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theelderhazelnut · 4 months

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Music Monday Tuesday

Tagged by @thesingularityseries @inafieldofdaisies @bisexualjohnnycage @chadillacboseman @aceghosts @voidika @socially-awkward-skeleton @cassietrn @aceghosts <3 tagging you all back for the next week!

I haven’t participated in ages, but here’s a good ‘ol song which describes the end of “Rise of the Villains: The Shadow” (prequel to Darker than Black) perfectly. It speaks about the time when Atoosa (Ombra) discovers a harsh truth about the cause of the death of her parents and the protector gods especially Raiden, after being a low level servant ar the Sky Temple. That very truth is that the protector gods are involved in a cult which killed her parents and many more innocent people (in that flight incident). However, this is only a portion of the main picture. Atoosa faces a tough decision: take revenge and be free of the chains of their control forever, or linger beside Raiden, and endure the chains of being a good girl who watches her life burning in flames.

Catch me as I fall

Say you're here and it's all over now

Falkus finds me, and tells me what I need to hear. Raiden, the very man I have feelings for, is on the same side with my parents’ murderers. I don’t want to believe it, in fact, I want him to catch me and save me. I want him to say that he is here for me, and that nothing is going to go wrong, so I won’t drown in this pain.

Speaking to the atmosphere

No one's here and I fall into myself

This truth drives me into madness

Well, Raiden doesn’t do it. He’s loyal to his belief, to his mortals. No one is there to save me, and show me only a glimpse of light.

I know I can stop the pain if I will it all away

If I will it all away

There was only one way to stop this pain, and to free my rage. I can’t just sit here watch those vermins walk around and control my fate. I had enough of being a puppet to their will, and have my dreams and hope being taken from me. Yes, there is only one way and that is revenge. I have to be the one to have control over them.

Don't turn away (don't give in to the pain)

I made my decision. I was determined to join Falkus to make them all perish. But Raiden tries to stop me not because he loves me but because he is afraid of my worst.

Don't try to hide (though they're screaming your name)

I don’t want to hide anymore. But Raiden seems to want to protect us all from a known future. (Delia’s prediction about Ombra)

Don't close your eyes (God knows what lies behind them)

I am not going to neglect the reality anymore. Falkus offers me his hand, and opposing to Raiden, he is thrilled by what I am capable of.

Don't turn out the light (never sleep, never die)

And Falkus doesn’t want me to stop.

I'm frightened by what I see

But somehow I know that there's much more to come

Killing each and every one of those cultists is undoubtedly a scary set of flights, and once I take the first step, there will be no turning back. But it will quench my rage, and help me feel better; perhaps even the world.

Immobilized by my fear

And soon to be blinded by tears

However, something called fear is always there. I am willingly choosing to be the bad guy. I am crossing the moral codes my parents carved into the back of my mind. If I take Falkus’s hand and leave everything behind, I will become the exact kid my larents would despise. They wouldn’t want someone as pathetic as me to be their child.

Fallen angels at my feet

Whispered voices at my ear

They beg me to raise this hell, those on whom Raiden sees ugly horns of evil.

Death before my eyes

Lying next to me, I fear

She beckons me, shall I give in?

Upon my end, shall I begin

Forsaking all I've fallen for? I rise to meet the end

Shall I abandon everything behind? Shall I abandon the human in me, and become the monster strong enough to destroy another one?

No pressure tags: @scentedcandleibex @darialovesstuff @strangefable @onehornedbeast @loverofthewindgod @ninibear3000 @nightbloodbix @cassieuncaged @candlewax1 @breakfwest @euryalex @captastra @mintspider and anyone else with something to share!

#Spotify #ombra the ironhead #music monday #mk oc #mortal kombat oc #evanescence #rise of the villains: the shadow #raiden #mk raiden #mk falkus

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drifting-pieces-blog-blog · 4 months

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Can we talk about how Marc and Jack Russell are equally dehunamised and used by committee?

Like I'm sure he's so used to it as a guy with several mental illnesses and a visibly ashkenazi Jew named 'Spector' and it's the "oh man they're treating like a literal beast of burden like my boy Jack here" that makes it click

and what's fun is that Moench was writing Marc as a goy singlet at the time but looking back the allegory works?

Moench didn't know that he used a Jewish name until after he named him and wrote for him. He just chose to embrace it and I love him for that.

What's interesting is that in WBN he makes a point to give a LONG case file to Moon Knight. One that was probably meant to imply that Moon Knight was a badass. But he didn't have to go so hard! That many wars on that many continents and that many revolutions and years in service only to beat his lieutenant half to death and get discharged? And working in the CIA, fighting, being an expert in hand to hand combat, weapons, and it just kept going.

What Moench didn't intend was the repercussions of that sort of dossier. While many villains and bad-ass assassins and so on would have that sort of dossier, Moon Knight doesn't have like a bad-ass tough hardened criminal. He doesn't act like Bushman (but that's a story for another day). As much as he spends WBN cursing at the wolf, acting tough, going after his money... You see him respect the beast. He's actually enjoying himself. He's having fun! Jack even notes that Moon Knight is absolutely having the time of his life when they start fighting together to take out the bad guys.

And you're right! The committee is using them and doesn't care about either of them. Moon Knight is just there to be a hired man to do bad. We see his opinion of the monster actually change when he transforms back into the man. He notes that the crescent darts sticking out of him probably hurt and he takes them out. It's like when the beast went away and he was faced with the man, he stopped having fun. He wasn't ready to change sides until the beast was back.

I think Marc found something in the creature that spoke to him. Something that as he put it, "was just fighting for freedom, and that's a fight I can get behind."

And later, as Moon Knight becomes the Moon Knight we all know and love, it's a fight he knows well. A fight that Marc enters into to try to get away from the life we see in that dossier.

Even without him being written as Jewish with a mental health disorder (many. Marc has so many), he still doesn't seem like the sort of man that the Committee is trying to hire. He's expected to be one way. He's seen as this way. He's just a performer. Given a costume and a name and expected to do things and then leave. And that's not what he is. Never has been.

