the sugary taste.

“Oh, okay,” Aelin smiled, apparently believing his role of latte-enthusiast. “Well, if you need anything else, just shout. I’ll be in the back.”

That’s when he noticed that he was the only customer left in the café. He smiled at her again and she paused.

“I just noticed you have dimples,” Aelin told him, grinning. “They’re cute.” Then she winked and walked behind the counter and through the back door.

Rowan sat frozen, blinking slowly at the spot Aelin had just been standing, trying to remember how to breathe. She noticed his dimples. He didn’t even know he had dimples. She thought they were cute.

His heart was beating hard in his chest and he couldn’t have repressed his broad grin even if he tried.

In an effort to calm himself down, Rowan reached into this bag and drew out his thermos to take a long drag of the bitter coffee. He’d just taken a second large gulp when the back door swung open and Aelin flounced into the main sitting area.

“Sorry, I forgot to grab the broom—” She halted three steps from him as her eyes darted between his face, the thermos of black coffee, and the barely-touched latte. “I—what?”

Rowan guiltily lowered the thermos to the table, swallowing the coffee as he met her accusatory glare with his own wide-eyed gaze. He felt like he’d been caught red-handed committing a felony, not drinking homemade coffee in Aelin’s café.

“I, uh, well,” he stammered.

Aelin merely crossed her arms and raised a single golden brown as she waited for him to say something. When it became clear that he wouldn’t—or couldn’t—explain, she sighed.

“Rowan, is that coffee?”

“Yes.”

“You bring your own coffee to a coffee shop?”

“Yes.” He could’ve sworn she was fighting a smirk.

“Can I ask why you bring your own coffee to a coffeeshop? Especially when you buy a coffee every single day?”

He rubbed the back of his neck, surely red from his embarrassment, and winced. “Yeah, you can ask that.”

Aelin rolled her eyes, stepping towards his table to lean her hip against it. “Okay. Why do bring your own coffee to a coffee shop, when you buy a coffee every day?”

Rowan was tall enough that even while sitting he was able to easily look her in the eye as she stood at his table. Theoretically easy, yes; Actually easy, when he wasn’t sure his embarrassment would ever fade away, no. He rubbed a hand down his face and loosed a heavy sigh.

This was it, he had to come clean. She would find out he’d been lying to her and only buying lattes as an excuse to talk to her despite never having the balls to actually say anything in his favor, and she would call him creepy and ask that he never return. But she was staring at him expectantly, and if there was one thing he had learned it was that he had no defenses when it came to Aelin.

“Here’s the thing,” he began slowly, “I don’t actually like lattes.”

Aelin blinked. Twice. “But you get always get a specialty latte.”

He winced. “I do.”

She was silent for a minute and Rowan mentally kicked himself and was already preparing to pack up his stuff and leave when she tossed her head back and laughed.

Aelin laughed.

Rowan gaped as the girl he’d been hard-core crushing over laughed relentlessly at his confession. He couldn’t even be embarrassed or confused because he was too startled by how beautiful she looked when she laughed

“You,” she gasped through another laugh, “come in here every day and pay for a drink you hate—why?”

Rowan opened his mouth to give some lame excuse, but he stared at her as she calmed down and beamed at him, as if she already knew the answer and was just waiting for him to confirm it.

Drawing up a scrap of the bravado he’d lost every time he entered the café, Rowan cleared his throat and looked Aelin in the eyes as he told her, “Because it gives me a reason to talk to you, and you look so happy making those drinks.”

By the way her smile grew impossibly brighter, Rowan knew he’d said the right thing.

“That is endearingly stupid.”

His face fell but before he could utter another word, Aelin leaned down and pressed her lips to his cheek. The soft kiss short-circuited Rowan’s brain and he remained sitting as Aelin quickly darted back behind the counter and started pushing buttons on one of the machines.

The next thing he knew, Aelin was back at his table with a large cup of fresh, black coffee. “Just so you know,” she grinned as he blinked up at her, “I liked making those drinks, but I liked the customer who ordered them more.” With one last wink, Aelin disappeared back behind the counter, the light scent of pumpkin following in her wake.

Rowan’s grin didn’t falter for the rest of day once he noticed ten scribbled digits and a small waving ghost on the side of his cup.

