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raytorosaurus · 1 year

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wait, did the umbrella academy have a step sibling romance subplot?

under a cut for discussions of the above content and also mild comics spoilers if you care about that lol

yep, the comics are very textually about reactions to extreme trauma (familial trauma but with the extra layer of being famous and under scrutiny from the public eye since childhood - its own kind of isolation) and the characters are intentionally flawed and do fucked up things. the whole point is that it's a dark subversion of the superhero team genre, which was a lot more original/groundbreaking in 2007 than it appears now (definitely not the first one ofc - gerard was inspired by watchmen and doom patrol, and the boys came out not long before etc, but it did win an eisner back then for a reason). in the comics, rumor goes through a divorce and loses custody of her child, then reacquaints with her step-siblings who she hasn't seen in years after hargreeves's death. because she feels incapable of giving or receiving real love or human connection, has been taught from infancy that her power and her physical beauty are the only worthwhile things about her, and has nobody else in the world, she uses her power to make spaceboy fall in love with her. it's textually a non-consensual relationship right from the start and is acknowledged as a fucked up & harmful trauma response and treated as such. these aren't comics for kids lol.

imo the fundamental issue with the show that makes it unpalatable to me is that it tries to water down the content for a netflix (and preteen) audience, but then they still left in parts of the allison/luther plot, only they took out the whole 'rumor' aspect and ended up portraying as. romantic. and not tragic and disturbing lol. so the show had to backpedal and didn't textually denounce it as anything more than harmlessly cringey until like season 3. a similar thing happens to the seance's addiction storyline, which is a big deal and has very real consequences in the comics but kinda got played for laughs in later episodes of the show, and with portrayals of genuine disability, almost all of which are erased in the netflix adaptation (spaceboy requires a full-body mechanised assistive device to move, rumor is missing an arm and the kraken an eye, and vanya acquires a traumatic brain injury which impairs her motor and cognitive functioning etc.)

i'm certainly not saying the comics are perfect - their biggest issue is how white they are (which gerard has acknowledged and said he regrets) and some (presumably) unintentional racist imagery/stereotypes (e.g. the bodyguard abhijat who feels tokenised, and most other characters of colour being background non-speaking roles etc). those are things the comics can, should, and have been criticised for, but i don't see the step-sibling incest as it's portrayed in the comics as ~problematic - it's definitely supposed to be uncomfortable, at least in my reading of it. much more than it is in the show, in any case.

so overall like. the comics are super not for everyone, even beyond gerard's unconventional pacing/writing style that i know some people don't vibe with. they weren't meant for a wide audience. they're very dark and are primarily about fucked up trauma responses more than anything else - luther and allison's relationship is just one of these. i personally love the comics but it's totally understandable if other people find them unpalatable - but yk, dark media isn't immoral when it knows what it's doing. imo if the show was going to leave some of those darker plot points in they should have made the entire tone of the show darker and raised the rating; otherwise, they should have left out aspects like the step-sibling incest.

but yeah, tl;dr yes there's step-sibling incest in both versions, but it's treated very differently in both and imo is so much grosser in the show becuase they tried to make it palatable at first for some fkn reason lmao.

and beyond your question and just in general, the tv show being attributed to gerard when it's not his artistic content bothers me so so so much skdkffk. even if i totally loved the show, i can't staaaand things being miscredited, especially creative things. gerard's given steve blackman his blessing to make the show his own vision, and says he considers the comics and the netflix version entirely separate entities and has made a conscious effort to distance himself from the latter.

#i enjoyed tua s1 when it first came out #but i would delete it from the public consciousness if it meant i didn't have to see someone saying gerard way wrote it ever again ddkdkdkf #again it's just not a story intended or appropriate for pre-teens SKDKFKD #answered #tua

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fandomscombine · 4 years

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The Hargreeves Kerfuffle Part 1 : Disastrous Childhood (Prologue)

TUA Series Part 1: Disastrous Childhood

The Hargreeves siblings x Hargreeves!Reader (Familial Relationship)

An idea came to me at 2am after binging TUA S2 and rewatching S1 right after!

BG: The Reader is Number Eight. It follows how you fit into the structure of Season 1 and the family dynamic of the siblings.

This part follows when the young Hargreeves Siblings had their powers manifested and the development of The Umbrella Academy.

Contains: Sibling Angst and Fluff. Reginald being a crappy father but sometimes not really?

The series will consist of 10 parts. Where the reader would have a focused interaction with each sibling. (Eg. After this part, it would be Luther x Reader, then Diego x Reader and so on! –Yes Ben is included)

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A/N: This is my first ever TUA fic and I’m doing a series. WOw ambitious I know. Anyways I hope you enjoy! And tell me how you feel about it!

>>MASTERLIST<<

>>THE HARGREEVES KERFUFFLE SERIES MASTERLIST<<

READ: [PART 2] [PART 3] [PART 4]

>>JOIN MY WRITING CHALLENGE!<<

On October 1, 1989, 43 women across the globe gave birth despite them not being pregnant when the day began. In news of this mysterious happenings, Sir Reginald Hargreeves immediately went out of his way to find as many of these special babies. He has successfully adopted 8 of these children and you were one of them.

One might think that when a person adopts not one, but eight kids would have so much love to give but they would be mistaken. Sir Reginald Hargreeves—Dad, was not a loving father. It would be a miracle for one to see the man show any other emotion apart from anger. Sir Reginald Hargreeves was distant and treated the children like they were experiments that the dynamic felt closer to a doctor/patient relationship. The children weren’t given actual names, only to be called by their numbers based on the order Sir Reginald Hargreeves had procured them. It was only when Grace, their robot mother insisted they have a real name, were the children given them. And so, the children were:

Number One - Luther Hargreeves

Number Two – Diego Hargreeves

Number Three – Allison Hargreeves

Number Four – Klaus Hargreeves

Number Five – Five Hargreeves

Number Six – Ben Hargreeves

Number Seven – Vanya Hargreeves

And finally,

Number Eight - y/n Hargreaves

For 6 years, the only special thing about the children was that they were miraculously conceived and birthed within a day, the same day. However, on the 7th year , October 1 1996, more strange things started to happen to the children.

It first started with Ben at breakfast. Dad as usual is cold and strict more so in the early morning. ‘Sit up straight Number Six.’ He directed without even a glance up from his newspaper at hand.

‘Yes Sir.’

Beside him you place your hand on his and whispered, ‘You alright Ben? You look sick.’

He gulped. ‘Yea y/n.’ Wiping the cold sweat off his forehead.

‘You sure?’ you questioned, not buying it.

‘Umhmm never bett-----’

You expected vomit to come out but what happen next is something you would never though was possible.

Screams broke out everywhere.

You feel yourself being raised above the table. Looking down, you were 5 feet off the ground held by what seemed to be tentacles.

‘Take that!’ You hear some shout then a thud. Diego had brought down a knife to the tentacle that had suffocated him and in now laying on the floor covered in green blood.

The sight finally snapped you out of your shock, your fight or flight reflexes kicked in.

A quick sweep of your surroundings showed Five and Klaus on either side of you, they too are struggling with the ever-tightening grip of the monstrous arm.

While on the ground, Vanya and Allison are making their way to Ben in hopes of helping him control whatever all this that was coming out of his body. While Luther is fighting off the arms away from Diego who seem to have broken his leg from the fall.

Dad, Mom and Pogo are nowhere to be seen.

You move your head to the left, knowing that Klaus doesn’t do well in small spaces. ‘Klaus it’s okay buddy, Dad would find a way to fic this. Just breathe’ You choked out ‘Just breathe Klaus, everything’s gonna be alright.’

