#it was just iago and no one else

[comradekatara]

Hi has your opinion on Prince Wu or any of the characters substantially changed since you’ve first seen the shows?

why is it always prince wu 😭😭 no, not him. i hated that obnoxious little fop from the very first second i laid eyes on him and a decade later my opinion of that twink has not changed. he is a nothing character who only exists to chew the scenery and grate me, personally [<- katara voice]. i doubt he will ever grow on me in any significant capacity. that said, of course my opinions on many characters have changed. for one thing, i don’t think i actually recognized the existence of male characters in fiction until well into my teens (with the exception of iago, because i was a very edgy child). so my love for sokka and aang really developed upon way more recent rewatches. i always liked them, of course, but if you’d asked me as a kid, i would’ve said my favorite male character was iroh without hesitation (and don’t get me wrong, i still love iroh, but i find the way people talk about him as if he’s some irreproachable beacon of wisdom and fatherly love to be really annoying). i also had to really work to love ty lee; i definitely didn’t understand her depth and motivations as a child. haru is also a character i’ve really only come to appreciate fairly recently. conversely, i was obsessed with katara, azula, and toph from the moment each appeared onscreen, and that obsession hasn’t wavered. katara especially is like some kind of parasite to the brain. what can i say she’s an icon a legend she is the moment she is every moment. korra too. as much as i struggled to watch lok back when it was airing because i thought it was such a disappointment (and you know i still think that), i was always obsessed with korra. and of course “korra alone” and korrasami finale literally did change my life. also the herbalist, for some reason, has always been a kind of icon to me. i don’t even really know why, but she imprinted on me at such a young age. i guess she’s just everything i wish to be in life. i hope this answers your question lol

#monarchbutterflysunflower #asks #i literally spent all day trying to think of a second male character i cared about as a kid and literally could not #it was just iago and no one else #not even othello im afraid (i have since come around on othello) #but yeah thinking about how i first felt about these characters as a kid is kind of hilarious #to me it was just the Katara and Azula (and Sometimes Toph) Show #i was also gonna say lok was The Korra Show . but it literally is #(and somehow that still couldn’t save it…………. alas)

[david-talks-sw]

The Sith don't want peace.

I've seen some fans use the below quote by Lucas in the Revenge of the Sith director's commentary to frame Darth Sidious/Sheev Palpatine as "evil but with well-meaning intentions".

"Lord Sidious thinks he's bringing peace to the galaxy because there's so much corruption and confusion and chaos going on. Now he's gonna be able to straighten everything out, but the price the galaxy is gonna have to pay for it is way too much."

And uh... no.

Sidious thinking that him ruling the galaxy will bring about peace as a byproduct and him wanting to bring about peace are two very different things.

He's not doing what he does for altruistic reasons. He's a selfish dick who is saying that technically the galaxy won't be fighting anymore and the corruption in the Senate will be quelled... because of course it will be, they'll all be under his thumb in his totalitarian regime.

So Palpatine is not lying, but he's not being genuine either. And that's his whole schtick.

"The Jedi are holding you back, Anakin." Yes, because Anakin has a tendency of flying off the handle, mainly because you enable him to give in to his darker instincts, Sheev!

"The Jedi are trying to take over!" Temporarily? Yeah. Because you're a dictator who orchestrated a war and cemented division across the galaxy, and everyone behind you is corrupt to the bone, SHEEV!

He's not Thanos or Killmonger, he's not the "if you think about it, he's actually a good guy who took it too far" villain.

This is a modern myth with a binary view of good and evil. He's Iago, Jafar, Freezer. He's not "gray", he's the classic "he's evil because he can be" villain. The Emperor is the Devil. As stated by Lucas himself:

"Palpatine is the Devil. There’s no fall from grace there. He’s the evil one." - Starlog Magazine #337, 2005

And the Sith are not pragmatists or people who try to bring positive change using their passion. They're not "free thinkers" who "follow their own path". They're not "religiously persecuted for pursuing knowledge beyond the dogma of the Jedi".

And this battle between the Jedi and Sith, thousands years prior to the films ⬇️...

... it didn't happen the way it's shown in the comic panel. That's Sidious showing horrific unreliable visions to Maul - a child - to indoctrinate him into hating the Jedi.

You know who does that? A cult. That's what the Sith are.

Hell, their code was partly based on Mein Kampf.

The whole "the Jedi 'limit' but the Sith 'embrace' and that's why we're being hunted down" line is just that. A line.

It's what the Sith tell themselves to justify the fact that they fucked with Dark Magic, got corrupted, and are now making it everyone else's problem.

"The Sith are people who are very self-centered and selfish. [They] learned how to manipulate both sides of the Force, and then they fell into the trap of being corrupted by the dark side." - Sci-fi Online, 2005

Which is why the Jedi step in, to stand up to them.

"The Jedi are the enemy of the Sith because the Sith want to dominate the galaxy, to control everything, and for a thousand years they have had a plot against the Jedi." - Sci-fi Online, 2005

The Sith just wanna subdue and control everyone around them, including the Force itself, to fashion the galaxy in their image.

"The end game for the Sith was to bring the world into a very selfish, self-centered, greedy, evil place, as opposed to a compassionate place." - James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction, 2018

So sure, have fun with your The Old Republic OC, go to town.

But when it comes down to it, when we're talking about the intended narrative (I'm looking at you, The Acolyte):

The Sith don't care about peace, they're literal religious extremists.

While some Sith may say they're misunderstood and some may justify themselves as being altruistic... at the end of the day, they're objectively not. They're greedy, power-hungry and self-centered.

They're the anti-theme to Star Wars' theme of "be compassionate".

#again 'The Acolyte' looks like it'll be objectively good but it's a real slippery slope man #sith #Darth Sidious #Sheev Palpatine

[eras-mus]

hi can i request jamil with a scarabia first year (platonic and male reader) who is his iago. like the reader is a beastman bird or just wears feathered accessories, is brutally honest as it is to be comical to others, knows jamil's true nature and is his partner in crime.

Birds Of A Feather

Jamil Viper x Platonic! Macaw! Male Reader

Summary: Y/n was one of the most extravagant students in Scarabia, from his beautiful multi-colored wings to his elegant outfits. Everyone knew him. How could you not? He was loud, funny, and left a trail of feathers. He seemed to be the opposite of his best friend, Jamil Viper.

★I love this idea so much!!!

★Takes place during the 4th book

-

No one would have ever guessed Y/ns true intentions.

It just goes to show how misleading appearances are in this world.

At least that's what Yuu told themself as they walked back to the Scarabia dorm, sand in their shoes, betrayal lingering in the air.

"You look so beautiful all dressed up." That was the first thing Yuu ever told Y/n "Why are you dressed up?"

"I feel the most like myself when I'm dressed like this"

That moment would be the beginning of a friendship that was more valued by Yuu than Y/n.

As the group continued on their long walk back to the Scarabia dorms conversation of missed signs began.

"Kalim, did Jamil ever seem unhappy in your company?"

"How long had Jamil been working for your family?"

"How much work did he do?"

Most of these questions were answered by a sobbing Kalim, who had to take multiple breaths in-between each word, but there were some that Azul was able to answer, thanks to his extensive knowledge of every student on the campus.

"What about Y/n?" Yuu piped up; voice slightly cracking "Did he ever seem off?"

"And then Azul overblotted, because that's just the luck I have in this world-" Yuu sighed, recapping the events of winter break to Y/n. "And, like always, I had to take care of it myself because Crowley is never any help."

"I wish I could say I was surprised by Azul." Y/ns wings twitched slightly, a couple feathers falling stray. "He always seemed rather fragile, similar to Kalim in that sense."

Y/n had brought up his house-warden multiple times to Yuu. He would tell them how reckless and childish Kalim was, like a baby everyone had to walk on eggshells around. Yuu never saw the same dark look in Y/ns eyes like when he was talking about Kalim.

"Anyway-" Y/n spoke, switching back to his typical demeanor, "-What do you think of my hair, I wanted to try a new style to show off my new earrings!"

"I don't know Yuu, he and you were close, so wouldn't you know if there was something off." Azul made eye contact with Yuu, letting his words sink in.

"I can't recall..." Yuu replied, lying through their teeth. "He was always so honest."

"Well apparently he wasn't."

The group fell silent after that, soon everyone returned to their thoughts and reflections about the recent events.

It was a bright sunny afternoon, Y/n and Ruggie had decided to skip clubs to hang out with Yuu, Grim was taking a nap somewhere unknown. They were sitting in the shade of a tree near the Ramshackle dorm, laughing until they couldn't breathe.

"So, I was thinking about getting a haircut" Yuu started "Something super short, what do you think?"

"Maybe..." Ruggie trailed off.

