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funky-boat-zone · 3 years

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the lighthouse chronicles: part 10/10

big birthday bash

how often do sapient vehicles celebrate their birthdays anyway? depending on how they process time, having their birthday/build date celebration every year could get excessive/tiring.

in one episode, there’s a really loud audio glitch that scared the shit out of me the first time i heard it. the problem is that i can’t remember what episode it was, just that it happened in a scene involving zorran (because of course it did)

top hat’s voice sounds really off fsr

ffs otis, you’re a grown adult. quit being so pouty to the literal child who gave away the surprise by accident.

never thought i’d say this, but i genuinely feel really bad for ten cents here. he’s just a kid who just made a mistake, and what do top hat and otis (adults) do? top hat rats him out to sunshine, and otis acts all passive aggressive towards him.

and even sunshine gets mad at him and says that they may as well just cancel the party!

“it’s okay, you can throw me a surprise party another time” or you could at least pretend to be surprised and try to enjoy the party because it’s the mature thing to do, otis?

“what do you want me to do, sink myself?” “not a bad idea” hey sunshine, what the fuck

the other tugs (seemingly) only forgive him because captain star told them to

and so the party happens and all is well except for the fact that no one apologizes to ten cents for being so awful to him over an honest mistake

stop the music

it’s a whole episode of singing. help

and yes, this is the episode where zorran raps

i am going to outlaw the snugboat harbor song fest

grampus sinking into the water and going “blblblblbl” is a mood

zorran no. zorran please don’t do it, i know you’re evil or sth but-

i thought you were better than this, zorran

“do you want to be famous?” “you mean i’m not already?”

unfortunately, this episode is where i got my headcanon that top hat can sing. i sincerely apologize

grampus dismisses top hat’s singing when he’s the only boat who can remotely carry a tune

sunshine’s voice is at its absolute most grating in this scene jfc

“i’ll never be ready for the song fest :(” (triumphant music playing in the bg)

hooray, “work together” or something, no moral is worth a whole episode of singing

let’s wing it

oh no, vegetable puns

zak’s voice is almost as cursed as zip’s

i never want to hear zorran say “mayonnaise” in any context for any reason ever again

why do the boats know what salad dressing is?

big stack, quit singing

“wish i could help” i appreciate the sentiment izzy, but you are a steam tramper, not a tug, and your dream of helping with the ocean liner can never be

and so we end on a vegetable pun

no strings attached

another music-themed episode?? oh no

another log jam?

are tugboats an instrument?

no patrick, tugboats are not an instrument

coast guard boats are not an instrument either

top hat using his horn/whistle to play the first few notes of the theme song implies that he’s aware of the fourth wall

ten cents, don’t bother cappy. he has important coast guard stuff to do

dammit ten cents, you pulled a coast guard vessel away from his job. people could die

love how ten cents talks abt cappy’s whistle and cappy is represented by a completely different boat.

the rhyming brings up memories of miller-era thomas. and that’s not a compliment

the song sounds like sth out of an obscure 16-bit game that’s only remembered for one song and only because that song was used in a meme

guilty gull

how rich are salty’s parents to get him a working, driveable toy car for his birthday?

you know an episode’s gonna be interesting when it starts with zug getting blamed for something he says he didn’t do

again with the fire barge! i’m banning zip and zug from having any contact with fire barges unless it’s an emergency

do you think billy’s aware that the tugs only really talk to him when they need him for arson?

i think he is, and he’s cool about it. billy, you deserve better. get some friends who see you for more than your skill at arson

f in the chat for zug, the snugboat harbor scapegoat

i know that it’s just tradition to refer to ships as she/her, but in the context of this show it sounds like the stuck tanker is sapient and the tugs are going to destroy her anyway

sl!zug deserves better 2k21

bivalve blues

sunshine’s voice sounds really strained fsr

“wanna hear my new riddle?” “not now. bye” same, ten cents. same

sad boat hours

honestly ten cents has every right to be sad and upset after the events of “big birthday bash”

that’s not why he’s sad though, he’s upset bc he feels unappreciated or sth

a fire?? that escalated quickly, holy shit

love how bluenose is just sitting in the background with no one noticing/acknowledging him as ten cents takes the fuel barge

also that split second of bluenose twitching/shaking at the end

honestly i’m more interested in whatever the hell’s going on with him

i’m sad because they had to incorporate and re-dub that emotional ending scene from “munitions”

ten cents gets cheered up, the other tugs appreciate him, sunshine finally tells him her riddle, and bluenose is presumably scarred for life because this the last episode and we never see him again after this.

#the lighthouse chronicles #shitpost #ask to tag #reaction tag

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sugarandspice-games · 3 years

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I guess this is becoming a trend... I’m popping in before the actual intro to clarify-- if the text is in italic, it is me (Sugar) talking and regular is Spice. Alright? Cool. And so--

So, one night I’m going through youtube and I come upon this one shitposty video about some random anime that I’ve never even heard of. After doing some research, I discover that it’s actually based on a dating sim that I’ve also never heard of. As a joke I was like “Hey Sugar wanna watch this as a joke, it might be funny” and so we did. And uhm. Well.

Today we’re gonna be reviewing Brothers Conflict, aka Sweet Home Alabama 2: Electric Anime Boogaloo aka the anime that ruined our lives. [Again, disclaimer: neither Sugar nor I condone incest and/or pedophilia, two themes which are uh, very rampant in this anime which is why I cannot recommend it in good faith. It’s not good, don’t get me wrong. I can’t really say that I liked it even if watching it and ragging on it was kind of enjoyable, and I did get attached to some of the characters because that’s the kind of idiot I am. Also, we’re not shirking our duties to write I swear please don’t kill me--] Anyway, an obligatory SPOILER WARNING though this probably isn’t going in the main tag bc I do not want the fans to publicly stone me. Why are we reviewing this? Bc we need to talk about it somewhere. Though I say review lightly bc this... is really more of a critique.

ALSO we only watched the anime, idk if things are different in the game. There is no full english translation for the games and most of the LP channels have been copyright striked, so please don’t come at us for not knowing anything. I also know that otome games and dating sims don’t tend to translate well to anime, and I will be addressing this later.

