#this is gonna be yet another fandom where i decide i'm really into the side characters after i finish huh
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i did it, i finished who rules the world! thoughts (positive and negative) below the cut
i’m gonna start at the very end and work backwards.
i was very meh on the isolated mountain happily every after scene. i’m not sure whether we were supposed to think that they are going to spend the rest of their lives in happily-ever-after isolation, but either way, i am going to think that they are having a chill day in and spend most of their days getting into fights and being absolute gremlins together
couples that do each other’s makeup together stay together! a++ give me more couples touching up each other’s brows
feng qiwu deserves the world, good for her!!
a lot of the war stuff in the final 5-6 episodes dragged on a bit too much for me. the strategy games and countergames were cool but it was really all the character interactions in the very last episode during the final showdown that i’m here for. i would have rather had more of that.
bai fengxi is a total badass and i loved her strategist white outfit with the feathered shoulders. she looked like a goddess of war descended to earth. 100/10. beautiful, stunning, amazing
i wish the good guys would have figured out yu wuyuan’s full deal just a little earlier, only because they’re so much good character potential there and it mostly got glossed over. but i guess that’s what fanfic is for
so much battle couple! yeah yeah yeah i’m into it
i still hate feng lanxi’s dad
also hey remember when his big bro tried to kill his gf. good times.
the main couple plot was wrapped up very neatly and in a way that means i don’t have much else to add. which means
now that i’ve finished, i’m gonna say that the character i’m definitely most interested in is huang chao. i would read an entire 500k story of him dealing with the fact that his bff strategist boyfriend who he put his trust in (and lbr, prob his also his dick) for so long was using him this whole time. with a side bonus of how he ignored his hot general’s feelings for a decade in favor of yu wuyuan and now he has to make things right
oh yeah also that last scene with huang chao and the mutual friendly threats was a++. lynne catnip for sure. i also accept this as an ot3. or an ot4 because xiao xuekong is invited anywhere huang chao is
anyway it was lots of fun and i’m glad i finished it! overall I really loved it.
#who rules the world ramblings#i finally finished and i am feeling accomplished#this is gonna be yet another fandom where i decide i'm really into the side characters after i finish huh
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Reading with Ru: 2023 oct/nov/dec fic and book recs
Hello hello! Back again with some final recs from what I was reading towards the end of the year. Gonna start with cod because that's where most of my moots are, and then some from other fandoms and published romance I've been enjoying as well.
Just in case this goes outside my little circle, please check the tags of anything I rec; I'll try to mention if I think something is particularly dark, but don't read anything you won't like!
COD
landscape with honey by @ceilidho - (bear shifter!price x reader) starting with ceil because, at this rate, I can't write a list without including her. my friendship with ceil partially started from bugging her asks about bear price, so this one is always gonna be special, but I genuinely love it, ceil writes blatant dubcon really well (as we all know), but I think it's in fics like this—when the hero is just a little off, and the reader is caught between what seems too good to be true and a gut instinct that something isn't quite right—that her writing really thrives. Anyway, I'm okay with a big, burly man hibernating with me in a cozy cabin in the woods for a winter. (side note: we need to be talking about ghost x feral witch reader more)
Mind the Drop by @sprout-fics - (BDSM au, price x reader) more aftercare in fics!!! This wonderful one-shot is based in a universe where people are biologically designated as dominant or submissive. Reader is a sub who is feeling the effects of some missed aftercare, which Price takes notice of and offers his... assistance. Honestly, this is just some really well-written comfort and aftercare from a fun concept.
My daddy didn't love me, so I guess I've moved on to you by @makoodles - (price x reader) clearly, I was back in my Price era, and this fic hits on the central theme of my attraction to him in the first place: daddy issues :) So, if you may want to read 17k of Reader and Price succumbing to their attraction and mutual daddy kinks, this one is for you.
Light On by @peachesofteal - (ghost x singlemom!reader) I feel like everyone was reading it, but if you haven't checked out this lovely story yet, please do! It's nice to take a break from the darker fic, and this one is so lovely while still acknowledging Simon's trauma and obsession. Peaches is an excellent writer, and this sent me down a rabbit hole of single-parent fics and books! I could read so much of this.
Pornstar!ghost by @ghosts-cyphera - ( x reader) lo is on a little break right now, but this is another wonderful entry on the soft side of cod fic. I really enjoy Ghost's charisma and confidence on display here, and every update had me giggling and kicking my feet. (I found lo through her price wife x 141 post, which is also a must read)
okay, so @ohbo-ohno (hopefully) knows I love her, and she wrote a ton and is constantly throwing out mind-bogglingly yummy drabbles, so here are some of my favs from her kinktober and 1k celebration: price x reader breeding (surprise, surprise), soap x reader somno (drugged noncon), 141 x reader orgy, ghoap ft price deepthroating, 141 x free use reader (the dream), kingpin price x reader, ex husband price x reader, gaz x reader a/b/o, and my personal fav I think about all the time ghoap x brand new vampire reader. Maybe got a little carried away, but I adore Bo's work, and she has a unique ability to make everything hot.
And finally, @charliemwrites. When making this list, I was tempted to just rec everything Charlie has posted in the last few months, so if you aren't reading her stuff already, I'm jealous that you get to experience it for the first time. Obviously, it would be a mistake to not start with her current fics: charmed slasher simon (he's a serial killer, so violence warning) and woof woof johnny, which are both so fun and compelling, I get so excited whenever I see a new update. I almost daily think about this dark(ish) Price decides you're his wife post. Charlie also writes just wonderful fluff and lighter but emotional relationships too, and both childhood friend simon and bodyguard!gaz have a special place in my heart
other fandoms
casualties by little fools writing/tianawritesfic - (darklina) yet another person I could rec every single work by. This is a boyfriend's roommate cheating fic with the perfect amount of mean man.
You kept me like a secret (i kept you like an oath) by burninghoneyatdusk - (darklina) I genuinely think everyone should read this; it's modern setting, so no canon knowledge needed. Alina wakes up after an accident and discovers she's pregnant, but she doesn't remember the last year of her life, doesn't know who the father is, and most importantly, doesn't remember the affair that ended her relationship. I could talk about it for ages, but I'm just gonna share my comment on the last chapter: "every action, line of dialogue, description, and internal thought felt deliberate— not a single word felt wasted. you stripped both aleks and alina bare and it felt impossible to not take them in completely. i don't even know how to talk about the therapy sessions and alina's healing. the exploration of her guilt, her past, her anger, her confusion it all felt so earnest and raw. what a gift to read."
Bury Us Both by morriganmercy - (Lavinia Lucia/Nick Bruin) this is sibling incest! For the love of god, don't read it if it's not your thing. I know nothing about The Royals of Forsyth series (books?), but this was recd by someone, and I saw the tags codependency, slowburn, heavy angst, pining, and religious guilt, and now here we are.
bonus! published romance I enjoyed
links are to goodreads
Return to Monte Carlo by Cate C. Wells - set in 1982, fmc runs away from her stifling life with her rich italian husband and his snobby family before discovering that she's pregnant. fun, smutty, warning for miscommunication galore. i saw some comments about the fmc being immature but she's swept into this crazy life at like ~19 so idk enjoy your smut and stop thinking so much.
Between the Devil and Desire by Lorraine Heath - a widowed duchess must learn to get along with a notorious self made rogue when he is given guardianship of her beloved son. I'm a sucker for historical romances and for single parent stories but the combo is so hard to get right and this one did it for me! while sometimes a little ridiculous, i felt the characters actions had clear motivations. watching the mmc's relationship with the son grow was really nice and it actually made sense given his backstory rather than the sudden "guy who hates kids suddenly cares" trope other books do. (warning for discussions of childhood abuse and sa)
Luna and the Lie by Mariana Zapata - say what you will about MZ slow burns but no one else can get me to read 600 pages for one sex scene at 95% in. are most of her character's really similar? yeah. but they're never annoying and i love that they're always good people trying their best. i love all the small details and i love me an older man who is secretly down horrendously bad only to gets worse and worse at not showing it.
Icebreaker by Hanna Grace - people have things to say about this book. do the characters get together early on? yeah. do they hook up in the back of an uber filled with their friends? also yeah (i thought it was hot so). is their very little plot in a 400 page book? sure. i'm here for a good time not to be intellectually challenged. i actually enjoyed seeing their time together and really enjoyed that they just fucking communicated even if there were mistakes along the way. plus big nice hockey player who cares about consent? swoon my little canadian heart.
check the reading with ru tag for more!
#reading with ru#oh boy it's so hard to pick favs#if you read any of these lmk!!#ao3#fic rec#fanfic recs#fanfiction#cod#darklina#book recs#romance books#romance recs#i had an aneurism trying to make sure everything was linked right
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Langa & Reki, please, for the ask game...
I'm just gonna answer these two characters together! 🌈❄
My first impression: Thought those two were the cutest. Saw Reki's skate against Shadow and thought "Oh, he has heart. I'm gonna like that one." Shadow did him so dirty though!! With Langa, I just thought he looked like he would be a quiet one.
My impression now: I definitely adore them both. Reki is my favorite character and Langa follows after.
Favorite thing about that character: Besides their personalities, I like their aesthetics. Reki's style is really colorful and I'm a sucker for colors. His hoodies are too cute and I love that his headband's expressions will match his. Langa's ice theme, I like that! Especially since it leans more on the blues and there's some black thrown in there. It matches how they are. I love that while Reki is a bit on the fiery side, his character isn't heavy with the fire/sun symbolism. Instead, it's the rainbow and hibiscus. With Langa, he's ice themed, but he isn't a cold person. He's "cool" to others, he's calm.
Least favorite thing: They made me so frustrated during their whole falling out. I hate that Reki can be so self-deprecating sometimes and I wanted to shake Langa for wanting to still skate against Adam.
Favorite line/scene: Hard to choose when it comes to these two. They have so many great scenes together. To choose I have to go with when they finally make back up and decide to add the Infinity symbol to their handshake. That was too cute! But I also like their scene where Reki pretends to be in distress and Langa is like "Don't worry, bae. I'll protect you."
Favorite interaction that character has with another: Other than with each other, I adore how they interact with the rest of the SK8 squad. Especially with Miya. To choose an interaction, I gotta go with the scene after Reki's rematch with Adam and they just pile on him to make sure he's okay and he's smiling and laughing. Love that.
