#my charming villainous emperor

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Wb update 2023.11.08

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Cdrama: My Charming Villainous Emperor (2023)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama "My Charming Villainous Emperor"

【Multi-sub】 My Charming Villainous Emperor EP01 | Chen Xinyu, Li Ben | Fresh Drama

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5LsH_9iKvc

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[phantomfallacy]

So I just binged The Greatest Estate Developer and I'm clawing at the walls??? Screeching with laughter? God Lloyd busts my sides better than any comedian I've watched. If ya'll haven't read it yet, I'm begging on my knees—

Originally, people compared TGED with LCF, which actually made me leery about reading it because LCF just has that peak found-family-feel that has yet to stand out to me in any other series. But while TGED doesn't have the level of found family that LCF does (bc Cale collects his family like he collects Pokemon), it has other qualities that make it unique and lovable.

Lloyd is similar to Cale in shamelessness and cunning, but he's more hands-on with solving problems, and will not hesitate to fuck a bitch up, personally. Take a shot for every panel that has a tooth he knocked out from his enemies eyy!

Lloyd's replacement of the original body is subtly touched upon repeatedly early on, which I give kudos to because a lot of transmigration stories don't do that, especially if the main character transmigrates into a villain/cannon fodder. This obviously affects the tone of the story, and we get plenty of touching moments that change the relationships between Lloyd and the side characters who knew him intimately before the swap.

His relationship with his summons is also very sweet. I'm sad to say that there's not enough moments with him and his summons, but he does give them cuddles and every panel where he squishes his and their cheeks together hhhh. I got cavities—

Cults are a must for men as charismatic as him, because he's literally bombastic and has so much flair—side characters say he's got a plain ass face but like. Who needs a face that's pretty when you have your personality speak for you?

Love his relationship with the protagonist too. He and Javier are in a constant state of shitting on one another while supporting one another—

Which leads to the main charm of TGED: ITS HUMOR. It's like crack. I can't get enough of it. I'm usually not a big fan of crack humor, but the manhwa takes itself seriously sometimes too, and I guess there's just enough of these moments intermingled that makes me addicted.

If that's not enough to convince people to get started, here's some bonus points:

There's muscles. A lot of muscles. Attractive muscles.

Javier looks like Lio Fotia from Promare.

Emperor? No it's Empress and she's thicc.

One of his summons farts steel pipes and volcanic ash.

I'm begging you to read it.

#the greatest estate developer #tged #tged spoilers #not that spoilerish but tagging just in case #lloyd frontera #lcf #lout of the count's family #cale henituse #tged lloyd #webtoons #shameless protagonists

[rauzagel]

I want to rant a bit about how the sexual aspect of Act 3 Raphael is handled, so be warned, you know what this is about. Just me whining for a bit.

First of all, it was very clear to me that the game would give us some sexy Raph scenes the moment they let us engage with Mizora because it had been pretty equal up until that point. If the game lets you do the lady devil, they'll undoubtedly let us have some fun with the handsome male one, right? They even gave us some Squid boy action after all. So the moment I got that Mizora scene my main motivation in the game shifted to finish Raphaels quest line as soon as possible to get to that point.

Then we get to the House of Hope and it's just... some random shapeshifting fiend and he's just grinding on my gals stomach, riding air. So from an anatomical standpoint the animation itself only works for male player models to begin with and uh... it was just really awkward, not enjoyable at all and the actual Raphael is just reduced to a joke and then that's it.

To me, a Raphael simp, this was the equivalent of dating Astarion/Shadowheart for three Acts and just when you're about to finalize the romance with some sexy scenes, Dribbles the (shapeshifter) Clown swoops in and takes that romantic interests place instead.

What's the purpose of replacing the actual Raphael with a guy whos sole alure lies within the fact that he copies the voice and looks of Raphael? It's literally him but without any of the charme. It would've been fine if that's all it was, but why ruin the characters sexual appeal on top of it? There were so many other things in the house of hope that could've been used to make fun of him, why not at least leave us the fantasy? I don't accept the "Oh, he's a villain and all villains are secretly pathetic" angle because as others have already mentioned, that is not how Mizora is handled, who is Raphaels female equivalent for those who're attracted to women. I'm not the only one who feels this way considering how many fans interpret the available information so that we can still get something out of it. Which I mean works just fine, but in the end it's all speculation. It's also the only way he'll still keep his appeal for many, myself included.

With the way he conducted himself, controlling and dominant, I don't find it unreasonable to expect any romantic scenes involving him to play out a certain way, it's very much the implication of writing him this way and it's exactly those qualities that people would be drawn to for the first 2 and a half acts in the first place. Raphael had such an intimate and prominent role by directly interacting with the player throughout the game, especially if you sign the contract and was, with his flirting, pretty much perfectly set up for some romance content. Even the locations we meet him at, such as the brothel are teasing the player and pointing towards it. The writers are aware that it was anticipated by many too, you can literally tell Haarlep sleeping with Raphael is what you wanted all along, but then that line is just treated as a joke once again. Raph is the only alternative to the emperor, in the end it's literally him or squid and even the squid gets a scene for those who are into him. Raphaels appeal isn't just the visual, but his charme and personality, the entire package, so to say. A shapeshifter that copies his visuals is just that, a hollow copy with none of those qualities, none of the charme and in the end none of the appeal. I'm still pretty disappointed by it. As it stands I would have preferred no intimate scenes involving him or his clones and keep the fantasy over what we got.

Needed to scream this into the void.