So, dear god, where do I begin.

Where do we begin indeed? How about the fact that her name is Ema and I had to google to remember the heroine’s name? Also, she is seventeen.

Our plot, or well... what you COULD call a plot, I guess, if you REALLY wanted to give this anime that much credit, focuses on the aforementioned seventeen year old Hinata Ema, who has an absent father who apparently FOUND THE TIME TO FALL IN LOVE AND GET MARRIED BUT NEVER HAS A SECOND TO SPARE FOR HIS ONLY CHILD, RINTARO I SWEAR TO GOD I AM TAKING CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD. HAND HER OVER-- Anyway. He’s getting married to a woman who has 13 sons (jesus christ ma’am have you ever heard of a condom?) and he decides to move her in with them because... I guess he has less braincells than I have balls, which is to say, zero. Hi, I’m trans.

So, Ema moves in with them... along with her talking grey squirrel, Juli. Juli is... interesting and by interesting, I mean-- ABSOLUTELY PUZZLING. He, apparently, has seen the majority of Ema’s life from babyhood to teenagerhood and can talk but is only understood by Ema (who he calls Chii) and Louis, the eighth son in the Asahina family. It is never explained why, or how Chii came across him or how in an episode, a single episode, he becomes human because why the hell not, I guess??? (Also, he is pretty. YES. I said it. Fight me.) [Quick Spice intervention, this squirrel can talk to people, transform into a human, enter dreams, and live way longer than a squirrel should since the average lifespan of a squirrel is like 6 years in the wild. Juli is apparently a god as none of this is EVER explained.]

And when she meets the Asahina family, it’s pretty much immediately chaos because these heterosexual (I guess? They look like a bunch of twinks to me but there goes anime trying to convince me that straight people are real and not a lie made up by Trump) men have NEVER and I mean NEVER known a woman in their entire lives, since they seem to want to bang their stepsister immediately. And most of them are GROWN ASS ADULTS. Only three of them are actually minors (though Iori is 18 and only one year older so I guess??? It’s okay??? But still weird) and one of them is a 13 year old who looks and acts like he’s 8.

Oh, and did I mention that out of these boys, only the adult triplets and the abusive asshole 16 year old get any kind of characterization AND character development? I mean, Subaru gets an “arc” if you can call it that, but really, they don’t give him much... personality. You could replace him with a cardboard cutout and it’d be the same. I feel bad for him (but not really because dude you are 20 and she is your sister, what the fuck--)

But if there’s anything good about this anime, it is the characters themselves. Several of the boys have redeeming qualities and interesting personalities and quirks, as well as interesting relationships and dynamics with each other. Yes, some of them are lacking in the plotline department while others may have decent plotlines and lack personality, and then some of them are just given absolutely nothing (COUGH Masaomi COUGH Ukyo COUGHCOUGHCOUGH Iori, and by the way, what the fuck is that game plotline bc I read the wiki since I wanted to know more about him. We don’t have time to unpack the mento illness luv. But you’re telling me they had all this meat to work with and they threw it in the trash and gave him nothing? What the hell?) And if anything, I feel as if the characters themselves are crippled by the plotline. If given a different story, perhaps, they may have room to shine, because a lot of them are compelling if not lovable (though some may not be... lovable. COUGHFuuto, at least not for me.) If you want to see our review on the characters, we’ll put out another post.

Iori... Iori has a hell of a plot in the game, according to the Wiki but I can’t blame the writers for not exploring all of it because whoa. It is dark and not in a good way. But back to the subject at hand... I agree with Spice. I do/did like quite a lot of the characters... provided the entire romantic plot is taken away but we will go into more of why the plot is problematic below. All I can really add is: There is a baby in this dumpster and canon has been taken out back to be shot like a lame horse.

This brings me to a point in which I would like to pause the character discussion and bring up a glaring flaw with this anime in general (aside from the... plot. Look, I’m not a huge fan of weird stepsibling stuff but I think that if you want to do something like that, there are ways to do it and ways not to do it. This was the way not to do it, which I’m getting to). The biggest thing that made this anime so uncomfortable was the imbalance of power dynamics. Why is the protagonist 17 when most of the love interests are 18 and older, and I mean much, much older? And she’s not any 17 year old... she’s a lonely, neglected girl who is starved for the love of a family. This makes her easily manipulated by the brothers, who clearly desire her for less than wholesome reasons, and that makes it skeevy. I’m not sure why there’s such a fetishization of nonconsent in media, as if it’s fine for as many men to lust after female protagonists as the writer desires BUT the woman can’t want a single one of them in return. It’s creepy, and quite frankly, I am very much over it. I also get that the age thing is probably a product of the protagonist of a teenager oriented dating sim not translating well to an anime (because really, all otome game MCs are meant to be a neat little pair of shoes for the player to imagine themselves in), but why are we fetishizing a teenager being groomed by adults anyway? Especially adults who have this much power over her to begin with? The power dynamics bring this plot from “Oh, this might be kinda trashy but it could be entertaining” to “This is extremely creepy and rapey and kind of a dumpster fire.”

This is also true. If we were to take age into consideration, Fuuto, Yusuke, and Iori would be the three candidates left for Chii. This is taking out the youngest as well, who is... thirteen, I think? But anyway, (I know I am probably going to get some hate for this but go for it), I am into stories that explore the stepsibling thing and it can make a good narrative-- but before everyone gets uppity: There is a line between FICTION and REALITY and I do not condone real life incest but a story is a story and there are ways to frame it that make it clear that it is not a romantic thing, or acceptable. This anime does not do that in it’s dynamics because some of the brothers do start off in that very firm caregiving, family role and it is a sharp turn into romance that makes you go, “?” or in Fuuto case, a blending that does lean into fetishization.

