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wpdarlingpan · 5 months
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will you do a platonic yandere older brother coriolanis (I think that’s how u spell it lol) snow x a sibling! reader ? and he kidnapped them? also it can be fem or gn. have a good day/night!!
I love this idea! And thank you so much I also hope you have a good day/night.
I’m open to doing a part 2 since this is somewhat short if enough people like this storyline. I’m curious on where it could go.
His Little Snowflake ❄️
Platonic Yandere Coriolanus Snow x Younger Sister
Female Pronouns
Word count: 1.1 K
Warnings: Obsessive behavior, mentions of murder
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Coriolanus wasn’t an only child, albeit he was the oldest. He had a little sister named Y/N. She wasn’t as known as he was, after all he was the heir to the snow name and ‘fortune’ so it wasn’t up to her to preserve the name.
When Corio found out he was going to have a little sibling, he was indigent. He knew he would keep all of the rights being the oldest but the idea of having to share with a sibling was torture in his mind.
That was until he saw them.
His mother died in childbirth after having the baby. When his father came home with her, he was prepared to loath the baby that took away his mother, even if she wasn’t the best one.
But one look into the baby’s eyes something shifted.
Corio was the one to look after his sister when his father passed away.
Tigres would always offer to help while Grand’mam claimed she was too old to care for her.
He didn’t care, this was His sibling. His responsibility. His little snowflake.
When the 10th annual hunger games began and he was forced to mentor, it took up some time. With having to write the proposal for the Doctor and being a mentor to Lucy Gray he barely had time for his little sister. He blamed everyone else for the situation. If a teacher kept him after class? That teacher would have something unfortunate happen to them.
He could just give up but he was obsessed with his little sister getting the life she deserved so he had to win the money by any means possible.
Everyday when he got home from all of his duties, he’d go to her room.
“Corio!” She squealed happily running into his open arms. She would jump as high as she could to try and wrap her arms around his neck but it would often end up with him having to bend over as she wrapped around him like a koala.
“Hello Snowflake, I miss you today.” Thats what he’d always say. That fact that he missed her was true but he would also say it to prompt her to say it back. After all didn’t she miss him just as much?
“I missed you too!” Then she’d ramble about her day to him. Not noticing as his scowl as she talked about her friends since the second she’d look up at him he’d change it to a soft smile.
All you needed was each other and he firmly believed that. Maybe Tigres on the occasion when absolutely necessary but she was a cousin. You are his little sister.
“You need to distance yourself from them, it sounds like they are bad influences”
“That doesn’t sound very nice of them, I think you should stop talking to them.”
“A boy? You’re too young. They’ll old hurt you. Do you want to be hurt? Don’t you trust me?”
Those are just a few things he’d say to try and turn the favor back to him through gaslighting and guilt tripping. Of course it always worked. Y/N loved her older brother, she couldn’t not trust him.
With all of the cheating Coriolanus did to make Lucy Gray win it wasn’t that much of a surprise he was caught, at least to everyone else but him. He was too focused on winning that the idea of getting caught was child’s play.
Now they wanted to take him away from you. He simply couldn’t allow that to happen. The idea of not seeing you every minute was distressing to him but for 10 years as he is sent away to the districts? He would kill everyone in his path back to the capital.
So in order to prevent that he did what he does best, manipulate.
First of all he had to get Y/N.
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Bursting into her room he saw her where she usually was, sitting at her desk coloring.
“Y/N!” He spoke urgently as he ran around to pack some clothes “Get ready. We need to leave.”
Y/N saw the panicked look on his face he tried to hide, making her panic about what was happening. Or course she wasn’t told about his treachery, he would murder whoever painted him in anything other than a perfect light to his little sister.
“What’s going on?”
“I’ll explain later, we are going away for awhile.”
“What about Tigres? Grand’mam?”
“They are staying here.”
She was in shock, leaving her family? Her young mine couldn’t process the fact even if she would be with her older brother. It was natural to be scared of change.
And this would change everything.
“I can’t leave them!” Coriolanus was delusional and would hope they would accept to leaving but he planned for the rare possibility of them not.
“Please don’t make me do this the hard way. You want to be with your older brother right? It’s the two of us against the world remember?” She nodded with tears in her eyes as she hugged her little tiger stuffed animal “I have to leave, and I’m not leaving without you. I love you.”
“But-but” Y/N began to stutter out but Corio knew he was losing a lot of time. So he grabbed some sleeping powder he found in Dr. Volumnia’s office and lightly blew it into her face as he caught her as she began to sway on her feet.
“What’s happening-“
“You’ll be okay I swear, we will be okay. We just need to go away for awhile.”
~*~
He somehow convinced everyone he came across that he was allowed to bring her with him. Sure it took some convincing for some but the way he could talk circles around people make them give in pretty quickly.
Then he paid the transfer worker money to send him to district 12.
In no way did he trust Lucy Gray with his little sister, but he didn’t want you to see him killing people nor did he want her left alone for any of those district people to get ahold of and poison her little mind. But he didn’t have a choice so he had to go to the person who is his only option. After all her oh so kind heart wouldn’t allow her to get hurt. That is if Lucy Gray was still alive.
When Y/N woke up she was in the arms of her brother as he brought her into his individual room in the barracks due to his higher standing.
“Where are we?”
“Welcome to district 12 my little snowflake. Nothing can get between us now.”
And he meant it. Even if it meant getting a few people killed along the way and sending his best friend to the hanging tree after he suggested she return back to the capital.
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thenewausten · 2 months
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Quackity realising he's in love with a brazilian streamer HC's! 🇧🇷
Everything started when he invited you to join the QSMP server with Cellbit, Felps and TazerCraft, you were a brazilian streamer and youtuber and just like the others you played a bunch of weird games (and Minecraft as well). The first time he saw your face he thought you were so beautiful and even got a little nervous to send you a message on Instagram (lmao) but he did and you answer, being super attentive to him and of course accepting being part of the server!
You and Alex became friends very fast, always being chaotic together on the server and always flirting as a joke (you'd ask him if he wants to marry you so he could be the first one to get married on the server).
In real life, I can imagine you guys being awake until late night talking about your life's, thoughts, feelings and experiences. As a brazilian myself I think we have a lot in common with his mexican culture so you guys would talk for hours about your cultures, he'd show you mexican songs or bands like Los Tigres del Norte and you'd show him Mamonas Assassinas* (I'd give anything to see him reacting to this band). Also, he'd teach you how to do guacamole and you'd teach him how to do brigadeiro* as well!
I think he'd fall in love with you first and would realise it while streaming your both wedding on the QSMP, listening to your voice as you say how much you love and care for him, or even better, for q!quackity. He'd think he's confusing his feelings with the feelings of his character but his heart would be pounding so fast in his chest as you both talked later off-stream he thought he could have an anxiety attack. "Hmm, hey... I need to go, I have to work on the next event of QSMP, sorry..." He'd say to you, looking at your face on the screen of his phone. "Oh, sure. It's okay! Bye, husband!" You'd joke around calling him husband and he'd be dead for the rest of the night and the next day, thinking he was so fucked up to fall in love with someone who just wanted his friendship and lived so far away from him.
Alex didn't know you felt the same, after a couple weeks you'd realise the way you've been reacting when you talk to him. Something was different. Just like him, you thought you'd be confusing your feelings because all of the marriage lore on the server but why would you blush every damn time he'd say you are beautiful and not only that but an amazing person as well?!
You'd talk with Cellbit about it, not knowing Quackity did the same. Cellbit would say you should talk to him about it and said the same to Alex before (he's our Rodrigo Faro*).
Quackity decided he'd open his heart to you in the QSMP meeting in Brazil, he'd have to wait a couple weeks but it didn't matter, he loved you so he'd wait to see your face in real life even if you didn't love him back in this way.
Part 2???
I decided to write Quackity with a brazilian girl because I don't see a lot in here and there's a lot of brazilian's out there, so this is for all my brazilian people <3
If you're not brazilian, here's the explanation of what I marked with the *:
Mamonas Assassinas was an iconic brazilian band in 1995-1996, their music changed Brazil in that time, bringing happiness, laughter and excitement in a time where all the brazilian's needed it. They did what was never done before in Brazil and they did something someone could never do again. Unfortunately, in March of 1996 they passed away in a plane crash bringing sadness to all of our people. However, they're gone but not forgotten, they live in our hearts <3
Brigadeiro is a typical brazilian candy, it's made with chocolate, condensed milk and butter (it's very good, btw).
Rodrigo Faro is a TV presenter, in his program there's a thing called "Vai dar namoro" ("Will date" is the literal traducion of that) and people go there to meet other people so they can go on a date, lol.
Anyway...
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy the writing! :)
Requests are open!
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hey gang
this is a !!brand new!! poll account to put to the test tumblie's True favorite band!!
inspiration for this account: @doyoulikethissong-poll + some of the other doyou(x) music accs that i cant remember rn
MATCHUPS!!! (round 1)
Fish in a Birdcage VS. Le Tigre
Sarah and the Safe Word VS. Car Seat Headrest
Bear Ghost VS. Sorry Mom
Will Wood and the Tapeworms VS. Human Zoo
Pierce the Veil VS. Oingo Boingo
The Mechanisms VS. Insane Clown Posse
The Crane Wives VS. Mommy Long Legs
I Don't Know How But The Found Me VS. My Chemical Romance
Talking Heads VS. They Might Be Giants
Queen VS. Defiance
Weezer VS. Mother Mother
Set It Off VS. The Oh Hellos
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts VS. Against Me!
