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crookedkryptonitebeliever · 2 years

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Yandere brother pt2

Part 2 of my self indulgent incest fic, gonna be a part 3 to this.

Tw: Heavy incest, sexual themes, infantilization, AFAB reader, yandere, general predatory, creep behavior, violence, A Lot Of Words (about 5000+ words)

Don't take this post too seriously, just take it like a forbidden fictional fantasy.

Ignore the plotholes too, im just writing whatever made my HeartTussy throb.

Part 3

Even though your parents are enabling your brother, they do try their best to subtly keep you away from him and try to guide you on your life journey as soon as you turn 13.

Your dad taught you about self defense and not so subtly hint that you may need to use some of these moves on your big brother. It was hard to find time to be alone with your dad, but during those rare and precious windows of freedom where your big brother has to go to university AND you're free? It's gun training time.

Your big brother tried giving a LOT of talks, including but not limited to the birds and the bees, puberty, the no boyfriend rule and many cringe inducing but crucial talks.

You were ADAMANT that you only want your mom to teach you about "girly things", which... made your brother whine about how sad he feels because you trust mom more than him.

Well yeah. He does not have a pussy. Mom does and you do.

At the end of the day, your big brother gave up with a dramatic sigh. He did tell you to feel free to ask him anything if whatever mom told you weren't clear. You didn't like how he would undermine her intelligence.

Ah, teenage years. Do you remember when you woke up with a face full of raging acne? All bumps and lumps with icky pus? You were a little upset about it, but you felt worse when your big brother began fussing over your skin condition.

Big brother would spoil you with only the finest and most expensive skincare ever. Facemasks, serums, luxury moisturizer, you name it, he will hand it over. Your older brother would take you to facial spas with the most sophisticated dermatological tech ever, those types of places where the richest of the richest only go.

You were insecure, you felt the pen holder that is on the shiny, marbled receptionist counter cost way more than you can ever dream to earn. You felt fucking poor in there despite wearing and holding all the pricy things your big brother gifted you before.

When he and the receptionist are discussing about the best possible package to purchase for you, you snuck out. This is unbearable, you can't take it anymore.

Yes, it is nice to be spoiled. Nice to be pampered, but it was all too much for your teenage brain to take in. You felt extremely inferior in there, your head made it seem like everyone is giving you nasty looks for leeching off your big brother's hard earned cash.

You ignored the incessant ringing of your phone as you took an Uber to the nearest pharmacy. You didn't need state of the art machines to get rid of acne. You didn't need face masks with 24k gold flakes in it. You didn't want to feel like an alien specimen in a lab. You did your research, you talked to your mom, you talked to what little friends you had...

All you need are those boring, clinical looking bottled skincare like CeraVe or Cetaphil. The stuff that's made by dermatologists and are proven to give you what you actually need.

Yeah, it isn't that cheap. But it surely is much better than the treatments paid by your big brother costing five figures. Plus, you finally get to put your "pocket money" to use. That $150 worth of acne fighting products hardly put a dent in your wallet.

To your partial surprise, you were accosted by your big brother while waiting for your ride back home. Unsurprised that he is angry, surprised that he managed to find you.

Then you remembered, you're holding the $2500 phone he got you and not your $15 burner phone.

You brought your palm to your forehead, your big brother told you he installed a tracking app on it. You were careful not to do anything on it because you knew that tracking app can also reveal ALL your activities to your older brother. Including but not limited to your browser's history, texts, recordings of phone calls, etcetera.

He held you tight in his arms as he reprimanded you. Tears were streaking down his face as he did so, landing on your clothes. He pinched your ear as punishment and dragged you back into his car, where he would bring you back to the spa to do your treatment anyways.

You would come out of the room glowing, skin clear of any flaws. Maybe even levitating because the treatment is Just That Good ™️. But you felt dirty. Going through this programme wasn't your choice. You can only give a tight lipped, insincere smile as your big brother and the estheticians praised you.

He apologized for yelling at you and bought you your favorite ice cream afterwards.

The thing that you found it weird and unsettling is that... He never asked you why you ran away. He only chalked it up as "normal" teenage rebelliousness and an attempt to "get his attention".

You ate your ice cream in small scoops as your big brother rambled on about bringing you to a luxury hairdresser to do your hair. You said you thought your hair is fine, he began nagging about how it's "dry", "oily", "ridden with split ends".... You zoned out. Whatever, his word is god, you guess.

He moved on, mumbling about how he is going to take you shopping, clothes, gadget, books, furniture basically non-consumable products. You stopped him there and said you have too many things already, it's piling up in your room and you're struggling to find space to put them.

He backtracked and said grocery shopping, you objected, saying your parents already did them and you do not want to have too much perishable items. It is wasteful to let them expire as you can't consume all of them in time.

He wanted to bring you to an amusement park soon. You said no, you have exams coming up. You need to focus on your future.

Gym? You're not comfortable doing all that around strangers. He agrees.

Movie theaters? Nope, you need to study. And you have friends.

He stammered, as he is running out of options, he offered to tutor you.

His heart shattered when you bluntly said you didn't need him anymore.

Then, he stopped talking. Only propping his head up with his elbow to watch you eat.

You know that he is trying to find ways to spend more time with you. Seeing that you now refuse to stay at his place during the weekends and on fridays. Your parents didn't actually force you to go there, they were "hesitatingly encouraging" you to. But they were more than happy to have you separated from him because he is a fucking weirdo.

The times where your parents forced you to be with him is when they can feel another fist fight is about to occur. You get it. For the sake of your father's nose cartilage, you begrudgingly agreed to this facial treatment in the first place.

Suddenly, your brother went on a rant about how your parents are poisoning you. Accusing them of planting a bad image of him in your head. They must have told you false stories about him being cruel, that's why you don't want to be with big brother anymore! Your dad is twisting the idea of big brother because he has a grudge on him!

You tiredly pushed another scoop of ice cream into your mouth to avoid talking back and causing a scene in an ice cream parlor. Of course, your big brother will never physically hurt you, but he can get super embarrassing if he wanted to. Reputation is damn crucial to a teenager

You let him vent. You let him get it all out of his system. If you don't, your dad is getting another cast done. It's literally the same thing he complained to you just a few days ago, verbatim.

"Ever thought of getting a fucking girlfriend instead of clinging onto my balls like a parasite?"

He watched you wide eyed. You realize what had escaped your lips and so you slapped your mouth shut before apologizing profusely. He does NOT like the topic of getting romantic partners and he hates it if you use profanity.

You were ready to get scolded, you were used to him treating you like a cringy nine year old. He is probably going to see this as another temper tantrum from you.

The classic "Language!" Never came. He is just frozen there, heartbroken and silently upset. His eyes were watery and his eyebrows were knitted together.

If you were someone else, mentioning about how he should get a girlfriend is enough for him to go batshit insane on you and get your molars knocked out. But coming from his beloved little sister, it is a whole new world of hurt.

He began softly sobbing in his hands, giving you this dilemma whether to try and comfort him or not.

If you do, you're going to enable him again. Possibly even making him worse, making him not take your "NO"s seriously. And that is dangerous.

If you don't... You seriously do not know what is going to happen. You don't want him to hate you (and possibly get your nose disfigured), but you don't want him to have this unhealthy, creepy ass obsession for you.

Before you could come to a conclusion on what to do, he told you to stay put as he excused himself to the bathroom, sniffling and wiping his face.

You contemplated on running away, calling an Uber to take you home and "accidentally" leaving your expensive phone on the table. So he can't track you down.

But you decided against it and ate your melted ice cream in silence.

Your brother came back half an hour later with puffy eyes and a warm smile. Asking if there is anything else he could get you from the ice cream shop. Would you like to try, pistachio? Mango? Black sesame ice cream? Big brother will buy it for you, just say the word.

No, you just want to go home. He frowned before reaching for your hand to grab it, as usual.

You remained silent as he firmly held onto your hand like a parent holding onto a helpless toddler.

After that, he acted like nothing ever happened. He never brought up that outburst again and continued babying you. However, you felt like something shifted. Something is wrong.

Yeah, there is that usual hostility between him and your parents, but... Toned down for a reason. Even your dad got a little unnerved when he stopped throwing punches arbitrarily.

For sure, it isn't out of the goodness of his heart. He has an ulterior motive to this.

He still attends Parent Teacher Meetings in place of your parents, winning the hearts of your teachers and other school staff. He tries his best to paint your mom and dad in a negative light, so if anything happens to you or there are some matters requiring a legal adult/guardian, they should contact him and him only.

They gobbled it up, if you had a penny for every "You're so lucky to have such a caring and loving big brother", you would have two dollars, 200 pennies.

There were teachers trying to woo him using you as a tool to get closer to him. Your big brother took it the wrong way and saw them as competition, causing them to flee the state for "family matters".

He brings the best cakes and pastries during PTA bake sales, always raking up the most revenue and donations. Your club members and charities love him because his handsome face, alluring physique and fucking Psychopathic charm adds to the tastiness of his otherwise only slightly better than average goods.

Your friends say he makes the best brownies in town. You can only give them a bitter smile as you ring them up, those are actually boxed brownies.

That's not to say he doesn't have any baking skills whatsoever. He mainly reserves his real handmade goods made from scratch for you, where it is tailored to specifically fit your taste. You get to choose how sweet, how savoury, how soft, how flakey and how flavourful you want it to be.

Sometimes when your brother comes to visit you at your parents' home, you would have friends over. He would be warm and welcoming if they're all girls (that passed his intensive background check) and does not show a pinch of romantic interest in him. Icy, stoic and even downright rude if one of your girl bffs flirts with him, absolutely apeshit hostile when there is a boy. Doesn't matter what sexual orientation, cis or trans, no boys allowed.

You know what he is doing. He is trying to get your friends' approval so they would encourage him to be around more. To be around you. It does freak you out because you ever found out one of your best friends was converted into a spy for big brother. She was paid cash and apple pies in exchange for information about you.

