#and i say spoilers...cause i cant watch it yet

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Ngl, looking at spoilers alone for MH2 and just...is third film going to be MH 3: Final Destination?

#if you wanna understand the referecne look up spoilers #cause dear god this movie looks...chaotic i guess is a way to say it #but like it is making me love the cartoon more #and i say spoilers...cause i cant watch it yet #its not out in the UK #just like alot of the dolls arent #we still waiting for early on G3 dolls here

[thewhizzyhead]

before I sleep, here is my definitive ranking on all the NPMD songs and some rambles on why I placed them there - also the ranking is based on how much I vibe with them (music production and lyricism have different rankings)

1. Hatchet Town (aka the hatchetfield trilogy theme song like this tune perfectly encapsulates the chaos Hatchetfield has to go through with every Starkid project pos-2018 and I love it - kinda wish it was a number that is more integrated with the plot with the kids tho BUT I REALLY DID LIKE that this melody was quite prominent in the other songs too)

2. High School is Killing Me (I've watched many teen centered musicals and believe me when I say that this song is one of, if not, the best introduction numbers out there for this genre - also it's a really great opening hook for a show)

3. Nerdy Prudes Must Die (FUCKING AMAZING HONESTLY - amazing way to REALLY re-establish a villain back from the dead and to establish the main theme for the nerds here: "I'm Not A Loser" (tho i fucking wish that motif was used a bit more))

4. Just For Once (everyone cheer for Lauren Lopez flexing not just her high tier soprano skills, but also how amazing of a fucking actor she can be like the concept of this song is quite layered and to pull it off both comedically and emphatically takes great lyrical and acting prowess)

5. The Summoning (a well-anticipated onstage introduction to all 5 of the LiB that balances out befuddling neon-entertainment with genuine fucking menace)

7. Cool As I Think I Am Reprise (A FUCKING GENIUS REPRISE I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW COOL I FIND THEM RECONTEXTUALIZING THE OG SONG AND IF I LOVED YOU TO FIT THE SITUATION AND BOTH OF THE CHARACTERS GROWTH. LIKE IN TERMS OF THEMATIC IMPLICATIONS WITH CHARQCTER DEVELOPMENT, THIS SONG AND ITS SCENE WOULD BE THE TOP)

6. If I Loved You (I think this song could be a bit more honestly like I know how much Starkid has explored Steph and Pete's relationship in their other projects and I was really hoping that they would have it more portrayed here - however the song is a bop nonetheless and it matches neatly with their themes and the harmonies are top tier. I placed this higher than the next just due to my personal bias like I really do like the song)

8. Dirty Dudes Must Die (A GREAT TWIST THAT MAKES ME WANT ANOTHER MUSICAL ABOUT GRACE CHASITY'S DERANGED SELF - also the new context of the song Grace is reprising here makes her a villain even scarier than MAX of all people but that's just me)

9. Literal Monster (A very catchy beat and well structured song that provides a good introduction to a jock-bully with the god complex. also kinda foreshadowing to nerdy prudes must die)

10. Cool As I Think I Am (the instrumentation reminded me of Dear Evan Hansen ngl fjsjd but it really does sound like an I-Want song from a teen-musical which is of course what they are going for - it sounds very nice and earnest though and I loved how it was utilised in the reprise. However I still fucking wish that the I'm Not A Loser motif was used more)

11. Dirty Girl (look I'm sorry for ranking this quite low on the list but like there is no fucking way I'm using this as bait to lure other people in like they'd be scared away I'm sorry fjdjs BUT I love how Will and Angela perform this though like top tier starkid performances ever - its not just what I would listen to on repeat personally jgjdjs)

12. Go Go Nighthawks! (This one gets plus points because of FUCK YOU CLIVESDALE GO GET FUCKED. otherwise its nice and cheery and perfectly shows how happy everyone is without Max but um I kinda wish it could be a bit more especially in terms of showing how happy the other nerds are now that Max is gone but that's just me)

13. Bully The Bully + Bury The Bully (Look I couldn't decide which was better like they both are the same melodies so like gjxjs these two are cute though and I liked seeing the 5 kids bonding in Bully The Bully since we don't get that many scenes with them)

14. The Best Of You (the pop-punk happy number is a staple of teen-centered musicals and it does really sound nice - just isn't that much of a standout compared to the others.)

#also for the best of you i have like a bone to pick with that one as much as i find it a fun song #but that is once again a rambly critique on how steph was utilized in the show sO WE'LL SAVE THAT BONE FOR ANOTHER DAY #but yea that's my NPMD ranking #the music prod here is on another level honestly #like they stepped up their game here #as for lyricism hmm given the genre it's more or less as I expected - i like it but there are some parts where i expected more #but they did a good job in having nuance in some of their songs like Nerdy Prudes Must Die and Just For Once like those r GOOD DEEP DIVES #hmmm maybe i'll do a full review soon of NPMD to just consolidate all my critiquey rambles #rn it's sittiing at a score of 8.5/10 #and is probably my top 3 fav starkid musical of all time - tgwdlm and twisted are top 2 and 1 #(i cant say much about black friday yet cause i havent watched it but um i have a feeling it could technically be a tie with npmd) #nerdy prudes must die #npmd #npmd spoilers #starkid

[memospacexx]

If you can and want to, would you please do another Mammon request? One of his personal fizzies got pushed off his web for clapping for Fizzerolli. Maybe the reader is the replacement fizzie (or maybe the other Fizzie who held his popcorn and fan) and it’s all about their experiences attending to Mammon at home and at Mammon Theatre?

From my understanding; your asking for a what if! What if reader was one of the fizzbots, this will be short but i can do another version if asked <3

HELLUVA BOSS SPOILERS FOR THE NEWEST EPISODES!

(Sorry for spelling mistakes :(()

Sitting on the spiderweb-like chair, you stare in amusement, the new contestants this year were surley an intresting group

With a sigh you look over to your left, a robo-fizzie, it looked back at you with a smile, not that it can do anything but smile.

You were about to say something till a cloud of smoke appeared and a familiar green smoke and a familiar ‘cha-ching!’ Sound was heard

You waved your hand over your face, getting rid of the smoke, with a cough you look up to see mammon, the sin of greed, munching on a drumstick

You raise a brow, wondering where the hell he got that from, but keep quiet, you were there to be his ‘right hand man’ afterall, but you never did any actual work, its just an excuse for mammon to have you in his vision 24/7. Hes quite the possesive prick

“Waddya think bout this year’s contestants sweets?” He says with glee, turning to you, with a ring of bells because of his hat

“Pretty sure Fizzarolli will win again” you say with a hum

Suddenly the popcron you wereholding dissapears from your grasp

“Theres gals down there too, you think they could make it to the finals? Women aint that funny ya know” he says, munching on the popcron

“Dont say that, they could be the new face of your business, who knows” you lightly scold

“Ya just said fizz would winf” he says with a full mouth

“Hey man i cant predict the future” you huff

“Well-“ Mammon was cut off by the sound of singing, the preformance is about to start

He shoves the popcron back into your hand and lays back with a smirk

You roll your eyes and start using the fan you held in your other hand

[time skip to fizz’s FINAL preformance]

“Dont worry folks- im sure Fizzarolli is just getting prepaired for his grand- fuckin preformance-“ mammon says with rage, checking the stage. Suddenly the stage fills with blue smoke, and Fizzarolli appears.

