#all this offscreen shit is annoying as fuck and so silly

[synthville]

“It’s good to see you.” / “It’s great to be seen.”

RAFFI MUSIKER - ST: PIC - S03E06

#raffi musiker #seven of nine #seven x raffi #saffi #okay what happened between them like im not gon ask again #this conscious uncoupling energy? helpppp like they are DONZO lmfaoooo #what else even is there to say #with the way things were going this was the only logical conclusion #and still it hurts #because why drag it out #why wait for 6 episodes to say something that should have been said in the premiere? #why dangle hope in my face? #why anything! #‘good to see you’ lie detector determined that was a fuckin LIE lmao #giving ‘we both said stuff we couldn’t take back’ and honestly? i would’ve liked to see it #like if we’re going there let’s go there! #all this offscreen shit is annoying as fuck and so silly #like are you in or out writers! #r7

[sothischickshe]

What do you mean you didn't enjoy the Dave content???? 😱😱 He's my favourite character this half-season! 😂

lol, well tbf i havent rewatched s4 & maybe i'd be able to enjoy him more with some distance but i found him particularly and the secret service plot generally pretty boring and kinda repetitive of the previous fbi stuff while being de facto less interesting (due to lack of turner) & therefore at least low level annoying, and (as a result?) a time suck from stuff i wouldve found more interesting/particularly wanted to see, especially from a final season.

i think the longer the show went on, the more both beth and rio managed to irritate me, and the more of a turner fan ive retroactively become lol. one of the things that annoys me the most abt the s2 finale is the squandering of the beth + rio + turner dynamic, which is doubled down on by turner's (apparent!) death in the s3 premiere. we only get one beth + rio + turner interaction in the whole show! and they're never all active participants in a scene together!!! wtf??!??!?!

i was fine with the law enforcement storyline being dropped (tho i still think it's super weird that we never got a realisation of or acknowledgment from the girls that rio was (presumably!) responsible for turner's death?? like wtf???!! is he ever mentioned again????), so to have another one almost immediately with less interesting characters seems a bit...silly? i mean it's kind of an upping stakes i guess but it just felt needlessly repetitive, and i think as with other things in the later seasons (e.g., beth getting rio arrested again, or kidnapping 2.0) couldve been easily improved with concrete references to previous occurrences from the characters! even if kind of oblique?

like the secret service storyline was overall pretty inoffensive but i just found it quite bland/boring, and it frequently stretched the limits of my ability to suspend disbelief? (tho being not american im sure helped lol.) i sometimes enjoyed phoebe (and particularly her dynamic with beth), but i think the show squandered the opportunity to do something with the ~women in male-dominated industries thing, like that didnt really go anywhere? i thought ew guy (i wanna say henry?) was a kinda fun character, and i was hoping he and annie were gonna meet and get stuck in an ew off, but he swiftly disappeared into the bg?

also the weird all of law enforcement are gay thing was just.... so odd??? (i did super enjoy that nick's assistant lampshaded it lol.) if dave didnt fuck dean on the books & kick off the dean coming out storyline we deserved....i just dont really get what the point was yknow? and along with the unfulfilled potential of the women in male-dominated fields thing, it feels like there's a sort of wasted opp to properly mirror the phoebe/dave & beth/rio (~professional) relationship thing.... or like.... idk it feels kinda like the show accidentally said the key to career success is either to get your boss to leave his wife or fall in love with you LOL (am now obsessed with the idea that dave and rio went to the same management conference offscreen at the tail end of the season and suddenly learnt how to listen to women tho....)

the wrap up of their storyline with the blatancy of the beth protecting rio / beth and rio as the co-presidents of the we hate nick club WAS super fun but it repeatedly felt kind of preposterous that dave and phoebe were being so agreeable to the girls?

ultimately i'd put a lot of the secret service stuff in the chaff i didnt really care about column, which is frustrating when there was other stuff i wish the show had had space to focus on e.g., why set up this beth-stan conflict to just have it putter out?! we deserved a scene of the two of them absolutely losing their shit at each other!!! And/or destroying everyone at scategories!!!!! christina and reno as scene partners was such a treat!!!

