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theggning · 6 months

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Different anon than who spoke to sapphire-weapon but holy shit give me ALL of your metaltango thoughts from both OG and Remake please! That pairing is somethin' else.

ALL of them? Oh, anon, there's far too many for that... I do have plenty of thoughts though so if there's any specifics you might like do feel free to ask.

What I will do here is lay out some differences between Leon and Krauser's relationship (hypothetically romantic or otherwise) between OG and the remake and thus two different flavors of metaltango. Because Leon and Krauser are both pretty different characters between versions, *especially* Krauser, the differences make for some really interesting contrasts.

OG METALTANGO:

Leon and Krauser literally meet for the first time during Operation Javier (Darkside Chronicles version.) They are much more equal in standing and prestige, where Krauser is a career soldier with years of experience under his belt and Leon is the government's golden boy. There is kind of a gesture towards Krauser feeling jealous of Leon for this reason, but... well, there's kind of a lot of vague gestures made about Krauser's motivations that have always struck me as silly. (Poorly executed, to say the least.)

Because they meet for the first time on OJ and Krauser is immediately injured, any canon-compliant relationship between the two is going to have to happen in the aftermath/weeks and months after the mission. I've always kind of liked the idea that Leon befriends Krauser and they spend this time hanging out while Krauser is sidelined/in rehab to recover from his injuries. This has kind of been my go-to headcanon here, because otherwise there just really isn't any time for these two to even befriend one another apart from what's depicted in canon.

Once he decides to join up with Wesker to get his arm fixed/POWERRRR, Krauser fakes his death in a helicopter crash. This is presumably the source of the scars on his face in OG. Also, because he was discharged from the military, we are left to assume this helicopter crash happened while he was doing mercenary work (OG Krauser is said to work as a mercenary when he's not on duty with the military, because he feels unfit for normal society outside of the battlefield.)

OG Krauser works for Wesker, is genuinely loyal to him, and seems to genuinely enjoy his job. He joins up with the cult perhaps a few weeks before Ashley's kidnapping... and it is implied that the kidnapping was his idea to begin with to win Saddler's trust? Which it does not, incidentally. But I guess Saddler decides to opportunistically capitalize on the kidnapped head of state's daughter anyway. (OG Los Illuminados are a bunch of incompetent chucklefucks and their plans are completely doomed from the get go, ask me sometime.)

OG Krauser is sent by Saddler specifically to kill Leon, a task which he takes up with gusto due to... I don't know actually. If there's one constant with Krauser it's that his hatred for Leon is never really adequately explained, though at least the remake gives us a boatload of subtextual interpretations. I think OG metaltango is funniest if you interpret Krauser's grudge against Leon as the over-the-top actions of a jilted ex who left Leon on read when he got the breakup text (and also faked his death.) Anyway, one thing that really strikes me is how much fun Krauser seems to be having in OG. He's like, genuinely delighted to be attempting to murder Leon and with his plans to hand Leon's corpse over to Wesker once he's dead. (Put a pin in this one, it's a BIG change in remake.)

Leon is a lot more irritated with Krauser in OG and at least doesn't show an *unwillingness* to fight back. Only once Krauser has fallen does he lament that he "used to be a good guy..." He also seems really upset at Saddler boasting that he never trusted Krauser and the implication that Saddler was only using him.

Ada being the one to "really" kill Krauser in OG is dumb and has always been dumb, imo, and is more than likely an artifact of OG SW's clumsy development and what assets they had to work with.

REMAKE METALTANGO:

okay there is... a LOT more to work with here. Chiefest and most obviously, Krauser is now Major Krauser, and was Leon's commanding officer/mentor. This gives the two of them a much closer and more personal relationship, as well as 4+ whole years to work with, timeline-wise (Operation Javier happened in 2002.)

The mentor/student relationship provides another really delicious power dynamic to work with, shipping-wise. Yes, it's inappropriate for a military officer to have an affair with one of his subordinates, but we are also right in the middle of Don't Ask Don't Tell here so it's also literally forbidden for a soldier to be anything but heterosexual and still keep their job. Also consider, it's hot? Also like, bruh... if you're looking for Pure Wholesome Shipping Dynamics you are looking in the wroooooong ship.

