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When it comes to my own Ninjago fanon, I like to interpret the Overlord as like. This dark, deeply jaded god. He is sensitive to the darkness in the hearts of others, he can see into someone's innermost, worst thoughts and feelings and desires, and it sickens him because it's the majority of what he sees due to his nature, so to him he sees the 'truth' of people.

Because of his godly status, he's detached from mortals and as a result it's easier to make grand, sweeping decisions for them because of that distance. He's very lonely, and hurt; He finds it difficult and pointless to connect with mortals and their short-lived lives. He's made Kozu and Cryptor, but they're minions designed to serve him, so it's not the same, plus he admittedly does take their lives for granted as kind of lesser.

He envies the Golden Dragon for finding its champion in the First Spinjitzu Master, who sided with it instead of him; There's nobody who understands the Overlord's unique existence and dilemma. He resents the Golden Dragon getting to keep their hands clean, while the Overlord must commit the dirty work that must be done, and be vilified for it. He's disillusioned with free will. When the Overlord senses Garmadon's hesitation over Lloyd in S2, he feels there will be an inevitable betrayal and decides to preemptively strike first, rather than risk being the one hurt. He thought he found someone who understood, who knew what it was like to be cursed with the role of the villain, but not quite.

Pythor was more his vibe, though he seemed more inclined to just lash out and destroy, not ultimately preserve. But so was the Overlord, who refused to accept the injustices of this world and their possibility, under no conditions, until what he has achieved has basically been a violent tantrum over the unfairness of it all. He has a paradoxical disdain, concern, and pity for mortals.

He comes to Harumi because he resonates with her, sees himself in her, as someone also failed by Garmadon, who wasn't who he thought he was. Someone deeply disappointed by the failures and broken promises of 'good' to vanquish evil, someone lonely who was cast out and dejected, and whose only true ally was a mindless minion they created.

When Harumi has reservations about the carnage, the Overlord quietly speaks to her, assuming a gentler, more personal paternal role to her than Garmadon in his half-formed state did; He genuinely wants to connect and make this work, but he's also an ancient god who doesn't quite understand mortals and can only see the big picture. He points out to Harumi that the ninja defeated him twice, and how did that turn out in the end?

More violence, more destruction, more villains threatening lives and the peace. If the ninja had just let the Overlord commence with his plans to spread his influence and control everyone with, none of this would've happened; The death would've actually been worth it. How many children like her, other Harumis, have also been orphaned because of incidents such as Aspheera or Kalmaar's invasions of Ninjago City? The ninja did their best, but people died. Children were orphaned. Can Harumi bear the thought of others like her coming into being? It must've already happened, multiple times.

But the Overlord lashes out when she finally defies him; He feels betrayed. He tells Harumi that she was nothing but a scared child cowering for cover when he found her, and that's how she'll die. He spitefully reminds Harumi that as he said; There must be other children, orphaned because of the ninjas' failure. He can always find another champion in them instead. The Overlord laments that everyone always leaves him, and he is truly alone. His love is a violent, painful one that feels too much and doesn't know how to control itself, he is all emotion, dark and messy.

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skatingthinandice · 4 years

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Tagged by @midnightanddiamonds, thank you so much! This looks like fun <3

Pick 10 ships without reading the questions.

Aethelflaed/Aldhelm (The Last Kingdom)

Michael/Thomas (Man in an Orange Shirt)

Harry/Ruth (Spooks)

Alfred/Drummond (Victoria)

Florence/Siobhan (Death in Paradise)

Leofric/Uhtred (The Last Kingdom)

Doctor/Rose (Doctor Who)

Feron/Marcheaux (The Musketeers)

Molesley/Baxter (Downton Abbey)

Jocelyn/Maggie (Broadchurch)

Questions!

1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

It definitely came on gradually and happened like five years ago now, but I think the moment my heart was officially sold to them was their first scene in episode 5, the moment after Leofric removes his sword from Uhtred’s neck and they laugh and hug with relief at seeing each other again.

2. Have you ever read a fanfiction about 2?

MIAOS is one of the smallest fandoms I’m in, so there isn’t much fic out there, but I have written my own! Dear Darling took me over a year to write, but I knew I had to give Michael and Thomas their happy ending!

3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr?

Unfortunately not! I wrote enough fics for Alfred/Drummond in the short space of time they were together though.