and like honestly....law enforcement exist to kick off a brio fake dating ploy... turner understood this.... all of fanfiction understands this.... why were they there otherwise yknow?!

plus i def think the whole thing could have benefitted from a surprise: turner’s actually alive reveal!!!! #mencantdie

but im glad someone was getting some serious enjoyment from his presence, haha

#Ty this was fun I miss yelling about this ridic show lol #Although I'm supposed to be ✍️🙈 #Nbc good girls #TV #I didn't hate the secser plot; it did set up some great moments #And I generally have a lot of time for stuff like that where plot was ALSO happening at rio #Bc it made his behaviour less distractingly batshit #But overall it was pretty boring #Beth/the girls + rio already had a common enemy #To get rid of the fbi storyline and then rehash it with a different agency... Hmm. Just feels quite reductive to me #Plus in s3/4 it felt like they had too many common enemies lol... The secser plus nick plus kinda Fitz plus arguably the bike cult... #That's kind of only an interesting turn of a dynamic if it wasn't treading old ground? #I like that the Fitz and secser and nick storylines ended up dovetailing... I think I would have preferred if the bike cult had (more) too? #Idk it just felt like there was way too much going on #And not enough beth-stan or nanny or rio/Ruby content and I'm sour lol #Also whoops think I fucked the formatting on this but I cba to even attempt to fix... This thing is terrible. #also whoops im not sure i said that much abt dave lol #but basically he bored me (which is really the only cardinal sin) #and turner set a high bar which he got nowhere near

[thunder-at-dawn]

Serial Squeals

Word Count: 1,370

Summary: Tommy and Wilbur need a way to settle a debate, and apparently the best way to settle a debate is to...watch a slasher flick??

i know i said i was writing an eternal duo fic, but i started this a while ago and decided to finish it up since i’ve been on the writing grind. you may have some sbi content...as a treat

warning: this is a sfw tickle fic! don’t read if that makes you uncomfortable :]

don’t tag as ship or else yeek yock ur getting blocked

“...What’s going on here?”

Phil was very curious to see what was the meaning behind he had walked in upon. Tommy and Wilbur were both sitting on the couch, rather close to each other, actually. Techno had pulled up a dining chair to sit in, and was holding a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other.

Techno turned around in the chair, seeing that Philza had entered the room. “Well, you see, Phil. Tommy and Wilbur were having a debate over who has to pay the next time we order food. So, naturally, they decided to settle it in the only proper way...by watching a horror movie. Whoever gets the most scared has to pay.”

“Really?” Phil raised an eyebrow, intrigued.

“Yup, and they’re making me keep score.” Techno leaned over to show Phil the clipboard. Wilbur had two tally marks under his name, while Tommy had six.

The winged man chuckled at the silliness of the situation, then looked at the tv. “What movie are you guys watching?” He asked.

“It’s about this group of people in the woods getting hunted down by a serial killer.” Tommy shrugged.

“They’re all staying in this cabin because this one guy’s sisters died or whatever. It’s pretty boring, I’m just waiting for it to get to the good stuff.” Wilbur added. “Tommy, on the other hand, keeps getting scared by the smallest things.”

“This movie isn’t even scary, Techno is just adding tally marks so I have to pay.” Tommy huffed.

“Look, I don’t care who wins, I’m not paying either way.” Techno shrugged. Suddenly, as the characters of the movie were creeping around in the basement, a shadow quickly danced across the screen.

“AH- shit.” Wilbur groaned after jumping in place, to Tommy’s amusement.

“Well then, that’s six to three.” Techno wrote another tally mark next to Wilbur’s name.

Philza laughed softly. “Well, you guys have fun with that. I have to go run out to the store real quick.” He said before leaving the room.

“Bye Dad!” Wilbur called after him. As the three of them heard the door close, they continued to watch the movie. Not much gorey stuff had happened yet, only two people had died, and they were offscreen deaths at the very beginning of the movie. Wilbur and Tommy felt like they spent more time complaining about how bad the movie was than actually getting scared by it.

