#really just...... creating this elaborate

[bitterchocoo]

My first time requesting but I need a part 2 of Kilmer where aventurine adopts the reader (somehow) or gets the reader away from that awful man 🤕 angst with comfort and a bit of fluff in the end if its possible, Thank you!! :) (P.S. I love your works!!)

Shama

Aventurine | Child M. Reader (Platonic)

Part One | Part Two (You're here)

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"It's an all-or-nothing surrender!"

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No matter how many days, weeks, months have passed. The sight of that serial number on the neck of a young child has sear itself into Aventurine's mind. Images of his own past flashes before his eyes. Those times, those things he went through.. the thought of someone else going through the same thing at such a young age. Sends a chill down his spine.

Every time he ever met the man for business, his gaze would linger on the child much longer than the man he was having business with. That blank expression, those expensive and luxurious clothing on him. Like a little trophy. Just for show. A way for his caretaker--no.. owner to say "Hey! Look at this shiny new toy I got! Isn't he pretty?" Put in a glass box, a collection, a doll being stored on a shelf.

Every time he has to meet up with the man, Aventurine makes sure that he brings gifts. He doesn't mind buying gifts for clients. It's nothing really. Anything to make [Name]'s life more bearable... but his main concern, his main target is the trophy, the doll, the child, [Name]. And evert time he gave [Name] a gift, it's always met by complete silence and subtle glances directed to his owner. As if asking permission to take it.

"See this? This is a limited type of confectionery that everyone in the galaxy simply adores. There are only sixteen slices sold every day. Here, why don't you have a taste?" Aventurine says, his hand gestures towards a plate of slice cake. A very popular, very delicious dessert. One that he hopes the child would take it. [Name] glances over to his master, as if he's silently asking if he could, which earned him a firm nod. "Go ahead, it's rude to not accept gifts."

After contemplating over it, [Name] took a seat next to Aventurine, his hand reaching out towards the dessert plate, with his other hand the child use the utensil to eat his dessert. It was simply divine. It's no wonder this cake is a favorite of the people in the galaxy. [Name] had never tried anything this wonderful before.

The subtle light in the child's dull eyes make Aventurine smile widens.

Anything to make [Name]'s life more bearable.

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But even so, these gifts could only do so much.. he needs a plan. A permanent one. But it seems... he doesn't need to think of that anymore...

The "lifeless doll" had taken care of it.

Aventurine merely stare with widen eyes as the boy stood there in front of all of them with handcuffs on his wrist, the usually clean and tidy suit he wore is now messy with wrinkles and splashes of fresh blood, his neat hair now in shambles as he look at them through his hair strands with dull eyes.

As if what he had done didn't face him one bit.

It was a banquet, a normal banquet, nothing special, another day, another business. The waiters and waitresses handing drinks and foods to every patron. A normal business event.

And yet..

It had end in a massacre.

The trial went on and on. the trial took way too long for comfort, for every evidence and every alibi... the child is proven innocent. It took what felt like an eternity to finally gathered enough proof for him to be proven guilty. And yet..

The IPC showed him mercy. Finding it to be such a shame to lose such an asset. The length this boy went through, not breaking character as he slowly make his plan come into fruition.

This "lifeless doll" isn't as lifeless as he make himself to be.

For someone as young as him.. to be able to make elaborate plans and following it through till the end.. and creating evidence and alibies to prove himself innocent, whether if it's fabricated or not...

He's a mastermind.

And the IPC can't simply let such a valuable asset to simply.. cease to exist.

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But that smile soon disappears once he heard the sound of someone entering the room, a man that he's well familiar with. There's no mistaken those eyes. He then approached [Name] before kneeling down in front of him.

At a vacant room, [Name] sat on the edge of the bed looking blankly at the wall in front of him, his gaze sometimes shifted between the wall and his still blood stained hands, along with the handcuffs on his wrists. The sight of it could make anyone feel uneasy and squeamish. But to him.. it brought a sense of satisfaction as a ghost of a smile made it's way onto his face. For his plan had come to fruition.

Giving him a sense of comfort he never thought he could ever feel.

"The IPC has pardon your crimes, but of course that still didn't erase the fact you had slaughtered a whole banquet of people... I'm afraid you have to work hard in order to clear your name.."

A soft and warm smile adorn on his expression as he stretch out a hand towards the younger. "In the meantime, you'll be under my care.."