4. If 7 were to suddenly break-up today, what would your reaction be?

Doomsday is the worst thing I’ve ever watched in my life, I still bawl my eyes out to this day. So yeah, I think it’s fair to say that I can’t handle Doctor/Rose splitting up.

5. Why is 1 so important?

Gahhhh OKAY WELL, without turning this into a massive emotional essay, let’s just say that Aethelflaed deserves a kind and gentle love, and after my poor darling Erik died in s2, her relationship with Aldhelm in s3 made me realise that she could have that love again. Although they aren’t together romantically at the moment (though fingers crossed for s5!), their loyalty, trust and respect is so wonderful, and their lil moments of flirting make my life.

6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

Although Molesley was essentially the comic relief character in earlier series’ (and in the movie, which I’m still conflicted about), the moment Baxter arrived in the show we really saw a deeper side to his character. Their relationship is built on supporting each other and is truly beautiful, even without the romantic element.

7. Out of all of the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

Harry and Ruth’s entire relationship was pretty much built solely on chemistry and connection, cause lord knows they weren’t allowed to have anything else.

8. Out of all of your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?

I’d have to say Michael/Thomas, cause their love story lasted over a decade and beyond, and I will never ever be over them.

9. How many times have you read/watched 8’s fandom?

Nearly twice lol, for some reason we abandoned our rewatch of The Musketeers mid-way through s2 last time, but we’re planning on rewatching again soon.

10. Which ship has lasted the longest?

I’ve shipped Doctor/Rose for the longest time, it’s been, what, fifteen years? I was about ten when I watched it, so...

11. How many times, if ever, has 2 broken up?

Michael and Thomas never really broke up in the sense that neither of them ever stopped loving each other, though they were forced to part three times (and admittedly, one of these kinda counts most as a break up).

12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

Michael and Thomas were admittedly in a war and both have unbelievable and admirable reserves of strength. If they were in hiding during this apocalypse, they’d be good. In terms of fighting, Marcheaux could single-handedly take the zombies on and would do to protect Feron. I don’t really know how you’re supposed to handle a zombie apocalypse lol.

13. Did 5 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

Florence and Siobhan were never canon (bc the writers are cowards) but no they would never have had to hide their relationship, their family and friends would have been so supportive!

14. Is 4 still together?

No, Alfred/Drummond are not still together, thanks to history and Daisy Goodwin.

15. Is 3 canon?

WELL, how to answer this one?! Harry and Ruth technically went for one date, then she had to leave the country for like three years and stopped Harry from confessing his love. On her return, he proposed practically out of the blue and she turned him down but they still loved each other, and THEN SHE DIED. So, they never actually said they loved each other, they were never a couple, and yet they are canon. Does that make sense?

16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

Leofric/Uhtred, definitely! I love battle couples so much, and these warriors are the best (also Leofric isn’t dead so it totally holds)!

17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 10’s ship?

Yes, Jocelyn herself. From what we know of their backstory, she stepped away from any relationship they could have had, and only when they meet again many long years later does she finally confess that she’s loved Maggie all this time.

18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

Leofric/Uhtred, mainly because I once received a comment on one of my fics for them that literally just said “Uhtred isn’t gay. Sorry.”

19. Do you spend hours a day going through 1’s tumblr page?

There’s not enough there to spend hours in their tag lol, but I do check Aethelflaed and Aldhelm’s tag every day to see if my friend’s posted any new gifsets ahahaha, there’s pretty much only content from me and her in there atm!

20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she’d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?

I mean technically Florence/Siobhan isn’t canon, and Death in Paradise already sunk any chance of it happening, so...

Tagging: @estelanel, @maurice-and-music, @wildwildtarget, @explodingpringlescans and anyone else who wants to do it and has an hour spare lol

#this was so much fun!#tag games

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wow thank you so much i'm happy i thought it was over forever and i don't really like tanis as much! what is your opinion on the season finale?? and yeah same i had really mixed feelings on the richard shit as well

I first listened to the black tapes right after I graduated sometime in late 2016 and kept on until I caught up somewhere in s2. TANIS was ok but I just never really Got It which was the point ig, but it got irritating how you never really knew what the podcast even ABOUT

And ohh the season finale. it got long because I’m still processing it but--

My first problem is how strand’s character drifts between season 2 and 3. I actually liked the more open minded Strand who we got in S2 when we first get him back. It was cool to see Strand falter and to hear him actually coping with his wife’s disappearance vs the more reserved and admittedly uncaring tone we get in S1. You could tell the dude loved his wife. Then in s3 outside of a couple of scenes it’s just Richard “Dick” Strand again being an asshole with his head in the sand.

