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canonmisogynyvictimstournament · 8 months

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PRELIMINARY ROUND - YU-GI-OH!

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Aki Izayoi/Akiza Izinski

1.) Famously built up as part of a protagonist group during the first and second season, complete with her own tragic backstory and several duels she got to participate in (very important in yugioh), only for a change in the lead writer (who, in some of his other works, literally admitted "he's not good at writing women") to occur after the second season, turning her from almost a main character into a literal "benchwarmer" for her duelling team (one of the outtro sequences in the later seasons literally refers to her as that). Fun things included such as: Had special powers in the earlier seasons which she struggled with and learned to control only to lose them for no reason in season 4; went from duelling several times to duelling literally twice during the entire 3rd, 4th, and 5th season, one of which was a tournament duel she lost embarrassingly despite being set up as a very capable duellist before; painstakingly learned a special form of duelling (card games on motorcycles) only to lose the only duel she partook in in this format; was briefly put into a coma (and lost her powers directly after) shortly before two of the male protags GAINED power upgrades; went from an acceptable amount of screentime to a background prop; also, despite being canonically sixteen, standard overly sexy outfit design with lots of cleavage (big tits because of course), a very short dress, and stockings with garters.

2.) She develops psychic powers when she is 8, accidentally injures her father since she can't control them yet. He calls her a monster, abuses and neglects her, and eventually sends her to a dueling boarding school rather than actually care for her. Other fear her and her powers so she suppresses them and never really learns how to control them. Eventually a cult called the Arcadia Movement recruits her because they want to exploit her powers for their own gain. In the first season she is introduced as a strong duelist with psychic powers, a rival on par with the male protagonist. She also nearly beats the protagonist in duel when they go head to head. She only starts to lose because she starts to open up emotionally about her past and fear of hurting others with her powers.

After this she joins the protags and is a love interest for the main character. They NEVER bring up and develop her backstory and stuff after this EVEN THOUGH this is such a good and interesting backstory. Even though she is introduced as a competent duelist, they reduce her to a benchwarmer on the team. THEY LITERALLY SAY SHE IS A BENCHWARMER IN THE SHOW!! She doesn't get to contribute to the plot, partake in important duels, or develop her character arc after the first season despite the fact she had so much potential.

Her character could EASILY have been used to explore trauma and exploitation, major themes already present in the show. But sadly they chose to only explore how those things impacted the male characters instead

3.) My poor girl. Her story starts off great, good set up, good characterization. She has psychic powers and her parents did not know how to help her. She ran away from home and joined a cult of people with similar powers. All normal character beats. The main character shows her the power of friendship and shows she has a connection to 4 other 'signers' who are suppose to protect against the season antagonist. She starts leaving the cult, talking to her parents again etc because she now knows there are prople who care for her. But thats where her development kind of ends. She learns the leader of the cult was manipulating her but she never really gets to confront him.

By the end of the season, she and the other female signer get sidelined because they doesn't have the core mechanic of the series, how to play a card game on a motorcycle. Instead they are replaced by a character who was not originally a signer but by the end became one cause he helped.

Season 2 and beyond is shows not much more than that. Except for she has a whole episode dedicated to learning how to ride a motorcycle. The biggest thing about that is we never really see anyone else in the series learn or be uncomfortable riding and while it's realistic, it's only her. And in that episode there was like a couple of guys trying to make her fail like? I guess it's part of the episode of learning and overcoming challenges but why intentionally introduce the misogyny now? I think there was maybe 2 other woman who rode motorcycles in this show which is an overall series problem.

She went from a main character to background as the rest of the story focuses around the main character and his 2 childhood friends for the rest of the series.

Ultimately her story is wasted potential, she started out with interesting character and development but there was no strong follow up. We never see her work through how the cult used her or how it affects her after a first confrontation. She was just left hanging like every other woman in yu-gi-oh. And don't get me started on the manga. Iirc she gets introduced at the end for plot reasons and nothing else.

Aoi Zaizen/Skye Zaizen

1.) she's presented as a really strong dueller and is really famous for it - a duelling idol - and everything. she proceeds to have pretty much no substantial wins which wouldn't hurt as much if not for the fact that one loss in particular is just infamous for how dirty it does her. like alright. duels take place in the air in cyberspace, you with me? and when she lost this one infamous duel she fell off her board and faceplanted into the ground which would kind of be like fine whatever i guess but it's SUCH a visceral faceplant. like. if you haven't seen it you should go find the clip cause man. it was so unnecessary… besides that she also gets brainwashed (par for the ygo girls course) and falls into a coma (also par for the course). before i move on though the fact that she doesn't really win any important duels is made even more frustrating by the fact that she used one of the best archetypes at the time then changed for a worse archetype for basically no reason. her character has a lot of interesting set up from the start that's just never properly delivered upon but they trick you into thinking she's receiving good character development by changing the design of her duel idol persona and like sure the designs may slap but that doesn't excuse that she doesn't really get the cohesive character development they're meant to signify. not really

2.) Although she is supposed to be a strong and popular duelist in canon, she loses almost every single duel horribly. One loss is particularly brutal as she falls from a large height directly onto her head and goes into a coma (again. yes this was the second time). She has the least amount of duel wins out of all the other Yugioh female leads, save for one who never dueled one on one.

3.) In the show, she plays a trickstar deck. In real life, this deck became known as one of THE most overpowered decks you could use. Literally so strong they had to nerf it. You'd think this kind of overpoweredness would reflect in the show. No. Her biggest win comes from basically an AI child, a minor antagonist.

#polls #preliminary round

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sunny6677 · 1 year

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Made another au for spooky month.

Title: The Dimensional Duo.

TWS: TRAUMA MENTIONS, KILLING MENTIONS, WEAPON IMAGERY, MONSTER IMAGERY, MULTIPLE EYES IMAGERY.

Summary: When Eyes finally emerged and began to destroy everything with the help of the cult, a cult member threw Skis and Pump into some weird ass portal thingy due to a command Eyes had made specifically for them. Skid and Pump were trapped in a dimension after being thrown in, which was basically a void filled with glass shards that led to every universe in the galaxy except their own. The shards were basically their only form of entertainment, so they had to use them go travel through universes for the next 13 years. Eventually, it got to a point where most of these universes were sort of similar to video games(some of them even were video games), so they began to lose their grasp on what was normal and their own grasp on their own morality. It got so bad to the point where even killing others wasn't a big deal to them. But somehow, after 13 years, they managed to finally leave, but they were completely oblivious to that. Due to their trauma that they aren't even aware of, they do not remember shit about the town and only remember some people, so they end up mistaking it for another universe. Surprisingly, everything seems fine now. It seems the town managed to defeat Eyes on their own. But they both end up reuniting with the original cast(most of whom they do not recognize but they do remember them), which leads to shenanigans.