"...Malachite."

#honkai star rail #honkai star rail x reader #honkai star rail x male reader #hsr #hsr x reader #hsr x male reader #hsr aventurine #aventurine #aventurine x reader #aventurine x male reader #x male reader #x reader #platonic

[distort-opia]

hi! i've really enjoyed all your batjokes fic recs, and i was wondering -do you know any fics where the justice league react to batjokes?

Hey, glad you enjoyed them! Mm, to be honest not a lot comes to mind since it's not a very frequent type of fic, but hopefully you'll like these:

+ Leap of Faith by Dracze (11.5k words, one-shot, rated T)

Summary: Batman never joined the team on the annual Justice League skiing holiday... until now. And this year, he's bringing his husband.

+ This Strange Effect by battybrownboo (7.1k words, multi-chaptered WIP, rated T)

Summary: Batman and the Justice League are forced to harbor Joker when he accidentally gets beamed up to the Watchtower. But a clown in space will be the least of their problems. What is originally supposed to be a simple mission to facilitate diplomacy between a warring planet turns into the uncovering of deeply rooted corruption, and the leaders of this world are willing to sacrifice anything to maintain the status quo. Even if that means harming its own people. As the Justice League struggles to create order and save lives, Batman and Joker’s inextricable bond might just be exactly what they need to save them all.

+ Something These Angels Wear by Cultivation (15.5k words, complete multi-chapter, rated T)

Summary: Five times Justice League members witness bizarre encounters between Batman and Joker on Halloween, and one time someone confronts Bruce about it.

+ The Truth by freakedelic (3.8k words, one-shot set in the world of Injustice: Gods Among Us, rated T)

Summary: Bruce refuses to break. “There’s one last thing to try,” Diana says. Kal turns on her. “Elaborate.” She fingers the golden lasso always at her waist. “The most powerful breaker of men, my dear.” Her smile is all teeth. “The truth.”

As usual, do mind the tags, and don't forget to leave some appreciation for the authors! If anyone else wants to add to this, please do.

#asks #batjokes #batjokes fic rec

[canmom]

Animation Night 182: Web/Indie IV [Amazing Digital Circus Edition]

Hey everyone! It's animation night! I was going to run this one much earlier, but I got sidetracked arguing about the future of humanity, which is something that happens more often than I care to admit.

To make up for that, I have a really tasty slate of short films for you tonight!

We have long time fave Gooseworx getting a studio, blasting through the popularity records with her new web series! The second episode dropped just days ago!

We have the long-awaited return of Paul Robertson with a suitably deranged story of pixel babies on an adventure in hell! Rivals Looney Tunes for density of sight gags!

We have extraordinarily detailed renditions of Metal Gear by one Mitchell Hammond, seamlessly blending 2D animation and 3D-rotoscoping! The madman's trying to animate the whole game and he might just pull it off!

We have the gorgeously intricate transhuman visions of Melänovis! Hard scifi spaceships blending with cathedrals, machine lifeforms bowling asteroids, and more! I sure hope they can finish this one some day!

We have freaky music videos channeling the ghost of the 2000s for the band A.G. Cook!

We have a loving tribute to Animusic by Lasers, Lights and Music! If you know Animusic you know what's up - if not they were this wonderful series of short CG films in which elaborate Rube Goldberg machines play music from around the 2000s. LL&M have created software to make this kinda thing with MIDI.

Even There She Is! came back! For real! Who the fuck saw that coming? As it turns out, this short was crowdfunded way back in 2016, and saw a DVD release in 2021, but now it's finally returned to the web, the original home of There She Is! This one features cat-bunny hybrids.

And I'm sure I'm gonna come across more cool shit before the night is out, tell me your fave cool shit you saw on the web~

Tonight at twitch.tv/canmom, the final Animation Night of London! Starting now!! See ya there!

#animation night #animation #web animation #Youtube

[bettyshoweduptotheparty]

I’m Still Here - A comment on media culture and perception 14 years later

I know I'm not the first person to make a connection between this 'Still Here' hat that Taylor wore last year and Joaquin Phoenix's 2010 mockumentary "I'm Still Here", but having now actually seen it, I can't not pick it up and comment on just how relevant this still is and how much it mirrors Taylor's experience and relationship with the media, especially as she herself described it during the reputation era. And seeing as this film is largely perceived as having flopped and fell on deaf ears, because the general public didn't get the commentary that was being made, I think it deserves a closer look and deep dive, even if it's 14 years later. I will be using the comments from a great article by Hanne Hermens, published in 2020 in diggit magazine (available here).