A character that I wish that character would interact with more: Ooh, so many options here actually. To pick... okay, I would like to see more of Reki and Langa's time working with Oda. Like, how does Oda deal with those two when they're working at the skate shop. I'm sure they get into a lot of shenanigans. 😆
Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character: I actually made a post about this for Reki! He and Yuji from Jujutsu Kaisen are like the same person, but in different genres. Hoodie wearing redheads, bright smiles, and have recognized skill that makes amazes others when they do show off those skills, yet often underestimated. Langa reminds me of Shoto Todoroki, especially after the Sports Festival. Ice people who aren't actually cold, love their mamas, talented pretty boys, and have a signature food they like.
A headcanon about that character: Okay, I ended up writing a whole series about this one! I headcanon that Reki likes to let Koyomi paint his nails from time to time. He likes colors and he doesn't mind Koyomi using him for practice. It's also nice to spend quality time with his sister and see her do something she likes. Sometimes, he'll even ask her to paint his nails blue to match Langa, who likes the idea of Reki wearing his color.
A song that reminds of that character: Shawn Wasabi's Animal Crossing. It's such a cute song! And of course, Infinity by Yuuri will always be their song. I can't think of a Langa song, but for Reki, Alessia Cara's My Kind comes to mind.
An unpopular opinion about that character: I actually didn't feel "queerbaited" at the end of the first season. Some people threw out "queerbait" because we didn't see LanReki kiss. Kiss? I was gonna ship them regardless of the ending. We at least were left to interpretation if their relationship is platonic or romantic. I don't think a ship should always be confirmed through a kiss because kissing isn't the only thing romantic couples do. They hold hands, call each other nicknames, hug, tells the other person that they make them happy, etc. Kissing isn't the only gesture used to say "I love you".
Favorite picture: There's so many of these two that I can look at all day, but to choose I'm going with these two since I have used them for edits before.
Send Me a Character...✨️
#kiya answers#sk8#sk8 the infinity#reki kyan#kyan reki#langa hasegawa#hasegawa langa#lanreki#renga#🌺❄#🌈🛹⚙️#❄🛹💙
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Twitter is trying to cancel SnC yet again I see.
If I were SnC I would literally just delete all my twitter profiles except for their channels twitter which I'd then use ONLY for promoting when new videos drop. Just so the twitter fans can learn that they aren't as important as they seem to think they are because those boys are nearly at 12 million subscribers on youtube, twitter is but a mere handful of that subscriber count so it really wouldn't matter if they all decided to stop watching.
(plus the video they're all angry at is actually performing very well, it's already at 2M views on just day 2 of releasing. This suggests a lot of the fandom may not share twitters opinions...)
i don't see snc deleting their twitters, but i do see them continuing to not use them and just letting them sit dormant bc that side of the fandom is too dramatic.
i've said my peace on this 100 times over, but i don't mind saying it again bc it keeps happening and no one over there is getting it lol
not that i'm telling them either since most of them i have blocked or they have me blocked lmao
that side of the fandom has cried wolf one too many times and now expects snc to still listen to them. and look, back in 2020/21, maybe that would have happened. bc twitter held a lot more stock back then. but not anymore. they thought they could call out snc for every little thing and expect them to always listen and for all of the fandom to agree. and reality is that just won't fly anymore.
were there genuine reasons to call them out before in the past (and even now)? sure. i'm not here to argue that. but what i am saying is once everyone jumped over the line in the sand and started getting mean and calling them out for nonsense things, idk what you expected to happen.
it's one thing to complain about content and what's going on in it or that it's taking too long to get new content out. it's another thing to bitch about their gfs and say they shouldn't date them, or in general to bring up personal shit.
where our input starts and ends is content related, and that's it. anyone that thinks they have a say in what snc do in their own personal lives are delulu. it doesn't matter if you believe you have their best interest in mind, your input is unwanted. that's just reality.
also i think a lot of ppl on twitter think they speak for everyone in the fandom but they fail to realize that this fandom has 12 mil ppl in it (roughly). even if one of the louder fans on there has a 1000 followers, that's not even 1% of the entire fandom. that's not even .01%. that's how little the amount of ppl you speak for.
my thing is, all of this complaining and drama started in january, around colby's bday, when the pics of them with the girls leaked. and since then, this fandom and that side in particular hasn't shut up since. and look, obviously not everything is about the girls and not everyone is even complaining about the girls. i'm not trying to cast wide nets here and assume. but… be honest: yall have been complaining for WEEKS about a variety of things, ranging from them having gfs that might be clout chasers to snc not talking about a genocide, and somehow…….. i'm supposed to take any of that seriously??? snc are supposed to take that seriously??? those are two VERY different things, no?
but hey, you wanna be upset at snc for whatever reason, be my guest. i'm not here to stop you. do whatever you want. but at what point do you just accept that snc aren't gonna meet your demands and thus your only option is to leave?? just curious. and are you okay with the fact that just bc you leave doesn't mean anyone is gonna miss you, including snc? harsh reality is snc don't know who you are, and that's not bc you don't deserve to be known - they just realistically don't know you, and you leaving isn't gonna do anything.
but if you aren't enjoying your time here, leave. it's better in the long run to pay attention to something that actually brings you happiness rather than stick around and be miserable.
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alright arcana fandom,
I have decision paralysis and I can't pick a LI for my OC.
So I can't really decide on a specific love interest for Percy mainly because I love literally all of them.
I decided it'd probably be between Julian and Muriel (leaning heavily towards Muriel.)
AND THEN I DECIDED TO DO LUCIO'S STORY AGAIN... (spoilers for later chapter) There's this scene where the MC and Lucio encounted Valdemar in the silly dungeon, and I feel like that'd fuck with Percy really hard. I also thought about that whole thing from their side, where it's like... yeahhhhh, this person literally burnt you alive the first time and now they're gonna kill you again. I really enjoyed Lucio's reaction in alll of this because it gave it a whole new flavor to me.
SOOOO... now I'm stuck between the 3 of them, they're my favs so it was kind of obvious and I'm very biased, but I still can't pick between them.
On one hand, Julian and Percy have worked together before but never really got any close. So it's more like a second chance situation.
Muriel decided to take care of Omar and I just feel like it'd be such a heartwarming (yet sad thing) when Omar and Percy meet again except Percy has 0 recollection of their own familiar and Muriel, it'd be very interesting.
AND LUCIO... I mainly really thought about him because of the specific scene and his reaction towards you-know-who was like very extreme, to me it read like protectiveness and the fact that >!he was responsible for it all!< would kind of add another layer to it.
SO! I'd like to ask y'all which one sounds the most interesting and why? (I can do all of them obviously but that's more stuff to draw and I kind of want to pick one specific couple to hyperfixate over. I'm kind of leaning towards Muriel right now, but I'm still not sure. Percy's sheet and their story are @ the link at the top of the post... I'M DYING.)
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I see you out here posting Sparrabeth content 👀 what do you think about the comparisons of L to Jack and Misa to Elizabeth?
No but, I saw you liking them and was about to dm you to see if you wanted to talk about this lol
Where to start? There's so much to say. When comparing them I realize, hell maybe I do gave a type!
The obvious first, they're both ships with wasted potential. They also give me the vibes of het ship for queer people (the counterpairs being het ships for straight people) if that make sense.
Physically, they're very pretty much the same, taller dark-haired man, shorter blonde woman + they both have a big age gap, one significantly bigger than the other (lawmane 7 years and sparrabeth 22 years if I remember correctly).
When speaking to each other, they almost always seem to be so unnecessarily close, specially Jack and L, that have no problem getting into Lizzy and Misa's face and invade their personal space.
Both L and Jack are seen by other characters as eccentric and weird and their sometimes cold and questionable actions provokes either admiration or contempt, while Misa and Elizabeth are judged first by their beauty and most characters seem to think of them as innocent naive girls, not aware of their dark side. L and Jack seem to be the ones that really see through them and can see the darkness behind those beautiful eyes. I really don't think Light and Will (their canon love interests) truly knew them, Light just knew enough to manipulate her and not let her become a threat, and Will for example always seemed surprised by Elizabeth's actions.
What the four of them have in common is that they're willing to do morally questionable stuff to get what they want/need.
Sparrabeth have an insane amount of sexual tension, eyefucking all around, Lawmane tho it's more subtle, as it's been pointed out (shout out to @gigantomachy1916 analysis of L, Misa and Sex in Death Note) L has only had shown sexual interest in Misa, in some scenes were faked, but others is undeniable.
Their dynamics are pretty alike as well, but their fanon dynamic are near identical. In fact, being the obsessive weirdo I am, having reading the majority of the fics on each ship's AO3 tag, I took notice of every similarity. Funny how two ships of completely different fandoms with completely different plots have so much in common.
They're both given the same tropes in most fics: Enemies to Lovers (for Lawmane it may go Enemies to Friends to Lovers, for Sparrabeth Friends to Enemies to Lovers), Unrequited Love, Infidelity/Cheating, First Time/Loss of Virginity, Not Your Damsel In Distress, Birds of a Feather, Deflecting for Love or Dating Catwoman (depends on the fic, Jack is not really the villian on most fics,but the world around Elizabeth sees it this way), I'm sure there's more that I'm forgetting, but you get my point.
Another thing both fandoms have in common as seen through fic as well as posts, is that we both believe Misa and Elizabeth deserved better, and these ships allows us to give them that, it's also very clear we care more about giving our girls what they deserve rather than the romanticism (tho of course, that is a big part of it too). I've not seen a Sparrabeth fic where Elizabeth is treated as just a housewife-child bearer (like canon) or a Lawmane fic where Misa becomes L's unwanted useless sidekick (basically replacing Light's role in her life), most fics take the time to explore why these girls are so great and likeable, why they should have been allowed more power and autonomy, why they had the potential to be more. I mean, Misa not only had the eyes of a Shinigami, she also had a Shinigami completely devoted to her, yet they decided to make her a sillu girl too in love with a guy to take advantage of it (I think Misa is smarter than she lets on) and Elizabeth was made Pirate King, you mean to tell me she's gonna drop that title to live the life she never wanted? And for a man she's only going to see once every 10 years? And they wonder why we run for these ships instead.
I'm making a post about how I think Sparrabeth's relationship would have gone and how I don't believe they'd be a conventional couple, but that doesn't mean they'd be unhappy, quite the contrary, same thing could be said about Lawmane.
