#reviving characters is my favourite part of being an artist

[thirtysmoke]

oh, did she die? don't remember that happening...

+ bonus design sketches

#one piece #one piece fanart #she deserves the world #reviving characters is my favourite part of being an artist #fanart #digital art #shimotsuki kuina #kuina one piece #roronoa zoro #wado ichimonji #artist #art #ван піс #drawing #kuina lives au

[cartierdreamx]

Hacked into you - 3 (AU)

Hi guys! Hope you’re doing well and your week has been great, here’s a longer chapter that I definitely enjoyed writing and that you guys deserve, something mention here (the car) in the chapter is confusing if you don’t know Watchdogs lore but a quick google search should fix that!! To keep me writing, I am so down to take requests for Jenna or any of her characters so if you would like to send in a request or just to talk to me, feel free to!! Anyways, I hope you enjoy <333

READ PART 2  PART 1

Pairings: jenna ortega x fem! Reader

Warnings: swearing (that’s it I’m pretty sure)

*I plan to write smut in this story and it does have some dark themes like violence involved, the game itself was rated MA15+ where I am from (might be different depending which country you are in) so my fic will be 18+ because I am involving more adult themes, if you do choose to proceed, please keep that in mind*

BLOND - 3

What’s the CTO of Blume doing here at 3am on a jog? run? Hell, I don’t care, only thing I care about is trying to figure out where he placed the tracker, he takes me for a fool, but the rich white man underestimates me yet again, after collecting myself, I shake off the sand and see Jenna squinting her eyes at me, trying to decipher what just happened.

“Woah, are you okay b?” B? Babe, baby, bitch, either way a little lightning bolt electrifies my heart as if I needed to be revived.

“Yeah, yeah, that was Nemec”.

“Shit. SHIT. Fuck, what’s he doing here? And so close to Dedsec, he never gets this close, nor does he do his own dirty work”.

She’s hyperventilating, well about to.

I step closer to her and extend my arm, allowing her to grab on if she’s willing, to my surprise she takes it in an instant and pulls herself into my chest. I couldn’t help but to me taken a back, but I don’t pull away, I place one hand on her head and the other running across her shoulder blades, she smells of vanilla and apples, warm, like home. Y/N snap out of it, she’s not yours.

“Hey shhhh, I’m here love, it’s okay, you’re okay, I won’t let anyone hurt you.”

Her breathing slows but deepens, indicating that she’s calming down, I’m glad I can give her some comfort.

“Would you like to go get food or do you wanna stay like this for a bit longer?”

“Just a bit longer, please”.

We stay like this for around 5 minutes, it was comforting, she was comforting, and I didn’t think I needed it, she was waves of healing, like the ones that spoke to us on the beach.

“Thank you, y/n”.

“It’s really no worries, Jen”.

By this time, I was fully sober and so was she, I was sober enough to drive and vice versa, but I was craving that drive and I wanted Jenna to relax and focus on staying warm than figuring out the cars and roads. Now, obviously I don’t have my car, blindfolded was the transportation I took to get here, however when a single click of a button on my phone, an electric car around me clicks open. It was a sleek, batman black, asteria prime. It was an instinct to open the door for Jenna, on the way in, she winks at me and slides her hand past my waist. There was no alcohol in my system but her presence, weakens my knees and system, the way fermented yeast did. Once I hop into the driver’s seat and press the button for engine start, I can see Jenna shivering a little, she’ll never admit it but my eyes never deceive me, so, I turn on the heater and seat warmers allowing her raise her body temperature.

Being in this car with her raises the unspoken tension between us once more, so I decide to turn the radio on. I realise putting on RnB would only raise the tension but I can’t help it, it’s my favourite music genre and it is heaven to my ears, the slow melody that massages every nerve in your body to the soft yet sharp voice of the artist you’re singing, nothing beats RnB and it’s sub categories. As I reach for the touchscreen displaying Spotify, Jenna reaches her hand towards it to, our pointers touch.

“You’re so warm, I need you”.

“Me?” I knew what she meant, you as in my warmth, not the warmness of my soul but my physicality, my warm skin, the way my blood rises to warm me up. Ever since I was young I was able to warm myself up easily, I never knew the reason but I couldn’t complain, it’d be the coldest winters but my hands and face never knew glaciers, the cold wasn’t welcomed upon my skin. I knew what she meant but I couldn’t help but smirk and allow the butterflies to set in, her comment made me grasp the steering wheel even tighter.

“Not you- well, I, I meant, you but” before she could finish I cut her off to save her the embarrassment, I can’t lie though, I enjoyed it and I will not be living it down.

I chuckle, “well, well, well, now look who’s stuttering”.

“Shut up, it’s just cold”.

“Mmhmh, whatever makes you sleep at night, relax Jen, I know what you mean, I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I’ve just been able to do this all my life, my friends would grab my hands and place them on their cheeks to warm them up”.

“Cheeks, huh?”. She smirks.

“Oh, that’s not what I meant and you know it!”

“Hmmmm maybe, but I like seeing you flustered”.

“Careful Ms Jenna wouldn’t want people to think you’re flirting with me”.

“Flirt? With you? Never!” She exclaims, letting out a dramatic gasp. “Okay y/n, put your music on, let’s see, put on the wrong music and I’m jumping out the car”.

“Oh, well then I think you should just jump out the car honestly.”

“HEY!” She hisses and hitting me in my sternum, causing us both to laugh and wipe our eyes as they started filling with water.

I knew exactly what to put on, I needed something cruisy, but deep enough that it talks to both of us. Frank Ocean. Specifically, Ivy, from his albumb Blond, my favourite album of his.

The first line sings, I thought that I was dreaming when you said you loved me, the start of nothing.

“SHUT THE FUCK UP! I LOVE FRANK, YOU TOO????”

“Anyone given the gift of life should”.

“Well, I guess I just might stay in the car then”.

‘WELLLLLLLLLL” I shrieked.

“Whaaattttttttttt?”

We’re here, right outside a McDonalds, just what we needed after a long night, the bright M logo is lowkey blinding us but the light illuminates her face even more, she exults a beauty no words can grasp, but the soft yellow light upon her skin from the softens my muscles, every knot undone. Driving up to the speaker box, I know exactly what I want.

“Jen, what would you like?”

“Whatever you order, b”.

“Aren’t you pescatarian? I will most definitely not be eating a fillet o fish”.

“Technically yeah, but I can be flexible, within reason, and tonight is within reason”.

“Alright, well I could eat the entire store so be ready”.

“This lil lady can eat”.

“Alrightttttt”.

Hi! What can I get for you tonight?

Hi! Could I please get 2 double cheeseburger meals, no pickles, large and coke and sprite for the drink

Sure thing! Anything else?

Yes, could I also get 40 nuggets with sweet and sour sauce and big mac sauce with that, that’ll be all thanks!

Sure, no problem, drive down to the next window, thanks.

After arriving at the window, I pull out my wallet to pay but Jenna grabs my wrist.

“Uhhhh, what do you think you’re doing b, you’re not paying, you’ve already done enough tonight”.

“Nope, I’m not letting you pay”. Swiftly paying before she lets out another word.

“Damn, you’re slick” I wink at her and click my tongue. “Okay, but next time, I’m paying”.

“Mhmhm, not gonna happen”.

I drive to the last window to collect our food, as soon as they open their drive thru window to pass out our food I can smell the oil, the signature smell of McDonalds, the shoestring fries with a linger of salt. I can’t like, my mouth nearly starts salivating, though, there could be another reason I’m salivating, and she’s sitting right next to me.

Here’s your food, enjoy!

Thank you so much.

Now we have our food, I place it on Jenna’s lap and quickly catch her stealing a fry or two, I giggle, knowing damn well the temptation was there, and if I was in her position, I would have done the same. I have no clue where to go but I reckon home is where we should head. I say home as if souls and bodies embrace my apartment, but I’m young, single, and unavailable, in a sense that I don’t technically exist anymore. I am alive, breathing, living, everything but, everything I was, is now not everything I am, the same body, yet different minds, mind over matter and my heart above all.

“Where are we headed now? Ms Uber”.

“You think you’re so funny don’t you”.

“Just a bit”.

“Don’t mean to burst your bubble butttttt”.

She stares me down, giving me an iconic Kubrick stare.

“But what”.

“Hehe, but nothing”.

“Mhmhm, that’s what I thought, b”.

Something about b. One syllable, not even a word, and right now I don’t even know what it means, b to me could be different to her, she could be calling me bitch for all I know. Usually time goes fast when you’re having fun and when you’re with the right company, but with Jenna, with her. Time is nothing but us.

“Okay, before you kill me, we’re headed to my apartment”.

“What an honour”.

“Hmmm, maybe, I don’t know, I’ve had plenty of girls over”. I smirk, taking a hit on her, the smartass in me had my ears raised, and before I could say another word, I feel a warm sting on my stomach.

“OW, JENNA, what was that for?!”

“For trying to be a smartass”.

“Oh” I test my luck and shoot one more hit, “you know jealously is not a good look on you”.

“I’m not jealous, y/n”.

“Mhmhm whatever you say, anyways we are hereeeeee”.

“Finally, if it took any longer, I would’ve jumped out of the car”.

“Okay Ms big mouth, I’m the one with the key to the apartment”.

“Hm yeah? Well, I’m the pretty girl” she clocks at me whilst getting out of the car.

I stay in the car for a few seconds and giggle a little while turning off the car, honestly if I knew Dedsec would comprise of this, of Jenna, I would have joined a lot faster, it’s silly, I know but sometimes I think maybe I could have a chance at a normal life, a wife and kids, living with pride about who we are as a LGBTQ+ family, and maybe it could be her. I shut my eyes hard and and let out a sigh, that’s all that it is, a thought, a fantasy, a dream out of reach. It’s not my life, and honestly all this vigilante work and Dedsec is my life, it’s here in the palms of my hands, and I’ve worked too hard to let it go.

“Y/nnnnnnnnnnnn, if you don’t get your ass out here now I am going to find your apartment door and knock it down”.

“Okay, okay, the princess gets what she wants”.

“Yeah, she does”. She winks at me.

We walk into the lobby and Alfred; the doorman greets me.

“Good morning, Ms y/n, ma’am”.

“Good Morrow, Alfred”.

Jenna smiles at him and chucks a good morning to him as well.

“In the Dedsec world, where no one knows your name or face, who is he? No judgement at all, I was just curious” Jenna remarks as the doors open for the elevator and I press the top number and place my key card on the reader that will let us up. I look away from her face, looking anywhere but her, probably the first time tonight I did.

“I’m sorry, it’s okay you don’t have to open up to me, I didn’t mean to cross a line”.  

I immediately look up at her with my mouth in an O shape.

“Oh, Jen, no, it’s okay, please don’t apologise, you did nothing wrong at all and don’t worry I do want to tell you”. I take a deep breath and let my heart talk.

“I know how dangerous this life is, I knew the risk but Alfred, he’s the only family I have, well have left anyway, I broke ties from my family years ago and started living here, yeah they were blood but what choice did I have when the blood was drowning me and water was all I had left? I took this apartment, it was the only thing I took from them and Alfred, knowing me since then, became my family and after deciding what I wanted to do, what I wanted to join, I couldn’t just leave him behind, not when he was the only thing I had, when I had nothing”.

I take deep breaths, making sure no tears escape my ducts but one stubborn one escapes, I go to wipe it off but a small, soft, warm beats me to it.

“Hey b, thank you for opening up, I feel honoured, and I understand you completely, I’m here now, we’re here now, Dedsec is your family, you are one of us, and I promise you nothing is going to happen to Alfred, or you, I won’t let that even be a thought”.

“Thank you”.

That was another time where the 4th dimension was non-existent, but alas, the elevator door dings and finally opens. I hear a loud gasp which makes a smile break.

“Fuck, did Oprah join Dedsec?”

“Haha, I’m glad you’re amused, welcome to my humble abode”.

“HUMBLE? Y/N THIS IS BIGGER THAN ANY DEDSEC HACKERSPACE WE HAVE, WHO ARE YOU, WHO IS YOUR FAMILY”.

“Now, sweet one, that is for you to find out, quick get over here before your food gets ice cold”.

After a good 20 minutes of eating, chewing, and a lot of “Oh my God, I needed this”. We were both collapsed on the couch, in a food coma about to pass out. At this time of night, well morning, I offer to Jenna just to stay the night instead.

