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fumifooms · 9 months

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This chapter was very interesting, even if it was mostly set-up. Besides learning the new girl’s name and getting confirmation that she just get kicks from playing with people, the most insightful part was definitely seeing Asa and Yoru’s reaction to the fame.

We see that Asa feels happy over the fame, even if she denies it, and even Yoru admits that it feels soothing, like a need being met, fulfilling. This isn’t surprising at all, after all the whole of Yoru’s goal is to become relevant again, for people to fear her once more, to know of her, and she’s insecure over being called dumb and whatnot: she craves recognition, wants power so she can make people see her wether it be through inspiring awe or inflicting suffering and destruction. Asa has struggled a lot with feeling like she was invisible, or worse, being seen and getting negative attention, being bullied and judged and seen as dumb, annoying, ugly, boring, useless, someone who always messes up and can’t do anything right, worthless. She is afraid of the spotlight, but we’ve seen that she wants it as well, notably inside the aquarium, in that blissful moment when everyone was cheering her for having her phone. So of course, getting such widespread attention, praise, validation, when she hadn’t even intended for it, when she was just being herself and doing her own thing, it’s like being accepted for once. Being seen, and being loved, not only from a small group like a class but on a wide scale.

Of course, for both of them, such recognition and fame is only a substitute for meaningful human relationships, and it can’t replace those. I think it’s actually very lucky that Asa and Yoru have each other currently, it’s good to be reminded that for how much Asa is alone and isolated currently, she was so even more before Yoru, and Yoru similarly doesn’t seem like she had anyone, rotting away i alleyways losing strength more and more over time. Asa seems to want to keep a cool head over the fame to be self-righteous, but is it more because she wants to keep a collected appearance or because she truly doesn’t want to be sidetracked and be swept away?

Either way, I think it’s interesting that she recenters herself by reminding themselves that she’s doing it for Chainsaw Man. In a way, her goal then is something like a human relationship like I mentioned. Not that I think she thinks she’d get to get closer to Chainsaw Man or something, but that she’s motivated by something akin to selflessness, for someone that means a lot to her. A lot to Yoru too. Yoru sees Chainsaw Man as the one who took away her recognition, who stole her thunder, by eating atomic bombs out of existence, meanwhile Asa sees Chainsaw Man as one of the first people who saw her, who talked to her at her lowest and looked at her at her filthiest, and decided that she was worth something, worth protecting. I’m getting sidetracked here but ough!! Let’s just hope Asa doesn’t lose sight of that interpersonal relationship that he inspired her to pursue, gave her the courage to do so, because of easy and fickle validation from fame, is what I’m trying to say.

On Denji’s end, things seem to keep getting worse, even as they… Kinda get better? It turns out the woman is an ally and not an enemy, but Denji seems disappointed by their fight being discontinued, losing the rush he’s so acquainted to. He can’t be Chainsaw Man anymore, right, but he could still fight as Denji, except… It’s not necessary, he’s protected and people have it covered. He loses a possible love interest and enemy as she turns out to be something more like a colleague if anything, their relationship becoming professional and distant by nature, himself making a comment about that. She says that she likes/admires him because he’s Chainsaw Man and Denji is stunned, is it because that attention is a crumb of recognition, recognition that he used to be center stage for all the time just not long ago? Or is it because he’s "Chainsaw Man" in her eyes, because even as she speaks to him the crumbs of validation are directed at Chainsaw Man and not Denji, because he lost the opportunity to have a genuine connection as himself. Fame gives and even as it does, it takes away.

It’s very possible that Denji feels jealous of Asa in the posters scene. Not only does she get to fight devils and do what he’s not allowed to do anymore, but she also gets to do it with her name and her face public. While he was told times and times again that he couldn’t have his identity be public for his safety, Asa gets to do it freely wothout repercussion (thus far), she gets to be liked as herself. But moreso, I feel like the scene’s about loss. With Asa rising up in fame, Denji will have to keep hearing about her and her exploits, not only as a reminder of not being able to be Chainsaw Man anymore but also a reminder of the girl he liked that he had to dump. He couldn’t keep Chainsaw Man, and he couldn’t keep Asa either. Things have possibly never been more normal for Denji’s daily life, and yet it is utterly miserable.

#Chainsaw man #csm manga spoilers #csm chapter 138 #Asa mitaka #yoru #Quick chapter analysis #Idk if i’ve said anything that hasn’t been yet tbh #Character analysis #Denji #he’s here too ig #Fumi rambles

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bella-goths-wife · 2 years

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Slashers with S/O who is slow

Micheal Myers

He loves you, he adores you, but you drive him crazy

Your very academically accomplished with your college grades always coming back shining

But you lack the ability think things through properly

That’s coming from the Michael Myers

You would annoy him with certain things like when the shampoo label said “increases volume” and you complained that you couldn’t hear shampoo so it was a stupid thing to put on the label

Michael physically face palmed at that

He doesn’t want to make you feel stupid but he grew up in an asylum and even he knows what it means

Overall he will roll his eyes at your slow mind but he doesn’t mean to be rude when he does it to you

Bo Sinclair

“Hey Bo what does fin-at-tit mean?”

“What?”

“Fin-at-tit?”

“(Y/n) that says finite”

He loves your slow mindedness

He can tease you about it all the time now

But If your genuinely frustrated with something he’ll try to calmly explain it

Key word-try

It will kinda feel like when your dad tries to help you with homework in your worst subject

The tears of frustration, the passive aggressive sighs, the trying not to yell but still yelling tone, everything

Overall just don’t go to him for help with something if he’s in a bad mood because he’ll make you stay at the table until you figure it out

Vincent Sinclair

He finds you absolutely adorable

In the most frustrating way

He loves you to the moon and back but sometimes even you can get on his nerves

He’ll 100% defend you from Bo’s mean comments but sometimes your obvious questions are too much for him

He will be a bit unknowing of what to do so when your getting on his nerves with your questions he hands you a brush, a ribbon and take his hair out of his low pony tail for you to braid in a last effort to distract you

“Vincent look at the moon”

He just nods, not having the heart to tell you that was a tortilla that Bo but on the skylight to provoke you

Thomas Hewitt

Thomas is one of the few slashers who will indulge in you slow minded behaviour

He’ll answer your questions to the best of his ability but sometimes there just impossible to answer

If you start to annoy him he’ll just calm himself down and continues to indulge you

He will defend you from his family and won’t let them insult your intelligence because he knows your smart your just not the best at communicating it with him

“Thomas do we get chocolate milk from brown cows?”

He just sighs and shakes his head

Good thing he loves you

Asa Emory

Red hot fury

Your stupid questions would make this man physically hurt

Even if your academically talented, he will always see you as lower on an intellectual scale

So he will treat you like a child

You should have seen his face when he found out you didn’t know how to tie laces

“Your gonna sit in here until you can tie these laces on these shoes ten times or no dinner”

He’s super strict with you because of your slowness

I do think he wouldn’t mask his annoyance at your questions so I think it would make you less comfortable to ask him

He does like that he can manipulate you more now though

Tiffany valentine

She would treat you like a child

Not particularly in a bad way, more in a loving way

It can feel a bit condescending at times because of how she uses pet names to sweeten the deal up

“Hey that star moved!”

“Of course it did sweet face”

She would never make you feel dumb for asking questions though

She wants to make you comfortable with talking to her

Baby firefly

She’d vibe with it honestly

You would be like dumb and dumber

“Have you ever thought about what a dog would say if it could talk”

“Wow…probably woof”

You both share one brain cell

It drives the firefly residence crazy because of how much you two do stupid things together

It also makes baby extremely hyper because now she has someone to share her nonsense thoughts with

Otis driftwood

This man has zero filters

He never minces his words, even for you

So when you ask stupid questions like

“Do I tell my mom that I’m adopted?”

He simply responds

“What the fuck? Are you dumb?”

He’s not trying to be mean he just doesn’t understand you

When your questions are too much for him, he just kisses you and distracts you with sex

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cloudcountry · 11 months

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♡ AUBURN'S MUTUALS !! (there's more of you than i thought HELP)

@tinyletterz / 🍙 — my friend since forever ago, genuinely one of the kindest people i have ever met. she's so cute and she writes beautifully!!!! i highly HIGHLY recommend her flower language series GFGRGRGRGRFRFR

@identity-theft-101 / 🪓 — bonded over mushroom stayed for the eels tbh!! chaos incarnate BUT he has a cute bird named asa that said she loves me so i'm winning

@names-are-dumb / 🐚 — i'm so glad i got to introduce them to twisted wonderland. i am reliving my own experience through him rn. IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE OCTAVINELLE GRAHHH!!!!! one month later and we're married he's my husband and my angelfish that i write cringe ass sonnets too and i adore him <33 muah muah

@merotwst / 🧶 — LITERALLY SO SWEET OMG. she's so warm and welcoming its no wonder people just gravitate to her :C i adore her tbh she made me feel so welcomed even though i'm still scared of most twst writers LMAO

@shkrmpp / 🦐 — one of my first moots!!! personally i really love their hair dye headcanons GRAH they're so cute BUT!! they also draw C:< AND ITS A CUTE STYLE. plus their blog always looks MUAH

@siren-serenity / 🌙 — YOU'RE EVIL I STILL THINK ABOUT "i need you" WHY DID YOU WRITE THAT /lh no but actually you're so good at writing angst that rips my heart out like. if i want to sob i'm going for your azul angst (ITS A GOOD THING PROMISE)

@siphoklansan / ☔ — BEAUTIFUL ART. STUNNING. i love love love how much detail she puts into her pieces (yes i am thinking abt the floyd piece for the lipstick challenge ITS SO CUTE) AND SHE DREW STUFF BASED ON THE SONG HEART ATTACK AND I THINK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.

