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geekgirles · 1 month

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Yumalia's Reunion

Back on my Yumalia brainrot, I can't get over all the layers and depths of their brief interaction in episode 11.

The moment Yugo is done defying his mother and forced to watch her leave, for she had long made her choice, Amalia doesn't hesitate to reach out to him and hold his hand, which Yugo immediately squeezes right back. Even with the threat of imminent war for her people's safety, Amalia's first instinct is to go to Yugo and offer whatever comfort she can, and he just lets her because if there's someone who can ground him, it's Amalia.

That's exactly what she did at the end of season 3. Not only did she tell Oropo he would never be Yugo because Yugo would never willingly or knowingly sacrifice anyone for his cause (even during his fight with Ad during the OVAs he always thought his brother would eventually come back), but she unknowingly dissuaded the fears and insecurities that'd been plaguing him throughout the entire season, both regarding his past actions and his own relationship with her. Because even after all they'd been through and his insecurities hurting Amalia deeply, she still chose him, and she still reaffirmed her love for him in such a way it would allow for their interactions in season 4 to be that much more openly affectionate and less restrained.

But not only that, back then she was also there to ground him when Oropo's passing and his absorbing of the Eliotropes overwhelmed him, helping him see all the good despite what they had lost.

And she is doing that yet again when they finally reunite.

But there is so much more going on here. So many emotions running deep between them.

Look at Yugo's expression, that mixture of surprise and awe etched onto his face. I feel like this is the moment where it truly clicks for him just how much he's changed and all the possibilities his new body entails, especially for their relationship. And Amalia is just happy, happy that he is alive and happy that he can finally see and feel like the great king and warrior she always knew was already there.

For the first time since he's met her, Yugo doesn't have to look up to meet his love's eyes, and you can clearly see how the mere thought takes him aback. But I believe there's so much more to it, so many things left unsaid.

He's looking at her like she's finally within reach, and not only because now they're closer in height. Yugo had to spent the last few years of his life watching how the love of his life grew into the most beautiful flower in Sadida's garden, into a queen, while he remained stuck in his child-like body, with only a title for show despite he too being royalty.

It's all in his eyes!

He isn't just looking at Amalia. He is staring at her like a dying man stares at his salvation, like someone who's been wandering in the dessert for ages looks at an oasis. And it's not just because they might finally have a shot, but because she is there and she is real.

Despite Yugo's unrelenting optimism and will, upon being captured by the Nécromes, a part of him had probably been forced to accept he would never see Amalia again, either because he would remain the last of his days as their prisoner, or because she would too fall soon.

Given his predicament, thanks to Oropo and Qilby's intervention, Yugo was most likely running on adrenaline when he noticed the portal in the Sadida forest and what it would mean for Amalia. His mind was set on protecting her, not on the fact that they would be reunited after such a horrible ordeal. And I don't think it really sunk in that he would see her again until she touched him, until she literally became tangible and attainable.

But she is real, and she is with him, they are together again. Only this time, they might actually get to be together.

Look at such level of intimacy! Such tenderness mixed with the underlying unbriddled passion they feel for one another! Yugo might have been shown being okay with revealing his wings to his friends, but he always took the hood off himself; but not with Amalia. With her he trusts her enough to let her do the honours and all he can do is melt under her touch.

Seeing Amalia again after being held prisoner in the Nécroworld and forcibly aged has allowed Yugo to fall in love with her all over again and, more importantly, to finally allow himself to love her with his whole being in return. No more holding back, no more second thoughts, no more take-backs. No more denying themselves what they have been desperately yearning for.

He loves Amalia and she loves him. And he's going to hold onto her for as long as they both live.

And I am so not normal about them.

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meggtheegg · 6 months

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FNAF Movie Theory...

I'm pretty sure there's still one major plot twist in the universe of the movie that's been set up for a sequel but hasn't actually happened yet. Heavy spoilers under the cut:

After watching the movie in theaters and then revisiting a few scenes on Peacock, I'm still kind of convinced that Mike Schmidt is Michael Afton.

Here's my reasoning. A lot of the characters spend time acting like they know something the audience/other characters don't, and those things are...mostly resolved. But some of them just...kind of aren't.