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, there’s a guest bedroom over there to the right and the closest is filled with spare clothes if you need, toiletries and other things are in the dresser”.

“You’re too kind”.

“Always”.

“But first, let me see your room, I bet it’s bigger than my brain could even think”.

I lead her towards the bedroom and open my door, instead of a gasp I hear a-

“SHIT”.

“Impressed?”

“Very, hmm you know, in another life where I’m a world renown actress, this could be mine”.

I laugh, “I believe that Ms Jenna”.

“Ortega, my last name is Ortega”.

She opened up, it may not seem like much, but Dedsec members are super secretive about personal information, it’s better that way, it’s for protection, I mean our faces and names are wiped off the system anyway, but caution is taken. I smile at her and nod.

“Mines l/n, y/n l/n”.

“Well, nice to meet you Ms y/n l/n”.

“Likewise, Ms Jenna Ortega”.

“Now seeing that you’re sitting on your very comfortable looking bed, I’m assuming you’re about to pass out so I’ll leave you to it”.

She starts heading towards the door, but before she opens it to head out, my subconscious takes over me and becomes my conscious.

“Wait”.

She turns back with wide eyes.

“Stay”.

#jenna ortega #jenna ortega x reader #jenna ortega x y/n #jenna ortega x you #wednesday adams x reader #Wednesday Addams #wednesday x reader

[starlightshadowsworld]

Bendy and the dark revival part 1

Thonks

No I'm not playing it but watching Mark play it because I am a sucker for horror and a bitch.

So here's my werid ass thonks thro it.

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June 18 1973

We got a definitive date whoop

Audery looks amazing she seems like she'd be sweet I already like her.

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"Only 800 frames more frames to go"

If that isn't the biggest mood.

Animators, artists ya'll deserve all the good in the world.

I hope your pillow is always cold and your favourite food/drinks in reach.

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Archgate pictures

Oh so this isn't Joey Drew studios?

Nathan Arch

Guessing he's the guy in charge, wonder if this is before Joey than? Or if the company got bought out.

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Red alarm

Are we... Not...??? Okay guess nothing to worry about.

They nailed the atmosphere here I swear.

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A pretty girl like you shouldn't be wandering around all by yourself...

Get back fucker I got hands and I ain't afraid to throw em!

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Red alarm blaring lift crashing

What did I say bout the alarm!

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"Old Wilson will protect you"

... Can be bring the ink demon out?

Please.

I'll even give him a sacrifice.

Audery hun we are getting you a thermos so you don't have to do all this for coffee.

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Arch gate pictures presents Joey Drew and the Ink Demon

Ohhh so I'm assuming the company was originally Archgate pictures and Joey worked for them before taking over the company?

Maybe?

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Statue of Joey

... Man's got issues.

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... Nevermind I found a plaque that explains things

Joey Drew

1901-1971

Joey Drew was the founder of the studio and the man who created Bendy. One of the most beloved cartoon characters of all times.

In 1929 with his partner Henry Stein, he created Bendy's first short "little devil darling" as an early talkie cartoon.

As his entertainment legacy grew over the years, Joey's optimism and pioneering spirit never wavered. Starting with just a pencil and a dream he created this studio.

Here at Archgate Pictures we strive to continue his dream and see Bendy live on.

Dreams come true.

So... Joey's dead.

And he created this studio, so this was initially Joey drew studios and than became Archgate Pictures after his death?

He died 2 years ago so it wasn't that long ago.

... I don't trust that he's actually dead.

Man spent too long going on about being immortal to just die.

And also obligatory "Oh they were partners 💅"

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Silly vision sounds fun for something that ends up being so sinister.

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Good to see we're bringing back the pedastels of imporant random stuff.

... Call me sweet Audery one more time Wilson...

All this and no coffee.

I don't even like coffee but for fucks sake.

.... And there's the ink machine...behind him.

Oh boy.

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Soo book, inkwell, plushi, wrench, cog, I think it's the same as last time I might be wrong.

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Ink is covering the floor and Wilson is talking about how "the ink is calling us"

This is still less creepy than the lift scene.

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"Come find me and I'll show you your purpose"

That and the "you'll forget this whole thing" is getting creepy again... Like I'm so glad this is about ink and cartoons and shit.

This whole bit of Wilson grabbing Audrey and get backing into a corner... Yeah this is creepier without context.

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And we're dead?

Title screen

👍🏼

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WE'RE BAAAACKKKK

And... Audrey's inked?

But also human.

We got a Fusion on our hands? Or the ink processes was incomplete.

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Poster reads RELAX Wilson knows your purpose, the man who killed the ink demon.

Nothing about that man makes me relax.

Also this guy is really trying to hammer home he knows things which... Good for him but nah I'm good.

And I highly highly doubt he killed Bendy, or that he even could.

Also poster Wilson is missing his eyes. Not like real Wilson who only has one but he has 2 empty eye sockets.

I'm sure that won't be plot relevant.

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Even the wall says welcome home but something tells me this isn't just the game being meta.

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To Grant Cohen, accounting:

Please inform Mr Drew that despite his instance that the rumours of Joey Drew studios going bankrupt are untrue, i want to remind him that if his studio does indeed fail.

All equipment and experiments produced through our partnership, by contract, these belong to the Gent Corporation. We will reclaim these assets forcibly of necessary.

- Alan Gray, CEO (property of the Gent Corporation)

Okay so we've got Archgate Pictures, Joey Drew studio and now the Gent Corporation.

Who were working with Joey to produce the whole living ink situation.... Jeez.

So is Archgate under the Gent Corporation now Joey is gone?... And are they the reason joey is gone 🤔.

Because I'm pretty sure the studio does go bankrupt if I'm not wrong and Joey wouldn't have let his beloved creations go without a fight.

Large corporation V Joey Disney

Fight of the century I tell ya.

And all this right infront of my bacon soup smh.

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Looks at Ted Wester memo where the "bank takes the goodies back"

Oh yeah they definitely got bankrupt. I'm sure somewhere ol Bertram Piedmont is laughing in his grave.

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Wilson really doesn't know what no means does he?

So he's apparently "killed" bendy uh huh and it's been 211 days since Bendy was seen.

He calls himself a friend a protector.

Shudders.

And calls the rest of the ink creatures, children of the machine.

Despite them all being adults.

And he's put a manhunt on us.

Great.

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The ink drips

Darkness has spread through his studio.. The reaching shadows creep around you. Something hungers for your corrupted flesh.

It is close. So very close.

It strains to grab you, choke you from behind. You will feel its breathe upon your neck.

It is close

Oh wow they found one of my poems from when I was 14.

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Mutilated butcher gang member hangs out of a vent.

... Totally didn't jump.

Man he's been thro something, his eye has an X on it on rope. Something is in his mouth and he's bound by his wrists.

... What happened? Did he disobey the self proclaimed lord and saviour Wilson?

Because I believe the Butcher gang were on Bendy's side so they might be treated as the enemy.

Would explain that.

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Annd yeah Audrey's like half ink half human with glowing eyes.

Cool.

But bizarre because no one else looks like that.

Why is she different?

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So Nathan Arch was called about Joey's death. He hadn't heard from him since last April and sounded happy the last time they spoke.

... Oh yeah this is sus.

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Ayy the toy bit, Heavenly toys.

Looks... Different. Got posters hanging of Bendy, Boris and the Butcher gang.

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... So that's why there's so many hideu holes butcher gang jumped out.

I love how they just waddle away like fuck can't do ought.

Ha ha

flops scared me

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ALICE!

Alice Angel aka Alison Pendal is here yess.

She's so sweet and poor Audery.

Alison confirming the machine can really spit u out as any of the cartoons.

I have a wolf he doesn't care for strangers

... 👀Sci Boris?!

Aka... I think Thomas Conner?

Stay away from the ink demon

He likes to smile and kills anything that moves.

So bendy is alive knew it

Also Alii you are not good at comforting.

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We keep getting notes from our best pal and I am hoping it's Boris.

Not Sci Boris who hates our guts but sweet kind lovely Boris.

I miss Boris 🥺

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A new terror has descended I go our lives.

This man named Wilson

Ever since our world feels strained, like a great beast held in chains.

The Ink Demon hasn't been seen in a long time. Many of us refuse to believe he's really gone.

But what does it matter? Down here were all sinners. Children of the machine all have the demon in our inky blood.

Ooo so these aren't written by Wilson.

I'm guessing Sammy than, especially with all the talk of sinners and such.

We all have demon in our inky blood... Wonder if that's the whole ink creatures are connected to each other.

The whole in the ink there's multiple souls what other Alice called "a buzzing screaming well of voices" in the og game.

Or Sammy's just crazy.

Probably that.

Wiggles to the jukebox

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So Wilson was there when the ink machine was put up? And he wanted it's secrets.

Werido.

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Wandering into the caution lock door room

This seems like a good idea.

Wonder what monster lurks behind these sealed walls.

... Ah the break room

Truly terrifying.

....wtf

Oh yeah just soups and drinks and a butcher gang member stabbed into a wall!

Bucket on his head, ink splattered on the wall he's stabbed into.. I think with the wrench?

And ink follower written beside him.

So looks like I was right, they do follow Bendy and someone, Wilson most likely is making an example of them.

Of anyone who follows the ink demon.

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So Nathan decided to go into animation after Joey he died.

To resurrect the past.

Slow clap

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Searcher enters room "if I find you on going to rip your face off!"

... Am I stupid because I didn't know searchers could talk.

I have never heard one talk as far as I can remember.

But no apparently they can talk.

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Casually takes pipe out of beaten up butcher gang member

Pfft he don't need this.

#Batim #bendy and the dark revival #bendy and the ink machine

[theangrypokemaniac]

Thank you for your kind words, @iloitse, and your thoughts, with which I agree.

I also see Brock with Suzie. When I used to plan out my own region, it finished with them together.

To me she's the one girl receptive to his attention, perhaps not in a loving sense, at least not yet, but no other lady ever treated him so well.

Vulpix will always connect them, meaning Brock has a lasting relationship with Suzie, and a reason to find her again.

If Suzie handed Vulpix over within hours of meeting Brock, in that short period she'd recognized him as a kind, caring young man worthy of her trust, someone to keep Vulpix safe, and he did, repaying her faith in him.

That's the sort of lad any girl wants to marry, and, as Vulpix is one of my favourite Pokémon, both can own it if they're together, which is my main motivation.

Vulpix for everyone!

I understand Tracey's true dream being to meet Professor Oak, but that's almost more useless than aiming to be an artist.

Drawing is dull viewing, but it keeps him occupied, and may lead to a career, but what did he want from Oak?

Yes, you've seen him. Very nice. And what are you intending to do now?

If I think of it too much, it gives me the idea Tracey naturally assumed Oak would be so impressed he'd take him on immediately, and so he needn't plan further into future than that, which brings me back to his arrogance.

As for getting there, the only direct progress he makes is in three epidodes:

• The Lost Lapras, his introduction, by encountering Ash and Misty.

• A Tents Situation, his penultimate appearance, when he meets Oak.

• The Rivalry Revival, his exit, when he becomes an assistant.

Between the first and final two, there's a hole of nothingness.

I suppose each step he takes puts him closer, but plot-wise, it's an abstact quest of no use at this exact moment.

This wish of his won't motivate him into any action in individual episodes, nor does it affect how he behaves throughout.

He should've had a task in the meantime that combined both interests, if say Oak directly asked him to make detailed illustrations of all the tropical Pokémon varieties.

As in, he must purposely go out and find them, not just the few he sees passing through.

There'd then be scenes when Tracey led the team, racing off into the woods as he's heard rumours of oddly-coloured Pokémon on the island, having to traverse caves and cliffs to find it, and maybe the Pokémon wants a favour before it complies, leading to another search.

It might encourage him to colour the sketches in for a change.

As a trope, 'The Quiet One' works, but not so much in a trio. There's too few members for it to be a recognizable role.

It looks more like you're not doing enough.

I'm not certain it's what Tracey's supposed to be either, because he speaks often, but just doesn't say anything memorable.

Usually 'The Quiet One' is portrayed as sensitive, emotionally intelligent and highly perceptive, spotting the tiny details the loud mouths miss.

They'll sit on their own, or stare silently out to sea, in picturesque scenes absorbing their surroundings.