All in all I think the plot maybe could have been okay? I’m not saying it isn’t problematic, because we all know it is, who are we kidding? But I don’t think it’s wrong per se to explore family dynamics with romance and to understand where the line should be drawn, and maybe exploring the definition of family itself. I have seen fanfictions with similar tropes ask those questions and explore the concept beautifully without romanticizing or fetishizing incest and unhealthy power dynamics. It could have been good, and I get that perhaps I’m barking up the wrong tree by expecting mature themes in an anime based on an otome game, but it also could have been a lot less... creepy (I have used that word so much that it looks wrong now) even if it wasn’t the greatest thing ever. But again, what was I expecting? I watched this whole thing as a joke and ended up attached to the characters like a fool... That tends to be a trend here, and this is why we are so salty all the time. So anyway, stay tuned for our review of the characters! We may not cover all of them since some of them don’t really get anything, but we’ll cover what we found interesting.

#spice talks #sugar speaks #anime and game reviews #sweet home alabama: the anime #not putting this in main tag

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yukipri · 7 years

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YOI Future!Verse ABO AU, Visual Headcanon Web Charts #01

So I always wanted to make one of these. Turns out my headcanons for the most part are WAY too wordy for these things and uh, they’re a bit of a mess >.>;; BUT I hope nonetheless that they’re somewhat fun to read even if barely legible, it was fun to make ^ ^;

1. Super basic relationship chart of the core members of the lovely poly family in this AU.

2. “Adults Think,” the color of each adult indicates their feelings towards the person to whom the arrow is pointing.

3. “Kids Think,” the color of each OC kid indicates their feelings towards the person to whom the arrow is pointing.

There’s obviously a lot more to it than what could be crammed in the lil text boxes, but a gist and pretty much the first things that immediately popped into my mind regarding their interactions. 2 and 3 also mostly show their thoughts while the kids are younger, which will change a bit as they grow up, to be covered in a future post.

*Recommended you right click view image to see full size bc the text is tiny oops

Because the text is so illegible, text only versions of charts 2 and 3 beneath cut, all elaborated quite a bit because I’m so rambly oops:

IF YOU ARE NEW TO THIS AU: It’s Yuuri-centric polyamory in an ABO setting, Yuuri’s married to four mates (Victor, Yurio, Phichit, Minami) and they have OC kids.

BASICS of this AU

INTRO to how ABO works in this AU

OTHER POSTS (comics + illustrations) in the Future!Verse ABO section of my YOI Masterpost.

Please keep ship bashing out of the comments/tags. Don’t like, just skip <3 Thank you.

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST, EDIT, OR OTHERWISE USE MY ART WITHOUT MY EXPLICIT PERMISSION. More detailed rules available on my Rules & FAQ Post.

Yuuri thinks:

Victor: Vitya I love you but there are some things I REALLY wish you wouldn’t encourage with the kids, I don’t care if you could do it when you were younger it’s terrifying!!

Yurio: Yura, how does it feel now that the kids all think you’re older than me? NO don’t use this as an excuse to call me baby-faced!!

Phichit: PHICHIT please knock some sense into the others, you’re my only hope!--NO don’t just sit back and laugh! I was counting on you!

Minami: Kenjirou, you’re my student and husband NOT my butler, I can get my own bags thank you very much.

Yasha: Darling you can wear whatever you want but PLEASE wear SOMETHING under that dress the old ladies at the park will never look at me the same again

Shura: You don’t need to try so hard to be a rebel, and you also don’t need to spoil Yasha so much. Just tell him no, he’ll deal.

Arisa: Darling it’s amazing that you can do that and I’m so proud of you but please don’t hack the neighbor’s security system again, it’s very hard to explain to them that my toddler was just stretching her intellectual curiosity.

Yuuji: Yuuji, your smile warms my weary soul and I’m sure you’ll inevitably be a little trouble maker too but let me be in denial a bit longer.

Victor thinks:

Yuuri: It’ll be fun, they can handle it, please don’t look at me like that, I’m (pretty) sure they’ll be okay...

Yurio: You may seem like the more responsible parent but you’ll always be my cute bratty student. Now that my seniority is less obvious though, I’m comfortable making you indulge my own brattiness too. what do you mean you were always forced to indulge my brattiness

Phichit: You may act like the most reasonable parent but I see through you--and I’m proud. We’re startlingly alike if I’m honest. Let’s conquer the world.

Minami: You may be a bratty puppy but I rest easy knowing you’re always be Yuuri’s side. Couldn’t ask for a more loyal or dangerous watch dog. Don’t worry I do think of you as human, really.

Yasha: Trust me, I know how fun it can be to tease your brother but take it easy sometime, yes? I love you having fun but it hurts my soul to see Shura have red eyes so often...though yes I do admit that’s cute too OTL

Shura: Sweet child, come here, did Yasha make you cry again? Daddy will give you all the hugs. Don’t run away just because Yasha’s in my other arm!

Arisa: I feel like your adorable eyes are judging me...and guess what, they’re still adorable!! It’s okay, you can judge me all you want! *HUGS*

Yuuji: I have dropped the dishes so many times because it looked like you wanted a hug...I can’t help it...you’re like, a super mini Yuuri...

Yurio thinks:

Yuuri: OI Katsudon, I made this new food thing, try it, am I better than Phichit yet? YEAH NO I know I won’t ever be a better all rounder than him but...what, it’s really good? W-W-WELL OF COURSE IT IS I KNEW THAT HA HA HA *flees*

Victor: I’m mature enough now to recognize what a brat you can be, not that I didn’t already know but--HEY DON’T LAUGH THAT WASN’T PERMISSION

Phichit: Okay FINE I admit I need your help...stop looking so smug! Yes, ugh, fuck that’s clever, alright I know (fuck it’s worse because he’s genuine and never follows up with “I told you so”)

Minami: YOU HAVE SOME NERVE CALLING ME YOUR RIVAL JUST BECAUSE YOU WON GOLD OVER ME TWICE, it was all thanks to Yuuri! NO I’m not being overly conscious of you as a competitor, ugh FINE I admit your skating really impresses me but FUCK YOU

Yasha: Brat, did you just...make me run around the house five times for no reason at all?? UGH I’m not even mad, I’m too tired and too used to this, it’s my own fault for falling for it every time...