"Absolutely not, no, never let that thought go through your mind again." Yuu's jaw dropped, while Y/n kept a straight face.

Ruggie burst out laughing, falling back, head landing on Y/ns lap. That moment was perfect in Yuu's mind. No stress. No Chaos. Just sweet bliss.

"I miss him" Yuu whispered to themself.

"Who? Y/n?" Kalim responded, appearing right next to them.

Yuu looked around to make sure no one else was listening before responding. "Yeah, Y/n."

"I miss Jamil..." Kalim sighed. "Ya know, him and Y/n were close?"

"Yeah, Y/n would always go to Jamil for help with schoolwork" Y/n laughed. "I always thought it was weird because he was a mediocre student, but he always promised that he was some sort of genius."

"I thought Jamil was my best friend" Kalim sobbed.

Yuu hugged him.

"I know how you feel." That was all Yuu could mutter out before crying with him.

#twst x reader #twst scenarios #twst x male reader #twisted wonderland #jamil viper #twst #platonic #beastman #beastmen #kalim al asim #beastman reader

[prince-kallisto]

Book 6 had me thinking-

ARE WE GOING TO SEE THE IGNIHYDE SENIOR STUDENT AFTER THE FIRST NRC ARC IS OVER?!,!,

Like omg omg. I’m so excited to see all the seniors (if we get to see them). I have no idea what some seniors could be based off of, just because TWST did such a good job of combining some roles (e.g Trey being both a card soldier and the ‘King of Hearts,), and some roles would be a little unnecessary (e.g an Iago for Jamil). After racking my brain some, I thought of some ideas for the seniors while keeping any sequel Disney movies out of the picture:

Heartslabyul: The Mad Hatter or the White Rabbit. TBH I feel like Cater was kinda robbed for not being a rabbit-themed beastman. I think his attachment to Magicam and following the trends could’ve been a good parallel to the White Rabbit’s obsession with time. But I can see the White Rabbit being a RSA student, so I hope we get to see him in the future. But the Mad Hatter would be SUCH a contrast to Riddle’s strictness. I could also see the Caterpillar being a fun character to have, but I think he’s a bit more obscure compared to the two potential seniors. (Plus Heartslabyul already has enough characters-)

Savanaclaw: Shere Khan and/or Kaa. Here me out: I could not figure out anything else for Savanaclaw without digging into the sequels haha (Zazu already got twisted in the Savanaclaw hometown event), but since Jack isn’t really based off the Lion King either, it only seems fair. Plus, there’s a canonical reference to the Jungle Book in TWST, with Vargas Camp and the “red flower,” aka fire. I think Shere Khan’s ferocity could be a fun contrast to Leona, while they both share a cunning attitude. Plus, I think the red flower could be cute reference to how Scar got burned alive in the Lion King haha

Octavinelle: That one little French guy who tried to cook Sebastian. Just kidding- but I am actually stumped for this one. Apparently, the shark that Ariel and Flounder swam away from is named “Glut” (probably for gluttony?), so perhaps the shark? I even thought about King Triton, because he did have an antagonistic role in Ariel’s POV.

Scarabia: The genie? Like I said earlier, the way Scarabia’s story played out didn’t make an Iago-character feel necessary, and Grim even got a few of the cracker-jokes. I thought it was really cute how Azul was briefly considered Jamil’s “genie in the lamp.” But the Genie from Aladdin did end up in the hands of Jafar, and did some bad things under his command. In the TWST world, I could definitely see the twisted Genie being a really powerful mage who went to do ambitious things for his senior year.

Pomefiore: I’m actually stumped for this one…I thought about the Magic Mirror, but we already have Mira Mira for Vil AND the Dark Mirror. Pomefiore has a pretty perfect balance of cast and inspirations, so I don’t know. The…King??? He didn’t appear in the Disney movie, but he is technically a Snow White character. There is the Queen’s raven, but uh… (*eyes Crowley and Levan*)

IGNIHYDE: PAIN AND PANIC AND MEG. AJXHSHAKXHSB. This post was originally just going to be about these guys, but y’know. BUT I’D LOVE TO SEE A TWISTED MEG. I love Ignihyde, but it was one of the few dorms that felt like something was sorely missing. Thinking about it, it would’ve been really cool if we got a sneak peek of TWST!Meg, who perhaps did his internship at STYX? I’d love to see the dynamic with Idia Axhxbahjzjz. I could really imagine TWST!Meg being that cool-headed, mature and charming senior, but perhaps STYX has dirt on him in some way, leading to him acting differently towards Idia? Like perhaps a relative or someone close to TWST!Meg Overblotted, and was taken away by STYX? I’m surprised Pain and Panic weren’t students in TWST, but if they were seniors, I wouldn’t be surprised if these two were “combined” into one character, like how the three hyenas were combined into Ruggie.

Diasomnia: Diablo- *eyes Crowley again*, or…the briars??? Diasomnia also did a good job of turning some really unique concepts (e.g Maleficent’s lightning for Sebek) into characters, so I wouldn’t be surprised if a briar-themed character was introduced. Silver and Sebek also represent Maleficent’s henchmen pretty well, so it would feel a little redundant to include them.

All in all, I’m REALLY excited to see the seniors one day, and I think I’ll end up being surprised by some of the character inspiration. I honestly don’t think they’ll have a major role in the story, just because TWST has found a good balance in side-stories and Gacha with the current amount we have. But I think it would be really fun fanservice, so I don’t mind if they end up like Neige or Rollo. But all I need IS A TWISTED MEG SHCHHSJZHZHXHJ

#MEG RIGHT MEG RIGHTS #twst #twisted wonderland #twst heartslabyul #twst savanaclaw #twst octavinelle #twst scarabia #twst pomefiore #twst ignihyde #twst diasomnia #twst seniors #KallistoPost #twst theory #? kinda

[bracketsoffear]

Iago (Othello) "Before Helen and Michael, there was Iago, the trustworthy friend who manipulates through implication and insight into his victims. While at the beginning of the play he gives an excuse for his actions, by the end he seems to be destroying lives just for the joy of it."

Michael (The Good Place) He’s the ”Architect” of a town that is presented as a utopian afterlife for his victims, but they know they don’t belong. He can basically create and destroy elements of the town at will to mess with his victims, there’s a trash storm, a wild animal stampede, eleanor’s house is filled with clown paintings, there’s a bizarre number of froyo shops, etc. Everyone else in the town is in on it and acts like it’s normal, making the victims feel like they’re the ones who are wrong. All in all his Neighborhood is very reminiscent of the corridors in that their changing nature that keeps its inhabitants off balance (and that they’re controlled by someone named Michael)

#spiral poll #the magnus archives #othello #shakespeare #the good place #poll

[simmyfrobby]

Brad and Bergy as Judas and Jesus 👀👀

Oh, so we're doing this?

Okay. Buckle up. I have Thoughts. I have Feelings. I Don’t Have a Brain to Mouth Filter.

So first of all, Brad Marchand did all the heavy lifting for me on this one. Him talking about Patrice Bergeron being ABOVE??? JESUS??? HELLO??? Their relationship. Their personalities. The “Saint Patrice” nickname. The dedication. The potential for ANGST

The way Marchand looks at him.

ALL THE TIME.

I didn’t make this up he did this to himself.

(note: I’ve seen other people talk about this as well. Linking this post by @hard4softthings because I like the way they phrased their response, but there’s other people who’ve been talking about this recently I just don’t remember any specific posts.)

Now. Here comes the Narrative:

We’re all on Tumblr so we’ve probably all come across this line from Stephen Adly Guirgis´ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot (2005) that reads like a punch to the fucking gut:

Which is an INCREDIBLE line, but the play itself is actually .. um.. a very different vibe:

Tell me Judas doesn’t read a whole lot like Brad Marchand. I dare you.

The line that precedes this is also pretty Brad/Bergy.

Is it ever anybody else? No. It’s Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand and it’s BEEN the two of them together at the centre of all this for years. It’s Jesus and Judas, Bergeron and Marchand, their names go together.

One of my personal favourite Judases is played by Carl Anderson in Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). He really embodies the Tragic Villain I believe Judas to be. In several of his lines/lyrics he talks about the myth/person dichotomy. He loves Jesus of Nazareth, but does not know how to feel about Jesus Christ the Son of God. 

Link

Link (SERIOUS TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE)

Which becomes especially relevant if you think about Bergeron being Saint Patrice, and Marchand being The Rat.

Borrowing from Frank Bidart’s “Guilty of Dust”:

Except we’re taking the Mythology approach to this: your name is your fate. 

Now the real tragedy of Judas Iscariot is that his name is Judas Iscariot. We are all familiar with the bible story and as a result, the actor playing the part of Judas simply HAS TO betray Jesus. It’s what his entire identity is centred around. If he didn’t, the audience wouldn’t be able to recognise the character as Judas.