However, after complaining for a while, the two of them were greeted by a jumpscare. Tommy let out a shriek, his hands instinctively clutching into Wilbur’s torso. To his surprise, the older boy let out a yell too.

“Alright, that’s seven to four.” Techno smirked, clicking his pen and making tallies.

“What?! That’s unfair, I got scared by Tommy grabbing onto me, not by the movie!” Wilbur complained.

“A scream is a scream, Wilbur.” The pigman shrugged, not seemingly bothered. Tommy caught attention to what Techno had just said.

“A scream is a scream.”

The wheels started to turn in Tommy’s head, and just like that, he had an idea.

Leaning over slightly, Tommy waited until the mood was right. He kept switching his view between the musician and the movie, making sure that this idea wouldn’t go to waste. When he saw the serial killer ready to take his next victim, he ignored the fear in his own heart and clutched his hands around Wilbur once again.

“AH!” Wilbur jumped in place, glaring daggers at Tommy, who looked up at him innocently.

“That’s seven to five now.” Techno mumbled to himself, adding another tally to Wilbur’s name.

Even though Tommy found it difficult himself to not scream himself, his plan commenced the exact way he wanted it to. Clutching around Wilbur’s body, Techno added a sixth tally to Wilbur’s name. A seventh tally. An eighth tally. Tommy failed to hide his scream once, getting an eighth tally added to his name as well. It wasn’t until Wilbur had a ninth tally added when he realized what was happening.

“Oh, you piece of shit.” He glared at Tommy. “You know exactly what you’re doing.”

“Oh really? What am I doing, Will?” Tommy once again looked up innocently.

“You’re grabbing onto me at scary parts to surprise me. I’m not getting scared by the movie, I keep getting scared by you!” Wilbur explained, annoyed by the other. “That’s so fucking unfair! You’re cheating!”

“Wha- cheating?! No, Wilbur, I am most definitely not cheating.” Tommy retaliated. “I am simply abiding by the Blade’s rules. According to him, a scream is a scream.” Without warning, he dug his fingers into Wilbur’s ribs.

“ShIHIHIT!” A stream of surprised giggles spewed out of Wilbur’s mouth. “You prihihick!”

“Wilbur, why are you laughing? This is a horror movie, not a comedy! Laughing at this is quite peculiar if you ask me.” Tommy shrugged, an evil smirk on his face as he switched to squeezing at Wilbur’s sides. The older man let out a high pitched, giggle-filled yell as he started to squirm around.

“TOHOHOMMY!”

“THAT’S TEN! THAT’S TEN! Add a tally mark, Techno!” Tommy yelled excitedly, prodding around Wilbur’s sensitive torso.

“YOHOHOU’REHE CHEHEHEAHATIHING, YOHOU FUHUHUHUCK!!” Wilbur cackled, squirming around to escape Tommy’s quickly moving hands.

“Cheating?! Wilbur! I would never do such a thing!” The blonde let out a fake, astonished gasp. “Y’know, I should punish you just for accusing me of such a dastardly deed.” Quickly pushing up Wilbur’s sweater and inhaling a large breath of air, he leaned down and blew the largest raspberry he could onto Wilbur’s stomach. The older of the two shrieked, laughing as Tommy peppered smaller ones all over his stomach.

“That’s eleven for Wilbur.” Techno grinned, adding another tally next to Wilbur’s name.

“YOHOHOHOU *snort* MOHOTHEHERFUHUCKEHEHER!!”

“Oh my god, was that a snort?” Techno looked up from the clipboard.

“It was! Holy shit, you just snorted! Do it again!” Tommy was quick to give Wilbur another raspberry, sending him into hysterics.

“TOHOHO- *snort* TOHOHOMMY! *snort* TOHOMMY, PLEHEHEAHASE!!” Wilbur cackled.

“I’m going to add a tally for every time he snorts. So...that should be three more tallies.” Techno clicked his pen.

“THAHAHAT’S NOHOHOHOT *snort* HOHOHOW THAHAHT WOHOHORKS!!”

“Fifteen to eight. If Wilbur keeps getting scared by the movie, then he’s gonna be the one paying.” Techno chuckled, acting oblivious to Wilbur’s pleas.