‘mmmm!’ That was Klaus’ only reply but you were thankful to see him to fidget less. He seemed to have taken your advice – how much of the second part of that advice be true, you genuinely don’t know.

You try to move your head to face the right towards Five but no dice. The arm was wrapping itself closer to your neck. ‘Five’ you call out, but it was barely a whisper. ‘five..’

‘Y/N!!’ Five’s scream was the last thing you heard before everything went black.

‘She’s broken a couple of ribs and sprained her neck. But’s she’s gonna be okay. Just needs time to rest.’

‘And how long would that time Pogo?’

‘She would need to say in bed for 2 to 3 months, Sir.’

You open your eyes and are greeted with blinding white light. Dad, Mom and Pogo surround your bed.

Grace tucks a stray hair behind you ear. ‘My baby, y/n. How are you feeling?’

‘Sore.’ You reply, noting the coarse sound of your voice. ‘How’s Ben? Klaus? Vanya?—’

Grace cut you off. ‘They’re all fine y/n. Though Ben is a bit roughed up.’ She says truthfully.

‘Number Six has appeared to have powers of summoning monsters with his body and he is currently under supervision.’ Reginald stated.

But something didn’t fit right. ‘But how did you calm him down? The whole fiasco back there was in total chaos?’ Voicing out all your thoughts and questions. ‘No one could get him to take back control, unless…..’ You couldn’t continue the thought. Your eyes go wide. There was no way. It was too harsh, but it was dad after all, he would do whatever means necessary to get what he wants.

Your dad smiles proudly ‘Ah yes. Y/n ever the cleverest of the bunch.’ You had observed that he had addressed you in your actual name instead of your number for the first time in your whole existence. ‘Unfortunately, I had to sedate Number Six. You do understand that it was the only way.’

You open your mouth to argue.

‘No buts, Number Eight!’ Ah and now we’re back to number, you thought.

‘I’ll have Grace by you side whist you recover and Pogo here would relay your recovery progress to me daily.’

He was almost to your door when he faced you again. ‘Oh and Number Eight, When you feel something different or unusual. Do inform me of it immediately.’ And with that he left.

‘Pogo? What does he mean by feel different?’ Your nerves go up, worried about your siblings. ‘Is anyone hurt?’

Pogo sighs, after much contemplation he begins ‘Y/n dear. Today’s happenings uncovered that there are stranger yet special things about you children.’

You nod, not wanting to interrupt but also wishing he would hurry up and continue.

‘Ben isn’t the only one who have gotten powers today. During the kerfuffle, Diego has shown skill with a knife, Luther immense strength and Five had shown ability to teleport.’

Once again you found yourself in shock.

‘Your father has gotten the idea that you children have varying power wish are “activated” so to speak when reached the age of 7.’

‘Haha-OW’ You clutch your side.

‘Careful y/n, try not to do sudden movements—yes and that includes laughing too.’ Mom says, caressing your cheek.

‘When can I see them?’

‘I’ll try to persuade Reggie to allow them for a visit dear. But now I need you to rest.’

Sibling Visits are limited to 30 mins a day, right before the bedtime curfew.

All your siblings (expect Ben who was still under strict supervision and is recovering himself) came to see you the following night.

Allison was the first one through your door and ran to give you a hug. ‘Y/n! We are all so worried!’

‘Aww thanks—OW OW OW’

‘Oops sorry’ releasing you from her death grip of a hug.

Seeing that movements still hurt you. The rest opted not to hug you, Klaus and Diego held your hand, Vanya is sitting on the edge of you bed, Luther gave you forehead a quick kiss and Five being Five, greeted you with the typical sibling teasing. ‘Glad to see you not drop dead in front of me.’

Diego showed off his leg cast and asked you to sign it, which you happily did so. Signing ‘Badass as always. -y/n’ beside Ben’s note of ‘Diego is cooler than Batman’

The 30 minutes consisted recaps of what happened the day before, the gushing of the boys showcasing their powers and debating on who’s the most powerful.

And just like that, the time was up and each had to go to bed. Everyone kissed your head for goodnights, even Five.

‘You know I love you right?’ His eyes softer than you ever seen before

‘I know’

‘You really scared me yesterday when you blacked out.’ Five had his tough façade down. ‘I thought you died y/n.’

‘But I didn’t.’ You reach up to wipe his tears away. ‘It’d take something bigger, if you wanna get rid of me.’

He chuckled. ‘Night, y/n’

‘Good night, Five.’

3 weeks had passed, and your siblings never failed to visit you. Over that time, Klaus and Allison had manifested their powers. Klaus can conjure the dead while Allison could ‘rumor’ people to her will.

Ben came by 2 weeks later. His color is back to normal, not like the blueish tint it had the last time you saw him. Though he still had a few remnants of bruises and scars across his arms and face.

‘I’m sorry y/n.’ He said leaning on your door frame.

‘Ben!’ You exclaimed. ‘I’m so glad you’re back up and running!’

Ben was caught off guard. ‘You—You’re not mad at me?’

‘Why would I be mad at you?’ You questioned, genuinely confused at your brother’s words.

‘Cause, Cause I almost got you killed. I am a monster.’

You sat up straight at those words, your ribs hurt a bit at the sudden movement, but you didn’t care. Your brother was blaming himself for something he couldn’t have controlled.

‘NO BEN!’

Ben jumped from your sudden outburst.

You motioned for him to come closer.

‘Ben…’ looking into his eyes. ‘Ben you are no monster.’

‘But—’

‘uuh uh I’m not done’ You held his hand in yours. ‘You are no monster what happened then was an accident, nobody knew, heck nobody expected powers to just show up. It was beyond anyone’s control. It took us by surprise.’

His shoulders relaxed.

‘It wasn’t your fault. I don’t blame you for what happened.’

He gave you a bone crushing hug. ‘Thank you y/n. You don’t know how guilty I was feeling.’ Voice muffled by your shoulder, which is now wet with his tears. ‘I kept thinking about the pain I caused you and I wasn’t allowed to leave my room even when I begged dad to see you and say sorry. y/n’

‘Shhh shhh’ Rubbing his back. ‘It’s alright Ben. What’s important is that we’re all here now. Alive, Safe and sound.’.

You still have a month left for recovery.

Only you and Vanya are the one left who haven’t had their powers revealed.

Dad had created a group called ‘The Umbrella Academy’ in which he trained your super powered siblings. He even given them codenames to go along with their newfound powers.

Number One - Luther Hargreeves aka Spaceboy

Number Two – Diego Hargreeves aka The Kraken

Number Three – Allison Hargreeves aka The Rumor

Number Four – Klaus Hargreeves aka The Séance

Number Five – Five Hargreeves aka The Boy

Number Six – Ben Hargreeves aka The Horor

With this new training program comes with the downside of spending less time with your siblings. Your traditional Sunday afternoon sister bonding time Allison and Vanya is basically non-existent now. Sure the rest of siblings still drop by to check up on how you’re recovering but it is not as frequency as they once were- you totally understand though, it must be tiring to be part of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ but girl were you still hurt and wanted more than anything to be a part of it.

So, you spend most of your time with Vanya nowadays. You didn’t mind, it is nice to have someone along. Most of the time Vanya practices her violin in your room.

‘That was beautiful Vanny’ you commented after she finished a rendition.

‘Thanks y/n’ Her face flushed. ‘Maybe someday I’d be a famous violinist!’

‘I know you would.’ You say truthfully. ‘And I better get the best seats at your concerts okay? Nothing short of VIP treatment for your favourite sister!’

‘Don’t worry, I’ll make sure Allison would get that.’ Vanya teased.

