#every good anime needs a beach episode

[angelltheninth]

I noticed your requests are OPEN??? I really enjoy your writing and how you interpret the Bllk characters specifically!!

I was wondering if I could request hc for how the dudes would react to seeing reader in a bathing suit for the first time? Maybe it's a first time pool trip, or beach trip, idk. I enjoy Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo, but feel free to include anyone else that suits your fancy!

Thanks so much and have a good day! 💚

The famous anime pool/beach episode. Obviously Blue Lock can't have one (shame) because I think they'd all look great.

Pairing: Hyoma Chigiri, Kunigami Rensuke, Mikage Reo x Fem!Reader

Tags: nsfw, smut, fluff, suggestive, awkward boner, flirting, swimming, grinding, teasing, sneaking around, making out, handjobs, groping, breast fondling, nipple licking, blowjob, cum shot, fingering, keeping quiet

A/N: There was that bath episode but its nowhere near a good old classic beach episode.

Chigiri is left with his mouth hanging open when you walk out in your new swimsuit. Can... can you even wear that? It looks great on you but he's not sure he likes the amount of looks that you're getting. In that case he'll just have to keep you extra close to him during this beach trip.

Swimming isn't so easy for him when you keep pressing your breasts against his back and rubbing them against his chest. He needs to get out before swimming becomes impossible and judging by the increasing pressure he's feeling on his cock he doesn't have much time before others start to notice, he cannot have that happen, he'd die of embarrassment.

Had to think quickly and took you by the hand to find an empty, secluded place behind some rocks. The moment you were alone he pressed against you, pulled the lower part of your swimsuit down and sank his hard cock inside.

The sounds of the waives crashing against the shore and the rocks are covering up some of the slapping sounds that are being made. Normally he's more shy about things like these but you can't be looking so attractive, can't have so many men looking at you and not expect him to do something about it.

Kunigami was with you when you were buying your swimsuit but he only saw you wear when you went to the big pool. He knew what you bought was sexy, he knew it would look good on you, he didn't realize just how much he'd like it. Neither did his dick. The only place he could run off to was the changing room, face pink and reach into his trunks to relieve himself.

He didn't notice you coming in until he hear the click of the lock. He had his trunks down and his cock in his hand, ready for your mouth. You don't just want it in your mouth though, you want it all over your swimsuit, to be marked by him, with his cum.

Were you always such a dirty girl and he's never noticed? He can't stop the groans that leave his mouth when you lick from the tip of his cock to his balls. No, no teasing, this needs to be quick, so excuse him while he helps himself to your mouth.

Got a bit carried away with his thrusting, getting the tip all the way to the back of your throat and barely able to pull out when you started swallowing around him so there would be cum left to shoot across your face and chest.

Reo waits until you get into the pool until he lets you know just how much he appreciates your new swimsuit. If he wanted to he could tug on the string and loosen it, but he what he does instead is sneak his hand down your back and finds your pussy hole. Sadly the water is preventing him for going as fast as he'd like to but on the other hand its covering up the squelching sounds.

Where the fun really begins is the changing rooms. He wouldn't risk others seeing your naked body, he's not scared about them looking at you in your swimming suit, let them see what he has and they don't, let them be jealous of the fact that he gets to have sex with you every night.

Now that you're alone he can take your swimsuit off and bury his head into your chest, licking from one nipple to the other while kneading your ass cheeks. You're both already more then ready so there's no need for any more foreplay.

He can thrust his cock into you with very little resistance. Knows you're not wet just from the pool, your pussy is so hot, sopping wet around him, you must have chosen that swimsuit just to get him horny. Mission accomplished.

#blue lock #blue lock x reader #bllk x reader #hyoma chigiri x reader #kunigami rensuke x reader #mikage reo x reader #blue lock smut #blue lock fluff #blue lock imagines #blue lock headcanons #bllk smut #bllk fluff #bllk imagines #bllk headcanons

[roe-and-memory]

every time someone says cars 3 is the worst cars movie another angel punches me in the stomach and pulls my hair.

this is probably just my intense special interest in the origins of nascar, but that movie feels like such a nice send-off for the main “trilogy”, and yes people can have their own opinions but i NEED to talk about how much this movie means to me

first of all, a major misconception is that lightning quit racing - he DIDNT! this is proven by both the end of the movie (where he says hes obviously going to keep racing) and cars on the road where, in the final episode, cruz and lightning wish each other “goodbye” and say they’ll see each other on the racetrack. he was only cruz’s crew chief for that one season, presumably healing from the trauma of the crash (because lets be real his ass did not mentally recover from that in FOUR MONTHS) and also waiting for a permanent crew chief to take his place.

second.. the sheer amount of detail put into that movie is INSANE. the racing center being shaped like grandstands at a track? fireball beach being both a direct reference to the daytona beach race course and also “fireball roberts”, a 1950s racer (he was actually the reason that firesuits were mandated in the sport), we meet a bunch of 1950s racers as well and just augh.. so good. also, the detail of thomasville being in north carolina is brilliant - N.C is the “racing state”, and thomasville speedway is based off of north wilkesboro, a track that was opened in 1949, and last used in 1996 (aside from the series of races in 2010), and it fell into disrepair. (fun fact, north wilkesboro is reopening in 2024 for the nascar all star race!! they fixed my bbg)

third. cars three brings so much more lore than the first movie did. yes, we knew doc raced in the 50s when the sport was getting its start, but in cars 3? they brought in characters based off of real 1950s racers (doc is based off of herb thomas, smokey is smokey yunick, lou is louise smith, junior is junior johnson, river is wendell scott, and leroy hemming is tim flock) (another reference in the movie is “jocko flockos party supplies” as macks disguise - jocko flocko was tim flocks pet monkey that was the FIRST and only co-driver in the history of the sport. he won a race with his monkey in the car with him :) )

as i was saying, the lore we learn is insane. we learn that lou and river had to fight for their place in the sport, which is similar to what both louise smith and wendell scott experienced in the 50s, they show us accurately how racing worked back then too - they didnt have fancy pits, they had a fence and a pit member with a sign that would tell them to come in the next lap for service. all of these cars are gen 1 nascar, which means that they were strictly stock - they had much more intense pit sessions than any of the other “built for racing” generations have ever needed. i recall watching a race wherein smokey yunick had to change the radiator of one of his racers vehicles mid-race due to a crash.

this isnt everything, but seriously for an animated movie about talking cars, they discuss grief and hardships and handle them so well its insane. i know cruz isnt everyones cup of tea, but (in reference to the flip scene at the end of the movie) watching cruz get shoved into the sport must’ve been insane for lou to watch. she saw herself in that girl. it wasnt some movie about lightning giving up, it was him sharing the torch with another kid who lost their way just like he had.

also i dont cry at movies but i literally bawl my fucking eyes out at the letters scene every time. its PATHETIC (its not im literally tearing up just thinking about it)

#cars 2006 #cars fandom #lightning mcqueen #cars 3 (2017) #pixar cars #doc hudson #louise nash #i seriously love cars 3 so much man #and the animation.. augh…. ITS SO GOOD #this was so much longer than i thought it’d be oops 😭

[not-poignant]

Birthday Spotlight - Dr Gary Konowalous

[13th January - Capricorn]

Known first and foremost as the MVP of Falling Falling Stars, Dr Gary was a runaway hit even though he was never meant to be in anything more than a handful of reminiscences re: Efnisien's sessions with a psychologist who specialised in criminal juvenile behaviour, especially those who leaned towards murder, rape, arson and animal cruelty.

The Director of Hillview eventually came to be featured in the Underline the Rainbow alternate universe, an omegaverse where he is the Director of Hillview Omega Rehabilitation, a peak alpha, and the unlikely partner of Efnisien ap Wledig in an unusual m/m romance. Going from psychologist in one serial to lover and main character in another is a pretty big glow up!