Mammon smirks and teleports back to the web, pulling you closer by the waist and using the fizz as an arm rest

You watched nervously as fizz’s, entertaining yet scary preformance, scary cause hes dissing the SIN of GREED but you look over to the your left, his hand still on your waist, hes laughing. Is he that slow????

“Wonder what all this fuckins about” he jests (haha jester joke)

A small portal appeared, “its about you” Asmodeus says

“Hah??” He says looking back at the closing portal

As the preformance progresses you see where this is going, by the end of it, thats the only time mammon even realized it was about him-

“mammon you sad sack of shit!”Fizz says with no remorse, the crowd goes silent.

Suddenly you hear a crackle of electricity, staring at the angered demon, you gulp, you liked fizz, he was cool, he might die today tho. Yikes

The robofizz to his right claps and he pushes it off the web, you cough into your fist and look away.

He teleports away to argue with fizz, cause apparently that song was his notice. He quits

‘Its about time’ you thought to yourself. Eating the left over popcorn mammon didnt eat (he threw up on the other bot that he pushed down)

You sigh and look down at the shit show that is mammon and Asmodeus arguing.

#helluva boss asmodeus #mammon x reader #helluva boss mammon x reader #fizzaroli helluva boss #mammom helluva boss #fizz and ozzie mentioned #theyre so cute #helluva boss spoilers #helluva boss season two #helluva boss ozzie #helluva boss #helluva boss season 2 #helluva boss mammon #helluva boss x reader #.memospace

[themissakat]

ALOY ON THEMISSAKAT’S BLOG, THIS IS NOT A DRILL

i fuckin love horizon. seeing aloy in your style is something i didnt expect to see but it’s amazing

did you pick up zero dawn recently and then forbidden west right after? or have you played zero dawn a while ago and then played forbidden west recently?

please share any and all thoughts you want to share abt the games cause it’d be cool to hear what you think abt the games.

horizon cool games

I had zero dawn sitting in my steam library for maaaybe the better part of 2 years?? (i got it on sale ages ago) some friends were playing hfw and it inspired me to finally pick up hzd. I beat hzd a few months ago, mayyybe 2 or 3 months before forbidden west dropped on Steam?

I can't say any other series has gut punched me so many times and so well. I think overall I liked the first game better, just for the impact of the reveals (the data point talking about the Faro machines and the dolphins haunts me) but the addition of new characters in the second game plus expansion of the world and just MORE of aloy and her friends is so good.

gonna do a read more for hfw spoilers through the end of the game and maybe some burning shores?(hi kami dont look)

I can no longer live without Beta she is wonderful and my beloved and I want to replay hzd but the fact that Beta wont be there makes me SAD. The compare/contrast between Aloy and Beta is such an interesting concept and expands upon their relationship to Elizabet (in particular the pressure of her legacy) in such a fun way. I love taking a nature/nurture look at how they are as people and how they were raised, so similarly isolated and yet SO DIFFERENT because of their environment and the few people that were present.

I've been contemplating writing a character study drabble/ficlet from Beta-pov about Aloy throughout the game. I was screaming SISTERS at them during every interaction and then the ending with the PAYOFf just AHH.

I wish burning shores had a "chat with beta" option, I can only headcanon that Aloy and Beta chat or watch Beta's media in the evening when Aloy's resting.

The character development of Aloy learning how to interact with and trust other people is good soup. I could wax poetic about my head canons for her particular flavor of queer (given the time to organize my thoughts). I'm incredibly curious to see how they handle Seyka/Aloy going forward into the second game, in part because Aloy is such a goal-driven person, I can see her struggling to reconcile her own "selfish" motivations with the looming threat of the end of the world. (because like. girl if the world is ending you need to cherish every second you have with the people who matter to you. but also yall need time to figure out if you can beat nemesis. do be a tough dilemma there.)

I want to roll around in the brainrot more but its a struggle bc i'm a very au-centric fanartist/writer and the world of horizon is so good on its own i cant even put myself in the au mindset. for now i have to be happy with drawing aloy's amazing hair. its so beautiful i love it so much

but yeah. overall. horizon cool games.

#missa rambles #ask missa #horizon #i could go on so long talking about it but if you have any more specific talking points that would help organize the brain lol #i ahve more doodles they'll end up on here eventually #but im gonna have to be careful bc some friends havent played hfw yet so i want to be mindful of spoilers

[peachybruiseslego]

NOT RLLY SPOILERS FOR DRAGONS RISING BUT KIND OF SO GO AWAY IF YOu HAVENT WATCHED IT YET

excuse my lack of grammar i dont give enough fucks to even try

putting this into writing before i forget:

so imagine this thing in dragons rising where nya is just like sad jays gone and shit yeah yk shes already like that but like she cant stay single forever and shes convinced jay is just dead so she installs a dating app and matches with someone. who looks. just. like. jay. spoiler alert: IT IS JAY!! so nya's like rlly happy to see jay and msgs him like "HEY!! JAY!! ITS ME!!! NYAA!!!" and after awhile of texting she realizes jay has NO FUCKING IDEA WHO SHE IS so she tries to just well start anew with him ig and they start dating

ok heres kinda jays pov

this little shit is lonesome and needs bitches bro he desperately needs bitches but has negative rizz so he installs a dating app and matches with this girl named nya (WONDER WHO THAT IS) and is interested cause shes VERY prtty and just seems so familiar to him for some reason!!whatever tho she prob just has a recognizable faceee!! so nya starts msging him enthusiastically about how she missed him so much and is so glad to see him blah blah but he doesnt know who the hell she is and is vERY confused on why shes saying this shit but doesnt block her or anything bc shes prtty hawt and maybe its just a misunderstanding, he gets his point across that he has no idea who she is and then they decide to start fresh and ignore nyas earlier msgs

they start flirting and plan to go on a date! nya is desperately trying to go on that date as soon as possible bc she wants to get jay to remember her and the other ninja somehow but jay on the otherhand is putting off the date because he annoyingly has to file a LOT of paperwork, he wants to go on the date very soon but keeps postponing it due to that factor

ok hope some of that made sense to you thats basically it

EDIT: the dating app would be called ninder instead of tinder, if you even care

#dragons rising spoilers #dragons rising #ninjago headcanon #ninjago au #ig it counts as an au whatever #ninder au #nya smith #nya jiang #nya #jay #jay walker #headcanon #ninjago #lego ninjago #peachy talks #jaya

[tomboxed]

a bit of elaboration on each

cris leaves johnny n instead of kenshi appearing it's shang tsung

-cris and johnny have their argument and she leaves

-scene plays out as normal and johnny downs about 4 glasses of whisky because that's what he does

-doorbell rings

-johnny thinks that cris has came back

-she's not

-it's shang tsung

-johnny laughs and doesn't take him seriously

-could be some sort of fight in here(?) dunno

-elaborate promises about how he'll help 'save his career' or whatever

-johnny is intrigued and decides to go along with it because why not

-johnny could possibly fight with/bring along sento?