Whilst watching Pokémon encompasses this, I doubt he was deliberately designed to fill the spiritual or philosophical model, but that's the best interpretation of a flat, undeveloped personality.

He certainly doesn't behave as The Quiet One when he has the major part in the story, so given the show credit for making a calm, laidback yet deep character, isn't something I can do.

It's so ridiculous. These writers put effort into creating Tracey, and cared enough to include him in the series, and then never took it further.

As soon as he was in, they gave up!

If however I accepted him as intentionally reserved, perhaps to counter the wilder edges of Ash and Misty, we still come back to Brock.

Tracey as The Quiet One would only ever be well-received had he been there from the outset, his relaxed, or withdrawn attitude given greater focus and serving as integrel to its beginnings.

By coming in late, no one will ever judge him on his own terms, or for himself.

He'll be held up beside Brock, and found to be not as interesting, and the longer the comparison persists, the less consideration he'll get, until fans lock him out of their minds and feel nothing but resentment.

With regards to Pokéshipping, Tracey was seen as an obstacle to any theoretical romantic moments simply by being there.

When Pokémon started, shipping as a concept, plus the surrounding fandom 'culture' didn't yet exist, as least not fully, and the only fellow fans available for discussion were those you knew in real life, which limited the sharing of ideas.

Therefore, children watching the very first episode weren't conditioned to see everything in terms of pairings, obsessively analysing each scene for clues etc.

By the time Pokéshipping began, Brock was already there, so part of it, in a sense, and the ship fitted around him.

Whilst Tracey is also the 'third wheel', and technically, any allowances shippers made for Brock could also work for him, it will always come back to the ill-feeling Tracey provoked.

What people overlook or ignore in their friends they will hate in their enemies.

It's not particularly rational, but then human nature isn't rational.

Some fans take against Ash and Misty. Some dislike Team Rocket. But no one hates Brock. He holds both sides of the divide together.

Therefore, Pokéshippers will accept him, as he was there almost from day one, but not Tracey, as he's not built into the foundations, neither of the anime nor the ship.

The writers didn't help matters by hinting at what might have been, fully knowing they'd never deliver.

At the close of Pokéball Peril, as soon as Brock's gone, Team Rocket tease Ash and Misty as 'lovebirds', as if that's the obvious conclusion to them being alone.

A lot of shippers at home, still smarting at losing Brock, might've got over it had this continued, in that, whilst missed, Brock's absence is tolerable if it leads to more focus on Ash and Misty as characters, and greater detail on their emotions and thoughts, especially for each other.

Then Brock leaving means something, and can be justified as crucial to the coming story arc, but adding a replacement erases all that potential.

Removing Brock is pointless if we 'need' three Twerps, thus the writers squandered the opportunity to go in a new direction, which is, frustratingly, straight after they implied the opposite.

I forgot to say before that Tracey is also hindered by his and the Orange League's perceived lack of legitimacy.

Ash, Misty, Brock, Gary, Delia, Oak, Joy and Jenny all come from the games.

Jessie and James, whilst not specifically featured, represent the villains of Red and Blue, which is a necessary invention as there were no named Team Rocket members besides Giovanni.

Pokémon Yellow had also come out by then, retroactively adding them to the game world, so that's alright.

Tracey however was the first main character to exist inside the anime alone, so not someone we were eager to see onscreen.

Back then, the branches of Pokémon: games, cartoon, cards, manga and merchandise, were much more connected and cross-referenced than they are now, and for the anime to adapt the game was considered very important.

When Tracey, with no roots in Red and Blue, comes in, and takes the place of Brock, who does, there was a feeling he hadn't 'earnt' his right to be there.

Who do you think you are, coming over here and acting like you belong?

The Orange Islands aren't a bad series compared to what follows, but when judged only by Kanto, it marked a step away from the original purpose of animating the game, and that wasn't a popular move.

We 'knew' the Indigo League as players. We'd walked through the towns, battled there, and been the hero, but this place, this brand-new, never-before-mentioned archipelago, with little relevance to the mainland, held no such significance.

It's a bonus round before Johto, as if not worthy in itself, merely a stop-gap edition, just to have something, anything even, to keep the kids occupied until the real stuff arrives.

It didn't seem to matter as much because of all of the above, and the sleepy, drifting tone of wandering the seas, sailing wherever the currents go, amplified that.

If it doesn't care, why should we?

Brock experienced blizzards, deserts, shipwrecks and eruptions like a proper adventurer.

He'd been through it all with Ash and Misty as a true companion.

Tracey meanwhile, had really nothing but blue seas, clean beaches and fruit groves to worry about.

Overall, and visually, it's just one long summer holiday for him, with no hardship to test his mettle.

How could we even tell if he was worth our investment, when we never saw him deal with serious situations?

It's another circle: no one likes Tracey, because they associate him with the 'false' Orange League, and no one likes the Orange League, as that's the one with Tracey.

Hating him is a very time-specific reaction.

You need to have been a child then, watching Pokémon in order, with no knowledge of what's to come, to feel it.

I wouldn't expect any fan outside that to join in if it's not part of their experience.

My younger self would never forgive me for mellowing with age, but then, when innocent enough to think Tracey was the worst thing that could ever happen to Pokémon, I didn't realise how lucky I was.

Because he most certainly isn't.

#Pokémon #Tracey #Brock #Suzie #Vulpix #Pokéshipping #Ash #Misty #Ash and Misty #Professor Oak #Team Rocket #Kanto #Pokéball Peril #Orange Islands #GIFS

[tunglo]

for the fandom asks ❤️❤️ D/H/K/N/U/Z

Thank you! (Adding in an anon ask for A and T too ~)

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

Obikin is my current obsession of choice. I’ve also been reading a lot of Trek lately (Spock/Kirk, Spock/McCoy, McCoy/Chekov, Kim/Paris, Garak/Bashir, etc, etc) and old school Smallville Clark/Lex.

D - A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t.

Padmé/Anakin/Obi-Wan. I bet the fic is great but I just can't read it. :(

H - What is your favorite source text for fandom stuff (e.g., TV shows, movies, books, anime, Western animation, etc.)?

TV shows, usually, but I also get into fandoms for films and books. I've had a few video game fandoms too.

K - What character has your favourite development arc/the best development arc?

I’ve really enjoyed following Ferus’ transformation from goody two shoes to a leader comfortable in his own skin. (Then on to double agent, tormented soul, etc…)

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice).

(i.e. stuff I’ll probably write at some point)

Time travelling Vader. AKA suited Vader and Baby-Wan getting it on.

Apparently Anakin is canonically a good artist who keeps sketchbooks. The world can only be a better place for fic of Obi-Wan finding Anakin’s collection of 12,000 full-on-stalker style sketches of his Master...

Faux religious angst and other BS. E.g. The Jedi Purge as the English Reformation. I mean, regular people in SW don’t seem to care much about religion either way, but I already like to picture the Jedi as western style space monks. So it’s not much of a step from that to see the purge being presented to the citizens of the galaxy as a way to rid them of religious as well as political corruption. I’ve probably mentioned before here that I do a lot of work on Welsh Methodism and the Revival movement, and I love to picture Uncle Owen’s anti-Jedi stance through that kind of lens. Like, you know, the Force is all ‘bells and smells’ for the Jedi. In the Outer Rim it’s about doing an honest day’s work and being glad of it. 

T - Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?

Anakin carried that river stone around with him everywhere.

U - Three favourite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favourites.

Spock (TOS). There is all the inner angst of Spock reconciling the Vulcan and Human parts of himself. And he always has the best lines.

Obi-Wan Kenobi (Star Wars). Another sarky guy using his outward calm to mask the mess he is on the inside.

Clark Kent (Superman). Again, on the outside an unflappable hero. On the inside a neurotic mess.

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go! 

The coolest thing about SW fandom is the never ending stream of amazing action figures. My day job is making / selling dolls and miniatures, so I can be fannish about SW in multiple ways right now. One the one hand, Obikin smut! On the other, making little aurebesh packaging and regular blogging about the latest releases. :D

#star wars #obikin #ask

[carlisles-girl]

How would the volturi react to you watching a horror movie say like Friday the 13th

a/n: shore lol enjoy <3

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Watching A Horror Movie With The Volturi

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Aro Volturi

Aro’s favourite type of horror films to watch would definitely be those psychological-ish ones where you don’t know who the killer is until the end, but he also like the ones with a little humour in them.

He wants to be scared but also humoured at the same time.

He likes the Scream movies for sure.

If it came down to the two of you who were watching like, the scariest horror movie on the planet, and you were to get scared, oh man is he in for a few smiles.

Aro’s literally a vampire, there’s no way he’s gonna get scared of a horror movie, right?

What he doesn’t understand quite yet is that the characters can’t come through the screen.

He is terrified of jump scares that come at the camera.

When he watched The Ring films for the first time, he was so paranoid lmfao

Wouldn’t ever look at a VHS tape the same ever again.

Don’t bother even asking him to watch anything with you for the next month.

If you got scared, and you clung to his hand or arm, he’ll proudly protect you from the screen.

“I’m glad you aren’t afraid to hold onto me for safety, dolcezza. I’ll always protect you.”

Will let you rest on his chest for the remainder of the film.

Plays with your hair !!!

He gets so clingy when he’s scared.

Honestly gets emotional too.

“I know I’m acting quite immature at the moment, mia cara, but would you promise to never spilt up with me like a group of teenagers would in a horror film?”

If the film does end up being quite a bore, he would allow you to paint his nails.

“Dear brother, is that…glitter on your nails?” - Caius

“Yes, Caius, it is. my love did them last night. Aren’t they a wonderful artist?”

Caius Volturi

“I don’t see the point of inflicting fear upon yourself for enjoyment, and watching pixels flicker across a piece of glass.”

Not into horror films unless they’re really gore-y.

Caius gets really upset at the characters whenever they do something stupid.

“She’s so foolish! Why would she play with the spirit board in the first place. None of this would’ve happened if she just minded her own business.”

“Caius…she’s like 8, she doesn’t know any better.”

“Exactly. Now you know why we don’t allow children to become vampires.”

Absolutely loathes vampire films.

“This is so inaccurate.”

Gets upset that you get scared, but wouldn’t mind it at all the second you reach for his hand amid a jumpscare.

Finds it sweet that you go to him for protection.

But he’s kinda cocky about it.

“I knew you would do that, mia amore.”

If he gets bored, he turns off the television immediately.

“Hey! It was getting to the best part!”

“Wrong. It was getting to the most tiring part of the film, as if it wasn’t tiring already.”

Caius would look at you after getting up from his seat.

“Don’t look at me like that, mia amore, come on. We can do something more fun, if you’d like.”

“Like what?”

“Anything you want.”

“Even doing face masks?”

“…fine. But only this once.”

Marcus Volturi

Honestly doesn’t mind. He just wants to spend time with you.

Marcus is the type of person to have a poker-face whilst watching a horror movie.

Even if he had 3-D glasses on.

Any moment spent with you is quality time to him, even if you two were to die together.

He definitely gets emotional whenever two characters in a film die together.

He loves the Fear Street films, especially 1978, where (spoilers!!) Cindy and Ziggy die together, Marcus definitely would’ve teared up if he could.

And would’ve broke down when Ziggy was revived and had to live without her sister.

It reminded him of how he had to live without someone he loved dearly for years and years.

His first comfort character would be Ziggy lol

Definitely loves to have you lay on him while watching films.

“Mio cuore, are you frightened?”

Always has snacks, blankets, and drinks ready for you before the beginning of the movie.

Would love to paint your nails after the movie and have, like, a spa day with you after, but he’s too afraid to ask.

Marcus loves to study the psychology behind the actions of the killer(s)’ motives after the film ends.

Definitely has folders of all the different characters he’s analyzed.

#volturi #caius volturi x reader #aro volturi x reader #aro volturi imagine #volturi kings #volturi preferences #volturi imagine #marcus #marcus volturi oneshot #marcus volturi x reader #marcus volturi imagine #caius twilight #caius volturi headcanons #aro twilight

[phantomsilva]

Thoughts on Rott

I’m not very active because of time, but I really need to put this out. So now that everyone has had their rants on rott… It’s my turn.

A reminder that all I’m going to talk about, is simply my opinion on the matter. Oh, and this will be a pretty long text.

