#idk i just like to see the variety. i also like to guess how old writers are. and of course i will be very analytical of the decisions

[raven]

honestly reading fanfiction is kind of fun not even on like the level of eating junk food i just really love to see unskilled writers with their natural inclinations and quirks

#not trying to be looking down on fanfiction writers or say theyre all bad but unskilled doesnt mean bad. like its all informal yk #no editors or anything. its interesting seeing what people can and cannot generally do #you'll have people who can generally write with a lot of natural flow and fine grammar who also cant keep their tenses straight #but the errors are pretty easy to skim over. meanwhile you have people who can understand structure but not punctuation #idk i just like to see the variety. i also like to guess how old writers are. and of course i will be very analytical of the decisions #idk its both junk food and its a lot of interesting stuff for me to think about #i wish criticism was accepted at all in fanfiction communities i really have no desire to write any myself but i will pick yours apart #any day of my lifeee lol. might be mean though sooo 🙄 sigh

[lady-phasma]

Hi , I don’t know if you’ve seen the new Ewan and Tom photo shoot and interview but …. I know this will get hate from Ewan Nation, hence why I’m coming to auntie . Anyway two years ago god it seems longer lol, I was like everyone obsessed with Aemond and his actor . The mysterious Ewan … I wanted to know about him, wanted more pics and photo shoots , however time has a way of changing things . Now I find myself wishing for the old days . The pixel days ( if you know you know 😂) I mean don’t get me wrong I like Ewan , but I miss the mysterious introvert . Perhaps that’s the thing too, I felt a connection to him and his character . The interviews he’s done it’s clear he’s extroverted so idk if the introvert was a character he was playing or what but now he just rings false to me. Phony like every other Hollywood actor who just wants fame . I don’t wanna speak cruel about Ewan nation but they seem to eat this up and anyone who dares say boo about him is attacked hence anonymous . It’s just everything he was seems flipped and he just rings false to me . A phony …. Honestly it’s turned me off from the show completely. Thank you for listening to my rant . If you response awesome if you don’t that’s fine too .

Before I get started, don't come at nonnie y'all! Keep scrolling if you don't agree or read what I have to say because it might surprise you.

Okay, so.. hi anon! Thank you for coming to me. Two things first: "Ewan Nation" is unfair because I don't like to generalize groups of people; I want you to enjoy your show again!

I definitely think your feelings are valid but I'm going to tell you what I think because you came to me... you'll probably disagree but here goes.

Ewan is a human and complicated, right? And all we see is what is presented by him, his PR people, his stylist, and HBO (while promoting HotD). So I think it's unfair to go so far as to say "phony." I think he is growing as a person and most of us are fortunate enough to not have to do that in front of the world.

I mean don’t get me wrong I like Ewan , but I miss the mysterious introvert . Perhaps that’s the thing too, I felt a connection to him and his character . The interviews he’s done it’s clear he’s extroverted so idk if the introvert was a character he was playing or what but now he just rings false to me.

I truly do not believe that he is an extrovert at all. I think he is contractually obligated to promote and to appear in articles and it's good for his career overall. Here's a link to the SAG-AFTRA page on contracts that might give you some info if you want to dig. Also, a Variety article about the 2023 strike that discusses what actors were not allowed to do during the strike. Guess what? No interviews! I'm not being patronizing, I'm trying to make the point that this is his job. Ewan may not want to be in the public eye but I would imagine his contract, as the face of one of the most popular characters in the show, is pretty full of appearances.

Anyway two years ago god it seems longer lol, I was like everyone obsessed with Aemond and his actor . The mysterious Ewan … I wanted to know about him, wanted more pics and photo shoots , however time has a way of changing things . Now I find myself wishing for the old days . The pixel days ( if you know you know 😂)

I hate to say it but "be careful what you wish for" nonnie. I mean that with the most compassion. I think you may have wanted more of the Ewan you thought he was. Or even that what you thought you wanted changed. We all change and, yes, it has been almost 2 years!! So you aren't the same person either. Give yourself and Ewan a break - a lot can happen in two years!

Lastly, and I can't fix this for you only offer my opinion, I think you should try to reframe how you look at the show. You can enjoy a film/series without needing to know anything about the actors. This part of the fandom should be fun. I want you to be able to enjoy it and there may be nothing that can make you like it anymore. However, I would like for you to think about actors as people. People who have a job and do it every day just like we do. We can't know why they do it, what their motivations are, but we can enjoy the fruits of their labor.

I think Ewan love his job, genuinely. Watching him talk about Aemond... he just exudes enthusiasm! I think loving your job that much is a gift. I don't believe he enjoys being in the public eye, but promos like this one are with coworkers who he has known for at least three years now.

If you read this far, anon and anyone else, maybe you'll have a slightly different perspective. I think anon's feelings are valid, because most of us get emotionally attached to actors and we can only ever know what's presented to us through media. If anon feels let down or disappointed that is valid, even if I don't believe it's because Ewan is fake or an extrovert. I think he is young and learning more about his industry. I hope he continues to grow as an actor and as a person. I hope it doesn't disappoint more people, but as long as he is happy and remains kind I want him to be more comfortable doing the job he seems to love.

#love my anons #asked and answered #ewan mitchell #we all have feelings and they are valid #feelings are not truth

[destinygoldenstar]

New Dragons Rising Trailer Is Out!

"Watering the plants can wait" Bruh, what about Crystofern?

So they are splitting up, that's confirmed. Duos I think we guessed already.

COLE!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! YUS!!!!

(No other show do I just squeeze my cheeks really hard and squeal like this in hype)

Also does he have a Changling kid? And a Serpentine kid? Cole's a dad? That really fits.

It's implying that Nya's the one who finds him. Interesting cause I thought Nya was the one who encountered the skull cult. But I guess they do both.

Still if that's right, Tsunami Siblings, you guys win.

"You're expecting fun?!" "I always expect fun!" I love Kai & Wyldfyre already.

Poor Zane is alone! :( Ma boy, noooo. He doesn't have a kid to take care of.

Nya & Sora have a Clutch Powers book?

Is that a Munce & Geckle hybrid?! Yo, I LOVE that we're getting a variety of characters here. Inhuman characters that are NOT villains! Idk how problematic that is for people in the old show, but I think those guys will be happy.

Okay yeah I just saw it, Nya is the one who reunites with Cole 100%. They're in the background together.

Kai & Wyldfyre get a dragon core, so they're competent. I think people would love to see Kai be able to do stuff and not be a klutz/make things worse.

There's more than one skull dude. I'm a little iffy on the theory that the guy is Jay, especially if there's more than one. I have no idea.

"We're more than just our powers!" THANK YOU. OMG FINALLY. You don't know HOW LONG I wanted them to say that! Especially after the Wildbrain era where that got SO ANNOYING.

Cole does get that golem form confirmed, think we already knew that. Cole gets the most variety of abilities when it comes to his powers, I feel like.

Earth is the best element. I said it and I'm not taking that back.

"You've clearly never met a ninja, they won't shut up about not quitting." THAT'S A MOOD. 😂👏

I love Sora so much

#ninjago #ninjago dragons rising #ninjago cole #cole brookstone #ninjago nya #nya smith #nya jiang #ninjago kai #kai jiang #kai smith #ninjago wyldfyre #ninjago zane #zane julien #ninjago sora #Youtube

[givemethesleep]

Kay, I read the post about your DnD OC's and I am SO INVESTED! That is one HECK of a traumatic backstory! I guess my biggest question is, what's kind of the endgame in your head for these characters? Because they are SO COOL and SO FULL of potential!

Do you want them to reconcile? To physically fight it out? To become an immovable object and unstoppable force, doomed to constantly butt heads?

Is there any sort of plan for either of them to address their trauma and/or get themselves in a healthier environment? Will Boreal ever find someone who loves him just for him and not for what he can do? Will he ever be able to conquer his constant need for validation? Will Australis ever find someone who isn't afraid of her and cares about her, even past her rude and snappy defense mechanisms?

Or are we going for more of a negative character development angle where they go in increasingly darker paths, with Australis eventually succumbing to her patron or Boreal's savior complex becoming much larger scale?

And please tell me anything else about them too, because holy heck, this is juicy!

I ADORE YOU. THIS IS THE BEST ASK EVER. YOU'RE INCREDIBLE MWAH<333

Answering these questions and more + some random picrews and images I have for them under the cut (when I add the cut tomorrow because idk how to do it from the web browser) <3 And grab some popcorn because this is probably gonna get long AND juicier.

SO as far as their endgames, I'm not entirely sure. I use them in a variety of contexts (D&D with my friends from highschool, Australis is my Tav for BG3, discord rp ect.) So their endings are sort of fluid but.

They don't reconcile. They miss each other terribly. Australis offends Boreal's desperate attempts to be "good" and "pure" in spite of the magic that made him the way that he is. Australis cannot forgive him for driving her into exile and building his reputation by painting her a ghastly villain. Every time they meet, they tear each other apart. More often than not, though, Boreal is the antagonist in these meetings. More on this later!

Australis gets a lot of comfort from her pact, drawing her magic and knowledge from the pool of those that came before her. Even if it's confronting, she grows a better understanding of who she is, and why she is how she is. And that, at least, is a comfort. It doesn't change the fact that a 9 year old child was tortured as she was, it doesn't change the fact that she was forcefully stripped of both her human and elven heritage in exchange for crystal-coated horns and otherworldly blue skin. But she understands it, and understanding is the first step to accepting it. Her patron is careless in how knowledge is accrued, so long as Australis contributes it's happy

I think, be it platonic, familial or romantic, Australis does have the capacity to love and be loved. How this will come about is up for debate - I'm using her in an upcoming campaign with friends, and (when I get the hardware to properly play) she's my Tav in BG3, so she has the companions from that game to play into this idea too. I'm also super keen in mushing my ocs together with friends and mutuals so. if you see this. hit me up if you like fucked up and mildly unnerving undead tieflings that turn into a creature of nightmares and explodes sometimes. She does have a pretty big heart, under that spiky exterior.

But, naturally, her story/ies are unfinished, so whether she finds a proper support system in one of her parties (or even one or more partners) is something that is still to come!

Boreal is the one that has the negative arc, with the help of @waffles5588. And his need for validation and the steps he takes to achieve it aren't specifically combatted. He does chance across an adventurer. An orc, looking for work in the more rural towns to help build his portfolio for bigger jobs. The two hit it off right away, and Boreal tags along on one or two jobs as the local guide and emergency healer should Mal take too much damage. They kind of end up in a sort of fwb bordering on romantic relationship. Mal adores Boreal. He's funny, he's someone who sees Mal as something more than a weapon, and who cares about his safety. He's also illiterate and not particularly bright, so he doesn't really pick up on the fact that most of the incidents in the general vicinity Mal and Boreal are asked to help with were incidents that Boreal himself setup. He's open to the idea of sharing his fame with Mal. It's a sort of intimacy, and he doesn't feel like Mal is a threat to him and his persona.

Though we haven't really gone into specifics, it's probably not going to be a happy ending for a long time, if at all. Boreal has to do some introspection and fix himself, which is going to be an unpleasant experience, but losing Mal due to his conniving nature would probably hurt just as much, if not more. Boreal's kind of dug himself into a lose lose situation that nothing short of a full rehaul of his entire person can fix. Sucks to be him, I guess. (All jokes aside, Boreal has two major forces that would force him to change for the better. One would be Mal threatening to leave or leaving him and ruining his reputation, the other being Helm directly stepping in and stripping Boreal of his divine power. Both of these would destroy him, but it'd be the wakeup call he needs)

That should answer your questions re: arcs, so now for some more fun facts (mostly about Australis she's the girl ever)

- Australis is an undead warlock with the pact of the tome, meaning she has her Book of Shadows to learn spells from, does not need to eat, sleep, or breathe, and can turn herself into her form of dread - with a grotesquely twisted face, distended limbs and cold sharp crystals covering her body. When she hits 0 HP, she explodes into a fine powder littered with small shards of crystal, dealing considerable necrotic damage to those in her vicinity. From the dust, she regenerates with 1 HP and 1 level of exhaustion.

- Australis' pact has had a noticeable impact on her appearance. Her sclera are a very dark blue and her irises a startling pink. Her horns, once barely ridged, are slowly being encased in the same crystals that encase and hold her patron and it's vast knowledge. Her and her brother both had faint purple markings where they had once had normal birthmarks, but Australis' grew and wove elaborate patterns that darkened and pulsated.

- Every time she uses her warlock skill set, it widens her connection to her patron and the souls that make up it. Often, the voices of her patron question her actions and bombard her with alternate actions, sometimes even downright berating her. It's very very overwhelming, and she can't make it stop. Most of the time, after battles or fights where she has to take the lead, she has to shut herself in her tent and just completely shut down and endure it. She'll often emerge exhausted and with bloodied fingers from trying to claw the crystals growing on her horns off. Hence why she may come off a tad cowardly, insisting others try and carry the brunt of a fight.

- To flex his righteousness, Boreal sends Mal and some other mercenaries up the mountain to find Australis, claiming she's a witch spreading misfortune to the communities on the mountainside. Boreal helps as Mal and the crew attack and destroy the crystals in the cavern. Attacking Australis' Archivist and, indirectly, her. It's agonizing for her, her patron screaming at her in its thousands of voices to protect it, her mind and her vision swimming. She can't fight off her brother, the other half of her, and the pain Boreal and his friends are inflicting make focusing a spell nearly impossible. Her patron channels its power through her and drives the mercenaries from the cave injured, and nearly kills Australis a second time. Boreal tells the others that they must have killed the witch, or at least deterred her from attacking the villages again. They are hailed as heroes. Australis is almost fried from the inside out, lying half-dead in her damaged cavern with so many of the souls that made up her patron just... gone.