Krauser is fulltime military this time around, no merc work to speak of (or at least no evidence of it.) He also never fakes his death in the remake. He has current contacts within the Secret Service AND is running around using his REAL NAME and ACTUAL military credentials to buy ordnance for Saddler (per SW,) there is absolutely no way we're meant to believe this man is legally dead.

There is evidence that Krauser showed special attention or favoritism to Leon, at least a little bit. Not only is Leon allowed to keep his hair while training (getting your head shaved/your hair cut short is like Basic Training Day One stuff,) but in the opening cutscene we see Leon and Krauser training in private in what appears to be a storage room- not a normal training space. Leon is the government golden boy here, but Krauser is also in charge of a whole unit of special forces guys. Somebody is getting private tutoring from the Major.

Leon respects and trusted Krauser. Krauser is said to have always been "an asshole" but also a man of honor. He is suggested to have been a difficult commanding officer, but also one who cared very deeply about his men and is traumatized by their avoidable deaths in OJ. (This one's my personal opinion, but I really can't stand the interpretation of Krauser having been an awful abusive piece of shit from the get go. Kind of wrecks the tragedy of his fall for me when he was always a cruel bastard. Why exactly would Leon trust, respect, want to emulate, or mourn such a person?)

So you could kind of intuit some trauma into OG Krauser, if you squinted. But there is absolutely no question that remake Krauser is suffering from some pretty massive PTSD. Along with his general unhingedness, all of his actions fit perfectly when viewed through a lens of a very, very traumatized man, used and abandoned by the government he trusted, desperate to gain the power that could have saved his men, and himself-- and the power to keep himself relevant so he can't be used and hurt again. I interpret that Krauser had his face scarred in OJ as well (he doesn't have the scars in the flashback scene with Leon.)

Remake Krauser joined Los Illuminados of his own free will, because they offered him the power to fix his crippled arm-- and the aforementioned power to unsuccessfully "fix" his trauma. But also, maybe it's just me, but I feel like remake Krauser does not give a fuck about the cult. He's loyal to Saddler, yes, but he openly disbelieves the cult religion ("Faith is for the weak, only power matters.") He commands the island mercs and helped set up the defenses, but he's also out here buying warheads under his own name. There is no way he doesn't think he's going to be caught by the U.S. sooner than later-- he just doesn't care. None of his notes read to me like somebody who genuinely thinks the cult has a chance to take over the world. Krauser joined these idiots so he could drink the juice, now the juice is all gone and he's still empty inside.

OG Krauser seemed to be having fun and set up his Leon deathmaze/training ground/mating display for a laugh. Remake Krauser, on the other hand, seems absolutely batshit out of his mind at this point-- alternating between the maze being a "final lesson" for Leon and a deathwish enactment mechanism for himself. Like... between Krauser's general demeanor and the "finish what happened two years ago" talk, this does not feel like a fight that Krauser wants to walk away from, whether or not he kills Leon. If OG Krauser killed Leon, he planned to bag him up and present him to Wesker like a trophy. If remake Krauser did... like, what's he going to do? Can you possibly picture him washing his hands of his blood and going back to work for Saddler? Because I sure can't. (I have a much longer meta piece in mind for this point... like I want to dissect the remake Krauser boss fight and his motivations therein at some point. Let me know if this sounds interesting.)

Remake Leon absolutely does not want to fight Krauser. Krauser forces every single encounter the two of them have. Even though Leon says "you won't get away with this" after Luis' death, he has absolutely no desire nor intention to hurt or kill Krauser back. He asks, over and over, if Krauser is "sure about this" and tries to talk sense into him. He is ready to straight up run away from the boss fight the first chance he gets.

I could probably write a whole other essay on Krauser's final moments and Leon stabbing him, which was one of the most shocking and powerful moments of the remake for me for several reasons. Like... god damn. Did anybody else think Leon was going to do the whole "I'm not like you and I won't do it" thing? (Though arguably it was more heroic/merciful/kind of Leon to put Krauser out of his misery here. Krauser clearly wanted it!!)

I was going to go to Capcom and chain myself to the doors in protest if they put the dumb stupid Krauser boss fight redux in Separate Ways after THAT absolutely poetic ending for him. Glad they didn't. Glad they actually showed Wesker picking up his corpse this time rather than handwaving it offscreen years after the fact.

