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pairing - sirius black x fem!reader
summary - you and sirius start dating after accidentally running into each other at a concert but confirm nothing, just to watch everyone lose their shit online.
trope/tags - band/celeb!au, instagram/social media!au, modern!au, fluff, terrible humour
word count - 1k
warnings - language
part 1 / part 2 / part 3
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yourusername mirror's dirty but i felt pretty
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starmanblack damn smash
yourusername thirsty mf
starmanblack you're not wrong
cissy_blck i promise i'm cooler than your boyfriend
luciusssy i love you too bae
cissy_blck 🥰
bartyyy can you sign my house?
yourusername i'll see what i can do
lily_evans UMMMMMM MOTHER?
mmmckinnon mommy.
prongsyboy mama?
starmanblack PRONGS
user128836 i don't know the colour of anything
user702655 YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND????
user358991 sirius said smash and i agree
user073823 the only man we trust
user662627 i'm gonna clown so hard but why did half of sirius family like this post?
user491175 i almost sent a thirst tweet
starmanblack
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starmanblack boyfriend vibes 😩
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yourusername very real
starmanblack i'm flattered
yourusername you better be
yourusername you still smell like horse tho
starmanblack go away
prongsyboy did you tell him i said hi?
starmanblack i got you his autograph
mmmckinnon you didn't even tag the photographer smh
starmanblack why are you offended in the name of the photographer?
mmmckinnon i'm just defending my wifey
casmeadowes i wasn't there???
user075764 DATE ME
user246766 you single?
user113388 he's dating y/n l/n
user300722 i volunteer to take your bf photos 🤚
user943534 CONFIRM THE RUMOURS I'M BEGGING
user855465 y/n has a boyfriend and you just put boyfriend in the caption so i'll live in delusion from now on
user464646 i wanna be a horse
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yourusername
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yourusername london, i'm speechless. i had the most amazing time with all of you last night and i can't wait to perform for you again 💞 hearing you guys sing your hearts out with me was truly magical, thank you sooo much and i love love love every single one of you 💕 also! a special thanks that friend group from the first row who gave me a bunch of plushies, my heart is extra happy 😚
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starmanblack i was there, i can confirm
yourusername I COULDN'T SEE YOU IN THE CROWD AT FIRST AND I GOT SO SAD
starmanblack lol i love you sm
starmanblack my guitar fits your aesthetic nicely
yourusername i know right?!? me and her were meant to be
marymacdonald when i say best concert of my life i mean it
yourusername i don't deserve you
bartyyy first row seats hmghnhm 😩
yourusername perks of dating the photographer
ev.rosier you're welcome bartemius
user201010 i cried ugly tears
user927161 i formally apologise to the people who were near me 💀
user472738 ARE Y'ALL SEEING THIS??? THEY'RE DEFO DATING
user928312 YOU PLAYED MY FAVOURITE SONG AND I WASN'T THERE 😭😭😭
user446286 one of those plushies was from meeeee
user018381 lost my voice but it feels so right
starmanblack
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starmanblack ok.
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yourusername he loves you
starmanblack he bit my converse
yourusername it was an act of love
starmanblack AND HE STOLE ONE OF MY DOCS
yourusername IT. WAS. AN. ACT. OF. LOVE.
yourusername bet you deserved that
starmanblack you were just saying he loves me?
yourusername was i though?
vance_emm what in the gaslighting hell is going on above me?
r.a.black wdym? i'm loving it
user242539 i've yet to see a normal picture of this little guy
user301453 THE BICKERING LMAOOO
user463646 HELP HE'S VIOLATING YOU
user857433 he's in his reputation era
user302770 THIS DOG PLS
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celeb_gossip a scandal is on its way! 👀 there's been word on the street that sirius black and y/n l/n have had a little something going on since the beginning of the year, and we are almost certain that this isn't just another case of senseless rumours. 🙈 other than constantly interacting with one another on social media, the two have been pictured entering l/n's apartment after what seemed like a romantic night out. 😌 several sources can prove that the couple has been caught in ways that scream everything BUT platonic, and we deem them quite credible. 😉 but in the light of all of this, the two singers haven't said anything. what do you think? 🤔 are they secretly together? 🤭 or are they secretly laughing at all of us? 😶 leave your opinion in the comments! 😘
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user438185 oH
user019570 EVERYBODY STAY CALM
user837999 i hope they sue you lol
user262626 they're defo laughing at us
user823715 THE POWER THESE TWO WOULD HOLD AS A COUPLE
user192072 LMAO THEY'D BREAK THE INTERNET IF THEY CONFIRMED IT
user137753 get a life wtf
user020191 pretty sure they're together
user647275 this is out of line
user244411 nah cause paps should be illegal
user302906 I NEED THEM TO SAY SOMETHING I'M LITERALLY FREAKING OUT
user522727 dunno but i want whatever they have going on
yourusername
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yourusername tea pages are saying that i'm dating this weirdo 🤪
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starmanblack people just love being funny
yourusername making me shed tears
starmanblack you could have found a better picture at least 🙄
yourusername fym? this is top tier stuff
starmanblack you're not getting your shades back
yourusername funny 🤣 i'll steal them back today 😐
vance_emm yeah and i'm a hamster
marymacdonald you kind of look like one though 🥺
mmmckinnon LMAOOOOO
starmanblack not you talking
mmmckinnon lmaoing ≠ talking
user283800 guess this confirms it ☹
user916373 WHY DO REG AND SIRIUS' COUSINS KEEP LIKING ALL YOUR POSTS THIS MAKES ME CONFUSEDDDD
user758234 does this mean you're free to date me?
user424116 YOU'RE TROLLING US
user021725 double meaning? (pls say sike i'm desperate)
user024477 calling sirius up rn
user555641 GUYS THERE'S STILL HOPE MAYBE THEY'RE JOKING AROUND
user828295 okay but does it actually matter 💀
starmanblack
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starmanblack feeding the paps
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yourusername bet they're still starving
starmanblack we should make out and post it
yourusername twitter will go CRAZYYY
yourusername we look dead tho
starmanblack i reckon it's the cheap wine
yourusername you calling me poor?
starmanblack 😇
prongsyboy i still don't get how or why you had my glasses
starmanblack aesthetic purposes
xeno_lovegood that's cute 🤩
starmanblack facts ong fr fr
cissy_blck reggie's sil
bellatrixieb i'm so jealous
user472721 I WANT
user882923 I CAN'T DECIDE WHO THE LUCKY ONE IS
user382541 NAUR STOP MESSING WITH US
user773724 WHATTGEDHQUXJQDJJQSJJW
user482972 OH MY GOD?????????
user362613 narcissa's comments making me all hopeful
user924474 I'M SO STRESSED
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#sirius black#sirius black x reader#sirius black x y/n#sirius black x you#sirius black imagine#sirius black drabble#sirius black blurb#sirius black one shot#sirius black headcanon#sirius black fanfiction#james potter#remus lupin#peter pettigrew#lily evans#marlene mckinnon#mary macdonald#pandora lovegood#dorcas meadowes#xenophilius lovegood#narcissa malfoy#lucius malfoy#bellatrix lestrange#evan rosier#barty crouch jr#regulus black#emmeline vance#harry potter#harry potter fanfiction#marauders era#the marauders
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A couple of things I check to know if the person who posted is the original artist:
-their caption. usage of "ctto" aside, tumblr artists don't often caption like their art is something they discovered. if the caption is like "OMG GUYS LOOK AT THIS" or "I WOULD LOVE IF X DID THIS TO ME" or some other derivative, it's most probably a repost. even if the caption is funny, don't interact.
-their watermark. 90% of artists I know has one. it usually matches their handle or their nickname. the style of the watermark should fit the work aesthetically. some reposters (they run amok on instagram) just slap a watermark on top. be careful of this.
-their bio. check their account. tumblr artists will always say they create art. i haven't encountered a reposter who does.
-their art tag. check the original post. tumblr artists usually have a unique art tag. artists also do not tend to clutter their tags too much.
-their art style. check the art tag. if the styles drastically change on every post, then you'll know. check their line work, color treatment, and shape language. artists can create different subjects (chibi, portraits, backgrounds) but these elements usually remain the same.
of course there are more signs you should reference but these are the very basics I personally use.
what to do next:
-mix and match these to find out and run at the sign of red flags.
-report and block these accounts immediately.
-reverse image search the artwork if you can't find the source artist.
-don't bother telling the artist that their art is reposted (this only makes artists feel terrible) but send them love instead! give them a follow, interact with their works. fight with kindness.
if you want your fandom to be a living breathing community, protect your artists. be vigilant about reposters.
that's all for now. and thank you for reading this far.
tl;dr art reposters have suspicious captions, watermarks, and bios. they don't usually have a personal art tag and have inconsistent art styles. when you find these signs, block the account and check back with the artist (use reverse image search if needed) to send them your love. do not attack anyone. protect your artists and be vigilant.
please spread the word.
#psa#signal boost#art reposters#artists on tumblr#prowlle#they might get smarter from this but who knows#people will always repost so it's best to just be aware of what is reposted and what is original#take care#this is only slightly edited sorry#update#ooc
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Espio in 5b?
he’s a big fan of party cannon
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TRC Social Media Headcanons
Gansey: He’s a terrible photographer. I’m sorry but this man has his thumb over the camera half the time. lots of tourist photos. his intsagram captions are SO LONG. he posts the most often out of all of them though, and every post is very sincere and heartfelt. definitely on Tumblr though
Blue: respectable instagram poster. flowers and friends type photos. very nice, the tags are organized, and her instagram stories are always the fit of the day. she has her own etsy shop and she makes how to videos sometimes.
Adam: Posts a group photo once a month. Sometimes when he’s somewhere new, he’ll post a story of like the bean from chicago or the empire state building. but if you go through his tagged section there’s so much chaos
Ronan: social media ghost. 3 photos. Chainsaw, Matthew, and the entire gang. that’s it. never active. if you want him to see a meme screenshot it and show him in person. doesn’t understand snapchat but takes photos with blue on her account sometimes because he thinks the filters are funny
Noah: the master. has photos you absolutely can’t explain. impeccable timing. not a single serious photo. he’s got like 100 saves stories on his profile of out of context videos of yelling and skateboard tricks. he’s a tumblr funny man. he’s tiktok famous too for his compensations of him getting thrown by ronan, or everytime gansey made The Dad Face, or everytime adam questioned his life choices
Henry: organized, aesthetic, reposts stuff on his instagram all the time. tiktok transition king. have y’all seen the cool gay uncle on tiktok? that’s how imagine him. or chrissy chapekla (did i spells that right?)
#lmk if i should add more i have more#trc#the raven cycle#ronan lynch#adam parrish#blue sargent#gansey#noah czerny#henry cheng#social media#tiktok#instagram
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You Live In Sweatpants And Hoodies (GeorgeNotFound)
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pairing : georgenotfound / george x influencer!reader.
summary : george and your fans realize that under all the sweaters, you have a body.
a/n : if you are wondering what dress i was talking about, search up jennie short black dress :)
before social media, you studied law and got a degree in it but ended up not using it due to your social media career sky rocketing.
but you never thought studying was a waste, that could be your backup, after all. social media doesn’t last forever. and you were ready to accept any difficulties since you knew you had plan b.
you, till this day, could not describe what you do on social media. it started with tiktok. everything nowadays started with tiktok. but you were one of the first people who was on it.
and then tiktokers would make their way onto youtube to sustain their “career” and grow. so that’s what you did. you never abandoned that app, though. especially not now, everyone on that app is seriously hilarious.
your content on youtube was all over the place. once, for a video, you talked to weird men on omegle and tinder. another time, you would try different aesthetics on yourself.
but here’s the catch, you’ve never really worn revealing clothes. your mum had always told you to never deprive yourself from what she says “fun young girl things” which is dressing up, or down, in her say and go have fun with your friends.
but since the pandemic hit, you have had no where to go anyways, and you never really liked to show off your body. it’s not that you felt uncomfortable doing it, it’s just that you’ve never had the reason to.
you also didn’t grow up girly. you hated dresses, especially short and tight dresses. and you weren’t a fan of wearing shorts either. you always opted to go comfy.
whenever you post a tiktok, you always wore your signature hoodie and sweatpants that were clearly sizes too big for you. but you liked it, it’s comfortable to sleep in.
and whenever you had to pan down to show your outfits on youtube, you were always caught wearing jeans and a baggy shirt, just styled differently, according to the aesthetic of the video you were filming for.
you heard your phone ring from the couch. you picked it up, knowing who it was anyways. “morning, cutie.” you stared.