ROTT SPOILERS(I guess)

I’m not even gonna talk about how OOC the characters were in the movie, I think other profiles already did a pretty good explanation of that, and I actually expect it from a movie.

I’d like to talk about resettings and about how as a writer myself (at least in my native tongue) I swear I’ll never use a timeline resetting as an ending in any canon fiction of mine.

To begin with, resetting being used as a resolution, an ending, is by concept disrespectful.

First, it disrespects all characters’ arcs.

Everything every character went through, their growth, their pain, their victories, is completely thrown at the garbage. It means nothing anymore because all of them went back to the start, none of it ever happened and there is no way in canon to know if it will happen the same way again.

I don’t know about you who is reading this but a big part of the reason I follow a series is for character development. That was the one thing in toa I was always proud to affirm it was chef’s kiss. Well, none of this exists anymore, jokes on me.

So, my second point: Ending with a resetting disrespects the viewer.

I think it is bad enough when you waste two hours of your life watching a movie, for the resetting to happen at the end. But then it was only two hours. Rott was a movie, but it was a part of a 5 years franchise. 5 years that we spent waiting for new stories to come, to see our favourite characters grow, come back or even die. All the engagement, happiness, and other emotions we felt while following these same characters were completely meaningless when the franchise ends with “And so we are back to the beginning”. I think it is even worse when they complete it with “and now everything is different and you don’t know what is going to happen… But we won’t tell you how”.

The disrespect doesn’t even end there for me lol . Besides the “So, and it was all for… nothing” feeling, I think the specific way it was done in toa affects it on another level.

Trollhunters was a comfort tv show for me, I found it in a very difficult time of my life and have been rewatching it for fun in stressful weeks.

I saw someone commenting “how can I enjoy the rewatching if I know in the end none of this ever matters?”. That is my problem with the specific way they used it. It affects my rewatches. Maybe it is still too early, but everytime I think about rewatching season 1, I realize there is no reason to do it. And not because I already watched it several times (thanks anxiety), but because all of this was undone and maybe never even happened.

I never expected an ending would ruin a whole franchise for me and I followed Steven Universe weekly. Worst case scenario, I thought we would have had a weak ending that could easily be forgotten, or continued in our fics. We would lose some characters, like we’ve lost Draal, but when we revisited them in past seasons they would still be there.

Revisiting past seasons now just tastes bitter.

I see Jim riding his bike on episode 1, I see Strickler with his character arc, Steve that has grown so much as a person.. And then I remember it was all for nothing. All of it was erased and, canonically, they will always be on square one.

I saw someone today saying “It is worse than ‘it was all a dream’ ”, and that is it. “It was all a dream” is already a disrespectful trope, this was worse.

If you are still here, I'm sorry, there is more to this rant. I won’t be repeating the disrespect thing though, I think I’ve made my point.

There is another aspect of the resetting that I really want to talk about.

Have you ever watched Dragon Ball? Yes, guys, I’m that old.

Dragon Ball was known for the trope of reviving characters. We always used it as an example to criticize this trope.

Reviving characters out of nowhere or with frequency takes the weight out of a character’s death. The spectator doesn’t care anymore when they see someone die, because they will come back in the end, and you feel that the writers take killing people very lightly because of that.

Difference between Reviving Characters and Resetting Timeline as an ending is that Reviving Characters can be good if used with caution. Resetting Timeline can’t, and that affected writing in Rott.

I found it strange how so many deaths felt light there, and to me the explanation is: they knew in the end it wouldn’t matter, so they didn’t need to put that much weight into it. “If none of this ever happened, I can kill whoever I want however I want.”

Which takes me to my last point of “Ending with Reset Timeline is bad by concept”.

When you know you will reset a whole world to the start, you can do any crazy thing to the plot or the characters because you don’t have consequences from that. Which, to me, explains the “wtf” feeling a lot of the fandom got while watching so many OOC scenes and silly situations during the movie. From a fandom who was waiting for an ending for more than a year, it is really disappointing.

Now, of course I’m not saying any of this was done on purpose, or with malicious intent. I think the writers had very good intentions, we know there were crew there who worked on other seasons of TOA. I even get the concept of “the adventure will continue forever”. I just think they forgot to read the fandom room.

Anyway, I really wanted to share my feelings about the “Resetting Timeline as an ending” trope (?) because I don’t think the issues here are limited to TOA. All points T made are pretty general and I got it from all the works I’ve seen using this “solution”. I’ll advocate any day that this is a lazy and disrespectful solution, no matter who uses it or where it is used. Unless, of course, you do give me the whole franchise rewritten after the resetting, but that ain’t ever gonna happen.

I’ll take from TOA the amazing artists and storyboarders I found out here. The stricklake discord that gave me so much joy over the last two years and let me meet great people. Even the screenshots and beautiful scenes from the movie because the art was Amazing! That part I'm taking with me. Oh, Good Aaron, of course, cause now I’ll be following his work wherever he goes because this man is amazing. Actually, only him to make a good situation out of this. As he himself said, all headcanon is now canon.

So I’ll be disregarding the existence of rott, as I disregard the existence of the last airbender, take the rest of the franchise with me and any post-Wizards/rott rewriting fics I’ll find. And if I don’t find one I’ll write one. Nothing can be worse than resetting timeline ending.

I hope someday I can revisit the old seasons without this bitter taste, though.

That being said, I’m open to fic suggestions. Rott AU's, Rott erasement, post-wizards AUs, you name it. Do you need a reader? Send it to me.

And I’ll be doing stricklake month, once I recover from this.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

#toa rott #rott spoilers #long rant #the disrespect #everything is canon #trollhunters #Good art cant save bad writing #howdidyoufuckedupsomuch #nothing can be worse then resetting #give me fics #tales of arcadia wizards

[we-took-a-chonce]

Okay so I just realised it’s 4:40am ... (I’m nowhere near finished and it’s 5:50am)

Anyway. So I’ve got some of my favourites here for anyone who decided to come and join me :P these are in no particular order by the way :,)

A Pair of Idiots in Love

Words: 71,190 Works:7

Series summary: a bunch of really really cute (and slightly smutty) shorts about Harry and Louis and them living life to the fullest... in lockdown.

Note: I absolutely love this series, I think I’ve read it fifteen times over and it never gets boring. The balance of fluff and smut is so just *cheffs kiss*. I’m yet to read the seventh short actually, but I can’t wait to do so. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who loves fluff (and smut) as much as me :)

Tags: I mean it’s a series so there are so many tags, I feel really bad for not putting them on here but it takes me ages. Anyway. There’s a lot of smut and a lot of fluff, some jealousy, petty fighting and just like tooth-rotting amounts of fluff but I’ve already said that :)

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2056104

Your mess is mine

Words:176723 Chapters:20/20

Summary: Louis is the father to the most brilliant little boy in the world who is all Louis really needs, or at least that's what he tells himself. Harry is a gorgeous boybander fresh off a two year break and a massive scandal that's left him a little broken and more than ready to move on. They fall in love.

Note: THIS NGKSKWKRKW SORRY MY GAY IS SHOWING BUT I CANT. I have a thing for single dad fics idk but it was just so p e r f e c t. You know? And like- ugh just- I’m gonna go read it again. ALSO NOAH IS THE CUTEST THING EVER PLEASE.

On a serious note however, I was really hesitant to read this at first. I hate angsty fics and scandals just scream sadness but honestly? You’d be slightly stupid not to read it. I loved it so much and god the angst is so little you barely even notice it!! Really would recommend to literally anyone.

Tags: Kid Fic, Famous Harry, Ordinary Louis, Fluff and Angst, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Past Drug Use, Single Dad, Louis Falling In Love, Non-Famous Louis, Friends to Lovers, Journalist Louis, Family Fluff, Pet Names, an abundance of pet names

https://archiveofourown.org/works/3426800/chapters/7508540

Through Eerie Chaos

Words:102,104 Chapters:5/5

Summary: The Ghost Hunter AU where Niall lives to prove ghosts are real, Zayn is a skeptical librarian and Harry gets caught up in a century-old mystery and catches feeling in the process.

Note: WHEN I TELL YOU THERE WERE TEARS.

God this fic- I sobbed through most of it I’m not going to lie. I am telling you all it was so worth it because the ending had me crying happy tears but g o d UGH I REALLY CANT IT IS SO GOOD

Tags: Alternate Universe-Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Alternate Universe, Fantasy Alternate Universe, Historical Alternate Universe, 1920s Aristocracy, Haunted Houses, Haunted Manor, Supernatural Elements, Supernatural Investigation, Historical Inaccuracy, Typical Homophobia, Arranged Marriage, Slow Burn, Fluff and Angst, liam Ghost, Aristocrat Louis Tomlinson, Photographer Harry Styles, Ghost Hunter Niall Horan, Librarian Zayn Malik

https://archiveofourown.org/works/10875072/chapters/24160332 - JUST QUICKLY!! IM SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE BUT YOU NEED AN AO3 ACCOUNT :(- if anyone can’t get one I’ll be happy to help sort something out!!

knock knock, i love you

Words: 86,066 Chapters: 4/4

Summary: Harry and Louis get kicked out of a statistics exam for passing a knock knock joke note, and subsequently fall in love. Harry's a virgin, there's a cat, a hot cocoa date, a lot of sex, even more knock knock jokes, and everything is lovely and happy.

Notes: I think we’re getting a theme here but this fic was so absolutely unbelievably fluffy I cried from a sweetness overload more than once. It is quite literally a vanilla fic at its finest and I am honest to god in love with it. Anyone who likes a lot of smut would love this and there was nothing overly kinky in there so yeah :,D

Tags: fluff, Alternate Universe aCollege/University, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, Anal Sex, First Time, Rimming, Dirty Talk, Banter, Knock-Knock Jokes, No Angst, Virgin Harry, Bottom Harry, Hot Cocoa, Date, Spooning, Come play, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Halloween, a cat named Sushi, Masturbation, Flirting

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8342227/chapters/19110898

driving instructor fic

Words: 104,935 works: 2

Summary: the AU where Louis is a 25-year-old driving instructor and Harry is a 17-year-old virgin who's really awful at seduction, except for the time he gets Louis to fall for him and fuck him senseless and take him on kinky adventures.

Note: THIS WAS SOME KINKY SHIT AND I HAD TO STEAL EVERYONES HOLY WATER TO MAKE MYSELF FEEL BETTER. I admittedly didn’t read the second part because I’m not really one for threesomes, not really my thing lmao but THE FIRST PART... I was on the edge of my bed for the entire thing because of the constant t e n s i o n. It was just amazingly written and I fell in love with it :]

Tags: Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson, side Zayn/Perrie, side Niall/BARBARA PALVIN YES, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Perrie Edwards, 17!Harry/25!Louis, age gap, dom!Louis/sub!Harry, Daddy Kink, Virgin Kink, Bondage, breath play, Exhibitionism, collaring, Sex Toys, Barebacking, Overstimulation Orgasm Denial, Subspace, Kink ,Negotiation, Spanking, Dirty Talk, Possessiveness, Facials Marking

P.s. reading over the tags now.. fookin hell I don’t remember it being that bad gnjejejq I swear (this is what I get for not reading the tags lmao)

https://archiveofourown.org/series/86149

Crave

Words: 90,765 Chapters:11/11

Summary: All eyes are on Louis Tomlinson to bring new talent to save Hanover Records from the mess the previous executive left behind. His newest artist, Harry Styles, is charismatic and everything Louis needs to revive the label. It’s up to Louis and his team to make Harry the star he was born to be. When Harry and Louis come face to face, it isn’t the first time they’ve met, and their worlds are about to be turned upside down.