-only reason shang tsung recruits him is because damashi tells him to

at shang tsungs lab johnny is taken captive n forced to work with shang tsung

-kinda cliche betrayal type plot thing but it's just an idea

-at the lab/or maybe in the flesh pits shang tsung manages to get johnny away from kenshi + kung lao

-threatens to hurt/kill johnny n the other two try to fight/get him away but have to give up so that he survives

-in turn he also threatens to johnny that he'll hurt his friends if he doesn't comply

-johnny gets forced to fight for shang tsung

-cant escape

-some sort of angsty progression of plot

-liu kang annoyed that he's lost one of his champions

johnny is annoyed at not being champion and sides w/ shang tsung when they meet

-i know that even in canon johnny has a huge ego but ultimately is fine with raiden being champion but like

-what if he was extremely jealous of him

-and is watching raiden during the tournament all bitterly because he thinks that should be him

-then liu kang sets the trio out on the quest to find shang tsung

-they reach his lab n when they get flung into the flesh pits/(or before) shang tsung influences/manipulates johnny into thinking that if he works with him he'll get all the fame/glory whatever the fuck

-betrayal of sorts

-some sort of dramatic angst from kenshi as he watches (not literally (figuratively)) johnny do a complete 180 in alliance

-yet again liu kang angry at the interference

something else/suggest in comments because i suck at plots

-literally just as the thing says

-if you have any sort of idea that could help make these not shit/or an even better plotline i am very open to suggestions

thank you :33

P.S. the reason i'm so fixated on johnny switching sides is

1 - i watched the bit in story mode where (spoilers) bi han switches sides and was like 'wow that's fucking awesome but what if it were johnny cage'

2 - this descriptive text on johnny in the roster

i feel like that whole 'addiction' thing would be fun to play with, like he'd do ANYTHING to keep his fame

so why not kill for it? y'know

just something fun to play around with

especially cause that's one of my favourite tropes

okay rant over thank you fr now 👍

#mortal kombat #mortal kombat 1 #mk1 2023 #mk1 #johnny cage #johnathan carlton #shang tsung #kenshi #kenshi takahashi #mortal kombat kenshi #liu kang #kung lao #raiden #mk1 fanfic #mortal kombat fanfiction #fanfic #fanfiction #writing #poll #help #i'm so good at coming up with ideas but not at making them into comprehensible plots #man i just like all those edgy evil type au things #make him evil

[raspberrysmoon]

ok so. nobody cares but I DO!!!! so here are some fun facts about my biggest npmd au i curse the day !! :] names are colored/altered for their corresponding lord. red is 'generally evil'

it got long so. facts under cut <3 spoilers are very minimal but go check out my series on ao3 !! 'i curse the day' !!!! olease im insane over them !!

psst @bellqmione i did it. for you :]

- pete hates his horns with a passion. steph thinks theyre kind of cute when he doesnt try to shave them off or rip them out. pete would rip them out if he was sure they didnt connect to his brain like some goat horns do

- similarly, grace adores her eyes/newfound sight 99% of the time. until The Horrors. she cant bring herself to go back to camp idonwannabang.. or look the jerries in the eye

- ted has full custody over pete and acts as a pseudo parent. hes a solid 15 years older, and generally acts like a teen boy with pete. silly goofy guy who has some issues hes not ready to face and a tendancy to drink !

- jenny... is there. somehow. she misses ted a lot and genuinely wants to come back to hatchetfield for him. she just... can't

- steph and nibbly have a weirdly tight knit relationship. treats her like a lapdog. think a maltese with dyed-pink fur and you have steph

- grace is blinkys coworker. she has half as many eyes as him. blinky has 999 eyes. grace has 499.5. one of her eyes is mostly blind, but not entirely. she doesnt know this number

- richie and ruth Are There. so is max. none of our three know this. webby knows. wiggly and pokey know. they're the only ones. not even they themselves know that theyre still there. they lie dormant for now

- hannah, daniel and sophia are attached at the hip. the only reason sophia hasnt shown up yet is because shes rich and homeschooled. they see eachother more than their families. sophia and daniel are hannahs only outlet for webby, now, and theyre both quite familiar with her

- daniel can hold his breath for 10 minutes on average. hannah is the only one who can time him. this can get complicated when holding your breath stops time

- webby is trying desperately to reach lex constantly. lex is doing her best to ignore her, but its getting harder. webby needs something from her.

- grace has watched richies funeral 376 times. she's counted. she can recite to you exactly what each person says and does

- paul is having some trouble with his hearing after richies death. he wasn't that close with his nephew, but the loss is still hitting him. he can only hope its shock. something tells him its not.

- emma is also having trouble with her hearing. she has not told paul, and she will not tell paul. she will not be losing her hearing like her sister. even if it doesnt feel like thats the cause of it, she won't.

- speaking of, i made jane hard of hearing. i dont know why exactly it fits her in my mind, but it does. her and her family are mostly fluent or entirely fluent in american sign language, as is emma. she wears hearing aids

- the three learn sign language. from who? stay tuned and put your guesses down below ‼️

- alice has had vision problems since she moved to clivesdale a few years back. her vision was always bad growing up, and now its... perfect. shes having trouble keeping up the lie to everyone.

- bill and alice really do love eachother i swear. but she doesnt like him much. theyre trying. deb is too. they really are.

- jenny doesn't like the color yellow. she never has. teddy used to. she's not sure if he still would. it makes her head hurt to look at.

- pete hates pants. pete only owns pants. his basketball shorts are actually a pair of stephs, that used to be maxs.

- max is scared of the dark. this was a closely held secret in life. steph finds herself turning a nightlight on for him without thinking about it.

- max didn't have a funeral. his body wasn't buried- instead kept as evidence then tossed out when nobody came to collect it. jason, kyle, stacy and brenda had a small service for him by the lake when they were told he'd been murdered. jason was the only non-cop to see maxs' body after he was dismembered and left at the waylon place

- grace spends more time at the waylon place than she does at home. she finds a strange comfort in it now that it's completely off the market.

- the many quick-succession deaths put the waylon place and its haunting back into the forefront of peoples minds. the town is collectively afraid of it again.

- max is scared of the dark. the black is a very dark place. richie and ruth have yet to encounter the problem of darkness. in fact, ruth has been having some trouble with seeing past the stagelights in front of her

- ruth and richie have their own personalized rooms. a stage/large theatre, and a cozy little room with a fridge and a large tv. max does not get as pleasant of an afterlife as this.

- jerry grew up vegan. he's not sure what his parents would say about his diet.