Skids personality: Skid is the more calmer of the two. He is generally more laid-back and is usually pretty smug, he also kind of has dry humor. He also tends to joke around and laugh a lot, and for some reason he's weirdly good at singing. He usually laughs at Pump whenever he starts raging, but whenever Skid is mad, he's usually very firm and passive aggresive. He can also be a bit sassy sometimes, but it usually comes out of no where.

Pumps personality: He is more chaotic, and adventurous, and he also tends to resort to fighting anytime he's confronted with a problem of some sort. But he also has massive anger issues, and will tend to freak out whenever he's frustrated with something sometimes. He can also be a smug piece of shit when he wants to, and whenever Skid is mad, he usually just teases him.

Facts about this au:

1. Skid and Pump have been stuck in the dimension for so long that they forgot how the real world works. Which means they've forgotten that they can actually die now, and they've also gotten to a point where they treat everyone else except eachother like they aren't real people. They tend to make fun of others, or joke about others since they usually don't think it really means anything anyway.

2. Skid and Pump will attempt to kill eachother sometimes as a joke or as a way to mess with the other, since they're usually used to the other just coming back anyway. But now that they're in the real world, they can actually die. But they still aren't aware of this, and will attempt to jokingly kill eachother regardless.

3. Killing or hurting threats has become normal for the both of them, so when faced with even a minor threat, they usually automatically start to swing their weapons around out of instinct.

4. Both of them are weirdly good at fighting, but Skid is better at it than Pump is.

5. Both of them have trauma, but they don't even know it.

6. Skid remembers Lila, but he does not recognize her when he comes back.

7. Pump also remembers Susie, but he can't recall how she looks, and due to this, he doesn't recognize her when he finally sees her again.

Doodles:

Reminder this au isn't 100% complete though, and I will probably make another post on it at some point.

#spooky month #spooky month au #skid and pump #skid spooky month #pump and skid #pump spooky month #lila spooky month #susie spooky month #roy spooky month #read the tws

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imaginariaextraordinaire · 3 years

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Rewatching this episode made me realise how much Seon-Gyeom and Coach Bang have in common. (My English-reading self loves the fact that she's called "bang" given her history of beating to pulp a colleague who wanted to, well, bang her.) In many ways, she comes across as more of a parental figure than Seon-Gyeom's actual parents. Not only is there the affection visible in the way she ruffles his hair and teases him, she's also got a history of trying to counter abuse with violence.

Coach Bang's story is a pointed reminder of how the system almost always sides with the male abuser in #MeToo cases. Maybe she had also hoped, like Seon-Gyeom, that people would ask why she'd resorted to violence, but they didn't. Both Coach Bang and Seon-Gyeom are the ones who end up walking away, while the coach (who once harassed Coach Bang and is now turning a blind eye to athletes being assaulted) is the one sitting pretty in his position of power.

It's also heartwarming that the one who brings Coach Bang back into the world of athletics is Seon-Gyeom. It mirrors how she once scouted him because she saw what he was capable of when others didn't.

Also, the sentence in the screengrab reminded me of Dan-Ah, who was forced to give up football by her brother and father. Patriarchy infects everything.

Last episode, a similar gesture led to a forged a connection (with Yeong-Hwa). This time, Seon-Gyeom's finger can't make that connection. He is very literally disconnected from his old world. It's also perhaps an indication that he's changed — something that his monster father notices when Seon-Gyeom refuses to let Assemblyman Ki exploit him in order to fulfil the older man's ambitions. Of course, Assemblyman Ki doesn't realise that Seon-Gyeom is a catalyst of sorts. Eun-Bi has already chosen a much more confrontational way of opposing her father and protecting her brother when she chooses Dan-Ah's agency. Quite a contrast to the way she had moved the glass away from Assemblyman's Ki in the quietest, subtlest way possible when the older man lashed out at Seon-Gyeom. Later, we'll see Ji-Woo's way of handling her husband change too. Assemblyman Ki, though, has no clue because he's too busy writing holier-than-though tweets (his staff despairing at his tweets sort of reminded me of Trump).

So nice to see Woo-Sik not taking the work done by "Furry Kim" for granted. He finds out who Furry Kim is — well done, Mi-Joo, on picking a truly ridiculous handle — and thanks her for her work. He doesn't take her labour for granted. Grandma's raised this boy well. Also love it when Woo-Sik asks if she did all this for Seon-Gyeom and Mi-Joo replies that she translated the article because she knew she'd do the best job of it. Shin Se-Kyung is pitch perfect in the way she plays Mi-Joo as someone who knows her strengths, but never comes across as conceited or arrogant.

I love how it's Seon-Gyeom who adjusts his stride to Mi-Joo's. That the adjustment is made by the man is such a refreshing change from women changing because they're in a romantic relationship. It's also ironic that after this lovely little moment, the Gyeommi couple has its first fight and while it all seems very silly at a superficial level, the feelings that are spurring both Seong-Gyeom and Mi-Joo to feel hurt by the other have darker, sadder roots. This is what we do in everyday life — we spend all our efforts hiding our darkest fears and miseries, only for them to spill out in ways that seem frivolous and nonsensical to those watching.

Also, the Winnie-the-Pooh line is one of the best in the show.

If you ask me, Seon-Gyeom might just be a wee bit cuter.

Seon-Yeong couple, I live for you. Kang Tae-Oh is such a breath of fresh air with impeccable comic timing and the innocence that his Yeong-Hwa radiates. Yeong-Hwa and May add such a wonderful sparkle to every scene they're in, lighting it up with their warmth and optimism.

I also live for Im Siwan's face-scrunching skills. Truly.

If the non-fight between Mi-Joo and Seon-Gyeom felt frustrating (because you just want to shake both of them and tell them to talk to each other properly dammit), how deeply satisfying is that exit after the confrontation with Assemblyman Ki. Both Shin and Cha Hwa-Yun (who plays Ji-Woo) shine in this scene. Ji-Woo's face lights up when she realises the power dynamic between Assemblyman Ki and his son is changing, and this young woman might be the one that started the fire. Also, I love how Mi-Joo taking Seon-Gyeom's hand and speeding up offers a parallel to Seon-Gyeom slowing down his stride to match her pace in the earlier scene.

Still gives me goosebumps.