It was hard to know who to trust. All your girlfriends seem to be enamored by him, very few are taking your concerns seriously. Those who do suddenly told you to stop talking to them one day... And eventually had to flee the state.

You felt lonely and helpless. You are under surveillance one way or another. God knows how much your brother actually knew about you.

I, the narrator, am god. And I can tell you, it's a LOT. Like a whole fucking lot. He just let some things go undiscussed such as your curiosity about things that makes your brain, heart and pussy go 'BRRR'.

You better be careful on what you consume online.

Back to the subject about your friends, he would often act as a chauffeur for you and them. Driving you all to where ever you guys want to go, be it the Mall, the movies, each other's houses, wherever, whenever. Provided you're sitting in the passenger's seat.

It's humiliating. You had to pay the 'cab fee' by giving him a kiss on the cheek and receiving one on the forehead in return. If he is feeling bold, you'll receive a kiss on the lips and he will claim it as merely a gesture of brotherly love to his darling baby sister. It's hard to pull away because his hand is holding the back of your head in place.

Usually this does incite a sense of fear and "what the fuck", but it's all washed away when big brother distracts them with his charm, money or other bribing tools.

At least he gives you an illusion of privacy when he drives away. Leaving you and your friends "alone" to do whatever teenage girls do.

You know he's lurking around somewhere, watching.

Your friends would have a common topic of finding their siblings annoying and generally pieces of shit. You can't relate at all, but began you wish the relationship between you and your older brother was... Normal. Where he would purposely eat your fries just to spite you, hog your gaming console, call you DickHead Fucker McStupidface and not... endless predatory love bombing.

You sighed. The grass is always greener on the other side.

He made a massive deal out of your 18th birthday. Your big brother threw you the biggest party you have ever attended and invited basically everyone who passed the vibe check. Which includes people you don't know, like his shady work associates, some strangers and existing friends who he thinks are the "best candidates" to be your best friends, the midwife who delivered you for some reason, strangely a few political figures you see on TV and many others.

However, none of the people who he sees as a threat to his relationship with you were invited. Including, but not limited to your parents, obviously the friends/teachers/doctors who thought his kisses and touches on you were weird, anyone who made a lighthearted joke about you that didn't sit well with him...

He rented out a ballroom to throw this colossal party in, along with food catering and entertainment. Your favourite singers, performers and dancers were all present. Your jaw dropped when you met them in person, they're known and loved worldwide and yet here they are standing in front of you, greeting you a sweet 18th.

There is no way he could afford all these without breaking a sweat unless he is secretly a multi-billionaire. Which you think he is, because rich elites and controversial celebrities that you recognized from entrepreneur magazines were invited. Your brother has mannerisms of one too.

You were treated like the fucking president of the world, your brother made sure to let you know you are loved deeply. Everyone loves you, you are full of worth, you deserved to be pampered, etcetera. There wasn't a second where no one's attention is on you, it's stressful to be under so many pairs of eyes, to be the main subject so many hidden opinions.

You are the center of all, the world orbits around you and not the other way round.

You are being recorded, live streamed, remembered and perceived for better or for worse. The spotlight seems too bright and the stage seems too Broad and tall. And it is all yours prance around.

Cheers and praise would fill the hall, but none of them are coherent or genuine to you. Smiles lit up the room but their eyes do not show the same joy, they're here for one thing and one thing only: your brother, his wealth and the immense power he seemingly held.

Despite this bonanza, you have never felt so lonely and unloved in your life. Your big brother bastardized love and affection. This sick display made you nauseous, degraded and obviously upset.

Does your brother think you never noticed the malicious, jealous, lecherous gaze of many? Does he think you're deaf enough not to hear the occasional whisper thinking that you're a good for nothing spoiled brat who spreads her whore legs for her big brother? Did he miss the conversations where they're discussing about using you as leverage against your brother? What about the tightening of balled fists whenever you're mentioned?

This party only shows that everyone is out there to get you, to witness your downfall, to see you fail and drown.

You bolted to the bathroom and into a stall, your only sanctuary at the moment.

You threw up, sobbed and trembled. Luckily you had your $15 burner phone hidden in your puffy ball gown dress, one of the very, very few things your brother doesn't know about.

You called your mom and cried, asking her to pick you up because you're scared, tired and angry at your brother. Your dad also got into the phonecall and agreed to get you the fuck out of there.

You didn't have glamourous makeup streaking down your face because you refused to have your makeup done the way your brother wanted it to. He said it's either his way or no makeup at all. You chose the latter to at least feel like you had some autonomy over yourself.

He made you wear some basic makeup anyways. But nothing too dramatic.

You stifled your sobs when you heard a door open. A feminine voice called out for you.

You gave no reply and waited.

She said your brother is looking for you.

Feeling your blood boil, you told her to tell your brother to fuck off.

She muttered an apology before scuttling out. Soon enough, she came back. This time, she slid a notebook between the door gap with something scrawled onto it.

" What's wrong? Are you feeling ill? Please come out :( I love you "

No doubt, it's your brother's handwriting. You crumpled it and threw it into the waste bin nearby.

You told her to leave you alone. She left without a word.

Half an hour later, someone else enters the bathroom. You opened your mouth, about to begin spewing insults about your brother.

Only to be met with the voice of your mom calling out for you.

You rushed out of your hiding place and found yourself in the arms of your mother. You clutched her shirt and cried hard, you didn't want this. You wanted to spend your 18th birthday with people of your choice, your liking. Not total strangers and a creep of a brother.

You begged your mom to get you out of here. She consoled you, saying that your big brother is worried and waiting for you outside the restroom.

You said you didn't want to see him. You wanted to go home and hide in your sheets, away from the blinding spotlight.

It puts her in a tough position. He wouldn't believe her if she said you didn't want to see him. She knows her son would maliciously take a dig into her insecurities again and break her heart for the millionth time.

So she just dragged you out of there, attempt to scurry past your big brother and avoiding his wrath. Not a surprise, he stopped the both of you.

Your mother decided to sacrifice you to the monster by letting you go. To save herself from getting hurt both emotionally and physically, though she did receive a scowl from him.

He is unbelievably tall. Your big brother still needed to crouch to get to your level, you were crying, rubbing the tears away with the hilt of your palm.

What's wrong? He cooed lovingly. His eyes were softened and his eyebrows were knitted in concern. He cupped your cheeks and wiped your tears away with his thumb. Your big brother massaged the back and base of your neck as you are forced to calm down.

His hands trailed down to your arms, gently rubbing them up and down and fixing the sleeves of your fairytale-like dress. He peppered kisses all over your face, whispering sweet nothings to soothe you. Saying that you his one and only baby sister no matter how old you are, he won't ever leave you. Your big brother loves you to the moon and back, it hurts him to see you upset like this on one of the biggest birthday of your life.

Finally, engulfing you into a secure embrace. Rubbing circles on your back.

And it works. It genuinely calmed you down. This technique brought you back to a time where everything seems to be simple. Where it's just playtimes with big brother and cuddling. No concept of social status, no eerie weirdness, no need for reading between lines, just peace.

For the rest of the night, you're in his lap. His arms securely wrapped around you as he amicably chat with the attendees. You're Tiredly resting while aimlessly staring at different points of interest. It could be the delicious food, it could be the performers, it could even be one of the guests uncomfortably staring at you.

You absentmindedly played with his tie as you rest your head against his chest. Your older brother won once again, managed to manipulate you into thinking he is a safe space whereas the true safe space is home, away from this man.

It gets weird WEIRD after your 18th birthday. His hands begin to creep up your thigh at times, you would have to slap it away. His strokes somehow felt a lot more sensual. His hand would rest on the small of your back whenever the both of you are out. You don't know how it was possible, but your big brother became even more handsy on you.

Yeah, his hand massages are nice. But was it necessary for him to linger his lips on your knuckles while he gives you bedroom eyes?

He got a whole lot more possessive too, actively telling every male he comes across with you that you're "off the market". You would call him out for it but he is still insisting that you are "unavailable" to date.

You feel like he doesn't call you by your name anymore, it's all pet names. Including this one nickname which is embarrassingly sappy.

He doesn't correct anyone if they think the both of you are a couple, not even hinting at the true nature of your relationship. He would frown if you do, though. When quizzed about his reaction, he would simply just dismiss it as nothing important.

He would heavily protest against the idea of you working for money (He isn't as opposed if it's your dream job, though.). But, he isn't against the idea of you "working for him". You didn't feel like sticking around to find out what the job description is.

Your parents are pretty much punching bags for him, your big brother's increased possessiveness means intense beat downs and verbal abuse on the daily. It got so bad that your dad was fighting for his life on the hospital bed as he filed for a restraining order against your big brother. They still wouldn't want to press charges or report him to the police at all.

Imagine the Judge's face seeing your mummified father in court, only getting a restraining order against the person who did it and not... a jail term. Your brother did not once show any remorse, it was just blank stares at everyone else except you. He would smile and draw a heart in the air, which absolutely creepy to people who witnessed it.

Other than that, he still treats you like a kid. He would offer to do anything and everything for you, especially your chores. He would still get food for you at parties, get you cups of your favorite drink and spoon feed you if you're not paying attention. He would still wipe the sleep out from your eyes and wipe your face clean with fresh towels.

He would pay for all your expenses without complaint. Well, almost without complaint. He would whine about you not spending enough time with him while he's paying for your college. Saying that he doesn't have to and he is bringing these burden upon himself is the best way to shut him up or reduce him into a blubbering mess, frantically assuring that you are the best thing that ever happened to him and you are not at all a nuisance.

For 18 years, you have never initiated a conversation discussing about his feelings for you, it would get awkward or messy and you knew it. Your parents weren't perfect either, they did not pay attention until only recently. Letting this sick infatuation fester and escalate.

Due to the restraining order, your brother can't visit you at your parents' home. But he can visit you at your college which sucks. Literally everyone recognizes him as your boyfriend because the way he greets you with a warm hug and a kiss. Not to mention, the gifts you would receive that are typically given by lovers.