Tommy and Wilbur no longer payed attention to the movie. Techno had attempted to pay attention to it, but he found himself constantly having to grab the remote and turn up the volume, unable to hear over Wilbur’s loud laughter. He still kept track of anytime Wilbur shrieked, snorted, or squealed. By the time the movie had finished, the total score was twenty nine to eight.

“Hah! I win!” Tommy said proudly, finally giving Wilbur time to rest.

“Yohou chehahatehed, yohou dihick.” Wilbur said, still giggling a bit.

“Ok? And? I won. That’s what’s important.” Tommy crossed his arms proudly, looking up when he heard the click of the door open.

“Hey boys!” Phil entered the room with a bag of groceries. “How was the movie?”

“Wilbur was terrified. He was screaming throughout the whole thing!” Tommy said excitedly.

“Really?” Phil asked. His eyes widened when he saw Techno’s clipboard. “Holy shit! I’ll have to join you guys next time!” He laughed.

“Don’t listen to them, Phil. Tommy che-”

“And now, Wilbur has to pay the next time we order! Because he’s a big baby and screamed through the whole movie.” Tommy smirked.

“Well then, I guess that’s the case. Not tonight though, I’m making pasta for dinner.” Phil nodded, turning back around to the kitchen to start preparing the meal.

“You’ll definitely have to watch something with us next time, Philza Minecraft!” Tommy said, still smirking.

“Stop lying, Tommy!” Wilbur groaned. “Phil, he’s lying, he chEHEHEAHAHATED!! SHIHIT!!”

“Sorry, what was that?” Phil asked as he looked at the instructions on the box of pasta.

“It was nothing, just ignore him!” Tommy yelled back as he skittered his fingers all over Wilbur’s stomach, sending the other back into a cackley mess.

Phil simply rolled his eyes with a grin. He was glad the boys were having fun...however the hell they were doing it.

#dawn writes #lee!wilbur #ler!tommy #c!wilbur #c!tommy #dsmp tickle #i like how this turned out :) #lee wilbur my beloved #🧨 wilbur: the bad guy #💿 tommy: the hero

[archer3-13]

FEH Villains Ranked

from best to worst, excluding book 4 cause its still ongoing

lif: genuinely surprised me by being an alfonse with pathos. well he started book 3 as a kinda generic number 2 type, the revelation of his identity as alfonse (though rather obvious at that point) as well as his goal of essentially destroying other worlds as a penance to restore his own is both suitably threatening and tragic. Creating that sense of pathos i mentioned that works so well for him, especially when hes shown to still be a kind person at heart thats been pushed into such horrific actions because of the devastation he had to endure. Especially when you consider that hes carrying the weapon that could kill hel with him which, although kinda lazy that he just has it, is a) a hel of a lot less contrived then anything book 2 pulled off and b) further deepens that sense of pathos when we consider that not only is it a memento of ‘player san’ and presumably everyone else hes lost but that it can also represent, in a way, a symbol of his own failure of will and bowing the knee to hel. Him prioritizing his own happiness and fulfillment in the form of hel resurrecting his world over the good of the ‘fe multiverse’. Point being, its a complexity of character that I honestly wish we got to see more of, and one I really wasn’t expecting from fe heroes given its track record. you’ll see what i mean down the road.

hel: well not terribly complex in motivation, she basically just wants to kill everything to increase her own power, she gets points for a strong presentation and utilization within the story book 3 creates. The limitations on her insta death power being kinda silly aside, though gustavs gambit to circumvent that i honestly really like more so then alfonses rules lawyering, the overhanging presence she has in the lives of book 3′s characters works really well and the pressure to defeat her because of her effectively endless legions works better as an overhanging threat anyways. When I say presentation though I mean more so in how her words, actions, and motivation intersect because well her words on the face of it have the usual villain posturing, her motivation and actions (such as her relation to eir and her generals, and the world she rules over and created) creates an interesting intersection where one can argue that her posturing words are empty of any true feeling. Shes cold and lifeless like the dead she rules and the world she creates, those around her are simply tools to an end but hardly in a cackling manner and more so in the unthinking manner one treats a toothpick. she gets angry or shocked but even then its in a muted manner, almost performing the emotions rather then truly feeling them. Hel lives in an unchanging world, a stillness brought on by the finality of death, and in a way one can argue that its her unspoken desire to spread that stillness, that perfect unchanging world she controls, to every world. Like lif, its a degree of complexity that I wish we got to see more of, especially in her case, and its something i honestly wasnt expecting from heroes.