“morning b.” george greets you, hair everywhere, clearly just woken up.
you and george met on tiktok, just like all good friends do. he had duetted a tiktok of yours and you found him hilarious. you quickly followed him on every single social media platform he was in. you even set an alarm in case he ever streams and you’re asleep.
you two are close. some would say you two are dating, but you two haven’t figured it out yet. you two didn’t really want to disclose it anyways, you two knew your not so secret feelings for each other, anyways.
remember when he called you ‘b’? yeah that stands for ‘bub’. he thought it would be cute for him to have a different nickname than the usual “baby” or “babe”.
you two actually live very near each other, making it way easier as a couple, but since england was put into a quarantine order, you two didn’t meet often.
some would probably ask why you’d have to set an alarm when he streams when you two clearly are in the same timezone? well, that boy had no sense of time and a terrible sleeping schedule. it amazed you at how early he got up today.
that facetime call lasted about half an hour before you told him you needed to stream on twitch today, to which he responded to you that he’s watch it later.
today, you had a surprise. for the world. you can’t believe you even thought about this but it was about time you showed off to the world what assets you’ve been blessed with.
speaking of showing off. no, you weren’t a particularly insecure person, you were just comfortable in the clothes you’re in. but celebrating the long time you’ve been on social media, and it being your birthday, you thought it might be fitting.
george and you agreed to not make anything special about your birthday. you hated parties and large gatherings, and since you were still in the middle of a pandemic, you used that as an excuse to not go out.
you spent the longest time searching for a good enough outfit for this day. and you found it. you decided to pick a pretty simple dress, a black short dress that went to your mid thigh, that showed off your waist, spaghetti strapped and a little backless.
you walked out the shower, your robe on as you walked to your bathroom counters to dry your hair. you didn’t really bother to style it, just leaving you straight long hair down.
you put on the most basic white sneakers you could find to still make it casual, and you thought it went well together, anyways.
you finished you makeup and took a good look at yourself. you had been aware that you only wore baggy clothes, so this was a huge change. you twirled yourself, feeling confident.
you couldn’t wait for people to have heart attacks.
you sat on your gaming chair, getting ready to start your stream.
before you started your stream, you made sure you left your facecam turned off first.
you went live. chat was confused since this was the first time that you’re not on facecam. all they could see at the moment was the caption “IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!” that you typed on your notes app on your computer.
“hi, chat.” you said, to calm them down a little.
you heard your phone go off, a text notification. which you knew was george since he had a special notification ping on your phone.
it said “did you forget to turn on your cam?”
you laughed at that. “no, chat, i haven’t forgotten to turn on my facecam, just wait for a sec, please.”
you felt giddy, excited for the reactions.
instead of wearing your cute cat headphones, you wore your airpods instead to get the whole look going.
you let out a sigh before moving your mouse cursor to linger on the ‘start recording camera’ button. you clicked on it, before moving your chair back to fully say hi to your chat.
you brought your hands up to wave to the camera. you tilted your head slightly. “soooo, it’s my birthday.” you said.
chat was going crazy so you stopped reading them so you wouldn’t get a headache. the donations went crazy too, but you tried your best to read them all.
you thanked the people who subscribed to you or gifted you subs.
“360 of this dress? sure, i’ll give you a twirl.” you replied a dono.
you stood up, and rolled your gaming chair away so that they can see your whole outfit. you spun around once, quickly telling them where you got the dress from.
you tried to hold your foot on one hand, balancing yourself to show them that you could go casual in this dress too.
what you noticed was that, your phone hadn’t stopped beeping from a text notification, which belonged to the one and only georgenotfound.
and since maybe he noticed that you won’t check your phone, he sent a donation instead.
“WHAT THE FUCK.” the monotoned voice read out the donation, which was from george.
you facepalmed, knowing exactly what his reaction is like at home.
“I’M COMING OVER.” the voice said again. you laughed at his antics.
“see you then.” you replied, laughing, knowing he was joking around anyways.
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GEORGE’S POV
she thinks i’m joking, isn’t she?
well, she gave me her spare key for a reason, and this would be the best reason.
i knew i wanted to come around anyways. just after her stream. i promised her no going out, but not no gifts and ordering in.
sneaky, i know.
i had a plan brewing in my mind. to walk in her house as quietly as possible, to surprise her.
after seeing her in that dress, i don’t think i can stand our fans not knowing we aren’t dating.
i know, i haven’t really asked her out, but we kinda both agreed that there was no use, knowing each other’s feeling was good enough and that we didn’t need to do anything extravagant.
i don’t know what she’s tell her fans but i’m sure i hadn’t disclose our relationship. the fans shipped us, sure, but i don’t think i’ve ever said it out loud.
we knew we’d have to say it someday. so i thought, why not today? as i surprised her at her own house.
her fans watching her stream are tweeting at me like crazy. no one had seen her like that. she practically lives in sweats and hoodies, constantly.
the most fitting thing i’ve seen her wear is skinny jeans, but she would always wear a baggy top with it. people always say she drowns in her clothes, but i never complained, she looked good either ways.
but seeing her in that dress, damn. i needed to be there and hug her, kiss her. i couldn’t wait to see her in that dress, right in front of my eyes.
our observant fans or close friends have asked if she dresses the same at home, and my answer always stayed the same. that she lives in baggy clothes.
there are some creepy people out there who would ask that question in a sexual way. thinking i’ve seen her in less. but truthfully, i haven’t. we’re not pass that stage, and we prefer it this way.
what the fans see is what i see on the daily, too.
and no, me going to her house to see her more clearly in that dress doesn’t mean we’re doing anything. i just want to observe her beauty. see what she’s hid from me.
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YOUR POV
chat was going crazy over george’s donation. but you still laughed it off. it’s all a joke anyways, him coming over.
he was coming over later, after noon, so he wouldn’t just drop everything to see you right now.
“geez. chill out, chat, george was joking.” you told them.
you sat on your gaming chair more comfortably as you started playing a couple rounds of among us with your fans. you told them not to cheat and watch your stream as they’re playing ad lucky you, they listened.
for some reason, your chat still kept blowing up with george comments. maybe they were still caught up on that comment he said earlier.
but you hadn’t thought that he’d be behind you the entire time, telling the chat to not make it obvious.
“happy birthday, b” you heard a very familiar voice from behind you.
you almost had a whiplash from how quick you turned your head to see who was behind you.
you stood up to hug him, almost falling to the floor, stumbling on your own feet.
with the way you ran to him, he almost fell to the floor. “you’re here, you’re here.” you kept repeating it to him, not believing that he actually came. you knew he’d come later, but not this early.
george moved you back gently to see your full outfit. you two were aware that the facecam is still on, and pointing to you two, seeing every move.
“come here.” he whispered to you before grabbing your waist, to kiss you.
you two took a little while enjoying each other’s company, still in front of everyone on twitch.
he moved you back a little, turning you to face your gaming monitors. “MY GIRLFRIEND, EVERYBODY. isn’t she so hot, oh my god.” he said to the stream.
you laughed at his stupid antics, covering your face with your hands as you blushed.
your chat didn’t stop talking about the interaction, not believing that their ship was finally sailing.
you played a couple more rounds of among us with them, george taking over sometime or making funny comments to entertain your chat while you played.
after the stream, george and you took time to enjoy the time alone, ordering in your favourite food and opening gifts that he bought you.
you forgot to mention that both of your twitter was blowing up too much that you had to mute it for a while. you knew that a lot had screenshot the cute moment.
you took note to screenshot some of the photos on twitter later.
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Alright! For sure, he could totally be a poser or in it for the gimmick. Considering the scenario where he’s not, Satanism is highly individualistic, so the practice depends on the Satanist. Any particular satanist’s practice, if any, could include any beliefs or ideals, and there’s atheistic and theistic satanists. So anyone could say anything as far as what murdoc’s beliefs or practice is like. He’s such an all over the place character, I could see him as anywhere from total poser to actually serious satanist. Evidence for serious satanist would be all the stuff he says regarding it in earlier phases, plus how in phase 3 he is shown to be well read and knows philosophy. Evidence for not so serious would be the Sunday Satanist art caption from phase 4, and his general insanity and inconsistency.
I think Satanism can be pretty appealing to a young person, or any aged person really, especially someone who has religious trauma or in general is atheistic or against Christianity or Abrahamic religion. I’ve also seen people come to it from metal music. I think usually people come to Satanism because they have beef with christianity, and like the aesthetic, but generally they outgrow the angry, aggressive, anti-christian phase after a while. Older or more mature satanists generally respect other people’s religions and are typically well read.
Murdoc says in ROTO that he read La Vey’s satanic bible as a teen and that the philosophy “fit like a glove.” (Unfortunately La Veyan satanism is problematic for its ties to “might is right” by Ragnar Redbeard, who was a nazi, as well as Ayn Rand, whose philosophy was also ehh, and some kind of botched Nietzsche.)
Personally, La Veyan Satanism to me, is a bit immature and undeveloped for a world view, and incomplete as a system for self development. Essentially, I think it can be dangerous in the way that it can tell assholes that it’s okay to be an asshole. (But maybe this isn’t exclusive to la Veyan Satanism.) So plenty of satanists don’t exactly like Church of Satan/La Veyan Satanism or the right leaning, libertarian ways typical of their members. But credit where it’s due, Church of Satan, founded 1966, was the first group to establish itself as religious satanism.
Because of the typical political leaning of their members, I don’t think murdoc would be strictly la veyan, though. But I could totally see him reading the satanic bible, and then not developing a thoughtful system for self development from it, or not challenging his own beliefs often enough.
Ultimately, I see a troubled kid, told repeatedly that he’s a screw up, outcast, etc. A traumatized kid, who misbehaves and gets into mischief and crime a lot. Considering his backstory, I see a kid who thinks he’s a bad person. Who may be even feeling down on himself. And then he picks up the satanic bible which tells him it’s okay to be himself, essentially. He likes the hedonism, the edge, and ego boosting individualism, but the aggression is probably what appeals most to him. Its anger, its self righteous fury. Because he’s angry. Angry at the world. And this book tells him he is the god of his own world. And so maybe this kid is saved by Satan.
And that’s generally the appeal of the book anyway, but usually people branch out from it and do their own thing, add some stuff from other places, books, religions and philosophies, take out some other parts which are terrible and/or don’t serve them. These days people are coming to Satanism from The Satanic Temple (founded 2012), but they are also kind of the atheistic social club type of satanism.
Anywho I could go on forever! Please let me know if you ever have any questions, I can totally lend some guidance. Of course, nobody criticizes Satanism quite like satanists do. These are totally my own views, too. Others can disagree completely.
Hey, thanks so much for sharing all of this! I love reading people's thoughts on this because I always get a headache trying to make sense of all the branches (?) of Satanism. I appreciate you saying "nobody criticized Satanism like satanists do," because that has been the vibe I get - that everyone has a strong opinion on their interpretation of the religion, and that there are a lot of different interpretations. It makes wading into it all to try and depict it in the story moderately intimidating as someone who isn't super into it personally lol. Hence why I end up going with the "poser" interpretation most of the time. Plus, when I think about his displays of Satanism, they all feel very juvenile - animals sacrifices, wearing all black, upside-down crosses....but then even this gets murky considering Satan seems to literally exist in Gorillaz-verse, so we're left with few direct answers all the same.
That being said, I do agree with the idea that Satanism could have really resonated with a young Murdoc as a gateway to loving himself, or at least beginning to love parts of himself (I don't think he likes himself all that much, and it may have led him to loving an image of himself, rather than his "true" self, but that's a discussion for another day). It was a life saver in a sea of misery that was his childhood, probably the only thing that kept him from drowning in it completely. It wasn't perfect, and like many survival skills implemented in traumatic situations, it becomes less useful the farther away from his old life (the site of the trauma) he gets, but idt we can deny its initial importance. I think you're asks articulates that well, or at least that's the tangent my brain went on after reading this. Thank you for sharing! I learned a good bit.I’m not sure if I’ve given you much to respond to here, but I’m always open to learning more!