#Raphael baldur's gate 3 #Raphael bg3 #Raphael x Tav #raphael/tav #bg3 #house of hope #raphael #baldur's gate 3 #we got so close #someone tell me it'll be okay #they just need to release the raphael cut right? It'll change everything #Honestly as far as my fantasies of villainy men go he was perfect until Hoh #yes I wanted him to dom me til I see the lights it's true #I have no shame about it it's what we deserved #should've let us have this #male attracted subs need love too

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1103 - Initial Thoughts

Break? What Break?

The internet works in mysterious ways, and as it turns out there is another One Piece chapter left in the year

Maybe Oda was leading us astray after being a sobbing mess from last chapter, but let's see it

Spoilers for the Chapter, Support the Official Release

In conjunction with Monsters it seems, color spread of the crew, Momo and Yamato, appreciate Franky having the dragon hair too

We flash back to after Bonney saw the memory paw, met by Vegapunk outside the room

Reverting to her actual age, Bonney hugs Vegapunk and apologizes

Turns out that Kuma even gave Bonney a gift, a sapphire necklace shaped like the sun

A protective charm apparently, not sure if that's metaphorical or actual

Bonney also asks about Luffy, as they think about the serendipity of them appearing at the same time

Knowing that Vegapunk didn't have a choice it further explains why Bonney targeted Saturn immediately

We are finally back in the present now, with Saturn reiterating that Kuma is dead

Luffy is hungry, but the aura of Saturn has kept everyone pinned still, including Atlas, Franky and Sanji

Sentomaru has been captured too

Misinformation spreads about the Emperor's barricade and capture of Vegapunk, which leads to public concern

Dragon ponders on Kuma's departure and where he would go, Iva thinks if it were them it'd be Marejois (which technically he did but it felt more in the way) but also knows Kuma better than that

Maybe Vegapunk did build the switch but it needs to be added in? And he was programmed to seek it when all commands are gone?

What if the protective charm is that switch?

Speaking of though, she tries to hit Saturn with a Nika-esque punch

It doesn't do much, and Bonney's power continues to drain

Seems that Bonney's powers are not fully tied to it though

However as Saturn laments, Luffy is dining!

The navy go down to try and immobilize him, but it's clear it wasn't Kizaru

Did Caribou come in clutch again with the food? I swear

Bonney can't even manipulate her own age around Saturn, as he reveals that he gave Bonney her powers

Bonney didn't even eat a fruit, she was experimented on to have the Devil Fruit

Which makes the whole production and trade of SMILE even more unnecessary

They believe it to be an unnecessary fruit too, since while it can transform however they want determined on the future, the power decrease when their knowledge of the future is too far from reality

Kuma is charging in though as Saturn continues his villain monologue, and Bonney realises a world where Kuma is dead and unable to show him Nika weakened her tether to that potential future

See? You did fucking remember him at God Valley you cretinous fuck

Oh My God and he even experimented on Ginny, the Sapphire Scales were a result of those experimentations

Kuma lands on Egghead, as Bonney continues to be shaken and Vegapunk violently accuses of Saturn being the root of all Kuma's hardship

And his justification 'why should I understand the feelings of an insect?'

Kuma is here and he is charging through the island, alerting navy soldiers and Saturn

Kuma continues to be razed and swarmed with bullets and cannonfire, continuing his run, as Bonney unable to speak mulls over how Kuma is still mindlessly charging into his death

Bonney wonders if it'd have been easier if she had died, which means we need to make sure she knows she wants to live

Just as the navy go to shoot Bonney, they're blown away by explosions

So Saturn throws Bonney down and readies to impale her

But Kuma blocks it with his back

This is not an Ace moment though, Because Kuma gets up, his hand gripping that damned talon out of his back and his other clenched in a fist

Saturn finally has fear in his eyes, for this is a man who will not stand down any longer, there is nothing left to control, Bartholomew Kuma is raging and you will feel his rage

The punch needs to hit, even if it doesn't do much we need to give Kuma a lifetime of catharsis by smacking the taste out of Jay Garcia Saturn.

We've just got one of the Gorosei here and yet we've made him into some of the most reviled creatures in this story, which is saying a lot given what we've had before.

I mean, Luffy getting back up for Gear Fifth does still make sense, knowing that Kuma and Bonney need to see Nika in order to believe, and there's still the matter of the Self-Destruct switch, but we can let Kuma have a little bit.

I dunno if this chapter was planned for this year, but it was still a good one to end the year on, roll into 2024 for Luffy to flourish in his Yonko title, let Zoro dispatch Lucci swiftly too and maybe give Kizaru something to redeem himself with.

But for a lifetime of things Bartholomew Kuma has not deserved to have done to him, he deserves to punch Saturn in the face

#one piece #one piece spoilers #op spoilers #egghead island arc #future island arc #bartholomew kuma #jewelry bonney #dr vegapunk #saint jay garcia saturn #kizaru #borsalino #emporio ivankov #monkey d. dragon #monkey d. luffy #and yes let's not forget that the giant mecha has been waking up during all this #and that the seraphim have likely been activated against the crew again #and it's still been months since we last saw Nico Robin in present day I mean c'mon Oda

[vitanithepure]

Character Arc: Imogene von Valancius

@bnbc tagged me to present the story arc of my RT! Thank you :D

Hers is a story of falling from grace, getting back up only to start down a road of moral descent. Imogene lived long enough to become the villain - first in her own eyes and then in the Imperium's.