What is 'I'm Still Here'?

Back in 2008, actor Joaquin Phoenix announced his retirement from acting and proceeded to seemingly pursue a career as a rapper/ hip hop musician with limited levels of talent or success on that front. A lot of people thought it was a joke at first, but as the months went on and Phoenix descended into a scruffy, unstable version of himself, the majority of people seemed to buy into it and assumed that he'd just lost the plot. I was only 19 and living in Australia at the time, but I remember the media frenzy around this 'unhinged basket case' of a once famous actor when he'd apparently become something that was fair game for public mockery. Only a full 18 months after assuming this deranged public persona, did Phoenix reveal that it was in fact all performance art and his experience of the media and public engagement with his curated persona, a purposeful media scandal, was the subject of his non-fiction film. Somewhat not surprisingly, people didn't like being the butt of the joke and the film was perceived with a wave of outrage, people were calling him a liar, a con artist, and many other things. But just because the audience largely didn't like his way of holding a mirror up to celebrity and media culture, the question remains: Was this an elaborate hoax or was Joaquin Pheonix on to something with this portrayal?

It was certainly a big investment in a social experiment of how the media and public would react to a celebrity seemingly losing it and descending into chaos. And it did take a toll on Phoenix's mental health to be so publicly mocked, even though he'd curated this character and subsequent media storm intentionally. It does pose the question: Did he lie to everyone or did the media and public decide what his story was going to be because he dared to step out of his mold?

Hanne Hermens introduces the concept of narrativity in her article, a question of identity and authenticity when it comes to public figures and how they are portrayed in the media:

Personally, I think this film is a true masterpiece and just went completely over people's heads with the point it was trying to make. It was a very needed critique of celebrity media culture, and bear in mind this was 2010 when we barely had social media (!), it is so much more true and relevant today. And the bigger the celebrity, the more true it is. We create narratives and boxes for them that become truth, and don't you dare step out of it or you will be publicly humiliated... which brings me to our biggest current celebrity: Taylor Swift™

Taylor's relationship with the media goes as far back as her career is long, but has really taken a turn during her 1989 era, resulting in her her self-perceived cancellation in 2016 and her 'rise from the ashes' reputation era, which was very heavily styled around media narratives and it was the first time that she actually released music hitting back at the industry and media landscape. And, in particular, something that really reminded me of the points made above in the film and article, is the reputation prologue (the only words she ever said about this otherwise commentless album):

Like Hermens suggests, Taylor acknowledges the way the media narratives create truth for a celebrity in the eyes of the public. And she is making it very clear that she is the curator of her own narrative by 'what she choses to show us'. Something she also heavily emphasized in her 2023 TIME Person of the Year interview. So much so, that the article literally starts with "Taylor Swift is telling me a story..." and ends with the journalist wondering if everything he just heard and subsequently wrote about, was laid out for him to perceive in a certain favourable narrative. Maybe he felt tricked in a similar way to the public reacting to Phoenix's mockumentary, realising they were part of the game. But she does it in such a remarkable way that you can't help but play your part. Trust the greatest storyteller of our generation to beat the media at their own game. She has years of experience. But I think she's about done with this circus.

Reality or.... the manuscript?

If you are offended by the suggestion that Taylor Swift's public image is entirely curated and has very little to nothing to do with her real person, then please stop reading now. I think it is not too much of a reach to assume that at the very least, the majority of this larger than life persona she has become, is fake. If the songs on TTPD haven't given you that impression, you really aren't listening. In a way, her career so far has been an 18 year run of a show where she is the main character ("The years passed like scenes of a show"). And haven't the last 12 or so months given performance art vibes?? The Mayhem with Matty? The High School musical romance with Travis? The freakin Super Bowl?? Maybe I'm just too grossed out by it all, but it seems more fake and over the top than usual. And funny how most of the people she's hung out with during those months are all actors...