*****

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[bixbythemartian]

I’m just gonna ramble about work for a bit if y’all don’t mind

one of the interesting artifacts of delivering pizza right now is how much more it is obvious that people never use their front doors

this is one of those things that has always been true of delivering pizza, for me (I’ve been in this industry off and on since 2004)

you’ll get to someone’s house and it’s super clear that they always come in and out through the garage because of one or more of the following

their porch is covered in cobwebs

their porch has been taken over by a feral cat colony (probably with some encouragement/feeding by the people who live here, but not necessarily)

the sidewalk from driveway to door is completely overgrown by bushes (it is common courtesy to try not to walk on people’s lawns, because some people get Deeply Weird about that and I want a good tip, but sometimes you gotta because there’s a rosebush that’s out for blood)

their porch is like piled with stuff because it’s mostly used for storage

their porch is like piled with stuff because they think it looks cute but they don’t realize how difficult the stuff makes it to get to the door

It didn’t used to be like SUPER common

in my delivery area it used to be almost entirely middle to upper middle class housing that suffered from this.

really wealthy people pay yard guys to handle the whole thing, so their hedge rows are fine, and really wealthy people tend towards being minimal with any kind of porch decoration- a seasonal wreath and maybe a couple of chairs nobody sits in and a table nobody uses to one side or the other

poorer folks don’t have houses with garages, and if they do have garages they probably don’t have automatic openers. also those were more likely to be rentals and they’d be out smoking on the porch and stuff, they actually use their front porch is my point.

so it’s people who have enough money to have a house with an automatic garage door opener, and who aren’t afraid of being seen as extreme with their porch decorations, that tend towards this particular circumstance

(and like I genuinely love weird porch decorations, the weirder the better, but I do need to be able to reach your door, that’s kinda part of my job)

I generally have worked in the kind of places that have cheap pizzas that college kids and high people eat, so this was like ‘2-3 times a week’ sort of deal. I spent a lot more of my time at the dorms and cheap apartments than I did at nicer houses.

it has changed a lot though, I rarely have a night where I don’t see this kind of thing at least once, here’s my thoughts on why

Pandemic means less people having people over, so nobody is there to say ‘ooh hedge rows are making it hard to get up the walk’ or ‘the cute gnome statue on the porch is at just the right height to whack me in the shins when I come up the stairs, maybe think about moving it back a few inches? I almost broke the damn thing’

the pandemic also means contactless delivery has become more the norm, and so even when you might have in the past had an interaction with a delivery driver who’s like ‘oh by the way, your rosebush attempted to eat me just fyi and I think there’s a spider the size of a housecat living in it’, that doesn’t happen hardly at all anymore

previous management lost us a lot of regulars because they were absolute dickholes and thought customer service was for weenies, but new management took over before the pandemic and so we... like, don’t call customers horrible names when they complain about stuff anymore, and we were one of two places open after 10 pm for a while, so we got back a lot of the townies, and it’s not just college kids and broke folks who order from us anymore (though that’s still one of our main demographics)

the older neighborhood with poorer housing that used to be largely like my parent’s generation or their parent’s generation (boomers and up) is now being bought up by developers and house flippers who are trying to rent to hip young couples and college kids, and they’re slapping paint on houses and throwing in an automatic garage door opener and raising the price like 20%

(this is super infuriating actually because now there’s basically nowhere to live that’s reasonably cheap and kinda shitty in town, it’s all upscale apartments for college students that’s barely occupied, very shitty apartments that are charging way too much, or houses being sold for 20 grand more than they are actually worth, this is why I no longer live in the same town I work)

another interesting thing about pandemic delivery is that my tip average is generally WAY up. I’m not the only one who’s noticed this.

I suspect that when the whole country went to ordering a lot more delivery there was a lot more attention paid to drivers and it’s seemingly resulted in a permanent upswing in tip percentages. generally a lot closer to the 4-5 dollar per delivery range than the 2-3 dollar per delivery range I used to expect.

(not that you can tell that from TONIGHT because I had a miserable tip night, but that’s just luck of the draw sometimes)

#delivery driver shenanigans

[rachelbethhines]

Tangled Salt Marathon - Day of the Animals

While perhaps not my favorite episode this season, Day of the Animals is easily the best written story of season three. Even so, it still has problems due to the third season’s poor approach to characterization. 

Summary: Rapunzel, Varian, Angry and Red are returning stolen loot that the two girls had stolen years ago. They are accompanied by Max, Pascal, Ruddiger and Hamuel who all cannot stop quarreling with each other (or in Hamuel's case, just being useless). While messing with a sea shell pendant, it magically transports the humans into it, leaving the animals to fight over it. A minor thug named Dwayne, steals the pendant forcing the animals to work together to retrieve it. 

So Why is a Polynesian Inspired Kingdom Within Riding Distance of a Northern European Country? 

If you’ll remember my review of Beginnings, Neserdina’s princesses were wearing Polynesian garb and dancing the Hula when prepping for the competition. Now I’ve already went into length as to why that’s not good representation, but in addition to that it’s also just plain dumb. You can’t just transport one ethic group and dump them into another part of the world because it’s convenient for you. You don’t earn any brownie points for doing that. Especially when your fantasy world is still based off of our own historical earth. 

