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eldritch-spouse · 7 months

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The Clergy’s Eye employees/monsters ranked on how much I’d trust them to watch my cat Emma! I apologize if I misspell names or if I forget someone

For context: I wouldn’t be the Admin, and personality wise Emma is sorta like a dog. She actually likes playing in water, and she follows me around a lot. She is a hunter though

TLDR to start off

NO: Vinnel, Magus+Glauk, Krulu, Sybastian, Hellion

Its not that I don’t trust them, it’s that I don’t trust her: Morrel, Patches, The Bobbles (excluding Agner), The Cleric, Colmei, Gallon

Sure, why not?: Agner, Santi, Pebbles, Nebul

The best options: Fank-E, Grimbly, Belo

Now for specific reasonings!

Vinnel: Whether or not Vinnel is good at it, doesn’t matter (though I doubt he’d be great) I’m sorry Pinnie, I just hate Vinnel and want to spend as little time around him as possible

Magus and Glauk: Do I even need to explain? I mean she likes water but come on. I’d be better off leaving her to fend for herself

Krulu: He’d likely thing the task “beneath him” Unlike the previous ranking, though, I would consider him if he was the only option.

Sybastian: Sorta between “NO” and “Not that I don’t trust them, I don’t trust her” in that I don’t think he’d be all that good at caring for her needs, but also she might try and hunt the mimiclings which NOBODY wants to see the aftermath of.

Hellion: Yeah no I just don’t trust him

Morrel: I think he’d have enough self control to not do anything bad to her, but Emma? Listen she’s not a very bitey cat but you can never be too sure. And she is MUCH more likely to break skin than a human. Even if she doesn’t bite him and get poisoned, she’d still mess with the bobbles and knock over stuff in the kitchen and steal food. I care about Emma too much and I respect Morrel too much to put her in his care.

Patches: She’d just get in the way. Best case scenario she’d be sleeping in a spare pumpkin but let’s be honest she’s probably tormenting the bobbles.

Speaking of Bobbles..: No. She’d try and kill them.

The Cleric: They have bigger things to focus on. Plus she’d probably get tangled in the strings soo..

Colmei: If it weren’t for the bees, he’d go in the “Sure, why not?” category. But Emma HAS stuck her paw down a hornet nest before. Don’t trust her.

Gallon: She’d be a menace. Knocking over bottles, getting cat hair everywhere, stealing sips from drinks, getting caught in the goop a couple times. Not a fun experience and I respect Gallon too much for that.

Agner: Nothing notable to say! I think he’d do a decent job.

Santi: As long as he’d not feeding (don’t want to traumatize her or have him and whoever he’s fucking get stared at by a cat) I think he could do a good job!

Pebbles: Nothing notable to say, once again. I think it’d be cute though.

Nebul: Long as he can keep her chill and away from the products, I think it’d turn out well. Maybe he’d had to tell Purpur to be careful with her though. Give the “pets for sale” a little serotonin to brighten their day.

Fank-E: Omg I would get SO MANY cute silly pictures by the end of it!!! Probably make like ten more viral memes with her, get her internet famous. I would have to make sure he doesn’t dye her pink or something though.

Grimbly: I think he would LOVE her, as long as he’s on break. Pretty bows and glitter galore. Just uh, try not to get TOO much glitter on her, don’t want her to get sick. Maybe make it edible glitter for when she grooms her fur.

Belo: The best of the best and my first choice! I mean, cuddling with an angel already has to be an amazing experience, but a FLUFFY ANGEL? I think he would be determined to take good care of her too! Plus, they say cats can sense vibes, and I mean, considering everyone else Belo probably would have half decent vibes.

So that’s my ranking! Signing off

- Spooky Anon 🕸️

To be fair, I agree with most of these too.

Except Pebble and Fank-e, for similar reasons.

Pebble is too nervous. Animals sense that nervous energy and they generally don't like it. I think your cat may react aggressively or negatively in general based on that. And, at the first hint of aggression, Pebble is putting distance between himself and the feline. He might even lose her.

Fank-e is an animal repellent. He's very LOUD, makes odd sounds, probably smells like all sorts of artificial products that are awful to a cat's nose, and he's hyper. He'd love to spend time with your cat, but to her, he's probably the equivalent of a blaring alarm on two legs.

#Gallon oc #Morell oc #Fank-e oc #Pebble oc #Hellion oc #Glauk oc #Magus oc #Krulu oc #Grimbly oc #Santi oc #Nebul oc #Belo oc #Agner oc #Beekeeper boie #Patches oc #Sybastian oc #Vinnel oc #Cleric oc

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calocera · 9 months

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Your posts about SNW Spock makes me so curious, could you please explain how they've done him wrong since he seems very different from the original series :O Are they making him more human despite the SNW taking place before the og?

yeah i can! im not the best person to talk about it probably since im a pretty recent trek fan and also tos/spock arent parts of trek i care about as much as a lot of other fans, but i have opinions for sure!!

firstly just up front i do not like ethan peck as spock. he does not look like spock or act in a way i am satisfied with. it feels like the only reason they cast him was because he has a deep voice. so i am going forward in this with haterism for him specifically not JUST how he is written in snw

Spock is written not like a vulcan but like an anhedonic human. actually not even anhedonic, just like a human raised in vulcan society trying to blend in. like there is nothing about him that feels genuine he just feels like woobiebait for 2012 tumblr to make flower crown edits of because he is awkward and quirky. every scene involving spock is a joke about him and his demeanor, everything he says is a wink wink nudge nudge "lol vulcans act like this and its so stupid lol logic is silly" like i can physically feel a laugh track whenever hes on screen. i enjoy jokes about vulcans but it isnt funny when there isnt anything else. its like spock showing emotion, it isnt satisfying when its a constant and not a little treat peppered in. in snw hes stifling a giggle or screaming in pain or being oopsie awkward silly every time he gets a focal scene, it takes the magic away because now it isnt a rare break in character its just how he is. Ive seen a lot of people defend this aspect as him being young and therefore less mature than in tos, but hes like approaching 30 :\ i get him being less mature but he doesnt act like a sheltered 30 year old he acts like someone freshly 18. at this point its just like…MAKE A NEW CHARACTER!!!!

as a point of contrast, i like how uhura is written in snw (in season 1 anyways, she has barely appeared in s2) she is obviously younger and is growing into her spot on the crew, but they arent hinging her character on the 1 or 2 pop culture uhura moments, retconning anything about that that doesnt align with modern media fandom, and calling it a day; they actually expand on her character outside of like idk her doing a sexy dance and her sitting at the phone (though i guess it is easier for her since she had barely any character in tos anyways). meanwhile they DO do that with spock, his bullet point top 10 iconic spock moments of sometimes being awkward and showing emotion are now the only things he is allowed to do. tldr flanderization

i also think its interesting that it is this way since ethan peck played spock in discovery and there hes the exact opposite. hes extremely serious and vulcan; which fits the tone of the show (regardless of my opinions on the tone of disco). i just dont understand how that spock translated into the snw spock. they are not the same guy.

anyways on to the biggest plot related gripe with him...how he interacts with women!!!yay!!

first theres how they decided to have multiple episodes about his, apparently, strained-yet-loving-and-involved relationship with tpring. the inclusion of t'pring feels stupid because other than the 1 minute of cheap "oh i remember her!" from someone seeing her on screen for the first time what point is there to her returning when the ONE canonical fact about her is that she and spock A: had an arranged marriage, B: did not meet in person since they were children, and C: hated each other. its not like there is a huge contingency of t'pring/spock shippers holding out since 1967 so what value does reintroducing her as a character serve? i assume its as some kind of attempt to give a woman who previously had no real character something to do, but her existence on snw is STILL only about spock and her relation to spock so there isnt any sort of feminist level up happening. including her was not interesting enough to justify retconning the plot of the most iconic episode of star trek. especially when multiple episodes tonally and stakes-wise rely on you caring about them as a couple, and anyone watching who knows who she is already knows that her and spock dont have any relationship to speak of in the future so who is this for? if you really really just NEED spock to have sex with a woman why not make a new character? that would also suck but at least it wouldnt be timeline interfering. im not even a huge continuity purist "oh no!!the timeline!!!plotholes!!!" but when the situation is the writers deliberately breaking the continuity in large ways and the outcome isnt even fun? stupid.