Relax, I'm not saying that she will pull the rug tomorrow and make all her little fans look like fools for believing in this show (although it would be funny...). But I think after all these years, it would be her prerogative to stop playing their game. Stop being a circus animal, or a toy in a box. The Tortured Poets songs are a warning (she said so herself in her summation poem) that, just like when Joaquin Phoenix pulled the curtain on his elaborate trick, many people aren't going to like what's coming. But I truly hope that this time, the message will not be so lost on people. Yes, we are all part of the problem. Our intrinsic nosiness and tendency to make celebrities into characters, remove their humanity and believe pictures in magazines more than their own words or art. We think we know someone, but the truth is, that we only know the version of them they have chosen to show us.

If we should be so lucky to meet the true Taylor some day soon, I for one, am excited to meet her.

#joaquin phoenix #i'm still here #taylor swift #celebrity media culture

[callaxe]

career rambles

#i think i finally found what i wanna do #once i leave hs. or at least hopefully #video game writer! #love storytelling in all forms except in novel formats and vid games ive always held good in my heart #maybe like lead writer/overall designer if i can one day #i want to be the top dog and see my ideas executed. having a little studio of my own would be fun #ive already taken all the lit/writing and art classes i possibly could at my school #so i may swap out one of my classes next year for compsci too #really just...... creating this elaborate #and making it playable and have it convey a message #and meaning through its environment and characters #i like that #the culmination of open world classical fantasy games ive played led me here #prince of persia dark souls #the crack that was borderlands #how open and interactive the gta and rdd games are #elder scrolls in its entirety #the witcher.. n many more #im a big fan of soma and subnautica and their different aspects of horror #and genshin. obviously #regrettably was probably the most recent game that rlly started pushing at my interest #wouldnt call myself a theorist and more so a speculator of lore but #from a storytelling point im in awe of just how much there IS in the game #and all the little bits of lore and details #character backstories #very nondescript and more often than not poorly done but it's still something that motivates me #especially like how obscure the history of old teyvat is in game #but that's an entirely different thing i could ramble about #there's so much more i think about but this is it roughly i think #a reasonable goal to finally work towards to

[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts - Hollow Bastion

#kingdom hearts #kh1 #hollow bastion #scenery #my gif #creating this set helped me truly appreciate just how detailed this world is #i mean i always knew it was beautiful but i never actually slowed down long enough to REALLY look at it #seriously every single room is so varied and intricately designed it's so impressive #it was difficult to select only eight locations to showcase because this place is huge and each area is so memorable in its own way #i technically used two shots from the lift stops but c'mon i wasn't going to leave out those giant stained glass windows are you kidding me #they look amazing but can be easily missed since they're so high up #this world is so dark and moody with its elaborate architecture despite its soft peach toned skybox that's surprisingly calming to look at #she has the range

[waveoftheocean]

yet another vw wip for this week's wip wednesday bc i have zero (0) self control and so. so. so many thoughts abt them

#vashwood #trigun #trigun maximum #vash the stampede #nicolas d wolfwood #mine #wip #lmao ngl this looks like it could be done but it is not!!!! it is not :3c #please join me on my journey of creating more and more elaborate merch #where the setup and trying to vizualize how the pieces should fit make my head hurt 🤯 #(but yes this will be a charm and it has multiple parts and i really hope it comes out like i planned it to) #merch stuff #actually my caption is a lie i have SO much self control #because this much? this is me holding back #i want to draw SO MUCH of them i want to read fanfic i want to rewatch tristamp and finish the 98 anime and finish the manga #i wanna admire other ppl's fanart and cosplays and theory vids and edits and everything just everything. #but NO. i live in a capitalist society and i have to WORK. I HAVE DEADLINES 😭😭😭

[summertimemusician]

Linktober Day 9

Deity

*sneezes after downing coffee* Well irl stuff got in the way so I'm way behind my original schedule for these and for Linktober but here we go with another arguably short one, fuelled purely by self indulgence, headcanons, spite against my linguist essays that kept me from keeping to schedule, severe sleep deprivation, a shout out to the Ender Lilies soundtrack and Majora's Mask soundtrack, and Nintendo for not clarifying anything about the lore so I'm snatching what I can and making it my own lol. Look, when you fíxate so much on details the Zelda team doesn't elaborate on you have to fill in the gaps with what you can.

As always can be read as romantic or platonic, technically in a LU context but not explicitly in it by itself.

The Lord of the Mountain liked hearing people sing.