To make things even more confusing, we actually saw Neserdina way back in season one in Way of the Willow. It’s where Willow bought the gremlin knock-off. 

That is an island. How the heck do you get to a volcanic island riding in a horse and cart? And don't tell me they’re riding to a port, because Corona is a port city already. They could have gotten there by boat. It’s also can’t be too far away from Corona’s borders if Angry and Red were able to get there on foot during their year long travels. 

The only explanation is that the entirety of the Tangled crew doesn’t understand geography, and this won’t be the last example in the show to back up that statement. 

So Why Is Rapunzel Here?

We get explanations for why everyone is on this road trip, except for the main character herself. Red and Angry are trying to return some stolen loot. Varian is wanting to pick up rare alchemy supplies at the market and was invited along because Raps hopes it’ll be a chance for Ruddiger and Max to get know one another better. 

But why on earth does Rapunzel feel the need to come on this trip herself? Doesn’t she have a kingdom to run? While I’m sure Eugene is more than capable of handling things, this doesn’t reflect well upon the writers supposed plan of making Rapunzel appear more responsible. 

Literally any other adult could have come along on this trip. This wasn’t something Rapunzel needed to waste time on. Lance especially would have been more appropriate here as he’s the one who’s suppose to eventually adopt Angry and Red.  And the sad thing is, all they had to do was give Rapunzel a line about needing to attend some sort of diplomatic business in Neserdina. That’s it. 

In a show that’s supposed to be all about Rapunzel; Rapunzel sure doesn’t have a whole lot of reasons to exist in the majority of the episodes. 

Lack of Worldbuilding Strikes Again

At this point I’m kind of numb to the whole “magical thing just exists for no adequately explained reason” and so I’m not as upset as some people are about the shell necklace. But it’s still not good writing. 

Why does this thing exist? How did come to be cursed? How did it get mixed in with their stuff? What activated the magic and why did it only effect the human’s even though the animals were closer to it? 

Just something show. Anything. You bothered to give use rules for how this thing works and even stuck to them this time, but you can’t just make the last leg of the trip and give us some exposition? 

Yeah, okay. 

So Where Exactly Are We in Relation to Corona?

We can see Pittsford and Ivangarr on the road sign and we have to be in riding distance to Neserdina from Corona, but like are we in Corona still? Are we in Koto, which is Corona’s nearest neighbor to the east according to season three. Are we in some no-man’s-land where none of the kingdoms have control, or are we already in Neserdina itself? 

The series gives us no sense of direction nor any firm placement for Corona within it’s world. I only know it is a Northern European country because Corona itself is a peninsula with a north sea, uses French, English, and German fashion/customs, and Rapunzel is a Germanic fairy tale. But like those clues are thrown into a blender and contradicted several times over, on top of never being told where it’s closest kingdoms actually lie. 

All of this matters when traveling and exploring the wider world are big themes of your show. You need more solid and consistent world building than this. It also impacts how much authority and control your main character has within the episode itself if she range of political power is limited to one area. So like we need to know where the heroes stand here. 

(FYI I personally headcannon Corona as former Prussia which was once part of Germany and it’s alliance of smaller kingdoms. It’s also a peninsula next to the Curonian Spit) 

This Is Not Progress

Okay so the idea here, is that the show is implying that Rapunzel is trying to improve Corona’s justice system over Frederic’s previously inhumane crack down on crime. However, this is terribly executed. 

For starters the show has never called Frederic nor Rapunzel out for their previous misbehavior. You can not change any system for the better without acknowledging the flaws within said system first. Therefore this comes right out of nowhere and doesn’t stick around long enough to stay within the viewers minds for later. 

Secondly, Rapunzel is incredibly fickle about who she does and doesn’t set free. The Saporians were still in the dungeons last time we saw them, Caine was shipped off to the prison island and left to die there as far as we know, and the Stabbingtons are shown shackled together in the wedding short even though they supposedly changed their ways and befriended Eugene again. 

Meanwhile Dwayne and Stalyan are free to go their marry way and continue their life of crime, Varian is only released from his overly harsh punishment because he kissed Rapunzel’s ass not because it was wrong to imprison him in the first place, and later Cassandra gets away scot free because she’s Rapunzel’s bestie even though she committed the worst crimes out of everyone in the show and for very little reason. 

That’s not justice. That’s not compassion. That’s not progressive reform. It’s just nepotism, and it’s every bit as corrupt as Frederic’s classism and totalitarianism. 

Just because Rapunzel is “nice” it doesn’t mean that she is kind. Real reform has to treat everyone with equality and have a set of base standards that are beyond one person’s personal judgment. She is still a dictator and an abuser even if she lets the occasional person go free on a whim. 