‘You touch the lives of the people around you, Efnisien. In the past, all you saw was the negative ways you influenced them. I’m sure that will be the main way you orient to the world going into the future, though as I always say – we’ll work on it. But you do have an influence on the lives of the people around you. Sometimes it’s fleeting. But sometimes it’s meaningful, and important, and quite a remarkable thing. ‘I enjoy you as a client, not only because I enjoy the work we do together as a professional, but also because I enjoy the young man you are. You’re kind and compassionate, funny, and sometimes possessed with a very wicked sense of humour which I frankly find quite relatable. You’re insightful and courageous.’

Falling Falling Stars

Spoils of the Spoiled - A minor character referred to by name only, and the diagnostician of Efnisien ap Wledig, formally diagnosing him with Pure O (a form of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).

Falling Falling Stars - Intended to only be a side character with minor cameos, Dr Gary quickly became the MVP of this long running serial, and was as much a star of this story as Efnisien and Arden!

The Moon is Down - A oneshot between Dr Gary and Mika from Falling Falling Stars.

Constellations - A Gwyn + Efnisien reconciliation story in the Falling Falling Stars universe.

Underline the Black - Main POV character alongside Efnisien ap Wledig. An enemies-to-lovers, alpha/alpha romance, with very unconventional dynamics and a significant (20+ year) age gap!

Underline the Gold - Cameo role

Underline the Blue - Cameo role

Underline the Red - More significant character here, and the unlikely antagonist

PhD of Psychology

Specialises in niche psychology (juvenile criminals/sociopaths in Falling Falling Stars, omega rehabilitation in Underline the Black)

Has a golden retriever - Polly - who is the goodest girl ever

He is dry, witty, dominating, a top, compassionate, insightful, bullish, heavy-handed, can be ruthless, and quick to apologise (though he has to be!)

Older. Age undisclosed in Falling Falling Stars, but he's 44 in Underline the Black.

The scene where he dropped absolutely everything to save Efnisien's life in Falling Falling Stars

Every time he's made Efnisien cry

Being so extra in an omegaverse that he's a literal "peak alpha."

Workaholic!

Consistently helping Efnisien realise the world can be a better place, usually after upsetting him a lot beforehand.

Dumping Efnisien into the ocean (just about) to snap him out of a dissociative episode.

The blue cup

His espresso + wine habit in Underline the Black

Chain-smoking his dead lover's cigarettes while moodily staring at the beach, in Underline the Black, like a 44 year old emo kid.

That good old PhD in psychology

He keeps his wry sense of humour

He always owns Hillview!

He cares deeply for Efnisien

Good dresser! Likes suits.

He pushes too hard

He has a strong sense of inner justice and equality

Needs a holiday

His appearance was intentionally never described in Falling Falling Stars so that people could imagine their own safe version of a psychologist! That's nearly 780k of never telling you his hair or eye colour, for example! Many people swear they know what he looks like, and are surprised to realise I never said a word about what he looks like in this story. Much to the rage and chagrin of fanartists (I'm sorry!)

Dr Gary's therapy sessions have inspired multiple readers to seek therapists of their own, and some people have described him as being the therapy they needed. Sometimes fiction just hits right, especially when Dr Gary's in the room. (He's a pretty annoying therapist though!)

I started shipping Efnisien and Dr Gary in the first 3 chapters of Falling Falling Stars, and then had to stop myself for the rest of the story to maintain their professional relationship. But in a way, the seeds for Underline the Black were sown a long time ago!

After typing 'Dr Gary' for so long in Falling Falling Stars, it took ages to train myself to write 'Gary' in Underline the Black! Thankfully it took Efnisien a while to get on board with saying 'Gary' instead of 'Dr Gary' as well. :D

‘Did you fuck me?’ Efnisien croaked, thinking he should be presenting a more macho image right now, but waking up to that dog touching him – and feeling a bit like he might be dying – was making it hard to manage much at all. ‘You would know if I’d fucked you,’ Dr Gary said, voice wry.

Underline the Black

#birthday spotlight #dr gary konowalous #writers of tumblr #falling falling stars #mm romance #queer romance #enemies to lovers #slowburn #underline the black #underline the rainbow #original fiction #original works #character birthday #doing something new this year #happy birthday dr gary!! #don't drink too much wine

[hushedpresence]

hello, i'm here to bring you more terrible ideas

You know how nearly every anime has one of those filler beach eps?

Well, picture this —It's LoP: The Beach Episode.

Everyone is having fun in sun in those old timey striped swimsuits.

P is just standing on the edge of the dock, watching everyone swimming and splashing around, holding an inner tub around him.

Everyone is like, "C'mon! Hop in! The water feels great!"

So he jumps into the water. But because he's a fucking heavy ass robot, he slips through the inner tube immediately and sinks to the bottom of the fucking seafloor. He probably doesn't know how to swim, right? Would it matter anyway since he's metal and weighs a ton?

Everyone's like, "Oh, no! Where did he go?!" and they start searching for him frantically. Venigni is swimming around trying to find Geppetto's puppet under the water with his yellow goggles. Like, I bet he'd make steampunk swimming goggles that looked just like his glasses. Anyway, it was his idea for a beach trip and Geppetto will murder him for losing his son since this trip was all his idea.

Venigni swims towards the dock where P jumped and dives under the surface of the waves one more time to search for him. He feels something grab his ankle and nearly chokes on saltwater from surprise.

But it's just P. He's just standing under the water fully submerged with like three feet of water above him because he's a short king and short peeps know how deep the water can get only a few yards out, amirite?

Since he's a puppet, he doesn't need to breathe, so he's able to just stand there underwater, slowly swaying back and forth with the current of the waves.

He obviously can't hear anyone underwater. They're yelling at him to just walk out to shore, but all he hears is muffled shouting and splashing. He probably doesn't mind sitting there on the seafloor, watching fish swim by or picking up seashells and whatnot, getting distracted by an entirely new environment. Like, "Oooh, what's that thing?" and it's a dead jellyfish with its tentacles rotted off floating by. "How strange and beautiful," because he doesn't know what the fuck it is.

I like to imagine that he gets so distracted, they have to eventually lift him out of the water with heavy duty hooks and chains like he's a ship anchor . He's got seaweed dangling off him, just like an anchor.

P spends the rest of his time on the shore making sand castles with Eugenie, who I like to imagine is sitting under an umbrella, sunhat on and mostly covered because she's Korean and if she's a Korean like me, hates being exposed directly to the sun lmao.

Also, I bet P would make some stupidly good sand castles too. He builds a perfect replica of Hotel Krat out of sand from photographic memory.

None of this makes any canonical sense, but I don't give a fuck.

#lies of p #¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #lies of p fanfic

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

Bryke was in the Podcasts Braving Element book fire, and one the most interesting in that conversation was Bryke say Kataang relationship in Book fire was their favorite and Basco he is vibing for Maiko, but he say the headband episode is technically filler, it means is not canon that episode? What you think?

"Filler" was an anime term, about episodes that existed solely to give the manga they were adapting extra time to get more content for them to adapt. The filler episodes are canon (to the anime versions at least), but they don't move the plot forward, so if you skip them you don't miss anything important.

Eventually the term stopped being used solely for anime - and some idiots started using it to mean "bad episode", but the actual meaning is still the same: the episode can be skipped without the audience being confused. Only now these episodes exist not to catch up with a source material (in Avatar's case there wasn't one in the first place since it was an original series, not an adaptation) but rather as a "breather" episode, that can be more light-hearted, or character-driven instead of plot-driven.

To give an Avatar exemple: "Tales of Ba Sing Se" is filler, but it's still canon. It does not, in any way, further the Dai Li plot the previous episode had established - but we get focus on the characters, their personalities, dynamics, and THE tear-jerker that is Iroh singing to both honor his son and express his grief over his death. We already knew Lu Ten was dead and Iroh was grieving, but this episode gives it further depth.

