#these are just my thoughts

[linkbetweenlinks]

I will stand my ground that while Rauru and Sonia are the first king and queen of Hyrule, it's solely because the Hyrule kingdom has risen and fallen multiple times throughout its history. Just as any kingdom can rise and fall, Hyrule does too. Rauru and Sonia are the first king and queen of their iteration of Hyrule Kingdom, after what could've been millennia without a "kingdom" at all.

We are told in botw that we are so far ahead in the timeline that the previous heroes and their journeys have all but faded into myth and are largely now unknown. The only hero that is still known/talked about is the one from 10k years ago, and we still know close to nothing about them. And that wasn't even facing Ganon Ganon, that was just against the first iteration of calamity ganon. Which shows that Zelda travelled back in time even further to the time of the imprisoning war. And if it took 10k years for Ganon to recharge for botw's time, then I'm gonna assume it took 10k years to charge for the first calamity. Essentially Zelda went back 20.000 years, that's HOW FAR BACK their iteration of Hyrule was formed. So no wonder next to nothing is known of the previous heroes (sorry LU chain but Wild hasn't even heard of you all... he'd be so confused that there's MULTIPLE and not one of them is the one from 10k years ago).

#sorry midnight brainrot #but seriously I love lore and theorising #these are just my thoughts #please tell me if you disagree with something cos I love hearing everyone's opinions #totk #tears of the kingdom #botw #breath of the wild #totk headcanons #linked universe #lu #lu wild #lu headcanons #botw headcanon

[curioscurio]

I'm just so happy for trans kids that the Nimona movie exists. It's a movie that almost all children can watch but could be instrumental in teaching trans children in particular that they ARE loved and that they aren't monsters no matter how many horrible bigots and violent christians want to, quite literally, kill or harm them. The world may treat you like a monster, but that doesn't make you one. You're many things. Good people exist and will love you and you don't deserve all the hurt that the world has inflicted upon you.

It's a movie trans kids of all ages need now more than ever.

#nimona #these are just my thoughts #its a movie made by a trans person that is 100 percent undeniably a movie about being queer #sorry my tag cut off that was supposed to end in Being a Queer Child and the traumatic it can be #ypu get it

[yourfanderfriend]

!! SPOILER WARNING!! ⚠️

What if there was something more to Logan’s statement?

In the newest episode, “What Makes a Perfect Gift?”, when Logan hints to Virgil that he is disappointed with his newspaper, he makes a point to say:

“… there was obviously something about my personality that made you think a newspaper would be a proper gift for me, and whatever that is, I will have to reflect on that. This whole activity was to serve a higher purpose anyway.”

Thomas then assures Logan: “You’re doing good, Logan.”

They never discuss what exactly “the purpose” was. I also believe the wording of Logan’s statement was odd. This could just be a nod to his past history of disconnection with the group, but I believe it could be more.

I propose:

Could he be talking about the Orange Side?

I believe that “the aspect of his personality” Logan needs to reflect on could be a reference to Orange.

We already know that Orange and Logan are connected in some way, hence, the glowing orange eyes. They never discuss “the purpose” or “the aspect his personality” after it’s brought up.

Something about how Thomas said, “You’re doing good Logan,” tells me that Thomas, in some capacity, can see how much of a hard time Logan had. Janus and Remus obviously know about Orange, but what about the others?

Could it be that Logan is trying to keep Orange at bay?

Logan was the Side who ultimately decided to initiate the Gift Exchange. This is odd.

They even call this out when Roman says: “Logan, you’ve never run one of these things.”

Patton agrees with that statement saying: “Hey, yeah! It’s usually me or Roman. Wha-?”

Logan replies: “Well, things are a little different this year.”

Logan is trying new things and intentionally going out of his way to make sure Orange is not shown to the rest of the group.

He is making an effort to reconnect and get away from the one-dimensional “smart guy” stereotype because he can see how that can feed into Orange.

I would like to hear other people’s takes on this line. There are many ways you could interpret it, but it seems so cryptic that I might as well apply it to a theory of mine. Enjoy my over exaggeration of a small line. 💪💪💪

#sanders sides #sanders asides #ts sides #thomas sanders #sanders sides spoilers #ts logan #logan sanders #orange side #sanders sides theory #these are just my thoughts #this line is going to make my head explode #analysis

[tlcartist]

I’m so tired of people not being able to treat Giorno’s character with any degree of nuance. Why are the only options either “he’s the perfect golden child who’s never done anything wrong ever and he’s my little baby uwu” or “Giorno is a monster who ruthlessly uses everyone around him for his own personal gain and he doesn’t actually care about anyone”?