#Run On #Episode 7 #Rewatch #Shin Se-Kyung #Im Siwan #Cha Hwa-Yun #Choi Soo-Young #Kang Tae-Oh #Kdrama #MeToo #Everyday sexism #Good Men and Great Women

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velvyy · 4 years

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I remember you talking about Angel a little bit ago and how you didn't think he was as bad as everybody else was saying. What makes him appeal to you, I can't really get behind him in all honesty.

So I keep getting asks regarding to clarify my stance on Angel, and while I don’t mind this despite getting asks about it even now from HH fans and non-fans alike, receiving charitable and uncharitable asks and takes simultaneously from both, I might as well answer because I’m getting a bit tired of it. Not on here that often and every time there’s a new ask regarding it and I don’t understand why people want my take on this, despite me having already given one, or the clarification. That being said, my mind has changed a bit on the subject, and I kind of wanna give a small analysis on Angel and how I feel about him now, so here we are.

Firstly, the debate surrounding Angel Dust is off-putting to me because while I seemingly see both sentiments, I also feel as though they’re both simultaneously wrong. The positions are usually “Angel Dust represents a harmful stereotype that contributes to our marginalization and is a literal walking sex joke and nothing else.” and “Angel Dust is a hooker. A sex worker, prostitute. He’s supposed to be in hell. He’s supposed to be bad and awful. Moron” and really, I dislike both of these takes for rather similar reasons. Reason being is that I feel that it’s addressing the wrong thing here, which is the characterization of Angel, and not really what the over-arching narrative and well, show itself has to say about Angel, and I also feel that the issue here isn’t homophobia as much as it involves vilifying sex work potentially.

My issue with the first take is that obviously, we’ve barely scratched the surface with this character. I will say that the way he was introduced in the pilot was left to be desired. Not that he was offensive or meant to be a major middle finger to the gay community, but simply because we typically see big, larger, main traits of a character in a pilot. In Angel, we primarily see him embodying those things that many of the “HH hate crowd” disliked about him. Upon first introduction, he genuinely does come off as a stereotype, something that was written solely for the purpose of being “the gay” and nothing else admittedly. While said analysis is probably inaccurate, I don’t blame anyone for initially feeling that way, and coming to their own conclusions. Recognize that everybody’s opinion on Angel is all pretty much based on first impressions, because we only have so much to say about him at the moment. There isn’t even a show. It’s the pilot. Things even now can still change greatly. However, Angel in the show, being a prostitute, and a sex worker, seem very much rooted in his character primarily because many of his own personal struggles also lie in the fact that he’s someone who’s also victim to sexual assault, exploitation, which obviously has connections to his occupation. We can say that many of his actions are rooted in not only his job, and experiences, but also the mask he wears to hide his pain. I feel like to simply look at that and say “Fuck Angel Dust, he’s harmful.” is simultaneously neglecting a silent minority in the gay community that genuinely deals with the hardships of sex work in real life. You don’t see that type of humanity brought to the forefront in regards to gay sex workers in media. They’re usually there to be mocked at, and while you could say Angel comes off that way initially, additional context in the comics and Addict suggests otherwise. He’s not Alastor. He doesn’t have all these special abilities aside from being able to manifest guns and bombs, and probably shoot webs out of his anus or something. Angel is in pain, and in a situation where he feels stuck. He feels like he’s on a leash and only copes in the way he knows how, that being hedonistic actions and such. As to what the general narrative and world of Hazbin might have to say? We don’t know, and that could vary. We don’t have a conclusion as to what the world of Hazbin has to say about Angel, and whether or not he needs to be “redeemed” which is an issue I take on its own. I will get into that shortly.

I take issue with the second take for similar reasons as previously stated, but it has less to do with the analysis coming from the people who say this sort of thing, and more about what it reveals about the people saying “He’s a prostitute. He’s supposed to be in hell. He’s baaaaad.” Because it shows a type of reactionary sentiment that justifies the villainizing of sex workers, and also goes to show that they probably appreciate Angel’s character for the same reason those who despise Angel, are critical of. They find him funny potentially because in their mind, Angel is something to be mocked. Because he’s a “freak” in the sense that he’s this awful, slutty monster, seemingly missing the intentions behind writing Angel the way he is, as a way of potentially showing a sign of sympathy towards the livelihoods of real life sex workers. Instead these people probably don’t think too highly of people who work in that industry and view them as a circus act, the same way they might view Angel as the funny token gay man, and it shows that people appreciate this character for very different reasons. Not to mention, this take is not a very good defense. Does someone being in hell necessarily necessitate them to be “offensive?” A very non-offensive, non-confrontational, seemingly polite person could be the most awful person when the optics of civility are stripped away... Like a politician.

However, I end up pondering about what the narrative itself has to say about Angel needing to be redeemed. Because of the pilot’s highlight on his hypersexual manner, I end up asking myself what he needs to be redeemed from. His sex work and sexual nature certainly doesn’t make him a bad person. His violence probably does, but there’s so much emphasis on the sexual side of him and not the “gangster” side of him, and suggesting that people who are exploited by the industry they work in need to be “redeemed” almost insinuates like they’re doing something wrong. As if it potentially shares the same reactionary sentiment about sex workers that those who view Angel as a laughing stock do. Now, if “redemption” is a euphemism for “rehabilitation” then I would view this differently. However, in the pilot, the term “rehabilitation” and “redemption” are both used, seemingly interchangeably, despite both of these terms having different meanings. In terms of Hazbin, since we’re in hell, which is based on the Christian mythos (most likely also inspired by other cultural interpretations of a bad afterlife) “redemption” here is probably referring to the absolving of sins and what have you, although we don’t really know what Hazbin’s criteria for being worthy of Hell is, and said criteria is also never questioned. We just know that everybody there in hell is supposed to be bad as the latter say, and that’s that. They’re all “sinful”, all worthy of being considered bad people despite some clearly not being so... awful. Vaggie isn’t so awful. She’s a bit angry, but for a good reason. Why is she in hell with literal murderers, homophobes, gangsters, etc? Of course we don’t know much about her yet, but she seems substantially more innocent than say Alastor, who’s a literal serial killer. But according to fans, she’s in hell. So she’s bad. Bad people go to hell, and hell is where the bad people reside in, and all are in need of rehabilitation or “redemption” in order to achieve/attain heaven. (obligatory jojo reference heehee) Issue being that what’s good and bad is subjective, and despite nobody being morally perfect, they’re just in this place together with no real chance of redemption, while being told by the dominant structure and culture in hell that nobody really even wants to be “redeemed”, despite nobody wanting to be there, and probably housing some regret, only to be chained down by a culture of doubt, and many of these inhabitants probably not even really needing to be “redeemed.” There are people who are there for probably very irrational reasons, like stealing some stuff from a grocery store or something. Hell, even if someone is a murderer, what if they murdered in self-defense? Or trying to protect their family? Are they, a sinner, in need of being absolved, and to confess their sin of wanting to survive? Many “sinners” are probably people who come from unfortunate circumstances, and are forced to adapt to certain conditions that force them to do things that are considered “sinful.”