Even if "The Headband" was filler, it'd still be canon - and so would be the dance with Katara clearly being into Aang.

And I personally do NOT consider "The Headband" filler. It furthers the whole theme of the season and the series ("How do you rebuild a world consumed by war? Through kindness"), we (and more importantly, the protagonist) get a deeper look into the indoctrination the people of the Fire Nation are subjected to, and more importantly, it is the episode in which we are introduced to Combustion man - ya know, the assassin that will try to kill the Gaang? The secondary villain of half the season? The one that is Zuko's attempt to resolve the problem of "The Avatar is supposed to be dead" that the previous episode introduced? Aka it is connected both to the aftermath of the Ba Sing Se plot and the "Zuko goes from villain to ally of the good guys" plot?

You CAN'T skip this episode without being confused as to who the fuck is that guy chasing the Gaang and who sent him after them. You'd have to wait until his last appearance, in which Zuko confronts him, for you to realize what the villain's deal was, meaning that PLOT would only become coherent after it was basically resolved.

It furthers the plot, therefore it isn't filler. It's just not ALL about the plot. By that logic, nearly every episode of season one is filler. The Beach is filler. Well over half the fucking show is filler if we're only counting episodes that have BIG, plot-twisting events as "important" episodes. Bryke need to stop parroting fandom nonsense to gain points.

As for Dante Basco being all excited about Maiko despite being a big zutara fan, that does not surprise me. He has ALWAYS said he liked their romance, and that Mai is the kind of girl he'd try getting with in real life.

Once again, the epic "power struggle" between Zutara fans and the evil dark lords Bryan and Mike is only in the fandom's weird minds. They weren't always kind to shippers, but the simple fact that they're so chill with Dante, and lots of other people, including writersn who went on his podcast and said everything from "I don't really care for Zutara, but I think could have worked" to "It's one of my OTPs" shows that this "Bryke VS Zutara" war is VERY one-sided and exists solely because people can't accept that, no, the writers are not throwing away their entire plan just to please you.

#anti zutara #pro kataang #the headband

[unhinged-comics-scree]

⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊ Weekly Bravern Madness Post ₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺

Episode 11 Spoilers ahead, naturally

I'm actually on my second watch since we found out our water heater is leaking so that was a whole thing so not quite first impressions but that's literally me screencapping every scene and screaming so probably better this way

Okay important things about me to consider for my lens as I go through this

I think Isami is so so so cute. I'll probably make a cute Isami screencaps post as a separate thing. His gap moe is so cute. I love his stern face. I think Smith is great too but I love the focus reshifting to Isami. Anyway. He's so cute

In terms of Smith as Bravern I guess I view it as the reverse too? I don't really know how to explain it but I guess in Japanese there's tags for Smith + Isami (Sumiisa) and Bravern + Isami (Braisa?) and in my head it's all Sumiisa. Like he may look like a giant robot but he's still Smith, if that makes sense.

Second watch bonuses: realizing why she reacts this way at his mention ;-;

Right away, I guess I got my beach episode! I love that Isami and Lulu have Bravern brand summer clothes. I hope they come out as merch. It comes up rarely eg. the boxing shoes from ep 5 have the (Burn?) Bravern specific emblem on them and I just think it's so cute. Like yeah Bravern probably printed them just for these instances and I wish we got enough show to see it in action.

I actually got so emotional at the end of episode 9 when the OP starts playing without the lyrics and this showing up with the ED music is phenomenal. Extra delicious that it starts with part of the full version of the ED that's not in the normal ending.

I also love this because the other two emotional moments where it's like, starting something but not completing it are the after boxing scene and when Isami is crying into Lewis' shirt (okay this can easily be assumed to fill out as "I wanted the two of us to save the world together" but what else did you want to do with hiiiiim). The shipper mind wants to fill it in with some love confession and then!!!

After the like, back and forth name stuff (which parallels the Lulu + Superbia fusion) I was like, pre-emptively bracing for some kind of goofy baiting/played for laughs thing but no he goes for it!!

I actually have a collection of any instance of Isami with any amount of coloring on his cheeks and I've been lamenting that the only full blush moments are when he gets the asian flush drinking but aaaaah so cute. Also he looks so young here! He's 24 he should be falling in love!

Also I'm like, actually really impressed about this scene technically because It's just a really good looking turnaround animation. With Bravern he's 3D so whatever but isami looks good from every angle!

The artist who adds the extra effects like bloom and color tweaks on scenes occasionally tweets out their before and afters and I really hope we get this scene where they point out they added plush, kissable lips onto Bravern.

I reblogged a post about it but I do really love that Isami isn't like, disgusted or pushing him away or anything. Not even grateful Lulu interrupted it. Maybe he's actually disappointed she interrupted.

I know it sets ups the symbolic washing away of it but in case there was any ambiguity to the nature of this love:

There's some discussion across japanese twitter about how you're not supposed to do some line in the middle but based on some cursory stuff I'm not sure how common that thought process is. Also Bravern isn't that much of a pro in Japanese culture (even a lot of JP twitter was confused at his proud "This is OMIAI!").

If you aren't involved in Twitter, a comment people like to point out is that they specifically hired a Food Coordinator for this episode lol. I took a bunch of caps of it but between this and Isami's "we need to eat to be strong enough to save everyone" talk I need to do my Dunmeshi + Bravern food as strength and love post.

Anyway I'm obsessed with the fact that Bravern doesn't need to eat but actually has a mouth which reminds me of this tweet my sister brought to me

Naturally, his mouth is for kissing, Among other things.

Okay honestly the food bit is so weird I was kind of worried the entire first half of the episode turns out to be a dream sequence.

I need to set this as my desktop background or something. I think it's really cute that they added/implied that Isami and Bravern are now a cutesy couple rather than Isami being all weird about the love confession.

THIS! Is the point in the post I realize that watching while typing these up leads to me just doing a play by play which isn't really much of anything. I promise the rest of the post isn't just as long even though we're only halfway through the episode.

(Hey, timeskip OP here. This might be a lie)

Lulu + Superbia symbol! It's cute and has a really nice mix of being similar but opposite in it's own way.

I am obsessed with Segnitas being too lazy to fight and honestly I think he's so cute. The interrupting the fusion is kinda expected for a a show with every bit being in universe but it's still a good gag. I'm glad he is around to make commentary until his true death.

I kind of expected the Bravern + Superbia fight to be an episode 2 thing but I guess we won't have the time for that given the end of this episode. Triple shoutout to my Wednesday post by having the "You can get fulfillment from living!", seeing a callback to Lulu's kick and basically having an awesome fight.

Okay ending time. I have a lot of thoughts but one of the ones as I was watching was just.. He can't eat but he can bleed (and cry)? Actually considering that he explodes it's probably oil or something. Like obvs he isn't going to explode into purple triangles like everyone else but oofda. I am all sorts of sad about this but one thing that gets me is that Bravern doesn't even die fighting! It was a stealth attack!

There's some theories that Isami has a change of heart too fast and this might be another time loop, which I think would be on brand but man his reaction to Bravern dying is too much there's at least no way it's because of a Bravern dying bad end. Actually, I wonder if the damage to Bravern's core is worse than we can tell? Lulu bad end looks way worse though. Or maybe hypothetical Isami time travel route is -> they don't fight Superbia -> defeat one more death drive -> Superbia realizes he doesn't get his warrior death -> he takes on the last Deathdrive 1v1, dies -> remaining DD dies somehow but Superbia is still gone -> Isami goes back to save him for Lulu (they can't risk double time looping her?) -> doesn't ever experience Bravern dying so this is new and terrible.

In this case, Ira is acting unpredictably specifically because they do the no-kill route with Superbia. He's evidently super disgusted and I wonder if it's because its the peaceful resolution between the two? Otherwise I'm curious why else. Actually in general I'm curious why everyone is so personal with Bravern but I think we've all been asking that.