Finally, Rapunzel’s methods are just downright ineffective. Dwyane may not be a threat to our heroes, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a threat to other people. He’s not actually sorry about trying to rob people at knife point and he fully plans on continuing being a thief after feeding Rapunzel the lines she wants to hear. 

Furthermore, we don’t know if this course of action is born out of malice or desperate need. He half heartily comments about finding ‘an honest job” but can he even do that? Is it even a realistic option for him? The series has been weaving this class inequality theme through out it’s past three seasons and directly connecting that to Corona’s crime rate. 

Eugene had a hard time finding a job during season one directly due to his past record, remember? A life of crime he was forced to lead in order to survive, and he’s the Prince Consort! What chance does Dwayne have? Did Rapunzel even try to help him find work or did she just wag her finger at him and told him “Now, now, stealing’s not nice.” 

The show wants to act like Rapunzel is this progressive reformer but then they turn her into a Republican instead. That’s not me being sarcastic either, this approach to criminal justice is the foundation of conservative belief and has been for centuries. The right are not interested in why people commit crime. They don’t care about addressing the fundamental problems in society that lead people to break the law. Let alone bother to analyze why those laws exist in the first place. Instead they resort to doublethink and survivor bias to either write off those that fall through the cracks or make excuses for why their policies repeatedly fail, often ignoring the fact that things aren’t actually working for whole swathes of people who aren’t themselves.  

Tangled the Series is far too simplistic and childish in it’s approach to deeper subjects like this to enforce the messages it supposedly wants to enforce. Rapunzel herself relies on magical thinking, double standards, and personal bias to see her through every and any problem and the show just rewards her for it rather than challenging her to grow and in doing so winds up supporting people like her in their authoritarian ideas, whether that was the writers’ intentions or not. 

In short, Rapunzel shows no interest in putting in the real work it would take to implement genuine restorative justice. She doesn't honestly care about Dwyane or his victims. She’s just posturing here for the sake of her self image.  

You’re Not In Any Position to Talk Rapunzel 

Speaking of Rapunzel being a hypocrite.... The entirety of season three’s main conflict is her having a petty bitch fight with her supposed best friend and needlessly dragging everyone else into it.

In fact that’s the whole show. Rapunzel repeatedly failing to get along with other people because she’s deep down a shitty person despite the veneer of ‘friendliness’ she slaps on to hide it. Having her just say she knows better does nothing to convince me that she’s actually learned anything. You have to show that she’s learned it first, and that requires acknowledging her own wrong doings.  

Varian’s face here just tells it all. Rapunzel is full of shit and no one in the show knows it better than him. Why are they even friends again? Why should we trust her with the three kids she neglected more than once? Why should any of these people take what she says seriously? 

Well This is Contradictory

Also, since we brought up double standards, here’s Varian undermining that whole “jail is bad” thing Rapunzel is trying to push with Dwayne and later with Cass. Not only is the show under cutting it’s themes for a joke, but it just reinforces the abuse Varian received. He’s now bought into Frederic’s stupid beliefs and winds up reinforcing to the audience that that his ‘reform’ was due to his past imprisonment.   

As an adult watching this series, Varian’s supposed redemption continues to increasingly look like a victim complying with their past abuser out of fear of further harm rather than anyone genuinely learning to be better.

Can We Please Stop Infantilizing the 16 Year Old

As if to deflect from Varian’s past mistreatment and continuing parentification, the show then goes on to showcase the opposite extreme whenever possible. I know it’s hard to tell just from these few screen shots alone, but over the course of season three Varian is spoken down too and treated condescendingly by the rest of the cast, and by Rapunzel in particular, even as he enters his later teens/early adulthood.  

Some of this is just to due to Rapunzel being her usual holier than thou self, but there’s also times, like here, where Varian is lumped together with the actual children of the show, even though he’s 6 to 8 years their senior. 

In fact out of everyone Rapunzel interacts with, Varian’s actually the closest to her in both age and development. Queen for a Day forced the two of them into a power imbalance due to a mixture of classism and society’s ongoing unhealthy (and often artificial) divide between younger and older teens, but as we get further and further away from that point in time and as Varian nears the same age Rapunzel started out as, that imbalance becomes less and less relevant. 

Look at how this scene is framed, He’s standing between Angry and Red and is placed lower than them to make it look like he’s one of them. He’s not. 

Varian may still look 12 with his big old eyes and short stature, but seeing as how we’re past Hearts Day, he’s actually close to being 17, if he isn’t already. The timeline gets even wonkier after The King and Queen of Hearts, but trust me, we’re close to being two years past Queen for a Day, if not more so. 

Varian, for all counts, should be Rapunzel’s equal by now in terms of story. Not only is he closest in age to her, but he’s also the only other person going through a coming of age arc. And of the two, Varian’s the one who has actually learned and grown as a person. He has more real world experience than Rapunzel ever will and knows how to implement that experience. (He’s also the more mature, but that’s more of a failure to write Rapunzel competently than a reflection of his capabilities.) 