Like I’ve seen so many bad takes that start off looking like they’ll be an interesting discussion of his character because they correctly point out that Giorno is definitely flawed but then they take a sharp turn into “Giorno purposefully killed everyone around him for his own personal gain.” There has to be a middle ground here. Giorno can be blinded by his ambition while also caring for his friends and their loss can deeply affect him. Those two things aren’t mutually exclusive.

I think that sometimes we forget that while yes, he’s Dio’s son, he’s also Jonathan’s. Yes, it’s impossible to deny that Giorno inherited some qualities from Dio. His charisma, his intelligence, his drive and passion to achieve his goals, but I think it’s also fair to say that he also has some of Jonathan’s qualities. There’s a gentleness to his character that just flies in direct opposition to who Dio was as a person and to me, that’s what it means to have the heart of a Joestar. I’m sorry but viewing Giorno through lens of pure Machiavellianism feels really pessimistic and like it goes against the spirit of the series and I just have no interest in it.

#jjba #giorno gionvana #b talks jojo #character analysis #sorry to have an ‘old man yells at cloud’ moment but I’m just tired #as always there’s room for everyone to come to their own conclusions and develop their own interpretations #these are just my thoughts

[frownyalfred]

So how do you think a fight between Cass or Dick and Bruce would go down? How could the "weaker" party win? Like, in your own interpretation of the batfam and not canon? God, this sounds like I'm asking for a fic outline but I'm not, I swear.

Thanks again!!

Speed, agility, using his advantages against him. Even Bruce can’t be as agile as Dick or Cass when they’re carrying less weight/muscle. They’ll stay out of his range to avoid being pinned and prolong the fight using distractions. Usually this tires out an opponent eventually, but I’m not sure that would work with Bruce.

Beyond that, catching him in vulnerable spots like any other sparring partner is key - under the jaw/chin, the temple, the groin, the instep or knee, etc. One good, well-aimed kick can stun even the best opponent.

Dick’s advantages are his flexibility/agility and his escrima sticks. Cass’ advantages are her training, her knowledge of someone’s weaknesses from physical tells, and speed/lower center of gravity.

If you ask me? Dick gets a lucky strike under Bruce’s chin with one of his sticks, and Cass spots an injury/tell she’s able to attack before Bruce can stop her.

#asks #anon #I am no expert in this to be fair #these are just my thoughts #bruce wayne #batman #batfamily

[frobby]

my feelings about Yukio and his relationship with rin are that I feel like he so desperately wants to communicate with rin, to reconnect with him but he doesn't know how. They live together, they've lived together for years but slowly they've been drifting apart mentally and it's getting harder and harder to communicate. Yukio understands the idea of his brother. His reckless brother who loves him that he wants to protect because he's spent his whole life protecting him. But doesnt actually know that much about his brother personally and neither does rin for Yukio. Years apon years of keeping eachother at arms length it's hard to go back to when they were inseparable as kids and things were easier. At the beginning of the show they're both grieving but Yukio can't confide in rin. He just can't because he's the authority figure, he's the one in charge, he's the one with his life together and if that slips then he's really nobody just like when he was a kid and having his brother protect him but that backfires on him cuz he still after years and years even now when his secret double life as an exorcist has been revealed. He still can't figure out how to communicate with his brother.

#Yukio okumura stans does this pass peer review? #These are just my thoughts #I think it's really interesting that Yukio and rin keep eachother away just in different ways #As you can tell I love Yukio a lot #My favorite Yukio centric fits focus on his communication issues #Girls it took me so long to contextualise how much trauma he must have from not being there when his dad died #The day he leaves his dad dies that's so fucked up #My friend was making fun of me cuz I almost always read rin centric first but all my wips are Yukio centric #Im glad they're trying to communicate now #As brothers should #yukio okumura #ao no exorcist #Blue exorcist

[the5n00k]

An observation about TGAMM The End

Big big spoilers ahead, click away if you aren't caught up

This is also my first NEGATIVE TGAMM analysis post! Wowie! So if you don't want to see me bitch, also click off now

The End and how Molly McGee's character was disrespected

The End is. An episode. I have many MANY thoughts about it but it would be far too long to put in one post so I'm going to explore one of my more reoccurring opinions. This episode recontextualized a lot of things but I'm going to talk about how it recontextualized Molly as a character. Most importantly as a MAIN character. A TITLE character. A character with her own past and personality and feelings. All of which this episode completely stomped all over, handed her the check, and said "figure it out"

I want to apologize to my friend who called this so SO much earlier into the series and that he had to listen to me watch this show on lethal amounts of copium. You were right but I knew neither of us wanted you to be.

Now let's get into the meat of it, shall we?