(Obligatory Richard Siken:

Snow and Dirty Rain)

That’s just tragic inevitability for you bay-bey.

In Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas’ name is repeated twice right after he betrays Jesus:

“Well done, Judas. Good old Judas” = Good job person who claims to be Judas, you have betrayed Jesus and proved yourself to be Judas. You are now “Good old Judas”, which is to say, the Judas we recognise from the Bible.

A lot of theatre productions play with this idea of inevitability & living up to ones name in interesting ways.

(See: Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra & their repeated failure to live up to their own myths / Troilus & Cressida “This is and is not Cressid” (5.2.175) when Cressida lives up to her name by being unfaithful, which Troilus thinks is unlike the Cressida he knows personally / Iago’s “I am not what I am,” (Othello, 1.1.65) - I am Othello’s loyal friend except that I’m not, I am Iago & will betray Othello, except that I am not yet because I haven’t betrayed him yet & earned the name Iago)

In Terrence McNally´s play Corpus Christ there is a moment where Judas becomes Judas:

The actor stops shuddering, has now been Named Judas and will go on to fulfil the ROLE of Judas. 

In the case of Marchand and Bergeron I am most interested in the ways in which their nicknames become their fate:

Brad the rat - This one’s relatively straight forward. Marchand accepts this role and really works hard to seep living up to it. He has received the Rat label and My God he will act like the rat you think he is.

Saint Patrice - a nickname Bergeron has said he does not particularly like or agree with, but which DOES affect his behaviour and our perception of him. If Bergeron was to take on the role of the rat, that would be weird and uncomfortable to us. We expect Patrice Bergeron to act “like himself”.

Which ties it back to Jesus Christ Superstar: “If you strip away the myth from the man / You will see where we all soon will be”. Carl Anderson’s (brilliant) Judas struggles with the fact that he loves Jesus the man, but not Jesus the myth. In the case of NHL stardom you can look at this in terms of the difference between their on-ice personalities vs. their off ice friendship. Brad loves Patrice The Man, Patrice His Friend, he is less concerned with Patrice The Myth.

I also cast Brad as Dionysus in my little hockey mythologies. There are a few obvious (and slightly silly) reasons for this: Dionysus being the god of the grape harvest (read: wine, drunken revelry), festivity, insanity, (religious ecstasy .. interpret that however you will.. ), but it is partly because Dionysus is the god of theatre. 

(I will circle back around to Brad/Judas I promise)

Dionysus = Theatre = The Rat Persona As Performance

(Note: person/persona/personality, from πρόσωπον or perhaps persōna = mask)

Now this idea of the Persona (rat personality) as that which helps the audience recognise your role in the play (the name of the character you play and the expectations that come with said name) and mask as something used to obscure your actual face is really interesting!! 

It comes back to this question of free will vs. predestination. How much of what Judas does is the Human Person, how much of it is his Name-Fate. How much of The Rat is Brad. How much is just him living up to his reputation/nickname.

Oscar Wilde has a fun little quote about this that’ll complicate it further:

“Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” 

(The internet informs me this is from The Happy Prince & Other Tales but I will admit I only know it from the end of a Criminal Minds episode)

Michael Kinnucan in my favourite essay ever written about anything ever The Gods Show Up writes:

Brad is the rat, the rat is brad. It’s a person. It’s an act. It’s a mask. We know it’s a mask, but how much of it is a mask. No idea. COMPELLING THOUGH.

This same essay then brings us back to the tragedy of Judas:

Now this is where it gets niche.

(I´ll continue in a second post.)

#dont ask me!!! about narratives!!! unless you're prepared for me to be annoying!!! about narratives!! #brad marchand #patrice Bergeron #judas iscariot #long post #pt. 1

[citrus-cactus]

The concept of soulmates in Gargoyles is so interesting.

On the one hand, you have Demona and Macbeth, whose repeated meetings while dealing with the Hunter and eventual fate-sealing pact was something that they (for the most part) were manipulated into by outside, otherworldly, and unknowable forces (including one closed-loop time travel paradox… the idea that they, specifically, were necessary for the Archmage’s plans was one that cannot be attributed to any individual, including the Archmage himself). They are fated to be together, are quite literally bound together by fate: sharing each other’s pain, effectively immortal, because the only way for them to die is for one of them to kill the other. And thus they have been carrying on throughout the centuries, hating each other, thorns in each other’s sides, and yet one of the only constants the other has after 900+ years of living. One of them seeks to end their arrangement while the other is driven to survive at all costs—and thus they are destined to go on existing while remaining pawns in someone else’s game. They are neither able to escape the fate that they (by their personalities) or others (by their machinations) made for them, nor can they ever truly escape each other… no matter how much they (either secretly or openly) might want to.

And then you have the Coldtrio. Three sides of a relationship triangle comprised of two lovers and a schemer, who were (perhaps) close enough in proximity at the time of their death that their remnants lay mingled for a thousand years, and became the piles of rubble Demona and Xanatos scavenged in order to make their gargoyle version of Frankenstein. Their three souls were corralled into a single magic-and-science animated corpse made from their shattered body parts, three minds vying for control of the body they were forced to share, doomed to exist in a sort of cyberspace limbo and continue the relationships they had in life. Desdemona/Coldfire even used the word “soulmate” to describe what the three of them were to each other… even though one of her “mates” was her love and the other was someone who coveted her from afar and would do anything to “have” her, even against her wishes. Even after they became three separate entities again, both she and Othello/Coldstone felt they had an obligation to track down Iago/Coldsteel and attempt to put an end to his endless scheming.

It’s just fascinating that both of these examples touch on the concept of a soulmate, but then the show takes the extra step of mixing in these less-than-noble but very real emotions of petty jealousy, suspicion, and hate, adds a healthy dose of immortality and dramatic irony to the proceedings, and then spends a significant amount of time telling stories meant to explore the consequences of all that.

Having a “soulmate” in the Gargoyles universe, it would seem, is not something to wish for. At once tragic and horrific, the polar opposite of an ideal, akin to snakes eating each other’s tails. To have a soulmate is to lose a significant part of your autonomy, becoming a participant in an endless cycle of violence in which you are either the pursuer or pursued, tormentor or tormented, one ingredient in a cocktail of clashing personalities shaken together, poured into a glass, and then purposefully dropped on the floor to become shards in someone else’s feet. The part of you that yearns for release will be powerless to enact it because the other parts of you will always have a say, and the sum total of yourself becomes something that is both unwilling and unable to ever truly stop. And then it all comes to a head in "High Noon," when the Weird Sisters—manifestations of fate, vengeance, and grace— very blatantly involve themselves in both.

I just think that’s neat, is all.

#sorry releasing 1 MILLION POSTS from my drafts today #didn’t mean to write a mini-essay I’m just so fukcing fascinated #seriously though city of stone + high noon are five absolute banger episodes in a row I could watch them all on endless repeat ahahaha #gargoyles #disney’s gargoyles #the cactus speaks

[dr3am-ph0enix]

Headcannons for Jamil’s Middle School friends

Names:

Ishan Salib -Twisted From Iago

Amir Fadel - Twisted from Aladdin

Raheel Ghazali Twisted from Rajah

Facts for Ishan:

Descended from bird beastmen so his nails (in place of talons) grown longer and shaper than most humans

Half queendom of roses , on his mothers side , Scalding sands on his father

Like cater his family moved a lot for his fathers work and they finally settled in silk city the summer before MS started

Speaks multiple languages as a result

Has 3 other sibling (two boys and one girl) and He’s the middle child which means he the hand me down from his older brother and sister

Him and Jamil met in their first period on the second day and they started getting along when they were assigned to sit in the same group of tables

The most emotional and down to brawl person you have ever met can and has punched somebody in the face (They insulted his friend group, he got them back and he got suspended for three days lol)

Out of everyone in the group He used to (and still does) talk the most shit but only when the subject isn’t around

Facts About Amir:

Born in the scalding sands and raised just outside of silk city

He’s an only child ( and a little bit spoiled)

He met Ishan first because they ended up being on the same bus

He met Jamil separately during Homeroom and it resulted in a two year (MS is TWST is only two years bc I said so) academic rivalry between them to see who could get the best grades and test scores

Was the first out of the group to steal food (they only got away with it the first time because he lied and said that he thought it was free bc the prices weren’t being displayed) and everyone else caught on and it became a thing

Competitive MF

The very definition of a shit eating grin, only ever did it to Jamil when he got the higher test grade or better percentage on a homework assignment.

