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toaskello · 20 days

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Today seems like a good day to ramble about my favorite bit of imagery in all of Bionicle, and that would be the twin eclipse in Legends of Metru Nui.

To start, let's recap a bit. Our protagonists, the Matoran and friends, live on a tropical island. The deity they worship is the Great Spirit Mata Nui, a vague, godlike figure cast into unending slumber by his jealous brother. We never see this entity, although he is often represented with symbols like the Kanohi Hau or a rock with etched details representing an abstraction of that mask. Similarly, we never see him do anything, as he is sleeping. All we know is that the village elders say he was benevolent and good.

The first major plot twist in Bionicle comes when the Matoran travel underground and find their original home: a large cavernous dome with an island city surrounded by a vast silver sea. Despite being underground, twin suns are visible in the sky, frozen in a partial eclipse.

The next year of Bionicle is a flashback, taking place on this island city while Mata Nui is awake and the suns are shining bright. Mata Nui himself and his actions are still seemingly nowhere to be seen.

Tragedy strikes at the end of the year when Mata Nui's jealous brother infects him with a virus and sends him into his slumber while the twin suns eclipse. With the limited information about the true nature of Mata Nui we had in 2004, this always seemed to be a rather on-the-nose metaphor. The Great Spirit who watches over the Matoran falls asleep and the suns overhead eclipse in a manner that makes them look like closing eyes. He can no longer protect the Matoran from the eternal shadow like he once did.

Fast forward four years and the big reveal that all of Bionicle had been building up to is finally made known. The Great Spirit Mata Nui was a metallic colossus in which the Matoran resided. The island city was his brain, the silver sea his cerebrospinal fluid, the dome his skull. The suns, as it so happens, actually are his eyes. But importantly, the eyes are not looking down on the Matoran - they are looking up, away from them.

Mata Nui, as it so happens, was rather unconcerned with the inner workings of his body. He wasn't malicious, but he cared about his people as much as you and i care about our sesamoid bones. Do you know how many you have and where? Probably not. His major character arc going forward is recognizing this and, after being humbled into a puny (7-foot-tall) humanoid, learning to care and respect other beings, even those he would usually consider beneath him.

The reason I love this shot so much is that it works perfectly for both views of Mata Nui: the Matoran interpretation of an idyllic protector who banishes shadows from his place in the heavens, and the giant robot with people in his brain who is preoccupied with observing space. The perception of this scene changes as our understanding of both the biology and personality of Mata Nui are revealed throughout the story.

Like, they made a movie for a toy with this shot that you would have to go back and watch four years later to fully appreciate. And IDK, I think it's pretty cool.

#bionicle #another skello original

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oleander-nin · 11 months

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A/N, not important: I have pretty bad writers block atm, so I apologize if the writing's flat. The wonderful @fried-milkfish(Sorry for tagging you) looked over my rough draft and tried to help me a bit, but idk if I managed to fix it. Go check them out, they're wonderful and an incredible writer. Any criticism is welcome, constructive or not. This is supposed to be a gender neutral reader, so if I screwed up somewhere, please tell me.

-Ollie

Tw: reader almost get's cut by Leo, fighting, Raph's violent, upset brothers, upset Mikey

Words: 2106

Prompt(s) requested: 13(Forbidden) & 9("You missed.")

Summary: Mikey finally met someone who likes him. Too bad they're in the foot clan.

The lone foot soldier ran across the rooftops, scanning for its target. Their feet were quiet as they slinked through the shadows, keeping an eye out for any enemies, or any of their own comrades. Spotting the lone turtle sitting on the edge of a nearby building, the soldier jumps down to the adjacent roof. The orange masked turtle doesn't glance their way, seemingly too distracted by the pigeons he was watching fight on the other rooftop. The soldier walks behind him, a knife being pulled out of the confines of their belt. Kneeling quietly behind the oblivious turtle, the soldier wraps one arm around his waist, pinning his arms to his sides. The soldier takes the knife and holds it in front of the turtle, allowing him to see the blade.

