#i love how they handled the twists and developments too! the writing of this show is just brilliant ❤️❤️❤️

[penrose-quinn]

I was expecting something similar to Perfect Blue when I watched Mask Girl because I only saw the teaser and not the trailer, but god, I love that it was so much more than that as the story went on 🖤

#pen rambles #mask girl #i love how it sheds light to how sa and women are unfairly treated in the justice system #and the toxic beauty standards in korea #and how generational trauma is explored (all the mother-child relationships are *chef's kiss*) #i just really loved the latter half of the story #reminded me a bit of bong joon-ho's mother and park-chan wook's lady vengeance but make them all natsuo kirino's female noir characters 🖤 #i love how they handled the twists and developments too! the writing of this show is just brilliant ❤️❤️❤️ #i'm spouting a lot references but i love that mask girl is still its own thing!

[chirpsythismorning]

Idk what’s worse, the fact that there are milkvans out there that believe El commissioned Will’s painting, or that a majority of milkvans believe she didn’t, but still think everything Will said to Mike in the van scene applies to how El feels about Mike as well. And honestly, how could they not? Mike looked very happy and emotional hearing Will's words in the van... no shit they're hoping that's how El feels.

But El never called Mike the heart. El never said she needed Mike and always will. Those words coming from Will's feelings for Mike, then being used to inspire Mike to give his monologue to El, was disingenuous bc it was never El’s feelings being responded to in the first place.

‘It only works if it comes from you’

That’s the whole problem. It didn’t work bc it was coming from Will, not El.

IF everything Will said applied to El, why not have it come from her?

No, but seriously??

Is s5 just going to open up to El apologizing to Mike for ignoring him after the monologue, followed by her just repeating everything Will said with her own twist and Mike being like cool!! That works for me!

The problem with making the narrative choice to instead focus on Will's feelings at the forefront, only to follow it up with El's identical feelings, does nothing but make the whole thing fall flat.

Instead of seeing this main couple voice their love for each other themselves, I gotta have her brother do it for her?? And only then after he does it, can I see her do it in like a 2.0 version of sorts????

So many milkvans are willing to acknowledge that Mike and El’s dynamic throughout the series is riddled frivolous conflict more than anything, with little to no time dedicated to showing the development that actually matters. They say they wish the show spent more time with them actually face to face acknowledging how they both feel verbally without the constant cloud of some other third party interfering, causing them to have issues. They say that this time though, they think the Duffers will magically pull through for them and go from what they believe is shitty writing to ‘good’ writing, based in terms of how they'll handle Mike and El's relationship in s5...

But that's not realistic on any front, milkvan, byler or otherwise.

And that's a big part of the problem, bc they know the pacing has not been great for them, and they NEED the show to just give them Mike and El so they can be happy, but that's not how you build up suspense for a love story. And dragging out Mike and El any more, would just be a repeat of every other season before. They reached their peak and so they can only down from here. That's kind of the whole point.

One thing to note is that the Duffers always create conflict for the incompatible couple early in a season, so that the audience doesn’t feel too uncomfortable with the idea of considering the other option that’s at the forefront for the rest of the season.

This will ESPECIALLY be the case for byler, bc Will already has home wrecker allegations as it is. And it's also a highly controversial queer ship, and so people are going to be making claims left and right that it’s wrong bc of xyz.

They just wont be able to have byler scenes loaded with romantic tension all season long, more than any other season, and with the story making it more obvious they want us to root for them, while also having Mike and El still be together. And it's simply bc the reality is the Duffers have a record of doing the complete opposite of that.

This is also endgame territory, so there is a serious pressure on the writers part to get their audience to be closer to rooting for byler than denying it even being possible. Meaning they NEED the audience to be watching their first kiss and, for better or worse, be thinking, FINALLY just get it over with already!

Also what's El's supposed to be up to while this is happening? Are we assuming she's just stringing along waiting for Mike to get his shit together? Like Jesus!

El has every right to say her piece and get that shit over with, by episode 1 or 2 at the latest. She could be a focused on Max and her family and friends, which if you'll note also includes Mike and Will, but instead this time without the pressure of her having to hope that something will turn around and suddenly Mike will decide he finally loves her... She doesn't deserve that.

Byler is clearly the route they are taking. If that is the plan, it's time to make this separation so that the audience is finally confronted with viewing Mike and El without the constant rose tinted love at first sight goggles, and instead give them a chance to be their authentic selves.

And I think El, being a character that could barely speak in s1, that her not getting her own voice in this situation is fucking serious. El not being able to say those words to Mike herself, like there's a reason for that. And so when she finally does get to say how she feels, there isn't going to be any room for subtext or misunderstanding, not on the audiences part nor Mike's. El has always been pretty clear about what she wants and I think that will apply in s5 now more than ever.

#byler #no but srs i try to imagine their version of the show and my brain sort of just freezes up #is their dynamic going to just completely shift and they'll communicate perfectly #after barely communicating at all at the end of s4? #like they know that milkvan need to be together by now to make sense and that's why their version has them happy right away #bc they cant allow themselves to see it any other way #bc it would just literally be a repeat of every other season... #somethings gotta give #give el her voice to say how she feels for herself #and don't be mad when it turns out her brothers feelings don't exactly match up with hers #you know.. the words mike smiled captivatingly too...

[writingquestionsanswered]

Anonymous asked: Is it too corny or unrealistic if i end my story with an explosion that injures one partner of a couple after they had a fight, and the other partner was on their way to make things right? the point would be it's tragic they never resolved their big fight. I'm worried it won't make sense or will be too unexpected. the story follows the developing relationship of a couple I want to show their ups and downs. i would attribute the explosion to a gas leak in the apartment or something along those lines but is it too...ridiculous?

(Ask edited for length.)

You can definitely do this, you just need to make it purposeful. One way you can do that is by being intentional with the themes you explore. For example, because of the ending, you might want to explore grief as a theme. There are lots of ways you can do that... if some of their ups and downs are breaking up and getting back together, you could explore grief over a relationship ending. Or, if they never break up, you could explore that through the break up of one of their friends or a family member. You could explore grief over the loss of a job or promotion, the loss of a pet, the death of a loved one or even someone like a neighbor or co-worker, a tragic event close to home. By exploring the different kinds of grief and the different ways grief is handled, the choice of ending has purpose because it ties into that theme. (And again, you don't have to choose grief specifically... there are many themes that would work with the ending you want to do.)

You should also find a way foreshadow this loss if you can--for example, let's say B is the one who has the tragic ending. So, maybe earlier in the story there's a scene where A is in a minor accident or loses their cell phone on a trip and is out of touch for a couple days, and B is worried sick about them. When they reunite, B talks about how horrifying it was to think they'd lost A, that they didn't know how they'd go on if that happened. And A could say something like, "You'd put one foot in front of the other and keep going, that's how you'd go on." This plants a subtle seed in the reader's mind that something could go wrong. They won't really expect it to, but it will be in their subconscious. And then, when it happens, it's not completely unexpected. That little seed is still in their mind--they knew this could happen. But the best part is, since it's actually A who lost B (and not B who lost A as the foreshadowing hinted at), it's unexpected in a good twist kind of way.

By doing these two things, not only can you prevent this tragedy from feeling unexpected, you can give it purpose that will tie it together with the rest of the story.

Happy writing!

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[duskymrel]

Twst Azul x Dancer!Reader

Synopsis: Azul discovers that you were a dancer in your world, and you give him a few dance lessons.

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Azul walked into the Monstro Lounge early one morning, expecting to see you getting ready to open up. He had hired you a few weeks prior, and it was your job to get there early and ensure everything was ready and clean for when the Lounge opened for the day. You would have rejected the job offer, knowing how shady Azul could be, but the pay was too good to turn down. And let's be honest, Crowly doesn't give you nearly enough to live off of.

Azul couldn't see you at first, but he heard music coming from the kitchen and went to investigate. He pushed open the doors and froze, seeing you sweeping.

But you weren't just sweeping.

You were dancing. And it was beautiful. The music was upbeat and fun, and you looked like you were having the time of your life. You shook your hips, you twirled, you did complicated steps, and you swept the broom along rhythmically. Something about the way you were dancing felt so graceful, and if the precision in your movements told him anything, it was that you had practiced this a lot. He stood in the doorway for a while, watching you with something akin to awe.

Now here's a little secret Azul had. It's the real reason why he had hired you. You see, Azul had developed a bit of a crush on you. You fascinated him. Despite the fact that you were a magicless human who was stuck in a new world, you kept your chin up and worked hard. Your grades were perfect, you had the patience to put up with Crowly, and you were able to handle the Braincell Trio without losing your mind. How could he not admire you?

And now, watching you dance so beautifully, he felt his heart beat faster and his face heat up. He cleared his throat loud enough for you to hear over the music, and you swirled around, startled. He asks where you learned how to dance like that, and you explained to him that you did Dance as an extracurricular back in your world.