Even Alex seemed to take a back seat this season outside of just like rambling off facts because they needed to (bullshit) tie up loose ends. Her insomnia became background noise (I LOVED the sleep tapes) and even a running gag when she would make outlandish connections for the cast to bring up her sleep.(And what happened to her therapist?) And then all of a sudden she’s willing to throw her entire research away?

Like on the flip side imagine the ep starting with nic being upset and confused like Strand and Alex are gone. “All we found was this tape (etc etc) and two tickets to Geneva and two to...somewhere else. We don’t know which they took but just, I’ll just play it--”

Have the episode play out of Strand getting cold feet because holy shit he really didn’t sign up for this. A year or two ago he was just a scientist and now like 16 cults want his blood?? yeah no.

And Alex being pissed because these people broke into her home, and have been terrorizing her for months. Plus have Alex show how truly exhausted she is. She isn’t sleeping, she made fucked up decisions, and she’s going to just end this all right here. Have them actually properly fight and then laying down their cards like I have a ticket for you leave it or take it. And then maybe mid sentence or something cut the audio and back to Nic in the studio.

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Shadowhunters S2 — Episode 6

Meet the Iron Sisters! They all walk with military precision for some reason, but aside from that, they're kind of cool, especially when they start testing their creations.

These are Sisters Cleophas and Magdalena, and I had to look up the latter's name on the wiki, which makes me angry. They'll be relevant later.

Another Sister comes bearing the news of the attack on the City of Bones, and the Sisters move to reinforce the Citadel.

Clary and Jace are looking for the rune Clary used in the previous episode, but it's nowhere to be found. And honestly? I'm glad that we get to see them do actual research about this. Jace also admits that some runes are out of the Gray Book and are reserved to "elite members of the Clave", but that doesn't explain Clary knowing it.

"It appeared. Like a vision. Like someone or something was trying to send me a message."

They're even setting up Ithuriel! Well, I assume that's what this is, anyway.

But Clary has no way of knowing about her angel blood, so she assumes it's Jocelyn doing it from the afterlife. Which…well, they haven't really touched on that subject yet, so it'd be nice to do that now. But no, they just move on to re-establishing that they can't tell anyone else, not even Alec and Isabelle.

"The Clave is quick to prosecute anyone—or anything—they don't understand."

Cut to Clary and Isabelle talking about everything that's going on, and Clary noting how quickly Isabelle's wound healed. She brushes it off, and brings up that mission to the Iron Sister that was mentioned in the last episode, for which Isabelle is now cleared. Which leads into a tangent about what the Sisters are and all that good stuff. And honestly…as far as infodump goes, it works well enough, since Isabelle has this adoration for them that justifies her acting like a fangirl who wants to explain everything. So I'll give it a pass.

Clary, naturally, decides that she should go with Isabelle to see the Sisters, if only so she doesn't stay at the Institute to mope over her mom's death.

But before they leave, Isabelle goes visit Aldertree for a refill of yin fen. And Aldertree actually gives it to her, even though he 1) probably knows that she had more than enough, 2) can see that her hand is shaking (because standard addiction symptoms), and 3) should at the very least check her wound to see if it's healing well and whether she needs more drugs. I mean, come on, you just established that he was a medic last episode, and now this? No wonder he switched to being a "diplomat". Not that he's much good at that, either, but you get my point.

She also asks to have Clary join the mission, which Aldertree accepts, but he wants Isabelle to spy on Clary, arguing that Valentine may have experimented on her as well as Jace. Which, he's right, he just didn't use demon blood. But hey, let's not get into that. Oh, and he also more or less implies he won't give Isabelle yin fen unless she agrees. So…maybe he does realize she's addicted and is just an awful human being. That would not surprise me one bit, to be honest.

So Clary and Isabelle Portal to the Citadel, it looks really cool, and it's just the two of them, because when Isabelle talked about leading a "mission" there, I totally expected it to be just two people.

They get ambushed by a group of Iron Sisters, and they freak out when Clary reveals her identity. She points out she hates him, and they ask the Sisters if they have any clue what Valentine might do with the Sword, and…I guess that's enough for them. Also, Cleophas is revealed to be Amatis and Luke's sister (she actually mentions Amatis by name, so no, they didn't move Amatis to this place).