Besides, Australis had not once attacked the villages.

- Boreal is a bartender at the town he and Australis spent their late teens and early 20s in. People come to him for comfort and support, for healing and advice. That's where his people skills come from, and how his network and influence became what it is. He's a gossip and a busybody, sure, but he uses it to his advantage! The more he knows, the more damage he can cause and then ultimately fix!

Images are from picrew + a photo from BG3

#long post #sleeptalks #sleep answers #oc: boreal #oc: australis #TYSM MWAH MWAH MWAH

[baylardo]

DO QUESTION 8. BE LONGWINDED.

8. What's an old project idea that you've lost interest in

im gonna PAGE BREAK this one teehee! dont feel like u gotta read this dookie its hecking DENSE original content lmao. this aint even all of it just the stuff that pertained directly to stories i had in mind

I used to be super passionate about developing my headworld Tenebres which like, I still love it a lot and I think about it sometimes but idk I lost the spark for it I guess haha... I had a few kinda "big arc" stories in it, some of them were just AU's for fandom stuff, but omg I'd always put my heckin heart into it maaaaang. :/

BASICALLY I RAN OUT OF CHARACTERS LOL

Tenebres Lore: Tenebres takes place in present day and focuses on the hidden society(s) of magic and monsters. Characters can vastly range in appearance and abilities; many of the rules are set as suggestions rather than guidelines. The one thing to keep in mind in regards to looks is that if they interact with common folk they need to be able to "blend in" which can be achieved in a variety of ways.  While there are some classifications that entirely define some characters in what they are, there are other circumstances where a character can fall into multiple categories. In these instances, there is usually one that represents them more than the other.  Generally speaking all potential types of magic are fair game in Tenebres. The only exceptions are time and dimension manipulation, which are strictly prohibited by a common code kept by most Magi. 

Vera and Jagger: one of my earliest stories involved me and my friend's OCs Vera and Jagger who were both werewolves. my werewolf lore is a bit dense but suffice to say that Vera is a "moon-blessed" called a Lune werewolf and Jagger is a "moon-cursed" werewolf called a Tenebroso. Tenebroso become uncontrollable, enraged, and lose their sense of self in their wolf form. Tenebroso also target Lunes for some unknown reason, they kinda set them off..... thats da mystery is that this new "strain" of werewolves is attacking packs and Vera in particular is like "haha something's majorly up rn. im gonna get to the bottom of this" so the idea was that Vera discovers Jagger stuck somewhere and through exposure therapy of herself (a Lune) to him theyre able to uncover some of the mysteries surrounding Tenebrosos. AND THEY FALL IN LOVE. Lune Lore: Lunes are the rarest of the four races of werewolves. Their symbol atop their head is an upward-facing crescent with a dot within its arch.  Lunes are so rare because of the means in which one becomes a Lune; Lunes are said to be "blessed" by the moon, seeing as more often than not it is the only time they are able to transform. This does not negate them from transforming at other times, but unlike other werewolf races, they cannot stop or even try to stop the transformation from occurring in the presence of the moon.   Tenebroso Lore: Tenebroso have an upside down crescent with a circle attached to its arch on the outer rim. Some have wondered if they have any correlation with Lunes considering how similar their symbols are, though there is no evidence of this aside from the fact that Tenebroso will specifically target Lunes when they are in the area. Not much is known about Tenebrosos, though it is assumed that their initial transformation occurs under intense emotional distress.  Tenebroso are big and burly, mutated-looking werewolves. Though they do not always look this way. Similar to casts their outward appearances can largely range from one to the other. Normally their bouts of rage occur around Lunes or other werewolves, leading to rampages. When a Tenebroso is out of this state of mind they look more like a normal werewolf.  Their eyes will gleam white when they're attacking and can often times be seen spewing and coughing out black ooze from their mouth. Their entity will darken with a black aura as well.

Juneau my beloved: Juneau's lore is that she was a well-renown mage that began self-experimenting on herself with spells and curses and she ends up irrevocably cursing herself into sometimes becoming a big carnivorous and kinda head-empty beast so she loses her reputation and gets kicked out of prestigious mage school she taught at and lives on her own doing plague doctor work which involves curse removal and cleaning up magic "outbreaks" but she ends up getting sought out by this young familiar named Hemlock who wants to learn advanced magic (which is a no-no for familiars) but juneau's so far removed from mage society that the two agree to risk it and she takes Hemlock and a few other familiars under her wing. there's also Ethel who's a mage that accidentally turned herself into a dragon and she's hiding out with Juneau and faked her death bc she thinks her condition is humiliating, where juneau kinda owns her curse and doesnt care with other magefolk think. her and juneau dont like each other very much, Ethel is very lawful good where Juneau's pretty CHAOTICALLY aligned. she frets over them getting caught teaching familiars advanced magic, but they both have nothing better to do and miss teaching so they do it. eventually they become friends and help their little familiar students excel at magic in a more public light, bringing themselves out of hiding as well. Familiar Lore: Familiars are considered to be lesser magi. The ability to use magic in one's animal form defines what a familiar is. Their magic stems from their animal forms and is usually the form that is able to harness the largest amount of magic. Some familiars are born humans while others are animals; more often than not they're humans. Familiars are sought out at very young ages.  Regardless of what a familiar was born as, every familiar has a unique symbol or symbols somewhere on their body; they are always symmetrical in their position on the body. They normally take on the general look of a swirl though its contents can vary significantly. Normally referred to as the Marks of Change, this is how a familiar is identified as a familiar and not just a magical animal. Marks of Change are normally monochromatic and can be lighter or darker than the familiar's skin. Unlike werewolf markings, Marks of Change are always visible and do not vanish when not in use; in addition to this they cannot be removed. Oftentimes these markings are in places where limbs emerge or change, but not always.  In order for a familiar to be enrolled in a magic school or academy they have to successfully perform their transfiguration; this is a very simple requirement in comparison to other witches and wizards who are not themselves a familiar. Familiars have very low expectations in the magic community, the most a familiar can hope to achieve is being the assistant to a high ranking or prosperous witch or wizard. Most studies for a familiar pertain to their transfigurations as well as catalyst magic, which involves the combining of individuals' magic.  Familiars are intended to be able to naturally shift between states whenever necessary. A familiar's overall comfort in their animal state can range drastically. Some find great ease shifting back and forth between forms while others, more reluctant to the change, can abstain from shifting; this  comes with potential side effects such as an odd mergence of the two forms, one might start growing a tail or feathers if they choose not to shift into their animal state.  Because of their constant fluctuation between forms, Familiars will often wear loose, baggy clothing that is easily removable. It is not required to a Familiar to have, but makes their removal easier when shifting into an animal.  A familiar's animal form does not hinder their lifespan, though it can increase it. As familiars age, their inclination to remain in their animal form grows, though this happens very late in life. This does not mean that they lose their humanity, though in some rare cases familiars can lose their sentience.

Blake and Schofield: just 1917 AU in Tenebres, Schofield's a mage, Blake's an Origin werewolf. blake ends up dying like he does in da movie and he becomes a GHOST that "haunts" schofield, just kinda follows him around and stuff after he dies, the story being theyre trying to figure out why he didnt pass on, why he's still around. it would follow Schofield surviving the war with blake as his invisible buddy, eventually they figure out a way to bring him back and he had a purpose to serve as a ghost.

Origin Lore:  Origin werewolves are identified by the O shape on their forehead.  Origins are one of the more common races of werewolves. Origin werewolves are werewolves born already inheriting their ability to transform. They can come from a single werewolf parent or both, though regardless of their parents' symbol, the offspring will be an Origin. This does not affect or prohibit the inheriting of certain abilities or features from their parents, however.   Origins are considered to be the average for werewolves, not necessarily being the strongest, nor the weakest. They are usually the ones to have their transformations under control at all points in time, given that they were born with the power to do so. They tend to have no special abilities aside from the obvious, and seem to be the most humane of a pack.

Farscape Tenebres AU:

John is a human, over the course of time Aeryn, a mage, teaches him how to use magic and he becomes a mage himself, but in the beginning he's just some guy that falls down a portal that allows him to travel between "mageworlds" which are kinda cut off little mage-made dimensions that magefolk use to avoid using magic around commonfolk. anyway he stumbles upon a mageworld that's sole purpose was to be a prison for people who committed magic crimes and that's how he'd find the "moya crew". D'Argo's a Cast werewolf, Zhaan's a grim reaper, Rygel's a vampire, Chiana (who they'd meet later) is a succubus. They end up escaping and just kinda exist via jumping through portals and running from the law.

I had a name for the magic police written down somewhere but it's been lost to time so it's back to being filler named: [MAGIC POLICE] lore:

The death of a magic-involved individual is something the [MAGIC POLICE] are obviously inclined to investigate

Harm of another wizard has a lot of laws and a lot of potential punishments dependent on the severity of the incident

The [MAGIC POLICE] will also investigate general public crimes that have been involved with magic, for the threat of the magic community being exposed, [MAGIC POLICE] officers are given the okay to use mind manipulation magic on the general public to aid in their forgetting of certain events

The [MAGIC POLICE]'s job is to apprehend wrongdoers whereas plague doctors for example clean up the messes afterwords

[MAGIC PRISON] (Tartarus) is where apprehended criminals are contained, it is seemingly limitless in the capacity it holds

Cast Lore:

Casts have a six-pointed star on their forehead. 

Casts receive their powers by curses or spells acted upon them. The means as to how, why, and what the side effects are for a Cast may vary very much depending on how it was that they became a werewolf. This subtype of werewolves is one of the rarer kinds as magic is not common in today's society, though the ability to become a Cast still exists. They are usually the strongest of a pack, gifted with enhanced skills and strength. A Cast will normally have one particular ability that is unique to only them; that isn't to say that there aren't similarities between Cast abilities either.

Some examples may include but are not limited to: The ability to control an element (Fire, wind, electricity, water, etc.), psychic abilities (Illusion, foresight, telepathy, telekinesis, etc.), enhanced physical capabilities (Increased, strength, sleep, sight, hearing, etc.) 

Casts are only able to use their magic in their wolf forms.

Some Casts can be muleheaded and a bit arrogant in dealing with affairs, though the other werewolves know how to put a Cast in its place. Casts will sometimes have unique coloring and fur, occassionally one may see a Cast with vibrant colors in association with its natural fur color. They are also seen to have odd mutations in their wolf forms such as an extra set of limbs, though not all of them carry this trait.

#I CANT FIT NO MORE HAHAHA #Ask #Mytardisisparked #ENJOYYYYYYYY #thanos: im sorry little one

[bcbdrums]

🍓🕯️🔪

"🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?"

well. one day in 2004 when visiting my cousin in the hospital after her car accident. i missed an episode of Bonanza, due to...you know, being at the hospital. this was back in ye olden days of TV guides, recording things on VCR's, and....no....wikis.... not like we have now. no sites to tell you everything, no screencaps, no youtube... and ye olde dial-up internet days. and anyway.... the TV guide descrip made that episode sound thrilling. and...and i just had to know!

and i knew... i remember, knowing in my heart. that if i went online and tried to find out what happened. i'd never get off the computer again. well, i was right. the short conclusion to this tale is i found specific Bonanza fansites loaded with fanfiction!!! and i devoured it. i wanna say within the same month? i was hand-writing fanfic in spiral notebooks for Bonanza. still have that spiral notebook and that unfinished fic, literally locked in a treasure chest. and i still remember the entire plot, what i planned to do with it... yeah.

no, i never did find out what was in that episode i missed/didn't get to record... like i said, no wikis or anything of that nature... (we had to leave from school that day so i didn't get to go home and program the VCR; i'd not known that morning we'd be going to the hospital later.) and they didn't re-run the episode again... so i've still not seen it... but, i started writing fanfic that summer. a defining moment in my life. and yes, my cousin is well!

"🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that?"

ohhh, hmmm... idk if i could scale it. maybe right in the middle, a 5 or 6? this will make more sense if i describe my process perhaps.

so if i'm really in the writing zone, i just...plow ahead until i'm finished. and then i go back and edit. when i'm "in the zone" oftentimes i don't see things that could genuinely be improved by better phrasing, better language choices... they just elude me cuz i'm so hyperfixated on the story and it's so clear in my head, so, of course it's great on the page! (example: Forfeit was written this way.) usually i then just quickly fix obvious typos/grammar things and toss the fic into the void. then i'll return a few months later when it's no longer fresh, and then see soooo many things that could be better, and depending on my mood i'll go back and heavily edit, or, i won't.

the other process... if i'm not "in the zone" usually i write a few lines, get stuck, and to get myself unstuck i go back and edit what i've done. fixing things, adding things... and usually once those few lines are edited i have the next ones ready to be written in my head. it's a slower process overall.

editing for other people is a whole different ball game. i love doing that (as long as i'm in the mood/have the energy/time) because it helps me refine my writing craft too, in trying to assist someone with a totally different style than mine. it's great. and i've edited/beta-read for so many diff people now with such a variety of styles it's really making me more aware of my own, and how it's changed over the years. and i also just enjoy helping people.

the idea of something getting better just appeals to me i guess. it's a good feeling, it's productive. so in that sense, i enjoy editing. if i feel really stuck on a project, then it can become just another slow-down however. that would be the only negative i suppose.

"🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?"

haha, already answered this in a prior ask but i'll choose a different one.

i spent days learning how to waltz properly. all the techniques, and the process by which one learns... to write one character teaching another character, very, very methodically. and apparently i did it well, i received a comment about it from someone who actually waltzes professionally if i remember correctly who was very pleased with my writing of it! can i waltz? or dance at all? no, no i cannot. but i could probably talk someone else through how to learn!

thank you SO much for the ask!!! ^_^

#ask answer #bonanza #kim possible #drakgo #sherlock #the waltzing was in a sherlock fic

[hoardlikegoldenirises]

blurple time.

finally finished this~ months after he appeared 😅

you can tell there's a bit of a punk/industrial vibe infusing the whole design. i also drew from various details in the comics, and other random things like bulletproof leather jackets.

closeups, ramblings, (and a version with a cape) under the cut:

i was originally not planning to add a cape cause i wasn't sure if i could make it work and tbh. still not sure. i like the way the purple cape looks from behind but the inside is like. idk. if it's purple then it looks weird, but the black feels off to me too... I don't think any of the other colors would work.

oh also i decided this glows in the dark (predictable as always)

Helmet's been through some sketches and stuff, spent a while figuring out the mechanisms and so on and settled on this design in the end.

Obviously you can see here the top is leather, it's based on a combo of a motorcycle cowl (with an angled zip you can just see there, and then the shoulders from an armored motorcycle jacket i was looking at. then the blue is meant to be a (heavily) modified like, boilersuit or whatever those are. mechanic's jumpsuit.

Plus all the spikes. Obviously there's no spider-punk in this setting but I like the aesthetics, and I like giving Hobie like a little thing of his own in terms of hobbies/interests so I thought adding that punk aspect would be fun, esp as it ties into his whole thing with being unsure of himself and being a little different and so on.

the lenses are one piece each, just with different colors of film on them, like you see on a variety of custom motorcycle visors. used chrome silver for the white "eyes," which i think would look cool and matches the metal hardware. very reflective. hobie prob won't be the only design with chrome/mirrored lenses for reflective purposes (thinking about the hobgoblin) (well. technically peter will also have aluminized lenses at one point but that's a spare mask for fires, not a main look)

earlier concept which i drew on my phone actually lol. some of this i obv jus copy-pasted cause it was fine as is, other stuff got tweaked, like i ended up changing the lens shape to look a little more like the comics and i did end up scrapping that shape for the faceplate/chin.

and you can see there i edited a pic from the comics playing with what colors i wanted to use. i liked the steel blue that showed up in some of the older painted art from the Prowler's earliest appearances, and I felt like I wanted to give him a color other than purple and green, though I didn't wanna ditch the purple either, so I ended up with this kind of neon blurple + navy combo that I liked a lot. And the silver too.

back of the jacket and helmet. Didn't originally plan on adding all those spikes but then I was sketching this out and I was like, oh... that would look cool... so i committed!! i like how it looks.

Originally I also had no logo/symbol on the front of the chest so I decided to put one on the back. Then I ended up adding that flat panel to the chest and added the symbol there too, and decided to keep the back one as well. i can def see a 19 year old being like, hell yeah... sick... people will definitely take me seriously now. and you know what. he's right.

i will admit i ended up a little dissatisfied with the story i told involving the Prowler in the linked fic, but... I also probably shouldn't have tried to wedge it between like five warring subplots. But it was like, the spot that made the most sense. If this was a cartoon I think it would be a like... 1-2 issue special focused more on him. And also peter would jump out the window. (The real tragedy that I didn't include cause it's hilarious, poor Hobie XD)

Anywho. Is this mechanism needlessly complex? Perhaps. I tried to simplify it at one point but then the more I thought about it the less the simplified version worked so I stuck with the OG idea here. I mean, i guess I could have ditched the locking mechanism entirely but i thought it would be fun if the helmet was self-locking! I also wanted a way for it to rotate/go visor up even with the spikes, thus it being a pretty large rotating faceplate with the spikes on it instead of elsewhere. not that he ever puts it up in the fic. peter just takes hobie's helmet off there 😂

He's also wearing a balaclava under there which I didn't bother really drawing, mostly to protect his hair (which I put in twists for related reasons of helmet-wearing) (I briefly had been considering braids but then, well, ATSV and Miles G. happened and I said, well now I cannot do that XD) (I mean I COULD have but I wanted to do something else here lol) Anyway. The idea here is that it's a kind of slide lock with a spring-loaded peg that slots into the holes, and the square hole with the square peg locks the faceplate in place and prevents it from rotating, but when the square peg is in the round hole, the faceplate can rotate freely. The only wrinkle here would be that Hobie has to pull on both locks simultaneously or as close to it as possible or he'd risk cracking the helmet (i assume? stress and pressure etc.)

Sliding the lock forward also slides the whole plate forward, which lets me (in theory) have a flush, smooth silhouette while still allowing it to come forward enough to push up. It's not vacuum sealed or anything though. But it does have like... air filters and a voice modulator and some other things. MOST of the suit is super low tech and doesn't require electricity but the helmet probably has batteries or something. (peter's new webshooters at this point are also battery powered lol)

Helmet is pretty typical fiberglass construction with foam pads inside. Idea there is that Hobie made a lot of this stuff using campus workshop resources like autobody or machining shop on campus, for stuff like getting fiberglass, having a space to work in, making polycarbonate lenses etc. Though it's totally possible to do fiberglass work at home too. (peter also uses campus resources for his lenses specifically btw)

Gauntlets!!! Uhhhh ngl very difficult. Trying to design armored gauntlets that don't look like knightly armor is very hard for me cause I always just google reference pics of knightly armor. LOL. I think these came out alright. There's a hint of motocross influence there too (though really even in modern days armor is armor so there end up being shared traits) The gloves ended up being mostly leather with some armored parts, though there is probably some inner armor which is not visible. The claws I left bare since you would not be able to sharpen claws coated in plasti dip—

oh yeah the purple color on all the hard parts is plasti dip, which is basically rubber paint.

The wrist gauntlets are very very very loosely based on a guy's grappling rope web-shooter thing which you can see in this youtube video: link. though i didn't wanna just rip him off so i mostly just said, alright, tubes and a harness—which the prowler already has in the comics anyway, albeit smaller. so really it's pretty much like the comics anyway.

Right wrist has the green laser dazzler, both have grapples, left wrist has EMP (not pictured) which Hobie uses in the scene I have him and Peter fight except then I realized recently I didn't actually explain what that was or how it was working 😂 I probably should have done that scene from Hobie's POV in retrospect. It's an EMP though and it scrambles Peter's spidey sense via interference/signal noise.

(electromagnetic signals being responsible for several cases of irl "hauntings" —> spider-man's haunted)

waist utility belt... I like the way the silver belt on the old art looks! So I decided to make these hard silver hinged cases instead of soft pouches (originally were soft but I changed my mind while coloring) — IDK if these really are metal or if they're just fiberglass with chrome paint lol but either way, shiny chromey, hinged to open, the insides are probably padded... buckle is actually metal though.

Boots—modified snow boots. These are loosely based off of a real thing btw: link to blog post

The silver things are the magnets. Gauntlets are probably also magnetic but those are not visible like the boot ones. I also read some comments saying certain kinds of electromagnets would be preferable for something like boots but ultimately, IDK how to draw that, so I just drew it like they look in jen foxbot's prototype.

There was some other stuff I initially planned on including that didn't make the cut, aside from the cape. I was toying with stuff like a jetpack (or really, a jump jet), gliding/wingsuit, etc. but... I didn't use any of those. Kept it simple and streamlined for the most part. so no gliding for this Prowler, but hey, he's got magnet boots.

maybe in the future if Hobie ends up with an Iron Man-esque collapsible suit, perhaps he'll be able to fly, but for now, he's a college student making a supervillain persona so he can keep himself from getting evicted...

And his face!!! cutie :3 loosely inspired by Greg Eagles' face (the voice actor for grimm from billy and mandy) Not that ATSV had no impact on this design but that was the main thing. Twists to keep his hair protected in the helmet under the balaclava etc. and something he can do himself, and then a twist out afterward.

plus you can see the nose rings I mention in Creep here.

#yes i did use the Peter base for this—they are supposed to be the same height and similar build #nadiart #fanadiart #arghdesign #hobie brown #the prowler #came in through the window last night #shiny art

[probablyottrpgideas]

Re: the post about the 'base assumptions' of DnD: 'Playing DnD requires buying into *proceeds to describe an exclusively unhinged murderhobo dungeoncrawl playstyle*' Like. Idk, I hope they find a better group/DM soon I guess? They literally don't have to play that way?? I know my tables don't. DnD campaigns with more emphasis on plot and roleplay, and where the morality of characters' actions can be called into question or given appropriate consequences by the DM are not uncommon at all. It's ok to dislike DnD, or to prefer other systems! But calling a murderhobo playstyle the 'base assumption' of a game which famously allows every table to tailor their campaign to their personal liking just seems highly disingenuous to me.

I hear you, but I also think you are explicitly doing what the original OP calls out as the behaviour they're deconstructing.

Dungeons and Dragons is, in it's core DNA, a combat simulator game that had narrative storytelling elements added to it. All the classes---a core pillar of character design alongside Race and, in 5e, Background!---are built assuming you will engage in combat. Yes, you have other options, but at no point in its design does it produce a result that is incapable of resolving conflict with violence.

That's okay! Violence is a part of conflict resolution; fighting and warfare are part of the world, and as such they are part of the storytelling media that Dungeons and Dragons draws upon in its design.

So while you can play the game in a completely non-violent way, you do so by forgoing a significant part of the games design.

And then, of course, we come to the other point the OP was making; if your core toolbox of resolving narrative conflict always includes doing violence (either physical violence in the case of killing monsters, socio-economic violence through theft, or social violence by destroying reputations or social standing in political intrigue campaigns), you need to be conscious of who is the target of that violence, and how often those tools are you immediate go-to.

The OP was not, I feel, describing anything terribly out-of-pocket with their description of the casual D&D party. The party getting the mission from the king to ensure the Demon Lord is not summoned to the realm who go to the Old Abandoned Temple and killing every CR 2 Cultist with a fire bolt cantrip is not an "unhinged murder-hobo dungeoncrawl" playstyle, it's an average (if mediocre) D&D adventure.

I'm glad you get to play D&D in a way you enjoy, but I feel if you play with a wide variety of groups you will see players engaging in behaviour the OP described more often than not.

And for anyone wanting to play games that dont feature violence as it's go-to conflict resolution mechanic, those games are out there. You don't have to hack D&D to do it. A lot of them are free, or PWYW, and the creators are on Xitter begging you to play them.

#I want you to know Anon that while I disagree with your point #I'm not saying you're wrong or out of line #I've just seen way waaaay too much of what the OP was saying #to think it was in anyway an exceptional or uncommon thing

[feuqueerfire]

The Devil Judge Live Blogging

I was actually supposed to watch The Eighth Sense or From Now On, Showtime! this weekend but I saw this tweet. It is an edit on the male leads and I didn't even watch the edit really but I was overcome with a great urge to watch the drama, so I'm somehow starting it on Thursday night instead of Saturday :/

Ep 1 (June 1)

It has korean subs... should I try to watch it in Korean? The first ep is already 1h 20 mins lol, it'd take forever to watch with Korean subs. Idk why my "learning" feature on Viki isn't working rip, it'd be helpful to have both subs

at least there were some names and titles of characters at the beginning so that I can come back to it when I'm inevitably lost about who is who

oh Kim Gaon is going in to be a skeptical character in this live court, keeping his eyes and ears open because his teacher does not like or approve of this spectable

first meeting and I have to remember that this tension will not accumulate to them actually getting together rip

Gaon's parents were murdered?

damn, that's dumb to shoot at the bus toward Gaon and the child, no? when you didn't know how the person would react or accidentally shot the people? i think I'm just unimpressed by callous old confident powerful men tbh

ah, of course, Gaon saves a child and the driver and a plant

oh that's not his sister, that's his friend who's in love with him. it could be cute if i wasn't already ogling at the straight-up BL and romance dynamics with the older strict rich powerful man and younger hopeful kindhearted rough childhood man

I keep seeing clearly corrupt men who I've previously seen act as terrible men in kdramas lol

why is Gaon talking about supreme court breaking and entering in public transit T.T

so is Su Hyeon actually Gaon's love interest? I think I heard the love interest dies

Director Jeong Seon Ah's manner of speaking is so fucking irritating my god

also who is the good guy here? Nobody? seon-ah is for the foundation and doesn't want this trial of Ju Il Do to happen but does the Minister of Justice Cha Gyeong Hui want it to happen so that he's not given a sentence? she's the one who's been supporting and getting support from Ju Il Do this whole time

ah he's so annoying, he likes that she likes him

no way he's repeating her joking but kinda not asking him to marry her recording ah they're cute fuck

damn what's going on with the judge at that place with fallen people?

oh slamming against bookshelf and talking about Gaon living alone and the trailing hand across chest?

how did Gaon trail the car while on a bike

oh Gaon mentioned that the judge Kang Yohan survived some disaster, so I guess this fire is referencing that?

this variety show concept is killing me so bad

oh hooooo so the devil judge is making it seem like he's on the chairman and the Foundation's side but he made the doctor react badly to having thought he drank the water... okay, I did wonder this beforehand but was unsure

oh witness coming through okay, was he previously bribed?

ohh the judge met with a different doctor, okay, so he really will play by the books and rules?

is the judge going to say occupational negligence? which will make it seem like ju il do is facing consequences but will have him get off easy? whose side is this man on?????

oh? the judge got the witness to lie to make the stuff worse and mention murder? is that good or bad in terms of consequences omg

ah Judge Yohan keeps playing with everybody on every side, including me. so he is doing occupational negligence but is using the newer ruling to make it a longer sentence

okay chills for real when he's reading the names and accounces 235 years

the groups are: the minister (on the side of ju il do, used to be on the side of kang yohan as well), the Foundation (on the side of ju il do as well), and the tv broadcast people (on the side of money and entertainment), that other guy (on the side of entertainment mans is just watching, I can't rmr who he is or who he's related to heh - oh my bad he's the fucking president lol)

oh the Judge is acteur! a tear down his cheek

please the way Gaon has been gazing at Judge Yohan since he figured out he's probably on their side

the Judge yawning? lmfao

pls okay Gaon was so doey-eyed at Judge Yohan just a moment ago but now he's hardened again

what's this? judge yohan's memories? Gaon reminds him of somebody else?

