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#cliche as it is i love the power in this quote
twsted-lovers · 3 months
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Incorrect Twisted Wonderland Quotes for the New Year with edits
New year, more quotes and more edits
Apologizes if they’re out of character
MC: I love you
Ace: I love me too
MC: I- wait, what?
Ace: I didn’t want this to be some cliched moment, so I thought I’d shake things up a bit. Just know that I love both me, and you- where are you going?
MC: To rethink my life choices
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Idia: Please, you have got to help me… I can’t do this on my own!
Azul: Of course you can. Just go up and set the library books on the counter, the librarian will do the rest.
Idia: But what if she starts… a conversation?
Azul: And this, my good friend, is a sign you’ve been in the fictional world for far too long.
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MC: What happened to me last night?
Deuce: You thought you developed magic powers and could talk to squirrels
MC: Kind of glad, I don’t remember any of that
Ace: It’s okay, I got it all on video
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Malleus: What’s the word for that infestation of tiny creatures over there?
Lilia: Those are children. That’s a school
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Ace: Whatever it is, I didn’t do it
Riddle: You always say that, and I never believe you
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Malleus talking about Riddle: When I first saw him I didn’t really saw him, just a pile of books he was carrying
(I have to it’s in my blood)
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday Lilia!!!
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bogleech · 1 year
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Okay sorry but I didn't even make it halfway through the first episode of the Wednesday Addams show before I was too bored and also just dumbfounded by how badly Tim Burton fucked up the whole concept. I know I was just saying this but the entire premise of the Addams Family and their entire appeal as characters is that they’re eccentric and morbid enough to scare people but they’re not supernatural in any way, they’re kind and loving and they aren’t actually aware of being strange. The whole humor of the original show and comics was that they acted like a picture-perfect wholesome happy family who also happen to like medieval torture devices and cemeteries.
So naturally Tim Burton makes this “older Wednesday Addams spinoff” all about how she’s a cynical morbid goth who can’t stand her parents and goes to a boarding school where she’s considered (quote) a “psychopath” who terrifies all the other students and not only is this obnoxious cliche bullshit, not only does it have absolutely nothing to do with the Addams Family at all, but it makes NO SENSE WHATSOEVER IN ITS OWN CONTEXT because, oh yeah, the school she’s going to is for kids who are also werewolves and vampires and shit like that. Burton can’t resist the whole “goth girl terrorizing the prep normies” routine even while insisting on a setting where everyone is a monster anyway, and maybe the joke is that the normal mortal human is 2spooky for even the vampire and werewolf kids but he also gives Wednesday psychic powers, which she keeps secret from her fellow supernatural beings for no interesting reason, and it’s just the most ridiculous mess of a concept even just minutes in. Nothing wrong with people liking it as its own thing, it’s probably fun if you take it as a self contained setting with its own distinct characters only loosely related to the Addams Family, but I just don’t understand what the thrust of it could ever possibly be. Her character dilemma is that she’s a different kind of weirdo than all the other weirdos?? And Morticia is like a smothering mom for some reason? Or Wednesday interprets her as such??
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And why does thing have STITCHES?? It’s bad enough this character became canonically just a hand, it was way more interesting when he was just a hand and arm attached to something unseen, HENCE THE NAME, but I guess he’s been portrayed as just the hand for decades now, so whatever, he’s a guy who’s just a hand for no explained reason and THAT’S why he’s called Thing. But Tim Burton feels he should be explicitly some kind of undead Frankenstein deal?? God that’s boring. That’s the most obvious route you could ever possibly take.
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mylarena · 1 year
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i dont see enough soulmate aus so. inspired by this post by @hyperfixationwizard, soulmate au where drawings and ink on skin show up on ur soulmates skin (not scars bc there would be so fucking much going on with that and im not gonna write abt itdgthfgh)
anyways. soap has always love doodling- with anything. pencil, pen, crayon, marker, whatever he could get his hands on. he’d doodle on anything and everything. the walls (when he was a kid, mainly), paper, cardboard, desks in school, napkins... but by far, his favorite was to draw on his own skin. the thought of his work showing up on someone else, someone he was practically made for and they for him- something that they could share, something that they could keep secret and hold close to their chests- it was enough to make him giddy.
so, he doodled. a pretty flower he saw on his walk to school, curling around his wrist. a bird perched on the bench across from him at the park, taking flight on the back of his hand. the stray cat that hung out on his porch, draped across his thigh. sometimes if he didnt have a notebook with him, messy schematics and notes for devices- no, ma, thats not an explosive, he swears- scrawled on his forearm.
he never sees anything from his soulmate- he checks every single day for any new marks, any words, but he never finds any. still, he keeps drawing. it doesnt usually get to him, the fact that his soulmate doesnt give him responses, but sometimes he cant help but think too much. he wonders if his soulmate likes the drawings, which leads to the thought of them not liking them, or finding them annoying, or if they think theyre bad.
one day, he caves under his thoughts and writes his first question to his soulmate, right under a bundle of primroses- “do you want me to stop?”
he waits anxiously for hours, not knowing if he’ll be able to feel the reply, or if he has to look for it, or if there even will be one-
then he feels it- a sort of pins-and-needles sensation on his left arm. he frantically rolls up his sleeve and his eyes are immediately drawn to the letters that appear on his skin. once the writing stops, he stares with wide eyes at the single word left behind- shaky, smudged, and a bit runny in some spots-
“no.”
and so he doesnt stop.
he keeps drawing, slowly moving from small little doodles of primroses on his arms and songbirds on his hands to sprawling meadows that wrap around his forearms and ravens spreading their wings across his thighs. sometimes he adds words- always short encouragements, positive quotes, or funny thoughts he has. he never gets responses, but he knows that his soulmate is still around by the occasional ink smudge that appears. anytime one appears, he incorporates them into a drawing. sometimes its a silly little doodle, and other times he spends hours creating beautiful, complex landscapes centered around them.
for years, his soulmate holds their silence. soap doesnt mind. he knows that they appreciate his art and words. at least, thats the thought he holds onto. he never holds it against his soulmate- the whole not-responding thing. hes well aware that he can be a lot to handle; hes heard it constantly from the majority of the people in his life. he just hopes that maybe his soulmate can tolerate him more than most.
he was 14 when things changed.
he had gotten home from school, completely ignoring his parents in the kitchen and opting to power walk to his room. it had been a shitty day; he had overslept and missed the bus, causing him to be late to class, and then some dickwads from the year above him decided that he was a good target to snag lunch money from, (really? stealing a kids lunch money? why would they pick something so fucking cliche? god, get some fresh material,) and to top it all off he got a shit grade on his book report.
as usual, his solution to a bad mood is to draw, get his emotions out on a page instead of letting them linger in his mind. unlike usual, though, he decides to bypass his notebook and instead grabs a pen, chooses a clear spot on his arm.
it took a while, but he finally ran out of steam to continue- it had been nearly two hours since he began. he was about to walk over to his bed and flop face down into his pillow when he felt it- the pins-and-needles of words being written that he had only felt once before. his eyes zeroed in on his arm, right under the drawing he had finished.