Note: so I often get this mixed up with another on this list (walk on the ocean) but I think that’s just because of how they first meet? Maybe.. I’m not sure. But anyway. What I’m trying to say is that these two are probably my favourite two which is absolutely bonkers considering the slight angst in both of them (if y’all hadn’t already picked up, I hate angsty fics) but g o d it’s so g o o d. And like- UGH THE ENDING NFKSKRJRW

Tags: Strangers, BDSMDom/sub, Bondage, CEO Louis, Musician Harry, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers, Sexual Tension, mentions of Simon Cowell, Daddy Kink, Sub Harry, Dom Louis, Kink Negotiation, Friends With Benefits, Nipple Play, Nipple Clamps, Sexting, Phone Sex, Cock Rings, Orgasm Delay/Denial, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Anal Sex, Face-Fucking, Spanking, Riding, Top Louis, Top Harry, Bottom Harry, Bottom Louis, Multiple Orgasms, Begging, Handcuffs, Panties, Collars, Barebacking, Butt Plugs, Anal Fingering, Biting, Painplay, Aftercare, Subspace, Subdrop, Hair-pulling, Light Angst, Switching, Rope Bondage, Public Sex, Exhibitionism, Sex Club, Kink Discovery, Kink Exploration, Dirty Talk, Happy Ending, Blindfolds, Teasing, Feathers & Featherplay, Spreader Bars, Coming Untouched ... so I didn’t realise the stuff I read was this bad h a

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12951438/chapters/29604861

walk on the ocean

Words:26,099 Chapters:5/5

Summary: Harry is an on the rise rock star. Louis is as far from the music scene as a famous producer's son can get. They meet and everything changes.

Note: again, I was really hesitant to read this one, I feel the summary doesn’t do it justice. The fic itself left me gobsmacked for the rest of the day, it was just written so well, it’s hard not to like [love]. It’s nowhere near as kinky as “crave” but it has its moments. I think that the angst got me a bit, but I didn’t shed too many tears and all in all it was just such a good read.

Tags: Surfer!Louis, Singer Harry, Louis has daddy issues, Minor Character Death, a wee bit of angst, Smut, Bottom Louis, Top Harry, Hand Jobs, Blow Jobs, the ocean

I also love this person right now because there aren’t that many tags :,,)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/7969168/chapters/18228733

Bite My Lip and Close My Eyes (Take Me Away to Paradise)

Words:3,937 Chapters:1/1

Summary: Or the one where Harry goes on the date from hell only to return home to find he’s not alone in his desire to wank over his room mate

Note: now it wouldn’t be a favourite list without the one very e x t r e m e l y shameful wank fic in there. Honestly there’s not much to say. It’s written really well and that’s that :). Not really because it’s kinky asf and I’m dying

Tags: Friends to Lovers, Roommates, 19 years old Harry, 21 years old Louis, Masturbation, Mutual Masturbation, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism

We’re What’s Right In This World

Words: 48,809 Chapters: 16/16

Summary: Or the World War II AU where Harry goes off to fight and all Louis wants to do is be the boy who brings him home.

Note: I DIDNT WANT TO READ THIS. THEN I DID. I CRIED A LOT. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. I CRIED A LOT MORE. IT WAS SAD. IT WAS EVEN MORE SAD. THEN IT STARTED GETTING BETTER. THEN IT WASNT BETTER AND IT WAS SAD AGAIN. But it’s fine because the ending was so prefect it fixed my heart to a point of which I watched all of my sad Larry tiktoks without crying once :) (or maybe it broke me.. I’m not sure)

Tags: World War II, Alternate Universe - Historical, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Blind Louis, Soldier Harry, Frottage, Blow Jobs, Rimming, Anal Sex, Anal Fingering, Period-Typical Homophobia

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12211689/chapters/27734604

Okay I’m going to leave it there for now. It’s just gone six in the morning and I’m yet to go to sleep. My asks are always open and I’d love a chat if anyone wants one!! Remember to treat people with kindness. xx

#larry af #ao3 feed larry #larry stylinson #harry styles #louis tomilson #long reads #fanfic #fanfiction #one direction #larry shippers #larry styles #larry fanfic rec #larry fanfiction #larry stylinson fic #larry stylinson fanfiction

[thevalleyisjolly]

Transpacific Stories Rec List!

Happy Lunar New Year!  To celebrate, I thought I’d do a “Top 5″ rec list of creative works that I really enjoy by transpacific Asian creators.

1. diaspora babies by Kai Cheng Thom (poem)

This spoken word poem haunts me to this day.  There’s a lot of immigrant (especially Chinese immigrant) emotions mixed up with queer experiences as a child of immigrants, and the vibes are truly just indescribable.  It cannot be expressed, only felt, so link is to the 4 minute video with captions.

2. Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny by Love Intersections (documentary)

A documentary about Vancouver drag artist Maiden China, which also features lines from diaspora babies!  It is all about that queer Chinese immigrant experience, discussing the nuances of both individually and together.  What is it like to be a Chinese immigrant, or the child of Chinese immigrants, in a North American society?  What is it like to be queer?  What is it like where those two parts of you intersect? 

I had the chance to meet one of the directors on this project and listen to his guest seminar, and the story behind this documentary and the production house came from an incident where some members of the local Chinese Canadian community launched a very public opposition to LGBTQ+ policies by the school board.  The news media of course went into a frenzy over this, and the producers noticed how the story was framed as “the Chinese community is “traditional” to the point of homophobia” (which...yes, there was homophobia involved, but not because of an innate “traditional Chinese are all homophobic” quality).

The documentary creators wanted to unpack, explore, and challenge this, and also to assert that queer Chinese people exist, which is exactly what the documentary does.  It showcases a variety of different relationships and interactions that queer Chinese people have - with their families, their immigrant communities, their heritage traditions, their broader Western society.  It’s a really complex and nuanced discussion, and one of the best documentaries I’ve ever watched.

3. Disappearing Moon Cafe by SKY Lee (novel)

Oh, you thought I was done with the queer Chinese immigrant theme?  Absolutely never.  This is a landmark book in the history of Chinese Canadian publishing - it was the first novel by a Chinese Canadian author to ever be mass distributed by a publishing house (SKY Lee is a lesbian, so first queer Chinese Canadian author as well!)  It follows the story of the Wong family across four generations, discussing themes such as settler colonialism and the roles and relationships that Chinese immigrants had and have with that, migration, family, and the nature of queerness in a non-Western context.

(I do have a whole essay talking about how understandings of queerness are frequently grounded in Western perspectives and how SKY Lee challenges and reframes non-heteronormativity in a uniquely Chinese immigrant context.  But also, you will totally ship Kae and Hermia.   You just will)

A deeply emotional, intense exploration of Chinese Canadian immigration, from its history to its experiences, good and bad and everything in between.  Truly, this may be a fictional novel, but the research is so well done, and if not every detail is historically accurate, the emotional truth of it is.  An excellent book that gives you so much food for thought.

4. A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (novel)

One of the most intense books I’ve ever read, and am still thinking about years later.  I can’t speak to the accuracy of the experiences it represents, but it is a book that will make your heart ache and long and wonder. 

The premise: Ruth, a Japanese American novelist, discovers debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami washed up on the cost of British Columbia.  One of these is a Hello Kitty lunchbox containing the diary of a girl named Nao.  Nao is a Japanese American teenager whose family had to relocate back to Japan.  She struggles with living in a foreign culture, family struggles and mental health issues, and severe bullying.  However, she also meets her great grandmother, a Buddhist monk over a hundred years old who was an anarchist, feminist, and novelist in her youth.  In documenting her great grandmother’s story in her diary, Nao comes to tell her own.  The novel goes back and forth between Ruth translating the diary and wanting to learn more about Nao, and Nao’s story (and her great grandmother’s) as documented in the diary. 

One of my favourite aspects of this book is the way it plays with perspective.  What is a story?  Who is telling it?  How is a story created and changed by every person who touches it?  What does it mean for a story to end?  Fair warning, there are some very heavy topics dealt with in this book, including depression, suicide, attempted sexual assault, and grooming.  It is a very good book, but please look after your own well-being first. 

5. M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang (1988 play)

You know the opera, Madame Butterfly?  The racist Orientalist story of the white American Navy officer who goes to Japan, marries a Japanese girl for convenience, abandons her and their child for an American wife, and then she kills herself because she’s so in love with him that she can’t bear it?  Man, just typing that out pissed me off, and it sure pissed off David Henry Hwang too.  So let me tell you what he did about it.

There was a historical incident where a French diplomat, Bernard Boursicot, was caught in a honeypot trap by the Chinese spy Shiu Pei Pu, who was a Chinese opera singer.  For those who are unaware, Chinese opera singers are traditionally men.  Boursicot was unaware of this.  He had a decades long affair with Shiu Pei Pu, who identified themselves as female to him, and they eventually lived together as a family with a child.  It wasn’t until Boursicot was caught smuggling documents and put on trial that he found out Shiu Pei Pu was AMAB.

M. Butterfly is a play based off of this story, with explorations of Orientalism and how Song Liling (the play’s Shiu Pei Pu) was able to exploit racist beliefs and tropes such as “yellow fever” to win the heart and confidence of René Gallimard (the play’s Boursicot).   There’s a monologue in the original 1988 play (I’m not sure if it’s in the 2017 revision though) that Song delivers in the first few scenes of the play that explicitly addresses and tears apart the original Madame Butterfly story (which makes Song’s later use of it to seduce Gallimard all the more spicy - dude, they literally told you from the beginning why they hate the story, and you still believe that they want to be your docile little Butterfly?)  The overall play is a fantastically clever deconstruction of truly so much Orientalism and really challenges how Westerners perceive and depict Asian (especially East Asian) people.

A note on gender in this story: When the play was first performed in 1988, Song Liling’s character is AMAB and largely identifies as a man, with the strong subtext that he enjoys presenting as feminine.  Since 1988, Hwang has acknowledged that the gender reveal of the original play reinforces gender binaries, and has expressed the desire to revise his depiction of gender in the play to encompass genderfluid/GNC identities, which he did in the 2017 Broadway revival.  I have not seen the new version of the play, in which Song identifies themselves as AFAB and male presenting to Gallimard, so I can’t judge how it was handled.  I’ve heard that 2017 Song embraces a more explicitly genderfluid identity, but cannot confirm this.  The 2017 revision is based off of new information revealed about the Boursicot case, including that Shiu Pei Pu initially introduced themselves to Boursicot as someone AFAB who was presenting as male. 

#rec list #diaspora babies #yellow peril: queer destiny #disappearing moon cafe #a tale for the time being #m. butterfly #gee; would you be able to guess based off of this list that i am a queer chinese canadian? how could you possibly know? #happy lunar new year everyone! #long post

[teyvattherapist]

Time for oc fun facts!

You got it!

-Ohm's full name is Ohm Alphonse Mizuki Ambros. Ohm is a reference to his parents both being electro users as an Ohm is a measure of electrical resistance. Alphonse is his father's name but means "Battle Ready" and Mizuki means either "Water Moon" or "Beautiful Moon" either way. Its a reference to being the Favoured Moon. Ambros means 'Immortal'.

-My favourite written voiceline for Ohm is his field snack line. I can and will recite it by heart. In regards to recording though, I think either his Troubles line or About Ohm iii. I get to drop the vocal act for him and switch his personality completely. Its very fun and much closer to how I actually speak.

-All of Ohm's death/knockout lines reference acceptance. He says it himself that not only has he been waiting for this, he also expected this. The last one is only a tad different by saying to die is his destiny. Even one of his Low HP lines suggests that he's ready to die in order to do his job. Take what you will from that.

-Ohm's abilities are unique from other healers because he doesn't just heal wounds. He physically transfers the injuries to himself. Its why he loses such a large amount of his HP when reviving his teammates. It's also why he only passively heals them when he's under a certain health threshold, he "takes" their injuries. Story wise this is how it works.

-When he was fourteen and after everything happened, Ohm had been consumed by rage and rage alone. This is why he got into paper origami. It was distracting enough and he was creating something. If it weren't for this hobby of his calming him down, the events that happened when he was fifteen probably wouldn't have been able to happen because he'd still have been too angry. It's his only artistic skill though haha.

-Though its seen more storywise and in cutscenes then in regular game stuff, Ohm can take fatal blows for a mortal and still keep going. However he has multiple weakness outside of this. His karma, his energy levels, and also his heart are just some. The karma is self explanatory, the energy is if he uses too much well that's it, and his heart is physically frozen, as a result if the ice is shattered, its game over for him.

-I've written some voicelines for characters about my OCs. Though Ohm has many due to how many lives he's intertwined with. My favourite is probably Mona's. "Ohm Ambros, now there's a man whose fate has already caught up with him. Not everybody can see it, but the moon that guides him has begun to consume him, too. Oh his constellation? Vita Altaris, one half of the Scales. Supposedly the scales once judged his family a long time ago and decided they were guilty of something. Of what even I cannot be sure. Either way, I do not envy somebody in his position. To have Celestia always watching? To battle that darkness? No thank you.”