and now his relationship with chapel. i am way more annoyed by this one since its just gross. so from tos the only thing with them is that chapel has a crush on him and spock is not interested. also worth noting that its such a non-plot related thing that it only is revealed under the influence of alien drug virus that makes you horny. and they decided that not only was that enough to base a whole reciprocated romance arc around, but now since theyve introduced tpring back into the story, spock is now a cheater??? what is the POINT of breaking canon to introduce spocks girlfriend only to go "well actually hes horny for his coworker" like...that isnt how love triangles work youve just done a character assassination. the man who would rather kill his best friend than have sex with his wife is now fucking both her and the woman who confessed to him and he got so mad he crushed a computer with his bare hands. ok 👍. i just hate that they chose spock to be the romantic center of the show. anyone else could have been the character who gets into relationship drama why spock? there are multiple new characters who could have taken up the position. and its not like spock has nothing else to do as a character without it

to say things specifically about the most recent epsiode since it was particularly annoying and showed things that happen throughout the series:

firstly spock just does shit thats stupid. illogical even. i know the whole logical fallacy moment with vulcans but when it isnt a point of note in the show and rather just happens as if its a normal occurrence for spock as a person im like...he would be a laughing stock on vukcan and not have any of the positive reputation he holds.

the plot of this ep was basically that spock gets turned completely human and they just miss literally the whole point of it. vulcans have MORE emotion than humans, they ACTIVELY suppress it. yet when spock is turned human he just experiences human emotion completely emotionally? he should be having an EASIER time suppressing his emotions. and OMG he gets a BONER because he sees a hot WOMAN LOL LOL isnt that funny? spock got hard isnt that hilarious? its just so cheap. they act like being human makes him a completely different person, they played it like the voyager episode where belanna gets split into human and klingon BUT in that case she was literally split into two different people (this ep had a lot of issues too ie racism but that’s a different can of worms); here spock just becomes human he still has the same memories and training and history...why would he forget what its like to be a vulcan. they could SO EASILY make excuses too but they just didnt care. and anyways bada bing bada boom the ep ends with him and chapel hooking up which i already complained about and could complain about more.

i think thats already too much so im gunna stop myself here but trust theres more i hate and other people have probably talked about this better than i have :')

blade nation

#ask #star trek #sorry for this everyone im a hater at heart

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fabdante · 30 days

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How do you think reboot Dante would feel about how DMC5 ended? Do you think it would make him try and reach out to his brother more? What do you think him meeting OG Dante, Vergil, and Nero would be like? (Side note: I think reboot Dante and Nico would get along. That woman doesn't take shit from anyone, and I think she'd have a FIELD DAY with his angel and demon powers and shapeshifting Rebellion and all the differences therein. Also, I'd love to see what she could do with Kablooey. Just because I fucking love that weapon, I would love to see what she could do with that design.)

Ok, this is going to get long so bare with me a moment asdfghj I promise I am getting to a point. I have a lot of thoughts adfghjk

TLDR: I think reboot Dante would have a lot of feelings about DMC5s ending and I do think at the end of the day it might bring him a little closer to working on that relationship with Vergil! But also there is so much going on with those two and I'm now going to spend a lot of time dissecting them under the cut

Before I answer the big question though, I'll talk about what I think Dante'd think of the preboot gang!

Preboot Dante: I think they'd get along. They're really similar people to me just at different life stages, you know? And I think as a result preboot Dante understands him. I also think they'd like similar music though preboot's way more into it and reboot Dante would love messing with him (Reboot Dante, Nirvana fan: oh that's a band :) i thought it was a t-shirt brand. Preboot Dante, og Nirvana fan from the 90s, two seconds from strangling him)

Preboot Vergil: I think reboot Dante would...I don't know the word for it, like I guess? That preboot Vergil is far more upfront then his Vergil asdfghj. Preboot Vergil doesn't really lie and manipulate he just sort of is straight up about what he's about and that's probably refreshing. I can not see them interacting for long, preboot Vergil I don't think would like him all that much and reboot Dante would not know what to say to him. (That said if he did upset preboot Dante with silly grunge jokes, that might amuse Vergil)

Nero: I think these two could be buds! They're similar in age and everything. I could see them being friends. Especially since Nico and Nero get along, I just think him and reboot Dante could get along

(Side note, I think Nico and reboot Dante would get along swimmingly! I definitely agree she'd find the angel/demon thing very interesting and they could talk about weapons and shit all day, it'd be so fun!!)

Ok, now onto the big question. What would reboot Dante think about the DMC5 ending. In which I meander a lot and ramble about the twins, their dynamics, and eventually answer the question asdfghj (all under the cut)

The reboot twins have a really interesting relationship to me.

The preboot twins have more of this begrudging acceptance of one another. Like this very 'no matter what that is my brother even if I hate him'. And I think, particularly in Dante's case where he had to live with this guilt of thinking he killed his brother only to find out that he didn't and he has this second chance to mend this relationship, that it makes Dante a lot more willing to in turn attempt to mend that relationship.

Which is not to say that I don't think the reboot twins care about each other. They are brothers and they do, before the end of the game at least, seem to want to have some sort of relationship. But it's a different dynamic.

The two Dantes to me are very similar people, nearly the same guy, just at different points of his life. Where as the Vergil's to me are very different people. While they both seek power in one way or another they're just...Very Different.

The reboot twins to me have always had this sort of tension between them that the preboot ones lack. I mean, the center of the DMC story regardless of being preboot or reboot is this family drama of the Spardas so I'm not trying to say they entirely lack that tension. But there's a very different dynamic going on with the reboot twins to me.

The main difference I think is the fact the reboot twins did not have memories of each other for the bulk of their lives and thus developed very separately. Where as preboot Dante in DMC3 knows his brother and has this past with him and there's some trust there, some need to trust there...reboot Dante kinda...doesn't have that. He gets his memory back, yeah, but he doesn't know Vergil. He knows an 7 year old version of his brother that he no longer is and there's tension in knowing that and the push and pull of wanting to know this person, knowing you on some level do know this person but also knowing that you kind of...don't know this guy. You haven't been there for all these years. This is your brother and you love him but he's a stranger.

And I don't know if reboot Dante exactly...likes what he see's with Vergil. I'm going to be borrowing a little from concepts from this post I made about reboot Dante being smarter then we all give him credit for.

There's also the different ideologies of the reboot twins. Not that preboot Dante and Vergil don't have different opinions on things. They obviously do since Vergil justifies leveling cities in attempts to gain power he feels like he's lacked his whole life and Dante thinks that's kinda messed up. But the reboot, especially in the definitive edition with that added cutscene, puts it more as a point of contention between the brothers. Vergil justifies everything he has done in the reboot because he thinks his plan is the most important thing, because he signed up for that and Dante, who didn't sign up for that, does not remotely agree (I touch on this somewhere in the middle of this really long post of Kat and Vergil things). Which, again, not different from the preboot twins. Dante believes his humanity is important and shuns the demon, thus forth believing in the inherent importance of humans and that their continued safety and existence is important. Vergil believes that his human side is weak and that humanity is expendable as a result of this and his quest for power.

However the difference between twin sets here is I don't exactly think preboot Vergil thinks he's doing any greater good? It's just that people need to die for him to get what he wants and he's indifferent to that suffering. Reboot Vergil on the other hand seems to firmly believe it is his destiny to free man kind and that what he is doing is right and justified (assumption coming from how in Vergil's downfall he tries to justify his actions to hallow Kat but also some cut dialogue that extrapolates upon things he says in game). There's also a sense of playfulness to them in the preboot that the reboot kind of lacks but that's less important I guess right now.

Reboot Dante doesn't exactly seem to trust Vergil. He seems to want to try for the sake of the fact they're brothers and they are all they have left but, again, reboot Dante isn't a very trusting person and he seems to decide very quickly that reboot Vergil is not trustworthy. He seems to spend a lot of the game in this push and pull. I argue a lot of his anger at the end of the game is the fact that Vergil broke that tentative trust and Dante saw it coming the moment he met him.