Facts about Raheel

Born in the sunset Savannah and raised in the scalding sands

1/4 tiger beastman

Bilingual-sunset savanna and scalding sands

He’s Blind in his right eye due to an fight involving some of his brothers old friends

Only one older brother who went to school with ace’s brother

The tallest of the group and the one with the most impulse control (Jamil is a close second)

Met Amir and Jamil after Ishan dragged them both to sit with him and Raheel after they started aggressively comparing their GPAs and grades bc he didn’t want to hear them argue the whole time

The most protective of the group and the one to get them out to tricky situations when Jamil either wasn’t around or stuck as well

Often the one to break up any disagreements between Jamil and Amir with Ishan in the background yelling “fight fight fight”

Please note that this post was inspired by @deezneezz Please go check out the art they did for one of Jamil’s friends twisted from Rajah and Iago

#jamil viper #aladdin iago #aladdin #twst jamil #Amir fadel #Ishan Salib #Raheel Ghazali #twst oc #This is what happens when you have TWST brainrot for one specific idea or lore drop #This idea has been living in my head rent free ever since the info the Jamil had friends (plural) dropped and when I read it I lost it lol

[sundove88]

Wonder Fruit Free For All- a Disney and Pixar x Maestro Hiccups One Shot

When the Wonder Fruit Tree has been sighted in the many Disney Worlds and eventually appears at the legendary studio, the Disney and Pixar characters enter an all bets are off zone to grab the fruit and be the ones to cure Balan’s hiccups first. Spoiler alert- it doesn’t end well.

“Ugh. Do you think we are there yet?!” Donald Duck asked, who had been turned into a sock puppet thanks to Balan’s reality warping hiccups. His friends weren’t faring any better, either. Mickey had become a crappy cartoon version of himself named Mokey, Goofy had become a paper bag puppet, and Daisy and Minnie suffered the same fates as their male counterparts. “We’ve gotta find that fruit, and FAST!” Goofy exclaimed. “Don’t worry. I sent word to everyone so they can meet us at the Studio. Hopefully nothing bad happened to them!” Mickey replied… only to be met with familiar faces who had changed by a LOT.

“Oh no…!” Wayfinder Princess Moana, who was now dressed as a lifeguard, said as she analyzed the area. EVERYONE had been affected by the hiccups in one way or another! Some had become toys, others had become real life animals, and a good chunk of them looked like they had walked into a costume shop and never looked back. “I don’t understand, Genie! Everyone’s looking bizarre in some way or another!” Aladdin replied as he looked around, dressed in a pastry chef outfit. “It’s all because of that fruit tree that everyone’s going crazy about. One minute it’s there, and the next moment it disappears! No one gets the chance to grab the fruit!” The blue comedian explained.

“Why is everyone staring at each other?!” Cruella De Vil asked as everyone stared in each other, whilst wearing an animal shelter outfit. Speechless was an understatement. No one had expected to wear such outfits or become such forms- and needless enough, they’d blame it on someone who’d definitely pull it off. “Shut it, Cruella. What matters is that WE get that fruit for ourselves. That way we can clean up this entire mess!” Donald stated. “Oh, you bet; crazy fur lady. The last time any of us tried to grab the tree, it disappeared out of sight!” Mei Lee replied, now wearing a rollerblading outfit. “Tch. It’s as if the most elusive tree in all of existence is gonna pop up out of nowhere.” Hades replied, adjusting his surfboard.

Suddenly, just as Hades said those words, the Wonder Fruit Tree appeared out of the blue- donning a a platinum trunk, branches, blossoms and leaves, and fruits representing every Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and other movies and series the company had ever produced. “That can’t be the same tree! The last time I saw it in Halloween Town, there were Jack o lantern fruits!” Jack Skellington, replied, dusting off the blue sweater that the hiccups had given him. “Well, it’s the same fruit and the same tree- there’s no time for blabbering! GRAB IT!!” Donald screeched, doing a battle cry as he rushed towards the tree without hesitation. Everyone else followed at the same time, shouting their battle cries as they ran to get the most elusive fruit in all of the worlds.

Dumbo (Who was a mastodon) flew above the mob and used his trunk to try and grab the fruit, Sebastian (Who had become an IRL crab) tried pinching away at the stem of one of the fruits, and even Mater; who had become a die cast- used his tow hook to grapple one of the fruits and tried to pull it down. “I will have that fruit no matter what!” Davy Jones replied as he attempted to grab one of the fruits with his claw. “Back off, people! That fruit is OURS!!” The Sanderson Sisters replied as they barged through the crowd to grab the fruit themselves. “No, it’s OURS!!” Iago replied as he tried to pull the fruit off the tree with his beak.

The struggle continued for quite some time, until Jim Hawkins of all characters (Who, thanks to the hiccups, looked like someone from the 80’s) managed to pluck the fruit from the tree. “Guys!! I got the cure! Now all I have to do is throw it to ya, right?” He asked as he displayed the elusive fruit. Everyone immediately stopped fighting each other for the fruit and immediately begun clamoring to grab the fruit from Jim’s hand. Jim immediately knew that if threw it, he knew that at at least SOMEONE would catch it. Hopping off the tree before it disappeared, he tossed the fruit towards the crowd… and it landed in the open mouth of Buck Cluck.

Everyone gasped in absolute horror. “Buck Cluck! Whatever you do, don’t—!” Mirabel Madrigal began. But her words were cut off by Buck Cluck SWALLOWING the Wonder Fruit whole. “Swallow.” She finished. “Uhhhh… what?” Buck Cluck replied, only to face a sea of horrified expressions. “That fruit you just ate was the cure to those hiccups. You’ve doomed EVERYONE!” Maui replied, dressed as a baseball hero. “BUCK CLUCK, NO!! YOU’VE KILLED US ALL!!” Donald replied as he fell to his knees; even though he didn’t have any. “Oh no, what have I done?!” Buck Cluck replied. At that moment, the hiccup wave hit the studio, turning it into the world’s biggest rubber bounce house. “This… is gonna be a long day… I don’t wanna talk about.” Donald replied, fainting.

And it would be.

The End?

#crack fic #fanfic #one shot #funny #Balan Wonderworld #Disney #Pixar #maestro hiccups #this was hysterical!! #I got inspired by once upon a studio for this one!! #needless to say it gets chaotic!

[princess-ibri]

I know there's a lot of talk about Disney princess' hanging out, but I was wondering what villains you think would get along with each other, and also what hench people, for reasons that are beyond me I'm absolutely taken with the idea of Iago and Creeper interacting.

Ok! Took a bit but I think I figured out how they’d all line up

So Queen Grimhilde, Maleficent and Lady Tremaine I think would actually all get a long. Not really friends but they do respect each other’s power (and pettiness against young innocent girls) and I can see them being allied in any sort of dark plans.

( Maleficent’s definitely the most powerful but she can respect a woman with power as long as they’re not going up against her. And Lady Tremaine if we include Cinderella 3 actually also has a pretty powerful dark magic ability once you get a wand in her hand so I think she fits here as well)

After them there’s the group I actually think would have fun together though they’d also totally all be down to stab eachother in the back if needed and they all know it:

Ursula, Yzma, Jafar, Dr Facilier, and sometimes Hades. He wants to be the Boss since he’s a god so he has a harder time working together but they all have the same sort of ‘wealing dealing having fun while ruining lives energy’ and I think they’d have terrible evil fun

Gothel, Cruella and Madame Medusa I can kinda see in this too. They’re looked down on by the others as they don’t have magic (or arnt very good at it in Gothel’s case) and they’re all so self obsessed they don’t play well together but they gravitate together because of this?

The Queen of Hearts finds Madam Mim hilarious and Mim likes her manic energy and the Morva witches sometimes hangout with them too when they deign to hangout with anyone besides themselves.

Hook and Long John obviously bond over being pirates though they have very different views on children—though John kinda gives leeway for going after an immortal kid who cuts your hand off

Rourke, Clayton , Radcliffe and Sykes all get drinks together sometimes though they’re not really friends as each thinks they’re secretly better then all the others—Gaston sometimes gets in on the group to talk guns and the army and making shady deals to get what you want but his running egotistical dialogue usually gets him booted out after a while

That’s when he usually gets taken aside for more drinks by Mcleach who also tries to talk to Clayton and non half drunk Gaston about hunting but Clayton thinks he’s a low class tramp and doesn’t give him the time of day and sober Gaston finds his lizard creepy.

The only person who actually likes Mcleach’s company is Alameda Slim, (the only fun part of that aweful cow movie) and Mcleach is the only one who likes his yodeling

The Horned King is above anything so mundane as friendship with any of these petty sorcerers and wouldn’t deign to hangout with mere witch women, let alone human mortals, so he just molders somewhere. Sometimes he’ll speak with the Coachman as a fellow demon.

Frollo also sees himself as above everyone else for a mirad of reasons and so keeps to himself—though he usually does end up glaring (ogling) various of the witches. Gothel and him would honestly probably get along great if he could get over the witch thing. They have similar parenting styles.