"Hey Mikey! I got you something!” The soldier says as Mikey leans back in their arms. Mikey grins at them, his arms easily escaping the soldier's grip as he reaches up to hold the ornate blade. The soldier hands it to him, slipping their bug-eyed mask off and sitting next to the orange-banded turtle. They were still held together, still cuddling on the rooftop as the mutant inspects the gifted blade. He flips it in his hands, smiles wide and toothy. The soldier leans their now unmasked head on his shoulder, looking at his excitement through soft eyes.

"Dude, this is sick! Where'd you get it?" He asks, meeting the foot clan members' eyes. His blue eyes shine with wonder, grinning at the person who was holding him gently. The black clad ninja grinned, shifting so they could grab the handle of the knife. They hold it gently, not taking it out of Mikey’s hand, just touching it before they open their mouth to talk.

“I may have stolen it from the armory. But it’s fine, who cares. It’s just a dumb blade. They’ll never miss it.” The soldier states, shrugging. Mikey looks at the blade again, hugging it to his plastron carefully. He grins at his partner, his feet kicking in the air as they sit on the ledge of the building.

“It’s the coolest thing like, ever! Thank you!” His eyes were nothing short of sparkling, leaning back carelessly as he held the knife arm's length in front of him. He never stopped grinning. “Did you work on your nunchuck skills any?”

The soldier grimaces slightly, seeming guilty. Mikey looks at them, his chin on their shoulder and his eyes wide. “I may have uh… Not.” The soldier says, pulling their shoulders to their ears in guilt. “Sorry Mikey, the Foot’s been working me to the bone. I meant to practice. Honest."

Mikey pouts, his head rolling off their shoulder. He looks at the foot clan member in mock disappointment, groaning obnoxiously. The foot soldier laughs, their hand coming up to hide their chuckles and cover their mouth. “I’m sorry, I really am. But, in good news, I got a lot of information to tell you.”

Mikey perks up a bit at this, still pouting. “Fine,” His voice draws out the word, pulling the human who should be his enemy into a tight embrace, one they accept with open arms. “I’ll just teach you again today. Do you have the stuff written down, or can we play the memorization game again?"

The soldier pulls a folded piece of paper out of the pockets within their sash, handing it over. Mikey hums happily, taking the paper and starting to open it, neither ninja letting go of the other. The foot warrior takes the turtle's hand as he tries to open the paper and keeps it closed, smiling softly at the short mutant. “You said you wanted to play the game, yeah? Well, we can play the memory game and just have the notes as back up.”

Mikey grins, letting go of the human to look at the folded paper and grinning as he puts it away in his sash without reading it. The soldier grins back, folding one foot under their other thigh and dangling a single leg over the edge. Mikey sits across from them, his legs crossed and his hands in his lap. He’s patting his ankles erratically, practically buzzing with anticipation. The soldier grins and starts to recite some of the information they gathered for Mikey to repeat, but they stop when they see Mikey's sudden scared face. Following the mutants' horrified gaze, they spot three other turtle mutants standing on the other side of the roof. Each had their weapons drawn, their eyes white and faces furious. The red one snarls, quickly stomping over to the sitting soldier. “Get away from my brother!”

The foot soldier scrambles to sit up, dusting themselves off as they look nervously at the approaching brothers. The red-coded turtle roughly grabs the soldier, pushing them to their knees as the leader in blue holds a katana to their face. The soldier gulps, laughing nervously as Mikey yelps and tries to push Raph and Leo off of them.

Donnie grabs his younger brother, spinning him around as he checks him for injuries, sighing loudly when he sees he’s unharmed. Donnie flashes the other two a thumbs up, still hanging onto the orange one’s shoulders. The two oldest nod and continue to hold the soldier down, Raph pinning their arm behind their back and Leo’s katana at their throat standing as a silent warning.