“two goldfish are in a tank. one turns to the other and asks, ‘do you know how to drive this thing?’”
soap snorts, more due to the situation than the shitty joke itself- and rushes to grab his pen again. no chance he was letting this opportunity slip by.
“why was the strawberry crying?”
“why?”
“because he was in a jam.”
and so the night continued like that- they exchanged shitty jokes back and forth for hours that night, up until soap was called for dinner.
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WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN PIT BABE IS ABO
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How did I walk into UNTAGGED ABO IRL this hAs to be a first for me.
I mean, I understand they might've not wanted to market it like that to start a drama, or mAybe I'm just plain stupid and this was public knowledge but anyway here are my thOughts
Imma quote my favorite BL of all time and say "It cOuld be Extraordinary" I mean, it really could.
I believe the first episode was just to set the scene for the show, but let's address specific points
I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I DIDN'T READ THE SOURCE MATERIAL THANK YOU
1. The ABO
Let's get this out of the way we knOw it's a difficult topic, and my main concern with it was that they would adapt some random ass manga/manhwa just to establish a bullshit dominant vs submissive horny dynamic that ended up in a very polemic mpreg.
But I encountered either a 'hot omega' - 'dorky alpha dynamic' where both have issues with their second sex traits (specially pheromones) or an alpha-alpha relationship with the same issues, which could lead to a bUnch of social commentary using the ABO social hierarchy.
Apart from that, I believe using those resources for the first big ABO production might have been a good call to ease the general public into it and not dwelling on the full nesting-marking-knotting and whatnot. I mean, it probably might never reach the full power of the genre, but if it works it might crack the door open for this.
2. The story itself
I had this discussion with my best friend (who has recommended me most of the ABO I've read) and we came to the conclusion that this feels like watching something straight out of AO3 fanfiction where the characters are clearly already established (bc the characters come pre built as they're based on ActUaL people) so the point is just telling this story full of made up violence, mafia, infatuation, possessiveness and desire. I kind of love it??? I am obviously not judging it as an ordinary BL, but for what it presented on the first episode it really could be great. I love how we have been introduced to a character like Charlie that will not just be this helpless boy that gets thrown around, he has more agency than we thought.
3 Production and stuff
Oh I love cars and stuff that goes fAst and slicked back hair and blue vs red and ALL the cliches, and I feel like it's done well. We could hate on kinnporsche for many things but it rOse the standards for commercial production. It also has really good actors whose previous work I've seen and liked very much. I also really applaud them for taking this shit seriously, bc many people half ass their acting in strange situation and that shows professionalism.
4. the more I think about it the more I'm excited for the show, and that's bAd because I'm building expectations and that nOt good so here are some point that require attention.
The ABO. This will be an issue until the lAst second of the show, because the way that it is portrayed will be perceived as a direct representation of the whole genre, so they ought to be careful.
The ABO agAin.. what parts are they gonna portray and hOw, because the main couple is not the only one, so I want to know how they will present an (explicitly confirmed) omega and how it will play into the social hierarchy . They already introduced scent and pheromones, and they did it tastefully, so kudos on that.
The ABO.. I'm kidding.
The story, this story might play into some kind of toxic and violent stuff that is becoming a bit problematic for certain audiences, and as I say.. problematic shows and up in problematic situations, so how I want to see how it plays out. But the fact that Charlie is giving 'morally gray that could end up falling' vibes and that gives me hOpe.
The discourse it might start. Oh this world can be a hot mEss and people could start a whole ass battle as this genre that usually was counterculture territory is now brought into this context.
Shit I'm way to nervous about this show... PLEASE IF YOU KNOW MORE let me know, I want to discuss and have a better opinion on it. If you need to call me an idiot in the process I'll take it.
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okay but the ending of Tangled. Let’s talk about it again. The scene with the lights reveals to both of them what has been slowly growing between them over the course of the journey —though in a way that journey towards each other started before they met—and that is that: they love each other. They’re the other’s match, to quote Ever After. And the thing that I love about it is that as SOON as they have this realization the story rips them apart and sets them on separate but equally swift paths to destruction, both to a prison that will end with their death most likely, but the tearing apart does NOT involve misunderstandings or the belief that the other betrayed them. Which is what stories almost always use for the last nadir before the resolution! Even though Mother Gothel sets it up for Rapunzel to believe that, she sees through it quickly and believes in the faithfulness of Eugene’s heart towards her.
And I just love it because it keeps the drama and focus exactly where it should be—on the fact that each knows the other is in danger and has to face the possibility (and try to fight against it becoming a reality) that this person they love could DIE. And it just —-it crystallizes it so beautifully. They have to FIGHT for each other and they do, fighting even each other in a race to save each other. Nothing that follows the scene with the lights could really be more narratively dramatic or suitable or satisfying than that love being put to the ultimate test. Anything else would be melodrama or foolishness or a let-down. A step backward. they are past the point of misunderstandings or cliches. They stand suddenly at the ultimate place for any relationship—testing the quality of love against its ultimate and only rival: death! And they both face it without flinching, almost without thinking.
And the story takes them up to the very point of losing each other one final time with Eugene literally about to die in her arms. And her heart breaks so deeply because she believes that it IS the end. But the thing about something like that, something that profound is that something new HAS to come out of it. Or maybe a better way to say it is that something can. Her heart breaks and it makes total sense on every level that this heartbreak changes her profoundly, unlocking this new power for her in a new way. She crosses the threshold of childhood with this heartbreak, with this sacrifice. But the ending isn’t death but a new beginning for BOTH of them. Both of them in a way DO die in those moments but then they get to come back to life in a new and different way. But only because they had the courage to sacrifice everything of themselves for love. It is so stunningly beautiful I am going to CRY.
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Hiiiiiii I have a prompt idea. A Loki X reader pre relationship
so my mind threw a random memory at me and I remembered a very cute scene from a play called Maine. The scene was called I fell. It was about a guy confessing his love for another guy and he did it by falling and then when his friend went to check on him he said I fell for you.
That being said
The reader has powers kinda like Wanda. Only difference, she can fly. If she uses to much power she can drain her energy and can pass out. Well during a mission with Thor and Loki, this happens and she falls from a very great height. Thor tries to catch her but can't make it in time. Luckily Loki is there to catch her (I can hear Thor shouting "LOKI LOKI LOKI CATCH HER!" And I can see Loki sprinting to catch her in time.) When the reader wakes up she sees Loki at her side. He says something like that was some fall. And she looks at him and says "I fell for you." Maybe Loki confesses his feelings for her to. I know it's cliche but I thought it would be a cute prompt. 💙💚💜🖤
The Pretty Follies
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"Love is blind, and lovers cannot see the pretty follies that they themselves commit."