Edgar and Amos Slade, despite being very different types of men bond over being the only actually normal sane-ish people in the villain pub and hating animals

(And Scar, Shere Khan, and Ratigan are all in the back hanging out as well—the first two probably try and eat Ratigan at some point)

Per the sidekicks, I offer this video, to which I would add Mr Snoops but is honestly how I see them all getting along:

Edit: Oh Yeah Hans!

Ummmm honestly I think Hans (pre my Frozen 3 storyline where he learns the follies of making shady deals with spooky magic users) also thinks he’s above the rest of the villains being a prince and all but he definitely tries to get in good with any and all of them he thinks could help him get him power and honor and such. I think Gaston actually likes him tbh, the rest of them either think he’s fake and look down on him for it or think he’s fake and can admire his initiative/ acting skills

#disney #disney villains #disney sidekicks #Disney henchmen #disney crossover #patty cake productions #disney headcanons

[vacantgodling]

personally bothers me when ppl are like uwu Iago is gay for othello and completely ignore his racism let alone the racism throughout the play

lmao thank u for stopping by to talk old books with me :3c

but tbh thank god i’ve never seen this take in the wild because i just 👁️👁️ did we read the same play? are you okay??

iago’s like not even subtly racist. like the whole play is very racist in general when you start deconstructing it and thinking about it with a critical lens.

(such as: black/dark skinned men are going to come around and seduce your pure white daughters with either “magic” or their physicality, abuse them, black men are inherently violent and angry and good for their physical prowess, the only reason a white woman would love a black man is because she pities him… like i can go on)

however, aside from desdemona’s father, iago is the Most and honestly only maliciously racist character, and it’s not even just towards othello lmao (looking at his speech about how a black woman who’s smart would only be of value if she married a white man 😒) like, i understand the ideology behind wanting to read homoerotic jealousy into his actions because why is he so fixated and jealous of this (1) man who has “everything he wants” and tbh perhaps it could work if the play itself wasn’t saying, in part, that othello cannot be trusted with the things he was “freely given” stolen because he’s black/dark skinned/from the Moors, however ya wanna put it.

like it’s easier to read homoeroticism into fucking julius caesar (the play, and i suppose the man) than this play. in hamlet, CLEARLY, than this one. and then it creates a whole host of other issues with the play IF iago is gay because then *insert a slew of homophobic stereotypes here*

however, what gets me is the play already does give reasoning behind iago’s actions. like as i was reading wiki and analyses of it after i finished my first pass of it, there seems to be a lot of “discourse” around iago’s motivations and how they’re not clear… but they are? at least to me? like, he’s egotistical, and big for his britches. he’s petty and jealous and feels that he deserves things simply because he wants them. he wants the lieutenant position because he feels he’s owed it for being done the disservice of having to serve a Moor in the first place and for being a tenured soldier for so long; and whether or not cassio is competent are neither here nor there, the point is if you get passed up for a promotion at work: work harder, accept it, or just fucking quit. but iago decided to make it everyone else’s problem. it really didn’t have much to do with desdemona herself (though i could argue that he was perhaps jealous that othello had a pretty wife who actually loved him; because even though i mentioned the racist sentiments about white women and black men earlier i don’t think desdemona is a racist character in the slightest: she fell in love with othello for who he is and she is faithfully in love with him to the end. that doesn’t change the outside perspective of those who see their interracial relationship, which is very translatable into real life in how interracial relationships are viewed but that’s a whole different conversation), nor do i think did it have to do with this weird homoerotic tension people want to force into the reading.

whenever iago says that he ‘loves’ othello, people should understand that in this time period the word “love” was (1) more freely used to describe a wide variety of positive emotions (2) in this context probably meant something more akin to “loyal” that he wouldn’t betray othello or that he values him as a subordinate should (which is clearly sarcasm) and (3) be read with heavy damn sarcasm especially when iago is not talking directly to othello. he doesn’t care about othello in the slightest; and i would argue that even if iago was made lieutenant from jump he would be scheming about how to become general. we would still have a play about how iago hates and wants to “dethrone” othello. like he’s just fucking selfish in how he treats everyone throughout the play lmao. he doesn’t even describe othello in a “i hate that i yearn for you” type of way like there is Nothing that can construct this narrative to me in the text.

so like long story short (i didn’t mean to rant but yknow ya got me going) i think a homoerotic reading of iago is just kind of out there at best and just irresponsible at worst. there’s plenty of other characters you can read as gay in shakespeare’s works, even fucking desdemona and emilia in this play itself have a better gay reading than iago and othello lmao.

obviously shippers gonna ship and like do you but i just don’t see it.

#ren hot cakes #othello #ren reads

[darkspellmaster]

I also think Aladdin would've been greatly improved if he had more competition for her hand. The only source of conflict in that whole movie, outside of Aladdin's self esteem issues, is Jafar, who wants to use him to get into the Cave of Wonders and then only wants him out of the way when he's disguised as a prince. By adding in another good option like a version of Jafar who's the same age as her, it would add more personal conflict for Aladdin and make him need to actually prove himself to win her over. As is, it does seem like Jasmine picked the best option out of the shitty hand that was dealt to her and Aladdin just needs to go to therapy instead of trying to get another partner. Again, that's just me.

Well the series did allow for a few. The most well known was, of course, Mozenrath, (favorite of mine, not gonna lie, Rip Johnathan Brandis), who sometimes flirted with her and clearly had a thing for her, but also lusted after power, so there was that. And then there was Daru Tavelevil, who was this conman like dude who came off as cultured and impressed Jasmine a bit with it, turned out to be selling iron to one of the other villains. Prince Wazoo was a snooty guy who tried to win her over, but, um...he was more of a joke character, and some people have shipped her with Arbutus, who was a kind of cross between Beast in personality, and Poison Ivy.

In the original Arabian Night's story there was a small conflict in the form of Aladdin, using his Jinn to beat the son of the Vizier who was an option for the Princess to marry, though, depending on the retelling if she was into the guy or not. Some versions have him a clown, some have him a threat, others just have him as like, parents wanted them to marry because. From what I've read and seen of the making of Aladdin, there was going to be more to it. Aladdin's mom was going to be in the movie, being the moral voice to her son with the Genie, helping him to see that he had to make it up to the princess, and be better for her. Basically, what you're saying is Mozenrath should have been in the original movie. XD I mean, given what Iago said about how strong he was in magic, and then later we see what he does when he brain washes here, I can see where people would want that to happen. I do really wish they would have kept his mom involved somehow, it could have helped with some plotting beats, but at the time, most animated movies were between 89 and 93 minutes long. You didn't have the 2 hour plus run time some of them get now to expand on dynamics, so the songs had to do the heavy lifting. Could it have made for more drama, yes. But I'm not totally sure it would be as needed in this case, as the romance, while important to the story, was more about the growth and bonding between Genie and Aladdin. Showing how their friendship allows him to become more honest and true to who he is. And while I'm all for the romance in the story, I'm okay with it being the B plot of the relationship dynamic. Opposed to Beauty and the Beast, where the Romance is A plot, and everything else is B plot. Aladdin was a shift from that formula at the time.

Same kinda with Hercules, Mulan, and Hunchback. Family and Friendships took the mainstage, and romance moved to the back. Aladdin kinda was a bit of a start of that.

It's fun discussing these sorts of things. Ps. if you ever get the chance, and you can find it (since Disney still doesn't have it up on Disney Plus) look up the Aladdin series episode The Secret of Dagger Rock. It's the one where Jasmine fights Mozenrath to free Aladdin. (Additionally for Evil Jasmine, look up Forget Me Not, where she gets tricked into thinking she's a famous villain and totally leads the hell out of a team of baddies, forcing Abis Mal to ask for help to stop her from Aladdin. It's where her black outfit first shows up)

Hope the answer is good for you.

#disney #disney aladdin #aladdin the animated series #princess jasmine #aladdin #jafar #mozenrath #asked and answered

[aroseyetbloomedwrites]

Ch.2 To be Surreptitious... Or Not. [An Iago/Francel de Haillenarte Fanfiction]

Working Chapter title: A Gift, and There May be Many

Rating: T (for suggestive tones)

Category: M/M

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV

Relationship: Iago (Original Male Character)/Francel de Haillenarte

Summary: A singular meeting, turned intimate and entirely endearing, evolves into a human like ritual for him. His taste is unforgettable, his aether to sup upon an addiction. A game turned serious. There is an evolution of something inside of him yet unnamed… Dare he speak it?

Chapter Summary: Iago looks up and over from the book, the sound of a quill, once sturdy, crumbling beneath pressure consistently exerted on it, and Francel, a blush alight his nose and full lips parted in a surprised, ‘oh’.

“Again, my dear?”