If somebody has a heterosexual explanation for that picture of Leon in Krauser's tent, I'd certainly like to hear it. Because... bruh.

Well that felt extremely disjointed and pointless... But I hope it was useful or at least gave you some delicious food to feast on? (Or other ideas to interrogate me about, lmao.) Krauser is my favorite RE villain. For OG Krauser it was mostly for comedy reasons, but I am absolutely delighted that the remake gave him some real genuine pathos and a really compelling relationship with Leon.

Anyway, tl;dr metaltango, OG or remake: I ship it and I think it would be hot if they banged.

#resident evil #resident evil meta #metaltango #leon s kennedy #jack krauser #kreon #re4make #re4make spoilers #so not only is krauser my favorite re villain #but luis is my favorite re side character #so you can imagine the stress i felt at the blorbo on blorbo violence present in the remake #thanks for the referral sapphire-weapon #i have a lot of thoughts on resident evil it turns out #i am a multishipper to the core though so don't think i am exclusively here for metaltango ;)#gg answers

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crunchietoast · 2 years

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"Catching up"

~☆ Mirio Togata- "Catching Up" ☆~

☀️Once again, mentions of sex, kinda NSFW but also kinda fluff idk man. Not 100% Smut. Time skip to Pro Hero Mirio, with his quirk 😭 POWERRRR!!!

☀️WC: 666 👀👹

“Hey my sunshine!” Mirio said as he opened the door to his apartment.

“Hey Mirio! I missed you'' you said, hugging him tightly. Togata had just come back from a hero mission, and you hadn't seen him for about a month.

“I missed you too cutie!” he said gently pinching your cheeks as you grinned. “It's been so long since I saw you, let alone since I touched you'' he giggled as you smacked the side of his arm playfully.

“So, what are we doing today, Mr Togata?” You asked him as you threw your coat on the couch as you expected you would probably be going out somewhere together.

“I was going to take you on a date, but I decided we should just stay home and have sex.” he said with an innocent smile like what he just said wasn’t the dirtiest thing ever.

“MIRIO!” you screeched embarrassed. Mirio is very deceiving. He looks like an innocent, well behaved boyfriend and Pro hero. But you knew that wasn’t entirely true.

He was very interesting you see, for example, he could look like the sweetest most adorable boyfriend hugging you and kissing you on the cheek in public, while he was saying the filthiest things in your ear with a angelic voice as if he could do no harm.

Of course, this made you red every time and he LOVED it. He lives of your red face and puffed up cheeks when trying to stop yourself from going even more... plus ultra-red. If that’s even a thing idk man. Even when he is away on missions and you guys’ call, he makes your want to throw your phone across the room…in the best way possible. Eventually causing you to miss him twice as much.

He has no shame. Which is something you kinda like about the guy. I mean there was so much deception in the world it was kinda nice to just a have genuine man to come home to at the end of the day.

“I like how you scream my name sunshine” he grinned widely, winking at you.

“h-how bout we go get some coffee, a-and cool off huh??!!” you said rushing to grab your coat and begin to walk towards the door. Mirio followed you, grabbing his coat and gently placing a hand on your waist from behind. Arching down to your ear.

"Sure sweetheart. But I’d like to warn you that I will be brainstorming my…attack strategies for when we come back in this cute little ear of yours” he said kissing the tip of it gently before giggling and opening the door handle from behind you.

You swatted his hand of the nob before he could open the front door and tuned around with an irritated, or more so flustered blush on your face. Chucking your and his coat on the couch again, before shoving his chest back with your finger so he stepped backwards as your followed him, with a slight glare. He, of Course had a huge goofy grin on his face, he loved that he got to you just a tiny bit.

“I can’t decide if I want to choke you or kiss you right now.” You said sternly pointing a finger at his face with a scowl.

“That’s a great idea sunshine!” he then lowered his voice “How about we do both?” smirking at you before grabbing you by the waist and pushing you up against him and to the wall. One (huge fucking beefy) arm above your head so he could lean down, noses cms away from touching, the other firmly but delicately on your waist, buckling you to his hips so you were right up against each other.

“we have a busy day catching up with each other, my love. Lets not waste any time now~” he said gently. Staring into your eyes the whole time.