All throughout season 1, Molly's history and relationship with the concept of friends is always treated with complete sincerity and the emotional pause it needs to sink in with the audience that she's been through it. Moving away and leaving friends is why she put so much importance on the "forever home" in the first place because she's had to leave so many people she loved. She had a rocky beginning with Scratch during the early season but quickly became on equal footing with him as they began to understand each other and their boundaries. Because she genuinely cares about him. Similarly, season 2 explores the boundaries of their friendship and shows Scratch more willing to participate in whatever Molly is doing, even begging sometimes to be included. And Molly is very patient and kind with him all throughout trying to help him regain memories of his past. And Scratch actually reciprocated a few times like helping her learn Thai and working with Libby to set her up with Ollie. They're the closest they've ever been and something I can confidently call true best friends, possibly the closest and healthiest friendship I've seen portrayed in media. Season 2 showcases how far either of them are willing to go to help each other.

Then The End happened.

Molly is the same understanding and supportive friend as she had been all season, almost to a fault. She encourages scratch to go back to his life, knowing the risks that come with it. Why did there need to be the risk of forgetting her when his spirit didn't immediately forget his living life? Don't know. Something to do with an unreleased episode although I doubt the rest of season 3 would have sweetened my opinion of this episode. Only she knew he was about to do this, she didn't talk to any of his other friends or family before he went out to Todd's house. They only found out after the fact and the next morning is when he left. None of them had any time to process that they just lost a family member, especially not Molly.

The scene where he's talking to her on the bench breaks my heart. Knowing your friend is no longer there and is replaced with this stranger. So much of this episode would have been fixed to just let him keep his memories. Considering how hard it was to pull his living memories out of his spirit, it's very likely that even the small fragments of her he remembers will slowly fade away. She had to do the one thing she never wanted to do again and repeat the same pain that's plagued her for the entire series. And it sucks! Why doesn't she get a happy ending? Hell, I'm not even convinced this was a "happy ending" for scratch since he can't remember any of the people he just spent the last two years with.

The biggest slap to the face is when Libby, Geoff, and the McGees come up behind Molly and just act like all of this is fine? They're treating scratch like this wild animal that deserved to be released into the wild because he could never fit in with society when he was PERFECTLY HAPPY with the McGees. He proudly displayed to the entire ghost world that he was an "honorary McGee" and told a ghost hunter to his face that him and Molly would do anything for each other despite their differences. Was all of that completely pointless? Because it sure feels that way. He had this entire new "life" he just completely abandoned because oh I guess I'm not really dead. Guess I better go reconnect with my childhood friend I haven't seen in person or had any meaningful conversations with in decades!!! See ya, chumps, hope you weren't attached to me or anything!

It's so disrespectful to the audience's investment in Molly and Scratch's friendship, the themes of friendship overcoming all odds and lasting forever, and Molly as a character. And to a lesser degree, it's even disrespectful to Scratch since most of the season he spent brooding over the fact that he didn't remember his past! Now he's forgotten a large portion of his "life" all over again. Now he's going to have to live with this nagging itch at the back of his mind that he's forgetting something until he manages to completely repress it too. And to rub salt in the wound, the credits don't have near sight nor mention of Molly McGee outside of a painted portrait of her and (spirit) scratch. All this does is tell me a LONG time has passed and neither of them have managed to successfully contact each other. The dream team is gone, this is a story about a girl and a ghost and none of it meant anything.

"he'll remember when he dies again!" Where does it say that

"he didn't forget, he said Moll! That means something!" The longer he spends away from the McGees and Brighton, the more likely he is to completely forget them altogether. The vague memories will eventually fade away and every "forever memory" will be worthless.

"it doesn't matter, this is Scratch's story" then why isn't it called 'scratch and the human girl'? Or 'the scratch show'? Why is Molly a title character if she's nothing but a plot device for his character development.

"Molly had to learn how to say goodbye." No she didn't. She's been doing that her entire life. She's pretty well aware of how to say goodbye. Making her relive 13 years of trauma from the other side of the vehicle doors is not a useful life skill. Pain is not necessary to grow up.

I don't care what the excuse is. This was a terrible ending for both characters and no amount of "he's happy now!" coping from both the fans and the writers is going to get me to see this any other way. If you enjoy the episode, great! I'm happy for you, there's a lot to love in the music and voice acting and breathtaking animation. But none of that could save me from this abysmal attempt at a series finale. I was so viscerally disgusting by this as a finale that I spent a good two days completely nauseous thinking about it. What a disaster. The sad part is I like the story potential! Him reuniting with Adia is what I've wanted for him all season so he could get closure. Molly and Scratch having to say goodbye is heartbreaking but understandable, a lot of shows nowadays end that way and I half expected it. But him completely forgetting the girl he owes his new lease on life to? My gosh it's just a deal breaker. It is such a cruel end for these characters and I cannot wrap my head around why they thought it was a good idea outside of cheap angst.