Imogene Aeos Venria de Vahl af Calixis was born into power and privilege, and it was never a burden for her. Armed with her unwavering faith in the God-Emperor and a charming smile she reached what she believed was the pinnacle of her career with claiming governance over a planet back in the Calixis Sector.

And she made it look easy, so easy in fact that a long line of political enemies figured they could do it instead of her. Perhaps it was one of them that finally managed to stage a coup, maybe it was an unrelated event, or maybe a ploy of Theodora herself, but Imogene was abducted one night from her estate, no ransom was made, no demands presented. Just her, mistreated and tortured to the brink of her life, to be finally rescued by the von Valancius forces and informed of the summons made by Lady Theodora.

First step down on her new road.

She was more than capable of filling the shoes of her esteemed predecessor and done so gladly, but the toll was high and Imogene has not recovered from her previous ordeal before the next one came. Surviving Commorragh was the next step of her journey that left her sanity maimed. From there, it was a constant battle with nightmares plaguing her sleep as well as waking hours.

So it was pushing on, pushing forward, unthinkable to stop, almost heretical to think about taking a step back. And she did great things. To anyone outside her closest retinue she must have seemed like a blessing sent from the Emperor himself, His chosen, defeating all enemies of humanity with one brilliant victory after another.

But behind each success stood a secret, each a step downward. The Aeldari defeated with the help of a fellow Rogue Trader who succumbed to the whispers of Chaos. Footfall 'secured' for Kasballica with the blood of another of Imogene's peers. Her alliance with Xavier Calcazar, forged with a heresy of relying on the C'tan Shard. 

But it lasted like this for decades. People around her changed, the powers shifted, but in the end she leaves behind a prosperous and stable protectorate, if corrupt and run on shady dealings. She herself will be remembered as a lunatic, despite her accomplishments. Lost in her own world, laughing at things only she seemed to witness.

But it's not her worry anymore, nothing is. Imogene is done with her duties, done with keeping secrets, and done with the Imperium. She disappears the same day Lord Inquisitor Heinrix van Calox does, who himself barely escapes the trial his acolytes wanted him to face. Very few believe it was a coincidence, but there is little that can be done about it - wherever they decided to run off to, they left no trace to follow. 

Branded traitors and heretics, they took the last step of this journey together.

I lost track of who got tagged and who didn't, so I'll give a heads up to @iamaweretoad and @yrlietlanaevyss and who wants to give it a go! Please tag me in your RT's journey if you do! :D

#when faced with a 'sink or swim' dillema Imogene just floated...and sank #there are no happy endings here folks #OC:Imogene #rogue trader #rogue trader spoilers

[minijenn]

Jen Tortures Herself With Every Dreamworks Animated Movie Ever: Captain Underpants: The Epic First Movie

So I have to admit, Captain Underpants is yet another thing I didn't engage with as a child. I remember the books being around when I was a kid, but I was too busy being obsessed with Disney Princesses and Barbie to really care. So as my first exposure to this property, how does it hold up?

We focus on best friends Harold and George, who spend their days writing and drawing the "Captain Underpants" comics about a underwear-clad superhero's epic adventures. Those adventures find their way into reality when they accidentally hypnotize their strict principle Krupp into thinking he is Captain Underpants. While fun at first, danger is thrown into the mix with the arrival of Professor Poopypants, who seeks to rid the entire world of laughter.

So yeah, this movie is really silly, but I think it works in its favor? Like, it's probably the most meta Dreamworks movie ever, like no joke Harold and George break the fourth wall constantly ala Emperor's New Groove and it's actually pretty funny in that reguard? The humor overall is pretty sharp, spare for a few obvious potty jokes (I mean, the bad guy's name is Poopypants). But even then they didn't really bother me that much because, well, this movie is just... charming? Its sharply written and a silly little romp that knows exactly what it is and doesn't strain itself trying to be anything more (unlike Boss Baby before it).

The characters here are all pretty fun. George and Harold make a great dynamic duo and they play off each other really well. Our titual captain is expectedly silly and humorously emptyheaded, but he steals the show whenever he's on screen. We start the movie off thinking Krupp will be the antagonist, and he's delightfully cruel and unhinged. Even more unhinged though, is our villain. Professor Poopypants may just be one of the funniest Dreamworks baddies yet. He just plays the insane supervillain trope so well and he gets some of the funniest jokes in the entire movie as a result.

I think what really charmed me about this movie, however, was the way it looks. I am highkey OBSESSED with how stylized this movie is! It matches the vibes of the books perfectly and does it so well. The colors all pop, the simple character designs just work, and the animation is so smooth and fluid and fast-paced with some really great work when it comes to character expressions, which is impressive given the fact that all of the characters have dots for eyes.

So yeah, overall this is a pretty simple movie, but a really fun little romp! I appreciate that it really doesn't try to be more than it is, doesn't try to phone in some fake emotions or a pointless message. It exists to be silly and over the top and ridiculous and it does a pretty solid job at that! As an epic first adventure, I can safely say I hope it ends up being the start of several more.

Overall Rating: 7/10

Verdict: Get flushed down the Turbo Toilet 200

Previous Review (The Boss Baby)

Next Review (How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World)

#jen watches #dreamworks watch #dreamworks #captain underpants #jen tortures herself with every dreamworks animated movie ever

[princess-ibri]

Rumplestiltskin Family Tree + Enchanted/Snow White stuff

So, this background stuff is pretty darn dark, like, lots of implied pretty bad stuff, though it doesn't go into detail, but hey it's the kinda Big Bad Background Villain family of my DisneyVerse so that's to be expected.