I think some people mentioned it on Twitter but Lulu very casually mentions her time travel lived experiences so it would be weird if they didn't know Bravern himself enabled it. Like I mentioned in my other post. He literally can't take on two giant mechs without Bravern and he knows for sure Superbia can't take on someone.

It's interesting that Bravern has different final words in this timeline than Lulu bad end but he also probably never had that stargazing scene in that route. Actually, you know what, I think Lulu bad end he does know it's Lulu because I don't think Isami was there for the specific curry scene we saw. He's still crying, naked in Bravern during that. Unless he just talks about Japanese curry all the time where we don't see.

Smith's last words are specifically "Brave Bang" (yuuki bakuhatsu) vs Bravern's "Brave Burn" and I'm basically Pepe Silvia-ing it up trying to figure out what it means. It's not really a direct confession about being Smith (because he's still a coward in that regard) but maybe it's a secret move/activation considering the moves are in English?

I think any kind of extra finale speculation requires its own post but that's my thoughts!

hm. Sorry. Maybe I should get into writing fanfic so you at least get something out of this

#bravern spoilers #can I use the no beta we die like fools tag on a poorly done essay #I didn't even really analyze the episode tbh #11/10 it's good thats all you need to know #the first best time to watch bravern is as its airing for the theorizing #the second best time is now

[averagewriter-inthedark]

Fluff Headcanons 🥰| Everett Ross

Link to my Marvel Masterlist

Just some random fluffy headcanons for our favorite CIA agent being domestic;

Ross is a romantic, but likes to keep that side of him private and only reserved for you. His love language would be quality time or acts of service both giving and receiving.

Expect your lunch to be packed every morning with a cute note telling you to have a great day and that he loves you. Sometimes if he’s feeling cheeky they will be flirty but overall his notes are pg.

Everett knows how you like your coffee/tea/smoothie (whatever you really prefer). Not only has he taught himself how to perfect making it, but also orders it the correct way whenever he goes to a cafe to pick you one if you ask him too. “Perfect as always, my love.”

When getting dressed in the morning, Everett let’s you pick out his tie or full suit. Sometimes you do it the night before but if you forget then you’ll pick out one in a hurry. Thankfully it’s always matching and Everett will gaze lovingly at you while you fix his tie. “Stop starting at me like that.” “But you’re just so beautiful, darling.”

He makes it his mission to take you on a date at least every week or make it up with two in one week if he’s unable to. Work can get crazy and sometimes go overtime, but Ross will still try to get off at a reasonable hour to take you out. Sometimes it’s to dinner, or a movie, maybe even the beach if the weather. It’s always worth seeing your awe expression and being able to have a good time away from the chaos of everyday life.

Believe it or not, Everett is a concert goer. He loves music and it’s one of the reasons you two got together was your shared love of it. Being so close to D.C you guys get some big acts so expect Everett to randomly come up to you and say, “(insert artist/group) is playing next month. You in?” “Do you even have to ask, silver-fox?”

You guys own a dog and a cat. Adopting them both at the shelter together the animals are very close yet break out into sibling fights all the time. Your dog tends to lean toward Ev while the cat takes a liking to you. You two will go to sleep on the bed snuggled up, just the two of you, but wake up with your cat nestled on top of your pillow and your dog squeezed between you two with their head tucked in Ev’s bicep.

You guys love to watch shows together, and often reserve days off dedicated to binge watching them. You guys got through the entirety of Game of Thrones (screw season 8), the Sopranos, The Crown, Stranger Things (which Ev loved cause his childhood was in the 80s), and caught up on Abbott Elementary. Then if it’s a show where you have to sit down every weekend for a new episode—you guys are currently on Yellowstone Sunday’s—then you two will grab take out, wine, and blankets before snuggling up on the couch to tune in. “This season is gonna be insane with John as governor.” “Yeah, Market Equities is for sure gonna be pissed and start some shit.”

At the end of every year, you guys donate to shelters and the Salvation Army with canned goods, clothing you no longer wear, books & store bought necessities you accumulated for the donation. Ev will often call before hand to let them know you guys will be coming, and after so many years the workers have become your friends—they are so grateful for you two that they often wonder what makes you continue which you always say, “there’s so much evil and wrong doing we see every day, it feels good to do something right. There are people who need these things more than us.”

His phone contact name for you is “My world 🌎🤍” with a photo of you sticking your tongue out to the camera. The ringtone for when you call him is “Lover,” by Taylor Swift. For him, you put his name as “Pretty Boy ❤️‍🔥🧸” with his photo being a picture of him in a tux when y’all went to a banquet and he’s adjusting the cuff of his wrist. The song you chose to blast when he calls is, “Pour Some Sugar On Me,” by Def Leppard.

#everett ross headcanon #everett ross x reader #everett ross imagine #everett ross x yn #everett k. ross #everett ross #martin freeman #marvel #marvel imagine #captain marvel headcanon #marvel fanfiction

[salad-006]

I know you already gave us your thoughts about Eddsworld Legacy, but what do you think about Eddsworld Beyond for now?

To be completely honest, I'm really on the fence with beyond. They're in like this weird fluctuating state, and to me that comes off like them not knowing what they're doing

Sometimes we'll get something hilarious, but more often than not beyond feels awkard and rushed. Stilted is the best word i think. (I'm also just really not a fan of jons animation for the show, which doesn't help at all. His EW style has always felt extremely flat to me ,sorry jon)

More options down below vv

Stuff usually feel unfinished or rushed somehow , ex surf n turf. Part one was probably the most uncomfortable episodes we've gotten so far. you could've easily rearranged things so that the intro of them arriving at the beach was at the beginning of part two, and have it be a single episode. It feels like filler before the actual plot starts next episode

It kinda feels like they're trying to imitate every aspect of Edds work, and it's giving me like. Skinwalker vibes. I get it, Edd made little short animtions with random new characters occasionally. But when a full team makes one with a new character, ties an ad read to it, then never touches that character again, it feels confusing and out of place. IDK i just feel like you loose that ability to just make whatever you want when you put together a team, even if its a small indie group. Maybe im wrong there but the point is i thouht the birds and the bees was dumb

I'll keep my option on the team brief. I don't hate anyone on the team nor do i think any of them are Bad People, but there's definitely been a lot of questionable behavior that has come from these guys. Example, I've always been offput by their relationship with Tord’s characters. In the website they put this:

Yet consistently tease the fans with his existence (ex the caveman episode, tori being canonized, his picture clearly torn out in SnT1, having an entire month of tord merch) Either address the situation or don't, guys. You can't sarcastically be like "oh get over it" when YOU'RE the ones that keep bringing him back. You didn't even answer the question dude, no wonder so many kids beg for his return

I guess I can't be THAT pissed when the money all went to charity, but it still just feels inherently weird and disrespectful to merchandise this character after his creator removed him nearly 15 years ago. Atleast Tomska allegedly asked permission and had good intentions. This feels like they (beyond) just don't give a fuck. If any team members are reading this I'm BEGGING YOU: STOP LETTING THEM BRING BACK TORD . THEY CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT . Tord Larsson deserves to be left alone, and to stop getting connected to this show in his past.

Despite everything, I still want to support the team. I'll be honest, SnT2 gave me hope for the series I haven't had in quite a while. It wasn't the greatest, but it was a step upwards. And I'd love to see them keep going up ! Genuinely, I would love nothing more than to see these guys succeed in recreating what made the show good initially. Eddsworld changed my life, so really its incredible to see it still kicking around today. Even if it's in this weird, amorphous glob state. They just need to figure out what the hell they're doing

TLDR: the current state of the show is kinda rough, the team feels discombobulated and has made some weird decisions, however I still have hope that they can make this into something amazing someday

#eddsworld

[kozmicmizuu]

ok- soooo… my brain thought of smth a tiny bit fucked but the i remembered this is kny and atla so it’s ok to be fucked. so, in the series water benders are like- not really in the war, but they were basically taken from the south tribe for war reasons. the angst in my brain is that the southern tribe in this au is where urokodaki would train all of this students (yes, the past dead ones are alive in this) and then the demons attacked (they’re basically the fire nation in this).