And this one only aplies to me, but they're also the kind of ships where I can't ship the canon pair but I ship the male character with their love rival lol a.k.a Lawlight and Wil x Jack (do they have a ship name??)
+Bonus comparisons:
"I'm totally kidding,,, unless?"
Sure it's really normal to talk this close to someone you don't want to kiss
Sorry if I rambled a lot lol TL;DR, Lawmane and Sparrabeth are more similiar than one could think, should have been endgame and deserve more recognition than they get
I would like to know what you think too!
#I rambled so much I'm not even sure I really answered you question lol#sorry#ask box#littlerateur97#parallels#sparrabeth#lawmane#elizabeth swann#jack sparrow#misa amane#l lawliet#pirates of the caribbean#death note#tiger's rants#my girls deserved better#just realized many of those things can apply to jonerys and amylaurie#specially physically
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hysteria pt two | stranger things ; t.hagan
tag list babes || rules + fandoms || got a question/hc request? || masterlist post
CHAPTERS ;
one can be found by clicking.
AUTHORS NOTES;
This is honestly all I have right now. As I said on the post for part one though.. I have.. Plans.. for this fic. I wrote this up now, while it's llingering and burning in my brain. I'm going for a certain vibe with this, hopefully, that comes across. Apologies if Tommy seems ooc or anything but this is my interpretation of him.
You guys honestly do not know how much all your interactions with my writing posts truly mean to me, I mean this from the bottom of my heart bc like.. I post with the only expectation being to get the idea out of my head, so the fact that even one person reads and interacts in any way at all just has me emotional and like.. all happy and I can't word. It means everything to me. thank you all.
-Ashes.
SUMMARY;
-- your boyfriend doesn't like it when Tommy Hagan stares at you.
aka, the fic where you're an old friend/crush/neighbor to Tommy Hagan and life kind of throws you both back together again.
PAIRING;
Tommy Hagan x Next Door Neighbor!Friend/Crush!Fem reader.
WARNINGS;
swearing. tackling / football related violence. mentions of reader's boyfriend grabbing her wrist when she tries to walk away in an argument. possessive/jealous idiot of a current boyfriend. Tommy. Again, Tommy Hagan is his own damn warning, iykyk. Carol's a little jealous. Lots of covert staring and stolen looks.
OTHER STUFF;
As previously stated, the Upside Down and any of it's fuckery / monsters are non existent here. however, the teen drama between Steve/Nancy and Tommy is and will be happening at some point. Nobody dies, no buildings are destroyed, none of that happens.
TAGLIST;
@aurumbelis - ignore if you're not into this one.
@allelitesmut
@aries-arcade
@cole22ann
@hcloangcls
@heyaitsklaudia
@icequeen1371
@krys-orion
@letsbedragonstogether
@musichealsscars
@scoobiessnacks
@suits-and-smirks
@untitledarea
Joey’s arm slips around you and he pulls you into his side like usual as you walk onto campus. Jo spots you and wanders over, your friend Rae beside her and the two of them arguing over whose turn it is to wear the neon pink swimsuit they went in half on during the summer at Tina’s pool party on Saturday night.
Joey tenses suddenly and this prompts you out of your own head. To become a more active participant in the conversation happening all around you. You glance in the direction Joey’s looking in and your brow raises when you see that Joey’s glaring a hole through Tommy Hagan as Tommy leans against the brick wall and smokes a cigarette before class.
You almost ask him what was up with it, but you decide against it. Turns out, you don’t have to ask because Joey’s glaring again and he rolls his eyes, holding up a middle finger at Tommy.
“What the hell is going on between you two, hm?” you step away from Joey and your hand settles in your hair as you look up at Joey, tapping your foot against the gravel. Joey chuckles. “Gonna have to have another talk with him, looks like.”
“About?”
“Nothin.” Joey shrugs and won’t elaborate. But then he explodes and at some point during it, Jo overhears and butts in. “I keep telling her, Joe. But she insists that he’s not staring into her bedroom window either. Maybe now she’ll believe me.” Jo gives you a look and you glare at her in frustration.
She hates your boyfriend and yet, she hates Tommy Hagan enough that she’s willing to say something to Joey that she knows will start shit and stir the pot. It really annoys you. “Gee, thanks, Josephine.”
“That asshole’s lookin in your window?” Joey’s all puffed up now, he’s not happy about it at all. “And you’re fine with it? You don’t think maybe this is something I need t’ tell my boyfriend about, darlin?”
“Well, no.. I mean, it’s not like it’s a big deal.” you shrug. You don’t understand why it matters. He’s not even looking at you, more than likely.
“It is.”
“Especially when you parade around with the fucking tapestry pulled back all the time.” Jo insists.
You turn to her and glare again. “You’re not helpin, Jo.”
“Yeah, well. It’s creepy and it needs to stop. Besides, I think it’d be kinda neat.. See that pretty boy toolbag finally get his ass handed to him.” Jo laughs. “It’s what he needs, truth be told. Him and that asshole Harrington and their little pet bitch, Carol.”
“Both of you knock it off right now. Nobody’s saying a goddamn word to him. Are we clear? It’d be different if he were like.. Stalking me. But he’s not. There’s no reason to start a war over any of this.” you rub your temples. “And we’ve been over this, Joey. You don’t own me. You know I hate it when you try to do this territory pissing shit.”
You storm off, shoving through the crowded hallway and into the bathroom because right now, you’re a little too annoyed at your so-called best friend and your current boyfriend and you just need some space. While you’re in the bathroom, you lean against the wall to calm down.
Carol Perkins wanders in and as usual, she scowls at you.
“What the fuck is your problem?” you ask, glaring at her.
“You are.” she answers as she starts to touch up her makeup and fix her hair in the mirror.
You gape at her. “You don’t know me.”
She puts down her lipstick and grips the edge of the sink. “I know enough about your type. You and Nancy Wheeler. You’re a lot alike.”
You laugh at the comparison. “Me and that priss? How so? I mean.. Last I checked the stick is so far up her ass it’s poking her brain stem. And she’s actually kinda pretty, that’s the sad thing about it.”
And then it hits you and you’re smirking. “Oh, I get it.. I see what this is. You’re jealous. Why you’re jealous of me, I have not one fucking clue. I don’t care either. But if I were you,” you step away from the wall and closer to her as your smirk grows slightly, “I’d watch my back. Cos see… Unlike Nancy, I’m not afraid to knock you on your ass.”
Carol scoffs. Rolls her eyes at you dismissively. “I’ve got better things to do than fight you.”
“Uh-huh.” you laugh, “And here you are, starting shit.. With your usual crap towards me. Tell me how it makes sense, hm?”
You’re obviously not getting any peace or any less annoyed in the girls bathroom, so you leave before she says anything else and you really get angry and make your way to class.
And down the hall, Steve is standing by the athletics sign ups board with Tommy.
“Tell me again why you’re trying out for football, Hagan?” Steve asks, a brow raised as he studies his best friend intently. Tommy chuckles.
“Maybe I think it’ll be fun to get away with knocking people down. Maybe I wanna blow off steam.” Tommy shrugs it off. But he knows exactly why he’s trying out for the team and it’s not because he’s suddenly developed a love for the game, no.. It’s because he overheard the entire heated argument between you and that prick you call a boyfriend, Joey Lewis. And he saw the way Joey tried to grab your wrist when you had enough and you wanted to walk away, get some space before you did that thing you always used to when he knew you as a kid and lost your temper, made a scene.
Tommy might not speak to you. He might not acknowledge you. But make no mistake. He is painfully aware of you and he always has been. And the protective feelings didn’t just die because he got with Carol and became best friends with Steve Harrington. They simply went dormant.
You’re still very much in his ‘circle’. And when he saw Joey grab your wrist, it lit his already too short fuse.
So now, he’s going to take the easy way to getting his hands on the asshole. He’s going to try out for football and somehow, he will tackle Joey. Just one good time. And it better teach him to keep his hands to himself when it comes to you.
“Okay, alright. So touchy, Hagan.” Steve jokes. Tommy gives him a dirty look and Carol makes her way over, leaning all over him. She’s tense, edgy. Tommy looks down at her and bites his lip as he slips an arm around her. “What’s wrong with you, huh?”
“Another run in with your mousy little neighbor.”
Tommy can’t help it, he might tense up just a little. And he’s torn in two ways, leaning more towards Carol starting it. She’s good at doing that shit.
“Nothing to say, Tommy?” Carol asks, pouting a little as she gazes up at him. And when he smirks and shrugs, she gets that little sinking feeling in her stomach. Because for as long as she can remember, no matter how hard she tries to get him to do it, Tommy won’t say one thing about you, good or bad.
And sometimes he gets a little too edgy when she does it herself.
“Don’t start.” Tommy mutters calmly, giving her a firm look of warning. “Why are you standing over here anyway, huh?” Carol asks, gazing up at him.
“Tell her, Tommy. Tell her what you just signed up for.”
Carol’s gaze fixes on Tommy and he chuckles. “Going out for football, I guess?” shrugging as if it’s nothing and it’s totally not a spur of the moment decision brought on by the fact that he wants one good time to knock Joey Lewis in the dirt and get away with it.
Carol snickers quietly.
Tommy clenches his fist. “What?”
“Football?”
“Yeah. Football.”
“Tommy, why? I mean..” she’s toying with his shirt sleeve, dragging her fingers over the muscles on his bicep as she bats those lashes up at him and licks her lips, “You would look so hot in the uniform but… It’s a Neanderthal sport. Do you really want people to believe you’re an idiot? Are you trying to get your brain knocked out?”
Tommy rolls his eyes and he wants to say something but he keeps quiet.
– ( that afternoon )
You’re lingering by the chain link fence around the football field because you told Joey you’d watch him try out for the team again. Tommy Hagan walks right past, right through the gate and as usual, he barely glances your way. You ignore the pointed look that Jo gives you as he walks past. All day she’s been on this tangent.
It’s really starting to grate your last nerve.
“It’s a free country. Don’t start, Jo.”
The coach gives the nod when he lines up opposite Joey Lewis for a tackle drill.
Tommy smirks and crouches. When the coach blows the whistle again, he’s lunging straight for Joey Lewis. Putting him on his back as he slams his whole body into him as hard as he can, the collision nearly making him bite his own lip when it happens. Joey’s winded, the breath has been knocked out of him entirely. Tommy almost tells him that next time he’ll do more than spear him if he sees him grab your arm the way he did this morning, but instead, he holds out a hand and when Joey goes to grab for it, he yanks it back and laughs. “You’re a big boy, Lewis. Get your own ass off the ground.” Tommy says before walking away, going back to the bleachers.