Placing a hand dramatically to your chest ‘uhh I am offended! I thought I was your favourite sister!’

‘well... you thought wrong.’ Vanya tried to keep a straight face but failed. ‘You y/n are the VVIP guest!’

‘Now that’s more like it.’

That night you were tossing and turning in your bed.

In the training room, huge boulders were being tossed onto Luther’s back. He currently had 3 on him. ‘More’ he cried. It was an impressive feat to see. A 7-year-old carry the what had to be at least 5 times his weight.

It was at his 6th block when his legs start to shake.

‘Straighten up Number One!’ Reginald voice came through the speakers.

‘I-I’

‘Fix your posture! And stop babbling!’

He was trembling all over, the weight was far too much and carried far too long for just a young boy.

Any second now, he is gonna be crushed by the boulders.

‘LUTHER!’ You screamed. Cold sweat was plastered all over your face. You were still in your room- but it all felt so real.

You look over to your bedside table, 9:07

Training would have started an hour ago. You had time.

You took the stairs two at a time, bursting into the training room. ‘STOP’

Reginald stood from his seat. ‘Number Eight. What in the world are you doing here?’

‘STOP! Luther is gonna get hurt please stop it--.’ Ignoring his question.

‘Number Eight, what are you talking about? Number One is doing perfectly fine!’ He gestured towards the front.

He was right. Luther looks fine. In fact it looked like it was carrying a light backpack instead of 3 boulders. ‘But- But I saw—’ Then it hit you 3 boulders. 3 not 6.

‘More’ You heard him cried out, just like you had in your nightmare.

You stared at Luther, how could this be?

‘I saw him sir, he is gonna collapse from 6 boulders.’

At this, Reginald took interest. ‘You saw?’

‘Yes, I-I must have dreamt it.’ You slumped against the free chair, defeated. ‘but it felt so real.’

‘Let me everything you saw, and don’t miss a single detail’

And so, you did. By the time you finished, Luther was with his 6th block.

It was exactly like how things went down in your dream. ‘No No NOOOO!’

‘Release him!’ Reginald called at the last second. Standing he faced you. ‘Now y/n dear would you please come with me.’

He didn’t speak again until you were both in his office. ‘It seems to me Number Eight that your powers have finally manifested.’

‘what—’

‘A slight delay compared to your siblings, but I presume that it was due to you recovering from your injuries that your body had focus on your recovery first then powers.’

‘What about Vanya? Would she have powers?’

‘It seems that Number Seven has no powers gained.’ Standing in front of you. ‘But no matter now, what’s important is that you’ve got them.’ He placed his hands on your shoulders. ‘You would do great things Number Eight. To see into the future is a valuable asset to have indeed. For this I shall name you Foresight.’

This was it! You own codename!

Number Eight - y/n Hargreaves aka Foresight.

‘I’m gonna be part of The Umbrella Academy?’ Overjoyed by your father taking pride in you that every other thought left your concern.

‘Yes Foresight. You will.’ Standing straight again. ‘However, your training would only start once you have fully recovered.’

‘Thanks Dad.’ Hugging him and for once showed the affection back.

You wish you could say that it was at this point where you and your siblings finally gotten a loving and healthy childhood. But you were wrong. Things only deteriorated from here on out with the Hargreeves household and by extension the dissolve of The Umbrella Academy.

END OF PART 1

READ: [PART 2] [PART 3] [PART 4]

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yurtletheturtlehenderson · 2 years

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not sure if these types of questions get on your nerves or anything, but i was wondering what you do to organize and plan your writing. (cosmic specifically). ive been trying to start writing again, life’s just been so much but i wanna start getting back into writing. i was just wondering how you do it? love you 🤍

I don't mind at all, I'm happy to answer in fact!

Short answer: bullet points. This is especially important if you're someone like me who is doing a rewrite where it's following along with the show and working an reader/oc into the series everyone already knows, big convoluted background origin story or not. I bullet point scene by scene, episode by episode with each season. Tedious, I know, but it helps keep my adhd thought on track and organized

💡 The idea:

When I first decided to write my first ever story, cosmic, i wanted to jump right in but I knew it was better for me personally to just sit myself down with this little crumb of an idea and get to know it and the world i wanted to bring it into. This little wisp of an influence I would have loved to have seen in the show and all I did was sit and watch the show while keeping this in mind. I got myself used to the world and the history of the lab and what boundaries our heroes faces when it came to investigating it so I knew what gray areas were free to play in as my little sandbox. And as I watched, the more that watered my idea and allowed me to develop it cause I saw ahead of time what I needed to make it happen (I also just happen to be someone who loves details and fitting them in wherever I can), and it definitely helped to jot down any thoughts that came to mind during the first watch.

📝 The Bullet Points:

The second watch is where I really get into the physical planning of it all. I wouldn't necessarily consider it any more important than the first cause if I didn't have the first (again, maybe this is just how my brain works) I wouldn't have had the opportunity to fully develop my ideas and let myself get inspired as I enjoy the show (that's how I came up with the story in the first place, after all!) But it is where all the "writing" gets done.

All it is is just a bullet point list, episode by episode, scene by scene, of what is going to happen. Probably not super conventional or how "the pros" do it, but again, my brain just might be weird and likes to be thorough. I don't make myself go in detail for stuff I don't need to. Literally, half the bullet points are stuff like

-gov does tests on pumpkin patch. Powell tells hopper about the reported sighting of el.

^that's an actual copy and pasted line from my season 2 bullet points. The stuff where I actually integrate reader (yes, I try and do this wherever I can which is another reason why I am reluctant to update s1 on tumblr cause there's a lot of missing experiment nuggets in non reader scenes) The point is, it can obv be as extensive as you want if you even find that bullet points work for you.

A quick example from my tua fic plans. Sorry I couldn't get anything from cosmic, the app I used for that one didn't allow screenshots, but it is the exact same process.

As you can see, i don't always keep my notes super serious and/or wordy and just have fun with it to keep myself from working myself into a corner 😅 believe me I have a lot of great little nuggets, including literal memes just thrown in there. But overall, that's about it!

🔁 Repeat:

That's pretty much it, and is still the method I use more or less today. Like when season 3 of ST came out, I just sat down to watch it as a fan. But it was also the first time I was watching stranger things while having my series out so it was really fun to watch with a new lense with y/n just riding in the back seat of my mind and popping in here and there. (Again, notes have gotta be ready!) And I plan to do it again with season 4, and it will be the first time I do it with my tua fic being written as s3 releases!

Again, I just want to give a disclaimer that this is just how I go about things cause my unmedicated brain gets tangled and distracted easily so doing this helps me. I've definitely gone through trial and error, as anyone likely has and will but my best advice is not being afraid to try things. When I had the idea to sit down and be thus thorough, I really wasn't super jazzed about it and I certainly didn't dive in all at once because I was afraid of getting bored. But it weirdly helped and felt kinda satisfying?? Cause I went the extra mile ahead of time instead of facing that later if that makes sense? I knew it was something that was gonna bother me later, knowing the lore and getting it 👌just right👌

If you just stick to your gut and get what you feel like you're gonna need, I think things will work out just fine. Sorry if this was super long but I feel like people should know by now that's just me 😂 also, thats the kinda the point I was trying to make! Lol shutting up now. Love you too darling, feel free to stop by anytime <3

💕💕💕 - Yurtle

#yurtle answers #lovely anon #cosmic #tsu ☂️#yurtle plans #edit: omg truly how does one shut up 🥲 i dont know how

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ofstoriesandstardust · 3 years

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Feelings of a Stuffed Octopus-Luther Hargreeves

a/n: the title of this is misleading. it’s really just a fluffy Luther piece based off those reversible Octopus plushies all over TikTok. my sister got one for Christmas and I fell in love and mine came today. His name is Mr. Waffles. if you’re interested, I’ll send you pics of Mr. Waffles because I love him. I'm supposed to be doing homework, but I’m not. that’s gonna bite me in the butt later, but its okay because I would do anything to give Spaceboy the world on a silver platter. also, I thought this gif was appropriate.