-Sandrone's full name is Sulien Haru Donati Ambros. Sulien means "Sun Born". Haru means "Sun" or "Spring" in this case, I bet you can guess which he is named after. Donati is short for Donatello, which means "God Given". Sun Sun God Given Immortal, quite frankly its hilarious and I love his name.

-In the same vein, my favourite written line for Sandrone is his Interesting Things line. I think being able to show off his true interest, knowledge, is nice. Recording wise its a toss up because Sandrone and I have very similar speaking tones. Aka we're both monotone. So all of his are easy for me to do. Though either his Memories voiceline or his line about the Tsaritsa are my favourite to do given their topics.

-All of Sandrone's death/knockout lines reference memory. 1 and 2 both specifically reference his brother. One is a bit more vague. But 2 directly references to the fact they used to use the wind to communicate when they were first separated(Thanks Barbatos). His final line is also about memory but in a completely different vein. Its a reference to his clan rather than his sibling. This was woven within their fates.

-Sandrone's abilities are centered around shaping the battlefield using a wall of cryo and then dendro to make blockades as well. Story wise he has an ability we don't see him use which is to create a protective dome of ice around himself or a target. I annexed this ability because I liked the wall better, but it does appear in cutscenes + story. His abilities are massively defensive despite usually working alone.

-He cuts his own hair and he's actually really good at it. Sandrone just doesn't really care about his hair anymore because he forgot what it meant to him in the past. But it is an odd little skill of his. I mean somebody needs to do it and he ain't taking his mask off for anybody so... He learned to do it himself<3 the first few times though.. Yikes.

-Due to what happened, Sandrone rarely reacts to pain and often times can't even feel it. You could stab him and he'd be unsure of what happened for a hot second. As a result his damage lines are incredibly difficult to record because he just doesn't actually outwardly react. He isn't allowed to react, after all. So he just kinda laughs it off.

-Sandrone also has voicelines about him by various characters. However, despite not knowing him personally, surprisingly.. Mona has one about him too! "Ah.. That harbinger.. Yes, his fate is dark, but escapable. He is ruled by Mors Altaris, the death altar. And yet, his altar is one commanded by the sun. He is the second part of the Scales. Sol's child. Hm.. What else.. Ah yes. Destiny has not been kind to him. Celestia's cards have been cruel, at best. But something tells me that he has the power to wrangle his own fate and choose how he wants this to end. Just like his brother, however, I do not envy him. There is something to be said about belonging to Celestia and none of it good."

#asks #anonymous #Lane's ocs #Ohm Ambros #Sulien Ambros #Sandrone #long post phew haha

[foxssie]

anons

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? Actually, I remember this quite well. When I was switching from elementary school to grammar school my elementary teacher wrote me a reference, these were the words - smart, creative and quiet.

10. game you were best at in p.e.? Sitting at bleachers. Olympic discipline when?

14. favourite non-chocolate candy? I seem to have the right target audience here because as some of you may not know I'm in fact allergic to chocolate and as for the question, I like skittles. ^^

41. last person you texted? My student, details about our next lesson.

51. current stresses? Lack of having an 'official' job, though while right now I have, let's say, a steady job as an English language teacher, it's not an official job so in the eye of the state I'm still unemployed... and of course the current world situation...

52. favourite font? Again a relatable question regarding my job and well it depends on what kind of design I'm working on. For example, my to go sans-serif font is Proxima Nova.

58. four talents you’re proud of having? You can give me two completely different things be it poems, pictures, media, characters... and I'll be able to find common ground in between the two things and further analyse them. I'm a comparative analysis, genius if I may humbly say so.

Analysing and interpreting media, literature, art etc. because of my wide breadth of views on various topics. But mostly, I'm circling in the field of liberal arts. And what else? I can draw, do graphic design and I'm good at picking up languages.

81. fireflies or lightning bugs? I may not be the right person to ask this as I'm not a native English speaker but to me 'firefly' sounds better.

85. fairy tales or mythology? Mythology, whereas its nature is supernatural, they appear to be more grounded in real-world matters, on which we can speculate and further analyse them, be it by science, art or history.

86. cookies or cupcakes? Cupcakes, as long they're chocolate free.

@just-some-questions

90. luckiest mistake? My university education. I wanted to study graphic design but I wasn't accepted to that uni but I was accepted to my, now former uni, for the visual arts and history study program. And I don't regret it! I still got to study graphic design and being a teacher is something I've never thought I'll be doing but I love teaching so much and I wouldn't have in another way!

96. desktop background?

@noramorgan-nfrens I knew that *YOU* would ask me, especially this one!! >:D so it's my duty, as a history teacher, to deliver an answer

98. favourite historical era? 19th century - the era of romanticism. I simply adore its aesthetics - revival architecture style, gloominess, eeriness and its overall romanticization of history, which underlines romanticism's fascination with the medieval era, its heroes, lifestyle, visuality and stories that they created the new idealised one - medievalism, and I could go on and on why this is my favourite historical era. Furthermore, apart from its artistic expression, the overall history of the late 18th century and 19th century was for me one of the easiest to learn and take a grasp on. French Revolution was an easy peasy for me hehe Although I don't agree with many things that had happened back then, like colonialism, imperialism and slavery, I'm not turning blind to these facts and when I'll be teaching I want to present a whole picture to my students, not only the parts, which we deem as 'pretty'.

#shows up a month late with starbucks....hello so here're my answers #ask #not art

[towerofgodscreamblogwink]

reading 1-2 s3 but i almost call wangan jahad, evan continues to win everything?? child labor, i stare at bam too much and i spam bam too much, webtoon comment section finally wins it, and we ignore the furries

oh hey ja... oh my god i almost called him jahad oh my god

m-miseng??

well at least one good thing happened to the team

if i had a nickel for every time this chapter has one year timeskip i’d had 2 nickels

which is actually a lot considering it’s just one chap

also oh yeah i’m glad i already knew for a good while khun sleeps for 2 years cause i had the time to cope

*spits out* holy shi

don’t underestimate guide indeed

what

he’s right you know

that guy: kya kho khe khu (no you fucking idiot i’m asking for mcdonald)

evan: oH and it sEEMS LIKE hE WAnts to get his aSS KICKED

that guy: kho khe khu (you fucking idiot)

EVAN: OH YES I HEAR IT, “PLEASE KICK MY ASS”

THAT GUY: YOU’RE DOING THIS ON PURPOSE YOU ASSHAT

that guy: wait

that guy: i mean

that guy: kho khe khu

evan:

evan: no offence you realize you just said death to the innocent

that guy: i mean i can go with that -

i-- evan continues to win everything??

*slaps myself* ya more like for us

evan: ew what no it’s for audience

shibisu: wait how did u know my thoughts

evan: because i’m reading what’s in text box

shibisu needs a moment

“DEATH TO THE USURPERS!!”

evan: er no actually you’re *now* asking for mcdonald

that guy: ...

I fixed

wow

me: no fear

“what if they’re all furries?”

me: one fear

RAHELU??

shit i like her even more

consistent character development

👄👁👄

you look like a demon.

it’s probably unintentional though, so let me give you drawing tip: when drawing someone smile an actual smile - their eyes “also” smile - muscles bit above cheeks move right under eye move, and make the bottom part of the eye go up a bit

otherwise it’s a fake smile and now you can tell if someone is geniuely smiling at you 

however it only means *genuine* emotion behind the smile - *not* the intent. So they could be as well smiling this way at your pain, meaning they geniuely enjoy you sufferin

I’M GLAD THIS IS THE FIRST COMMENT AHAHHAHAHAHAH khunbam supremacy

...

okay but holy fuck he looks handsome

like i saw him already from s3 but like i was never paying much attention cause i wanted to save the impressions for later and didn’t have much occassion to dwell on it 

so holy fuck is he handsome

saying im impressed by siu’s choice in hairstyle is honestly an understatment

no seriously i’ve been staring at his hair for like a minute now

*spits out tea*

imagine having a grown up man in a ponytail saying he’s going to take you with him

that kid: ah shit those fockin artists these days

bam: actually, i’m a sculptor

that kid: what do you sculp?

bam: h o l e s  i n  m y  e n e m i e s 

lady: YES I FOCKIN MIND

ah yes child labor

god bam looks so good now

ARE YOU SHITTING ME HE’S STILL SO PRETTY

AS IF ME SPAMMING KHUN EVERY 2 SECONDS WASN’T ENOUGH

“I mean... I don’t mind you guys being free or whatever...”

i

s t o p

him: louie

me: LOUIS FROM BEASTARS!?!?!?!?!1/!

y’all??? am sorry???????? the posture??? the fuckin ?? body??? ??????? clothes ??? b a g ????

also this is so unfair his hairstyle is also one of my long time favourites

i am going to ignore this.

bam: i mean

bam: *remembers stabbing himself like few times, fact he’s been literally killed as bby and revived, talking to his own self in his head, having how many souls within him, being irregular, eating grass*

bam: not particularly no 

#tog #tower of god #bam #AAAA #oh i spam bam too much #also almost again typed jahad instead of wangan #evankhell #shibisu #evan #hockney #nesreads #nes reads

[gemsofgreece]

Hello, may I request some comedy/light drama etc. recs from the golden age of Greek TV?

Okay, then *cracks knuckles*

(For anyone who didn’t read the first answered ask, the “golden age” of Greek TV is 1990 - 2010)

I don’t know if you are the Anon who had asked the 2010 onward shows because they didn’t mind the subtitles. If you definitely need subtitles, I am afraid there are only two shows you can watch right now:

Είσαι το Ταίρι Μου (You’re My Soulmate)

Romantic comedy / light drama (2001 - 2002). Vicky and Stella are two very different friends who are Greek immigrants in Australia. Vicky is stunning and men go crazy for her but she has many insecurities. Stella is not conventionally attractive but she allows nothing to bring her down. They both fall for the same handsome rich Greek, Nikos. It’s no brainer who wins - Nikos is a womanizer and falls immediately for Vicky. The interesting part is what happens next - when Vicky’s insecurities make her come up with a crazy plan / prank that will unleash hell over these three, Nikos’ entire family and a couple of friends living in Athens and change their lives forever...and everyone will then get what they deserve... or what they are brave enough to claim. Overall just a hilarious and clever comedy, with great acting and memorable characters you end up loving and an ending that isn’t a cliche. Here’s the link to watch with english subtitles.

Στο Παρά Πέντε (In the Nick of Time)

Mystery / Crime Comedy / Light drama (2005 - 2007) One of the two most famous Greek comedies. Five totally different people happen to be witnesses to the murder of a politician. Before he dies, the politician asks them to find who did it and take revenge for this and other crimes they have committed.  These five unassuming people become friends and start solving the mystery together like hilariously amateur detectives. In time, they will find out that there’s something more that unites them besides their friendship...and maybe not everything happens accidentally. Here’s the link to watch with english subtitles. This one is being subtitled right now.

So bad news: only two shows with English subtitles. Good news: They are the best of the best, so no problem.

But if subtitles are not necessary, let’s proceed with the rest I love in no particular order:

10 Λεπτά Κήρυγμα (10 Minutes of Scolding)

Comedy (2000 - 2003). The life of Leonidas Alivizatos, an untamed only child with divorced parents. The story is basically the endless ways Leonidas find to escape the limitations his parents put to him and the shenanigans he does with his best friend Telis and his girlfriend Marilena that drive his family crazy. Fun fact: My generation, we all had at some point a crush on Leonidas...right?

Singles

Romantic Dramedy (2004 - 2008). The show has four seasons although it’s the first one that mostly had a lasting impression on me. The story revolves around the social, professional and romantic lives of six young single people: Maro, a sensitive hopeless romantic, Rania, an angry cynic who hates relationships, Lila, a sex crazed cheerful woman, Orestes, an average I’d say young man who has his eyes on Maro though, Arthuros, Orestes’ best friend and a socially awkward man with a dark family past and  Loukas, a divorced father who seems to be quite the catch. There’s something special about the first season, it had an atmosphere, a style that I loved. The music was great too. I still remember the episode with the Reaper nightmares and that green light. In the following seasons, half of the cast changed.  Y’all Greeks here do you remember the title song? I love it.