No matter how you slice it, Varian shouldn’t be taking orders or advice from Rapunzel; no one should be, really; and he most certainly shouldn’t put up with her condescension. Rapunzel is not his nor anybody else’s mother. She’s not even a big sister like figure, and at no point should be treated as the leader of anything or anyone. 

Rapunzel is a Poor Man’s Rose Quartz 

I typically try not to draw too many comparisons between Tangled and other shows outside of the occasional parallel, as a show should be able to stand on it’s own for good or for bad, but it’s hard not to discuss the series without also discussing Steven Universe in some way. 

Steven Universe is this generation’s Batman the Animated Series or Scooby Doo. It’s the game changer that everybody else is trying to copy in some manner. Chris desperately wants Tangled the Series to be the next Steven Universe, right down to how the show is structured, paced, and what themes are presented. But unfortunately Chris has no idea why Steven Universe works the way it does. 

For starters SU adjusted it’s pacing as it went along, smoothing out its rougher edges while Tangled doubled down on its filler. SU had a planned arc from the get go and stuck to it, so that by the time the twists came they made sense. SU kept it’s focus on Steven purposefully so that the story unfolded from his view point while making to sure to acknowledge the importance of other characters around him and their conflicts. It didn’t make him infallible nor shove aside everyone else’s arcs.  

But most importantly, Steven Universe was written by a bisexual nonbinary person who set out to make a show for people in the queer community like themselves. Meanwhile, as a middle aged white man, Chis hasn’t a damn clue about his primary audience and has shown no interest in connecting with them. 

This isn’t to say that Steven Universe is a perfect show. No show is beyond criticism. Nor is this to say that straight white cis men can’t write; many of them do and can portray characters unlike themselves competently enough. But if you’re completely disinterested in other points of view than you can’t be a good writer of fictional stories, that’s just a fact. Because in order to understand proper characterization you need to acknowledge that not every character ever will be like you and that even you’re main heroes will hold beliefs and experiences different from yourself. Otherwise there is no genuine conflict to build off of. Either no one will disagree with each other or the conflict will come across as flat and forced, complete with lopsided bias. 

Therefore, in the end, Rapunzel winds up being less of a Steven and more of a Rose Quartz/Pink Dimond. Both are spoiled princesses/co-rulers of a kingdom that mistreats it’s people and anyone outside of it, who rebelled against their guardians, supposedly out of a sense of justice, but really for themselves and their own freedom, only to make things even worse for everyone. On top of that they both accidently harmed their friends, freindzone their best friend while also bossing them around, are condescending to their love interests, is controlling of people who trust them, and throws temper tantrums when they don’t get what they want, oh and neglected someone for an inhumane amount of time. 

Even then, Rapunzel winds up being the worst of the two. 

The whole point behind Rose was that she is someone whom the main characters place upon a pedestal and as the series went along slowly had the scales fall from their eyes and learned to view her for who she really was flaws and all. By the end, in Future, she is even metaphorically removed from her pedestal when Steven removes her picture from the wall.  

Rose also grows as a character, unlike Rapunzel. Her story is deliberately being told to us backwards. The awful person she was in the past was no longer who she was by the time of her death. True she was still flawed, and the consequences of her actions continued on even after her demise, but she actually tried to be a better person. She got called out for her behavior, she wasn’t excused for actions even when the show explained why she did what she did, and she stopped doing harmful actions whenever she realized that they hurt someone. 

Greg was allowed to stand up to her and show how she was wrong, and she respected him for it and later fell in love with him because of it. She tried to better control her temper when she wound up hurting her friend. Her failed revolution and her mistreatment of Spinel was actually born from a misguided desire to help, rather than outright selfishness. 

Rose Quratz/Pink Dimond is a brilliant fucking character. You may not like her, but you can’t deny that she is one of the most complex figures in children’s media to ever be created. She is real, nuanced, and multifaceted. He role within the story is complicated, messy, and intricate. She is the most well rounded female character I’ve ever seen and she is what I had hoped Rapunzel would be when I first watched season one, only even more so as the actual focus. 

I want women in cartoons to be people! 

But Rapunzel fails at every turn to follow through with this promise. She is not a deep complex character. She’s not a flawed and complicated heroine. She’s a blank canvas in which the creator can shove his creepy ass views upon. She is never taken off her pedestal, she’s never allowed to be wrong, and she is forced to spout the the creator’s personal bias against other characters. 

Rapunzel isn’t a person. She had the chance to be one, but then was reduced to .. to this. As a woman, the treatment of Rapunzel and Cassandra in this show is just flat out insulting. 