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Just saying this from the pink aesthetic on ur blog but do u have a soft style aesthetic irl (baby pinks, baby blues)
ooooo deffo! everyone who knows me knows my go-to is baby pink and i have baby pink just about everything, but in terms of actual style I dress very hobo-casual LMAOOO lemme throw some pics!
these r terrible fit pics but!! just somethin quick I gathered hehe, ignore the captions some are from my ig story
#urusai! baka#trendy baka#ill throw that in there hehe#i own baby pink leather loafers baby pink heels baby pink sliders#i have so much PINK#PINK BAGS PINK POUCHES#omg all my accessories r pINKK#but recently ive been super into baby blues#but tbh!! my closet is v neutral colours + some neons#i wear a loooottttt of grey/greens#whats thag word#like washed out greens and greys#does that make sense#that bag is my mums from like 30 yrs ago! hene#also yall get to see mt fuckin bARE FACE IN THAT FIRST ONE#BARE FUCKIN FACE#aka these r getting deleted at some point#all of these are from like last yr or the beginningggg of this yr minus the bottom left#edited one ofthem bc that background is so MESSY WOKAOSKAOAK pls do not perceive#maybe i like shirabu sm bcos i also have a 5head......#i rly just Dont Wear Pants 80% of the time
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hehe hiii june <33 ✨ + here is all my content <3 ilyyyy
ccs send me a link to your creations and i'll pick a top 5!
zaiiii <33 okay i have to preface with how you have such a distinct style! with your colors esp! you’ve cemented those complementary shades of blue and orange (unintentional txt reference) as your brand :’)
noeasy thunderous set - i am terribly behind when it comes to skz content and it’s only when i saw this set that i was pushed to watch the trailer ksdaldfnsj you captured the humor so so well! and i love when ccs use grain well <333 makes for a much more interesting look imo! and your captions! a+ i could almost hear the bgm in my mind
all night gfx - this looks so delicious, the detail!! when i try to make a ‘messy’ edit it just ends up. messy. lmao i don’t know how you guys manage to finesse it like this ;;
joshua magazine gfx - this. this fits my aesthetic so this might be biased but i LOVE this the colors the shapes, minor detail but good color pairing on the text fill and stroke!!
song camp ep 2 set - this is the perfect example of that trademark coloring ;; we need to call it the zai filter now. and the moments you chose are so cute! qts in floaties
mixtape: oh set - wait wait this is an even better example ;; i love how vibrant the orange is here - almost red! and it works so well with skintone! the blue on the cake is so soft i want 2 eat THE PANEL WITH CHAN ND LIX so cute;;
thanks for sending one in zai!! and lmk if you have a preferred emoji so i can add it to your tag :D
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can we PLEASE stop deleting OPs’ captions on photosets and art just so they fit ur “aesthetic” blogs? please? is it so terrible to leave a line of text at the bottom of a photo so that people know the provenance of the image? ESPECIALLY when it’s an art piece?
#pls reblog this if u can#im just tired of checking OPs' posts to see if there was a caption that got deleted n having to copy n paste it in#please. this is just a small ask. im sure we can manage some respect for original posters right?#basil talks
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Happy Halloween Scooby Doo! Review
Muahahhhahahhahahaha! Thanks to the Walmart tradition of stocking movies for sale weeks before the intended release date, I have myself a copy of what claims to be Scooby Doo’s FIRST Halloween adventure!
…in spite of movies like Witch’s Ghost and Goblin King, holiday specials like WNSD’s A Scooby Doo Halloween (which had a haunted Scarecrow too…), BCSD’s EL Bandito (for Dia de los Muertos - obvs not the same, but most companies act like it) and Halloween, The NSDM’s Halloween Hassle at Dracula’s Castle, and the DTV short film Scooby Doo and the Spooky Scarecrow (which, ironically enough, did NOT take the opportunity to feature Dr. Jonathan Crane).
So let us take a look now at Happy Halloween Scooby Doo! and see whether this film will be a graveyard smash of a treat, or a black licorice bomb of disappointment.
Full review (and SPOILERS TO GO WITH IT) are below the cut in my new review format; if all goes smoothly, I’ll go with this for future Scooby films.
WARNING: This review is very long.
One minor note before we begin: the Special Features actually include BCSD’s Halloween, WNSD’s A Scooby Doo Halloween, and PNSD’s Ghost Who’s Coming to Dinner
...so they were AWARE this was not the first Halloween adventure of the Scooby gang, and yet still use that tag line. Hm.
Still, kudos for including them - this’ll help boost the reasons to keep this movie, if it turns out to be a real Milk Dud of a movie *ba-dum tish* :D
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The movie starts off rather abruptly, actually - no slow pan over the setting, just WB Animation credit and BOOM, we’ve cut to a Halloween parade and Elvira is talking.
I’m of a mixed opinion including Elvira on top of having Bill Nye and a Batman Rogue - while she most certainly fits the Scooby aesthetic, it doesn’t feel as grand an impact after her weird little cameo in Return to Zombie Island (ugh) and I’m not sure how well the movie will balance her in wait a minute
wait just a
WAIT A MINUTE
Did - did that parade float skeleton just sing Crystal Cove as the town’s name?
oh no.
Oh No.
....also their song is terrible and they should feel terrible.
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Fred: We got him! Banh Mi Shop, second floor!
me: the heck is a Banh Mi Shop? *mild googling noises*
So I guess Jonathan Crane really had a craving for a Vietnamese sandwich before he enacted his Halloween scheme.
...you think he’s a lemongrass chicken type of guy or a BBQ pork guy? It’s always hard to guess at these things, esp when coffee and pumpkin spice aren’t on the table (as per fanon, of course)
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Velma: We have a flawless track record!
So I guess WB is just gonna ignore the past few DTV retcons established in 13 Ghosts and Return to Zombie Island?
I mean that rather defeats the purpose of them existing at all, but fcuk YEAH I can get behind throwing that retcon garbage out of canon!
And STAY OUT!!
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Shaggy, talking about ghosts being real: I’m like the boy who cried wolf - I keep warning you but like, you won’t believe me until I finally get eaten!
Yet again, Warner Bros makes a wolf reference to Shaggy. Yet again, I am torn asunder between wanting werewolf!Shaggy in a new Scooby property, and fearing for the appearance of werewolf!Shaggy in a new Scooby property.
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Velma: Point is, being afraid is a waste of time!
Scarecrow, LITERALLY EXPLODING THROUGH A BRICK WALL three buildings away:
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He’s floating through the air and t-posing to assert his dominance 🤣🤣🤣
Gods bless animation 😁
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Daphne @ Shag and Scoob locking themselves in the van: Are you serial?
Me: wait, SERIAL? *re-reads captions* yup, that says “serial”.
Is this an editing mistake? I don’t think that works here…unless that’s supposed to be a joke on how they always do this. But then why would that be an irritating surprise, they literally do this EVERY episode 🙄
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Oh hey, Red Herring’s Party Screams truck has Red Herring running out of it
Could this be a hint to how the story goes? The villain appearing on a literal Red Herring?
Naaaaaah, WB’s not THAT smart
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So if we take @captainbaddecisions crack theory on Jonathan Crane being Shaggy’s uncle seriously, does this mean that Jonathan is using magic to fly, float fear toxin orbs around himself, and making things explode, a la the family trait of Crack Theory A?
Logically he’s probs using wires or magnets or some shit, but it’s a fun thought to entertain 😁
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Welp, we finally get the opening credits! … with Jonathan Crane smashing through the Mystery Machine’s windshield, set to a slow poppy song straight from the 60s, and spewing the title of the film out in glittery pink mist.
All the while Scooby and Shaggy throw candy at each other, deliberately obtuse to the cloud of fear toxin enveloping their friends and the townsfolk, the steady destruction of the Mystery Machine they’re laying in as multiple cars crash into it and send it spiraling, and the general mayhem and destruction that Scarecrow is causing
Never change, guys, never change
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I just choked on my lemonade
There’s an article plastered to the roof of the Mystery Machine titled “Talking Dog Confounds, Ignites Ethics Debate Over Dog Labor”
ahahahahaha
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Annnnnnnnd there goes the Mystery Machine, tumbling in the air and over the roads with Shaggy and Scooby still inside without seat belts. Will they perish in this horrible road accident? Will Death finally come to claim them at last?
Of course not. This is Shaggy and Scooby we’re talking about - I’m almost positive they can survive anything up to and including a nuclear bomb. This is child’s play to them.
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So they “capture” Scarecrow… by pinning his cape to a tree with crossbow bolts.
And they do not try to at least tie up his arms or his hands in ANY capacity.
JUST the cape.
...you know, Velma, for a team with a “flawless” track record, you guys are making a hecking TON of mistakes in facing against one of Batman’s ROGUES GALLERY, ESPECIALLY with no Batman in sight, good freakin’ grief. 😩
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Yaaaaaaaaas, this Scarecrow design is LUSH
He’s got the lank, the height, the BTAS costume colors, the elongated face with beaky nose and pointed chin and angular cheekbones, the eyebags like Gucci, the furrowed brow… honestly the only thing missing is the more reddish color hair, and even that isn’t mandatory. I love 😍
Not to mention the HOT DAYUM voice he has - low and velvet rough and so godsdamned particular in a way that could either tie in to obscuring a southern accent as in fanon or just as a stringent academic, oh my yes. He’s voiced by someone called Dwight Schultz, who’s most well known for playing Captain ‘Howling Mad’ Murdock in the OG A-Team show, and someone called Reginald Barclay in Star Trek TNG and Voyager, if any of y’all know that character in particular.
And of course, the first line he says is a delightfully wry “Oh, but I AM getting away with it,” with the sort of smirk that absolutely lends credence to why he’s a threat to Batman, and not some simpering wimp that can be defeated with some crossbow bolts in a tree.
I think I’m going to enjoy this movie at least somewhat, so long as we get to see him 🥰🥰🥰
(tho on a side note: Daphne why on EARTH are you trying to film Crane saying the meddling kids line? Do you have a video compilation of past villains who’ve done that, and you hope to add his to it? Was your phone damaged when you went up against the Riddler a few DTVs ago and you want a second shot at recording a Gotham Rogue saying it? Bc I don’t think a Gotham Rogue would be too pleased with seeing himself as a Mystery Meme on the Youtubes, you get what I’m saying?)
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Okay, so the floating orb things are explained away as fear toxin bomb drones somehow… despite looking nothing like the other drones and being much smaller with no visible propulsion, while also flying unassisted through and around objects to explode against places once flung…
(tho interesting note, none of them are aimed directly at the crowds, just behind them - odd, that)
But how did he heckin’ FLY at the beginning?
Yeah, they show him wearing wrist-mounted grappling hooks at the end of the intro song sequence, but they are NOWHERE IN SIGHT at the beginning - and I do mean in sight, since he emerges against a backdrop of flames. There was nothing there (see the T-pose above for further evidence), and nothing there when he FLEW THROUGH THE MYSTERY MACHINE’S WINDSHIELD AND FLEW BACK OUT AGAIN. And these things are pale silver, which stands out like crazy against the darker backgrounds, so no hand-wavy ‘they were always being used’ bullcrap we’ve seen in other movies.
Hmmm *scribbles in notepad* note to self, add notation concerning Crack Theory A on magic!Shaggy to “Uncle Crane” theory files - evidence denotes that Crane is able to fly (or at least hover in mid-air unassisted) for terrorization purposes. May boost strength of CTA by family association, lending credence to magic inheritance along the bloodline...
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“Avocado Toast Generation”? Crane, I honestly don’t know if you really mean that, or if you understand just how much that phrase gets under any Millennial/Gen Z kid’s skin. Having seen multiple variations of your character, it really could swing either way (tho kudos on the dead switch idea - very nice 👍🏻)
Although this does lead to an interesting stand-off: Fred, upon seeing the town threatened with 3 days worth of fear toxin, immediately moves to let Crane go, while Velma stops him and refuses to consider compromising if it means Crane escapes. They both look legitimately frustrated at the other for taking the stance they do.