So the being this dark family starts out with is Chernabog, lord of all darkness and evil within the DisneyVerse. In the pre-historic times of the EverRealm he takes as his first mortal disciple the human woman Var, who eventually becomes the demon sorceress Vor of Sofia the First infamy.

They have a demon son called Voland, who takes to wandering the world in the guise of a soldier, oft accompanied by three massive hell-hounds, causing terror and strife wherever he goes. And at one point in his wanderings he decides it's time he take a wife. With his familiars help, he nightly steals away the Princess Achlys, heir to a great empire of the EverRealm. When this affront is discovered, Voland is captured by the Emperor's forces, but they prove no match for his powers nor hell-hound familiars. And in one day, the Empire is laid to utter ruin..

Achlys later gives birth to her own son, Rumplestiltskin, but by this time she has learned enough magic of her own in secret to manage to escape her binding to Voland, and in her last act of vengance before fleeing she curses the child to never be able to hid his demonic heritage behind a charming face as Voland once had, and so Rumplestiltskin is forced to bear his green and scaly visage for all time.

(Achlys goes on to become the Dark Enchantress who causes trouble later for Belle and Adam)

Despite his unseemly looks Rumplestiltskin tries over the years to gain a wife of his own (often to the refusing lady's detriment, such as the case of the poor Princess Toute-Belle and her lover the King of the Gold Mines) Eventually he decides to take a page out of his father's book and just steal one away, and so the unfortunate Camilla finds herself trapped in Rumplestiltskin's subterranean lair.

She too eventually gives birth to a son, (which Rumplestiltskin names Baelfire, a suitable name for the demon prince he's meant to become ) But Camilla too manages to escape her captor.

But unlike her predecessor she takes her son with her as she flees, boarding a ship meant to take them far from Rumplestiltskin's power. For a time she is able to enjoy her freedom and even finds love with the ships captain (who isn't Hook he's not even born yet in the DisneyVerse timeline), but Rumplestiltskin eventually tracks her down and has his revenge.

Her child, however, is smuggled away in time and grows up in the forests of Andalasia, under the name Niall and with no knowledge of his dark heritage. Eventually, he meets the young Princess Amelia, daughter of Snow White and Florian. They fall in love and eventually marry and have a child, a young son named Heinrich.

The family is happy together for a time, until Amelia's older brother Argent decides to remarry after the sudden death of his wife Queen Rosamund, choosing as his new wife his court sorceress, the Lady Narissa.

Amelia and Niall soon discover that Narissa had been behind the death of Queen Rosamund, and try to reveal her dark nature but she struck back at them before they could.

Queen Snow-White and King Florian were told that their daughter's family had all died in an attack from a vicious dragon, but in reality only Niall had perished. Young Heinrich had managed to escape into the magical wishing well that formed a portal to Our World.

There, he was eventually found by his great aunt Eva, who had gone to explore Our World years back. He told her what had happened in Andalasia and how Narissa had taken the throne. They attempt to go back but find that Narissa has sealed the portal against them by then.

Amelia meanwhile had been tranformed into a swan, as part of a protective spell that had been placed upon her by her aunt, meant to give her the means to escape her enemies and keep under cover. But the clash of magic between the protection spell, Narissa's magic and the enchanted well causes her to be trapped in Swan form and bound to the water of the castle.

For years she watches over her nephew Edward, trying her best to find a way to contact anyone who might be able to help her break the spell and overthrow Narissa. Thankfully Narissa had to unlock the portal to push Edward's former fiance Giselle into it, and had not been able to relock it (it was a time consuming spell) before she was defeated forever. This allowed Eva and Heinrich to finally return to Andalasia (after living for several years in a town Eva had founded, which she left in the hands of a woman named Malvina Monroe when they left) and break the spell that had trapped Amelia for so many years.

The family that had survived was at last reunited. Snow White and Florian, Eva and Amelia, Heinrich and Edward, as well as Edward's new wife Nancy.

They mourned their lost years and lost loved ones, but at last were able to find a happily ever after for the years they had left together.

#DisneyVerse #rumplestiltskin #vor sofia the first #Chernabog #night on bald mountain #snow white and the 7 dwarfs #Enchanted #canon descendants #voland #voland frozen #prince edward #enchanted giselle #nancy enchanted #prince henry ouat #emma swan #disney ocs #neil cassidy #baelfire #ouat #the tinderbox #old rinkrank #the stories that Achlys and Camilla's stories were based on #milah ouat #batb #disney crossover #abduction tw #Argent #the yellow dwarf #my art

[snotsloth]

10 Characters/10 Fandoms/10 Tags

Tagged by @icehearts

Tagging, but don't feel pressured! (Also you do not have to make pretty pictures. Graphic Designer brain just took over and this happened.) @physicalvocalist, @sarenraegalpaladin, @vorpalbun, @captainqster, @leagor-majere, @sundered-souls, @ardberts, @hinganskies, @lilbittymonster, @janzoo

1. Harrowhark Nonagesimus - The Locked Tomb Trilogy

Harrow has true scrungly wet cat energy. I want to put her in one of those little backpacks with a window and carry her around in it for her enrichment. She's an absolute bitch. She is a pathetic little meow meow. She lobotomized herself to save the soul of the woman she refuses to admit she's in love with. She tried to kill a saint with soup made from her own bone marrow. She is a war crime. I like her so much!