ROUND 1.5 MATCHUPS!!
Sorry Mom VS. Oingo Boingo
Talking Heads/They Might Be Giants VS. My Chemical Romance/Queen
Weezer VS. The Mechanisms
Will Wood and the Tapeworms VS. The Oh Hellos
Le Tigre VS. Against Me!
Car Seat Headrest VS. The Crane Wives
ROUND 1.7 MATCHUPS!!
Will Wood and the Tapeworms VS. Against Me!
The Mechanisms VS. My Chemical Romance
Oingo Boingo VS. The Crane Wives
Queen VS. The Crane Wives (THIS WEEK! START: 12/12)
ROUND 1.8 MATCHUPS!!!!!
Against Me! VS. Queen
My Chemical Romance VS. Queen
ADMISSION CRITERIA:
has to be a band of 2+ people!!!!!!! for example, if just will wood is submitted, he cant get in, but if will wood AND the tapeworms are submitted, they're in.
if the band has a person that is also in another band that's competing (ex: le tigre and bikini kill), that's absolutely ok
TAGS:
#bigbandboogiepolls
#bigbandboogieasks
#bigbandboogiecomms
#bigbandboogiemasterposts
submit bands here!!!
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theggning · 2 years
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Oh god look she’s talking about Godot again- YEAH I AM, because nobody talks about Godot’s actual strategy and mechanics as a prosecutor!
Because in canon he only does 4 cases (4 of which he loses and one of which... ahem) Godot has the reputation of being a “bad” prosecutor or inept at his job. But I call bullshit! Players are just used to 2 games where every prosecutor is either Manfred Von Karma or a disciple of his (Payne who??). Godot’s prosecution style is totally unique, and very distinct in ways that make him an absolutely perfect “final boss” prosecutor for the original trilogy.
- Chiefly, and unlike the VK prosecutor club, Godot does not care about winning. Sure, he doesn’t want to lose, but it has nothing to do with his “record.” Though he states his desire to defeat Phoenix, he later specifies he’s actually “testing” him and his worthiness to the legal legacy he’s inherited. And for all the flack Godot gets for his winless record, Phoenix really lucked out in all of these cases. Godot actually would have won State vs. DeLite 1, State vs. DeLite 2, and State vs. Byrde had one witness in each not made a stupid mistake at the finish line.
- To that point, and often unacknowledged, there is a specific moment in each case where Godot stops arguing his case and either gives leeway to or actually assists the defense. (EX: He helps verbally reason out Phoenix’s arguments, agrees to Mia’s request to cross-examine Atmey, personally subpoenas and “tames” Furio Tigre, etc.) This usually comes once it’s been proven beyond a doubt that Phoenix’s client is innocent. Godot remains an unrelenting asshole to Phoenix personally and eggs him on about how competently he can prove his point, but he’s clearly not looking to send innocents to jail to stick it to him.
(Hmm. Who else cares about a client’s guilt or innocence and the truth ahead of “winning...”)
- He infamously has never prosecuted a case before 3-2, but multiple characters remark that he’s obviously not an amateur in the courtroom. Gumshoe in particular notes that Godot has skill and confidence to back up his arrogance (via a series of Top Gun jokes) and he’s not just a rookie floundering around behind the bench.
- Also unlike the VK prosecutor club, Godot mostly plays fair. He doesn’t prep or coach witnesses, doesn’t instruct them to lie. He never does anything as cheap as the infamous “updated autopsy report,” or Franziska’s blatantly illegal detention room photo stunt from 2-2. Obviously there’s a few below-the-belt moments (and he clearly enjoys when he can catch Phoenix flatfooted) but those are mostly the result of this goofball legal system being massively stacked for the prosecution anyway.
- The one questionable quirk of his is the fact he tends to take evidence from the crime scene. In 3-2, he kept DeMasque’s brooch to himself without telling the police he’d found it. Gumshoe and the Judge are both appalled at this but Godot thinks nothing of it, remarking that it’s a “rule” of his that “the safest place for evidence is in my pocket.”
(Hmm, which other legal professional we know tends to pocket evidence from the crime scene without telling the police? And what job does he have?)
- Godot’s style with his witnesses is completely different than the other prosecutors. Rather than coaching them or telling them what and what not to say, he tends to let them speak their minds on the stand. For all his cryptic douchebaggery he does have a way with people, keeping his cool with hostile witnesses (Tigre) and building friendly rapport with others (Ron and Kudo especially come to mind here.) 
(Hmmm, which other legal professional is used to building a strong rapport and trusting a witness to give testimony...?)
- He’s a world class bullshitter. Like even putting aside the unparseable metaphors and non sequiturs, when his back’s against the wall he throws out some absolutely wild arguments, blatantly ridiculous notions, whatever he can think of, trying to make it stick until the evidence decisively rips it down. The whole mirror testimony in 3-3 is a prime example of this... just blatantly stupid, but he allows it because it forces Phoenix to prove something.
(Hmmm... which other legal professional do we know is a constant bullshitter, desperately throwing outrageous theories to see what sticks...?) 
Notice a pattern at all?
This incredibly funny post by @franbamm and @palant1r is 100% accurate and is one of the best takes I’ve ever seen. Why does Godot’s prosecution feel so strange, so off? Because he prosecutes like a defense attorney. Not just any defense attorney either, but a certain defense attorney, the protege of his own protege, the man he crawled back from hell to do battle with. He’s the best possible “final boss” prosecutor for Phoenix because he’s his foil, both characterization and courtroom-wise.
In order to truly prove himself, Phoenix will have to proverbially beat himself: an inwardly honorable but near-incoherent bullshitting weirdo, constantly flying by the seat of his pants.
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kiragecko · 1 year
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It's interesting the blindspots that people can develop through too much information.
I'm not just talking about learning things and then not being able to imagine the perspective of someone who hasn't learned that, which I've seen a couple posts about.
I'm talking about this:
I have a popular post where I translated the Tiger Poem by Nael (age 6) into Classical Maya. In my English notes to the translation, I gloss the word 'Bahlam' as 'Tiger'. This is wrong, it means 'Jaguar'. Tigers don't exist in the Americas. But it actually took me a minute to figure out what was wrong when this was pointed out, and I'm still bemused when people tell each other the correct translation in the notes.
'Jaguar' is a Portuguese loan from the Old Tupi word 'Îagûara'. In Spanish Colonial dictionaries, it's not the word that gets used to translate 'Bahlam.' It was just another indigenous word at the time. Usually, dictionaries use 'El Tigre'. Tiger. The Old World animal with the most similar size and cultural impact. Something they knew, to give an idea of this animal they didn't.
(Not sure why they didn't use leopards, which look a lot more similar, but maybe they weren't as culturally central in the 1600s? Or they're just a lot smaller? Or they were also commonly referred to as tigers?)
I've spent so much time painstakingly translating 17th Century dictionaries, that I forget the modern distinctness of animal species. I read 'Bull' in a central Asian dictionary, and assume it primarily means the local types of ox. I don't bat an eye at a small lizard or hummingbird being considered an insect. A completely random animal will show up, which only exists on the opposite side of the world, and I'll just shrug and bring up a picture so I can guess what local animal is being referred to.
And then, someone forcefully corrects me that hedgehogs don't live in Canada, I mean a PORCUPINE, and I just stand there baffled for a minute. That matters?
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ms-scarletwings · 8 months
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Media Musin’ Monday, #7:
Screw You, Nickalodeon: Making Fiends Deserved Better
I have no idea how anyone could seriously believe that the entertainment industrial complex™ even tries anymore to hold the illusion of a just or meritocratic realm. No holds barred, I have my issues with about every company still clinging like barnacles to the tragic, sinking ship that cable TV has become, but if you want me to point to a network that’s given me an entire skeleton of bones to pick by this point, and I’m underlining Nickelodeon in red at the top of my list.
It’s not because they host some bad shows, no. It’s not a sour grapes reaction to the untimely end of some of my favorite shows either, and though the entire rotten apple situation with creators like Dan Schneider and Butch Hartman certainly added to barrel’s spoilage, I would still feel every bit of my disdain for Nick’s tv group for the one cardinal sin they have committed again and again and again to ad nauseum- their ongoing phase of running a talent slaughterhouse.
It sounds hyperbolic, but I’d call it a fair observation: Spongebob is widely aknowledged as legitimately both the best and the worst thing to happen to this corner of kid’s media, hands down, but I don’t blame the little yellow guy one bit. He’s only another victim to the mess, and as much as I would love to go on a whole dossier spiel of the history of Nickalodeon from the 90s “golden age” to a full list of the dozens of shows and creators their execs have royally fucked over in the name of chasing the ratings dragon… for one, that’s been done a hundred times by other people at this point, and much better than I could. For two, that would take all freaking day. Just off the top of any cartoon savvy person’s head you’d vaguely recall the assassination of Legend of Korra, El Tigre, or Invader Zim, but that can is filled with so many “blink and you’ll miss it” smaller shows that were barely given two steps out of the starting gate, it pads down an entire TVTropes article on the subject. Dozens of them, shows that Nick all but basically set up for failure before quietly shipping them to the peaceful farm upstate- by which I mean shuffled off to inconsistent time blocks and lower priority channels so they could burn out their final approved episodes in hospice. Nicktoons alone garnered a hell of a reputation for exactly what I’m talking about, but that’s show biz, or… something.