Also, as a birthday gift, your brother bought you a fucking house. In a suburban neighborhood. One condition: it is under your brother's name, so it is technically still his, so you would have to live with him. Of course you rejected it which made him use every trick in the book to guilt trip you or lure you in.

You stood firm and said no despite how guilty he made you feel or knowing how luxurious your life would be if you accepted. He went quiet for a while before smiling, ominously stating that you're always welcome to come and live with him in "your" house no matter what. He was so sure that you would eventually come around and give into him.

Despite it all... No doubt, you still love your fucked up brother. He was always there for you regardless of circumstance, so you can't bring yourself to get a restraining order against him. You prefer using more "peaceful" methods to distract him from you such as using your vast amounts of pocket money to hire someone to pursue him romantically.

Even the people who you hired was off put by how his interests are only about you.

In the end, you said "scratch that" and paid someone to befriend him to get a deeper insight about the nature of his "brotherly love". It was hard to evade his notice, but with enough time, precision, money and luck, you managed to keep these under wraps.

You paid to set up a fake scenario for your agent and your big brother to meet. It starts off with you mentioning that you're really craving for some bread or pastry from a specific bakery that sells out pretty quickly. You told him that as he is driving you to college.

You put up a convincing act that you really, really, really wanted one today, repeating it multiple times. Your brother, being the doting man he is, promised that he will get you one by lunch.

You cringe as he rests his hand on your thigh, but made no move to push it away as he rubs it up and down.

So you went on with your day, trying not to think about how he gently grabbed your chin and kissed you in front of your friends before driving away.

Seems mundane, but the thing is, your hired spy has already bought the last two. The bakers were also in on this operation.

Your big brother panicked as he found out that it's all sold out and he will break a promise with you. He tried asking the employees if they could bake at least one now just for you, he would pay extra.

It is notable that he refered to you as "my baby".

They obviously declined. They were sympathetic, however he was still told to come back earlier tomorrow.

Then, that is where your hired help would swoop in and save the day.

Out of the kindness of your spy's heart, he offered your brother one of the pastries. Your brother was grateful, according to your spy. He shook his hand and offered to pay, your spy declined per your instruction and said he understand how shitty it is to disappoint our loved ones.

From there, a friendship blossomed between your intel and your brother due to common (fabricated) experiences.

Your brother never specified or confirmed what the relationship between you and him was. If your spy didn't know all the details, he would have thought you were his dearly beloved wife.

It went on for a while, but it kind of worked. His friend took at least 5 minutes of your big brother's attention away daily. Giving you at least 5 minutes to fucking breathe.

Your spy did tell you that its a bit... Actually VERY mentally taxing to hang out with him. All your brother talks about is you, your interest, your cute little quirks and habits, your personality... Sometimes the conversations were sprinkled in with curious questions about your spy's fictional loved one or life story.

Big brother STILL haven't deny or corrected anything even though when your spy outright verbally assumed that you are your brother's spouse.

Your spy said it was hard to sit there and listen to him speak about you as if you were his lover, his child and a toddler all at the same time. They're all overlapping and it's undeniably fucking creepy.

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princeneito · 3 years

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I’m begging the BNHA community for good OCs. This fandom has so much potential for interesting, creative OCs and yet whenever i scroll around Instagram and whatnot i can't ever find any. So here are a few tips and tricks for good, interesting BNHA OCs {from someone who’s been making fan OCs for over seven years now}

obviously this is my opinion and I’m not stating facts, just throwing out tips from my own PoV.

number one: always, always do your research.

The quirks in BNHA are always well thought out, and always seem to follow a few unspoken rules. there are no quirks with demons or angels, and when mythical creatures are involved, {see: Ryukyu} they don’t become a gorgeous, hot dragon. Ryukyu becomes this lizard like monster. Quirks follow a level of logic most of the time, like Bakugo having nitroglycerin-like chemicals in his sweat. Aside from Deku, who has main character powers, no one has more than one Quirk. Someone who’s Quirk allows them to do multiple unrelated things also counts here. Example: the ability to manipulate fire, but also the ability to use telekinesis. Or the ability to control wind and the ability to control emotions. Linking them together under a random, usually somewhat cringe-y name like “Angelic Eyes” or “Demon Heart” isn’t going to fix that. There is no precedent for this in canon at all. Always make sure that there is some level of logic or canon information that can back your Quirk up. Deku is always going to be the exception because he’s the main character.

Telekinetic characters are a grab-bag. Yanagi from Class-B is telekinetic, she can move objects with her mind. So while there is precedent of this sort of Quirk existing in canon, this is also just proof that this Quirk already exists. I touch on Quirks similar to canon Quirks below. Next, be sure to research existing quirks. No more OCs with illusion creation Quirks {Camie has that}, or copy Quirks {Monoma}. We already know that Quirks are almost always hereditary, or biological in some way, and two people with similar or near-identical Quirks are amazingly rare. Make sure your OC doesn’t have a Quirk too similar to a pre-existing canon character.

Also, make sure to look into the world around your OC. If Shinso, someone who’s Quirk is useless against robots, didn’t make it into the Hero course, then an OC with healing powers is most likely not going to make it either. It’s already bending canon to put your OC into Class A at all {although that can be forgiven because of plot}, don’t try to push it any more than that. It’s already an unspoken rule of OC making in general to not make them related to an existing character. No more Deku’s secret twin sister or Aizawa’s long-lost daughter. If it’s canon that they have no direct relatives, then leave that be.

Japanese people do not have white/western names.

If your OC is meant to be a Japanese person, born and raised in Japan {like most of the cast of BNHA is}, then they’re not going to be names Erin, or Belle, or James. Horikoshi puts a lot of thought into the names of his characters. They always have a deeper meaning, usually relating to their Quirk in some way.

For the heaven’s sake, give them a personality.

I completely understand wanting a self-insert character to make your feel like you’re in the canon of the show. But having a 2D character with a blank canvas for a personality just so you can roleplay as them is tired, and I figured we left that back in 2012. I understand that on platforms like Instagram, a powerful but “simple” character who’s only defining traits are nice and sweet is great for marketing because your audience can put themselves in the OCs shoes, but it’s just painful from an outside point of view. If you want to make a self-insert, at the very least give them your personality. Are you a quippy, funny kid with a tendency to goof off? Fine, assign those traits to your OC. But give them your flaws, too. Maybe you don’t take stuff seriously when you should, or you tend to lose attention really quick. Give that to your OC too. Don’t be afraid to make your OC human. However, when making your OC’s personality, remember that in the BNHA canon, Quirks affect the personality of the character. Bakugo and Todoroki are the most obvious examples. So if your OC has a light-related Quirk, maybe make them bright and exuberant, or loud and cheery. Leave Dementia Raven Way in the past. Edgy OC’s were very 2010′s-ish. Leave your daddy-issues, super edgy, demon-quirk in the drafts, or update them to feel less like an emo chick stereotype. Unless you’re only working for yourself, let them not be an edgy boring mess. ??? as a replacement for Quirk names are not cool or edgy.

It’s not interesting to give your OC a crazy cool or edgy-looking Quirk and leave the name blank, like they’re just so mysterious and dark that even the high school they applied to doesn’t know their Quirk name. It’s just an odd plothole that makes no sense.

Keep canon characters characterized properly.

This is the part that will most likely get me flamed. But here goes:

Bakugo isn’t going to fall for your uwu girl babie OC, your over-the-top edgy OC, or even the cold, too-cool-for-love type. Todoroki is not going to fall head over heels and start buying your OC everything, smiling often, or giving them hugs and kisses all the time.

Let me debunk these bit by bit: soft uwu baby OCs are pushovers in Bakugo’s eyes. Super-edgy OCs are tryhards, or they get in his way. Cold, cool types are probably just going to get in his way, too.

Making Bakugo a blushy tsundere is not keeping him canon. Todoroki the shy soft boy is not keeping him canon.

I focus a lot on Bakugo because he’s the one most OCs ship with. Here’s more. He’s not going to call something cute or adorable, he’s not going to blush at your OC’s exposed tits or ass. He’s not going to buy your OC food or give them hugs. He’s not like that. If anything, a relationship in high school is just going to get in the way of being Number One.

That’s just a few pointers I have lying around. I’d be more than happy to beta-read for OCs, or give out some tips and tricks more tailored to your OC. But for now, I guess stick to this list, and keep it up.

#bnha oc #mha oc #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #anime oc #bnha original character #mha original character #bnha oc art #mha oc art #bnha x oc #mha x oc #bakugo x oc #bakugo katsuki x oc

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tsarisfanfiction · 4 years

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I have *seen* that fanfic about Cora-san and am curious~ may I ask what it's about? :D

Oh boy. Fun fact: fairly sure that’s the first thing I ever wrote for One Piece, back when I was first getting into the fandom in... 2017, I think it was? Played with that idea when I was supposed to be writing my Master’s dissertation whoops.

The general premise of that is the idea that Roci survived Minion Island and was instead kept captured by Doffy in a cell. It’s basically a reunion Law&Cora scene set immediately after Doffy’s defeat but before they leave Dressrosa.

Skimming through it now and cringing because characterisation bad, plotholes everywhere, cringe, cringe, cringe, but I’ll throw a snippet of it out here:

Pirates had many enemies; it almost didn’t matter what Law had done with his life, some pirates would probably hate him.

“Over there, senpai,” he heard some time later, as he was polishing off the food. He started to look around, but Chinjao caught his attention by gesturing towards a door that seemed to lead into a small chamber. Interesting. His view of whoever had spoken was gone, and he wasn’t so weak that he wouldn’t be able to hold off in a fight, so he acquiesced and entered the room, where he stared out the window, waiting and trying not to get his hopes up. If this had anything to do with Law, it was probably an enemy wanting information. There were more enemies than friends on the sea.

“Cora-san?”

The name shattered any defences he might have put up, although he didn’t turn around. The voice was deep, nothing like the childish voice in his memory, even if only one person had ever called him that.