2. Magneto - X-Men

He is the platonic ideal of my favorite trope, "Does all the wrong things for all the right reasons." Magneto has gone through the polar opposite of villain decay. The longer he exists, the longer the universe has to prove him increasingly correct on most things. All I can really say is, "Magneto was right."

3. Wei Wuxian - Mo Dao Zu Shi

Truly the most blorbo of all time. Are you also an ADHD burned out gifted and talented submissive brat with a praise kink? Boy howdy, do I have a character that you are going to imprint on like a baby goose! Wei Wuxian also has a hearty dose of, "Does all the wrong things for all the right reasons." Also like who multiclasses in wizard (specifically necromancer) and bard? This fucking guy apparently.

4. Hythlodaeus - Final Fantasy 14

I am so normal about Hythlodaeus, I made an entire AU around him. That is a reasonable thing to do about a character that you like a normal amount, right? The idealized lost love, trapped in amber, untouchable but also incorruptible by the sands of time that keep eroding the edges of your soul. And then they gave him lavender dead anime mom hair!

5. Varric Tethras - Dragon Age

I literally have a semi-viral post about how much this character has consumed my thoughts. Rule Number 1 of Dragon Age: Varric lies. He's a charming scoundrel. He's loyal to a fault. He knows everything worth knowing about Kirkwall. And he's a dirty fucking liar. The only reason Varric isn't romanceable in DA2 is that no other romantic interest would get any attention if Varric was on the table. I desire him carnally.

6. Temeraire - Temeraire

My most precious and smartest boy! I adore Temeraire so much. Swear to god, I did not read the Temeraire books before creating Orion as a character, but the parallels are so strong, you would think I had! He's a bookworm, a little awkward but full of opinions, and he has an unwavering moral compass. Temeraire will forever be one of my favorite dragon characters.

7. Jaina Solo - Star Wars Legends

I will never forget what Disney took from me. As a weird, nerdy girl who was also kind of a guy growing up, Jaina meant so much to me. She was an active participant in the stories she was in. She was an ace pilot, a skilled mechanic, and a Jedi to boot. She had her dad's sense of humor and her mom's moral certainty. I thought she was the coolest. Still do.

8. Ansur - Baldur's Gate 3

Ansur! My beloved! If you had told me that the character I would be most obsessed with from BG3 would be an undead bronze dragon who you don't even know about until the third act -- actually, no that checks out. He was so in love, and so loyal, and so bitter at Balduron for embracing his corruption! And that reveal! All the build-up, only to find his bones and then wham! the entire narrative of the Emperor gets turned on its head. I still get chills. Also, they were absolutely fucking.

9. Viktor - Arcane

Listen, as a disabled, obsessive nerd with too much to do and not enough time to do it all in, Viktor is my gender. I love just about everything about Arcane, but Viktor's storyline is my favorite part. I, for one, am very excited to watch his fall from grace and further corruption. I have already forgiven all of his atrocities. I do not care. He's babygirl.

10. Clark Kent - DC

You thought I was going to say Jason or Dick for a DC character didn't you? (Or even Roy!) Those would all have been very reasonable expectations. I am pretty obsessed with all of them. However, Clark Kent is a very special character to me, and yes I specifically am focusing on the Clark persona and not the Supes persona. Yeah, they are ultimately the same guy, but I much prefer Superman stories grounded in his Clark Kent identity. Superman is at his best when he is attached to the mundane world by things like his job, his family, and his love for Lois. (Lois/Clark is the ultimate het ship. I will not be taking questions on this. It just is.) Clark is essentially a demigod, and yet he chooses to spend his time loving people and living as one of them, and I think that's really fucking cool.

#PS: do not ask me how long this took to make #The brainworms took over

[gabineteolvidado]

Hey! <3 Love your art. And Im curious, Who is your favorite Disney villain? and why?

4.- Yzma She’s threatening and even cruel, but also flamboyant, over-the-top, and entertaining. Every scene with her and Kronk is just pure hilarity. An amazing character that is extremely underrated. She’s clearly intelligent to be able to become advisor to the emperor. And a woman of science.

3.- Hook Perfect combo of threatening and silly. He shooting a guy for singing! haha While this isn't my favorite adaptation of Peter Pan (or my favorite Disney movie), Hook is a great character and memorable villain: entertaining, scary, charming, and sad all at once. It's weird how often I find myself rooting for Captain Hook.The man is beaten by children every other Tuesday, and spends every waking moment fearing that a crocodile will appear out of nowhere and devour him whole because the croc was fed Hook's own hand (by the movie hero!) Hook and his pirates are basically the Team Rocket of Disney.

2.- Frollo Judge Claude Frollo is a Monster. It is evil to willingly do evil acts on others… but it is far worse to do the same…and never even recognize your evil! Frollo committed practically every sin in the book but is convinced its forgivable since he believes he’s doing it for God. He thinks he is a “good” man and that his religion makes all of his actions praiseworthy and acceptable! Frollo doesn’t even realize how evil he really is. And he has convinced the young Quasimodo that he is a hideous monster not worthy of love or heaven's light. This is a new level of cruelty.

1.- Maleficent (The animated one, not live action) Maleficent is just amazing. The way she acts, the way she moves, the way she changes shape… I love everything about her. People whine because they claim she went after a baby for such a ‘tiny' slight. But in fairy dynamics, she was reacting appropriately. As the highest ranking fae in the land, by not inviting her the royals were insulting both her rank and her power. And her battle with the prince…. God, just let her win. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Ahem I like her design. Pretty demonic. And Maleficent as a Dragon is so great (My heart has a soft spot for lizards, dinosaurs, dragons). I like her voice. Eleanor Audley is brilliant in her performance. But the day I heard Rosario Muñoz Ledo as Maleficent she sent chills down my spine. So much power, so much presence. Here, listen her.