Fun first episode, purposefully confusing in terms of the judge's loyalties, I got confused about the people and who is who because I was playing solitaire on the side lol

also kinda funny to call it dystopian present-day korea, it's like 2 millimeters to the right of just regular present-day world

Ep 2 (June 2)

Lunch time episode heh

I wonder if this female Judge Oh will be a problem? last ep she mentioned power and this ep she was like ...they're not looking at me

ah intense dinner. so Gaon's father committed suicide to escape from loan sharks while Yohan's father was a loan shark

who is this yellow car racer dude? i wonder if he's gonna be part of this ep's case. also, what happened to the previous lying doctor guy last ep? did he collide with that truck?

the secretary is so irritating like just her mannerism and manner of speaking like obviously everybody here is irritating but somehow she gets on my nerves the mostttttt

damn Mr. Seo looks head

fuck I forgot who Heo Jung Se is but apparently Minister thinks they talked Yohan into sentencing Ju Il Do - oh wait I looked up the MDL cast list and I think it's the president

anyway I hope Gaon's professor doesn't die, they seem to have a great mentor-mentee relationship

plss "It's like you were only watching me, Judge Kim" "...that's not true." bye

ah Gaon insisting it's not just a good result that's desired but also a fair and just trial vs Yohan saying there's no justice no fairness trials are a game

Yohan saying Gaon resembles "him" - the same guy he was hallucinating at the end end of last ep?

lol her being like ah so your cheating lover was the Judge/chief?

i wonder are there rules of cars going to the side when there are police sirens on in korea/seoul or no?

oh judge yohan's black sports car

Yohan reminds me a bit of Dongshik with the laugh and doing inexplicable things like hammering the car and planting drug (?) evidence

ah Yohan is always a few steps ahead huh? Knew that the cop fuck I forgot her name would visit the doctor witness and also found the bug Gaon put in his office

oh Gaon is already thinking that maybe Yohan's tampering is fine since it led to a good outcome, will he also be converted by the end?

who did Gaon call after seeing the car guy? would it be Yohan since he appeared hmmmm

oh wtf Yohan's using that car guy as bait, which makes sense since he was doing all that hammer and drug planting in front of Gaon and the cop

ah Yohan devil coming into play

oh shit Yohan killed the bird and then was ostracized for it

is Chairman Seo treating Judge Oh weirdly creepily?

wait I hope Yohan and the lady who irritates me just by existing won't be love interests or something since they're dancing like this... please

also is she a secretary or a director? no clue

oh Yohan king of planting things and creating chaos from the very beginning. so funny to see these little kids fight

lmfao pleaseee the mom the car guy was seeking is the minister?

oh what the fuck a whole ass bomb? somebody really wants Yohan dead

ofc Gaon saves Yohan and Yohan has to drag his unconscious body away

Ep 3 (June 2)

oh Yohan took Gaon to his house and what? took his shirt off and bandaged him himself or called a doctor?

Yohan just straight up pretending to be injured in front of the reporters

lol Yohan being like oh? are you his gf? and then stops her from knowing his whereabouts. seeing them together like this is just like Gaon has 2 hands! he can have a childhood bestie gf and an intimidating morally ambiguous older bf!

oh also her name is Yun Suhyeon

lol why did the maid(?) get startled just at seeing Gaon, it's as if he's sharing a bed with Yohan or something lol - after the incident of elijah saying gaon looks like him + the Nanny talking to the Young Master photo, I guess she thought he looked like the kid who died

oh yeah I forgot to mention but the mention of Old Testament reminded me that there's so many references to Catholicism/Christianity in regards to Yohan and his past

ah, Elijah doesn't like his face and calls him a knockoff, probably haunted by the same person who Gaon reminds Yohan of

I love the Minister woman so much, idk she's so above it all and a schemer but ah it's appealing and so intense

IN CONTRAST THIS DIRECTOR LADY FROM THE FOUNDATION IS KILLING WHY DOES SHE TALK AND ACT LIKE THAT AGHHHH

oh stupid president talking about an intense stare not befitting a woman, it suits the minister perfectly, she's scary

bro literally taking off shirt + wound tending + taking jabs about being old vs young

please I think Elijah and Yohan are so funny. she's his younger sister right? He constantly defending himself from her and her just going like so boring. especially with his unstyled hair after the shower, he looks so unassuming and cute

Judge Yohan is so funny, a public show judge by day and hammering cars and beating up people by night

Yohan avoiding to answer if it's because of Judge Gaon...

oh the social responsibility foundation are raising money to house and aid the poor people in Korea lol meanwhile all the fucked up shit going on inside the foundation. oh lmao they have to move people who already live there and demolish their houses to make this supposed dream village

Director Jeong just straight up stepping on the president's face lol it would've been so good if I didn't hate her

oh damn okay so I did very briefly wonder if he was adopted or something since Yohan laughed at being rich since birth but it does seem that something like that happened. Nanny says this true Young Master is the owner of this house, not "that child" Yohan - is he actually not Yohan but posing as that or something lol like after the kid died he took over his life?

oh this guy is suchhhh a bitch hurting everybody at the restaurant

oof they really got two of the 3 people to agree to a settlement out of court

damn Gaon saying he saw the dude driving dangerously and nothing else

D: all 3 settled?

omggggg Judge Yohan is soooo good at putting on a show with his priest-like robes, it's unbelievable

oh there are multiple locked doors? One is the dead Young Master who looks like Gaon's room? and this other one leads to the basement - is it Yohan's old childhood room?

the fact that the Nanny evil calls him Sleeping Beauty and princess, like this is so BL coded

oh I see, I thought too much - he is indeed an adopted kid but hadn't taken over the other dude Isaac's life. this basement was his room though

why is Gaon asking about dirt on Yohan from the Nanny? and so blatantly too like how do you know you can trust her - just because he saw her talking to that photo in that room? smh

anyway, my guess is that Nanny thinks Yohan purposely caused the fire on purpose to kill Isaac and get his fortune? and maybe he did cause it accidentally, that's why he has regrets related to his brother?

oh wait Yohan is still half related to the siblings, their fathers are the same

not the gloves before a beating

damn, Yohan did what?! made a maid jump off the 2nd floor and poisoned a dog? fr?

ayo wtf Yohan basically murdered this man by making him fall off the roof of several floors. also he was a firefighter during the fire at the catholic church where Isaac died and yohan lived?

ah i'm so curious

Ep 4 (June 2)

oh damn Minister really framed somebody 19 years ago and innocent man ended up committing suicide, so now Yohan's saying if she confesses, he'll let her son go

oh? is the guy who's always doing the sleuthing and tailing for Yohan that guy's son who was in middle school when his dad committed suicide?

oh Nanny even gave him the keys?

when did Yohan chasing down that man even happen?

damn even Elijah is thinking every day about how Yohan became the owner of this house

pls Yohan really looks so cute with this washed hair and homey look wtf

I did miss Yohan and Gaon interacting

ohan even took a peak at Gaon shirtless lol and then checked him out in his new suit like and putting the jacket on him

Elihaj and Gaon ganging up on Yohan and his age ah

pls Yohan literally taking Gaon to this place after choosing his outfit and everything and guiding him with his hand on his back ah (though he took a moment to be the passenger princess heh)

pls this flock of women

oh okayyyy the fucker Foundation CEO or whatever is indeed a creep and assaulter because I thought the way he was grabbing Judge Oh was weird but was like hm? but yeah he's a fucked up dickhead and the Director Jeong bitch is an enabler - oh actually she stopped him this time

agh her slapping him and making him bow. this could've been fun if they both didn't disgust me

agh fuck this might actually make me like her, she's so scary. the way she started slapping him for daring to say he "befouled the women" because even if a dog like him bites humans, the humans don't become dirty. i wonder if she was sexually abused?

oh the way Yohan grabbed and threw Gaon tf

Yhan really went does the Minister have to be the one who protects your assets?

Gaon going crazy watching these interactions between these rich and powerful people wow me too their laughter is wild

is Director Jeong lying about the donation thing? yeah right?

oh Yohan doing that to the steering will is so D:

ahhh scary minister <3 letting own child to the wolves and letting him be arrested than falling from her own position, yessss. even thinking "there's no glory without sacrifice"

oh Gaon and Suhyeon are going to a cop who was the fire incident? or investigated it?

lmfao flogging as the sentence is killing me so bad pls public humiliation and corporal punishment T.T this could be an explicit AO3 fic tbh

(Linguistics) the dude is using banmal and rude words

this public display is genuinely horrifying by the way

oh fuck Gaon probably shouldn't have said "hyung too" bro you don't actually know that

Elijah being Isaac's daughter makes a lot more sense than their sibling

the beauty and chaos of fire

oh that's why Elijah uses a wheelchair now, Minister really didn't gaf

Gaon was wearing the cross bracelet/necklace that belonged to Isaac that belonged to his mom

ah so as expected, that fireman had stolen Isaac's watch

damn Gaon literally just walked away after hearing all that and Yohan smirking while saying "ah people indeed like these sorts of stories" like okay??? it's probably mostly true but with more flair to tug at heartstrings?

I'm ignoring the fact that Gaon reminds Yohan of his literal brother.

Some people on reddit on-air said that maybe Yohan was showing Gaon off to the Foundation people to see if they remembered that face that day from the fire but seems like nobody did. Also, they wondered if Yohan was targeting the foundation people for being there that day of the fire but all running for their lives and leaving his relatives to die.

Ep 5 (June 3)

oh this dream nightmare of Yohan of the fire and his brother

damn Gaon seeing Yohan after the nightmare

Elijah even accusing Yohan of "seeing the face of the man he killed" ah

oh ho, Yohan's past judge experiences where he was simply imagining fucking up the defendant (esp somebody who beat his the son and his own father beat him) and now he's finally getting to live the fantasies out

ah, Yohan saying that Gaon wanting to leave/accepting being kicked off the panel is predictable?

oof Minister is throwing a wrench into Yohan's plans?

what's suhyeon doing? is this just a regular case for her job?

ah Minister had touched up the flogging photos, though it's a cruel punishment nonetheless

oh someone's following Yohan's whereabouts

ah Gaon leaving so much food for Yohan and Yohan actually eating it, despite not trusting others like the Nanny

ah so the foundation paid off that old cop

ah Suhyeon and Gaon childhood friends

pls her becoming a cop because she wants to keep rescuing Gaon, ah he's got Suhyeon on one side and Yohan on the other

oh, this time we don't know much about the defendant

? what's the hard drive hiding?

girl physical castration?

Minister and Director Jeong ah terrible women scheming <3 I still fucking hate the way director jeong speaks though my god I like the character but cannot stand the acting

damn, the show lasted like 3 minutes this time and we're continuing for next time

pls Yohan playing as a hurt, misunderstood man for Gaon is so funny

but Gaon also catching on and throwing the "you do waver when i talk like this" back

oh, Gaon acknowledging Yohan as a victim really touched him, huh?

come onnnn Yohan looking out from the window to see Gaon and his niece Elijah playing together with the cat

omg and closing the curtains as soon as Gaon looks toward his window

Gaon's professor won't be in cahoots with the foundation or something, right?

omggggg??? children flogging each other as play

wait who is that on the bike - spying on Gaon? judge oh?

inmate?

ah sad Judge Oh

Yohan being pulled all ways to choose whether to castrate or not, ah. rip his pens

ah so Yohan did not choose castration. it's a trick regardless of what he chooses, so it is what

did somebody poison the criminal? omg

oh appendix? wait what's going on are they just castrating him anyway? they as in Yohan? wtf man is this a dream

oh Gaon dreamed it lmfao

oh I see, that's why Elijah was bringing an inmate to prison in Texas

is this homophobia or no

Yohan won the tricky, tricky homework that Director Jeong had set for him

I just hate her acting so much, else Director Jeong as a character could be sooo good

pls they look so boyfriends with Yohan at home and Gaon on the couch playing with the cat, in casual clothes ah

oh i see, it wasn't Judge Oh but this other motorcycle woman. so this is the foundation's doing to trap Yohan?

I would like this display of her having captured Yohan and have him in cuffs so much more if her acting wasn't such a turn off my god and the kiss just looks weird and uncomfortable instead of salacious or whatever

oh? she worked as a maid for their family before? that's why things in the house were familiar

why is she kissing him?