Fascinating~
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Hmmm
Crane honey, I don’t know if your drones are made of flash paper and hope, or if Scooby and Shaggy are using the reeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaally old candy (the stuff made about ~3 years ago most neighborhoods give out to the teenagers that knock around midnight on Halloween) to shoot them down, but either way you may wish to speak with the manufacturer about this
Then again, this IS Shaggy and Scooby - they probably could’ve spat marshmallows at the drones and brought them down with equal success and explosions
(and good on them for shooting those down! Atta boy 👍🏻)
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Aw dang it
1. They still have Crane captured and now in handcuffs (despite having… you know… NOT been bound by anything except cross bolts in his curtain cape thing)
2. Dwight Schultz has decided to pitch his voice higher and more nasally than what he has. Hopefully this is more of an incredulous sort of pitch than something that sticks for the rest of the movie, ugh.
Also, I think they’re framing the movie to be more Velma-centric this time around - she’s the one explaining to Crane how they tracked him down, apparently through a piece of fan mail he sent Elvira (is that the only reason she’s there? Also why was Velma examining random pieces of fan mail for toxins, Elvira probs gets hundreds a week irl) and it looks like they’re framing something up on how fear isn’t something you can pretend isn’t there. neat!
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whajit
53rd?
53rd?!?!
ONLY 53rd?!?!?!?!
Boooo, Scarecrow’s WAY more popular than that! I call foul
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Okay why is Daphne’s schtick so far to spit laaaaaaame slang after every sentence Velma says
I would rather this not be her schtick
Actually could she go back to filming mystery stuff, bc at least I can pretend it’ll build into the OG Zombie Island Daphne
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Phew, his voice has returned to its low, raspy goodness
also, Crane needs to learn about personal space, good grief
(interesting clue brought up tho - Crane only steals tech that CAN’T leak his toxin, ergo it can’t be tracked until he releases it. Sensible use, given that Batman probs tracks it if it does.)
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Velma: I’m not afraid of you, Crane. Fear is an illogical reaction to an imagined threat.
Crane:
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Crane: Fearless, then. Intelligent. Proud and stubborn. You remind me very much of the one person in this world I care about.
uhhhhhh
Yourself? Harley? Edward Nygma? Ichabod the raven? Idk, I’m honestly curious as to where this thread will go 🤔🤔🤔
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Fred, leaning against the Mystery Machine: Guys, it’s gonna be okay. She told me!
O_o
Fred? Honey? Are you sure you weren’t supposed to join Crane in the transport vehicle back to Arkham?
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OH SWEET JESUS SHAGGY GREW YAOI HANDS
WHAT THE HECK
THAT’S WAY MORE UNNERVING THEN YOU GUYS NOT BEING AFRAID ANYMORE
(although the fact that they’re both unsettled by NOT constantly shaking or having their heart racing is honestly kind of heartbreaking. Y’all need therapy, good grief)
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Shaggy and Scooby just chewed up candy (wrapper and all) to make themselves a Halloween costume of… what looks like barfed-up candy (ew)
Before then proceeding to dance so well that everyone around them also starts dancing in a 60s-70s era rainbow light show and giving them candy
I worry for these two sometimes - that kind of power seems to be getting to their head 😬😬😬
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Oh hey, acid green toxic waste is spilling from an 18-wheeler onto the Fear Toxin drones and emitting a purple pink haze that envelops a pumpkin patch! That won’t do anything suspicious at all I bet!
(wait is Poison Ivy going to come into this at some point)
(also major kudos to the music here - very 80s horror synth, I like)
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So the Pumpkins have grown faces, limbs, consciousness, the ability to fly and a lust for human flesh
And they appear to be led by the Pumpkin King of the Pumpkin Patch mentioned in the Charlie Brown Halloween special
He’s not as friendly as I pictured him being, sadly 😕
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Why is this random ass cop coming up to FD&V to say that they’re in over their heads… AFTER the mystery’s been solved?
Like dude, you’re only making yourself suspicious at this point, go home
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Huh, interesting - the gang are being interviewed for a tv news network while they’re considered the town heroes
Why am I getting bad vibes from this…
Eh, it’s probably nothing
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Velma: {Shaggy and Scooby} are, um… REALLY into the Halloween spirit.
Shaggy: THIS ISN’T COSPLAY, VELMA!
I’m dying 😂
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Holy Shit
Velma just snapped and went off on Shaggy and Scooby for acting scared and doing nothing to help wrap up the mystery
(even though these guys are the ONLY reason that the gang didn’t have to choose between setting Scarecrow free and poisoning the entire town for 3 days straight, but hey, what do I know - I’m just writing an in-depth reaction post to this movie and taking note of details like this, clearly I know nothing *eye roll*)
Last time I saw Velma critique the guys’ usual mystery solving shenanigans, it was much more low-key and without knowing they were nearby
But I’m sure that’s just a coincidence
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What the
Bills?
Bills?!?!
Fred just mentioned that fixing the Mystery Machine was going to leave a hefty bill and that they may need to get dishwashing jobs to earn money
Which is more of a job you might expect a high schooler to get on the go and yet
They actually have to pay bills
How old are they here??!
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wait a tic
THIS is how they introduce Bill Nye?
He just calls up Velma with no explanation other than Velma saying “Oh hey, it’s Bill Nye!”
I just - what?!?!
How do you know him so well that he can just pull up your number and call you, and then geT YOU A NEW FREAKING CAR LIKE
WHAT?!?!?!?
Was there a Scooby episode with him in the past two years where the fcuk did this come from
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Also the car is dressed like Bill Nye
And he can talk to the gang directly as the car
So that he can solve mysteries with them whenever he wants
This… this was not what I was expecting to come about from the Bill Nye cameo
(alas, poor predictions of being Crane’s roommate, you will not come to pass this day) 😔
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Ooooo, purple haze throbbing on the horizon! That’s always a good sign of things to come! 😀
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And now Daphne’s… asking Elvira to mentor her fashion wise. And Elvira’s taking her on as her unpaid intern/personal assistant.
Yooo, movie, can you pick a direction and stick with it for Daphne? You’ve gone from her spewing outdated slang to wanting a costume for trick-or-treating, and now this.
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Welp, now I can say I saw a giant pumpkin dog vore an old woman
I didn’t WANT to see that mind, but I guess I can say it now 😐
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OH SHIT NO
IT TURNED HER INTO A FLYING PUMPKIN SHAPED LIKE HER FACE
ABSOLUTELY UNSETTLING, 0/10 WOULD NOT RECOMMEND
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At least we get a nice scene of Daphne kicking the pumpkins’ collective butt
Something normal
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Elvira: WOW! You’re a regular Mary Sue!
*falls over cackling*
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And now there’s a giant purple fissure opening up in the concrete to swallow the town of Crystal Cove whole
(good, i whisper softly into the darkness of my living room. Let it fall)
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Man, I feel so bad for this single father right now
He’s gotten wrapped up in all of this nonsense with his daughter, and he is just Distraught at being chased by Jackal Lanterns, having the town collapsing under his feet, and having to gorge jump in his sedan to get away from the worst of it
It’s okay, Mike Dad - we would feel the same way in your shoes
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Hologram Bill Nye is wearing Cat ears and cat whiskers/nose, and is cleaning his hands like a cat cleans its paws
Why was this the movie we found out Bill Nye was a furry
Why Warner Bros
Why would you inflict this upon us in a Scooby Doo-Scarecrow mystery
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Hey, can Jonathan Crane return now? The movie needs its dignity back.
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A clue on the whys here - the town was built on top of a MASSIVE lithium deposit, with the talks to mine it being scrapped due to environmental concerns. That’s actually a decent lead in for why some
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Welp
The Jackal Lanterns just went full Mad Max with the Halloween Parade floats and cars
No, I don’t have any idea why either, just roll with it
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Nice, they confirmed that Fred’s full name is still Frederick Herman Jones XD
Also a great little action sequence with Daphne - while there’s not much movement, they frame the scene dynamically, with some good quick wordplay. Very nice.
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Velma has a mind palace
Aight
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Velma: Shaggy, I could kiss you!
Oh, to hear this as a child, when I still hardcore shipped Shelma *sigh*
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Oh thank gods we’re going back to Scarecrow again
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Shaggy ate some Scooby Snacks, leapt out of a moving vehicle, and onto the backs of two flying pumpkins that he promptly reined in to fly to Crane’s prison transport
...yet again, I am amazed at the sentences I am led to type for Scooby Doo DTVs
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Ah, how very Hannibal Lector of you, Jon
Man, he actually looks very meek in normal clothes - red long-sleeved shirt and grey slacks
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Hmmm
So Crane ISN’T behind the Jackal Lanterns - in fact he’s outright befuddled by them. This means his whole spiel to Velma earlier about both of them being caught in the same trap was… metaphorical? The breakdown doesn’t actually go into WHY he thinks they’re in the same trap - Crane’s whole schtick is tied to accepting fear, not denying it, so why would they be the same?
Either way, someone is using both him and Mystery Inc to do something to Crystal Cove (please be Red Herring, please be Red Herring, please be Red Herring)
Actually, that reference at the beginning really WAS a red herring - they framed it as being Jon the whole time when it wasn’t. Kudos!
Additional kudos to having Jon be seen more out of mask than in - he is a looker, and I aim to look as much as I can ;)
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Annnnd Daphne’s now trying to convince Elvira to switch clothes with her
I don’t get it - how on earth did we get from Daphne trying to find a good costume for trick-or-treating to asking Elvira to switch oh there it is nevermind.
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There is literally a scene where a giant buzzsaw is slicing towards Crane
and he just
stares at it
going “huh, that’s different”
And I LOVE IT
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And here we have another fascinating scene: Velma going to free Crane from his cell, as Daphne tells her to just leave him to die by pumpkin
I’m wondering if they meant to draw a parallel between the two here - Velma starts by reciting a nursery rhyme, then overcoming her fears in order to release madness to take control. It’s not done very cleanly - mainly bc we barely have any time with Crane in this movie - but I wonder if they meant to insinuate that Crane was like Velma once, where he refused to acknowledge he was afraid, which caused him to lose focus on his initial goals
Idk, ignore my ramblings
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Crane, smirking: I’ll need my personal effects - extenuating circumstances.
Me, fanning myself: I’ll need you to remove yours first
(i am not even kidding, Crane is an absolute DILF in this movie and it flusters me. Stupid sexy animation)
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YAAAAAAAAAAASSSSS
SCARECROW TO THE MOTHERFCUKING RESCUE BABY, SCYTHE AND FCUKING ALL!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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FCUK YEAH THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING
HE HAS A DANCE LIKE QUALITY WITH SOME OF HIS FIGHTING MOVES
VIOLENT DANCING BRINGS THE GIANT JACKAL LANTERN DOWN BABY
THEN HE BACKFLIPS AND GYMNASTIC SWINGS INTO THE VAN
ROCK IT SCARECROW FCUKING ROCK IT
(minor note here, but the subtitles show Dr. Crane instead of Scarecrow - unsure if that’s more that the movie calls him Dr Crane or if it indicates he’s acting more heroic than villainous)
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GODDAMNIT
THE GIANT PUMPKIN SNUCK VINES INTO THE VAN AND STOLE HIM BACK
WHEN CRANE WAS... wearing a seatbelt before, but isn’t now.
...
BOOOOO
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Yet again, we find a Scooby movie that attempts character development, but with Velma
Unlike Shaggy’s Showdown however, I’m mixed on how successful it is.
For starters, Velma hasn’t been this cocksure in other DTVs we’ve seen, so it’s a bit odd to see it now. While not 100% out of place - after all, the gang DID capture one of Batman’s Rogues Gallery on their own - it still feels a touch forced. Compare that to Shaggy’s Showdown, where Shaggy has ALWAYS been a coward (one that, in more recent years, writers have had willing to abandon his friends for safety), so the character development there feels more natural.
The progression of events with Velma actually work somewhat okay - but again, here’s where past DTVs come to bite them in the ass. The past handful have had the gang be wrong, have had them fail, or catch the wrong guy. This makes Velma’s attitude here at odds with the other films, something that sticks more due to a character that’s appeared in the past few films as a minor inconvenience - a Sheriff who keeps telling the gang not to interfere, they’re doing things wrong, etc. If this had been a character who was completely wrong in the past AND SHOWN TO BE WRONG FOR HIS OPINIONS, while the gang never guessed wrong, this would work much better. Unfortunately, it doesn’t, and here we are.