He catches sight of you over by the chain link fence and for a second or two, he stares. Watches the way the wind blows your hair. The way you’re watching the guys as they line up a second time to do it again. Just as you glance his way, he looks down and pretends to be tying his sneaker.
When he finally looks up again, your car is pulling out of the school parking lot.
He raises a hand and drags it through his hair and Steve wanders in, grinning. High fiving him. “That was a.. That was a pretty hard hit, Hagan. Good one.”
Tommy grins. “Gave it everything I had, Harrington. You ready to blow this shit? Maybe football isn’t for me after all.” Tommy stands and the two of them make their way down the bleachers, over to where they parked their cars that morning.
Carol, as he thought, is nowhere to be found.
It’s really not a surprise to him. It bothers him sometimes but he’d never actually say it. Why rock the boat?
They’re not fighting right now. Things are kind of good.
Maybe it needs to stay that way. Tommy’s already had enough upheaval what with Steve getting into a relationship with Nancy Wheeler and ditching him a lot more lately just to spend time with her. It feels like he’s losing him. The last thing he wants is to lose both of them somehow…
He's already lost you, years ago... He can't lose Steve or Carol too...
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Velma Review
How's it going everyone? Happy MLK Jr day, unfortunately what I'm gonna be talking about today is anything but happy. Today I'll be giving my review for the...much anticipated disaster that is...Velma.
I honestly did not think I could find something even worse than the Fairly Odder show.....but once again, life finds a way.....to prove me wrong. While Fairly Odder is the worse variation of a beloved franchise in the form of a kids show, Velma is definitely the worse variation of a beloved franchise in the form of an adult show. There is so much wrong with this show that I don't even know where to start, guess I'll dive into this dumpster fire and hopefully come out the other side with my sanity intact.
I guess we should start with how Scooby Doo started. This property goes all the way back to 1969, All the characters have been established since 1969. Now I don't have a problem with modernizing the characters, I honestly don't. There have been several attempts to make them up to date and each decade has had one iteration or another of the Mystery Gang. Now some can argue those old direct to video Scooby Doo movies from the 80's with Red shirt Shaggy and Scrappy Doo is a notable exception where the gang wasn't present and that's true. Some argue that they're great some argue that they go against the source material it's kind of mixed. I personally thought they were entertaining despite that the gang wasn't whole and that it focused on wacky monster adventures rather than solving mysteries. While that is the case, they at least kept the main character Scooby Doo in the movies and they kept in spirit of the franchise. It is a Scooby Doo project that's trying to mix up the formula. Velma feels completely opposite, it feels like it was meant to be something else, but someone at WB decided to slap the Scooby Doo characters names on it because no one had faith in the show. This is the exact same reason the Halo TV Show failed. They made something generic and used a beloved property to make sure its watched to a certain degree. Velma pays no respect to the franchise its "supposedly" based off of. All the characters are different and given either architypes that don't fit them at all like Shaggy (or Norville as he's called in the show. guess they wanna use Shaggy's real name to make him less stoner...idk it doesn't work) or cliché architypes like Fred who of course was given the rich white boy who's dumb and slightly racist. Velma and Daphne are basically self inserts of Mindy Kaling and Constance Wu.
Now the characters/cast, no disrespect to any of them they're all just doing their jobs. However, it does not excuse how the direction given to them is nothing short of a...not so much a slap to the face of the Scooby Doo fandom, but more of a sledgehammer to the face. Mindy herself is an executive producer and I really feel she wanted to make this show something else but someone told her "Use the Scooby Doo franchise, that'll make your show great!". As I mentioned, the show is so far from the source material that it doesn't feel like Scooby Doo. In fact, Scooby Doo, the main character and mascot of the Mystery Gang, is not in the show. To be honest that is probably for the best so they don't ruin him. How can you have a Scooby Doo show without Scooby Doo? It's not a spinoff it's its own thing. I mentioned what types of characters they are, and each one is just...unlikable, especially Velma. Again, no disrespect to the cast for doing their jobs but none of the characters are likable in any way shape or form. Velma is cocky, know it all, rude, mean spirited, a basic bitch. Daphne is a cliché popular girl who is just inconstant yet has her moments of character development but it feels so forced that it's hard to enjoy it. Norville (aka Shaggy) is suppose to be the opposite version of Shaggy where he anti-drugs, bland personality, he's a literal simp for Velma (who treats him poorly), and is just boring to watch. Fred is the preppy rich white kid who looks down on everyone under him and his gag is that he has a small penis...no jokes its a gag that just doesn't go away. Daphne is by far the least bad but that's not saying much. I can't enjoy any of them, they're just hard to watch and mean spirited overall. As I said, I don't have an issue with reimagining's of characters, I'm not bothered by the fact that they're different ethnicities and backgrounds. It's a bit jarring because why not just make original characters with these designs? If you want representation then created new characters that can set that trail. But even if you change these established characters backgrounds, it wouldn't been an issue if you were able to maintain the key aspects of those characters. This show just straight up replaced their character aspects with something different. All the lovable traits of the gang are all gone, they've all been replaced with just generic high school tropes.
Damn, I'm barely getting to the actual episodes just now? That should be a telling sign. I tried to watch the first episode and I could not make it pass the ten minute mark. I have not raged out of a show that fast since Fairly Odder last year. The first episode tried to real Meta and poke fun at movies/tv shows tropes but it doesn't land. The humor feels so forced and nothing builds up to it. A show can at least be watchable if the humor makes it so bad its good, but the humor is such a miss 99% of the time and its so bad...its just bad. They make fun of tropes and try to be meta but none of it works, there's no real set up for the humor and the jokes feel more mean spirited like the 420 joke they told in this show, jabbing at adults who like animation. It doesn't feel like it was made for fun, it felt like it was meant to resent the audience and alienate the fandom. The locker room scene with the dead girl had the joke "She has no brain!" that joke felt like it was AI generated or something a 10 year old could have made. I also find it odd how they talk about the nudity tropes while there's high school girls nude in the shower. If this is meant to appeal to an adult audience...why have high school girls naked? This show is trying to be woke and PC yet you went with a cliché that I strongly feel is outdated and unnecessary as well as just alarming. I understand these are fictional characters, but it doesn't make it any less creepy and unnerving. They also make plenty of pop culture references that just feel....lame. None of it is funny or delivered in any fun or funny way.
Do I think a Scooby Doo show with more mature themes can work?
Yes! It can work and its been proven to work. Mystery Incorporated proved it can work with dark mature themes and fleshing out the characters for modern times. If Velma took a page out of Mystery Incorporated, it could have actually been an entertaining adult cartoon. The Velma show had the potential to be good, I'll admit the animation isn't half bad at times. For the most part it looks average, but the animation has it's moments especially when Velma has her ghoulish anxiety episodes, the animation is actually pretty cool I wish it was more like that style. Even if they didn't want to take inspiration from Mystery Incorporated, I still feel that they could have gone about this show in several ways.
First off, age the characters up. Make them like young adults in college or just in general that way the nudity and raunchiness has more justification to stay rather than sexualizing high schoolers (which has been done to hell and back and is just outdated).
Secondly, there should be more focus on Velma's mom. That may be the one element that could save the show. I don't know if they're saving it for later on or as a finale type deal but I feel that had they established Velma's mom as a main plotline in the show, it would make it more interesting, more of a Mystery/crime solving show.
Third, why couldn't these characters be their own characters rather than the actual mystery gang? I think these guys would have done better if they were a new batch of meddling kids that would be successors to the original mystery gang. In fact there is gonna be a Scooby Doo show about that for preschoolers called Scooby Doo and the Mystery Pups coming soon. It is exactly what I'm suggesting for the Velma show. This should have been new characters brought in to take on the mantle of the mystery gang rather than being cheap imitations of the actual gang.
Final suggestion, DONT MAKE A SCOOBY DOO SHOW IF THERE IS NO SCOOBY DOO!
Overall, This is yet another show that was trying to build off the name of a beloved franchise and failed completely. This I feel is yet another instant of handing beloved properties to people who do not like or respect the source material in the slightest and made whatever they felt like and alienated the fanbase. Velma is down there with Animaniacs (2020), Powerpuff Girls (2016), Teen Titans Go!, and Fairly Odder. There's talks of a Season 2 coming out and I encourage everyone to not watch it. Don't give it the time of day because if you do, WB will continue making shit like this and the only way for them to stop is to hit them where it hurts, profit. If you wanna give Velma a go then by all means but I'm not gonna keep watching it. If something happens that makes it suddenly good then I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I highly doubt that.
Rating Velma I am giving it:
0.5/10
I know this may seem premature to rate it this early on in its run but I do not believe it will get any better. If by some miracle it does, I will come back and reevaluate it with a firm apology. I'm open to be proven wrong but I stand by that this show is beyond saving and I do not recommend anyone watch it whether its Ironic or Unironic. Never thought there could be a show that would beat out Fairly odder.
First review of 2023, off to a good start....Hopefully the next pieces of media I cover won't be as horrendous.
See Ya!
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7, 42, 51, 55 (especially for words/expressions!), 68, 75?
7. Post a snippet from a wip.
You asked for Tiefling AU and/or Cass focussed when I PM'd you so:
"It is me," he promises her. "I- I don't know when exactly I changed, but I remember here, I remember everything. I remember you helping me escape-"
"Do you remember leaving me?" He can't blame Cass for how accusatory her tone is. In her shoes he thinks he'd be the exact same way.
"I saw you shot down," he says. "I saw-" He swallows. "Three arrows, one right through your chest, I saw you fall and cough blood and I thought... I thought there was no way you'd survive, even if I managed to carry you to safety. I thought you were dead."
The laugh Cassandra gives is bitter and thin. "Yes," she says. "I can believe that."
"I'm sorry," he says, because he is. "I'm sorry. If I'd known- I didn't know. I didn't even know that this-" he gestures at himself "-wasn't Ripley's doing - I wasn't there for two years, and when I came back to myself all I could think was yet another thing they've taken from me - that they wouldn't even leave me my humanity."
He pauses, looks at the ashy tint of his fingers, the too-long, too-sharp fingernails. He feels his tail wanting to lash side-to-side behind him, anxiety desperate to be let out, and refuses to allow it.