Ep 6 (June 3)

the kiss feels more proprietory and about power (?) than as if she likes him

anyway i hate the way the actress plays her so much omg

oh D: he's scary, he really told young maid Director Jeong to jump off the second floor? her name's Seonah. though we didn't actually see him push her or her actually jump off

omg? she told him to go outside and she'll cover for him but she's telling on him going outside to the Nanny (to get suspicions off her about stealing)... was this before or after she fell off the 2nd floor?

oh that stealing stuff was before the fall

the young Seonah >>>>> this older version agh i hate this actress' acting so much it's actually killing me a bit

this choking/throat-grabbing scene could be so hot if it wasn't played by her

ah she stole the cross necklace fr

wonder if Gaon would fall into the things that Yohan cares about... or if it's too soon

Yohan pls "i was with a tough woman yesterday, she pulled my hair and kissed me" okay

heh casual outfit Elijah likes Gaon and Yohan teasing her about it pls they're so cute

omg? not that disagreeing/arguing about Yohan and the donation file in front of Elijah

poor teary-eyed Elijah

ah Yohan would ofc be very worried about missing Elijah, esp after he himself was recently abducted

aw fractured Yohan and Elijah relationship T.T

:0 woah all the young male idols falling over themselves to light the Minister's cigar

Minister and Director Jeong are so clever ah scary women my beloveds <3

I just hate her acting and manner of speaking agh

ohh that bike belonging to Director Jeong's right hand woman is indeed following Gaon's professor, not Gaon himself

ah so they were trying to catch Gaon's attention indeed oof and ofc the professor's first guess is that Yohan's ot someone tailing him

ah Judge Oh's ambition and greed to be seen will be easy for Director Jeong to manipulate

it's wild that Gaon's literally still living with Yohan lol after all the threats

Yohan's flogging influence, so widespread ah

who is this man who cashed out the money

oh Doctor Safety... money from Yohan? also did those look like flight details?

oof, miss girl you're gonna be killed

damn Gaon really landed a punch on Yohan. though Yohan can just do this and that bc he can't punch back his brother's face I guess

oh, so it wasn't Yohan? but what was the plan he told his right-hand man to execute then?

damn, Yohan's acknowledging that he gave the money, what's he planning??

oh hoooo Yohan's good at crafting stories and putting on a show. where'd the witness even come back from? wasn't he gone?

him openly targeting the foundation now ahhh

the foundation people all being those at the fire incident ah

Yohan loves causing chaos sooo much, he's so good at this

Ep 7 (June 3)

Yohan admitted to Gaon that he did in fact take Doctor Safety and make their stories straight to lie to the nation - oh never mind, not quite

well Gaon doesn't think Yohan attacked

oof Judge Oh is earnest but has the seeds in her head from Director Jeong

ah this talk that Director Jeong is giving these young orphan girls. also seems like CEO Seo did sexually assault her or something bc now he's turned into a dog who obeys her and is tortured by her

not her just killing that lady, similar to how her mother just happened to die

ooh Yohan and Elijah's miscommunications and Elijah feeling like Yohan's overbearing reminds me of Moonlight Chicken's Jim and Liming, though of course Yohan is suspected of murder and scheming by Eli

pls Gaon comforting Eli but then also teasing her

plsssss Yohan reading the book on how to talk to adolescents and trying to talk to Eli T.T he's so earnest and cute even though he's sooo bad at it

Yohan and Gaon deciding what to do together, huh? okayyy team let's go <3

lol Yohan scheming to get the Foundation people to be divided by just playing tricks

lmfao I think it's so funny that he had to do the countdown and do half, half's half, etc to predict the time

heh Yohan doing nothing but still getting these people to be suspicious of each other and saying everything is lies while Yohan just eats well. one of them even bringing up middle school I'm dead

ah, finally Gaon is working on a case lol

pls T.T the live stream to make sure everybody knows where he was so that he won't be found dead

who is Do Yeong Chun? is that Gaon's dad? no right since he already died? is it the guy who made Gaon's dad commit suicide? i was wondering if it's Yohan's father but seems not based on last name Do + Yohan's dad wasn't sent to prison or anything

i don't really know what they're talking about the land and money and stuff except that apparently things are fishy

Ah, Judge Oh realizing that Yohan and Gaon are working together and know these while she's being sidelined... rip girl. will you end up doing what the opposition wants because of it?

omg not Yohan bringing up Gaon's parents like this

they want

scary Director Jeong who wants to make CEO Seo take the fall

damn, CEO Seo is just straight up suggesting they kill Director Jeong lmfao

omg they really have a fake man taking the punishment for Gaon's parent's scammer Do. Yohan brought Gaon here to show his lawful justice system did not punish the man - i wonder if he himself would've orchestrated this or if this switch was from before? Do was happy on the day Gaon saw him so maybe it's not Yohan's doing

ah Director Jeong I d love her, the way she's asking about why Seo did that when she was young and had nowhere to go. she's so scary with the hug and stabbing (and I wish she hadn't kissed Yohan that time)

I feel like I'm gonna lose my mind wondering how much I would have liked Director Jeong's character if she was played by a different person

ah they killed Seo and said he committed suicide not because he embezzled but because somebody else did and had embezzled and fled and so he was doing his duty - so no harm to the Foundation as Jeong becomes the new Chairwoman instead of just Director

Ep 8 (June 4)

ah the foundation members came to the hospital afterward and it really made Yohan hate them more and their hypocrisy, saying all that while they escaped and harmed people while doing so

the devil is the self-pity of the powerful, so true actually

oh so Yohan did indeed change Do? agh

Gaon back at his own home finally

omg? they literally came up with a group of accountants from the Foundation who apparently embezzled the money and disappeared but they were actually trying to give the court show tips

oh hooo the Foundation and companions are powerful and they're turning the wave of support towards them with the "suicide" and the passionate speeches

Gaon has been enticed by the results that Yohan's unlawful court has been getting but he's been brought back to the lawful side by Suhyeon and his professor, but I guess we'll start to see him actually switch now?

pls Suhyeon pretending that it hurts and Gaon giving in is cute

ah when will Suhyeon's meddling get her killed?

oof, so they're "showing support" for the live court and are basically keeping an eye on them and having them work with the Blue House

Jeong Seonah is dom 4 dom, that could be so fun if I liked the actress

lmao Yohan saying I don't discriminate between men and women. well

oh shoot the "how much do you like me?" choking

did Seonah have the necklace in a way that it'd be easy for Yohan to get it back?

or was it in a way that the pin stabbed him when he pulled it? i can't tell

ah Yohan doing his best to get Gaon by his side so that he doesn't have to eliminate him - Gaon's still at least a bit suspicious of Yohan having switching the Do man right?

pls Elijah being like yo let's kill Do

ah Gaon definitely being like yeah seems like only someone with a strange purpose would do this switcheroo

ah Elijah herself reached out to Suhyeon, it's a bit surprising since last time was a bit of a disaster but I guess she's lonely and would take anybody - also I read on reddit that they were worried since Suhyeon left Eli in the car by herself

she confessed every time he cried? but he just cried earlier in this ep and she didn't confess

damn, Gaon's right that drunkards shouldn't be beating people or cops up but he supports the live ammunition stuff? be serious

damn, Gaon's being asked to give info so that his prof can close down live court

ooh, he's meeting all the people that Yohan has working for him, including the right-hand man dude. and they all were upset about the justice system not helping them

oof, Judge Oh you're good and have valid points about the chaos and exclusion but you're falling into Jeong Seonah's traps D:

ah, so it seems like Minister covered up Do's crimes and proceeds seizing? so not done by Yohan.

ah Gaon made his choice and ensured his prof knew he was with Yohan - though i don't fully get his argument like yeah obviously the justice system should've done better but definitely the unrest and chaos of the country isn't just because of that but I also don't get why his prof wants to disband live court as if that's the main cause of all this, the president and Foundation stuff had an even bigger hand now

From the reddit on air thread, people were annoyed by Gaon opposing Yohan and being lawful thus far but I felt like it made sense and this transition into Yohan's side has been fairly satisfactory

Ep 9 (June 4)

I was supposed to be half-done with my assignment or have at least worked for an hour before I came back to this show but uh I did like 10 minutes of work rip

oh, we're getting a little summary so far at the beginning, it's like chapter 2 of this show? second half?

okay please I believe Yohan will show up before anything really happens pls pls pls

oof, if this gets out, Seonah is gonna know what Yohan's weak point is

who was released? do we know them? Bamboo spear?

ah Seonah has moved onto new target to control: Yohan

I hope they don't become a romantic couple but just slap each other around - anyway, Yohan be careful though bc you make her mad enough and she'll fuck you up fr

ah that's when Isaac gave the necklace to Yohan - it's supposed to remind him of not hurting innocent people

oh are Bamboo Spear the people that were causing the riot and the guy who Suhyeon arrested?

ah, how will the ads be manipulated to Seonah's desire? esp since Judge Oh was in the middle for a few and Yohan stepped away for a few

is it a good idea to let the fact that she was a maid at his house get out (to the Minister)? She could talk about her humble background and being tortured by Yohan?

pls I was like why is Elijah saying "will he be okay?" but Nanny is just a v bad cook lol

ahhhhh this found family T.T putting off an appointment bc Elijah said Gaon's not letting anybody eat until all 3 are present

pls Gaon planning on using Yohan's money to get info out of Minister's assistant

T.T Gaon does not know how to interrogate this is so funny

exactlyyyy you should start packing up the gold bars bro

so did the assistant tell the truth? it's always suspicious to know whose word you can trust or not and who knows if the assistant will go back and immediately tell her and then he'll be moved soon

ah, it is indeed him

oof, it's hard to see all this and keep wanting revenge against Do but it's definitely different for Gaon and for good reason

ah Suhyeon immediately saying he'd arrest Gaon

noooo Gaon pls don't go and do something bad to Do right now, Yohan did say it's not just your revenge but it's gonna be useful for many people and things

D: omggggggg Gaon literally choking this man, don't kill him in front of his family D:

oh the money is still there, that's kinda expected but tbh as time went on i bought into his play

anyway don't actually burn the money right? bc you can have proof that the money exists with this man bc they didn't seize it

omg Yohan really made Gaon see that this man would choose to save the burning money than his family, who saved him just earlier

oh fake money, that's good

omg so many beautiful fire shots

I want to know what's in those little gift boxesss

is it to the other Do's victims?

oh it's from Jinyoung? I wondered if it's from Yohan's right-hand man

Ep 10 (June 4)

I wrote another paragraph of my assignment and am back here, rip

damn bruh the president is soooo into hating foreigners

pls the secretary is like 1 second away from dying after betraying Minister

yaas tracking master Elijah and clever girl group photos

ah is Suhyeon doing this now? is she gonna die tryna get the bamboo spears since there's no gun?

plssss secretary man being so shocked at Minister mentioning Kang Yohan

but yeah I'm excited to see Minister and Yohan meet, it's been a while

omg Elijah <3333333 mastermind

goddamn, so many people wtf

ah these people in the minister's office are even tracking the competitors and have bugs and stuff in their office lol

the autopsy thing? is Yohan giving them autopsy report in case they kill Seonah? or is that for something else? or is this her mother's autopsy? but then that shows that Yohan knew that they were looking into Seonah and stuff right or it's like fine that he guesses Minister would be looking into Seonah?

hard to tell if the bamboo spears guy is just overconfident or really has things up his sleeves? the president is on his side so i guess he has reason to be confident

wait hold on T.T the way Yohan and Seonah are interacting and speaking and body language and tone and stuff... I actually do wanna see them kiss or fuck or something, they're kinda... the way Yohan's speaking softly/cutely the way Seonah does ah it's kindaaaaaa

he really stresses the fact that she was a maid and stuff really often smh

everything the bamboo spear says is bullshit but the "our women" keeps killing me like tf are they products? possessions?

Gaon please be good at this show thing bc you're a newbie at this, not as clever as Yohan and not as natural and Judge Oh

omg have it be girl group merch pls

aw, the streamer girl isn't as funny as just TWICE merch

oof, they made him a loser instead of a revolutionary, good going in terms of the bamboo spear and the president's goals and the country's opinions on him

i hope nothing toooo bad happens to bamboo spear because that could turn out to be bad, no? though if yohan or gaon or something rescues him then he could be like okay fine I'll tell you about how the president raised me to be that

gaon as expected feels bad about the live stream

oof, Minister let Seonah know that she knows about her being a maid before and that's Seonah's wear point for sure - I wonder if Yohan wanted Seonah took come after him with vengeance and that's why he leaked it?

I'm getting worried for Elijah's safety though bc Yohan himself even told Seonah about her

Anyway, I think I hate the acting of Seonah less now than I previously did, so the fact that I find her character fascinating and sympathetic is coming out more

Ep 11 (June 4)

This time I at least wrote a few paragraphs before coming back, I've only got 5 hours till the due date and this episode is about to take up 1.5-2 hours.

ah the autopsy

The Minister is too cocky on her high horse, she does not know Seonah whatsoever, the way she's degrading her

ah foolish Yohan sleeping in public

Seonah with the blade omg

the way they interact with each other ahhh like Yohan forcibly remaining calm and relaxed while Seonah's got a blade in her hand and talking so softly and their eye contact

and Yohan basically daring her with the blade and eyes closed and taking her to his house as a guest this is crazy i kinda hope they fuck in there aw her eyes :<

but once again i hope she doesn't interact with or do anything to Elijah

now it's like well Yohan also has two hands <3 having dinner with Gaon on his left and Seonah in front of him

oh yeah does Seonah remember that Gaon looks like Isaac or no?

D: nooo I do feel bad for Seonah how did I even get here but here o.o eyes ever since she came to the house and seen everybody be a family only to be shattered when she realizes that she's being played with when Nanny comes and she's exposed, Yohan you're terrible!!

the necklaceeeeeee omg Yohan what are you playing atttttt he's really taking advantage of her desire to belong to this house and that place

and of course Seonah knows it's a trick but she's so tempted. i hope she's indeed tempted and that it makes her fall in the end but that she takes a gooood swing at Yohan before that

hmm what are these Foundation people planning on doing with Judge Oh? being their spokes person?