Moral of the story, you both misses each other very much. So much you may not be able to walk for the next 3 days.

-Crunchie Toast🍞

Mirio is underrated af 😔

#mirio x reader #mha mirio #mha x reader #my hero academia #x reader #mha #mirio x you #mirio x y/n #mirio togata #mirio smut #lemillion #mirio imagine #x yn

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lovingmattysposts · 4 months

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Seeing y’all go FERAL over bfb 10 makes me laugh

I HAVE THE POWERRRR HEHEHEH

#sturniolo triplets #chris sturniolo #christopher sturniolo #matt sturniolo #sturniolo fanfic #sturniolo smut #nick sturniolo #nicolas sturniolo #sturniolo x reader

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chamerionwrites · 11 months

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The thing about Palpatine circa the late-stage Republic is that I fully believe he wants to reveal himself. That guy is living his best life when he's cackling UNLIMITED POWERRRR and yet every day he has to put on his studied, careful, savvy-and-ambitious-but-in-a-mundane-way politician face and go into the Chancellor's office and have meetings. He's not stupid, he knows the plans have to run their course, but he wants to pull back the curtain SO badly. He wants someone to appreciate the full scope and cleverness of his scheming. He longs to be able to just execute senators who annoy him. He yearns to see the look on Yoda's FACE.

#he's a piece of work lol #somehow the one-dimensional evil is compelling because he's just having so much fun with it #also i'm entertained by the concept of sheev like ''every day I get emails''#palpatine #star wars #my posts

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iluvxiaaa · 5 months

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— dimension // 1610!miles x spiderwoman!reader

“ here in this dimension , you and I are meant to be.. ”

— in which the reader visits miles with their newfound power.

— the story takes place after the first movie.

— fluff

it’s been three months since you were fighting doc ock to close the collider with some spider people from other dimensions.

to be honest, the spider people you met was really cool. you all got really close in less then a week.

but there was one person you were specially close with. miles morales. you both had such a good chemistry. there was no time to rest when your trying to get back to your dimension, but both of you somehow found a way to have fun together. he was the best friend you could ever ask for.

but to everyone else it wasn’t like that. it was obvious you both liked each other. the way he looked at you and blushed every time you ‘jokingly’ flirted with him wasn’t just platonic.

gwen would always tell you this.

she was just looking to deep into it, right?? like of course you don’t like him. he’s only your best—

you were snapped out of your thoughts as you heard your teacher calling your name.

“you weren’t listening again, weren’t you?” the teacher said, annoyed. “you need stop getting lost in thought and pay attention sometimes. i know you’re smart, your test results show that. but class participation is 40% of your grade. please, try to pay attention and answer more.” “sorry. It won’t happen again.” you mumbled, looking down at your desk.

the teacher sighed and started closing the subject.

as soon as the bell rang, you were out. your backpack been packed ever since you walked in.

you had a group of friends but you didn’t stop to see them. all you wanted to do is just go home. which is quite weird, you love hanging out with your friends.

TIMESKIP !!

you sat on the roof of your apartment building in your suit, thinking about the friends you met just because of an incident.

miles, gwen, peter b. parker , peter porker, spidernoir, and peni. they all held a special place in your heart. but if you had to choose, miles would’ve had the most impact.

in your defense, not just anyone could make you feel how he made you feel. he had a special type of charm and personality that you like and—

maybe you didddd like him a bit.

but there was no way to see him again, so you might as well get over this little crush you have, right?

you boredly shot a web out and suddenly a portal summoned where your web was supposed to land.

“the hell..?” you mumbled. This never happened to you before. It was extremely unnatural and weird .. so….

you hopped in.

whats the harm in a little fun? it’s not like you couldn’t protect yourself just in case. it could’ve been different if you couldn’t.

you checked out your surroundings and it looks pretty similar, but you can’t remember where from.

suddenly, you heard footsteps coming from outside of the room. you quickly hid inside of the closet. you didn’t have invisibility like miles did.

but you accidentally had knocked a figure down while scrambling to quickly hide in the closet.

“how did this even fall..?” the boy mumbled as he picked back up the figure in the box and placed it back on the shelf.

yeah, you could hide ‘n stuff, but you couldn’t hide your big ass feet hitting everything in their path.

the boy had heard you kick something down and he went to go check.

he opened the door and you saw his face.. Miles?!