I think it would have flowed better if Velma’s cockiness came solely from catching Crane on their own. Have a random cop character or reporter or whatever (just not the recurring cop), insinuate that the gang is in too deep with Scarecrow, that he should be handled by the adults or professionals or whatever. Velma could bristle, overcompensate, and THEN fall from her pedestal like we see, reach out to the gang and commiserate over feeling scared, and grow. Again, it’s not too far to reach for, but they handle it poorly; as a result, the outcome feels a little more shoehorned in.
It’s an honest shame, bc we haven’t had a Velma centered story since Frankencreepy, and we all remember what a hideous fcuking mess THAT was *shudders*. Still, it somewhat gets its point across, I guess.
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Fred why did you rip your shirt off
Actually better question why do you not have nipples
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Awwwwwww
Velma just apologized to Shag and Scoob for snapping at them earlier, and admits how she doesn’t appreciate how much they make Mystery Inc what it is
Also she eats a Scooby Snack with them and admits they taste pretty good
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Huh
Velma’s mind palace is the Mystery Machine driving through space
Also Shaggy and Scooby are able to telepathically follow her in and communicate with her
Literally, they actually followed her into her head telepathically, and show her their memories of things she hasn’t gotten to see tonight (while also possibly enhancing her ability to remember things, given how much DETAIL she captures perfectly of things that she would maybe have glimpsed in a millisecond AT MOST)
...another tally for Crack Theory A of magic! Shaggy and Scooby *scribbles*
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Fred, be very very thankful that there are no people operating those pumpkins in person cause uhhhh
Those traps would be spraying red instead of orange
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Another weird music choice - the gang goes up to fight the Jackal Lanterns, but the music is the same 60s bubble we heard earlier
Not terribly atmospheric, really
(wouldn’t a Smashing Pumpkins cover of Scooby Doo be more appropriate, or did you guys spend all your money on hiring Elvira and Bill Nye?)
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Dang
Velma just admitted her fears and jumped into the mouth of the Mega Pumpkin, before getting Fred to use the app from earlier to shut it down, revealing it to be a giant drone surrounded by smaller pumpkin drones
This feels… counterintuitive, but I’ll try to explain at the end
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Okay
I’ll admit it
The Whodunnit is actually pretty decent in concept
There was a sprinkling of tidbits that could be assembled for the final conclusion and still make a decent amount of sense, all to find the sheriff doing it
Only he isn’t a sheriff
He’s a former Tech CEO who was also busted by the gang years ago in a case the Sheriff kept bringing up throughout the movie - due to his prison sentence, he lost more than half his wealth and the opportunity to expand it further with the Crystal Cove Lithium deposits
He was also someone who sold tech to Crane for his fear toxin distribution, where he got the idea to frame him for it
(tho on a side note, Crane is an absolute dork and a terrible liar - just look at the email he sent XD and that profile pic, my gods)
He deliberately picked at the gang for the past few DTVs (specifically 2: Return to Zombie Island and Curse of the 13th Ghost) to fracture their confidence, undermine them, etc - all so that in one fell swoop, he could retake his fortune, frighten everyone in town away from the mines so they couldn’t interfere, frighten away the gang (while also ruining their reputation as mystery solvers), and take Crane off the docket so he couldn’t identify the CEO when he pretended to be the sheriff
This… is actually a pretty damn good plan, for a Scooby villain. He was patient, manipulative, and clever, learning how best to tie up loose ends and win back what he lost. A clever revenge story that came so close to coming to fruition, and could have honestly been sold convincingly…
...if it hadn’t been done so much better in Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
Yeeeaaaah, this movie basically lifts the rough framework up from that one - past mystery villain comes back to attack the gang and ruin their reputation (tho this one decides to also make his fortune back and tie up loose ends with former criminal contacts, a la Crane). Gang is embarrassed in front of the news folk, another villain is framed for it (like Old Man Wickles of the Black Knight fame), and the gang must reconcile to foil the villain for good.
Although it also??? Merges elements of Frankencreepy in it?? The movie is focused on Velma, who is struggling to admit when she’s wrong (which ties into her fear, somehow… I’ll think on that point a little) and things purportedly go haywire when she won’t bend. This… isn’t illustrated as well here, since there’s very little direct cause-and-effect from Velma’s actions that would prove this point - that insisting her way is the right, best, and therefore only way to go ends up making things worse.
As much as I despised Frankencreepy (and I DESPISED IT), it did do that part well - showing that refusing to budge on something can lead to you hurting your friends (literally, in that one), and that admitting you were wrong and need help isn’t the end of the world.
(that movie also had former villains returning to gain vengeance upon the gang using psychological warfare, hm - may need to go over that one again, unfortunately).
It’s a shame, too - the basic elements for this plot are all here, they just need to be polished and reworked a bit to make a really fascinating movie.
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Anyways, back to the asshat CEO who just… faked being a sheriff. Because white people can get away with that so long as they have the outfit and the car *throws up hands* (the sad part is this is probably something that actually happens)
As he drives away we see a familiar silhouette looming in the cornfields, watching him approach
Velma had Bill Nye on speaker, so he could record the entire confession for the federal officers nearby (who were taking Scarecrow back to Arkham), and track the phone signal to his exact location
And right as his holographic call cuts out, we see the shadow of a Scarecrow looming over him, causing him to scream.
When the feds arrive at his final location, both his body and the money have vanished. The car still sits, engine running, before the crows leering over him from the field vanish into the sky.
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Now that he’s dead, the gang walks and finds themselves at a Halloween party, with friendly faces and good food. The mystery is solved, though the culprit may never be found again.
Then Daphne admits to NOT trying to steal Elvira’s costume for Halloween, but instead trying to steal Elvira’s identity and replace her.
Something that she’s apparently nearly gotten away with on past mysteries working with Phillis Diller
*sighs* movie, why couldn’t you just stick to the costume schtick? This is just… so much worse.
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From there, Elvira walks off to wrap things up, reveal the monster face on the back of her head sans wig (which was also a monkey), and start the credits, where we see the gang working to bring the Mystery Machine back to its former glory a la Frankenstein pastiche.
This movie… this movie is a hot mess, but at least it’s an OKAY hot mess.
It really does feel like someone started writing a decent Velma-focused movie concerning the Scarecrow and a past Mystery Inc villain interfering, but was bogged down by notes from higher-ups: Wait! Write in Elvira! Also write in Bill Nye! Hey, let’s have a Mad Max car chase with the Jackal Lanterns! And have Daphne obsessed with literally becoming Elvira! Also make reference to things that we’ll insist be explained this way instead of a way that makes sense! Great!
(seriously tho, we never find out who Crane cares about most that reminds him of Velma, what the heck?)
It’s like two or three different scripts were smooshed together without being cleaned up - stuff is said that doesn’t get resolved, the celebrity guests don’t get to breathe much and feel squished together, and the build-up for the villain feels… less impactful, even knowing that he’s been in the past two films.
It might have worked if he’d been in… let’s say like 5 or 6 DTVs in a row, speaking roles for dissing the gang growing in each (ex start with “Good job kids! But maybe next time, leave it to the professionals, okay?” and growing more bitter from there), but only 2 feels kind of meh. Still, I do appreciate the clues we got to collect together, and they all work in the final breakdown of the scheme - some DTVs can feel like they pull stuff completely out of nowhere, so kudos there.
I appreciate what they wanted to do with Velma - give her a character development arc similar to Shaggy’s in Shaggy’s Showdown. Unfortunately, it wasn’t set up quite so neatly: they blended her ‘refusal to admit fear’ with her overconfidence that she was always right, and it led to a weird conclusion. To face her fears, she leapt into the Giant Pumpkin, which… proved that she was right all along about it being fake, and that solves things somehow. It doesn’t address how she can get something wrong sometimes, it doesn’t really address what she’s afraid of (which is honestly quite good: she’s afraid of failing in a way that allows bad guys to escape justice and in a way that hurts her friends), it’s just a bit of a mess. Points for aiming the focus the right way (and in a way that DOESN’T sexualize the underage teenage girl, unlike some DTVs cough cough Frankencreepy cough cough), but it’s very very messy how it goes about it.
The movie actually balanced pretty well for the whole gang - no excessive focus on one leaving the rest in the dust (too much at least - Fred was a touch underdeveloped, but nowhere near as annoying as past iterations have been. Shaggy and Scooby were kind of meh in some places but great in others, while Daphne was just odd. I think they were trying to recapture the BCSD Daphne characterization, but they failed. Still, she did spend some good time kicking ass with the pumpkins, so that was fun.
Now for the Rogue, Jonathan Crane. If you like Crane, this movie gives you: maniacal Scarecrow, calm and creepy Crane, a brief glimpse at fanboy!Crane (he admits in his own awkward way that he’s a fan of Elvira, and later tells her he loves her work - it’s fun), and (best of all for me) a heroic Crane - one who helps the protagonists and ends up kicking ass pretty damn well, brief as it was. And while DILF Crane is always a treat, he feels underutilized in this. In comparison, Scooby Doo/Batman Brave and the Bold really utilized a lot of different aspects of Riddler, to the point he actually does feel pretty menacing by the third act. It’s a shame we don’t quite get that with Crane, but I do love seeing him 1. More out of mask, and 2. Acting as a good guy (in his own way), so he’s enjoyable on the whole.
I kind of wish that the whole movie was spent more with Crane, but again, the script is a bit of a mess on this part - the fact that he’s not completely screwed over is a goddamn miracle.
Elvira was… okay. She didn’t have much of a purpose beyond getting the plot started and giving Daphne some hooks to play off of. Bill Nye (abrupt as his introduction was) did provide some necessary elements to the mystery, as well as the tech; he wasn’t too bad by the end. (still a touch bitter we didn’t get ex roommate Nye, but hey, what can you do)
Humor was… mixed. Some good, some meh, but very few long enough to feel painful. Some bits felt extraneous at times, but they did help to build to the conclusion, so points for effort.
At the end of the day though, I’m probably keeping this more for Jonathan Crane than anyone else. It does have a lot of fanfic potential tho 🤔🤔🤔
That’s all from me tonight, folks! Hope you enjoyed my own little breakdown of the movie.
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Simply Soft ~ NCT DREAM
a/n ~ i love them and can’t stop thinking about them, so here’s what activity they enjoy doing with you
• Prompt: doing dishes and wanting a cute boy to help me out (spoiler)
• Genre: platonic fluff, bullet point scenario, ot7 and nct member!reader
• Warning(s): heartache, desire to have a friendship like the dreamies do, one curse word
• Reader Gender: gender-neutral
==≎==
Mark
duets? duets.
doesn’t matter when or where, mark wants to hear your voice
either singing or rapping
sometimes acoustic, sometimes with music in the practice room where you can also dance together
basically, mark just wants to spend time with you so he is able to praise you for everything. he knows how quickly you can get self-conscious
very proud of your singing ability and always starts yelling about getting chills when you hit a note just right
loves hyping you up when you get out a good rhyme or when you rap along to his parts in songs
though with such busy schedules, you sing together more often than anything else
you both find a nice corner and he starts strumming the chords of his guitar and boom, magic
there are countless videos of you two singing together to the soft melody of the stringed instrument
one time you invited chenle (he always finds a way to bring it up during vlives) and he played the piano for you guys while you all sang a sweet love song
the amount of clips and memes made from your duets is immeasurable
you find one on your feed at least once a day
sometimes you find cute aesthetic edits of screenshots where mark is giving you heart eyes while you sing, but most of the time they’re short videos of you and mark unintentionally being sexy while dancing or rapping
the captions for those usually rant about you both being rude or disrespectful with the rare “i would let them ruin me”
it always makes you guys feel super flustered in the beginning though you end up laughing it off like school girls and making the hard stan tweets into inside jokes
but all in all, mark just loves giving you the confidence he knows you deserve
“yo! dude, oh-ho shit! that’s my best friend! go best friend!”