“I know it’s you, Cora-san.” His companion wasn’t feeling patient enough to let him sort his thoughts out, but when Rocinante suddenly remembered that thirteen years was a long time and that last he’d seen him Law’s voice hadn’t broken because he was still a kid and now he’d be a fully grown man he didn’t need any more time, turning around with his heart in his mouth.

That hat. That fluffy white hat with its black spots. The man in front of him was tall and lean, although still not at his own height, with a huge sword slung over one shoulder – the other was covered in bandages from chest to hand, to his concern. But that hat was just the same as it was, ignoring the new peak and the fact that it actually fit the head it was on now.

“Law?” It came out as a question, but he knew. There were no white splotches on his skin, and he was very much an adult now, but there was no doubt this was the same kid he’d carried around for months.

“It’s me, Cora-san,” Law agreed. He wasn’t smiling, but Rocinante could detect shock and delight in his posture regardless, so he lurched forwards, windmilling his arms to keep his balance.

“Law!” he cried, wrapping his arms tightly around the shorter man and burying his wet eyes in that fluffy hat. Law’s head rested against his collarbone, and after a moment he felt one arm move to hold him in return, his hand still clenched in a fist around that sword. “You’re okay,” he sobbed. “You made it out.”

“Thanks to you,” Law said quietly. “I’m glad you didn’t die.”

It needs a hell of a lot of work (aka an entire rewrite because wow did I not know what I was doing with either character) before I’d ever consider finishing and posting it, but I do have a bit of a nostalgic soft spot for it.

#aibhilin-atibeka #ask #wip excerpt #one piece #one piece fanfiction #donquixote rocinante #trafalgar law #tsari writes fanfiction

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Ok so reasons why i Love Warcraft the Beginning, and why its perfect and i hope for more. Might be a little incorherant cus i'm just doing my thoughts as they come. i dont have the time to spend hours writing articles i'm not being payed for.

Yes Warcraft is a great, i say Perfect movie. "But it has flaws". Everything does. That perfect movie you love so much? someone found it boring, someone found it pretentious , someone found it stupid. Perfect pizza? someone doesnt like your toppings, someone thought there wasnt enough for it. A movie, a show, a book, art in general cannot be judged by an arbitrary list of items it must meet to sufficient quality. "no plotholes, great acting, good effects" are not good qualifiers. Most ppl dont know the meaning of plotholes, different tons of story require different acting (Casablanca is seen as a masterpiece but i dislike movies of that era because the acting is over the top, stiff, and campy. however that does not make them bad, it just means i dont like it). Really the only way a piece of art can be judged is by judging it based on what it TRIED to do. If your character is suppose to show they are angry in this scene and they just seem constipated then you did fail and that was bad acting. But if your character is suppose to be angry and some of the audience thinks they should have acted a different way, then thats just a difference of opinion between author and audience.

So what did Warcraft the Beginning TRY to do? Pay homage to the original franchise, tell a heartfelt complex story, give a larger than life epic, and reinterpret the story into something thats better than it was and can be accepted by a general audience

-So i love how much the art, style and themes embraced the franchise. The intro was PERFECT. The little cameos and everything were well done. For some weird reason a few thought that was cringe but part of good cameos is world building. They arent putting "this way to the stoutelager inn" so fans can go "i get that refrence" they are doing it to create a scene that involves a sign to an inn and might as well be a real one from the story, right? The franchise STARTED as Err orcs bad humans good but it has since evolved past that, and you saw that with the theme of the H and A heroes banding together against guldan. The armor and costumes were perfect, using the major flair of warcraft without being overly done. Llane's and Lothar's armor is perfect example.

some people have a problem with what i'd say was the "family friendly epic fantasy adventure" aspect of the movie. yes pacing was quick but when you go into a weird story you just suspend disbelief and take things as you go. They never explain how the Flashy Thingies in men in black work, they just do. you accept it and move. And there was some slightly heavy handed themes and moments. but thats what we call Camp. Its a fantasy adventure, you have snark, a few cheesy lines, hope vs darkness and all that good stuff. I remember when Wonder Woman came out an interviewer asked about the....hammy? ending. i think they used a different word. but the idea was that it seemed...bad? that the ending revolved around Wonder woman's faith in humanity, faith in goodness and trying to do good, was naieve. And Patty Jenkens said that she thinks the world needs more hope like that, not everything is doom and gloom and the point of a hero is to be hopeful.

A GOOD movie, a PERFECT movie doesnt need to be high art. Ppl talk about inception cus it was so intense but IMO if half the audience doesnt know whats happening then its not so good is it? and like i said So many "great perfect movies' in history are boring, or weird or unlikable to many people. And i think its a great detriment to the world that people got to act like only high art movies that win awards are any good.

And then there is the story and charactes. I loved Lothar and Llane, very relatable and good example of heroic men. The mirror between the father Lothar and Durotan was great. I loved how well they did the orcs, just everything about them. Like their meeting and having it so that you could only understand the side you were listening from, if you listen when its focused on the orcs and Garona is translating you can hear Llane speaking something that is NOT english. But like even with the kinder orcs they kept the furiosity. Durotan makes it clear that their world is dead and they cannot simply go back, and thats very realisitc. even were it not for guldan if he was fighting to save his people he'd willingly fight the humans if they tried to stop them. It was great seeing them touch on the idea of the fel infused orcs with Medivh's ability to create spells that specifically target them. Oh and geeze his whole arch. the actor and directing i think did a great job of showing him struggling to do as much as he could to help the alliance against the orcs. He seemed addled, like he was losing it or on drugs but you find out it is really because the fel is taking hold of him. thats what was great about the last guardian is the whole Inner monster storyline. Betrayal of one's self and all that. And it showed the variety in the orcs, yes you had dark ones who embraced the pillage too, and its a shame that the campfire scene "but you're...Green" scene didnt make it. Kadgar, did a good job with the whole "he's smart enough to notice when his 'betters' are wrong but he's young and inexperienced and doesnt know how to assert himself" was great. Its funny cus some didnt like he didnt age, but far as i can tell nothing in warcraft even addressed that. Like he mentions once or twice in the book and in click dialogue that it sucks losing his childhood but there is no angst about it. you wouldnt know he's only in his 40s now. Even his little cinematic before legion focused on him taking up the mantle of the guardian.

And then there are the improvements it made. Rise of the Horde was good but they didnt have time to have the 'non fel orcs being around fel turn slightly green', so it was a good choice to have that dynamic visual change. Lothar's son arc i think gave him more of a personal reason to be invested in this other than "defense of our nation". And it kinda sucks in the original narrative that stormwind just kinda got its butt kicked. I'm sure it will still fall but it will be nice to see more effort put into it. And goodness we actually got to see varian's mother? and she was an important part of the story? she was an interesting character and had influence and was crucial to getting garona on their side. Speaking of , Garona by herself is the best change and alone makes this movie better than the original. She is a product of love, the first human/orc couple, presumably when Medivh was first exploring Draenor. And not a tool created by rape? Its so great that this shitty aspect of the story generated from the naive creator's idea of womens place in stories, was rewritten. Oh i'd be the first to say it wasnt malicious. but between Kerrigan and Sylvannas and Garona, heck this attitude exists today. That a man's humanity comes from his family, that he is violent emotionless and a killer but a wife brings out his peace and children his humanity . so the worst thing that can happen to him is his family is killed, thus bringing the beast back. And that for a Woman she is defined by her love of the man, does she reject him or accept him, does she play hard to get or support him? how freely does she give herself to him. And thus the worst thing that can happen to a woman is to have her body violated, and what many guys who grew up in the 70s-90s fantasy era that was the go to story. Woman is violated (in body) and gets her revenge and feels empowered by killing her rapist. while the man is violated by those he LOVES being killed, and empowered by avenging them and finding a new family (or a way to honor the dead ones)

So yea its REALLy awesome that this story rejected that whole farse and said "no, the key behind saving both peoples is a young woman who exists because 2 people from different planets loved each other"

#decided to leave this hear to repost elsewhere when people are awake #warcraft #duncan Jones #warcraft the beginning #the world of warcraft

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2, 5, 8, 20, 35, 38, 45, 47!

@lillpon - Salty OUAT Asks - accepting

2. Which storyline do you pretend never happened?

Remember when Killian stabbed Dave’s dad for the shock of it and that weird ass plot? Yeah, I really wish I could pretend that never happened. And not really because it sparked some of my least favorite things about the series (I am not a huge fan of s6) but because it wasn’t just a shock, it was an ooc shock. Yes, yes, he’s a pirate, and he could be a huge ass, but when had we seen him be so horrible to civilians? And it isn’t really out of kindness, but out of the fact that they don’t really pose a threat one way or another.

5. At what point did you completely give up trying to understand the timeline?

I’m still trying to do this. Like, I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out the how of Baelfire in the Wishrealm.

8. What are your feelings about the show’s concept of “true love” and/or TLK?

I thought the concept was neat at first, because it was so rare. And then everyone and their dog was true love. You could fall in True Love with someone in a coma. I do, however, think Millian were and are True Love. They might not have made any magical babies, but it was the sort that if she came back, there’d still be a deep sort of love even if it was no longer romantic.

20. How would you fix the plothole?

Which one?

35.Scene so bad it should be forgotten forever?

If it hadn’t sparked like a quarter season of bad plot I’d say the same as 2.

38.Most cringe moments?

‘I never loved you’ only because I know what’s coming oh my girl. Any time Belle did that one line zinger as she walked away from Rumple to get in the last word. Rumple throwing Milah into the river, although that’s more of a rage than anything. I’m tired of walls.

45. Who do you blame? Writers, Big Disney, bad schedule, fan service, etc?

Yes.

47. Bonus: Rant about something

Okay, show, if you wanted me to actually CARE about Rumple’s resolution, can we resolve the issues that had been festering for CENTURIES and not just a few throw away lines about BFFs forever? Seriously, if they had even had one line where they’d been ‘we spent that day yelling at each other about the day you cut off my hand’ would have been so much better than pretending it never happened. I mean, if you did it solely for the sake that ‘new people coming in wouldn’t get the story’ then how the hell are they supposed to know WHY they hated each other?