A/N: Yes, it's a Shakespeare reference. Extra points if you guys can tell me the other two mentioned in the fic 😁. Also, I drew from the "Almost, Maine" play that @crimson25 mentioned in her request. Pairing: Loki x Female Reader Word Count: 1840 Warnings: Fluff
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You strapped your fingerless gloves on tight and rolled your shoulders. Sighing, you took one look at Thor and dared him to say something. Anything.
“He. Said. What?” He asked disbelievingly.
“He said, and I quote, ‘That I smell.’” You replied with an embarrassing look.
“Smell like sunshine? Smell like a fresh field of flowers?”
“I don’t know Thor.”
“Smell like nectar from freshly picked fruit from the gardens of Asgard? I don’t understand milady. How could he say such an atrocious thing to one such as yourself?” Thor asked puzzled.
You raised your shoulders and gave him a disbelieving look as the quinjet slowed down for its descent. You and Thor have been best friends since he came back to New Asgard. You were assigned as the liaison between the new town of Asgardian refugees and the existing town of Tønsberg. It was there that King Valkyrie had discovered you and your secret powers.
You were reckless and got caught going out one night, flying overhead, exhibiting telekinetic powers. In truth, it was the only way you could put yourself to sleep. There was so much power coursing through you and you needed an outlet. A way to expel your energy so you can tire yourself and go to sleep.
So when Thor came back around to help and check in on New Asgard, he offered to spar with you before bedtime. “Training,” he had called it. Little did you know that he was actually training you to fight along with the Avengers.
You were hesitant at first. You loved your life and your job. You liked knowing that there was a routine to everything. There was comfort, not in the mundane, but in the simplicity of it all. You did not need to be a hero. The only reason why you agreed was because of the god sitting next to you, Thor’s brother.
Loki leaned over the shared armrest as he unbuckled himself from the seat. He nuzzled his nose deep in your hair, inhaling your floral shampoo. Can a person heat up and freeze simultaneously? Because that’s exactly what you felt like. You blushed and froze in place when you felt his face so close to yours.
“Hmm.” A contented sigh left him and you used whatever power you had not to melt into a wet puddle right in the seat. “I have no idea what that simpleton was talking about brother,” Loki said. “She smells like the heavenly rose gardens of Elysium.” You turned meeting his mischievous eyes. “I mean honestly, I don’t think you should introduce her to any more of your associates. How can you call her your friend when you subject her to mind-numbing torture every week?” Loki continued as he stood from his seat and berated Thor.
“Ya, Thor! I thought we were besties!” you said crossing your arms, adding fuel to the fire. Loki was formidable on his own. But when the two of you joined forces and conspired against him, Thor couldn’t do anything. He was helpless.
You got up to follow Loki, taking some short knives that he handed you and securing them in your thigh holster.
“Now don’t you start with me! You’re the one that asked me to help you find a companion.” Thor said pointing an accusatory finger at you as he grabbed Stormbreaker. Loki took a sideways glance at you. The fact that you had asked Thor to help you find a suitor was news to him.
“Yes, I did. My mistake, apparently.” You whispered that last part to Loki, and he sniggered. “I thought it would be like in the movies, you know. Romantic meet-cutes. Grand gestures of love. The handsome love interest saving the damsel in distress.”
“You are hardly a damsel in distress, darling,” Loki said to you as the three of you walked down the gangplank of the jet.
“Thank you,” you grinned back to Loki. “But these men you picked out seem like they came from a horror movie, rather than a romantic comedy!” You accused Thor.
By now the three of you were already out of the jet and had instigated a fight with some of the fiendish-looking footmen. They saw the quinjet approach earlier and immediately sent a missile out for the three of you.
“Darling…” Loki said looking at you panicked.
“I’m on it.” You replied, using your telekinesis to deflect the missile, turning it back onto the monsters that launched it. Loki had been using his seidr to engulf the three of you in a protective bubble. While it worked for some of the lasers that were being shot your way, he didn’t think it could withstand the blow of a missile.
Giving up on long-range weapons, the beasts decided to go for hand-to-hand combat.
“Where are these atrocities from?” Loki asked.
“Some weird new terrorist group called Weapon X.” You explained. “Oh look, that one looks like my date from two weeks ago.” You said pointing to the one that Loki had stabbed to the side. Loki looked at the poor creature with a disgusted face. “Maybe it is my date from two weeks ago.” You said coming closer to the fallen body.
“I feel for you, pet.” Loki agreed, taking a deep breath.
“Can I get a hand here, please!” Thor grunted as he tried to push back on the flying bat-like creature that has pinned him to the ground. Both you and Loki stood clapping in his direction.
“Good job, brother,” Loki said. “Excellent work.”
“You can do it, Thor! Woo-hoo.” you concurred, still clapping.
“Not the hand I had in mind!” Thor grunted as he pushed the creature away making it fly with Stormbreaker still in its jaws. “You two! I swear you were made for each other!” Thor pointed, as he panted his way in between the two of you. You both stood there, giving each other the side eye as smiles formed on both your faces.
Thor called Stormbreaker back into his hands. Dragging the flying creature along with it. The bat screamed into the air calling forth other flying creatures from the horizon.
“Ok, little battery, just like we practiced,” Thor said to you. “Loki watch our backs.”
Loki fortified the protective barrier he encased you guys in. He watched as your powers lifted you into the air. Your arms spread apart like a vengeful goddess with wrath in her eyes. Thor had channeled a lightning bolt into you. You soaked it up like an empty receptacle waiting for a charge.
“Are you sure she’ll be ok, Thor?” Loki voiced his concern. He watched you in the air as your eyes glowed in the same fashion as Thor’s. Electricity humming in your veins.
“She’ll be fine. We’ve done this multiple times.” Thor smiled. Just then, a group of wild horrors decided to charge at both Thor and Loki, surprising them. Thor called forth an extra amount of lightning to damage the area around him. In doing so, the flow of lightning doubled inside you. More than what you were used to.
You brought your hands together in a quick clap. Looking for a way to dispel the energy. The sound resonated with a cackling current, sending it straight into the heart of the flying beasts that were headed your way. You could easily connect each and every flying monster with the line of electricity you were sending them. It looked like a glowing dandelion. One by one they fell to the ground. Their fur singed and their flesh burned.
As soon as the charge left you, nothing was holding you up anymore and you fell too. All your energy, depleted. You fainted from the sudden rush of oxygen leaving your body.
“Loki!” Thor yelled. Loki looked at Thor, who pointed into the sky. You were freefalling down into the earth. “Loki, Loki! Catch her!” Thor tried to determine where you would land and make his way there, but the gruesome beasts had targeted him as the threat and had pounced on him, keeping him captive where he stood.
Loki ran. He sprinted like the east wind to get to you. He jumped over the dead. Plunged his daggers into the attacking grunts. All the while keeping his eyes on your falling figure.
He was too slow. He couldn’t get there fast enough. With flourish and smoke, he jumped and transported himself mid-air, catching you. Then transported back down to the safety of the ground. You both landed a little ways away from the fight. Loki looked around to make sure you were both safe and in no immediate danger.