==≎==
Renjun
you’d think renjun’s favorite thing to do with you is dance, or sing, maybe even draw
nope
honestly, people think you guys hate each other since you are rarely seen interacting
fans freak out when you give each other even the most simple skinship like a pat on the shoulder or put an arm around each other for a group picture
or when you happen to touch while posing for photoshoots
but what people don’t realize is that you and renjun are roommates at the dorms
neither of you sleeps in your own bed alone, ever
your room stays cold year-round so it’s better to give each other warmth under the safety of each other’s blankets, or at least that’s your agreed upon logic
so skinship is super common between you, though he doesn’t like to be all over you in public or in front of the other members because they love to tease
renjun’s absolute favorite thing, though he’d never admit it, is getting to stay up late with you, watching horror movies and having deep talks about time travel or aliens
he feels the safest when he is in your shared room with you, sitting on whoever’s bed seems the comfiest that day
it makes the stress of idol life melt away because he knows he can talk to you about anything
sometimes (these are your favorite moments) he gets very a little paranoid from a horror movie or is in a cuddly mood because he’s tired, and shyly asks to lay on your chest to listen to your heartbeat while you play with his hair
“can you maybe scratch my scalp?”
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Jeno
it’s no secret this boy is jacked, ripped, muscular, however you want to say it
so, it’s obvious he likes working out with you, right?
wrong
two words, video games
no matter how busy you two are, you always find time to play at least one round of some sort of video game
waiting for your stylists? just one look and you’re already pulling out your nintendo switch to play a few quick rounds
the winner of rock, paper, scissors gets to pick which game it is
which means you always get the choice and you always pick smash bros
things can get pretty heated between you both as well
you both get very competitive when it comes to gaming together
you never yell at each other, only dance your hearts out when you get annoyed
fans find it funny because they know exactly when jeno lost and exactly when you lost before a stage
though you don’t always get upset
you could never truly get upset with jeno and neither could he with you
he’s your puppy and your his teddy bear
jeno finds the growls you make when you’ve messed up super cute so he starts smiling
you find his samoyed eye crescents when he smiles terribly adorable so you obviously start smiling too
and, you both end up hanging off each other, nuzzling the other’s cheek and giggling like children
then maybe gag a little at each other for being so sweet
“you’re so cute! i can’t stand it!”
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Haechan
he’s the type to do the most
you know how he acts with taeil and mark? yeah, it’s at least ten times worse with you
lingering touches, flirty comments, pet names
the works
you’ve gotten so used to it that you don’t even react anymore
oh, his arm’s around your waist? when did that get there? you can’t recall
his favorite thing to do is cuddle with you or when he’s feeling extra playful, he’ll wrestle with you
hyuck is almost always laying on you and/or looking at you like you’re the only person in the world though to all the members, you are their world
one vlive, you wanted to be a brat so you started spoiling something that was coming up which caused the guys to start yelling at you to stop
you didn’t
so next thing you knew, haechan was on top of you in two seconds flat, holding you down and covering your mouth
chaos ensued shortly after
you licked his hand and retaliated, leading you two to roll around on the floor while trying to pin the other
jeno was laughing with chenle, who’s joyous dolphin laugh was almost drowned out by the sound of him flailing his arms and legs
jaemin was scolding you both, saying you were being too loud
jisung was trying to save hyuck from your wrath
renjun was staring into the camera like he was on the office while sighing and shaking his head
when you all finally calmed down and started talking about what you were supposed to be, you and haechan were cuddling with him sitting between your legs and your arms around his waist
“yeobo~ your embrace is so warm!~ hold me forever!~”
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Jaemin
the domestic boyfriend we all know and love
so of course, he loves doing the little things with you
like grocery shopping, or waking up the other members when you all have early schedules to treat them to breakfast
homemade of course
his favorite thing to do with you is experiment with food and watch cooking shows, however, he prefers to watch holiday baking competitions to get ideas for treats to make for the other members
it’s almost always cookies
but if the boys are lucky, you and jaemin hunker down to bake a cake
after you wash your hands, he insists on tying your apron for you like a gentleman, but he expects you do it in return
always grabs your hands when you finish tying and pulls them forward to get you to back hug him
you always comply and bury your face in his neck while mumbling something along the lines of “you’re welcome” to get him to either let go of you or regret having initiated the situation in the first place
contrary to popular belief, you both stay mostly clean throughout the whole process
unless the other members join and help, a.k.a. the cast of chenji’s this or that
jaemin always has to swipe something onto his son’s jisung’s cheek which makes the younger boy protest and fight back
chenle cackles childishly and wants to join, but once you wrap an arm around his shoulders and praise him for being mature, it instantly convinces him otherwise
he likes seeming mature and sophisticated in front of you
you get a rag to clean both of the messy boys up
jisung will protest every time, saying he can do it himself
jaemin gives him THAT look and he quickly lets you clean him up
will move to sit down for you to clean his face, just so he can have you stand between his knees and be in arms’ reach
the younger boys cringe when he gives you his signature fan-sign stare and rests his arms around your hips, asking for a kiss when you finish
will throw a fit if you don't peck his forehead
heart cookies are a must, jaemin will never not make cookies in the shape of hearts for you and the members
not valentine’s day? who cares, the cookies will always be hearts
“it’s how much i love you in the physical form of my sweetness!”
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Chenle
chenle: my nct bias is taeyong
you: *walks in the room*
chenle: taeyong who? i only know y/n
he’s literally your biggest fan
always finding reasons to call you or hang out with you
it is hard to find him without you or you without him
chenji’s this or that needs a special guest? always you, the managers and staff have no choice
you have a specific concept photoshoot with the older members? chenle is your plus one
again, the staff and managers have no choice
he is always talking about you like you’re some higher being
he loves video chatting you while you both go about your days
he likes being able to look over and see your face or having the subtle background noise of your breathing
will cry when you haven’t talked in five minutes a while
he’s that attached to you
usually, the one to call first, but when you call first he melts into a puddle of pure joy
his favorite thing to do with you: sitting
together obviously
though it doesn’t actually matter because if you aren’t around he’ll just call you to do the same thing
if you have your license, he will always ask if you guys could go for a drive and listen to music
but if you don’t, the couches at the dorm is just a good a place as any
he sits right next to you and usually holds onto your arm while resting his head on your shoulder
becomes so calm in your presence, people wonder if he’s sick or feeling sad
nope, he’s just relaxing with you after an eventful day
when he has to go home, he always whines and pouts. he almost throws a fit sometimes and you have to calm him down by promising to video chat him as soon as he gets home
asks his mom to let him stay the night a lot, though she rarely lets him
sometimes, when he does get to stay, he wedges himself between you and renjun in bed
renjun complains, but you shut him up quick
the bed is already pretty small as is, but you three make it work by snuggling up close to one another
chenle is in heaven because most times, both you and renjun wrap him up in your arms and he’s just sandwiched in a loving cuddle
the sounds of your shallow sleeping breaths give him the best sleep of his life
“never leave my side, y/n. i need you to relax.”
==≎==
Jisung
the sweetest boy for you
and only you
the other members get so petty when they see him trailing after you like a baby duckling after its parent
always commenting on how he can’t stay five feet from you ever
though they’re literally the same way?
you may not treat jisung like your baby, but that doesn’t mean he’s not your baby
always right there when you’re cooking, waiting to be your taste-tester
when he’s feeling upset, you’re the first one he reaches for
always offering to help you when he thinks you need it
even if you don’t need it, he’ll still stand by you and watch you complete the task
that being said, his favorite thing to do with you are chores
your turn for laundry? there he is, struggling to fold the t-shirts
you want to tidy up the bedrooms? has a trash bag ready for you in his hands
his favorite chore is doing the dishes
to him, you make it so much fun
you share an airpod with him and turn on some hyped playlists to dance along to
you wash and he dries
the smile on his face never leaves
will laugh uncontrollably when you start messing around with the bubbles from the soap or sing into a pancake turner
sometimes you pull him away from drying for a quick duet
most of the time it’s you spinning him around and dipping him like they do in the movies
he’s such a graceful and talented dancer, but he becomes a flailing beanstalk blowing in the wind when you dance with him
always trying to get back to the job at hand, but you don’t let him until you’ve had your fill of dancing to the music
when you finish the dishes and put them away, you always give him a high five and a hug to thank him for helping you
you think that’s why he always comes back
“a-are you sure we can dance in the kitchen like this? yah, we might break something!”
#in conclusion#these boys love you to death#also#i love these boys#i want a friendship like them ;-;#nct dream imagines#nct dream x reader#nct dream x male reader#nct dream x you#mark lee x reader#huang renjun x reader#lee jeno x reader#lee donghyuck x reader#na jaemin x reader#zhong chenle x reader#park jisung x reader
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@forest-green-tea replied to your photo
“hey quick question why do i do this to myself? [caption: image is an...”
Omg please update us on which categories show up the most. We can find the center of DA characteristics in literature.
I fear I’ve already limited the options in my choosing what to read for! the categories are based on either a: things that seem most prevalent in the DA subculture+hashtag, or b: diversity and ethics. my hope is I can make it comprehensive enough that if someone wants to read/watch something specific (like, ‘a campus novel at a high school, which has female characters, involves crime, touches on class concerns, and doesn’t have any fantasy elements’) they can sort the list to find something that fits at least most of the criteria.
At the moment, the categories are:
Medium
Advertised genre
Canonical (to the DA community)
Setting
Homoerotic
LGBTQ+ (actual representation)
Class concerns
Study (academia even if not bound to an educational institute; ie the Gangsey looking for Glendower outside of school in The Raven Cycle, or Maurice, where much of the study of Ancient Greece happens outside the university context.)
Campus setting (no actual study; ie Black Chalk or Brideshead Revisited, where the setting is a university, but there’s no engagement with study/research/pursuit of knowledge)
Aesthetic (in-world and/or in writing style)
Group Dynamic
Romance
Mental illness and/or trauma
Crime
Death
Fantasy/magic/magic realism
Self-aware characters
Terrible adults/authority figures
POC
Women
Different ability
but of course, TSH, IWWV, Dead Poet’s Society, Maurice, Brideshead Revisited, and The History Boys were the first reference points, so hopefully it will be pretty comprehensively DAcademic.
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and everything that goes with it; i thank you all
A/N: So........ ash v. social media v. borhap cast i guess??? no-one asked for this, but i love them.
[aydtd]
It definitely starts as a joke.
“Hey, Ma Rocket?” Joe’s filming on his phone during a costume trial. With her arms crossed, Ash is partially hidden by Rami who’s spinning, the frills of his shirt fanning out around him. She’s frowning, thoughtful and pensive, but when Joe calls, she turns to him, eyebrows raised and expectant.
“Aye?” She’s not smiling, mind obviously still pondering over the fit of Rami’s costume, but it’s a clear enough acknowledgement that Joe’s response is clearly spoken through a smile.
“You responded; you’re the on-set mom now.” He declares. Ben laughs from somewhere off camera. “No takebacks.” Joe follows it up with, but Ash is already wearing a longsuffering look of resignation. The video cuts off before she can flip him off, but her movements are too deliberate to be misconstrued as anything else. The video is released almost a full year later, once the NDA has been lifted on the movie and Behind the Scenes pictures and videos start flooding out, but at that point the joke had moved beyond being just that.
Ash is not hard won; kindness and respect win her loyalty easily, it’s just that those traits are sometimes hard to come by in this industry, and she’s often dismissed because of her age, especially by younger performers. Bohemian Rhapsody is different, of course in part because they all know who she is by virtue of who they’re playing,
Joe’s not her favourite, not officially, and neither is Ben, much to his quiet disappointment; officially her favourite is Karen, and everyone else is tied second, but each of them holds a very special place in her heart and soon that begins to bleed into her social media, as well as some of theirs. Ash gets Instagram at Joe’s behest, only a month before the world premiere of Bohemian Rhapsody. It’s not as if she’s lived her life in obscurity, but come the turn of the millennium, her time at the edge of the spotlight had mostly come to an end, and she had been able to continue her work behind the curtain of pop culture for almost twenty years. This was all new, and unexpected, but she tried to take it in stride.
