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#oh and this happened in Hong Kong btw
you want a new kind of guy, fine, i raise you: the lady i was briefly roommates with in college who once smoked a blunt at a party and then spent an hour confessing earnestly to me that she genuinely preferred reading detailed episode recaps over actually watching the tv show in question
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motsimages · 9 months
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Things I notice in US mainstream media that shock me because they are weird culturally speaking
People don't touch each other. They may be suffering a lot and very rarely does someone offer a hug or even touch their shoulder. Even when there is physical contact, it's not as frequent as in my real Mediterranean life. Btw, this has changed somewhere in the 90s-2000s, while still never being as frequent as in Spain, there was more physical contact before that time.
The whole high school experience, I could really just make a post on this to get into detail. There is absolutely nothing similar to how high schools are in Spain, and probably in Europe in general or in anywhere not the US. And learning that the social hierarchies of high school are actually like that in real life doesn't make it better. I'd just rather think they are a plot device.
Teenagers with cars.
To be fair, I'm intrigued by the portrayal of teenagers in movies because even when it is well done, they're still alien. The fact that they're played by 30 year-olds doesn't help. And there are SO MANY MOVIES AND SERIES about teenagers. Why? What is it so important about that age? When I was a teenager it felt like a formality until you become an adult.
In work related things, people don't stop for lunch. It's always nothing or something on the go. Very rarely you see people cooking or stopping for lunch. I think I only saw someone bringing a tupperware to work in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (I think that's the name), but people, generally speaking, don't eat much in US media.
In hospital shows, often doctors are doing the nurses' jobs. It's probably because they are the protagonists but still weird. Also, interesting that any hospital show looks normal to anyone not in the US and then you learn about how healthcare works in the US and why do those shows even exist? Most of the people there couldn't afford it.
How easy it is to sue someone. The "I will sue you" threat and the "I will contact my lawyers" line are frequent and for all kinds of things.
They live in massive houses with a garden, the mother rarely works... Again, fantasy land. For years I really thought this was a "movie thing", like all the other things I mention that are so weird.
The university life and the dorm thing. As alien as the high school experience.
"Do the right thing". The sentence itself and the message that comes with it. Completely alien. Again, I take it as a plot device, I'm not sure I fully grasp the cultural implications of this in real life. What is "the right thing", though? And they rarely translate it well into Spanish so it is even more difficult to picture. "Haz lo correcto" doesn't mean anything if you think about it. "Haz lo que tengas que hacer", "Haz lo que debas" like the movie title, "Elige el camino bueno". I really don't know, but definitely not "Lo correcto".
Fathers never making it to spend time with the family. We even had an ad for Spanish cinema mocking this because it is so pervasive as a trope. Those fathers are usually married to the mothers I mentioned earlier.
The fortune cookies. Maybe some Chinese restaurants are starting to serve them now but I will always remember a Hong-Kong girl invited me to dinner to a local Chinese restaurant where she was friends with the Chinese lady owner. And she was all like "shall we get the fortune cookies, like in the movies?" and I said "sure!" and then the old lady said "I don't have that, it only happens in the movies".
How Christian everyone and everything is, while not being Catholic. It is a weird Christianity, that sometimes is warm and welcoming but it is still very weird because it permeates so many things all the time. And since I started watching movies in English, how often people uses euphemisms for so many things. In Spanish we shit on God on a daily basis, and in the US you get the shy "oh my gosh" all the time.
Related to the one before: How prudish everything is. Edulcorated too.
There is a type of comedy in the US that I can't understand and I can't describe. It's like slapstick if it were made by people who are afraid of doing comedy but still want to be the center of attention. I don't like it. I'd say Jim Carrey would be an example of this. The SNL show too.
DATING. Again, I could make a post just about this. So alien. So nothing like what I know. And, just like the high school experience, when people actually explain to you the cultural things that you are missing in the movies it is actually worse somehow. To give you an idea of the shock I have: in Spain we don't go on dates. We don't have "first dates" as such, generally speaking. Some people do, I don't know, if you met on tinder or something like that, but with people you know?? I go on dates *with my boyfriend of several years*, not with a random guy.
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butchdonne · 9 months
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pls you need to tell me about your ocs some more i haven't heard from them for ages and i miss them
also i'm in the mood for making art so
OK SORRY I TOOK A WHILE TO GET TO THIS BUT IM GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT KEI
so kei is one of the main characters of sic semper tyrannis and also my favourite what who said that i never pick favourites
kei is seventeen during the events of sst
they're from min, which is roughly where hong kong would be on a map in our world i think
they grew up on a pirate ship!
min isn't an island, but a cluster of islands (an archipelago!) connected by bridges, so it's a very sea-based culture and so naturally there are a lot of pirates, and kei was raised by a crew of them
(this is all part of their backstory btw – none of this happens during sst)
one day their crew began to look for a mysterious treasure trove – the weapons forged from the body of an ancient dragon
when they finally found them (after months of searching) a fight broke out among the crew members because everyone wanted the weapons
kei, who was about 10 at the time and a little bit crazy, slipped through the chaos and stole the weapons for themself
the crew tried to take them but the weapons had already chosen kei as their master so there wasn't much they could do lmao
after that kei took on a more important role in the crew although many resented them
when kei was sixteen their pirate ship was captured by the emyrian empire off the coast of arlien and the whole crew were thrown into one of the imperial prisons in arlien
kei managed to escape with the help of their powerful weapons
later they meet and befriend the twins (erin and loren) while fighting the sentries (can't quite remember)
oh also they fall in love with andrea <3
couple of all time. they're so great together i love them so much
in the original plot of sst (elemental magic and queen eleonore as the antagonist) they had water powers!
their surname is sanlinkolan; because mezzian (the language spoken in min) is logographic that literally means 'large house by the lake' so somewhere in their ancestry their family lived in a big house by a lake <3
they're nonbinary and sapphic
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that's what they look like! tall and lanky with scruffy hair and an infectious grin
personality-wise they're bright and bouncy and enthusiastic; they're kind; they like to argue and fight; they love very fiercely; they're confident (except when they're not); they're smart (except when they're not); they're a bit of a disaster but in the best way possible ❤️
so yeah!! that's my baby my child my sweet idiot kei
i hope you like them hehe
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Chapter 9 of Tower of Nero (contents and summary under the cut)
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Things we have learnt this chapter
Nero has 11 other “adopted” demigod children between the ages of 11 and 18 - “The youngest seemed struck with wonder, fear and hero worship. The slightly older ones looked broken and traumatized, their eyes hollow. The adolescents showed a range of anger, resentment and self-loathing, all bottled up and carefully not directed at Nero. The oldest teens looked like mini-Neros: cynical, hard, cruel junior sociopaths.” Oh freaking gods… by the way, two of them are named Lucius and Aemillia, respectively
A 48-hour ultimatum to CHB to hand over Meg and Apollo or NYC would be destroyed
“The Me cabin” is mentioned again
We see Will shirtless canonically and he has “stylized sun tattoo” on his “left pectoral”, MOVE OVER, DUM-DUMS, GUESS WHO GOT A TATTOO FIRST AMONG THE SILVER COUPLE OF THE FANDOM AND IT’S NOT THE ONE MOST EXPECT!!
Naomi Solace is mentioned to be kind-hearted, which implies that she is a good mother and might be perfectly fine with her son being mlm
THREE NEW APOLLO KIDS ENTER THE PICTURE!! “Jerry was from London, Gracie from Idaho and Yan from Hong Kong.” MY CITY!! MY PRECIOUS CITY HAS A DEMIGOD CANONICALLY FROM HERE!! (BTW her Chinese name would be either 欣 or 恩 - trust me, I’m a Hongkonger, I know how Cantonese names work, and if anything happens to Yan, I’ll kill everyone in this fandom and then myself)
Apollo being a protective dad towards his demigod kids always has my heart warmed
Nico was “sent into a rage” at Jason’s death (some weeks prior to ToN) and it was canonically triggering to lose someone who meant so much to him 
Nico canonically has PTSD, has flashbacks and waking dreams and likely auditory hallucinations (is that what you call it? The canonical wording is “the voices”…); go home, ableists, you need to be thrown out of a spaceship because news flash, Rick finally acknowledged trauma explicitly in the text with namedropping (Percy and Annabeth were implied to have issues in Blood of Olympus but let us only hope that Rick follows through on this whole trauma thing for the rest of the book, or so help me if Rick mental-illness-baits)
Nico has a therapist, thank the gods for Mr. D, who is helping him work stuff out
He’s also implied to have developed some sort of eating disorder - he “doesn’t eat much these days”… thanks, Rick, give them time to work this schist out
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block-swing-perry · 3 years
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ok, I was browsing through the Generator Rex tag here onTumblr and, while checking on the things that have been posted today/yesterday, I stumbled a bit into more of your stuff, and after rereading the ask I sent you before with it's answer a new idea just struck my mind that I'm pretty sure you would love. Basically, in Vent!AU, Rex quite literally managed to have connections everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE in Providence, like he could go to the labs as King King (Can I say that I LOVE that fake name XD), he could probably be known as Bruce to the soldiers as a reference to Hulk, since he literally yeeted the general when he berated him for being so small after a bad night; Six and White Knight probably call him kid all the time and not know his name (not that they'd get his real one anyways), and Bobo just goes with whatever name he's currently using because that's just the game they're playing now. Now, once it is revealed that Rex has been living in the vents this whole time, that web will slowly untangle and a mess happens Now the part that I think you'll like, despite all the stuff that he has managed to do, yeet a general, be a friend to Six and White Knight, go toe to toe with Holiday, being friendly with some EVOs in the Petting Zoo and so on, no one knows yet that he's The Cure. Like, even after Caesar appears and he can make some guesses as to how the EVOs might've been cured, no one still can guess that Rex is the one doing all of that XD I imagine that Rex would be going different places, and would more often than not recruit Bobo to distract everyone while he goes off to cure some EVOs. Rex: Bobo, I need a distraction, be as obnoxious and eyecatching as possible Bobo: *with a nuke button* oh, it'll be my pleassure
I do like the idea of Rex building up his network again in providence but honestly I’d think he’d be super depressed and burnt out after his network in Hong Kong got obliterated and all that hard work gone? at first he probably full heartedly threw himself into the “Bruce” role (great nickname btw!!) and really went hard into “overly cocky short guy” stereotype because it was easier to act than to rebuild his apology to the world.