@fukashiin / 💌 — silly little goofy deuce rambles and omg the leech twins. I REREAD THE STARING THINGY SHE WROTE OVER AND OVER AZULLLL AZUL'S PART IS SO %@$!%##@%!$#$%@!$#%@$!#%!@%#$!@#$%

@ryuubff / 🪼 — omg there is literally so much i could say about them. my first obey me mutual. the first person who was alike "omg let's create solomon content together." i love talking to them sm and honestly they deserves the best because they're so kind and creative C: WAHHHH

@hisui-dreamer / 🌟 — SO SWEET. i know i'm saying a lot but i have so many mutuals that made me feel so welcomed and rinna was one of them. every single piece of work you'll find on that blog is brewing with emotions and gentle care I LOVE.,,.., I LOVE!!!!!!

@officialdaydreamer00 / 🌠 — ?!?!?!?! ALSO INCREDIBLY KIND AND SO SO CREATIVE!!!! they draw me things all the time and it literally melts my heart :((( i love lov love talking to them about octavinelle and they're super easy to connect with :(((

@the-v-lociraptor / 💙 — we literally just became moots a little bit ago BUT i find a lot of good fanart through her!! she reblogs a lot of cool stuff :D !!!!!

@ceruleancattail / 🔷 — I FORGOT TOW RITE SMTH HELP EM anyways <33 ceru writes some cute ass shit that makes me kick my feet and squeal (AND ALL THE AZUL CONTENT I HAVENT BINGED YET....UGH IM SO EXCITED)

@i-like-forgs / 💪 — appreciator of sand cats and draws a lot!! the creator of my wedding venue with azul and enabler of so many of my ramble i am clinging to his ankle as he drags me around

@valerie-leech / 💚 — we just started talking but they're part of the auburn azul wedding squad!! :D im excited to interact with them <3

@twst-beam / 🎉 — we also haven't talked a lot yet but i can't wait to get to know her better C: !!

@iseethatimicy / 💎 — a fellow azul kisser!! i finally found another one!! :D has an unholy amount of azul memes i do not know where they come from (probably pinterest) but they are Fascinating

@acornwinter / 💫 — sends random shit in my inbox because they started talking about their dreams once and i decided Yes!! and now they draw my ocs and its super cute and i love their little tiny ppl drawings C:

@totallymem3 / 🥀 — we just started talking but!! very sweet <33 her art style is just MMMMUAH CHEFS KISS!!!!!!!!! i love it. it reminds me of spring.

@z3llous / 🐸 — draws azul SOOOOO good i love lovelovlevoevloev his art!!! its so scrumptious i eat it all up for breakfast lunch dinner ON NOMNOM

@cecilebutcher / 🪩 — has a bunch of really cool ocs!!! igor my belobed /p they have such a creative mind and its a pleasure to listen to them ramble about the characters they created!!! :D

@ang33333333l / 🙏 — another azul kisser!! we haven't talked much but i can tell doll is a very sweet person <33

@axvwriter / 👻 — SHE HAS AZUL'S DORM UNIFORM AND IM SO JEALOUS. LITERALLY SO UNFAIR.

@soru-ya / 🍞 — THEY WROTE AROACE CONTENT FOR ME :((((( CRYING RN they're such a good writer please go check them out PLEASE im begging you

@rains-asleep / 🐝 — ANOTHE RGOOD WRITER WHAWHWAHWHAHWA <33333 we had such a deep conversation about caramel once it was enlightening.

@shinysparklesapphires / 🎀 — floods my inbox with precure stuff and now its next on my watch list. started the laura and azul siblings conspiracy :O !!!!!

@twistedchatterboxed / 🌊 — The jade kisser ever. we have a lot of mutual moots (hehe say that ten times fast) so i'm excited to get to know her better!! :D

@keii01 / 🍡 — she's so sweet i want to put her in my pocket and carry her around everywhere i go!! she draws a lot of cute stuff too (there is no such thing as too many ribbons <3)

@tsun0tar0u / 🐉 — showed me a genshin glitch once and i have never been the same. also i would die for kafka btw. normal about rollo btw. So Normal.

@non-binary-lil-shit / 🍄 — enables my marine bio and mycology rambling!! also i am very concerned for you C:

@queen-shiba / 🦁 — your profile theme is literally so pretty i am eating it right now (IDK I JUST LOVE ORANGE) also the leona blender post made me so confused but also i laughed really hard HELP

@vioisgoinginsane / 💜 — she likes some vampire game i think LMAO but the twst content? YUMMY. a writer once in a blue moon and apparently best known for the BITING ROOK HUNT post. GET IT!!!

@moonlit-midnight / 🌸 — hannah is such a good writer :(( WRITES PLATONIC FICS DID YOU HEAR THAT EVERYONE!!! PLATONIC FICS!!!!!!! they're all so adorable and make me want to curl up under a blanket with a mug of hot chocolate <3

@ryker-writes / 🦚 — asked about to deep sea and LET ME TELL YOU i got so excited about it and im still writing it hehe. ryker writes a lot of familial angst so its that your thing go for it!!

@datboredpencil / 💀♦️ — GORGEUYS ART ABSOLUTELY SCRUMPTIOUS YUMY UMY UM AN ENTIRE BUFFET!!!! theres a lot of idia x cater content too if thats youre thing!!! :D

@twistwonderlanddevotee / 🪷 — we havent talked a lot but im still happy to have you here!! :D

@beeirdos-buzzing-bogaloo / 🐥 — apparently very normal about sebek. the Most normal. we havent talked a lot but hes silly :D

@dove-da-birb / 🪿 — literally so funny. putting you in my pocket right now!! ALSO I LOVE YOUR BRAINROTTING HELP

@loser-jpg / 😬 — YOUR BEWILDERMENT AT MY DASH SPAMMING WAS REALLY FUNNY i hope you get used to it </3

@ashipiko / 🌺 — THE #1 ACE KISSER EVER???? her art is so munchy and yummy i want to eat it :(( HER STYLE IS SO CUTE SRSLY IF YOU HAVENT SEEN HER ART YET PLEASE CHECK IT OUT

@shyhaya / you should pick an emoji!! — wrote the most fantastic delicious delightful heart wrenching thing for azul and tagged ME in it :(((( AAAAAA IM SO SORRY I DIDNT SEE IT SOONER. IF YOU EVER WRITE FOR AZUL AGAIN PLEASE TAG ME I'D LOVE TO SEE IT.

@musicalhistorical / 👹 — omg hi quotev person you've been putting up w my bullshit since forever ITS SO FUNNY TO SEE YOU HERE LMAO

@thehollowwriter / 🎶 — ITS LITERALLY A CRIME I HAVENT FOUND YORU WRITING SOONER??? WHY HAVENT I SEEN IT??? IM GOING TO BINGE YOUR AZUL FICS RIGHT NOW EVERYONE SHUT UP I AM SHAKING YOU AROUND QUINN

♡ AUBURN'S ANONS!!

magical girl anon

seahorse anon

❤️ anon

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mermaidsirennikita · 4 months

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Okay but I need you to give me historical romance with the hero being Derek Craven's level of intensity!!

Then you're in luck because that's my favorite kind lmao

If you haven't read Seduce Me at Sunrise yet, obviously I've been talking about it a lot lately lol but Kev really does have traces of Derek. He's self-loathing, "coarse", he doesn't think he deserves the heroine, he is super threatening... His big spiel to Win about how much he loves her reminds me a little of Derek's "sometimes I want to punish you a little" line which... CHILLS.

Generally, Elizabeth Hoyt is a good way to go--I would recommend Thief of Shadows (Winter Makepeace, the ultimately Intense Devoted Lover Guy), Duke of Midnight (Maximus Batten, controversial king but INTENSE AS HELL), The Raven Prince (scarred self-loathing duke who wants his secretary so bad), and Sweetest Scoundrel (personally, I think Asa is in a very "Derek Craven: The Early Years" place in this book which is super interesting).

Sarah MacLean is on the record as a major Craven stan lol. I would say... Bourne from A Rogue by Any other Name gives me a similar degree of intensity, and he of course has the gambling club deal--which really means you may want to read the other Rules of Scoundrels books (One Good Earl Deserves a Lover is especially good).

Joanna Shupe has THIS. I would say The Prince of Broadway especially has this with Clay Madden, who also is self-made, tortured, and owns a gambling hell. If you haven't read The Duke Gets Even (best historical romance release of 2023 easily imo) Lockwood is not as like... self-loathing by any means, but the degree to which he LOVES Nellie is so intense.

Lol most Lorraine Heath heroes, but Ainsley from Waking Up with The Duke and Griffith from Scoundrel of My Heart come to mind in a big way, plus King from The Duchess Hunt. I don't see Scoundrel discussed enough--it's such an achingly angsty, superb book. The heroes of She Tempts the Duke and Lord of Wicked Intentions are RIDIC intense lol.

Jennifer Ashley heroes tend to be intense, but Ian Mackenzie from The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie is literally like glued to Beth and Hart from The Duke's Perfect Wife is SO SO SO intense about Eleanor (and everything else tbh). Like, they get engaged when they're young and dumb, break up because he's super dumb, and like... YEARS later, around or over a decade later, he sees her again and has a tiny interaction with her and is like "... I'm marrying her". Because it was never over for him!!!

Alexander from What I Did for a Duke by Julie Anne Long is real intense. Like, it's a funny book but he's a lot lol.

Umm Allegreto from Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale is one of the most intense heroes I've read ever in my life. Literally telling the heroine that she needs to go to confession because even though he's not going to Heaven she MUST!!!! (Customary Shadowheart CW for a noncon first encounter.)

Cull from Pippa and The Prince of Secrets by Grace Callaway is.... real intense.

Oh, Monica McCarty has a lot of real intense heroes--try The Chief, The Viper, The Recruit, and The Saint especially.

My Darling Duke by Stacy Reid has an incredibly intense, tortured hero. He uses a wheelchair following a bad accident and is convinced that he's impotent (he isn't).