The main thing that sticks out to me is William's whole storyline. Starting with the scene where he offers Mike the job, his behavior is almost explained by the movie's logic. He sees Mike's name, seems...kind of deeply upset, looks at him very closely, stands to get coffee, and has a moment of visible internal conflict. Then he instantly offers him the Freddy's job. The way the movie frames this, it seems to be saying that he recognized the name of one of his victims, realized this was the kid's brother, and decided to kill him right then and there. Which is passable as an explanation, but it has a lot of holes, if you look deeper.

Why would William so instantly recognize a fairly common last name as the brother of some kid he killed that wasn't even anywhere near Freddy's? Why did he kidnap/kill Garrett in the first place, in some random forest in Nebraska? Why did he see the name on the file, then immediately stop and examine Mike's face so closely, when Mike's memories/dreams pretty clearly show that they never saw each others' faces when Garrett was taken? Why did he send Vanessa to "keep Mike in the dark" if he purposely gave him the job to get him killed? Why not have the animatronics kill him right away? He didn't know that Mike was searching for the man who took his brother, and while he could have maybe guessed he was still actively haunted by what happened based on Mike beating up a guy that he thought was kidnapping someone, it still feels like a weird choice to go and hire him, then just have him do the job with no issue for a few days.

As for Vanessa, we see that she's been cleaning up William's messes for years. Why is Mike the one she changes her mind and stands up to her father for? There's no implied romance between the two and no particularly meaningful connection beyond them both having family issues. I guess she cares about Abby because she's a kid, but kids getting hurt clearly never stopped her from helping her father before.

And, on a more meta level, this is Scott and his storytelling style we're talking about. The man puts plot twists inside of plot twists and everything always ties back into the Aftons, somehow.

So, here's my theory: I think that Mike is William's kid, but Mike's mom left Afton when he was young and remarried the man that Mike thinks is his father.

It seems convoluted and maybe cliche, but if it's true, then suddenly there's an answer to all of those questions. "Michael Schmidt" isn't exactly an eye-catching name, unless you had a kid named Michael and your ex-wife married a guy with the last name Schmidt. Garrett's kidnapping, then, becomes an act of intentional, petty revenge rather than an extremely random coincidence. Giving Mike the job and sending in Vanessa suddenly becomes about piecing together how much he knows and figuring out if he's worth trying to reconnect with or is just a threat that needs to be killed. (It feels worth noting that William is as far as I can remember the only person to call him Michael in the whole film. He also very pointedly never says "Schmidt" until he's decided to kill Mike and suddenly announces his full name out loud. If he went by Michael as a little kid, that is what William would default to calling him, but if he took the new husband's last name, that would be like like salt in the wound that he wouldn't want to voice. By finally saying it out loud, it feels like he's making the decision to fully separate himself from Mike.)

As for Vanessa, if Mike is her brother, it makes sense that he would be the person she'd turn against William to save. It would be weird for her not to tell him, but she could also be trying to protect him, in some way. There's never any mention of her mother, and it seems like it's just been her and William for a long time. Also, ending the movie with her in a coma feels like a strange narrative choice, but it makes sense if she knows information that's purposely being kept hidden for the sequel.

Of course, it could just be that the movie has kind of messy writing and I'm trying to fix it because I want there to be a deeper reason for it. Maybe there is no Michael Afton in the movies, or maybe he's off chilling and doing his own thing somewhere and we'll see him in the sequel. Only time will tell.

#fnaf movie #fnaf movie spoilers #five nights at freddy's #five nights at freddy's spoilers #michael afton #mike schmidt

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sweetteaanddragons · 3 years

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I'm reading the Silmarillion and a small thought hit me while I was reading and it just grew, what if Miriel lived and Finwe died but Miriel remarried.

During Feanor's birth Miriel was weakened so instead of watching his wife fade Finwe was able to give the power of his fea to try and keep her alive. He gives yo much of himself and fades. Miriel lives but is still weary but she stays to raise her son.