“Now that I’ve confirmed you’re unharmed, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR SHELL!?” The scientist screeches, shaking his brother by the shoulders. Mikey pushes Donnie off of him, his face scrunched up in anger. Mikey tries to speak, but his eldest brother cuts him off, meeting Mikey’s eyes instead of continuing to stare down the soldier.

“I can’t believe this Mikey, this is where you’ve been running off to for the past month?! Why are you talking to a foot soldier? Don’t you remember what happened with Bradford?!” Leo yells, his voice seeming more worried than mad. Mikey puffs out his cheeks in frustration, glaring at his brother. Donnie tries to grab Mikey again, seemingly not happy with the fight brewing. Mikey dodges the lanky turtle's advance, getting up in his blue-banded brother's face.

“Well maybe if you give me a second to explain, you’d understand! But no, I’m just Mikey, the dumb one! You never listen to me!” He shouts, pushing the leader in frustration. Leo loses his balance slightly, his katana swinging dangerously close to the soldier's face. The soldier leans back to try and dodge the sword, not wanting to be cut by the sharp metal.

Raph snarls and twists the soldier's arm harsher in response, the grounded foot member groaning in pain. Mikey yelps when they cry out, shoving Leo away and making him lower his sword from the force. Mikey kneels in front of the human and cups their face, his brothers all yelling at him to stay back. The other turtles grab at his shoulders to try and push him off, but Mikey ignores them and scans the foot members' face for any nicks. He sighs in relief when he finds none, turning to his oldest brother angrily. “They could’ve been hurt! What are you doing?”

Leo ignores his younger brother, turning to the soldier and glaring down at them. Raph grabs the foot ninja by the back of their head, forcing them to make eye contact with Leo. Mikey continues to protest, shaking Raph as he tries to free his friend. The red brother bats at Mikey, trying to push him away while still keeping a firm grip on the one he perceived as his enemy.

“Mikey, let go!” Raph shouts, having trouble hanging onto the soldier while Mikey continues to yank on him. “They’re a foot soldier! Don’t you see their uniform?”

“They're not a bad person! They’ve been helping me and they’re my uh… friend!” Mikey says, still trying his best to pull Raph off. Raph growls, pushing Mikey’s face down and away.

“You sure hesitated when saying friend Mikey.” Raph pushes the soldier to the ground, sitting on their back to get a better grip on them. The soldier grunts slightly, but says nothing as they simply sit there and let it happen. It was clear they didn’t want to struggle lest the situation becomes worse.

Donnie comes over to help pull Mikey away. The youngest turtle lets out an angry cry when Donnie grabs him and pushes him away from the soldier again, the scientist huffing as he looks at his little brother. “Mikey, it’s the foot clan. They aren’t your friend. You can’t keep falling for this.”

Mikey stomps his foot, his face heating up in anger. "You guys never trust me! They are my friend, they wouldn’t lie to me!"

"It's the foot clan we don't trust, Mikey! What if they're just tricking you!?" Leo retorts. Mikey looks away in anger and shame, not wanting to look at his older brothers. Leo sighs, moving past Mikey and staring down the pinned soldier. He nods at Raph who in turn forces the soldier to lean forward. The soldier grunts slightly, wincing from the harsh movement. Mikey stomps his foot again, grabbing onto Leo's arm and trying to pull him back.

"You're not listening to me!" Mikey cries, his face puffing up from the frustration. Mikey turns to the soldier, his face desperate. “Tell them! Tell them we’re friends!”

The soldier opens their mouth to speak but Raph shoves their head down, cutting their voice off before they even had a chance. Mikey yells in frustration, pushing Donnie away after he tries to grab him. “You always do this! You guys never trust me!” His lip wobbles, a deep scowl set on his usually soft features. “I hate you!”

The three older turtles freeze at the younger’s words, the soldiers face softening as well. They all start to speak, trying to defend themselves while consoling their brother, but one voice rings out clearer than the rest. “Mikey, you don’t mean that.”

Raph shoves the soldier again, hissing at them to shut up. Mikey lets out another furious cry at this, pushing the red turtle away from the human. Raph loses his grip from the sudden attack, his face set into an angry snarl as the foot soldier stands and backs up, their hands raised in surrender.