Diana Biller's Hotel of Secrets has an amazing virgin spy hero who's super intense about the heroine while also being confounded by how she makes him have Feelings--he throws himself in front of her bodily to protect her like 3-5 times.

#romance novel blogging #book recs #romance novels

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chainsawctopus · 1 year

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Do you have Asa or any part 2 character's headcanons?

I loooooove the part 2 gang, and I've posted a bunch of hcs for them on Twitter a month ago! I'll copy and paste it all here

Warning, it's mostly Yoshida because my god I'm insane about him and I apologize

-Octopi are intelligent creatures so Yoshida's contract with the octopus devil is for him to get good grades because it doesnt want to work with a dumb human

-Yoshida ONLY drinks iced coffee, he can tolerate room temp but never hot

-Yoshida really likes cold food in general

-As a kid, Asa knew running while holding scissors is bad so she never did it because she knew she'd trip with them, but in grade school she probably tripped and got hurt anyway from a nearby classmate holding scissors

-Yoshida likes lemon lime sodas because I like lemon lime sodas no other reason it's just true

-Nayuta is a selective mute, but she and Denji click so well that he immediately knows if she needs anything even if she doesnt say or sign anything

-As reckless as he is sometimes, Denji is still very good at taking care of Nayuta, he learned a lot from Aki and from taking care of all the dogs. THIS I'm quite sure is basically canon, even just from the small glimpse of them together in ch97

-If CSM took place in modern times, Yoru is SHIT at video games and Asa is average (hi, not part of the original twt thread, I just remembered that csm doesn't take place THAT long ago and that Denji and Power literally bought a video game console with... Aki's money... So yeah the modern times part was a little dumb of me, but it still applies to some of the hcs ahead)

-Denji spams buttons in fighting games and Yoshida has combos memorized, but somehow he still loses to Denji sometimes

-Yuko is better than all of them and is probably a speedrunning champion

-If all four (five w yoru) of them played games together, Denji and Asa would be at each other's throats while Yoshida and Yuko silently keep playing and win in the end

-Yoru:"I WANT TO KEEP PLAYING!"

Asa:"YORU IT'S BEEN HOURS, IT'S MY TURN TO PLAY ALREADY"

-Remember the doom & acnh thing back then? Yeah Yoru is the one buying acnh and Yuko is the one buying doom

-Yoshida is a rhythm gamer and has spent hundreds of hours on his favs, BUT HE REFUSES TO TRY OSU.

-Denji unironically likes cbat

-Yuko would secretly be one of those popular vocaloid producers that make songs with really dark themes

-Asa listens to her songs a lot without knowing it's Yuko

-Oopsie I just made a fanfic prompt by accident lol feel free to steal the idea

That's the original thread! Here's a couple more hcs I have though, mostly just lgbtq hcs:

-Yuko is nonbinary (in the same way she can't understand people, she can't understand gender roles and all that dumb shit cishets push)

-Related to that last part, Yuko is autistic! It was genuinely my first thought when I read the "I don't understand people" line in 105, I love her so dearly (also I'm also a nonbinary autistic so I'm projecting a little)

-Yoshida is gay and grey aromantic (grayromantic?? Forgot the term) (Also projecting except I'm bi instead of gay, u can tell I love projecting onto my scrimblos)

-Yukoasa are bi4les! Asa is bi but is sapphic leaning after the interaction that is ch104 JSJSKFJDJ she really thought man, men aren't worth it and just visited yuko

-Asa is transfem!! Idk I just saw the flashbacks she had and how she had short hair at one point and I was like hmm and my transfem moots agreed (That post blew up a little actually and some people genuinely thought I was weird or that I was stereotyping cause of the short hair, so I don't talk about this hc that often. I genuinely would've headcanoned her as transfem before I even saw the short hair though, I love hitting csm characters with the transification beam.)

-Speaking of, Yoshida is transmasc! He's a reincarnation of Togata from Fire Punch that was able to successfully transition (socially at least), and he binds! This is one of my fav hcs cause god I love Togata and Yoshida's eerieness in part 1 is really EXTREMELY similar to Togata, and they both have really similar features like black eyes and hair, the fringe between their eyes, the mole under their lip, AND THE WAY THEY SMILE??? I genuinely no joke think Yoshida was meant to be a nod to Togata back when Fujimoto drew him in part 1

-Back to the videogames thing, Asa would be 1st in Mario Kart then fuck up last minute right before she reaches the finish line, and she ends up in last place. My girl trips at the worst time even in video games 💀

Okaaaay brain empty now, hope you enjoyed all these hcs!!

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deargodhelpmeaaa · 11 months

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random analysis of Quanxi

Chainsaw Man spoilers ahead. MAJOR FUCKING SPOILERS.

So, Quanxi and the assassins were characters I found to be pretty extraneous in part one's story. I guess Denji being (in)famous now is kinda important to part 2? But I honestly hated this arc and it was the only part that I wanted to put down. I didn't consider any of the new characters to stand out, not even Quanxi, but this may have been because my judgement of her initially was clouded by the fact that my idiot sister not only got the entire box set of part 1 of the manga, but also told our mom, who tends to freak out over very mild depictions of sex and really hates lesbianism, to read it. Seeing that we have... various scenes that are just like the shit I write on ao3 but with women instead of men here I uh. Wanted to kill myself.

But, after that anxiety went away, I noticed that, hey, this is actually a pretty fucking cool character. So, there's a bit we're told about her. Lesbian, duh, has a harem, is a total bad ass, The First Devil hunter, has a philosophy of "ignorance is bliss," is from China and had some kind of (platonic) relationship to that guy with all the scars on his face whose name I honestly can't be bothered to remember, who I am pretty sure also had a crush on her. RIP.

Not gonna lie "ignorance is bliss" becoming a theme was kinda dumb but I'm only saying that because I am an asshole. She sorta introduced it as an idea and it parallels the shit that's going on with Denji and the trauma door. But it being her personal philosophy was so fucking cool. Really lended to her memorability and made you want to see more of her.

One thing that stuck out to me about her, the reason I'm writing this actually, was her relationship to her fiend bitches.

People always say she loved them, and yea, she did, but, I think that their relationship was actually weirdly complex and interesting, and went beyond just "she loved them and they loved her."

This frame is the one that made me think.

There's a sort of emotional distance here. Quanxi is a stoic person with that whole "ignorance is bliss" view after all, and it could be thought that there is a certain apathy. Of course she also said this

and she took them everywhere with her. Cute shit.

This is my favorite of her fiend bitches

She's literally the sweetest creature on earth. I forgot her name but it's Pingsti apparently, I had to google that to find this image so yeah. Pingsti was like the most coherent of Quanxi's bitches, and so she sort of acted the most human-like. The horn girl talked less and was more animal like, the zombie lookin one didnt talk and Halloween just said Halloween but also got some depth added at the end, which kinda paralleled the theme Quanxi established with her philsophy. Cool.

But this bitch, Pingsti, bc she talks so much we get the most depth outta her. Quanxi, while she loves her bitches, she's still kinda distant emotionally. She'll give them gifts, take em places and fuck em like crazy, and she got pissed off when two of them (including Pingsti) fuckin died and wanted the other two to be spared by Makima, but like, I get a sense of not much respect for them here?

I mean, duh, obviously the fiend girls are generally incoherent, and don't really act human due to their heavily implied lack of education, and Quanxi does a good job making them feel like they're more human than that, even stating that she wants them to *have* human rights. She wants the best for them at the end of the day, and these fiends also happen to be creatures she could have otherwise killed. However, how stupid are these girls anyway?

So Chainsaw Man's world building is bullshit. I want to get that out of the way. Don't analyze it like I am going to right now.

There are a couple fiend characters in the manga who aren't Quanxi's bitches: the violence fiend, Power, Beam and Gun Aki. (you could add Asa here but she still has her human side intact and in control.) There's also this motherfucker.

Power and the Violence Fiend show quite a bit of intelligence, even if Power is still an idiot and has the same personality as a political satire character. Violence Fiend is shown to be pretty smart, however, as he chose a life of peace and is extremely coherent and human like. Both are probably older and more accustomed to being fiends than the others. Beam seems newer to me because he isn't as human-like but still pretty human. (not to mention adorable).

Then, Gun Aki, has some sentience but is incoherent due to the devil having taken over his body. He doesn't see the world the same as we do- literally. As he is trapped in a flashback and seeing it all as a snowball fight. It's fucked up, man.

Essentially, what I gathered from this is that fiends aren't really that stupid. Maybe not super human like (like the bird eater) and you know not "educated" but they're not "stupid" either. So, like I said, while Quanxi seems to be great about treating her girls as equals best she can (as they still aren't fully human, yes)... I think there's some other things to consider here about their relationship.

There's a scene in the manga where Quanxi and her girls are in a restaurant. She and Pingsti are talking about fish. Pingsti asks Quanxi if she wants to hear a fact about them and Quanxi lets her speak. She says something about the textures of fish and Quanxi responds by saying "I didn't need to know that." Pingsti then laughs awkwardly in response and says something like "I thought so." Pingsti also is like... idk if you can call someone a simp for their gf but she is. Like she struck me as always kinda vying for Quanxi's affection and even though they're always fucking and she's always doin shit for her there's this weird distance there. Also at the end of the date where they talk about fish, Quanxi says that she's out of energy.

That last part is normal. She's kinda like their mommy (but it's sexual) and dealing with a harem sure is exhausting.

I think that first part is weird though, don't you? The laugh, anyway. Like this is a usual thing, maybe. Pingsti, like I said before, is the most intelligent (or at least, the most coherent) of Quanxi's girls, she's still pretty stupid, but she's the smartest, ya feel me? I think that she's aware of something here, like, emotionally. I get that I'm over analyzing this but that and the part where she says she's gonna mess her girls up some more, those are both like... hm. Something's going on here.