Their worst and probably most audacious offense of all? Let me tell you about the fate of the charming world of a little girl who made fiends.
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There’s no better place to talk about the end than the beginning.
Making Fiends, I mean, the original Making Fiends was a series of flash-animated shorts among a handful of other early 2000s web cartoons made by Amy Winfrey.
✨ Just, in case you didn’t recognize or feel something for that name, Amy Winfrey is one of the utter beasts of cartoons in general, not purely kids’ media. Songwriter, directing, animation, screenwriting, voice acting… you name a part of the process, and she’s probably dipped her toe in there at some point. Professionally, she broke into the industry contributing work to earliest season of South Park, and while she personally is most known for and associated with Making Fiends, the likely most prominent body of work she’s been a part of would be Bojack Horseman, wherein she’s credited as a director for many of its strongest episodes, including (but not limited to):
- “Free Churro”
- “The Telescope”
- "Sunk Cost and All That"
- “The View from Halfway Down”
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- Amy Winfrey and her spouse (Peter Merryman) making a cameo appearance in the BJH episode “sunk cost and all that”
And even before all of that, she’s been at this animation stuff since the 90s and it shows in a loaded up portfolio of accolades and projects, both professional and personal.
The relevance of this information is to help put in some perspective to just how rotten of a deal she comparatively got with Nickelodeon, when one of those passion creations got a chance to join the network’s airing list.
But to sum up the idea of the web series proper, it independently released 24 short episodes in total, each centered around the antics of two girls engaged in both a completely one sided friendship and nemesis-ship. The show’s namesake refers to the single action the evil little Vendetta is most known for- creating a variety of servant monsters, many of which she uses to secure her rule over the port town of Clamburg, and all its inhabitants. Charlotte, on the other hand, is the quintessential “children’s show” character: near inhumanly kind, cheerful, and naive. So much so that she’s oblivious to her “best friend’s” near daily attempts to murder her, or the fact that she, you know, despises her.
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In 2006, Nickelodeon took an interest in Winfrey’s toon and the prospect of adapting it into a TV series, reportedly because a daughter of a studio employee was a huge fan.
And fun fact btw, this was actually the first time that Nick did this approach of turning an indie web animation into one of their shows, but it certainly wasn’t the last if you remember this was also the origin of Breadwinners.
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And as far as the audience was concerned, it was quite the successful transition! The TV version pretty much kept all of the major beats and vibes of the original, with polished animation, the same voice actors, and some stylistic upgrades to the art/environmental designs. For a brief time, it was the highest rated thing on its release channel too. Someone I don’t quite recall the name of once endearingly referred to the show as “baby’s first grimdark” and I adore how fitting of a summary that is. It sports a charmingly unique art style, memorable soundtrack, and I can swear to y’all, the humor aged like a fine wine.
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“Why don’t you pretend to be dead?”
“:) ok!”
*slam*
(Also, sidenote, the entire series is still up on your tube, in HD, completely free to watch!)
So, if it’s such a neat little show, then why on earth does barely a soul seem to remember it existing? And even fewer scare who recall knowing about the show during its 2008 release?
Because Nickelodeon Studios, without hyperbole, set this show up for failure at every single turn before it even got a fighting chance.
People know of some shows that Nick treated like garbage, but this one they treated like absolute shit for reasons I can’t fathom.
Making Fiends, for one, never actually saw the light of day on the main network channel, as per the original plans. It was actually instead delegated over to Nick’s sister channel, Nicktoons, by a last minute decision.
Nicktoons, fyi, was not carried by most cable packages. I obviously lived on it as a kid, and it was functionally to Nick what I remember Boomerang being to Carton Network- the cable block where reruns of much older but loved shows were shoveled off to once they finished their days on the main channel.
Second, it was quietly premiered with barely a couple farts of advertising, too. I remember maybe seeing one preview as a kid, on Nicktoons.
And I guess, not keeping either of these in mind, Nick then abruptly pulled the plug on the whole thing, citing the tried and true “low ratings” explanation and leaving it at that.
Not counting years of post-cancelation reruns, the show actively ran from October 4, 2008, to November 1, 2008.
That is roughly a month between premiere and the end production date.
One season. Six entire episodes.
Seven whole additional completed scripts abandoned on the table.
Yeah.
I’m a touch salty about it still.
And with the shutting down of the Nicktoons network social media in 2018, any additional acknowledgment of the show from Nickelodoen themselves has kind of vanished to my knowledge. Like, it’s almost no wonder you already had to be part of the cult following to know about it, when Nick has been quiet about the calf they sent to auction since. Worst part is, they still hogged the rights to the show instead of idk, wild idea, giving it back over to Winfrey. I can only imagine people get away with entire reuploads of the series under the otherwise very IP protective Nick’s nose as another display of how low and bastardly those execs really view Making Fiends.
And that sucks! Wow! But I guess in a “be happy it happened, not sad it ended” way, I’m kind of glad for the fact that we can still enjoy and pass around the show that we did get to experience at all, rather than see it fade into true lost media territory.
Even today, about 16 whole years later, I know for a fact there are still plenty of other fans that remember and cherish the splash this tiny show made in that big, brutal pond. So, in that manner, you can’t truly call Making Fiends dead and gone.
A bittersweet story to think about, and only one of many down a long list, but ultimately one I’m happy to be able to tell at all.
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Even if all the while still raising a giant middle finger to the network for the ending.
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fioras-resolve · 9 months
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okay so hear me out here, ace attorney fans
pressing a statement is a defensive action. it's like blocking in an action game. in most cases, it carries no risk, and lets you look for an opening to strike.
those strikes are presenting evidence, or anything else that comes with a penalty. it's an offensive move that puts you at risk, but has a high payoff if it does work.
fundamentally, a lot of players like to hold the block button. and you can see why a witness like moe or tigre would incense us so much. by penalizing pressing, they make it impossible to defend without risk.
some testimonies require pressing. sometimes pressing in ace attorney 1 is literally the solution, while other times pressing is what creates the opening to take the risk of presenting evidence.
it's worth noting that ace attorney 2 and 3 have a particular habit of putting you on the defensive. barring the tutorial, every first trial of justice for all starts off by making you gather evidence. this requires that you press every single statement just to get the full picture. you cannot present anything, you are just pressing.
this could be viewed as the game forcing you to block for two minutes, thus making bad, boring testimonies. but i actually wanna be more charitable here. these moments are the prosecutors putting you on the defensive, which says something about their characters and how they operate. in some moments, like the bellboy's testimony in turnabout sisters, gives you no offensive options as a way to convey helplessness. i think these kinds of testimonies can be valuable for storytelling reasons, even if they are "less compelling gameplay."
ace attorney investigations, on the other hand, is all about compelling gameplay. i might be biased, because i have miles edgeworth as an alter in my head, but i do like both investigations games a fair bit, and consider aai2 the peak of the series. but the thing with these games is that they focus in on the core gameplay of ace attorney: finding contradictions and presenting evidence. it's a very offense-focused game. every single argument (the games' equivalent of testimonies) ends with presenting evidence. it's actually incredibly stripped down from the rest of the series, you might have to press just to get a bit of new information, but you will then have to find the contradiction in that information. you cannot proceed without landing a decisive blow.
i have a few problems with shu takumi's contributions to the series after the original trilogy. most of them are a topic for another time. but something i wanna focus in on here is the repeated mechanic of "mob cross examination." essentially, you're questioning multiple witnesses at a time, and sometimes when you press someone for more information, others will perk up at what they say. you can then question them and ask them what's on their mind. i think this is a cute mechanic in theory, and it does lead to some good storytelling moments. but it also makes these games very press heavy in a way that i don't like. it kind of ruins the tension of the thing, you know?
i feel like i'm one of the only people who actually gives this stuff any attention. like, a lot of people in the ace attorney fandom essentially see the games as visual novels, caring more about the story than anything you actually do in the game. this is, i suspect, why there's aversion to "filler" in these spaces, because a lot of people just aren't here to play a mystery adventure game. to be clear, i recognize myself as one of the weirdos here. i'm a game designer who cares a lot about mechanics. but like, there's genuine room to talk about game design in the ace attorney series. how these games feel to play, how you make a court drama also a fun game. or maybe i'm just looking for something to do with this series that is likely not getting a new installment for a very long time
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chaifootsteps · 5 months
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I think someone mentioned it, but Viv makes is so obvious she wants everyone to like her stuff. I remember the other day people were talking about her El Tigre phase, and it made me think of something. Could it be she was so well adored during that stuff, or maybe in a later art phase that she hardly had any people dislike her stuff? I feel like maybe she was too adored and didn't have much critics during her younger years which is why she is the way she is.
I think that's a very significant piece of the puzzle, yes.
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lainczgf · 8 months
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Never Your Priority
- PAIRING: Diego lainez x reader
-SUMMARY: Diego came back home for his vacation/break time. However, instead of spending it alone with you, he's been spending it with his friends, you decided you've had enough which eventually lead to an argument between you two.