“Dearest. Wake up.” Loki cooed as he ran his fingers down your cheeks. Your eyes were rolled back as you lay there limp in his arms.
You woke up suddenly to a sharp intake of breath. You coughed as Loki sat you up and patted your back. He kept his arm around you, holding you close.
“What happened?” Your voice was raspy and dry. You leaned back into his arms, unable to hold the weight of your own body.
“You fell. Like a seraph cast out of heaven.”
“I fell, for you. Badum-tch” You giggled attempting weak finger-guns. Loki laughed.
“You must’ve knocked all the oxygen out of your brain.” He said carrying you up easily from the ground.
“Ya, let’s go with that.” You said snuggling into the crook of his neck. “Did we win?” You asked looking into his eyes.
Loki looked around towards Thor who was busy cleaving Stormbreaker from the last of the monstrosities. “Yes, dearest. We won.” He murmured as he walked you over towards the awaiting quinjet.
You sighed. You were tired and zapped of your energy and faculties. You could barely keep your eyes open anymore. You could feel Loki’s strong heartbeat through the pulse on his neck and it lulled you to sleep. You took a deep breath and smelled him. Remnants of his cologne mixed with the sweat of the battle. “Hmmm,” your lips murmured into his neck. Making Loki freeze and burn at the same time. “Good night, sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
“Are you quoting Shakespeare to me now, darling?” he asked, but it was too late. Your eyes were already closed. Your body had retreated into slumber, charging itself up. Loki placed his lips delicately near your ear and said, “Hear my soul speak, of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service.” He confessed to your sleeping form.
Loki held you the whole flight home as you slept peacefully in his arms. Thor took one look at you both and chuckled.
“Why did you set her up with all those horrible dates, brother?” Loki asked. And why wasn’t I included on this list?
“To make both of you realize what everyone’s known all along,” Thor remarked.
“Everyone? And what does everyone know that we don’t?”
“That you’re both idiots. Idiots in love.”
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delta-queerdrant · 5 months
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useless desires (Persistence of Vision, s2 e8)
I just realized I posted my drafts out of order! And skipped Persistence of Vision!! So sorry, but also what is time, etc.
"Persistence of Vision" could also be titled “kisses no one wanted to see on television.” There are so many of them! Voyager is a show that is fundamentally bad at romantic subplots, and this episode in particular seems determined to deliver awkward makeout scenes that literally no one asked for.
Truthfully I’m inclined to like this episode - it’s gothic, and it's about feelings, and those are both good things! (Season Two as a whole is strong in the area of feelings-forward episodes, even as it struggles with such matters as “plot.”)
We open with Janeway, modern career woman, losing her cool due to the pressures of command. The Doctor orders her to blow off some steam with a holo-novel, so we’re back to Victorian governess cosplay. 
This show’s conception of self-care is so very nineties - Janeway is a leader, but she’s also a woman, which means that an essential layer in her Maslow’s Pyramid is “putting on a corset and getting snogged by a bargain-basement aristocrat.” The problem with the governess holonovel is that it invokes universalized cliches of gendered desire (bodice-ripper tropes) instead of drilling into what this character, specifically, would look for in a holonovel (my money is on lady doctor/cowboy romance, but I will also accept steampunk adventure, or pirates). Some women dig feeling feminine, but they also want to feel like themselves.
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Soon Janeway’s repressed lady psyche, pushed to the brink, begins to spill out into ordinary life. When she dares to enjoy a coffee ice cream (instead of one of her inexplicable cups of soup), she begins to hallucinate. Mark shows up!! A ghostly dog barks!!!
I am usually one to try to get behind a canonical love interest - even if my shippy preferences lie elsewhere, canon relationships shed light on character. But man, I hate this jerk. No doubt real!Mark has many pleasant qualities that phantom!Mark lacks, but let's be real, dude has all the charisma of a bin full of pencil shavings.
Mark (and Mollie) have been on Janeway's mind; we know this because she gave their photo a long, plaintive look before trotting off to the holodeck. Now phantom!Mark declares that, quote, SOMEONE ELSE IS IN YOUR THOUGHTS NOW(!!!) As further evidence of her guilt, a hallucinatory Mrs. Templeton appears and jumps her.
Who the heck is someone else?? One is inclined to assume that we're being setting up for a Janeway/Chakotay romance arc - but it’s hard to feel certain this show isn’t fucking with us, making shippy promises it has no intention of keeping. It seems equally possible that Lord Burleigh is someone else and the writers truly believe that Janeway feels guilty for kissing holograms behind her fiance’s back.
At any rate, atmospherically backlit aliens have shown up; the rest of the crew starts hallucinating, seeing loved ones or, in B’Elanna’s case, a torrid romance with Chakotay?? (I am actually okay with these two as fwb, but their relationship is so fundamentally platonic that, again, it feels like the writers are just messing with us.) Mark shows up and kisses Janeway (gosh, two Janeway kisses in one episode, each one profoundly disappointing).
Only Kes is strong enough to resist these bankrupt conjurings of female desire. Her siren is a Tom Paris who needs to be rescued, which is actually a pretty funny and on the nose interpretation of what Kes is into. Overcoming her urge to engage in some hurt/comfort roleplay, Kes rescues the ship, Medusa-like, by using her telepathic powers to return the awkward to sender.
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I enjoy this episode because it’s about women’s personal lives, even though the script seems extremely confused about what those personal lives consist of. Janeway and Torres share a very sweet “welp, that was awkward” scene at the end in which they resolve to be a little less repressed in the future.
Of curse, we can't possibly expect either of them to follow through with their vow; when it comes to nineties television, the richest texts are usually those below the surface. 3/5 surreptitious coffee ice creams.
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besides bungo stray dogs, can u rcm me some manga having thought-provoking theme like that
ABSOLUTELY I CAN!! here are some manga, book and movie recs for you, cause I couldn't help myself :>
MANGA RECS:
1: The Case Study of Vanitas (Vanitas no Carte)
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I knowww it's a cliche that BSD fans must also enjoy VNC, but it's genuinely just AHH so good!! it currently sits at 62.5 chapters (10 volumes & 9 uncollected chapters) and it has a 2-season anime adaptation. it's the second manga series by Jun Mochizuki, who's also well-known for her series Pandora Hearts, and is still ongoing.
set in 19th-century France, our story begins with Noe, a young vampire, who's excitedly travelling to Paris for the first time. in his travels, he encounters the strange and enigmatic Vanitas, a human who somehow possesses the power of the Vampire of the Blue Moon- a feared being shunned by the rest of the vampire world.
we learn from the very beginning that Noe is recounting this story to us, and that he kills Vanitas with his own hands- but why? how? nobody knows, but we're bound to find out!