I also imagine in the aftermath of Vergil leaving (and nearly killing him), Dante probably has a lot of opinions on whatever the situation was with Vergil and Kat and her inevitable reaction to the fact Vergil is gone.

That all said, I do think at the end of the day reboot Dante does want his brother back. Vergil is his only blood family and he does seem to care about him. Even if they don't agree on much. I think also part of this is definitely from Kat, who seems to believe Vergil is worth saving and wants him alive (and still with both of them). So I don't think its incorrect to say that Dante does want to try to mend the relationship (that said I do think reboot Dante wants to do that on his terms, not Vergils)

I think if he were to see the end of DMC5 then and see the preboot twins getting along and joking and fighting together so easily that it'd cause a few things. Probably some jealousy that his brother and him did not so easily just...fall back into place like that. But also the hope that they could get along. Like if they can do it, maybe he can.

But I do think it'll take a lot of work, Vergil did burn a lot of bridges at the end there and even if Dante is willing, Vergil needs to put in the bulk of the work to earn a place back in Dante and Kats lives.

#ask #fab talks #fabtalks #sorry i got carried away asdfghj #i think a lot about the reboot dante and reboot vergil brother relationship #to be fair i just think a lot about the reboot perhaps too much perhaps more then normal or healthy i rambled a lot asdfghj #dmc reboot #fab talks meta #this goes in that tag i think

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mothheart · 7 months

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Blorbo bingo Carlos <3

My sweetiepie my poor misunderstood little autistic pretty sctientist. Silly man who's special interests are his husband and science <3 like It's not even a headcanon, he is autistic. I do see a lot of good takes about him more often than not, but I dont think enough people acknowledge his autistic traits. Like, it's just short of being actually canon. All they'd have to do is explicitly say 'yep, this bitch is Autistic.' (i will continue under a readmore for courtesy of friends/mutuals still not caught up)

He cares so much about Cecil and Esteban!! He loves Cecil and he's a good husband and that's a hill I will die on. I don't think enough people have gotten past the initial 'perfect carlos' and moved on and accepted 'perfectly imperfect Carlos' because he is criticized up and down for every poor decision or mistake to the point that people get the idea that he doesn't care about his family, and that makes me : (

He is definitely traumatized, almost definitely from whatever happened before he found his way to Night Vale (like everything with the phantom ocean and the university of what it is. hello.) And also definitely due to a lot of the things that have happened after arriving in Night Vale. (Like Cecil forgetting him and esteban completely?? And then forgetting he forgot when the timeline was fixed.)

This is too much rambling for blorbo bingo so TLDR I think a lot people are overly harsh on him bc we don't see everything from his point of view like we do from Cecil's & people are still expecting the idealized and flawless Carlos, when in reality he has always just been some kinda mentally ill/autistic/traumatized but very normal man.

#i love his autistic swag and i will also defend him to the death #thank you <33 #miles rambles

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queen-of-the-boos · 4 months

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BAM ANOTHER ASK I STRIKE AGAIN

Band-aid 🩹 and Microphone 🎤 do not hold back when rambling give me everything in your head

Oh you asked for it.

1. If there was one thing about your f/o that you would want people to understand, what would it be?

Moon isn't pure evil. He's chaotic neutral. Yeah I said it. Most of my faves are. I'm not trying to woobify this robot I'm dead fucking serious he has so many neutral traits and it's like I'm the only one who sees them. I guess I'm insane? What else is new man. But anyway just.

He's programmed with security protocols and just wanted to catch Gregory. "Ouuu Gregory is just a kid" maybe so. But he's a fucking menace of a child. Look what happened to the others and the entire pizza plex because of that child. Granted the plex part was also because of a certain entity, but I digress. Moon was trying to stop Gregory in any way possible because it was in his programming.

THAT BEING SAID. He is also a meanie and silly. And you know what? I love that about him. I think he's allowed to be mean and be a little silly as a treat. If I was in someone's shadow all the time constantly being called bad and evil by even the official pizza plex merch, I'd snap too.

I think he just plays into the mean and bad role because it's all he's ever been known as. It's all he knows. Aside from how to take care of children. That can be an iffy mix. But yknow what? Contrary to popular and boring belief, some kids actually like villains better. I imagine there are little regulars of the daycare that adored Moon and he probably loved it. You know if he heard a little one say he was cool, he'd absolutely keep playing up and exaggerating his villainous tendencies. And that never became an actual threat until the whole virus incident.

Yknow something else. I like threatening Moon too. Yeah I said it. I don't care if he has a virus or not that won't stop me from loving every bit of him pre-present-or post virus. And no I don't think he's ever actually hurt a child before Gregory. I think he's scared them shitless but never laid a hand on one. I think he ENJOYED scaring them too. And I think that's fun sorry not sorry. Once again, being the opposite of Sun is all he really knows, and the virus just amped that up to 11.

Did you know that before they were programmed with the knowledge to care for children, they were both theater performers? Facts. It's no wonder poor Sun seems to have anxiety and Moon is so theatrical in his spooky personality. Sun always played the good guy and Moon was always the villain on stage. It's just their natural ways. Furthering my point.

Tldr; Moon isn't inheritly evil. He's morally grey. And programmed to be that way virus or not.

Wow that did get long. Sorry. Hm.

2. Does your f/o sing or play music? If so, how are they at their craft, and what's your favorite thing about it?

I hc Moonie both sings and has a music box for lulling people to sleep. They're a wonderful singer and I'd pay MONEY to fall asleep to their voice. Moon asmr when /hj

My favorite thing about it... Definitely when Moon plays waltzy tunes from his music box and asks me to dance with him- or when he does silly dances to his own music. He's really good at making up funny songs too! Some of them can be morbid, but I like morbid. I like him. I wish I could kiss him. "He doesn't have lips" shut UP yes he does they're right there carved on his big happy smile. Also idgaf I will kiss teeth like a sans selfshipper try me bitch (I'm sure you probably feel the same)

... I'm actually listening to the carousel theme for the first time and imagining dancing with Moonie under the daycare stars... But don't tell anyone....

#hc that he can play all the previous music boxes we've heard #like the shubert's serenade and grandfather's clock #along with some new ones #'but queenie what if the carousel music is from Moon-' listen dont do this to me ill go all anime love moment sparkly eyes #ANYWAY THANK YOU AGAIN LEX #moondrops and lollipops

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give-soup-please · 2 years

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Do you think you'll ever return here soupman? I don't mean like returning to writing stuff like this, just, returning to this blog? Maybe reclaiming it as a soup-based blog? Or will you leave it forever? As much as I love archival stuff (I have a bad memory so preserving things as they are helps me remember), I think I'll miss you. Not your writings, you. So yeah, will you ever come back?

Longer post below the cut (very, very, long. you've been warned), but here's the TLDR: Right now, I can't say whether or not i'm going to do anything more with this blog or leave it as is.

This blog has too many attachments for me to abandon it entirely, but I don't really know what people would like to see me do next, and I am very, very confused by people's responses to me leaving. If you want more detail and context, keep reading.

I really wish I had a solid answer for you, anon. I find myself a little confused, to be honest. I've always tried to pull myself off of rambling and ranting in posts and tags, because I assumed people were 100% here for my TSP content and nothing else. I often try not to do commentary in the posts, and put it in brackets so people recognize it and skip over it if they'd like. But more and more people are showing that they care about the person behind the posts? and I????

In the grand scheme of things, I always assumed I was just some guy who liked TSP a little too much. Good lord, I ramble about the narrator so much sometimes. For goodness sake, I commissioned the VA for some work, which even though it's been a few months, still gets me giggly and blushy when I think about it. Who does that? Who am I, in all of this?

But you didn't come here for my confusion, you came for an answer to a fair question. Truth is, I don't know yet. On one hand, it seems a bit silly to say, "never will i ever return to this blog or TSP, good day." because- life changes. circumstances change. The narrator has changed due to the events of ultra deluxe, and writing for him has changed me as well. On the other, I genuinely don't know what content people would want to see. There's another anon in my inbox who's message I've been staring at all day, where they also asked what will happen to me and whether or not I'd give occasional updates, because they often wonder if the people are alright when their blogs go silent. This is very sweet! I don't want the person who asked that to be embarrassed. But I'm honestly very confused that I'm cared about, outside the context of what I do. I don't understand it at all, to be honest.