"Sometimes," he admits, "I- I'm sure I'm Percival. I'm sure of that. Even if I don't look it, I am myself at the very least. I remember chasing you around my lab, I remember Whitney nagging me downstairs, I remember Julius teasing me. But sometimes..." He draws a deep breath because he doesn't want to admit this but he needs Cass to understand, needs her to grasp it if they're to mend this rift between them, "Sometimes I don't feel like myself anymore."
There's a stretch of silence. He swallows; when he looks up, Cass is watching him, her mouth a little open before she swallows too.
"I don't feel like I'm me all the time either," Cass admits. "Not after- not after everything. After they-" and it's half-spat and half-fond and he can't really blame her, can he? "-tried make me a Briarwood and- and there was a part of me that wanted it. Wanted a family that wouldn't leave me behind."
That hurts but he can't blame her for that either. How else would it have felt to be bleeding out and gasping for breath, watching your one remaining family member flee across the snow?
"It's like," she says, pausing and stuttering, free hand flexing where it's not tightly grasping a mug of tea. "It's like they reached inside my head and mixed me all up so they could put the pieces back how they liked. I don't feel like Cassandra. I don't feel like your sister. I feel like... like a thing they made."
"You're not," he says, because that much he's sure of. That much he's had to learn to survive becoming what he now is. "You're not, Cass. They've shaped you but... you're not theirs. You're you. You're whoever you decide to make now."
You get both.
42. What’s your favorite title that you’ve come up with?
Uh...
So probably the collective titles for all of the Ghost Cass AU, because I've got the titles planned for all eight parts and there's an Easter Egg hidden in how they fit together.
But I'm not gonna tell you what the Easter Egg is yet.
51. Does what you like to write differ from what you like to read?
Not hugely these days? There's a chunk of things I wrote mostly because I wasn't finding them in fandom, because a lot of the seemingly well-regarded fics that touched on it just... did not feel true to my experiences and the ones that did were really short or were unfinished and there's only so many times you can reread things, you know?
I do sometimes like going for a crackfic, which I can't write for shit, but I am incredibly picky about the crackfics I like because I like the crack balanced with accurate characterisation. But otherwise... yeah I do enjoy reading fics with worldbuilding, canon-compliant but dense stories, which dig into trauma, which are compelling, self-contained AUs - or some combination of the above.
55. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?
There's a lot of phrases I see when I read over chapters before upload where I'm like "That's a me-ism" "That's just something embedded in my head that doesn't fit this character" "Aich, that sentence construction only makes sense to you". I can't recall any off the top of my head, but rest assured I notice them during the pre-upload read-over and I try to edit them out when they get too much.
As for themes - trauma and codependency are big ones, obviously. As for settings... idk, HP is my forever fandom even as JKR's become an ever bigger piece of shit and that's probably why my brain really likes the idea of castles and magical schools to this day.
Also just the fact that those concepts are both just really cool.
68. Are there any fics that influenced you to write the way you do?
Sacrifices Arc. It was one of the first absurd-length fics I ever really encountered that deeply dug into and portrayed trauma and the struggle of healing in a way I felt was accurate. It also has just... some of the most gorgeous, poetic language at times, it's depiction of the Wild Dark, or Last Time Pays For All, how it weaves worldbuilding into the narration, its characterisation...
It's one of a few fics that taught me that if you drop information in just right it doesn't feel like an infodump, it just feels like character knowledge you're meant to have. That if you just, refer to something, a reader can just infer from that that it's a known thing and you can fill it out more as it becomes relevant. It's a story which showed me that you don't have to infodump all the complex nuances of a complex, nuanced concept at once - you can slowly dole it out piecemeal, explaining how the rigid lawfulness of the Light nonetheless also means freedom in the sense of free will, while the wild freedom of the Dark also carries the freedom to be cruel and just.
God. I love this fic. I love it so much.
75. Is there a particular fic that readers gravitated towards that you didn’t expect?
Good question. In truth, I do not know. I have a reasonable readership and I know how to tag things so for the most part most of my fics get at least a couple of comments and kudos even if it's weird and niche, and I think I have a reasonable handle on what things are more or less popular in a fandom: i know when to temper my expectations. I don't think I've ever had a fic that really blew up where I didn't expect it? Most of my fics got about the level of attention I expected - even if those expectations shifted as I went?
Like... Questions is a Star Wars fic set in @fialleril's excellent Double Agent Vader 'verse, and I asked them for permission to write it as a gift to a friend. As I recall, they reblogged my post about it, and when that happened, I knew that I'd get a sudden influx of readers, because not only is it now inspired by a pretty popular AU, the AU’s creator has shared it on their blog, meaning people who might have passed it by once are seeing it again and might pick it up this time. Something similar with finds and shall find me unafraid - @sparxwrites reblogged the post I made because it's based on a fic of theirs and I asked them for permission, and when that happened I got an additional few people reading the fic, because it was clearly marked as adjacent to their interests.
So like... sometimes my expectations have shifted, but I don't think I've ever had a fic break my expectations without warning.
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WIP WIP WIP WIP!
Early Concept
Some doodles/mockups
Current progress and some details.
My major plan for the moment is to find my brown markers (seriously, how do those things keep disappearing) and figure out what my background for the teeth/grin is gonna look like.
Ngl, I'm really proud of this one! kinda annoyed that the 1 in 2013 is a little too close to the 0, but I think I did some nice work on the nectars and blood splatters. (More details/breakdown below cut).
Escape From Furnace was one of the first books that I was super-passionate about, even though I wasn't online for the first while. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of stuff I loved and wanted to do bigger deep-dives into, but it was a kinda interesting perspective for me since I'm Jewish and the main villain is, y'know, a fucking Nazi.
It's kind of a weird feeling where on the one hand, watching the fandom was what actually shoved me online and on to Tumblr. Otoh, the obsession w/Warden Cross was kinda creepy to me, and it felt like almost everyone conveniently pushed to the side that he wasn't just a Nazi in the past, but kept up the ideals, modeled a prison on them, and constantly talks about "superior races" and "wiping out the inferior scum" and such.
Seeing the rest of the fandom, especially the headcanon that Zee is Jewish, resonated a lot more, and kept my head on this vague idea of breaking down how much that would change the narrative of the story (consider that Zee is the only person we know for sure is immune to the nectar, add that the version of nectar used in the Furnace is Cross's variation, multiply by how both Cross and nectarized Alex talk about Zee in Death Sentence and Fugitives. There's also the whole 'blondes w/blue eyes who keep responding esp well to the nectar' shtick with Alex and Gary).
So this idea's been rattling around in my head for a while, obviously! I initially wanted to do two triangles with the three circles, superimposing an upside version of the Furnace's logo over itself to create the Star of David, but it looked kind of weird so I might come back to it later. For now, each triangle has it's own mini-scene or element starring. breakdown, top to bottom, left to right:
I initially wanted to draw the dog's face/jaws but it just wouldn't look right no matter what I did. It was switched out for the three different nectar strains we see in canon: The silver syringe full of Cross's blend, the berserker blood with specs of red, and the mostly black that's running through the tubes connecting Alfred Furnace to the machine.
Teeth: I'm honestly not quite sure where I'm going with this in the final draft, but teeth stick out to me throughout the book as one of those details we get to see characters more clearly. Donovan's smile, Kevin missing two front teeth, the berserkers, Bodie's grin, Cross's teeth like crooked tombstones, y'all get my point. But yeah, teeth.
Hands: Donovan's hand (bathed in gold, currently yellow because I don't have any gold markers rn), and Alex's reaching out to Donovan. The big scene, but also all of the smaller ones that came earlier, like in Lockdown.
Prison bars: There's something that sticks in my head about the bars and all of the numbers used, for the inmates and the cells and the three chipping rooms and the blacksuits and how I imagine at some point, you only remember yourself as a number. I'd hope that with his memories back, Alex wouldn't forget his name, but I'd argue that 2013834 (inmate number) still holds better memories than 208 (blacksuit number).
Eye: Another big motif. So many blue eyes, so many silver ones. I've kinda been sticking to only 4 colors for all of these except the panel with the hands, we're doing something with emotions and colors and the way the Furnace saps all hope here. Again, can't quite decide on a background yet.
Gas mask: A rough redraw of the one in Lockdown, the very first book of the series and, again, that little connection of Zee with the idea of him being Jewish and the canon detail that he would have been made into a wheezer if not for Cross.
The center: Their motto is nine words, two phrases. It looks somewhat awkward, but I think it works.
So yeah. I'm planning on finishing the colors and then seeing if I can figure out how to turn this into a patch on fabric or embroidery or something, but this is one of my favorite concepts and I'm glad I can finally bring it to life!
#escape from furnace#eff#eff this#zee hatcher#jewish tag#to clarify:#this isn't 'book is bad' it's 'wow do some of the plot themes change when we add this idea of zee being jewish'#and I'm fascinated by it#honestly I'd argue for all of it's flaws the series handled the concept decently well#didn't go into full detail but also didn't quite hand-wave it#and panetierre kinda tied it up nicely I think#but yeah baby I'm very proud of this#I wanna say I first saw the hc on soledadcatalina's blog but idk if that's where it began
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First of all, this is a burner account so, rage all you want I'm not gonna respond, but i had to get this off my chest, either that or I'll just leave this fandom
Alexis
Let's break it down
1.Alexis is not that important to have eachother by the throat over
This discourse is pointless, and petty as fuck, we don't care if you love her or you want to fuck her keep it to yourself
2.you don't know SHIT about Alexis to do all of this
Unless erik gave you and only you private audios where Alexis has a listener and you know her like you know the characters with playlists and audios, you ain't got no fucking right to decide for us if she's redeemed or deserves to die by garlic poisoning
Assume for yourself, leave everyone else
If you're gonna bring up that we would understand her if we know her side of the story, well guess what? We don't know that yet, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it
3.don't compare Alexis to other villains in the story
Before you come and say "oh but yall simp/don't trash talk vega/blake/quinn/ivan like you do her" count with me
Vega has: a playlist, 2 listeners, a mention and a voice in the imperium and is an important plot point + a main character in the plot
Blake has: a playlist, a listener (two if you will), and is an important plot point + a main character in the plot
Ivan has: a playlist, 2 listeners, a mention and a voice in the imperium + a main character in his story
Quinn has: a mention in the imperium and is a plot point of which a whole playlist was built by (without counting fred's taken down playlist)
What does Alexis have to be worthy enough of comparing to any of those villains?, all she has is 5 minutes in the imperium (while torturing milo,i should add), and she gets killed right after
Next time you wanna compare her to someone else make sure they are
-a side character
-only mentioned in prime
-only voiced in the imperium
-portrait as a villain
Anything else it's invalid
4.why Alexis
Out of ALL the side characters we've seen that has been mentioned/voiced/talked about yall chose to care for her? What makes her so goddamn special????
