like izzy reaching out to cup ed’s cheek is an uneasy moment because it’s an intimate one, i’ll give that person that! this is their “kiss” in a way, where izzy reacts to ed choking him not with fear or anger but with longing and soft touch! he leans fully into it! like it’s unsettling because we’re watching from the angle of ed, who is upset and doesn’t feel this tenderness at all, but like, izzy is not mocking him or trying to make him feel violated or whatever, he’s trying to reciprocate what he processes as a vulnerable moment that isn’t that at all. ed lets go and steps away when izzy reacts not with anger or submission but by trying to explicitly reaffirm their commitment to one another, which ed doesn’t want to be the takeaway of the convo, bc ed is trying to reestablish himself as izzy’s superior (he’s literally his boss lol) and not as his equal. izzy leaning to cup ed’s cheek is a gesture that Not only is reminiscent of the jesus judas cheek kiss but also a very familiar, soft thing in response to violence. izzy isn’t scared of ed presumably because he feels that they have a bond beyond all of that. it’s also a pretty common trope (lovers touch to snap a person out of violence or whatever) that shows the bond between the characters not like, that one of them is sexually assaulting the other one by touching their face lol
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[ID: three digital illustrations based on episodes of the owl house. The first image is based on Understanding Willow and features Amity and Inner Willow. Amity looks at Inner Willow regretfully, holding a hand to her chest, as Inner Willow stands surrounded by pink fire, yelling at Amity with steam coming from her eyes. Lyrics are written crookedly across the background: "I'm not here for your entertainment/your the kinda guy that likes some fun/am I just here for a bit of amusement?/you'll never be my NUMBER 1!!!".
The second image is based off For the Future and features Willow and Hunter. Hunter hugs willow, his face obscured, as she sobs and vines glow green around them both. The lyrics this time are written more neatly in the middle of the image and read "are you bored?/or are you scared?/what happened to secrets we shared?/ Did I say something/? Have I crossed the line?/you know I never meant it/when I said I was FINE!".
The final image is both drawings on one canvas with no lyrics. Each image has a dark blue background. End ID]
Thinks about Willow's repressed emotions and eats glass. Cutely (song is Con Man by The Tuts!)
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therapist trying to help me feel calmer about the pressure of being a full-time teacher this summer as a person with an increasingly low masking/communication threshold, her like "i have observed that when i ask a lot of people on the spectrum when they've felt most alive, there's a fairly frequent response that it happens while they're giving lectures on topics they know about, because of the guaranteed space to exercise their minds and interests—does that resonate with you?" and i had to be like absolutely fucking not, i hate public speaking, nothing makes the mean old man in my head louder on the Hating Myself front, no matter how confidently learned i am on the topic at hand, the two key things that make me feel Alive™ are singing in operas or full concerts, and receiving feedback from people who've had emotional reactions to something i wrote, and my therapist was like "ah... Well" like yes 40 hours a week of teaching children is probably going to be a very bad and possibly harmful job fit, unfortunately i need money desperately
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The Mouse Prince
Tom and Jerry, Swan Princess Au
Once upon a time, there was a king named Merlin who ruled a large and mighty kingdom. And yet, he was sad. What once had been a large family had been dwindled down to two by the evil sorcerer Rutherford. Him and his baby cousin, Jerry.
On the baby’s first birthday, Kings and Queens came from all around to offer their gifts to Jerry. Among them was King Terrance and his chosen heir, Tom.
I completed a fic and so will be uploading it on an actual schedule this time! 8 chapters, 1 chapter for every Friday remaining this year. It will be around 20k words completed (more or less depending on any editing I do)
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So I rewatched Swan Princess and thought "Hey wait what if this instead" and it spiraled out of control into this fanfic. With Tom and Jerry of course.
There's technically no original characters in this! When the fic is completely posted, I'll make a list of the characters and where they came from. I did consider making the evil sorcerer to be the witch from Tom and Jerry and the Lost Dragon, but I didn't. Oh, well.
At first, I wanted to tag it as OOC. Now "out of character" is very hard for Tom and Jerry because, being honest here, I could probably justify almost every personality or relationship for them by cherry-picking episodes. I had to change Jerry in this fic from Odette's character to more based around himself in the 1992 movie. Tom, however, wasn't based on anything. If anything, I wrote him based on him from my detective fic, which does make him OOC. Then there's the fact they talk SO MUCH. Like, way too much for Tom and Jerry. Ultimately, I decided not to tag OOC because I could see them doing the actions at least.
So, to write this, I downloaded a transcript of the dialogue as a guide. However, I still had to create a vast majority of the dialogue. For starters, I changed character's personalities from their original characters, so there were several "HE WOULD NOT SAY THAT" moments I had to change. Then, there were several changed plot points, which meant I was making up a large portion of the ending's dialogue. For instance, Jerry is the one to come with the ideas, unlike Odette, who just kinda followed everyone else's lead. I had to make dialogue for when there was music, as this is not a musical fanfic. Then the small changes spiralled, and I had to make up almost every line of dialogue by the later chapters. This was overall pretty good practice for knowing where the plot goes, but needing to write the dialogue to get there.
This was cathartic as I fixed almost all of my personal plot issues with this movie from when I was a kid. Except for the fact I did remove every woman. Oops. I need to write a Tom and Jerry fic that passes the Bechdel Test one day.
I am working on the other 2 fics. About 5-6 chapters of this fic = 1 chapter of the other two. I haven't posted for practically a year! Oops!
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