2. Attack on Titan
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I doubt anyone was expecting me to mention this one, because it has quite a reputation for being gore-filled and action-packed, but when I say this literally changed my life I'm really not kidding (I wouldn't have this blog or be into anime at all if not for AOT!). it's a completed story, with a four-season anime (including 3 OVA episodes) and 139 manga chapters (in the main storyline; there are multiple spin-offs and 2 bonus mangas/light novels).
many years ago, the final remnants of humanity were forced to flee into a city surrounded by three giant walls. these walls are the only things keeping humanity from perishing at the hand of the titans, giant humanoid figures who hunt and eat them. but a young boy, Eren, wants nothing more than to see the world beyond the wall- until a titan taller than their walls breaks into the city, throwing humanity (and Eren's life) into disarray.
though it's true that a large chunk of this animanga is action, the lore is incredible. I can't say too much without spoiling, but the thought-provoking aspects aren't talked about nearly as much as I think they should be. once you've finished watching or reading, I highly recommend you watch this video, which is one of my favourite video essays of all time!
BOOK RECS:
1. Slaughterhouse Five
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this is one of my favourite books of all time, and it's only 177 pages, so it's a super quick read! not only is it severely anti-war, but it's deeply though-provoking. I think about it every day. I quote it regularly. I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone, especially now, with everything happening in the world.
I honestly don't have words for how much I love it, so here's the synopsis on Goodreads:
Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse. Slaughterhouse 5 is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
2. No Longer Human
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there are so many editions of this, and I would recommend all of them- this is my other favourite book of all time, by the way. I may be barking up the wrong tree when I tell a BSD fan to read Dazai, one of the most accessible and relatable Japanese authors for a Western audience, but hey, I've got to remind you just in case you haven't given it a shot.
No Longer Human follows the life of Yozo Oba, a boy born into a big rich family, who constantly feels at-odds with the world around him. it's an exploration of mental illness, social isolation, self-expression, and compassion. I actually have an entire youtube video talking about it and how BSD-Dazai reflects Yozo as much as irl-Dazai, and it's my pride and joy so please go watch it!
MOVIE RECS:
Okay, I only have one rec for you, but this movie haunts me (in the best way possible):
Forgotten (기억의 밤)
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I really need more people to watch this actually because holy shit it was amazing and nobody talks about it!! WATCH IT!!! PLEASE!!!!
Jinseok watches his brother get kidnapped right before his eyes, and it powerless to do anything. 19 days later, he returns, and... something is different about him. Jinseok is determined to uncover the mystery surrounding his kidnapping.
the twists in this are actually insane. I can't tell you anything aside from the synopsis without spoiling major plot points. if you only take one recommendation I bed you to take this one.
okay that's all bye!!
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My (long, long, very long) List of Favorite Jeff/Annie fics -- Part 1a
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Truth or Dare by shan21non Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: June 6, 2010 Annie, Britta and Shirley have an old fashion slumber party and a game of truth or dare is played.
They Can Never Call You by It by columbuscrab Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Oct 31, 2010 This is a response to last week's Ficcy Friday prompt: Annie starts using Adderall again and Jeff is the only one who seems to notice. 
Water, Words, and Warmth by wordybee Rated: G Date Originally Posted: Jan 21, 2011 alternate ending to Asian Population Studies
The Wonder That’s Keeping the Stars Apart by seizinghearts Rated: PG Date Originally Posted: Jan 23, 2011 An Annie character piece. Also an alternate ending to Asian Population Studies (based not on the rain scene but on the bathroom one). 
Acquittal by supercapo Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Feb 13, 2011 Jeff's past comes back to haunt him when Annie is attacked and hospitalized.
Final Test by itsactuallycorrine Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Feb 20, 2011 Jeff has some things to say to Annie before he can complete his journey to be a better man
It Hits Him and It Hits Him Again by Avaritia_90 Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: March 19, 2011 - Match 24, 2011 For Ficcy Friday's prompt of Jeff telling Annie he's in love with her.
Turn My Power Off by seren_ccd Rated: M/R Date Originally Posted: April 1, 2011 “And your hands? Kinda? ‘Cause they’re so um, big?” she said her voice getting quiet. Then she smiled uneasily and asked, “So! What turns you on?” 
Dinner Plans (1/2/3) by Avaritia_90 Rated: PG Date Originally Posted: April 2, 2011 Ficcy Friday request with the prompt of a double date with Jeff/Annie Troy/Britta. Bonus points if it starts Jeff/Britta Troy/Annie and they wind up switching partners.
I Only Get It for the Articles by elsiesnuffin Rated: M Date Originally Posted: April 12, 2011 Troy brings 'Maxim'  to class and chaos ensues when he finds Annie's picture in its pages.  
Diffraction (x) by westwingwolf Rated: PG-13/T Date Originally Posted: April 21, 2011 Sequel to Exposure. Now that the group knows about Jeff and Annie, their concerns could have a disastrous effect on the relationship.
The Annie of It All by sowritesauds Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Apr 25, 2011 Ficcy Friday request to work some random quotes heard while people watching at the mall into a Jeff/Annie fic. This takes place during/after "Paradigms of Human Memory" and also includes some imaginary Jeff/Annie Missing Moments from other episodes.
It’s All About Location by rufeepeach Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - Sept 10, 2011 Sometimes things go right, and it's all soft beds, roses and champagne. But when have things ever gone right for Jeff and Annie?
one more time with feeling by fandrastic Rated: N/A (probably around G) Date Originally Posted: Sept 22, 2011 meaningless fluff, now enriched with second-person narrative pov! HOO-RAH!
The Bet (x) by wordybee Rated: PG-13/R/T Date Originally Posted: Oct 29, 2011 Jeff and Britta make a bet to see who can go the longest without sex. When Britta fears she'll lose to Jeff, she breaks out her secret weapon to tempt Jeff with: A Sexy Annie.
5 Cliches That Didn’t Lead to a Kiss and 1 That Did by sinecure Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Nov 4, 2011 to Dec 29, 2011 That title says it all.
Breathe Again by crittab  Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Nov 7, 2011 When he'd fallen back on the couch not three minutes after dragging himself out of bed, Jeff realized he just didn't want to get back up again. So he didn't.
Entitled by crittab Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Nov 17, 2011 Jeff had always been one to make concessions when he wanted something he knew he shouldn't have.
Nightmares by hobbitgrl Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Nov 18-23, 2011 Sometimes Jeff still woke up with nightmares. These nightmares remind Jeff why he can never be with Annie. Rated M for smut, angsty smut, language, and very, very, very angsty dark Jeff. Seriously.
One Fine Day by gizzymoon Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - Mar 14, 2012 Annie puts a plan into motion that will make Jeff see her as an adult.
I’ve Been Everywhere with You by openhearts Rated: E Date Originally Posted: Dec 23, 2011 to July 28, 2013 (still unfinished) Written and set sometime after the aired canon of season 3, and assuming Annie has already turned 21.
Seismology by canadianiana Rated: NC-17 Date Originally Posted: Dec 28-30, 2011 From a ficcy Friday prompt in which Annie and Jeff get trapped during an earthquake.