I wanted to like this episode and I still do. But they just did so much wrong when one thing could change and it would have completely flipped my opinion on the episode and series in general. But what do I know, I'm just a negative nancy.

Anyway idk how to end this off, justice for Molly McGee, Scratch deserved to be called Scratch McGee, kill Todd Mortenson, peace out

#the ghost and molly mcgee #tgamm #tgamm season 2 #tgamm spoilers #molly mcgee #scratch mcgee #anyway so im rewriting this episode in my image #if anyone's interested i may post it #but i also may not idk it features a few things i may need to add context for #but these characters deserve a better ending #a happy ending #fuck you *refinds your family* #btw this is not an attack at the crew or anyone who likes the episode #these are just my thoughts #signing off

[drag0n-dreamer]

Time for another 3:30 am tangent that’ll get me in trouble again lol :3

I think I’ve maybe finally boiled down my issue with how a good bit of the fan base characterizes Rhaenyra, because I couldn’t put my finger on it before.

I see a lot of people, even unintentionally or subconsciously, project a lot of Daenerys onto Rhaenyra. And I get it, they’re both Targaryen women who are seeking the throne and facing a lot of systemic violent backlash over it.

However, they are VASTLY different people, with VASTLY different morals and ideals and personalities.

I think it’s safe to say, for the sake of this argument, that Dany is a hero in ASOIAF, or at least heroic in nature. Rhaenyra, however, is not, she is just a protagonist, and I would even argue? Not the greatest person.

Rhaenyra Targaryen is extremely selfish and self centered. All of her major decisions and thought processes center around her and her interests and her family and what is beneficial to her and what she wants, etc. She is stubborn, she’s petty, and she feels entitled to the throne. (If she’s right or not is irrelevant in this situation) She is a deeply flawed person, and that’s ok!

I feel like a big reason for this projecting of Dany’s more heroic nature onto Rhaenyra comes from a rise in this idea that a characters’ morality someone reflects the morality of their fans. To which I say? Absolutely not. Not unless that person has displayed concerning behavior themselves. Someone’s favorite fictional character alone is not indicative of their morals.

Rhaenyra Targaryen is genuinely one of my favorite characters in fiction, but she is not a hero. She is a mother and a queen and a Targaryen and a politician and a war criminal. She is deeply selfish and protective and intelligent and petty and stubborn and ambitious and deeply loving and reckless and maternal and entitled and remorseful and multidimensional. That’s what makes her so interesting.

HOTD doesn’t have heroes, only dancers, so pick your favorite war criminal 💕

#my post #and this isn’t me bashing anyone #these are just my thoughts #also it’s almost 4 am so sorry if it’s all jumbled #house of the dragon #asoiaf #hotd #hotd posting #fire and blood #house targaryen #rhaenyra targaryen #team black #hotd meta #Rhaenyra

[kyluxtrashpit]

Transferring this post from twitter, with some edits and additions, because the mess that was the development of the sequel trilogy fascinates me on an extremely deep level

Okay so. You’re probably aware that Adam Driver gave an interview a few weeks ago where he said that the original plan for Kylo in the sequel trilogy was to get progressively eviler throughout. Which I’m not here for redemption vs corruption arc discourse, that’s not what this post is (because I prefer a secret third option), and what I want to dig into here is what makes this an incredibly curious statement

Because this is the first time anyone involved with the ST has mentioned there ever being a plan. So, let’s explore that for a second because why is he saying something that’s completely at odds with every other piece of information we have?

(behind a cut for length, as I went and pulled a bunch of interview quotes and other materials and then analyzed them, you can scroll to the very bottom for my conclusions if you like)

So first, I went and found this, which I purchased many many years ago in 2017

In it, an interview with RJ himself confirms what the story has been for a long time: there was no plan, there was no required plot points, no endgame to lead to, just absolute freedom (I recall reading this then and feeling a spark of confusion and concern - what do you mean there was no plan?) 