Shura: What do you MEAN “I bet you cried a lot when you were a kid too,” don’t say that to me while CRYING like ugh FINE will it make you feel better if I said I did??? Please stop crying I don’t want you to cry OTL

Arisa: Risa, I don’t want to suspect you, but I have a hunch you might be the one putting the twins up to mischief and I think you’re still too young and I want to think you’re as pure and innocent as you look but...dare I trust my instincts on this...

Yuuji: YUUJI YOU EASE YOUR FATHER’S WEARY SOUL how are you so pure you seem to make my adult exhaustion melt away...

Phichit thinks:

Yuuri: Perks of marrying your BFF: know just the perfect amount to pamper and also to tease. And also know all the deepest darkest secrets you’re too embarrassed to tell your other mates. Shh it’s okay they’ll never hear it from me ;D

Victor: We had some rough moments early on but you’re a good guy, Victor. I recognize our compatibility. Let’s conquer the world together and present it to Yuuri.

Yurio: I’ll look after you, not-so-lil Russian, you leave your troubles to me. I know how vulnerable you can be and I see you as my own now.

Minami: Kenjirou may act like a super groupie but he has it together better than most of us. I trust him to still prioritize Yuuri even in situations where the rest of us are emotionally compromised, which gives me the confidence to go full offense.

Yasha: Oh, you say someone’s picking on Shura at school? Okay, so here’s what you do, and here’s how to pin the blame on someone else because we wouldn’t want Yuuri to be called to school yeah?

Shura: Your brother’s picking on you again? But you don’t want him to stop either? Well then, how should we solve this? Oops is he a future masochist to Yasha’s sadist...

Arisa: I see what you did there, very clever, I’m proud! But if Yuuri found out he’d have a heart attack, so let’s not do that again, okay? Here’s something even more difficult for you to try to figure out...

Yuuji: Yuuji sweetheart I know making Victor drop dishes is funny but Yuuri likes those dishes, one last time ‘kay? You can make him do other things equally amusing but slightly less destructive of our collective family property.

Minami thinks:

Yuuri: Y-Y-Yuuri-san, NO I still can’t take the honorific off, I RESPECT YOU TOO MUCH plus it makes it feel that much more intimate in bed *turns brilliant red to match his hair streak*

Victor: Victor look at what I taught the twins!! Aren’t they absolutely amazing?! They’re going to break all of your records! And I can tell you’re not even upset :’D

Yurio: I never mentioned rivalry, you were the one who used that word first? ;3 But in all honesty, it’s an honor to be considered the rival of Yuuri-san’s rival so I’ll fight my hardest to not let that title go to shame.

Phichit: The fact that you are both fun and terrifying is not news to me, I’m glad you’re my family and not my enemy. I’ve seen what you can do to your enemies. Participated too, actually he he.

Yasha: You and your bro are perfect angels and I’ll show you all the cool skating things! I’m so happy your enthusiasm hasn’t died as you’ve grown older <3

Shura: It’s good to cry! Cry all you want! I’ll cry with you too! It can be a real sobfest! And then Yuuri can bring us tissues and then it can be a snotfest! Whoo!!

Arisa: DARLING CHILD you are the sweetest and you’d never do anything naughty, I have not a clue what the others are talking about. *genuine*

Yuuji: *SOBBING*

Yasha thinks:

Yuuri: MOM IS THE BEST AND MINE, YOU CAN’T HAVE HIM, and that includes all you dads so back off ;P

Victor: Dad is weak to puppy eyes and will give me anything I want. His affection can sometimes be stifling, but I love him nonetheless.

Yurio: Dad always gets flustered really easily and it’s fun to test his boundaries. And push them. And break them. But he never snaps, I think he’s getting stronger...

Phichit: The really smart dad who sees through all the pranks but still plays along, even intentionally lets me finish playing my pranks on him. It’s a bit annoying even if I appreciate it. I gotta up my game.

Minami: Ken-chan’s the BEST and he and mum are gonna kick dads’ (Victor + Yurio) asses in the next competition. I’ll cheer for dads too but Ken-chan’s No. 1!

Shura: He’s fun to make cry because he gets riled up, but the best part is the comforting that I get to do afterwards because no matter how mean I am he still comes running <3

Arisa: I’d beat you up if you hurt my sister, except she’d do it first and better than I ever could so I’ll just be prepared and bring the popcorn and watch from the front row, maybe help with clean up.

Yuuji: He’s not as innocent as he looks but you won’t hear it from me. Let the others live in denial, come to the dark side in your own time lil bro.

Shura thinks:

Yuuri: I want mum’s attention but Yasha hogs it, but mum’s the best so he makes time for me too and not just for selfish jerks like Yasha. Even if I have to share. It’s okay. I love how mum loves everyone all the same.

Victor: Dad spoils me rotten but he’s not a good shield against Yasha because he also spoils Yasha rotten. He spoils everyone. It’s okay tho, dad has a lot of spoiling to go around.

Yurio: Dad sorta gets picked on too and I sympathize...it makes me feel better knowing he was probably just like me when he was younger. The hard part is getting him to admit it, but that’s what other parents are for.

Phichit: Dad holds the answers to life and the universe in his magic smartphone. He has yet to fail to answer a single question but I’ll keep trying.

Minami: Ken-chan always plays with us even when he’s busy and shows us all the cool skating things! I didn’t get why he wasn’t dad too when Yasha and I were younger, but I’m glad that’s fixed now, though I still can’t shake the habit of calling him Ken-chan.

Yasha: He makes me cry and is such a JERK but I can’t stand to be away from him, it makes me so anxious, and he gives good hugs too so I forgive him (am I being too easy on him...)

Arisa: I want to say I protect her but it’s honestly the other way around, the best I can do is make sure she doesn’t hurt herself because she’s really reckless and it’s TERRIFYING, I sympathize with mom...

Yuuji: PLEASE DON’T STEP ON MY LIL BRO, HE IS VERY SMOL, he looks like he would go squish with one step! Risa wasn’t this smol?? What do you mean I’m bigger now so my sense of size is biased...?

Arisa thinks:

Yuuri: I’m going to protect mum. He doesn’t need it, at all, but I can do it so I will.

Victor: Dad acts gullible but I’m not fooled. He’s weak to puppy eyes though, that’s for real. And I have the best puppy eyes, or second to Yuuji. I’m okay being second to Yuuji.