I'll let you in on a little secret, for those of you who have read this far. If it weren't for college, I'd keep going. Forever, if I could. If things went my way, the narrator and I would spend all day together, drafting and redrafting, laughing and enjoying each other's company. Because I recognize he's a fictional character, but- at the same time, he also lives in my head. Not as part of a system, I don't have DID, but I carry a lot of fictional characters with me because that's how I coped with growing up the way I did. It was bad business. Those who read the tags carefully might know that I ran away from home a few years ago. My characters helped me stay afloat in what would have otherwise been an impossible situation. I am very, very attached to them.

But I need this degree. Things are complicated on my end. The only guarantee I have for housing involves a deal I made with certain people to pursue a higher education. I can't take my time with it any longer, I have to push forward as a full time student in order to receive what I need. If I don't do what I'm told, I'm at risk for homelessness. Before this, I had been going to community college for four years, taking my time and making excuses. My hubris has caught up with me, and now I've got to go at full speed.

I am not letting these characters go, they're being pried from my fingers along with my free time. I am working on accepting this, on saying goodbye. It's difficult. The grief is overwhelming, but, and here's a funny thing:

A game about free will and the lack thereof, about stanley who is a puppet of the player, and the narrator, who doesn't have much choice either.

Me, a writer, a lover of this game, living a life that's out of my control, and not having options. A predetermined path stretches out ahead, and I walk it.

Familiar story, huh?

I will not be able to handle both this blog and a full course load. A few people have asked me to keep going, to do both. They do not know me as well as I know myself.

On top of that, writing for other people is kind of... stressful. I've always been a 'ride or die' style artist, pushing and straining myself. The way in which I work is not healthy for me. To have that attitude towards school and my hobbies would probably destroy me. I love the prompts people send in, I don't want them to feel bad about it. However, my attitude and approach needs some work. Which is why the blog has an end date, just under a week before classes start.

It sucks. I have no desire to give up what I'm doing, but it's responsible and it makes sense. I think of the narrator near the end of the 'not stanley' ending, and my heart breaks a little.

"I don't know... What's the answer? What do I do? What do I do? What do I- No I have to. I have to shut the game down. I have to. I have to."

Doing the right thing is always hard. I have a few regrets. I regret not starting this blog sooner. I regret what I'll be leaving behind. I regret the choices I've made that have made other choices unavoidable.

But I do not regret my time here. I do not regret the 60k+ (and counting!) words that I've written. I do not regret filling my time with joy. I do not regret the friends I've made thanks to this community.

And thanks to this community, it's been the best summer of my life.

#personal #not tsp related

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foolishlovers · 5 months

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i think you deleted the post where u were asking about how to title fics but i was 3/4th the way through before i realized so im sending an ask. idk if you still want this, but i gotta dump this SOMEWHERE, so now you're stuck with multiple examples of how to title a fic from my own personal experiences. this gives me an excuse to ramble about them a bit. im sorry

okay but really here's the tldr before i start; i only go for lyrics when i really like the song/line and it fits with a central idea, but ultimately? i bullshit it--but with intricate methods. let us begin...

example 1) rolling with a theme

let me start with one of my favorite fics im writing to get me going. the title: do you remember hanging up the stars. this process was honestly very tedious, but im gonna try and put it in a simple format.

so rolling with a theme. this fic is a canon divergence au, where hell is slightly more competent and kicks crowley out of his flat and replaces him with shax like a month after the appcalypse. so pretty quickly! therefore, this throws crowley very off-kilter, thus resulting in aziraphale picking up the very obvious hints and deciding to Make crowley move in with him instead of Talking about it. its a longfic, and i knew from the start that i wanted this title to be grand And related. so, i made a list of the themes that would be explored.

- crowley and his relationship with the stars

- trust in multiple facets (humans and their competence, their trust in each other now that theyre unemployed and recovering, etc)

- non-verbal communication, despite its flaws, can be one of the best ways to show love

- romance manifesting in different forms but are all valid

so i have that list, and i pick the one that's the most important--for this, i chose the stars. then i diffused THAT--what about the stars makes it interesting? what makes crowley long for them so much? i chose distance--crowley, in the show, has a very dettached attitude towards his angelic self. he doesnt hold that self to any higher importance, because why should he? and yeah, he's valid in this, but he also ends up putting off his stars to that angel, not him. he thinks that because he took such pride, such responsibility for them Before, he shouldn't care now, that he should deny this part of hid past and make himself more miserable because of it. but he does want to take pride, he loved AND loves them so fucking much, and he's just hurting himself more the process. i want him to realize that his mark on the world shouldn't be a burden, shouldnt just be a silly little assignment from before the fall. that heaven wants him to forget, that hell wants him to be disgusted by it, that he's doing what they want. that, if fact, it would piss everyone off if he actually owned up to it. i want aziraphale to help him realize it. i want aziraphale to encourage him. so that's where the title comes in: "he looked at you like you were hanging the stars", but Tweaked. taking a kind of common line and twisting it so it fits This. so. wow i went on tangent. im sorry. the rest will be a lot shorter and actualy helpful 😭 the point is that you could treat the title as a summary but even SHORTER. goes with what sounds right, and also don’t think about it too much. OKAY MOVING ON

example 2) rolling with a theme (song lyric edition)

okay next example. title: hold me like you’re scared to. it’s a lyric from the song ‘use me like you do’ by noah floersch. it’s a titanic ‘au’ (don’t judge me please 🥹) about aziraphale and crowley on the boat and getting through millennium of fear of being together while also on a detective noir like adventure. themes are easier to see here: the fear of being caught. afraid of showing your love. and I’d already happened to have a song I really liked, but I could really just listen to any song at any one point and be very inspired. you can also study lyrics from places you really like, if you REALLY want it to be a lyric :)

example 3) resonating with a Word

is there a word that’s repeated a lot in the fic? a word that has Meaning? a single concept summarized in a word that’s important here? that’s a title. you have a good title. example title: please. it’s very centered on begging, and the mc has like heavyyyyy memory problems and is trying to grasp the little wisps they have that are slowly slipping away. like stated before, you don’t have to think about it too hard. wanna make the summary the definition of that word? double whammy!

example 4) canon line/something from the fic

this is for very specific things but let’s say you’ve got like. A really good catchphrase in the fic you came up with. or the fic centers around a diverged canon scene. just pluck it and use it! example title: burn fast, burn bright. one of the reoccurring phrases is the metaphor ‘the candle that burns twice and bright burns half as long’. I just condensed it for the title. :)

and here's a couple tips on what Not to do:

- don’t make it too long. 1 because it’s harder to search, 2 because it’s harder to remember, and 3 bc it would honestly be a handful. it’s a preference, but considerable.

- make sure it relates to the fic in Some way, in literally any capacity. in the same ballpark, don’t

- make sure you like it. you’re going to be refering to the fic with that name for the rest of time.

so yes. I hope this is like. a starting point, at least. if you made this far, you endured the fic rambling (I presume) and for that I thank you. good luck with all your wips, and wish you ultimate good fortune, as well as luck on your tumblr secret santa au. :33

i don’t even know what to say!! thank you, thank you, thank you!! it is so so very kind of you to write all of this, to explain all of this to me, i’m so grateful for all your thoughts and ideas and i’ll keep all of this in mind when i’ll (hopefully??) pick the title for me tumblr secret santa au today!!

#please never ever say for rambling!!#i ASKED for this and i loved every second of it #i’m sending u all virtual flowers 🌸 🌷🌻🌼🌹#i can’t believe u took so much time to help me i can’t thank you enough!!!!#seven-stars-in-his-palm #answered #good omens fanfic #fanfic titles #good omens

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therabbitthatpostthings · 1 year

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A comic I might draw later

HEAVILY inspired by MorningMark and that one scene from Casper meets Wendy (1998).