#hehe lore is sprinkled in a couldnt help it #more on Them later !!! soon!!!!! im fixating hehe #do i try to plan a multi chap fic ??????? #im getting real ideas for it #i curse the day #starkid #hatchetfield #npmd au #npmd #npmd spoilers #nerdy prudes must die #raspberry writes #uncolored names are undecided as of now #jason and kyle my boys i promise im comign to fix you but youre giving me NOTHING !! #emma and jane are both subject to change also

[nerdetiquette]

So I’m finally getting my friend to read Gideon the ninth, and she’s going in with mostly no knowledge. It was their idea to play a game and guess what characters are like from art I sent her and the characters names. She doesn’t know who’s a cavalier and who’s a necromancer.

art by @exmakina

Here’s the picture of the cast I sent and here are their thoughts:

She actually thought Judith and Marta were boys which is fair in all honesty bc I kept saying they looked like 12 year old boys in British uniforms for an American revolutionary war reenactment.

Judith:

Okay so Judith Deuteros, I feel like she's the 'older sister' who thinks she can do everything herself but she cant. A bit rude and super loyal until proven otherwise

Now for Marta, autocorrect decided to change Dyas to DYAS because I yelled about her being cool when I was reading htn. I have no shame, she’s definitely hot and definitely out of my league.

Marta:

Okay, misS DYAS 😂 is the one who can actually do everything on her own but lets people help her just because its less work. Direct but nice overall

[here is where I explained why it autocorrect to DYAS without saying it was because she was really cool]

Her: So a bit stupid too

Me: how dare you, I’m offend on her behalf

Her: Well emotionally stupid

Logically brilliant

Me: I am offended on her behalf

To explain Ianthe, I sent her the cast before and they said they thought Ianthe was pretty so I had been sending non spoiler fanart of Ianthe which is surprisingly hard. I get that bone arm Ianthe is hot, but like there’s so little of regular Ianthe.

Ianthe:

Okay, social bitch whos not afraid to stab you in the back and will do ANYTHING, and I mean ANYTHING to protect her twin

Very manipulative

Me, shocked at most of it being right: anything else?

Mmm likes things her way

Coronabeth:

I like her name

She's the quiet one, but still talks shit about ppl she doesn't like. She likes to look pretty but only for herself

Also would do anything for her twin

I feel like she could betray her in exceptional circumstances (my reaction to this was basically 👀 because of as yet unsent)

Naberius is funny because I haven’t told her a thing about him. So I’m going to let this part speak for itself.

Then I proceeded to tell her that I know only one person who liked Naberius and he’s objectively wrong. (he decided he would stop defending Naberius after I reminded him that babs threatened children)

Issac:

Little ginger boy who DESPISES being called short, but also super agile and good at his job (wtv it is)

I feel like he's crushing on a girl but idk who and he gets flustered way too easy, it kinda puts him in trouble, cause he cant lie

Jeannemary:

Ooo I like her name too

Shes basically Gabi from aot

Lemme tell y’all, this absolutely crushed me. If you like aot and you were watching it as it came out or just saw the memes, no one liked Gabi. I thought Gabi was fine but the idea of people hating Jeannemary made me very sad.

Abigail:

The type of girl who volunteers at retirement homes. She likes to read and be alone whenever she's not on the job. Barely talks to anyone, she prefers to listen to people

(She was proud of this one because I said nifty, this is like modern au Abigail minus her fun, funky parts. If I were describe Abigail, I would say unhinged academia and move on)

Magnus:

Absolute lady magnet, charming smile and flirty eyes. Crushes on Abigail but she's oblivious to love so he kinda just admires from afar. Only default is he lets his emotions control him, easy to manipulate

(She was very happy when I told her Abigail and Magnus were married)

Now much to my dismay, this heathen thinks glasses are sexy so she thinks Palamedes is hot which hurts the part of my soul that headcanons Pal as aroace, but putting that aside, I said please don’t ship these characters I will literally cry. This concerned her and I had tell her they were cousins.

Palamedes:

So Pal, real nerdy, super good with anything thats tech. But of a sarcastic brat, and gets along better with animals than humans

(This is almost entirely inaccurate but I’m not a heartless monster so they can have this for now.)

Camilla:

Good with math, can do decently in tech too because she observed her cousin work so often. She's a pro at detecting when ppl are lying and doesn't let their bullshit pass ever.

Now I was very excited for what they would say about Dulcinea/Cytherea and Pro mostly because I wanted to see if the guess leaned more towards the actual Dulcie and Pro or not.

Dulcinea:

Cutie 🥰

(Me: Gideon thought so too)

She's a master at deception though. She likes flowers and jewelry and will flirt with any man (or woman) to help her own cause. She doesn't do murder, but she can easily knock out a man. She just flirts to get what she wants

I was absolutely dumbfounded that she basically guessed Cytherea’s whole character, aside from the murder. I was just thinking god damn and I tried my best not to show it (this is very hard and I understand why my friend who got me into the series spoiled so much on accident). Also Cytherea is her favorite based on their current assumptions.

Protesilaus:

Stone cold warrior, scary but honestly isn't afraid to cry. Hes good at what he does, but he hates it. Fucking whipped for a lady he cant have. Biggest heart you can find

This was such a good guess for original Pro that I was just like how???

About the eighth house, I told her that no one likes the eight and I very much hate them so that’s where all of this comes from.

Silas:

Okay so cruel individual who has zero empathy, picks on innocent people for fun and is loyal to death

Colum:

Also known as Colon Shit is homophobic and kills for fun 🙃

Oh and a pathological liar

This is all so wrong that I was like Jesus does it take that much to hate someone, but I didn’t want to spoil anything by telling them just how wrong they were.

We went to Harrow who I told her is a top kin of mine. Her prediction for Harrow was so nice and I can’t even be mad at her for being this wrong.

Harrowhark:

Okay healer type of character who helps anyone she can, has a hard time dealing with her emotions so she just shuts them down

I was also very excited for her Gideon prediction as anyone I talk to about this book knows I am head over heels in love this Gideon. She is pure of heart and she is dumb of ass. She is my everything. The friend who got my into gtn has a count of whenever I text them “she’s so stupid 🥰” referring to Gideon because it’s only referring to Gideon and never anyone else.

Gideon:

Okay from what you told me, she's a raging lesbian who cant deal with how attractive women are but is also a badass warrior

I have said too much in the end.

#gideon the ninth #tlt #the locked tomb #harrow the ninth #judith deuteros #marta dyas #ianthe tridentarius #coronabeth tridentarius #naberius tern #jeannemary chatur #abigail pent #magnus quinn #palamedes sextus #camilla hect #silas octakiseron #colum asht #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon nav #dulcinea septimus #protesilaus ebdoma #gideon the ninth spoilers #isaac tettares

[actualbird]

oooh ooooh ooooooooh!!! irt the nsb-luke post... the idea of nsb being not so great is just... OMG THE TENSION??? lile how would that go down? in my head, i'm just imagining what would happen if luke found out or the possibility of traitor!luke perhaps? 🤔

irt why i think the nsb let luke go back to stellis

yesYESSSSS THEN TENSION WOULD BE INSANE RIGHT??? and i forgot to mention in that last response that among the reasons why i think the nsb could possible be a bad guy is cuz.....of luke's AU cards

his SOTT card, SSR Overflowing Thoughts. and his gufeng card, SSR Dreamlike Drama. if u havent played/watched those cards, i HIGHLY recommend u do because i rlly loved the stories in both and also because of what those two stories have in common