Yurio: Dad’s trying really hard but he’s also really gullible so I can’t help but tease him. It’s okay I won’t be too mean, and I’ll even reign Yasha back some.

Phichit: Dad knows I’m smart and will protect my bros so he gives me the tools and education to do so. I don’t think mum and my other dads know just quite how much but it’s okay. We’re not hiding it on purpose.

Minami: If you hurt Ken-chan, I’ll knock your teeth out. I’d say “with my fists,” but I don’t think I can reach. It’s okay, I’m creative.

Yasha: My partner in crime, he’ll follow my orders even if they’re impossible and will somehow make it work. Because Yasha’s a miracle-worker and I believe in him.

Shura: The only ones who can make him cry are me and Yasha. But we do it a lot. Which means he has no more tears for anyone else. Back off or I’ll make you disappear : )

Yuuji: He is my squishy smol. He’s smaller than me! He never complains when I hug him and squish his cheeks until they turn red, and then I feel a bit bad...

Yuuji thinks:

Yuuri: Mum is the best! He gives me a lot of attention because I’m the youngest, but I kinda want a younger sibling too. Dads always hush me when I try to bring it up and I don’t really get why.

Victor: Dad spoils me rotten and I kinda feel bad because he never says no to me (or any of us), but when I mention it he gets all teary eyed and spoils me worse...^ ^;

Yurio: Dad is too paranoid about my safety. I’ll be big and strong like the others too! Just wait! Look how big dad is, I’ll be that tall one day too. What do you mean, that’s not how genetics works?

Phichit: Dad makes the best food, I wish he were home more often...I know he’s busy with his ice show in Thailand and it’s really really cool but I miss him...

Minami: Dad says he hit his growth spurt late, because he presented late. I BELIEVE! I won’t be smol forever!

Yasha: Yasha-nii has really good instincts and is there when I need him. It’s like he has a special radar and then brings the whole cavalry. So I don’t need to worry about going anywhere by myself--what do you mean, I shouldn’t be wandering off in the first place??

Shura: Shura-nii got picked on again, it’s okay, here’s a cookie I made with Yuri-dad and here’s a hug, I have short arms but love power!

Arisa: She’s my favorite sister! Even if she’s my only one! She gets really proud when I say it and I’m happy she’s happy so I say it a lot.

#YukiPri art #Future!Verse ABO AU #Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics #omegaverse #polyamory #mpreg #OCs #Victuuri #VicYuu #YuriYuu #PhichiYuu #MinaYuu #HCs #long post #longpost #okay so that took longer than expected to write them all out SORRY #LATE AGAIN #I TRIED

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icharchivist · 5 years

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Kiddie AU: Oh thanks. Idk, but remembering that trading kid caused me to suddenly think about this and now I can't stop it. It's too fun! Oh gosh. Lavi would totally be like 'what the heck what happened to you!" over 'Black Allen'. Lavi would totally be like 'see see Humanity corrupted you Allen!". Man I could see the arguments between these two over a lot of stuff (but then they wouldn't personally resent each other for it). Lavi would definitely be very openly protective of Allen in this au.

kiddie au: Please also share any hc’s you have of this. This is a rich au worth a lot of ideas and potential for any outcomes. You’re right Lavi would be totally devastated having thought caring about Allen was safe (or maybe not realizing how much he cared before) to then having to see Allen purposely sacrifice himself for beings that didn’t deserve it. Allen was his one happy positive spot in the scum of humanity. Now he’s dying for it. It’s possibly he’d secretly resent people more initially.

Honestly thank youuuuu so much nonny!!! like i mentioned in those previous asks this is one of my favorite type of AU so you’re playing right in the feels right now, every ideas is just hitting everything inside of me kdjhfkjdf

and omg having Lavi blaming humanity for “Dark Allen” would be fantastic, I especially don’t see how Allen could defend himself out of this one. Perhaps something like “it wasn’t tHAT BAD” “Was it? was it really??”

But ye honestly i feel like it would all go down on Allen understanding why Lavi is like that, since he had lived enough with them to remember it (I can totally picture baby Lavi being all proud that he has no attachement to humanity and will be the greaaatest bookman ever (and there would probably sneak on sayin Allen “but you’re not like others humans” y’know?)) so i could totally see Grown Allen know completely Lavi’s mindset. But he would oppose to the very ideology, albeit understanding how growing up in it made it easier for Lavi, since as a kid perhaps Allen just also bought it this way (perhaps never in the level Lavi did, still bc I can picture him remaining a compassionate kid, but y’know, being used to the idea until… until Cross happened.)

While Lavi would be the opposite, not understanding how Allen can just be this compassionate knowing how Humanity can be (eVEN MORE since he came back from Cross) but somewhat feeling for this mindset and compassion Allen has, even if it goes against everything he’s been taught about.

So it would be the kind of conflict that would be born, from Allen of “understanding but not agreeing” and from Lavi from “not understanding but being attracted to the idea” yknow? And that would make for greaat conflict and ye, precisely, it wouldn’t be something they would resent each other upon, if they process it that way.

But it would also be funny how therefore Allen could easily see right through Lavi and Lavi would open up a little more, that would make for greaaat setting up ahh

I’m bad with coming up with HCs on the fly but I will if i can think of something, thank you nonny! (*•̀ᴗ•́*)و ̑̑ for now you’re welcomed to keep those HCs coming in my inbox, if i can’t write more about them you can be sure i’ll at least be squeeing over them.

And gooosh ye. I would think it would be a mix of both, first when he was a kid he would have argued to himself that as long as Allen is with them well it was safe to care for him since as long as they were neutral nothing bad could happen right? But by the time Allen left while they were still young well, Lavi might as well have coped with “whatever it’s not like I actually CARE this much” (especially in a kiddy way of y’know, just, dealing with the shit on the fly)

And it would have carried on as an adult without really much re-evaluation of how he thought about it, so Allen’s sacrifice would just mess him up far more, because he could have set warning flags eariler, or maybe have protected him earlier, and it would be a mix of everything wrong with those pesky attachement he’s not supposed to have. Besides I could see it also affect how he views Bookman reacting to it, since it would imply Bookman still saw Allen be with them for a while and would just cope with the situation more coldly and like, while Bookman acting this way while he barely spent time with Allen (hell most of the screentime Bookman and Allen share is usually with “Lavi making a scene and/or dragging Allen into being his unwilling companion of said scene” so Bookman didn’t create much meaningfull dynamic with Allen not stained by the “Not letting Lavi get too close” glass), he probably would behave slightly differently, probably closing in much more in a way to set an exemple for Lavi knowing it will be difficult, but Lavi could only react more badly to it seeing that.