So anyway, it makes me think that their relationship is mostly sexual. Like, she mostly does stuff for them to keep them around so they can fuck. But, at the same time, there is some genuine love there.

I mean look at that smile!

There's def something more to it, tho, Imo.

My take on it when I read it was that it was to parallel Denji's story (he is the protagonist, after all) in that he needs an emotionally close relationship rather than a purely "physically" close relationship (like what he wants with Makima or the three squeezes he gets with Power).

While Quanxi loves her girls, their relationship is primarily built on sex and there is a quiet distance there. As great as it seems at first (see the introduction to Quanxi- her first frame on screen) this is not the same thing as what Denji should want, and he learns this lesson as he goes.

But that's just my theory. I tend to find unhappiness in everything so maybe I'm just an asshole and read into it too much. Should be worth noting, if it wasn't clear already, that I tend to view things through a lens of "how is this at all important to the main story" and think that every character or detail included in a story should count in some way, shape or form.

Take this manga away from me please I don't even normally like manga/anime I mean for the love of fuck I post about Filthy Frank on here ok

#chainsaw man #chainsaw man part 1 #chainsaw man manga #chainsaw man analysis #quanxi

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1, 12, and 18 (idk what fandoms you're in. i'm sorry 😞)

haha no worries!!! i don’t tend to do fandom as much anymore i am a big lurker 🌚 let’s do haikyuu again why not

1. the character everyone gets wrong

surprisingly i think most people peg the haikyuu characters very well. i’ve seen Less Egregious character takes in this fandom than i have in any other so kudos to everyone great work understanding the fucking source material lmao

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

tbh idk what the popularity rating for all the characters is at This Point in time but MY FAVORITE haikyuu character is tanaka ryuunosuke. i’m not normal about him. i love him. he’s so funny and ridiculous but dependable and approachable and kind and charismatic (even if he don’t always think it) idk i’m obsessed with him and his bald head. tanaka is everything ok!! you want a hype man he’s your guy!!! you want a dependable senpai he’s always got your back!!! he’s hard working and doesn’t give up and fights for his dreams!!! like he’d been gunning for kiyoko since hs and he got her!!! we love a man with follow through!!!! fucking stop sleeping on tanaka just cuz he doesn’t have hair ok 😭😭 the man is gold

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

TANANOYA. hate to bring shipping discourse into it BUT the number of fics that i have suffered through with some goddamn one sided tananoya or just tananoya in the bg or barely thought of like i’m hunting y’all for fucking SPORT. best friends to lovers pipeline. they’re so comfortable with each other that they have so many inside jokes and similar mannerisms. the i was so comfortable with you i didn’t realize it was love vibes!!!! TANAKA CONSTANTLY LIFTS NOYA INTO THE AIR FOR FUCKS SAKE. they’re already physically affectionate!! they’re stupid!!! dumb of ass!!! but they work hard they play hard they care about their friends and each other like DJDJDJDJ JUST BECAUSE NOYA HAD THE HANG UP ABOUT ASAHI DOESNT MEAN THAT ITS MEANT TO BEEEEEEE UGHHHHH. like so many people view it as explicit romantic vibes and i get why but i read it as more: noya was upset with asahi for giving up when they were all fighting for the same dream. like they were all crushed by that loss but they still came back together to try and do better yet you wanna sit out cuz what???? you can’t see the other side of the net????? i’m killing you. that’s the vibe i got from that whole fiasco. the stop trying to do it by yourself when we’re all here for you fuck you!!! energy. not the i’m in love with you and i won’t play without you. it was less to do with *asahi* and more to do with proving the point that they’re a TEAM and asahi is stubborn so noya went drastic. SO LIKE. that’s my two cents tananoya for life miss me with that asa//////noya shit

#god this got more heated than i intended #but uh #i have a lot of feelings about tananoya #fucking rarepair hell #about renjamin

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🎵 my first taste of looove, woahhh bittersweet :’(

that’s not a dumb question at all !! it’s actually a little bit of both. in the beginning, matt was in such disbelief about actually dating stevie that he was happy to go at whatever pace she wanted. he thought stevie would get tired of him quickly, so he was just enjoying whatever time he had with her. but as time went on, stevie ended up trusting him more, which means he saw more of what’s going on in stevie’s life & her past, and he started feeling like he might be in over his head. matt just wasn’t prepared for how serious things have gotten in stevie’s life lately.

so, long story short: in the beginning, he was ready for either a casual or serious relationship, but when he realized just how serious it could be, he started to backpedal.

AHHH that’s the highest compliment, that’s exactly what i hoped to accomplish!! 💖💖 i always worry that i spoil too much in asks and stuff, but as i’m always saying, it’s about the journey, not the destination!

omg yes that’s the perfect way to describe matt right now! “I thought we would have more fun together, but... we don’t really.” is probably the most immature thing matt has said, but i can’t even fault him for it, because they are so young. matt isn’t a bad person for wanting a fun, casual relationship at 17. it just majorly sucks for stevie, especially given the abrupt way that everything happened :((

lmaoooo i know 😭 it’s because he genuinely thought this was going to be a totally amicable breakup. he knew stevie has been acting weird for the past few weeks, and he sorta thought it was because she was trying to let him down easy. this is how it would’ve gone in matt’s head:

matt: hey i brought you this frog

stevie: that’s cool thanks. but i think our relationship has run its course

matt: true 👍🏽

stevie: still friends though?

matt: yep

oh no that’s not actually happening!! no one is cheating on anyone! i wrote that out a long time ago because i really really just don’t want to write cheating into my story, and i found another effective way to get the outcome i needed :) i’ll share more info when we’ve gotten past the point where it would’ve happened!

wait do you not consider asa and finn to be good men fjskdjsd ? i get it though, i’m so sad for her 😭 the thing about matt is that even after all of this, he isn’t a bad guy. he truly wanted the best for stevie. all the times where he comforted her or got her out of a bad situation still means something, it still matters, even if the relationship ends badly. “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”....... but stevie is obviously not there yet lol

he actually did mean “i love you” in a romantic way, just like stevie, but he doesn’t think it’s enough to make their relationship work. i don’t want to get into it toooo much, because matt will talk about it later, but he very much does love stevie! but..... yeah 😭 hug your dog extra for me jfksjds

i’m sorry to all the matt/stevie supporters out there lmaooo i’m ruining everything 😭 i genuinely feel so sad because i loved them too ;-;

oops i didn’t see this in time, i pretty much covered it in this response!! aside from the stuff that i can’t tell you yet :P

show up at my house and we’ll cry together because i’m pissed too fjksjds

godddd i know :(((((( i literally want to scoop her up in a bear hug and never let go fjskjds thank you so much for reading 💖

#if you or a loved one has been afflicted by softpine's storytelling you may be entitled to financial compensation #not from me. but from someone #asks #anonymous #nonsims #brandi answers

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littlemsred · 1 year

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𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐍 — 𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑴𝑰𝑺𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑫.

𝙎𝙆𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙏𝙊𝙉. 𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙇𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉. 𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙏. 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙔𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏.

cw: violence, murder, kidnapping, torture, implied abuse, self-harm.

1. tl;dr

shosh is the 13th 10th child of 34. not quite a middle child, but too middle child to fully harness the eldest child energy. her father, duke etiwan solomon (loosely inspired by thee king solomon), believes an abundance of wives and progeny are key to his reign. and thus, he’s created thirty-four children with his ten wives.

etiwan raises his kids.... in an unconventional fashion. they're expected to complete a series of physically and mentally jarring tests in order to proof their worth as a solomon. failures and flops are k-worded. punishments are expected to be carried out by the not flop siblings.

shosh's mom initially tries to shield her and her brother from the violence... and ends up flopping instead. ): shosh resents her for this because she believes her mother shielding her from the violence delayed her progression as a solomon. ):<

after her favorite brother, asa, is k-worded by moon blade, she essentially wakes up. no more misses nice girl! she commits herself to extensive studying and training for the exams. while her intelligence skyrockets, she's still no good at most physical things and cannot fight to save her life. to this day.

she basically sets up moon blade's sister to be caught by her family, and when she's taken prisoner, she ends up killing her in a fit of rage and lets her brother ezekiel take credit for it because she thought the way she killed her was ugly and not aesthetic and didn't want that sort of thing associated with her name (i wish i was joking). she then kills him in a big show of trying to express to her family not to fuck with her (and does so in a way that is aesthetic and pleasing to her delicate sensibilities.)

despite her training... shosh still hates violence. she pretends not to. but she simply doesn't have the innate bloodthirsty nature that the majority of the solomon children are born with.

fucking hates her sister devora (and knows she'll always be superior to her in some fashion), so she sets her up in this convoluted rebellion plot which basically consists of shosh convincing her that she should rebel against their father and take the throne. then makes it seems like ezekiel's mother was spying on them and exposed them to her father and that they'll need to go on the run if they don't want to end up k-worded. she then commands her swarm of poison butterflies to eat her. she planned on going back home and replacing devora as chair but she ends up being seen by an officer while she k-words her sister.

ends up in jail, pretending to be her sister devora, and framing devora for the murder of herself.