If this man wasn't smitten with you before, he's head over heels now. All he can do now is picture you doing different dance forms, like ballet or jazz. He finds it so impressive, because he knows dancing is hard. He wants you to teach him, but he's probably too shy to ask.

If you do end up giving him a dance lesson or two, he's thrilled. You ask him if he has any particular preference for what he wants to learn first, and he suggests learning the waltz. You put on the music and show him where to put his hands and how to step. You two start out slow, with you leading. You're as graceful as ever, but Azul... Well, lets just say Azul's never been the best dancer. But eventually he does get the hang of it. (After stepping on your poor feet a million times...)

Dancing with you like this makes Azul feel things he's never felt before. It's just so intimate. You and him dance around together for a while, and his head feels dizzy with euphoria while you looked overjoyed. This is your forte, and you're happy to share something so special to you to the man you were so enamoured by.

You keep giving him dancing lessons, teaching him different forms and giving him tips on how to improve. He learns fast, and soon he's able to keep up with you pretty decently. You and Azul grow closer and closer, and Azul decides to come up with a way to confess how he feels.

"Prefect, I have a question for you."

"What is it, Azul?"

"Will you be my dance partner... forever?"

This is the first oneshot I've ever written! And of course it's for Azul, my beloved. Feel free to leave feedback in the comments. :)

Requests are open! I write one shots for Twisted Wonderland, preferably x Mc's. I will not write NSFW, noncon, pedophilia, incest, etc.

Have a lovely day, darlings!

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[kaicubus]

She Wolf | Enid S.

warnings ✩° : mutual crush, plot twist???, some angst but mostly fluff, pure love, first kiss, wholesome, cursing, enid being werewolf, mentions of murder, wlw.

pairing ✩° : enid sinclair x implied fem!werewolf hunter!reader

premise ✩° :  how can you not like enid? shes pretty, quirky, fun and full of life. you on the other hand, full of secrets and mystery that enid didn’t even know.  

word count ✩° : 3.7k

authors note ✩° : AWOOO!!! ok if some of the dialogue is cringey its bc i really tapped into the mind of enid, not that shes cringe at all but like...you know. also this one is majority dialogue, ITS FUN TO WRITE LIKE HOW ENID WOULD TALK IM SORRY…

For as long as you've been alive, you've been a werewolf hunter. Raised with family so ruthless and relentless in their hunt, it all started with your extremely distant relative's whose wife was killed by one in cold blood. Ever since then, every relative of your family was taught how to find, track, and murder one. Including you. Though, as time passed and the generations grew up in a more tolerant society, you found it strange that your family’s old ways was still trying to worm it’s way in your life. It was impossible to ignore the existence of werewolves, especially in your school Nevermore.

The place was crawling with them, literally. For that reason, it was hard to convince your parents to even let you go there but luckily you now attend Nevermore more happy than ever. But, your parents did pass down a very specific family heirloom down to you for werewolf advances : An floral engraved silver dagger with an obsidian handle, etched in the handle are your initials. 

Still, even if you were raised to not like them, you knew everything about werewolves. Including the exact time when they ‘wolf out,’ the measurement of their claws when werewolves ‘wolf out’ and under which circumstances they do it under, even down to the particular musk they have. Despite your highly trained self being born to hunt werewolves, you found yourself rather attached to one.

She had blonde hair, with the tips dyed blue and pink respectively, had a pep in her step no matter where she went, mildly tempered but for the most part just brought sunshine all around her. She was the embodiment of the bubbly personalty, and it wasn't long till your feelings started to develop towards her.

Of course you had to have a crush on her. Nothing seemed more perfect than that. But how could you not? She was always nice to you, giggling and making friendship bracelets for you, brushing your hair and telling you about her adventures with her friends. Being by her side was enjoyable and her presence around you only seemed brighter every time. She made you feel less alone. So you wanted to tell her how you felt and just how much she meant to you. The only thing was, she was a werewolf and you were born to hunt her kind.

You tried not to think about it though. Groaning, you crumple up a letter to your friend about the whole situation and eventually slump against your desk in frustration. Your roommate, your crush, and the werewolf were all the same person, and at times when she was gone you’d write to your long distance pen pal and update them about the issue. It was therapeutic.

That is until you hear the door of your dorm open dramatically, accompanied by a cheery tone, “Hey rommie!” Enid chirps, galloping next to you excitedly, “You just as thrilled as I am for the Lunar Lake Watch?”

Enid was an enigma. Her name kind of looks like it too. But, it seemed like she was always happy. In fact, you haven’t seen her cry or get genuinely angry for as long as you’ve known her. It was just her, and you had a crush on all of her. Even her lycanthropic identity.

You turn your head just barely to see her rolling back and forth on her heels, showing a wide grin and flashing her eager blue eyes with quick flutters of her lashes. Everything about her made your heart race just even by just looking at her; From her short, wavy hair all the way down to her mismatched pink and orange ankle socks. “You know it.” you nod, leaning on your hand, “It’s not till a few hours, what’s got you so excited?”

“Well, as you may know...the Lunar Lake Watch is kind of a big deal for me and other werewolves here.” She beams, “Especially for me because it means I could finally wolf out and not be a disappointment like my mom always says! Yay!” Enid flaps her hands around and giggles.

The Lunar Lake Watch was a common tradition for werewolves, especially at Nevermore, where all lycanthropes would band together in front of a large lake where the moon beamed from above. Each werewolf would have the opportunity to gather with other wolves and just banter and socialize. However, it was rumored that upon drinking anything the moon touched, otherwise known as serene water, all truth would be revealed to the directed person. Like if a gorgon looks at you, you turn to stone, but with drinking serene water you tell the deepest truth towards that person.

A soft laugh leaves your mouth, “No matter what your mom says, Enid, you're no disappointment to me.”

“Thanks, Y/n.” Her cheeks glow, “Oh, another thing! Did you also know that where the Lunar Lake Watch—that’s getting tiring to say, so I’m just going to call it LLW for short—is being held is a renowned spot where pairs of people go to and discover each others darkest secrets? Lots of couples go and it’s sort of like a cute little confession thing! Like— ‘Oh babe you secretly love me?’ and ‘Oh my God how did you know?’ ‘Because the moon told me’ It’s so cute!” She gasps briefly, “But also like, some people go and find out their partner is cheating on them! Happened to my friend once. It was WICKED. But that doesn't happen if you don't drink or come into contact with any of the water which is why Principal Weems is making us werewolves sign a consent form so we can go. It can happen to ANYBODY though.”

With a laugh, you brush the hair from your face as you lean against the back of your chair, struggling to fight back an even bigger smile. “So like, if I murdered someone...I probably shouldn’t go?”

“Most likely~ But, I want you there, murderer or no murderer.” Enid tucks her hands behind her back and smiles at you wider than any human should be able to, “But, you are going, right?” a part of her worries.

You nod, “Yeah, but I really have no one to go with. So I was just going to go, look at the moon, maybe get some of those seasonal moon-shaped pretzels.”

“Perfect! Well! That’s a relief, I thought I’d be going alone too if Ajax and Yoko hadn’t ask me.” She tucks a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear, “But, I was thinking of going with someone else...and asking you to go with me?"

It isn’t until your eyes meet her curious blue ones that you notice the particular glint in the werewolf part of Enid, how attentive she looks when she really wants something. Her bottom lip tucked under her top teeth, revealing her small canines in anticipation, and judging by the way her hair bounced nervously, how could you resist? “You want to go to the Lunar Lake Watch with me?”

Enid sways from side to side, “Not—Not like a group thing with Yoko and Ajax, but if you want to go with them then that’s totally cool and fine—”

"No no!” You put your hands up defensively, “I want to go with you, Enid.”

“Really? Ok! Wow! That’s great! We can go at 6:00? That gives us a good time frame so we can check out all the other things there, then at 8:00 we can go and do the whole truth reveal secret thing so I can get my ‘power up.’ It’ll be so much fun!” Enid giggles, “You're the best, Y/n! I’ll see you tonight!”

Right. The whole deepest darkest secret thing. Talking to her and basically planning out a date must've made you forget that bit. You knew more than anyone that attending this event would mean one of two things, spilling your secret of your feelings towards Enid, or revealing the fact you not only have a long lineage of hunting what she is but that you are one. But the opportunity to hang out with Enid is far too good to pass up.

By the time the clock hits 5:55, you find yourself waiting for Enid. You know she’s close by, given a text she had sent just a few minutes ago, but she’s held back by talking to Yoko, leaving you alone with your spiraling mess of thoughts.

The chances of Enid wolfing out are low, you know that, but the chances of others turning into malicious, animalisitic beasts targeting you or any other innocent students plagued your mind. There was only one person and one thing that would be able to stop it if something like that were to happen. Quickly, you pack your trusted dagger and stuff it deep into your pocket.