(also in this au in my take (you can see how you’d like) the demons aren’t really demons. they’re human, but they use this fucked up branch or rather a “weed” of the breath-bending that’s the equivalent of dark magic basically.)

they just took everyone with no remorse for anything, and then they found out that water’s conductive. sooooo- torture via electricity was used to make the water benders weapons of war!!! yay!!

giyuu was considered one of the best in the small tribe (i think between him, sabito, and makomo, giyuu was the one to completely master water breathing and well- survived canon). shock collars were obviously used- cause this is demons we’re talking about.

giyuu and basically all of the tribe were just abused for years (lets use giyuu’s age as a reference). the tribe was taken when giyuu was 8- the controlling and abuse didn’t stop until giyuu was 19. basically instead of him finding tanjiro, tanjiro found him.

you can only imagine how just aggressive giyuu was, a major contrast to his usual calm and stoic personality. tanjiro probably couldn’t even get close without giyuu being violent so he called for backup from the corps/friends. let’s say that sanemi and shinobu and kyojuro were sent there (sanemi was there in case of a fight.) to say that giyuu’s condition was worrying would be an understatement.

literally every single water breather was fucked- they needed the moon for spiritual healing but we’re never given the chance to see it for god knows how long, barely any food or water. kyojuro probably threw up when he saw kids in there. sanemi was just pissed about this, a whole ass tribe was ignored by the world. also don’t worry, literally no one is dead from the water tribe. but idk of that’s a good thing tbh….

it took them literally forever to get giyuu to trust them, like trying to tame a wild animal. but the simplest thing is what got literally the whole tribe to trust them, the promise of seeing the moon and sea again. tanjiro was just happy to see the southern tribe from the stories, but so sad that they were like this for 11 years. the moment they even opened the door for the tribe- it was literally like setting caged birds free. though urokodaki was the one who told the four, “thank you” and followed his students into the beach on a full moon.

also the shock collars took some time to remove, no one really sat still at all, or some stood unnervingly still. shinobu knew that it would them literal years to recover from all of that trauma, potentially a whole lifetime. kyojuro probably sobbed his sweet little heart out when he saw them so happy on the beach (emotional bitch), sanemi was still fuming, mf was READY to put an end to this war. he just imagined genya in this situation and was like “no i im not letting this slide” and proceeded to sink the entire fleet that did this to the tribe (W sanemi).

sighhhh this thought happens from remembering the episode of when katara found another water bender from the southern tribe (holy fuck i can’t remember the name) and she ended up being fucked in the head after all.

so, does that mean giyuu can be feral and deranged when he’s completely ticked off?? yes, more feral giyuu content for the starving people. he’d be so much more intense with any threat (maybe like when azula was going a bit silly) but after the threat is gone he’s just “woopsie daisies my bad yall”

they ended up taking the tribe to the corps and basically giving them a safe place to heal and relax. gyomei ended up being good friends with a lot of them because water benders are very sweet to him and the kids thought he was cool (a little scary at first). giyuu, bless his soul, was found by tengen immediately. mf knew he HAD to befriend this guy, sabito wasn’t having it tho so know there’s sabito and tengen beef.

anyways thanks for coming to my ted talk about this fucked up lil thing… i’m not okay because i started typing this out at 8 in the morning…

#demon slayer #kny #kimestu no yaiba #alta #giyuu tomioka #sabito #makomo #urokodaki #tanjiro kamado #sanemi shinazugawa #shinobu kocho #kyojuro rengoku #gyomei himejima #tengen uzui #i had to get this out here because i’m truly a genius #i’m kidding but like- humor me…. #i need more feral and deranged giyuu content #I NEED HIM TO GO INSANE #also help him yall he’s seen and been through some shit #but he’s still a silly lil guy #maybe don’t make him scared or upset #because can anyone truly stop a tidal wave of emotions?? or even fully control a wave at all?? #sabito is probably more of a “man in this #wanting to be the strong figure for his suffering tribe and to make himself feel like he’s being something other than a weapon of war #makomo was probably used as a healer for the demons literally draining her of her energy for their sake #urokodaki was literally just used as a way to get the tribe to listen like threading his life if they even tried to rebel or smth #that’s literally their dad so of course they all listened #also i love the switching of roles of savior and victem with tanjiro and giyuu #i’m sane i swear im just sleepy #enjoy the angst cause this au is full of it no surprises there!!

[aestariiwilderness]

SPOILERS

Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 5(?) (I think?) Thoughts

Well, one big one:

HAHAHAhahahahaHHAHAHAHAHA

And the little ones:

I have been waiting for Omega to pull the age card since season 1 -- actually since before I really knew what the newest Star Wars Baby's name actually was. This was great and I want Hunter to realize it's coming for him next

I haven't stopped laughing about the "moment of silence for our fallen brother" since I saw it. Someone: *mentions Tech* Every single clone in the room: *pledge of Allegiance moment*

WHY IS CROSSHAIR STILL WEARING THE JACKET

WHY IS HE STILL WEARING THE JACKET ON A BEACH IN FULL SUNLIGHT

Crosshair is 100% the angsty sullen goth vampire hissing like he's been hit with holy water in Hawaiian environments with kind people chasing after him bearing fruit and love that I knew he would be

Crosshair: spends like two weeks on Pabu Crosshair: I can't take it anymore! UGH SUNLIGHT *drags the entire Batch to freaking Barton IV* ah, home sweet murder home. the last place I had a really good angst before my older sister found me and dragged me home by the ear. fond memories

Echo, you're a disgrace but also somehow still the only sane one here

Do datapads just not need to ever charge in Star Wars??

Omega: oh yah I have a sister did you know Echo: okay, we don't have time to unpack all that

Where is the heck is Phee? Is she just...off dismembering Cid or something?

Crosshair: "I know a place" Hunter: "YOU'RE NOT TELLING US EVERYTHING ABOUT IT" Crosshair: "I ALREADY KILLED EVERYTHING DANGEROUS HERE what do you WANT FROM ME" *Dune 2021 erupts from underneath the base* Crosshair: .... Crosshair: huh. guess Mayday forgot to mention that particular natural feature. My bad y'all

GUYS. WE NEVER TURN OFF THE MYSTERIOUS PERIMETER SENSORS. IDIOTS KNOW THIS. DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM THE KRYKNA INCIDENTS I, II, and III

Crosshair looking at Batcher: ah, the new and improved Hunter. You're my favorite. We'll try to save you Hunter but if it gets too inconvenient I'll be over there taking a nap Hunter, standing right there: hey

Congratulations Batcher I guess you're his service animal now

Hunter: *sneaks up behind Crosshair stacking random regs' helmets one by one on a crate* Hunter: *considering Crosshair's past track record with regs, the Empire, and loyalty* so, like...did he kill these guys, or...? Hunter:...do I want to know? Hunter: *does a 180* NOPE

Hunter: "dID yOu tHiNK we wErE juST gOinG tO tAkE yOu bAcK witHoUT aSkIng aNy quEsTiONs???" Hunter, you beloved moron. You DID just take him back without asking any questions. To your super secret summer home no less. And let him spend two whole weeks chilling on a beach before it occurred to you to do anything other than stare at him with complete lack of subtlety from the top of a cliff

Why were you stalking him from the top of a cliff Hunter

Crosshair, he was silhouetted against the sun like 100 feet away with an almost seven foot dude right next to him. There was no hiding going on here. At all. Detecting him is not a super sniper skill. If you HADN'T seen that, we'd have a problem