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warnings: Luther does not know how to communicate his feelings, like two swear words?, references to TUA s1 apocalypse

word count: 1,213

"Hey Luther?” You called. “Could you help me get this box down?” You and were Luther were moving into your first place together which meant clearing out your current apartment and consolidating some stuff. Unfortunately, your shelves were too tall and you were much too short, and you had a step stool, but having Luther do it was much more convenient. The man in question came in from the kitchen, where he was helping you pack your dishes. The music played softly in the background as you smiled at him. You’d been scared he’d reject your suggestion of moving in together as your lease came to a close but he’d been thrilled you’d even ask. You were so grateful for the big goofball that thought of getting to live with him so soon was enough to make you feel giddy with a kid-like joy. He sidled up next to you, pulling the box of the self with ease.

"Gotta get taller babe.” He teased. You chuckled, pulling the lid off the box.

“That’s why I got you, Luth.” You said in response, sitting down on the bed. “Damn, I forgot about these.” You said, pulling some of the stuffed animals out of the box. Luther picked up a reindeer plushie.

“Really?” He asked.

“Hey, that’s Sven and I love him.” You defended, grabbing the reindeer out of his hands. He chuckled, as the two of you shifted through the box. “Oh, Mr. Waffles...” Luther looked up at you, trying hard to contain his laugh.

“Mr. Waffles?” He questioned, the smile etched onto his face.

“It’s a reversible octopus plushie, see?” You showed him the toy, how one side the octopus was smiling and on the other, he was frowning. “My sister got one for Christmas one year while I was in college and I loved it so I got one for myself. My room mates all ending up getting one as a joke, but then we sort of ending up using them to communicate to one another when we were having a bad day or were able to hang out with one another.” You explained, setting the plushie down on the bed.

“How so?”

“Well, we’d put the frowning side out on our doorhandles if we were upset or wanted to be left alone and we’d flip it the happy side if we were free to hang out or in a good mood.” You explained as he nodded. “Well, I think Mr. Waffles is going to have to come with us to the new apartment, along with Sven of course, if only for nostalgia’s sake. The rest of these can get donated I think.” You said, siding the box over to the donation pile.

Luther wasn’t sure why he liked this octopus so much. Well, maybe he did a little. It was cute, you had a point, but he liked the idea of using it to communicate to you about how he was feeling. He’d struggled with that your whole relationship, and it was something he’d talked about at length with his therapist. Still, he struggled, spending so long shoving his emotions down. And maybe this octopus would open the door for him to better learn to talk about his feelings with you.

You’d sighed as you unlocked the door to your apartment. You’d been moved in for a few weeks but work had kept you so busy that it’d been rare to have a down moment to really relax and enjoy the new place. In addition to your long day, Vanya texted you earlier that Luther and Diego had gotten into it at lunch and it’d been bad. Apparently Diego had brought stuff up from when they were kids, from Ben’s death, and even the incident about Vanya from the first apocalypse (boy had that been quite the story the first time you heard it). You’d been expecting for your boyfriend to be upset, and you weren’t sure whether he’d want to talk about it or not. What you hadn’t expected was for him to be sitting on the couch, working on a drawing of one of the houseplants... with Mr. Waffles sitting next to him? Mr. Waffles was on the frowny face side and you momentarily fought with yourself if this meant Luther would want you to stay away or if this was his way of asking for your comfort. Luther had never been great at communicating when he needed your comfort, never wanting to discuss his feelings. He was so afraid to be a burden that he kept everything to himself, which couldn’t be healthy. Things had slowly gotten better, but it still wasn’t where it could be. You made a quick decision to approach Luther as you pulled off your coat. Based on history, Luther usually just wanted to be with you instead of being left alone; he’d just never tell you that. “Luth” You called softly, coming around the back of the couch to wrap your arms around his chest. His pencil slowly stopped moving as he took a shaky breath. “What’s wrong?” You whispered, resting your head on top of his head.

“How’d you...?”

“Mr. Waffles.” You said simply, not wanting to reveal to Luther that his sister had warned you of what to expect. “Want to talk about it?” He did, you could tell in the way he hesitated in answering your question.

“Diego and I... got into it earlier. We both said some stuff, but I can’t help but thinking he was right.” You sighed, moving your arms of Luther. He looked back at you for the loss of contact, but you just walked around the side of the couch so you could sit next to him. He wrapped his arms around you, pulling you into his lap as you sat down. You sat in silence for a few moments as you traced small patterns into Luther’s skin. It’d taken so long for Luther to allow you to see his bare skin that this intimate contact with him warmed your heart that he’d come to trust you so much. “What’re you thinking about?” He asked softly.

“Just.. how far we’ve come. How lucky I am to have you.” You said, interlocking your fingers and squeezing his hand. “I’m sorry Diego’s an ass. I’d say he’d come around but I think he was born that way.” Luther chuckled softly. He grabbed the plushie that was next to him and flipped it inside out, revealing the smiley side. You smiled at it.

“We just gonna use the stuffed octopus to communicate our feelings now?” You joked.

“Hey, I’m starting to see why you started doing it.” Luther defended, pulling you closer. You smiled, leaning into him.

“Well, it’s a good thing that like Mr. Waffles, you’re pretty adorable.” Luther’s cheeks began to turn red and you smirked, pressing a kiss to his cheek. “It’s okay, if Mr. Waffles is helping make this whole communication thing better. I’m just glad you’re talking to me bubs.” You said softly, sitting up. Luther smiled gratefully at you and you pressed a soft kiss to his lips. God, you were so in love with this boy, communication problems or not. That’s what the stuffed octopus was there for anyways.

#luther hargreeves #luther hargreeeves imagines #luther hargreeves fic #luther hargreeves imagine

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circumstellars · 4 years

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Hello there! Can I have a ficlet with dialogue prompt, 'What's making him scream like that?' for Five and Diego, or any siblings you like ;)

[Ok so this turned out slightly longer than intended, but I was able to blend it together with another idea I had for a follow up to this ficlet.

The context is that this is canon compliant in that it happens somewhere near the end of S1EP4, when passed out drunk Five is recovering in Diego’s bed.

Basically Five has an PTSD episode, or a night terror if that’s easier, and the line you prompted I rearranged and altered a bit to fit the scene, so I hope that’s okay?

In this addition to the canon, when they were little Ben begins to have trouble controlling the otherworldly monster he uses, and Five has made a promise he won’t let things get out of hand. Fast forward to S1, where Luther and Diego are taking care of him, but before Al comes to deliver Eudora’s message, and it is sandwiched between two Five apocalypse flashbacks.

So so so many thanks to @michlle, or @/kkie on TUA Adult Fan Discord server. She’s an amazing beta that helped me in a pinch! So the only reason my grammar is so much better than usual is entirely thanks to her.

Very angsty. Blood, just a snippet a violence. Brotherly pain all around, emotional suffering. Enjoy! I hope you like it.]

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⟨p⟩=md⟨x⟩/dt=mddt∫∞−∞x|ψ|2dx=m∫∞−∞x∂|ψ|2∂tdx. 'It's a simple fucking equation, what is wrong?' His shaky fingers struggled with the chalk, accidentally snapping off one end against the concrete wall. Five swore, making a face at the broken piece of chalk like it spoke ill of his mother.