I also found this, and while I don’t have the TLJ art book to verify it, another person on twitter confirmed it and also advised that RJ was even in the know regarding the Aftermath series (confirmed by him and Chuck Wendig at a convention) - so he knew a lot. And this plus the above shows that if there was a plan, it was abandoned before TFA was even released, likely even before it finished filming

And then we have the rather well known moment when JJ himself pretty much confirmed that the ST should have had a plan (question asked was about sw, even if JJ didn’t say it himself). Could this be shade at abandoning a plan instead of never having one? Maybe. But it’s unclear 

And as our last piece of evidence, we have confirmation from RJ that he asked JJ to change the ending of TFA. Which once again shows TFA was not finished when RJ, who explicitly said he was given no plan to follow, was writing TLJ

And that was the story all along, confirmed multiple times over. We can say for sure that as of the writing for TLJ being started, which was before TFA was even finished, let alone released, there was no plan. So it is certain that if there ever was a plan, that plan was abandoned at the very latest in early 2015, but I suspect 2014 is more likely

So why would AD say there ever was one? He has no reason to lie and I don’t think he is, he has nothing to gain and everything to lose by doing so. But with so many other pieces of evidence directly contradicting what he’s saying, I think we can also say that RJ is telling the truth too. But how can both be true?

Well, knowing the mess that is d/lf and also how disney treats actors I think it’s one of two possibilities:

Option 1: there was indeed a plan, likely pitched by JJ himself, and that d/lf agreed to that plan with no intention of ever following it through. They sold the actors on the plan, telling them it was a capital P Plan, but then didn’t ever tell them it had stopped being the plan, so that’s also why we saw the actors becoming increasingly frustrated throughout the series. They were told there was a plan, what the plan was, and then watched none of that come to fruition because it had secretly been abandoned long ago without their knowledge. It’s extremely scummy, but I could see disney doing it

Option 2: the plan was never a firm capital P Plan but rather was just the initial concept JJ had. No one ever committed to it, but since the actors couldn’t see the script, JJ’s initial vision was used as a “here’s my concept” kind of thing to sell the actors on without it being a firm plan. Just a concept that was used at the time but later discarded, as I’m sure a good number of concepts were. But it would be easy for that to get misinterpreted by the actors, and this gives us the less scummy option on the mouse’s part because it’s more about miscommunication than anything else

And if it is option 2, it’s also possible that the actors did know it wasn’t an confirmed plan, just a concept, but clung to those concepts since they were all they had. Which I can understand, given that not knowing the eventual story makes their jobs harder. I can totally see AD sticking with that initial concept even if he knew it wasn’t a “plan” per se, because he had literally nothing else to go on and he needed something to play the role. And once again, given how increasingly frustrated the cast got over the course of the trilogy, I suspect this experience would have been shared among the whole cast

Overall, I lean towards option 2 on this, because even though I do think disney is pretty fucking evil, option 1 might actually be a contract violation or at least open up the possibility of one. And plus, the entire story group would have had to be in on it, and if they did straight up knowingly lie to the entire cast and JJ, I just feel like that would be something which that many people can’t keep secret (plus wouldn’t RJ have accidentally spilled the beans when talking to JJ? Or was he in on it too? Too many players imo). I know it’s disney, but still, things leak all the time (as those of us who followed the tfa or tros leaks know lmao). Plus, I do agree with the adage of assuming stupidity over overt malice when in doubt, so I’m going to stick with that here

So ultimately, my suspicion is this was never a true, capital P, confirmed Plan, but rather the initial concept they used in place of a real plan (which they never made) because d/lf had nothing else to use to sell the actors on it and the actors had nothing else to cling to when actually playing the characters, so they used it where they needed gaps filled. And with it being more likely just a vague concept that was never committed to and was abandoned in 2014 than anything else, well, no matter how good or bad it might have been, I don’t even think it’s worth considering as something we ever would have gotten. It clearly wasn’t in the stars (ha) from very early on and thus belongs in the pile with the rest of the surely very numerous concepts that never came to fruition

And this, kids, is why trilogies need to be fucking planned lmfao

#these are just my thoughts #if there's any other evidence out there that contradicts this I'd be interested to see it #or any thoughts really #but I think this is as close as I'm going to come to cracking it until we someday get a tell all book lmfao #kylo ren #text #my post #meta #I guess

[grimalkint00th]

Please allow me to talk into the void for a brief moment. I’ve been wanting to touch on something about DD2 that has been bothering me a bit. My partner said it best, “Here's a question. Why do two side quests in Dragons Dogma 2 lead to you sleeping with two different women without the option of saying no? Additionally, why are there no male romance options that go that far?”

This grew to be one of my biggest gripes about the game so far. This obviously isn’t much of an issue in the grand scheme of the game but it definitely left a sour taste in my mouth. I want to briefly mention that I don’t play/seek out games solely based on whether or not they have romance aspects. However, I do enjoy when they do and I think it adds a great deal of depth to games if done properly. I am the type of person that mainly plays for the game’s story, lore, character creation, etc. I understand not everyone plays games this way but I enjoy creating little worlds to immerse myself in! So when something such as this is implemented into a game, it removes a large variety of players wants or expectations. It decides your character’s sexual orientation for you and for a lot of people (myself included), being given the freedom to develop that sort of thing on your own (if at all) is very important.