Crosshair: hey yeah guys so this is clearly a Very Important Place to me that I will proceed to tell you Absolutely Nothing About. BTW don't land there Echo, there's a corpse in the middle of the landing pad somewhere. Possibly two if they never bothered picking up Nolan Echo:... Echo, 1000000% done with this Batch's drama: at least there's no blood this time

"I've made mistakes" AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *smash cuts to using flamethrower on civilians* *shooting Wrecker* *"aim for the kid!"* *nearly dropping Tech off an ion engine* *trying to burn them all alive in an ion engine* *shooting at them* *kidnapping Hunter* *kidnapping all of them* *getting them trapped on Kamino while it SINKS* *shooting pretty much everybody at some point* *plan 88 but no context!* AHAHAHAHAHAHA this is my new favorite line. Hunter should get him a T-shirt that says that to replace that awful hip pocket thing

Wrecker getting genre-aware

Omega: "I told you to TALK to him not ARGUE with him" Crosshair, sulkily: "He STARTED IT" EDIT: 23. IF I SEE ONE MORE ICE VULTURE IN THIS HOUSE

#star wars #the bad batch #bad batch season 3 #spoilers #the bad batch spoilers #bad batch season 3 spoilers

[theminecraftbee]

second i just got back from the beach and im delighted to find that we're still talking abt the magical girl au (im adding it to my list of things to maybe-write once im not on vacation) anyway im intrigued by what grian's role is in all of this. he's the big bad, quote-unquote, but he's clearly....well, does he believe in what he's doing? is it unwilling? does he develop convenient possessed magical girl amnesia every time he detransforms? does he have his own version of jellie? does he have a roommate? (is it mumbo? is mumbo scar's version of grian? this is me saying that mumbo should also have A Gun because i find that hilarious) basically im rotating this au So Fast but im too sun-tired to do anything about it but im also deeply invested

so the thing with grian is -

okay so to explain the META reason for the thing with grian. a common magical girl show trope is the dark magical girl. unlike the enemy, the dark magical girl IS an enemy, but is a magical girl themselves, normally directly in contrast to the main character. as opposed to believing in love and justice, the dark magical girl is normally more cynical and jaded. however, also often key - the dark magical girl isn't normally purely evil. in fact, normally they're just... scared. hurt. doing what they think is right. without the same support network as the protagonists.

they need someone to rescue them, to be able to start to insist on seeing the good in them, is what i'm saying.

anyway so i'm a big fan of the dark magical girl. rue is my favorite character in princess tutu. so i wanted one for my au. and, well, the dark magical girl is normally an important counterpart to the hero, so when i decided the au was scar being a magical girl, it felt like there was an obvious option for his dark magical girl counterpart.

anyway grian's definitely, totally doing fine. he definitely isn't a little possessed, he definitely definitely isn't in over his head, and he's definitely not beginning to have a lot of doubts about the side he's on. why do you ask?

meanwhile i do actually have ideas for mumbo called "in the version of this that's a fifty-episode anime in my head there's a running bit, often at the beginning of or mid-episode, where mumbo is just a magnet for getting possessed by minor spirits, but is so used to it at this point that it's ridiculously easy to 'defeat' him and get him back to normal because he just sort of vibes he can get halfway to getting un-possessed by himself at this point". and also called "mumbo totally figures grian out and decides that, logically, that means he should also try to be a supervillain, to comically ill-advised results"

#answered #just-a-long-nap-please #magical girl scar

[tapwrites]

To Filler or not to Filler

Some people say filler is bad in a story, others say it's fine... still others say it's important to include, to have a well-rounded story! Are they even talking about the same thing?

What is filler, anyway?

Let's tackle that first; define our terms.

Think about what the word "filler" means in other places. Filler is used to fill a hole in a wall so the cracks don't show. Filler is foam padding in a box so the item being shipped doesn't get damaged. In speaking people use um, er, and "like" to fill time while they figure out what they want to say--that's called "filler" as well.

Filler is something used to fill gaps, with no meaning or use beyond that. Something that is not necessary beyond simply filling something.

So what does this mean in storytelling terms?

This term is often used referring to serial TV shows (long stories told over multiple episodes, as opposed to "episodic" TV shows where each episode is a self-contained story).

The example that comes to my mind is Naruto: a show featuring long stories told step by step in 23 minute episodes. But from time to time, when the animators are behind the airing schedule a self-contained episode is aired that has nothing to do with the story, progresses nothing, explains nothing, and by the end of it nothing has changed. You could skip such episodes and not have missed anything.

Why did that episode exist? Purely to play out time. They've got to fill 23 minutes every week. So it doesn't matter what's there, all that matters is that it is there. Like filler, the only reason it exists is to be there, to fill something.

Now the question is...

Is "filler" ever needed for novels?

By definition, "filler" does nothing. It does not make your story better. It does not bring you closer to the characters. It does not set the tone. If it did any of those things, it wouldn't be "filler"!

So when would you want a load of words to be in your story that does nothing but use up pages? Never. Not for a regular book or short story, at least.

So... why do some say "filler" is good in some circumstances?

I suspect it's because they're not talking about filler. They're talking about something different.

Another anime trope is the "beach episode," where the cast take a break from the story and just go to the beach and hang out. Nothing of note happens at the beach. The characters don't grow, we don't learn anything new, and they all go home ready for the story to continue in the next episode.

In fact, such episodes can just pop up out of nowhere. It makes no sense that they could actually go to the beach and hang out in that moment, but they just wanted to throw in a beach episode, so a beach episode just... happened.

Even so, episodes like this are enjoyed by the fans for several reasons. One reason is, the fans like the characters and simply enjoy their banter and shenanigans even if it's nothing to do with the story. (Another being they get to see anime characters less-than-clothed.)

That kind of episode is filler, because it does nothing beyond use up air time. But it's still enjoyable because we get to hang with the characters without the drama of the story getting in the way. So it's understandable that some conflate the two, thinking that "filler" must mean characters hanging out, or the scene isn't action packed, or something like that.

But that isn't actually true.

Filler episodes can have just as much action and stuff going on and still not impact the story, and still not have any time to hang out with the characters. So filler doesn't mean getting to know the characters.

And hanging-out-with-the-characters episodes can show new things about the characters which will be important later, or simply intensify the drama that happens later in the story. So such episodes by definition are not filler.

In fact, a character-hangout can only be a "filler" if it doesn't show anything new about the characters; if it doesn't show or change the relationships between characters. The moment it does anything useful like that, it stops being filler and becomes just a normal scene that still adds to the story that happens to be low-intensity.

Even in storytelling, "filler" doesn't mean a scene with no plot progression or low-stakes or low-impact or low-action. It means it has zero impact beyond that section of any sort. Low-stakes scenes are exactly the kinds of scenes where the characters can interact, where the reader can get to know them, where the background of the world can be filled in.

People are right--those are good scenes to have in your story. And varying the intensity of scenes so that some are big and some are small is what pacing is all about! But the fact they're doing something for the story means it is not filler. It's simply a low-intensity scene.

So feel free to have low-intensity scenes in your stories. But you never need to add filler.

Oh wow, so all we've covered so far is what "filler" means in the first place. But now that we understand what we're talking about...

How is this useful?

There are two main things to take away from this discussion. The first is what "filler" means: zero impact. No change if it's removed entirely.

The second is that there's more that a scene can add to a story than simply plot progression. Character development, character change, worldbuilding... all those kinds of things add to the reader's experience of the story as a whole, even if those ways are subtle or the reader may not realise why it's included.

To say that such things are just "filler" discounts them as meaningless fluff you don't need to put any thought into. Or, it raises the idea of "filler" to something that really enhances any story--which it, by definition does not do.

Unless you have a deadline of releasing a new scene every week and you're behind on figuring out the next non-filler story beat, we don't need to write filler at all. In which case, to seek to add filler is to purposefully pad out the word count of your story with nothing--lowering the overall impact of the story itself.