It's so sad that Disney canceled this dub so they wouldn't have to pay royalties.

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Wb update 2023.01.21 (for the Lunar New Year)

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[archduchessofnowhere]

The Accidental Empress Reading Blog I: Evil Gackl and the regency of Archduchess Sophie

I knew what I was getting into when I started The Accidental Empress, I really did. This historical fiction romance novel by Allison Pataki about Empress Elisabeth of Austria doesn't have particularly flying reviews in Goodreads, mainly to the historical inaccuracies and mischaracterizations. But I wanted to judge it by myself, specially since this is a very popular novel.

But I'm only one chapter in and this is my only reaction:

I have so many things to say about this chapter alone that I'm going to do a break down of it. I'm not planning to do this with every chapter (it will take me forever to finish it if I do), so enjoy this over analyzing reading blog, it won't happen again!

We start the chapter with Elisabeth and Helene outdoors, hiding from someone. We soon learn that that someone is their 13-years-old brother Karl Theodor "Gackl". Who is a bully that constantly torments them and insults them. I wish I was making this up.

...

In reality, Karl Theodor was Elisabeth's favorite brother and they remained close all their lives; he even named one of his daughters after her. Karl Theodor must have been a very charming and likeable man, since everyone that knew him held him in high esteem. Needless to say, he was nothing like how Pataki chose to portray him.

Because changing Gackl's personality was a deliberate choice by the author, in her own words: "I needed a mechanism for some early character development for the spirited, plucky young Sisi, and so Karl became an early opponent of sorts". I'm not that advanced into the book to decide if this benefited Elisabeth's character arc; but Gackl just bullying his elder sisters with no consequence seems kinda... dumb?

Continuing with the chapter, after this (they escape from Gackl by throwing rocks at him or something? I don't remember) the family gathers to dinner. Here we are told a little more of the family, and we find out that Elisabeth's eldest brother Ludwig Wilhelm "Louis" just... doesn't exist in this book? Karl Theodor is referred as the eldest son and heir more than once?? Weird choice, specially since the second book (yes this has a sequel) covers the Mayerling affair, in which Louis' daughter Countess Marie Larisch played a key role.

During dinner comes the unavoidable moment in which Ludovika announces that her sister Sophie asked for Helene's hand in marriage for her son, the young Emperor Franz Josef. This never happened, but (with great sorrow) I'll let it slide for the sake of the narrative.

Up until that point this novel had been your average, overly done, "Sisi lives free of worries in humble Possenhofen until her sister is told she's going to marry the emperor". I had nothing positive to say about it, but also nothing negative. It is a curse of contemporary Sisi adaptations that a relative she had a good relationship with is turned into a sort of antagonist (think Helene in RTL's Sisi and Ludovika in Netflix's The Empress), so even Gackl's villain arc didn't upset me that much.

You know what did upset me? This:

WHAT??? Franz Josef had been emperor since 1848. There was no regency, Sophie didn't had to rule anything. He was only eighteen, but he was of age and took charge of his reign from the very beginning. The implication that only since 1853 he had power is insane.

I already fear that Pataki went down the path of "Franz didn't do anything wrong, ever! It was his evil mother who ordered all those executions!" In fact, a couple of lines later Elisabeth recalls Franz Josef as "schrink[ing] whenever his mother had spoken" when she met him in 1848, a few months before the abdication of emperor Ferdinand. Which is also total crap.

And if I had any hope left for nuanced portrayal of Sophie, I completely lost it when Elisabeth recalls her meeting with her aunt:

Wow I can't wait to see the rest of her characterization! *sarcasm*

So far the writing itself had been okay-ish, even if I already had problems with the characterization and historical accuracy. But from this point onward we are delivered incredibly awkward expository dialogues, which completely took me out of the novel because it was obvious that the characters weren't talking to each other, but explaining to the reader the historical context. Like this just isn't a natural sounding dialogue at all:

"Your father is referring to the fact"???? I understand this novel is aimed at a general audience, but having the characters literally explaining the history (specially since this is recent history for them! it happened less than five years ago!!) feels extremely forced to me. Duke Max's dialogue alone worked fine, a voice in off could've explained the rest.

The chapter wraps up after this with Ludovika informing that Elisabeth will also accompany Helene to meet her betrothed (say it with me: Helene and Franz Josef were never engaged!), then the girls have an emotional talk in their bedroom and the chapter is over. I'll give Pataki one point for originality because she didn't follow the typical path of Helene being groomed to become empress for years and even had her oppose to the idea of marrying Franz Josef, but that's it.

And to finish this ridiculously long reading blog, I left under the cut all the inaccuracies that, while don't actually affect the plot so in theory can be forgiven, annoyed me anyway!

The Aunt Myth strikes! I don't blame Pataki for this mistake, since she probably took it from Hamann's biography. I made a whole post about how this is incorrect, but in short: while it's true that the Ducal household was in mourning, it wasn't for an aunt, but for Duke Georg of Saxe-Altenburg, Queen Therese of Bavaria's brother (so he wasn't even related to Elisabeth).

Actually Ludovika herself was extremely introverted, and according to her granddaughter Amalie of Urach, every interaction with people outside her inner circle was a torment for the Duchess. Public events and social gatherings caused Ludovika a lot of anxiety and she tried to avoid them at all cost, often excusing herself alleging being ill. All her children were said to also be very timid, most famously Elisabeth, who apparently spoke so lowly that sometimes it was hard to understand what she was saying.