So she follows the cast, of course, follows Roger and Brian and the Official Queen page, as well as any of her friends or former clients she can find, and much to their horror, her children. Okay so her son isn’t horrified since he’s a public figure and he doesn’t use it for personal photos, but both her daughters have posted pictures of themselves in bikinis, and they thought they’d be safe since Roger followed them after the photos were posted, and at least he never went back and liked any of their old photos. Ash likes every single photoeach of her children has even posted, and all three are a little horrified.
That’s a cute one of us at Bonfire Night!! Is one of the many comments she leaves across the entire timeline of Astrid’s Instagram history, this particular one being from a 2014 photo, and so Astrid herself posts a screenshot of her mother blowing up her notification on her story.
@joemazzello what have you done
Joe subsequently posts a screenshot of a set of DMs between himself and Astrid on his own story.
Yesterday @ 3:47am
@astro_winnie: then tell him to change his oil
@astro_winnie: what a heathen
Today @ 1:21pm
@astro_winnie has mentioned you in her story
@joemazzello: What exactly are you accusing me of here?
@astro_winnie: mum didn’t have an Instagram yesterday 🤔🤔
@astro_winnie: I don’t know how but this is your fault
@joemazzello: she’s just having fun 😂😂
@astro_winnie: SHE LIKED MY BIKINI PIC FROM 2 YEARS AGO IM DYINg
The whole conversation is captioned ’Well anyways, go follow Ma Rocket @rockettaylor49’. The following picture on his story, posted ten minutes later, is a clarification that he isn’t actually Ash’s son, that it’s just a nickname. Even so, Ash’s actual son gets a photo with him at the premiere and caption it ‘brother from another mother (probably) @joemazzello’ and it goes viral on both Tumblr and Twitter.
Ash’s first official post is a picture of herself and Freddie, a Polaroid of the two of them aged beyond belief, taken in 1969. It’s the only photo she had when she was still in uni, and even she seems surprised to see it. Roger finds her staring at it, expression blank as she looks at where they keep it, pride of place, over the mantle. Without even asking, he understands, and he presses a kiss to her temple.
’@rockettaylor49: My favourite client helped me with this caption, he said I should remind you all that you can have more than one love of your life, and that that love isn’t necessarily romantic. To me, Freddie was family from the moment I met him, and I love and miss him every day. Freddie & Me. 1969.’
The post is flooded with love and support and more heart emojis than you can shake a stick at, and it’s not long before she’s amassed a large following. The only outlier in the initial comments comes from her second daughter, Cate.
@cate.astrophy: @rogertaylorofficial got upgraded to favourite client. nice.
The entire rest of the family, as well as a few random unknowns, like the comment.
Ash’s aesthetic is surprisingly clean; old photos from back in the day, old initial costume designs in sketchbooks, the paper gold with age and colours faded, but still with her initial notes scribbled neatly around the edges. The only modern things she posts are photos of shopping bags filled with fabric she’s just purchased, and photos of her friends and family.
There’s only one selfie on her page. Its Ash, poorly framed if only to keep Joe in focus behind her where he’s leaning against the door to a trailer and double over with laughter, with Ben glaring through the window at both of them.
’@rockettaylor49: Trixie gave me a selfie stick and Ben tried to confiscate it when he heard me say 'selfie’ so he was locked out. Usually I was with Roger on the other side of the door back when Deaky was locking us out of places… What a terrible influence he was!! But anyways here you all go, my first selfie. Me & Trixie featuring My Disrespectful Boy, Ben. 2018.’
The way the cast call her ‘Ma’ definitely started out as a joke, mostly between Joe, Ben, and Ash, but it slowly spreads to the others.
“Where’s The Golden Boy?” Ash calls on set, holding a cap for Rami, who was warming up. It’s rather endearing, the way he jogs to her wearing a smile.
“Here, Ma, what do you need from me?”
“Hat.” Is all she says, presenting it to him. They’ve always had a soft spot for each other, having worked together on Night At the Museum and it’s sequels for several years. He was one of the last to pick up the habit of calling her ‘ma’, after spending so long calling her Rocket, but he’s grown into it, they all have. Even some of the crew have taken to using the nickname, or some variation.
And maybe she leans into it, leans into her age and her wisdom, and they know they’re sort of telling her story too, but there’s a disconnect when they look at her, at her greying hair and the deep laugh lines around her mouth, and they forget who exactly she is. Though sometimes, rarely, they’re given sharp reminders.
There’s a video on Gwil’s phone that he later puts on Instagram once he has her permission, and the NDA has come to an end, of Ash on the set of Live Aid. She’s sitting on the edge of the stage, legs hanging over the edge, and Roger’s in front of her, at the perfect height to rest his chin on her knees.
“Do you think you can still do that impression of yours?” Roger’s voice is barely audible, but he’s grinning, and Ash cards a hand through his short, white hair.
“Which- oh, the Freddie- oh Christ,” she laughs, “this’d be the place for it, aye?” And she starts clearing her throat, about the time that Roger spots Gwil and his curious camera.
“Sorry, was just trying to catch a video of the empty stadium,” Gwil’s voice can be heard, and Roger laughs, which causes Ash to turn. Seeing Gwil, she smiles, and nods at the camera.
“You’re gonna wanna get a video of this,” Roger grins, nudging Ash’s knee, and she turns an amusing shade of pink, struggling to her feet. Gwil rushes forward to help her up, but Ash brushes him off.
“I used to do this with Freds to help him warm up, and whenever I was side of stage,” she says, a strangely fond smile on her face as she reminisces, “I’m no singer, never have been, this is probably as close as I’ll get,” she warned, looking straight at the camera.
Taking a deep breath, she clears her throat, and belts out ‘ay-oh’. As if being summoned by a siren, everyone who can hear her, responds in kind. Smiling, pleased, she continues with the bit, as does everyone else, slowly gathering around her. It sounds uncannily like Freddie, and she holds an arm out to Rami to join her in leading the gathered crowd, which he agrees to with a bright grin, which ends with him yelling ‘hey, hey, hey, Hammer to Fall!’ and Ash, as well as the rest of the crew, bursts out into laughter.
The video’s posted with the caption ‘Ash Mercury in her prime’. All three of Ash and Roger’s kids comment about how they hadn’t heard her do that in so long, and not for the first time, Gwilym finds himself marveling at what it would be like to have Ash and Roger as actual parents.
Once the camera’s off, Ash talks quietly about how she and Freddie used to practice it, because he couldn’t teach Ash to sing to save his life, but he’d be damned if he couldn’t teach her this.
“He was like, an actual brother to her,” Ben says quietly when he and the other three boys are gathered together, checking in before they finally started filming.
“Yeah, it’s crazy to think some times; she took his last name for a full fifteen years," Rami muses, and there’s something that warms in his heart whenever he catches Ash’s wistful gaze as she watches them perform, quietly grateful.
There’s a few videos here and there from set from Ash, little moments she finds endearing, usually set to music;
She catches her son, Barney, and his partner dancing to Seaside Rendezvous alone in the makeup truck, joyful and bright, they sway together to the beat as her son sings along, and his partner laughs fondly, pressing their smile against his chest as he tries to make kazoo noises.
When Cate, her middle daughter, comes to set, she takes a seat by the piano and plays the opening for Seven Seas of Rhye.
“That’s the one he wrote for you, isn’t it?” She turns, beaming, and Ash sits beside her. Again, Cate plays the opening, and Ash hums along, out of key, and Cate swallows her own gentle laughter, instead singing along.
Karen Gillan has a perm in order to play Ash, but unlike Joe, she appears to have no trouble in it, actually takes great pride in it. Ash has caught the rest of the cast, on several different occasions, using it to take photos of themselves with a stunning, ginger beard, which amuses her to no end, as it was something Roger was want to do on occasion when he got bored back in the day.
On the night of the Oscars, at the afterparty, Ash uploads two videos in the same post, one from set, and one from that night. They’re simply captioned ‘Me & The Champions. 2018/19′.
The video from on set is from the final day; Ash’s hands are shaking the camera slightly, but her voice is loud and clear, ringing throughout the set;
“Where are my kids?” And like clockwork, Ben, Gwilym, Rami, and Joe all come out from various places, followed by Lucy and Karen, all giving her fond looks.
“Oh man, I’m gonna miss my set-mom,” Joe looks like the thought genuinely pains his heart, and as the realization dawns on the others, there’s a fond and faintly forlorn expression mirrored on all their faces. Joe’s the first to go in for the hug, despite Ash’s faint ‘oh Jesus Christ, Trixie’, but they all soon join.
The second video is from right after the Oscars awards ceremony, when most of the cast and crew who’d been attending are doing photo opportunities, and while Brian and Roger are already with them, Ash had hung back.
“It’s so good to see all my kids in the one place!” She calls, and Joe’s expression lights up as he hears her voice.
“Ma, we won!” Rami holds up his Oscar with delight, already a little tipsy, as were the rest of them as they crowd Ash, all wrapping her up in a group hug. Someone’s humming We Are The Champions. Ash suspects Joe. But she takes delight in the moment anyways, pride flaring bright in her chest.
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what type of social media would the httyd characters have? and what do you think they would they do? (like would they just have an aesthetic account, multiple accounts etc)
Hiccup would definitely have a YouTube channel. It would have videos about dragon information, and then videos of his flights and stunts. He also does art livestreams.
Astrid would have an Instagram where she posts about fitness and weapons.
Snotlout would have a Twitter and a Snapchat, just doing his Snotlout stuff and showing off. People would come to him for advice for some reason. There would probably be a big heartfelt thing of him coming out as bi.
Tuffnut would have a tumblr dedicated to Chicken and his pranks. Also memes. He makes vines.
Ruffnut would have a tumblr dedicated to pranks and thirsting over hot people. Probably memes and vines as well, maybe self confidence advice.
Heather doesn’t have a social media because she has trust issues.
Dagur also has trust issues but he has a tumblr where he always writes about this secret man he’s crushing on. He gets very poetic about it. He won’t reveal to his followers who it is, but he shares Hiccup’s content, so they have an idea that it’s him. He also has aesthetic weapon pics.
Stoick has twitter and Facebook, mostly for village announcements and keeping in the know.
Gobber runs a blacksmith group on Facebook and secretly an advice blog on tumblr for people who are lgbtq+.
Valka has a Facebook and has no clue how to use it. She posts pictures of Cloudjumper with weird captions.
Mala has a dragon/weapons/nature aesthetic tumblr, and a Twitter for political stuff.
Viggo is in a secret, deep web, bdsm group.
Ryker is one of those tumblr misogynists and people just want his blog deactivated.
Gruffnut has a tumblr and hypes up his celebrity status while managing to scheme money out of his followers.
Grimmel stays away from social media.
Eret has a fitness Instagram and also does lgbtq+ positivity.
Gothi posts pics of all her Terrible Terrors on Instagram.
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for my sanshine ☀
in honor of san's birthday, i decided to make a playlist of songs that reminded me of him! the full playlist can be found here, but on here, i just wanted to list a couple of specific songs and why they remind me so much of san!
▷ best part / h.e.r., ft. daniel caesar : sometimes san can just exude this soft, soothing energy that reminds me of this song; he seems so steady and gentle and just so wonderfully soft that it makes my heart feel incredibly full. that's the same feeling this song gives me; it reminds me of the same things san does — his aesthetic, if you will — waking up early next to the love of your life, coffee, rainy days spent inside reading together.
▷ cherry / lana del rey : this is how i feel about san a lot of times; he's dangerous (read: onstage), but that just makes him even more hauntingly beautiful, enough to make me fall to pieces and cry that he's ruined me.
▷ mikrokosmos / bts : it's a very positive song with a poppy, energetic beat, and thus i find it really fitting for san, the hyper, energetic, positive mood-maker of ateez, who's almost always smiling that giant, dimply, infectious sunshine smile that earned him his lovable nickname among us atinies: sanshine. ☀
▷ sunflower ( from spider-man: into the spider-verse ) / post malone, swae lee : one of my favorite osts, sunflower reminds me of san both because of his nickname, "sanshine", and because it's a lightearted, poppy song with a — there's no other way to put this — swanky beat. it's also one of my personal cheer-up songs, often putting a smile on my face when i'm in a not-so-great mood, and that's what san tends to do when he's not being a demon onstage for me. his name's pretty accurate; despite how much i joke about him, he's a steady mountain of positivity for me when everything else seems to be against me.