2. headcanons

shoshana takes her studying very seriously. serious to the point that she she'll study to the point of exhaustion— and pour hot wax on her arm in order to wake herself up.

is a flop compared to most of her siblings... but is also significantly more clever than all of them. loves being underestimated and using that to her advantage.

has poison immunity. the solomon children gain poison resistance through taking small doses of poison each day and gradually increasing the amount until full immunity is achieved.

successfully reared a swarm of killer butterflies that she controls through them feeding on her blood. this is what she used to kill her sister devora. tbh, she has no idea where they are as the link between them has gradually weakened since she hasn't been able to feed them from jail. (this is dumb but i just think it would be funny if nobody believed her cause it ain't like she has proof with her)

still wears her cute fancy royal dresses that probably have poor mobility but that's okay her str is -6 for a reason. she does have a dagger strapped to her thigh just in case

wears a cute little bracelet that has poison in each bead, just in case she has to poison someone on the fly, you know

incapable of respecting men bc her father is a man and she hates her father. its rlly as simple as that. what would freud say hmmm

probably screams in her sleep bc oh the horrors

she's 5'11. idk this was important for me to share

delusional af

3. plot ideas

someone who thinks she's annoying as fuck (i mean, she is) and made the mistake of telling her, thus making her committed to being as annoying as possible.

someone she stabbed (on accident, on purpose, idk we can talk through the details)

partner-in-crime— someone she essentially replaces child of flames with. someone she'd actively seek out and someone who could inspire her to be more violent

someone manipulating her for whatever reason. maybe they want her monies. maybe they want her violence (or the skillset that comes with it, since she's essentially trained herself to be a surgeon with cutting n shit). maybe they truly want her to think that they're besties

a crush. someone to live in her delulu fantasies. would probably not be a man

another enemy bc why not

CREDIT TO EMMAUR FOR THE GORG TEMPLATE

#( shoshana / intro. )

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thesinglesjukebox · 5 months

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LILY-ROSE DEPP - "WORLD CLASS SINNER / I'M A FREAK"

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And finally we find out, once and for all, who actually watched The Idol! (Yes, we fell short on the CONTROVERSY, but we sure did learn a lot today...)

[3.26]

Aaron Bergstrom: Facts I have learned in the last fifteen minutes: (1) This was written for a TV show that scored a 19% on Rotten Tomatoes and was almost immediately canceled. (2) One of the main plot points of the show is that this song isn't very good and is actively hindering the attempted comeback of the pop star who performs it. (3) The pop star herself doesn't even like it. (4) That pop star is played by Johnny Depp's daughter, who is very much not a pop star in real life. (5) The song was written as an obvious parody of The Weeknd ... by The Weeknd himself. It is both boring and deeply unsettling at the same time, but I guess that was the goal? So, congratulations, I hate it. [0]

Rose Stuart: "World Class Sinner / I'm a Freak" has the same problems as The Idol: it's not just bad, it's obviously bad, in a way that becomes only more stark when you know what it's trying to do. The song is a parody of woman-centered sex jams that doesn't understand why the originals work. It tries to give Tove Lo--especially with the moans in the beat, the only interesting idea the song has--but falls flat. The song wants to drip with sex, but the lyrics feel more like an oil spill than a tease, unless you happened to take a sip of your drink just in time for the line "and every weekend/ I've gotta find someone to bang." Musically, it's a low drone, with Depp sounding like your bored coworker at karaoke while the instrumental lies cold and lifeless underneath her. Worse still, the droning beat, oversexed yet sexless lyrics, and attempts at bravado that are more humiliating than impressive are from a song by The Weeknd, the lost companion to "The Hills" and "Earned It." While a singer delivering a terrible acting performance is a long and well-worn road, "World Class Sinner / I'm a Freak" is even more damaging to The Weeknd's reputation than The Idol's long list of damages. A bad performance and an embarrassing series of tweets can be forgiven, but "World Class Sinner / I'm a Freak" says the worst thing a song can: if this is the hit The Weeknd writes for his passion project, maybe he's not as good as we thought. Maybe he never was. [1]

Katherine St Asaph: Producer Asa Taccone co-wrote "Dick in a Box" and also a Charlotte Gainsbourg song, a factoid that explains this single better than anything you or I can write. You have a nepo baby dropping "Barbie Girl" references, extolling the virtues of the "dumb but cute" himbo ratio (which isn't even phrased as a ratio) and bragging about looking for "someone to bang" -- all played as unironically dead-eyed seduction. Even without watching The Idol -- because why whould anyone do that -- it's exceedingly obvious that this was intended as a "Buddha's Delight" atrocity. It's also typical that the Weeknd couldn't imagine a woman delivering one of his standard scumbag songs without adding bitchy gold-digger lines and half-assed pseudo-femdom-but-actually-sub posturing. But that backing track -- crystalline, nocturnal, perfect -- is as undeniable as the song is unserious. (Ciara's "Dance Like We're Making Love" comes to mind.) A corrosive fave. [5]

Taylor Alatorre: "But that's not what ratios are!! That doesn't make any sense!!!"" I scream, helplessly banging my fists against the sealed glass walls of the enclosure. The woman on the other side offers only a forlorn smile and a set of downcast eyes, replying in a small, apologetic voice, "I know. But I can't do anything about it. I'm trapped here, in a fictional hit song within a fictional universe, where the normal laws of sense-making and hit-making don't apply. As long as it sounds vaguely like something that would've made the bottom rungs of the Rhythmic charts five to ten years ago, that's all they really care about." Hearing this, I strike the wall with my fist one last time before slumping down onto the tiled linoleum, muttering something about a "Lonely Island Popstar throwaway" as I shake my head in resignation. "If you want, though," the woman continues, "you can pretend it's supposed to be a parody of one of those loopy Max Martin-written lines." "You mean like, 'now that I've become who I really are?'" "Yeah, that one." [4]

Ian Mathers: I never watched the show -- is there an in-universe reason for this being so boring yet so ostensibly horny? Did they hire a Depp for the method authenticity of not being very good at music? [2]

Josh Winters: As the only person at the Jukebox who has admitted to watching the entirety of The Idol (hear me out), I find myself at a loss when I try to think of how the context of the show helps to make a case for the strength of this song. If the showrunning team was self-aware in how the show folded into the banality and vapidity it was trying to depict, the big risk they took didn't really pay off. And if Lily, Abel, and co. thought this was a quality tune, might I suggest they take a class at the Ally School of Pop Songwriting if they ever get the chance to go for a second season? What tries to present itself as an irresistible appetizer delivers only empty calories that leave you questioning what the hell you just ate, and in that sense "World Class Sinner / I'm a Freak" does its job in representing the experience of watching The Idol without having to see a single episode. [4]

Claire Biddles: I actually watched all of The Idol in my capacity as a citizen of Troye Sivan Nation ("Rush" would have gotten a [10] from me!!), and had the show actually succeeded as a satire/take-down/whatever it was supposed to be, this would have gotten a higher score. It's a decent facsimile of a dead-behind-the-eyes sexy comeback, but in the context of the show it's positioned as serious and actually transgressive (I think?) It's not knowing, so it doesn't work at all. "Every weekend I'm trying to find someone to bang" got a genuine laugh from me though, so I guess I'll give it a: [2]

Harlan Talib Ockey: I did not watch The Idol, and I absolutely will not be watching it knowing the horrors it contains. But this is obviously and literally a Weeknd song. I can hear him singing it. The lyrics are so hilariously over-the-top that there is no way to read this other than campy irony. (And they're still not too far off from some Weeknd songs.) It's objectively funny that the Weeknd's parody song sounds almost exactly like the rest of his discography, but it is a truth universally acknowledged that most fictional songs written to be bad will end up being very good. [7]

Leah Isobel: These hooks are big and juicy, but Lily-Rose Depp is a screen actor, not a pop performer; she doesn't have the vocal charisma or presence to really sell this, and I can hear The Weeknd's ghost in the empty space between her and the song. That could be by design. But I can also hear that ghost wrestling with the spectre of camp -- and, fortunately for us all, losing. [5]

Alfred Soto: Based on a show I've never heard of and am supposed to despise, "I'm a Freak" drops one of the more unexpected "bitch" lines in recent years and is okeedokee as far as mid-tempo synth jams. Docked a notch for the flat vocal. [4]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: I still remember when I first tried talking dirty, and this girl had to be like, "No, you don't have the inflection right. Say it more like this." It was funny and fun, and I'm grateful we communicated so openly, for both our sakes. It's rare you hear a song that channels this sort of unpracticed unsexy, the kind where you end up thinking, "Oh, so no one's told you yet...?" I laugh every time Lily-Rose Depp sings, "Get ready to become my bitch" without any intensity, or when she mentions "whip and chains" with the enthusiasm of someone reading a grocery list. And then she throws me for a loop during the bridge, mistaking speed for seduction. "[I'm] no beginner," she eventually claims. It's okay, I tried saving face too. [6]

Tara Hillegeist: One of those single-line critiques that's always stuck with me for the precision with which it said, with both empathy and brutality, the exact failings of what its writer was tasked with reviewing was a now-vanished review of the then-new debut single from the Pussycat Dolls, "Don't Cha." The review noted that Tori Alamaze's original release of the song, from her own attempt at a solo career, had the energy, edge, and personality to give the song's boast about "a freak like me" actual weight, while the Dolls couldn't sound less sincerely freakish if they'd actually tried. In much the same way, I can't pretend my reaction to this song isn't colored by the working experience that comes from my having a girlfriend I'm blessed to be the domme for in a 24/7 D/s relationship. No matter how thirsty and yearning they might be to get the good good strap, no self-respecting submissive in the world would be able to fool themselves enough into believing a word of a performance that sounded like the limp, unremarkable delivery Depp provides for "so get down on your knees and get ready to become my bitch" for a fucking second, much less long enough to respect her with a second of their fucking. It's insulting to every single girl who wants to be a bitch for someone to act like they don't deserve a better effort than this. I mean, for Christ's sake, they'll get freakier than this in public at the Vatican. [1]

Brad Shoup: No I did not watch The Idol. Yes my head slumped to my chest when I heard "whip and chain". I like that it's languid; when Depp picks up the cadence it never bodes well. [4]