I think after a year or so, with some new roles and close calls and seeing other people get in big trouble for way less than what Rex is doing, I think the consequences of what might happen if Rex gets caught would finally sink in (a 12 year old would totally steal someone’s identity in a heartbeat)…so I don’t think Rex would be able to have his fake identities and multiple jobs be revealed and immediately hauled out to jail without his cure status protecting him.
It’s a really nice crack idea but myself having faced some serious consequences for mundane stuff I just can’t see that happening (during the beginning of covid at some point if you were seen eating at a restaurant sitting down you would be banned from the country I was in, I believe? Someone actually got caught rip)
Bobo would definitely be covering for Rex all the time now that I think about it. I think it would be even funnier if the reason why Bobo is kept around providence despite causing a lot of problems is because he’s the only one the cure will talk to? Rex realized early on that if he wanted to sway things he needed a way to communicate with providence as the cure without leaving a note and hoping it wouldn’t blow away, and after Bobo caught him the one night he let Bobo be his messenger. Bobo doesn’t get introduced to rex’s other roles, he just made an educated guess one day and was spot on. 
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emersonfreepress · 3 years
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super random q: wayyy down the road, would you ever be open to adapting cie to a tv show or movie format? if so, how much control would you want to have in it and what would you anticipate changing about the story, if anything?
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oh man /knocks on wood
i've thought about this a little ngl 😅 i blame the overactive imagination and a deep love and respect for screenwriting (I wanted to go to the NY Film Academy back when I still believed college was an option lol). i think like most creatives, i'd want as much control as possible and feasible 😊
there are just so many things that could be done with the New Kid role... and i think it would need to be somewhat of a drastic change. I'd need them to commit to one character arc about either guilt, corruption, or descent... or the role could be split into a pair of twins with differing or even opposing priorities (but would they both be involved in the crimes? four's a crowd for getting away with these imo).
it would also be outlined sooo differently; a series format would mean the cast would be treated like an ensemble. i do plan to have brief scenes between other characters in third-person here and there so the reader has a clear understanding of how the plot is developing; but since the MC is the protagonist, I can't really dig into those like I want to. a show would basically need those scenes and that'd be a lot of fun. plus i've said before that i'm a big shipper of my own characters (like, always, no matter the project) so a series format would let me add a bunch of romantic drama since there's no player/reader experience to consider (/≧▽≦)/ (/≧▽≦)/ ah, plus I could use flashbacks to the main's backstories and childhoods, that'd be excellent to write 🥰
but real talk, assuming everything goes as well as it does in my mind's eye... I love the idea of doubling back and re-imagining this game as a visual novel. 90s-inspired UI, lots of character sprites, that whole deal. TV is a long stretch that would probably never happen whereas a VN is a long stretch that I think actually could—and I'm just as passionate about that medium tbh! just the time period makes me excited for the potential there.
Has anyone played A Summer's End???? Not enough VNs set in the late 20th century, for real.
btw can't recommend a summer's end enough--it's a wlw VN set in Hong Kong in the 1980s and it. is. everything.
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the-writing-mill · 3 years
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assassin au with the "making a deal to save the other" and jangobi?
Okay, this one’s actually even a bit longer than the other one, so it’s going under a read more lol
Jango is a merc/bounty hunter/assassin guy, Obi-Wan is an information broker with an editing cover job and a “rental property” to embezzle money
These two have never met, and have no idea about each other’s identities beyond knowing their underground reputations, until Jango is hired to assassinate Obi-Wan’s little brother, Anakin
Obi-Wan is visiting Anakin for the weekend on the day of the planned assassination, and notices things are a little off, setting off all of his learned criminal world/underground alarms
(Anakin, btw, is a part time mechanic, part time engineering student. Obi-Wan has very carefully kept the boy out of his world since becoming Anakin’s official guardian after their adoptive father, Qui-Gon Jinn, died in an accident)
Obi-Wan gets paranoid enough after spending an evening with Anakin that he fakes a pillow body in the guest room and sets himself up in the living room to guard
This is somewhat fortunate for him when an apparent burglar (who moves much too professionally and dangerously) breaks in through a window near silently
Jango barely has half a second of realizing something’s up before being side tackled
The fight is pretty intense, if odd for being so quiet, since they both coincidentally don’t want Anakin to wake up (at some point Obi-Wan manages to get Jango’s ski mask off)
In the end, Obi-Wan ends up pinned under Jango, hands restrained above his head, knife against his throat, straddled
Jango grumbles sardonically about how Obi-Wan couldn’t make Jango’s job easier and just sleep through the night and call the police in the morning, tipping Obi-Wan off to the man being there for Anakin instead of him
Obi-Wan is, of course, a self-sacrificing idiot and gets Jango’s attention by wondering out loud about what a small-time mechanic going through school could have done to get a high-level assassin sent after him
(Jango’s plan, as Obi-Wan has figured out, was to stage a break in/burglary and wake Anakin up and kill him in the resulting “fight” to make it look like the burglar had killed Anakin in the heat of the moment)
With the man under him clearly having figured out too much, Jango decides he’ll have to kill him too, but first thinks it’s worth learning what gave him away
There’s a bit of back and forth until Obi-Wan is able to piece together who exactly Jango is (should his assassin name be Mythosaur? I think that would be fun and the “myth” bit can refer to his work being so subtle and Jango being such an unknown outside of his assassin rep)
Now, someone figuring out exactly who Jango is an even bigger no-no, so Jango goes right for the kill
Jango doesn’t manage to kill Obi-Wan before Obi-Wan offers a deal (didn’t think I’d take “making a deal to save the other” this way, did you?)
Jango’s pressing a blade into Obi-Wan’s neck enough to draw blood but finds himself intrigued enough to let the man talk for another few seconds (Obi-Wan really is quite the negotiator)
Obi-Wan offers free information for life, basically, and to be support for a set number of missions a year. In exchange, Jango won’t kill Anakin and will let Obi-Wan find Jango’s client and kill the client to nullify the contract (and prevent Jango’s rep from being tarnished)
It’s an utterly absurd proposal but also clearly made with knowledge of the underground, so Jango of course asks who Obi-Wan thinks he is to make that kind of offer
Jango finds himself reluctantly impressed by Obi-Wan’s identity (I have no idea what his underworld identity is, but I don’t it to be “The Negotiator”) and finds himself considering the deal, which Obi-Wan catches onto and he manages to convince Jango
(Part of the final deal includes the fact that Jango technically has two more months per his contract to carry out the hit. If Obi-Wan can’t find the client by then, Jango will kill Anakin anyways. Obi-Wan is desperately confident that he can do it, despite Jango having basically zero info beyond the contract and a clearly shell company in Hong Kong to wire the money to)
Jango gets Obi-Wan to give him a glut of information over the next few weeks, to the point of them spending a few hours in a private booth/room in a very private club so Obi-Wan can safely give it all to him. Obi-Wan is both desperate to meet expectations and tries his best; and is also very annoyed at getting pulled away from hunting down who’s trying to kill Anakin and therefore sasses Jango quite a bit.