Fallout by sinecure Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Dec 28, 2011 to Jan 9, 2012 After Annie's completely failed, and yet, successful, attempt at getting Jeff to join the Glee club with the rest of the group, Jeff takes home a souvenir. *spoilers for 3x10*
You Had the World Inside Your Hands (1 / 2) by xtiltawhirlx Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Jan 10-13, 2012 Jeff's father reappears and Annie helps him deal with it.
Advanced Genealogy by canadianiana Rated: T Date Originally Posted: Feb 6, 2012 From an M&M ficcy Friday prompt from tilie12, in which Jeff's mother shows up at Greendale unannounced, expecting to meet the girlfriend Jeff told her he had, named Annie.
Introduction to Human Ecology by canadianiana Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Feb 21, 2012 Posted for the M&M Valentine's Day exchange. The group deals with being around Jeff and Annie in their honeymoon phase. Fluff!
Jealousy and the Art of Self-Sacrifice (1/2/3) by rorge Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Started Feb 25, 2012 -  April 22, 2012 Jeff becomes convinced that Annie and Abed are in a relationship, after witnessing their moments of closeness, and starts to avoid the group.
Bright Enough to Shine in Your Spaces by office_bluth Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Mar 18, 2012 Jeff and Annie have been spending more time together than people think. One scene per season three episode.
Rudimentary Behavioral Psychology by canadianiana Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Mar 30, 2012 Britta suspects something about Jeff, and isn’t happy about it. Entirely Britta’s POV. 
Dear Journal by Crittab Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Apr 9, 2012 Following the pillow war, Annie finds herself once again displaced and ends up on Jeff's doorstep. He decides this is the perfect time to finally tell her how he feels. This is easier said than done when the study group gets involved.
Ain’t No Sunshine (When She’s Gone) (x) by wordybee Rated: PG-13/T Date Originally Posted: April 12, 2012 Annie goes on a road trip. Jeff is clueless and pining and clueless that he's pining.
Physiology of the Human Heart by elsiesnuffin Rated: M Date Originally Posted: April 13, 2012 The metamorphosis of Jeff and Annie's relationship.
Let Me by Crittab Rated: M Date Originally Posted: April 25, 2012 Jeff finds out that Annie has never had an orgasm and decides to change that.
It’s Always Open Season on Princesses by elsiesnuffin Rated: M Date Originally Posted: April 25 - July 9, 2012 Annie is given the opportunity to do some traveling over the summer after her second year at Greendale. Title is in reference to the film 'Roman Holiday'.
The Great Cell Phone Caper by sinecure Rated: M Date Originally Posted: May 13, 2012 Annie's cell phone gets locked away and she plans a break-in to retrieve it. Jeff catches on to her plans and goes to stop her, but gets roped into helping instead.
Advanced Studies in Leaps of Faith by crittab Rated: M Date Originally Posted: June 24, 2012 Five times Jeff and Annie spent the day together over the summer (and one time they spent the night).
Picking a Side by Crittab Rated: M Date Originally Posted: June 29, 2012 Inspired by a suitor of Abed's, Annie decides to send Jeff a risqué photo in hopes of persuading him to give her a shot.
Life Lessons in Absurdist Storytelling (1)(2) by oneofthemuses Rated: PG/PG-13 Date Originally Posed: July 7, 2012 (Crack!fic) Britta is turned into a penguin by a powerful witch. The spell will only be lifted once Britta helps Annie find her true love. (Spoilers: It's Jeff.)
Red Light, Green Light by dearygirl Rated: PG-13 Date Originally Posted: Nov 28, 2012 Post-Blanket Fort Collapse 2010
Heart, It Races by Rashaka Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Jan 29, 2013 Jeff has many adventures at an Inspector SpaceTime convention, and his curmudgeonly heart grows three sizes that day.
Advanced Planning for Adult Relationships by oneofthemuses Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Feb 23, 2013 "TFLN, (540): He gave me a card that said "I'm so glad we found each other... In the pants" and a pat on the head... My walk of Shame wasn't so bad."
Basic Principles of Romantic Inertia by oneofthemuses Rated: T Date Originally Posted: July 20, 2013 Five times Jeff and Annie are TOTALLY NOT ON A DATE, OK?? JEEZ! And one time they actually are.
The Night Is Still Ahead by wright_or_wrong Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Aug 14, 2013 "I could totally seduce you right now. No problem." She tilts her head thoughtfully. "Well, if I wanted to anyway."
All Five Dances by PepperF Rated: M Date Originally Posted: Jan 7, 2014 At their first-year dance, there was The Kiss. And then at the second-year dance, there was The Thing That Never Happened. And now it was their third-year dance…
it happens like this by stopthenrewind Rated: T Date Originally Posted: Feb 6, 2014 Annie's right. It did take him long enough.
turn the world upside down by stopthenrewind Rated: T Date Originally Posted: Dec 8, 2014 Seven different scenarios, seven different ways things could have gone. And yet, always the same girl.
While We Still Got Time by wright_or_wrong Rating: M Date Originally Posted: Dec 28, 2014 He's not a thirteen year old girl, so he doesn't think he can't live without her or anything as melodramatic as that - but he's come to realize that maybe he doesn't like his life as much without her in it. Post-S5
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Hello there dear author.....hope you're doing alright today?......so i was thinking about the God Mode again and i just had a great thought and even if its a bit cliche......i hope the GM MC has a chance to use the above quote at the beginning of the game upon waking up and being asked who they are or at the start of a fight .....or even a booming voice from the sky saying it at the moment their powers manifest before they're knocked out with EMP burst......because you gotta admit it really would add on to the godly allure or just be straight up badass.
Okay, besides the fact that I'm a big-time Gojo and Buddha fan, I actually love this quote.
I wish I had seen it when I was still racking my head on the writing of this God Mode route sneak peek.
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n0brainjustvibes · 5 months
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Tagged by @vikugnavikugna!
coke or pepsi? beverage BITE miette?? beverage STING her tongue like the insect??? jail!!! jail for beverage for One Thousand Years!!!
disney or dreamworks? dreamworks did HTTYD, right? them.
coffee or tea? tea
books or movies? books hehe
windows or mac? never used mac so windows it is
dc or marvel? ok, exposing myself here, worm was like my 2nd superhero media ever. i haven't read either 🙈 i have seen a few marvel movies but i'm not sure whether that should count for or against them
x-box or playstation? mine crafdt on my laptop
dragon age or mass effect? mass effect bc incuriouscat on youtube makes sick ass fan PMVs
night owl or early riser? night owl
cards or chess? chess, you can narrate stories about the pieces and thoroughly annoy your opponent (sibling) even as you lose >:3
chocolate or vanilla? chocolate all the way!!
vans or converse? wgat
Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash, or Adaar? I can't tell if these are fantasy names or antidepressants
fluff or angst? uhhhhdfcgvhbjnk gonna have to say fluff
beach or forest? beach
dogs or cats? cats 100%! (or secret third option: fish...)