Jack, from the small bits I've seen of him, has been fighting for a while. Fighting to be seen as a normal teenager. Trying to be with his friends and family. Trying not to hurt them. Not knowing where he's going to wake up or what he did at night in the Moon light. Waking up in pain and still struggling to get back to his normal life.

Dos that sound familiar? Perhaps a little...Marc Spector coded?

And Jack and Marc do become somewhat friends. When Jack is hunted and the man is forgotten, he goes to Marc. Who else is going to help him AND the beast? Who else is going to understand that the beast needs help too?

It's a good point you made there Gerrysherry and I'm here for it.

#Ask away #Talk to me about Moon Knight #Marc needs friends #Marc makes friends with monsters #Who else will understand him?#I needed a nap while I typed this very badly so I hope it makes sense

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gardenofnineveh · 1 year

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Lucerys is so Princess Diana-coded. Like ever seen that pic of Diana in a blue dress falling asleep days before she announced she was pregnant with Prince William? That’s so Lucerys. Literally the hair, the eyes!

Aemond is also Princess Diana-coded. Behind that tough psycho facade, it’s clear he needs love and help and more love, just Princess Diana did when her marriage with Charles started falling apart.

Engagement -

Media: Are you in love?

Lucerys: Why yes, of course? [blushing and casually showing off his sapphire engagement ring 💍 , yes even the engagement ring is Diana coded 😩]

Aemond: Whatever love may mean�� [smiles at Luke cuz my boi mond ain’t a cheater!]

I need the really emotional and real marriage struggles, and Aemond finally going on record after years of staying silent and playing the bad guy in the royal family in the eyes of the public.

Interview -

Interviewer: There were reports of you, your Highness, struggling with self-image and trauma. Is that true?

Aemond: [Think the shy, downturned look from the bts interviews] Hm, yes. Yes, I did. Even though I did not realize at the time, I did. The scar… the missing eye.

Growing up I was not… the most handsome, or pretty, boy around. And people around me made that clear, but the eye situation magnified and intensified every problem I had… with people, family, and friends.

For a while, after the eye, I told myself I didn’t care. I rode Vhagar, the largest dragon in the world. I was doing better in both swordsmanship and my studies than my peers. But there was always something unsettling in my heart. Something I neglected and tried to overcompensate for. Hence, the tours in the Riverlands, the Stepstones. My behavior and so called “acting out” at Storm’s End… It really gets to you when the media always portrays you as the villain because well, I look like one. So I thought, why not let their dreams come true? Why can’t I really embrace being the villain?

It really took years of work and being in a loving relationship and just being recognized for simply who I am for me to really see that. That I was hurting, and I was reaching out for help but not in a way others may understand. That I wanted to have a stable married life and be loved.

Interviewer: How was your relationship with the Queen?

Aemond: Well, there were initially three of us in a marriage, so it was a bit crowded. [classically Diana omo]

She was and has always been a loving and wonderful mother to Luke, and being a father now, I can somewhat see why she was the way she was.

It came down to a choice, between she and me, for Luke. We forced Luke to make a choice. And I, as well as she, knew that I had no chance of winning.

Interviewer: What were your reactions when your separation from Prince Lucerys was announced to the public?

Aemond: Well, we have been living apart for a couple month by then, by the time it was announced on television. We never had an official separation, no. We just thought that living apart would have helped resolve the issues we had with our marriage.

Then the journalists caught wind of it and published photographs of Lucerys attending the Queen’s charity banquet alone, dropping off our children to school alone.

The people, when they saw this… I asked, when it was decided that a statement ought to be made on this matter, that the news is aired before the holidays because that way our children wouldn’t. They were at school, and they were very well-protected at school.

Interviewer: That was the one holiday where you weren’t there with your husband, is that right?

Aemond: Yes, I remember watching the Christmas messages to the country and the morning mass broadcasting on television alone. I didn’t know that Lucerys with 6 months pregnant was our third child. We haven’t seen each other for three, four months at that point.

I remember the red cloak he wore inside the church and really couldn’t hide it from the cameramen when they came outside after service was over. The country was in shock, seeing this live for the first, and I remember being there with them - shocked but a good sort of shock.

(All grown up, communicative Aemond muah)

And Luke would be backstage and be so supportive and proud of Aemond. Lucemond hugs 🤗

#lucemond #lucerys velaryon #aemond targaryen

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the-gay-disney-games · 4 months

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Round 1A: Pinocchio (1940) vs. Cinderella (1950)

Propaganda

Pinocchio:

“Jiminy cricket is Pinocchios gay mentor to teach him how to be a “real boy” which takes very little leap (to me at least) to read as trans.”

“I felt morally obligated to add the little guy. I think its got a pretty strong start with the whole "I want to be a real boy" narrative. here's an insane ramble about it. Disney's original adaption is unique in the sense that pinocchio is brought to life and is inherently a good kid. His affinity for getting into trouble is out of his innocence and naivete being taking advantage of rather than actively choosing to be mischievous. In this way, his status as a real boy comes from staying true to himself. Notably the moment he is most unlike himself at all is at the infamous pleasure island. I think it's interesting to depict this section of the story as pinocchio following along with other "real" boys (and importantly, the only boys he's ever interacted with). While obviously not intentional, it feels as though it's a way to condemn the way boys are taught to act. "boys will be boys" so that means you ought to be tough, mean, and inconsiderate. It, of course, eventually leads to pinocchio learning his humanity is at risk for not being himself (literally. remember that donkey transformation scene lol) Pinocchio in this adaption is loved as he is (by those who matter anyway- his family). His transition (lol) from puppet to human isn't, imo, a reward for being good- but rather a reward for staying true to himself and growing up. To quote another analysis on the film "'Pinocchio's wish to be a real boy remains the film's underlying theme, but 'becoming a real boy' now signifies the wish to grow up, not the wish to be good." He stays brave, truthful, and unselfish as he was told to do- but his journey is all about learning how to stay that way in a world that will try and go against you and take advantage because of your difference and not knowing what its like to be like other boys. But regardless, his humanity is kept and that is the great triumph of the film. No villain in this movie (of which this has several) are ever remotely punished for anything they do. But that doesn't make the hero a failure- because his victory is to live with his family as the real boy that was always in him, loved for who he is. And there's something very sweet about the film's famous song "When You Wish Upon A Star" being used as disney's anthem. It's a theme for how it's so important to hope and dream and all that cheesy stuff- all from a movie about a little kid who wants to be a real boy.”