“Y/n~” You hear Enid sing from outside your door, quickly opening the door and showing herself off, “Oh. My. God. YOU LOOK AMAZING.” Her hands fly out in front of her, but stops when her claws extend as well, “Oops, my bad. Y/n you look stunning. Dressed to impress. Stay there, I have to post this.”

As soon as you two catch up and finish getting ready together, it isnt long before you both find yourselves standing in the midst of the Lunar Lake Watch. Werewolves, sirens, gorgons, other students, and teachers all there, laughing and 

“Isn’t this awesome?!” Enid swoons, spinning around with her arms out, “You said you wanted to try the pretzels first? We can go together! And also we have to get the slushies here, they are SO good.”

For the next few hours, you and Enid spend aimlessly walking around, talking to each other and finding your friends to briefly talk too, but inevitably just regroup together. The bright cascade of moonlight streams down from above, not so obviously shining right down at Enid—almost like she attracts everything beautiful.

Until the time came, you were lost in her. Her eyes, her presence, her. Being hopelessly in love with Enid Sinclair was like a dream you didn’t want to ever wake up from, but like all dreams there was always a time you had to come back to the harsh reality of the world.

“Welcome students!” Principal Weems smiles, “Enid, Y/n, welcome. Drink?” She holds two cups out to you both, “One drink for you, and another...for you! Now I must disclose that these drinks were exposed to the full moon, so if you do drink it, there is a high chance you both will be spilling out secrets sooner or later!” Weems claps her hands together.

“Yep, thanks, Principal Weems!” Enid smiles.

With that, you two find a more secluded place with a good outlook of the lake, like everyone else, and sit down on a nearby log fit for two people.

“So, we just drink and then we both start telling the truth?” You play along, despite knowing everything about the tradition, “Seems a little weird...” You look down at your cup and swirl the clear liquid around, watching it slosh against the insides of the opaque cup.

Enid nods, “Basically. You ready?”

“I guess.” Your eyes dart back into hers and that’s when you notice the familiar glint of excitement Enid always has, only this time it looks to be amplified by a thousand. Still, your hands hesitate to raise the cup properly to your mouth. Is this really how you want either the start of a relationship or a confession of a cold blooded killer to go down? You close your eyes and let out an unnoticed breath.

Enid counts down, holding up her fingers, “3...2...1...” and suddenly, she throws her head back and swallows the serene water all in one go. Even with her cheery attitude, you're unable to do the same, making the ultimate decision to put your cup down, resting it on the flatness of your thighs and knees.

You watch Enid as she thrashes her head around and laughs, “Man!” she laughs, “Y/n this stuff is great! I feel like there’s so much I need to say and so many things...I need to tell you...” Her eyes fall onto your drink and she realizes you didn’t drink with her, “Uh, Y/n, you were supposed to drink that at the same time as me. Did you forget?”

You shake your head slowly, “Enid, I-I can’t. There’s somethings that I really shouldn't tell you, and I don't want you finding out like this.”

“What?~ Was that bit about you being a murderer actually true? If it is, I said I wasn't going to judge! Except if you murder puppies. THAT is unforgivable and a deal-breaker.” She laughs.

“No, Enid—No matter what you guess, I’m not going to tell you! I just can’t. Ok? Because if I tell you it could mess up everything we have!” You squeeze your eyes closed and ball your fists, trying to hold yourself together from falling apart any more than you are now.

Your roommate steps forward, her eyes wide with curiosity, “Y/n. Nothing. Could ever. Mess up what we have. Ok? Do you GET me?” Enid grabs the sides of your arms and jostles you around, “You are the best person I know, who wouldn't hurt a fly, who’s funny and makes me laugh, who would share her secret book collection with me even though I ripped up her diary by accident! Nothing you do or who you are would ever change what we have!”

Your lip trembles, but she shakes you again as if she knows exactly what you're thinking.

“Hey, I get it, you're nervous to tell me your secret.” She tilts her head down and looks at you through her lashes, “Y/n. Do you want to know my secret?” Enid asks. You nod without thinking. “I have been waiting for this exact moment at the LLW to tell you that...I really like you Y/n. Like, more than a friend. I have been WAITING to tell you for so long.” You feel her nails dig into your sleeves softly, “So if that’s your secret too, I want to know.”

Slowly, you move your hand down to hers, touching over her knuckles and placing her palm over your face. A smile appears when she feels how warm your face is, but you look away from her burning gaze, biting your lip in anticipation, “Enid I—”

Before you could react, before you can even know what it is, something slides out of your pocket. The one thing you packed that you shouldn’t have. Your dagger. As it clatters onto the pebbly trail under your feet, both of your eyes snap to the fallen object, reflecting your horror in the metallic blade.

Enid notices, but fails to see your face turn ghost white.

“Wait a second, you dropped something.” She says, bending down to your feet to pick it up, but just before she could wrap her claws around it, she hesitates and steps back.

“That’s funny.” Enid raises a brow with a small grin, “Y/n, did you know you have a super rare werewolf hunter dagger made of sterling silver in your pocket?” Her eyes flutter with curiosity but very quickly double in size, “That’s not right.” She examines it, “Y/n, how did you get this?” her tone dropping into a much more serious baritone, more serious than you have ever heard her before.

You reach for your friend but she backs away, “It’s not what you think! Look, that thing is old, Enid. I don’t even know why I packed it, it was a mistake.” The words fall tightly from your teeth as you can feel your throat close up just as tightly. What do you even want to say? You’re not sure. “I’m not like that.”

The look on Enid’s face, worry, fear, disgust, it didn’t matter—it breaks you from the inside. “What are you trying to say?” She asks slowly, “Is your secret, you being a werewolf hunter? Is that it?” Enid holds her hands and scratches her fingers, a habit she does when she’s stressed.

You throw your hands up defensively but she backs away, “No! Well—yes? But no! Enid I wasn’t going to hurt you! I didn’t want to tell you before because—”

“Because you wanted to wait until I was vulnerable for you to slice my neck, that’s it? Huh? You’re SICK and you’re TWISTED, Y/n!” Her voice heightens to a near shrill of terror, almost like its rehearsed.

You instinctively lunge forward, trying to preserve the little dignity you have left to just tell her the truth. “Enid! Listen to me! Ok?! This is not how I wanted it to go!”

Her nose scrunches, “Oh so you wanted my murder to go smoothly, right?”

You pinch your nose bridge, “Enid. If I was going to hunt you. I would’ve done so, HOURS—no—WEEKS—NO. The first time I saw you! But I didn’t because I’m not like that! I like you too! Ok?! I really do, but I didn’t want to tell you, especially now, not until you found out the truth that...that I am...someone who hunts your kind...” There was no more hidden secrets. Just truth. Cold, unsupervised, raw, truth. Judging by her face, she definitely hates you. How could she not?

All this time, you kept such a big secret behind her back, not even knowing that any second she could've died to your hand. But that wasn't true at all. What even was true at this point?

All of a sudden, you hear a sharp breath coming from in front of you. You look up to see Enid with a hand over her lips, masking her entire mouth. Before you know it, her shoulders shake and she begins to giggle. She’s…laughing. “What are you doing?” You ask, confused. But she keeps laughing. Laughing so hard that she can’t contain herself so she ends up snorting and covering her mouth, falling into a laughing spell. You watch as she hunches over, trying to cease her hysteria but she just ends up crumbling onto the ground beneath you.

“You—You really thought I didn’t know? All this time! You thought me of ALL people wouldn’t snoop?” The blonde wheezes, gripping onto the ground, “Y/n, I’ve known you’re a werewolf hunter from the very first day I met you. We can tell too you know.”

What?

“No, that’s not possible. Werewolves can’t tell if someone’s a hunter, that’s basic knowledge.”

“Maybe if you were hunting my grandma, Y/n. Its the 21st century, I literally have a phone and nail polish on. I’m not relying on foot prints and images in tree stumps to tell me if danger’s near by. We evolved too, you know.” Enid wobbles up and clears her throat, adjusting her hair by flicking the colored ends out and fluffing up her appearance. With a smile, she explains, “I’m just assuming but, you’ve never actually killed a werewolf before, have you?” She grins, “Because if you had, you would have realized that we have an incredible sense of smell that can actually pick up on these things like, I don’t know, the locks of fur you have in a brief case or the teeth of one from like 1863?” Enid swipes over her nose.

“B-But there’s a scent barrier so you can’t tell what’s inside!” You say, “That, that isn’t-”

“Lavender and teak wood?” She raises a brow, “Smells like a candle, which I thought it was, Y/n, not really don’t touch keep out.”

“So, let me get this straight,” You sit back down on the log and brush your fingers on top of your head, “You knew all this time, and that thing you just said now, how you were so scared of me—that was an act?”

Enid giggles, “I am somewhat of an actress myself,” she winks, “But, what I said before all that wasn’t made up.” A brief hand falls on your shoulder but quickly falls back to her side.

“You...you aren't mad at me?”

She shakes her head dismissively and pouts her lips, “No? I just thought it’d be fun to prank you. I got you good, didn’t I?”