Eventually she does remarry because of her weakened state she needs help ruleing her people and raising her son. So she does. She still has Fingolfin, Finarfin and Findis but would Feanor love them as his siblings because they have the same mother and he's trying to ignore that fact they have different fathers? Would Feanor treat his mother differently after she remarried and see his half siblings as a betrayal to his father? What are your thoughts on this?

Okay, so the first part of this scenario - Finwe giving his life to save his wife - I can absolutely see.

The rest of it is where this gets tricky.

Because while, canonically, Finwe did eventually decide it was better to just stay dead, this happened only after (a) everything in his life had gone pretty catastrophically wrong, and (b) it was the only way to let Miriel return to life. In this situation, neither is true, so I think if Finwe died then, he would want to return to life as soon as possible.

It’s possible, however, that the effort of giving so much of his fëa would leave him as weary as Miriel canonically is, so let’s say that happens, and Finwe is convinced he’ll never recover enough to return to life.

(Someone, fact checking this with Mandos: Is that true?)

(Mandos, having dealt with extraordinarily few dead people at this point in the timeline: . . . After such an event, he will never be the same.)

(This is not actually helpful.)

. . . Which would presumably throw all the elves into a tizzy because if Finwe is gone and never coming back, who’s in charge? Miriel? Feanaro, once he comes of age? (Fun fact: I bet he would go by Curufinwe in this ‘verse.) They don’t have a stye of inheritance set up yet! Last time they just picked a competent guy to be in charge because he was the one brave enough to head off to Aman first! Should they hold some kind of competition and choose again?

Miriel is a plausible winner of this political knot, either in her own right or as a regent for her son. But - unlike in many historical human societies - I don’t think there would have been any pressure for her to remarry. If the elves really wanted a male ruler, all they’d have to do was wait for Curufinwe to grow up, after all. Miriel needing help is perfectly plausible, but I don’t think she’d necessarily have to marry to get it. If she has family, they can help with raising Curufinwe; if she doesn’t, I’m sure there are plenty of people ready to volunteer. If she needs support politically, she can get a council or a chancellor or a series of look alikes to pretend to be her.

Or, you know, they’re elves. They have forever. There are a lot of problems she could probably just . . . slow down and deal with over a longer period with plenty of rest breaks.

In fact, I think there would be a lot of pressure against her remarrying. Both because of all the reasons Finwe would have received such pressure (it’s never been done before, it’ll prevent the spouse from having the opportunity to change their minds, etc.), and also because it would further complicate the question of who’s in charge and because in this AU Finwe died for her. Moving on from that in a way that blocks him from forever returning is going to be even worse PR than Finwe doing it.

But maybe Miriel just wants to! Maybe she’s lonely! Maybe she’s fallen in love again! Maybe someone else gains strong political support in the post-Finwe mess and she invents the idea of a political marriage!

(For symmetry reasons, I kind of want this guy to be Ingwion, but it certainly doesn’t have to be.)

Whatever her reasons, she does it.

Having kids is going to be . . . tricky, since elves have to actively choose to have children, Miriel would presumably be the one bearing them and that almost killed her last time, and she’s still weakened from that, but again - maybe they really want them! Maybe Miriel is actually passively suicidal! Maybe she’s cunningly homicidal, and she’s actually plotting to lure her new husband to his death in the same way Finwe died . . .

Or maybe she’s just recovered by now and is confident that things will be different this time, and you know what, they are.

But to get to your actual question: I think Curufinwe would hate his stepparent exactly as much as he does in canon, with possible bonus hatred if he perceives this stepparent as having stolen his throne. I don’t think this would be reflected onto Miriel for the same reasons it wasn’t reflected onto Finwe in canon, and also because he would very much feel like his mother’s difficult health was All His Fault and feel incredibly guilty for it.

As for his siblings . . . My instinct is to say that would go better than canon, but that’s probably just because (a) of the stereotype of women being better communicators, and (b) because it would be hard for that to go worse, but honestly, I think you could spin it either way, especially if he initially perceives those children as a threat to his mother’s health and then gains new levels of guilt and self-hatred when they aren’t.

#silmarillion #au #asks #i love asks!#pregnancy #pregnancy gone wrong #death

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