▷ moonchild / rm : this is also a song i listen to when i need reassurance; it reminds me of san because of how gentle and reassuring he is. in a lot of his twitter posts, whenever he posts pictures, he always captions it with something showcasing his love and concern for atiny. i still remember, earlier this month, i had a bad (read: terrible) day, and it felt like nothing would make it better; i didn't feel very motivated to get up, even to get dinner. then, i saw a translation of san's most recent tweet pop up on my dash — he'd captioned his cute pictures with a sweet little note telling atinies to take care of themselves and eat well. that definitely put a smile on my face all day; it made me feel like someone out there really did care, even though they didn't need to.
▷ but maybe / maddox : pretty similarly to moonchild, this is one of my calmer reassurance songs, and a personal favorite. it reminds me of san for the same reason moonchild does; he's such a gentle, kind spirit, always showcasing his love and concern for atinies' health and happiness, and that fills me with the same calm gladness this song does.
▷ heartbeat ( bts world original soundtrack ) / bts : i'm honestly sure not to explain this one, but when i first heard it, it immediately reminded me of san. its lyrics about love and destiny just really gave off a very san vibe to me!
▷ intro: long journey / ateez : i first thought hongjoong and san had done this together before i found out maddox had actually spoken the intro, but it still reminds me of san. it just seems like something he'd say; he's a very passionate person, and i know for a fact he could probably persuade me to wrangle a tiger with less than ten words. witness the power that is choi san.
▷ sun&moon / nct 127 : san reminds atiny of the sun (hence "sanshine"), and a lot of my friends often tell me i remind them of the moon: bright but sometimes distant, and very, very reflective. i put this song in my playlist because this is a playlist to the sun, from the moon, and that makes me smile to myself. plus, the song's pretty accurate: he's on the other side of the world, so when i smile at the moon, he's probably smiling at a sunny sky.
▷ lost in thoughts all alone* ( fire emblem: fates original soundtrack ) / matthew mercer : it's a very soft, reflective song, and that's why it reminds me of san. once you put all jokes and hyperactivity aside, he's a very thoughtful soul, and i feel like it would be easy to have a deep conversation with him.
▷ bombshell blonde** / owl city : this song is a really fun one, and it reminds me of san because of his flair for flirtation, especially onstage. let's admit it, he can be quite the flirt onstage, and it can be pretty damn lethal. the song reminds me of him because it's suave and pretty seductive, treating love as a james bond-type spy game. it's just a very flirty and playful song, reminding me of how san can get sometimes.
* i couldn't put the actual song in the playlist, since the original fire emblem osts can't be found on spotify, so i substituted it with the piano version, which is also really well done.
** i couldn't put the actual song in the playlist, since it can't be found on spotify (which continues to piss me off to this day, since it's an amazing song).
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Rupi Kaur Taught Me DIY
(TW for mentions of sexual assault.)
Last year, I wrote a short essay on why I hate Rupi Kaur. Not just why I hate her work, but why I hate her as a writer. Maybe even as a person. I had never (and still haven’t) met this woman, which should have been my first clue that there was something underlying these emotions that probably wasn’t fair to her. But I was comfortable in my hate, even more so when I could articulate everything that was wrong with her in a way that was logical and academic and had nothing to do with me—so much so that I was unable to see that my disdain for this woman did, in fact, have almost everything to do with me.
Growing up as a young girl whose first love was books, I found myself torn between worlds. On my top shelf, I kept some of my favorite series—Percy Jackson, Pendragon, Artemis Fowl. These were books my parents approved of, holding imaginative, fantastical worlds and morals of bravery and friendship. Under my bed were my other favorites—the ones my parents didn’t approve of—The Clique and The Princess Diaries. These kinds of stories were adventurous in a way that was relatable to me, with the struggles of teenage friendship and the perils of mean girls, but they did skip over many of the lessons I got from my more “gender-neutral” books, and they did not have fantastical or imaginative worlds unless they came with a borderline-abusive romance.
Early on, I learned another kind of lesson: as a woman, I will constantly have to choose between books that tell stories that are inspiring and creative, and books that tell stories about people like me.
When I first heard about a young, South Asian, feminist, second-generation immigrant woman who wrote openly about her identity and her story, it was if my childhood prayers had been answered. It seemed too good to be true—I am also a young, South Asian, feminist, second-generation immigrant woman. If I was ever going to find a poet I could relate to, Rupi Kaur was it. Finally, there was poetry being written by people like me for people like me, and I didn’t have to choose between quality and relatability anymore. Imagine, then, how it felt to open up one of her most famous books and read this: “how is it so easy for you/ to be kind to people he asked / milk and honey dripped from my lips as i answered / cause people have not /been kind to me.”
I was dumbfounded. Surely I had picked up the wrong book. This was a book of 2014’s 25 saddest tweets, and the #1 New York Times bestseller Milk and Honey was somewhere else. Where was the symbolism? The wordplay? The rhyme or meter? Even the line breaks had no apparent significance. And above those basic elements of poetry—where was the deeper meaning? It’s a sad conversation, but one that, rather than sitting in a book of supposed poetry, would fit better on a teenager’s Tumblr post, or somewhere else you could read it very quickly, frown a little, and move on. And I did just that.
I returned the book to the stack of fifty just like it, and from Rupi Kaur's Milk and Honey I re-learned that same lesson I learned as a child: good books do not tell your story. Move on.
I won’t pretend that my knowledge of poetry comes from more a few college classes, but if there’s one thing I learned, it’s that understanding a poem takes time. Poems hold secrets—alternate meanings and obscure allusions—that you can only discover when you read them again and again. Their meanings can be argued and refuted using symbols and allusions to books written one-hundred years earlier and a comma placed here instead of there. Sure, over-embellished poetry sometimes does hide more than it reveals, especially to the young or less educated reader, but Rupi Kaur’s work strips an idea of all layers beneath its surface.
Some call Kaur’s style accessible, but I call bullshit. Accessibility is about delivering complex concepts while breaking the barriers that typically surround them, whether those barriers be based on education, class, gender, sexuality, or race. Tossing a sad thought you had in the shower to a young audience does not break barriers to feminist or survivor literature of any kind.
On a personal level, I do hold some empathy for Kaur. Her poems attempt to address difficult topics like heartbreak and abuse, and I imagine she has been through some trauma that many women are familiar with, myself included. The meaning of the poem I read in the bookstore was not lost on me: sometimes people are kind because they are already acquainted with cruelty. But simply stating something true or shocking does not make it well-crafted, and it certainly does not make it poetry. Much of Kaur’s success comes from stating the obvious in the most plain way possible, taking a complicated idea and hollowing it out into a pretty painted shell.
To put it simply, Kaur’s work is shallow. It seems to lack effort as much as it does depth, and despite her education, it displays little mastery of imagery or symbolism or poetic style. It is less poetry than it is bite-size food-for-thought possibly conceived in a trendy hipster cafe and posted on Instagram as the caption for an aesthetically pleasing but disappointingly grimace-inducing over-sweet cup of milk and honey. Kaur touches the surface of ideas before shying away like a cat from water, and in doing so fails to teach her audience of young women and girls—many of whom might have fallen in love with poetry had they not been alienated by mainstream misogynistic and white-centric classics—how to analyze and write complex ideas that are pivotal to their recovery, their self-esteem, and their survival.
If my school had taught more female-friendly literature when I was in high school, I wouldn’t have begun to hate reading. The books we read that actually included women were traumatic at worst and voyeuristic at best, and my teachers seemed oblivious, perhaps simply starstruck by the stubbornly unwavering fame and brilliance of the classics. Nevermind that 1984 featured a protagonist with a burning desire to rape the book’s only notable female character. Nevermind that the sexual liberalism in Brave New World had my elderly, white, male substitute teaching us that the World State was—despite its female citizens’ complete lack of reproductive autonomy and a suspicious absence of female Alphas—a feminist society. Nevermind that The Handmaid’s Tale, despite actually being a feminist novel, depicts a misogynistic hellscape a little too realistic for comfort.
The older I grew, the more it seemed that very few of the classics were written with women in mind, and almost none of them seemed to be written for women’s benefit, education, or—god forbid—enjoyment.
Disappointed by the classics, I returned to popular fiction as a teenager, desperate for a story with a protagonist I could relate to, or at the very least did not want to strangle every time they opened their mouth. At my local flea market, which I frequented every first Saturday of the month, I had come across a well-stocked used-book stall. While making my way through The Princess Diaries series dollar by dollar, I stumbled upon a book that I can only imagine was placed in flea market stall that day by the Devil himself just so he could have a laugh: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. I won’t give away any spoilers, but I’ll give you one guess what happens halfway through. I am not ashamed to say I stopped reading anything other than The Princess Diaries for some time.
I wish I could say my high school experience was unique. There is a profound need for contemporary literature and poetry that not only does not alienate women, but caters to us specifically. We deserve to read books that do not hurt us more than we already are hurting, that address our trauma but don’t weaponize it against us. We deserve to witness other women powerfully and passionately explore and understand our shared experiences and shared pain. We deserve to learn how to explore these ideas for ourselves. The feminist subjects of Rupi Kaur’s poetry deserve nuance, because the more precisely we are able to articulate our experiences and ideas and traumas, the more understood they—and we—become. Much like I was as a young child, the girls devouring Rupi Kaur’s work are still scrambling for crumbs. She had the opportunity to feed a generation of girls starved for poetry free of white men’s hunger, and she didn’t.
Kaur, at first, seemed to me to be nothing new in a world of successful yet seemingly talentless women who continuously fail and profit off of the next generation of starving girls (the Kardashian-Jenner clan comes to mind). But only on my own journey to becoming a writer did I come to understand that Rupi Kaur might be different, that she might actually be trying very hard--that she might be hiding something. As a reader, I never understood that a fact that I am painfully aware of now: writing makes you vulnerable. The more I wrote, the more I began to realize that what I perceived as lack of depth was, perhaps, a terribly relatable inability to be open.
It’s what I hate the most about writing—displaying yourself to the world when your childhood scrapes are still scabbing over and everyone is certain to see under your skin. I’ve never been good at being vulnerable, which makes me a reluctant writer on a good day and a liar on the rest. People do weird things when they’re afraid, like write mediocre poetry or channel all their anger at the world towards someone they’ve never met. I could not do, or at least have not yet done, what I ask of Rupi Kaur. What would I tell her, I imagine, if I ever met her? I could deflect: “Hey Rupi, your poetry about your suffering needs some work.” Or I could be honest: “Please, Rupi, tell my story for me.”
Because isn’t that what I always wanted: a story just like mine, read to me like a mother would read to her child at bedtime, a story about people like me that teaches me I’m not alone. I had waited for representation so long that when it finally arrived, it felt like a betrayal when it fell so far short. I don’t hate Rupi Kaur because her work is bad—I hate her because her work is bad and there are almost no other options. I hate her because she is my generation’s standard for how to write stories like hers and mine, and it does not do them justice. I hate her because I wanted her to do what I didn’t yet have the courage to do myself.
Maybe I’m projecting; maybe Rupi Kaur is exactly as shallow as her poetry suggests and no amount of openness will make it better. It doesn’t change that I expected someone else to be the writer of my story simply because we have a lot in common. I wasn’t fair to Rupi Kaur when I wrote my 300-word-long-rant about theintolerable injusticeshe was inflicting on young women and girls—which I posted, and I’m aware of the irony, on Tumblr and Instagram. I placed the burden of my vulnerability on her shoulders.
I stand by my criticisms of Rupi Kaur, but I also owe her some gratitude, because she taught me another lesson: I can’t rely on other people to tell my story, or stories about people like me. I can’t rely on other people to fill a void in literature or poetry or to fix any other problem I insist needs solving.
If you want something done right, or even done at all, sometimes you just have to do it yourself, even if—especially if—that means opening up about experiences you’d rather keep hidden. If Rupi Kaur is any indication, the bar for young women’s contemporary poetry and literature is evidently on the floor, which, on the bright side, means that any woman who has the courage to openly, honestly, and vulnerably tell her own story—even if she gets ripped to shreds by mean girls like me—will still be doing all of us a favor.
#disclaimer i wrote half of a draft on the train to school and then the final draft the night before it was due#so its not exactly mm.. polished#mine#words#mine words...
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