“Y-Yeah,” You clear your throat, “I guess you did.”

Your crush smiles and sits back down next to you, handing your dagger by the handle and placing it on your legs, “Let’s start over. I like you, Y/n. Werewolf hunter or not, you're no threat to me. I think you're just stuck in this family thing where you built yourself on this idea you thought you had to be. I’m kinda the same way. So, I get it.” She places a gentle hand on yours.

You feel your face heat up, but you hold her hand back, “I like you too, Enid. It feel.

Finally after what seems like an hour, you turn back up to face her. Unexpectedly, the two of you appear to be close, way closer than ever, faces almost touching and your bodies just a space apart. There’s a feeling of tension pulling you both towards each other when suddenly you feel the blood rush to your face, ripping away from the barley there scent of her strawberry lip gloss.

She stares at your lips as you pull away just enough, “Enid,” you try and recollect yourself and make your voice come out less like a whisper and slightly more normal, but the words don’t form and you're left staring back at Enid’s lips.

Without another moments waste, Enid’s hands cup your face and suddenly, she captures your lips in a soft kiss that you eagerly reciprocate. Her lips are pliant against yours and her hands as well, just as excited to kiss you. You can feel her finger tips flutter against your cheeks as you grab onto the backs of her hands and lean into her palms.

“Wow,” Enid says when she pulls away first, “So. That happened. Wow.” Her face flushes with a deep peach color dusting over her cheeks and nose, soon spreading to her forehead and chin.

A soft chuckle escapes your lips and you move her hands down as well as your own, “I guess I have some catching up to do with werewolf culture, huh? I didn’t know they were so bold really.”

She shakes her head rapidly, “Nope. I think that was just something Enid wanted to do for a very long time.”

#wednesday #wednesday netflix #wednesday fanfic #wednesday fanfiction #wednesday imagine #wednesday enid #enid sinclair #enid sinclair imagine #enid sinclair x reader #enid sinclair x y/n #wlw ship #enid sinclair x you #kaicubus

[polyklok]

l m o q (fluff) & d g i x w (nsfw) for nathan if it isnt too much to ask for <3

L- Little Ones

Not as awkward as you would expect. I mean, Nathan is always kinda awkward around most people, but he’s fairly nice with kids! He’ll be friendly and joke around. If it’s kids that he knows, like back in Florida or something, it’s really cute to watch him wrestle them and pretend to lose. Oh god Nathan is so adorable

As for having kids of his own…He doesn’t know. He’ll look into it if you show interest, but the thought is super scary to him. He won’t bring it up.

M- Morning

Once the two of you are settled in, you have a daily routine, and start to regularly sleep in his room, he develops a rule; You two have to start the morning together.

If he wakes up first, he’s gonna wait until you wake up to even get out of bed. He expects you to do the same for him. He is not mentally well enough to begin his day until he has gotten a “Good Morning” and an accompanying kiss from you. It’s sweet but also a bit creepy cause he’s gonna stare blankly at your sleeping body until you get up.

Once that is done and over with, he likes to do everything in-sync with you. While you’re getting dressed, brushing teeth, yadda yadda, he usually recalls his vivid dreams to you. It helps him blow off some stress to have someone else know about the horrific and graphic imagery, even if it’s just through words.

Also I’m not sure where else to put this but Nathan likes morning sex.

O- Open

Yikes. For the first few months of your relationship, Nathan’s gonna be faking everything. Artificial enthusiasm, overkill on gestures, words that aren’t genuine. He’s had a lot of relationships where he liked the idea of someone more so than their actual personality, so he’s gotten use to lying his way through a relationship.

But, he does learn to trust you. He’ll ease up on acting how he thinks a boyfriend should act and actually begins to, well, be a boyfriend. He’ll let you know how he’s feeling, some ideas for Dethklok he’s working on, things like that. With more time, he’ll even come to you for advice and trust you with emotional baggage.

It’s a slow climb, but it’s a sure one, and having someone there for him just makes him feel so loved.

Q- Quizzes

He wants to be able to remember all the little things about how and then bring it up again later in a sweet way, like a gift or something. He really, really wants to. But he just can’t. He can’t memorize any of it for shit. Sometimes is brain will tell him that you said something he could turn into a romantic opportunity, but it won’t tell him what you said. He gets so mad at himself.

So, he starts using his notebook! Usually, he writes down potential song titles and lyrics. But now, right next to “old man dying in a river of blood and pus” he writes down things like “favorite flavor is strawberry”

D- Dirty Secret

Anytime he sees you get mad…oh man.

You yell, you start making violent gestures, you’re face gets twisted up in anger, even start spewing threats. Whether it’s directed at someone else or even him, he just goes fucking crazy for it. He feels really guilty too, he shouldn’t be having dirty thoughts while you’re in emotional distress. But he can’t help it, he loves when you snap and go apeshit. That’s why he can’t handle serious arguments with you, he’s spilt up between mad about the disagreement, upset that the two of you are fighting, incredibly fucking horny, and guilty that he’s horny.

If you happen to catch onto this, you should totally act aggravated and insult him a little bit while making out. He’s gonna love it.

G- Goofy

Nope! Not at all!

He just doesn’t think the bedroom is the place for jokes, it kills his mood. If you happen to make any, he’ll straight up ignore you….I don’t have much else to say. Just. Nope.

I- Intimacy

Most of the time, he’s gonna be rough and powerful and controlling of you. But he definitely sparks some very passionate moments when he wants to.

He does a google search first, so it’s all gonna be a smidge stereotypical; Romantic date beforehand, lots of flirting and affection, flowers, candles, and some sexy music. He takes his sweet time with the foreplay, making sure he focuses on all your most sensitive spots and getting you to make some gorgeous noises for him. The whole time, his ginormous body is gonna be pressing into yours, grunting and growling while he mutters about just how much much loves you and how perfect you are. He might start crying. Nathan never thought himself as the type to get emotional during sex, but he feels so safe with you, he can’t help it. He loves when you kiss away his tears, fighting through moans to tell him your own words of affection. It’s so picturesque and sensual.

X- X-ray

RIP your insides, mate, because they are getting mangled.

8.5 inches fully hard, girthy as hell, circumcised, head-to-base ratio doesn’t matter cause it’s still gonna destroy you, bends slightly upwards when erect, very veiny and slightly hairy. Goddamn. It’s a sight to see but also a pain to deal with. It…might take a while to get used to. He understands, this is not his first radio, and it’s the only reason Rebecca stayed with him.

W- Wild Card

Hmmm…

Nathan is a huge fan of massages. It’s the #1 way to turn him on before, and the #1 way to calm him down after. This guy is huge and he spends hours upon hours just headbanging, his shoulders and neck are constantly aching. He’ll lay on his stomach, you crawl onto his back and just work with his muscle while he groans. He’s willing to pay you back in anyway you want just to get your hands on him.

#dethklok #metalocalypse #polyklok is real #dethklok headcanon #metalocaypse headcanon #nathan explosion #request filled #metalocalypse x reader #metalocalypse nathan

[thattimdrakeguy]

What would yo say are the best Tim comics?

I apologize for how long this got. I can't talk like a normal person. I get too excited to talk about stuff. So bare with me. I'm really sorry.

I'm an Early Tim guy. I enjoy the consistency involved with them. Are they perfect? A-ha...noooooooooooo. Not at all. No comic is. Chuck Dixon was very clearly a grumpy middle-aged conservative man, which can make Tim come off as occasionally out of character since Tim was developed by Marv Wolfman as a naive, idealistic, positive-thinker, from a liberal family.

But he at least most of the time understands Tim, and certainly the aspects of Tim's anxiety caused by how highly Tim thinks of the legacy of Batman and Robin which is great.

So, like: Lonely Place of Dying.

It's his origin written by Marv Wolfman, it is THEE thing to read if you want to understand Tim. The fandom mostly talks about a made up version of his origin that is not even close to the case.

You want to read Tim? You want to understand him?

Lonely Place of Dying is the way to go.

There's also a good two-part story in Titans where Dick helps train Tim, but I can't remember what issues those were. You will likely be able to easily read it.

Tim also has a lot of fun moments before he's Robin but after Lonely Place of Dying where he's still written by his creator Marv Wolfman. The thing is, they're moments, so try to look like them up at least for extra content that show you more of how much of a Boy Scout Tim is.

The stories where Tim's parents die, and how he handles it afterwards are also very good. I would've preferred if his parents had lived, since a parent dying is such a trope. But it gives Tim an interesting dynamic where he was already working on being a crime-fighter when his died. It gave Tim a more existential side to his personality, that gives him a nice contrast with his positive-thinking side, giving him more depth ultimately.

The first Robin mini-series is great, mostly. But it is great.

This is where Dixon started writing Tim, though. And there's an extremely uncomfortable scene between Lady Shiva and Tim in the fourth issue, that I still can't put a comfortable twist on.