Nortey Dowuona: As someone who admires Prince's incredible musical talent and dreams to reassert control of his art, let us never forget he married a teenager and conceived a child with her once he could not legally be prosecuted for it. And then made a whole press conference to dump her. And tried to kill Sinead O'Connor for covering his song. And fired Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. And kept firing his band at a whim. And I wanted to say all that because when Abel Tesfaye dies while visiting Ethiopia once again and is given a state funeral, and we are writing tributes to "Die For You," this terrible show and song will be swept under the rug so we can justify the delusion we have about the artists we loved: that their most vile, egregious behavior should be forgotten once they pass. We can't let that happen. And we also need to remember Graffiti Bridge. Can't forget Graffiti Bridge. [0]

Michelle Myers: The best thing I can say about this song is that it makes me want to listen to Tove Lo. [2]

Kayla Beardslee: We have Tove Lo at home. [4]

Will Adams: From "On a Roll" to "Hair Body Face" to this, the micro-genre of "fictional pop song that is a huge hit in its universe" remains as tiresome as ever. Forget the commentary that's meant to evoke "this is the pop machine at its worst! behold how cynical it is!!" We're supposed to believe that this post-Weeknd sludge is some chart-topping smash? That's where the illusion falls apart; difficult as it may be, if your fake platinum pop star doesn't sound like platinum, then what's the point? [4]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: Largely indistinguishable from a Tate McRae song. [3]

Jackie Powell: Lily-Rose Depp's delivery on the hook of "World Class Sinner / I'm A Freak," where she nonchalantly croons "I'm just a freak, yeah," twice per chorus, was made for the TikTok algorithm that it conquered. That edgy yet self-deprecating phrase is relatable enough without the context of the television show that the song was written for. But the latest musical installment of the fictional woman pop star is also the least compelling. A common thread between the pop songs that Lady Gaga sang as Ally Maine in A Star is Born, Miley Cyrus sang as Ashley O in Black Mirror, and even what Natalie Portman sang as Celeste in Vox Lux was the fact they were composed by actual women who have experienced what the music industry is like for women in pop: suffocating, emotional and sometimes abusive. Depp is an actress but not a musician, and The Weeknd and Asa Taccone of Electric Guest are men. Dr. Paula Clare Harper, a musicologist at the University of Chicago, told Vulture that there are sonic similarities between "WCS/IAF" and The Weeknd's smash "Can't Feel My Face." But for this song to be effective, it couldn't just be a more feminine version of a Weeknd song, and that's mostly what it is. Taccone has written and produced a lot of musical satire for television and has also written catchy pop songs, like "Feel it Still" by Portugal. The Man and "Feels Right," an underrated Carly Rae Jepsen track from Dedicated. So why did he come up short here? It all comes back to the source material. On "Feels Right" Taccone had Jepsen as a co-writer and referred to her as "a natural leader." In other words, she is an authority on how women function and are treated within the music industry. That's something unattainable on "World Class Sinner," a song written about a woman and her plight by two men. [4]

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hankwizard · 1 year

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Pieces Of Media I Consumed Recently

because i have accepted i cannot, for the life of me, do this in an organized fashion lol

CHAINSAW MAN('s anime)

I read the manga obsessively the moment I heard the premise. I grew up in the era of self-referential, masturbatory, whedon-istic media where no show or comic could just be unapologetically itself without getting weird and "haha isnt it DUMB we're making this?" the whole time. A manga about a guy turning into a chainsaw that is absolutely about a dude who turns into a chainsaw fucking appeals, okay?

Anyways. This is about the anime. The anime almost feels like a film at times- the characters move very.. Realistically. Very on model, which worked in some ways but made it a bit less expressive in others. It didn't have the punk charm of the manga, but otherwise? Steller presentation. I like how the anime further emphasizes that Denji is a kid- giving him more childish mannerisms (such as the infamous scene with himeno) that really hammers home the point of his character- that he's just a manipulated kid who wants some kind of normalcy and, most of all, love.

CHAINSAW MAN('s manga. part 2)

It makes me feel like the absolute joker watching how well thought out Asa is as a protagonist. Traumatic experiences can strip us of our identities- make us feel like all we've done is survive, and therefore, that's all we can do, so watching Asa fret over being a bore and be unable to connect to others without worrying about how things will crumble down is just a delight. I love her. Denji is also great so far! He's just so tired. This part's art has so much subtle improvement and once again Fujimoto is delivering bangers. Yoshida is never beating the yaoi allegations.

FEAR AND HUNGER: TERMINA

The fun thing about autism is that it forces you to enjoy things in the most "yeah this is my life now" of ways, which is fine when your interests are something normal you can explain to people like "dungeons and dragons" or "sailor moon" and not Termina, a game that makes you genuinely debate not if you should sever your enemy's leg, but which one.

Termina is crazy. A survival horror rpg where death is punishing, limbs can be lost AND trans women can do necromancy? It's great and it's terrifying. There's literally an entire area that I avoid because it freaks me out so bad so I GENUINELY take the long way everywhere to avoid it every time.

It's one of those games where any enemy can not only kill you, but maim you in ways that fundamentally change how you play the game. Dealing with enemies is a puzzle: how do you approach them? Do you deal with them now so you never have to deal with them again? Do you run around so you can wait until you're stronger? Do you shoot them from afar or save the precious ammo for something even worse?

It's a special kind of satisfying, but definitely not a game for everyone. I'd recommend reading the content warnings, as it's a dark fantasy with dark fantasy themes. It's also a game for adults only, no exceptions. Feel free to message me if you want to know about any content in the game that isn't listed out in the warnings on the store page. I might make a larger blog post about it later.

SHAMELESS

Ok, at first I really liked it! It's very funny, the characters are very well written, and it's very captivating... But I'm going to be real, the amount of Leering Shots Of Teenage Girls in what I watched of this show is enough to drive me bananas. I don't want to look up the sixteen year old girl's skirt, netflix, I'm ambiguously in my mid twenties. The show's insistence on making me look at karen naked ruined it for me. It didn't even feel like it was saying anything? It just kept happening!!! Anyways, tl;dr, shameless is not for me.

VELMA

So, listen. I need to admit something: I've been deep in the Western Cartoons Discourse Trenches since I googled "My Little Poney Forums" as a young teenager. I never really participated, but I'm aware of the cycle of Discourse that happens whenever a show Like This comes out- a show with marginalized characters that isn't very good, or at least is perceived as such.

I watched Sacrificial Trash and you should too

What generally happens is an outpour of outrage and criticism that's 10% warranted, 30% nitpicky and 60% literal actual bigotry. You end up with a lot of video essays of Yelling Men With Glasses that makes me, a contrarian hipster, really interested in proving the internet wrong and actually Enjoying The Thing.

After watching all of Velma, my verdict is:

I Enjoyed Watching It But Would Not Recommend It To Most

The show is funny! It's visually incredible! It has a fun plotline! It has a lot of nods to older Scooby Doo cartoons that I, as a Child Born After 1960, Enjoy! And I like basically every main character and most of the side characters...

Except... It has two massive, glaring issues in its writing. Two major themes that not only make the show nearly unrecommendable to most people, but also revolve around the worst character in the show, Velma herself.

To start, this show has a massive, gaping problem with self-hating anti-indian racism.

Every time Velma's ethnicity is brought up, it's made out to be a gag!! It's to make fun of her!! She's called an ugly gorilla constantly!!! She's made fun of for being hairy!!! And it's never addressed!!! It's just a running gag that Velma hates being Indian and so does everyone else. It's very uncomfortable. I was hoping it'd tone down but it doesn't. The show doesn't even seem all that aware that her self hatred about her own culture and her ethnic features is... a bad thing? It's very strange. I know a lot of south asian people who refuse to watch the show or didn't continue past episode one because of this and MAN. I get it.

The show also has a bit of a misogny problem, which is weird because it tries to be feminist at times? With Fred learning to appreciate women for more than their appearances, which was nice, but the amount of times femininity and appearance gets conflated with being dumb and vapid is... a lot. And the show seems half aware that this is bad while also just. keeping on doing it. And Velma is usually the one being misogynistic throughout the show, and while they kinda try to develop her past it, it doesn't feel like the show takes it seriously as a theme.

Anyways. If you watched and went "man, this show was very well produced and beautifully executed in its visuals!" like a huge nerd, please know that Amy Winfrey, creator of Making Fiends and a director for both Tuca And Bertie AND Bojack Horseman was the supervising producer and I highly advise checking her out.

PS: Glenn Howerton should do more voice work

#lizardposting

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fumifooms · 1 year

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HarukAsa

I’m disappointed in the Chainsaw Man fandom. I can’t believe I have to embarrass myself by being the first one to say it. How can the world do this to me.

So like. Wouldn’t it be kinda interesting, wouldn’t it be kinda neat, to ship Asa and Haruka and see where it goes…

Ok so I’ve been holding it back for a few weeks. The first thing that drew my eye to this ship concept is that he was* pretending to be Chainsaw Man, so that gives Asa incentives to interact with him and from there a lot of fun scenarios can happen. Hruka’s personality is just being flamboyant and lying about himself to seem cooler, being a cold bitch as an authority figure and also being pathetic and cringefail. He’s just a highschooler that’s a hardcore Chainsaw Man fanboy and wants to be liked and respected and cooler but is just… A dumb teen. C’monnn he’s flamboyant and she wants to be invisible. He thinks he’s hot shit and she just wants to dig herself a hole to hide in. He’s the powerless & pathetic one that seems well-adjusted and she’s the messy war machine!! All I’m saying is that I like Haruka and I think harukasa would be funny and cute and maybe even heartfelt. Give me an Haruka character arc, canon, please, I beg. If you want more of my thoughts on him, here’s a post of mine theorizing!

WHICH. He *is* some level of smart, don’t get me wrong. He’s good at assessing situations and forming plans, as seen as how he directed people in the Aquarium crisis. The fact he freaked out after a couple days is fair, so did everyone else and not even Yoshida or Chainsaw Man were able to find any way out. Let the guy cry for his life. Anyways- so he’s kinda smart, plus he’s student council president so he’s supposed to have his shit together, AND he’s obsessed with a devil who’s a devil hunter. He’s the devil hunter club’s leader. I would not be surprised at all if as the page below implies Haruka would sus out Asa having a devil contract or even straight up being a horsemen. Famine’s on his team, who knows at this point.