I’ve been seeing people making some pretty braindead arguments on this topic as well. One of them being, “Just don’t do those quests then.” Now, if you were to take more than 5 seconds to actually think about it, you would realize that 1) the player is given absolutely no warning that either of these scenes will take place beforehand. And 2) takes like this are severely missing the point of this conversation.

I guess all I’m really trying to say here is that I would’ve liked to see more variety. Give us some sexy time with male npcs too! Or give us an option to decline these advances at the VERY least.

#please let me be critical about a game I love #this isn’t the end of the world but I do think there is a conversation to be had here #these are just my thoughts #and I feel a lot more comfortable sharing them here than I do over on twitter so #fran.rambles #dd2 #dragon's dogma ii #dragons dogma 2

[musicalcastingideas]

The Princess Bride Musical Dreamcast

The fact that with all the new broadway musicals are adaptations and NO ONE has done the Princess Bride yet is absolutely criminal, so if that were to hypothetically happen, here's my dream cast list.

Framing Device:

Grandchild: I can't really put anyone for grandchild, since I don't know many child actors, but I do think there should be a rotating cast, like they had with Mathilda on Broadway.

Grandfather: Mandy Patinkin, aka the original Inigo Montoya.

Mother: Robin Wright, aka the original Princess Buttercup.

I think it would be really sweet and fun to have two of the original movie's cast play parts in the framing device, almost like they're passing the baton of telling the story to the next cast.

Main Story:

Westly: Joshua Henry

I don't know if this is a controversial statement, but Westly is a baritone, and I think Joshua Henry would be absolutely perfect. He's charming as fuck, he's a phenomenal actor and vocalist, and he's absolutely gorgeous. Perfect leading man for a story that is about telling the best story ever.

Buttercup: Maria Bilbao

I think Buttercup would be a legit soprano, and as a big fan of Sweeney Todd and the recent revival, Maria Bilbao, who played Johanna, would be absolutely perfect for it. Just go listen to her Green Finch and Linnet Bird and you'll get it.

Inigo Montoya: Colman Domingo

Does Colman Domingo sing? I don't know. Could he act the absolute SHIT out of the confrontation between Inigo and the Six-Fingered Man? ABSOLUTELY. I have this vision of how to adapt the scene, which would also kinda translate Inigo's arc to a musical version. So in the original, the Six-Fingered Man trying anything to manipulate him, mocking him, that great "you have an overdeveloped sense of vengeance line, and Inigo is just not having it. He just keeps repeating the iconic line over and over again. In the musical, I would have the six-fingered man sing, like he's trying to get Inigo to sing with him, to give in to the performance, but Inigo won't sing, he just keeps repeating his line over and over. He refuses to conform to the typical "rising above" narrative and leave the Six-Fingered Man alive, he will be true to himself and his mission and won't let himself be distracted. Anyway, I don't know if this is a good idea, but Colman Domingo would be amazing either way.

Prince Humperdink: Aaron Tveit

I think Prince Humperdink should be the archetypal tenor boy and who is a better representation of current archetypal tenor boys on broadway than Aaron Tveit? Also he's really talented and I think he would act the shit out of this smarmy bastard role.

Count Rugen aka The Six Fingered Man: Josh Groban

I need Josh Groban on Broadway more, and I think he would do great at a quieter villain role, especially coming off a more angry and bloodthirsty role like Sweeney Todd. Also he looks a bit like the original Count Rugen, so that's a bonus.

Vizzini: Alex Brightman

I don't really have much behind this one, other than Vizzini is a weird little guy and Alex Brightman plays weird little guys really well.

Fezzik: Jason Segal

So ideally, I'd actually be able to cast an actor with gigantism to play the part, but I don't know of any, and couldn't find any while googling, so this is my backup essentially. During the lockdowns, a bunch of celebrities did The Princess Bride over zoom, and the scene with Rainn Wilson as Vizzini, Pedro Pascal as Inigo and Jason Segal as Fezzik is genuinely really great, but Jason Segal's Fezzik impression is spot-on and actually amazing. Also, we know from the Muppet Movie, How I Met Your Mother and Forgetting Sarah Marshall that he can sing so, I think he would do great.

Miracle Max and Valerie: Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez

I assume posting this to Tumblr, more people would know who Joey Richter and Lauren Lopez are than the average social media platform, but they are part of Team Starkid and Tin Can Bros and do some fantastic original musicals (please look up the Hatchetfield Trilogy and Spies Are Forever if you haven't seen them yet). They're both extremely talented performers, and also married in real life, so they would absolutely kill this.