“..! I know you’re there. your clumsiness and scent isn’t hard to spot.”

getting out of your hiding spot, you tackled him into the bed and hugged him, happily.

“hey, how did you get here?” he brightly smiled back and hugging you back.

“ I MIGHT have a new powerrrr~! ” she happily said, looking up at him.

“I missed you a lot.” he said, his smile and voice turning softer.

“I missed you too miles.”

— nun too speciallll

#miles morales x fem!reader #spiderverse x reader #spiderman atsv #miles morales 1610 #earth 1610 miles morales x reader #earth 1610 miles fluff #earth 1610 miles x reader

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lokisgoodgirl · 1 year

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I think the other thing people need to talk about in the SAS community is these 5 things here. The face, the eyes, the power behind that swing. All of it.

I mean, what can we not say about that face. The angles. The expression. I love how he can just harden his face with a clench of his jaw, melting into smugness with a flicker of his lip. so fucking sexy.

But the swing. The swing has a special place in my mindpalace. It's the powerrrr. And you know he was holding back. Just the way it meets that poor sods jaw with a hard smack, it's enough to make you need to change your pants.

The way he's swinging it is similar to a right handed underhau in longsword, see how his hips boost up without really moving his legs... and only his upper body moves to solidify his centre of gravity. That's a swing from the cock, that is. All the power behind it goes upward in his torso to those 'thick ropes of shoulder muscle' we love so much **expires**

Excuse me I have a funeral to prepare. My own.

Happy Wednesday folks🤓❤️ @fictive-sl0th @gigglingtigger @mochie85 @simplyholl @holymultiplefandomsbatman @ladyofthestayingpower @ladymischief11 @xorpsbane @i-stand-with-loki @vbecker10 @michelleleewise @lunarnights95 @cheekyscamp @peachyjinx @cake-writes @joyful-enchantress @muddyorbsblr @mischief2sarawr @lovelysizzlingbluebird @kikster606 @peaches1958 @goblingirlsarah +++anyone who loves a good swing on that staff 😏

#hot asks #lggs commentary no one asked for #lovely mutuals

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junniieesbby · 3 months

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hi angel!!

🧸🐱(tyun) or just 🧸 <3

Hiii Angel 🫶🏼🐱🧸

I think I went a little crazy with yours but I just couldn’t help it 😩

Let’s start off with the first pic of beomgy showing everyone Terrys abs i don’t know why but I find it so hot yet so funny at the same time! The second picture of them together oh my god why The powerrrr🥵

Onto Beomgyu’s photos; everytime I see that picture of beomgyu I just stop for a moment because he looks so elegant. For some reason he just seems so rough and intense (in a good way to me) I feel like you can read his emotions! The second picture…we all talk about Taehyun’s bicep and Yeonjun’s biceps but BEOMGYU?just wanna bite them grrrr! Last but not least HEADBAND BEOMGYU I MISS HEADBAND BEOMGYU!! This was the time I was questioning my loyalty to Yeonjun because headband beomgyu was such a moment!

Taehyun: I believe my taehyun brainrot started during minisode 2?? With his black hair with the undercut was so delicious 🤤 the second pic? Helloooo? Such boyfieee picture I’m in loveee. The last picture is another boyfie!! You guys are walking at night so you tell him to walk in front of you and pose that’s the outcome of it hehe!

I actually have one more photo it’s photoshopped but when I saw it I was like woahhhhhhh

As if that picture wasn’t hot enough and we get blonde long hair beomgyu we’re doneeeee!

Hope you liked it Angel 🥹💗

Send me your TXT bias emoji and I’ll respond with a picture of them!