“I mean you all no harm, especially not Mikey. I swear, I was just trying to help him.” The soldier says. Raph moves to grab the soldier again but they dodge, a dorky grin on their face. “Hah, you missed.”

Raph growls in frustration, pointing at the soldier with a deep anger in his eyes, unable to grab at them again due to Mikey hanging off of him. “So help me, I will rip you into so many pieces, your families going to be looking for you for-”

Raph gets cut off by Leo who slaps his hand over the steaming turtle's mouth, Donnie leaning on his bō staff and watching in amusement. Leo sighs, looking between the soldier and Mikey in concern. “While that was a bit overkill, he’s right. Stay away from our brother.”

The soldier looks at the four in turn, their shoulders drooping. Leo grabs Mikey off of Raph while Donnie pulls Raph back, all three shoving Mikey behind them. Leo’s eyes narrow at the soldier, ignoring Mikey who was shouting protests behind him. “Leave.” The leader says simply, his tone stern and harsh.

Raph gawks at his older brother, anger rising in his tone. “You’re letting them go!? Absolutely not, what if they mess with Mikey again!?” His breathing is ragged as his grip on Mikey’s shoulder tightens. He wanted nothing more than to rid of the perceived danger to his brother.

Leo puts a hand on Raph’s shell, glancing at him before looking back at the soldier. “They won’t. But, if they do, you can make the final call.” Mikey lets out another angry yell at this, the red brother relaxing slightly at the compromise. Donnie glances between Raph and Leo, not liking the deal either. The three olders ignore Mikey’s squirming, keeping him from leaving.

The soldier stands there for a moment more, making eye contact with Mikey. Mikey tries to run to them, but Donnie and Raph hold him back, keeping him in place. Leo glares at the ninja, taking a step forward with his katana’s raised as a warning. The soldiers eyes soften before nodding, slipping their mask back over their head. With one last wave towards the orange banded turtle, the soldier leaves and the youngest cries.

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xcherricutie · 8 days

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๋࣭ ⭑⚝ shit sandwich ᯓ★

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[Shadow the Hedgehog × Reader]

[Word Count - 2k]

[Summary - Forced to become a villain, you think your life is completely over, but a certain hedgehog shows you otherwise]

[Tags: Swearing. Idk if you could tell by the title but there's a lot of swearing. Shadow drops an F NUKE. Reader is written as a female human, but you can read however you like, it's never mentioned. Pretty platonic, mostly just the reader and Shadow bonding over their misery]

[Notes: I'm gonna be honest, Shadow is super OOC in this, I was kinda just having fun. I was listening to Loser, Baby from Hazbin Hotel while looking for oneshot ideas, and this came to me. I haven't written Shadow, or even played any games featuring him aside from SA2 in a while, so he might act a little silly goofy. I also wrote this in one night and it's 2 am so y'know]

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It wasn’t supposed to be like this. You had a life once, hopes and dreams that you aspired for. You didn’t ever let life get you down, always looking on the positive side. And you felt like you were actually doing pretty good in life. You had your own home, friends and family. You felt like you were at the top of the world. You didn’t think anything could take you down, turn your world upside down.

And then he appeared. Just plucked you up from the streets as you were walking home one day. Told you no one would miss you, that he was doing you a favor. In one fell swoop, your whole life had been ripped from your grasp, and you lost everything, at the hands of the mad scientist, Doctor Eggman.

He had promised you a better life, said you were the first in a series of experiments to create artificial life. He had stripped away your humanity, turned you into a monster for his own use. He turned you against your own friends and family and forced you to attack your hometown as a “starting point”. You were his very first biotechnical android, trapped by the code he put in you, turning you into just another villain for his archenemy to take down. Your doom had already been sealed the moment he took you that fateful day, and the only thing you could do was watch.