“He is a little trans boy look at him and you will understand. That cute face cannot be seen as anything but gay and trans you understand.”

“Can be easily read as a story about a trans boy and the goal of “becoming” a real boy despite the fact he already IS one!”

Cinderella:

“you could read it as a trans narrative where Cinderella is a trans woman”

“When she was leaving for the ball, fairy godmother told Cinderella to “dance and be gay.””

#polls #queerest disney movie tournament #round 1a #disney #pinocchio #cinderella

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godstaff · 6 months

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What do you think of dark and edgy heros? (Batman, The Spectre, Wolverine, Punisher)

There's a place and purpose for all of them. Some are a bit over the top. Sometimes seems to me that type of hero is the only one widely accepted nowadays. Nice, gentle heroes also exist, but their niche is getting shallower by the minute. There's a tendency to see nice heroes as weak and uneffective. Finishing an encounter with a punch and a tough remark isn't the only way, sometimes saying "go in peace, dumb creature. The universe is wide enough for the both of us" requires a lot of strength. It's like saying "But beware: I'll be here waiting for your return."

Manners maketh man/woman.

Hard heroes are...well, hard to like. So writers try constantly to make them more humane and likable. Batso now has a family of teens, for which they had to reurrect four Robins. Others heroes have a sweet love story, etc.

There's this contradiction with tough heroes, though: since some villains are very unique and authors won't come by with anything similar or as good in many decades to come, so the villain always escapes the hero, like Joker and Batso. Batso is the toughest of them all, but for many stupid reasons lets Joker escape all the time. Costing hundreds of innocent lives when he returns. Dark and edgy but with the mind always planning for the sequel.

Dark and edgy don't always work well in episodic story telling.

Addendum:

Another thing to take into consideration is comics were, initialy, intended for kids. Today, even though the target has changed (because kids don't have money and adults do). But still: kids are a large part of the audience, therefore comics better have some positive message, a moral for future generations. Dark/edgy are not the best example for teaching lessons, since their first reaction is always to shoot people in the face, so writers make them have some sort of moral code, like "I don't kill", or "I don't hit women and children" or "I don't urinate or use hollow points in public places" and such.

It's all useless, because, at the same time, the bad guy eliminates people by the dozen, having a lot of fun while doing it and lining their pockets with gold.

Bad is fun and profitable, good is not. Bad is presented as freedom. Good requires a lot of rules and restrictions to keep being good.

Let alone than, more often than not, the dark/edgy are tortured, unhappy, lonely souls, whose only source of entertaiment is beating bad guys to a pulp to let out some steam

(but you can't do that at school, kids. "But...,Mom! I want to be dark and edgy like my hero!!" "I'll show you dark and edgy when we get home!!! Now, shut up!!!")

Some role models...

Kind of spoils the message, doesn't it?

#dark edgy heroes #tough heroes #the good the bad and the edgy

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apersonwholikeslotus · 1 year

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👀👀👀👀👀

sorry I took so long; I wanted to figure out which other one to do.

okay so somewhere in a Human AU William Kirkland is a spy, like a MIB type "I don't exist" spy. He got recruited and subsequently faked his death right out of college, a car crash, the body couldn't be recovered. No connections left, his job was now quite literally his life.

(Russia is the villain I apologize but this is like, spy kids esque goofy villain)

anyway; four kids get brought into a type of "Witness protection" all four of their mothers had been killed by Agent Kirklands greatest enemy. All four kids biological fathers weren't around. They need to go looking for them just incase they're the next targets.... awkward conversation between the director and their best agent about... uhhh... well, they found the dad.

Years go by, they can't just send the kids back out into the world it's almost guaranteed they--and any of their guardians--would be killed. So they're raised to be spies. Within a few years Agent Kirkland and his team are the best in the biz.

Agent William Kirkland, Age 43, Code Name: The Lion. Dependents 4;

honestly just a damn good spy

Like, typical James Bond type things get in retrieve info, take out bad guys, jump out of helicopters for no reason besides it Looks Cool.

Agent Matthieu Williams, Age 17, Code Name: Ghost.

can literally blend in anywhere, he's special bc he's just so basic.

is sent mostly on recon, and to follow people

can do the Standing on opposite side of street when noticed, bus drives by, is gone. Thing.

The only person in the entire organization who likes stakeouts

Agent Alfred Jones, Age 15, Code Name: Patriot.

has spent every other waking moment with logistics people since he was eight.

better at laying out plans than 97% of the adult agents, can somehow see the weak spots that no one else thought of.

calls playing first person shooter games "practicing for the job"

Not-Yet-Agent John "Jack" Wilson, age 9, Code Name: Joey.

wants nothing more than to just be thrown into the most remote base they have.

Just let him look at plants and animals,,, while pretending to do spy stuff. Please.

is a little menace but also everyone loves him.

Not-Yet-Agent Liam Robinson, age 7, Code Name: Kiwi

The biomedical engineers keep trying to get him interested in what they're doing bc "Logistics got a kid and we want one too :("

it's working. This five year old knows far more biology than he probably should.

Is only five so tbh he just hangs out

Running joke with everyone who's met him is basically

*after a really tough mission* "Where is Liam? I need to see his face, I need to hold him, it will improve my mental state immediately"

Matthieu and Alfred's code names were given to them as a joke bc for about 8 months straight they watched The Patriot at least once a week and they stuck. "Joey" and "Kiwi" aren't official code names, but everyone is pretty sure like "Ghost" and "Patriot" they will end up sticking.