Δεληγιάννειο Παρθεναγωγείο (Deligiannis School for Girls)

Comedy, Drama (2007 - 2008). Summer 1939. The events of the series evolve at the last period of the Greek Regime, the Greco-Italian War and the Nazi Invasion of Greece. Mimis Metaxas in the headmaster of the School and trapped in a miserable marriage. His father-in-law invites Agape, his niece, to teach at the school. Mimis falls desperately in love with Agape but of course he keeps it a secret. Agape is a free-spirited woman and it is soon clear that she is a Communist (or at least leaning toward left ideals) and Mimis tries to balance his job as the Headmaster of the school, his sad marriage, his love and the historical events happening in the country with his need to keep Agape protected at all costs and under full secrecy.

Κωνσταντίνου και Ελένης (Constantine and Helen’s)

Comedy (1998 - 2000). Okay, this is officially the best Greek comedy to date. After it ended in 2000, it has been on TV repeatedly and continuously to this day. For twenty years non-stop. It still  has bigger viewership than new current shows. An old aristocratic childless man writes two wills right before his death in which he gives his big residence. The one will is for Constantine, his aloof and conservative nephew who is a professor of Byzantine History in the University. The other will is for Helen, the only daughter of his beloved poor gardener who is a potty mouthed waitress. Constantine and Helen arrive at the house the same day and they are both determined to inherit the house and they can’t wait until the court date. The story revolves around everything they do to get rid of each other and their friends who are just as crazy as they are. There’s an interesting story about this show: they had done some tests and pilots and they were convinced that nobody was going to watch their show so the show became low budget and the actors were free to go batshit crazy. This ended up creating this hilarious masterpiece that is being rewatched by million Greeks to this day.

Οι Μεν και οι Δε (Them and the others)

Comedy (1993 - 1996). Dionysis Dagas, a famous lawyer who defends criminals lives with his wife Vana, an aristocratic lazy woman, in their apartment in Kolonaki. In the apartment right next to them Timos and Nana Stamatis come to live, unemployed and a jewelry artist respectively. Timos and Nana attempt numerous times to take money from frugal Dionysis and in general a big war starts between them as snobby Dagas are the exact opposite of the hippy Stamatis.

Σαββατογεννημένες (Born on Saturday)

Comedy (2003 - 2004). A sexist and all around horrible man named Savvas wins 7 million Euros at the lottery and as he learns it he has a car crash and loses his memory. His three ex-wives, the Greek language teacher Keti, the actress Bia and the tourist shop owner Soula, all very different and hating the guts of each other and Savvas, team up to find the lottery ticket before Savvas' memory recovers. But in order to achieve that, they have to act a lot and they have to take care of incapacitated Savvas themselves.

Το Καφέ της Χαράς (Chara's cafe)

Romantic comedy (2003 - 2006 and 2019 - now). Chara Chaska, an Athenian unmarried mother decides to start anew and takes her daughter with her to go live somewhere close to nature. They go to a village in Mountainous Arcadia, named Kolokotronitsi. What Chara doesn't know is that the village is extremely traditional and backwards and governed by the conservative and misogynist mayor Periandros Popotas. Popotas and the villagers will start a big war against the newcomer, especially when they find out she wants to open a modern lounge cafe and is not married. Chara has only few supporters there but soon she will also have the interest of her biggest enemy. The show has been revived since last year, as the continuation of what happens many years later but I haven't been watching.

Dolce Vita

Romantic comedy (1995 - 1997). Christina Markatou is the mature rich widow of a tomato factory owner and now she runs it on her own. Christina visits her daughter Dorita in Italy where she studies and upon her return to Greece she unexpectedly has a one night stand with young Antonis Kaloudis. What they both don't know is that Antonis is Dorita's fiance and travels to Greece to meet her family. After the initial shock, Antonis realises he prefers the mother but Christina tries to resist. The love though is too strong. Christina begins seeing Antonis, full of regrets and self-loathing, and tries to hide the affair from her daughter, the nosy housemaid Aspasia and the absolute terror that her mother-in-law is, Olga Markatou. Is there any chance for happiness?

Εγκλήματα (Crimes)

Black comedy (1998 - 2000). Alekos and Flora have always been in love but never got together and got married to evil Soso and kindly Achilles respectively instead. Alekos finds Flora and they start an affair. Soso finds out about the affair quickly and tries repeatedly to kill Alekos. All the crazy things that happen start from all of Soso's murderous attempts and affect the lives of the aforementioned as well as their close relatives who are as crazy as the main characters. Will Soso achieve her biggest ambition to become utterly evil and kill Alekos and whomever else stands in her way?

Σ' αγαπώ, μ' αγαπάς (I love you, you love me)

Domestic comedy (2000 - 2002). The hilariously realistic life of a couple, Dimitra and Thodoris (the actors play with their real names). The actors had such great chemistry that they were chosen as the voice actors for Greek Marlin and Dory in Finding Nemo (also with great success).

So, these are my favourites but there are many others I like or that are very popular but not my cup of tea. Any other Greek is welcome to recommend their own faves.

#greece #tv shows #tv series #greek #greek tv #greek shows #greek language #anon #ask #mail

[carversourcebe]

Charlie’s interview for Digital Spy

Warning : this post contains spoilers about Ratched !

What first drew you to the role of Huck in Ratched?

“First of all, I love Ryan Murphy so much. I appreciate what he's done, and the way that everything he makes is in dialogue with the zeitgeist, and also pushes things forward, whether that's in terms of representation or subject matter. And I love him too as a person.

But then, Huck, in particular, was the first time I've really been given the opportunity to work from a physical place with the special effects makeup that I had on. It was a challenge for me. But that's what made it very exciting, to have something to really sink my teeth into and explore.”

How long did it take to apply Huck's make-up?

“Initially, it took about four to five hours in the chair to do each morning. And that speeds up as the team gets more accustomed to putting it on. It ends up also just passing by you – you've done it so many times, and it seems pretty quick.

The one thing that was so weird for me is, I've never worked with a full scleral lens. One of my eyes had this full lens in it, and I couldn't see out of it. I'm a klutz to begin with, but my depth perception was completely thrown by the process [laughs]. I was just walking into stuff all the time on set.

But, it's one of those immediate things. It's sort of a physical experience, having that stuff on your face and in your eye. It begins to shape how you are in the world. And that is, I think, the magic trick – the alchemy that an actor is attracted to. It's kind of shifting into an unknown or unfamiliar place, and playing from there.”

Evil characters are often scarred or disfigured in Hollywood, perpetuating harmful stereotypes, but I'd argue Huck is probably the only nice guy in the whole show.

“[laughs] I might agree with that too.”

Was that something you were mindful of going into this project?

“I definitely felt a responsibility to honour several different kinds of experiences. Not only does Huck have these scars on his face, but he's lost part of his hand – he's somewhat disabled. So to tell that story honourably, and to do research... There was a sense of communion with the character.

I had three or four of the scripts in my hand before we started filming, but I didn't necessarily know where the character was going, or how they were going to get there. But the purity of Huck – he undergoes this huge journey over the course of the season, into self-acceptance and self-love. There was this pure, good, honourable person at the core of it all.”

You mentioned that you only had three or four scripts at first – How did you feel when you got to the finale and read the death scene for Huck?

“[groans] Ugh! OK, so, I did know in advance that I wouldn't make it past the first season, which is kind of liberating. You know you're probably going to have an impactful death.

And it's sad. There was a split mentality about it. On one hand, I could create the biggest arc for the character, knowing he wasn't going to be around. But it was sad to let it all go. I had a very sentimental relationship with Huck.”

You mentioned earlier how much you love working with Ryan Murphy, and obviously you've got The Boys in the Band coming up as well. Would you ever be interested in working on American Horror Story?

“Oh, of course, if Ryan would have me, I would do that. I think that just sounds like so much fun. What a gift to an actor. Go for it.”

I feel like there are lots of parallels between Ratched and American Horror Story...

“Sure, sure. And that's what made Ratched so fun. There's this kind of baroque quality. There's a believability to it, and I think it's grounded by the performances and the characters. But you get to do things that we don't get to do in our average lives — and certainly not in most TV or film ones.”

Let's make it happen! And going back to The Boys in the Band, what does it mean for you personally to star in such an important gay story with an openly queer cast?

“It will be one of the honours of my life to not only have been part of the production, both on stage and on film, but to have shared in that with all of those guys. We really became a family, both on Broadway and while shooting the film in Los Angeles. There was such a shared sense of experience and identity.

I think things have certainly gotten easier as an out actor in Hollywood. But most of the time, I'm the only out person on a set, and while that's not necessarily lonely, it does do things to you. There's a sense of modulation about how authentically I can interact with people.

So that, in terms of a personal and professional experience, was very special. And to be a part of a story that has existed for 50 years; one that really was, and certainly represents, a paradigm shift in representation, at least in American culture. That's important.

I think there's a huge chunk of gay history in America, a piece of time that feels lost in some ways because of how many people we lost to the AIDS epidemic. And to feel in this play a sense of identity with, and a continuum to, 1968 – there is an indelible quality or spirit to queer life that I don't think could ever be removed from us, or erased from the narrative. This play is picking it back up, and re-canonising it for a new generation.”

Speaking of gay history, one of my favourite shows of all time is Desperate Housewives. A lot of time has passed since the show ended, but would you ever be interested in returning for some kind of revival?

“Oh, sure! If that's what the people want, then give them what they want. That would be a blast, to go back to Wisteria Lane. Gosh, I count my blessings for having had that be my first job in the business. And, wow, what a way to start.”

Since coming out, you've played a number of queer characters on screen. Was that a conscious decision?

“For a while, it was what I was up for, most often. The prevailing wisdom when I decided to come out was: you know, even if you do choose to come out, you have to be very careful about getting pigeonholed.

And I took issue with that. I found it kind of offensive. I don't want to be limited as a gay man or a gay actor. I don't want to be limited to only playing gay roles. But at the same time, to be told I might be endangering my career by choosing to play more than one of them? That just didn't seem true or accurate of the times.

I'm a part of a shift happening where, yes, I'm a gay actor who's taking on gay roles, but there are so many more queer people stepping into positions of power, whether that is as producers or writers or directors. Suddenly, the queer narratives that become available are complicated and different from one another.

As more representation becomes available, the breadth of queer experience and human experience becomes available to play. And those are stories that I am just interested in and want to tell. Because I think that they are impactful for a wide audience, not just a queer audience, and they're stories that haven't been told.”

There's been quite a shift over the last five years in particular. A lot more drive and authenticity that wasn't there before.

“Yes. And as an actor, I'm interested to see: what kind of situations do gay characters find themselves in? What kind of mashups of genre can these characters exist in so that their sexuality is not the first thing that you notice about them?

Because, as a gay person, it isn't the first thing I want someone to know about me. I don't care if it is, but, we're all complex human beings. And I want to see that represented better onscreen.”

What do you think the industry needs to do to improve queer representation?

“I don't think anything can be achieved instantaneously. So much of what needs to happen is more equity behind the scenes, and having all kinds of people in positions of power. I think that's what needs to happen most. Even on the crew side. Crews can be more reflective of the world we actually live in.

Representation is important. But I wouldn't want any story to be confined by obligations to represent everybody well all the time, you know? Not all stories have to be pretty. Not all stories have to be representative of a community, even though they may be represented in those stories.

There's a direct relationship between representation and an audience developing a sense of affection for a community or a member of a community. The trans community – particularly the black trans community, and black trans women – have had almost no representation onscreen. There's a direct relationship between that and the transphobic violence which exists in the United States and across the world.”

When you came out, what was the fan response like at the time?

“Oh my God. The fan response was incredible. I felt immediately held by everybody who, I guess, had taken a shine to me in the work I'd done.

In your head, you, of course, run through the worst-case scenario. But I just feel I was so supported by fans and the entertainment industry. I'm insulated by a lot of privilege in that. But it wasn't the easiest decision, and I'm so grateful for how it turned out.”

You might have worried about your career after that, but here you are with huge projects like Ratched, and The Batman coming up too. It must be really gratifying to look back and know you made the right choice.

“It is gratifying. I feel I get to participate more authentically and on my own terms. Whereas, before, I don't know – with an act of omission, it felt like I was pretending to be somebody else for everybody else's comfort. And I don't think that's how you want to live as an artist or as a creative person.

By having been authentic about that, I can take bigger risks and accomplish more as myself moving forward.”