helbindi: solely because the man goes through a lot of shit, and is an effective portrayal of a sympathetic villain. Hes effectively a camus if a camus was foul mouthed and more thuggish and that works for him, and is rather endearing in its own way when he acts concerned for his little sister and does the ‘im a thug who hugs kittens when no ones looking’ routine which i like when its done well. point being, he could have been a generic thug but hes a lot more interesting for not being one. However, his general pointlessness to the story, aside from giving us an indication that shock of shocks surtrs a shitty king and an excuse to escort ylgir around places who also does jack shit in the story... heroes is always going to suffer from having to compress its story telling but that fact they waste so much time with helbindi and ylgir and hrud when so much of what they do is either unnecessary to the story or themes present in book 2 or could have been given to other characters and make those characters better for it... helbindi gets to be up here for sympathy points and favoritism, but i am stretching here for ya mate.

thrasir: stronger character wise then helbindi, an interesting relation to lif of enemies turned into close friends over a shared trauma and servitude, plays into some of the same strengths of hel and lif that make them so engaging, yadda, yadda, yadda. So why is she below helbindi? because she doesnt get to do anything, and only starts to get interesting right before her death. If she had been given a bigger role comparable to lif, or just more time to stew in her own motivations she’d easily surpass helbindi. its also not helped that thrasirs own desire to resurrect her brother is similar to veronicas pre established selfishness, which isnt as strong a contrast as lifs selfishness and guilt against alfonses character. Her relation to lif does hint at a stronger sense of kidness and morality instilled within her because of that relation, which is interesting and would make a strong contrast against veronica, but again we get like five seconds of it before shes killed off and then a little more of it again at the end. Deserved more time on screen then she got, and would have probably been number 2 here if she had gotten it. 

veronica: bratty child becomes evil sorcerer emperor, more at 11. I like the concept of veronica, its something fes never really touched on much aside from maybe a little bit with julius with his more childish antics. Veronica however cranks that up a lot more, shes impatient and gets bored easily, she wants more friends but in a selfish ‘friend is someone who does everything I want right?’ way, shes emblas ruler and she has the emotional maturity of an evil 10 year old and i just kinda like it. Especially since she tempers it with an air of sophistication and intelligence, much like the classic evil sorcerers fe loves to utilize in villain roles, and it helps balance out the bratty child from being too annoying in the villain role. It helps lend a sense of her trying to present herself as a grown up for the respect and authority that brings, well simultaneously maintain all the perks of being a kid who gets everything she wants. It’s a shame then that the narrative keeps sidelining her, either by focusing on other villains, her god damn brother getting in the fucking way, or with the overhanging implications of magic dragon possession being the root cause of her behavior. I can forgive the magic dragon possession though since that is an fe staple and could works towards more interesting character aspects rather then undercutting her. Regardless, she sure is great when things are actually about her, and i really wish things would get back to being about her.

Laegjarn: solely here because she loves her sister, shes rather flat as a character otherwise. It would have been one thing if she displayed a sense of brutality instilled in her by a childhood being raised by surtr, only dropping the shell when it came to her sister and reigning herself in for the sake of that one familial bond she treasures... instead shes just kinda nice and loves her sister, and yet still works for surtr for some fucking reason. @agoddamn and @ezralahm mention an aspect of learned helplessness to xanders character in fates that people tend to gloss over (heaven knows why, cause its fairly in your face even in the english translation), and that should be something that comes across in laegjarn, but its doesnt really. not as much as it should anyways. Another victim of book 2′s pointless writing.