#hetalia #apersonwithsomeanswers

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tysonfurybattlepass · 1 year

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i saw the last wish! i liked it a lot. the opening sequence was an absolute blast and a masterclass of hybrid animation. they were not fucking around with the visuals in this movie.

i wish lobo had more screentime though; his screen presence was great. he was a bit sillier than i had expected from the abundance of ominous screencaps, and his voice was NOT what i had imagined. but it was very good! i think his voice actor having a more mid-tone average guy voice made the character more charismatic. his intro scene was especially great; he really seemed to delight in making puss as uncomfortable as possible. weirdo<3

i like the idea that the personification of death is capable of real human emotion (so to speak) like frustration and resentment. good to know that la muerte still technically follows some sort of moral code, thus keeping the actual event of death a morally neutral happening. his presence could have been entirely metaphorical (or hallucinated) and it still would have made for a compelling story. he was a fun villain, and was operating on an interesting combination of contractual obligation and personal grudge, as exemplified when puss shows personal growth and lobo is visibly frustrated and disappointed that his target no longer “deserves” to die. i imagine when they meet again, it will likely be on more affable terms.

i don’t think jack horner was necessary to the plot, but i appreciate the want for a lot of opposing players to be involved. i think it would have been more effective if there were more background antagonistic parties, as there simply wasn’t enough screentime available to build horner up as a focal antagonist like the writers wanted him to be. i think the overall effect would have been better if they had split the role into multiple less developed but more charismatic interested parties. make the race to the last wish a battle royale type of deal.

i like that kitty is able to toe the line between stereotypical cinematic girlboss and genuinely empathetic person. one of my biggest pet peeves with the Strong Female Archetype is how they all tend to be completely unlikable rude assholes as a way of demonstrating their toughness. though she was initially guarded and standoffish, it was genuinely sweet to see kitty’s affinity for perrito grow, culminating in the raft conversation where she seems to try to mentor him.

overall i had an absolute blast with the movie! it was clearly a labor of love on the part of the animation team and i thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

#puss in boots #the last wish #analysis

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yandere-romanticaa · 1 year

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I wanna watch puss in boots but im not sure if its worth it yk😭😭

Well, I have an excuse to share this TikTok now! But, I'll give you a legit answer - it really is worth the watch.

EDIT: OH MY GOD, I didn't even realize that I went on about this, my bad. Everything is under the cut if you're interested, kinda spoilers for who the wolf really is but chances are that you already know.

I watched the first movie when it came out and while I sadly don't remember it too well, I can tell you that it was fun. A solid movie, nothing groundbreaking but still really fun and cute.

However, Puss in Boots 2 is a delight that I never saw coming.

Something I realized as I'm writing this is that there are a lot of characters in this movie, like, a lot. We have 3 sets of antagonists, Kitty Softpaws, Perrito and Puss himself and some side characters which we see as well. For most movies it's really difficult to develop just one character let alone this many but I have to give a shout out to the antagonists because geez, I love them all.

The Wolf is by far my favorite and I kind of regret being spoiled by social media of who he really is. His presence alone is so chilling, every time the guy is on screen the entire movie suddenly turns into a horror flick! What I also love is how not evil he is and let me explain that a little better.

Yes, he is Death but he ended up helping Puss in the long run. If it weren't for him Puss would have never realized that he already had everything he wanted and would have thrown it all away by making that wish. Death ended up giving him some "tough love" in a way. Sure, he openly enjoys hunting Puss but that is because Death has his own moral code and he sticks to it throughout the entire film. He is an antagonist but he is not a villain, not like Humpty. He reprimands Puss for wasting his life away but in the final battle when Puss realizes that there are indeed people waiting for him and that he has a chance to live a full and true life, Death no longer wishes to fight him. He instead turns his back and says something along the lines of "I shouldn't have played with my food!" and doesn't bother Puss anymore. After all, Death came to take a cocky little legend into the afterlife, not whoever this new Puss in Boots is. Death walks away like the legend that he is, while telling Puss that they will meet again no matter what happens and Puss accepts this. Just overall great writing for both Puss and Death!

Humpty is the true antagonist of the movie and he is hilarious. He's that kind of villain that's there for you to root for his downfall while also delivering some solid comedy while he is at it. He became even better when that green little cricket was with him, that's absolute gold right there.

Goldilocks and the three bears made me tear up, hah. They are I guess what you would say "redeemable villains" but I don't think that description fits them well, if anyone has anything better to add you are more than welcome to do so. This group is the perfect example of the "found family" trope and I am here for it, the ending was so so sweet and I just!! Loved it!!

I also must give a special shout out to Kitty and Perrito, those two are heroes in their own right! That scene in which Puss is having a panic attack and Perrito finds him and comforts him is just... He is a good boy, he deserves everything! And Kitty, oh my. She endured so much and still managed to come on top in the end is just amazing.

This movie really is perfect for the whole family. It doesn't talk down to kids about the more serious subject matters which it tackles but it's colorful and entertaining in the best way possible. Even the adults have something to look forward to because while the main target audience are children, it's still not childish, it's the perfect golden middle.

My only complaint would probably be that the ending felt a little rushed and that Puss's stay in that cat hotel felt a bit dragged out but other than that, I have nothing else to add. I'd rate this movie a 9.5/10, it's just a wonderful experience overall.

#puss in boots 2 #puss in boots #girlie says #anon asks #perrito #death puss in boots #kitty softpaws

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the-gneech · 1 year

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Proud Of How Many Got Away

Our D&D group has had a recurring tension for a while now, of when to use or avoid lethal force—brought up, largely, by the fact that I keep playing neutral good monks. >.> But even Shade-Of-the-Candle follows the piratic tradition of giving defeated foes the option of signing up instead. If it was good enough for Sun Tzu, it's good enough for my angsty murdercat.

This tension has been in RPGs for as long as I've played them. When I was in high school, CHAMPIONS included whole sections on the Code vs. Killing disad, and the legal ramifications of superheroes just slaughtering henchmen. But a lot of gamers have as part of their fantasy "I get to kill people as part of my job." It's just a thing. For me, "I get to beat up bad guys" fills that slot nicely, with the desire to actually kill anyone usually not present. Maybe it's growing up on Saturday Morning Cartoons, who knows. But also, I love recurring villains! How can you have a meaningful rival/enemy/frenemy/enemies-to-lovers situation if you just KILL everybody who opposes you?