-CONTAINS: angst, foul language
-WORDS: 1.2K
-SONG: I love You by Billie Eilish
-A/N: Para la persona que solicitó esto, espero que te guste y lo disfrutes. I hope you enjoy I HAD SO MANY IDEAS FOR THIS, and so many drafts I couldn't pick which one to use, but I chose this. Also don't forget to REQUEST. I'm sorry for uploading this late it has been a hectic week.
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Diego came back home after traveling and playing for the Tigres, it's been months since you last saw him. However, you expected to spend it together just the two of you and have some time alone, but he has been hanging out with his friends since he got back. You were okay with it at first of course he missed his friends, but what about you all you wanted was to hang out with him alone.
Every time you tried to suggest you both to hang out just the two of you, it would get shut down or he already had plans with his friends.
Currently right now you were sitting by yourself at this party that was hosted by Diego's friend. You look at Diego who was happily talking to his friends across the room, you sighed. Not wanting to be there anymore surrounded by random people you don't know, and the only person you know, your boyfriend, has forgotten about you.
You were fed up so you decided to go back home, you didn't even let Diego know you were leaving that's how mad you were. You called an Uber and after minutes of waiting, the Uber showed up taking you back to your place.
An hour went by since you made it to your house, you changed into sweats and one of Diego's shirts. Your phone chimed, and you looked at it.
Hermoso
Where are you?
All you replied with was, "Home." You put your phone down, just for it to chime again a second later. He replied with, "I'm on my way." You didn't bother to reply, but waited for him to show up.
30 minutes later he quickly comes in the house, and lets out a relieved sigh seeing you on the couch on your phone. "Me asustaste, pensé que te había pasado algo."
You didn't say anything, you ignored him, you were still angry. "Amor, ¿Qué pasa?" He asked the most aggravating question he could possibly ask right now, and you snapped.
"Enserio Diego," He flinched not expecting you to snap. "You forget about me the whole night just to be with your friends, leaving me by myself with nobody to talk to? Then when I'm not there and see that I'm gone you decide to finally worry about me?"
"I'm trying to catch up with my friends I haven't seen them-" You cut him off.
"DIEGO, LO ÚNICO QUE HAS HECHO HA SIDO PASAR EL RATO CON ELLOS LA ÚLTIMA SEMANA Y MEDIA," You tell him he looked shocked at all this anger seeping out of you, you breathe in before continuing trying to calm yourself down. "Ni siquiera has echo tiempo conmigo a solas." You felt your eyes well up full of tears, but you held them back, you weren't going to cry.
"You're mad because I've been hanging out with my friends too much," He scoffs and you furrow your brows. "I'm sorry that I spent most of my time away traveling and playing, that I can't even hang out with my friends, don't you think you're overreacting." He looks down shaking his head.
You were confused at his reaction expecting him to understand, but instead he was bothered that you spoke up. "You think I'm overreacting?"
He looks at you and nods. "Yeah I think you are." You felt your tears fall down your face, you wipe them quickly.
"Fuck you Diego, I just wanted to hang out with you because I missed you and haven't seen you in so long." You stand up walking towards him standing right in front of him, he looked at you with an expressionless face.
"I text you and call you every time I have time when I'm not here," He said to you, it was your turn to scoff you walk away from him not wanting to talk to him.
"That's not the same as being here with me physically." You mutter.
You walk towards your room and he follows you. "While I don't see or talk to them at all, which is why I'm taking this time to catch up with them." He says as he trails behind you, you turn around towards him making him stop in his track.
"Diego I just want to spend some days with you ALONE, I'm not asking for all your days to be spent with me only." You turn around and he claps his hands, giving you a sarcastic smile.
"Where do you want to go then? Let's go eat at a restaurant, To the beach? Anything you want amor." He was being sarcastic, he was bothered at the fact that you brought this up, and you were hurt by the way he was acting.
"No mames Diego, eres un culero." You looked at him crying because he was being selfish, he wasn't understanding you, it was making you mad.
"Ahora ya no quieres pasar un rato juntos," You shake your head, trying to keep yourself calm.
"No because you aren't sincere clearly I shouldn't have brought it up, it was my fault," You jab your finger at his chest increasing the force, and he lets you do it. "I'm sorry that I want to hang out with my boyfriend who I haven't seen in months. And the time that I do all he wants to do is hang out with his friends."
He stays silent letting you speak, "So you know what I'll leave you to it, I won't stand in the way between you and your friends. I need to go." He looked at you as you texted one of your friends to pick you up, letting you know they were on their way, You grabbed some of your things in a dufflebag, and he was panicking.
"¿Qué haces?" You didn't answer him you packed a couple clothes from the closet you both shared. "Don't leave please."
You sniffle as your tears won't stop, he tries to stop you from leaving, you push his hands away from you. "Déjame en paz, en serio." You said harshly, and he stepped back.
Once you finished your phone chimed and it was your friend letting you know she was there. You made your way out the house and Diego called out after you before you left, you look at him.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"I am staying somewhere else, for tonight because if I stay here we are just going to argue." You wipe your tears and give him a sad smile.
"You don't have to leave amor. Let's talk about it and we can work past it." You shake your head and laugh.
"Diego work past it?" You tried to stay calm not wanting to cause another argument. "We can solve this problem if we just hang out together us alone, but clearly your friends will always be the first priority, not me."
You left not giving him a chance, to speak. He let out a shaky sigh.
I fucked up. I fucked it all up. She's never going to forgive me.
He saw you get in the car and drive off he put his hands on his head, blaming himself. He sat down on the couch putting his head in between his hands. His heart ached painfully he was mad at himself for not understanding, for being a dick towards you and he was going to make it up to you.
He pulled put his phone and looked for your contact.
Amorcito
Lo siento Y/N, I fucked up and whenever you are ready we can talk.
La cague. Was what he kept telling himself.
Later on that night Diego kept replaying what you said.
Clearly your friends will always be the first priority, not me.
He hurt you, and he had to fix it he didn't want to lose you to this argument, so first thing in the morning he was going to talk to you to apologize.
Hopefully you guys enjoyed! I posted it extremely late because I just have been all over the place this week and schools starting next week. It has been so hectic! But this request there was so many ideas and I'VE WROTE SO MANY ANGST ARGUMENT LIKE MY DRAFTS ARE FILLED!! Please don't forget to REQUEST I will definitely write them! Remember I will only be writing for Diego Lainez or any football player for right now. I HOPE YOU ENJOYED THIS. If you want me to turn this into a series please let me know!
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celestiall0tus · 18 days
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Into the Fire - Chapter 7 - Punishment
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            Cicada stepped through the portal to the Supreme’s headquarters with everyone else. Louve Grise, Senketsu, Tigre Rose, Rena, Delphyne, and Lord Bug headed out in search of Hera. Cicada took point as everyone else searched for the Supreme. The resistance they came across were eliminated by Plague and Papillon before Papillon reanimated their corpses. Betterfly and Faerie flinched seeing how Papillon used her powers.
            “Should we be concerned about Papillon?” Cicada asked Bumblebee.
            “We’ll be fine. She’s under my control.”
            “Ok, but what about the zombies she’s making?”
            “Huh? Do those bother you?”
            “Uh, a little. Don’t you think it’s macabre?”
            “Oh, no. I’ve seen worse. She reminds me of the butterfly we have. Though I get the feeling she’s done just as, if not worse things.”
            Cicada winced as she looked back. Plague finished off the guards with quick, fast strikes while Papillon toyed with them before she sliced open their chests and allowed an Akuma to slip into the body. Cicada shuttered and turned forward. She led them through the compound until they found the Supreme. They laughed as everyone poured into the room.
            “What a delightful surprise. Do you think you have enough people to take me down?” the Supreme asked.
            “We’re not here to take you down. We’re here to teach you a lesson,” Cicada declared.
            The Supreme guffawed. “Little insects, the lot of you! I command the miraculous jewels. All power belongs to me. I-!”
            The Supreme stopped midsentence as they crouched into a cowering stance. Their breathing became ragged and rapid while their heart beat increased. Dread Queen and Dread disappeared from the main group and appeared behind the Supreme.
            “You’re all talk, just like the villains and heroes I know,” Dread Queen whispered.
            Dread cackled. “That’s all they are, talk, talk, talk! Where’s it now, hmm? Can’t you talk while cowering?”
            The Supreme took a deep breath. “Attack! Now!”
            Shadows moved and struck. Cicada spun around to see Crush with a dragon and dog villain. Crush teleported around the room and cut down Papillon’s zombies. Crush grinned until Echidna flew up and transformed the fallen zombies into warrior angels. Cicada’s jaw dropped as the angels pursued Crush, chasing her off.
            “Those were mine,” Papillon hissed.
            “You need better warriors,” Echidna remarked.
            “Ladies, focus!” Faerie yelled.
            Echidna and Papillon tsked and looked away. Faerie shook her head as she was hit by the dragon villain. Faerie turned to swat at them, but the dragon had taken cloud form. Drakon shifted to wind form and dispelled the form from the dragon. The dragon snarled and tried to take a new form when Plague and Naga inflected injuries on the dragon that brought her down.
            “Careful! You’re hurting her!” Drakon called out.
            “That’s the point,” Naga hissed.
            “Stop, please! Can’t you see she’s in pain?” Bunella cried out.
            “Mercy is for the weak and foolish, little rabbit,” Plague remarked.