[spoilers for those cards ahead] in both cards, the luke's AU life lead to him breaking against the state/the law and becoming a vigilante or an outlaw. the reason he broke off from the state/the law was because he had witnessed or experienced a Great Evil either from them (for SOTT card, luke seeing the injustice of the system causing suffering to mc and then later on him being ordered to kill innocent people and Pointedly, Not Doing That, thus becoming a wanted man) or just in general (in gufeng card, luke witnessing his parents being killed and going rogue to get revenge) like.....

this cannot be a coincidence. it feels like foreshadowing. luke is a very noble person at heart with a great GREAT sense of devotion for the people and the causes he believes in. but if that trust is broken, if he sees bad happening, he breaks off. two cards show us his propensity of doing this in AUs, so whos to say it cant happen in the canon setting? and if it does, then the mysterious govt agency that hes currently aligned to seems like the best bet for who That Evil will be, right?

im sounding like a madman again JHAVKJFAHSVF but i do hope this happens because it'd be SO INTERESTING

additionally, i do wanna say that in broad strokes, that i dont necessarily think itll be traitor!luke (thought that ALSO INTERESTS ME GREATLY YEYYEYYEEAAA) but more following the premises of the AU cards where like......ok in the beginning he actually was aligned with the state/the law, but then Something crossed the line, Something happened that was too horrible for him to accept, and he breaks off

the AU cards show that luke has hard lines and limits for what he is willing to accept from governing powers or from the status quo. when those lines are crossed, hes gone, hes out

so in canon i wonder if like.....luke Is a traitor in the nxx but he doesnt know it yet. hes more being used as a pawn, moved into the right spots where he'll be most useful and unknowing of what his purpose actually is. and then when he realizes that his master isnt as good as he first thought them to be, he goes rogue

wouldnt that be a hella fun route for the story to go? HAHA

btw, if ur interested in traitor!luke, i HIGHLY HIGHLY reccommend that u start reading and following sam @samsspambox's fic series "the world turned upside down (down, down, down)" which is delving into that concept along with other extremely fantastic concepts and also it's SO GOOD, GO READ IT!!!!

BUT YEAH......nsb being revealed to be not-so-good would be so so delicious to me narratively

.....it'd be agonizing for luke "guilt complex big enough to be seen from space" pearce to have more things to be insanely guilty about, but honestly that just adds to the appeal for me HKJASHFVAKSF

#welcome to the blog where sometimes i answer questions with more non-answers and a lot of tangents JVSKDJF #asks #anon

[partylikemajima]

I'm reading Wool and I'm starting to see points the book has done way better than the show. And vice versa. Mind you I'm not half way yet but at the part where Jules is sheriff.

❗️Spoilers for the show and Wool Book 1:

Like the depths of Marnes's and Jahns's relationship is shown more in the book and means more.

The way Lukas is shown in the book is so much more intimidating and interesting than in the show.

Also the generator repair was a different kind of intense in the books than the show. In the book its a silent, people holding their breathe, a few days deadline type of intense. The show was hold your hair hoping nobody gets their head chopped off intense. I like both.

I like they played up the mystery of Benard for the show, also him being a tall person added to his sense of a helpful nice guy but actually he isnt. In the books from the get go you can tell he knows so much shit you cant fathom and every character feels it.

Shirley has a husband?? I really like her in the show, not read much of her in the book.

The book really makes you feel how difficult it can be to travel up and down the silo, how tedious and labor intensive it is.

Theres more 'outside' screens.

Holston's death in the book is so heart-wrenching. Like in the show its very sad, but in the book? We get to read exactly what he went through and what happened and I felt like crying omg.

Hardly anyone watches the cleanings unlike the show. Though theres a party afterwards as a relief they weren't chosen to go outside (so odd never occured to me that they end up choosing someone to go out, like i think the sheriff chooses out of people with a really bad record? Holston mentions something like finding someone to clean cause of the sensors blurring.)

Also Allison talks to Holston calmly about her suspicions before the whole scene in the cafeteria.

There's no birth control scene of her taking it out, its just she runs from the computer to the cafeteria begging to go out.

George isn't a main character, just a past Jules finds hard to talk about to herself, a lover she lost. (Idk if theres actual conspiracy in the book like the show, but so far its just case closed thing she doesn't suspect any foul play).

Marnes WANTED Jules to be sheriff. Benard did not.

I will say I've been finding it hard to get into new stories lately but since I watched Silo, imagining it in my head helped a lot with reading the book so far cause I already have the scenery. I always imagine the scenes in my head for reading but sometimes its hard to grasp with stories new to me. This was almost seamless for me. Great writing.

#silo apple tv #silo series #wool hugh howey #hugh howey #silo #silo spoilers

[takalzuoom]

OKAY IMPLIED CHAPTER ⚠️ TOKYO REVENGERS SPOILERS⚠️

chapter 258

OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY BRAIN ROT BRIAN ROT BRAIN ROT BRAIJ ROT

TAIJU TAIJU TAIJU TAIJU TAIJU

ALSO- I JUST READ / CAUGHT UP ON HEERAN LOVE SONG AND IM SOFTT

obvious ooc taiju.

pov : you actually fixed him

externally self indulgent

cw : implied sex, mentions of killing, stealing violence, chapter 258 spoilers ⚠️⚠️ taiju himself is a warning

just thinking about being taiju’s cute lil lover (anyone compared to taiju is cute and little)

like after a long, long night, there you were, cheeks smushed against the pillows, covers low enough to see your upper back as your hair sprawled out, framing your face like a halo would an angel

of course it was gross, the drool trail you were leaving on his satin pillow cases. but he wasn’t going to say anything, not until he got back.

he made sure to promise himself to tease the ever living shit out of you when he got back.

he was going to come back, just like he did after he would storm out of your shared apartment after toxic arguments, like after you broke his bike and he had to storm out to direct his anger some place else, just like now.

it was funny, really, how small you were compared to him- then again being 6’5 made him a elephant in a world built for mice. yet you never saw a problem with that.

he threaded his fingers through your hair, scowling at the fact that his entire hand fit around your head, finally realizing how… painful it must be for you when you two have sex. yet here he is, the asshole telling you ‘you can take it’ or even just ‘take it’

dear lord, it looks like you got mauled by a wild animal with the bruises and bite marks that littered your back- and just back alone.

but it was needed. both in guilt pleasure and that fact that he needed you to stay. put. as you had this nasty habit of following him like a lost puppy.

clinging to him like a koala whenever he went out.

and yet there were still times he would have to take your small hand and drag you to your next location (prompting multiple police reports as you were kicking and screaming to go back… yeah.)

his hand slowly trailed down your back, occasionally tracing the ‘wolf bites’ (as he liked to call them. curtesy to his over exaggerated canines)

thumb caressing the swell of the mark until his hand slowly went to you arm. the one that wasn’t acting as a pillow and adding to the waterfall of drool.

you were so tiny, so delicate. yet you ended up with a brut like him… he held your hand. it was like a baby’s hand!

literally what did your parents do to you?? why were you so short???

the question of ‘how the fuck did you even take him’ was blasting in his mind like an alarm as he clasped his hands over yours.

you were so innocent compared to him. never once (as far as he’s aware…) laid a hand on another being, never once threatened, blackmailed, killed- even steal! (again as far as he’s aware)

he felt bad. yet prideful at the same time that you belonged to him. that you weren’t afraid by him- which was quite foolish considering your first meeting. though he just chalked that up to you being stupid and oblivious.