In a way, it wasn’t a surprise, Hylia and the Golden Three each had their ballads and symphonies and minuets, each splendid and with cuts of their divinity in it, Farore was fond of lightning and forest alive minuets, and you could swear Farosh sparked just a bit brighter when one would him the beginnings of the Minuet of the Forest near their spring, Din was fond of boleros, fiery and alive and howling with the echo of flame touching earth that made a shine run through Dinraal’s scales, Nayru, in contrast, was much fonder of blizzard and river quiet serenades, the songs of contemplation at first snow ringing clear when Naydra curled around it’s spring, content to be free of Malice.

And of course Hylia had her ballads and lullabies, perfectly fitting to her display of divinity, of honey days and vast bird like wings, of ambered summers to come and to pass and dazzling solar storms of starlight and sunlight sparking through the human form of her descendants and heroes. So in a way, you weren’t surprised at all that the Lord of the Mountain – Satori, with a familiar touch of londsleite divinity, the hunt of the woodland beasts and diamondscar adoration for the Hero of the Wilds, similar in glory to the Light Spirits petrichor and vermeil fondness for the Hero of the Twilight – liked to listen to people sing. What you were surprised was how it attempted to follow along, it’s head across your lap the second you sat down in the clearing, a gentle hum on back of it’s throat, an owl’s cry and a cicada’s humming and faintly, chirring purring as presses it’s faces into your hands, a gentle request for petting.

It was adorable, even with the faint notes of the chill of clear spring water on winter and the livewire feeling of magic, like holding your hand too close to a flame but not quite touching it.

A low chuckle brushes against the back of your mind, a feeling like biting on ice, the prowl of a wild beast and the build up of lightning and light used to create his blade, the amused affection of a warrior reconvening with their brother in arms, you think you see the bone ivory of the Deity’s hair on the side of your vision, though you know he’s not physically there, ‘He likes you.’

You hum, gently patting behind it’s ears, pushing through the chill, gracefully not mentioning the burning with a smile at the mythic being’s faint chirring, birdsong and the wind through cherry blossoms that sparkle like rose quartz, “Well I quite like him too, I can see where it’s gentleness comes from.”

The ghost of a touch over your hair, the caress of lightning striking over your skin and the hair on the back of your neck pricking up and the crisp cold of winter, the chill of the ending and the flame of a new dawn, of new days, the phantom of magnolias and spring water on your tongue. The fragrance of pine, daffodils and blood soaked lilies on ashen fields on your senses, gentle and careful, marking but not claiming, ‘Only because it’s you, beloved. It’s not something easily given.’

You sigh, shakily composing yourself, you let yourself relax into the phantom sensation. Of hopes and dreams and healed suffering, of the divinity of hunt turned into protection and lightning given form, of tangled timelines and crystalized memories, “I know. It does not change my opinion, either way.”

To be the subject of a god’s care and regard was dangerous, after all. For the human and the deity in question, you know the stories from your world well, of the effects of Hylia on First and Sky, of Twilight and the personification of the Twilight Realm and the spirits of his land, of Wild and clawing from death’s embrace into that of the wilderness.

Knew how the fact the Fierce Deity’s mere proximity causing pain on those who changed him into hunting for hunt’s sake into protection for the sake of someone else cut deeper than even the ever encroaching entropy all beings must one day face. It was no wonder the Song of Healing was his creation, to want to ease the burden.

You gladly grant him some peace, in turn, even if it wasn’t much. It’s the least you can do, for always having his ways of watching over your heroes.

“Join me? We can make a duet.”

You feel more than see him shift, ephemeral, fleeting, gentle against the edges of your existence, as foreign to Hyrule as your own, sparking over your spine as you feel ozone and rust on your teeth. Satori is humming again to match the rumble of thunder in the man’s voice, the heralding of songs of war and elegies for the dead, ‘Of course, though I’m afraid I do not know many songs, besides…’

“It’s alright,”, you smile faintly, there’s a white ocarina in his hands, as he leans, a spectre against your side, “I’ll teach you some of my own, though you’ll have to forgive me if I don’t remember all the lyrics.”

‘It would be my honor to learn.’

You think he smiles, from the fluttering of something ancient and long forgotten against your side.

You sing to Satori and the Chain, a small respite of familiar and forgotten tunes, the Lord of the Mountain hums along. The Fierce Deity’s song cutting through any nightmares that may ail your heroes for another night.

When the dawn of a new day comes, the feeling of divinity against your skin feels just a bit more obvious, sinking into every crack of your being like a shroud, falling over your boys like a veil, reflecting the breath of eternity over Hyrule.