            White Mouse vanished and slipped around everyone. She reached down and took the dragon’s miraculous. The dragon reverted to reveal Reverse Kagami. Naga and Plague ended their powers once Reverse Kagami’s miraculous was taken. Drakon, Bunella, and Viperion rushed to Reverse Kagami’s side while Naga and Plague rolled their eyes and moved on.
            “Cicada, what should we do?” Ladybug asked.
            Cicada grimaced. She glanced between Dread Queen and Dread tormenting the Supreme over to the dog villain toying with Megalodon. She panicked when the dog’s ball hit Megalodon’s shark tooth necklace and the dog used Fetch. She moved to assist Megalodon when Megalodon’s body blurred and she moved in reverse. The ball froze midair, unable to complete its task. The dog hurried to grab it, but Megalodon stabilized and took it. The dog rushed Megalodon when she kicked him in the groin, punched him into a wall as she took his miraculous. The dog reverted to reveal Reverse Felix.
            “Uh, well, I guess-,” Cicada started.
            Cicada saw movement in the corner of her eye. She turned as Echidna’s angels returned with the horse miraculous. She winced when she saw some of their weapons dripped with blood.
            “I… I think it might be best if we stay out of their way,” Cicada commented.
            Ladybug opened her mouth, but stopped when Betterfly placed a hand on her shoulder.
            “No, Cicada has a point. These versions of you all are… unbelievable.”
            Dread laughed. “Unbelievable? Us? You better believe it. This little chump is nothing but hot air. How did you ever bend knee in fear to this creature?”
            “I agree. I’ve seen more ruthlessness from my peers than adults like you,” Dread Queen added.
            “Oh! What have you see? Tell me. Tell me!” Dread yelled.
            Dread Queen looked down. She raised a hand and summoned her weapon, a grim reaper scythe. Drakon, White Mouse, Cicada, Chevalier, Viperion, Bunella, Faerie, Betterfly, Ladybug, and Paw Noir paled at the sight of it. All color drained away completely when Dread Queen swung and impaled the Supreme, spilling crimson blood onto the floor.
            “What are you doing? Stop!” Bunella screamed.
            Dread roared with laughter as she summoned her own scythe. “My turn! My turn!”
            Dread Queen pulled out her scythe as Dread slashed her scythe across the Supreme’s back. Echidna and Papillon snapped their fingers as their soldiers rushed and attacked the Supreme. Naga and Plague stood a few meters away as Naga summoned an Asclepius staff and Plague summoned a Caduceus staff. Naga healed the Supreme while Plague wounded them.
            “Cicada, we need to stop them!” Bunella yelled.
            “I don’t think-.”
            “We’re here!” Hera yelled.
            Cicada turned as Hera arrived with the others. Bumblebee cooed as she picked up Lord Bug and held him with Megalodon. Delphyne and Rena jumped in to assist the others against the Supreme. Delphyne alternated between using her wind to steal the breath from the Supreme and using water to drown them. Rena crafted maddening illusions that plagued the Supreme’s mind.
            “What’s going on?” Hera asked.
            “Uh, just let… just let them do what they’re doing,” Cicada said.
            “But-!” Drakon started.
            “I’m not. You can, but I’m not,” Cicada remarked.
            “Good, because you need to help me,” Bumblebee remarked.
            Cicada yelped as Bumblebee grabbed her and placed her beside Lord Bug. Cicada flew up and hovered as she glanced down at Megalodon.
            “Why are you here with Bee?” Cicada asked.
            “Working my charm, if you catch my drift,” Megalodon commented as she clicked her tongue.
            Bumblebee chuckled. “She is quite the charmer, but it’ll take more than charm to get with me, little shark.”
            “I may be little, but I sure am mighty in all the right places,” Megalodon remarked with a smirk.
            “Right, this is weird. Moving on, you needed something to help you get pictures from Lord Bug, yeah?” Cicada asked.
            “Actually, I had an idea with that,” Lord Bug butted in.
            Lord Bug used his power as he erupted into a violent coughing fit. Cicada and Bumblebee reached out when Echidna rushed over and squished Lord Bug’s face. Echidna’s eyes darkened seeing the blood trailing from Lord Bug’s mouth.
            “Are you ok? Are you sick? What’s wrong?”
            “I’m fine, really. I just… don’t get along with my kwami and it hurts me. That’s all.”
            “What? Renounce it, at once,” Echidna demanded.
            “What? No!”
            “Adrien Agreste, I am your mother, and I will not have you throwing your life away. Renounce it at once!”
            “No! You aren’t my mother. Even if you were, you aren’t my version of her. If you were that version, then it’s all the more reason for me not to listen to you because you never cared about me!”
            Echidna’s eyes widened as she covered her mouth. “I never…? She never…? How? How could she not see the angel before her? Her own miracle?”
            “I’d say you could go find out for yourself, but she’s six feet under and where she belongs.”
            Echidna gasped as tears rimmed her eyes. She turned away from Lord Bug to Cicada. “Wrap this up. I want to go home to my miracle.”
            “Uh, right. Um, Bumblebee, could you help with that?” Cicada asked.
            “Hmm? Oh, yes.”
            Bumblebee turned to everyone and snapped her fingers, demanding their attention. Everyone stopped and turned to her.
            “Finish what you’re doing to this Supreme person. Supreme, I command you to hand over all miraculous jewels in your possession those of this universe,” Bumblebee commanded.
            “Uh, Betterfly, Ladybug, and Paw Noir,” Betterfly commented.
            “Yes, them. Chop, chop.”
            Cicada watched everyone move. The group punishing the Supreme stopped and Naga healed the Supreme. The Supreme moved and recovered the miraculous jewels they had and handed them over to Betterfly, Ladybug, and Paw Noir. Lord Bug moved around the room and gave each person who wanted one a ladybug charm to keep in touch with the other universe versions of themselves. Lord Bug also took the chance to take as many pictures with as many people as possible before he returned to Bumblebee. He gave a charm to Bumblebee, Megalodon, and Cicada.
            “I hope we stay in touch,” Lord Bug said to Cicada.
            “Likewise. And… I hope things get better for you and Tikki.”
            “I doubt that. I’m not exactly her idea of a holder. That would my Lady, my Marinette.”
            “I have a question. How did you get past the whole her being obsessed over you?”
            “Huh? Oh! I met her long after that.”
            “What?”
            “Oh, yeah. She had gone through that phase and gotten over it long before I met her. It was actually the big reason she tried to distance herself from me as Adrien.”
            “Then how are you two together?”
            “Well, that’s a story for another time. Maybe we could meet again. All of us. I’d love to talk more with your Kagami, Luka, you, and me.”
            Cicada smiled. “I’d like that. Bumblebee, what about you?”
            “Hell yeah! Seeing my other cute selves, the spicy little Adriens, and the one cute Luka and the sexy one, I’m intrigued to see more of them.”
            “Oh, me too!” Lord Bug added.
            Cicada chuckled. “Well, let’s finish this and head home, yeah?”
            Bumblebee nodded. She put Cicada, Lord Bug, and Megalodon down before she stood and approached the Supreme. The Supreme looked up at her.
            “This isn’t over. I’ll find a way to get you all back,” the Supreme hissed.
            Bumblebee giggled. She formed a golden thread between her and the Supreme. “By my order, you will never bother any universe other than your own ever again. This is my will, submit to it.”
            The Supreme gritted their teeth before they bowed to Bumblebee.
            Naga grinned and joined Bumblebee. She twirled her Asclepius staff as it transformed into a Caduceus staff, then slammed it onto the ground. Dark shadows rolled off her in waves that pushed everyone back. A large phantom snake slithered from the shadows and glared down at the Supreme.
            “By my will, I curse you with death. Should you break the word of the Bee, and cross into or mess with other universes, death will come swiftly and painfully. So shall it be!”
            Naga thrust her arm towards the Supreme. The snake behind her hissed and coiled around the Supreme, then vanished.
            “What did you do?” Cicada asked.
            “A death curse. I set the conditions to will an early death to ensure we neve hear nor see this fucker again,” Naga answered.
            Cicada swallowed hard. “Well, that’s that, right?”
            “I would say so. Time to head home,” Naga commented.
            Cicada nodded. She opened portals for everyone to return home. They each said their farewells before they left back to their own universes. She closed each portal until two remained. One for her and her friends, and another for Betterfly to return back to his Paris.
            “Thank you, Cicada, for all your help,” Betterfly said.
            “It wasn’t just me. Besides, you should be thanking the Supreme. He did drag us here.”
            Betterfly chuckled. “Undone by his own hubris. Regardless, thank you.”
            Cicada smiled and waved Betterfly, Ladybug, and Paw Noir goodbye. She took a breath and turned to her friends.
            “It’s time to finally go home.”