His other mini-series are also great. Joker's Wild is the second one, and the third one is Cry of the Huntress (Pretty sure), the third one is extremely angsty, so warning on that. They're all angsty, but goodness that one goes further with it.

His appearances in the general Batman and Detective Comics issues are also good. Different writers but he's consistent. It was a really good period for Batman and the Bat-Family overall, except for perhaps Dick, who wasn't terrible, just not his peak period anymore.

Robin, the ongoing Tim had is weird to describe. 'Cause in Dixon's run it is very very good. Yet filled with stuff that is really really not good.

His relationship with Stephanie has dated terribly, and with the modern eye makes no sense.

Stephanie essentially sexually harasses him, Tim does not like her beyond feeling responsible for her, and eventually they date.

Steph is a good character besides them dating, but the fact they ever dated is really unrealistic. Steph is a character created by Dixon, and you'll be able to tell when she goes from side-character with a great dynamic with Tim, to a character Dixon is desperate to have stay in the Bat-Family legacy.

And even past Steph, Dixon is horrible at writing romance. Any attempt at a love interest with Tim are almost always terrible. They can be distractingly bad how horrible the writing is.

Dixon's conservatism also pops out...which is distracted when Wolfman literally, in-comic, had the Drake's consider themselves liberals.

Not enough to ruin the experience, it's noticeable though.

Dixon's ability to write a complicated kid character, with a great pacing, great depth, side-characters (mostly), and characters that bring out Tim's character are fantastic. It's a great run overall.

There's more after this, that's important to read, I just don't want to cram up people's dashboard.

I'm simply warning you that it is dated, like many comics of it's age. So be warned when gross stuff shows up.

The pros outweigh the cons I'd say, since Dixon is mostly blacklisted from comics right now anyhow.

Tim will also have appearances in Nightwing too around this time, that are some of the best content those two characters have in their history. Search em out, they're fantastic.

Oh, and once Tim goes to boarding school in Dixon's run, feel free to jump off. Dixon gets increasingly lazy, and his writing turns really bad. It's not that bad at the start of it, but as it goes, my goodness does his once great run turn into total garbage. Side-characters are generic, Steph turns into an outright emotional abuser, characters act super super super out of character for moments that are written for Dixon himself.

Read the start of it. There's still good stuff, and a few good, fun stories. I particularly like one that ends with Tim getting autographed books for his friend.

Just know that it will eventually turn to shit.

And his solo isn't good again until Adam Beechon. Adam Beechon arguably has the best Tim Drake run, if you skip the Evil Cass storyline that was forced onto him.

He understands Tim incredibly well, and without the conservative politics. Telling similar stories to Dixon but doing it better. And Tim's love interest is, genuinely, the only one he's ever had that feels like they're good for each other.

It's also perhaps the only, if not one of the only comics during Tim's depression era that still understands who Tim is as a person.

Adam Beechon has even written for Ben 10, and the Teen Titans animated series.

If you only want to read one run for Tim as a test drive, besides Lonely Place of Dying, read Beechon's run.

Besides that, uh, some guest appearances in Birds of Prey, and Batgirl. Though don't read any that are late in the Batgirl run, 'cause holy shit there's one story that's just about the writers fetish for the Barbara Gordon classic Batgirl suit and it is really really bad. Full of projection.

The closest thing to an in-character Tim since Beechon is maybeeee Bendis's Young Justice, but they try to act like his and Steph's relationship is the one and super healthy. And it got too ambitious for his own good. Also Tim randomly goes from Robin to 'Drake' and it's bad. Tim never wanted to be anything but Robin, and was created that way so it's super distracting.

So if you want more crumbs that'll do ya, just, again, be warned.

This is comics we're talking about.

That isn't me calling it the best. It's more of like--an extra thing of note for the sake of other people. Enjoy what ya will.

There's other comics that are good, just...Tim's characterization feels really different and forced in ways that go against what one would call the heart of the character. The thing needed that can have even some not so great characterization feel bearable.

In my opinion anyways.

Enjoy what you enjoy.

#Tim Drake #Robin

[bettsfic]

SNS? I had a panic attack the other night and asked someone I thought was a close friend (we've previously been open about mental health stuff and they had told me directly that I can always call them if they would) for help getting through it. They agreed and talked at me for a bit while I cried and did breathing exercises. Now it's a few days later and they texted me to tell me they didn't want me in their life anymore. (1/2)

Everyone is on their own journey and I respect that and I respect the boundary that they've drawn. I guess my question is how do you handle trusting sometime and showing them the ugliest part of you and then getting rejected? I'm finding it very difficult not to go down the spiral of "I'm a horrible repulsive person and should try to minimize my negative impact on the world by isolating myself"

i'm so sorry that happened, anon. that sounds devastating. if it helps, i struggle with a lot of the same negative self-beliefs especially when i think back on relationships and friendships that didn't work out.

the first thing to do is to let yourself be hurt by their behavior. even though i agree that everyone has a right to draw their boundaries, that doesn't mean you can't have an emotional reaction to them. right now it sounds like you're turning that hurt onto yourself, when i think it's more productive to acknowledge that, regardless of how you see yourself, someone you cared about betrayed your trust. you don't have to attribute any logic to it or build a case against yourself. just let yourself feel hurt.

as far as the negative self-beliefs that develop from these situations, i really do think positive reinforcement is a good go-to coping strategy. just earlier today i was in an appointment with my psychiatrist who asked me, "what do you do when you're at your lowest?" to which i said more or less that (very reluctantly and with profound irritation) i begin listing off all the people who love me and all the good work i've put in the world. there is cold hard evidence that not even my self-hating brain can deny that i've been a positive influence on some people, and if i don't lock myself away, i can continue to be a positive influence. even if you have to write it down just so you can see it, make your list. make it as objective as possible so you can't twist it. cold hard facts of the positive influence you've had.

i remember when i started therapy, my big question was, "but what if people hurt you?" i asked that question over and over. no one ever had an answer for me. it's hard to find therapists who understand C-PTSD and the reality that we struggle to process betrayal and abandonment, so we carry it with us from relationship to relationship, piling on armor, until we can't form real relationships at all. the image i always conjure is barbed wire around a teacup. something fragile and made to be loved, but unable to be touched.

the answer i came up with is that you just have to love everyone as well as you possibly can knowing that they can hurt you. they can reject you, abandon you, blame you, and berate you, but you have to remember that the reward of loving is worth the risk of pain.

and lastly, the truth of the world is that there will always be people who simply aren't strong enough to hold you. it doesn't mean you're too heavy; it means they're not willing to put in the work to be strong in the way you need. this can be hard especially if you're the sort of person willing to put in the work for others. but everyone has a breaking point. it's just that some people are a steel beam and some people are a tightrope. it's easier to fall off of one than the other. the weight they're willing to carry has nothing to do with you.

where the negative self-beliefs come in is thinking, but what if i'm too heavy for anyone to hold? what if i'm an unreasonable burden? my instinct has always been to make myself lighter, smaller. if i can make myself easy to love, then people will love me easily, and if people love me easily then they won't hurt me. but the truth is that i am hard to love, not because there's anything wrong with me, but because loving is hard no matter how light and small you are. you can be the happiest, most stable person in the world and that still doesn't make you immune to the hurtful behavior of others, and it doesn't exempt you from behaving in hurtful ways. we are all flawed beasts looking for a place to belong. in order to find where we fit, we have to find where we don't.

i hope you've found some of this helpful. again, i'm sorry you're going through this, and i wish you the very best.

#sns #psych

[this-daydream-is-dangerous-13]

Just to comment on the Travis Kelce ask. I'm not a big Taylor fan but I'm a fan although I'm not here to worship her. She won't go for Travis because to me she seems so controlling & too self-absorbed. She can't handle men like Travis. She wants Harry because he's too kind, she thinks she can control him.

I have a different read on Blondie, anon, though I share your concern about Blondie’s approach to romantic partnerships.

I think young Taylor has some…skewed…views on love based on past heartbreak:

And while I recognize that this is satirical, it has kernels of truth:

And more with the games:

Both at TS and HS had been badly hurt/messed up by relationships with older adults (and abandonment issues from their own families of origin) when they fall madly and deeply in love. And they did not have the emotional maturity, life experience, or fully developed self-examination skills to understand how these wounds were affecting their decisions.

There has also always been a power differential in their relationship, one that has ALWAYS disadvantaged Harry.

HS has always been willing to make himself nearly invisible, a shadow in her narrative. I think he did (and still does) it to protect her, to show his love and devotion and loyalty.

And she seemingly twists herself into knots to support guys who are threatened by her and correspondingly try to make her feel small. And I haaaaaate it. I see it so often among amazing women whom I love; they make themselves small because the weak, threatened, mediocre men who ostensibly “love them” need to feel like saviours or feel superior/centred.

It does not have to be that way, Blondie! A partnership grounded in mutual love and respect and appreciation is possible.