Of course, this is all very assumptive. For all we know, Hazbin could very well go into detail about this type of thing, and I’d be all for it. I feel like a lot of the former critique I’ve mentioned would be cleared away and people would be able to actually make a formed opinion on characters like Angel instead of the typical surface level takes I usually see. I’d be highly disappointed if the writers of Hazbin didn’t go down this route and question the very nature of this Heaven and Hell dichotomy and the moral code and structure presented. I have to clarify though. I’m not “behind” Angel. I acknowledge his character and how he’s written, and honestly thought the way he was shown initially was sub-par, and still believe that. My irritation revolves around fans and non-fans alike thinking they have a finalized idea of what Angel is, when they don’t, and then you have Youtubers making videos pretending it’s flawless while making statements about how stereotypes are apparently not harmful at all while making the assumption that every harsh criticism is a result of people wanting to ALL destroy Vivienne’s career when that’s just as reductive as saying that Viv is evil for shit she did years ago.

Aside from this, there’s still other things about Hazbin too. Vaggie even now I still can’t really see how she’s in anyway offensive or purposely off-putting. She’s angry because she has to react to a world who wants to take advantage of her, and her girlfriend. I’d be pissed too. She isn’t angry because she’s written to be the angry latina (despite Viv’s dumb tweet about “I’M A FIERY LATINA TOO WEE”). Alastor is a subject of discussion too because of the whole voodoo thing despite him passing as very, very caucasian and white, while also claims of cultural appropriation due to the certain iconography used when Alastor exhibits his power while playing into that “spooky voodoo” stereotype. I don’t have much to say on this because I’m simply not that familiar the religious practice aside from it having origins in Western Africa, and the Caribbean. Some say Alastor is biracial but that isn’t confirmed I don’t think. Some people say Hazbin is bad because of a Jeffery Dahmer joke, and saying that Katie Killjoy is proof of homophobia despite her being pointed out as an actual piece of shit with zero standards.

It’s all crazy. I look forward to what the Hazbin crew do with Hazbin, Helluva Boss, and especially Zoophobia. My mind is still open.

#hazbin hotel #vivziepop #angel dust #alastor #vaggie #demons

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dachi-chan25 · 3 years

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Haven't done this in a while but I had the time so why not?

1.- Pizza Girl by Kyoung Jean Frazier

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I really did like it, reminded me a lot of "Convinience store woman". Like clearly our protagonist needed thrapy ASAP to help her deal with her dad's death, her pregnancy, her attraction to women and hell just for existing as an Asian woman in the USA, but I liked how messy and obsesive she was and how the author allowed her to be fucked up and take bad decisions, I love to see female characters simply exist, it's also a pretty short read so I definitely recommend it.

2.-The Authentics by Abdi Nazemian

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Daría is a persian teen who is really involved in her cultural background and feels that the most important thing one can be is authentic, so that's the name she and her friends take for their clique. But everything comes crashing down on her when she discovers she is adopted, and soon follows an identity crisis. I loved it so much, it felt pretty realistic, like Daría could be self absorbed and unlikeable at times, but who wasn't as a teen? And we get such beautiful heartwarming moments between Daría and her family and friends. Totally recommend it.

3.- The Mall by Megan McCafferty

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Cassie has her life completely mapped out but nothing goes quite as planned, first she gets mononucleosis and after she gets better gets dumped and fired almost simultaneously. Determined not to let it get the best of her, Cassie gets a brand new job, reconnects with an old friend and even finds a hidden treasure. This one is so much fun, all the 90s references and the growth Cassie goes through is amazing, honeslty i would love to see this as a Netflix movie.

4.- Luster by Raven Leilani

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This book was hard, Edie is a very raw character, at first she seems flippant even when describing disturbing facts about her past or details about her relationship with a much older man she seems to be talking about something that happened to someone else all this to cope dealing with her solitude, her trauma, her self hate. And gosh it was so intresting to see her interact with Rebecca and Akila, especially Akila as Edie finds kinship in this young girl not only cuz they are both black but because they are both lost and afraid.

5.- Lakewood by Megan Giddings

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Lena decides to participate on a financially compensated medical experiment so her mom can get proper medical care and to lessen their debts after her Grandmother's death.

So I had many mixed feelings about this, on one hand I liked that we are adressing how sistematical racism has permited experiments on black people with no consequences at all and how it has been happening for decades, but there were certain parts of the book that I couldn't enjoy as much because they were very trippy like I get we are on Lena's mind as things are becoming muddled up because of the medications and all those mind games and the words they have her memorize and repeat but all of it took me a bit away from the story. Still I do recommend it just be aware there is quite a bit of body horror in this so if you are sqeamish better skip it.

6.-The Voting Booth - Brandy Colbert

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Marva and Duke meet on election day as she helps him find the precint he is registered on.

This is very enjoyable, the story is very straightforward, and it insists on our right and responsability to vote even if we feel our vote alone can't possibly change all the injustice we see in the world. And also the romance was cute and developed slowly as Marva and Duke are just knowing each other. Really cute and quick read.

7.- Such a fun age - Kiley Reid

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Emira works as a babysitter for the Chamberleins' . She loves her little charge Briar, although she feels preassured to seek a 'real job' by her friends and by her own economic troubles. Emira soon finds herself in the middle of a tug of war between her boss Alix who tries to befriend her, and Kelley the guy she is dating.

So much drama. This is a great example of what performative activism looks like, first Alix is completely nuts, from her obsession to be seen as this wonderful understanding girl boss activist and the down right creepy sense of entitlement to Emira's friendship and intimacy. Like it doesn't surprise me she chose to victimize herself instead of recognizing it had all been a misunderstanding. And even then she still wants to seem atractive to the man she feels victimized by. Girl no.

Kelley is the ultimate fake woke ally. Dude Robbie was wrong period, he had no business inviting people over to someone else's house no matter the color of his skin. You don't get to talk over Emira on matters of what a person of color should do or feel on certain situations. That said it was so funny when he and Alix called each other out for their fetishization of people of color and yet none of them actually gave a damn about what Emira thought/felt/percieved. They just wanted her stamp of approval so they could pat themselves in the back for being such good allies.