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so there's no hindi version of phoenix wright but it absolutely SHOULD exist because it would be so good listen-
(i am fully "localising" this because if the english and french versions of the game were allowed to then so am i, dammit)
it would take place in some big city in india, probably mumbai so that the steel samurai stuff can be connected to bollywood
the last time i was in mumbai i literally saw a japanese temple like down the road from my grandparents' building so the japanese influences aren't even that out of place. it's a big city okay, it could totally work
kurain village can be a "gaon" (village) somewhere in the maharastrian countryside. the fey manor even feels a lot like the big family houses you get out in gaon, though with a lot more japanese influence of course
the thought of pearl calling maya "maya didi" is melting my heart omg ("didi" means "big sister" but you can also use it on people who aren't literally your sister)
maya can still be called maya, it's a common name in india
and morgan would get so mad whenever phoenix doesn't call maya "maya-ji" ("ji" is a respectful suffix like "-sama" in japanese). he'd be like SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND, WHY TF WOULD I CALL HER "MAYA-JI"
edgeworth and gumshoe would have THE jai dixit and ali bhai dynamic from dhoom. without the motorbikes, of course. gumshoe would call people "yaar" instead of "pal" (it means the same thing).
larry is circuit. i don't know how else to put that. if you understand then you understand and if you don't, you don't.
speaking of, furio tigre would ABSOLUTELY refer to himself with the pronoun "apun" (a first-person pronoun often used by mafia-type characters) and call people "mamu" ("sucker")
OH AND WOCKY WOULD TOO. wocky would speak in the most munnabhai slang you ever heard. he would also mix english, hindi, marathi, gujarati, punjabi and bengali all in the same sentence. nigh incomprehensible.
lotta hart... while it makes sense to make her from south india, i feel like they get negatively stereotyped enough as is and they deserve better. so you know what? she can be gujju. lotta is from surat now and she talks like it. she's got that "hurati" accent. morgan fey hears her with her પાણી instead of पानी and ગોળી instead of गोली and is immediately like "get out >:("
wendy oldbag being one of those desi grannies is absolutely brilliant lmao
sister bikini being a desi auntie is even better
me and my brother have been calling hindi manfred von karma "manoj karma" for funsies so i've decided to keep it (the word "karma" is of indian origin so it works perfectly)
i haven't come up with pun names for people yet but phoenix, apollo and athena can keep their english first names. seriously, in mumbai you see places with those names all the time. especially apollo. it is inescapable.
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^see? i was DYING. anyways
MAYA'S TRADEMARK FAVOURITE FOOD SHOULD BE PANI PURI ("gol guppa" for you dehli peeps), NO I AM NOT TAKING CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM
khura'in, being likely in the himalayas somewhere near bhutan (based on their climate and culture), would still be a few hours' plane journey from mumbai so it still works. a lot of the khura'inese characters can keep their same names too, eg "nahyuta sahdmadhi" already sounds very very sanskrit to my ears (sanskrit is the south asian equivalent of what latin is in europe). and also have you seen how he dresses because it's clearly a sherwani (indian/pakistani formal clothing) and amara's idle animation is clearly inspired by art of hindu deities and rafya's middle name is literally padma and oh my god there is so much shared cultural influence they are CLEARLY countries that border each other
(the "kh" sound strongly present in the khura'inese language is also giving me south asian vibes...)
me and my brother already joke about how shah rukh khan would totally make a great mr reus/roger retinz. LISTEN okay he absolutely would. he's got that villain swag.
you don't even need to change the other guy's real name ("manov mistree") because that already sounds like an indian name. do you know how common the surname "mistry" is in some parts?? do you know how many gazillions of people i personally know who have names that sound exactly like that??? and roger retinz is the ratings rajah. RAJAH (king). i've already been headcanoning him as desi since the first time i played aa6. anyway shah rukh khan character vibes
(but then again amir khan has literally played an evil magician in a bollywood movie before, so he could pull it off too i think...)
hindi has informal ("tu"), medium ("tum") and formal ("aap") second-person pronouns. you could have SO MUCH FUN with those. franziska would call literally everyone "tu" to assert dominance while edgeworth would call literally everyone "aap" to keep them distant. siblings amirite
franziska referring to miles as "mera chhota bhai" is actually killing me oh my god. that's her chhota bhai you guys skjdhkjfhldjssdrgse
feenie calling dahlia "dollie" works really well because i have like seven relatives with the nickname "dollie" so i'm presuming it must be common
oh yes, and mumbai does occasionally get earthquakes so the DL-6 incident still makes sense
india also has an active space programme so the UR-1 incident does too
and there's a monsoon season with storms so the SL-9 incident does as well ahahhahahhaa this is sO GOOD (okay in all fairness the monsoon season is not in february, when the case takes place... whatever whatever it's FINE i can make it work somehow)
you can use three scripts for the one translation -- english romanisation (for NRIs like me who suck at hindi...), the devanagari script commonly used to write hindi, and the urdu script so that urdu speakers can play too (for the most part the languages are mutually intelligible, you wouldn't need to change the dialogue at all, only the writing system)
if anyone out there is better at hindi than i am and wants to make a fan translation please do, it would be so iconic
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wpdarlingpan · 5 months
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Snow Falls… In Love?
Part 3 (Finale) ❄️
Yandere Coriolanus Snow x innocent!Reader
Female Pronouns
Word Count: 3.1k
Warnings: Obsessive Behavior, Manipulation, Yandere, Coriolanus Snow, Hunger Gamed typical warnings
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Snow kept his promise. The day after the games ended he woke up next to Y/N as the sun shined in then from the window. He simply laid there and watched as she slept and the ride and fall of her chest. It meant she was alive and that’s all he ever wanted.
She began to stir and her eyes opened tiredly before peering up at the boy who didn’t even try and look away.
“Why are you staring at me? Is my hair that bad?” Y/N teased as she used her fingers to brush down her hair. She’d never woken up beside someone before so that little nagging thought in her mind wanted her to look presentable.
“You look as beautiful as ever.” He leaned down and kissed her forehead gently. She blushed flustered. It was odd. Going from waking up in a dingy vent, fearing for her life every second as more and more people died. Now she was laying in bed with the boy she thought she loved, but it was hard to determine. After all, who wouldn’t grow some sort of appreciation for the one who saved their life?
“Oh I doubt it.”
They continued to go back and forth teasing each other, almost making the air in the room feel that much lighter. To outsiders it looked like a married couple. They got ready and cooked breakfast together in an apartment Corio rented just for her. It was all very domestic as they simply sat in each others presence talking about what the plans are for the future,
After receiving the prize money along with Y/N, they went out to the shops and bought her clothes and the apartment, both of which she greatly protested not wanting him to spend money on her but he ignored her.
Then he paid off all of the debt for the Snow estate so Tigres and Grand’mam wouldn’t have to move for as long as they both lived. Sure it was technically his but he figured he’d be spending more time with his soon-to-be wife before they'd move in.
Coriolanus was someone who always thought about the future and so he made plans. He wanted to be married as soon as possible. It didn’t matter how long they’d known each other but he loved her. He wasn’t going to let some stuck-up capital prick take her away from him.
He gave it a week.
Y/N and he went on dates and he showed her things she couldn’t ever dream of. Of course, it only brought up her admiration but now she knew she liked him if not loved him.
Life or death makes people do crazy things.
The kiss at the capital zoo was something she thought about constantly. Now that the looming figure of death wasn't influencing her every move, she had time to think about what it meant, as well as the fact he called her 'my love' in the arena. She doubted he even remembered the last part cause he had never brought it up since.
Y/N wanted to believe all of these dates meant something. Meant that they would someday be together. But to her, it seemed like false hope. After all, no one would approve of them nor would Corio deserve to be stuck with someone from the districts.
Y/N and him were in their practically shared apartment when he asked her to come to the living room.
"What is it Corio?" She asked as they sat down on the couch. He took her hand into his and made his features appear sad.
"The President sent a letter today...'' He trailed off to see her reaction which was immediately frightened giving him the cue to comfort her. "He wants to send you back to District 12 to show them the control of the games"
"No! I don't want to go back! There is nothing for me there. My family is dead, I had no friends, I can't go back to that. You are all I have Corio!" She blurted out the last part before covering her mouth as if it was some sort of crime. It only made Coriolanus love her more. After all, that's what he wanted. her reliance only on him.
"He gave an ultimatum" Y/N shook in fear at the idea. What would it be? Would she be forced into hurting more people? Would she be treated worse then she was in District 12? There seemed to be no way to win. But she finally asked what it was.
"You have to marry me" Her jaw dropped and she instantly turned red. "He wants someone to be watching over you, someone from the capital in order to ensure you don't 'embarrass them' as he said. We could try and find you someone else-"
"No. Please." Y/N begged, she did not want to be sent away nor did she want to be stuck with someone she did not love. "I don't want this for you Corio. You deserve someone with a higher standing. I can't help you get anywhere in the capital and we know it is all about connections and standing, to which I have neither. I'll go back, I love you Corio, but-"
Coriolanus froze at the admission. Sure he loved her with his entire heart. Y/N was his reason for living. She was his.
But he didn't know she fell for him just as he did her, even if it was at a lesser level.
He reached over and pulled her into his lap, her legs on either side of his as he put both hands on the side of her face to bring her closer.
"I love you Y/N. I could never imagine being with anyone else. I want you by my side for the rest of my life." He brought her close and kissed her gently to which she reciprocated. Both tried to put their emotions int the kiss once more but it felt different. Y/N did not know how to pinpoint the feeling.
So she agreed.
Coriolanus had never felt happier. He had the girl, the money, and the power.
But all that rises must fall at some point.
It was the day before their wedding. everything was planned out. Even Tigres made her a beautiful dress just waiting to be worn down the aisle.
Corio had been on his way back home to Y/N when he saw Sejanus go down an alleyway looking around hesitantly. So he followed him.
He was led to a door that was thin enough to hear through if someone tried hard enough and oh he did.