Yohan looks like a little stableboy with his sispenders and hair, watching them play Jenga

Yohan is so puppy looking cat-personality I die

oof, Seonah's aligning herself with Minister and rip Yohan's actress who testified against Minister's son is being brought up

oh nooo they've captured the actress' mother. mean Seonah

I hope the actress somehow lets Yohan know or something bc rip or somehow finesse the Minister and Seonah

ahhhh okayyyyyyyyyy so did Seonah and Yohan plan this?

literally like you should have treated the maid/secretary nicely Minister

damn Minister straight up wants to murder Yohan lol but in the end seems like she can't kill with her own hands

oh yeah I forgot that Yohan was looking for those files on the Foundation leaders and the president

ah they've got more in the cards for Minister

ah there really is everything from every side for Minister. the actress, Do Yeong Min & the prison guard there, multiple cases of abuse against defendants, Young Min apparently on drugs as the president knows

the gun on Minister's desk freaks me out ngl I'm like oh she might kill Yohan but also what if she kills herself and now I'm like what if she kills Suhyeon lol

oh she's crying and looking at the family photo I wonder if she really is considering killing herself, or if her love for life is stronger

ah, as expected she committed suicide

don't fucking touch her or step on her blood bruv

omg Gaon really said we must find the files and started rummaging around her clothes and her dead body, he is horrifying, even Yohan's a bit disturbed by it from the looks of it

duh Suhyeon would find them like this + she'd previously said she'd turn Gaon in if he did something bad, so

no like the scene of Yohan looking disturbed as Gaon is literally maneuvering the dead body of about 5 seconds and looking through her clothes for the files woah I didn't realize I'd like it so much. When he has finally succeeded in turning Gaon over to his side but is surprised by the cruelty in him

Ep 12 (June 4)

I finished my assignment!

ah Suhyeon lets them go and even wipes Gaon's handprint from the table woah this is what Yohan always means by opportunity because even righteous Suhyeon wavered despite what she told Gaon before about arresting him if he did something bad

yknow the fact that Suhyeon was so one-note law and righteousness this whole time kinda makes this choice more impactful

the president got the files oof

aw fuck Suhyeon even told Gaon to never face her again

ah, Yohan's pretending he's greedy for the same things that Seonah/others would be greedy for - with the presidential candidate and dream village business

damn even the right-hand man warning Gaon that don't get involved with Yohan or else you'll lose everything, including yourself

Yohan's crazed eye look while talking to Gaon about the plans and cutting out Suhyeon but Gaon saying Suhyeon's his world

this breakup ass montage

ah fuck Elijah D:

Yohan even telling Elijah that Gaon's not her father but then coming to apologize

the president is really just threatening no election, no democracy

agh ofc they'd be like "oh? Seonah you slept with Yohan?" and the president humiliating and yelling at her even though she's been the brains behind the soooo many things

please this intense scene where Yohan's running and thinking about everything with Gaon followed by a vitamin or whatever PPL ad is so

okayyy so Gaon briefly came back to the house? and made a meal?

This breakup ass flashback T.T the fuck

"It's okay if humanity gets destroyed, if you guys are here" he think about Gaon and Elijah? broooo my found family give it back!!!!!!

why is Min Jeong Ho's mind so one track though? Like he's not wrong about the live court brining in unrest but he's not the only one and the president and foundation are also extremely relevant proponents

oh who's tracking Yohan's right-hand man? oh seonah's girl

rip, she's going against Yohan again despite trying to protect him

so indeed the bamboo spear guy is the one who attacked the prof min jeong ho in the name of Yohan when he's not even actually a fan

oof Seonah's threw away the necklace, we really are going head on huh?

omg? they're fucking up the people in the slums, this is what the Foundation wants

ah stupid Yohan, does he still think Seonah's in his clutches? I hope she gets to fuck him up good before she loses or dies or what else

ah so she's captured Yohan's right-hand man too, I hope he survives, I liked him

damn, Yohan's even got loyalty to his right-hand man. he's really become so soft these past episodes

damn, Seonah really killed the right hand man :< and Gaon's being chased by the bamboo spear

where's my comment about how Seonah had lesbian vibes with Judge Oh (esp with the stair fall), some Minister scenes and some with her right-hand? Anyway, she got a good swing with Yohan and is really hurting him where he hurts, which was what I wanted

Ep 13 (June 4)

1 last episode for the night and weekend before Monday starts again tomorrow </3

poor guy Yohan's right-hand man

pls if something happened to Elijah I'll rip Seonah apart piece by piece

oh fuck all of Yohan's informants are being taken? ah to dream village where they're fucking taking all the poor people and people they don't want

oh? so the others who weren't the actress who just woke up were able to escape, that's good

bro why would you not be so quick to tell Elijah to not let Seonah in specifically and then now, tell her that Seonah's the one who shot you and to never let her in again like pls

awkward ass kiss for Suhyeon and Gaon ah pls T.T the aftermath Suhyeon's so cute

ah Judge Oh being used for all this as the spokesperson

everything is so chaotic and erratic in this country now

what's Yohan planning? what does he even have?

Judge Oh now that her eyes have been opened, hope she does well

tell me what grandma said about the right nowwwwwwww

man I was like yknow I don't think the romance is that forced between Gaon and Suhyeon but this confession stuff is making me annoyed because there are more things I'm curious about right now!! but I guess now is as good ofa time as any since everything's in crisis and Suhyeon probably gonna die in the next few eps

ah who is this joseph guy, does he know who set the fire? is it seonah?

yes Judge oh let's go and also now that Yohan's power has dwindled compared to before, his people have to barge into the control room with guns to be able to control the narrative and broadcast lol

also their priest-like robes

pretty cool broadcast

i also don't get what's the phone light supposed to do

woah some lighting and effects and broadcasting power. Yohan looked otherworldly standing up there

oh what the fuck D: that's such a wasteful death for suhyeon no no no and we also don't know what Joseph thing she found out about, was that joseph?

man what's up with the look Yohan's giving Gaon and Suhyeon

Ep 14 (June 5)

I'm watching this in my lunch break but this time my break is split in 2 so I can only watch for 30 mins T.T and then watch the other 40 mins later

ah so she's dead fr rip why they gotta kill her to further Gaon smh her entire character was just Gaon

would Seonah actually go along with the president releasing a virus in poor neighborhoods?

pls Yohan trying to get Gaon to eat

ahh Elijah too even saying ramen, they are so uncle and niece

ah back from the mid-lunch work hour

ahhh Seonah thinking about the poor people and the welfare girls with terrible upbringings D:

Seonah's been drinking so much, is this a new development?

I read on the on-air thread accidentally that apparently Gaon stops the electric chair or something, so I guess he's gonna stop the execution of Bamboo Spear ah I wish I hadn't known that

him using the likes to charge the electricity in electric chair is genuinely fucked wtf

the professor is so hyperfocused on Yohan that it's like? why doesn't he also take as much issue with presidency and the foundation? like they did all this riot and beating and murdering of the poor and no peep from prof, it'd be an oversight if he doesn't end up having been on their side this whole time or something

oh it's kinda interesting "what if Suhyeon saw you murdering someone with Yohan in front of her?" and it's a flashback to her finding them with Minister's body

ah, what's the president planning

he really did look otherworldly back then, Yohan standing up there watching somebody be beaten in his name, waiting for a victim

oh the president is just pulling a trick to make Bamboo Spear not talk and then let him die at the hands of Yohan and the nation with trust in the president

oh that's so harsh, the citizens are pressing and he's just getting more and more shocked omg fuck

ah fuck Gaon really did go behind Yohan's back this time and publicly too

bruh agh i was reading the on-air thread of eps 13-14 and someone was like prof better be working for foundation the way he's going against Yohan and then there was update like haha i was right bitches with no spoilers, warnings, nothing like fuck you

man actually fuck this cuz someone predicted elijah started the fire and then someone's out here commenting that they're absolutely right! like fuck you x2 and also someone was commenting like why are you commenting and spoiling here

Ep 15 (June 5)

I have 3-ish hours to watch these 2 episodes

ah this professor agh

lol the president's allies being like ah he's ruthless

people in the ep 13/14 on-air thread were soooo frustrated by Gaon (and they have been for a while) but like I get him? There might've been a better way to go about this but he needed to stop this. people were playing around with flogging but now everybody has a chance to take part in killing somebody? and Bamboo Spear wasn't even saying anything, so he would've just been killed and for what?

i mean yohan's self-pity is also self-pity of the powerful

hmm the president saying that the prof thinks it's yohan's fans who hurt him but it was indeed him and bamboo spear but does this mean prof isn't working for them? or it's like he's working for the foundation but only seonah knows or something

pls Elijah with "if you get caught, this house will be mine" and Yohan with "It's always been yours, from the beginning"

Seonah kill the president plsssss painfully, horrifically make him regret everything!!

Beautiful, evil, scheming, cunning Seonah

oh, he did say they set up chief justice of supreme court, so indeed he's working for the foundation, president just didn't know about it?

yknow I don't like the way Yohan talks to Seonah sometimes. very cruel and condescending about her upbringing and I don't like how he looks down on her in a way he doesn't on the men

he made her cry?! you fuck! who would have thought i'd have so much love for Seonah by the end

the truth will surely resonate with the people, right?

oh hooo that man left a winner after that speech, huh?

I saw a gif of Gaon trying to stab Yohan or something, so I wonder if Joseph or whoever has been paid off to say that Yohan caused it or something and give Gaon a reason to think that Yohan killed Suhyeon? what if even that grandma lady was paid off bc how'd she suddenly hear that somebody saw him in a random neighbourhood in seoul

last night? yohan's man came to you last night? I'm guessing he's lying but I suppose it could be someone other than K and Yohan wants to make sure nobody knows Elijah's set that fire accidentally

whose house is this? Gaon's own house? that man Joseph's house?

oh damn they got Joseph

bruh we've got Gaon looking through another dead body huh?

ah it really is Yohan's number rip Gaon but Yohan doesn't seem to recognize it? he just asked hello a few times and seems confused

ah Yohan stopped the knife and is bleeding just like Suhyeon

damn, Gaon even called prof and cops? or no? if not, how did they know?

ah, rip Gaon you really fell onto the Foundation's trap but clever cunning forward-thinking Seonah really saw Gaon and knew exactly how to play him

i hope the prof dies so bad just terribly terribly terribly

Gaon was Yohan's weakness, ah

pls Elijah have somehow recorded it all or something idk

ah so the woman and Joseph said the truth but the last car thing was Seonah's doing

as expected, Elijah set it all on fire accidentally

oh no, she only came out right now, no chance she knows what went on

Seonah having Yohan on his knees and pleading and desperate and saying she's only ever wanted to have him look at her like that, Seonah you are so real - although his screams are too loud and harsh for me

you can't decide to die Gaon!!!! you've got to save them!!!

I think the fact that they made Yohan so flawed yes appealing with the sad background and soft touches and loyal and caring and well-meaning and seeker of justice has made me latch onto Seonah even more because she's just evil with soft spots for like young women and is lonely but she's ruthless and cunning.

Ep 16 (June 5)

I didn't stop at all, onto the next ep! oh it's 95 minutes lol

I do know that Yohan has to save Gaon from a bomb though and says "I was too late, huh?"

Gaon said last ep that he's decided to die and now he's saying he'll get Yohan back even if it kills him ummm I don't like that but I also don't think Gaon died bc I feel like I'd be spoiled for that in ep 13/14 and also I was a smiley gif of Yohan from like ep 16 probably and he might be in jail in that idk but yeah it wasn't tragic looks so

oh Elijah T.T poor girl

ah Gaon you cannot be hoping this cop guy would help you much but I believe you've got this

oh yeah it's a prison outfit that I saw Yohan smiling in that gif - so indeed I guess this smile gif could be before Gaon dies but I still don't think that'd be true

oh dumbass prof is actually just stupid lacking braincells 0 thoughts in his head bc I thought he was a more diabolical player in the foundation but he was just sooo one track mind about Yohan and live court that he was tricked up Seonah too agh stupidity like at least Gaon can see that everything is corrupt and Yohan's not the only one causing chaos but this fucker is so hopeless

Seonah's smoking scene slight parallel to Minister's

damn, president and wife are scheming fr, what are they doing at the weekend village and is the wife planning on leaving the other foundation members there?

ah that photo of Yohan sitting in the sun is what I saw in that gif

ah, Gaon in a food box lol

this is giving me slight Squid Game vibes. it really is quite dystopian, like the YA novels from before

oh, they got the actress girl in Yohan's squad in here

I hope somehow whatever Gaon's recording can be transmitted outside immediately like live bc he must have accounted for not getting back, right?

ah the powerful's slow-mo laughter again

these men are sooooo "i don't like aggressive women like Seonah and Minister" "lowly maid" die die die die fuckers

I know Gaon can't just leave this girl who he knows but this is scary

okayyy miss nurse

I think it'd be fun if they used Seonah to spread the word or something because she has heart for the people here and wants these bastards in her clutches too

awww that girl T.T aww Seonah regretting her actions T.T

he's not really dead, right? That makes no sense and it's too early. I wonder whose plans this fake news was

oh wtf Gaon is the one who attached his fucking bomb to himself

of course hero Yohan comes to save the day

now kiss?