Oh god. Mom. His face crumpled. 'The expectation values of displacement and momentum... obey time evolution equations analogous with,' a wet cough interrupted his deflated musing. He spun around and rested against the concrete he had been writing on moments before, before turning an eye to Dolores. '... the mechanics of Schrödinger’s equation.' Dolores gave him a weary look. Five avoided her gaze. She didn't know. It's not like she had been forced to pick up quantum physics at age ten, and really, he had to forgive her for that. The sun was powerful today, as it had been at least seventeen of the twenty-six days he'd been stuck in the apocalyptic ruins of his former city. It should have only been the end of April, if that newspaper clipping he held close was in fact the last thing to have been printed, but it felt hotter than middle July easily. The aggressive winds of mid-afternoon whipped all sorts of debris into his frail body and any exposed skin, and Five simply couldn't risk any injuries that could deplete his energy. He was on the cusp of fixing this, he could feel it in his exhausted bones.

He swallowed down the start of a painful sob, careful to steel over his expression. 'I know you said something about the farthest right term Dolores, but I'm not neglecting it,' Five chided, breathing into the dirty scarf around his face.

He turned around and scooped up the chalk he had rejected moments ago. 'The spatial extent of the particle wavefunction isn't smaller than the variation length-scale of the potential. You're clever, and pretty, but not that clever.'

Five snorted at his own banter, smiling into the trails of chalk spilling from his hand as it ran across the rubble. 'Now, listen carefully this time...' --- Diego unceremoniously dropped Dolores on a nearby chair. The fuck is this for? He gave the mannequin an odd look. A few steps away Luther lowered their brother carefully into Diego's roomy, luxurious twin cot, rolling the sleepy, drunken Five so that he was resting comfortably on his side.

Diego sidled next to Luther, joining him in looking over their tiny brother. Small, frozen in time for them both in memory and now, awkwardly, in reality too. The baby fat still very much clung to his still rounded features and made him look impossibly younger in a way that brought nostalgia roaring up the esophagus like heartburn. He was supposedly twice their age now? Diego scrunched his nose; to think this child, for all intents and purposes, laid here so serenely- so sweetly, dare he say it, looked like a boy who'd just tired himself out at school that day. Yet he knew, the moment Five sobered up, the illusion would crumble swiftly and without mercy. 'Funny, if I didn't know he was such a prick, I'd say he looks almost adorable in his sleep.'

Luther snorted. 'Well, don't worry. He'll sober up eventually... and be back to his normal, unpleasant self.'

That's not good enough. 'Yeah - I can't wait that long.' Diego spun on his heel, intending to grab provisions. Five had about ten minutes of rest before Diego would be ready to forcibly pull him into consciousness with soda crackers and ginger-ale. 'I need to find out what connections he has to these lunatics before someone else dies.'

Luther didn't respond right away, eyes flickering to Five and back. He looked pensive, uncomfortable. Diego still hadn’t gotten used to the subtle changes in Luther's personality; it was disquieting the way he looks so much bigger than he used to, and yet now he seems so much smaller to Diego than he ever physically was. The big man had an air of constant uncertainty around him.

'That stuff he was saying before...' Luther began after a moment, 'what do you think he meant by that?' Diego glanced over his shoulder at Five's sleeping figure, curled up tightly in foetal position. His expression darkened in his sleep, and Diego frowned. 'I don't know...' The words came slowly, his focus narrowing in on his littlest brother. He turned quickly again, box of soda crackers forgotten on his dingy counter.

Five began to fuss, still unconscious, but his body began to shake some, and his entire expression was pinched in discomfort. Luther was watching Diego, puzzled, and followed his eyes back to Five on the cot behind him.

Then came the screaming.

Both Luther and Diego jumped back in alarm as the most harrowing, stomach-churning scream came from Five. He was folded into himself, clutching at his own biceps so hard his knuckles were bone-white. The screams that were coming from him sounded so raw Diego was sure he was damaging his vocal cords in some way.

Luther came down from his initial shock quicker than Diego and was at the cot in an instant. Diego held his breath, jaw fighting to unhinge. He was always quick in his reflexes, but something held Diego down and glued his feet to the floor. His body was alarmingly stiff with inaction.

Luther was gripping at Five, holding him as he jerked back and forth, scream after scream tearing through his rattled body. Over and over Luther tried to talk over Five, wake him up, continuously asking him what is wrong and 'what is happening Five? Can't you hear me?'

'W-ww-why is h-h-h-he screaming like t-that?'

Diego’s broken voice was swallowed up in the cacophony of Five's agonising wailing and Luther's panicked mantra of Five, Five, Please Five, Five!

Five's painful screams were tearing bloody wounds into Diego’s eardrums, and the sound of his little brother in such convincingly raw misery pulled terrifying tremors up from deep within his belly.

Go.

What happened?

Iego.

Five?

'-Iego. Diego! Diego!' Luther's voice hit him like an anvil. 'Hey?'

Why is he screaming like that?

All at once life moved forward with a start. Air sucked its way back into Diego's lungs and his attention snapped to his brothers. Five was no longer on the bed, but crumpled over on their large brother's lap, clutching not his own arms anymore but instead had all ten, trembling fingers gripped into Luther's jacket for absolute, dear life. Luther had a pained expression etched into his normally hard visage, and his arms came up to hold Five in place as gently as Diego had ever seen his giant brother move. It only dawned on him then, that Five wasn't screaming anymore.

Diego moved quietly, setting himself on the bed next to his brothers as silently as he could, almost as if he were afraid to spook an already terrified deer pinned between a rocky ledge and an oncoming truck.

Mindlessly Diego laid his gloved hand to his little brother's head, cupping the back of it gingerly. Something heavy threatened to pull his heart into his guts, and the struggle disguised itself in the shadows of his expression.

For a while everything was deadly quiet. The pipes in the old building gurgled apropos nothing, the boxing business outside long closed for the evening with only Al's occasional footsteps any sure sign life still existed outside this hole he called home.

Diego couldn't hear much else, aside from the ragged breaths shaking Five's small chest. His eyes were still closed, creased with concern, delicate fans of black eyelashes twitching as his brain worked through whatever dark secrets Five hadn’t dared to yet share with any of his siblings.

'Five...' but Diego’s voice aborted the words in his throat, and he met Luther's eyes. He found no answers.

What did you see, Five?

--- Day 42.

A rat scampered past Five’s feet and jumped into a pile of debris outside the remains of a nearby fast-food joint. He shaded his eyes with his left hand and looked over the large expanse of the now lifeless tundra he used to call home. The details of everything in the distance dissolved into the intensely hot horizon.

‘Today is as good a day as any,’ he said, exhaling loudly. Dolores agreed from where she was perched in her wagon. I’m ready.

Five ripped off his weighty, layered scarf and tossed it to the ground. Today is the day. He was going to get back to his family.

He took another deep breath and ran over some calculations a final time in his head, his eyebrows pinching together with determination. Focus.

First, just a hum. Then, a moment later a spark. Five growled and redoubled his efforts, tightening his fists as hard as they would go, until the jagged half-moons of his nails cut right into the flesh of his palms.

‘Come on!’ And then it appeared. Small, at first, but definitely, absolutely, positively the start of the vortex, undeniable as it began flickering into existence. It was immediately apparent Five couldn’t do this for a second longer than he had to; every muscle in his body was desperately working to help him rip a hole right into the material of the space-time continuum, and pain blossomed in every limb, one after another.