8.- The Life and (Medieval) times of Kit Sweetly by Jamie Pacton

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Kit is working as a serving wench at the Castle, medieval themed restaurant run by her uncle, though she really wants to be a Knight, not only cuz the better pay would help around the house but because she really admires Joan of Arc, problem is the Castle management doesn't allow for anyone who is not a cis male to be a knight. Kit is set on changing that.

Ok so I feel a bit lukewarm toward this. Kit in my opinion doesn't get much growth, it seems she just can do whatever and her friends have to be ok w it, her romance w her friend feels pulled out of nowhere like Jett at one point tells her he is not intrested in dating her and then he is ???, those GoT references killed me, I get it I watched the show and sometimes even enjoyed it but it's not representative of anything medieval and Kit was always talking about how much she liked the actual history of the medieval times so...

Also as much as this book was about feminism and how we should fight for equal job oportunities, it feels as though Kit only cared about medieval woman who fought physically and not on the badass medieval woman, like idk it feels as a rejection of tradicional feminity like even the girl playing the Princess is a jerk. But I did like some parts, like her decision to confront her asshole dad to help her mom and the girls training together.

9.-Cien años de soledad de Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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En Macondo, una población Colombiana a un lado del río, vemos como una de sus familias fundadoras crece, se expande y cambia a través de cien años.

Me encanto, hace mucho tiempo que no leía una novela de realismo mágico que me provocará tantos sentimientos. Creo que todos los personajes reflejan aspectos de la humanidad tan diversos y complejos que sería inútil tratar de enlistarlos todos.

Ultimadamente siento que lo que condenó a la familia Buendia a cumplir las profecías de Melquiades fue sus propia naturaleza que ellos nunca tuvieron intención de pelear, siempre sucumbian a las locuras o pasiones que los inundarán sin mesura alguna o consideración por las consecuencias. Y creo que aún así lo prefiero pues es lo que hace a cada personaje por confuso que a veces llegue a ser la repetición de nombres (que para mi es el simbolismo de una naturaleza y destino continuos) único e intrigante. En verdad espero que se den la oportunidad de leer este libro por lo menos una vez en sus vidas.

10.-The Monsters of music by Rebecca F. Kenney

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This is a gender-swaped modern retelling of the Phantom of the Opera.

It was creative to make Mel, our Phantom, a true magical creature, and the singing contest was also cool. Like don't get me wrong I did have fun reading this but it also felt pretty unpolished like most characters were teens on the contest and that kinda made me roll my eyes a bit, like unless it's the Voice Kids age ranges are quite ample on this kind of shows, also kinda clumsy the addition of the magical elements with the modern setting, Kiyo didn't make much of an impression with me even when Christine is my fave on the original book. Still if you are a Phan like me you might wanna check this one out.

11.- Anna K by Jenny Lee

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This is a modern americanized ya retelling of Anna Karenina.

Not gonna lie this made me cry so much at the end. I really liked Anna and Vronski together so much, and I don't like the love at first sight trope, but here it felt so inevitable. Anna was so self contained until she met him and could truly explore being herself and they really loved each other so much. Also I liked the treatment of the side characters Kimmie and Dustin were well developed and I really enjoyed this one can't wait to get to the second book.

12.- Wonderland by Zoje Stage

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It was ok, but I was actually a bit disappointed cuz I had such high expectations for it. Like for about half the book I was really into the atmospheric vibe the book pulls you into, but as we get the reveal it started to go down hill for me, and the ending left me feeling meh. But maybe it was just not my cup of tea.

13.-Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

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This book is so well crafted!!! I love how it goes back and forth between past and present , first it feels as if history is repeating itself, then as both narratives unfold we start to question and discovering things and the twist at the end was chillin and masterful, I truly and wholeheartedly recommend it.

14.- The Girl with the louding voice by Abi Daré

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Adunni, a teenage girl, flees from her husband to work as a maid in Lagos, though everything she has ever wanted is to study.

This broke my heart, as it reflects how people coming from rural backgrounds get taken advantage of in the City, like similar things happen here in Mexico, but also it made me glad to see Adunni fight and keep her spirit so no one could ever silence her.

15.- The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson

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Immanuel does her very best to fit in Bethel, follow the scriptures and the Prophets words, but nothing seems to be enough to erase her mother's sin especially when the Darkwood seems to pull her in. As a plague starts to ravage Bethel, Immanuel has to face her past to save her people.

So frickin' good !!!! This story is great, mainly about the explotation of woman and young girls by people in power (in this case a church), the atmosphere is always tense, Ezra and Immanuel 's relationship is very well developed and one can really see how loyal they are to each other. A great option for horror fans.

#july 2021 wrap up #wrap up #dachi reads stuff #dachi rambles #booklr

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morphedphaseblog · 4 years

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The starless sea by Erin Morgenstern

Goodreads version

The introduction

This is just to warn everyone that I'm not a literature student, an English major nor a native English speaker, so I'm sorry in advance if this is a jumbled mess. I tend to ramble a lot but I've really tried to keep this as short as possible. (Short meaning a little bit over two thousand words for one review, I've never written a review this long.) I wrote this for self indulgence and for my lovely book club @readerbookclub

The first impression

This book pleasantly surprised me, it was like a very long dream that you don't want to wake up from. The moment I finished it I wished that I hadn't because I couldn't part from it just yet. It would feel almost like cheating, I wanted the intertwined stories to continue and for me to remain in its trance, lost in the beautiful writing and bizarre world.

I will be the first to admit that when someone says the story is written almost poem-like, in prose, and similar, I will immediately think of meaningless quotes that are there just to look pretty. Characters saying things just to sound deep, frilly writing that leads nowhere, and dragged on descriptions that had no place being that long and boring. Those are the first things I think of when I'm confronted with someone explaining those kinds of books to me, and that's completely my fault. This book was none of that, it was captivating from the first page to the last.

"There is a pirate in the basement. (The pirate is a metaphor but also still a person.) "

I can tell you, when I first read this, on the first goddamn page, I was hooked. This book has a strong bizzare sort of setting, one that almost reminds me of Neil Gaiman, distinctively Neverwhere with its underground society and twisted perceptions of reality, and yet this book stands out on its own as an individual. It's definitely a unique book, one that I'm still hesitant to part from.

The writing

This book has a very unique writing style, one that is extremely consistent throughout the book. There's nothing I hate more than an inconsistent writing style that changes without a reason. The author plays around with words and describes things simply yet poetically. There were only maybe two instances where I thought the writing was a bit pretentious, but ultimately the good outweighs the bad.