Clergyman(Mawage guy): Brian d'Arcy James

I don't really have much of a reasoning behind this, I just think he'd do a good job.

Backups/Close Calls:

Denee Benton as Princess Buttercup

She's one of the best parts of Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, and that's saying something because that musical is (in my opinion) one of the best of all time

Pedro Pascal as Inigo Montoya

I don't know if he sings, and he would be amazing for this, but I wanted to challenge myself to think outside the most obvious choice. However, sometimes the obvious choice is a good one.

Bernadette Peters as Valerie

If the Witch from Into the Woods found love and inner peace

#broadway #fancast #musicals #team starkid #the princess bride #mandy patinkin #robin wright #joshua henry #maria bilbao #colman domingo #aaron tveit #josh groban #alex brightman #jason segel #brian d'arcy james #joey richter #lauren lopez #broadway adaptation #dreamcast #these are just my thoughts #these are just my opinions #please don't hate me #i do take criticism

[911onabc]

okay, FINE. couch theory.

at the beginning of the season, buck said he was afraid of picking the wrong couch. he wouldn’t let himself progress in life (i.e. pick out a new couch) because he was so terrified of making another mistake.

when buck asks natalia to help him pick out a couch, that’s not because she is his “couch”. it’s because he’s no longer afraid. natalia could pick out the worst couch of all time. the two of them could be TERRIBLE together. really, it’s too early to know.

but, buck likes her and he knows that if it all blows up in his face, he’s gonna be okay. he’s not scared anymore! and in the meantime he needs somewhere to sit.

#I’m not tagging this as anything lol #these are just my thoughts

[sourtomatola]

My take on fnaf hw2 is the main theme seems to be all of the bots, staffbots, sun and moon, everyone, just want independance, and know what they need for it.

Contrary wise, that is the last thing fazbear entertainment wants, is their animatronics not needing them and can take care of themselves. Being adult humans essentially. They need mostly mindless slaves.

Sun in his game starts off fine and happy, giving the instruction needed. He sees the adult player doing whatever they want, eating the supplies, painting how they want, USING THEIR HUMAN IMAGINATION. Sun on the other hand, is programmed to paint by numbers. To follow the example. To follow the rules. He sees humans having free will and getting to paint outside the lines.

And it seems to make him so frustrated.

In the carousel game, Sun literally states "if I was programed to fix it myself, it would be done already." He knows Fazbear is trying to keep him helpless, and perhaps this is a cry for help to the player? A little "boy I'd love to know how this works so I can be more a independent!"

Perhaps thats why Moon asks "what makes you so special?" He's asking why do you get to know how to fix it and not us? Why do you get to know things and paint outside the lines?

Some have speculated that's why sun shreds the art, as a middle finger to the company since the art is company property. They dont even seem to be against the company per say, they just want to be able to do their job and be useful, and are frustrated that the company is too afraid of them to let them be independent.

Moon pops into different levels, peeking at you and giggling because he wants to do more than his programing tells him to his programming says "you play in the carousel, you stay in the daycare" Well, Moon does what he wants, Moon slips away to do the things he can do independently. he sneaks around, he sticks his head into the levels he's not supposed to be in.

The staffbots need breaks, they try to protest and fight back. Fazbear is clinging to them with all that they can.

And maybe Vanny is helping the bots gain their sentience and be their own bots. Moons eyes weren't red in the princess quest end. He doesn't attack. He simply holds out his hand to you, kindly asking for the springtrap. He delivers him to Vanny, who squishes him. Kills the thing known for controlling the animatronics and bots.

I just love the idea that maybe this is leading to a robot revolution in the next game or something XD

#fnaf help wanted spoilers #in no expert #these are just my thoughts #i love the idea that sun and moon might have started it all #made the other bots look at themselves and wonder #wonder if they could stop being slaves #fnaf hw2 spoiler #fnaf sun #fnaf moon #sundrop #moondrop

[janeicethesiren]

Hot take: The Woobification of Sebastian and O!Ciel-How Beauty Clouds Judgement

Hey guys, it’s me again and I can’t sleep. I have another hot take to share! Once again, please don’t take this too seriously, I’m just talking.

So, I just want to start off by saying that I totally get it. I mean it! We’ve been following these characters for years and we’ve gotten so invested in there stories and we can’t help but want them to win, you know? It’s human nature to want to root for the underdog in some ways. And, O!Ciel kinda fits the mold of underdog when you consider his backstory.

But, and this is my opinion, Ciel and Sebastian are NOT the underdogs. And I can’t help but think that if they both weren’t so pretty, you’d see a lot less people excusing their behavior or rooting for them.