TLDR: Luz friends love her and will defend her from any threat, even petty human teenagers. Playing real fast and loose with magic and Gravesfield okay, I don't know how magic transfer over now that The Titan is gone and King is still too young but we don't have to get in to all that okay. Also this isn't proofread, this is just a silly little idea I had.

So Luz is back in human realm to finish school along with Vee. Going about her daily goings about. On days like these she likes to walk around and just think/talk with String Bean. They can’t be in the Boiling Iles every weekend so taking a walk around Earth’s nature will have to do. She is human after all. Well no one said Luz’s return was a welcomed one (and after her whole speech about Phillip in class I doubt high schoolers spared her), but who is she care about their opinions? She’s the daughter of the greatest witch who ever lived, sister to a literal god and is friends with the most powerful witches the Demon Realm has ever known! Of course no one on Earth knows or would believe her (spare Jacob), but it’s the thought that counts!

All in all her days passed by fine, save for a few particular classmates. Classmates that had known Luz since she moved to Gravesfield and seen her jump from wierdo, to normie, to reserved and now somehow even weirder? The teasing never stopped or at least you get used to it, is what she told herself. More accurately what she told to String Bean on this particular walk.

“I can’t wait for break to come! Bump finally said yes to opening a Flyer Derby Track!” She cheered. String Bean hissed happily. She turned her head towards the tree line in confusion, like a puppy. Hearing something, she quickly turned into a staff. Luz was quick to grab her worried something might of spooked her.

“This is hilarious, I know you don’t have any friends but talking to a stick is a new low.” A familiar snide voice called from the tree line coming from the bushes and onto the path.

“Ugh Anna.” Luz rolled her eyes as the three stepped out, Anna and the other two girls Luz never really caught the name of.

“If I annoyed so bad why are you always following me? And I do have friends FYI!”

“Yeah, yeah I know. Your ‘super cool and awesome friends from out of town’!” She mocked “Weird that no one’s ever seen them before-“

“People have seen them, they were here for Halloween! They were in my Summer Break Presentation!”

“Oh yeah they were,” one of the follower girls said. Anna sent a stern eye her way before striding over to Luz.

“Whatever. Doesn’t change that you don’t have any friends at school and it makes sense! All you do is creep people out.”

“You think I want to friends like you?” Luz scoffed

“Excuse me-“

“You’re so rude to everyone around you, I doubt even those two like you.”

“What do you know?! Everyone thinks you’re weird!”

“Well if being ‘normal’, whatever that means, makes me like you? I’ll pass.“

Anna huffed in anger lunging towards Luz and grabbing onto the staff. They struggled, pulling towards each other. “Stop it! You’ll hurt her!”

“Her?!” Anna pushed off her back foot taking Luz down and grabbing hold of String Bean. She raised it above her head. “It’s just a stupid stick-“

Before she could slam String Bean down, a sheet of ice covered the path took Anna and her two followers down. String Bean was tossed in the air and caught by a figure riding a long vine.

“Luz!” Willow called out, the vine spiraling down to meet her on the path. Hunter and Gus were close behind. String Bean transformed back in Willow’s hand and floated towards Luz, nuzzling into her cheek.

“Oh girl, I thought I lost you.” She cradled String Bean close.

“Is she okay?” Hunter called out finally catching up with Willow, Gus behind him.

“Yeah, just a little shaken up.” Luz replied.

“What about you Luz?” Gus asked

“I’m fine,” she smiled “What are you guys doing here?”

“Well we came to see if you wanted to hang out but it seems we caught you at a bad time.” Willow glared at the girls. They all scrambled to their feet, ready to run but were blocked by a wall suddenly appearing behind them.

“That’s bold, picking a fight and then running away?” Hunter stated

“Three on one? Talk about unfair.” Gus sneered

“I think three on three is fair enough.” Willow said, magic circles already formed.

“Guys!” Luz called. Luz looked at Anna, full of fear and for a moment saw something familiar. Even if it was fair, she sighed, “It’s not worth it, some people just never change.”

All three complied, sending their own threatening look towards the girls.

“What if they say anything?” Gus asked

“I doubt it, they would look like weirdos.” Luz smiled smugly. String Bean hissed as if to accent the point.

“See you guys on Monday.” Luz said waved off taking to the sky with her friends. Anna and her friends were awestruck at the sight but more so that no one would ever believe them.

Bonus:

“Well I don’t want to go near her- her creepy friends could come attack us again!” One of the girls yelled over the video call.

“We were not attacked, okay. Just Luz and her weirdo friends.” Anna huffed

“Get over it Anna, just let her be.” The other called

“When did this become my fault?!”

“When you almost got us killed today!

“For the last time, we were not attacked-“

A soft tapping at the window.

“Anna?”

“Hold on,” she said moving towards the window. She leaned it, examining it closely. Splattered her window suddenly was a mess of purple goo. It pulled itself off the glass and formed into a body, a face started to form from the goo. A girl with purple hair and bright yellow eyes, like a cat. She tapped on the window with a smile leaving a purple smear. Anna hesitated before the girl opened the window herself.

“Hi.” She smiled

“H-Hi.” Anna stammered

“I’m gonna keep this short cause it’s late. I’m not as nice as Luz or our friends so take this as your only warning. Never hurt my girlfriend. Got it?”

“Y-Yeah.”

“Good.” She smiled. Her form distorted as her skin turned back into a dark purple. The slime slide off the windowsill and down the side of house all the way to the forest behind.

Anna was stunned staring out the window, her friends calling her name in the background.

Meanwhile at Luz’s house, the Hexside Crew set up for a movie night. “Amity! The popcorn’s ready.” Luz called

“Coming! Ghost thought she heard something.” Amity called back. She knelt down to let the incoming abomination slip back into her vase. Amity smiled to herself as she came into the kitchen. She grabbed a bowl and kissed Luz on the cheek.

“You’re smiley, did Ghost catch something?”

“No, just thinking about this spell Em taught me. I can show it to you later.”

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hautecompress · 2 years

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I love the idea of all the vampires in VC referring to daniel as "the boy" because of IWTV even well into 2022 despite daniel's best attempts to remind them 1. he's physically 31 forever 2. he was turned into a vampire in the 80s 3. there are vampires younger than him (quinn and mona come to mind) but daniel molloy is still "the boy" to a lot of them

hi Anon!

this ask made my day--thanks for reaching out to me! i am a huge daniel fan so i appreciate the opportunity to talk about him hehe.

as for *the boy* i completely agree--in a lot of ways i think louis and lestat view daniel as like a charming, naive child. for them, manhood meant things like overseeing your family estate, killing pest animals (all hail the wolf killer), owning your own business--and having no small amount of acquired wealth. they also both value poetry, theater, and the arts and i think would consider contemporary art and things like pop culture to be really sweet and basic.

daniel sort of represents this new age more than any other character, i think because he's the first human we ever meet and he IS so green around the gills. but hes also a 70s child, and his silly little car and funny television shows and blue jeans probably feel very adolescent for a man of 31. he's not married, he doesn't have children, he doesn't have any formal training in music, painting, or any of the classical arts. he doesn't own property (armand is the brains behind night island) and he also can barely take care of himself.

basically, tldr, daniel is a gay disaster who grew up in the age of free love and he has none of the qualities that would match up with what armand, lestat, or louis consider to be "maturity" as a young man.

at the same time, i think louis' view of daniel as "the boy" comes from a place of love, empathy, and affection.

lestat knows daniel hates it, and thus will never let it go.

armand is literally a beautiful fossil and thinks daniel is an idiot, and thus calls him "his boy" and his "little man" just to be patronizing.