I don't know what exactly it is, but I will try and explain through the next few quotes:

"The book is mis-shelved in the fiction section, even though the majority of it is true and the rest is true enough"

(This really gives you the sense of vague foreshadowing in the book, where even though the description tells you sweet sorrows is mostly true you don't realise how true it actually is. I never saw the fact that the characters in that book would be actual people that interact with our main characters. Plus the writing is really pretty)

"It's binding has been cracked a handful of times, once a professor even perused the first few pages and intended to come back to it but forgot about it instead."

(Is it just me but these small detailed descriptions really give you a sense of real world happenings and that the story is really set in the real world. You can imagine people passing their fingers over the spine of the book before glancing around and getting distracted with something else. The professor taking it into his hands and skimming it but ultimately forgetting all about it later, and finally Zachary reading the whole book from top to bottom.)

"His dark hair is grading at the temples, framing a face that would be called handsome if the word rugged or unconventionally were attached to it."

(Now I'm in love with this kind of mental visual, it's fun and it almost plays with your expectations. I just really like small things like these, they immediately make my reading extremely entertaining.)

"Someone in the corner is dressed as a highly recognizable author or, Zachary thinks as he gets a closer look, it might be that highly recognizable author."

(Again as before, this is the kind of writing I like. It plays with your imaginary visuals of what's happening and making them ten times more fun, especially when we confirm a bit later that that had indeed been that highly recognizable author.)

"He walks over bones he mistakes for dust and nothingness he mistakes for bones."

(Yet another example of those fun visuals, I didn't even realise how many of these I had marked until I had to go through them for this review. I just adore this writing style.)

I have so many more of these so here are just a few more to really make this review even longer:

"A portrait of a young man in a coat with a great many buttons but the buttons are all tiny clocks, from the collar to the cuffs, each reading different times."

"His face is so much more than hair and eye colour, she wonders why books do not describe the curves of noses or the length of the eyelashes. She studies the shape of his lips. Perhaps a face is too complicated to capture in words."

"There are dozens of giant statues. Some figures have animal heads and others have list their heads entirely. They are listed throughout the space in a way that looks so organic that Zachary would not be surprised if they moved, or perhaps they are moving, very, very slowly."

"The figure in the chair is carved from snow and ice. As her gown cascades down around the chair the ripples in the fabric become waves, and within waves there are ships and sailors and sea monsters and then the sea within her gown is lost in the drifting snow."

"Allegra watches him with studied interest from the other end of the table, the way one watches a tiger in a zoo or possibly the way the tiger watches the tourists."

"It sounds strange and empty now, in her head. Rhyme can hear the hum of the past stories though they are low and quiet, the stories always calm once they have been written down whether they are past stories or present stories or future stories.

It is the absence of the high-pitched stories of the future that is the most strange. There is the thrum of what will pass in the next few minutes buzzing in her ears- so faint compared to the tales layered upon tales that she once heard- and then nothing. Then this place will have no more tales to tell." .

(Probably one of my favourites, it really highlights everything I like about this style of writing.)

Another kind of writing style I noticed in the book was an abundance of making things literally feel alive, giving human emotions to objects, personification. I don't come across this too often in other books, and when it happens it isn't repeated as often in that same book,since it tends to get old, but as we have already learned Erin Morgenstern never makes this boring. She plays around with this and never seems to stop, adding another layer to her writing cake. I love how she gives these characteristics to even the smallest of crevices hidden in shadows, something just people wouldn't even think of.

"He takes his torch and explores the shadows, away from the doors and the tent, among jagged crystals and forgotten architecture. He carries the light into places long unfamiliar with illumination that accept it like a half-remembered dream."

"Outside the inn the wind howls, confused by this turn of events. (The wind does not like to be confused. Confusion ruins it's sense of direction and direction is everything to the wind.)"

"The wind howls after him as he leaves in fear of what is to come, but a mortal cannot understand the wishes of the wind no matter how loud it cries and so these final warnings go unheeded."

"If the sword could sigh with relief as it is taken from its scabbard it would, for it has been lost and found so many times before and it knows this time will be the last."

One more thing that caught my eye in the writing was also the composition, where we technically start with in medias Res. We find out by the end of the book that everything that has happened was one big ass story wrapped in stories and overlapped with other stories. So Zachary literally comes in not even in the middle of the story, but at the very end that has been overdue for quite some time. This makes for a very interesting storyline as all the other storylines intertwine into eachother, it makes for an even more interesting read as our MC comes in only when the plot is at its end, tipping over the very edge.

(I also got the feeling that the entire book is almost told through the perspective of the story, if that makes any sense whatsoever. It's almost like the story, that is bound together like the most complicated twister game, is alive and is smiling over our characters smugly waiting for everything to run its course. Like an omnipresent god, that's at least the vibe I got reading the book. )

The world building

Now in my opinion the world building goes hand in hand with the writing in this book. Every detail I mentioned before builds the atmosphere and the base of all the world building in this book. The way the plot is written is written also contributes to the world building, as all the stories overlap and meet at the very end. The looping plot line is actually my number one favourite thing in the entire book.

There isn't that much to say except 'what the hell is going on?' in the best way possible, to the world building, because as confusing as it can be it's amazing to read and I think that it's one of my favourite aspects of the book.

The Characters

Now is time for the weakest part of the book, its characters, who even though I think are amazing, are definitely flatter than everything else in the book.

In my opinion most characters personalities I just can't pinpoint, and even though this personally doesn't take away from my enjoyment too much, I know a lot of people love well defined character personalities.

For some characters I can understand the constant change in character, like Mirabel, whose multiple lifetimes make it so it makes sense why her personalities overlap and make little sense. She constantly felt a bit inconsistent to me, but again I personally didn't think it ruined the book.

The most well developed personalities I could feel were Kat and the keeper, and at times Dorian. Zachary is a weird gray area for me, because even though I loved his character, I can't really tell who he is besides the son of the fortuneteller. I think that most of the character building was sacrificed to make the plot and the world feel alive. As I said before, it feels like the omnipresent god and the world is more developed than any of the characters personalities.

I usually love marking all 'character moments' where I feel like I can understand what kind of person the character is, their sense of humour, friendship, socializing, thinking and so on. But I found myself marking basically nothing of that kind in this book, just the beautiful descriptions of the world. The story was just more alive than the characters in it.

I liked all the romances even though they all lacked some depth, but the fairytale style writing of the romance definitely made them extremely enjoyable. If it weren't for the fairytale vibe all the romance would have been just flat, and I wouldn’t be invested at all.