The girls have to go through a "purity trial", to make sure no demonic impurity can enter the Citadel. This is a big deal because Clary might have demon blood, but Clary will have none of it and jumps in the angelic pool to prove that she's fine.

Of course, the real impurity here is the yin fen that Isabelle's been using, so she gets in trouble when the goes in the pool, and is forbidden to enter the Citadel. Yep, of course they're basically punishing her for being an addict (which was more or less forced on her) by denying her her dream. And by "they" I mean the show's writers, not the characters. Like…I realize they probably just didn't think about the implications here, but it's still what they ended up saying.

phClary goes in with Cleophas, while Sister Magdalena tells Isabelle that this happened because of the yin fen, which is made with vampire venom.

"Yin fen will not heal you. Be careful."

Meanwhile, Clary tells Cleophas about what happened with Luke recently. Cleophas agrees that Luke may be in danger, and shows Clary what she came for: that the Soul-Sword can be used to…destroy all demon-blooded creatures as a last resort should the Shadowhunters fail in their task. Which admittedly makes more sense than it being able to control demons, although…the show already gave that power to the Cup anyway, so maybe it just realized it was being redundant.

So Valentine could kill all Downworlders with the Sword, if he can activate it with "angelic energies". Specifically:

"To activate the sword, it must be wielded by an angelic being and struck by a bolt of lightning."

How…specific. And why lightning? Would other forms of electricity work?

Cleophas tells Clary to keep this a secret from Downworlders, to avoid mass panic. Clary also asks her about the rune she saw, and Isabelle eavesdrops on that part of their conversation using a rune because…I don't know, reasons. Oh, Clary also reuses that same rune from he previous episode, so at least she has control of her runes. That's a plus.

"Do you think it's possible my mother sent it? As an angel?"

Wait, angels are dead people now? Well, no, as Cleophas explains.

"So what about my mom? What happens to her?" "That, my dear, has always been as much a mystery to Shadowhunters as it is to mundanes."

Thanks for answering my question, I guess.

So after they go back, Isabelle reports to Aldertree that Clary's clean, but also calls him out about the whole "pushing a drug on her that almost got her killed" thing. But of course, when he suggests he won't give her any more yin fen, she…asks for more anyway. And he still doesn't disagree.

"All I ever wanted was to help you, but now I'm going to need you help."

Didn't she just do that by reporting on Clary to you?

She does withhold the information about Clary seeing runes, though. Because it's almost like torture by way of playing with someone's addiction is not a reliable source of information. Not only are you a giant asshole, Aldertree, you're not even a very effective one.

Oh, and as the episode ends, we see Cleophas leave the Citadel. Magdalena tries to stop her, and Cleophas kills her, revealing she has a Circle rune on her neck and is probably faithful to Valentine. Because…why the hell not, really.

Simon's plot line

Simon has Raphael over, with Raphael berating him for letting his mom see him feed. Because he totally gets to claim the moral high ground when he's doing nothing to help Simon settle into his new life or anything. At least, Raphael wipes Simon's mom's memories of him ever moving in back home and he returns to his shipping container. So…why there? Can't he stay with the other vampires? Does he not want to? You have to give us information, show!

At least that gives Simon an excuse to check on the werewolves, and specifically to ask around for Luke, but his trail has gone cold, and Alaric isn't too worried about looking for him any further. But after a brief cut to Luke hunting deer in wolf form, Simon gets some help in the form of Maia, who hasn't stopped looking for Luke. But she tells Simon he can't look for Luke, because it's dangerous for him as a vampire to look for a werewolf. I'm not sure why she says that like it's dangerous for a vampire specifically, because all she says next is that grief can trigger a loss of control, which…wouldn't that make Luke just as dangerous to anyone?

Maia asks Simon if he knows a remote place where Luke might have gone, and of course, Simon knows of a place they used to go camping. Which he didn't check before because he's Simon and he's functionally useless.

As they drive to the camping grounds, Maia asks who Clary is. Instead of giving some general information, Simon heads straight into who she is to him, which is probably a fairly realistic depiction of a straight man, and Maia immediately picks up that he's in the friend zone.

"She was into this…one guy…Jace, but it's kind of a long story." "Jace Wayland? […] I kinda tried to kill him."