And H is older now and has spent over half a decade working to get his emotional house in order. I think he knows now that he doesn’t have to (and won’t) be someone’s secret lover. His love is worth being celebrated.

So if Haylor 2.0 were ever to happen, I think it would be on much more even footing now. I mean, he is still going to think she is the greatest women who walks the earth (his stance on that has not changed from his first song-writing credits to his last, ha!). But she would have to be willing to *say his name publicly*, to talk about how she thinks he is amazing, too.

And like: besties, that’s not a hard assignment! Read our posts, you two: we’ve already outlined a bunch of content for you and it’s just based on us fans paying attention.

[paellegere]

final thoughts: supernatural season 8

oh my god i'm finally done. i don't even know why this season was so difficult to get through because honestly i liked it infinitely better than seasons 6-7, so what's up with that?

the beginning of the season was REALLY rough, but i think it found some footing toward the end. it had some pretty good plots, and i was genuinely so pleased to see them tying in original supernatural worldbuilding and plots to build this season. it felt like a return to its roots after deviating so hard in s6-7, so i greatly appreciate that. it almost made up for how often they disregarded established canon and retconned developments lmao (no it doesn't. i am salty about this).

as always too many episodes felt contrived and without consequence which annoys me to no end, but i think the god trials are a pretty good plot, and the emotional throughline of it was well done too. it had some good brother bonding and even some character development for them both: i love that sam and dean started the season so far apart and reaffirmed their undying love for each other in the end. it felt cohesive and well thought out.

imo the god trials should have started sooner. like, way sooner. getting to mid-season was a drag, and there was nothing acting like glue holding the storyline together for far too long. i really like what they did with benny and i will always love him and miss him (rip king) but i think conjoining the amelia/benny drama and the god trials would have been a better option. add some more trials in there or something idk, just give the show a leg to stand on.

but really i am actually genuinely impressed with how they handled benny. i think paralleling him with amelia was a smart choice, and it gave the entire season and undercurrent of tension between sam and dean that provided just enough oomph to make the finale hit hard.

and yeah the finale was good! actually i think the last three episodes were all pretty dang good. i had prepared myself to critique the angel trials in this write-up, particularly for being crammed in at the end, but i ended up really enjoying how that came to fruition, and the speed of it gave a particular tension and urgency to it that helped carry the resolution in the finale really well. i'd forgotten about the little twist ending, so i was pleasantly surprised!

thinking about it now, i think probably what made this season so difficult to watch was because too many episodes interrupted the momentum of the story. you have some cool trial episodes which are done pretty well and have a lot of tension, and then you follow that with... a random, unrelated filler episode. and that really does kill the mood, more so in this season than in 6-7 because 6-7 didn't really have very tense or coherent plots to begin with. there was nothing grasping my attention fully, so the plotty episodes and the filler episodes were more or less equals—not the case here. going from 100 to 0 every other episode was like breaking all the bones in my body with a wrench. seriously.

but i'm not gonna lie, the finale was so exciting and so well done that i'm almost tempted to start season 9 just to see the fallout of all that. SUPER excited about human castiel, i've been waiting for this moment since i started my rewatch. and finally sam and dean are un-divorced again. and isn't the mark of cain plot in season 9??? i remember enjoying that. i think. finally dean gets his time in the spotlight (suffering unimaginable horrors), thank god.

but i know objectively i need to take a break, so i'm gonna watch at least one season of hannibal next i believe. i keep getting torn between hannibal and black sails and then cursing myself for not watching hannibal when it was first airing, like an idiot. either way season 9 will have to wait for a little bit while i detox. holy shit.

#liveblogging: supernatural #hallelujah #.txt #spn reviews

[danthepest]

Its kinda funny rewatching and rereading Dragon Ball and noticing significant shifts in the roles of Piccolo and Vegeta.

Piccolo was VERY quickly shafted during the Saiyan arc. He went from being Goku’s arch enemy and technically the big bad of two arcs back to back to being yet another guy who has to hope Goku will show up quick enough to save the day. And he never really gets out of that spot. Yeah, sure he gets his little power ups with Nail and Kami, but they’re very blink-and-you-miss-it in terms of relevancy. He gets his short scuffle with Freeza in the manga and a longer one in the anime, the exposition dump with Cell and the scuffle with #17 that ultimately do nothing but stall for time before its back to the “oh noes where Goku” corner for him. He essentially pulls a Tenshinhan during the Piccolo Daimao arc, right down to the extremely quick change of heart.

The Boo arc handled him the best, all things considered. Toriyama stopped trying to give him quick fix power ups to play catch up with all the Super Saiyan stuff and utilized him as a trusted and wise mentor figure for the younger generation. Granted, Gohan and Gotenks achieved diddly squat in the end, but still. And it’s always funny comparing his psychotic self from the 23rd tournament and his frustrated grandpa self from the whole Gotenks vs Boo fight. Though I wish he was more proactive or active in general. Him giving up against the Kaioshin? What the fuck was that? And they took his one cool moment where he sliced Babidi away from him with the little scrotum sack surviving.

As for his redemption, while I absolutely love it (especially in the anime), it was done far too quickly. You could still have his love for Gohan and keep his animosity/rivalry with Goku up until he merges with Kami. Now an argument could be made that him actually killing Goku freed him from his vow/debt/mission/goal/purpose/whatever and thus led him to change so quickly, it would’ve been interesting to see him still be that ally who wasn’t fully trusted for a bit longer.

Vegeta on the other hand has a change in characterization that I have yet to decide if its genius in its subtlety or just Toriyama settling on how to write him.

Vegeta in the Saiyan arc and the Freeza arc is prideful, yes, but he was also cunning and fought dirty. If someone was stronger than him? He’d acknowledge it and try to gain any advantage he could. Ginyu Force too tough for him to handle on his own? Fuck it, he’ll team up with Gohan and Krillin to stand a chance. An opponent’s back it exposed to him? Stick the knife in the back and twist, twist, TWIIIIIST. Anything to score a win and survival.

But then the Cell arc happens and he becomes a Super Saiyan. Now he’s all about this so-called “saiyan pride” garbage and deluding himself into being the besterest fighter manz who has no equal. Refusing to admit anyone could possibly be better than him even when he gets his shit kicked in twelve times over. Now he has issues with teaming up because it goes against his saiyan/warrior pride and nonsense like that. Outright stating that if it came down to teamng up with Piccolo, the earthlings or Goku, he’d rather fight alone and die. Its why we get dumb moments like him wanting to let Gero activate #17 and #18 so he can fight them and letting Cell absorb #18. And that personality more or less sticks until he comes back to help Goku fight Boo.

His “redemption arc” that everyone fawns over is also one of the sloppiest character developments I’ve ever seen in fiction or even Dragon Ball itself.

Take off your headcanon glasses off for a moment (and the dub’s coloring of Vegeta’s entire character *cough his dying speech to Goku on Namek cough*) and you’ll see that he shows no redeeming qualities until he sacrifices himself against Boo.

So after leading the mini-invasion and being responsible for the deaths of Yamcha, Chaozu, Tenshinhan, Piccolo and then the Namekian villagers, the Dragon Team, especially Bulma, just kind of...accepts this guy into their circle even though he’s shown no remorse for what he’s done barely a year ago, nor shown any affection for anyone or even done a single selfless act. At least with Piccolo, you had Goku, Krillin and of course Gohan all be there to vouch for him because they saw him protect Gohan or help out when he could without any of the “I simply need you alive” excuse. And Bulma and Chi-Chi were still afraid and distrusting of him at the time so he wasn’t fully accepted quite yet. But Vegeta? Nah, he cool.

And then he and Bulma bang because dammit, we need more golden haired fighter dudes. Nevermind he was responsible for your last boyfriend’s death. Does that somehow give way to any redeeming qualities?

...not really. When Gero attacks the aircraft Bulma and baby Trunks were in, Vegeta didn’t even fart in their direction and when Future Trunks confronts him about it, he plainly states he doesn’t give a damn. And we’re never shown otherwise. He even kills the truck driver without so much as a second though during his fight with #18.

Its only when Cell kills Future Trunks that he shows any kind of affection for anyone.

Then the Boo arc happens. And this may just be me, but I never got the feeling he really cared or loved Bulma and Trunks up until his iconic sacrifice. He came across as if he was merely tolerating them, because without Goku around, he’s lost his goal. His motivation. So he settled on living and training at Capsule Corp because what else is he gonna do?

Then the whole Majin Vegeta spiel happens and everyone is so shocked and surprised that the murderous space mercenary who has shown zero redeeming qualities in all these years would turn against them?! Who could have seen this coming?! And its where the saiyan pride speeches come out swinging again.

:/

At this point he’s such a far cry from the scheming, smart and pragmatic Vegeta he was during the Saiyan and Freeza arc and I simply can’t chalk it up to any real “character development” rather than just Toriyama needing another punching bag to show how powerful the new baddie is.