(First gives you a look that’s half exasperation, half understanding. Sky pointedly sticks to your side as Time looks you over, markings deep with vibrant color. You shrug with a helpless smile as you feel the lightest brushes of Hylia’s fond days of gold and starlit summers days against the Lord of the Mountains warm, luminous affection and the Fierce Deity’s smug, but content lonsdaleite smile.)

#linked universe x reader #fierce deity x reader #is this after Majora? #Is Fierce Deity really there or just manifesting due to being fond of Reader and living in their head rent free? #Is Hylia jealous because she couldn't stake a claim first? #Did he create Satori in this? #That's for future Summer to know and y'all to find out lol. Though this does reference the theory he's the one who sealed Majora #The divinity of Hyrule changes people the closer they are to it #Fierce Deity is both a warrior/demon god and the hopes and dreams of the people of Termina and that duality is fascinating in this essay- #Really I believe that Fierce Deity doesn't mean to harm his users or people who aren't enemies #But the Eldritch Vibes ™ are so much even when he's toning it down it's a slippery slope #Good thing Reader is a divinity magnet just from proximity to the Chain and can put it aside #Plus Time putting on the mask as either Sprite/Mask change the FD as much as he changed him and same for First and Hylia #summer writes linktober 2023 #summer writes #maybe I'll add more tags or elaborate later idk I need a nap and to work on the other prompts

[kyouka-supremacy]

This might come out as unexpected coming from your local sskk stan but honestly as much as I enjoyed Akutagawa showing that Atsushi's life is important to him I really wouldn't have minded if he chose to join the Hunting Dogs instead of sacrificing himself for him. I mean have you seen him in the Hunting Dogs uniform

#Hd Akutagawa lives in my head rent free #Like really. I'd love to tell you I love it because it creates a compelling au– #but if I'm being 100% honest it's just because he looks so good #Like. extremely good. but that's just me being biased for uniforms in general ///// #And if the hd uniform was copper red like I pictured it when reading the manga then he'd look even better #ryūnosuke akutagawa #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd ch 86 #bsd ch 84-88 #mine #q. #10/06/22 #Actually I was lying elaboration of the au in reblogs #bsd au

[graciousdragon]

i need to draw showtime but colorpicked from the mcr bullets album cover

#rys.txt #i may just do this #i think it would look pretty rad actually #my hyperfixations always gotta bleed together and create the weirdest shit man #it's dawning on me just how many mcr songs fit with glitching fates characters. ESPECIALLY showtime and glamrock #i really gotta elaborate on these guys man i can't keep all this story inside my head. but alas i am shit at putting my thoughts into words #just know that i continue to be not normal about them <3 light and love y'all #dawko

[neofelis----nebulosa]

one thing i will never understand is why the general consensus is that kfp 3 is by far the worst in the trilogy. not that i particularly care whether or not other people like the pieces of media i like as much as i do but i literally just dont get where its coming from. like normally when i see criticism of pieces of media i personally like i can understand where people are coming from but with kfp 3 i just dont get it. like the things people critique it for i either straight up find not to be true at all or were just as true for the previous movies. like im convinced at this point that i watched a different movie than everyone else.

#the only real critique i have of it other than the fact that some of the jokes dont really land is that the conclusion of everyone in... #...the panda village just suddenly learning chi and po with no prior experience with chi does all kinds of complex stuff with it and... #...defeats kai #but its pretty in character because hes shown to be very spontaneous #and always seems to be able to figure things out in the heat of the moment #you could say it feels unearned bc he didnt really work towards it but i think it works because the power comes from his friends... #...and family working together to save him #so its kind of the culmination of the community hes created and how he has brought so many people (animals) together #so basically yeah its a little rushed but it still works #i think a missed opportunity tho is having tigress show the others how to do chi #bc hear me out its implied that while not a master of it she does know how to use it #bc when she kicks kai in the jade palace battle it actually does some damage and the visual effects are similar to those when characters... #...are explicitly using it in the movie #i kinda wish they had elaborated on it more #but i get kfp 3 wasnt really about her it was about pos relationship with his dads #me once again being incredibly normal and regular about these movies

[grokebaby]

Been thinking about it and honestly I've been feeling like I don't really wanna post about several ocs anymore