You let out a pained cry as your back hit the wall of a dark alleyway. As you slid to the ground, your bleary vision landed on the silhouette stretching before your feet, the moonlight casting the shadow of your foe. You tilted your head up, ignoring the pain that shot through your back and neck, your eyes immediately drawing to the bright red pools glaring down at you. You knew you were dead the moment you had become an android, but it was just your luck that you were up against the morally grey side of the hedgehog counterparts. Shadow the Hedgehog, once someone who had worked alongside the Doctor, now someone who went around destroying everything related to the Doctor, regardless of innocence. Not that you were innocent anymore, you knew you had to accept your fate, but Shadow didn’t make it any easier.

You didn’t even bother trying to speak on your behalf. You were fully capable of it, you had freedom on that part. The only thing in your life you couldn’t control was the strong urge to destroy everything in your path. You couldn’t resist it; it was in your own coding to destroy without regard. So there was no point in trying to prove your own innocence.

You couldn’t even fight anymore, Shadow had made certain of that. With your eye blackened and swollen, your bones ached and begged for you to stay down. Every twitch of your muscles made them throb, leaving you to lay on the ground, waiting for what you could only hope to be a swift end. But it seemed your luck wouldn’t allow that, as the sound of his approaching footsteps stopped just before you.

You forced your head to lift just enough to see what the holdup was, brows furrowed in confusion as you looked up to see his face. The moonlight shone down through the cloudy sky, his body blocking the light from you, surrounding you in his cold silhouette. But through the darkness, you could see his bright red eyes, and the confusion in them.

“Why?”

You almost didn’t catch his singular word of question. Blinking, you looked up at him with wide eyes, your mind disoriented and foggy. You had even begun to wonder if you had imagined it, until you heard his gruff voice speak up, much more annoyed this time.

“Why are you doing this? You look like just a regular person, you don’t have any business with the Doctor,” Shadow spoke, bending slightly at the hips, staring into your eyes. You could only look up at him in shock, astounded that he would even take the time to ask you such a question. From everything you had heard about Shadow, he wasn’t one to ask questions. He was more the type to act first, ask questions later, or so you had assumed. What was so different now?

“Don’t make me ask again.” Shadow’s eyes squinted, his patience quickly thinning. You swallowed thickly, taking in a quick, shaky breath. You had your opportunity to explain yourself, so why? Why were you hesitating?

You had nothing to return to. Even if you somehow got out of the situation you were in, you had nothing left. Your friends and family were gone, running away from you. Your home was gone, your whole life was gone. This was all you had left, all you were. The villain you had been forced to become had consumed you and became your entire identity.

You didn’t even realize your cheeks were soaked with tears until you choked on a sob, squeezing your eyes shut as you turned your head away in shame. You didn’t have any right to shed tears, you were a horrible person, weren’t you? Even if you were forced, even if you tried to resist, you had still done bad things. You still had to accept your responsibilities and let go of the hope that you could go back to your old life.

Shadow’s eyes widened as he watched you turn away, raising a shaky hand to your face, trying to wipe away your tears. He couldn’t wrap his mind around you, around why you were like this. You showed up without warning some time back, going around city to city just destroying with reckless abandon. Or so that was how it had seemed at the time, but with the way you were breaking down in front of him now, he had his doubts that you enjoyed it or even wanted it.

“You don’t want to, do you?”

Your hands slowed to a stop as you looked up at Shadow, your tears streaming freely now. Hesitantly, you shook your head, unable to open your mouth. You were surprised he had even deduced that much, but then again, Shadow had been defying your expectations since the second you met him.

Shadow sucked in a deep breath as he stood up straight, before looking down at you with what you thought was an almost sympathetic look. Your eyes widened as a hand was suddenly stretched outward to you, your gaze snapping between the hand and Shadow’s eyes. You only took the hand when you noticed Shadow’s growing impatience, his eye twitching with irritation.

“What did he do to you?” Shadow asked, pulling you up and onto your feet, leading you out onto the sidewalk. You rubbed your arm nervously, tempted to just make a run for it, knowing you were stuck like this no matter what. The look Shadow gave you told you it was a bad idea to even think about trying, making you exhale in enervation.