But when he comes back? Oh yes, that’s when we finally see the change in mentality and behaviour Not simply told in a final speech or gesture before death. No, we’re shown it in how he interacts with Goku, how he thinks, how he fights, the absolutely hellish beating he takes to let Goku rest up or charge the spirit bomb. THAT’S when he becomes a natural mix of the two opposite personalities he’s given. That’s when Vegeta was smart and interesting again.

I know this has devolved into a rambling tangent about Vegeta’s redemption arc, but its still interesting to see and I wish more people discussed stuff like this rather than the constant who is stronger debates or which rainbow colored transformation is better.

#dragon ball #dragon ball z #dragonball #dragonballz #db #dbz #vegeta #piccolo #i will never understand people who think vegeta has the best character development in all of anime #when its such poorly thought out mess #that people had to headcanon it into something resembling an arc

[thedenofravenpuff]

Discontinued FNAF fics in the Cradle

Plenty of fic ideas I never continue on, cuz I lose the writing drive faster than drawing drive for sure. On top of chronic fatigue not ONLY makes it hard to draw due to physical limitations, but also causes brain fog to ruin ability to write and keep focus..

So I just wanted to list the ideas for concepts I had but never gonna complete so they ain't just left unknowns forgotten in dusty folders.

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InBetween: Classic Y/N x DCA slash fic with the plot twist that Sun hates Y/N cuz he doesn't want any adult help in the daycare and Moon just naturally distrusts adults. But the addition of Eclipse as a security procedure of the two merged together during security incidents, has the new AI immediately crushing on Y/N and try force itself to be present just to spend time together and Y/N has to make Sun and Moon make peace with the new 'intruder' on their life.

I never got too far on this one cuz I'm not good at writing basic romance and got stuck how I wanted my Eclipse to be like in this fic. The basis idea for him was to be cheerful and calm, to easily handle high stress situations, but being a basically newborn AI also very upfront and easy going. "Hi, I just met you and I love you," type, who bond HARD to Y/N to a point that really upsets Sun and Moon cuz they don't like Y/N same way. Though I guess could have opened an interesting talk on the subject of consent between personalities sharing body and the development of sentience in AI, in a simple language it would be written in. But yeah, never though of enough plot to keep interest or bind random scenes together for a longer fic. Only wrote a couple of scene past the intro.

LEGION: Y/N in the pizzaplex, pretty neutral friendship to the animatronics but bonds with the many STAFF bots and wet floor sign bots to a point they start a revolt when feeling Y/N is disrespected by the administration and has to negotiate with the animatronics to have their terms met for themselves and Y/N to regain the peace of the plex.

Had plenty of scenes noted down, I just lost the writing drive as usual whenever it's not a short one-shot. But I did like the way I built up how Y/N bonded with the STAFF bots, giving them names and stickers to identify them beyond their numbers and classification. Repairing them and talking to them to let the simple bots feel like people showing different personalities although all mutes and very basic AI compared to the animatronics. Had the idea since Moondrop counts as security he's head of the security STAFF bots and gets very annoyed when they stop obeying him.

The Attendant's Pet: Meant as a more risque fic about an Urban Explorer Y/N exploring the abandoned pizzaplex and gets stuck in the daycare when Eclipse grabs them and keeps them in captivity for misplaced company.

Was started on shortly after we got the first teasers of the Ruin DLC and knew nothing of the Eclipse we saw presented, so it was really just a spur of the moment. Only got the first chapter down, which I'm still pretty proud of, but got stuck how to continue the story and where I could possibly take it with the idea of psychology of being stuck in captivity by a deranged AI in a broken down ruin they call home. Started based on vague ideas originally meant to be a short story but the intro and first chapter went too long for me to get away with keeping it simple and I just lost the drive. Especially now we know what actually goes down in the DLC.

Solstice: Already rambled about this one in the past. A post apocalyptic world where the animatronics get infected by a virus to make them start a genocide on humanity and leaves society broken. The titular character, Solstice, a cyborg built with parts from the Daycare Attendant just wanting to make friends despite the lack of trust in crazed and murderous animatronics

Had two chapters for this one and lots of ideas, but again, lost drive because I'm not good at long stories. I do adore the silliness I put into naming some of the human characters, the main character besides Solstice being the rough and tough explorer Chuck and his partner Norris. And the twins they adopted on the way, Steph and Vince, are some old OC's of mine repurposed for the story. The story would follow the group as they get Solstice to join them to travel the wasteland, using their new cyberpunk friend as a bodyguard while unlocking the secrets to what had the animatronics go nuts and why they still target humans without fully making them go extinct.

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Just them fic ideas that never fully got off the ground but I still like to have thought up.

Thanks for reading, have an imaginary cookie for getting this far.

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OC Writer's Block Cures

Since @dyrewrites tagged me I figured I should give one of these a try. I haven't had any major writing blocks since starting The Clockwork Boy strangely enough, but I'm going to include editor's block which I have to assume is a very real thing. So, how would the Clockwork Boy gang help me?

Note: The original post uses the following rules

Rules: Answer how would your OC would motivate/cheer you up when you have writer's block.

which I chose to change the wording of to:

Rules: Describe how your OCs would help you with your writer's block

This is for two reasons. First, viewing writer's block as a problem to be solved is how I handle the darn things so it is easier for me to imagine that, and Second: I don't take motivation or cheering up all that well for reasons that are too complex and too stupid to get into at length here. My lovely tagged friends can use either rule as they see fit.

Said tagged friends: @chishiio @scribbling-stardust @absentviolet @unspokenvastlywritten @scifimagpie

Jake isn't a writer by a long shot, but he knows a thing or two about being stuck in your own head. He'd probably ask me to explain what the problem that got me stuck was while he was working on something or other. He would no doubt ask a series of follow-up questions, many of which I'd be unable to answer.

13 would be very enthusiastic about being Involved In Writing. He would offer me a deluge of plot hooks and twists that probably won't be quite what I'm looking for, but the energy with which they're delivered will be invigorating.

One would suggest I kill off a character to get the plot rolling or to make the stakes more intense. She would suggest this pretty much no matter what had gotten me stuck in the first place.

Secundus Two would suggest a development that would either deeply confuse me or make me sick to my stomach. Depending on the problem at hand, her suggestions might actually work, but at the steep price of putting whatever her imagination cooked up out there into the world.

Ten would be no help at all and he would merely suggest that I eliminate the problem without showing any understanding of whatever problem it is that got me stuck in the first place.

Creator similarly would no doubt mock me for allowing myself to get stuck in the first place, at which point I'd probably tell him a few choice words about stones and glass houses.

Delilah would decide to distract me in some way in the hope that the small break would allow my brain to work the problem. This distraction could come in the form of the goofiest jokes I've ever heard or particularly catchy working songs.

Mina would suggest taking the story in a wildly different direction, reasoning that either I try that out and see how it feels or am sufficiently motivated by my immediate dislike for the idea to get through the block.

#hearts in clockwork #the clockwork boy #writing #writeblr #tag game

[loveisharderthanitlooks]

I've spent the day dwelling on it and I've come to the conclusion that this twist is the worst writing we've ever seen on the show.

To be very clear, I'm not saying that because I can't handle Carlos looking bad or doing something wrong. I'm happy we're finally getting to see his flaws and to see him fuck up and make mistakes and (hopefully) learn from it. I've been begging for a fully fleshed out Carlos from the beginning, and we're finally getting that.

It's not even that I think the basic premise itself is a bad story. Carlos having a marriage of convenience to his best friend because he was struggling after coming out his parents and not getting the support he needed from them. Yeah, there's a meaty story there. Lots of room for character and relationship development there.

What makes it so stupid is the timing. It's opened up plotholes big enough for Carlos to drive his police cruiser through. It undoes three seasons of (often poor, I know) character development. It takes a beloved character and says everything we've told you about this character is wrong. It undermines several established relationships.

[Carlos and Iris loved each other so much and were so close they thought they could make a platonic marriage work and then when she was found after being missing and presumed dead for three years he just never went to see her? He wasn't even making sure she was doing ok by messaging Michelle semi-regularly? Yes, that actually does make him a terrible friend.] [Carlos and TK have been in a relationship for several years now, they are getting married and not only has Carlos never mentioned that he as a wife, apparently in all that time he has never mentioned his best friend at all. Does Carlos just never talk about himself ever? Does he never tell TK stories about what he did in high school? Does TK never ask? What do they talk about? What does it say about their relationship if they don't know basic information about each other?] [Season one established that Michelle and Carlos had become close friends. Then she finds Iris and what, they just stop talking to each other? She doesn't even let him know she's leaving the country for three months? Why did they stop being friends?] [Andrea and Gabriel knew he was gay, watched him marry a woman, she vanishes for three years, Carlos moves in with a man and we're supposed to believe that Andrea didn't try to talk to Carlos about any of it?] [Carlos would have been a prime suspect in Iris' disappearance, how was he allowed to investigate her case at all?] [Carlos and TK applied for a mortgage together, how did it not come up that Carlos was legally married to somebody else?] [Carlos accepted a marriage proposal knowing he was still married and didn't admit that to his loving, supportive, wonderful fiance?]