Miguel is around, brooks is too, christian, ansel exist in that universe, no one seems to care? Why? Why did we never have a discourse over if christian got better or not? We heard about/from him way more then we ever did Alexis
If you like her voice that much, go to "love boldly voice acting asmr", healer is over there, go simp for her
But if your argument includes
-because she's a woman
-because she's a POC
I have news for you, you're sexist and racist, putting a woman above all the other male characters and putting someone with a darker skin shade above all (assumed) white people
if you can't see christian becoming better and still see him as an asshole, but also see Alexis for the better side of her, it's not fucking fair
5.All around Alexis
This is the actual reason i didnt post this on my actual account but fuck it
Yall are insane about Alexis because yall are afraid and brain-washed to think that POC and woman do no wrong, let alone a mix of two
Yall think that
POC/woman = saints
Which as i said racist against any other race yall are putting down for it( in this case white,because somehow having a whole cast of black people≠having a whole cast of white people,and the former is better while the latter is cancel worthy) and sexist because yall cherish her over all other male characters
And that is not your fault, not really, it's what the media made you think, but i wish you realize it before it's too late
I say this as a black person, racism can be against any and all race
6.a reminder
If you think we'll understand Alexis if we hear her side of turning sam
I hope to remind you that:
Sam still hasn't bitten darling not only because he was turned against his will by Alexis
But he has a bad past with biting because of her even before he was turned
:)
That is all i have to offer of now, shall we meet at another discourse,if i didntget banned till then:)
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𝐒𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐀𝐃𝐄 .
PAIRINGS : tooru oikawa x fem! reader , slight hajime iwaizumi x fem! reader
GENRE : angst , romance
WARNINGS : cursing , car accident , recovery from amnesia
SYNOPSIS : tooru doesn’t understand how special you are to him until he comes close to losing you forever . as he struggles to comes to grips with his feelings and balance it with his future , you still have to recover from your own injuries , but without your memories to assist you .
𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐗𝐈𝐕 < [ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐗𝐕 ] > 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐗𝐕𝐈
now, this is tooru’s business.
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saudade masterlist .
SAUDADE
( 𝐧 . ) a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant , or that has been loved and then lost ; “ the love that remains ”
⠀the last people tooru expected to ever hear from again, besides you, were any of his third year teammates. maybe his underclassmen had it in them to forgive him eventually, but not issei and takahiro. they had all the right reason to not forgive him for his actions. they, just like hajime, had doted on you quite often during the season. while they weren't obsessive over it, they both visibly appreciated your presence.
⠀way more than he did at the time, anyway.
⠀he was almost scared as the two of them approached him during lunch. oikawa stopped showing up to the cafeteria and began enjoying his lunches in silence at the library, as many social outcasts choose to do. he didn't think that their motive for going to the library was to see him of all people, but his mind began to race as they began walking towards him at a surprisingly quick pace - their faces were anything but pleasant.
⠀"makki? mattsun?" tooru's body initiated his fight or flight instincts as both of them stood at his sides, making it impossible for him to just stand up and leave. "what are you doing here? i didn't do anything, did i?" he really hoped he didn't make another mistake. the last thing he wanted was to be remembered for nothing more than his shortcomings as a boyfriend.
⠀"no, not this time." mattsun replied in a hushed whisper, shaking his head. "but there's something going on that no one on the team likes. we don't know if you already know or not, but given your past with y/n, we figured you'd be interested."
⠀he hesitated at the mention of your name. of course he was interested in anything that had to do with you. what could possibly be going on with you that would be so important for him of all people to know about? the other two third years were uncharacteristically serious for their usual joking demeanors, but he was too nervous to say anything more.
⠀oikawa was additionally surprised to watch both them take a seat on both sides of him, leaning in closer to ensure only he was able to hear what they were saying. tooru leaned back slightly, his stomach running in circles with the suspicious activity going on. were they going to prank him? go through all this just to call him a loser? if so, he didn't want to be part of it. he had already messed up with you again, that was all the confirmation he needed that he was just a downright idiot. damn him and his stupid bad habits. if only he knew how to control his temper, this wouldn't have happened in the first place.
⠀"do you want the news just thrown in your face, or do you want us to discreetly tell you?" makki crossed his arms and leaned over the table, throwing the seijoh captain out of his deep thought. "doesn't really matter, bad news is bad news. we're probably going to ruin your day with this."
⠀really, what could be worse than this? "just tell me," was all he could muster.
⠀"iwaizumi and y/n are dating."
⠀what?
⠀tooru almost fell out of his seat as the blood rushed throughout his body like a tidal wave, both anger and astonishment crashing together furiously. he almost screamed but bit down on his tongue due to their current location. both makki and mattsun noticed the sudden shift in oikawa's behavior, and nodded their heads as if to agree with his reaction.
⠀"yahaba told me today. kindaichi apparently made small talk with iwaizumi, where the big news was revealed." mattsun continued without letting either brunet peer reply, "and frankly, it's very strange. all of it. but i'm pretty sure the only ones who have been suspicious of the relationship are us."
⠀oikawa was livid. whatever control he had over his temper, had been thrown long gone by now. his face glowed with an underlying red hue, his hands clenched into white-knuckled fists as he rest them on the table. he wasn't mad at you - he was mad at iwaizumi. hajime. he did something to manipulate you into a relationship. he did something to you to result in this outcome.
⠀and this was all oikawa’s fault.
⠀"this is bullshit," he seethed, shaking his head in an incredulous matter. "there's no way this was mutual. it can't be." curiously, he turned to the other two with furrowed eyebrows, his eyes narrowed in their direction. "why aren't you happy about their relationship? isn't this what all of you wanted ever since i..." hurt her? his voice got caught in his throat before he could finish.
⠀"don't get us wrong. you're still a complete asshole for how you treated y/n in the past. nothing will change that." it was like a hammer hit straight into oikawa's chest. "however... it's more complicated with iwaizumi. more complicated than what we would like it to be."
⠀realistically, it shouldn't be complicated at all. oikawa knew that. he was never the nicest to you, but he truly had no ill intentions when it came to your well being. now that he was stripped of whatever pride and dignity he had during the volleyball season, he realized that even though he had no ill intention, it still hurt you. that's what hurt tooru the most.
⠀"...complicated?"
⠀"i'm sure you've heard that iwaizumi has refused to tell y/n of her... past. and she doesn't remember anything either, which works to his advantage." makki began listing down points with his finger. "she asked us, she asked the team, she's asked iwaizumi way more times that i can count with both hands and toes. hell, i'm pretty sure she's asked you, too."
⠀you have, but tooru had his own reasons for hesitating.
⠀"she's been pretty stubborn about what she wants, and actually pretty pissed that no one refuses to tell her anything. then all of a sudden she comes back to seijoh with iwaizumi after a normal weekend, hand-in-hand and happy as can be." makki shook his head at the thought of it. "something doesn't add up. maybe it's not our business to butt in, but that's what's been going on."
⠀"what do you want me to do about it?" the lonely third year leaned back against his seat once more, more frustrated than anything. "i thought all of you didn't want me near y/n anymore. now you're telling me this, and for what?"
⠀"truth be told oikawa, this was just an impulse decision on both our parts." mattsun sighed and stood up, stretching his legs a bit. makki followed suit. "even though it's suspicious, it's really not our business. everyone else seems to be content with it, especially with what y/n's been going through. it's almost meant to be at this point."
⠀ouch, another strike to the heart. "but," the rose-haired peer interjected, "even though it's not our business, it most certainly is yours, isn't it? after all, you still haven't been able to officially break up with her yet, huh? and don't you have bad blood with iwaizumi now?" he shoved his hands in his pockets, tilting his head to the side.
⠀just how much did these two know? "no," oikawa mumbled quietly, "i haven't been able to."
⠀"anyways, the bell's gonna ring soon. you're in the loophole now, so you decide what to do with the information." mattsun walked up to tooru and grabbed him by the blazer, pulling the captain up to his feet before whispering quietly, "and if you have any sense of redemption left in you, it would probably be in your best interest to see what the hell is going on with hajime iwaizumi. maybe you'll get a sense of closure in the process."
⠀tooru could only nod in retaliation to this sudden confrontation, and mattsun gently let go of his blazer before giving him a quick nod. as quickly as the two of them arrived, they had already disappeared into the hallways by the time the bell rang.
⠀the frustration followed him like a raincloud for the rest of the day.
⠀y/n, what has hajime iwaizumi done to you?
a/n : i got nothin’ to say for ya today, so enjoy!
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My Rant About Siege and Storm (Spoilers)
(Re-posts/re-blogs are allowed)
*please don't hurt me, I promise I am actually a decent and kind person in real life*
DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED READING 'SIEGE AND STORM'. CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS INCLUDED, NOT INTENDED TO HURT ANYONE, DO NOT HATE IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH ME. THESE ARE JUST PERSONAL OPINIONS. (Book 2 of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy) If you do, do not blame me for spoiling the book. If you have only watched the TV show, you might want to skip this as well, anyways, *cough*, let me begin!
FIRST OF ALL; the beginning from around the start to page 300-ish was literally so boring. Except for Nikolai of course, Nikolai is king. Also, I am not anti-Malina, but come on, some of the scenes made me cringe so hard. You got to admit, some of the Malina scenes were cringy and unoriginal.
Also, why was Mal so insecure about his relationship with Alina? Why doesn't he trust Alina enough to know that she would never cheat on him with Nikolai? (though if I were her, I would 100% choose Nikolai, not gonna lie) Mal obviously feels threatened by Nikolai (why wouldn't he? Not to hate on him) even though Mal and Nikolai's alter persona Sturmhond were literally friends. Mal obviously doesn't trust Alina, which to me is a red flag.
ANOTHER RED FLAG (in my opinion, don't hate) was the fact that he started drinking SO BADLY and STARTED SEEING ZOYA, though I have to admit that he and Alina weren't really a thing at that point, but still.