#lillpon

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ohmytheon · 6 years

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Hi! I really love all of your Kacchako's stories, you are amazing! May I ask you a Kacchako drabble with prompt number 1(If you had asked me to stay, I would've)? Thank you very much, you are the best!

Despite the serious level of angst in this, I didn’t put much thought into this. I’ve written a massive ass Villain Deku fic; I might as write a little Villain Bakugou since I’m in such a dark ass mood. There are a thousand plotholes in this that I don’t feel like filling up, but I hope you enjoy this nonetheless. Sorry if this went in a completely different direction than you had in mind.

The only reason Uraraka hadn’t been crushed by rubble had been because she’d touched the wall at the last second. She’d been thrown back by the force of the massive explosion and her stomach did a quadruple flip when the extreme use of her quirk tugged on her, but she held it steady even after landing on the ground. Curled up in her a ball, her stomach in knots, she lifted her head and found literally tons of debris floating above her head. She’d pushed the weight limit of her quirk before, but never all at once.

“Now that’s impressive, Angel Face!” a familiar voice taunted.

Uraraka could only attempt to shield herself with a floating piece of concrete as he blasted his way through the rubble, cringing as her stomach rolled and demanded her to release her quick. Finally, it was too much and she had to use every ounce of willpower to bolt as far away as she could and release it. She still couldn’t get far enough and found herself being peppered with bits of concrete, steel, and shattered glass.

Another loud explosion behind her told her that he had more or less defended himself against the concrete shower, but it was only when she turned around and saw him striding through the smoke and dust did her heart drop into the bit of her stomach.

It looked like him. His outfit was different. The gauntlets were more streamlined. He wore goggles. It was somehow sharper, although she couldn’t pinpoint how. He had looked dangerous before in his pro hero outfit, but Katsuki Bakugou appeared downright demented now.

Uraraka didn’t know what had gone wrong, but something had. Maybe it had been something that he’d been struggling with for a long time. Bakugou wasn’t a villain. He couldn’t be. Back when he had been kidnapped in their first year, they had all known that he would fight until there was nothing left of him if no one could save him. That was who he was. Not this, never this. She couldn’t believe that it was him, even after all the destruction that he’d caused, pro heroes and civilians lying prone around them.

When Bakugou had walked away from the hero world a year ago after suffering a massive injury, he had cut himself off from everyone. They had all done what they could to bring him back, but eventually he shut them off completely. Uraraka could still remember going to his apartment with takeout, determined to help him no matter what he said, and finding him packing his things. It had been difficult with his injury, but he had reacted vehemently against her offer to help.

“Where are you going?” Uraraka had asked him quietly in the dark.

He hadn’t answered her then.

She should’ve pressed the matter further. Seeing as how she was the last one to see him, now that he was in front of her like this, it shattered her heart on a devastating level. Out of all the places she had imagined him running to, this had not been one of them. When she had pictured crossing paths with him again, it hadn’t been like this. Never like this. Bakugou wasn’t a villain.

“What’s the matter?” Bakugou asked as he flexed his right hand. It was a robotic prosthetic, but with gloves on, it was almost impossible to tell the difference. Who had given it to him? He might not be able to cause explosions with it, but his grip was ten times as strong. He’d broken Kaminari’s wrist just by grabbing and squeezing hard. “You don’t look happy to see me.”

Uraraka wiped her nose, streaking blood across her face. She couldn’t be sure, but she thought it might be broken. She’d taken a hit from Bakugou’s elbow while stopping him from making a direct blow to Kirishima’s face.

“You know you look your best like this,” Bakugou told her, sounding terribly earnest.

“Like what? Bloody and bruised?” Uraraka retorted furiously.

“Like you’re ready to take the world head on,” Bakugou said.

Uraraka hadn’t expected that and she felt thrown, as if she’d used her quirk on herself and was floating upside down in the air. Her throat constricted painfully as tears stung her eyes. She could tell that he wasn’t lying either. Not that Bakugou ever did that. He was so honest in everything he did. He didn’t fake things. It was why she knew, no matter how much it didn’t match with him, she knew that this was really him. (What had happened in the months that he was gone from their lives? Where had he gone?) She clenched her fists and readied herself to fight him again. It was all she could do until back up came. Where was Deku?

“Still determined to fight me?”

“I can’t let you hurt more people or get away,” Uraraka simply said.

Bakugou scoffed. “I don’t want to kill you, but if I have to go through you, I will.”

“Then you better fucking go through me,” Uraraka snarled.

A smirk lit up Bakugou’s face. “Man, I’d forgotten how much I loved it when you swore and got all intense like this.” If he was trying to unsettle her, it was admittedly working, but she didn’t blink or back down. He would go through her if he wanted, but she couldn’t let him go without putting up a fight. He knew her well enough to know that.

“Why are you doing this?” Uraraka demanded.

All he did was shrug his shoulders and say, “Because I want to,” which wasn’t an answer. There had to be more to it than that. Bakugou was a hero – had been a hero – would always be a hero to her and his friends. This didn’t make sense. How had they failed him in the months following his injury and fall from the pro heroes? What had they missed? What else could they have done?

“I don’t believe that.” Uraraka bit her lip. For a moment, she hesitated and then she forced herself to stand up straight, pulling out of the defensive position. Her sudden change in demeanor seemed to take Bakugou aback and he blinked and furrowed his brow. “Why did you leave?”

Bakugou stared at her with an unreadable look in his eyes. “Does it really matter now?”

“It matters to me,” Uraraka insisted.

At this, Bakugou’s eyes hardened into a narrow glare. “If it had really mattered, you wouldn’t have let me leave so easily.”

She hadn’t though. Up until that night, she had done everything she could to help him, along with everyone else. By the end of it, he’d even pushed Kirishima away. That night had been her last stitch effort when the others had told her it was no use. Just give him time, they said. He’ll come around on his own. But he hadn’t. He’d left and come back… He’d come back as a…

“If you had asked me to stay, I would’ve,” Bakugou told her. “For you, I would have.” An ugly look crossed his face, one filled with both pain and anger. “But you didn’t. You stayed quiet. You let me walk out that door and you said nothing.”

Uraraka felt as if he had slapped her in the face. Somehow, his words hurt her just as much as one of his explosions. It was different sort of hurt, the kind that made her sick to her stomach, made her knees tremble, made her want to break down. She trembled before him as she hoarsely said, “I tried so hard to help you. We all did. I thought…” She swallowed. “I thought maybe you needed time and space to yourself.”

Bakugou held out his hands. “Oh I did. Can’t you see how better I am?”

“This is not better and you know it,” Uraraka countered. She took a few steps towards him. There was a look of distrust on his face, but he didn’t step away or move to make an explosion. She knew that she was treading on thin ice, but she had to stall for time. Fighting him head on wouldn’t work. She had to be craftier than that. “Bakugou, please, I’m begging you to stop. Come back home. I’ll do whatever you want.”

“You think some flowery platitudes are going to convince me to stop?” Bakugou scoffed. He held up his left hand and she froze. “Step aside, Uraraka. I don’t want to kill you.”

Uraraka’s expression darkened. “You think a few threats are going to convince me to let you do this?”

A pleased and dangerous grin slowly worked its way onto Bakugou’s face. “Not if you’re the hero I loved.” He tilted his hand so that it was palm up and waved his fingers at her to come forward. “Don’t hold back, you hear me?”

“I never did,” Uraraka said honestly. And she wouldn’t. He deserved better than that. She would just have to show him exactly how much she meant it.

#ochako uraraka #katsuki bakugou #kacchako #bnha #mha #villain bakugou #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #why do i love pain so much???#bakuraka #bakugou x uraraka #the things of songs #bnha fanfiction

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serpentprinceravenhairedprincess · 6 years

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Season 2 full commentary

Ok, after watching the last episode, talking about it with some of my friends, reading the reactions, watching the upfronts’ interviews and generally taking some days to think about it, I’m finally ready to give my full opinion. I honestly feel quite disappointed. I’ve watched a lot of teen dramas in the past, and right now Riverdale is the only one I watch..cause..you know..growing up and shit. Surely a big reason why I watch this show is because I’m deeply shallow and I just wanna see some Cole in my life. The other reason is because S1 genuinely made me hope for better days in the teen drama genre. Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but at the same time it acknowledged some mistakes that were made in similar past tv shows (such as TVD, PLL etc) and corrected them. S2 was, in my opinion, a step back from that achievement. They repeated the same mistakes all over again: putting too much on the plate, resolving situations in two minutes of screentime and with plotholes large the fucking Louvre, explaining drastical changes in the characters as “character development” (which is not, guys. As a person who actually studies these things in college, I can guarantee you that this is all but character development). I feel like this season was just a marketing move from every point of view: the priority were always the ships, mostly the b*ghead one. Guys, I’ll be honest, I quite liked b*ghead in S1, but I feel like S2 forced them so much that they just became two untouchable characters around which everything else is built. And I hate it. I really hate it because if you try to do something slightly different from that, hell breaks loose on social media because a bunch of teenagers thinks to know how a tv show should be done. It's seriously frustrating to see how much importance is given to what the fans want to see; this is just a distorted way of thinking brought up by the rise of social media. I'll never get tired of saying this: WRITERS AREN'T OBLIGED TO GIVE PEOPLE WHAT THEY (THINK) THEY WANT. Look at George Martin. Gosh, he killed basically everyone in his books, and still Game of Thrones is the largest fandom and most beloved series of all time. I just think that Riverdale could have been a great teen drama, maybe the best, but it lost itself just like the others, following the opinions of the audience and adjusting everything to it. I still hope for a better season 3, but I have the fear that nothing's gonna change. Now, since everyone does, I'll give my "fan whishlist" too: - Make Archie usefull..you know..since he theoretically is the main character - Stop this darkness bullshit, which makes everyone cringe by how ridiculous it is - Give some space to Veronica, who was the most underused character in this season, when she could have done so many things I can't even count them all - Make people like..InTeRaCt. This whole season I felt the need to take a spoon and carve my eyeballs out for the suffocating presence of b*ghead and v*rchie scenes. Ok, they are togheter, I get it. But they are not the only relationships. I want to see jarchie and beronica's frindship. I want to see Veronica and Cheryl. I want to see some fucking jeronica for God's sake, they hang together all the time and it's like they don't even know each other. I don't ask you to give me my ship, but at least some interaction, cause this doesn't make any sense - Let me see the teenagers' life, the school, the bulldogs, the serpents. They are like what? 16? They all act like grownups and do grownups' things. Stop. It's getting embarassing - Last but not the least. Surprise me. For once. Do something actually different. Keep me guessing. Cause this season didn't, and when it did, it was just a big fat "WTF? this doesn't make any sense"

With love, a fan.