So Simon and Maia bond over how Shadowhunters just don't get it, and the bad/embarrassing stuff they've been through because of their being Downworlders. And to be fair, they have better chemistry than the characters who are on an actual date at the same time as this scene is going on. More on that in a moment.

Cut to them searching the woods, and more bonding (this time over video games, because OMG GIRL GAMER, SO GROUNDBREAKING, IT'S NOT LIKE ABOUT HALF OF GAMERS ARE FEMALE OR ANYTHING), and…cue flashback. Yeah, in this episode that has little to do with Maia and Luke, we get a flashback of the two of them meeting and Luke helping her control her werewolf condition after she accidentally attacked a girl and possibly turned her. I guess the writers just had no idea where else to put it.

They find the deer Luke killed, and soon afterwards, Luke himself, just before he attacks a couple of campers. Simon manages to talk him back into controlling himself. Simon asks Luke to come back, he argues he can't control himself right now, Maia uses the power of flashback to convince him to come back, yay.

They head back to the pack's restaurant together, and Clary comes too. She sees Simon and Maia together and…I don't really know how she's supposed to feel, because Luke comes in before she can really emote. They have their reunion, this is sweet, hurray.

Magnus and Alec's plot lines

Magnus invites Alec over for "an emergency". Which is just a pretense for another pep talk. They seem to be having a lot of those in this season.

"It was the only way to get your attention. […] I'm not okay because you're not okay."

So after Magnus convinces Alec that he needs some time off to remember what he's fighting for or some bullshit like that, they go to a bar for what I guess is that long-overdue first date. Which involves, in that order: Magnus getting Alec a beer that he doesn't like because he basically never drinks, Alec pretending to be bad at pool so he doesn't hurt Magnus's feelings, Magnus probably cheating at pool in response, and Alec letting it slip that his only "relationship" was with Lydia.

That last "reveal" is somehow a surprise that dampens the mood. I don't know why, Magnus was perfectly aware that Shadowhunter society is homophobic last season. What did he expect, exactly?

Oh, but don't worry, they solve it in five seconds where Alec gives a heartfelt talk and Magnus basically goes Christian Grey on us.

"I don't want you to treat me any different." "You're different. And it's a good thing."

Okay, Christian Grey is a little exaggerated, but only a little.

Oh, and then the conversation turns to Magnus's romantic history.

"I've lived for centuries. I've been with men, women, Seelies, warlocks, vampires, a jinn or two."

Because different genders and different species are exactly the same thing! (Yes, I still hate that quote)

And then the conversation turns to Magnus's romantic history, and Alec acting all outraged that Magnus dares to have had many other lovers before him. Magnus's response?

"I am who I am, and you are who you are. And all the magic in the world can't change that, so let's just try to make the best of it."

Or, you know, not? If the person you're dating immediately shames you for your romantic history (which both of them just did), it's probably okay to call it quits.

Cut to them coming home to Magnus's apartment, and Alec suggesting they might be too different to make a relationship work. Alec is about to leave…but then he changes his mind, says he doesn't care about Magnus's exes, and they kiss. Because I guess attraction is more important than anything else to make a relationship happens.

And this is where this subplot ties into…

Jace's plot line

Aldertree summons Jace to tell him once again that he doesn't trust him because of his demon blood. And he's found out that Clary and Jace are studying the Gray Book. Jace says he's just teaching Clary about rune history, and Aldertree, instead of…I don't know, pressing to find the truth or something…assigns Jace to "ichor duty". I don't know what that is exactly, but it sounds like menial work well below the Almighty Jace Waylightmorgendale.

"I can have you clean the latrines, if you prefer."

Do you have actual latrines, though? Because that might raise a lot of questions.

Ichor duty, by the way, consists of cleaning weapons from Shadowhunters after a mission. And everyone in the Institute is apparently really happy to see Jace humiliated this way, and it doesn't take long for him to snap and come back to Aldertree, asking what he's done to deserve this treatment.

The answer, of course, is that he failed the trial by the Soul-Sword. Yeah, he saved Aldertree, but even that doesn't really redeem him since he let Valentine escape in the process. I mean, this should be obvious. So Aldertree basically admits he's trying to force Jace to leave, since he can't kick him out himself.

So Jace does leave, and goes straight to Magnus's place (right after he and Alec kiss, because convenient timing is king). I'm not really sure why this is the place he goes, but hey, Magnus has always been the protagonists' lapdog in the books, so I guess it had to happen here as well.

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