Alina has also really started to annoy me, starting at the point when she threatened Zoya. Yes, Zoya was rude to her, but why don't you believe Zoya when she said that she lost LITERAL FAMILY because of the Darkling. Why did Alina question her? She could see that Zoya was about to cry, but still decided to throw her off. I sided with Mal when he said that Alina was threatening Zoya and SHE LIKED IT. THE FRICK ALINA?
Alina is powerful, and a great main character, but she's starting to be arrogant. Seriously. (I know I was pretty arrogant as a kid, hell, I thought I was smart when I was 9 because I knew what the word 'vital' meant) But it was obvious that Zoya was super hurt, and though Alina did regret some things she said, why didn't she feel a lot empathy for her, even if Zoya was rude to me, I wouldn't continue to threaten her to leave the only home she has left. Losing family is super painful, and though I'm rude sometimes, I would never be rude someone who had just lost an aunt and a niece in a betrayal of someone she trusted (AKA the toxic Darkling, I LIKED YOU, BUT YOU CROSSED THE LINE DUDE)
Anyway, after those 300 boring pages of the Darkling teleporting like a superhero and being a legit stalker (Except for Nikolai, I love you Nikolai) THE DARKLING FREAKING ATTACKS THE LITTLE PALACE (Yes, I read spoilers about this. Yes, I was still surprised. Yes, I feel the same as when I read the Hunger Games for the first time, it's that painful)
BUT THE THING THAT ANNOYED ME THE MOST WAS WHEN ALINA WAS ALL LIKE:
'oooh Mal, i love you so much, i've always loved, *kiss here*, *kiss your jawline like a weirdo*, i kiss this, i kiss that. i've loved you forever'
AND THEN SHE'S LIKE:
'ooh darkling, let me kiss you and play with your hair, yasssssss. you're my king aleksander.' (WAIT A MINUTE, I'M CONTINUING TO READ THAT PAGE BECAUSE I PUT IT DOWN AFTER SHE KISSED THE DARKLING TO CALM MYSELF, AND WHAT THE FRICK IS HAPPENING. WHY IS THIS BOOK SO CONFUSING)
BUT DAVID HELPING GENYA WAS SO FREAKING SWEET. GENYA IS A LITERAL QUEEN.
I guess I have a problem with literally hating every single main character (Except Percy Jackson, perhaps I'm biased because PJO was the first fandom I was ever part of) like Katniss (She's a little negative and pessimistic no offense) and many protagonists from lesser-known novels. BUT ALINA, YOU GET ON MY NERVES. No offense once again. I can't name all the times she annoyed me, but trust me, there are lots.
AND YES, I STARTED GASPING WHEN NIKOLAI AND ZOYA HAD THEIR FIRST INTERACTION. YES, I KNOW ABOUT ZOYALAI EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T EVEN READ RULE OF WOLVES YET. I haven't even read up to the part where Zoyalai is canon, but I've read enough of Nikolai's Grishaverse Fandom Page to know that Zoyalai is literally perfect. Come one, sort of a reckless little idiot and a stern-minded ambitious queen, PERFECT MATCH. OH MY GODS, I'M FANGIRLING OVER A THING I HAVEN'T EVEN READ THAT MUCH OF.
I think Zoya was saying something and Nikolai said something to her during a war meeting and IT WAS SO EXCITING FOR ME EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS THE ONLY INTERACTION THEY HAVE. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.
But whenever the Grishaverse fandom mentions how toxic the Darkling is (I've just realized after reading Siege and Storm and watching the SAB TV show) they're just like:
'Mal is boring and has no personality'. GURL, THAT'S TRUE AT SOME POINTS, MAL INFURIATES ME MOST OF THE TIME, I did ship Darklina at some point, but come on, it's still pretty toxic, but it was good for a short-term relationship, but long-term....eh, nope. I've come to the point where I have to accept the fact that everyone has different opinions, so if you ship Darklina, ship it. But also realize that the Darkling was super toxic, especially when he killed the innocent people of Novokribirsk. Otherwise, I'll read some Darklina wattpad fan-fics on Wattpad. It's nice to be neutral.
Anyways, I've suddenly realized that people are getting bored of my rant because this is so freaking long, thank you for baring with me. I await the toxic and hate comments for my controversial opinions
Countess of Cats
Inferni - OUT!
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Chain of Iron:Death theory
As the awaited release date for Chain of Iron approaches and the fandom decends into pure madness, I want to put in my last two cents of overthinking before I stop having coherent thoughts
So we all know this is a second book, and second books bring the absolute pain in the shadowhunter chronicles. There is likely going to be a death from the mains considering the theme of this book, and I am here to throw my theory and reasons as to who I think it might be. Im here to sadly theorize about why I think Christopher Lightwood might not make it past the last hours
1. Tatianas revenge
Right now, Tatiana wants revenge after all our main families: the carstairs, herondales, fairchilds and both branches of the lightwoods. For the lightwood-collins theres barbaras death. For the herondales her daughter has been manipulating their son for over 6 years. Theres a theory that the fairy poison Mathew bought that caused Charlottes misscarriage could be traced back to her. And there are other theories that Elias dissaperance between chog and choi could have something to do with Belial. As of right now the only family who is yet to recieve any permanent damage or tragedy are the lightwood-herondales. Which is really ironic considering its the only family that has two bloodlines Tatiana wants to harm. Not only that, but theyre also the children of who Tatiana blames directly for her fathers death, Gabriel. It seems fishy to me there hasn't been any permanent damage in their family, and I dont think that is gonna last for long
2. The family tree
The family tree states that Grace Cartwright (Aka Grace Blackthorn) marries Christopher Lightwood and theyre the ones who continue the line that leads to Alec and Isabelle. Now Cassandra has said varius times the family tree can be misleading, and I am a firm believer this is one of the misleading ends. Why this lie was created, I'm not sure, but lets analize some things. As of right now there are 5 lightwood children. At least 3 of them can pass down the lightwood name. Of those three, if we take into account that Thomas may not have kids due to being gay, that still leaves two branches of lightwood kids that may continue on. As of present time we only have word of one line, Alec and Isabelles. And Robert isnt said to have any cousins, theres no mention in the future of another lightwood line. So the idea that both Alexander and Christopher have kids is pretty unbelivable considering theres only one lightwood line in the future. Unless Alexander goes on to have only girls and Christopher has only one boy, it seems more likely the family tree is wrong. Isabelle and Alec are confirmed as of the bane chronicles to be decendants of Gabriel lightwood (Isabelle makes a reference to looking up her great great grandfather Gabriel Lightwood and telling magnus he was hot in the last story of the book)
So its already confirmed they're a) the last decendants of the lightwood line and b) that line stems from Gabriel. If we based ourselves solely on the family tree and Christopher being the one carrying the line, that would have been believable enough not to raise any red flags. Christopher IS the son of Grabriel Lightwood, able bodied and seems to have a general attraction to women (I mean, we all know hes aro/ace but lets stick with canon). There isnt anything pointing to him not being able to marry and have kids. Where the red flags raise for me is with Alexander
Alexander wasnt in the original plans for the family tree, he was added when Cassie started writting the last hours. If you take into account his role in chog, there really was no reason to add Alexander Lightwood. He doesnt seem to do anything, hes a 3 year old kid, you can very well delete him from the narrative and nothing would change. So why did Cassandra add him?? Why did she decide to make Cecily and Gabriel have another kid ?
To me, it seems a lot like the baby carstairs situation . The family tree says Alastair carries the carstairs line, Alastair is a gay man so he cant have biological kids, theres another unplaned baby to carry the line. It seems to me Christopher carrying the lightwood line is a lie, and Alexanders role is to carry it in his place. I even found a little info from an ask wayy before chain of gold came out where it said Alexander had green eyes, but in the book she changed it to blue eyes. The exact same shade the modern day lightwoods seem to have. A trait hes more likely to pass down than his lavender eyed brother who supposedly "marries" grey eyed grace
3. Character Arc
Characters in literature need goals, things to work for or work towards through the story in order for them to develop. We call those things character arcs, and it seems we have all ignored how christophers may have indirectly ended. If you read his short story, or just overall analize his character, his main goal is simple. He wants to create something that will help the nephlim through science. His personal character arc is that he wants to prove himself and his skill to the clave using his passion to be a hero.
An arc that could have been expanded all through the series, and ended with him using his skills in the end to defeat belial in some way, proving his passions worth. Through the story we could have had a glimpse at his struggles, how he was put down, the failed attempts, fustrations etc. This all could have rounded christopher as a character, and brought more satisfaction to the end goal of his arc which is proving the value of his science. But instead, his arc in book seemingly already ended? Because he did it, he figured out a way to combine science with his duty and saved the entire enclave from the demon poison. He is now acclaimed a hero for his skills. All the other characters have things to finish going into chain of iron, Christopher doesnt. Why would she end an arc that could have taken through the entire series in just one book? Christopher is the only secondary character with a defined personality and a lack of arc to look foward too in following books. This could all point that his arc was rushed because it was being cut short
4. Lightwood blood
There has been a lot of theories going around about Thomas being the one who gets killed in this book, which is resonable considering the unerving amount of forehsadowing we've had to him getting himself caught up in something. But I raise you this, why would CC be giving us so much assurance that Thomas was going to get hurt if she was going to kill him? Not only would she be reaveling one of her most devastating murders, she would basically be spoiling a very big part of her own book. Thomas death would affect everyone, if she WERE to kill him she wouldnt be indulging us in our Thomas death theory as much as she has. Itd be too expectable, I actually believe that by giving us all the info she has she has more or less confirmed he wont die.
I believe this is all a decoy. Shes giving us foreshadowing towards something bad happening to Thomas, to cover up the very big reality shes planning to kill someone else. Theres a very big chance that for the resurection, theyre gonna need Jesses families blood. Same way Malcom needed blackthorn blood to raise Annabel. As of rightnow there arent any blackthorns (by blood) left alive, the only blood relatives Jesse still had are the lightwoods. So we already know Thomas gets captured by the murderer (referenece to the art), but it is most likely he gets rescued. People speculate he most likely got captured for the resurection Tatianas trying to do, because of his lightwood blood. But if Thomas escapes, Tatiana still needs her families blood. And I'd like to point out this is also where the fact she hasnt taken permanent revenge on the lightwood-herondales would come in. Theres a good chance that if the murders are releated to her, and she cant have Thomas, she wont stop at just Thomas.