‘COME ON!’ The air around the wormhole became unstable, trying to escape the vacuum and whipping everything around Five into a frenzy. Dolores tipped over in her wagon, and Five nearly lost his grip on the material of time. He willed himself into ignoring her momentarily, letting out a howl as he pulled open the vortex as far as it would go. Five inhaled shakily, and let go.

I did it. There it was. He was finally going home. Five’s knees nearly buckled underneath him as he was hit with a heady wave of excitement and relief. Luther. Vanya. Ben! Diego-- all of them. He was going to see them all again, today. Now. Tears spilt from his eyes, but he didn’t take any notice. There were flickers of life beyond the vortex, and then faces, and bodies, and Allison and Klaus, unmistakable as they filtered in and out of focus like the signal was dying on an old television set. Five was animated in an instant and turned to grab Dolores. They had to go. Now. He scooped up her feather-light body. ‘Leave it, Dolores! We don’t have time!’ He’d find her a new sweater once they were home. Hell, he’d buy her a whole rack of her own sweaters, anything Dolores wants, if only they got home right now.

And then the screaming came.

Five whipped around.

Again. First one voice, then two. Many more joined them, and Five ran toward the wormhole.

‘BEN!’

Ben? Five braced himself against the pull of the vortex, the air thin and difficult to pull into his lungs. It whipped around him with a force he’d never felt before, and his hat and goggles were snatched from his head and thrown well into the distance. The shrieking was getting louder, closer, and the images from the other side pieced together the closer Five inched into its grip. The voices were blood-curdling, and his whole body went cold with terror.

‘Diego, don’t!’

‘Ben! Klaus, get out of the way!’

‘BEEEEEEEEEEEENNN!’

‘BEN! WHATS HAPPENING!?’

‘BEN!’

No.

No, no.

He was going back, it was going to be okay. Five was going back, it was going to be okay.

It all happened within the span of three seconds.

The fuzzy images of his siblings running, screaming, blood soaked into their clothes, painted across their young faces – dripping from their feet as they scrambled away.

Ben.

Ben’s body dangling nearly fifteen feet off the ground, monstrous appendages thrashing wildly and destroying the surroundings with savage flings.

Two grotesque limbs held his bloodied and mangled brother skywards, uninhibited by his terrified screams.

No.

No. no. no. no.

No. no. no. no. no. nonononono-

‘Someone stop him!’

‘Klaus you can’t! KLAUS-‘

It felt like his skin was being flayed from his muscle. Five thought he might have been screaming too but couldn’t hear anything. All he knew for sure was the feeling of his molecules being pulled apart.

Everything was silent. Like the deadness of space itself, for a fraction of a second, a microscopic fragment of time - absolutely nothing existed. Crunch.

The blood that hit his face hurt. And then someone pressed play.

Everything moved again and it knocked the wind out of his lungs. Five was violently thrown from the throes of the wormhole, sucked back into his own point in time and tossed several feet backwards into strewn debris.

‘NO!’

The vortex he’d spent forty-two days working on was gone, just like that. Absorbed into the material of space, the deep wound he’d used every ounce of energy to create was now healed over in a matter of seconds, lost to some other dimension and out of his grasp. Ben. He’d promised him. He had promised his brother he would be there, that he would figure it out.

That Ben wouldn’t die. But Five let him. He watched the brutal final seconds of his brother’s life, his body torn into pieces by the beast he tried so hard to contain. Five wasn’t there.

He didn’t make it. He had told Ben he wouldn’t let him die, but he did, and Five just watched it happen, unable to do absolutely fucking shit. The sun was merciless. It baked Ben’s blood on every part that had briefly touched the other side. It settled into the cracks of the tattered skin on his right hand, pulled at the skin under his eyes and on his cheeks – crusted where it had dripped into his mouth and over his tongue. When the trance that numbed Five finally broke, it was nightfall.

He still sat on his haunches, a few fingers on his left hand barely curled around Dolores’ shirt. And when it did, and his throat finally moved to swallow, his limbs twitching with overwhelming pain, and his chest trembling violently, the only thing Five could feel was the fiery strain of the unending wailing that tore ceaselessly from his lungs.

#tua #the umbrella academy #umbrella academy #request fill #ficlets #five hargreeves #diego hargreeves #ben hargreeves #luther hargreeves #attempted canon-compliant angst featuring a bunch of the emotionally stunted man-children #my nonsense #mywriting #myworks #myficlets

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rappaccini · 3 years

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alright so after stumbling across this interview with tua’s costume director i thought i’d compile the highlights:

handler

walsh was encouraged to go crazy with the role -- she wanted “more spiders [...] she really wanted the handler to be beautiful on the outside, but if you peeled away the outer layer, she was like a cockroach on the inside. a creepy internal element, but high fashion on the exterior [...] eventually, we settled on spiders”

this is one of his favorite costume collaborations

lots of shows shy away from hats because they cast shadows

walsh enjoyed adding veils to handler’s outfits

marie antoinette was an inspiration for handler’s epaulette outfit

reginald

reginald’s initial coloration for s1 was strictly beige and gray, “and then evolved to more color-- always muted [...] for visual appeal”

reginald’s alien flashback outfits are dated at roughly “1830, because i love the romantic period”

60s-reginald was to be “bond-street chic” with iridescent, colorful suits with “always sort of an alien vibe, discreetly”

“a lot of ‘20s-feeling things”

the coat reginald wears when he duels diego is intended to have a “1915-kind of feel” -- and five were made for his stuntwork

allison

some of her outfits are actual vintage from dallas in the early 60s, like the yellow-and-white halter dress she wears -- “it’s the first thing she tried on”

[emmy] “just walked into the clothes” and enjoyed the different dress styles

“the character was different because she wasn’t a wealthy actress. she was a working girl [and then a] homemaker” therefore her clothing had to be affordable (and even a little behind the current trends)

klaus

in 201, he is mentioned explicitly by the script to be wearing a sherwani

production made twelve copies of that one sherwani coat, because of the amount of wear and tear it needed to take

lots of klaus’s outfits are one-offs made from fabrics that aren’t in production anymore

“we started off in season one with an equal balance of mens’ and ladies clothes-- mostly tops” -- and they mixed men’s and women’s clothing together within individual outfits

eventually sheehan wanted exclusively “ladies clothes” for klaus specifically, but blackman shut that down.

klaus’s s2 wardrobe came from the closet of the wealthy woman he initially attached himself to in dallas. specifically, her deceased husband’s clothes.

klaus is meant to be in the river ganges when he’s in india

in season 1, klaus begun to wear clothing from his father’s wardrobe as the season wore on, because “the clothes can’t materialize out of nothing” and since he’s staying in the house, that’d be where he’d be sourcing his clothes

diego

they wanted to give diego “a more latino feel” and chose to give him more colorful outfits (“spicy, hotter colors”), and the anachronistic longer hair, which wasn’t really a thing until the later sixties

“i almost could watch diego dress like that in a contemporary setting and i wouldn’t blink an eye”

luther

post-s1, production wanted to move away from his ww1 russia-esque greatcoat, because they believed “it bunched up” in certain shots

said greatcoat was a personal victory for the designer, because he had to fight for it

blue was determined to be his color early in s2 by hopper, so they kept his clothes in that shade -- and moved away from s1′s earth tones

they changed the prosthetic for luther’s muscle suit between seasons

they wanted his wardrobe to take on the appearance of a uniform, as someone who’s constantly going from job to job for ruby

five (and the kids’ uniforms)

there were essentially “no variations” on his uniform between the seasons

they attempted to do the comics’ black-and-white uniform for the children, but it was too much of an eyesore in live action-- “extremely dominant [...] too strong for our purposes”, so they compromised with blue-gray and burgundy.

the fabric used for the children’s uniforms is used by the military

"apparantly in season one aidan's stunt double had hairy legs, and it got by everybody" so five's legs are hairy in a few shots in s1

potentially, five will get a variation to his uniform in s3

vanya**

"[elliot] took this role under the specific direction that [he] play an androgynous character" -- which makes a lot more sense in retrospect

the costumer has never dressed an androgynous character before vanya

“i’ve never dressed a lead quite as plainly as this”

in season one, "vanya was meant to be a wallflower. no confidence, no self esteem, hidden in the background her whole life, who didn’t know her own value or her abilities, her powers" -- which was the “crux” of her direction in the season

page learned a lot about costume design following season one, after seeing vanya’s costume progression through the season, as he admittedly didn’t understand it much before.