The Conclusion

I wouldn't reccomend this book for everyone, as I think great many people wouldn't be fans of the writing, and so the lack of character depth wouldn't help either and there would be no good to outweigh the bad. I truly think this book is a perfect 4 starts but to me personally it is 5 stars. I am just such a big fan of the looping storyline, I still haven't gotten over that. To finish it all off here are a few extra quotes that I liked:

"No one takes responsibility. Everyone assumes someone else will do it, so no one does."

"It is critical to steep the tests in ignorance to result in uncorrupted responses."

"They all have similar elements, though. All stories do, no matter what form they take. Something was, and then something changed. Change is what a story is, after all."

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One Punch Man {Monster reader Headcanons}

I'm going to highlight the ones I personally enjoyed writing! ●▽●

Sweet Mask: He probably finds out on the down low. It was an accident. He'd merely been patrolling the area around the concert to clear his head when he saw you transform. Normally after seeing a monster, he'd kill it. But it was you. He was already attached to you. He'll probably test you. Ask you if you're hiding anything from him. If you lie and try to change the subject, you'll leave him no choice. But if you break down crying, telling him everything, explaining that yes you were a monster, but that you'd never hurt anyone… There's a better chance that he won't straight up kill you. He may even try to find out if the monster side of you can be removed.

Tatsumaki: She's definitely enraged. A monster!? you'd LIED to her!! How long? Were you just trying to get close to her so you'd be protected by the HA? Disgusting! If you explain yourself, that you'd been born this way, you had never hurt a human, that the reason she'd found you in the woods was so you'd not hurt anybody, and that you only wanted to have a normal life… She may just forgive you. But, why lie? Why not just tell her? Do you not trust her? But it's nothing like that, you were scared that the HA would hunt you down, put you in jail despite doing nothing wrong, or kill you. She'll soften over time, let her think about it.

Kamikaze/Atomic Samurai: He's shocked. But, you're calm. You're not enraged or killing or lashing out at anything that moved. You were the same, but… Not. He won't make any harsh judgments before getting your side of the story. He had to be calm too. He will assess the situation as is and listen carefully to your explanation. That it had been secretly put into your food during the time you'd been captured by the monster association. That it'd been too late by the time you'd found out. He'll work doggedly beside you to shield you from the outside world and to help you control your monstrous instincts.

Child Emperor: He's honestly not sure how to handle this. You were a kid. Just like him. You were quick to explain that your father had been a monster. Not an evil monster, a monster that wanted to be left alone and in peace. You explained the story of how your parents met, that your mother worried about you constantly, and how your father had been killed after accidentally encountering heroes. Heroes that didn't care that he hadn't done anything wrong. You had to hide from the world, but you saw him as a close friend, a confidant of sorts. You had total control over your monster form, but you were scared of people. He learns how to cope with the news and quickly begins to grow curious about your non-monstrous monster form.

King: He's scared as all hell when he sees you on his doorstep. He tries to intimidate you, but it's not working. Because you know. You felt safe with him, you knew he couldn't lash out and hurt you and you knew he wouldn't tell anyone. You confide solely in him, begging him to believe that you weren't evil. He believes you. After all how many times could you have nonchalantly taken him out? It would have been so easy. But you didn't. You didn't. That's the main reason you are still together. Trust. Sometimes when other monsters find and threaten him, you become his protector, and the roles switch. You protect him from monsters, he protects you from the world.

Zombieman: He's hurt, not because you lied, but because you thought he'd hurt you. You thought he'd turn you in. You thought he'd hate you. You were terrified, and rightfully so. You've been burned before. People had sold you out to c-class heroes who were looking for a villain to slay. You were always the dragon the knight would vanquish, the boogeyman in the closet, the thing parents would tell their children horrible stories about to keep them in line. You had always been that monster. He holds you close and assures you that there would be no way in hell he would give you up. Especially since he knows you'd never harm a soul. He tells you he trusts you. But he needs you to trust him in return.

Drive Knight: He's tactical, and he likes to gather as much information about someone as he can before confronting them. So, when you finally reveal your secrets, teary-eyed and scared, as though you were waiting for death and had mentally prepared yourself beforehand, he only hummed slightly. He was pleased you told him, that though you were scared, you told him on you own accord. He didn't have to pry the information out of you. You were shocked at his nonchalance behavior, as though he hadn't really heard you. You tried to clarify what you meant. That you were a monster. So, he sighed and shook his head, even going as far as to chuckle under his breath. He explained to you gently, that, Darling, I know. I know that you're a monster. I also know that your record is clean. I know I have a good judgment of character. And that… I've known since three weeks after I met you.

Watchdog man: He knew you smelled different. He could tell by your scent the whole time. It was merely a waiting game until you told him. You eventually did, and though it pleased him, he made sure to thoroughly question you. He learned a lot about you during that time. How you'd become this way, how it hadn't been your choice, and how petrified you were. Once he was completely satisfied that you wouldn't hurt anybody, he nodded, pressed his face into your lap, and continued his nap.

Flashy Flash: He'll act calm on the outside but inwardly infuriated that you hadn't told him. Why hadn't you told him!? Similar to Tornado, he'll start to question your motives and loyalty. He'll probably break up with you until you explain everything and regain his trust. It will take a while though, and he may stalk you and watch your actions for a while to be certain you aren't lying.

Genos: He's angry and hot-headed. He'll react. Not respond. His first and immediate impulse is to decimate the traitor. You. He forced you into hiding, becoming the worst case scenario for you. After days of trying to track you down, he finds out by Saitama that apparently a monster had bitten and somehow transferred itself into your DNA. His heart dropped when Saitama explained that it had been your idea to go to Genos to have him run a diagnostic on your body. Mind now clear and determined, he follows reports of a monster with your description through city Z. He eventually finds you, and has to make it clear to you that he means no harm. He realizes his mistake and explains to you that you don't have to trust him. He knows he screwed up. From now on he tries to make himself worthy of your trust, and he attempts to help rid of the monster in your veins.

Metal Bat: Similar to Genos, he will be angry that you lied to him, but even in your monster form, you were adorable. In fact, it was hard to see you as a monster. Yes, you had gained animalistic attributes… But you seemed so normal. Were you even technically a monster? You weren't actually all that strong either. He's not quite sure what to make of the situation. He wants to be angry and turn you in but he can't find it in himself to do so. You weren't even a dangerous monster. He quickly learns about how you were cursed by an angry witch. Apparently, this was the curse.