So What Is the Difference Between Angry and Red Now?

I’m all for character growth, but at this point Angry and Red are just interchangeable. Anything that made them uniquely them has been lost, and they’re now just fulfilling the generic rambunctious little kid trope. Red becoming more assertive shouldn’t mean she stops being an introvert altogether; that’s not how that works. While Angry shouldn’t lose her temper completely just because she’s wiling to open up more. 

So Why Dwayne?

I like Dwayne as a character and in truth I don’t mind his existence here, and unlike that werewolf hunter last time he at least was established in a pervious season. But this is still time that could have went to a more important antagonist. 

Also notice that Dwyane gets a villain song, but not Lady Caine or Zhan Tiri. Just saying. 

Rapunzel Has Not Earned the Role of the Wise Sage and Mentor 

Rapunzel has never learned to listen to others. Ever.

On it’s own this might have been a good speech, but when taken in context of the wider story it just makes Rapunzel look like an ass. 

A year traveling does not make Rapunzel suddenly all knowing. She is not wiser nor more experienced than anyone else in this scene. She’s also a crappy leader and big fat hypocrite.  

Even when she’s technically right, as seen here, she’s still in the wrong because she never follows through and acts upon her own advice; making this whole story pointless in the grand scheme of things. 

And that’s the core problem with season three. Rapunzel is shoved into a role she is not designed for and the whole premise of the series runs right off the rails. You’re main heroine in a coming of age story can not inhabit the mentor role. She can not simultaneously learn and grow and be always right while instructing everyone else. 

All through out season three Rapunzel is either rendered completely useless in her own damn series, or she utterly fails to fulfill any sort of narrative promise laid out for her while she infuriatingly hijacks the story from more interesting and dynamic characters. 

Behold The Only Reason Why Varian was Included in the Episode 

Speaking of hijacking things, Rapunzel of course has to get the idea to save everybody, even though what she thinks of isn’t anything special. It’s not derived from her character as an individual nor from all that experience she supposedly has. It’s literally an idea anyone could have come up  with and the show just hands it to her in order to justify her exitance. 

Meanwhile the character who actually is useful to the plot is sidelined and reduced to just a plot device. And not just here, Varian is rendered practically pointless in all but two episodes in season three, even in episodes that he actually should have more impact in, like the season opener and series finale. 

Good writing treats characters as equally contributing to the plot in ways that complements who these characters are.  

Ok I’ll Admit That This Line Is Funny

Look, I know this whole review series is about pointing out the negative, and I stand by my opinion that Tangled the Series is one of the worst written shows I’ve ever seen, but I want to make one thing clear.... I do not hate the show. If I hated the show I would not waste my time reviewing it. 

Yes the over all writing is shit, but there are a lot of good things to be found in the series beyond just the crap story arc. The humor is usually solid, the animation is gorgeous, the music is a delight, and the majority of the characters are likable even though they don’t develop in the ways that they should. There’s a lot of talent that went into this show and there’s a lot of potential to be had in it’s set up and lore. 

Being critical or negative about the aspects of something doesn’t mean you dislike it, or that you’re not a real fan, or that you’re just a ‘hater’, and I actually find TTS to be fascinating because it’s such a mess. I write reviews because they’re fun and because I genuinely think there is something to be learned from Tangled’s mistakes. 

So Why Do We Cut Back to Rapunzel Here and Not Varian? 

This is such an odd framing choice. Varian is the one who is talking and reacting to what’s happening. It’s his pet that’s in trouble and therefore he carries the emotional weight of the scene, and yet it’s Rapunzel’s shocked face we focus on? Why? What’s the point of that? She has no business being the center focus here. The action does not involve her. 

If you wanted to include her for a later set up then why not have both her and Varian present in this shot? Usually I can at least count on the story boarders to frame things better than this, but they really missed the mark here. Unless Chris is just that stupid and petty that he over ruled them and forced Varian out of the scene, but that seems like a pointless fight to pick, even for him. 

See This is How you Fulfill a Narrative Promise 

The conflict between Ruddiger and Max was set up in season one with What the Hair, then it was reiterated a few episodes ago during The Lost Treasure of Herz Der Sonne, and then it was reintroduced in this episode along with a stated lesson about working together that they needed to learn. By they end of the episode, guess what, they’ve learned to work together. That is how you properly set up and resolve a conflict. 

It’s clear from this that the writers of Tangled the Series know the basic tenants of writing and how to fulfill narrative promises. So the fact that they don’t follow through with this in the majority of the show’s episodes and ongoing story arcs just baffles me. 

Is it negligence? Is it hubris? Is it incompetent management and editorial mandates? Is it just one asshole ruining everything or is this a failure in the writers room as a whole? 