#riverdale #the cw riverdale #Jeronica #vughead

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rptv-starwars · 4 years

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Huge Ass-mitage (Hugh Armitage), the second Doofus Shill extraordinaire this week.

The person pictured above (referred to as Huge Ass-mitage going forward) wrote a cringe article about Star Wars plot holes (most having to do with the original trilogy and prequels). It’s a pathetically transparent attempt at defending the Abrams/Johnson sequel trilogy (otherwise why bring this up now?).

I’m not arguing whether the sequels were bad or good (there are some things I like about them, and some things I don’t); that’s irrelevant. What is nauseating and loathsome is how this writer and others like him try to hide their true agenda (like the one I posted about 4 days ago).

“Use the convoluted explantions, luke”? That tagline is #SAD. This millennial sounds like an untalented baby boomer.

Link to the original article on the Digital Spy website is shown below, followed by his 9 plotholes and his explanation for each (and my rebuttal):

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/star-wars-biggest-plot-holes-060700779.html

1: Huge Ass-mitage writes that “Obi-Wan's decision to give Luke his father's surname and hide him on Anakin Skywalker's home planet Tatooine (in his stepbrother's care, no less) was a really dumb idea.”

I partly agree with this one, except for two things:

a) It only became a plothole when the sequels came out (it was not a major issue with the original trilogy), and

b) The writer assumes Tatooine was on Vader's radar. I think Vader had more important things to worry about (like terrorizing the galaxy); he wouldn’t be keeping track of everyone on some distant planet. In addition, since this writer decided to bring in the prequels for his argument, he should also know that Tatooine is controlled by the Hutts and so Vader and the Empire would not have any business poking around in that part of the galaxy for 18 years.

Sloppy (on the part of the prequels) for sure , but I would not call it a MAJOR plot hole. #FAIL.

2. "Vader forgot C-3PO”. He claims this is a major plot hole (it's a minor one) but then proceeds to explain why it isn't (stating that Vader and C3PO don't really interact in the original trilogy, which I agree with). Second, it only became a plot hole with the prequels (that is not the fault of the original trilogy). #FAIL.

3. “Obi-Wan didn't recognise the droids either” I partly agree with him on this one, but again, it wasn’t a problem with the original trilogy (it only became a problem when the prequels came out), and second, Obi Wan was not one to become attached to droids the way Luke was, and with all the droids Obi-Wan came in contact with, how would he remember an astromech and protocol droid from decades ago? #FAIL.

4. “Rey can speak droid and Wookiee” This is more of a failure of character development than a plothole, but Huge Ass-mitage tries to explain this away by citing some external reference material that most people have never heard of let alone read, called "Rey's survival guide", which was probably written specifically to fill in gaping plot holes. This reference says that Rey taught herself wookie and droid language in her spare time to be able to speak with wookie traders that pass through town (even though you never see them on Jakku. LOL).

And why wookie? Why not Bocce? or Walrus man language? Or whatever that giant praying mantis speaks? It’s just a little too convenient that it was Wookie.

Additionally, the writer’s argument still doesn't explain why nobody else in the star wars universe bothers to learn droid language (despite interacting with them every day) and just rely on readouts and protocol droids. But Rey decides to learn droid (and as far as we know she’s the only one). #FAIL

5. Rey can fly the Millennium Falcon?

The writer cites the same external reference nobody has read (”Rey's Survival Guide”) to explain that Rey owns an old Y-wing computer display that allows her to "run flight sims".

The problem with this argument is that this is never shown or alluded to in TFA. When Finn asks her how she flew so well, her response wasn’t “I take flight simulation lessons on my computer”, but rather, “I don’t know!” Lastly, simulation and real flying are different; ask any pilot.

Huge Ass-mitage also writes the following: “she [Rey] had a speeder, which is apparently all Luke Skywalker needed to help him become a crack pilot. Well, that and the Force.”

WRONG: A speeder is like a car, not an aircraft. That Luke is a pilot is alluded to at least twice: once by Obi-Wan, and a second time when Luke says he use to shoot womp rats in his T-16, which we can safely assume is a spaceship (not a landspeeder). #FAIL

6. Luke's Jedi training with Yoda lasts about a day

Not really. The sense one gets from watching ESB is that Luke’s training lasts over a number of days (possibly more; we don’t know for sure how much time passes; Han Solo has been on the run from Jabba The Hutt for months or years apparently, so why not Han and Leia from the Empire?).

Contrast this with TFA, where Rey meets Han, he takes her to the cantina, she gets kidnapped by Kylo, then she escapes - it is clear this happens over no more than 1 or 2 days (it actually looks like it happened over a number of hours), and NO TRAINING WHATSOEVER is ever shown in that time span.

Regardless, I do agree with the writer that Luke’s training was too short a time when compared to the training jedis received in the Prequels. However that would make The Prequels more accurate than the original trilogy, which would then make the sequels a complete joke. #FAIL

7. Galen Erso (the Death Star engineer)

The writer says that this character sent a message to the rebels about the weakness of the death star, but did not send the plans as well (thereby forcing the Rebels to go on a huge quest which leaves most of them (including his daughter) dead? He also claims that the death star was “designed badly” because of this weakness and is therefore a plot hole as well.

My response is this: Nobody (except for one or two people I know of) ever considered the Death Star a plot hole. We just assumed like all villains or obstacles (Achilles’ heel, the wall in LOTR Two Towers, etc) sometimes there is a weakness you can exploit. I mean, the Hindenburg was a feat of engineering that had a major flaw (which ended tragically). #FAIL.

8. R2-D2 wakes up just in time... for no reason

The writer of this article claims that BB8 having the other part of the map “causes R2-D2 to boot up”. But how would BB8 know to trigger R2-D2? And why bother not being booted up already? It’s not like R2-D2 has to stay turned off (he can be recharged).

The writer then tries to explain how R2-D2 having the map is a plot hole (which it isn't). The plot hole is not how R2-D2 has the map, but why he has it in the first place, if Luke didn't want to be found. #FAIL

9. Leia couldn't have remembered her mother

This one I actually agree with the writer (Huge Ass-mitage / Hugh Armitage). Unfortunately he tries to explain it away (again) with external sources (the star wars comics, which were only written to fill in the plot holes, so that doesn't count).

In summation, this hack “writer” from DIGITAL SPY is either a shill for Disney Lucasfilm or has absolutely no idea what the hell he’s talking about (maybe both). I have no idea how people like him get jobs.

#star wars #the force awakens #the last jedi #disnerd #digital spy #yahoo news

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Ask a Writer!

Tagged by the lovely @i-masshiro, thanks babe! Love you tons, such a sweetheart D’:

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

It doesn’t mean anything in particular! An old best friend of mine helped me pick it up when I was struggling with new decent nicknames. This is the one I use for all my accounts now.

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/favorites, follows/subscriptions, visitor hits, kudos)

These Stones We Skip, definitely. It’s got like 90 comments (half of them me responding to those, so it’s narrowed down to 45 haha) +2k hits, 100 kudos more or less, and a bunch of bookmarks! I’m super happy with how the fic is being read and that people like it this much! Also if anyone waiting for an update is reading pls forgive me I’ve been busy I promise I will update pls don’t sue ;;.

3. What is your FFnNet/AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

Actually, I think all my icons are Uraraka icons, excepting the one I got for FF.net which is actually Asuna from SAO. Last time I updated the page I was heavily into SAO so... pretty self-explanatory. My love for Uraraka needs no explanations either.

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

I do! And most of them are an incredibly fun bunch of them. Long, usual commenters are my shit, not gonna lie. Although I have lost some of them as my updates have become slower, but I hope they come to read someday.

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

Not really, unless it’s for some kind of reference. There was this line I hit where my style got smoother and a bit more polished, but from there below it’s kind of rubbish and I can’t read anything. All good things I write I can’t usually read because of self-awareness.

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

None and none lmao, I always drop kudos but I don’t think I have ever bookmarked anything, nor subscribed to because I don’t really have much time to check out stuff-- and when I do, I totally binge read it.

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

Fantasy AU because it’s consumed my life now.

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

I got 10 subscriptions on AO3 and 60 bookmarks!

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

I would like to someday find the strength to write something venty someday, as I recently found out I somehow write much better and feel more satisfied when I vent my anger on writing. Something that doesn’t happen really often, but it happens and it’s great therapy!

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

Tons of things, most particular. I would like to become less paranoid over people not seeing my scenarios, thus making my style less complex to the untrained eye. Also, fighting scenes make me cringe because I suck so hard at making them depsite having clear pictures in my head /cries.

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

I am now very focused on Kacchako and iirc ir used to be a rarepair? but I think it will break out of that zone soon.

12. How many stories have you posted on FFNet/AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

3 on AO3, and 31 on FF.net.

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

Tons of them that sounded great in my head. It’s that small snapping process of realizing a powerful story is too weak to be posten, and kinda let it rest.

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

I keep them in my head and plan to write them. Only the fantasy AU for kacchako has made it out of my head, lol.

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

Yes, and it was a wonderful experience.

16. How did you discover FFNet/AO3?

Weirdly enough, from DeviantArt! I would usually go there searching for art pieces and found some deep small fics, whose authors would usually have a FF.net account. I only knew of AO3 last year, but I think I read one a bit before that. Not exactly sure when.