"I know a way out. It can get us out of Panem. If you just go north-" Sejanus was talking to an unknown voice. Coriolanus felt betrayed, he knew how much a sympathizer he was to the rebels but he never thought Sejanus would go as far as to abandon Panem. He grabbed a small recorder from his briefcase and slipped it under the door just enough to catch the information more clearly.
They seemed to be in a rush, not even bothering to check out the door if anyone was there. Nor glancing at the blinking red light.
Once he had enough information Coriolanus took it and ran out of the alley. Walking once he got out in order to not look suspicious.
He quickly went home, letting himself in as he heard Y/N cooking in the other room. The idea of seeing her and getting married the next day made him forget about the recorder sitting in his jacket pocket.
"Hello my love" He spoke as he walked in kissing her cheek. She blushed at the name but returned the greeting. Y/N was still getting used to the pet names and casual admissions of love. After that day on the couch determining they were to be married and they loved each other, he had changed. She noticed he was constantly checking in on her and telling her about how dangerous it was to go out without him. After all, they didn't love her like he did. They wouldn't understand what she had been through so they wouldn't treat her right.
He instilled all of these thoughts into her head and her fear of leaving the apartment alone increased by the sentence. Even when she woke up screaming from nightmares of dying or killing someone. He was right there comforting her, he could still see the kind and innocent glint that shined bright, the reason the capital loved her.
After all, she was what they could never be. They were too full of pride, gluttony, lust, and greed.
He asked her about her day, albeit their was not much to do around the apartment so she sketched.
"Could I see it?" He asked and her eyes lit up as he showed interest in something important to her but she shook her head "It's not done yet. How was your day?"
She successfully deterred him from her and he went on about his day, not including the aspect of Sejanus's 'betrayal'.
They finished their dinner and began getting ready for bed. Y/N still was not comfortable changing in the same room so she straightened up the living room.
Y/N spotted his blood-red suit coat sitting on the chair by the entry way and went to grab it to hang it up but as she did something fell out of the pocket.
She looked down and saw a.. box? It fell open on impact leavig a small recorder to fall out. She knew he carried one around to have in classes or whenever he was learning with Dr. Volumnia but he usually left it with his other materials.
Y/N bent down to pick it up, accidently pushing the 'play' button on the side. She was startled and attempted to turn it off when she heard what it was saying. The rebels. Leaving Panem. All of it.
Why would he have recorded this? She didn't know or at least she didn't want to believe it.
Turning the box around she saw "To Dr. Volumnia" Y/N knew of Coriolanus's loyalty to the Capital, he would never leave it. She knew he was working to design the Hunger Games and of course, a part of her broke at the idea. But, he always treated her like she was worth everything and she loved him.
He was planning to turn Sejanus, someone she met and determine she liked, in as a rebel.
Coriolanus Snow walked into the room, annoucing it was her turn to change and get ready when he saw what she was holding. His heart beat faster and his jaw clenched.
Of course it wasnt Y/N's failt, it was Sejanus's for putting him in this postion.
"Sweetheart?" He called softly as if she was a frightful animal.
"What were you going to do Coriolanus" Y/N spoke giving him a look of anguish.
"What is right."
"This is not right! Sejanus is your friend!"
Coriolanus scoffed at the idea of his 'friend' he was a traitor.
Although Corio supposes he should thank him, after all once he turns this in he will be praised and likely bring him and his love even higher up in the world.
"I don't need him." He walked over taking the box and recorder from her hands before returning it to his coat pocket.
Y/N rushed for the front door. The coldness in his voice scared her. He was willing to sacrifice his childhood friend for what? Power? Money? What she did know was that she did not want to be next on that list.
She pulled it open but a hand reached above her head, shutting it instantly before pushing her against it.
He held both of her wrists above her head as she struggled before growing tired. The adrenaline and anger are being replaced by fear and sadness.
"This is for us my love. When I give this to Dr. Volumnia she will tell everyone what I did for the Capital. How I saved it from the rebels and traitors that claimed to be one of us."
"But I am not one of you! My name is Y/N L/N, and I am from District 12. I hold no power with my last name nor do I have a fortune to sit behind. I am part of the Districts!" He kissed her harshly before he began to speak
"Sure right now you are, but tomorrow? We will be married, You will become Y/N Snow. An heiress to the Snow name and future First Lady of Panem."
Y/N scoffed as she looked at him defiantly. Of course she loved him, it wouldnt turn off in the blink of a eye. He was all she has ever known after being alone for so many years but he was foolish to think she would still marry him.
"I would rather be sent back to District 12, Hell even marry some stuck-up prick than marry you." Her words lacked venom which he picked up on but it only mildly dulled his anger.
His delusions of his love didnt allow him to be anger at her. After all, all of this was Senjanus's fault for corresponding with the rebels in the first place. It isnt Y/N's fault that her sweet mind was corrupted by those foolish rebels.
Still, He wouldn't reveal that the president wasn't forcing them to be married, why would he expose more secrets that are already laid to rest.
"You act as if you have a choice, my love. We will be married tomorrow Y/N Snow. This will all come to pass and we will be the happiest couple in Panem. I will give you everything you've ever desired. My love for you will never die Y/N."
Y/N struggled some more before he reached into his other pocket of the nearby coat. It held some powdered substance. He kept Y/N pushed against the door with his body before quickly opening the powder and blowing a small pinch in her face,
"What did you do?" She cried out, worried it was the same poison se used in the games. "Did you poison me?'
Coriolanus's face grew sympathetic as he put the powder away and picked her up bridal style as her muscles grew limp.
"Of course not my love. I would never hurt you. I'm sorry I worried you, This will just help you get some sleep. After all, we have a big day tomorrow." Y/N went to protest as she felt her eyes close and his grip around her loosened as she was laid in the bed. "Sweet dreams."
Meanwhile, he went and grabbed her sketchbook. He was curious about what she had spent the day drawing and he had nothing else to do before joining his dear fiancée in bed.
He opened it to see a drawing of the two of them, it was an almost photographic image of one of their dates when he took her on a picnic.
Coriolanus tore the page out and placed it in a frame, she claimed it was not finished but he had a feeling it was just cause she was embarrassed to show him.
Walking back to the bedroom he got into bed, kissing Y/N's forehead who was out like a light.
Knowing he would be getting what he dreamed of when he awoke the next day.
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Y/N awoke the next day to Coriolanus out of the room. He sent stylists to help her get ready and had a few guards blocking the exit. The outside at that. He would not allow any men near her while she was getting ready. He didn't trust anyone's intentions, not even the women but someone had to get her ready, and Tigres would cave in an instant. He paid them to get her ready as they were assigned to ignore anything she said about leaving or not going through the wedding.
After all, he couldn't do it himself, it was bad luck to see his bride before the wedding.
After a lot of struggling Y/N figured it wasn't the stylists' fault. She vowed to not lose her values even now.
Then she was escorted to the wedding venue. No one was there to walk her down the aisle and nobody filled the seating area other than Tigres and his Grand'mam.
The officiator stood at the end of the path, white rose petals lining the surface leading her to snow himself.
Y/N walked herself up to the podium where Coriolanus took her hands in an inescapable grip but the poor girl had already succumbed herself to her fate.
She told herself it was because she was tired and there was no way she would get out of this.
But a part of her heart ruled her actions. Just wanting to stay by the man who seemed to love her so dearly that he couldn't stand being without her. She would never admit it.
Not even during their vows where he promised to love her for all of eternity. That she would be his forever.
Not as he slid a beautiful ring on her finger that seemed to be made just for her.
Not even when the question finally came after his own.
"Y/N L/N, do you take this man to be your husband, to live together in marriage in Panem, to love him, to honor him, to comfort him, and to keep him in sickness and in health, forsaking all others, for as long as you both shall live?"
Coriolanus gazed into her eyes, a look prompting her to say 'I do'.
A tear fell. For what she didn't know, A loss of freedom? or was it happiness to be married to the man she loved? Y/N felt as if she was forsaking her love and kindness, everything her mother wanted her to be, if she didn't try and fight back. But it was just so hard, she was tired of fighting.
"I do."
"I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Snow, you may now kiss the bride."
Coriolanus didn't waste another second as he dipped Y/N lovingly. It was a kiss straight out of a romance novel. She kissed him back unknowingly and he knew right then she still loved him without any words needing to be said.
After all, Snow always lands on top.
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Thank you guys for all the love of this story. I am hoping to do more Coriolanus x Reader in the future. After all once I see the movie again Tom Blythe will pull me right back in. I hope you all loved the ending and thank you again 💙
Also this is just an ironic fact but I didn’t do the word count in purpose.
The first part had 1k
The second has 2k
The third has 3k
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bigstupid69 · 8 months
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I heard you have music hcs,,, do tell..
Honestly I feel like so many people are gonna disagree with my HCs about the choir's music taste, especially Penny and that's okay. I know she "canonically" likes boy bands and I guess Eminem?? But let me have fun. Putting it after the cut since it's LONG
To me, because I wanted to make character playlists tolerable for me, I made her like punk, alternative, and shoegaze music!! Specifically riot grrrl and queer punk, also some stuff similar to the dresden dolls but I think? They might be problematic so uh- (a lot of the bands on these playlists might not be great since they're older so my apologizes) but some of the bands on there are Bikini kill, Le Tigre, My Bloody Valentine, Lush, Dead Kennedys, Plumtree, Brat Mobile, Sleater-kinney ect. Anything that includes a lot of harsh noise and screaming pretty much.