My first monk, Kihai, was extremely pacifistic in nature, making a point to do nonlethal damage to even the lowliest goblin. At one point they were attacked by some kind of big predator (I forget what it was, something like a giant crab maybe) and the rest of the party was like "YARR! KILL THE MONSTER!" while Kihai was like "Guys, we just walked into its house. It's not going around menacing the countryside, it was just hanging out here. How would you feel???" (Let's face it, Kihai was not suited to be a D&D character. But I still don't think he was wrong.)

My current monk Aurora doesn't have as much of a hang-up on the issue—she was trained by dragons, after all, and they're notably not pacifists—but she is still neutral good, with a strong Wisdom score. She prefers not to kill somebody she can subdue or drive off instead. So last night, when confronted by a gang of toughs on the Neverwinter docks, she spent most of the combat shoving them into the bay. The rest of the party pretty much did the debuff-and-gank routine on the gang's crimelord boss (with a local noble's blessing), but Aurora didn't kick up a fuss about it, and neither did I. The boss had giant "It's okay to kill this guy!" flags pasted all over him, and 1/3 of the party is archers, who generally aren't great at nonlethal damage. XD On top of that, the current scenario has all been a prologue to get us off into Spelljammer anyway, so the chances of said crimelord being important later are effectively zero.

BUT, and this is the part I'm pleased with, most of the gang actually ran away. It was a brawl rather than a murder spree, and that's totally my jam. And unlike some of our other outings, I didn't have to cajole or argue with the rest of the party about it, it was just a natural outcome of the scenario. By throwing them into the bay, Aurora rendered the thugs mostly a non-issue, so the rest of the party didn't have any reason to go after them. In her own way, Aurora considers those thugs "rescued," because without her there, they would have probably ended up taking an arrow, warhammer, or acid spray to the face.

Some D&D characters growl and fume when an enemy escapes. I may be weird in that I cheer about it. But I'm proud of how many got away.

-TG

#DnD #monk

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aquillis-main · 2 years

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Thank you for responding to my ask it has been rather enlightening! I see now why people hate on IDW. I myself am neither a fan nor a hater but I do keep up with it and I always want to listen to people's opinions.

I actually found myself agreeing with many of your points. I also see Sonic as what he actually is - just a guy who lives in the moment and does whatever he feels like. So him having a moral code and all is rendering him utterly predictable as a character, whereas the Sonic we know is quite the opposite. Him forgiving everyone by default - and not just because he feels like it in the moment - is just too obvious. In the games, or Sonic X for example he would forgive somebody in a random situation just because he felt like it - not because he has to.

I always liked his "oh well shit happens" attitude, especially in Sonic and the Black Knight in which he basically says just live until you die, have no moral codes, don't take yourself too seriously, and don't focus on fleeting things and situations. I always liked Sonic's absurdist view of the world and life in general.

I remember those truce scenes between Sonic and Eggman being so natural in Sonic X for example, just them sitting in cliffs just before they attack each other again, just because they're complex characters, not because they have a moral obligation to each other.

Hell even Sonic Boom Sonic is more accurately written than IDW Sonic at this point, but Boom characters are exaggerations of their games selves for comedic purposes, ironic.

I do enjoy that Sonic and Eggman, despite being flat characters, are pretty nuanced in their goals and motivations - Sonic, as you stated, just wants to enjoy life as much as possible, no matter how long it takes him, nor who says he can't. He's not one to give up when the situation gets tough, and he's certainly not someone who tries to impose things like morality and principles onto other characters. He lives by the wind underneath his quills, and he dies by it, too.

As for Eggman, he's goofy yet vile, michevious yet sadistic, affluent yet cruel, and one of the major things I like about Eggman is that he's got that nice balance between silly and evil. Sure, some of his plans blow up in his face, but all of the causes from there link back to Sonic, so I don't see it as them blowing up organically. And he has managed to get Eggmanland up and working in Unleashed - and nearly had his Interstellar Amusement Park ready to make the patrons brainwashed to love him. There's also the fact that, like Sonic, he's not afraid of getting what he wants, and will literally bulldoze and destroy the earth to get what he wants.

A perfect villainous relationship, to me.

On the topic of Sonic X and BOOM, I'd say that Sonic X and BOOM tend to take a more… ehh? approach to the Sonic and Eggman relationship. But because it's been a while since I've seen Sonic X, and I honestly can't sit through BOOM because of Sticks, I don't have specific examples to showcase my point. I'll leave your point as-is and agree to disagree on it.

#Aquillis Answers #Shady Guy #Sonic the Hedgehog #Dr. Eggman #I was literally baking cookies when I got this ask #Sorry about the wait

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hazeballs · 9 months

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Mysteries

A missing pet

A haunted house

A treasure hunt

A secret code

I feel like it goes without saying these critters are like...teenagers?

Honestly I'm giving myself boxcar kids vibes with this idea. Like Critter Nancy Drew.

The Critters

The leader: smart, curious, level-headed - obviously, it's the raccoon because I love raccoons but also they're smart.

The one who's always there and is bfffs with the raccoon, a true ride or die. Is willing to run headfirst into trouble if it means helping the leader - a mouse? It would be cute if it was something small. Okay. Something small, but also tough. Mice aren't really?? Let me Google...a Mole? But does that make it weird because mysteries, moles? Actually. Yes she can be a huge dork in love. Glasses, a bow, the raccoon is always like bro you can't just run towards danger.

The sneaky one who doesn't mind getting dirty looking for the truth - ooooooo a rat? Because it gives the dirty and also shows that even though rats have a bad reputation, this little dude is doing a great job helping and you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. Isn't originally part of the group, but saves the mole from a snake? Cool that tracks. A rat can get a snake.

One of their parents? Look into what animals stay together as a family. I think possums? Raccoons?

Make a map

Make a map to include in the front so people know what the town looks like. Make it with rice like people do for D&D maps. Because that's cute shit. But make it like a kid would make the map.