“Turned me into an android,” You muttered, avoiding Shadow’s gaze. You closed your eyes, as if to try and block out the world, your voice barely above a whisper. “I can’t control it. Sometimes, it’s just an accident. Sometimes, he forcefully directs me towards places he wants gone. I was just a normal person before he took me away from my home. I can’t go back even if I wanted to, he made me destroy everything I cared about.”

You didn’t open your eyes to see his reaction. You didn’t care to see it; you didn’t want to see the pity in his eyes. You didn’t want your enemy pitying you, unable to help you. What could he do? Besides destroying you, there was nothing Shadow could do to help you, as far as you were aware.

“Your whole existence seems fuckin’ hopeless,” Shadow muttered, making your eyes snap wide open as you looked down at him, completely dumbfounded. You didn’t think you’d ever heard anything quite as rude as the words that had just come from his mouth. You could feel yourself bristle as your fists clenched, nearly splitting at the seams with anger when Shadow’s voice dragged you from your violence-filled thoughts. “You think your life is wrecked, huh?”

Your eye twitched with anger, rolling your eyes heavily as you slumped down onto the edge of the sidewalk, your muscles aching too much to care about fighting him. Just as you sat down though, you felt Shadow’s presence just behind you, an almost evil smirk pulling at his lips as he bent down to your level.

“Well, let me just say, you’re correct,”

“Wait, what?” You looked back at Shadow with wide eyes, your gaze lifting from his shoes as he backed up, up to the small smirk on his face as you met his stare.

“You’re a loser, a fucked up whiny bitch,” Shadow’s grin grew almost sadistically as he noticed you flare up with anger, your fists clenched as you tried to get up, your tired muscles keeping you down. However, just as you had begun to turn away and ignore him, you heard his voice drop to a mumble. “You’re a loser, just like me.”

Slightly surprised, you tried to shrug it off as you hugged yourself, giving Shadow the middle finger as you faced away from him. “Thanks, asshole.”

Shadow rolled his eyes, but couldn’t help the smile that graced his lips, an odd feeling blooming within him. He didn’t think he’d ever relate to anyone’s situation, let alone sympathize, but he supposed there was a first time for everything.

“There was a time I thought no one could relate to me, but letting walls down can sometimes set you straight,” Shadow stood beside you, shooting you a small smile, as if to comfort you. But the glint of sadism hadn’t quite faded as his canines flashed. “We’re all living in the same shit sandwich.”

You looked up at Shadow in shock, before an almost airy feeling washed over you, a giggle escaping your lips. And just like that, you had completely forgotten why you were mad in the first place, returning the smile as Shadow sat beside you.

As the silence filled the air once more, your gaze was turned onto the full moon in the sky, basking in its cool blue hues of light. You sighed deeply, eyes drifting shut as you hung your head down. “I’m trapped and it gets worse with every hour.”

Shadow stared down at your small, miserable form, before his eyes jumped to something in the distance, avoiding you as he spoke. “You’re a loser...”

Shadow watched you bristle in the corner of his eye, making him smile as he continued. “But just maybe, if we eat shit together, things will end up differently.”

And just as soon as he had angered you, Shadow had somehow stunned you into silence, your eyes staring into his. Your silence dragged on for an awkward moment, as if waiting for him to say some new obscenity to anger you, but it never came. You rolled your eyes, scoffing as you smiled.

“You know, you make a pretty shitty friend,” You said, your words making Shadow chuckle softly.

“So I’ve heard. But I mean it,” The smile on Shadow’s face faded as he turned to you, looking you directly in the eye. “I can find you the help you deserve. You shouldn’t have to be forced into a life of servitude for that man, and I��ll make sure you can get back a better life.”

Shadow stood up, holding a hand out to you. But this time, you didn’t hesitate or think about it, placing your hand in his own, a smile tugging at the corners of your lips. Once again, Shadow had defied your expectations, pleasantly surprising you with his odd offer of something akin to a friendship.