#Beomgyu 🧸#taehyun 🐱#Angie’s inbox 📥#boba beom ♡#smiles♡︎#angel smiles 💗

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pinkpalaceapartmcnts · 3 months

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nsfw warning (just in case!)

personally i think you should end edge with jegulus in venice having some good ole sex but regulus stops before james can come, turns to the camera and says “guess you could say you’re on the... edge.” and end it just like that. you’re welcome that’ll be $8.

lmao ok jokes aside are u aware you’ve changed lives w edge like. actually . shaking crying sobbing rereading it and thinking about it every other thought i have sjjdhfjdjkjfn ik u don’t update eveRy saturday but saturdays are edge days for me now and that’ll never be changed even after the fic is finished (it’s on my whiteboard schedule. can’t ever be erased now.) YOUR POWERRRR YOUR IMPACTTTTT !!! k that’s all have an amazing day >:)

ANON! HOW COULD YOU SPOIL THE ENDING LIKE SO! i'd better get on paypal to give you your dues.... actually funnily enough there are like. at least 3 moments in the new chapter wherein the word 'edge' is used and i giggled to myself every single time.

thank you for such nice words, this made my day to read, i'm sending you much love 💙 i was too excited about this new chapter to wait until saturday, but edge saturdays always have my heart too, hahaha, i'll be sure to get the next one on a saturday ;)

#fic: edge #answers

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deeva-arud · 4 months

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HEYYY DEEVA <3 I needed smth to doodle and I LOVED dee’s club wear design SO!!!! doodle alert for ya

O H M Y G O D ????!?!?!!?!!! EXCUSE MEEE????????

ASHI...,.. OMG ASHIIII.....................WHEN I TELL YOU I FELT AS IF MY SOUL LEFT MY BODY FOR A SECOND, BOUNCED AGAINST THE WALL AND CAME BACK TO ME

DOODLE OR NOT I'M THIS CLOSE 🤏 FROM COVERING MY WALLS AND CEILING WITH IT OR EVEN FRAME IT TO KEEP IT UNDER MY PILLOW. BEGONE BAD DREAMS!! I HAVE AN EXTREMELY CUTE FANART OF DEEVA IN MY POWERRRR

Seriously, the way you got all the details..... her freckles, her face marks, all of the accessories, the eyeshadow........,,, 😭😭😭😭😭 I really don't know anymore if the tears in my eyes are just happy tears or a sign that I've been staring at this A LOT without blinking--

#THANK YOU SOSOSOSO MUCH FOR THIS I'LL TREASURE IT FOREVER #I'm not used to receiving art out of the blue at all this was a total shock 😭😭#like i'm using here all of my brain power to say a single coherent sentence #You literally made my whole day 🥺💕💕#Udi answers #(<- more like Udi screams HDHSDHF)

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oneknightstand-if · 7 months

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sooo re: the slowburn ask - is lucid dreaming gonna help out with arthur then?? cuz i picked that talent for one reason and one reason only - I will trade in survivability points for the sake of flirting

Apocalypse who? I have priorities

Somewhere far off in the distance, Gwen is giving you a thumbs-up, Anon. All I can say here is that the next update will contain the first Camelot dream/flashback sequence and the Lucid Dreamer MC (who hasn't been able to do jacksquat so far) will finally be able to unveil their powerrrr!

#oks-asks #oks-Gwen

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deusvervewrites · 1 year

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Sorry for once again leaving a big meta-rant at your doorstep in the middle of the night, but after the last one I remembered one more thing about how AfO/Shigarakis Quirks are handled that REALLY pisses me off:

The narrative itself moves away from the concept of Quirks and to simple "MOAR POWERRRR!!" instead. Like you said, AfO being utterly uncreative with his Quirks is already annoying, but that could be salvaged by him being a chuuni-loser that got his lunch money stolen one too many times. You could make that part of the character and be his weakness.

The problem is that the larger narration itself has started leaning into the same direction. And I apologize in advance for bringing it up, but we need to talk about the Stars and Stripes Arc for a second here, specifically about how Shigaraki shrugs off just about anything she throws at him. I am not going to delve into how he survives New Order, its stupid, everyone knows its stupid, thats not what I want to complain about (today at least). I mean all the other attacks, like the Laser-barrage or the Missiles:

How exactly does Shigaraki survive those? Well, he just does. No sign of a trick, no mention of a Quirk that was used specifically for this, nothing. The Manga itself says: "Well, he survived Endeavour, obviously he will survive this." It's literally one step away from saying "Well, he is the BBEG, clearly he isn't going to die here."

Like, yes, we get it, he is the BBEG, he is not going to lose this fight, Stars and Stripe is nothing more than a glorified plot-device to make him seem more dangerous and powerful in this arc. And no, I will never stop being salty about that! (And I am so glad that I was introduced to S&S by fanfic first!)