I just don’t understand what the fuck went wrong here. There’s no reason for why the show got as bad as it did. How does the most acclaimed animation company in the world put out such amateurish tripe? 

Just... wow. 

Now you know why I’m mesmerized by this show. It is a mystery to be solved, like trying to figure out how the crew on the Titanic fucked up so badly or why Hindenburg blew up. You just can’t look away. 

Conclusion 

Like I said at the start, structurally speaking this is the strongest episode of the season. I personally enjoy Lost Treasure a little more, just because Rapunzel annoys me less in that, but it’s not a bad story. However when you’re best episode in your final season is filler, then you know you’re in trouble. 

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TITLE: Dear Diary (Jason Lee Scott x reader)

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Request: Hi! I have a request for a Jason x reader. Jason and the reader are best friends and/or dating. One day, the reader needs to be rescued by the Power Rangers. The reader recognizes Jason's voice and confronts him about it. Thanks so much! 💞

Prompt/summary:  Jason keeps running off from his best friend, until a chance encounter reveals a secret he wanted to keep hidden. 

Word Count: 1,705

Authors note: Italics are written in a diary. Tbh I’m really feeling this format and might do more like this in the future!

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Dear Diary, 

The past few days have been… strange. I’m not even sure how to properly explain it, but I think Jason’s hiding something from me.

He was supposed to meet me at the youth center yesterday to help me with some of my self defense moves I learned in class that day. He never showed up though.

“I’m so sorry,” Jason said over the phone. It was almost midnight when he called my house, luckily my parents were out of town so it wasn’t a problem.

I sighed, “It’s fine Jace. We can just go over them some next week.”

“I promise I won’t miss it,” he said, “Besides I like seeing you kick ass.”

“Oh shut up,” I said, he could probably hear my smile through the phone.

And over the weekend he said we could go out to lunch to celebrate being nominated for senior homecoming candidates. He was almost an hour late.

“I’m sorry I’m late!” Jason said. He sat down at the table and dug into some chips and salsa.

“You’re lucky I didn’t get up and leave earlier Mr. Jason Lee,” I said, closing the book I had open on the table.

“I know, I know, I’m the worst best friend ever.”

I don’t know what’s going on with him. In school I’ll try to stop him in the hallway but he’s always in a rush to get somewhere. It’s really making me worry.

I just really want my best friend back.

I closed the diary and wrapped the elastic cord around it to keep it closed before it went into my bag. The warm sun felt amazing on my face. The park was bustling today as people of Angel Grove enjoyed the clear sunny day.

I hadn’t heard from Jason in a few days. His absence was really starting to make me worried. Yeah, I had other friends, but Jason and I had been best friends for years ever since we met in primary school. 

The sound of laughter made me look up. I watched as Jason passed by with no more than a glance in my direction.

I grabbed my bag before trying to catch up to them, “Jason!”

He turned around with a slightly surprised expression on his face.

“Hey,” I tried to smile and not make things awkward, “Are we gonna meet up at the Youth Center this Friday?”

“Oh… I’m sorry (Y/n) but the gang and I already had plans.”

My heart sunk as I looked at his new group of friends with a solemn expression, “Oh, alright then. Guess I’ll catch you later…”

I tried so hard to not let the pain come out in my words, but I never was a good actor. I left the park holding back tears and walked all the way home with them staining my cheeks.

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Three weeks flew by in a hurry and I was sucked into the frenzy of the prom committee. To my surprise (and some dismay) Jason’s new friends had volunteered to help decorate the gymnasium. The exact area I was in charge of. Luckily I was too busy to even dwell on the fact that my ex-bestfriend came to talk to them more than he did me. 

“Hey (Y/n),” Kimberly said, “Which spot do you think would be best for the drink table?”

“Over by the photo booth,” I said, writing down every task we had gotten done that day on a clipboard. I must’ve gotten so caught up in my work I didn’t realize that Jason’s whole friend group had entered the gym.

“Wow! This place looks amazing!” Trini said.

Kimberly smiled, “Yeah all thanks to (Y/n).”

“It was no big deal. Mrs. Saslow bought all the decorations we just had to set them up.”

“Well,” Billy adjusted his glasses, “You did a phenomenal job coordinating everything.”

“Thanks guys.”

My eyes caught Jason and I looked away quickly. Maybe it was the awkward silence, or maybe they were in a rush, but Trini quickly led the boys back to the hallway to help her bring in more folding chairs.

“What happened between you and Jason?” Kimberly asked while putting a light blue tablecloth over the drink table.

“Nothing.”

“I don’t think that’s true,” she said, “Everytime you’re around him anymore you just seem so sad. You two used to be inseparable and everyone knew it.”

“I mean it literally, nothing happened. He kept promising to hang out and do all the things we used to do together but then never did. I’m not even sure why.”