It wasn't unusual for royals to marry people they had never met in their life (that ended up being the case of Sisi's sister Marie), but Ludovika and Max knew each other since they were children. King Maximilian of Bavaria, Ludovika's father and Duke Max's great-uncle, was fond of his nephew and wanted him to be close to his daughters, partly because Duke Max was quite lonely as a child, and partly so he wouldn't be a stranger to his future wife. A nice gesture, but that didn't prevent the couple of being utterly miserable together once they married at 20-years-old.

I am once again asking writers to understand that this was just not a possibility. Netflix's The Empress also has a moment of "You will stay with me as a lady-in-waiting!!", ignoring that being a lady-in-waiting was technically a job that belonged to the women from the highest ranking noble families in the empire. Noble, not royal. Elisabeth was the granddaughter of a king, being a lady-in-waiting was beneath her status. Also, why is this presented as a good thing anyway? Sisi serving her own sister would've been humiliating for her.

This is a silly mistake to point out since it can even be justified within the text as Sisi not knowing the proper titles for being so young; but this is the me being annoying section so I'll point it out anyway: there was only one Crown Prince, the rest of Helene's hypothetical children would've been Archdukes or Archduchesses (the Crown Prince was also an Archduke, but it was more usual to call him by the former title). And the Crown Princess was the Crown Prince's wife, the Habsburgs never had a Crown Princess in her own right.

High class girls going into marriage completely ignorant about sex is an strangely common trope in historical fiction, and while this was true for some (this was the case of Stephanie of Belgium, at least according to her memoirs), most of them knew exactly what was supposed to happen. After all, producing an heir was their more important task, so why would they not be told how they were meant to achieve that?

Ludovika was well aware of that, and she did not keep her girls in the dark about sex. She always talked very openly about it, and was proud of having educated her daughters about what happened on the wedding night. So no, she didn't "only ever implied things"

To be fair with Pataki, she wouldn't have found this information regarding Ludovika in Elisabeth's biographies in English. All of this information I found in Martina Winkelhofer's biography, only published in 2021 and still untranslated in English. I think the biggest problem with this book in regards with historical accuracy is going to be that Pataki relied solely on outdated English sources that perpetuate myths that have been challenged in German works for the past decades.

#btw i had this in my drafts for a week and now i'm like 30% in. spoiler: it doesn't get better #next update will cover the end of part 1! #the accidental empress reading blog #the accidental empress #author: allison pataki

[crossovershipstournament]

ROUND 3: SIDE 2: Bowser (Super Mario)/Dr. Eggman (Sonic) VS Huey Duck (Ducktales 2017)/Wakko Warner (Animaniacs)

Propaganda for Bowser/Dr. Eggman:

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Propaganda for Huey Duck/Wakko Warner:

Huey and Wakko are classic opposite attrack characters, while also touches of "you're drawn to people who remind you of your family" thrown in. They're both very autistic coded characters (because their shows are cowards and refuse to say the word) but in opposite ways. Wakko is very outside of the norm where as Huey holds himself to a strict set of rules. While Huey adds a bit of routine to Wakko's life, Wakko encourages Huey to cut back, go outside of his comfort zone at his own pace and also relax a little. Wakko reminds Huey of both his siblings, excitable and dramatic like Dewey, and laid back (compared to his siblings) and mischevious like Louie, where as Huey reminds Wakko of his own siblings. A bit more uptight and bratty like Dot, and intelligent and encouraging like Yakko. They also bring out different sides of each other, Wakko can be gross and messy and Huey somehow finds it charming, and Huey can help Wakko see that he's intelligent and creative in his own ways rather than being outshined by his own siblings. They both also have anger issues, and Wakko would be great at helping Huey to feel his anger rather than always keeping it hidden away. He makes Huey feel seen and heard and taken care of because Huey doesn't have to be the Older BrotherTM around Wakko. Basically just opposites attract autistic kids who help each other come into one another.

#yall need to vote for my baby angels #wakko/huey sweep #please #they deserve it #their shows treated them awfully

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Art Credit: Bowser/Eggman art by @/kannra-orhara Huey/Wakko art by @/justadoll and @/krillconnessieur

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[fellow-traveller]

What do you think of the name of CDDH? I think it would fit lot better if it was "Emperor's Demonic Heartbreak" or "Hol Horse's Demonic Heartbreak".

I'm inclined to call it HoHo's Bizarre Adventures actually

The Emperor's Demonic Heartbreak could have been a great and accurate title! :0

When I first saw the 1st volume cover of CDDH about 6 months ago, ngl, I was attracted to read it because of Josuke. Josuke is my favourite JoJo after all. And it was in the title too, Crazy Diamond...? Obviously, I am expecting a Josuke-centric spin-off.

BUT NO.

Instead, it dragged me away from Josuke and had me loving Hol Horse instead. That's why I kept thanking CDDH for getting me to actually abandon a character from another fandom that I had been drawing non-stop for 10 YEARS to hyperfixate on that handsome cowboy.

Now as a fan of both characters, I get it if JoJo fans were into CDDH initially for Josuke. Then in the first few pages, you get mentions of Kakyoin. Now comparing Josuke and Kakyoin with Hol Horse, obviously the favouritism among JoJo fans globally would not favour Hol Horse.

It's a good marketing strategy to put a famous JoJo character as the centre piece, I suppose.