CHAPTER 1 , Chapter 2 (you are here)

AO3 Link: HERE

Sneak peek!:

There is always a sense of relaxation when he gets to spend such unhurried time with Francel - even when he is, well, working. Iago does not mind that their time together is technically apart, for the silence is companionable, and he can sometimes feel the lift of a gaze level on him for a moment or two before blue eyes return to paper, and scratching resumes to fill the room.

The void of his heart feels warmed where normally it is but a dull hole, the sluggish pump of blood through his veins, forced and magicked as it is, feels almost rushed. (Hot?) There is joy to be had here, reclined comfortably on one of Francel’s sofas situated in front of his desk. The window behind Francel is dark, but the fireplace to their side is bright and warm. Iago pretends to read one of Francel’s books; a history, or evolution of music within Ishgard. He is lain out on the sofa, feet propped against the armrest of one side, head against the other, and book sitting up on his chest, one hand behind his head, the other resting against his sternum, finger stuck out to balance the book.

They are somewhere in the middle of dressed for bed, Iago’s buttoned up dress shirt is undone at the neck, and part way down his collar and sternum, the gray dusk of his chest partway revealed. A woolen black scarf hanging around his shoulders and the ends of it lay against his chest. The black silk of his shirt might be a little wrinkled from where he had twisted and turned as he reclined on the sofa. The shadows and dips of his collar bones prove distraction from time to time as Francel’s gaze does draw there for a treat or two. Francel is dressed similarly, as if he had been out from his room previously, ever decorated in lighter colors, a soft cream pull over, thicker wool to keep the cold at bay. 

Perhaps odd to him will be how Iago goes so easily barefoot, where he must wear slippers-even if Iago’s feet are pointed toward the fire. (How fun to see even his toe nails are lacquered black.)

Francel does wonder, despite Iago saying he originates from La Noscea, and deals mostly in Thavnair, how he can be so accustomed to the cold of Ishgard-he has never once heard him complain. But then, he has never mentioned where else his travels could have taken him either, and so, Francel contents himself with the idea that sometime, someway, he has grown accustomed in their time spent together, the rest was hardly any of his business, assuming it was occupationally natured.

Oh! But he is curious! Where else has he been, the stories he must surely be able to tell, and those varied places which would delight the eyes and senses. If only he would ask! For surely they have grown close enough that he may innocently inquire for just a little bit of knowledge-of lands he may never see…

Crunch

Iago looks up and over from the book, the sound of a quill, once sturdy, crumbling beneath pressure consistently exerted on it, and Francel, a blush alight his nose and full lips parted in a surprised, ‘oh’.

“Again, my dear?”

While Iago looks amused, Francel cannot help but be abashed beneath the patient smile leveled on him. 

“You have quite the grip, I should know first hand, and yet, I do not remember it being so deathly.”

Francel, a little incredulous (a little scandalized), turns wider eyes onto Iago-quirking lacquered lips are turning from smile into smirk, and Francel nearly withers in embarrassment, though somehow remains somewhat tickled, how could he say that out-loud!

Yet it was true. This was not the first time he had crushed a quill in his near relentless grip. As he raises his hand he will slowly unfurl his fingers from around the bent quill, the shaft of it surely crushed, white lines running down its length showing where it had given in beneath his grip. It is bent over as well, a demonstration in how his fingers had pushed against it. 

Iago has pushed himself up, sidling smoothly from his sofa and around the desk, he lays a hand over Francel’s shoulder comfortingly while peering down at the damage, he gives a short, pursed lip whistle. 

“Your poor hand.”

For Francel’s fingers have a slight tremble, and likely his wrist had been under pressure too.

He will set down his broken quill, roll his wrist a few times, and then look up to Iago.

“I suppose this means I am overdue for a respite.”

Iago’s grin grows, and their fingers will easily intertwine as he helps Francel up.

“Come then, rose, I shall massage your poor hand, among other things, if it pleases you.”

Francel can hardly gasp past the mouth which eagerly meets his own.

So then a few days shall pass, whilst incident free for now, the young lord does note as he writes, such letters, framers, and permits as he does, that his fingers should be tender, and his wrist certainly tired, with time-to be exacerbated. Yet, knowing that he cannot stop, will carry on as he does, and Iago, he will watch, and he will think.

He does not wait for the next quill to snap, as they do when in Francel’s fierce grip, but shall leave a bowed box upon Francel’s desk one morning, light spilling in from curtains left open, and so to appear as having snuck in, leaves them thus and with the window ajar to cool the room. Francel will let himself in, only to be pleasantly surprised to see Iago leant over his desk, he will not know how expertly orchestrated it all would be, and merely gasp his surprise before breaking into a joyed smile.

“That you would take the time to visit me so frequently, surely I press you for time?”

“Nay, my lord, for I can hardly stay away.”

He will flush brilliantly, abashedly twist the cup of coffee he bears in his hands. He will also shiver as the draft reaches him from the window, freshly dressed in only house wear as he is. He will note Iago is similarly dressed, fretting over him with a hushed ‘tut’.

“Oh, Iago… Scaling these walls as you are, you shall catch a chill, come further in, won’t you?”

It would not be lost on either, the need to lock the door before eagerly slipping further into the room, leaving his steaming coffee on the corner of his desk as he comes around it and by Iago’s side to gently ease the window closed. The truth of it being, with no eyes on he or manor, he had only traveled with voidal magick when sensing Francel elsewhere in the manor, his purity telltale and diminished by distance. He cannot feel the bite of cold in any case, so he shall smile easily, and with Francel turning towards him, will take him ‘round the waist. 

“Why, warmth was awaiting me up here, never fear.”

Francel, taken in close, will smooth his hands over the front of Iago’s silk shirt, limber and slight muscle a gentle touch beneath. Comfortable against him, he will lay his head against his shoulder, there was tenderness to be had for Francel to indulge in. Yet, that Iago will find his hunger steeping, his thirst growing, kept at bay only with their nearness, while remaining a tantalizing temptation. He should not feast and sup too frequently less he overdraw from Francel’s sweet reserves… Before he gets too caught up…

“Not to distract from mine true intentions…”

One arm remains around the curve of Francel’s waist, but the other is free to gesture to the black box situated front and center on the desk. There is reluctance to draw away, but that Francel is curious, so they will part, and Francel will pull out his chair and settle in with eyes on his little parcel. It has a bouncy black bow, and would otherwise sit over his palm and he could wrap his fingers around its length.

The coffee lay forgotten at its edge, as with eagerness he pulls the bow loose, lifts the black top free, and in a cushioned frame is quite the elegant pen. He has seen these before, but perhaps he was merely being old fashioned to resist the transition. The graveyard of quills may be compelling enough, and Iago’s mindful urging. The fountain pen itself is a glossy black with gold framing, the nib is silver and gold when he uncaps it. 

“This pen has a flexible nib, and is a newly invented vacuum filler. You just dip and extract. I wanted it to be effortless for you.”

Francel picks up the pen and balances it in his palm, it is weighty, made with fine alloys, and would clearly resist the way he claws with his grip.

“I suspect it will take some getting used to, as you have a heavy grip. The pen should glide without pressure.”

Producing a bottle of ink from his pocket, Iago uncaps it and demonstrates for Francel. He unscrews a knob, gold rimmed, at the end of the pen and pulls back the plunger to show him. Submerging the nib in the ink and pushes the plunger back down, by creating a low pressure environment thus, ink is pulled up into the chamber. With a little cleaning, he hands it over, and Francel holds it, nib down, with delicacy. 

“Here, try it.”

Iago pulls open a drawer from the desk and takes out a sheet of paper, setting it straight before him. Gingerly then, Iago will place his hand over Francel’s, and together they will lower their hands so that he may show him the ideal angle to write at.

“The two nib tines need to touch the page to write, so do not twist your wrist as you do, it may skip or lose purchase, otherwise.”

And then, together they glide. It is just a line, but the ink flows, smooth and dark and Francel gives a giddy laugh at their combined success.

“Oh, Iago…”

He is breathless, as new experiences are wont to make him.

“Soon, you shall learn how to flick your wrist just so.”

Iago tells him with confidence, and Francel, with guidance on pressure by his lover's expert hand, cannot help but trace Iago’s name.

“I shall practice with fervor!”

They stay together thus, hands joined, lining each others names into the paper.