There needs to be enough places and in a coherent manner

Each of their houses

Their hide out where they keep track of stuff

A grocery store

A park

The outer woods

A school

A bookstore or library? (moles parents work there and they get information from them because they don't think anything if it)

Other places?

An overall series arc?

I need to make a choice. How many books will this be? 3? 4?

It can be a yearly? And either middle school (3 grades) no. High school? So 4 grades and the series can end when they leave for college.

Make the rat the villain in the first one? And at the end of the first one he saves the mole from the actual bad guy, a snake, and the raccoon and mole realize that he'd be a good asset. And in that case there needs to be 3 to begin with and then the rat can round it out as the fourth member.

So the arc. Weird stuff is happening in town. Things are going missing, treasures are being found, but really the graduates just come back to keep up the premise of living in a haunted mystery town. It makes sense in my head.

Hmm maybe. Let me think. The mystery critters start high school, the trio are already friends from previous schooling. They hear from their older siblings about how weird things just happen in town their entire lives and they don't know why. They live for this story about how they live in a haunted town full of mysteries. They go to their first day of classes and everything is normal. They go in the next week and their history teacher is missing. Nobody has heard from him, he just didn't show up. They think it has everything to do with the mystery town. A rat is skulking around. They've never seen him before - but it turns out the history teacher is his uncle and he's worried. The trio doesn't know that yet and thinks the rat is bad news. They do odds and ends and find notes from back in the day about how people just started going missing and they were never heard from again (they're really just going to college and moving) - so they start looking for their history teacher. Eventually they're getting close to finding him and a snake shows up and tries to kill the mole but the rat saves her. Then the rat tells them the teacher is his uncle and how he'd been acting weird before he disappeared and he wants to help.

Book two - the rat uncle is back, but weird. Like different somehow. The quad doesn't understand where he's been but he's been gone and everyone else is just happy to have him back. The quad are all friends and are working on a science project for the science fair and it keeps getting sabatoged. They are just miffed at first but then they start turning on each other. One of them decides to have a stake out to see what's going on. They don't tell the group what they're doing, but in the morning they're found with the destroyed project. The 3 others are appalled that the critter would do this and shun them. The one who fell asleep vows to find who's doing this. I think it should be the raccoon because the mole would be conflicted. So then the mole starts watching the raccoon more closely because how could they just destroy this many years of friendship. The raccoon decides to do another stake out under the cover of darkness and the mole stakes out the raccoon.

I'm getting a little lost right now.

I'll reread this a little later and get it together. I have to do normal errands now

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ragingstillness · 8 months

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Law and Order Organized Crime thoughts take two:

(Spoilers for all of season 1 and half of season 2)

Hysterical that they gave Elliot a ‘girl cuts her hair off dramatically to signal a change in identity’ scene with his stupid beard

The whole plot line with Eli and drugs got resolved way quicker than I expected

The casting for Jon Costa gets funnier and funnier when you realize the actor also played a random dude in SVU who had a few hilarious exchanges with Elliot as well as being Neal Cassidy (Henry’s bio dad) in Once Upon A Time

Genuine question: is there any role Vinnie Jones can’t play??? The man’s been in everything, played every sexuality known to man, I love him in everything he’s in because he looks so tough but he has irresistible puppy dog eyes

Michael Raymond-James did a really good job with his character. Yes I get he had more to work with than Dylan McDermott, who the show absolutely wasted, but Costa comes off as a much more menacing villain than Wheatley

The Albanian crime family also felt like an actual crime family: where they preach a code of trust but every word is double-edged, family before everything but also if you screw up we’ll send your brother to gun you down, that kind of stuff

I know the Albanians were really into drug smuggling because I pay attention but the show didn’t do shit to make that clear as the most dangerous part of the organization. I get that it’s not as exciting as beatdowns and robberies, but y’all really could have made that more clear

From spoilers I thought I’d hate Flutura wholeheartedly but I actually think she’s ok. I don’t like her but I don’t hate her. Don’t like that Elliot slept with her, felt like that was unnecessary, but she was fine. Also, literally not a single character pronounces her name consistently

I get they were trying to roughly parallel Reggie and his mom with Elliot and his mom but I don’t think they did a fantastic job. Also kind of wild they had Reggie’s mom be loyal to the family after her brother killed her husband and got her shot in the head

There are moments I feel sorry for Reggie and then I remember he condoned sex trafficking but they also had him say some insane line about not knowing about it?? I’m confused

Love that Rita survived this whole situation I’m so happy for her

I feel like we’re gonna be seeing a lot more of Nova and that makes me happy because I like her

Also, two black female gay police officers? Me likey

I hope Jet fucked that hacker guy. In a vacuum, ignoring anything he did, I think she’d Domme the shit out of him and he’d enjoy it. They had great chemistry.

Although I wouldn’t object to seeing Nova and Jet get together. It’d be a Root and Shaw from Person of Interest type beat

#law and order organized crime

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khadgar · 2 years

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small random sonic rant (rave?) but like.... as a kid. Shadow and Maria’s relationship was everything to me. It was my first ever ever instance of a piece of media where a “bad guy” was introduced as nuanced. He wasn’t the hero, but he CARED for people. A LOT. He had a moral code, it just didn’t align with Sonic and his plans. He was a rough and tough, dark and edgy, brooding black/red and grim character with a violent game that came out in my childhood, and he CARED for people.

Like he had people that mattered to him all the same. Someone as sweet and innocent as Maria, he wanted to protect her. She mattered. He wanted her to be happy. It was my first ever instance of a villain that was humanized and had meaning behind what he did. That was just a flawed ass guy who actually cared about people that mattered to him. It was really impactful.

I had the Sonic X DvDs that detailed those brief moments in episodes. I had Sonic Adventure 2: Battle, with those BRIEF seconds that had Maria in them. I played so much Shadow the Hedgehog, where Maria could be by your side, and you saw to its limits how desperately this “violent edgy villain” cared for this young girl. I had the COMICS that pictured those tiny moments. I hoarded every facet of media that pictured this relationship.