“taiju?”

ah. he was squeezing too hard again

“shit, sorry”

he didn’t even realize when he started kneeling, quickly letting go of your hand as he went to stand, scowl on his face as he heard the rustling of the blankets.

shrugging on his ‘toman jacket’ barf. it’s ugly as fuck by the way, he could just feel your eyes on his scarred back.

“taijuuu, come back to bed-, im cold” you whined discreetly flipping the pillow so you could properly look at him. your eyes were struggling to stay open, yet you weren’t going to sleep until he came back to bed. you missed your heater lover

“cant. i have to go”

“go? where? I’ll com-“

he cackled, a widening smirk on his face as he leaned against the wall watching you yawn. stretch, spend some time thinking over your choices, then officially try to hop out of bed.

until you almost fell

“ha! you’re like a fucking bambi! what? can’t even walk cause of my co-“

“taiju!”

plopping you back onto the bed, he couldn’t help but keep that annoying ass smirk on his face as you finally put two and two together.

“you traitor! you did that on purpose!”

“did what? fuck you into oblivion? cause i’ll do that again any time”

“you know why i mean! you basically  provoked my walking privileges!”

“don’t care” he was starting to make his way towards the door, ignoring your cursed babbling.

“i’ll be back” was all he said with a half assed wave as you fell silent.

“no kiss?” you yelled, the jingling of keys heard in the distance.

“fuck no!”

the door slammed.

groaning into the pillow, you hissed at the discomforts between your legs. “horse bitch” you muttered, flipping over as your covered your eyes from the dimming sun. the sunlight shaq doing your room as night took over. the golden hue dancing across the sheets. but you didn’t notice, couldn’t as you couldn’t bare to look outside to see your boyfriend leave

“be back soon” you whispered, turning over and hugging yourself.

though you were never one to pray, you wished for him to come back as soon as possible.

unedited ! not proof read! made in my phone!

also, this is the height difference between the fl and her husband in heeran love song

LIKE GIRL-

CMON😭

#taiju shiba #taiju x reader #tokyo revengers #tokyo revengers x reader #tokyo revengers spoilers #tokyo revengers taiju #taiju shiba x reader #anime x reader #takalzuoom 🌊 #tokyo revengers chapter 258 #tokyo revengers scenarios #tokyo revengers imagines

[i-fucked-both-your-parents]

Fnaf posting, beware. Long post and major spoilers

So the whole ‘i cant go get water because fnaf is at the fridge’ is a silly sentence cause in fnaf 4 you have to check the doors and stuff for Bonnie and Chica and they don’t appear right away. So while your listening for them sometimes you can hear the sound of like, plates clattering or some sort of far away kitchen noise so fnaf could very much so be at the fridge

also in fnaf 4 Chica and Bonnie appear on the same sides they do in fnaf 1 as a security guard PLUS Foxy is in the closet that’s right in front of you and in the 1st game Pirates Cove was just about in the center of sorts, his stage area was also covered with a cloth thing that drapes from both sides which is also very similar to fnaf 4 because the front closet is those folding ones so it’s similar to curtains. And in fnaf 3 foxy will appear more to the left side where pirates cove i believe is on the cams in fnaf 1 and in fnaf 2 foxy appears in the front like foxy in fnaf 4. Also in fnaf 4 in the 2nd mini game (I believe) balloon boy (animatronic version) is seen behind the cars, a possible child is in the sewers and the supposed not dead balloon boy is seen before you go inside your house with i believe the same color balloon in a fnaf 3 mini game

another cool Bonnie Chica thing is in fnaf 8 (security breach) when you go to a certain elevator Bonnie Bowl is on the left when you exit (same side as fnaf 1,2,and4) and I forgot where jazzersize (?) is exactly (I haven’t gotten very far lol) also in fnaf 8 in the very beginning area there are display cases with old endo pieces (my theory is that some of them are peices of mangle) and even Chicas cupcake that’s been around for almost every fnaf game (my memory is bad, I’m watching markiplier to refresh) in fnaf 1 it’s on the security desk! Fnaf 2 toy Chica holds it, fnaf 3 it’s a mini game trigger on the cams, fnaf 4 it’s turned into nightmare cupcake and in fnaf 5 I don’t believe it’s there (I rage quit a while ago) but if it is it’s most likely in the Funtime foxy and boors controll area with the circus baby and enard faces.

A cool Bonnie thing I saw in a brief help wanted TikTok was that you basically make withered Bonnie during the repairs (?) I don’t have a VR headset and I’ve yet to see much gameplay but I think that’s pretty neat

speaking of withered Bonnie, he appears in fnaf 2 which lore wise 100% comes before fnaf 1 because phone guy is alive and vibing, he mentions the withered animatronics are from an old Fazbear establishment which is NOT Fazbear pizzeria (fnaf 1, i think that’s the name-) plus the withered animatronics are very different from the fnaf 1 animatronics, Chicas beak is bigger, Bonnie doesn’t seem to have a bow tie, plus his buttons are at the top rather than in fnaf 1 where the buttons are on the bottom. I have no idea why they would take away the toy look for the fnaf 1 animatronics, maybe the toy ones were just a bit too creepy. But in fnaf 5 bonbon has a bow tie and one button on top. Fun Bonnie fact, he appears ‘scarier’ simply because he doesn’t have eyebrow's. now in fnaf 4 crying child dies in the bite of ‘87 as we all know, and in fnaf 3 (I think?) your check is dated to 1987, but the ‘vintage training tapes’ aligns with fnaf 4 and fnaf 3 mini games. For example it tells you how to wear the suits and in fnaf 4 first mini game there is someone in a golden Freddy suit, later in the tapes it says to not wear the suits because it’s dangerous *insert sprintrap here* it basicaly tells you what happened to spring trap (fnaf 3 main character) and William afton dies after cc (crying child/ possibly golden Freddy later on) and Elisabeth (fnaf 5 circus baby) so either the bite of ‘87 didn’t happen in ‘87 and rather in ‘83 (some peoples theory) or the mini game events, tape events and fnaf 4 events all happen before or during the fnaf 3 events (possibly 2 if I got the check dates wrong) which scrambles so much in terms of games. It would make the storyline order something like 2,1,4,3,5 and so on (I don’t know the events of fnaf 6 and 7, also help wanted and others very well)

there’s 13 total games I believe plus a whole comic book series and I think a how to survive/play fnaf book that I’m sure has something about the lore in it too. There’s so much and I cannot wait for even more lore to drop in the movie, fnaf ruin 2 and the ruin DLC

erm… 1 more quick thing, all my info is from either markiplier, playing like 3 of the games myself, and just me spouting half bullshit. I shall add more as I watch more

also stop blaming Monty for replacing Bonnie, Monty may be kinda mean but he can’t just replace him. Maybe he did something to push him being scrapped or whatever but in the end it’s managements decision in case Bonnie maybe got part of the virus or maybe Scott just wanted to switch stuff up to make it a bit more interesting and new

ok final thing, the helpy bot on the loading and save screens is quite literally Funtime Freddy without bon bon

#TL:DR fnaf is my special interest and there is so much cool lore #I am also autistic about this game #Fnaf #five nights at freddy's #rants #infodump #I am so normal about fnaf #Thinking of reading the Wikipedia page again

[tu-es-gegg]

28 , 32 and 1!