My point being is that you could be creative here, have him use specific Quirks or combinations of them to avoid/nullify certain attacks and gain the upper hand! Not only would he be more threatening, the fight would feel less like b*llshit in general. In canon, he wins due to a combination of dumb fucking luck, persistence, and more dumb fucking luck. You can essentially see the hand of the author in the background!

And that is the most frustrating thing: It essentially "agrees" with AfO's approach. One of the core pillars of the setting is being disregarded for simple Diabolis ex Machina / Power of Anime nonsense. And thats just a shame.

I've seen someone write a brief analysis of the Star and Stripe arc with the conclusion that it was written specifically to demonstrate that brute force wasn't going to cut it. More specifically, that All Might at his prime is not the person for the job. So here's a umber One Pro Hero with incredible Super Strength trying to overpower AFO and failing, to demonstrate that Midoriya's approach of saving Shigaraki is better.

So how's the current arc going?

Hm. They seem to be. Hitting All For One very hard.

The narrative keeps accidentally validating All For One's bullshit philosophy and I'm so tired.

#asks #meta

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aprillikesthings · 2 months

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YAY I'M OFF WORK until Monday

IT'S TIME FOR MORE SHE-RA REWATCH

s2 ep6 Light Spinner

just read the synopsis on the wikipedia episode list and Oof this one is going to be hard

Edit: oof I jumped around a lot, including mentions of the bible, my fave art, other cartoons and (predictably, for an episode about Shadow Weaver) my own history as a child abuse survivor and my dad dying. So, uh, you've been warned?

okay

let's do this

do they mention why she covers her face at this point? I forget

okay so true story and totally off topic but I get distracted every time Micah's name is mentioned because my favorite verse of the Bible is from the book of Micah. It's the fave verse of a lot of people lol I'm not unique. But yeah, Micah 6:8:

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord ask of you, But to do justice, and to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?

I've half-joked for years now that if enough of your childhood report cards say any variation on "They have so much potential if they'd only apply themselves" you should get diagnosed with ADHD without further questions.

Hordak: why is Shadow Weaver still fucking HERE Catra: bc I like getting a chance to taunt her >:3 I MEAN, uh, she's a good source of information? Hordak: she needs to get to Beast Island, I don't like having her around she knows too damn much Catra: but she can't actually do anything without her fancy-ass magic rock

*power goes out*

Entrapta: ha ha WHOOPSIE Catra: wtf are you DOING

Hordak: stop bothering my girlfriend Catra: wtf??? Entrapta: Entrapta: uhhhhh did I interrupt something Hordak: no it's fine bb don't worry about it <3 Hordak: ANYWAY Catra get that witch to tell you shit and then GET RID OF HER or I'LL GET RID OF YOU Catra: >:(

In all seriousness I remember watching this episode and thinking: lol omg are they ship-baiting this???

And then the usual culprits did the "yOu cAnT sHiP tHaT" and I started reblogging content of it out of sheer fucking spite. Also at least one writer for the show is like "y'all Entrapta is in her late 20's/early 30's" and--wait hold on I know there's screenshots from twitter of the same person:

But yeah stuff in later seasons made me cackle with laughter because it's not even subtle. At all.

Anyway you gotta be careful about spite-shipping. That's how I ended up having a lot of feelings about Jaspis from SU, ha ha WHOOPS

jfc this and a previous line (talking about "gifted students") and it's like...why are y'all having her quote all the shit my teachers said trying to encourage me and only traumatizing me.

mmmm don't like that

I know I keep harping on how textbook of an abuser she is, but I love that the clues were there already. This is the kind of shit abusers do! Look at how controlling and possessive she is, but in a way that outsiders will just see as "she's a very invested/involved teacher."

gahhhhhh

plot plot plot the Horde is already invading, the Princesses are useless against them, our leaders aren't doing SHIT, anyway the sorcerers are meeting tomorrow and I hope they let me boss them around into agreeing with me

this shot of the moons over Etheria reminds me of one of my fave artists--these pieces are layered resin, and I keep meaning to buy some prints of theirs. (One day I want to own an original. ;_; I love the way they use colors and the layers and just the daydreamy vibes of so much of their work.)