Obi-Wan is really having trouble figuring out who wants to kill Anakin, finally giving in and starting from the other end, Anakin himself. Why would someone want to kill Anakin? Specifically why would the sort of person who can find and hire Jango want to kill Anakin? This is in some ways even harder to figure out, but Obi-Wan has many more leads and information to access
After a few weeks of this dynamic, the first change is when Jango and Obi-Wan end up complaining about a mutual acquaintance during an info drop off, which leads to more mutual bitching
Then Jango drags Obi-Wan across the country (we’re just going to assume we were in like… NYC or Chicago before) to assist him in another assassination in LA
Obi-Wan is somewhat tempted to get Jango caught, since that would be an easy way to save Anakin, but decides against it for multiple reasons (including a few that he will not yet acknowledge, including developing fondness for Jango and, even worse, the first few seeds of trust)
So instead of going to prison, Jango returns from a smooth assassination to an already half-drunk Obi-Wan, shirt very scandalously unbuttoned halfway down
The have a nice night of just drinking and relaxing and then wake up the next morning curled around each other in bed (they didn’t have sex, as the lack of certain types of soreness and their clean, still on, pants from the night before prove. But they still have the knowledge and a few sensations of sleeping together with their guards down)
When they get back, things are a little awkward, but it’s fine, they’re professionals, so they’ll keep meeting to keep up their deal. Obi-Wan keeps giving Jango any info he wants, and they keep accidentally falling back into their habits of doing things like complaining about mutual acquaintances who annoy them
Obi-Wan is also making some headway with investigating who wants to kill Anakin, finding many questionable decisions on Anakin’s part, especially regarding friends/social circle, but not anyone who would be able to hire Jango that would dislike Anakin
With about a week and a half left, and leads running out, Obi-Wan starts to freak out a little, which Jango notices, which in turn makes Jango realize that he doesn’t like Obi-Wan being stressed out and afraid and tense and looking at Jango like he’s a cat about to pounce on a wounded canary
But Jango also puts work before all else so when he has another job (coincidentally in the same city), Jango drags Obi-Wan with him, unfortunately making the mistake to literally bring Obi-Wan with him
When Jango starts cursing about the job going to hell part way through a shoot-out, Obi-Wan casually comments that it’s not even that bad, prompting a sass battle between the two of them while they’re still fighting their actual opponents where Jango realizes that Obi-Wan, as brilliant as he is, has the worst on-the-ground luck ever
In the end, they win, with a very damaged, limping vehicle that they, for handwavey reasons, need to get to some spot that the car won’t make it to as is. Thus, they have to go slide into the mechanic shop Anakin’s working the graveyard shift for
Obi-Wan really does hate, in many ways, finally having his two worlds collide, bringing Jango and the shot-out car directly to Anakin, and is almost distracted from how bad he feels about it when Jango tries to comfort him
Jango is, thankfully, a very good actor, and Anakin is a bit oblivious. He very easily starts clumsily probing Jango about what Obi-Wan and Jango quickly figure out Anakin thinks is a romantic relationship between them (and, to be fair, Obi-Wan has been acting strange, and spending much more time “with a friend” in the past two months or so)
At some point, Obi-Wan gets so uncomfortable with the idea that he and Jango are in a romantic relationship that he makes what is, to him and Jango, a mistake, and draws attention to the bullet holes again
Jango vaguely looks like he wants to kill Obi-Wan while Anakin casually explains it’s not that big of a deal, although he might have to find a better patch if this sort of thing keeps happening
This stops any murder plans Jango was making, and any counter plans Obi-Wan was making in favor of carefully probing Anakin to figure out when else he had fixed a bullet ridden car
Anakin reveals pretty easily that his engineering school’s dean, Sidney Palpatine (Sidney=Sid-=Sidious lol) had dropped in about two and a half months ago with a car in similar condition. As well as a few other people that Anakin describes well enough for Jango and Obi-Wan to identify as members of a local crime organization and a private army (like Blackwater/Academi), as well as mention a weird package in the trunk
This is clearly the who and why for Jango getting hired to assassinate Anakin, but they both play it cool until Anakin’s done and they can go on their way to drop off the vehicle
Cue Obi-Wan having a panic attack, which freaks Jango out quite a bit, since he’s so used to Obi-Wan being very calm and controlled and not showing vulnerability. Obi-Wan even gets outwardly angry
Cue Jango’s “oh. Oh.” moment
Jango basically drags a near catatonic Obi-Wan back to the apartment he’s been staying in and drugs him to sleep (in Jango’s mind, if Obi-Wan was too out of it to notice a drugged drink, then he clearly had no more business staying awake)
By the time Obi-Wan wakes up and starts panicking, less than yesterday (thanks to a good night’s sleep), Jango has some basic information on the legal and illegal lives of Palpatine, and a few half-formed assassination plans
Jango also has toast. Which he makes Obi-Wan eat. Obi-Wan grumps about not having been forced to eat breakfast since he was a teen. Cue a small sassy back and forth that further calms Obi-Wan down
Jango offers to kill Palpatine for free, which startles Obi-Wan because that is not how the criminal underworld works. Jango half-heartedly puts forth some logic about how Obi-Wan succeeding with their deal means that Jango gets to keep the best information broker on his side. Obi-Wan can tell that that isn’t all, and recognizes that Jango is probably being kind, but won’t outright admit it
They eventually decide on a plan where Anakin will bring Obi-Wan with him to go visit dean Palpatine who he’s friends with, and that Obi-Wan will bring some poisoned tea in a travel to mug to share. Anakin will refuse the tea, being Anakin, and Obi-Wan and Palpatine will both drink the poison. Obi-Wan will have the antidote (either disguised as something innocuous or to be taken during a bathroom break) and cure himself before there are any symptoms, leaving Palpatine to die of what will look like a natural heart attack
The plan goes awry, due to Kenobi luck, when Anakin accidentally has them barge in while Palpatine is meeting with another criminal. Cue a fight in the office, a secret passage, and more criminals to fight while Jango scrambles to get to the new location to help
Obi-Wan manages to actually word his way into delaying their defeats and deaths until Jango gets there. Jango manages to take out about half of the enemies before he gets defeated/captured as well
At this point Obi-Wan tries to make a deal again, to save Anakin and Jango. It seems to work/Palpatine seems interested, only for him to pull the rug out and basically say he’ll be either killing all three or making them wish they were dead, including some conjecture about Obi-Wan’s looks (aka sexual slavery)
Cue Jango getting incensed enough to break free again and start fighting again. He gets to Obi-Wan, frees him, and thus ensues a battle couple take down from the cheesiest of action flicks
In the end, Palpatine is the last one standing. Before either of them (or Anakin, who is beginning to get over his shock) can kill Palpatine, he runs away. Jango, Obi-Wan, and a confused Anakin give chase, stopping at the end of an alley as they realize that Palpatine has been hit by a bus
Jango and Obi-Wan drag Anakin through a convoluted path back to Obi-Wan’s apartment and confirm that, yes, Palpatine died. Jango and Obi-Wan quickly confirm that there’s nothing linking them to the crime scene (Palpatine had told his secretary that Anakin and Obi-Wan had left out the back when he realized he was going to have to kill them, giving them an alibi)
Obi-Wan and Jango tell Anakin a mostly true story and prod Anakin to decide to go back to [insert some place here] and live with some half-distant bio relatives (the Lars family), maybe finish his degree online
Cut to a few months later, Obi-Wan is reading an update text from Anakin before Jango comes into the room. Obi-Wan gives him a good luck kiss before sending Jango out to his job, reminding him that “I’ve always got your back”, Jango responds in kind, Obi-Wan accepts this/informs Jango that he knows before letting Jango drag him into another kiss
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lilithrebellion · 3 years
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I really hope to become a content creator and make some decent content for women. These days it’s so easy to make a female character emotionless fighting machine and call it feminism/empowerment. And if not then it’s the same ol’ heteronormative dynamics…
I wish there was a little more depth to these messages and more content for women BY women. Oh and some decent wlw (do you have any wlw dating sim recommendations btw??)
Unfortunately, my writer creativity starts and ends with Amayui.... 😅
I'm sorry, I just could never make myself write anything like I can with Lilith Rebellion and I don't feel good about "filing off the serial numbers" and trying to publish it as original fiction. It was always meant as a direct criticism of dl (plus a ton of other tropes, emotionless fighting female character one included), and it was always written specifically for Yui.
And as much as I joke about taking over Rejet, I know it won't happen. Getting hired is out of the question. I don't trust them with Amaya. I know they'll butcher her character to fit thier mold and I refuse. Buying them out is even more unfeasible and who would listen to someone forcibly changing your entire business model?
I'll still write fic though! Just because it's free hobby fanfic and not officially published doesn't mean it's not content that I created!👍
Canon is subjective anyway so you're the one who gets to decide what that is in your own heart. I literally wrote an entire essay on this for a university class once, I am not kidding. The professor loved it.
Although, I actually did work on an actual otome game once! It's not out yet, but I'm still good friends with the producer of Tokyo Debunker. I won't spoil the story or anything, but it was freaking amazing and I 110% recommend it when it actually gets released.
As for wlw dating sims, I don't really have time for games anymore because of fic writing, so I haven't really played these. But Heart of the Woods looks good from the parts I saw on YouTube (and the art is super cute). I also saw one called Oshirabu: waifus over husbandos which sounded hilarious. And there was also A Summer's End which I was interested in because my parents are from Hong Kong so the idea of a Yuri with my family background sounded cool.