Kimberly sighed, “I promise, Jason’s just going through a lot right now.”

She must’ve noticed the tears forming in my eyes when she placed a gentle hand on my shoulder.

“Are you in love with him?”

“I- I’m not exactly sure,” I sighed.

Kimberly chuckled, “For you to be as heartbroken as you are whenever you see him there has to be something a little more than friendship there.”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll figure it out one day, right now he doesn’t even want to be around me so I should just move on.”

“That’s not true.”

I huffed, “He hasn’t called or stopped to talk to me in three weeks Kimberly. He doesn’t want me around.”

“Kim! A little help here?” Zack yelled from the hallway.

Kimberly grabbed a napkin and the pen from my hand, “Here, call me this weekend and we can hang out instead. No stupid, idiotic boys, just some girl time.”

“Thanks Kimberly, I appreciate it.”

 ~~~

Dear Diary,

Jason finally got back to me today. He asked for us to meet up at the park. I’m not sure exactly why, but I’ll update you on it when I get back.

 The swings had always been my favorite part of the park, so as I sat and wrote the latest entry in my diary my legs swung back and forth slightly.

Wham!

My diary is knocked out of my hands and before I could react my arms were being tugged on by two weird gray looking creatures. One of them has rope in their hand as they lead me to the nearest tree. I swiveled my arm out of one's grip and knocked its legs out from under it. The other tries to do the same to me but I jump and flip it over onto it’s back before it even got the chance.

A bright flash goes off to my right knocking me to the ground.

When I finally get my bearings I'm being tied to the tree by those weird creatures.

From the corner of my eye I see people in bright colored suits running towards the gold monster. 

Holy shit, it's the power rangers. 

“Stop right there Goldar!” the one in red yelled.

My eyes narrow as I try to place where I had heard that voice before. I barely even noticed some of the fighting as I wracked my brain trying to think. He sounded so familiar.

One of the rangers came crashing into me with a hard hit to my stomach.

“Sorry!” the girl in pink yelled.

Wait a second…

Finally the monster teleported away and the rangers rushed over to untie me from the tree.

“You’re safe now,” the one in the black suit said.

“Here’s your stuff,” the yellow ranger said.

“Uhh, thanks…”

“Are you alright?” the red ranger said. Hearing his voice for a second time made everything click.

“Jason?”

I could visibly see him freeze up causing me to chuckle, “Is it really you?”

With a sigh him and the rest of the rangers demorphed. In front of me stood Kim, Zack, Billy, Trini, and a really embarrassed looking Jason. 

“I promise I was on my way to meet you.”

“It’s alright,” I said, picking up my bag and grabbing my diary from Trini, “It looks to me like you had bigger problems to handle at the moment.”

“Yeah,” he said shyly. 

“What did you need to meet me here for?” I asked.

“Oh!” Kimberly yelled, “You guys wait here, Jason I’ll let you know when it’s ready!”

“When what’s ready?”

“Just don’t worry about it, see you guys later!” Billy said as he, Zack, and Trini took off after Kimberly.

I looked to Jason only for him to smile shyly and take my hand. My heart was racing as he led me over to the swings. Was his hand always this nice to hold? Why hadn’t I noticed this before?

“I’m really sorry for avoiding you. I promise I was trying to keep you safe.”

“Safe?” I asked, “Safe from what?”

“Rita. The one who keeps sending all these monsters. I promise I’ll make it up to you, whatever way you want me to.”

“I understand Jace, but…”

“But what?”

“Hmmm maybe a proper dinner at our favorite restaurant on main street might help me forgive you.”

He chuckled, “It’s a deal, right after this though.”

“After what?”

The bracelet on his wrist went off before he could answer me, “Jason! We’re ready!”

He smiled and grabbed my hand again, leading me down the path that leads to the parks gazebo.

“Oh, wait,” he said, stopping me before we could round the corner, “You, uh, might wanna cover your eyes for a second.”

“Why?”

“You’ll see, please?”

“Fine,” I huffed.

He placed my hands over my eyes before guiding me by the small of my back. Which made my heart beat even faster. 

“Alright, open them.”

I pulled my hands away from my face and looked around in awe. Fairy lights had been strung around the banisters and a giant sign was placed in front of where he stood.

“PROM?”

A laugh rang out from my chest as I jumped into his arms in a bonecrushing hug.

“Is that a yes?”

“Yes you dummy!”

“She said yes!” he yelled.

“YAY!” the rest of the rangers yelled and clapped from the edge of the clearing where the gazebo stood.

I laughed as he finally set my feet on the ground, blushing madly from his friend's reaction. 

He kissed me gently on my forehead making me smile and lean my head on his chest.

 Dear Diary,

He made it up to me. 

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