clear skies or rain? clear. god. please... 🙏🙏
cooking or eating out? cooking :P
spicy food or mild food? Mild by any sane standards, but spicy according to my family and/or BBC Food haha
halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas? chris mas :))
would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot? uuuhhhh .. hh. hard one here. gonna have to also go cold
if you could have a superpower, what would it be? SUPERSPEED!! Or time powers. My irl friend has convinced me of their usefulness.
animation or live action? animation
paragon or renegade? renegade, it's the name of my serial killer dark forest!hollyleaf fanfic (only half kidding...)
baths or showers? shower
team cap or team ironman? hm. remember when I said I watched a few marvel movies? yeah none of them were this one :(
fantasy or sci-fi? fantasy baybey!!! but I adore both
do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so what are they? oh god okay. hm... "Where did we learn it, this talent for insatiability?" from The Handmaid's Tale still Lives In My Head from high school english. If song lyrics count, then, "You don't know me / don't you question my love" from Berlin, Without Return. "Sometimes a hypocrite is just a man in the process of changing" (I don't recall the exact wording) from... Oathbringer? is my fav cliche cosmere pick. Oh! And I forget the episode or even who said it, but at some point during the s3 All Might/AFO fight in MHA, one of the side characters stuck on guard duty said "You're confusing difficulty with importance", and that changed my life.
youtube or netflix? youtube :) it has fun little AMVs
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when do you feel accomplished? when I bake something! making concrete stuff is really fulfilling, especially if I'm baking for other people.
star wars or star trek? spaceballs (jk, star wars, but I haven't seen star trek so sw wins by default)
paperback books or hardcover books? paperback
to live in a world without literature or without music? [sad character song assigner noises]... without music.
who was the last person to make you laugh? that would be @ty-bayonet-betteridge with several lines in their riley fic hehe
city or countryside? city! much as I complain about missing nature :') ideally a city that's near the sea
favorite chips? anything plain sea salt and properly crunchy 🤌
pants or dresses? pants, though dresses are fun for fancy occasions!
libraries or museums? is it a natural history museum? pleamse?? if so museum! otherwise library all the way.
character driven stories or plot driven stories? I don't really have a preference ngl
bookmarks or folding pages? i was one of those heretical kids who just plonked their books face down open 🙈😭 and now I mostly read online so... idk? Probably bookmarks.
Dream job? honestly would love to be on the management council for a small nature conservancy. second choice would be ecological research, but data-based, not fieldwork (animals scare me >.<)
What gives you comfort? thinking about The Characters...
what are some of your favorite song lyrics? literally ANY pun or double meaning lyric by idkhow!! gonna go with "lose yourself inside the city / lose your mind inside a week".
favorite ice cream flavor ever? chocolate my beloved...
first fandom? warrior cats......
deep ocean or deep space? (personally, i gotta pick ocean, because theres fish in there 👍😊)
Your desert island band?
@thesternest @seroquelfan @chaoticrushu, but no pressure to answer, and anyone is welcome to join! add your own question at the end if you answer :]
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As long as it's on the brain, Jonathan/Becky!
send me a ship and I'll tell you three things I like about it, no matter my opinion about the ship overall
eee! Thank you so much, it's definitely still on the brain!
Is it cheating to say the imagery is top-notch? (Certain erm. Costume mock-ups notwithstanding.) We've got a bonafide 90's gothic romance in Gotham City, and the death-and-the-maiden symbolism of it all makes me feel like I'm twelve again and watching Phantom of the Opera onstage and subsequently having my brain rewired. And the quotes around it are just iconic for any horror romance fan worth their salt. I mean, "Eventually, the victim desires the horror?" Good GRAVY that hit the spot!
It's so thematically rich! While I would like to see it fleshed out more, I truly meant it in a previous ask when I talked about how the relationship between a girl and her monster can be something so personal. What really elevates this ship for me (because "burn the world for her" has become a bit of a cliche on its own) is the ways in which they're able to unexpectedly connect and grow positively despite the incredibly negative circumstances of their meeting. Becky's monologue in the hospital about how the fear toxin actually helped her to confront her repressed bullying trauma (and therefore, how she came to realize the ways fear can help you grow as a person) was really the turning point for me in getting on board with the ship. Likewise, I always love to see it when a character as cold and ruthless as Crane has a rare moment of empathy (also why I love Study Hall!) as he did for Becky's experiences. Between these two moments, there's an underlying level of compatibility you don't usually see in villainous crush storylines; he (inadvertently) helped her to confront and process her buried pain, and in turn, having shared said pain made him remember some of his own fragmented humanity. Becky recognizes fear as a lifelong companion, and here Jonathan is, trying to be fear itself.
But on the opposite end of the previous point, I really love that their canon traits and resolution firmly root their opposing viewpoints. Becky holds firm to her morals and won't give in to hatred and revenge when Crane offers it to her after finding it worked wonders for him (it didn't). Likewise, Jonathan won't melt and suddenly be made to comprehend good and forgiveness because it's the path Becky's taken. This push-and-pull between two people who have the aforementioned connection is delicious and exciting, and gives each of the characters an integrity that enriches it beyond your standard villainous crush story. Also allows you to have your cake and eat it too with the whole "burn the world for her" trope which I often find poorly executed in villain romances — Becky is not okay with this! His way is wrong to her! But meanwhile...he can carry the guilt of that bully revenge fantasy. (I think to elaborate on this, my issue is usually that if the good partner is truly 'good', why are they okay with their partner committing atrocities? I could never get past that lack of a challenge if it wasn't narratively justified in some way - such as the worldbuilding/character's past conditioning acceptance of some flatly unacceptable stuff, it always made them come off as selfish to me and weakened the storytelling wrt the contrasting morality, because buddy, that's complicity!) And the thing is, because of this contrast, the power shifts are all the tastier; he's still a fearsome villain, but this girl everyone overlooked or underestimated brings him to his knees with her steadfast morals. Bruce even ends off New Years' Evil saying she might be the one thing that frightens him!
....as you can see, yeah, the brainrot is real.
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weird writing asks | 4, 35, 36?
weird questions for writers ask
4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?
Like in a bad way? I used to laugh at people who couldn't stand the word moist but it kind of does suck outside the context of "wow, this cake is really moist, did you use sour cream?" Feral in a good way? I love the word defenestration and do not believe it gets enough play. We need more people being thrown out of windows 1990s One Life To Live style!
35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?
In moderation, I love when sentence structure matches the energy of a moment. Like a character freaking out and losing control of a situation being reflected in words bleeding into each other and selective use of non-punctuation and run-on sentences. It's the kind of chaos I appreciate.
36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice...what do you Know?