Yohan is so beautiful idk what to do, how old is he exactly because he might be the oldest man thus far who I'vebeen enamoured b due to looks. omg he's 46 well he doesn't look it

no way they forgot the fucking Dke app right? pls T.T

imagine being a random citizen though like mans is a ray of hope amongst chaos and corruption, turns out he fucking murdered someone too, ends up getting murdered, than his face is back on your screen and big screens like

also what has the mibo group dude been planning or thinking up or what? like he's been suspicious the past few scenes

pls 10 million likes on Dike app, he's such a showmaster till the end

ah so mnbo group mans indeed spoke with yohan and co. to get them all in the room

I was actually thinking it reminds me of the electric chair voting thing but he recreated the fire church from a decade ago

ahhh the chaos of the powerful once again, these scenes are so fun

yesssssss Seonahhhhh blast his fucking brains out

"Is it the two of us, in the end? Come with me, Seonah-ya (katchi gaja seonah-ya)" while Seonah points a gun at him and he's ready to blow everything up

noooo she died before 2/3 of the men did???? fucking hell she should've killed the other 2 first, no? why did both the cool women shoot themselves in the head and did she die because she couldn't kill Yohan? hope not

oh my dear Seonah TT This show doesn't know what to do except make women die for their men they love. I wish Yohan also liked her just a bit considering she loved him a fair amount

i keep thinking the bomb isn't actually real or something but who knows tbh

damn, the way Yohan threw Gaon out, I guess the bomb is truly real

but would the people really do it when they know that their judge would die too? or is the broadcast over and they just think only those criminals are in the room?

bomb escape plan?

girl would Yohan and Elijah just leave to Switzerland by themselves? what about my trio of found family huh?

Gaon having to do judge duties amongst everybody now ah so

why is this Gaon looking for Yohan like Strangers From Hell lol

Gaon going after Yohan in the airport ah

bro you're supposed to kiss now what is this staring at each other from a few feet away

man sad ass ending for Gaon

Overall:

The script was apparently even gayer

Good show but after 2 days, I don't think it's one that will haunt me unless I guess I rewatch it and fall in love even more.

Cool concept with the live court, I liked how it played with the viewers and the in-show audience. It was also wild to see people pressing the button to kill somebody or how the flogging was emulated in public.

Ji Sung was a great actor to play Yohan, he's beautiful, he's charming, he's intimidating, he can play both arrogant and cute. Probably the oldest man who I've been attracted to lol, he was like 45-ish here. I think he was an interesting character for sure, though by the end we were getting a hero treatment with him and his tragic story. I'm still aghast at the fact that he was going to get the whole country to kill this dude. He's my puppy cat cutie though and he was a clever schemer, so I forgive.

Seonah my beloved like I don't even know what to say. I hated her acting soooo much in the beginning, it was making my skin crawl and I talked about it in every fucking scene she was in but by the end, she might be my favourite character, who knows. I wish she fucked people up just a bit more when Yohan or the chairmen/president fucks berated her for being a maid or were condescendingly misogynistic. She was so clever and cunning and forward thinking and fearless, yet with hints of loneliness and care for young girls, she was a great villain ah <3

Gaon was fine to be honest, I think people were frustrated by him but I felt like his inability to trust Yohan made sense considering Yohan's a sick bastard and people who he trusted more distrust Yohan.

I wish the girls Judge Oh and Suhyeon were given more depth and utility because they were very flat characters who had some usage sometimes but were often just out of the loop and had little impact on the narrative. agh. Minister was a badass though, that scene of her with the cigar and the idol boys falling over themselves to light it is engraved in my mind. The scene of Seonah shaving Yohan is also engraved in my mind.

Seonah x Yohan sicko dynamic is so good I love it so much - the shaving scene, the way Yohan would trick Seonah in the later episodes by speaking softly cutely to her (although I wish he was less condescending towards her agh), her goal to make him as lonely as she was ahhh I wish they fucked. Suhyeon x Gaon could have really been bodyguard gf x princess bf but alas, they had like a day together after kissing lol

Yohan and Gaon were so homoerotic, this was expected from the reviews. Ah, there were some scenes that were just? truly how could this be not romantic?

I loved Yohan, Elijah, and Gaon so much. Both the uncle-niece relationship and their little found family trio. The meals, the family games, their fun and sarcastic conversations, I'm heartbroken that in the end, Gaon is all alone without these 2, with a dead best friend and a traitor of a mentor being a judge in a system that's just as corrupt.

Rating: 7.5/10 7/10 - same as Strangers From Hell [Jan 25, 2024 Update: Decreased by 0.5 stars when rerating my top shows: 7.5 -> 7]

#ep by ep commentary #the devil judge

[sophietv]

I like your latest post intricately explaining the LSK secret family theory and such even though I'm not thoroughly convinced yet, simply because in my gaylorism playbook I put lyric analysis above everything and I believe her art and her words in melodies and songs are the ones that conveys her story in it's most truthful sense before any hints shown through clothing items or merch etc (even though they are very interesting & convincing too I must say). That is how I got into gaylorism and how I could connect to her artistry and songs as a lesbian even when PR news publications and the general public all reports about her as this boy-crazy straight woman, I knew it's not true because her songs paint this unique specific experience that gay/lesbian women go through so I believe in that more rather than some staged pap walks of her with some random famous man.

Now the question is that, so many songs in evermore and midnights talk about Taylor fearing and not wanting the marriage and family model in all it's varieties, especially the system of lavender marriage itself. One song even explicitly states how she's annoyed at being pressured into it. The daughter-in-law line in anti hero feels more like a confirmation of her fear of family to me and for Peace, I saw it more as a contemplation with herself if lavender marriage/family is something that she wants (which she then answers in lavender haze, midnight rain, champagne problems, antihero, dear reader, etc).

If theres any late stage theory between Kaylor I see it more as taylor being an outsider looking in through karlie's domestic life and being on good terms/supportive to her, and I do believe they are love of each other's lives, they'll never forget each other and they'll keep referencing each other etc etc but they also recognized they wanted different things in life (Midnight Rain, I personally think this song finalizes and marks the end of any possibility of them getting back together).

All these songs in evermore and midnights painting this picture of taylor being alone and a pariah with self loathing and feeling sorry and guilty and melancholic about her old love that is doing good creates this perception in my head that when an LSK says they both are in a happy family raising a child together it felt like all those time in 2020-2021 when toes/hetlors were trying to convince everyone taylor is in a stable happy longlasting relationship while in contrast she writes 2 albums about a disastrous falling out and a damn near divorce.

However, I do try to keep an open mind and there are some songs in midnights that could point towards the secret family theory of LSK, such as the great war, bigger than the whole sky, sweet nothing, labyrinth and glitch but idk. The sadder songs about her being alone and rejecting the family model, being a pariah, etc feels more real to me. I guess if ts11 is coming I'll know for sure when it drops. P.S: I do think that random "mom! " voice over in Dear Reader is sus as hell. Perhaps the one thing I cant get my mind off.

Oh and also if we get into any kind of LSK stuff, what are your thoughts about the two of them coming out, either alone or together? We all know 2019 taylor wanted to come out, some say karlie was also in the picture but there was lack of evidence for it I think? In Midnight Rain it says that K wanted it "comfortable", which explains marrying her beard of 7 years while T is the opposite of that, to which I believe that she'll keep dropping hairpins untill the time comes where she'll do some grand dramatic thing, maybe in the long future. I just wanna your thoughts if T or K ever decides to come out, how will it all unfold?

Hi!

Thank you for your questiond!!

I see what you are saying.

And you are not the only one. The songs are a big part of why people question LSK.

Since it's a really long and complicated answer. I already wrote a post about it here: (X)

This post about my reflexion on why I still believe in Kaylor and my thoughts about them having a family off of the public eye might help as well (X)

I don't believe that Taylor was gonna come out with Karlie in 2019. Whatever happened there seem to have had a change of plan made toward May to exclude Karlie of this.

I don't believe that this was either Karlie's or Taylor's choice.

So in 2019 when she was to come out, I believe she would have come out as bi with Joe by her side.

As for now.

Tree seems to be working really hard toward the reconcialliciation narrative.

Especially since Karlie went to the Eras Tour.

So I believe there is chances that if Taylor comes out. She does so with Karlie by her side.

Hope this answers your questions!

Don't hesitate if you have any other!

#anon #lsk #kaylor

[blade-that-was-broken]

It kinda gives me life how much variety there is between what ages the bros were when the band broke up. Cause some people set JD as like 20 when it happened and like others set jd as a teenager and according to the trolls band together tiktok page jd is in his late 20s in band together so that means he would be like 9 years old max in cannon when the band broke up.

Personally looking at the flashback I think John Dory looks around 12 years old like he’s still got rosy cheeks and a baby face.

based on the magazine images the band started with just Bruce and John so like they’re basically the same age maybe 2 years between them. Then Clay joined so there’s probably a bit of a bigger gap between him and Floyd. Maybe like 3-4 years younger according to the band together like band page that dreamworks put out Floyd was originally referred to as the baby in the band before he out grew it and Branch joined.

So assuming that what dreamworks put out is legit in cannon JD was 9 when the band broke up, Bruce was 8ish Clay was like 6-7 Floyd was like 4 probably and branch was a few months old. Unless of course JD and Bruce are like fraternal twins or something with John being a few minutes older, which they might be considering they started their careers at the same time.

Troll aging is wild and it’s crazy to think that they could have been this young but tiny was sing dancing and driving at 1 month old so they age at weird rates.

The most wild part about this is that Bruce would have 13 kids at like 28-29 years old which is wild but might be the case cause all his kids look basically the same age and who knows how many sets of twins and or triplets he has.

Wow. Okay that was so much. I’m not entirely sure how to respond to that 😂

Frankly I don’t think the writers actually pay that much attention to time lines and continuity. I could be wrong but that’s just kind of how I see it. Timelines and concepts seem convoluted at best and I don’t particularly mind - as it’s aimed at kids - but I can understand why people might get a little frustrated.

Troll aging is unpredictable and absolutely WILD even if you go with older ages. Personally, I usually have JD being about 16 when the band break up. And as much as the others being younger and leave seems insane to us, it seems like with trolls, they can, at least generally can take care of themselves. I try to balance human realism and the troll surrealism a bit which is why I don’t generally use those ages of 9 and under. But I also don’t do exact human realism cause well, I just don’t.

I guess everyone does things a little differently and you’re right! It’s totally interesting. I think the Vacay people are probably more prone to having a bunch of kids than trolls. But idk maybe you’re right and Bruce and Brandy had a bunch of sets of twins and triplets and whatever.

Conclusion - Troll ages and maturing rates are absolutely wild and unpredictable lol

#ask #those ages are insane to me #i don’t think dreamworks is really putting much thought into timelines and continuity haha

[fireemblems24]

Engage 12 - 14

Spoilers for FE Engage 12+ below the cut.

I'm betting I get Byleth, Ike, Erikia, Corrin, and whoever else I'm forgetting before getting the old rings back? I wish I still had Marth and Sigurd though. They had SSS Tier inheritance.

I love Kagetsu so far. But I'm a sucker for swordmasters in general. The crit animation they have is so fun. If the weapon triangle wasn't such a huge deal in this game, I'd make an entire army of swordmasters lol.

I like how Ivy actually has intel on the enemy and actually tells us. We need more recruited, reformed "villains" who do this.

Fogado is funny so far. If he and Kagetsu had a support, that would be gold. Because it would be non-stop flirting or competing at who can flirt better. I saw Fogado wins so far, because Katetsu is awkward as hell about it lamo.

So if all the NPCs are dark-skinned, they should've made more Solm retainers dark-skinned too (I know from pre-release that images they aren't). FE is getting better a variety, but still some way to go.

Veyle is being a bitch to Marth for no reason. Leave him alone. Still predicting that Mauvier is recruitable. And Griss is . . . eh . . . something. I love a good unhinged villain though.

One thing I DON'T like about this game is that they give you new units way too fast. Like, I just got Ivy and co and now I have Fogado and co. And they seem like a fun bunch, but like, I only have 7 deploy slots . . .

And then you get into a situation where if you want to try out the new units, you can't in a skirmish, because those are the HARDEST battles in this game because it scales with your characters. Which, in some way, I like, because then they're a good challenge but then you can make story levels easier by outclassing enemies, so then you're not "stuck" on a story and can pick and choose your challenging stuff, but it leaves other units behind. Which is typical FE I guess, but all the extra content seems like it encourages you to use new guys. Idk, there's low level Tempest Trials, but those take a long time and rewards are meh for how long it takes, esp for exp, which is why I don't think they really work for it either.

Ugh, Alcryst keeps getting shit level ups, but his supports and character is so interesting. And I just complained about limited deploy slots. I hope my boy can catch up, because he's, unfortunately, next on the benched list. Everyone else either dodges or tanks likes a pro. He's really my only liability on the battlefield right now.

Seforia is pretty cool. Glad to see more moms in this game. Really, almost everyone had a mom instead of a dad this time.

Oh, God, I'm so happy to get Ike. 😭😭😭😭😭 Radiant Dawn was my first Fire Emblem game, and still probably the one I've replayed the most. OMG this makes me so happy 😭😭😭😭

Timerra and co seem fun, but again, I'm sick of new characters. I still have a few open slots (pending you take 12-14 ish in final chapters), but 1 is reserved for the dancer, because, dancer. It's just a bonus he's gorgeous this time.

Ok, also, you have no idea how happy the bosses of these chapters makes me. It's a shoutout to other twin bandits with goofy names that used to show up n all the past GBA games.

Iyv's reaction to hearing that Hortensia has attacked was hilarious. A+ to the voice actress selling that.

I like how the three heirs on this post-level map are all talking to the locals. It's a nice detail. They're being diplomatic.

Also, another small bonus to this game. The bald eagle actually sounds like a bald eagle. All that majestic yelling you hear in movies is fake. That's a different bird. Eagles sound like squeaky toys, lamo.

Ivy teasing Alcryst in their B support is great lol. She tweaked him big time. She's a much more engaging character than she seemed like she would be initially.

So I just saw Alfred and Ivy's C Support, and this is the 2nd time someone told Alfred he's naïve for trusting people and he's just like "yep!" I love him so much, you don't even know.

Kagetsu is a fucking badass. Dude doesn't even have a special ring and makes mincemeat of enemy units. No way I could've beat the skirmish I just did without him. It was fog of war, everyone was separated, and like 99% of the units were fliers, but I really want to adopt a deer, so . . . Thanks, Kagetsu. He's going to get a pebble when I get back to Somniel. There wasn't even any deer. 😭 Why did I suffer? Got an owl and a rabbit at least though.