28. Favorite animation(s)

(i have so fuckign much holy shit)

32. Drop a lore hot take🔥 (Or cold take🧊 who cares)

i can try to name a few

idk if this is a hot take, lmao i think the presidential elections arc were kinda mid in retrospect (this one is kinda hard to discuss because of yknow) but like, at the time it was ok it was enjoyable and there were some good additions to the server because of the end result, but like idk the election debates themselves weren't really fun for me to watch because theres a lot of yelling and ofc irl political theories and influences got roped in because thats just kinda what happens, and thus people there also fought abt it, also like half the candidates say outright they hate the federation and are running for president to WORK with teh federation so like that's not going to go great so idk what was going on, its weird because dsmp elections i liked but ig at the time theyre weren't taken as much seriously, and the stakes in the elections were not focused on politcal bureaucratic gains and more of personal stakes for a nation itself. idk when i look back at the elections and try to watch back then in 2023, even from gegg perspective i only could stand to rewatch the dinner and everyone hanging out, the actual presidential debates i couldnt BEAR at all. also elq wtf were you going to do with charlie please explain

also i dont understand why doied exists like the only other precursor to that is abuleoier somehow on the island and also having a past with being in prison adn such, but like i was so confused when he appeared like what. i love roier's lore i loved the tape streams, i just wish there was more prep to that, the namemc spoilering and the messages were really clever but i wanted at least SOME hints before doied jsut.... appeared.

uhhh the bobby death should not have been counted its obvious there was lag at the time and other egg deaths because of lag was also not counted, i cant rememebr exactly what happened for them to come to the conclusion of the death but god bobby did not deserve to die, damn you telmex

AND ALSO I WILL SAY THIS, QSLIME WAS AT LEAST A GOOD ENOUGH FATHER TO FLIPPA, MAYBE NOT A GREAT INFLUENCE, he wasn't the best at first is the thing, like yes he did instigate fights and cause a bit of an unstable household because of his very temperamental attitude but when nearing the later parts, he learned the swing of things of being a good enough parent, like he paid attention to flippa's needs, the difficult part of it was communication because at the time they couldnt communicate without the preset signs, instead of the free use of jsut text, it was only later she started using sign for slime, she did with mariana but not yet charlie as much at that point, plus i think there were some issues of flippa understanding charlie just generally (which is fair even i dont understand him), ITS THE THING OF LIKE, he kinda was fumbling at first but flippa genuinely was happy and taken care of by both parents. its was unfortunate that was cut short because of the thing. most part is jsut a bad influence in terms of being selfish and possibly spreading that to flippa but honestly i wish she stuck aroudn logner so i could see that happen GOD;;;; it frustrates me because qslime's path to being a good parent IS RIGHT THERE but when trying to try again he's scared of fuckign up liek everyone tells him and liek that reminder of his mistakes isnt helping him in the slightest to actually trying again, GOD GOD:;;;;

1. Favorite theory and least favorite theory (If you have one)

ok i like the theory that the federation made the codes in teh first place and then tried to cover up but they came back to get the islanders out any which way they can, then leading to my theory that codeflippa was a real egg at one point because of how the resistance describe her in that one report, not a faulty vode but a faulty egg , so i have reason to beieve she was an egg merged with a code in order to have a stable form the way she is. also that theory that at some point the eye guy started to corrupt codes themselves which is why some codes went rogue against orders from the resistance.

uhhhhh least favourite, idk i dont have any theories i dont like much, mostly because they are kinda convincing, i think i saw maybe a theory abt ll the islanders were experiments from the federation, maybe some select few have fistory but i dont think ALL of them

#qsmp #qsmp ask game #ask #wackytheorist

[sgtbecks]

ALSO WHAT A COINCIDENCE HAZBIN HOTEL FINALES COME OUT THE DAY AFTER CLONE HIGH NEW SEASON OHHHHH MY GOD

SPOILERS FOR BOTH(?) BELOW THE CUT

FIRST THE VALL…….. OHHHHHHHH MY GOD HAZBIN HOTEL FINALE … dude adam was so fine when his mask came off dayummmmm….,.,,.,, also hell fucking yess nifffty ohh my god i am like TWEAKING none of my friends have finished it yet i cant say SHIT!!!! do yall think adam gonna go to hell or is he gone gone i really hope he comes back but i guess we’ll find out in like.. a year (OR SOONER I HOPE BUT PROB NOT)

ALSO SIR PENTIOUS???!!??!!!!!! OHHH MY GOD

i did like the hazbin finale much better than the new clone high season which is shocking cause i was not planning on watching hazbin originally.. the songs piss me off mostly..

but ogghhhhh. my god clone high and ohhh cliffhanger FUCKING AGAIN. IF THEY DONT RENEW IM GOING BALLISTIC. i hope cleo and frida get back together and not a huge fan of jfk x harriet… MORE TOPHER BUS NEXT SEASON PLS!! no way this man accepted himself as christopher columbus on cloney island but also glad to see cloney island come to fruition OHH my god i am just freaking

im done blabbering for now holyyyyyyy shit 🗣️🗣️🗣️

#clone high #hazbin hotel #spoilers

[apompkwrites]

I'm not sure if I accidentally sent this or canceled sending it by accident, so here I am redoing it lmao

I saw the Asim (possibly Draconia) and Mei ask, and as someone who is mayhaps possibly a lil mentally ill about the game as I have read most of the manga, watched almost all of the chronicles videos, and am up to date on the main story along with having all of Mei's battlesuits minus lightning Empress I feel like I can say YES YES YES (which I must say is pretty tame compared to other I get shocked at the fandom sometimes wow)

It fits more with Asim because the status of the Asim family and the Raiden family are similar, big corporations with lots of influence.

Though I don't necessarily know what would be the catalyst for the change in Asim as for Mei, that change was Kiana, looking for her and trying to save her, which leads to her joining World Serpent after they give her a solution for saving her and then she's sent to the Elysian Realm where most of her development takes place

Some context:

tw// minor spoilers

Mei was originally an heiress who was beloved by her classmates until her father was charged with fraud, he ran away to avoid being arrested and left Mei behind. Everyone turned against her, she learned that they only liked her because of her family and the business she would've inherited and become closed off; hearing a voice beckoning her to get revenge on everyone who wronged her, she agrees with the voice it revealed itself as the Herrscher core of Thunder, she then becomes the Herrscher of Thunder causing an outbreak that destroyed the city and killed most of their classmates. Wrecked with guilt realizing what she had done, she attempts to kill herself but is stopped by Kiana Kaslana, a transfer student. They escape with another girl they meet named Bronya or try to as they were found by a Valkyrie sent to investigate the outbreak named Himeko Murata who takes them to the granddaughter and principal of a Valkyrie training school, Theresa Apocolypse, who enrolls them in said school, called St. Freya High School and that's basically where the game starts.