#My thoughts #I feel like I should elaborate but Idk if I want to #For those concerned: it's not about my most major stories but tbh lately I've been way more content just #Not really sharing these things publicly anymore. Posting does not bring me joy #I honestly feel self conscious posting even this bc I feel like I shouldn't need to make some. Announcement or whatever #Like. I'm allowed to just exist online without trying to content-ify the things I create out of genuine love and passion #I just fucking hate social media these days lollllll my ass would NOT be here aside from talking to friends and mutuals #Friends and mutuals how's it feel to know you're the thing that matters anymore #I do like seeing Fandom content and art in general obv obv but I don't think I feel inclined to create it anymore #Everything is such a performance and Idk. I think this year I'm just gonna not. #Some recent developments in my life where I've let go of things that have burdened me #Have led me to just realize oh shit. I could've just been this happy the whole time? #Anyway massive fucking tag rambles oops

[spiralstain]

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#head in hands I HAVENT SAWPOSTED IN A HOT SECOND AND WILL NOT ELABORATE WELL ON MY THOUGHTS IN TEXT BUT #AAAAAAAAAAA #NONE OF MY IRL FRIENDS UNDERSTAND HOW PERFECT OF A CONTINUATION TO JIGSAW AS A CHARACTER AND ENTITY AN IDEA A PHILOSOPHY WILL SCHENK IS #hes the first of the jigsaw 'successors' so to speak who doesnt know john personally #hes not motivates by his connection to john to do the darn jigsaw killings #hes motivated by seeing johns actions and beliefs and actually believing in them and expanding them through his own beliefs and ideas #like. the previous 'successors' the apprentices from the og 7 movies didnt really believe in johns philosophy #they all had their own inner motivations for what they did and in the case of amanda and mark pretty clearly with their actions and #sometimes outright speech express a disconect or disagreement with the motivating philosophy that john created for jigsaw #but will!! will who never met john #who grew up hearing about the jigsaw killings on the news #through being exposed not to john the person but to his philosophy and ideas and actions #saw himself in that!! was the first successor to really connect with that and to expand rather than contradict thay philosophy!!!!! #obviously not saying that john or wills beliefs are good lmao #but #its just!!!! so!!!! interesting!!!! aaaaaaa!!!!

[zevranunderstander]

i know its been a few weeks since the marwa wwdits episode but can i just say. i hate all the people who took that VALID criticism of the episode and turned it a million ways to make it seem like it's ridiculous.

no one said guillermo should have felt angry for marwa and killed nandor. no one said it was out of character how nandor acted. no one said that they were disappointed by nandor's in-universe actions.

people were angry because how the writers treated marwa! marwa, like the djinn this season, got introduced as a reoccuring side-character that was involved in plots to about the same extent as him. i saw people saying they thought the outrage was *ridiculous* because she "wasn't even a side-character". dude. a role like hers IS big compared to how often side-characters usually appear. simon the devious, the baron, etc. appear once a season or so, but marwa and the djinn both were (somewhat like nadja's doll) actual additons to the main household. and all of them don't get a ton of screentime or character development, but they all make far more frequent appearances than the rest of the cast.

but marwas "joke" the entire time had been how absolutely bad nandor treated her. like, making her want whatever he wants her to want, even before the "i want her to like whatever i like" wish, and changing her so much that she barely even was an own person anymore and then turning her into a completely other person as a final blow. like, the joke was that nandor treated her like shit, and that could have worked, if there was any sort of consequence to it.

and i don't mean "oh they don't explicitly say that nandor is a bad person :(", i mean, even tv shows where every person is an asshole all of the time (like, idk, breaking bad) still give you consequences for your character's flaws and actions. nandor was met with guillermo being angry at him, but that would have also happened of nandor had wished for a freddy to just materialize out of thin air. there never is any actual point to nandor treating marwa like shit - she doesn't get to have some revenge on him, no one else even makes some offhand remark about marwa, the plot of the whole season would have had very little difference if she hadnt been there, no one EVER remarks that he treats her like shit. And then i just don't get why she existed in the first place? like, were we actually supposed to laugh at how he treated her? was that supposed to be her purpose?

there also just. wasn't a reason why nandor didn't wish for a freddy to just materialize. there wasn't even a clause to the djinns wish, like "oh i cannot create a living human with a wish" that would give nandor an actual reason to turn marwa into freddy.