#final fantasy xiv #francel de haillenarte #iago (OMC) #oc/npc #my writing #voidsent #chapter 2 #I haven't been able to write this last while so take some old writing first... cries tears

[reginaldqueribundus]

I watched Goncharov 2 so you wouldn't have to

I love seeing Goncharov have this weird renaissance on tumblr. It’s like when we all decided to get collectively obsessed with Dracula and the Epic of Gilgamesh. but did you know there's a sequel??

granted it's pretty obscure, like Eighties Bulgarian Treasure Planet levels of obscure, but you can actually watch the whole thing on YouTube for free. I can't even find the original poster, just this shitty DVD cover from Amazon:

FUN FACTS ABOUT GONCHAROV 2

released in 1985, long after anybody would've given a shit about the original

features none of the original cast (except, weirdly enough, the guy playing Andrey's driver, despite Andrey himself being absent)

SOMEHOW passes the Bechdel test

was apparently produced by Benito Mussolini's kid???

the movie starts with a weird, pointless nightclub scene with a ton of characters who get shot dead and are never seen again. it went on for so long I genuinely started thinking this was a Troll 2 situation, where somebody slapped completely unrelated movie's name on this for free clout; but no, this is actually supposed to be a sequel! the plot is that Goncharov's brother, who is also called Goncharov, just wants to sell flowers in Milan but his uncle Vladimir Espinoza (lmao) finds him and drags him off to fight a Galician crime lord named Iago for reasons that aren't clearly explained (and shamelessly rip off the Rocky training montage while they're at it). His Designated Love Interest™ is “Marina”, (imagine a Costco knockoff of Sofia with way more cleavage), whose job is to get kidnapped a lot. She sadly doesn’t get any sapphic undertones aside from a couple weirdly horny scenes with a nameless assassin masseuse who is inexplicably called “the Algerian” despite being portrayed by a Japanese actress (yikes).

The dialogue is so truly awful I strongly suspect English was not the writer's first language. At one point Uncle Vladimir tells his nephew to “gouge out their livers like a beak of the mad kestrel”. I'm 100% certain the guy playing him was hired for his weird resemblance to Al Pacino and not any acting talent; he delivers every line like there's a gun to his head but he also swallowed 30 Ambien. Iago is supposedly Spanish(?) but played by one of the whitest guys I've ever seen (Xander Crane, who has an objectively cooler name than his actual character — dude sounds like a Bond villain). He does a godawful fake accent and keeps accenting the wrong syllables. The part where he screams GON-CHAAAAAA-ROV!! has to be seen to be believed. The mangled English also makes the torture scene unintentionally hilarious, especially when Iago asks “Are you trying to f**k me?” and creates 20x more gay vibes than every Andrey/Goncharov scene combined.

some moments (ex. not-Sofia and Uncle Vlad keep mentioning Katya, but they talk about her like she was this Goncharov's lover) makes me wonder if they started the screenplay before watching Goncharov 1 all the way through, and it was supposed to be about OG Goncharov but they had to quickly rewrite it to be his brother instead. I really hope that's true cuz it would be hilarious and explain why they made a sequel to a movie where most of the characters die at the end.

Aside from (holy shit) Val Kilmer as one of Iago's bodyguards, no one involved with this film has worked on anything else you've ever heard of. The writer isn't even listed on IMDb, and Giuseppe Stromboli's entire filmography consists of this, a kids' cartoon called Spaghetti Briefcase and a bunch of weird Italian chewing gum commercials (which are also on YouTube btw). Matteo JWHJ pops up in the credits as a producer so I can only assume he was desperate for cash.

so yeah. Goncharov 2 is objectively terrible and problematic and lacking in gay vibes or juicy Goncharov lore, but if you want something to get drunk and laugh at with your friends it's got you covered

join me next time and we'll talk about the Goncharov director's cut

#i worked hard on this please reblog it lmao #goncharov #unreality #(neither of these movies exist it's a tumblr meme) #a post by me™ #long post

[cornytheclown]

It’s late at night and I’m thinking about the villain trio from FE Fates. The one in particular that I love so much (Iago, Hans, Zola)

They’re not the most developed, especially compared to other villains in the series. Some would even say that they are mostly 2 Dimensional! And they’re correct!

But despite that, they all got this sort of unique vibe to them, and through the interpretations of their text and actions in Fates + Heroes + other media that I find them in, plus some personal headcanons, I feel like I could give a decent read on the three of them.

I’m gonna segment these out into different posts so that they’re not too long winded. Also I don’t know the word limit on Tumblr posts, I’ve never made a post this long before.

Iago

Right off the bat, it can be agreed upon by everyone in the jury today - Iago is a asshole. Not just any asshole though - but a smart ass. A smug ass smart ass. He would lord over someone about his intellect and capabilities, taking great pride in it.

He’s incredibly gifted in strategy and intelligence, one of Nohr’s best tacticians. However, he’s also incredibly paranoid and over analyzing. Almost like he’s constantly strategizing both on and off the playing field. Which, given that he’s the head advisor to the King, and having a very key role in the court, makes sense. You never wanna let your guard down in that kind of environment.

But he takes things to a whole new level. He’s paranoid and distrusting of everyone whose not King Garon. He’s the kind of guy who plans out how to kill whoever he meets. And while surely he has his formalities (natural of someone in the court like him), he looks down upon just about everyone and suspects everyone around him of suspicious behavior by almost every action they take.

He has little respect for anyone who isn’t above him in some kind of way. Peasants are as good as dead in his eyes, just simple casualties in war (even if they’re not apart of it). Hell, it wouldn’t even be surprising if he used some of them as experiments for his Faceless. Everyone else who works under him or is below him in power is simply just to control or monitor with suspicion. And anyone who steps out of line for him is as good as gone (unless stated otherwise by his King)

Honestly, he’s just such a hater, he would be more than happy just to cruelly toy with someone he was spiteful against in particular. Not the kind of guy you’d want to be on the bad side of, as he certainly seems to take glee in the misery of others.

Anyone who seems like they could overpower him or be of a higher status however (such as a King), he seems willing to follow along with. So as long as he knows they’re on his side - and unless it’s King Garon - he’s still always a step ahead in case they inevitably betray him in his mind. Or better yet - he’ll be the first to betray them.

Hence why he’s so weirdly nice to Kiran in Heroes. Because his King is now under contract with Kiran, by extension, Iago now also serves Kiran. It’s easy to forget that Kiran, in the circumstances designed by the Order, is in charge of everyone. Including Gods. It’s stated in a Forging Bonds event that they literally cannot kill each other due to the magic of their binding contract to Kiran. The same would most likely apply to being unable to harm Kiran.

So Iago is doing what he can to kiss up to Kiran and give helpful advice for strategy, as a fellow Tactician. I don’t think much of it is anymore than sweet talk and advice to improve. At least until their Lvl 40 conversation, where Kiran earns his respect. Even offering to aid them, if they so wish to do evil.

Now I keep mentioning Iago’s constant devotion to Garon. I actually have a personal headcanon that’s probably not canon but I’m going to make it my canon, because Fates is a complete mess (affectionate). There’s gonna be spoilers btw.

My theory is that Iago’s devotion actually lies within Anankos more than anyone. Who, as you know, is possessing Garon the whole damn time. I don’t think Iago lacks devotion to Garon, but his heart is for Anankos.

I actually am in the camp that believes Iago is related to Mikoto, possibly her brother. And he is from Valla. And a devoted follower of Anankos, who might be a little bit extremely bitter about him choosing Mikoto. And having a child - Corrin. The reason why he has such a vendetta against Corrin is because they are the child of Mikoto and Anankos, and given their softer, kind nature growing up, he sees a bit of her sister in them (whom he hates). And doesn’t see them fit to be Anankos’ heir because of their softer nature.

Despite his spite, he follows Anankos to the bitter end, by all of his orders given. Being too blinded to realize just how far gone his God has become due to their madness, brought about by the death of their close friend (the original King of Valla). Or possibly even not caring about morals and such, and just doing what his beloved God asks of him, regardless of consequence. Probably a mix of both.

Iago is a bitter, spiteful, manipulative snake of a man who needs to have everything masterfully under his control, and following the orders of both his King and his God. He serves the higher powers, and spits at those below him. Happily willing to let innocents die if it suits him. He will do anything if it means getting one up in a situation. He knows how to manipulate others and does so happily for his goals. He won’t hesitate to backstab almost anyone whose not above him. He’s smarmy and strategic, always planning his next move and watching everyone else’s every move to ensure that he’s always ahead of them.

There’s not much that’s very likable about him and I think he enjoys that! He wakes up every day extra early Just to be a hater. I also headcanon him to be a Theater Nerd, a lover of theatrics and literature. A classy, cultured man who brings out the same energy of a Musical Villain into his daily life.

Honestly, being the way that he is, naturally he has very few real friends. Between being sus of everyone and just being a generally nasty person, I think it’s kind of why he leans into the whole “cartoon villain” vibe. He has power over almost everyone, he’s an advisor to the King! And in the environment that he’s from, Nohr especially, as well as because of his status, it’s no wonder why he’s on edge and calculating. There’s bound to be a lot of targets on his head from those from opposing sides, or even others who would want to get ahead of him and take over.