The frustrating thing is that it could have been introduced at other times in the series and actually made a decent storyline, but they left it too late. Imagine:

Season One: TK and Carlos meeting, sparks fly, they hook up, then Michelle brings Carlos to the honky tonk and introduces Carlos as her brother in law. TK, who has recently been cheated on is hurt and angry and he doesn't want Michelle's sister to go through the same thing so he tells Michelle. She thinks they make a cute couple. TK is confused, he doesn't quite believe that it's a marriage of convenience so he's wary, but Carlos slowly shows TK that he's a good guy and TK can trust him.

Season Two: Carlos and TK are in the early stages of being official boyfriends. Carlos gets a call that Michelle is going to Ecuador and can he keep an eye on Iris. TK wonders why she's asking Carlos, he reveals that iris is technically his wife. TK is pissed at him for not telling him sooner but forgives Carlos and offers his support when Carlos explains about his relationship with his parents. Or TK finds out when Carlos admits that the reason he didn't introduce him as his boyfriend to his parents is because they believe he's married to Iris.

Season Three: While dealing with the insurance after the fire and applying for a mortgage, TK discovered Carlos is married and was so furious, he broke up with him.

It doesn't matter how good a plot twist is, it needs to at least make sense. If it doesn't it make sense, it's not a good plot twist. It's bad writing to keep it in.

#911 lonestar #911 lone star spoilers #911 lone star s04e01 #the worst plot twist since Dan Humphreys is Gossip Girl

[bulletsandbracelets]

I had a work retreat this last week and one of the highlights was a whole long discussion over how we’d fix some of the shows/movies we’ve watched in the past and loved, but whose endings have fallen short.

And I tell you what, Smallville is one of the top ones on my list. (Endgame, WW84, and the new Star Wars are about same level).

Definitely some spoilers here.

Biggest one? Let Lana be a villain. Let her follow her trajectory into taking down the Luthors, recognize that Clark’s way of handling things does not work for her, and have her kill Lex and take over the Luthor empire. They didn’t need to bring Lex back - it would have been such a neat twist on the usual narrative, it would have provided a MUCH better way for Clark and Lana to split, and it would have been great to see him grapple with her killing Lex (as opposed to Oliver, who never made much sense to me in the first place. Lionel was his big revenge focus, not Lex. He knows Lex was a product of his father. Lana had so many more great reasons)

Now, with Lana in control of Lex Corp, have her team up with Tess. And then bring back in Zod for the final season(s), combining 9 and 10. End 9 with the full knowledge that 10 is coming and don’t resolve things. Lana has so much (justified) fear around Zod at this point, it is easy to think she would cross any line necessary to protect the earth from him. Write Chloe out as running Watchtower on the move, traveling around to recruit. Her dislike of being the point of contact there made no sense with her character XD. I would change season 8 too, tbh, and let her marry Jimmy/get him in it too… but at the very least, she’s always going to be involved.

You get Clark outing himself publicly as Superman to openly show there’s something here that is on their side after Zod shows there’s dangerous, powerful life on other planets. You get a 2 season finale arc with historical buildup in other seasons of the show. You get Lana Luthor and Clark having to work together, grudgingly, and then end with her knowing she can’t trust Clark and preparing to begin developing safeguards against him - just like Lex always planned to. You get a fledgling Justice League facing off against an alien invasion that starts slow, then picks up in the public eye.

I’ve found a lot of shows disappoint me by going the “safer” route and trying to keep characters recognizeable, or appeal to fans, rather than looking at the characters they have and thinking about where they’d like them to end up. Or where the characters themselves would go. It’s hard to imagine how different a show Smallville would be if they’d let Lana pick up Lex’s mantle, alongside Tess, instead of her doing it alone. And instead of trying to bring him back. I think it would have made an infinitely better show. Don’t get me wrong though - as is, it’s still a favorite of mine!

(Season 8 divides me as few shows can - so many things to love, so many things to hate! But Jimmy and Lana particularly never got a fair shake at being their own characters with their own driving arcs, outside of brief glimpses. Just really feels like they deserved better!)

#smallville #my thoughts #Lana lang #jimmy olsen #Smallville spoilers #Chloe Sullivan #I have so many thoughts around this show lol #and that work convo reminded me of them and how much I wish Lana’s character was one I could love more #she has her moments and the actress did such a good job #but man oh man I get sad when I consider what could have been #anywho #I welcome any and all thoughts XD #I don’t talk in this tag enough tbh though I follow it

[mikuni14]

Kinnporsche ep 12 AKA The Good Stuff

The composition of the episode, alternating KP scenes living their happy time surrounded by family and friends with VP scenes, was such a great idea.

Kinn and Porsche I watched their scenes literally blushing. First of all showing love in public and declaring love embarrass the shit out of me, secondly, Kinn and Porsche are incredibly sweet together. I’m curious what will they do as a couple now. Porsche will go back to college? Become Kinn's “mistress”? I don't see Porsche in that role. Maybe I’m wrong, but Porshe wanted to quit because of his brother, but since his brother is with him anyway, what prevents Porsche from being a Kinn’s bodyguard? To be like Chan for Korn? It’s a honest job! I guess that's why he sabotages the position of his successor, maybe subconsciously he wants it back for himself;) Kinn is a good boss, he immediately sensed that Pete's behavior was strange and called his grandma (how many bosses have phone calls to employees' 👵? So cute! Porsche's behavior towards Pete’s leave on demand is understandable to anyone who has ever been an employee: just let him take his fucking days off !!!!!! :D

Kim and Chay (their fans could skip that part) With each episode, this pair is getting worse to me, Chay is becoming more and more childish, his exaggerated meekness gets on my nerves, and I remember he wasn’t like that in 1 episode. I’m also annoyed by the fact that Porsche constantly has to arrange his life around his brother. And series cannot decide, whether he is too young to be independent, or old enough to start an relationship with a grown man. (Also - I am writing this as the oldest sibling 👵)

Vegas and Pete The series surprised me pleasantly. I was curious how they would make me believe in Pete's love after being tortured, it seems impossible! And yet I THINK that the series will handle it :)

The creators have subtly demonstrated that Pete and Vegas are from the same world and therefore Pete doesn’t react to torture as if he were an outsider, a "civilian". Pete suffers and doesn’t accept torture (so no “i’m into pain” THANK ODIN), but at the same time knows that it is part of the "game", he has done similar stuff to others. Vegas and Pete are like soldiers who although fight on the opposite side, still fight the same war, know its rules, know that war affects both of them, and although they fight each other, they UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. I realized this when I saw how Vegas reacted to unconscious Pete and later his care of him. Also when I saw how Pete reacted to Vegas taking care of him. As if they were actors playing their assigned roles and suddenly they ran out of script and they both dropped out of their roles.

Perhaps Pete made up a story about his father to get closer to Vegas (I would respect Pete for such an initiative). If, however, this is a true story, then this is the bridge that can connect them both, a shared bad experience and pain.

Vegas is like a wild animal kept away from the herd :) he has not developed appropriate behaviors, reactions to the violence and pain inflicted on him. Since he did not have positive role models, he developed a distorted reactions and defence machinsms. But he certainly has the need to accept and to show "affection", because he showed it to his brother and to his 🦔 :) But still, Vegas is “twisted” and knows only bad behaviour patterns. I wonder how much of what he does to Pete is a repeatition of what his father was doing to him, like beating him, using belt, humiliating him, giving him a false sense that the escape is possible, maybe even force feeding. We see only glimpses of his father, but the fact, that he’s visiting Vegas just to beat him up, says a lot about him and his potential cruelty to young Vegas.

Pete's story and his explanation of their fathers' abusive behavior is the first "positive" pattern in Vegas life. This is the first time someone has given him the opportunity to experience received violence in a different way, to see his abuse from a different perspective. This alone has changed how Vegas received another dose of abuse. It doesn’t have such a destructive effect on him now. Previously, he took it all on Pete, now he’s calm. Vegas is learning, he’s like a child. discovering new possibilities, new world. My heart squeezed when he said that he’s hurt but it’s not as bad as before, there was a childlike wonder in his voice, on his face. GOOD STUFF. And it seems to me (I hope!) that Pete's role will be to teach him deal with his emotions - not necessarily in a healthy way ;) just deal with them and get something out of it all for himself.

I'm so glad that Vegas and Pete aren't fighting over which of them is the bigger “pervert”, that neither of them is trying to dominate the other by being the bigger “freak”. I like Vegas, even when he’s the worst (glad that him and the torture was not tamed, however it sounds🤷‍♀️ ), I like that Pete is still himself. I like how they influence each other and how Vegas is changing without losing myself :)

"get up and laugh at me" this could be the most important sentence that Vegas said today. Or ever. Defining him the most.

#kinnporsche #vegaspete #thai bl #bl drama