Almost every queer person can relate to that feeling, pretending to be something they're not at one time or another.

“Yeah, you realise that you're accommodating other people's feelings over your own. You've got to put yourself first, and trust that by being honest with yourself, and putting yourself first, you're going to be a better person to everyone else.

I just feel so fortunate to have made a personal decision in the middle of this journey, and to have had it bear the kind of fruit it's beginning to bear.”

Link for the article here 

#Charlie Carver #Carver Twins #ratched #desperate housewives #the boys in the band #the batman #interview

[snowywolff]

when tumblr refuses to publish asks for some wild unknown reason so we improvise @damtoti​

eh i think it’s all of them and that’s how i’m gonna interpret it anyway bc you’re the only one asking, so thank you for that!!! sorry i just feel like rambling a bit

From this ask meme

Hetalia:

Favorite character: r.omano

Least Favorite character: no one really but i have issues with fanon r.ussia

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): pr.umano, f.ruk, be.lamano, fr.ying pangle, l.ietpol

Character I find most attractive: r.omano

Character I would marry: r.omano

Character I would be best friends with: r.omano honestly, probably b.elgium

a random thought: nations are drawn to artists and writers bc culture is an inherent part of being a nation

An unpopular opinion: all of them??? but i suppose making r.omano competent and non-reliable on others is pretty up there? maybe another is the severe dislike for this idea of reviving the fandom as if its dead and canonizing someone as the saviour of the fandom,,,,,

My Canon OTP: lmao

My Non-canon OTP: pr.umano

Most Badass Character: literally no one; theyre all idiots

Most Epic Villain: how bad would it be if i said a.merica

Pairing I am not a fan of: r.usprus

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): i could say r.omano again, but HM honestly h.ungary is up there too

Favourite Friendship: r.omano and b.elgium

Character I most identify with: r.omano and pr.ussia

Character I wish I could be: ......everyone says i have b.elarus energy and i dont know what to think of that but sure

Prumano

When I started shipping them: uhhh a little more than 1.5 year ago is when i posted my first pr.umano fic so maybe a little before that??

My thoughts: probably the first time ive ever thought huh One True Pairing really might be a thing

What makes me happy about them: their dynamic and capability to find comfort in each other

What makes me sad about them: pr.ussia most likely being dead or fading

Things done in fanfic that annoys me: verbal abuse (as in actual hatred) and idk this trope of them hooking up bc their brothers are hooking up,,,, that’s just awkward

Things I look for in fanfic: tbh at this point im happy with whatever content is given, but i especially like them just being close and having silly conversations/bantering,,, like i just want them to be in love and happy tbh

Who I’d be comfortable them ending up with, if not each other: pfff i ship r.omano with too many other characters but mostly b.elarus. for pr.ussia it’s fr.ying pangle--we dont do love triangles but we do love that happens to be a triangle

My happily ever after for them: idk dude just them living together, maybe have a dog, maybe adopt some kids, maybe just grow old together,,,, or spend as much of their time together as they can,,,

Romano

How I feel about this character: my boy, my son, my husband,,,, my sun (maybe exaggerating but i just love him a lot)

Any/all the people I ship romantically with this character: pr.ussia, be.larus, gr.eece (in specific contexts), am.erica, c.anada,,,,, you want me to keep going?

My favorite non-romantic relationship for this character: totally non-canon but i love a friendship between him and de.nmark,,,,

My unpopular opinion about this character: im trying to think of one i havent shouted off the roof yet,,,, not sure if it’s unpopular but it’s certainly uncommon: probably that he’s incredibly family oriented and once someone passes the Test he Will adopt someone as their younger sibling irregardless of age and will be an embarrassing parent when the occasion arises

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: a little less crying to sp.ain when he’s older,,,, let this boy have some self-sufficiency blease

Favorite friendship for this character: his bromance with b.elgium is undefeated; they go on road trips together whenever they can

#ask game #damtoti #yuki's replies

[rasoir-national]

Horror and format use

 @ghostplantss I don't know anything abt podcasts or horror and i'm curious what you think?

Right, so it took me a couple of days to figure out how I wanted to answer that, and it turns out I really want to talk about Horror and use of medium so I’m going to ramble about that.

So. I. Love. Horror. Note that I say horror and not “the horror genre” because while you can consider that horror has become a solidified genre, my interests go deeper than that. I think I’ve mentioned my mother is a psychiatrist, and so I grew up hearing the concepts of “ego”, “perversion” and such thrown around, but there’s one in particular that always fascinated me : the Id.

If you don’t know, according to Freud’s theorization of the human psyche, it can be fragmented in 3 parts : the “ego”, that’s to say, the conscious self, the “superego”, the learned (social) restrictions imposed upon one self, and the Id. The Id, or “subconscious self” is sort of the primal self made entirely of pulsions, both “good” and “bad” according to social standards, but absolutely unpoliced by them. There are two essential pulsions, “pulsion of life” and “pulsion of death”, that tug and warp around each other, forming both the basis of our survival instinct, and our primal penchant for annihilation (of the self and others). Unconscious desires, latent fears, dreams and nightmares, “appel du vide” as we say in french for the sudden inexplicable desire you can feel atop a cliff to jump, all these stem from the Id. I know Freud gets a bad rap nowadays, and his own application of his theories have been completely invalidated by modern psychoanalysis, but he was the first person to say that it was okay to have those pulsions, that they didn’t make you “wrong” or a bad person. And what’s more, they didn’t even define you. He was the first to put in theory the idea that there’s a part of us we aren’t entirely in control of, that we don’t entirely understand.

Why am I saying all this ? Well, I think everything we think of as “horror” ultimately comes down to this very idea : there is something within us that we do not understand. And I’m fascinated by that. I’m fascinated by the unknown, the unsaid, the inexplicable, the dark side of the moon, whatever you want to call it. I’m fascinated by both our fear and our desire to understand it. And what good horror does, is allow us to explore this “something” and our relation to it through metaphor, storytelling and catharsis.

From childhood, we are bathed in horrific stories. It’s common knowledge nowadays that fairytales are a way to allow children to confront their deepest fears and desires in a safe, metaphorical manner, and “exorcise” them in order to learn social constructs and become a functioning adult. But I think we never stop craving that feeling, the confrontation with the inexplicable in a manner safe enough for us to enjoy.

That’s why I love horror. More precisely, that’s why I love every form of horror. I think any art medium can be defined by two things : what it can do and what it cannot do. A book can put words onto a feeling, but it cannot picture that feeling. A melody can convey emotions through sound, but not words. We can talk and draw pictures about both, but the medium itself is limited to the very tools that make it what it is. Or, to put it another way : for every medium, there is something it cannot fully express. Does that remind you of anything ?

Horror is, I think, the most interesting way to study the differences between forms of media, precisely because it relies so much on what cannot be explained, what attracts us, what we fear, the very limits of our ability to comprehend the world and ourselves. Take movies, one the most multimedia form of storytelling : what makes a good horror movie ? If you’ve ever seen any, you know the fear doesn’t come from what you can see or describe but from what you cannot. There’s this common wisdom that whatever you can put onscreen, it will never be as scary as what the audience can imagine, or rather, fail to imagine. The unknown is more potent than the known.

So horror movies are great, and if you want I’ll make a list of my favourites on occasion. But what if we now take a medium that’s more constricted than movies are ? Now you have to work with the fact that something you could show, or describe, or put into music, or all three, onscreen, can now only be some of those things. In Art, I think we don’t give enough credit to the creative benefits of limitations : if I can’t draw something, I’m going to have to work extra hard to get you to picture it without images. The more you are not allowed to do things, the more you’re going to invent new ways to convey what you mean.

And that can go for limitations we don’t even think about. Take one of my favourite examples, comics and manga. What makes them different from movies ? They have no sound, but also, instead of an image moving into the next on its own, it’s the reader who’s in control of when or if they turn the page. That factor, the “page turn”, is a limitation, but that’s also something that’s unique to comics ; in written books, the effect is not the same, as we cannot process a page of written text as fast as we can an image on a page. And some artists have used that limitation to enhance the effect they were going for. The master of the horror manga, Junji Ito, is I think best known for his page turners. In horror especially, you have to deal with the fact that some images alone are capable of disturbing and shocking you. In movies, there images come to you, for example in the form of a jump scare. But in comics... You’re the one theoretically in control of the page. You can close the book. You can especially close it if you know, thanks to codes of storytelling, that on the next page is something quite horrific. But if the book is good... ? You’ll have to turn the page, because you have to know. The author puts you in control of the images you’ll see, then puts you in the situation where you willingly choose to scare and shock yourself. That’s taking a limitation, and turning it into a way to enhance the effect you’re going for.

So this brings us to podcasts, and the sort of horror revival they brought. Horror has a long history with the ancestor of the medium, the radio, for obvious reasons. If we again define a podcast via its limitations, what do we get ? This is a medium without pictures, only spoken words and sounds, and it’s an episodic medium. So what you have to work with are voices, music, sound, and, equally important, the fact that you’re in control of how much you give your listeners every time, and how much time there is between what you give. All of these are considerable assets if your goal is horror.

Take Welcome to Night Vale. Its shtick is pretty simple if you break it down, and is two-faced. First, it is, in-universe, a radio program, and second, it cannot be pictured. Let’s start with the second part : the genius of Welcome to Night, and what I think every story should aspire to, is that it couldn’t be told better in another format. The characters and stories in Night Vale cannot be pictured. They can only be described. Sure, you can make fanart, but “the glow cloud” will never be better represented than it can be described. You can draw “the faceless old woman that secretely lives in your home”, but it won’t ever truly be the faceless old woman that truly lives in your home. This is horror that’s entirely reliant on the non-superposition of words and representation : our language can express things that cannot be pictured. And if you think about it, that’s incredibly scary. The second part of the schtick is the magical realism aspect of the podcast, as in, the apparent normality with which all these “abnormal” things are described in the context of a radio program, creating for the listener a warped sense of perception : what are you supposed to fear ? When should you be afraid ? I should make a separate post of magical realism, remind me someday.

As for the Magnus Archives, I’ve now listened to the first season in its entirety so I have more of a grasp on it. I had a bit of a problem with the first season, which was that it had one foot in magical realism, and the other in the fantastical, two genres that are pretty much the opposite of one another, without really seeming to decide where it wanted to stand. It’s got more of a footing now, for reasons I won’t discuss in order not to spoil you. But one of the elements I like about it is its use of multiple layers of storytelling. The shtick of TMA is the fact that statements containing short horror stories are being audiorecorded by a professional archivist for research purposes on some old tapes. As the story develop, we learn more about their place of employment, their colleagues, and what might more largely be going on. Again, we take a limitation of the medium : you can’t tell when what you’re listening to has been recorded or if what has been recorded is all that happened. And you use this element of ignorance to play with your audience : when has the story you’re listening to been written ? When did it happen ? When is it recorded ? What happened in the meantime ? If the person who wrote it and the person who records it have different points of view, how does this come into play ? What else might be recorded onto the tapes ? As I said, I’m only a fourth of the way caught up right now, but I can already see them making use of all those elements.

So yeah, hopefully this gives you an idea of the way I enjoy horror, and gives you more of an appreciation for it yourself. Some actual recs if you want to get started while I’m at it :

- The Night of the Hunter (1955 movie) : not “technically a horror movie”, but absolutely a horrific one in its use of black and white

- The soundtrack to Suspiria (1977 movie) by the band Goblins : I adore the film, but listening to the soundtrack on its own is also an interesting experience

- The Silent Hill game series (especially Silent Hill 2 and 3) : video games is, I think, the most multimedia format, and taking into account the fact the player is in control of the character, makes for some of the most creative horror ever

- The Haunting of Hill House series : tons of things have been said about it, I’d say look at the way it uses framing and editing

- Francis Bacon’s paintings : a huge inspiration for the Silent hill series, probably the best example for horror that can be represented but not described

- Junji Ito’s Uzumaki : the masterpiece of horror mangas ; pay attention to the weight of a page turn

- Emily Carroll’s Through the woods : fantastic horror comic that uses the fairytale format

- Sarah Waters’ Let the right one in : one of my favourite horror novels, pay attention to the use of narration and subjectivity

Aight, I think that’s enough rambling for me. Hope I’ve answered your curiosity !

#horror #tma #wtnv #tw: freud