Rather than risk something terrible to come out of putting his trust into someone, or even being anywhere near vulnerable with anyone, it’s much safer and easier to push everyone else away and become an infamously unpleasant sort. What does it matter if everyone hates you? You’re the King’s advisor! You have the power and you can control how everything goes, and you’ll always be a step ahead!

And when he’s lost that control…in the moment where he is at the mercy of the Heroes…he becomes a begging, pathetic mess! The man is a cowardly weasel! There’s a good reason why he wouldn’t scoff off Hans, and other then a mutual love of being horrible people and killing others, that’s because Hans could happily break him like a KitKat.

When you take Iago out of his element, where he’s Not ahead of the game like he thinks he is, and he’s left in a powerless state, he’s not too proud to beg for his life or flee if he can. If things are getting out of hand; he’s quick to get the hell out of dodge. Screw everyone else. And if he can’t do that, then well…best he can do is cry and beg and give fake apologies, hoping the other party won’t beat his ass.

Which is another reason why he’s most likely as nice as he is to Kiran - he’s at Kiran’s mercy! He can be sent home and back into his timeline whenever they want him gone. Best to avoid that by being a kiss ass and doing well for them.

Some other Misc. HCs about Iago:

Mentioned it before, but he’s a Theater and Literature Geek. And a terribly pretentious one at that.

The mask he wears, aside from being an aforementioned Theater Nerd, is meant to represent Anankos, and is from Valla. A bit of his golden accents are also common from there.

Being Mikoto’s twin brother, he is also Corrin and Azura’s evil uncle. Is in his mid 40’s, and despite being the same age, he looks 10 years older than Mikoto.

It was that thing of like, he felt like everyone liked his sister Mikoto more, because she was sweet and openly friendly. And when even the God he worshipped for so long favored her more, that’s where he crossed the line into pure hatred for her.

He joined the court and became Garon’s advisor not too long after Mikoto had Corrin. It was very tempting to want to kill baby Corrin, but by his King’s orders, he refrained. But he’s held contempt for them even when they were very young.

I HC him to be Gay, but I don’t think he’s devoted to anyone more than Garon and Anankos (neither one share those feelings).

With that being said, I firmly believe that he and Hans have something going on.

#fire emblem #fire emblem fates #Iago fe #FE Fates #character analysis

[inkyquince]

I'm sorry, but Corrin in Conquest is fucked left and right (meant in all ways).

So, they've lost most of their memories of their life, right? They can't remember people like Silas etc.

So, I'm just saying... You probably forgot some other stuff.

content warning. step-cest treated as actual incest, noncon with garon, sheltered and unknowledgable reader, nasty old men section featuring shura and gunter.

characters. Iago, Xander, Camilla, Leo, Garon, Shura, Gunter.

I'm just saying Iago looks like a sickly pervert and would creep into your room just to watch you sleep, his little nasty smile plastered over his pallid face. You'd wake up to him above you, chest against your back, hand over mouth as his leaking cock rutted against your soft thighs, murmuring for the little royal to keep quiet, because if there's one of them their father would believe, it wouldn't be them. Sneers as you quieten down and uses his own legs to pin yours tighter together, drooling cock head messily rubbing against them. Knows your "siblings" would believe you, but this is too shameful, being used like this by someone in a lesser position. He cums all over your thighs and sheets, and coos at you to clean it up quick, or who knows what rumours would spread of the pure little grace being dirtied in such a manner.

He would know that, from Leo to Camilla, to Xander to even Garon, would view them differently if they found out.

Only the siblings even knew of their own feelings towards you, having veered off from "sibling love" a long time ago into something new.

Xander would never act out on his feelings around the others, despite it Camilla who everyone eyes when she tugs her younger sibling's head to her bosom and strokes their hair. No, he saves his perversions for when they're alone together. Start innocently enough, with one hand on their thigh, the odd massage here and there, and sticking around in their bedroom while they were bathing in the other room, just to "chat". Even while he cups their chin and murmurs softly questions about if they truly want to help him relax, if he could show them the special way people who love each other touch? Feels dirty as he says it, with the mantra about how he helped raise you, how he can't be taking advantage of your love for him like this, echoing in his head. Even as you express doubt, he murmurs that only siblings can touch each other like this, that you wouldn't do anything with anyone else like this, not even if you loved them. Xander didn't mean to say it, his thoughts just ran away from him as he undoes your shirt, fingers shaking.

Would refrain from actually sinking his cock into you. Uses whatever else he can, just wants to attempt to not ruin your hole for your "future spouse" which he feels in his gut will be him anyway. But he has to prove he's still honourable, even as you awkwardly bob on his cock, his own tongue teasing your poor rim. Leaves your room slowly, as he keeps coming back to whisper for you to kiss him again, enjoying the way your lips clumsily try to mimic the way his moves.

Camilla is up next. Everyone knows her attachment to you is unhealthy and not one of typical siblings. You don't think much of it, not even when she mushes her against her cleavage.

All it takes is one day, when she figures out what you and Xander have been doing. Is the one to go to your room, cooing at you that you need some big sister loving.

She will give oral till you are in tears.

Either murmurs about her poor siblings, so needy as her tongue runs along your shift as you squirm. Suckles on your head as you babble that you aren't sure you're allowed to do this, before Xander's words come back to you, and you just moan and buck as she swallows you down. Eagerly undoes her corset to let her breasts spill out, loving the way your eyes widen.

Or, she teases you.

Murmurs that she knows exactly what an excited little pussy looks like, that she's been playing with her own as she thought of pulling your shirt open to see those pretty nipples. Tucks a few fingers into you, thumb on your clit as she murmurs for you to suck her tits, having you squirm in her lap as she fingers you.

Camilla worships you and it shows. Asks once for you to undress yourself and touch yourself slowly, so she can enjoy the sight, her own fingers curling in her pussy as she watches.

Leo legitimately needs a heads-up from his older siblings before acting on his own urges. Whether he comes across Camilla on her knees for you in a hallway, gazing up at you with adoration as she teases you with her tongue, or going to Xander's room and finding him three fingers deep in you while you whine around his cock.

But once he gets the go ahead? He is green with jealousy. Once jealous that Xander and Camilla shower you with attention, not he's angry that you were the one giving them such attention.

So, he's the one to finally break you in on his cock, sinking into you as you bite the covers and your eyes roll back into your head. Interrogates you on how it started as struggles to maintain a sloppy rhythm, lost in his older sibling's warm, tight hole. His cock twitches at the words Camilla and Xander told you and buckles down on it. You can only love your siblings like this, didn't you know? Of course, you wouldn't protest, being so sheltered and alone, and ready for any love your siblings could grace you with.

The worst thought I have is that Garon finds out. Your big, hulking, dead father. Finds out his blood children have been using your holes, your body, for their warped love and pleasure.

So, Father, with Anankos behind him, splits you open on his cock. Bigger than Leo, and bigger than Xander, who immediately tossed his morals to the side when he learned what his younger brother had done and had you keening on his dick before the day was out.

He probably tears you, one large hand on your ass, bouncing you for him as tears stream down your face, unable to even comprehend the stretch. He kisses them away, before smirking and forcing his tongue into your mouth.

Garon either only fucks you once or forces you to take him daily. Depends on how much you began to enjoy yourself. Sadistic prick wants those tears.

Let's hope what your birth siblings never find out what your adopted family loves to do to you. After all, no one wants less bloodshed than you, right? Both sides will draw blood for you.

Not to mention the amount of old dude love interests you could have, like Gunter and Shura?

Corrin is younger than both, and the fact you can have kids with these two? Gives them creepy uncle vibes.

Shura seeing you in action and getting hard, it has been ages since he's been allowed this close to someone so vulnerable and sweet. He likes making you filthy. Makes sure to run into you at the hot spring, nude, and loves it as you stare at his cock, hardening. Fucks you in your royal bed, making you whine out pure filthy. Fucks your ass with intensity, spits in your mouth. Wants you on the same level as him when he fucks you. You're on your knees, ass up and whining for him to put his "thing" in, too stupid and too sheltered to notice his hungry gaze. He needs you addicted.

Gunter on the other hand is a good man. Has been there for you forever. So forgive an old man for staring when you feel comfortable to change out of your bloodied clothes. He gets to stare at skin unblemished by scars like his chest is. Soft nipples, not yet hard in the cold air. Your eyes just look at him in interest as he draws closer, dragging one gnarled hand over your skin. In contrast to Shura, he fucks you tenderly, slowly, while still feeling like a dirty old man. He's maybe about three times your age and has you rocking on his cock. Every time he has to look at your siblings, he can't meet their eyes. He can only think to the evening, where he can slip in-between your sheets and can sink his fingers into you as you paw at his cock like a bitch in heat.

Kofi

Masterlist.

AO3

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