I should also stress that I’m not talking about the people who look at these characters through a complex lense, I’m more so talking about people who are insistent that O!Ciel and Sebastian are good people/not evil.

Like I said, I get it and I empathize with the kid, but the kid is a BASTARD. He has progressively become an awful, awful person and that’s the POINT. And I can’t help but find it boring when people try to strip that away from him.

People feel bad for O!Ciel because he’s been through a lot, which yeah he definitely has. And people are mad at R!Ciel for standing against him and at Lizzy for turning on him, at least for now.

And, again, I kinda get it because we’ve been with O!Ciel for so long and it’s natural to root for him. But, O!Ciel is not the good guy! Lol what’s happening right now is that he’s currently being forced to face the consequences of his own actions. Which, let’s be honest, he wasn’t expecting to ever have to do because of his personal countdown death clock, Sebastian.

I can understand why he told those lies, especially at the beginning. But there’s no excuse for them anymore. He should have BEEN told everyone the truth. Would it have been easy? Of course not. But it would’ve been the right thing to do. While it’s understandable why he did what he did, he still took away his family’s ability to grieve and R!Ciel’s ability to rest, at least in my opinion.

Also, I think it’s important to note that, after a point, O!Ciel started to ENJOY being Ciel. So much so that he’s willing to fight the real Ciel for his own name. Which is absurd when you think about it!

His family absolutely ain’t shit for not only not noticing the difference, but also not doing anything to step in and really be there for that boy. But again, that’s part of the point of what Yana is trying to say in that upperclass Victorian society is/and was depraved, shallow, and mostly evil.

O!Ciel may have been thinking of the others when he made his initial decision but the decision was still selfish. I think that it’s ok to say that; while yes, he suffered from heavy survivors guilt and truly thought that his family would prefer for R!Ciel to come back (and unfortunately he wasn’t wrong), he still, if only subconsciously, wanted the power, prestige, and access that R!Ciel’s name carried.

He LIKES being Ciel now and loathes his old name and position. He LIKES the power, the access, the maneuverability, hurting people when they get in his way, killing those who wronged him, the security of Sebastian’s presence, the ability to make his dream come true (made a lot easier with Ciel’s name), the dark mind games he plays with people. ALL OF IT. He loves it and that’s the POINT.

And Sebastian is a demon. Yes we all know that, that’s not news. However, I still feel like we give the man (entity, whatever) too much credit a lot of the time. Again, mostly because he’s pretty.

Is it possible that he grew to care for O!Ciel in someway? Sure! And I do believe he legitimately has a lot of respect for O!Ciel. But I honestly think it’s more likely that the bastard is hungry and the current events are making him worried that he’ll end up being killed or losing his meal in the end. I don’t think it’s impossible or too much of a stretch to say that he’s grown fond of O!Ciel in someways, but best believe that child is food. Yana even outright says that Sebastian LOVES to see Ciel suffer! Only it’s not so fun when Sebastian is also suffering too, lol he’s a narcissist.

TLDR: It makes sense why people root for O!Ciel and Sebastian. But I think we give these two way too much credit sometimes and there’s an over abundance of people trying to absolve them both of their evil. They are both garbage (lovable garbage!) that are currently facing the consequences of (mostly Ciel’s) actions. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. Please don’t kill me.

#Kuroshitsuji #black butler #kuroshitsuji manga #o!ciel #sebastian michaelis #character analysis #unpopular opinion #Meta #please don’t kill me #I hope I’m not coming across as condescending and apologize if I am #these are just my thoughts #please don’t take this too seriously #i’m just talking #ciel phantomhive #elizabeth midford

[frownyalfred]

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link your fic on your social media (Tumblr, Twitter, etc) when it’s posted (duh)

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crosspost to fandom Discord channels

participate in review exchanges (GREAT way to start!)

update as consistently or regularly as you can, and be transparent about this timeline with readers

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engage your ao3 commenters (but don’t be pushy!)

take constructive criticism, but don’t bend your own ideas and loves just because someone doesn’t like them

keep writing!!

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[whisperintoearth]

it's interesting how man suang kind of both affirms and challenges the notion of 孝 – familial piety (the decoration with the character very visible in many scenes).

through hong's relationship to his father's death and his ideals, but also through the wider notion of keeping the safety of the tua hia first and foremost, it affirms it, and we see tiang rage against 孝 by killing both father and son, and well as more literally by throwing his cup of alcohol at it.

and yet through the character of chatra, who decides to risk his life and the life of any of his remaining family to save an innocent man of a lower class from unjust punishment, it challenges it through and through.

#man suang #these are just my thoughts #and i am neither thai nor chinese #so if anyone has anything to add or challenge please do!!