and marwa, of course was the first woman of color that had some importance in the show and while turning her into a white man and letting her wander off is ONE thing, i think its even weirder that it seemed like the previous episode was setting up that she actually WOULD get some level of revenge on nandor (she enthusiastically built a man-cave for herself, locked nandor out, and for all we care she could have been offhandedly mentioned every few episodes from then on, like, someone knocks on marwas door every once in a while and she stays a minor reoccuring character, this plot showed her having actual independence and standing up to nandor for once and could have turned into a deeper story from there on, if the writers had wanted) and then they. just. dropped the whole thing and let her ride off on a train like they didn't really know what to do with her and were glad she was put of the way.

if there was some emotional exploration of marwa being twisted into a whole other person. if there just had been ONE person, who actually cared about what happened to marwa. then it maybe would have felt like the plot had had a point. but it wasn't just that nandor dropped marwa like a toy he was tired of playing with, it felt like the plot plot did the exact same with her

#myposts #wwdits #what we do in the shadows #also you may be asking #'who is this character that cares about marwa supposed to be? all of the characters are assholes!' #and you may think i would say guillermo but guillermo also is an asshole #i would have wished for the person to absolutely fuck nandor over for what he did to marwa to be the djinn #like. he seems to HAVE this side of knowing that what nandor does is really cruel and immoral #and he judges him. and not only in a *sassy* way. he knows literally everything nandor does to marwa because HE does it to marwa #and like this plot could turn out a bunch of different ways. marwa and the djinn secretly create a scheme #the djinn starts feeling genuinely bad for her and doesn't actually 'apply' the wishes and she just acts like it #or he starts to feel bad about it and turns her back #or they secretly knew each other all along and she never really was one of nandors 37 wives (no chance in hell nandor would have noticed) #and this was some elaborate scam they made up where they wanted to get some treasure you can only get when you are married to nandor #like. really i would have wished for something that wouldn't make marwa the butt of the joke but rather nandor. idk

[ultimategirldad]

✨️ The long awaited return...! ✨️

*rises from the ashes like a phoenix with a body clock innately attuned to deltarune and deltarune only* hello. I live!          ...anyway. 1 week till DR CH2 anniversary how y'all doing? 

#it has been a WHILE holy shit have I missed you all #I give you a recent electra sketch as an offering. a little treat. a morsel. #she looks extra girl boss here omg yes girl slay. live rent free in my mind (apparently forever???? because I Cannot Get You Out--) #right! let's do like a quick life update since it isn't really a capri post without paragraphs of tags lmao #short version: I'm doing pretty good despite my country economically falling apart! yay! #I had a bit of a hiccup a few months ago though bc my iron deficiency anemia got so bad I couldn't walk-- #from my bedroom to the lounge w/out getting super breathless and ill and. it was bad. #I was worried I was gonna end up having a heart attack it was terrifying. Waiting to recover was anxiety inducing :( #but! I'm doing a lot better now and can go on walks again and it makes me so so happy holy shit #still like... got some unexplainable chronic pain issues that have not been solved. so not perfect. but good enough for now. #apart from that I have some exciting things going on that I'm waiting for confirmation on. will elaborate another time. #I really missed this lovely community 🥺💜 I have SO much art and writings to catch up on!!! I'll be a reblogging machine honestly sdfgjkl #you are all kind and wonderful and so creative and...! just. I'm vv excited to celebrate DR and UT anniversaries with you all 💕💕💕 #fingers crossed I might have some time to create celebratory art! let's wait and see 🤞 #deltarune oc #electra

[bisexualrapline]

anyway this matters to no one in the larger context of this morning but i’m officially ending my hiatus

#work is less busy and my birthday is coming up #and to be really honest with you guys. i felt disengaged for a while there just bc we didn’t know what was going to happen right like #we knew something was coming but the news was distant and unclear #now that we have a more concrete solid picture of what the next few years are gonna look like i feel Normal again #like ofc sad they’ll be gone for a minute but much more happy that the confusion has dissipated #and i can get back to loving them and creating content for them as per usual #also if i may be annoying really quick #it’s more important than ever to support ccs making content from bangtan archives #i won’t elaborate bc you’ve all heard this a million times already #but truly if you don’t want armyblr to completely disappear over the next few years PLEASE i’m BEGGING #appreciate the ccs we have on here bc it’s rare for a community of this size to go as long as we have #anyways #that’s enough from me #.txt