#anonymous #tvc #the vampire chronicles #the vampire armand #daniel molloy #louis de pointe du lac #lestat de lioncourt #loustat #daniel and armand #armand and daniel #the boy #iwtv #answered

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atomic-rena · 2 years

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What were your first thoughts to seeing king Julien?

well the first time i met him was in mada 1 and 2, i wasn't a huge animal person (still am not) so even if i liked the movies just fine they never really stuck with me at such a young age.

then in the wonderful year of 2008 tpom started to air on nick. now i still am not an animal person but i really loved tpom! i remember finding king julien funny, a core memory of him that always stuck with me was when he get's his crown stolen by the big rat guy and skipper retrieves it but gets badly beat up only for kj to notice a spot of dirt on it and throw it away in exchange for one of his many replacement crowns. i think generally i just saw him as an asshole tho, he is the cause of most problems in tpom. so yeah, funny guy but not my favorite, (mort was my favorite because he was cute).

but then last year i watched the really long video about mort. you guys know the one, "crimes of mort" or whatever its like 4 hours long. anyways, my jaw was on the floor the entire time. how could the cute little guy from the silly penguin be this eldritch entity?? what the fuck?!?! so i watched ahkj. i had a vague understanding of the mada timeline up until this point, but i figured since ahkj is the prequel to the movies (+ tpom) i should just watch it all in order. i dont really do much, so i have the time...

i was on a road tip with my family the next day, perfect! i can start ahkj! i was captivated by this world i had rediscovered, not only for mort but for king julien too. he was no longer just an asshole that causes problems, he was a more complex and tragic character. one that is somewhat delusional but tries his best to be good (most times). it was a much kinder take on him and my brain just really clicked with him. i watched a few more episodes and decided i should tell my sister.

we get to our destination and we had some down time to kill in a spare bedroom, i had my laptop with me. i ask her if she wants to watch ahkj with me. "it's actually kinda funny!" i modestly promise her, trying to convince her to jump off the deep end with me. she's tired and bored but ultimately still curious enough to say yes. we are fucking hooked to this godforsaken show.

the next couple of months are spent watching nothing but this fucking show with her. i not only start to like king julien more and more, but also maurice and clover. and mort, fucking mort. this little guy found his way into my heart again, this time of course for reasons other than just 'being cute'.

but back to the question: part of the reason kj had such a big appeal to me upon revisiting him was his queerness. i missed it as a kid but this lemur is queer, so obviously queer. but unlike other shows it's not something that others him, it's just him and it felt really natural?? i dont know if i can articulate how i feel fully in text, but regardless of it being very queerbaity, because they never outright say it, i dont think the show had too explicitly say it. now that's a very personal interpretation feel free to disagree but yeah that's kinda how i feel.

another thing is that is a big draw to this character for me is that he's not a fucking teenager. shows about teens are fine (i love the owl house!!) but as an adult that is no longer in high school i dont wanna watch shows about kids in high school. it just feels like every goddamn thing is set in high school (especially anime which i also love but, ughhh different topic). ahkj and just the mada franchise has the advantage of having non human characters, so it's still a funny kid cartoon thats aloud to be silly and lighthearted, but with adult characters with more adult responsibilities. i think ahkj just hit me at the right time in my life, i was able to relate to some of the more general ideas of the show, ya know??

so tldr; as a kid i didnt care for him in tpom but as an adult revisiting him in ahkj he was weirdly relatable. mort is still my favorite despite everything.

#also he's the only completely animal character i've ever found like hot??#i didnt consider myself a furry before i watched ahkj #but now i believe i meet the minimum requirement #so yeah king julien is hot #something about him #anyways #ask #anon #rena.text #king julien #tpom #ahkj

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for you my darling jamie: 3, 9, 19, 21, 22 (👀), 28, 29, and 33!! <3

THANK U MY DARLING SAV!!!!!!

3. How would you describe your writing style?

all over the place tbh!!!!!! i feel like i can very much be a writing style chameleon based on what the vibe of a piece needs, but i def gravitate to either silly goofy writing with lots of unnecessary asides (like lola fic or my reddie fake married disaster fic) OR like. insane ominous overly verbose dread hours (like o&t<3)

9. Thoughts on cliffhangers.

harrowing!!!!! what if the author never updates again???? i dont ever post chapter fics until ive finished or almost finished the entire thing for this reason, i dont want anyone to hurt the way ive been hurt

19. Share a snippet from a wip without giving any context for it.

“Ah, it’s rather smoky—Kristen, did you make cheese crackers? Is that why you—” He cuts himself off, looking genuinely touched at the idea that Kristen would go out of her way to make him his favourite snack, just the way he likes it (burnt).

She’s not sure how she feels about crushing the hopes of a man who’s had his hopes crushed so many times before, so she decides to just rip off the bandaid. “No, your kitchen’s on fire.”

Gilear’s eyes widen, and he takes one more step out of the hallway to where he can see the kitchen, the yells, “Ahhhh! My kitchen is on fire!”

“Great listening skills,” Riz mutters under his breath.

21. Can you accurately predict how long your fics are going to be? If you can, what’s your secret?

yeah for the most part i can! ive been writing fic for 8 years now (omg) so ive kinda just developed a sense for how long a particular idea will take me. i think it helps a lot that im a pretty heavy outliner, and i typically dont start writing something unless ive got most of the plot figured out

but whenever im wrong about a wc its always that i end up being way over. i have cant shut up disease and its terminal

22. What is it about watching the same two idiots falling in love over and over again?

djkglhbsdlj;ghsdfg woowwww i wonder what ship that eyes emoji is for sav!!!! tbh idk if i have a solid answer for this question! sometimes a dynamic just Grips you and youre like holy shit i have to read and think about these people interacting for the next 5-10 business days straight. when i figure it out ill let you know

28. Any writing advice that works for you and you feel like sharing?

yes! i think you should write whatever makes you happy to write because that will make you love writing more, which will make you write more, which will make you be a better writer. early 2021 i decided i wanted to write more stupid goofy shit and i had SUCH a blast writing it it made me wanna write more stupid goofy shit and i had so much fun writing stupid goofy shit i stopped caring about what would get the most hits/kudos/attention/whatever

also i think the secret to not giving a shit is having friends that are also writers. all my closest friends in fandom have been writers and when u can have people to go to who will Get and celebrate your work no matter what? game changer!!!!! opens up a whole world of possibilities like, "hey, what if i wrote this niche rarepair fic with my friend but its in second person and also the ship only has like 2 fics in their tag and also what if we wrote it in one night?" and then u have SO much doing it and dont even bother to check stats bc u already feel so fulfilled for having created it!!!! and also u and ur friend are so much closer now for it!!!

tldr put on some fun music, do a little dance, tell urself "who give a shit" and write whatever the fuck makes u happy

29. What’s the hardest thing about writing?

writing 💔

33. Give your writing a compliment.

aw this one is cute. mmmm i think im pretty good at capturing specific character voices/cadences/vocabulary in dialogue!!! 🥰

send a number for fic writer asks!

#this got so long JLHKFDKG #lova uu #grasslandgirl #ask

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strawberiitea · 3 years

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Hey there! Um, I'm a fairly new follower. I wanted to ask you something. You seem fairly knowledgeable on the whole wilbur villainization thing. Well i uh, I don't know as much as i wish i did about mental illness stigma so please please excuse me if I'm wrong.

I uh just want to try and learn more about this while i can before i spread ant bad takes. Uh please excuse me if this read as aggressive it really isn't meant to be I'm just genuinely curious and I'm sorry if reads that way-

So uh basically i wanted to ask what's so bad about the term villain? isn't it just a role in the story? you can be a complex character and still be a villain, right?

(Once again please please excuse me if I'm wrong i don't know nearly as much as i should but i really really want to learn. I love wilbur as a character but I'm looking for a term for pogopia era that isn't too long like "pogtopia era wilbur" or "pogoptia!wilbur")

I just wanted to ask for your imput because you seem really cool and knowledgeable about this so uh yeah.

Sorry for how rambley that was I'm mot used with interacting with blogs. Uh if any of this is against etiquette I'm really sorry

And uh i just wanted to aay that this isn't meant to be aggressive I'm not sure if i said that already gshdfisne I'm just nervous to send this so i keep adding stuff

FUCKING STARTS THROWING SHIT /pos

ANON FIRST OF ALL I CARE YOU SM.

you didn't come off as aggressive at all!! In fact I'm quite flattered that you came creeping into my silly little inbox with a question. :DDD (you think i'm cool?? fucking sobs 🥺)

honestly if any of y'all have questions about my takes on c!wilbur I'd lose my fucking shit (/pos) so i'm green lighting you all. Do it. Do it.

my brainrot is immense your honor. i can write Essays on this silly mother fucker with his arms in the air.

so without further a do.