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gingerly-writing · 4 years
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The Useful Notes page on TvTropes has a good deal on info about Brazil. It's a big and diverse country. The experience of someone rich will be radically different from that of someone who doesn't have as much money. What we consider "white" is a mess because lots of mixing, but that means colorism is still a big thing even with legislation making explicit racist acts illegal. Rio de Janeiro is overrepresented in media but the biggest city (in the whole southern hemisphere of Earth, btw) is São Paulo, and the capital city is neither, it's Brasília. Not everyone likes soccer and not everyone likes Carnaval but those are very popular here. Distinction: only country in Latin America not to speak Spanish as a first language, so Brazilians are not Hispanic (though we vibe with other LatAm folks, we do not vibe with gringos assuming we're all alike). We have no limits or notion of what's sacred when it comes to food, so we put cheese in sushi and we have chocolate pizza. Also we sometimes enjoy pranking foreigners. Look up "cala boca Galvão" for a notable example, it's wholesomely chaotic and insanely funny that even famous celebrities (like author Paulo Coelho) contributed to it.
oh hey, thanks for all this information! my ex-boyfriend was Brazilian so I do have a passing knowledge of the country, but it’s always great to learn more 😊
however, I think the point of the post you’re responding to is more like...yes, we all have the capacity to go out and learn a lot about countries that are unknown to us, but we don’t have a choice about having content about America shoved down our throats every day on the Internet.
and like, I run a writing blog here. my irl life is very politics focused so I don’t really cultivate my dash towards politics. and yet, every time something happens in American politics, it’s here, it’s on my dash, someone is reblogging it, and I have to learn that Biden said XYZ or the Senate is doing ABC. and...I like being informed? politics is my business. but. surely Americans can’t make up this high of a proportion of the Internet. there literally cannot be this many Americans. do the rest of us just shut up and not post about our own countries under the American deluge? are we just politer in assuming that other people don’t want/need to know about everything that’s happening in our countries? what the fuck is up with that?
if I have to see politics content I would like less American content on my dash and more...this is what fucking Bolsonaro is up to at the moment, Indigenous Canadians often don’t have access to clean drinking water, a nasty new coal mine is opening up in Australia, the CCP are pushing forward in Hong Kong again. but again, before anyone suggests intense dash cultivation, I run a writing blog here, and I do my politics elsewhere. this is more just questioning why the background hum of the internet, the sprinkles scattered across every fandom and interest centre, isn’t politics, but solely American politics. who let them monopolise like this. where are the rest of us. if the internet is a ghost town then American politics is the tumbleweeds that haunt us all, and I, for one, would like a little more ecological variety. that, or I need to invest in a weedwhacker.
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Of Blood and Bonds - Chapter 5
"Father you know I respect you." Damian said and everyone at the dining table stilled as they were about to get up and leave. "But I must admit, as my brothers would say, you've majorly fucked up." 
Bruce sighed. He had thought about that - had Alfred scold him for having benched Damian - for doing as Damian had said and taking out his anger about his own failures on his other children. But that didn't make this any easier.
"Damian I know you're mad I didn't tell you about your sister-"
"Oh this is not about that. Well not entirely. They are connected but this is not about Marinette alone." When no one spoke, he took it as his cue to continue. 
"You saw in her files that there were some vague details about her being possessed by an akuma. Did you figure out what they are? Because I have an its not pretty. Actually, it's bad enough to warrant an intervention of the Justice League as a whole but my sister tells me that they were told not to waste the JL's time." 
His youngest's face was worryingly blank. It reminded him of all the times he was set upon something and right now it seemed that his new focus was his older sister. Bruce supposed, he should be thankful that Damian's attention towards her was not of the murderous kind. 
"What do you mean?" He made sure to keep his voice free from emotions. 
"From what she told me, they asked for help several times until someone from the JL dismissed their problems as a prank, a joke without any investigation or anything about their claims."
Someone was going to be hearing from Batman soon. 
"And what about the akumas?" 
"It's enough to need more than one member of the JL. I've see a video of one of the attacks, it's...horrifying and according to Marinette it was one of the tamer ones." 
"Do you have them?" His sons all looked annoyed and he knew they were probably thinking that he was letting superhero work take precedence over his family again. But that was how he worked. He didn't know what to do about the situation with Marinette but this - this could find a solution to. 
"There are videos of them online." 
Damian seemed to take that as his cue to get up and walk away. 
"I'll play the videos in the cave." 
~
Marinette hadn't necessarily had the best time in the last years but one thing he had definitely learned was who were her real friends and who weren't.
It was before the worst month of her life but things had already started taking a turn for the worse for her at that point. 
Her so called friends all started to believe Lila over her, started to - as she now knew - emotionally blackmail her, only gave her the time of the day whenever she did something for them or to scold her for whatever she apparently did for poor Lila. 
She was oh so tired and every second she wasted made her feel more guilty. 
Hawkmoth had come back more enraged than ever after the Miracle Queen incident and she had done the mistake of lending the more Miraculous out.
She had given Kagami and Luka both different Miraculous for them to fight alongside her because they both have strong spirits and a good resonance with several kwamis but... let's just say that she would never forgive herself for what they had to experience because of her.
In desperation, she tried to find other holders that she hadn't used before who resonated but that...that had been a huge mistake. She almost lost more than one Miraculous that day. 
She was their Guardian. And that day she vowed that she would die first before letting something happen to the Kwamis.
She was fighting alone now. Chat Noir...Chat Noir was even more pushy about revealing themselves after the the chaos that had occured. He hindered more than he helped, never showing up on time. 
Things had come to head one day as she walked into class. The whole incident had involved a bunch of sheep and a ripped sketchbook - hers to be precise. 
It proved to actually be a relief to let go if them. She had never realized how much their 'friendship' had been dragging her down. 
I got permission to use this fic as a reference for her backstory so check it out. Thanks for that btw.
That experience proved to be helpful later when she felt like there was no one she could trust. 
Apprenticeship with Master Fu had since long taught her that it was better to feel than to see. She had learnt to recognise auras rather than faces and in the end that might have been her saving grace - or well at least the start of her path back to sanity. 
She had learnt to see and remember the auras of her friends rather than anything else because afterall the soul didn't lie.
After everything, well her reliance on auras had only increased. 
Meeting her brothers had been amazing and even more so now that it seemed that they wanted to have a relationship with her.
But one things that bothered her were their auras. 
It wasn't that they were bad - it was that they were scarred, hardened and she could basically see that they had suffered in the past. 
The worst of them were probably Jason and Damian. Their auras made it very clear that they had been dipped in the Lazarus pits.
Jason...Jason's soul had been corrupted at such a point that she doubted that the pits had been used for anything less than bringing him back from the dead. 
And Damian - Damian's soul seemed to have some of the pits as a foundation. She gathered that he had been dunked into the pools more than once when he was a child. There was something else in his aura too that showed that he had died not long ago too. 
There was also another aura that seemed to have to have linked with both of them which made her sure of their last fates and Marinette shuddered to think what had happened to them. 
She had to remind herself that the past was in the past and while she couldn't change that, she could at least help them have a better future. 
So, one could say, that she was nervous for this upcoming dinner.
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The dinner didn't go as expected - at all. 
Firstly, they were late. All of her brothers and sister were late, very very late. Marinette was not impressed, especially give that Damian wasn't answering his phone. 
But this was Gotham, the few kwamis she had brought with her reasoned, there was probably a problem and wasn't it better that were safe inside than stuck outside and hurt? 
Just as she was about to say screw it and transform using the fox Miraculous to see if she could help the bats, she felt the magic around the house shift. 
Marinette focused in the disturbance and closed her eyes reaching out for their auras. She soon snapped her eyes open and let a smile come on her face - she knew those auras. But why were they entering from the window? 
Marinette shrugged it off and signalled the kwamis to hide while she went to greet them. 
She was not ready for the sight that she came upon. Her siblings were all in a state of disarray and it looked like they were trying to be silent. 
They were of course failing miserably given what seemed to be a bullet wound in Jason and a stab would in Dick and the rest of them all seemed to have been beat up to at least some degree.
"What the fuck?" Marinette felt like the situation called for her language to be excused. 
They all froze in place before slowly turning to look at her. 
"Uh hey." Dick or should she say Nightwing because apparently she wasn't stressed enough gave her a short wave.
She cursed and buried her face in her hands. "Of course I can't have normal siblings."
"Siblings?" Black Bat seemed suprised. She couldn't recognize her aura, Marinette decided that she must have been Cassandra. 
"You must be confused ma'am." Red Robin jumped in and Marinette rolled her eyes. "I'm not stupid Timothy." And then just to prove her point she point at each one of them in turn. "Jason, Dick, Damian and who I'm guessing is Cassandra."
"What makes you say that?" Tim seemed to be ever the player of words. 
She sighed, knowing they wouldn't budge until she proved that she truely believed her words. 
"Well, why else would you be here?"
"Uh because it was the nearest place we found to nurse our wounds and last time we checked this place was abandoned?"
"Let's say that's true. Wouldn't it make more sense for you to go a place where you could actually have access to supplies to treat your wounds? Not to mention the fact that that-" she pointed at the hole in Jason's shoulder. "-is a bullet wound and I heard no gunshot. And lastly, what a coincidence it is that Black Bat who is known to work in Hong Kong comes back to Gotham at the same time as my sister Cassandra who from what I've heard also is currently living in Hong Kong too." 
No one replied. 
"So do you want to continue arguing or are you idiots going to let me help you before you bleed all over my floor."
Unsurprisingly it was Damian who moved the first - it made sense, he was the one who had spent most time with her and at least had a modicum of trust in her. 
He removed his mask and met her eyes. "Do you have a first-aid kit?"
She nodded. "Get in the bathroom and get those two in the tub." She nodded towards Dick and Jason. I'll bring it to you." 
Marinette hurried to her bed room to find her probably over-packed first aid kit. She had brought it for herself so that in case of a bad akuma attack she could take care of her wounds - after all her cure took care of everyone else before her, she had enough scars to prove that not that she could distinguish them from those the cat had given her.