loki: evil sexy lady with big boobies and a one leg cutout tights pants thing. heres someone who can transform into anyone, and yet she never really does anything with it. oh she does ‘things’, just not things that have much point to them, or really feel like they fit into some larger scheme. she’d be right at home as a recurring villain in an episodic story, coming up with some inane scheme for todays episode that gets foiled and she gets sent ‘blasting off again’. I dont necessarily hate the sexy seductress character, the noire bombshells and the like, they can be fun when done well. loki just doesnt do it well, coming off as more grating and annoying then tempting honestly, and as a villain she lacks anykind of actual menace. My feelings on her are similar to my feelings on aversa honestly, heres someone who should be so cool and threatening, a real menace to the heroes using their skills and abilities behind the scenes to move threats against the heroes, never taking to the field unless they can benefit from it and have an assured chance of victory or safety... but then they never actually do anything, as any of the actions possibly attributable to them either happen offscreen or probably would have happened without them doing anything. Loki and aversa could have stayed home twiddling their thumbs and nothing would change, and thats the real shame about them. Doesn’t help they aren’t particularly fun or entertaining as villains either due to lackluster writing.

surtr: garon 2.0, but with even less complexity. Well garon may have been a blatantly evil prick, he at least had backstory that provoked some degree of complexity and even sympathy, both to him and those hurt by his evil dragon possession personality change. Surtr lacks even that, acting more like a petty thug given way to much power then an imposing ruler. He garon without the backstory complexity, and in a way hes walhart without the air of regality and charisma that helped elevate walhart from being god awful in his own right. And well it could have been interesting if the story made any attempts to comment on that or work it into a central story theme or flow of some sort, it doesnt really do that and instead treats him as if he has and indeed deserves the same credibility and impression walhart or garon or any of the other fire emblem emperor kings have left. But the game doesnt ever actually work for that with him. Hes the emeperor, so he automatically deserves respect as a villain. and thats... so typical of book 2′s writing.

laevatein: shes boring as sin, even with her relation to her sister and the tragedy of losing her. Like her sister, she would have benefited from an impression of learned helplessness but the game never really bothers with it. moving on because i can barely give a shit about her.

bruno: this mother fucker... an annoying detraction that overtakes veronicas spotlight and screentime, an excuse for alfonse wangst that never really lands, pointless and useless... the benefit of book 2 and 3 so far has been his reduced importance, but i fully expect him to come roaring back to steal veronicas position once the story shifts back to an area she should be the focus of. the only thing he has going for him is the sense of a camus struggling with dragon possession but thats more so used for alfonse wangst then it is for anything constructive. What do i mean by alfonse wangst? I mean angst that really serves no narrative purpose then for the sake of unnecessary melodrama, as opposed to informing us anything about the characters or themes of the story. he makes veronica look worse, his drama with alfonse is a waste of time, and he really provides nothing else then a recurring boss fight and get out of jail free card for the story. I’m putting him below laevatein because well i dont give much of a shit about her, she atleast doesnt actively annoy me and still had the potential for something. Bruno however? the story would be better off without him. So fuck him.

#fire emblem #fire emblem heroes

[tsunflowers]

woz is the first kr enemy who becomes the annoying friend everyone hates character I’ve felt really satisfied with in a while

dan kuroto being a cartoon is fine bc he was always cartoonishly evil and he’s in a show with a really cartoony aesthetic so I don’t care that he screams all the time and jumps out of pipes like mario. but I felt like he did a lot of genuinely evil shit early on in the show and never actually grew past that? I mean, he started the plot by making monsters bc he was mad about video games and he fucking killed kiriya. but now we’re supposed to like him bc he’s funny

gentoku was adequately remorseful for the things he did so I have no problem with that aspect of his redemption but I feel like he became a completely different character as soon as he turned good? the shirt thing was funny but where on earth did it come from. he goes from a fairly serious evil guy to a wacky silly good guy

woz is good to me bc while he has done some evil shit it’s mostly been offscreen or in the future. he’s fairly passively evil. so it’s fine that everyone just hangs out with him now. and he;’s always always been ridiculous as a person. it feels like a natural escalation that he started out by appearing to yell IWAE and now he’s panicking bc he can’t yell IWAE good enough for sougo’s birthday. I love woz