Pretty much I’m just gushing. Because Shadow was such a new experience of character/”villain” for me as a child, and blew my mind when I was exposed to his media and story. I love Shadow and Maria. Their story matters a lot to me. It was so impactful and I still feel so touched and warmed by it to this day. It’s never left me.

:,)

#i dont have a text post tag #didnt expect to be talking so much like this #ill come back and tag it with something clever #shadow the hedgehog #maria robotnik #long post #sth #sonic the hedgehog #now for the hidden tags in the back #i knowwwww this take may seem basic #because its literally a sonic character #and like #theres more adult media that might show nuanced villains a lot more complex with the same sentiment #then just....#shadow the hedgehog???#but it was MY first piece of media with the subject #and will always be the most dear to me

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pencilofawesomeness · 2 years

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Okay here’s the next one. So,

Fairy Tail

Favorite character: Ooooo this is a tough one. Erik is very high up there, but Natsu is also very high up, and he’s got more canon material than Erik for sure. Honestly, I started watching the show because of Natsu’s pure love for his dragon dad and his ability to be reckless and emotionally literate at the same time, so he gets a special place in my heart just for that. Plus I am a sucker for the chaotic energy.

Least Favorite character: Richard Buchanan. I don’t understand. He gets literally magicked into being a good guy by something that’s supposed to turn somebody into the complete opposite of what they are, and now he’s just a swell guy that talks about love? And we’re supposed to be okay with that? “Oh dear oh me where is my little brother?” You were on the same island for years including after the cult was booted how do you not know where—?!

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon): Alright time to play the “how will the non-shippy person respond?” game. Ummm... Honestly, most of the FT ships depends on context for me? Sometimes it’s cool and sometimes it’s weird. Though if I had to pick some that I am usually down to see or read, I’d go with Gajevy, Albis, and maybe Jerza, Stingue, and Zervis? (Oh, and Seilah/Kyouka are sexy in a bad-guy kind of way, so good for them.)

Character I find most attractive: Okay so I’ve spent too long thinking of these characters as my babies, so I don’t think I can answer that question. But as far as who I think has a neat aesthetic/character design that I vibe with, it’s Loke’s human design. Lad’s in a parka, t-shirt, and jeans and that slaps. Good for him.

Character I would marry: Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Ur. (No I don’t want to talk about the inevitable tragedy, but woman knows what she’s about and she’s got that special honest brand of mom energy that’s not condescending, and I dunno, I vibe with that.)

Character I would be best friends with: Mystogan. We’d never talk and vibe in silence and then bond over the stray cat that we are definitely both feeding.

A random thought: The Magic Council is strangely efficient, despite seeming not to do anything, since they managed to become a global superpower when just a hundred years ago, mages were being hunted for sport. And since there’s not any lingering anti-mage sentiment coded into the law system, they technically did their job pretty well. (Yes this is probably just Mashima not world-building, but it’s an interesting thought nonetheless.)

An unpopular opinion: I mean, I have a lot, but let’s go broad here: the racebuilding sucks. (Well, the world-building in general, but that’s not a surprise. Mashima I love you man but we all know you didn’t plan out your world.) But this specifically crops up with the demons. We hear about demons mostly through the context of Zeref’s demons and Mirajane’s experiences, both of which paint them as bad scary evil things. This is fine! This is context! We see Lullaby, and it tracks, but then we see Galuna island—the only instance in the show where we see non artificially created demons—and they’re all nice! This is a pleasant surprise! We get to address societal bias, a bias that runs so deep that even the amnesiac demons that they were hideous and they had all adapted forms to hide— Oh wait nevermind that plot point is dropped entirely and all of Zeref’s demons are treated as evil bad demons despite being normal dudes that are just prideful shits occasionally (ya know, normal traits; see: every other FT villain) but they still get treated narratively like taking them down is no different than destroying ghouls or whatnot. (Torofuzar and Seilah were even at the beginnings of understanding their moral flaws! Some of them cared about each other!!!) And then Natsu has a big ~not a monster demon~ struggle, like wtf does him being part demon matter? Aside from the latent kill-Zeref programming there is literally nothing different about demons from other rational creatures and in this essay I will— *gets dragged away from keyboard*

My Canon OTP: Gajevy. It starts off very awkward, but Gajeel just does the normal ex-bad guy thing of trying to make up for what he did to Shadowgear, because it wasn’t personal before but it’s an awkward little gesture that gets the ball rolling, and it’s pretty slow at first but there’s a developing mutual respect that they get, because Gajeel sees how strong and smart Levy is, and Levy sees how kind he can be, aaaand then they choose to banter at each other’s expense and slowly start sharing a brain cell. Mashima’s inability to write redemption arcs aside (another hot-take, no time to go there) I found the process neat. That, and Levy kicking Gajeel in the face for dying was a great scene.

My Non-canon OTP: *slaps brain to try to boot up the non-existent shipping program* Stingue I guess? I’m torn on this one, because they absolutely have a dynamic going on, and they have a yin-yang balance while also being on the same brain cell and that’s absolutely amazing, but my ace gen-loving found-family brain kicks in with the dragon slayer sibling dynamic and that supersedes the shipping glasses and then makes it awkward because I’ve been two years into an AU where they’re 12-year-old adopted brothers so... Yeah, it goes back to the different scenario thing. I don’t feel strongly about ships but I can easily brotp things. Heck, I think I brotp-ed gajevy in my fic too; they’re just gremlins that tease each other so I dunno how to ship my dudes

Most Badass Character: I mean, there are a lot of them for sure, but Erza is definitely up there. She’s a one-man army and she simultaneously doesn’t give any flips and she cares greatly about justice, and she follows through. Her Pandemonium fight was one of the reasons I gave Fairy Tail a chance, and I certainly don’t regret it. She’s versatile and extremely skilled in a number of weapons and fighting styles; mad lad. She has my respect. (Shout out to Gajeel though; dude got a sword thrust through his arm and he kept trucking. Absolute machine right there.)