What if you already have a scene that feels like filler?

Of course, you can simply remove it and suffer little effect on the rest fo the story.

There are times when a scene "feels like filler" to a reader, even if it has elements that do add to the story. Just remember what filler means: zero impact. The less apparent impact a scene has on anything, the closer to pure "filler" it is.

So, try adding more complexity to it. Doesn't have to push the plot forward or have action in it, but the key part is to make it feel like there's a point in reading that section. It might even be a case of making what's there stand out even more, make it more dramatic, something like that.

What if you're struggling to write a scene?

On the other hand, I sometimes see writers asking for help because they're struggling trying to write a filler scene. Or there's a scene they want to have in the story but they're getting blocked trying to write it.

They're struggling because it's a filler scene. If they don't know that, there's something in the back of their mind that senses it. And if they do know it's a filler scene... they know it's pointless even writing it.

In which case, if you still want that scene to be there, the key is to make it not filler. Or... less close to having zero impact. Come up with a reason why it has to be there--what part of the later story does it make work? What dramatic moment does it intensify because this moment happened?

Now you've got a solid reason for writing the scene, it should be a lot easier to get yourself to write it!

#filler #impact #character #intensity #pacing

[fricchead]

Hai there! Wishing you a great day!! 🌹

...So, I was wondering, what are your top 5 UY storylines or the ones you just have a soft spot for?

Hope you'll reply! X3

Hihihihiiii also wishing you a great day !!!

I’m going to be going off the storylines from both the original 80’s anime and some off the manga (I haven’t completely finished it lol) and I feel like the UY 2022 reboot doesn’t have a lot AS FOR NOW

But here are my top 5 (there’s so many but I had to pick) :D

5. Since your departure/ After You’ve gone

UNORIGINAL BUT IDC BECAUSE IT JUST HITS THE JUGULAR. It’s just such a bittersweet episode and yes I know Ataru deserves to be punished every once in a while but seeing this mans BAWLING had me- HHHHHHH

Put this on #5 because while it’s already a fan favorite, there’s others I prefer more

4. Dolphin Dating and Beach Babe Patrol

I like both the manga and anime adaption !!! It’s a very fun chapter/episode and hearing Ataru refer to Lum as “his woman” has me eating drywall and breaking plates

3. Valentines disillusions

WHY WAS THIS NOT IN THE ANIME THIS IS A FREAKING CRIME— THIS IS SUCH A CUTE CHAPTER YOU SEE THAT FACE ??? HE REALLY CRIED HIMSELF TO SLEEP BECAUSE HE THOUGHT LUM WOULD RATHER GIVE MENDOU A CHOCOLATE INSTEAD OF HIM HES SUCH AN IDIOT I LUB HIM

Now this was hard because as I went down the list I realized… how can I pick only 5 ?? Like as I was finding the episodes and chapters I was like ‘oh shit I forgot about this one’ but I think #2 will be TWO STORYLINES BECAUSE YES

2. I love Darling’s Kindness/ Love has No Boundaries-Goodness ! Words aren’t getting to Darling !

As I’m typing this I realize I didn’t add Lum thinking she’s turning into a cow, Electric Jungle, Inaba the Dream Maker, Big Bottle Little Bottle, Happy Birthday My Darling, How I’ve Waited for You, Thrilling First Date, etc. and now i wanna kick myself because HOW DID I FORGET. ANWAYS These two have a GRIP on me

And now #1 yayayayay

1. The Final Chapter/ Boy Meets Girl

Words cannot DESCRIBE how much I love this arc. Absolute perfection. The movie adapted it so amazingly, and captured it so well. This storyline truly shows how strong Ataru’s and Lum’s love for each other is, and while we never got the actual “I love you” WE DIDNT NEED IT BECAUSE HE SHOWED IT AND IT GETS ME IN TEARS EVERY TIME.

Thank you so much for the ask Yume 💗💗💗 i would’ve wrote more, but as you can tell, I suck ASS at formatting and analyzing but I’m always excited to gets asks !!

#urusei yatsura #ataru moroboshi #lum invader #atalum #lumtaru #うる星やつら #lum x ataru #ataru x lum #lum #thanks for the asks #sorry I suck at writing

[kiawren]

what the friend group studies

becuz alola has their pokemon very closely tied to their culture and people themselves.. (Like z moves are manifestations of your heart at one with your pokemon and alolan nature) so our pokemon school class focuses on this pokemon ecological, cultural bonds, the rest of the classes are typical classes (typical school subjects)

becuz i actually want to study stuff I love when I self insert instead of just playing a every day at school.. Kukui's class does case studies, more in depth applicable knowledge, goes out in the field, more learning journeys, interactions with people and pokemon outside (+ sports LOL need to keep the sports episodes)

Okay so in the class they teach many sections and without a strict curriculum, we present during a lesson or suggest what to be taught for it

Wren

conservation of endangered pokemon + overall improving every pokemon's wild environmental (sometimes domestic) conditions with people (study people-pokemon environmental connections and so how to look after them), a lot intersecting with kiawe's cultural studies too but like my passion irl it's tied back to conservation

> geography, some biology (pretend I still study bio lawl)

Ok in the middle here I want to add both do literature together as a side thing kinda becuz i like humanities in general and even though conservation doesnt need lit alolan lit will be awesome

Kiawe

cultural studies of pokemon specifically alolan but also every other region

In the anime he doesnt learn dance but in the games he does, I'll treat it as one of the cultural things he's interested in, like he is passionate about alolan culture and community in general and wants to extend that to pokemon so he studies pokemon folklores & stories, traditions, rituals, festivals and practices (old and new) related to pokemon since like alola they also rely a lot on pokemon to get around etc. (idk abt other regions lol might be the same) in this aspect kinda similar to mine and ppl-pokemon connections but his is more of how it socially helps the community while taking care of pkmn but mine is how it affects pkmn in an environmental/welfare sense but I also love studying human connections

> history, geography, linguistics

Mallow

studying the alolan culinary in general..using alolan ingredients, endemic ingredients, foreign ingredients and what's the difference.. A lot of recipe creation and most importantly studying the connection between food and pokemon in alola, studying some sort of ecosystem in the wild and wild pkmns diet vs domestic pkmns diet, whether the changes are good when they eat with people etc.. Less research has been done on what specific foods each pkmn needs so she's studying that. Like really studying pkmn one by one to narrow down their diets. Also studies agricultural practices taken up in alola

> food science specifically (but she's good at chem + bio)

Lana

anything related to the sea lol.. Studying the biology of sea pokemon, studying the alolan sea in general, how the sea interacts with people (intersections with mine and kiawe's – envi and cultural connections), also studies fishing in alola, I think she also studies tourism becuz a lot of tourists come to alola for the ocean & beach

Would be interesting to have climate change happen in their world too or something LOL. But mainly the science and ecology of the ocean

> biology, some chem (ocean water chemistry or somehting), geography

Bc mallow explores the ocean less yet its important to terrestial ecosystems and sustenance too, lana helps her learn oceanic ecosystems and foods, like undiscovered ingredients derived from the sea that are less directly processed can be used in recipes for the first time

Sophocles

tech relateddd like how can tech benefit pokemon + how can pokemon benefit tech, develops new tech lol, how to incorporate sustainability in what he learns

Also codes and studies some digital infrastructure in alola which is not a lot

Also studies astronomy but not a main thing, very interested in space pkmn also and how to study them, has relations with ultra wormholes that lillie studies

> maths, physics

Lillie

she does least of on-field and a lot of research. She's so good at doing readings she likes researching bruh, I hc rn alola has a big library she volunteers to organise the archives at and at the same time benefit cuz she gets to read a lot of older texts unavailable online, (+ helps catalog them with sophocles online), she's the only one out of us that studies ultra beasts & wormholes in detail, out of all of us she might do PhD stuff in the future lawl

> physics, some bio (general ecological knowledge), geography, history like everything?? She studies theory so it has concerns with every subj??? Help

She picks up coding to do with sophocles

So basically

Kiawe-wren: mainly humanities based and study environmental and cultural connections betw ppl and pkmn

Lana-mallow: mainly biochem (but lana needs geog also and wren needs bio also)

Sophocles-lillie: mainly maths+phys

These pairs spend a lot of time together :3

#kiawren #small kiwis #I was motivated to make this from my hatred of irl school #LOLL #pokemon selfship #selfship #wren's writing

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Mary sue!Character x self aware Isekai! reader head cannons

I do what I want

-Ro

Anime title: I just want to live a normal life in a another world but the Mary Sue main character has a crush on me?!