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on FFNet/AO3?

Not at all, there is too many talented people in this damn kaccha house (⁎˃ᆺ˂) they are all so good jdskak

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

People usually call me Mira, but use others for Discord.

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

Lots of them! Every author that lies in my recs gallery has inspired me in one way or another. Though that place is kinda outdated so I may have to add some more, but all my friends have inspired me overall. They are all wonderful writers and artists and it’s amazing to be so surrounded.

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

Don’t feel pushed to write queality straightaway, and always read other stuff to build new vocab and structures. Everytime you read, you will most likely learn something new as every author’s view gives you a new perspective on things. I have found it to be a great practice!

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

Plot, always. Everytime I am listening to music and come up with a new snippit, I jot it down anywhere I can. Google’s Keep is a pretty nifty tool for this!

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

Well, I only got maybe two! One of them was pretty lukewarm and more of an advice that I followed, and it was a good one despite the harshness of it. On the other hand, I got one comment that told me they were giving up on my story because it was too thick style and lore wise, but I didn’t mind at all tbh-- I already knew I was facing these kinds of risks when I started writing long things like these.

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

Fighting scenes in general kind of take a lot of time for me to work with, and same with some simply dialogue bits that I am like: and what now!? D:

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

My fantasy AU! pls if sb is reading Im sorry I will update soon don’t press charges thank

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

I usually jot the deets down and push it aside until I am done with my main thing. It’s probably my best habit when it comes to planning, lol.

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

Not really. I usually try to plan when I wanna update, divide my chap’s aproximate word count and split it in days!

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

Oof, definitely. Mostly because my English has improved along with my writing and that helps. A lot.

28. What is your favorite story(s) that you’ve written?

I did write one in Spanish that got lots of good feedback and invested readers, and I had a blast writing its lore and characters.

29. What is your least favorite story(s) that you’ve written?

I wrote a pretty dark fic once and it’s a fic I know I wrote well? but I am kinda ashamed of looking back at it.

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

Maybe working on something that is a little bit more professional, or just enjoying myself. Got no clue tbh.

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

I think I can be pretty ominous in some parts and be very subtle with foreshadowing. The art of subtlety is something I worship everyday.

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

Trying to live up to those little scenes I had in my head, and writing them as good as possible. And description in general, sometimes. And word count consistency is something that worries me sometimes. Oh, and the endless fear of poking a plothole bigger than a damn blackhole.

33. Why do you write?

To make people entertained and happy if they want something to read!

I nominate the great artists and gals @animeniac, @kacchanswife, @hondaroo, @kacchas and @liltoothbrush! If you don’t reply I’ll press charges so hahaha!

#ramble #this is an obligation you've been taggedo >:c #jk #yall read their stories they are all great pass it on #/leaves tumblr for another year

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Ten Questions To Ask Post UFC 215

Joey

September 14th

1- Is the women's bantamweight division dead?

Allow for the hyperbole for a second. The UFC's bantamweight division in 2015 was a vibrant popping scene buoyed by one of the best rivalries in Miesha Tate vs Ronda Rousey. Even when the two weren't fighting, they were in competition with one another seemingly at all times. Throw in a rising Holly Holm, the "at least she's amusing" Bethe Correia, a surging Amanda Nunes, some prospects trying to make some waves, aging pros like Marion Reneau and Sara McMann and you had a something. Maybe not a GREAT class but it's a something! Fast forward to 2017 and you have an unpopular Amanda Nunes, Valentina Shevchenko in limbo, an inconsistent Holly Holm (if not in performance than at least in weight), no Ronda, no Miesha, a missing Cat Zingano and Rocky Pennington and the likes of Marion Reneau, Sara McMann, Jessica Eye and Bethe Corriea all essentially doing a whole lot of nothing as it pertains towards career advancement. Leslie Smith may be your "breakout player" but she's a prelim creature if she's going to espouse unions on your programming.

This fight between Nunes and Shevchenko was supposed to either give us a dominant champion or set the stage for an epic rubber match in a rivalry. It ultimately did neither. It gave us more questions, seemingly at a time where an impatient fanbase is adamant about simply not wanting any more questions. After pulling out in July and giving us more time to indulge in their bad blood rivalry, we got a good fight with no real defining moments. It was a fine technical affair but one that lacked in the excitement factor and most importantly left everyone wondering who really won. The division is no better off now than it was and if anything, it's worse. Nunes is an unpopular champion (of all of Ronda's heirs, she's the one who has the most apparent "She's not Ronda!" backlash to her name), her largest threats are moving to new weight classes (Holm, Zingano and Shevchenko are all going to try their hands elsewhere) and Nunes seems to be buckling under the burden of being the adopted face of WMMA. It all makes you wonder what the future of 135 lbs. 145 lbs is a gimmick title but if Cyborg proves to be the star some think she could be then it may step over bantamweight, gimmick or not. The same I guess could be said for 125 lbs which will start with the weakest UFC champion in history BUT will likely have Valentina Shevchenko, Paige Van Zant, Joanna Champion and Katlyn Chookagian all in the division by the midway point of next year. 135 has a far less exciting path layed out for it, a million plotholes on a dirt covered road with an endless amount of deer and other wildlife darting in and out to derail it.

So is 135 lbs dead? I dunno. All I know is the UFC needs to figure it out before Nunes and company wind up with numbers that would make Mighty Mouse blush and cringe.

2- When is the best time to do Mighty Mouse vs Ray Borg?

Easy enough I guess. If Ray Borg is going to get the title shot still, when is the right time? The general consensus is UFC 216 which would probably be a not half bad set up. UFC 216's main card as of right now judging by the UFC.com line up would be:

Tony Ferguson vs Kevin Lee Derrick Lewis vs Fabricio Werdum PVZ vs Jessica Eye Walt Harris vs Mark Godbeer Beneil Dariush vs Evan Dunham

With Will Brooks vs Nik Lentz as your big FS1 headliner.

Not awful but surely not the best offering we're going to get this year. Throw in the fight with Borg vs Mighty Mouse as the main event and that's a pretty darned good fight. Now having said that, would Mighty Mouse vs Borg be better suited elsewhere? Fox in December? Icing on the cake of UFC 217? Do you kinda just punt on 216? Alvarez vs Gaethje needs five rounds so let's not think about that finale.

3- How do you prevent the seemingly unpreventable?

Fighters get hurt. That much is simply a fact of life. Nothing new nor is there much to do for major prevention. Fighters getting sick the week of from bad weight cuts? Maybe it's not a new concept but now it's exposed to the eyes of the public. The UFC has had a fight fall through either AT weigh ins or the day of the fights on all but three of their PPVs (210, 211 and 214) and at least three of those fights were main or co-main events. So how do you fix this? Fighters moving to their natural weight classes to prevent the intense weight cuts is a starter but you can't force guys to move weight classes. Stiffer punishments for fighters who pull out? Well I mean for the bloodthirsty among us you'd get a nod of approval BUT you're still essentially taxing people for having the audacity to miss weight. Probably not the best look either. So how do you prevent the unpreventable?

4- Is Henry Cejudo vs Sergio Pettis a more attractive fight than Mighty Mouse vs Ray Borg?

There's simply no doubting that Henry Cejudo was the star of UFC 215. He went out and finished Wilson Reis via strikes, something that hasn't happened since 2011 when Reis was fighting guys at 145 lbs. He finished him in less time than it took Mighty Mouse and his hands continue to take big steps forward. Cejudo is the sort of guy who at times will flash the skills and talent that reminds you why he's been such a highly regarded yet downright frustrating prospect. So all of this leads into seemingly a fight with fellow streaking 125er Sergio Pettis. Pettis' resume was wafer thin until he handled Brandon Moreno over five rounds in a pretty damn good fight. Now it looks like we're about to get a Cejudo vs Pettis rebooking and if so, is it a more appealing fight to fans than Ray Borg vs Mighty Mouse?

5- Okay Canada, NOW what?

Gavin Tucker, arguably your top prospect, just got swamped by Rick Glenn. You seem to be lacking an exciting fight finisher of note and most of your top prospects are either losing (Elias Theodorou) or boring no buys fighters (Jeremy Kennedy and Olivier Aubin-Mercier). So....what's the plan then? There's some damn good fighters from Canada on the regional circuit but the search for the next star from Canada seems to be once again ongoing. Perhaps it's a losing battle fought by only the most desperate of us.

6- How far can this RDA at 170 lbs experiment go?

If there's one thing I've learned during this flock of lightweights moving up to 170 lbs, it's that 165 lbs is going to be one hell of a weight class when it gets opened up. The latest guy to join Donald Cerrone, Benson Henderson and Jorge Masvidal is Rafael Dos Anjos with a borderline dominant submission win over Neil Magny at UFC 215. RDA left 155 lbs after two losses, both relatively dominant losses I might add, and walked into 170 lbs with a few guys (myself included) not giving him much of a chance. He's beaten a tough stylistic challenge in Tarec Saffiedine and then walked through Neil Magny. There isn't a lot of fresh matchups at the top of 170 lbs as it stands given how Wonderboy/Woodley and Maia have faced EVERYONE but it'll be interesting to see if the UFC exercises patience re: Rafael Dos Anjos or if this performance can get him to leapfrog Robbie Lawler in the rankings.

7- Is Gil Melendez the biggest bust in UFC history?

Relatively self explanatory. The UFC has had some big signings but perhaps none have faltered as poorly as Melendez has. Hector Lombard could be argued is worse (or at the very least more expensive) but it felt like most folks acknowledged Lombard was more or less a desperate attempt at finding somebody who could eventually generate interest at 185 lbs. Cro Cop? Maybe I guess.

8- How will history look back at Sara McMann in the UFC?