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Extras

Garou: He's absolutely enthralled. A little pissy because you didn't tell him, but enthralled nonetheless. He wants to know everything. How did you get like this? Were you originally human, or were you born this way? How were you able to turn at will? Why weren't you violent? You have to give him all the details and he is very pleased that you fall under his rules of a "monster".

Sonic: He's not angry, but he is unsure. What else are you hiding from him? He felt rather secure in the relationship, so learning you'd been hiding things from (especially something so important) makes him question you. It'll take a while for him to trust you again.

Fubuki: Straight up goes into shock. Her lackeys tried to attack you, and she doesn't do anything to stop them at first. She'll soon realize that you're doing nothing but defending, despite having multiple chances to take them out. So she calls them back. She'll need time to think.

Saitama: He doesn't really react. He only wants assurance that you don't hurt anyone. He's quite certain you don't. Why would you tell him if you did? You knew what kind of power he possessed, you knew he could take you out with the mere twitch of a finger. There'd be no point to tell him unless you had nothing to hide.

Mumen Rider: He's nothing short of horrified and confused. Because after all, he is a hero. At first, he has to convince himself out of the mindset of you being his significant other. He tried to see past it but he just can't picture you hurting anyone, no matter the situation.

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theatypicalcalledhyacinth · 2 years

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hi. here is a wip of my miitopia teams. the left one is my run with random o.cs and the right one is my fantasy o.c run.

here is the proof i made it:

here are o.c descriptions.

tw: slavery for my warrior o.c nerys's backstory, some of my o.c's backstory includes tjem being bullied. even the dark skinned ones. probably racist. if you can't stand racism uhhhhhh then please don't read it.

1. me. merori. the cautious mage. she is my current persona o.c

2. mayoko nyuoshi, the kind chef who knows martial arts. never make her angry. she is japanese. she is the one with bangs.

fact: mayoko used to be my main persona o.c, innovio chan/makise.

3. nerys starbeam, the cool warrior who has trust issues because she grew up as a slave. she have been mistreated as a child. she wants to become a warrior to defend herself but she is afraid to get abused. neka is a kuudere (antisocial outside, soft inside)

4. liezel talastas, the energetic tomboyish thief who loves video games. she is lpud, prideful, and reckless (she isn't a bad person). she is a filipino. she is beside nerys who has glasses.

the o.cs on the top right are:

1. ryenne lowlass, the kind warrior and the protagonist of the story. she is the daughter of an apothecary couple. she likes to see people safe and happy and makes herbal tea at her spare time.

2. dalene earthflow, the cool cleric who is calm and serious in her duties are a 16 year old cleric.

3. reya slatewolf, the energetic warrior. (i used a cliché skdjwikdbeididjdjd) she is just your typical girl wanting to become a warrior herself after discovering the warrior abilities of a knightess. she is a cheerful girl who will cheery you up at depressing situations. she can sometimes be an idiot.

4. yori cliffdane, the 14 year old airheaded mage. she is an ambivert who first appeared as a shy and cowardly girl because she is only young to be a mage. she is very skilled at magic at such a young age, which caused her to train with the older mages. she got bullied because she was only young to be with the older mages. the older mages who bullied her thought she was a weakling and picks fights on her. yori dislikes fighting them,

the o.c ln the left (my favorite team) are:

1. maxie larsson, the cool pop star. he got bullied for looking effeminate. maxie tries his best to ignore the bullies around him by looking calm and trying not to be shy and sometimes fails. he prefers to spend his time alone. sometimes he listens to emo and pop music because those make him happy. he sings too, but doesn't show it to anyone. not even his friends because he is too embarrassed to show it. his nationality is american. he is the tall one

2. auryn lallowswift, the laid back cleric. she is the most relaxed cleric you will ever meet. she hates boredom and hard work. she is the one beside the scientist merori

3. ethan covenshire, the airheaded cat. he is a shy, childlike, and clumsy cat boy. he dreams to become strong someday, resulting him into bumping to people or things. he is the short cat boy btw

the o.cs in the right are:

1. spene lightstalker, the stubborn warrior. similar to yori's backstory, he got bullied for being the youngest warrior, but he ignores them. he gets himself into dangerous situations that could take away his life to show people that he isn't weak, even if it scares him. he is the one who's lineart isn't finished

2. elian idlewind, the cautious cleric. he is a very shy cleric who had low self esteem. he gets really scared when confronted or when fighting monsters, believing that he is weak. he is the one who is wearing wicked vestments. (femboy elian???? he isn't a femboy actually i just made him wear it)

3. jangar mildbreath, the laid back warrior. he is another warrior who likes making friends and making jokes. he is calm in literally every serious situation. however, sometimes he teases a random person. he is the another tall one complimenting spene, smiling. his eye color is olive

the o.cs on the lower left are:

1. eisuke kanemoto, another airheaded mage that i have. (he and yori are different). he is a very shy and clumsy boy. he has an unhealthy obsession of fantasy books that he ends up bumping into people and bumping onto things. his nationality is japanese. he is the one with glasses.

2. lemuel cabatingan, the kind scientist. he is a kind boy who worries a lot. he hates sickness and doesn't want to see people getting sick or getting hurt. (he is very similar to ryenne but he worries more than her.) he is very loyal to his friends and doesn't want to see them sad. his nationality is filipino

3. kairus moonbroke, the stubborn cleric. he is a friendly but short-tempered cleric. he is a very serious cleric who is doesn't want to stop working until he is done. sometimes he exhausts himself. he is the annoyed one with the squeaky staff.

the o.cs on the lower right are:

1. lilyi embercut, the cautious imp. a shy demon who is formely human. she became a demon from drinking something mysterious and is raised by demons, but she hated what they taught her because it is opposing humans. she is childhood friends with brina, dalkon, and robick. she spends her time alone to get away from other demons. unlike elian, lilyi is more likely to get angry. if you anger her, she will look scary. she is the one with demon horns

2. dalkon leafrage, the energetic thief. a carefree boy who loves adventures, collecting weird stuff, getting along woth people and helping his family run a meat shop. he learned how to hunt at such a young age using a bow. one day he discovered a strange gemstone and is caught by thieves. he got adopted by them, mistaking him for a lost boy. they taught him how to steal from people, but he hated his new job. he prefers his old life. he is the one having spiky hair

3. robick dawnblight, the kind cleric. he is a shy and gentle boy. he is really caring around people, especially his friends. however, he doesn't have the confidence to talk to people. something happened that made him scared of certain humans. he is beside dalkon.

#miitopia #ocs #unfinished wip

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