So that’s even more fun scenarios harukasa can sprout!!! Also imo after how he talked to her at the Aquarium I don’t think Asa would feel very guilty over transforming him into a weapon… At first anyways, then she learns how much of a sad lonely loser he is and her heart is taken from then on. Just think about it!! The “oh mighty” devil hunting club president who’s actually pretty loser and his -surprise!- badass devil girlfriend who will protect him and carry him bridal style through the guts of a devil he got too close to and that she killed for him. You can sprinkle in so many flavors!! Do they bond over feeling lonely and outcast and stupid? Is there a lot of tension and dislike??! Is it chainsaw man superfan vs hater?! Does she lowkey crave his validation as her club president?!

Putting the rest under a cut for space reasons but give this a chance please maybe… I am incoherent and desperate and us Haruka fans are so rare

Wow, look at this compilation of Haruka being love interest material!! /hj

Also he called her attagirl… Idk that’s just a fun pet name I think Asa would love it in general. Makes her feel competent and appreciated

Hehe look at him trying to make a grand introduction and getting interrupted, he’s so pissed and petulant 💕he prob feels powerless in his life in general and tries to compensate with his meager social status tbh

They even have a lil’ heart to heart!! Oh to be curled up in foetal position against the wall as your love interest is laying on the floor waiting for death in misery and all your walls of secrets and illusions of grandeur come down. There isn’t any sense of propriety or pretense left here.

All that I’m saying is that Denji is great but also Asa deserves a boyfriend that will be scared shitless of her devil form. Or actively want to kill her. Also his hair looks stupid.

ALSO.

I mean….. I MEAN…….

Ok if I’ve not sold you on the aesthetic just think: wouldn’t it be funny. Imagine in an AU where Haruka hasn’t revealed he isn’t Chainsaw Man, Yoru is like “Ok whatever, your thing with Denji isn’t progressing with the plan, what if you try getting close to Chainsaw Man instead? Seduce him!” And the irony is ofc that she’s leaving Denji for a fake Chainsaw Man AND OH HOW GLORIOUS THAT WOULD BE. When the charade is blown and Haruka isn’t Chainsaw Man, maybe like he confesses it to her in a vulnerable moment when they officially become a couple, and then Yoru immediately turns him into a weapon even if Asa had started to like him. Or! Love triangle with Denji that’d be so funny. Maybe Haruka takes an interest in her once he sees her powers, wants to investigate or smth!

Haruka is just a funny little guy that’s even more loser than Asa and Denji because he’s actually powerless and I want him to get into dangerous shit and freak out and then try to save face & look cool anyways, start having white hairs from stress at the age of 20 bc he can’t handle any of this shit and yet. He’s a clown for liking Asa but also I think it’d be a cute clown where he’d let himself be sillier and less important and whatever. Anyways!!!!! Fumi out, enjoy the food for thought 🤡

Asaden is becoming canon so I want to drive the car in a wild other & new direction! I don’t care about the tragic incredible well-written narrative!! Give me the crackship that somehow works!!

#chainsaw man #csm manga #haruka iseumi #asa mitaka #harukasa #asa x haruka #asa is just so shippable #i’m sorry guys i have a disease that makes me root for rarepairs #Csm manga spoilers #ship analysis #character analysis #sorta #lite version #fumi rambles #why is haruka highkey fit tho

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cosmicjoke · 1 year

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from my understanding of part one, Makima did all that to experience love. she’d thought she’d get that via chainsaw man, which is why she did all that to denji, to get the heart.

Something that’s important is that Nayuto is NOT Makima. It’s a nature vs nurture thing. Like yes she’s still the control devil but because Denji’s raising her, shes going to have a different outlook in life (and be loved which is something Makima never got/ strived for)

Denji isn’t dumb, he is learning and we do get shown this with how he acts with Asa.

I suppose, but that still doesn't justify, at all, what Makima does. So I still can't forgive her. I still don't find it a viable excuse. She was cruel in the extreme. At best, she's a horrible and selfish being who destroyed countless lives, and to me, she doesn't deserve kindness, lol.

Nayuto might not be Makima, granted. But I still find her very manipulative and controlling (she is the control devil, after all), so thus far, I'm feeling rather cold toward her and her relationship with Denji. Her possessiveness of him is disturbing, given what Makima did to Denji before, and especially in this latest chapter, with her essentially threatening him into not being able to have romantic relations with anyone else. I have no idea how this is going to play out, but I see very little change in her behavior, so far, from how Makima ultimately was.

I know Denji isn't dumb. I only said what I did because it makes little sense to me why he seems so okay with Nayuto and taking care of her when, even if she's not exactly the same as Makima, she's still a reincarnated form of her, and given what Makima did, if I were in Denji's position, I would want nothing to do with her. He should be showing a little more negative emotion toward her and his situation. But then, Denji isn't exactly at his strongest when dealing with that sort of nuanced emotion. So maybe he just doesn't know how to deal with what he's feeling. Like I said, I could be wrong about my feelings at the moment regarding the direction of this manga. I just wish Denji was a little more upset, or that we got to see a little more of him being upset over Aki and Power, and Aki especially, given how much Aki cared about him. It feels unnatural and forced, that he doesn't.

#chainsaw man

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slasherhaven · 3 years

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Hi! I have too many exams soon soo may i please get a hc for what would slashers do when their collage student s/o got very very stressed about exam and study for DAYS without sleep and got big dark circles and she always looks like she is about to cry. And maybe they worried about her health. Thank you, ily💖💖

Aw man, I feel ya. Hope you get the grades you want!!!

The Slashers with a collage student S/O who is stressed about exams:

Thomas Hewitt

Thomas knows what it’s like to be overworked and exhausted but he hates seeing you like that.

He feels a little hopeless with helping you study, not really sure how he can help.

But he is determined to make sure you look after yourself.

He’ll make sure you eat, not leaving you alone until you do. He’ll make sure you sleep, carrying you to bed if he has too. He will also insist on take a walk outside, thinking you need a break and that some fresh air might be some help.

And when he comes to check on you, seeing you about ready to cry, Thomas just scoops you up in his arms, insisting that you take a break and just cuddle with him for a bit. You need it.

Michael Myers

At first, he doesn’t really think about it. It’s your business. He has no interest in your studies.

However...when something is clearly bothering you this much...well, then Michael starts to pay attention to it.

He can’t really help you. Both because he wouldn’t really know how too and because he’d get bored.

But he will drag you away from your work and force you to take breaks. And he will spend that time with you, knowing that you would just go back to working yourself to death if he didn’t.

Jason Voorhees

Normally he likes watching you when your busy. Whether you’re studying or just reading, he likes the cute look of concentration on your face.

But this was different. You didn’t look content in your concentration, you looked stressed. Very stressed...and he didn’t like that at all.

He let it be at first, understanding that what you were doing was important, and just stayed silently concerned.

That is, until you started to become outwardly frustrated, tears welling in your eyes. That’s when he’s going to intervene.

Jason will approach you, gently pushing the work away from you, telling you that you need to get some rest. To relax before continuing.

Even if you protest, he’ll insist. Going for a walk in the woods to give you some fresh air, or just cuddling up together until you fall asleep.

He understands that this is important to you but you need to take care of yourself first.

Brahms Heelshire

Brahms had been avoiding you a little bit recently, mostly because you always seemed so stressed and it was worrying him.

At some point you had snapped at him, telling him that you just needed some peace and quiet to get some work done. You had apologised instantly and Brahms wasn’t mad.

But he was getting more and more worried. You weren’t eating regularly (and for once he wasn’t only bothered because of his own sake), and you weren’t sleeping enough, staying up all night, working. He missed cuddling up to you in bed but the dark circles under your eyes was what really concerned him.

He snapped when he saw the tears of frustration welling up in your eyes. That’s it! You’re taking a break!

He’d force you to go on a walk with him in the garden, to eat a proper meal, and to get some well earned rest.

He can’t really help you study, he’d probably just get in the way but he cares about your wellbeing!

Bo Sinclair

It probably depends on whatever it is that you’re studying but when Bo does try to help, he refuses to admit that he has no idea what this means. Well, you must be smarter than him because holy crap, he doesn’t even know how to help.

His concern about your wellbeing and metal state starts off kind of passive with comments like “you should probably take a break or something” and “you ever going to go to sleep?”

Eventually, when you look like you’re about to cry, he will be more active about helping you. Closing your laptop or book, taking the pen out of your hand and ordering you into the bedroom. You need to take a break and get some rest.

Is still all grumpy when he lays on the bed and pulls you into his arms, letting you cuddle up to him and release a shaky breath.

Take a break and come back to it later, once you’ve got some sleep.

Vincent Sinclair

When he’s not busy, Vincent usually sits with you while you’re studying. Always willing to lend an ear if you need to talk through something.

Normally he will busy himself with something while you work, so that he doesn’t disturb you.

This time was no different.

When you huffed, muttering harshly to yourself, Vincent looked over at you in concern.

As soon as he sees the tears in your eyes, Vincent is stopping whatever he is doing to check on you.

He’s pushing the work away from you, asking you to just take a break. It’s difficult to fight him when he looks so worried about you. Vincent will just guide you up to the top of the bed and cuddle with you, smiling to himself when you finally fall asleep. He’s sure it’s been almost a week since you got a proper night’s sleep.

Lester Sinclair

God, if he could help you study, he would. But looking at this stuff just makes him feel kind of dumb, but that doesn’t seem to bother him too much. He’s always telling you how smart you are though, so he really hopes that you don’t feel that way about yourself.

He’ll do whatever he can to support you and help you in whatever way he can though.

He is concerned about how stressed you are, suggesting that you should take a break and go back to it later.