Over the story, even after this, she goes from a warm and kind girl that is kind of naive and hopeful to a more mature, colder, yet still a kind girl whose more grounded and isn't as hopeful and can move on from past grievances and make up with those she once fought with as she can look at situations with more of a logical and grown standpoint instead of the emotional and immature one she used previously.

For some more in-depth Mei backstory, I give the chronicles/ operation center video on her, and I'll add Kiana's as a plus because I love them. You don't need to watch these, but these btw I just think these are good resources to have

Thunder Reborn - Honkai Operation Center Chapter 2 - Honkai Impact 3rd

Honkai Chronicles - Kiana Kaslana

also here is an introduction to the honkai-verse because it helps make things make more sense lmao

Introducing the Honkai-verse | Honkai Operation Center Chapter 1 | Honkai Impact 3rd

And here is a video breakdown of the Elysian Realm lore; it's not made by Hoyoverse nor does it go too far into depth, but it elaborates on what happened during the Elysian Realm

A Complete Guide to Elysian Realm Lore - Full Story Recap | Honkai Impact 3rd

ooh tyty for the vids! i'll check them out when i can :DD

cant wait to see how this can be incorporated with lil asim >:))

#a pompk answers #black sheep #a randomeroacher's rambles

[kanelia]

"I mean... if they had made Joel's daughter and riley white you would be complaining that there are not black people in tlou." the point of people's criticisms of antiblackness from the show and its unnecessarily deliberate decision to brutalize black bodies for joel and ellie's pain just flew past your head didn't it? whoosh! learn and do better. otherwise shut the fuck up and don't comment on a post as an ignorant white girl, justifying the show and game's racist patterns to poc who are pissed.

Gonna take a second to unpack this because... Sigh.

First of all. SPOILERS AHEAD ALL THE WAY. DONT READ FURTHER IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE LAST OF US SERIES.

Anyway, you conveniently left the rest of my comment out of your message. I cant find the post anymore, but it was about an article that claimed that TLOU is anti-black because two characters played by poc actors died in the backstory of two main characters.

I have never played the game and I haven't watched this show further than season 1, episode 8 (obv because thats all that has come out this far) so my knowledge at this point is only based on what has happened in in the tv series.

So the show is a horror/drama story in a post-apocalyptic world where most of humanity has been killed off by a horrible disease. And those still living live in a constant fear of meeting the same fate either by catching the disease or by getting killed by other survivors. The whole tension is created by the possibility THAT ANYONE CAN DIE ANY SECOND either because of catching the disease or by the opportunistic individuals. Because of this everybody has gone through a certain trauma of losing a loved one. For that reason, its pretty obvious that major side characters ARE going to die and probably even one of the two main characters (my guess is Joel). Judging by the pics online, Joel´s character in the game is white, but he is played in the show by Pedro Pascal, a Chilean American actor. I thought this would make him a poc (not so sure anymore, someone correct me if im wrong). Ellie is white and also played by a white actor.

This far the show doesn’t have that many major side characters, and most of them have appeared so far only in one episode, so it´s hard to distinct who is a major side character and who is not , but let´s look at the two characters the anti-black accusations are based on:

Sarah, Joel´s daughter who in the game is white, but played by a poc actress in the series. Losing Sarah in the beginning of the outbreak is Joel's cause of trauma and the essential part of his backstory. Yes. I do agree, Sarah has no other part in the story-telling than to provide angst to Joel's backstory. HOWEVER. I feel its far-fetched to say that they hired a poc girl to play Sarah, because they are anti-black and wanted to show black people dying for a white man's angst (and Pascal isn't even white as far as I have understood?). I mean. Maybe Nico Parker was just that good in the auditioning and thats why they hired her? Also maybe they wanted to show that they are not afraid to cast a poc to play a character that was originally white?

My point is this: Should they have cast a white girl for the role of Sarah just because Sarah is a background character that dies and they cant hire a poc to play a character that dies, because that could have been viewed as "anti-black"? Isn't that the definition of racism that someone´s ethnicity prevents them from getting a certain job? Or should they have changed the original plot so that Sarah would have lived just because she was played by a poc? How would have that made any sense?

Riley, unlike Sarah, is a poc both in the game and in the show. She is Ellie´s best friend (and a bit more if you have watched the show). In the show Riley hasnt been confirmed to have died yet, but I assume she is going to die, because she got bitten. Same points I have made about Sarah apply to Riley as well, but because Riley was a poc in the game, I'm pretty sure the same people, who are now accusing the show of anti-blackness, would have been fuming if they had cast a white actor to play Riley. The show would have been accused of "white-washing" a black character and being racist because "white Ellie's love interest cant be black".

Obviously, I do not know about Riley´s full role in the game, but when it comes to the show, I think its a bit of a simplification to claim that her character was nothing more than a source for white person's pain. They spent the whole episode of focusing on her to establish that she is brave, independent and funny. Yes, she got bitten, but imo her body wasnt "brutalized".

I could maybe understand the statements of "anti-blackness" if Sarah and Riley were the only characters to die or even just only pocs of the show, but that is not true at all. In fact, major side characters played by white actors have died just as often as those who have been played by pocs. Bill, Frank, Tess and this far two major villains played by white actors have died. Tommy, Maria and Marlene are played by pocs and are still alive. Besides Sarah and Riley, there are Henry and Sam who are played by pocs and who have died. Together that makes 4 dead characters played by pocs and 5 played by white actors. I dont even say this to claim that those numbers matter, I think the quality of characters matters more than amount, but my point is that this show does not kill off exclusively black characters. Then there is Joel. Its pretty clear that if Joel dies at some point, it is going to have a major impact on Ellie's character. My question is this: If this happens, is it again viewed as another poc killed off to further a white character's arc (if Pedro Pascal is considered a poc in the first place)? If not, then what if they had hired someone with darker skin tone than Pascal to portray Joel?

Also there is no denying that Tess's death was quite tragic, had an impact on Joel and Ellie, and deepened those two character's relationship. Its the whole reason why Joel is protecting Ellie in the first place. However, nobody is accusing the show of "anti-whiteness" because of her death. But what if she had been played by a poc?

All in all, my question is this: When is a poc character's death considered deliberate political decision and when not? White characters just live or die, but what happens to a poc character always somehow becomes a representation of this whole hidden political view of them. Doesn't that threaten to reduce poc characters to nothing more than representations of their skin tone or ethnicity? What does it do to poc actors and their careers, if they cannot take roles in shows where their character might die, without a risk of causing a controversy to their employers?

I may be just an ignorant white girl (and probably so are you since you didn't want to comment with your own account), but sometimes cigar is just a cigar.

// Sorry in advance for any grammar mistakes.

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