She was glad to see that they had followed her instructions. Jason and Dick were seated in her honestly huge tub and they along with the rest had made themselves comfortable, having discarded their armor. 
She placed the first-aid kit down and kneeled next to Dick. She felt that the stove would in the stomach took more precedence. 
Jason reached out for the kit but Marinette batted his hand away. 
"You're injured, sit down quietly." She snapped and to everyone's surprise, he did as he was told. 
Marinette started treating their wounds, thanking the kwamis that she had done a medical course as soon as she had realised that her wounds could not heal from the cure. 
She had finally taken care of the more dangerous wounds and Marinette had enough of them squirming so she broke the silence "So, why in the world did you come here instead of going to your hyper-tech batcave with most certainly more medical facilities than my humble abode?"
She had to supress a smile as the boys looked among themselves. Finally it was Cassandra that replied. 
"Did not want to miss dinner. You." 
"Well you were already two hours late, you could just have sent me a text that you'd be a little more late."
"Didn't want to take chance."
Marinette smiled up at her. "Well I'm done, come on, I'll get you some clothes to change into."
"I don't think you'll have anything that will fit us."
"I'm a designer." She called over her shoulder. "I always have spares. Anyways, Cassandra-" 
"Cass."
"Right, well Cass come with me, we're about the same size, you can take something of mine."
She led Cass to her bedroom and guided her to her wardrobe while she picked something for the boys.
She totally hadn't hoped to see her siblings during this trip and had this made something for them. Nope. Absolutely not.
She handed each of them their clothes. "Choose a room if you want, I have more than enough of them, then come down, I'm re-heating the food."
She smiled at Damian as he came down the stairs. "I tried my hand at some Arabic food. I hope you like it." 
The boy looked awed. He walked to her and gave her a hug. "You're my new favourite sibling." Marinette laughed and pressed a kiss in his hair. "I love you too little brother."
She heard the disbelieving whisper of Demon Spawn? And looked up to see the rest. 
She squeezed Damian's shoulder one last time before she pulled away, guiding him to sit down.
"Well dig in. You must be famished after your fight."
They did exactly that and soon were making their appreciation known. 
"It's the first time I've attempted Arabic food, I don't know if I got the spices right.*
"It's delicious Pixie Pop. Don't worry.*
"Todd's right Mari. I haven't eaten anything this good since I came to Gotham."
"Really? Alfred didn't immediately dote on you and cook you all the food you wanted. "
He looked uncomfortable. "I was a difficult child back then."
"Was?" Jason snorted while Dick elbowed him. 
Casssandra intervened. "You good at cleaning wounds. Hands stable."
"Yes well unfortunately it's not the first time I've had to do this."
"How come?" 
"Did Damian tell you about the akuma attacks?" They nodded. "Well, Paris had since adapted to handle the akuma attacks. A lot of people have taken medical courses for extensive first aid to be able to help the unfortunate victims of an akuma."
"I thought that your superhero reversed all the damage."
"Well yeah. But Ladybug was insistent to make it clear that they couldn't bank everything on her. If she's taken down, everything's lost."
"This has been going for how many years. How do you still trust that hero?"
"And for how many years have the Joker been spreading his terror?" She asked drily and saw several of them recoil - Jason and Tim especially. 
"Ladybug is doing all that she can only get so far with Chat Noir around."
"Chat Noir? I thought that he was her partner?"
"He's supposed to be but we'll these days he causes more trouble than he stops. People hope he doesn't show up because the battles are always over quicker when he's not there." She could see that they wanted to ask more but number one she didn't want to talk about Chat Noir and number two she felt like if she continued talking, she would slip up and say something she shouldn't know and the risk of them catching it was greater since they were themselves heroes.
"And anyways, Hawkmoth only comes out in a blue moon and that's only when he has a lot of faith in his plans."
"So there are a lot of these akuma attacks?" 
"I guess it's kind of become a daily event by this point. People plan stuff taking it into consideration and if we're unlucky, there will be more than one in a day."
"So what type of akumas are there?"
"It depends really over what you've been akumatized. We've had a Pharaon, a Mime, Mr Pigeon and Mr Rat as well as Syren in the first year." 
"Those seem like... interesting characters." Jason said. 
"Wait until you hear this." Marinette snorted. "We had a Batman knock-off once, Owlman - he had his own electronic butler and everything."
The bats shared a look before they all bursted out laughing at once. 
How could they not, imagining Bruce's face upon learning of this?
"You need to tell us this story."
Marinette was more than eager to comply. 
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It's too long so I'm gonna reblog the rest
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The world building in “Seduce the Villain’s Father“ is TRASH and Erudian is an angel
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I would like to start this post by apologizing to @vanillaamoursucrethings and @isekaithatplease for butting in on your conversation regarding the manhwa “Seduce the Villain’s Father”. You were having a very wholesome, healthy discussion and I chose to make a different post so I wouldn’t poison that with my angry rant. So feel free to ignore me. Btw, I haven’t read the novel, so I’m basing myself on the manhwa and on the spoilers on said post regarding the novel to write this.
This is the post: https://isekaithatplease.tumblr.com/post/631162614195634176/vanillaamoursucrethings-isekaithatplease
Anyone who knows me would be able to tell you that I’m a HUGE fan of fantasy and that I have been addicted to isekai stories with female protagonists for the last few months. But I also graduated in International Relations, and suspension of disbelief has it’s limits. And chapter 4 of “Seduce the Villain’s Father” blew up all of them.
 Like @vanillaamoursucrethings and @isekaithatplease​ pointed out in the other post, “Seduce the Villain’s Father” is a pretty good story, with well written characters, cute romance, pretty art... but only IF YOU IGNORE EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS BEFORE YENNI GETS TO BELGOAT. I’m sorry, but had to go back and re-read that mess in order to write this, so forgive me if I sound a little angry. I haven’t gotten this pissed off about an awful political setting since “The Evil Lady Will Change”(ABSOLUTE GARBAGE).
So what is going on?
First of all, this is a map of the world of our story:
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We got Azekien, Belgoat and this tiny thing in the middle is our MC’s kingdom, Lebovny. So Belgoat is supposed to be this all-powerfull empire who specializes in magic. But they didn’t have any mana stones in their territory, which they need in order to “protect the Yellow Sea and the border” (whatever that means). Azekien, another big kingdom, had A LOT of mana stones underneath their territory, so they agreed to mine them and sell to Belgoat. But since they didn’t have a common border, they made a deal with tiny, insignificant Lebovny in order to use the Glucaman Road to do it. In return for the usage of the road, Lebovny would get some of the mana stones. And they called this alliance “The Glucaman Tripartite Agreement”.
I don’t get why Lebovny would even want the mana stones, considering that they are shown to barely use magic, but back to the main point.
Everything was working fine until the king of Lebovny (Yenni’s father) got greedy and demanded 10% of the total of transactions being made between Azekien and Belgoat. And threatened to close off Glucaman Road if they refused - which of course they did.
So here is where my blood starts to boil. Not only Lebovny followed through the threat, but IT HAS BEEN 2 FUCKING YEARS! AND NOTHING HAPPENED!
NOTHING!
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
And what is the excuse?
“Oh, we signed a peace treaty! Belgoat wouldn’t dare to break it!”
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ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
You are telling me that this super powerful empire sat back and let this tiny little excuse of a kingdom get in between them and this super important resources FOR 2 ENTIRE FUCKING YEARS AND DID NOTHING?!
Oh! And it gets worse! After 2 years of standing still, Belgoat invades Lebovny, kidnaps a princess, and then WAITS ANOTHER 10 YEARS TO SOLVE THIS MESS!
If Erudian was half the ruthless ruler they say he is, he wouldn’t have just kidnapped a princess and waited for Lebovny’s king to get his shit together, oh no.
HE WOULD HAVE INVADED, KILLED EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF LEBOVNY’S ROYAL FAMILY AND ADDED LEBOVNY TO THE EMPIRE.
And no one would be able to blame him. Look! Now they have a border with Azekien! Yay! PROBLEM SOLVED.
Oh, that’s too bloody? You want another solution? Sure!
Azekien and Belgoat could have refused to trade in any shape or form with Lebovny until the stupid king got his shit together. And threatened to do the same with any other kingdom who continued to trade with Lebovny.
Let all the merchant companies know that if they sell or buy anything from Lebovny they would be banned from the Belgoat Empire, Azekien and any allied kingdom. Close off the boarders completely.
I wouldn’t give them 6 months. Even if the peasants could survive that, considering that they most likely produce all the food they consume, the nobles would NEVER accept it. Most luxury items, such as fancy fabrics and sugar are most likely imported. The nobility would trow a fit and pressure the king to back down.
PROBLEM SOLVED.
You might be wondering:
“But what is so terrible about the peace treaty excuse?”
I’ll explain! Ok, so according to Yenni:
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Belgoat is supposed to be THE MOST POWERFUL estate in this half of the continent. What does that mean? It means that there is no entity that can stop them if they ever decide to break the status quo. And if they can’t receive any sort of punishment no matter what they do, what stops them from invading their neighbors or committing war crimes? Logistics and internal politics. That’s all.
THEY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND NOBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO STOP THEM.
Lets use a real life example, shall we?