So far I rarely see anyone complained about CDDH being Hol Horse-centric. But even CDDH fans don't often talk much about him.

That said, the title Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak still doesn't make too much sense, seeing how the story's direction went. In Japanese, Demonic Heartbreak (悪霊的失恋 - aku-reiteki-shitsuren) can also be roughly translated to Evil Spirit Heartbreak or Villainous Spiritual Heartbreak. I suppose it can mean two things - one, it's about Josuke finding out what Stands are and learning to control the "evil spirit" i.e. Crazy Diamond without him using rage as a catalyst. Or two, it's about Dio and the effects of his charm and cruelty on his minions.

I'm leaning towards the second, seeing how CDDH is really just about Hol Horse overcoming his past with Dio.

Which now comes full circle to your lovely statement...it should have been "The Emperor's/Hol Horse's Demonic Heartbreak" instead.

#anon ask #jjba #cddh #hol horse #josuke higashikata #again a long one...i'm sorry anon #musings

[birder-of-remnant]

Now, I would like to introduce part 2 of my top 12 list of obscure RWBY villians! Spoilers Ahoy! Naturally, this list also contains several spoilers for the various RWBY comics, manga, games, and splinter video series. Continue at your own peril! Starting with number 6 and working our way down to number 1.

6. Dr. Merlot - Honestly, I am a little surprised that I am placing Dr. Merlot this high on the list. If Hei Xiong is your standard mob boss-type villian, than Dr. Merlot is your poster child mad scientist. Basically like Arthur Watts, if Arthur was a flat Saturday morning cartoon villain. Stereotypical or not, he is still an entertaining villain in the game 'Grimm Eclipse' (as well as in the 'Combat Ready' board game). He even received the honor of having his own theme song, courtesy of Jeff and Casey Williams.

5. Master - This is perhaps the strangest entry on this list. The honorific of 'villain' is also a bit of a stretch. This one comes from Ruby's Anthology manga. In this manga, a mysterious red-cloaked figure begins causing mischief around Beacon. Stealing people's weapons, beating up upper classmen, and most grievously, ruining Juane's precious comic books. Ruby decides to take preemptive action to stop this doppelganger before an angry mob can form to beat the cookies and rainbows out of her. This Ruby lookalike is actually a berserk robot that Penny had borrowed as a surprise for Ruby. Together, they vanquish this creepy monstrosity right before a an oddly smiling Weiss murders Ruby for getting her sword broken. Honestly, this whole ordeal made no sense, but was surprisingly amusing.

4. Emperor of Mistral - Faunist slavery? Check. Cultural subjugation and attacks on the arts (except for himself). Check. Warmongering to expand his power. Check. Hypocritical booger-eater? Check. In other words, a real bog-sucking meanie-head. Dare I go on? He is only mentioned during the 'World of Remnant' series and so little is known about him other than for these charming traits. Still, I will place him at number 4 due to how well he fits the bill as an obscure villain.

3. The Warrior - An enigmatic servant of Salem, this villain is cut straight out of the 'Fairy Tales of Remnant'. In the story, 'The Infinite Man,' a group of people rally around a hero who is said to reincarnate. This group becomes 'The Circle,' an organization determined to protect humanity from the Grimm and bring peace to the land. And just like the Huntsman Academies that would serve the same role in the future, this society inevitably falls into ruin. The Warrior invades The Circle and challenges the Infinite Man to a battle. Through the ferocity of their fight, great damage is done to the town and The Infinite Man worries that nothing will be left if he continues the fight. This was his last and gravest mistake in that life. After forfeiting his life, The Warrior breaks her promise and kills nearly everyone. There are morals to this tale. But for those, you should read the book.

2. System No. XX - What do you get when you cross GLaDOS from Portal with Ellen DeGeneres (idk, she was the first witty person who came to mind)? This entertainingly psycho computer from the game 'Blaze Blue: Cross Tag Battle'. In it, warriors from four different universes (BlazBlue, Persona 4: Arena, Under Night In-Birth, and of course, RWBY) are trapped in a separate reality and forced to compete for survival in this comedic fighter game. I honestly have no interest in figher games. But the constant humor and surprisingly on-character dialogue from Team RWBY make the game surprisingly entertaining. I also just like how they were still students at the time they were abducted but are still able to kick butt against people like Ragna. ANYWAYS, System No. XX might be manipulative and cutthroat, but they sure know how to bring some levity to survival situations. Combine that with the RWBY-specific ending and they have landed on the number 2 spot for me (banner photo for this post is of Ruby fighting No. XX from this game). Definitely cut from a different circuit board than Penny, at least on the whole enslaving human souls' front.

The Crown - Those of you who have read the RWBY books will know what I am talking about. And those of you who haven't should be reading those books right now instead of this boring blog post. Or even better, listening to it. Following the happenings of Team CFVY after the Fall of Beacon, these books (excluding Roman Holiday) are wrapped up in a conspiracy brewing in Vacou over a mysterious group of people known as The Crown. I will not delve into it hear less I spoil the story, so I encourage any RWBY fan reading this to check it out for themselves. While the events in this book take place in Vacou between volumes 4 and 8, I doubt that Volume 10 will make many references to these events to avoid confusing the 99% of people who have not read these stories. But, I hope they add some easter eggs in at least! But first, we need to Greenlight Volume 10!

For the three of you who were bored enough to read this blog post, thank you! I am done rambling now, goodbye.

#rwby #rwby spoilers #villians #ner-do-wells #greenlight volume 10 #idk