"and then when we got into season two... [the thought process behind vanya’s wardrobe] was, really, 'is this what a boy would wear' " which again, makes sense in retrospect

"my thinking was when steve blackman asked where she got her clothes from, was [that she was wearing harlan's clothes] so we went with that whether it was logical or not'' -- so, in s2, all of vanya’s outfits are from harlan’s closet (and hargadon knows it doesn’t exactly make sense)

s2 mostly had vanya in jeans and plaid “suited for the farm” -- “simple, neutral dressing”

vanya wears "nothing feminine. never a feminine element. i showed [elliot] ... an image of jean seberg in the 60s wearing a boatneck striped french marine top and [he] turned it down"

lots of courderoy and twill. materials that wouldn’t be used for shirts today were used to build vanya’s s2 wardrobe.

the kind of top vanya wears in the salon scene isn’t worn anymore.

**note: interview was recorded before page came out. alterations to the quotes are to update with his name and pronouns.

sissy

the costuming for vanya and sissy was meant to be downplayed to keep the focus on “the emotion”

"sissy's whole thing was even though carl loved her, he was a meat-and-potatoes guy who wasn’t in the wheelhouse to understand her and wasn't a bad person per se, but the idea was that she was almost dressed by him, certainly dressed for him. so she wears all these full skirts, poodle tops, cardigans, all very sweet and american apple pie kind of things”

initially marin ireland disagreed with the costume direction, but came around after she learned that her arc entailed that “she'd start off in a restrictive world, less free, and as the story progresses, she'd evolve more into who she really was, so she'd start to appear in trousers and comfortable short sleeves-- whenever carl's away, she'd dress how she wanted to dress"

the costume designer based sissy off his mother's style of dressing -- dungarees at home, but feminine, beautiful, fashion-conscious and put together whenever leaving the house.

misc

the swedes come from a tiny fishing village

all of klaus’s followers were intended to have a ‘boho hippie’ vibe

a priority for the costume designer is determining from where the characters get their clothes, and trying to make those clothes match up with where they are in the story -- every costume change has to make sense and match up with the logistics of the story, whenever possible

many of the extras wore actual vintage from the south in the 60s

klaus and lila’s outfitting is slightly anachronistic, being inspired more by the late sixties more than the early sixties setting (psychedelia and the mod trend, respectively) -- “so the characters weren’t really nailed into the specific year [of 1963]″

#tua meta #tua tv

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jon-astronaut · 4 years

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hi! i don’t know if you already answered this (and im so sorry if you did!) but i was just wondering what your favorite and least favorite portrayals of all the skamverse characters were and why?

oh hi anon! i haven’t actually answered this ahahha all day i only answered when people told me their faves and never counted mine. this might take a long time to answer because i have to think and reply so long so sorry for replying late in advance...

eva:

favourite is lisa. she just started the whole thing and she was so real and authentic in her portrayal like everything she did felt so fitting with eva nothing less and nothing more. i would give a special shoutout to ludovica just cause she is my fave eva and i think she added a good comedic acting and edge to her character.

least fave might be alba not because she did so bad but because i didn’t connect with her character much. idk either the acting or the writing didn’t resonate with me she felt a little too plain. but maybe i need to do a rewatch. and anyway she grew on me.

noora:

favourite is nicole. she showed us how much nora faded away and a hollow ghost of her came forward throughout her seasons. the change in nore is apparent even in her posture, her tone.

least fave benedetta. kinda ironic because skamit is one of my top 2 remakes but yeah she didn’t work on me at all in s3. i didn’t buy most of her scenes which is a shame because she was good in s1 and she had good chemistry with the edoardo actor.

isak:

favourite is tarjei, definitely. there was something about his portrayal that made me feel like watching a documentary and no remake reached that level. he was so nuanced and a lot of his emotions were in the little mimics, looks and gestures. axel and michi are a close seconds.

i can’t choose a least fave here. i mean i like all the isaks in their own way. i don’t think any of them were like bad. i wish we got to see florian too. or or if we are counting lucas rubio is a isak remake then alejandro isn’t good as the extra clips show...sorry.

sana:

favourite is tua. she had the heart eyes for mohammed, she had such easy chemistry with him. but then she played amira’s anger and her pain and her pain through her anger in the henna party and the break up with mohammed so well.

least fave ugh maybe assa? this probably has more to do with the writing then her acting but idk there was something there that didn’t communicate her relationship with sofiane or her anger to me.

jonas:

favourite anselm. i literally spent the day praising him...the thing is while michi and lilly are easing into their roles in s1 anselm already seems to portray jonas so well. like he is so relaxed and natural in his role. and then he added a ton to jonas with his softness and his funny side. kudos to the breakup with hanna + coming out scene. with ludovico as a close second because he made giovanni his own too.

least favourite nathan bouts. i swear this has less to do with writing and more with acting. i find him similar to reiky’s jonas and while reiky communicated the loveable asshole vibes to me nathan didn’t. maybe he had better material to play with in s3 it would be different.

william:

favourite is nathan. i might like alejandro's william more as a character but nathan did the best with the not much changed storyline. he literally took the william we saw in og and added so much dimension like the softness with zoe, his voice when he is defending his views, his anger towards his brother chef’s kiss. chris veres is the close second here i mean even his comedic delivery is everything.

least favourite thomas. while trying to have him be this cold, popular guy i think he didn’t actually played well mostly just stood there with no expression. and that’s just no.

even:

favourite is henrik. really shows his power how no one was able to top him yet. i think in praising tarjei we forgot him but like i talked about all day THE LOCKER ROOM SCENE and how much he communicated with his eyes yup.

least favourite maxence. like i said he started bothering me on the rewatches and i realized they relied too much to his looks and natural charm of the actor. i might be biased here about rocco’s acting because i like nicco and marti and nicco so he is not my least fav.

yousef:

favourite is hassan who plays mohammed. maybe it’s because he had more heated arguments with amira about religion and their ‘breakup’ was more painful so i liked his portrayal much more. he just put something into the character like he defended his beliefs with as much fierce as amira.

least fave is lucas nabor who plays dani because spoiler! dani is yousef in skamesp. i will give him the benefit of the doubt maybe by the end of the season i could like his acting more and he does have good heart eyes but right now i don’t vibe with his acting much.

vilde:

favourite is lula. suffered through s6 for her acting’s sake (and for flavie’s) and she is just so good. the pain is in her eyes throughout s6, her breakup with basile was so heartbreaking. but also in earlier seasons she got daphne’s energetic and naive self so well.

least fave is nona who plays amber. idk i don’t vibe with amber and since wtfock cast put a lot into the characters even when writing is bad i think it’s more of her acting issue. it feels like there isn’t anything to her character and amber feels so one dimensional.

chris berg:

(not counting irene here) ah i would say fave is coline. i think she is the chris character that got the most material to play with (maybe why she is my fave) and she did the best out of it. but her scenes in s5 especially the one where she opens up is so nice i could read her emotions on her face.