Ok, so you know about the UN, right? It’s the most important international organization we have. In order to be a part of the United Nations, a country needs to agree to respect the United Nations Charter. And one of the main points of that Charter, is to uphold and defend human rights. Who is a member of the UN? Well, most of the recognized countries in the world. That includes, of course, China and USA, the 2 most powerful and influential countries. They are also members of the UN Security Council - the highest stance of the organization.
So one would assume that since they are such a vital part of the organization, they would be the ones to uphold their beliefs the most, right? Wrong:
Know their names: Black people killed by the police in the US
Are ICE Detention Centers Concentration Camps? | BU Today
Does this looks like upholding and defending human rights to you? And don’t even get me started on China!
Data leak reveals how China 'brainwashes' Uighurs in prison ... 
World Report 2020: China's Global Threat to Human Rights ... 
China is committing human rights abuses in Hong Kong ... 
You got the idea. These are public knowledge. Is China and the US gonna be kicked out of the UN? No. Is the UN gonna end, now that one of their most vital principles was broken by it’s most important members? No. Are they gonna change the rules? No. Why? Because they are so powerful that they can do whatever they want and no country does a thing about because they fear the repercussions. The only one who can tell the US what to do is China and vice-versa. Does either of them care about human rights? No.
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES ARE FOR THE WEAK AND POOR. THE POWERFUL DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
Do you get it now why it sounds so goddamn stupid to me when I read that Belgoat just sat back and accepted not having access to a resource they need because of a “small and weak” (Yenni’s worlds, not mine) kingdom? And waiting another 10 fucking years to finish it? That’s just pathetic.
Yenni was SO FUCKING LUCKY that not only her Kingdom got out of this mess with a slap on the hand, but that she was given her own palace AND allowed to roam free through the castle.
ERUDIAN IS THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE ANGEL OF MERCY.
And his officials probably think he is crazy. Who the fuck would let go of precious resources for 12 years?! Belgoat’s military must be very happy with their emperor for neglecting the security of their borders for so long.
Are we done? Nope.
Ok, so we all know that all these isekai stories don’t give a flying fuck to historical accuracy. The outfits, the tools, the food... God, the outfits! We KNOW it’s wrong, but we let it slide because of suspension of disbelief and all that. BUT THERE ARE LIMITS!
I present to you Lebovny’s architecture:
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How the fuck do you expect me to believe that this is a palace in isekai-medieval-Europe?!
This is the kind of structure one would see in a mosque or in India. It’s BIZARRE to see people walking through this scenario wearing isekai-medieval outfits. Why not go all out instead? Make your MC look like the people who built these structures! But nooooooo. She must be white and completely obliterate any chance I’ve ever had of believing this crap.
@vanillaamoursucrethings​ please feel free to correct me. You said that Erudian is neither a good person nor a benevolent emperor. Is there something I’m missing? Because other than the kidnapping I can’t recall anything that could have earned him that reputation.
Anyway, thank you for reading this mess of a rant.
Oh, and if you ever read this, @vanillaamoursucrethings​ eu admiro muito a sua paciência de ainda jogar Amor Doce kkkkkkkkkk
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I just had a thought- I think you’re done with drabbles, but if you’re open to one more 😅- what if there was a shift in immigration trends concerning the US? Like if in a few hundred or so years, hypothetically there would be a mass exodus out of the US to some new (or newly), thriving nation? If Alfred had to go work for some other nation? How would he feel, what would he do? How would he be thinking about, say, Lithuania once coming to his home vs his travels now? Dystopian future universe :)
Oh, anon, that’s an entire novel right there and a single drabble wouldn’t do it justice. A mass exodus in a few hundred years or so? It could happen way before then. 🤣 There’s a reason I keep my EU passport in the top drawer of my desk lmao -- gotta keep my options open (jk but only half-heartedly lol). There’s a large body of political scientists who believe America’s decline as a superpower is inevitable and has already begun. It’s clear the U.S. has lost a lot of the political leverage that it once had in its peak immediately post-WW2. There’s also a theory that there will no longer be one dominant superpower but rather spheres of influence with multiple hegemons controlling their respective spheres -- a so-called “multipolar world.” We can already kind of see this between the U.S. in the West and China in Asia. 
In fact, many theorists also believe that confrontation between the U.S. and China is virtually inevitable, while others believe they can co-exist as long as they are able to maintain a balance between the spheres. I’m fascinated by this whole topic btw, and that’s why I’m really interested in what’s happening in Hong Kong. We’ve been pre-occupied with the pandemic and the BLM movement in the U.S, but in between all of this, Trump and Pence recently announced that the U.S. would be ending its special relationship with Hong Kong. That’s huge news that went relatively unnoticed. This administration is clearly willing to let China do whatever it wants with Hong Kong even if China makes a move before the “one country, two systems” period ends. But what happens if new conflict were to arise over Taiwan (which is of massive strategic importance to the U.S.)? I think that’d be a different story. 
ANYWAY, in terms of Hetalia, what would happen if Alfred realized he was no longer a thriving nation, someone else took his spot, and he stopped being a destination for immigrants? Well, I feel like his character would start to much more closely resemble Arthur for obvious reasons. Like father, like son. Or like big brother, like little brother depending on how you view them. It’d be a huge hit to his ego, but he would still insist on his greatness and keeping the American Dream alive. American exceptionalism just like British exceptionalism. I can’t picture him working for anyone tbh. He would rather stay put where he is and wallow than ever allow himself to be subservient to another nation. He’s too independent for that. He’d just be bitter and angry all of the time.
Sorry for the ramble, ahh! 
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Hi! Can you suggest some good immersive fics that will make me feel all the feels? Even better if they're series! Thank you I love your blog!!
hi there sweetie, thank you for loving this blog, lemme love you too!💕💖✨ hmm this is tricky, to ask me of all people for immersive fic recommendations because I always immerse (to me reading something I enjoy and immersing in it makes me feel like I’m an actress playing the part so whatever genre it is watch me get into it 100%) but I’ll try and make a list of fics one per member, where I immersed myself through and through (shit this is harder than I thought, btw WII stands for why I immersed lol ~ list under the cut) 😅 | 🍒
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➴ Kim Namjoon❥ Let the Villain Win by @lemonjoonah​➴ Author/Yandere!AU | Author!Namjoon x Agent!Reader | One-Shot➴ Kim Namjoon, famous author and your childhood friend has been keeping a secret from you. His new book treads on such dark themes that he’s finding it difficult to write. Excited by the prospect of a sinister plot you offer him a piece of advice, “Let the villain win…”➴ WII: I love Misery by Stephen King plus its movie adaption and LTVW gave me reverse Misery vibes, I know most people wouldn’t want to put themselves or immerse into stories like this but the adrenaline rush of being in MC’s shoes? delicious, I felt like as soon as Namjoon’s plan came to fruition my body astral projected to see him in all his yandere glory.
➴ Kim Seokjin❥ In the Bleak Midwinter by @pcyheartgirlx​➴ Idol/Prostitution!AU | Idol!Seokjin x CEO!Reader x Idol!Chanyeol | Series➴ We’re all whores, we just sell different parts of ourselves.You own a multi-billion dollar company, servicing the biggest names in kpop, in more ways than one. Under the name “Starlight Catering”, you, your best friends, Damon and Maya, and your hundreds of workers provide stress relief for idols.You have partially retired, not because you didn’t want to, but because Chanyeol was your muse. He was all that you had time for and all you needed. Until Jin came along.So what happens when you mix fire and ice?You get smoke and all the lines are blurred.➴ WII: tbh starting this fic I never really knew what I was getting into, all I saw was Kim Seokjin and I was sold, I was never a Park Chanyeol stan before reading this but I ended up being one, there’s a lot going on in this series but to immerse and be in a love triangle between the two men and feel the push and pull plus intense passionate emotions they’re willing to shower you with will tear you apart, but don’t worry there are two doors at the end of the story you get to choose between Jin or Chanyeol. 
➴ Min Yoongi❥ Dead Leaves by wrienne➴ Detective/Infidelity!AU | Detective Inspector!Yoongi x Homicide Detective!Reader x Teacher!Jimin | Series➴ In which you (reader) are a homicide detective about to face the biggest hurdle both of your career and life.Married to probably the kindest but most boring man you’ve ever met and living in a town where nothing ever seems to happen means life for you is dull. Dull enough to drive you crazy with boredom and dissatisfaction. However, life changes abruptly when your old boss retires and a new man takes his place - a man you used to love (and sleep very regularly with) more than a decade ago. Especially when your husband comes home smelling of perfume, you’re unable to resist your more carnal urges and dead women start showing up across the city with unnerving frequency.➴ WII: I have always had a thing for working in forensics, profiling people, investigating crime scenes, and basically any investigator/detective/analyst work and this story right here helped me get that feel because there are actual cases they work on here with vivid descriptions to help that wild imagination of yours *wink* + the whole infidelity affair is a mystery you’ll have to use your deduction skills.