But I could see also yes Lavi resent humanity for what happened to Allen in a broader sense, knowing much more the little things that changed for Allen and all of that. And I could see Allen much more make a point for humanity because of that. And, tbh? I could see in the end Lavi’s barrers fall down because if Allen saw this beauty in humanity then perhaps there’s more truth in it yknow?

just noo that Au makes me so soft thank uuu,,,,

#ichafantalks dgm #dgm au #dgm kids au #will try to go back and tag others things with that dkjhfjkd for record #Anonymous #ichareply

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1-5 for the Noble sisters!

!!!!! thank you friend!! under a read more bc hoooooo boi it’s long

1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?

Renee’s full name is actually Sarah Renee Noble- named Sarah after her grandmother- but she preferred to go by Renee (Sarah means princess/noblewoman, Renee means reborn/born again).

Rosalie’s full name is Rosalie Acidalia Noble (Rosalie means rose, Acidalia is a surname of the goddess Venus and is associated with cares or troubles). Her parents went on a brief vacation in Greece and Italy (specifically Rome) before her dad got into the SEP with Overwatch.

Mallory’s full name is Mallory Candace Noble (Mallory means unfortunate, Candace means pure/sincere). Which, of course, got her the nickname “Candy” and other sweet ones like “sugarcube”.

2. Do they have any titles? How did they get them?

They all have their “alias” names which came from various things. When Renee started working with Talon, they gave her the codename “Hekate” bc of her seemingly magical abilities. Rosalie and Mallory sort of chose theirs- coming from nicknames they were given as kids (Mama Noble often called Rosalie “little Aphrodite” or “my little Venus fly trap” and Mal was/is often called “sugarcube” and “candy” by Rosalie and Mama Garza) getting them their titles of “Venus” and “Confection”.

3. Did they have a good childhood? What are fond memories they have of it? What’s a bad memory?

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Admittedly, Renee had a good childhood. Her parents loved her, gave her a lot of attention, wanted the best for her. Even after her father joined Overwatch/the Soldier Enhancement Program, everything was pretty peachy. She helped her mom with community stuff in center city Philly and was actually gunning to become a recruit in Overwatch’s peace-keeping organization-

Until Rosalie was born. Because a little after that, Overwatch’s Swiss HQ blew up. It killed their father. 16 year old Renee became a lot quieter and to herself after that. However, Mama Noble (and after a couple of years, her new beau Lucas Carter) still raised Rosalie very happily, often taking the sisters out to the suburbs in the Noble family homestead (since Dad!Noble came from closer to Reading, PA than Philly) and such. AND OF COURSE, this all changes when Mallory is born. Rosalie is 8 and Mallory is 24. One is still a kid, the other getting out of college. There’s the minor omnic uprising in Philadelphia, where Margie Noble and fiance Lucas Carter are killed protecting 6-month-old Mallory and 8-year-old Rosalie.

Both had to go to the hospital, and when child services called Renee, she answered once, with a short (and very cold) “I don’t want them”. She never picked up that line again after that, discarding the phone and essentially leaving her sisters for whatever came their way. (This effectively ended Rosalie’s “childhood”, because an eight year old as smart as her grew up fast when she learned that she and Mal were going into an orphanage.)

Mallory had a relatively okay childhood, for what it’s worth. The orphanage treated she and Rosalie well, though Rosie was always a little overprotective. They didn’t get adopted until Mal was 5 and Rosalie was 13. That story is continued here, for trying to make a long post a little shorter.

4. What is their relationship with their parents? What’s a good and bad memory with them? Did they know both parents?

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Renee has the best memories of both of the parents, was really close with her dad; she always low-key had a grudge against him for being away from home so often and not with she and her mom more but she understood. Worst memory had to be getting into a fight with them when both Margie and Stephen told her she was going to have a little sister- which, I headcanon Rosalie to have been a “miracle child”, since the SEP was supposed to make their volunteers sterile after the process was complete. She was pissed because they were acting like this baby was going to be a godsend and she was feeling very... dramatically Over It. She was 15-16, we all know how those years can be.

Rosalie has the best memories of her mom. Her favorite was when they went to Lake Erie for the summer before Mallory was born- her mom was pregnant and happily engaged to Lucas, Renee was even a bit happier that summer (mostly because she was graduating college within the year and could live her life freely after that). Her worst had to be- UH, I MEAN, probably her mom and step-dad-to-be dying right in front of her????? Admittedly, I can’t think of a worse one. (She does have a singular, perfect memory of her father. When she was a baby, maybe 9 months, she can vividly hear him saying “Rosalie” and looking down at her smiling. That’s it. The only thing she has of him, mentally at least.)

Mallory never knew her parents and doesn’t remember them. She only has pictures and holovids Rosalie still has. Sometimes she watches them, but as Mallory is, she doesn’t dwell on it. Sure she would’ve liked to know them, to have had a relationship with them, but she knows it’s not worth it to grieve over people she never knew.

5. Do they have any siblings? What’s their names? What is their relationship with them? Has their relationship changed since they were kids to adults?

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If you ask Renee- unless the information is needed for a mission- she’ll say she has no siblings. (She generally hates Rosalie, though she also genuinely doesn’t consider Mal to be her sister. It’s partially her way of dealing with the grief of losing both parents. She blames Rosalie for their father’s death and Mallory for their mother’s, even if it’s irrational.)(Fun fact: she also does in fact fear Rosalie. Because after their first reuniting moment, she realizes Rosalie has grown up to be One Angry Motherfucker who has a super soldier’s abilities.)