*cracks fingers*

"What's so bad about the term 'villain'? isn't it just a role in a story? you can be a complex character and still be a villain, right?"

that's an interesting question, anon! Here's a few ways I can answer it:

the term "villain" in itself isn't bad! it is a role in a story – and you can still be a complex character while being a villain!! (point – dream. he's the villain of the smp, but he's not one dimensional – he's an extremely complex character with very intricate motivations. [like any good character!] and while i do agree that he is a bastard – he is much more nuanced than being just "the main villain", per say.)

(tldr; dream is a villain ‐ but he's also much more than just his narrative label!)

the problem is not the label in itself – The problem is that it's an inaccurate (and upsetting) label for c!Wilbur specifically!!

(* there's quite a big stigma around the "was wilbur a villain or not?" discourse. what I'll be talking about below stems more from what piles onto it – but if you're curious, anon – @/general-light wrote a fantastic analysis about it)

let me try and break it down for you. there are two main reasons why most of wilbur sympathisers like myself do not like the term "villain" (by extension vilbur) when describing wilbur;

1. it's inherently ableist

and let me elaborate why!! to put it simply – the majority of the fandom is... not very educated on mental illness, which in turn means it can be frequently ableist (even if it's accidental) at times due to that.

it's specifically quite ableist towards wilbur.

here's a few reasons why;

people frequently demonize his mental illness. i'm pretty sure you must've seen all of the "evil wilbur" potrayals in fanart and fanfiction where he's cruel, evil, manipulative and downright abusive.

most of the symptoms he showed due to his very poor mental health (paranoia, lashing out, anger –) were the "ugly" and "scary" sides of mental illness, and in turn were unable to romanticize; so most of the fandom took that and decided to villanize him instead.

and i'm not saying a mentally ill character can't be a villain, nor am i excusing wilbur's actions – what i'm saying is that people took a broken man and twisted him into a monster.

similarly, amongst the evil and manipulative potrayals – one of the most notable one's are where he's depicted as "insane."

if you are not aware, anon – the term insane is actually ableist! (as common as it is.) it serves as an innacurate, harmful blanket term. (think of it as a blur. what some people would call "insane", could be, for example – a psychotic break, a violent outburst, and in wilbur's case – paranoia.) this also applies to terms such as "crazy" and "madness."

and while i'm here!! i see that you were curious as to what terms to use for him – i'd recommend you use "spiralbur" instead of "vilbur" or "insanebur" as it references his downward spiral!!

(* while i don't think simply calling him just a villain is ableist, more just innacurate to his character – it's everything else that usually piles onto it that makes it ableist.)

2. it usually waters down his character immensely

aside from the ableism, people tend to just completely take away wilbur's nuance and complexity to fit him into a specific mould.

tell me anon, how different is c!wilbur from his fanon potrayal?

fanon wilbur is often potrayed as strong, violent, manipulative, evil, and insane – while canon wilbur was weak, depressed, angry, traumatised, codependant, and paranoid.

aside from character inaccuracies – people simply tend to just completely over simplify and water him down. such as when people reduce his entire personality to "tnt!!! bombs!!!" – or when people twist him into the image of "sexy hot villain man"

. . . i'm not kidding.

going back to your original question,

"isn't it just a role in a story?"

in regards to that, i believe the term you're looking for is antagonist!! and while "villain" and "antagonist" can blur into eachother – i personally perfer to use antagonist :]

"An antagonist is a character who acts in opposition to the protagonist (main character) in a story. A villain is a character with evil or criminal goals and methods."

"An antagonist, in a work of fiction, is a character or force that opposes a protagonist, the main character who often is the story's hero. An antagonist provides the story's conflict by creating an obstacle for a story's protagonist."

"Antagonists are plot devices that create obstructions and challenges for your hero protagonist. You can have more than one antagonist in your story. But, the villain must remain the protagonist's main opponent."

(* a villain is an antagonist, but an antagonist doesn't necessarily have to be a villain!)

i hope that answers your question anon!! i'd love to receive more asks like this, they make me hap e :]

#dream smp #mcyt #wilbur soot #dream smp analysis #analysis #meta #teaanswers #teanalysis

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justalittlebluetiefling · 3 years

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idk if you've answered this already when exactly do you think fjord started to realize his feelings for jester were...more than friendly? 👀

Oof anon, this is a toughy. I think I have? But it’s been a while. My answer changes almost every time, I swear. I think this is consistent with my previous feelings on it, though.

So... I actually have full plans to go back and rewatch just the pirate arc. I think episodes 33 - 48ish. And do a full Fjorester dissertation on those with like, screenshots and stuff, because so much changed between those two during that time.

Okay I’m just rambling before actually answering your question lol. This is kind of a long answer anon I’m sort of sorry? I had feelings.

TLDR: He realized that he was in love with her around Episode 72. But the problem is that this is way more layered than that, because his feelings for her have been evolving into something more for the entire campaign.

When do I think Fjord started to realize? The reason I have a hard time answering this is because there were just so many steps. And I’m about to say something that maybe isn’t entirely fair to Fjord and maybe doesn’t give him enough credit, but it sort of ties into the rest of this. I think that for the first few months of traveling with Jester, Fjord kind of had the same ideas about her that a lot of fandom does/did. That she’s silly and happy all the time and nothing affects her. BUT. He had these ideas about her in a much more charitable way. Like... he admired those things about her and they were the parts of her personality that she puts at the forefront, so I honestly don’t blame him for not digging a little deeper.

Now that that has been said, his feelings for her have been constantly changing.

Travis knows Fjord best obviously, and he says that the Jellyfish talk really affected Fjord, but if we’re going to go there, episode 30 was when someone first pointed out to him that Jester might be putting on an act. Overcompensating with happiness to try to cheer everyone else up. And then he got to see that up close and personal in episode 36 during the Jellyfish talk when she’s truly vulnerable and honest with someone about the way she’s hurting.

So, it starts there. Not his crush. Not really. But his realization that Jester needs someone to be there for her the way she’s there for everyone else.

But it also sort of starts to put all of her actions into a different light for him, because with everything that she does from there on out, you can sort of see him analyzing it. Is she just putting up a front or is she actually happy?

Not to mention, Jester is just there for him through all of this stuff. No matter what terrifying thing he wants to do next, she’s backing him up.

And then we reach EPISODE 47. Why did I capslock this? Because I love this episode for them. He hears her praying to the Traveler for his protection. Like. Okay. I’m gonna go off on a tangent for a second, I’m sorry.

I’m thinking about the last episode of Talks about how Travis said that Vandran was Fjord’s first experience of someone truly caring about him, even if it was tough love or kind of shitty. And just the contrast of the way Vandran showed him love and the way Jester shows him love. It’s just someone putting his well-being first, physical and emotional, and wanting him to be safe and happy and to love himself.

Anyway I’m gonna get emotional. Back to episode 47 when they just have the softest moment in this entire campaign. This is when he realizes that yeah, she’s silly and she’s so flirtatious, but she really, truly cares for him in a way that no one else ever has. And he’s just so touched by this moment. I think it’s the first time he realizes that maybe her feelings for him are deeper than he thinks.

Because even in this moment, I think he’s still so in his head about his past that he can’t really let himself wonder if his feelings for her are deeper than he’s realized.

Still, he’s always shown awareness of Jester’s location, but after the pirate arc, especially episode 45, he starts to be hyperaware of where she is and what she’s doing, especially in battle. Going into overdrive a bit being protective. Which is who he is. Protective over all of his friends. But especially Jester and she reciprocates in kind.

And he’s always been kind of flirtatious with her, but he really sort of doubles down on it around now. “I am disarming you.” and then I think about the way he smiles when he asks where she is when they’re in Maruo’s shop and she says she’s fallen on top of Caleb and he just grins and says “Hey, Jessie.” And every time things start to get serious between them, they also get sort of awkward. And this is also oddly enough the time she starts to back off with the flirtatious behavior.