Ocean's music headcanons are definitely going to be the most controversial to put out there since I do not like Taylor swift… And since I wanted the playlists to be something I can actually listen to I did not make her a swiftie sorry. But as someone who has listened to the entirety of the Up With People album out of curiosity (I enjoyed it a bit too much unfortunately…) I mostly based it off of that, I don't think there's much of a defined genre other than just "oldies" so... The only like recurring bands are the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and ABBA, the other various songs I've ripped from the fallout radio that I think sounded in tune with Up With People.
I already stated Noel's music taste in the previous post of their reference sheets, he's goth to put it simply, lot's of new wave included as well, plus overall romantic/sad love songs I think he'd ugly cry to, also included a bunch of old French music that I personally thought sounded nice.
Mischa's music taste is probably the easiest for everyone to agree on, (hip-hop and rap). Made him a juggalo so lots of Insane Clown Posse as well as other bands from Psychopathic Records, (him and Ezra are both juggalos sue me), also included Eminem and the Beastie boys along with more "comedic" rappers like Sir Mix a Lot and the Lonely Island. Plus Solujia Boy, Kiss Me Thru the Phone is the mischalia song ever.
Ricky's music taste is probably also usually agreed to be quirky electronic and or as some people like to call it "nerd music". Lemon demon, Daft punk, They Might Be Giants, DEVO, Oingo Boingo, The Talking Heads, Weird Al, and of course David Bowie but he's definitely separated from that genre.
Constance is the one I struggled with the most honestly. I couldn't pick one genre to describe her either, since personally I feel like she would listen to pretty much everything and be able to bond with like every choir member over bands. The only recurring artists in the playlist I made was, The Cardigans, Kimya Dawson, The Moldy Peaches, ABBA, and Wham!, but I think she pretty much likes and will listen to everything. She seems like a vocaloid fan too, I just got exhausted searching for bands and artists from before 2010 lmao.
Sorry for the word vomit, I am very dedicated when it comes to headcanons for literal dead children apparently.
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preordainedplace · 2 months
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tagged by coolest awesomest guy ever @wereoz thank youuuuu <3 havent done one of these before but i love talking about my self forever
last song: mediocrity rules by le tigre (from the desk of mr lady is a great album. go listen to it)
currently watching: finally got around to watching the good place it’s been so so so good so far i love dysfunctional groups of morally corrupt people in inescapable scenarios (iasip and succession enjoyer) so i’m having a lot of fun with it :) also been rewatching my beautiful wife severance and my other slightly worse beautiful wife nbc hannibal. i watch tv shows in normal ways like a normal guy
currently reading: william shakespeare’s othello for my lit class (it’s dense. first year of sixth form so haven’t grasped shakespearean era language yet and i keep having to look things up it’s rough i’m sorry william) + wolf in white van by john darnielle (john is my #1 writerguy his stuff’s always fun to read. so sure i’m biased but wolf in white van’s been super fun so far and in terms of themes and such it really reminds me of tsn especially in its handling of time. so been enjoying it!) + the accidental billionaires by ben mezrich (autism is a real thing. bought her on a second hand books site for 3 bucks and its actually been a really fun read it’s written entirely like a novel so reading it post-social network it just feels like a deeply canon compliant piece of fanfiction. tsn nation get a copy it’s a good time) + they can’t kill us until they kill us by hanif abdurraqib (doesn’t really count because i’ve kind of been skipping around but his prose is absolutely wonderful he’s one of my favourite writers ever :) his essay fall out boy forever is an absolute joy. go read it it’s brilliant he’s brilliant)
current favourites: jacob geller video essays + saying ‘beautiful world that we live in’ in conversation + clothes with so so much unnecessary metal attached to them + writing analytical essays + the power of the human spirit + hats + bright clear days + leafy greens (especially pea shoots. i love pea shoots forever) + annotating books + slogan t shirts + playing and having fun + wearing the same outfit every day + cds + free admission at art galleries + publicly admitting to having a blog + fuckener’s tsn fanfiction + the sound of my wallet chain when i walk + trent reznor and atticus ross soundtracks + the new fall out boy music video + the busy beaver button museum + tunnel vision jewellery + winning ebay auctions + most importantly my beautiful girlfriend the social network 2010 dir. fincher and its accompanying content <3
tagging @viixeon @endingofdramamines @hereticpridemp3 @jokeryuri @scoobydooisgay and any of my other lovely nicey mutuals who see this (u may not know that we’re mutuals because this is a sideblog but you’re all like brothers to me. kisses <3)
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OH PLEASE TALK ABOUT COCO AND THE BOOK OF LIFE my favorite topic tbh
I prefer the book of life i find the whole "these people that look like wooden dolls are meant to be the ones from the history while real people outside of the history don't have the wood look" amazing and a great detail and LA CATRINAAA??? gorgeous woman (also I should say that idia could be the xibalba in the Catarina and Xibalba dynamic there is just this vibe yk yk)
Book of life came before Coco (plus Disney didn't own the century whatever company that book of life originally was from) and when Disney did make their own Dia de los muertos themed movie they tried to TRADEMARK EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS TO MAKE MERCH? Insane.
(Making Pastel de choclo and other chilean dishes like pebre but it just isn't the same with regular ingredients instead of your country ingredients yk? LIKE HARVESTED ON YOUR MOTHER COUNTRY it doesn't taste the same I would include that as a step in the recipe that I am giving Azul totally knowing my country doesn't exist in twst and Azul is taking that step seriously lmao)
-Vaquita
Oooh so I didn't have time to answer this yesterday since I was busy at work. But my general thoughts are that while I enjoy both movies and their portrayal of Día de Muertos, the book of life feels (and is) a story made for and by Mexicans for other Mexicans. You can tell from the music styling, the humor, and the artistic style itself! There are for sure some liberties taken (Xibalba is not a god in mythos it's the name of the underworld roughly) but it feels very true and faithful as an experience. Coco, while I enjoy it, feels more like a group of well intending white Americans wanting to make a movie about Día de Muertos, though I'll give credit they did have Latino artists and cultural workers involved. The style of the movie just also feels more American and, as part of a study I did in undergrad, most Mexicans and other Latinos in general feel that it was made with a very general audience in mind rather than Mexicans or Latinos at all.
La Muerte in the book of life is a very interesting version of her and her design is beautiful! Los muertos in general in the first movie have a more fun, varied design to them, while the second movie just looks and feels like another Pixar film. I don't think it's a bad movie, I loved it and the music is wonderful, but it doesn't feel as genuine, especially watching as a Mexican.
If you like the book of life, the creator also has Maya and the Three (set in the same universe) but also created the nickelodeon show Le Tigre and the CN show Victor and Valentino. He's a Mexican animator, so all his shows are set with that background in mind, but it's very enjoyable for anyone to watch! If you're a fan of the music the composer is Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla, who also did the music for the Last of Us games and show, Brokeback Mountain, and also Maya and the Three.
As for the Disney trademark thing, I know their request was either revoked by Disney themselves or denied due to the backlash. For anyone not super familiar with Latin holidays and stuff, Disney trademarking Día de Muertos is the equivalent of Hallmark trying to trademark Christmas. The only thing they can trademark now is their specific characters and imagery associated with their film, but there's a lot of drama surrounding that and using the likeness of real people and their art in the film without permission.
(I feel you about the food tho, I can't make certain dishes without a very specific brands and items sometimes. I would actually refuse to cause it won't turn out right, and I'm not damning myself or my cooking abilities lmao. Azul would probably get so stressed out with both of us aslkjdalkj)
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columbiastapshoes · 10 months
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general headcanons. take them.
i have been suffering from general rocky horror brainrot and i genuinely feel like i'll explode if i don't say this so yeah!!!! also i just started reading revenge of the old queen and What The Fuck
anyways
columbia needs to be doing something with her hands at all times so she french braids magentas hair a LOT or puts flowers in it or just like. yassifies her hair in general
magenta loves possibly in michigan and columbia watched it once cuz she wanted to be into whatever her gf was into and she did not sleep for two days
brad is asthmatic and lactose intolerant. i won't elaborate.
frank religiously listens to bikini kill and columbia religiously listens to le tigre #kathleenhannahbffs
i dont know if this was ever specified so i could just be flat out wrong but im getting the vibes that magenta is younger and riff raff is older
disclaimer i hate the incest i hate it i hate it i hate it if i talk about the two of them it is a sibling relationship nothing more jesus christ i hate richard o brien
anyways :) brad and janet qpr (real)
i know magenta said "they liked you" to riff raff and "they" did include columbia but i think she's lying i think columbia and riff strongly dislike each other
on the topic of this, i love the idea of the "family member disapproves of the relationship" cliche w riff and magenta/columbia but every time he starts on his "you shouldn't date her" rants she always threatens to share blackmail she has on him when he was a kid
"she's a bad influence" "i'll tell her you bit people" "never mind have fun"
magenta mazzy star gf (real)
shes also the marina gf and columbia is the gwen stefani gf i love them
every single person in that friend group have completely different tastes but the one thing they bond over is chicago. they all love chicago.
and, as a finale..
"don't be a cringe rocky horror fan" WATCH ME *she/xes magenta*
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