Rosalie used to see Renee as the coolest older sister. She liked how nonchalant and distant and “chill” Renee seemed. OF COURSE, this all changes after she, at 8 years old, realized Renee didn’t give a fuck about her OR Mallory. This is when that deep-seeded anger in her gut was planted. She’ll admit to having a younger sibling but sometimes outright refuses to call Renee her sister. (She still cares about Renee, especially as she’s gotten older. She knows Renee needs help in some way, shape, or form, because of how horribly the eldest Noble is handling grief and going about her life.)(LMAO HOWEVER, upon their first reuniting, she literally sees Renee and starts seeing red, essentially trying to beat the fuck outta ‘ne. She angery.) Rosalie and Mallory however? My god you’ll never find a better duo. They’re very... Nani-and-Lilo in their sibling relationship, and often have pretty good banter. She can be a bit over protective, but it’s something Mallory genuinely appreciates.

Mallory doesn’t give a fuck about this “Renee” person. (Unless Renee were to say, hurt Rosalie. Then This Renee chick is getting choked out with her slingshot.)(Fun fact: Renee kidnaps Mal at one point and Renee is like “lmao isn’t it fucked up I’m your sister? join Talon w/ me I can teach you shit” and Mal is just like.... “*squints* who the fuck are you again” I love Mal so much.) Rosalie, on the other hand, is pretty much the Best Sister-Mom Ever in Mallory’s eyes. Mal isn’t super great with emotions, but she knows for sure that Rosalie has gone through hell and back to keep her safe and that her older sister would do it time and time again if she had to.

While Rosalie is definitely the sister you don’t want to piss off, Mallory is one to watch out for also. Hurt Rosalie? You’re getting clocked with a shield and sometimes even a small person (aka Mallory). Mal also will not hesitate to verbally destroy and pick apart anyone who has a problem with Rosalie. Their arguments are really something though, because both are very intellectual (even if Rosalie doesn’t give herself credit for it) and it usually actually winds down into a debate. “Winds down” after the near-screaming match they had moments before ofc.

#long post #ch: renee noble || hekate #ch: rosalie noble || venus #ch: mallory noble || confection #i love them #i'm sad for rosalie tho bc she gets the Most Trauma #kalamitis

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girapplerambles-blog · 7 years

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“OF CHILDREN AND CHICKENS” (SPEECH)

HOOK

There is paper flying everywhere.

Children are running between my legs, grabbing scissors, marking up the floor with masking tape, and stuffing their T-shirts with scraps from the recycling bin.

And although it may look like total anarchy, they are definitely on task.

These children are learning about chickens.

INTRODUCTION TO THE BC SPCA

How did I get to be in a classroom full of seemingly unruly 10-year-olds?

For those of you who don't know, I'm currently a student in the teacher education program at UBC. “Ah” you say, “that makes sense.”

Well, actually, I'm trained to teach high school students.

“Oh? So why the fifth graders? And what does this have to do with chickens?”

Let me explain:

In order to give us experience working in education-related fields outside the public school classroom, our program requires us to complete a community field experience. This can be anything from teaching at a private school to working at a juvenile detention center to building igloos for penguins (ok not so much the last one, but you get the point).

Now, I happened to be assigned to the SPCA.

What is the SPCA you ask? (How many of you actually know what the SPCA is all about? - raise hands – All right, yes so the BC SPCA stands for “BC Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals”)

(Now) Generally, growing up in the lower mainland, I've always known about the SPCA, but I've only ever had the vaguest idea about what they did. In my head, I imagined something like a scene from a movie –

Burly men running towards a burning building – What?! Little Timmy’s cat is still inside? An SPCA officer breaks down the door and runs into the heavy dark smoke – An awful crack sounds as the support beams begin to fall apart… “Will they make it???” – Then… a lone figure emerges from the inferno that has engulfed the collapsing house – Fluffy is safe in his arms.

Aside from the dramatization, some parts, like animal rescue, are real things the SPCA does; however, I found out I had a lot of misconceptions about how their organization operated. Not so much a hippie, vegan animal rights group – the SPCA focusses soundly on issues concerning animal welfare: that is, the quality of life animals lead whether they are pets, farm animals or wildlife.

MY HISTORY WITH ANIMALS

Never having grown up with pets of my own, nor studying any high level of animal biology, I have to admit I was a bit hesitant about how I would be able to contribute and fit in with this crowd of animal advocates.

Having grown up with Chinese immigrant parents, our culture and traditions with regards to animal consumption were embedded into me at a young age.

All in all, most animals were considered “edible” in my household. Though mildly grotesque, I did not detest the alligator soup we ate when my mother discovered that hypertension, osteoarthritic pain and cancer could be alleviated by consuming the collagen of this miracle marshland creature.

Okay so wait – let’s get back on track here – what do alligators and chicken have in common? Well they both taste like chicken! (haha, but seriously I’m getting to that...)

CHILDREN & CHICKENS

During my short practicum at the SPCA, I had the great pleasure of co-teaching a Grade 5 class for three lessons on egg-laying hens. We learned not only about chicken anatomy (you have your comb and wattle and all that) and egg development (like how the white forms around the yolk) but also got to discuss how chicken behave and what sort of living conditions they are farmed in.

Our aim was not to deter students from eating chicken and eggs (that's just propaganda!) but to give them the opportunity to actively and critically think about their perceptions of food production and consumption. So this is where my opening scene comes up: the class did a group activity where they marked up the floor with masking tape to show how much space a chicken gets in different types of farming systems. Students also got to use T-shirts, rubber gloves and recycled paper to make some funny-looking stuffed chickens as our props!

Far from anarchy, this was learning with a purpose.

So what did the kids learn? We could probably give them a test and find out if they remember the different types of farming systems, or how many hours it takes a hen to lay an egg… but that’s not what matters is it?

. How many of us actually know where that egg in our fridge came from? What about the conditions the animal laying that egg lived in? What kind of diet may have attributed to the nutrients in that egg? These are all strange unknowns for even the average university graduate.

I barely knew anything coming into this world of animal welfare; I really was just like one of those fifth graders, learning for what seemed like the first time that there are some huge ethical issues around using animals the way we do.