Most Epic Villain: Erik’s terrible at being a villain but he’s an epic dude and I love him. Um, Acnologia was shafted as far as villains/villain arcs go, but he had the build up to be a really great fight, and his attack on Tenrou was mad cool. So there’s that. (*Pencil ignores the question and starts to ramble about her favorite AU characters*)

Pairing I am not a fan of: A lot of them, tbh, but if I’m in the business of sharing unpopular opinions, I don’t like Gruvia or Fraxus for similar reasons: they are one-sided obsessions. Yeah, sure, they have room to be some decent ships, but I’m not a fan of the “learn to love” trope when it comes to good ships. That’s what you do with, I dunno, your estranged family member. Juvia projects adoration onto Gray, and Freed projects adoration onto Laxus, and the other side seems pretty neutral (or down-right uncomfortable) about it, and as somebody who easily gets squeamish with affection, I’m not a fan. (Also I don’t normally vibe with any ship that involves Natsu, but that’s definitely because I have associated him with my own aro let’s-hit-the-found-family-button-instead tendencies and I enjoy that.)

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): All of them. I could be here all day, tbh, because a lot of Fairy Tail characters are rooted in interesting and unique characterizations, but they can be written into archeyped positions depending on the scene. However, for the sake of argument, I’ll open one of my favorite can of worms: Jellal. Jellal is shown to be a caring and optimistic young lad, despite the awful conditions, and he’s protective of his friends. But then this eleven-year-old gets beaten, tortured and taunted, and he finally has this cracking moment by himself when he lets himself get angry, and then!!! he’s immediately brainjacked by Ultear!!! Kid gets sped-run through Brainiac 5′s mind poisoning arc, and unlike with Brainiac 5, there is absolutely no one who honestly tries to beat him out of it until years later. (And Simon! Who knew something was up! Just wanted to kill him!!! *deranged pencil laughing in the back*) So when he shows up later, amnesiac and back to being a self-sacrificial pure-bean, and I’m hyped. This was the Brainy recovery arc I was robbed of when the LoSH cartoon was discontinued. We get to explore the mental repercussions of being manipulated into having ambitions and feelings that are not your own! The magical representation of intrusive thoughts and emotional manipulation! Sure, the amnesia schtick was cheap, but okay Mashima just wanted to speed it along so— NOPE. Jellal gets plucked up by Ultear (the chick who manipulated him), and then all of a sudden he’s this edgy loner who has to ~atone for his sins~ and he’s all cool and mysterious (he occasional has dork moments and I treasure them like a starving dog gathers up crumbs) and he becomes focused on justice or whatever and my dreams of an emotional recovery and re-self-discovery arc are crushed and nothing but broken glass in my hands. *muffled crying pencil noises*

Favourite Friendship: Oooo there’s so many, but sticking to canon-land, I really liked Gray and Loke’s friendship??? Dudes were content to asking no questions and just passively supporting each other, and they way they interacted on Tenrou and tag-teamed, whether in fighting or teasing, so easily was so cute. And then we never saw it again. Gray and Natsu are also a good brotp, even though it has a....rocky start.... But when they got that “nobody can mess with him but me” brother energy, I dig it.

Character I most identify with: Low-key Rogue. Dude was wall-flowering social-chameleon-ing his way through life, sticking to the fringes of conflict with this little frog sibling, and he can bounce between being forced to have all the brain cells and be the voice of reason and being a chaotic and overprotective gremlin ready to fight people. I feel it so hard.

Character I wish I could be: You know what? Rogue. I’ll take his magic and I’ll gladly beat Sting (lovingly) over the head too. Plus, Frosch. (I would say Frosch, but I do not want their sense of direction.) He gets to be low-key in charge of a guild while having none of the actual responsibility for it, and I vibe with that position. It’s all about them tag-team skills.

#fairy tail #ask game #ask #anon #opinions #pencil rambles for too long #I love this series dearly #and that's why all of the missed potential hurts me #and yes I am still triggered that all of the losh material I like #keeps getting discontinued #I thought I could experience things vicariously elsewhere #and I was wrong #ah well #most of these points I can address in my little htryds corner #btw i support people's ships and fandom freedom #but I don't really like romance so I'm picky #and occasionally get extra grossed out #i'm just tired of losing friend dynamics to ships man

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appleflavoredkitkats · 3 years

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things i love about fundy, especially in the context of the dream smp:

his consistency when it comes to his character is superb. never have i seen anyone who established proper morals and ideals so early for him to fully commit to them consistently for six months.

was the first to question ideals in l'manberg and sculpted his own individuality from finding his own idealogies, beliefs, and morals.

good actor! he is a phenomenal actor, and when it comes to emotional bits, he never fails to deliver. the first time i teared up in a livestream was when he confronted ghostbur, and i think people should talk about those scenes more.

his ability to improv! most of the time, he barely stutters and says most of his lines with such conviction despite most of them being improved. eg: schlatt confrontation, fight with ranboo, fight against ghostbur, etc etc

his ability to cope with how much hate he was getting. he once expressed how when someone becomes the villain in the smp, their viewcount goes down, hinting that this is why he refrained from villain arcs in the first place. + we all know how much slander he gets AND how overlooked he is so props to fundy for coping with that. it's honestly just. tough to bring out the best in your content to only be ignored for months.

genuinely really funny. he isn't just some boring white boy, thank christ

HE BROUGHT NIKI INTO THE LORE. i think it's so important that niki's first lore streams were because of fundy. during the pet war and the formation of drywaters and doomsday 2– fundy made his way to seek out for niki, to make her feel included, and i think that's so important noting how desperate niki is in getting recognition as well

good character to dump angst on. i mean, i have no reason for this, i just like angst lol

HIS REDSTONE AND BUILDING ABILITIES!! the day everyone recognizes it was fundy who built schlatt's podium is the day i live peacefully

he brought you guys your dsmp and hermitcraft crossover. dont know much about hermitcraft but ik y'all are desperate to see it

his family situation is honestly the most intriguing thing, and so much of his conflicts stemming from his abandonment and his parental neglect are handled with so much finesse and grace. always a heartwrenching thing, to be honest

i could say more but he's literally a trans fox man with cool hair and coding skills and he deserves so much

#fundy #mcyt #dream smp

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