(More of their stuff here)

plot plot Scorpia and Catra talk about how Catra doesn't want to send Shadow Weaver to Beast Island and Scorpia is surprised Beast Island is real and not a scary story they tell kids

Catra: but but but Shadow Weaver can tell us shit!

Scorpia: anyway I thought you hated her??? Catra: you wouldn't understand >:(

I understand. I hate that I understand it. UGH.

plot plot Light Spinner tries to convince the sorcerers that the Horde is a threat, and points out they've taken the Black Garnet, and says let's cast a big spell together and GET SOME POWERRRR

Sorcerer dude: that spell is FUCKED, absolutely not [for real the way he talks about it sounds kiiiinda like The One Ring] Light Spinner: fuck yOU

OH so I didn't quote it but Catra says the same line earlier, about Hordak: "After everything I've done he still doesn't trust me"

Catra is trying to save Shadow Weaver's life and Shadow Weaver is like...meh. But hey can you bring me an old trinket that's of sentimental value? I will never ask you to do anything else.

[I am Suspicious.]

back in time, Light Spinner manipulates Micah into doing the Big Scary Spell with her, they accidentally unleash a hORRIFYING MONSTER

(I'm suddenly reminded of the last two episodes of Gravity Falls. It never ceases to amuse me that Alex Hirsch was told he couldn't do all kinds of totally innocent things, but he could have, well, the shit in the last two episodes. I remember telling my then-boyfriend that the intro of those last episodes had shots that looks like actual nightmares I've had)

Oh also the flailing disembodied hands remind me of some of the early episodes about the Cluster in Steven Universe. Remember Garnet finding some of the early fusion experiments made with broken bits of gems?

Aaugh.

(Also remember when Peridot was still kinda spooky and scary?)

OKAY SORRy wow I'm distracted tonight.

yeah that didn't work so great

And that's what messed up Shadow Weaver's face, and she throws a fit at everyone and calls them "weak" and uhhh murders at least one of them?

face-touching! the only way she's able to show any affection at all...but only ever to manipulate people in her charge. anyway she disappears after that.

Catra is not going to get a satisfying answer. One of the reasons it was a relief when my dad died was that I could let go of ever having any hope of him explaining to any kind of satisfaction why he did what he did. (He did apologize, once; in the most manipulative and self-serving way possible, when I was 35--at the time I thought maybe it meant something, but eventually I realized he'd actually made things worse, because he'd taken away any belief I might've clung to that he didn't know any better at the time.)

In any case, Shadow Weaver's answer is basically "You're just like me, and my life was hard, so why should yours be easy?" Like that old line about how people who suffer through hard things have one of two reactions: Either "why shouldn't you also suffer, you're not better than me," and "nobody should have to suffer like I did."

;_;

I understand Catra so much. You still want that love. You can't not. You know you won't get it, not the way you need it, and you settle for a facsimile.

I'm gonna throw myself into the sun

And then we go back in time to see the arrival of baby!Adora, like as an actual infant. They don't say where she got her.

Hordak: "I arrived too late. I found something but it's useless. Put it with the other infants in the infirmary."

"It." bleh.

Shadow Weaver: hmmm that's one powerful baby. Hordak: ugh, weirdo. You can have it. But ffs it's being noisy take it somewhere else.

Shadow Weaver's just like: oh sweet I get to start from scratch with this one.

Anyway under her tray of food that Catra brought her was her sorcerer's guild...thing. That she asked for earlier in the episode. Which means Catra did bring it to her.

And Shadow Weaver's gone.

This explains part of why Catra gets worse for the next like two seasons. She tried to extend a kindness to Shadow Weaver--keeping her from being sent to Beast Island, giving her the trinket thing, offering to work together since Shadow Weaver thinks they have so much in common, right? But it bites her in the ass so bad.

So why should she be kind to anyone? When has anyone been kind to her? When has Catra being kind to anyone ever improved her life or made it easier?

But yeah the trinket had some kinda magic dust in it and Shadow Weaver escaped, and Catra had a (very understandable) meltdown about it.

Back in Bright Moon, the Best Friends Squad is using the moon alignment to get a clearer signal on Bow's track pad: "Serenia. Portal. Mara." AAAAND end of episode.

Yeah I was right. That was a rough one.

#april rewatches spop #light spinner

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