So what did these kids learn and what did I learn?

There are different ways of raising egg-laying chickens: cages, free-run, free range, organic, SPCA certified

88% of all eggs in BC are produced from chickens raised in battery cages – what does that look like? 5-6 chickens in cages, stacked 3-4 high; eating, drinking, sleeping and laying eggs their whole lives in a space about the size of a desk

And while this sounds a bit harsh on the ears, and when you dive deeper into these welfare issues it really only gets darker, I’d like to say right off the bat that my experience at the SPCA did NOT make me a vegetarian. I’m not going to be doing anti-fur rallies or petitioning against the aquarium any time soon.

CONCLUSION

Looking back on these experiences, I realize I can't blame my 10-year-old self, who knew no better and believed in everything my parents presented to me. I was a child then, but as an adult I think it is a step in the right direction for me to recognize my own naïve conceptions and learn from them.

As a future educator, the most basic form of teaching is modeling what you say. If I wish for my students to live and act as better human beings, than I have to be able to reinforce that with my own actions – even if it means I get unjustly stereotyped as a tree-hugging, vegan, soy latte drinking Vancouver hipster for choosing to buy a carton of organic eggs at the store.

There’s a whole slew of more things we could talk about, but it’s after-dinner and I’m sure you’re all egg-hausted by now. (haha pun) so let’s eat our crème brulee and go on our way.

-written way back in 2014

#children #chickens #education #speech

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what-the-everloving-fuck · 7 years

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We open the door to go out and smoke bc if we leave it open it's a problem, but it fucking chimes everytime it's opened and we're not trying to announce it bc the kids get nosey, and since it's zero degrees outside and 12:30 at night and PEOPLE KNOW WE SMOKE... She calls both of our phones and when we don't answer, opens the stairway door "Did you guys open the door?" Followed by ten minutes of "your package never came bc it went to California. Why did they send it to California? Those idiots can't they tell the difference? Well, ANYWAY, I guess you can call them tomorrow and figure it out" (the package is her name, her Amazon account, and she's off work, but she's gonna have him do it) He's been upstairs basically all day. She's gonna cook pot roast--"hey can you put it in the slow cooker and season it?" With what? "I don't care." Doesn't read the instructions for the rice cooker I bought for Christmas (bc all I ever hear is "I think i fucked up the rice" and they made rice 3 or 4 times since she opened it) I go to make rice with "oh you like white rice? Oh don't make it plain, season it" well FIRST OFF, there's no brown rice, I don't really like rice but would prefer brown but there isn't any. I didn't buy the fucking thing for me, I bought it for you since you COOK RICE ALL THE TIME but WON'T USE THE RICE COOKER I BOUGHT YOU, but damn if you can't return this other present for the full amount so I need to find that receipt today. But sure, I'll read the instructions and explain to you even though you won't listen or remember. Then she asks me if I'm cooking meat in the crock pot..... That she had him put in over an hour ago. No...... I've got rice in the rice cooker. When it's done "oh is it cooked? How does it taste? That was fast" I mean you could TRY DOING SOMETHING YOURSELF, even if it's taste testing something. They've been trying to watch this redbox movie for almost a week. The day they got it, basically the only day off before the weekend, she goes to get a friend to hang out with, but the family doesn't want to watch with him. She goes anyway. Now, a few days later, she wants Josh to start the movie even though his sister has been waiting to watch it, and she's now at work while Mom babysits the three kids. And she's arguing with Josh to start the movie anyway without Vanessa. It's like this woman LITERALLY needs him to be within arm's reach so she can just make him do stuff or so she can watch and critique. And talk shit about I do or don't cook, how I do, and that I'm basically probably just too different. We spent the weekend snowed in at a friends and we get back and he's like "well, I guess I'm home" after he gets called to shit left and right and grilled about what we did and we were probably accused of being drunk high all weekend in some snotty tone. We actually WERE drinking and smoking all weekend, yeah, but we cooked a lot of different food that didn't sit and go cold for an hour while people sat their phones, and then reheat/order pizza anyway after bitching about how there's no food. I don't like cooking here bc the kids don't eat bc they're constantly being fed candy, and the other two adults are super picky but won't cook for themselves. All they ever cook is fucking eggs, rice, beans and some bland or overcooked meat that they throw hot sauce on. And anytime I cook something different they act afraid to eat it, or like I cook weird shit, and if they try it and like it, they act surprised like "OMG it doesn't taste burnt rocks?!!!???!?!?? Omgwut" And then they're talking about moving bc they want to up the rent (bc that's what everyone does after a year lease), and Josh was like, "uh, she's probably going to move out by March. So don't count on her as a source of paying rent" Regardless of how they think I'm not doing enough of something, I need out, but I don't think they believed him bc they think all I do is whine and be negative for no reason, and am an incapable drug addict. Like they probably don't believe anything I've ever told them about living on my own or taking care of mooching, perfectly capable grown ass men who just wouldn't put in the effort after I solved most other issues. No, I just don't want to live in a house hold full of unruly children who aren't being raised so much as "let loose" or with people who won't respect others' privacy bc they feel they don't have to based on relationship dynamics and refuse to admit to being rude, inconsiderate, or wrong. Ever. Not even once. Not when they claimed I was a terrible mother bc I don't have my daughter, by the same person who drives around with three unstrapped carseats with children. Not when I'm considered a worthless piece of shit but yet you need me to stay home and babysit while you go out just bc you want to, not even bc you NEED to. Not when you are literally just looking to throw all your negative hatred on someone without actually caring about the repercussions. Like when I'm the drug addict, but I don't how to get a hold of said drug and the other son brought it into the house and starting talking shit when he was drunk, and he's a crazy, belligerent, will fight everyone at a snap, drunk. When he did it twice, but I still got blamed, but NOT EVEN TO MY FACE, you'd just talk shit to the person who brought me here, away from everything I had, to tell them I'm a terrible person for them. And not when I can hear some of it being said, and some of it they'll just start after picking a fight with Josh. Why would I stay in a house full of hateful, lying, problematically aggressive people? I'm a fucking hippie.

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