least fave is nonexistent? i mean most of the time the chris character doesn’t get stuff to act with so like i cannot really judge the actors much when i haven’t seen much from them. and i just vibe with all chris versions.

mahdi:

fave is robin. s5 of skam fr might have gone downhill but robin had a really good performance that only got better throughout the season. especially the ending of the first ep where he looks over the street with his hearing faded away just the look in his eyes wow. honorable mention arda because his little improv lines with louis is amazing. he steals the backgroudn.

least fave again nonexistent because aside from robin and maybe francesco they didn’t get stuff to play with. i mean how can i judge dilan’s actor’s ability?

magnus:

fave is paul. his comedic timing is everything!! and most of that is improv so additional kudos. the way he stole a lot of background moments in s3!!! and s5 and s6 showed how well he could do drama too. when arthur tells him about his hearing the way his face crumbles - wow.

again no least fave because they don’t get material. like i may not like aaron as a character but i cannot say the actor does a bad job when he has to play one side of a character.

i think that about covers everyone!!! naturally i didn’t do anyone from druck or skam france new gen because this was just the versions.

i am so sorry that this is too long......but i cannot just name actors and not explain myself come on. and thanks anon for asking this i enjoyed typing out this a lot!

i also discovered something my fave version of the character doesn’t equal to my fav portrayal always. like nora isn’t my fav noora but she is my favourite portrayal. but jonas augustin and giovanni are my fav jonas characters interchangeably and anselm is my fav portrayal with ludovico following behind.

anyway let me know what you think about my answers!

#druck #skam españa #wtfock #skam france #skam italia

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redrobin-detective · 4 years

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I see that you have been dragged into The umbrella academy! May I ask who your favorite sibling out of the seven idiots are?

I watched TUA when it first came out and was super into it, S1 was superb and I loved it and I was really excited for S2. I was, I’ll admit, a little disappointed with it. The plot felt dragging and unclear at times compared to the brisk, concise pace of the first season. While I was glad to see Allison, Vanya and Luther get some development, it grew a little tedious just watching their 1960s lives.

The first half of the series really dragged for me though it did pick up as we got further in. I will give 11/10 for sibling interactions which were wonderful and chaotic and they’re just so dumb, I love them.

Anyway, that was off topic. Five for sure, I love that sassy old geezer trapped in the body of a boy scout and up to HERE with everything that’s going on. After that, Diego was really good this season and I enjoyed conspiracy boy just going wild. While I liked Klaus last season, he irked me here. I understand his cult plot but all he did is whine and hide from problems of his own making and it was just a bit annoying.

#tua #tua spoilers #tua hate #just for safe measure #yeah overall not as happy with S2 #S1 I couldn't look away I was mesmerized and was dying for each episode #for this season I had a hard time paying attention #I'd flip to my phone and didn't make it a priority to get to the next ep as soon as possoble #it had good moments #all the siblings were peak chaotic dumbass energy #but the plot around them suffered imo #the writers were so focused on 'we're in the 1960s lets talk about all the problems in the era!!!' which valid #but it just kept going and going

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krackkokichi · 4 years

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i want to talk about my thoughts about season two of tua but none of my friends/family have seen it yet lol

so things i disliked:

lila. i didn’t mind her at first before they showed her connection to the handler but after that? despised her. no hate to the actress, she was really good, i just didn’t like the character at all. super hate the way she treated diego too. she was manipulating him the whole time they knew each other, and then she’s all like “i love him” shut up you do not

i was a little disappointed how prominent the handler was again. i enjoyed her character, even though i fucking hate her, but i kinda wish she had stayed in season 1? i just want her to keep her slimy hands off five

why did ben randomly have a love interest (sorta. there was no way anything was ever going to happen) when we barely saw her at all?? made no sense and was super weird. if anything, ben should have wanted to possess klaus to actually talk to his siblings, but he only got to talk to diego (and vanya in her mind)

they didn’t really address much of klaus’s issues that they did in s1... in fact it kinda felt like klaus and allison swapped places for how prominent the were. klaus isn’t my favorite, though i do like him a lot, so i wasn’t super bothered, just a little annoyed

reginald is such an ass as always

no one knows what NOT FUCKING UP THE TIMELINE MEANS. five’s all like “no one fuck up the timeline” and everyone’s like “okay but what if i just do this One Thing that will have huge consequences”

the way everyone treats five this season. i was so mad when they were all like “well it’s your fault we’re here in the first place. i’m not gonna help because it’s probably your fault for bringing vanya here too.” made me SO angry

diego’s fixation on saving jfk. shut up about jfk shut up about jfk. i get you want to be the hero but please think rationally for once GODDAMN

why did they make THE HANDLER eat aj?!?! i was so angry. that was meant to be five dammit

the possession stuff was a bit 😬 i liked that klaus when over ground rules, but ben immediately breaking them??? not okay

kinda felt like a couple scenes were missing in places? not sure how to explain it but it felt a bit choppy and rushed at times

all the commission agents just immediately getting bodied by vanya was kinda anticlimactic

the last fight with lila. it was alright but her powers kinda came out of nowhere? i guessed that she had powers before but the whole mirroring the others’ powers thing? i do not vibe with it

things i liked:

five in general was absolutely delightful. some people being like “he hasn’t changed.” yes he has. he’s genuinely apologetic about fucking up the time travel and he tries to include them in his plans. he shows empathy for them and tries so hard to protect them. and even if he hadn’t changed at all, s1 and s2 happen back to back for him. everyone else gets a little break, but he doesn’t

i didn’t like the soundtrack at first but the second the swedish cover of hello came on i was crying from laughter. also enjoyed the dancing with myself and backstreet’s back gags lmao

klaus starting a cult and then realizing “wait no i don’t like this” was 100% in character

allison and ray were 🥺💕👌 amazing loved them

allison in general was really good this season. loved how she got involved in the civil rights movement what a queen

luther apologizing to vanya! i was so shocked. i thought he was just faking because of the gun but wen he left peacefully and didn’t bother her again i was like “you know what that is? growth”

i liked luther a lot more this season. i liked him in s1 too, but he was more enjoyable after reflecting on his actions and moving past them

i was glad they included aj carmichael. i always thought his design was super cool and when they just had the handler in s1 i was like :/

i completely understand why ben and klaus had such a strained relationship this season. ben has spent YEARS watching klaus fuck up his life by doing dumb shit, and he was already getting irritated with him in s1 to the point where he punched him in the face. so i completely get why he was finally fed up with klaus when he was going on his ego trip

i loved the scene with ben and vanya. so good. nothing to say that hasn’t already been said

sissy, harlan, and elliott were wonderful and i enjoyed all their screen time

vanya and sissy wlw queens. their relationship felt super real. i predicted that shit in the first scene after vanya got hit by the car. as someone trapped in a homophobic environment, i felt so bad for sissy. i understand why she said no to leaving though. it would have been really hard for harlan to adjust

olga foroga best joke of the season

klaus, allison, and vanya’s talk in the salon was hilarious

also loved the nitrous scene with luther and elliott “don’t worry. she’ll be dead in seven days. we all will :)” KILLED ME

i liked the swedes. they didn’t take up too much screen time which made me happy. they felt almost like the comic version of hazel and cha-cha but a little less demented and a lot quieter

five just going absolutely feral on the vending machine, the commission board, AND his past self??? amazing

five, on the verge of death, surrounded bby his dead siblings, mustering of the energy and brain power to REWIND TIME??? GOOD SHIT

the handler dying 🎉🎉🎉

#personal

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