Case in point about Kagetsu. Turns out, he was the first enemy in the arena and defeated: Merrin, Ivy, Celine, and Chloe before Alfred finally took that menace down.

Lyn mentioned Eliwood and Hector in her paralogue 😭😭

Just saw Alfred and Alear's A Support. I think they're cute together. He's one of the few people who was casual with her right away, which is what Alear really wants. And the first one who offered friendship too. Still picking him as my S Support.

I still can't get over Hortensia's design.

Kind of glad that Hortensia is angry with Ivy. It makes sense she'd feel hurt and betrayed by Ivy, esp since she just lost her father too. Conflict also makes for a better story so . . .

Oh, wow, another cool moment for Alear. Hortensia is holding the Solm queen captive and threatens to kill her if Alear won't hand over the rings. But Alear refuses. So does Timerra, good on her.

Hortensia's VA is really selling her breakdown. Makes me feel bad and realize she's just a little girl. Then thong lady shows up and ruins it.

Is it bad I'm relieved Goldmary and Rosado aren't around? Because I'm tired of getting 3 new units every round. Even though I want Rosado so badly.

Oh, good grief. Hortensia is under some kind of mind control. How original, Fire Emblem. Betting that other little girl is too.

Ivy and Hortensia got pretty cool story arcs. Pretty sure I get Hortensia and Byleth now. Man, it's cool to get Byleth.

And, hey, another parent gets to live!

Solm gave me more money 😭😭😭😭

#fire emblem #fire emblem engage #fe engage #fe17

[avianyuh]

Thank You For Waiting; Kim Jaejoong

You heard the sound of the door open and close, signaling the return of your boyfriend of three years. Jaejoong had been very busy with his new variety show and you could see the shift in his personality. He’s quite the workaholic, but he always loved his busy schedules. Though you missed him when he was busy, he would make the effort to text you throughout the day, just to check in. But lately, due to the time apart, it had become a bit harder to make time for each other. You both had work and you didn’t live together which made it hard to see each other as often as you would’ve liked. 

Tonight was the first night in weeks that he’d be staying over at your place, which both of you were happy about and had been looking forward to. You had planned a whole night of fun. Well, at least what the two of you thought qualified as fun. You had gone to the grocery store earlier that day, and had gotten a bunch of different ingredients to cook. Jaejoong loved to cook, especially for you. So you had prepared everything for him, so he didn’t have to do any kitchen prep. You knew that he’d appreciate it. You also had a bunch of TV shows to catch up on, but that wasn’t as important. Just as you had finished setting everything up, you heard the door open and close behind you. You turned around, greeted by the sight of your boyfriend calling your name. 

“Y/n? Are you here”, Jaejoong called out, removing his shoes and jacket in the process. 

“I’m in the kitchen!”, you said as you quickly grabbed the lighter and lit the candle that was placed in the middle of the table. You had the lights dimmed, trying to create a certain type of ‘ambience’. You could hear his light footsteps as he walked down the hallway towards the dining area of your apartment. When he finally made it to the entryway, he let out a laugh as he looked around, “Wow”, he said. 

I guess you had impressed him, you thought to yourself. 

“What’s all this? I thought we were just going to continue the show we were watching?”, he said, looking around the kitchen, noticing the prepped ingredients and dimmed lights. He moved to stand behind you and enveloped you in a hug. What you always missed the most when you didn’t see Jaejoong for long periods of time were his hugs. You loved how safe he made you feel. Maybe it was his tall height, or how strong he was. But you never felt unsafe with him, his old stage name was very fitting at times. 

“I don’t think you’ll ever understand how much I’ve missed you”, you said as you turned around so your face was pressed against his chest. 

He let out a deep sigh,”I’m sorry I got so busy, I couldn’t stop thinking about you”, he said before taking your face in his hands and giving you a loving kiss. “Thank you for waiting for me”, he whispered.

~~

{A/N: Sorry guys but I've had some writers block lol, college has been kicking my ass. So to fill the (hopefully short) void, here is a fic I wrote about Jaejoong (TVXQ/JYJ) a few months ago, I had a crush🤭 I had no intention of posting this but I think its a short cute story. I know I normally don't write about TVXQ or second gen but if you've seen anything on my blog you'd know I've been slowly mentioning second gen idols lol, I just think it's the best generation of Kpop imo. I just don't want to leave you guys on read haha. I've noticed there's a lack of Jaejoong fanfics but there is some for OT2 TVXQ and if there is something Jaejoong related it's almost a decade old. So, idk, enjoy or ignore. Not sure if many people who follow this account like second gen. Regardless, wuv uuuuuuu}

#jaejoong #jyj #tvxq jaejoong #tvxq #kim jaejoong #tvxq fanfic

[taliesin-19]

Boy, it's been ages since I've done one of these... I'll start this by yelling at you for ever doubting or second-guessing yourself of not being capable of writing a good Luna. Fuck off, that was delightful. Now, since this is in fact an ask, if you had narrow it down 3 aspects that makes you write dialogue and particularly children's dialogue, what would they be? I know you obviously have a lot of experience, but that doesn't always translate well to paper... Love ya 😍 #nextchapterwhen

Hey random reader! This answer has been a long time coming, but I'm going through some old asks and figured I'd give this one a try.

So three things that I find Important in writing dialogue? Let's see...

1. Unique character voice. The goal should always be for the reader to be able to distinguish who is talking even without a dialogue tag. Just a few examples from my writing:

Harry usually talks more dryly, struggles to put things into words and can be unintentionally blunt because of it. He's got some 'ers' and 'erms'. He's not very verbose unless he's more emotional.

Abby talks a lot. She starts sentences and goes in a different directions. She's probably got the most dashes and ellipses in her dialogue. When she's nervous or excited, she talks more. When she's upset, she doesn't talk much at all.

Ron's dialogue is one of the most fun to write for me. He's usually poking fun at people, lightening the mood, being the voice of reason. A lot of his dialogue is sarcastic, filled with slang and swears. He's not a talker either. He'll have the one-liners that serve as comic relief most of the time. But when he's serious, he's gonna toss a few words at you that instantly shut you up and make you realize you're being an idiot.

Hermione is also fun to write. She's obviously going to have the biggest vocabulary, never swear, not have too many dashes and ellipses because she's usually very eloquent. Sometimes her anxiety will kick in though, and she may stutter and overcompensate by talking more.

As for the kids, writing children's dialogue is definitely tricky. They all need their own voices too. They can't be too cutesy or too mature. I find what helps is writing normal dialogue, but then changing grammar structure and word usage to reflect their age. They're probably all going to have a lot of run on sentences and dashes to reflect how their thoughts shift more quickly. Lily will have a few speaking errors (not overdone) like saying certain big words wrong (ex. 'vestigates instead of investigates) or having grammatical errors ("funner" instead of more fun), etc. Lily is also very repetitive sometimes to indicate when she's being whiny. Al doesn't talk much except when he's with an adult one on one, or he's fighting with his siblings. James takes over most conversations, even with his cousins and tends to be bossy and self-assured. You won't see him with as many rambling/ellipses-filled dialogues.

And now that I've rambled, the next two important factors:

2. Sentence structure variety. This applies to all writing, but dialogue should especially not be a whole page of:

"blah blah blah," he said.

"blah blah blah," she said.

You need to mix it up to get a nice rhythm of reading and to make the conversation feel organic.

A. "B," he said.

"B", she said. "B."

A.

"B".

(if that makes any sense)

Adding movement in the dialogue tags is Important as well to remind readers that these are living breathing people that aren't just spouting words at each other.

This kind of leads into the last thing (for now, there's many other things I'm sure).

3. Creating a rhythm. Idk how to properly title it or describe this. But the time it takes to read the words on the page should be relatively equal to the rhythm in which you want the characters to speak. So if you want a pause, use words outside the dialogue to create the pause. For ex:

"The sky is blue," Harry said.

"You're right."

Vs.

"The sky is blue," Harry said.

Abby looked up, squinting at sun before looking back at Harry. "You're right."

In the second example, you're forced to create a pause in the dialogue which more naturally replicates the rhythm of speaking. I find it helps to read things out loud to hear the rhythm. But just like with point #2, you want a good variety in rhythm. Cause if it's too uniform it won't sound natural.

Okay I hope that answers your question. I could go on about this stuff cause I love dialogue so much. Prose can gtfo though

[karatam]

Read recently (March 2023)

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon. A standalone prequel to 'The Priory of the Orange Tree', this one tells the story of a variety of characters about 500 years before Priory, including a princess, an adopted warrior, a hidden heir, and a grieving mother, who must all rise to face an existential threat to the world (evil dragons). I liked it, but I'm not going to lie, I wasn't as blown away by it as I was with Priory. It suffered, weirdly, from me knowing too much because of the other book, which made some ~mysteries~ a little stupid. I liked a lot of the characters, and I loved some of their dynamics, but I felt let down by the plot. idk maybe my expectations were unreasonably high for this one.

The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter. Also about dragons! Set in a world inspired by the author's childhood in Zambia, this tells the story of a young man, born as in society's Lesser caste, trying to climb the ranks of the military to get his vengeance. With the backdrop of the morality of being an invader who has no ability to leave, secretive magic, and hidden political intrigue, I was really interested in this one. Read it in like 3 days, couldn't put it down. The fight scenes in this are some of the best I've ever read, and I immediately went out to find the sequel.

King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo. Picks up maybe 4-5 years after the Alina series and maybe a year after the Crows series. We follow Nikolai and Zoya as they try to keep a fragile Ravka together while enemies close in and unexplained miracles start happening. And we follow Nina, undercover in Fjerda and trying to mourn. It's the big picture war and magic and politics of the first series with the much improved writing of the SoC series. Ripped through this book in like 2 days and immediately cracked open the sequel. I am deeply infatuated with every character and would marry basically any of them in a heartbeat (but Zoya and Nina especially).

Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo. Picks up right where KoS left off. Ravka's enemies are baying at the gates, as Fjerda looks to conquer and Shu looks to manipulate. Nikolai's reign is in jeopardy, Zoya is dealing with her newfound power, and Nina is trying desperately to keep Fjerda from ripping out the heart of Ravka. Also, an old enemy lurks in the background of it all. Also read this one in like 3 days, it really is a page-turner. (spoiler: I didn't love [redacted] being back, just because I find the character to be very irritating to read about, just in general, but I get why, I guess)

The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter. Picks up almost right where Rage of Dragons left off, we follow Tau and the Queen as they fight to get the kingdom back from the usurpers. But multiple larger threats loom on the horizon, and we learn more about the wider world as Tau is forced to see beyond his narrow focus of vengeance. As the politics and history become clearer, I definitely felt an "are we the baddies?" vibe, as the people we follow are the invaders, and are willing to doublecross their allies to gain advantage. With the way it ends, I'm curious about how the series continues, as the kingdoms enemies come calling. Also, it is very funny that Tau simply has no gaydar.

The Bone Ships by RJ Barker. A cross between a fantasy world with dragons and a nautical fiction book (like Master and Commander), this is a very interesting first book in a trilogy. We follow Joron, the first mate of a ship of condemned sailors, as the ship goes on a mission to find the first sea dragon sighted in centuries. A bit slow to get going, it builds the world in layers, and it's an intricate one (I recommend checking the small glossary at the back for the ranks of the crew on a ship). But once the plot starts, its a great ride, full of action and betrayal and loyalty. Definitely grabbing the sequel when I can.

The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan. We follow 19 year old Helena as she accompanies her employer, Justice Konrad Vonvalt, around the empire despensing justice using the magic given to all members of his order. There are mysteries and the book teases how it's the beginning of the end of the empire. The plot was interesting, but the characters felt very flat to me. Helena's narration was a weird mix of a emotional teen and the resigned wisdom of her much older self writing her memoirs, I just felt like her character didn't really fit her backstory. Not sure if I'll read the sequel.

#jess reads stuff #jessreads

[destinyc1020]

Kaia and JE broke up suddenly after those Halloween parties they attended in 2021 just after she was talking about how much she loved him. And then Kaia started liking and commenting on Zs posts. I think something happened that suddenly soured Kaia's view of JE. I think that Austin also shares many of Kaia's interests like reading, photography, etc (the stuff that some fans complain makes him "pretentious"), but I think he's more mature than JE and he has a better idea of how to make a long term relationship work. And now Kaia learned to wait before talking about her relationship publicly. I don't know how long they are going to last, but it seems they have really enjoyed their time together

Well, according to the reports from "sources" to the media, supposedly, the Jakaia breakup was "a long time coming" lol. 👀 So, it may not have been one particular thing he did. 🤷🏾‍♀️

It's hilarious though that we all think "he must have done something" rofl 🤣

Yea, she and Austin share similar interests, like you mentioned. So I can def see why they would click. The fact that simple things like reading and photography are considered "pretentious" these days though just blows my mind lol 😅

Anyway, Austin seems way more mature than JE, but I still feel like JE and Kaia were a better match, just knowing some of the things about them. They have similar backgrounds, whereas Kaia and Austin do not in the least lol 😆 He's also an old soul.

Idk how long Kaustin will last, but most of Austin's rlshps seem long lol 😆 sooo.... they'll probably last a while rofl 🤣

I still feel like Kaia has some growing up to do though. Jmho 🤷🏾‍♀️ She seems real young compared to him. She's still in her "growth" phase imo. Meanwhile, he's already in his "grown man" era. 🥴

But hey, I have friends of all ages, young and old, so it's not too farfetched to click with ppl of a variety of ages and backgrounds I guess.