➴ Jung Hoseok❥ Bad Guy by @sweetbunnykook​➴ Mob/Infidelity!AU | Mob Boss!Jin x Wife!Reader x Mob!Yoongi x Mob!Hoseok | Series➴ After a brutal attack in Hong Kong, your marriage with Kim Seokjin cracks as secrets begin to surface and a series of betrayals find their way into the veins of the Hidden Tigers. Although Jin’s devotion endures, in his own definition, the reality of being a mob wife may be too much for you to bear.➴ WII: this will put you in a rollercoaster ride of emotions there are actually three members here that will make things quite hard for you, but I have to say BG Hoseok is definitely one of my favorite characterizations of him, though there will be a push and pull of emotions once you get further into the story.. also, you’ll have to go through so much because immersing in this one will hurt a lot to the point where your heart is almost numbed.
➴ Park Jimin❥ Neighbors by @jkeuphoriadreamland​➴ Neighbor/Stalker!AU | Stalker!Jimin x Neighbor!Reader | Series➴ Finally achieving your successes in life you never expected the distraction that came with your new hot neighbor. He, however, had been trying to get your attention for a much different reason.➴ WII: hey it’s ya girl danger lover (my tag line lol), seriously immersing in this one will kinda make you wonder about MC and her choices as if Jimin cast a spell on her, there is this psychological manipulation he uses on her and it will drive you to madness because you will still bend to him and find him irresistible + the kinks here = wildt.
➴ Kim Taehyung❥ Clandestine by @ditzymax​➴ Assassin!AU | Assassin!Taehyung x Assassin!Kinsoo x BF!Jungkook | Series➴ As a professional assassin, Kim Kinsoo has many shrouded secrets in her life. Some of them she shares openly with her loving boyfriend, but there are other things he must never know➴ WII: now I know you’re probably wondering if it’s possible to immerse in fics with named OC? as I said I’m an actress who plays the part when reading and to immerse into the enigma that is Kinsoo is a wonderful experience, this belongs to the list of the intense fics I immersed into and if you’re the type to go all out when immersing no matter what genre or theme (taboo) the story contains you’ll enjoy the intensity of this one because you get everyone’s POV as you go through making you understand each character better and there is actual assassin work here if you enjoy the stealth way, you’ll appreciate Taehyung and Kinsoo’s work and the people that work for them.
➴ Jeon Jungkook (I’ll list five why not? I have read way too many JJK fics lol)❥ Right of Way by fringesofsanity➴ Infidelity!AU | Cheater!Jungkook x Cheater/GF!Reader x BF!Jimin | Series➴ In theory, things were simple: your best friend was Jungkook’s girlfriend while your boyfriend, Jimin, was Jungkook’s best friend. In reality, things weren’t always that simple. And mutually exclusive.➴ WII: if there’s one story I will never shut up about? it’s this one, I always recommend this to friends, this is the perfect depiction of having a taste of your own medicine in fic form, immersing in this one will make you fall for Jungkook and hope for your own ending, but this won’t sugarcoat anything for you and that’s what I love about this story, but tbh I still think of my own ending every single night. sighhhhh.
❥ When You Least Expect It by @johobi​➴ F2L!AU | BFF!Taehyung x BFF/GF!Reader x BF!Jungkook | Series➴ You’re in love with your childhood friend, Taehyung. The problem is, you treasure your friendship with him far too much to ever risk losing it. Oh, and he’s quite the Casanova. At your wits’ end with feelings you can no longer hide as diligently as you once did, you ask him to set you up with someone, anyone, in a last ditch attempt to avoid a heartbreaking conversation.➴ WII: okay, me putting this under the list for Jungkook must expose which side I’m on but that’s not the reason why this is under his name, it’s here because I love his WYLEI characterization so much and if you’ve been reading this series too, you’re probably head over heels in love with the boy too? and immersing in this, feeling all the ways he changed MC’s life and the way he loves her? stop it i’m crying right now. T_T
❥ Only You by @sweetbunnykook​➴ Stalker/Lovers!AU | Stalker/BF!Jungkook x Noona/GF!Reader x Ex-Fiance!Namjoon x BFF!Seokjin | Series➴ Jeon Jungkook, your wedding photographer, helps you escape on your big day upon learning about a secret your groom-to-be kept hidden. You soon fall for this young, passionate photographer. However, you underestimated just how much he was willing to reciprocate that love. Maybe, you think, he’s loving you just a little too much.➴ WII: ahhhh to be Jungkook’s Noona, I love immersing in this because there’s so much intense passion here, and if you allow yourself to fall into the role you will understand the statement that Love is Blind that people will overlook anything their lover is involved in because so what if they did this or that? they only have hearts in their eyes, the manipulation here might get to you irl, like wow, seriously this was so brilliantly written, how can you not love Jungkook and give him everything right?  
❥ DNA by @btssavedmylifeblr​➴ Dystopian/Breeding!AU | Stud!Jungkook x Cow!Reader | Series➴ Jungkook’s career is in jeopardy when he begins falling for a woman he’s supposed to impregnate.➴ WII: the futuristic feels? amazing description and details? unique universe? if you’re up for those things this is one amazing read you should be immersing yourself into, I’m so in love with the way this was written, Bee and her galaxy mind will challenge you into painting all of her words in your head and you’ll have an advanced futuristic universe where babies are manufactured and modified to your liking but if you mix feelings into the process and what do you get? ugh, this is just brilliant!
❥ The Fitting by @noona-la-la-la​➴ Idol!AU | Idol!Jungkook x Stylist/Noona!Reader | Series➴ The younger Jungkook has a workplace crush on you, but you let the flattery get to you and make a proposition you can’t take back.➴ WII: who can ever say no to idol!jungkook? prepare to immerse into this tension-filled romance with Jungkook, laced with complications of keeping a secret “relationship“, so this is what happens when fire meets ice at work, and this being an idol!au will give you a glimpse of how they probably keep their affairs hidden from everyone and it can be stressful, full of jealousy, and fights.
➴ OT7 ❥ Void by @btssavedmylifeblr​➴ Space!AU | Space Crew!OT7 x Space Crew!Reader | Series➴ You are the only female crew member on a 12-year space mission with seven handsome men. The sexual tension is real, y’all.➴ WII: BEST.OT7.FIC.EVER. so why not immerse yourself and be the only girl in their universe right? this has so much sexual tension since they only have you sis, but it’s fun to get all the attention tho there will be stressful and trying times, the boys will compensate *wink*wink* 
❥ A Hundred Percent Human by wrienne➴ Hybrid/Host-Club!AU | Hybrid!OT7 x Human/Owner!Reader | Series➴ In which you (reader) are forced to take care of seven hybrids in a twist of fate.After your estranged mother passes away, you’re left with an unwanted will and the heavy burden of responsibility. Although you’re desperate not to stray from the familiar path you thought was laid out in front of you with a fully human boyfriend who loves you more than anything, your life is thrown upside down once more after another unfortunate incident (that may or may not have to do with said boyfriend) occurs.Drunk and down on life, you finally decide to deal with the house and the unsavory business your mother left behind. However, to your shock, you find that seven very different hybrids are included with both the house - and the business. Seven hybrids you never even met before - even less agreed to take care of.Set in the not too distant future where infertility has become mankind’s greatest issue. Will contain sexual content.➴ WII: what’s an ot7 fic without tension? majority of the boys are dog hybrids with certain classes and MC has no fucking clue how to deal with hybrids let alone seven of them with two of them being special classes/cases, this will be a little slow-paced as the story starts more on their background/history as hybrids and they’re still getting comfy with one another, which I think is a great way to pull readers in and grow attached to the hybrids.
❥ Moth to Flame by @bang-to-the-tan➴ Vampire!AU | Vampire!OT7 x Human!Reader | Series➴ Robbed of your memories and intended as a birthday present for a deadly creature of the night, you unwittingly become the center of a territorial dispute between two covens of vampires. Tensions are rising and the brothers are getting hungry.➴ WII: how can we pass up on vampire!ot7? this is a brilliant story that will have the same haze effect on you as the reader, I immersed hardcore on this one and I’m like who am I? it’s weird when you get affected and get all the phantom feels from reading alone you know? and this will affect you so much I swear to god it’s you literally transported and astral projected into this universe and it’s so pleasing but also frightening to be in the middle of two covens.
❥ Physcom by @teawithkpop➴ Dystopian/Sex Worker!AU | Idol!OT7 x Physical Companion!Reader | Series➴ AU where live-in Physical Companions are provided to k-pop groups so the members can relieve their sexual related stress and tension - around their busy schedules, of course. You are one such “PhysCom”. However, complications arise when the BTS members start harboring romantic feelings for you. Feelings you’re not sure you can reject with any believable amount of conviction. Such a scandal could result in getting both you and them fired and exposed, ruining any future career options for all parties involved… it turns out the “com” in PhysCom might as well stand for complications.➴ WII: this has an interesting take on being Bangtan’s “companion” and to immerse into this one and watching everyone catch feelings and defy the rules for a chance at romance will overwhelm you, you a mere “companion” now the object of their affection and they’re willing to do anything and everything for you even if it means risking it all. 
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p.s. I suggest you go through my FICSHELF to view all of the stories I ever read so you get to choose the exact story you want to read, the shelf contains story links (Tumblr and ao3 if any) with summary, warnings, and more info about the fic (character role, genre, au, word count). 
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twoohugs · 5 years
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BBC Merlin 1x13 Le Morte d'Arthur
[Click here for a full list of my BBC Merlin commentary]
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And then when literally anything bad happens: “tHe oLd rELiGioN iS oUt fOr mY hEad!” 