McMann's UFC resume is relatively paper thin if one truly wishes to be critical about it. Sheila Gaff, Jessica Eye, Gina Mazany, Lauren Murphy and Alexis Davis mark her positives. Her losses on the other hand are pretty stellar; Ronda Rousey, Amanda Nunes, Kelten Vieira and Miesha Tate are the elite of the elites if you follow WMMA. McMann entered the UFC with a lot of fanfare but thus far hasn't made much good on it BUT at the same time, pick any women and ask her to face THAT same line up and see how they look at the end of it.

9- Is Kajan Johnson a UFC problem?

Well this is sort of dramatic I suppose. Kajan Johnson is a "problem" in a very loose borderline flimsy meaning of the word. He's an activist for fighter's rights and whether you agree or disagree with his views, it's probably better than not to have a guy looking out for fighters. Like Leslie Smith, he strikes me as a guy the UFC can just keep on prelims---but guys who win at 155 lbs will always get attention, especially if they finish tough fighters like Adriano Martins. So problem? Or no problem?

10- Did we learn something about Tyson Pedro or did we learn all we need to learn?

The general rule of thumb when it comes to prospects is that you should never trust a prospect until his wrestling is tested---repeatedly. While Paul Craig had no luck taking Tyson Pedro down, Ilir Latifi was able to find a way to drag him down again and again en route to a decision loss for the Aussie. So what did we learn? Is Tyson Pedro's wrestling always going to be a problem or was the typical strong man Ilir Latifi just a touch TOO strong for Pedro at this point in his career?

#MMA #UFC #UFC 215

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What Hip-Hop’s Old Guard Can Learn From The Creator Of ‘Halloween’ As Both Evolve In 2018

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This past weekend, legendary horror producer John Carpenter returned to the franchise that made him a household name — and basically kicked off the enduring popularity of the slasher genre Halloween — with a fresh, 21st-century take that has delighted general audiences, genre fans, and critics alike. Needless to say, this is kind of a feat for a 40-year-old property which experienced slumps in three different decades.

Ironically — or fatefully, depending on whether you’re a hip-hop writer with a taste for both classics and their contemporary counterparts — the Halloween franchise is nearly the same age as hip-hop, the reigning most popular genre in American music. And while it may not seem like there any deeper lessons inherent in watching teen babysitters being stalked and dismembered by lumbering serial killers, in this case, there is something veteran creators and followers of the music and culture can learn from Halloween and its own creator: How to remain successful 40 years later through evolving, while still remaining true to the spirit of the original.

Also, there’s this:

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When Carpenter was asked why he finally returned to the series after leaving it in the wake of Halloween III‘s lukewarm reception, and over creative differences with his producers, he told Rotten Tomatoes: “I talked about the Halloweens for a long time, the sequels — I haven’t even seen all of them… But finally it occurred to me: Well if I’m just flapping my gums here, why don’t I try to make it as good as I can? So, you know, stop throwing rocks from the sidelines and get in there and try to do something positive.” It’s true: The Halloween movies that followed the third iteration are often considered inferior rehashes of old formula short on scares, new ideas, and perhaps most damaging, the spirit of the initial film.

I happened to catch the new Halloween last week, and as a fan of the genre and the series, it occurred to me that he’d largely succeeded. Carpenter’s latest take is fantastic, borrowing hints and nods from the previous films, but not living off their nostalgia. It updates old tropes and finds ways to seamlessly work in social and technological changes from the 40 years since the original (my favorite is the way the movie dispenses with the near ubiquity of cell phones as modern horror plothole fuel). By accepting its characters’ growth and development and incorporating them into a loving homage to all the details that make the first movie work so well, the newest reboot/remake/sequel is the first that might actually live up to its legacy.

As a fan of hip-hop, however, Carpenter’s above quote reminded me of the shortcomings of my other favorite genre, along with a video that resonated with me, and got me thinking about how fantastically that reasoning applies to rap — and how many rappers, outlets, and fans are failing to meet that standard. On last week’s episode of Genius’ interview show, For The Record, guest Styles P shared a few critiques of modern hip-hop culture with host Rob Markman. The below clip, which was shared widely, drew an impassioned response from hip-hop heads who follow the show and also potentially offered the seeds of a solution.

STOP HIRING PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW ABOUT THE CULTURE#ForTheRecord got real with the Beloved Bros @therealstylesp & @DaveEast https://t.co/BdaG5m5vG3 pic.twitter.com/PqtoPoeIjD

— Rob Markman (@RobMarkman) October 19, 2018

Styles effectively reiterates Carpenter’s words above and shows exactly how Carpenter’s comments would practically apply to rap with his music. He and New York rapper Dave East recently teamed up to release their joint album Beloved, much like Carpenter did with a pair of younger filmmakers in David Gordon Green and Danny McBride to revitalize his franchise. Beloved combines the best of both worlds, old and new, by sticking to the rap purist formula on Styles’ side while updating it with elements of Dave East’s more new-school, trap-inflected New York swagger. He says, “We could have did some sh*t just to get a look or that had nothin’ to do with hip-hop… Nah, let’s make some authentic hip-hop.” That’s what they did, combining hip-hop’s Golden Era lyrical emphasis and roughneck style, with Dave East’s youth and vital, current outlook. However, their approach — like Carpenter’s — is a rarity.

While it’s no secret that sectarian dissent has divided rappers and their fans into opposing camps — lyrical rap against mumble rap, woke rap vs. cloud rap, old heads vs. Generation Z — in shorter supply are the answers to healing those divisions and recognizing the ways in which each of those subcategories defines and complements the others. More fans and artists are more interesting in the constant fighting, casting their stones in an effort to prove their favorite subgenre or approach to the craft is the best, than in actually supporting, growing, and building the culture of hip-hop as it evolves and expands to encompass multiple generations, ethnicities, nationalities, and identities of fans.

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A prime example of this: Eminem’s recent album Kamikaze. In my review I pointed out that his railing against the developing tastes of the genre wouldn’t do much to transform it or endear himself to the new generation of fans he seemed hellbent on berating into submission. Effectively, Eminem is playing the role Carpenter pigeonholed himself into before this most recent project; throwing rocks at the Halloween 5s of the rap world — in Em’s mind, these are the so-called mumble rappers, or trap rappers, or crunk rappers, or ringtone rappers. You see how this cycle repeats itself. You can’t “fix” hip-hop; it doesn’t need fixing. Granted, there are a lot more elements going into the discovery, development, and promotion of new talents, and not all of it is positive.

I’m not sure signing viral personalities simply because of the number of views their latest videos have or because they have a ton of followers on Instagram is the best method for breaking new acts. It’s like the “reality TV” gimmick of Halloween: Resurrection: An attempt to seem “hip” but one that actually reveals how truly out-of-touch the producers were and how little they understand about the culture. But at the same time, firing off demeaning invective — whether on songs or in the comments sections of rap blogs and Youtube videos — doesn’t seem to be very helpful at all, especially as it seems listeners aren’t much willing to actually engage with the music they harp against, like Carpenter badmouthing the sequels he hadn’t even seen. That much seemed evident when Eminem chose to deride his newly-minted lyrical rival MGK as a “mumble rapper,” implying that he either doesn’t listen to much MGK or doesn’t actually know what a mumble rapper is supposed to sound like.

Meanwhile, the perfect counterexample to this approach and the closest to the Carpenter philosophy of “make it as good as I can,” would be J. Cole’s KOD. I know, I wasn’t entirely friendly to this album in my review of it, either. But in recent months, its grown on me. Sure, there are moments of “get off my lawn”-ism — I still cringe at that Love & Hip-Hop line from “1985,” especially in light of YBN Cordae’s stellar response to it, that Cardi B got rich from her stint on that show — but Cole’s approach was largely more productive and reasonable than Eminem’s in a lot of ways. Like Carpenter’s selection of hardcore Halloween fans David Gordon Green and Danny McBride to direct and write the new movie, Cole embraces some aspects of the new, but makes sure they’re grounded in tradition and executed with the utmost quality he can manage.

For one, rather than calling Lil Pump a “mumble rapper” or other such derisive epithet, he called him on the phone, organizing a sitdown conversation to better understand the youngster’s viewpoint. Rather than retreating further into a barricaded, recalcitrant, “real hip-hop” beachhead, Cole expanded his musical variety, trying his hand at contemporary trap styles — even if it was a little awkward in execution, it was appreciated. Rather than decrying the wackness of everything around him, Cole simply upped his game, working to make a doper version of the formula.

It has its flaws, but it works a lot better than Joe Budden constantly haranguing of Migos and Lil Yachty, or Nicki Minaj relentlessly disparaging Cardi B. Eminem can’t get people to stop liking MGK, and it’s not a zero-sum game anyway; it’s entirely possible to be a fan of both or neither. Just because The Curse Of Michael Myers was a different kind of horror movie than the original Halloween, doesn’t make it any less of an enjoyable horror flick; so it is with two approaches to hip-hop.

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Everybody doesn’t have to get along, either. John Carpenter never stated that he went back and watched all those old Halloween movies, nor was he suddenly bursting with praise for Busta Rhymes’ performance in Halloween: Resurrection — although, how did Busta not win an Oscar for this moment, seriously? All jokes aside, what brought Carpenter and original Halloween scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis back to the iconic brand they created wasn’t the need to sh*t on the goofiness of prior takes on the formula, which to be honest, still have their charms. It was the opportunity to create something that met their own lofty standards, to recalibrate the conversation, and more than likely, to make truckloads of cash, which the 2018 Halloween soft reboot is currently doing.

So far, the movie has made $100 million worldwide, is the highest-grossing film of the franchise, and has already sparked chatter of revitalizing the entire slasher genre, all because it held itself to a higher standard of excellence and then actually went out and made something that met that standard, rather than standing on the sidelines throwing rocks. There are plenty of veteran rappers who could stand to update their formula, set a higher bar for themselves, and execute their visions for a better form of hip-hop. If Michael Myers can keep coming back again and again and still find a way to make a killing at the box office, so can the vets who make their living killing mics instead of frightened teens.

source https://uproxx.com/hiphop/halloween-hip-hop-john-carpenter-j-cole-eminem/

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