Gn! Reader

Crackfic

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She is the most popular people in the college campus, she is exceptional with all of her grades, excels in Magic and is the daughter of two powerful people everyone loves her but you know who she really is... and you wouldn't touch her with a 10-ft pole, all you want to do is pass and leave this goddamn place.

Unfortunately for you she seems to have taken a liking to you. She tries so hard to get your attention but you don't bat an eye in fact, it seems like you hate her!

She could feel her heart practically break remembering the time she baked perfect cookies that just so happened to be your favorite for the first time on her first try and before she could give them to you she slips ( clumsy her) and dropped them everywhere!! She couldn't deal with herself after that...

How could she ever see you again after making such a fool of herself right in front of you? She saw you roll your eyes right in front of her!! She wrapped her arms around her legs her angel wings materializing and hiding her from the rest of the world. Luckily nobody will find her crying in this closet

She froze when she heard the closet door open just to see, the most popular guy on the campus!!! And her best friend his eyes grew soft when he saw her like this. His heart beating in his chest he wanted to and whoever did this to her! How dare they break her heart like this?!

Mary quickly explained everything about the cookies about her falling Mr.Popular could only laugh but inside his heart is breaking, he doesn't understand Mary's liking for this random student, you are just a normal student in his eyes... a little bit of a slacker and sometimes you say things he doesn't understand... I mean how could you not like Mary?! Just thinking about it makes jealousy weld up inside of him.

As much as Mr popular wishes he could have her all to himself he knew that he had to be a good friend. Agreeing to help Mary get with you.

The next time the three of you have class together, You try to hold in your sigh when Marry takes a spot next to you, her fluffy pink fox tail materialized out of thin air wagging, this is the first time she ever sat with you, she really hope she doesn't screw this up. You wish you should have stayed home today. At least she helped you with your work... but you still refuse to fall for this world Mary Sue main character; you have no idea why she even bothers with you in the first place.

Even the most popular guy in school is starting to hang out with you now, probably to be in Mary's good graces... you almost gagged at the cheesiness when he said this shit to you " if you break her heart I'll never forgive you..." like bro you're just trying to live your life...

Every time you seem to run into Mary, she trips and falls, and in some way, with her unnatural anime pink hair practically sparkling in the sunlight and the lighting being so perfect, it would make a tiktoker jealous.

And every single time you just so happen to be with her her father, who is the demon king, attacks the campus. And you did not die and get reborn just to deal with some anime bullshit; you need to get out of this goddamn school before y'all have a beach episode.... at least you haven't seen her twin brother yet... you don't think you can handle the cringe of two.

Meanwhile, Mary is screaming into her pillow because your hand brushed over hers when she was helping you with work; she needs to work up the courage to ask you to study with her. She swore she even saw a smile on your face.

To be honest, Mary envies you a little you seem so quiet and normal, her life has been anything but...but you seem so calm, contended also a bit strange however that part of you just makes her like you more.

Even your speech is strange. Sometimes you talk about or ramble about things she has no idea about; you're so mysterious.

Mr popular was right she should take things slow,

#ro.chatting #listen but like have you ever wondered what it's like to date a Mary Sue character?! #original character x reader #character x reader #Mary sue x reader #enemies to lovers you decide #Ngl i like mary seus

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How A BL Can Go From Melodrama to *Cinema* 🤩

1. Better production quality across the board. But particularly when it comes to set dressing (all BL markets), audio quality (Thai BLs), sound design and sound track. Tired of hearing unintentional real-room acoustics because GMMTV was too cheap to buy enough wireless mics for every actor, or because MeMindY thought wireless mics were the only kind of mics allowed ever and now we can hear every brush against the mic, or hearing the water on the beach over the actor's actual voice. Tired of the bland, plain "dorm room" with absolutely no personality that's clearly shot in a hotel room. Tired of the same 15-20 clearly royalty-free backing tracks blaring over an actor's voice at inappropriate times that are the editor's way of calling the viewers idiots by handfisting a cue that a tonal shift is occurring. And I am utterly exhausted with cheesy sound effects that completely suck the tension out of every scene! Just fucking stop!!!! Example of good production quality: The Blue Hour (not a series but still...).

2. Multi-season series (with shorter seasons overall). And no, I don't mean sequels (a la Tharntype 2/Still 2gether) where the characters are fundamentally in a different story. I want to see genuine conflict explored with the care it deserves, characters actualized, and romantic moments that linger just enough to leave viewers wanting more. Most BL storylines are entirely too rushed (or, on the other hand, feel like 2 different stories crammed into one season of television). I'd rather split up seasons by character arc the same way it's done in Hollywood or anime and cut seasons down from 12-14 episodes to 8-10. I feel like most Thai BLs would benefit from taking the multiple shorter-seasons than the one longer-season approach. Good example of a multi-season series, with strong pacing due to tighter seasons: Young Royals.

3. Better acting. And no, I don't mean crying and screaming because that's what the uninitiated think good acting looks like. I'm talking microexpressions when Neo portrays Boston's silent hurt watching Top take genuine interest in Mew. I'm talking the subtle glance down to Juntaek's lips when Jisub shows Jaewon's inital interest in Jihyun on their meetcute. And I'm talking the quiver of Fourth's voice when Gun is confronted with the reality that maybe he's not cut out for the music industry. A great performance doesn't necessarily have to be understated or even realistic, but it does need to be consistent with the story conventions and characters we're dealing with. Under/overacting to the point of parody is okay in satire. But doing so in a story that otherwise leverages typical romance/tragedy story beats looks ridiculous. It would also be great if all the lead actors were talented too.... Example of a good acting performance: Fourth (most of the time) in My School President.

4. Increased story variety. From broad themes and co-genres all the way to specific character arcs and tropes, we need more variety in BL stories (ESPECIALLY in KBL). Give me more period pieces, sci-fi, horror stories, star-crossed lovers, soulmates, magical boys, heroes' journeys, survival stories, mysteries, etc.! Good example of an unconventional character arc: Not Me.

5. Longer Episodes for KBLs. This is one area of production I think the KBL industry can learn a lot from the Thai BL industry. While the stories I've watched never really feel rushed, they do feel a bit empty/inadequate. The writers could explore more themes and character drama just by lengthening episode runtime 10-15 minutes per episode. Good example of a KBL with many longer episode runtimes: The Eighth Sense.

6. Subtlety. This is kind of an amalgam of 1 and 3 but I want to say more. Stop telling me the plot/character arc and just do the plot or arc. Stop cueing tonal shifts with on-the-nose music/sound effects and trust that, as your viewer, I am intelligent enough to know that the actors have gotten serious after a bout of laughter, or have simmered down from a heated exchange. When you cue your viewer, you either think they're dumb or you don't trust that your actor, director, and/or writer are doing their jobs. Either way, the viewer is left unsatisfied. Good example of subtle storytelling: I Told Sunset About You.

#bl boys love #the blue hour oabgun gun atthaphan #young royals wilhelmsimon edvinomar my school president tinngun geminifourth fourth nattawat notme offgun #the eighth sense #i told sunset about you bkpp billkin putthipong pp krit