Let’s see, I’m getting off track. What’s the biggest realization in this chain of things. Kravaraad. That conversation. This is the big one. Episode 72. Okay, not sure if you’ve noticed a trend, but a lot of this stuff happens when Fjord is figuring out who he is.... I’m not saying it’s because... you know... Jester’s treated him the most consistently out of anyone in his life and he values her opinion and her support pretty much more than anyone, except. I mean. I am saying exactly that.

But yes. Episode 72. They talk about how sometimes they want to run away. He has all this stuff that’s been building up and it all spills out. HE TELLS HER HE THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING WHEN HE LOST HIS POWERS THE FIRST TIME. He admits that he wouldn’t do anything to get his powers back. He realizes that maybe he’s prioritizing finding Vandran more than Vandran is prioritizing finding him.

And Jester wishes she could help more. “Oh, you have been. I’ve known you the longest in this. Sometimes it’s just hard figuring out who you should be instead of who you want to be.” He asks for her opinion on the Wildmother. She promises that their new mission, hers and his, is to do anything to get him away from Uk’otoa.

Forgive me I just want to YELL over this whole conversation.

Like... he talks to Jester and immediately after this conversation, he’s like, “Fuck you, Uk’otoa” and throws his sword into the lava, losing his powers. He starts talking in his real voice. Jester gives him the strength to try to find the balance between who he should be and who he wants to be.

This is like one of the least subtle things I’ve ever seen in my life.

And it makes me think of that line in 108: “You know when someone makes you feel a way that you don't think you have any right to feel or you never thought that you might?”

And it’s like everything is changing for him in this moment. This is where he’s officially conscious that his feelings for Jester are more. They’re something big.

It snowballs from here.

He does little cute things, like making it snow for her and telling her.. she has... an attractive head? Like, Fjord, come on. You have a 20 Charisma and talking to your little blue tiefling friend turns you into a puddle of goo who can’t seem to form an actual sentence. He does big things, like makings sure they take the time to go see the Gentleman. Reassuring her about her power every time she has doubts. LAUNCHING HIMSELF INTO THE AIR OVER AN ACTIVE VOLCANO. You know. Stuff like that.

Well, I hope this answers your question. I just... got carried away. Like I always do. I’m sorry!

#no i'm not really sorry for getting carried away #this is me reining myself in tbh #i didn't even talk about the travelercon arc #okay i mentioned ONE thing about the travelercon arc #but it was only a sentence #OKAY I LIED IT WAS TWO SENTENCES #fjorester #fjord #critical role #the mighty nein #anonymous #erin answers things

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The LadyNoir ship is both wholesome & toxic

Okay, so I already dissected the Marichat ship. Now it’s time to discuss ✨LadyNoir✨

Admittedly, this is my 2nd favorite ship in the series, BUT there are also a lot of issues I have with it that I feel need to be talked about as well.

Where it started

Master Fu put these two together because not only did they put themselves out there to help him when he fell and when he crossed the street in open traffic, but he feels they’re “made for each other.” (And he’s not wrong! I wouldn’t be writing analysis posts for the ships if I thought otherwise.)

Then when Ladybug and Cat Noir had their first mission together, Cat Noir just fell for her super quickly.

Wow. Whoever she is under that mask, I love that girl.

The wholesomeness

These two have clearly built up a decent partnership and even a bit of a friendship.

Even though Cat Noir can pinch a nerve with Ladybug sometimes, she still has a soft spot for him. When timing is good, she can appreciate his stupid puns and silly little pick up lines. She has her moments where she reminds him that he’s a good partner.

Cat Noir takes a lot of unnecessary romantic advances, but he is definitely a great superhero partner for Ladybug. He doesn’t force or push her to do anything, or feel a certain way - he’s just REALLY hopeful that she’ll say yes one day.

He also has put his life out on the line for her with how much he cares. The biggest one I always think of is Gamer 2.0, where he legit sacrifices himself, because he believes and trusts that Ladybug will defeat Gamer 2.0 on her own and bring him back.

Ladybug has also gotten upset/angry at villains for hurting Cat Noir. She even got sad in Zombizou when he risked himself, because she didn’t want him to turn into a zombie.

And speaking of Dark Cupid, Ladybug KISSES him in this episode. It wasn’t ABSOLUTELY necessary to kiss him on the lips but she did. For someone who claims she has no romantic feelings for Cat Noir, she sure plays up the romance a lot! Even in Glaciator, she holds his hand and kisses his cheek to *pretend* they’re in love. Like, she didn’t have to go THAT far, but she did.

But my FAVORITE moment with these two is definitely their kiss in Oblivio. When she learned Adrien is Cat Noir, she appreciated him for both sides (same goes for when she learned it in Chat Blanc.) Sadly, they only remember the kiss because Alya managed to snap a pic of them before Ladybug repaired everything, but it was a pure, wholesome kiss between them.

The Toxicity

Unfortunately, from a different angle, some of the wholesomeness can be seen as bad.

Ladybug doesn’t have ENOUGH of the moments where she tells Cat Noir how much she appreciates him. Usually it just happens when she really needs him or he flat out shows he’s upset when she isn’t being grateful towards him.

She more often downplays him and highlights his mistakes. She’ll get angry at him, she’ll throw him, she’ll use him as bait for villains, she’s wack him on the head just for making a stupid joke. He doesn’t deserve that. That is toxic behavior on Ladybug’s part.

Like I previously said, Ladybug also tends to play up romance in situations where it might be a good idea for her and Cat Noir to fake being a couple. However, this can also be bad because Ladybug is well aware that Cat Noir likes her but it’s unclear if she plays it up more because she actually likes him (I think so, but everyone has their own speculations), or just because she thinks it’s fun. Either way, it toys with his feelings since she keeps telling him she doesn’t like him romantically but then pulls things like that. I’m glad he called her out on playing with his feelings in Glaciator, and she apologized. BUT she still should’ve known better despite not know EXACTLY how deeply he cares about her until that episode.

Also, as Marinette, she has shit on Cat Noir TO ADRIEN’S FACE. She’ll undermine him, say he’s not as awesome or great as Adrien. C’mon, girl. He’s your partner and he’s done so much for you! Get over your obsessive crush on Adrien for .2 seconds and have some appreciation for Cat Noir.

However, Cat Noir isn’t always in the right, either. He fell for Ladybug the first time he met her and developed such strong feelings, when he barely knows anything about her on a personal level. Ladybug is such a stickler on not revealing ANYTHING about their real identities so who knows when she’ll reveal anything or allow him to. He tosses the word “love” around a lot, but it comes across as more of an infatuation considering how little he knows about her.

Additionally, even though he doesn’t push Ladybug, Cat Noir is still very relentless in trying to get her. It’s cute but can also get annoying at times (much like my favorite 90s cartoon Family Matters, when Steve Urkel tries to get Laura in every episode. It’s sweet but sometimes he takes the romance a bit too far.)

For instance, he got so pissy in Glaciator when she didn’t show up even though she pretty much said it was unlikely she’d show up (she was also a bit in the wrong for making her answer unclear.)

The writer tries shutting down the ship

Thomas Ass Truck not only tried taking down Marichat, he’s tried to take down every other ship as well.

The difference with this one is that he CONTINUOUSLY tries taking it down. The problem is that they’ll subtly show feelings for each other in an episode and then Thomas will make Ladybug turn him down AGAIN in the following episode. He just needs to let their feelings develop instead of stepping ahead and then taking it back to square one by making Ladybug say “I’m still in love with another boy!”

Something I liked about the New York special is that Ladybug showed a great amount of appreciation for Cat Noir, but I will not even be phased if the progression is ignored in season 4.

Final Thoughts

TLDR:

1) There’s signs that they like each other but Ladybug needs to stop toying with Cat’s feelings, and Cat needs to step back a bit on the romantic advances.

2) The partner relationship is stronger than the romantic relationship, but hopefully that will build up to the romance over time (if continuity ever becomes a thing in this show)

This is long, I feel like I covered all the bases. If you read it all through, you are appreciated.

#miraculous ladybug #tales of ladybug and cat noir #miraculers #chat noir #adrien agreste #ladybug #marinette dupen chang #ladynoir #ladybug x chat noir #i ship them

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