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…that, is a claw. It actually didn’t bite him. What.
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I said I felt the Arwen doesn’t feel natural and I mean it. It’s like the writers just occasionally remembered that they were supposed to be a thing and went “oh dear, it’s too gay, we must insert some Arwen now”
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At first I’m sad because he’s willing to die for Arthur. And then I rewatch it and ‘m sad because I can see he actually believes it. Does that mean he values Arthur so much, or himself so little, or both? I don’t know but whichever it is I cry
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How is it possible that he collected enough rain water to fill the cup but his clothes weren’t soaked through?
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Gwen’s face mwahahahaha is that a common reaction to Arthur 
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Parallels! Kilgharrah you fucked it up yourself, really, that slip of tongue is totally your own fault. and then you dug your grave deeper by saying what basically all villain has said to Merlin
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Don’t you think it’s just so sad that Merlin thought he’s going to die but he still never gets literally any credit for all he’s done
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1. This whole scene is just? a total tear jerker? If I’m the kind of person that cries more easily I’d bawling right now but as it is I’m settling for hugging my pillow and staring at the wall.
2. What Merlin says just screams good-bye and obviously Arthur feels it too. And Merlin is totally uncharacteristically solemn and is obviously holding back tears! Look at Arthur, he’s touched by what Merlin is saying but he’s also so confused? Like, I just came back to life from a fatal wound, goodbyes are the opposite of what should be happening! And imagine if Merlin really went and died what would he feel? Like, Gaius came and said oh btw Merlin’s gone, and Arthur will remember this goodbye and- I’m emo again
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So… Morgana dreamed of Kilgharrah shouted “Merlin!!!!!!" and didn’t get suspicious at all? I mean, I always thought the other characters all overlook Merlin’s magic not because they’re completely oblivious or stupid, just that it never occurred to them to even think about it. So with a gentle nudge, they should get a lightbulb moment and go “ooooooooooooh”. 
With a dream like this, Morgana should get at least a bit curious, like “what does Merlin has to do with a dragon?” and if she just looks a slight bit closer she would’ve found out (because we all know Merlin is definitely not as subtle as he thinks he is). But no, nothing happened after this. So what’s the point of showing Morgana dreaming this????? 
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Wow I can’t believe I’ve done the commentary for the whole season. I should probably wait a while before doing season two ‘cause I’ve been using this as an excuse to get away from homework *sigh*
[Stand With Hong Kong]
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annabelharmony · 4 years
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You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
You both like advice.
Stranger: haii 💗💓💞💕💘💖
You: im done with this shit
You: everyones always like asl
Stranger: vent!! <3
You: are u a furry or smth
Stranger: no not at all! i’m sorry.
You: really
You: i dont believe you
Stranger: noo just a softgirl ig
Stranger: or egirl whichever u prefer skdjsjjd
You: why are there always girls here and when there are guys they always make it clear by asking asl
Stranger: wait that’s soo truee
You: asl
Stranger: ur asking me?
You: no lmao im asking your friend
Stranger: oh i’m sorry, i’m f 13 and you?
You: yeah same.....
Stranger: oh cool!
Stranger: wanna be friends or nahh?
You: um i honestly dont buy it
You: but its fine
You: do u need advice or smth
Stranger: buy what?
Stranger: kind of but it’s really long and kinda stupid, so if u need advice go for it! i’m a good listener! <3
You: i dont need any advice lol
You: im here to help you
Stranger: are you sure?
Stranger: :)
You: yeah
Stranger: i don’t wanna be a bother yk, but can i add u on snap so i can show u screenshots and stuff? (they’re important to the situation)
You: no its fine lol u can just rant to me
Stranger: okey! :)
You: what happened
Stranger: so likeee theres this kid who is new to my school, or was at least. he would always make eye contact with me and i felt a connection, but i didn’t pay too much attention to it. one day we were sitting next to eachother in study hall since we were assigned to sit there, and he was sneaking on his phone. me, jokingly, ‘tried’ to grab his phone, and so he grabbed my hand and we made eye contact and he didnt let go for a few seconds. then after that day i had to go to a mental hosputal and transfer schools. when i got back to my og school, i figured out that he moved and i have no way to contact him. at this point i’m heccaa desperate bc i dont wanna miss him forever.
Stranger: thennn
Stranger: i asked his old best friend for it, and since i have a ps4 he gave me his psn and he never added me back, but ten i got his insta and we started talking and i figured out that he lives in a town near mine.
Stranger: so i asked him if he wanted to hangour sometime since we started talking more
Stranger: he left me on read (i also told him i liked him)
Stranger: i never spoke to him since, until 2 nights ago he texted me.
Stranger: he said hey and i was like hii
Stranger: and he apologized
Stranger: and i forgave him and he said he may visit my town since his dad lives here, but then he seemed like he kinda forced it and only said it to cheer me up
You: why were you in a mental hospital
Stranger: depression
Stranger: he asked me if i wanted to hangout and thats why it felt forced ^^
You: what grade were you in
Stranger: so thennn
Stranger: 8th
Stranger: right now
Stranger: like
You: just talk to him tbh
Stranger: not rn but this year
Stranger: i did i tried making plans to play fortnite b4 (jandjsns) so he said yeah i asked when but he never got back to me so i’m scared if hes gonna “ghost” me again
Stranger: if that makes sense
Stranger: i’m not being clingy btw
You: bitch dump his ass
Stranger: i’m just likeee
Stranger: makdnandns
You: and saying youre being doesnt make you not be clingly lol
You: just try to talk to him and if he ignores you
You: its gonna be hard but try to move on
Stranger: thank u so much 💗💓💞💕💘💖
Stranger: i hope u have many good days <3
Stranger: have a good one! :D
Stranger has disconnected.
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omegle-poop-stories · 4 years
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Omegle
You're chatting with a random stranger. Say STAND WITH HONG KONG AGAINST THE CCP!
You both like poop, shit, and scat.
hey m
F
age?
15
15
Wanna roleplay~
Yeah sure what roles?
I'll be either your best friend or lil sister who is unpotty trained if I'm your little sister you make fun of me if I'm your best friend you help me you choose
Best friend it is
Oki lol
Wanna start or me?
U
Name will be Kira btw
*We're on the couch together watching tv when I hear your stomach growl loudly* "You okay?"
Daniel
Mhm *her face sweating as she has to go to the bathroom really bad but they just got to the good bit of the movie*
"You sure? We can pause whenever"
Yea I'm fine *not really sure how to use a toilet she just poops herself right there on the couch as she snuggles up to him and watches the movie*
*I feel your pants bulge out a bit and feels warm against my lap which starts to get me hard as I smell and realize what happened*
I guess I don't have to use the potty anymore *she smiles and shrugs*
*I feel you snuggle up to me and I hear wet sounds in your pants as it pushes against my lap even more and feels even warmer. It feels good that I pretend not to notice*
"Oh really? That's good we can stay like this then"
Mhm *she smiles as she starts peeing and still kinda needing to poop*
*she yawns and turns to face his chest* I'm tired ..
*I feel my lap getting wet as I see your panties fill with pee* "Wait what are you doing? Let me take you to the bathroom.." *I hesitate since it feels so good against my crotch*
B-athroom?
*she had heard the word used before but she never needed to know what it was as she always used her panties*
"Do you always do... this? I mean... in that case we can just stay.."
What do you mean? Do I always go potty in my undies? Well sometimes I use the floor because I dont always wear panties but yea I guess
"I never knew that but I really don't mind honestly.. it feels kinda good"
Hehe I dare you to use the potty right now and see how good it feels
"Ohh yeah?" *I start to push and hear the crackly sound of the shit starting to push out*
*she hears it and gets immediately turned on* m-more please push it alllll out
*I grab your hand and put it under my ass as I push out more and more*
Heh *she pants and sticks her hand down his pants to feel it if it leaks* heh you filled these pretty good...not as much as me though *she pushes and a huge bulge forms before leaking into her grey pants*
*I put my hand down yours and feel and when I feel the big warm bulge I can't help but push it against your ass a bit*
*she moans and blushes as she takes her hand out and starts playing with his 'front bulge'*
*I moan as I feel your hand around my hard cock and I push my hand in your panties to feel that warm fresh shit*
*she sits up and feels it all squish up on his lap*
"Bet it would feel better without the panties in the way"
Im not a baby am I? I'm not potty trained and I have to go to bed with diapers because I wet the bed otherwise
Not at all, you just haven't been taught that before
Not that you need to be taught it at all, I like your way more
Could you at least tell me what a bathroom is *she tilts her head*
"It's a room with a toilet which is where you go poo and pee so you don't have to wear a diaper or ruin your panties"
But that's a potty and you always wear s potty so that contraption is useless
"Some people don't wanna be dirty after they potty but I think we aren't like that"
Yea we normal they weeeeiird
"Right?? Its more fun anyway" *I push some shit from against your ass cheeks to your pussy*
Hehe I know, maybe after did can we goes shopping and show everyone how cool and find it is to be wearing a potty constantly I mean babies have to wear diapers but panties are so much more fun! I wanna buy spare diapers though cause I do need to stop other people getting messy if I go on long car rides
"Sounds good to me!"
Hehe wanna go now?
"Not yet.. kinda wanted to take care of this first"
Oh oki!
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