But he doesn’t get forceful until he sees the tears. Then he is wrapping his arms around you and pleading with you to just get some rest before you burn out completely.

Bubba Sawyer

Studying is stressful enough. Studying in the Sawyer household? It’s near impossible.

Drayton is usually shouting about something, wanting you to do some sort of chore. Nubbins and ChopTop are always running around, playing music loud, or just causing some sort of trouble. And if you ask any of them to quieten down, they just ask why you bother studying anyway. What’s the point!?! They don’t understand.

Bubba is the only considerate one, encouraging you and trying to keep it quiet for you.

But he gets so worried about you, watching you work yourself into exhaustion. He hates it. Lot’s of concerned babbling and whines.

When he sees that you’re about to just start crying, he quickly pulls you into a hug, stroking your hair and letting you get it all out. It’s then that he decides that you’re taking a break right this second. You can carry on tomorrow, right now you need something to eat and some proper sleep. No arguments. Bubba can be stern when he wants to be, when it comes to your wellbeing.

Billy Lenz

Billy isn’t much help with actually studying. He’s probably going to get bored or just get in the way more than anything. His absolute feral, chaotic energy is not exactly what you need when you’re trying to concentrate.

But if you need to talk yourself through something that you don’t fully understand, he will listen and nod along, even if he has no idea what you’re talking about.

When he starts to get concern, he just kind of watches you silently with a small frown. He knows that something isn’t right.

When he realises just how stressed you are, that you’re close to crying, you’re going to get a whole lot of cuddles. He doesn’t like that there isn’t much he can do but he can distract you for a moment! And make sure you take a break and get some rest.

Asa Emory (The Collector)

Ah yeah, he’s been there. While he was probably the time to fly through his studies, perfectly organised and acing everything he did, he does not how much stress exams can put on you.

He is the best person to go to for help. He’ll help you set up a study schedule, give you tips, help you study. This is one of the few things that he doesn’t instantly take control of, he just wants to help.

He doesn’t like that you’re not looking after yourself but he does love your determination to do your absolute best.

He’ll just force you to go to bed, reminding you that you can’t study effectively if you’re running on no sleep. You’ll do better if you get enough rest and look after yourself.

Jesse Cromeans (Chromeskull)

He won’t plan any trips around this time, you need him here...or you’re just not going to look after yourself properly.

He notices that you’re not sleeping properly instantly but forces you to get some sleep when the dark circles under your eyes become noticeable.

He’ll help you set up a schedule or just be there to help you wrap your head around something if you just need to talk yourself through it.

Jesse loves how much effort you put into your studies but he hates seeing you so stressed, looking like you were about to cry.

Anything he can do to make it easier for you, he’ll do it. He also make sure you take breaks, even if he has to pick you up and carry you away from your work.

Otis Driftwood

He still does get the point of studying and collage in general but if it’s something you want to do, he will support it. And he’s expressed this to you honestly.

But as soon as it starts upsetting you like this? He’s furious.

He’s no so subtle about it. You’re tired, you have dark circles under your eyes, you look like you’re about to cry, there is no way you are getting any productive work down right now, so you’re going to take a damn break.

He’s dragging you away from your work if you protest.

You clearly need to relieve some stress...and do you know that an effect method of stress relief is???

Baby Firefly

Baby is a great distraction!

She noticed that you were sleeping properly instantly because you weren’t going to bed with her and instantly started to try to fix that.

But when she started to see your frustration and the tears welling in your eyes, she wasn’t backing down.

She’s pulling you up from your seat before you can protest, already talking about what you’re going to do today.

Likely only watch a movie until you fall asleep to her playing with your hair because she knew that you just needed to get some sleep and stop working yourself so hard for a moment.

Yautja (Predator)

He loves that you’re interested in knowledge and education but he doesn’t like this effect it’s having on you right now.

He will help you in whatever way he can but right now you need help that you won’t ask for or even allow yourself at the moment.

You need to take a break and rest before continuing your studying. You’ll do better that way. Can’t you see that?

Your mate just wants to make sure you’re taking care of yourself. And if that means throwing you over his shoulder and carrying you away from your studies?...he’s definitely going to do it.

You definitely haven’t had enough sleep recently. So sleep and eat something, then he will let you get back to work.

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I'm sorry this one might be a bit weird lol

Slashers with a s/o who loves fish like she has a ton of tanks at her house that she takes care of and sometimes could watch them swim for hours

You're writing is amazing! Thank you for always taking my request you do such a perfect job!

I love your requests and they are always very welcome. Also I love fishies and I’m a huge animal person so this is right up my ally!

-Fern🌿

Slashers x Fish Keeper

Michael Myers

He would find about your fish keeping hobby whilst stalking you.

At first he thinks it’s weird in all honesty. Michael doesn’t understand why you have so many fish and would believe it was just a waste of time and money.

That is until he realizes that he’s gotten so lost in watching your fish swim around their tanks that he had lost track of you. He’s an expert stalker s he then realizes that maybe it ins’t dumb.

Then he begins questioning how you ever get anything done on time with so many mesmerizing fish just floating around.

Michael is also very curious and would enjoy you rambling on about your different fish. Would even listen to you talk about pH, salinity, all the aspects of the water as well. He just thinks it’s neat.

Bo Sinclair

Bo would tease you about having so many fish. “Are you trying to make friends out of fish since you can’t seem to befriend people?”

Pretends he wasn’t staring mindlessly at the fish swimming about anytime you catch him. If there’s a tank in the living room, although you probably convince him to have multiple, you can often find him staring at the fish rather than whatever is on TV.

You may also notice that Bo is a lot calmer, there isn’t as many angry outbursts from him as they used to be. Apparently fish can manage to calm down even the angriest person in Ambrose.

Tries to give the fish dumb names. It’s on the same level as his terrible dad jokes honestly. Don’t ask him his opinion because even if you give the fish a different name he is still going to call it by the name he came up with.

Vincent Sinclair

Unlike Bo, Vincent can come up with much better names. They’re all very artsy and sophisticated.

Vincent would also like if you set up a tank just for him. Like put all his favorite fishies in there. He’ll stare at it for hours and allows for him to just zone out. I think he would appreciate it very much.

Usually, taking care of the tanks is something you have to do all on your own since Vincent stays pretty busy. However, whenever he gets the chance he’s more than happy to help you out. Knows how heavy all those tanks can be and he doesn’t want you to hurt yourself.

Finds your fish keeping hobby very cute. All your fishies are like your shared children. He makes sure to feed them whenever you’re not around. Would also replace a fish that has died before you notice if he can. However, he soon realizes you recognize your fish way better than he thought…

Brahms Heelshire

He doesn’t like animals and is very much against the fish at first. Brahms had planned on sitting and angrily staring at it until he ended up simply just staring at it. Wow, that fishy is indeed swimming.

Brahms eventually begins to want to feed the fish. He’s dramatic and would probably even add it to the daily schedule. May even feed the fish multiple times and just hope you don’t catch him.

He wouldn’t allow you to have to many tanks though. That would interfere with the amount of time you focus on him after all and he simply cannot have that.

Wants to name the fish and expects you to allow him to give it whatever dumb or dramatic name that he wants. Goes for some old fancy book inspired name. If the fish dies and you two get a new one it’s the same name just with the second, third, and so on added on to the end. You cannot change the name.

Billy Loomis

You’re obsessed with fish, he’s obsessed with murder, everyone has their fun little quirks right?

Thinks that your fish keeping hobby is kind of nerdy but still cute. He likes listening to you ramble about different kinds of fish and how to take care of them. Expects you to listen to him ramble about horror movies in return.

Horror inspired fish names? Absolutely! The crown tail beta? His name is Freddy. Goldfish? A classic, his name is Michael. Would probably even name one after himself.

Won’t help much with tank upkeep. But if he sees you struggling to lift something heavy obviously he has to use it as an opportunity to show off and swoops in to help. We get it Billy, you’re big and strong.

Stu Macher

Absolutely loves helping you with your fish keeping hobby! Especially loves helping you pick out fish. Oh, this one’s o expensive? No it’s not because he’s aging for it.

If he buys the fish he has come up with the rule that he gets to name it. This means you have a handful of rare and beautiful fish with dumb ass names.

Stu likes to just sit and watch the fish swim around with you. It gives him the perfect excuse to just cling to you while the two fo you do nothing and he enjoys it a lot.

You have more than one fish that he has started to call jr because they are his favorites so he claims them as his sons. He doesn’t care, to him all the fish are boys so.

Jesse Cromeans

Funds your fish keeping hobby and is more than okay with having tanks all over the house, whatever makes you happy. Besides, you spend more time in the house than him, you deserve something to keep you entertained.

Please talk to him about all of your different fish. He’s amazed by the fact you have so much mesmerized about all of these different fish and how to take care of them. He just thinks it’s very dorky and cute.

Just picture him sitting on the living room couch with you, working on a laptop. He looks up to find you staring at a tank and ends up getting lost as well. Just two idiots sitting on a couch staring at fish. Forgets all about his work.

Your fish are spoiled just like you. They come from the best stores, have the best supplies, and consume only the highest quality of fish food.

Asa Emory

Absolutely gets your fish keeping hobby. After all he’s obsessed with bugs and people and has a collection himself. Asa respects the hobby and finds your love for fish endearing.

Knows that it can be a lot of work to keep up with so many tanks so he will help you but reluctantly. Complains the whole time about how you shouldn’t have gotten in over your head even though he encourages you to get more fish.

Asa thinks naming your fish is stupid. After all, you have so many how do you keep up with them all. There’s no point y/n, all of them in that tank look almost identical, identity theft isn’t a joke.

Asa isn’t ashamed of staring at the fish. If you tease him about it, he’ll go on a big rant about how it’s good for you and what not. Just admit staring at the fish is fun Asa, it’s not that hard.

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