5. Story relevance
In all sense of story, Christopher is the perfect candidate to kill. As hard as that is to say: he's a secondary character, who has a well defined personality, loved enough by the fans that there would certainly be a shock factor following his death, important enough to the story that there would be a big impact to the narrative, and interwined enough with the main characters to cause emotional distress in the story. His arc is indirectly done, this author has a history of killing lightwoods, there isnt much to discourage the possibility he might be killed besides the faulty family tree. And as I said, that tree has been stated multiple times to be misleading
Bonus prove
6. Christophers cut-out
Same way were analizing the hell out of a broken spear, why are we not talking about the skull on christophers?
(Sorry couldnt get better quality pics)
The truth is, I hate this theory as much as everyone, Im genuinly hoping chain of iron proves me wrong. But there are 5 deaths comming, and not all of them can be side characters. Cordelia Lucie and James all have main character protection. I already explained why Thomas dying is unlikely. Anna, Ariadne and Alastair have gay protection (and I think some asks about Alastair dying were pretty much answered with a discreet no)
If there are mains dying, Christophers the most likely to go
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Let's go with Z because i feel like i know what you think of many of the others and because who doesn't want to ramble about fandom!
As for the fandom, well choose whatever you want but if you have trouble deciding, i would love to hear your thoughts on TOH
Z - Oh, where do I start? First off I just need this show to start again already because this mid-season hiatus feels like forever.
Second, I don't buy the crap that this reason this show was cancelled was because of "branding". Disney and Disney Plus has no problem hosting warped, weird and macabre children/family shows and movies on their platform. My theory is they didn't know just how hard Dana was going to swing with her LGBT rep, not just by having Lumity become canon so quick but also Raine and Willow's dads etc. They were probably expecting their usual "groundbreaking" queer rep that can be easily edited out for other countries. You can't really do that with TOH.
And I am sad because, as much as I'm loving S2, I am already feeling how the pacing of this show will suffer with being rushed to finish when Dana had a much bigger plan. I doubt there's gonna be space now for example Willow, who I love but gets sidelined too much, to have her own focused episode while characters like Hunter - who I also like - feel like his arc is going quick in just the few episodes he's appeared in. Much like Michael, I'd have loved to see more of this cocky little shit side that was in the first episode who just appears briefly as a minor antagonist before he gets woobified and sympathetic (and I love that shit but I like it done well paced).
I just hate that Disney have their claws in this because I feel like it's less likely they would ever let another, more liberal network take it to let Dana play it out as intended. Maybe with enough fan demand we'll get a revival or something but I guess it's still early days and how this season ends will be a big indicator on how things will go.
But I just love it so much! I never got massively invested in shows like Gravity Falls or Steven Universe or even Avatar - as much as I did watch and enjoy them. TOH is the first which has made me feel like a kid reading Harry Potter again and wanting to live in this world but with the bonus of such an amazing cast of characters (sorry I was never in love with the HP cast, just the world itself). Luz is so underrated and yet she's the most fun and inspiring fantasy protagonist ever. Eda is such a milf, King is adorable and Hooty is a riot. I love Lumity to bits but it is that core found family that are the heart of the show for me.
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So we're having a s7/s8 breakdown on this fine Saturday? Good. May I interest you in theese thoughts (this whole ask might include some wild speculation, I hope you're up for it, if no, please ignore and I will crawl back to my basement, also this got SO LONG I AM ALMOST ASHAMED, but I need to exchange thoughts with someone agsfsdghf):
Amelia was the original blurry wife for Sam. I remember at the time s8 was airing the fandom wasn't really fond of her because she wasn't very special as a character, she felt kind of boring (obviously the wincest/bibro side hated her for different reasons lol) and unfortunately she was very forgettable. She was literally Just Some Woman, a blank canvas. (idk if you agree but this is what I think). But. I think she was set up to be Sam's endgame if season 8 was the last one. He gets what he wanted - out of the hunter's life, white picket fence, a wife and a dog. And it was confirmed somewhere that she was written off due to the hate she received (spn fandom being spn fadom I am leaving this without comment). So that is why I believe she was gonna be the Blurry Wife of season 8, but she was written off....
....."But hey!", you might say, "Sam was the one doing the trials in season 8! So how can she be his endgame if he was going to lock up Hell and die?". I have an answer! Sam doesn't start the trials until 8x14, four episodes after he broke up with Amelia and chose Dean in 8x10. Up until then it was agreed that Dean was going to be the one to do the trials, it was changed last minute in the show (when Sam ends up killing the hellhound in 8x14) and part of me wonders how much it might reflect the last minute change in real life. counterpoint: spn got a renewal on February 11th 2013 and 8x14 was shot November 30th - December 11th 2012 so renewal is not the case, maybe just a general change of direction for the season? idk, BUT......
.... but maybe? now I am thinking. So they make Sam break up with Amelia to get rid of her and so he can do the trials. and he is going to die. so basically once again Sam is going to die in the finale as a sacrifice (like in Swan Song) (oh I just remembered 8x23 was titled Sacrifice. NICE). And now back to Dean and everything romantic that happened that I mentioned in those tags. Let's say they keep the 'I love you' in 8x17 (I am still writing all of this under the assumption that season 8 was going to be the last one). And Cas disappears. And now guess what. He is not in 8x18. He is not in 8x19 but you know who is? NAOMI with this epic line: "And yet you haven't warded this place against us. I know. You're hoping Castiel will return to you. I admire your loyalty. I only wish he felt the same way. I know you don't want to believe it, Dean, but we're on the same side – shutting the Gates of Hell, bringing Castiel in from the cold. Take a moment. Think about what I've said." literally WHAAAAT, what were we supposed to think at this point?!?!? IF THE 'I LOVE YOU' was kept in 8x17?! can you imagine?! (also sidenote: 8x19 is a buckleming episode where they kill off Benny. epic highs and lows, etc.)
So they aren't reunited until 8x22 (i mean last seconds of 8x21 but it doesn't really matter). And Dean is angry, and hurt and we have this piece of dialogue:
CASTIEL: Dean, I can go with you.
A FEW SECONDS PASS BEFORE SPEAKING AGAIN
Dean. I'm sorry.
DEAN: For what?
CASTIEL: For everything.
DEAN" Everything? Like, uh... Like ignoring us?
CASTIEL: Yes.
DEAN: Or like bolting off with the Angel Tablet, then losing it 'cause you didn't trust me? You didn't trust me.
CASTIEL: Yes.
DEAN: Yeah. Nah, that's not gonna cut it. Not this time. So you can take your little apology and you cram it up your ass.
CASTIEL: Dean, I thought I was doing the right thing.
DEAN: Yeah, you always do.
still with me? ok. so then Cas is sad and wants to apologize and goes out to buy Dean beer and pie but Metatron finds him and they go on their little quest together. blah blah blah, Sam and Dean catch Crowley, they are in the church, Sam in beginning the ritual on Crowley when wild Cas appears and asks Dean for help because... he needs a Cupid's Bow for Metatron to lock up Heaven. and he asks for Dean's help. I mean at this moment I think everyone would have gotten the HINT. Dean leaves Sam with Crowley to do the trial by himself (he chooses to go with Cas this is important because the last time he saw Cas he was angry at him).
And then we have that infamous bar scene where Dean might still be hurt but now he is afraid of losing Cas AGAIN due to Heaven about to be locked up and he is like "ummm are you sure? you're -- you're boarding up Heaven, and you're locking the door behind you. you did a lot of damage up there, aren't you afraid the angels might kill you?" and Cas is like stone cold "yeah they might and I am sure about doing this" :( and then they witness as two dudes fall in love in the bar. hint hint again.
quick cut to Crowley who says: "Don't we all -- you, me -- we deserve to be loved. I deserve to be loved! I just want to be loved". hint hint Love is a whole theme of this episode
AND THEN Castiel's grace ends up being the last ingredient to cast out all angels from Heaven after a nephilim and cupid's bow. And it's brushed off with a no-homo line by Metatron: "I want you to live this new life to the fullest. Find a wife. Make babies." SURE. oh to get my hands on the original first drafts of those episodes... a girl can dream.
in conclusion I wonder what the ending would be here. Dean and Cas eventually reunite and finally talk it out? one can argue: "but why Cas didn't confess back when they were having their moment in the bar? :/" well, because, as he tells us himself, (actually he says it to Kevin prior to he bar scene, but it's easy to understand that he is also talking about himself here): "There is no out. Only duty. You are a Prophet of the Lord, always and forever... ...until the day you cease to exist, and then another Prophet takes your place. Now, are you clear as to the task before you? Then do it, and let's go." (now don't think about this line and Dean's quiet: "Are you sure? Aren't you afraid?" in the bar and Castiel's "Yeah I'm sure")
so then they finally reunite, both human and they find each other and Cas is like "My grace was the special last spell ingredient because ..................." and they would address the Crypt Scene confession finally, I guess. They arrive at the Church and Sam is dead (according to what we know now (if a soul was in hell it will always end up in hell thing) maybe he went to hell. maybe it's locked up but he is the one in charge Rowena-style?). So of course Dean is a wreck but he has Cas by his side. Holding hands as they bury Sam. I don't know but I want to know SO BADLY what they had originally planned here. I would literally willingly sell my kidney to read Carver's mind.
I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR THIS ASK I HAD TO GET THIS OUT OF MY HEAD ILY <3333333333333
okay I have NO CLUE what they meant to do or the validity of the assumptions, but this is SO interesting and I agree with all your analysis of canon, except I also don't think that Cas like. understood at all or ever thought Dean's "I love you" meant what Dean did at this point xnkslfkdkdkskd so I see your draw to him specifying duty given his probable suicide rather than stay with Dean like he wants.
I also do wonder what they were doing with Sam in s8 it's very disjointed and out of character, so your guesses are VERY interesting. Amelia like made no sense Sam made no sense or the way Sam treated Benny (which I think was set up for Sam decided to choose hunting with Dean over her and Dean about Benny, so I don't know if she was meant to be endgame ever? but I have nooo clue what they could have meant for because the plot is all over the place in s8). anyways INTERESTING. I love all your thoughts thanks for sending this ask 💞💞
#and like to be clear I do view canon destiel VERY similarly to you. you get it.#incest mention#spn#supernatural#destiel#sam Winchester#samelia#s8#sammy#dean winchester#castiel#cas#amelia richardson#amelia#incoherents#ask
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