I am so tempted to quote the ending of Practical Magic ("There are some things though that I know for certain..."), but I'm guessing they're asking about what I know about writing. I know that I'll always choose a character-driven motivation over a plot-driven one because it's easy to justify plot with the former but it's more annoying to hand-wave bad characterization for the sake of a plot point. I know that I hate reading and writing in first person POV (gahhhh, the worst!) because I find it to be chaotic in an unappealing way - I need some distance! I know that I dislike the trend lately of book covers looking like generic clip-art versions of a Matthew McConaughey movie poster. And lastly, I don't care how cliche it sounds because obnoxious psuedo-intellectuals have co-opted Holden Caulfield as their mascot, but there is no book that opened my eyes to perspective, unreliable narrators, and the power of stylistic choices to tell a story the way The Catcher in the Rye did growing up and that's why it will always have a piece of my heart.
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i I say I don't write non-fiction, but I don't know what this is but the unraveling of my soul. I read a quote the other day about the power of vulnerability. The willingness to be seen. But what if I don't ever want to walk boldly into the arena? What if all I want is to hide in a cabin somewhere and write books?
I did not realize how much studying creative writing would require talking about writing. It's excruciating. I had to give a presentation about my novel idea last semester and I could barely form one coherent sentence. I felt like crying for the rest of the day. (I still feel like crying).
To the workshop, I brought a chapter from a fantasy novel I had started writing at eighteen. Whenever someone praised me for knowing the world I created so well, I wanted to tell them I know nothing. That this story had been in my drawer for so long that it doesn't feel mine anymore. That I have to trick myself every morning into thinking I can do this.
ii My life writing professor said my writing was cliche. This comment came sometime after she had said I have a good ear for rhythm, and before the actual grade she gave me for the assignment- the highest one I ever got on a paper, and yet, this is the part of the email my brain chooses to latch onto. I took my nineteen-year-old self's heart out for this assignment, cut it out of our body, and served it on a nice word document (That's probably another cliche, right?) Those were her word, not mine. Her feeling. Her pain. The cliche metaphors she wrote in her journal when she had no one to talk to. It didn't feel right to edit her voice. She is mine, bad metaphors and all. It didn't seem right to be judged for it. (But what if all I have in me is cliche?)
iii There is a broken key on my keyboard. The pink, expensive one I treated myself to less than two years ago. Now every time I want to use the letter T, I have to copy and paste. It feels like a metaphor for something.
iv My fiction instructor said parenthesis was one of his pet peeves. It's a problem because I love using them. (Em dashes just don't hit the same way). My peers use all those big words and make every little assignment into a five-page monologue, but I always preferred the kind of writing you don't need a dictionary to understand. (I still feel small and insignificant next to them). I have other people in my head. Their voices loud and overshadowing. I keep trying to be brave and tell them to go away. I keep reminding myself that my life is mine. My writing—mine. My dreams—mine. But I'm not sure this feeling of constant terror is ever going to be worth the fleeting moments of joy.
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cosmicjoke · 8 months
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Wow, Sukana really did his villain monologue and then had it backfire on him. What a dumb bitch, lol.
The ending of this chapter, recalling the words about love, I have to think apply to Gojo, not Sukana. Who the hell genuinely loves Sukana, and more importantly, who does Sukana genuinely love? Nobody. Sukana is a literal embodiment of selfishness and evil. But we see Gojo, thinking of his students, of wanting to "look cool" for them. And then Sukana misses his shot on Gojo, or there's simply no power behind it to hurt Gojo, before Gojo himself lands a wallop of a punch on Sukana. To me, that tells me even more the quote about love is for Gojo. Gojo loves his students, and they love him. All these people care for each other. That's something Sukana doesn't have. This fight really may come down to the cliched "love is the answer" type trope, but it would actually be incredibly fitting. At the very beginning of this story, of course, Yuji's grandfather talks about this, about being surrounded by people who care about and love you, in the end. Gojo has that, he has people that care about him, and are relying on him. I think, with that in mind, with that motivating him, it might be the thing he needs to finally overcome Sukana. Well, one can only hope, anyway.
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wh4thefnk · 6 months
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I need to clean out my mind from some observations.
So I finally ventured to see what was the public's opinion about this whole marriage/relationship thing; checking the most viral tweets, the tik tok and instagram commentary; the support is just staggering, I was expecting just a bit more of a push back due to the recent Joe Jonas-Sophie Turner viral discussion. I think these are some of the reasons for that:
1. There's nothing virtually wrong with the age gap and they are both consenting adults; which it's true, I've even said it myself I don't have a problem with the age gap on its own, but the whole context surrounding it, this relationship and most importantly his + the whole portu slags' characters, the general public isn't privy to this context. And overall, the world and specially Hollywood is very accepting with age gaps; plus most of the GP is indifferent and will move on with their day after showing support.
2. It's Chris Evans & Pretty Privilege. I think if it was someone whose looks were less worshipped or a less attractive couple there would be a bit more of a side eye; they are also riding on Captain America's nostalgia, and he has a lot of support coming from there at this special moment in his life; people love to see that the beloved America's boyfriend who has been gushing about family and marriage for years finally found love.
I think those two are the most important reasons.
3. But point 3 is where the joke is at. The smaller number of people who are daring to point out this relationship is icky, or why he and/or she is not that great are immediatley shushed with the you're jealous and slap with the crazy fans narrative, even when they’re just casual observers. The fandom's reputation is playing an important role here, that was going to happen regardless and they were going to use that narrative in their favor, but the joke is fans (I'm talking about the ones who did the flyers, the ones who could not hold themselves together and used to leave nasty comments directly in people's social media connected to this, I'm talking about the fan letter, the scamming) they gave them exactly what they needed, they have examples to quote. The articles about the wedding aren't coming alone, they've been accompanied by articles pointing out the behavior of the fandom, and it has not even been a week. The general public has been put in a postion where they are rooting and sympathizing for this couple, muting any talk about visuals, the age gap, the power imbalance, which I assume is what Chris and his team were fearing the most when going public. Frankly... I am impressed. I said once: do not hand victim cards to people who will not hesitate to use them, and sometimes rightfully so.
I do want to mention If there is a level of concern in this couple's minds about the fandom's behaviour, to everyone's dismay, no one can discard that as completely untrue/unfounded; be completely honest now; some people’s behavior has been absolutely unacceptable, and that’s just the truth.
Now just to tie it all in, I said one of the reasons I knew this relationship was serious it's because Chris' image is one of his biggest assets, if not the biggest; and him and his team were not going to stain it for a lolita hookup much less for a dumb stunt; the optics are not good and that is a fact; I stand by that; well we are in the aftermath of him risking his biggest asset, there has been certain level of backlash at times, he does look like a cliche and everyone, e v e r y o n e deep down knows it, there is a bit of a crack in his brand because of this, but overall It's turned out to be not as drastic as everyone expected; even inside of the fandom; while he has taken a hit ( and you know I think he’s glad the intense fans may be jumping ship) he has a very big chunk of fans still cheering for him; so I think he’s not doing that bad at all.
(This is just me thinking about why the GP is reacting the way they do, I'm not saying Chris isn't insecure about nothing, I'm not saying any loss he’s had don’t and won’t affect him at all, I'm not saying this same support won't turn against them in the future, I'm not saying none of that...)
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