Perhaps it wasn’t meant to be like this in the beginning. You had never intended for your life to go this direction, but maybe it didn’t have to be so bad now. You had finally found the positive side, and had something to look forward to again, alongside your new friend, Shadow the Hedgehog.

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#sonic the hedgehog #sonic x reader #sonic #shadow the hedgehog #shadow x reader #shadow the hedgehog x reader

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no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist · 5 months

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favourite book to movie adaptation since you don't usually like those and i feel like you'll have a very interesting response

Hm ok. So honestly I have not really been in any book fandoms that have gotten adaptations while I was in the fandom for them other than Shadow and Bone so I'm going to go into hypotheticals here for fun and not actually answer the question. (Technically I was in the Harry Potter fandom when Fantastic Beasts came out but we don't talk about that, and I automatically consider anything Harry Potter related horrible anyway.)

Iron Widow. I don't think production on the movie has actually started yet, but I think that the story has the right format and structure to be translated into a movie if that makes sense. It's very central around the main protagonist while also having really great side characters, and from what I remember of the plot, I don't think it will have to be altered significantly for a movie adaptation. I also have a lot of faith that the author will call out people if they fuck up because they've literally done that to their publishing company.

Shadowhunters. I am not in that fandom, but I read the first couple Shadowhunters books for some ungodly reason. I know a lot of people like it, and I hope those people have fun liking it. I personally do not. However I did have a lot of fun reading it and not liking it. And then I made my friend watch the movie with me. So I enjoy the Shadowhunters movie because I associate it with my friend who lives far away from me who I don't get to see often.

Percy Jackson. Like Iron Widow, the tv show isn't out yet, but I think that it will adapt really well to a tv show, and I think Rick Riordan would call them out if they fucked something up. I don't have quite the same degree of confidence in him as I have in Xiran Jay Zhao at all, but I think if it was something really major he's demonstrated that he would say something I think. But yeah from everything I've seen it looks like it's going to be really good.

KOTLC. I don't know if there's been any news on the movie? I think there was supposed to be a movie at some point? Idk. I was only in that fandom for a year, and I get very weird vibes from a lot of different things in those books but. I think that it could translate pretty well into a movie or tv show if you streamlined the plot a bit. And honestly I don't think you would lose much from doing that? From what I remember about those books, a Shadow and Bone style adaptation might actually work pretty well since it was basically a highlight reel of a lot of the most important parts in the wrong order and out of context, and I don't think that would be counter to the appeal of KOTLC since there's way too much to realistically be adapted and the same kinds of things are pretty consistently happening throughout all of the books from what I remember.

Heartstopper. I have not actually read Heartstopper and I'm not sure if/when I will, but from my understanding, the adaptation seems to be very true to the vibes and messages of the book which is cool yay.

Opinion to come on THG because I'm going to reread and rewatch the books and movies over break hopefully

#you can tell i'm procrastinating from how long that response is :)#thanks for the ask!#even though i didn't actually answer the question #hopefully that was somewhat coherrent #i need to actually watch the film adaptations of a bunch of books i've read in the past i think

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monkiebois · 2 years

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Okay dont get me wrong i LOVE mei pigsy and tang.

but

now hear me out

ynow how the jttw gang always kinda--how do i say this--hurt wukong. now wukong didnt hate them and im not saying that jttw gang and lmk gang are the same but they ARE thier reincarnations. idk ever since i started watching lmk i noticed something odd with the gang. and maybe its for plot convenience but it always stuck out to me.

they dont really listen to mk.

you could argue that mk kept lbd a secret from the others bc he didnt want to put them in danger--which yeah he did say that BUT-- i think it was really because they werent listening to him and he didnt want to seem like a burden.

ynow how when children try to say something to thier parents but the parent brushes them off annoyingly so now the child thinks thier a burden and that they should keep the thing to themself.

yeah.

cause if i remember correctly during shadow play mei was talking about the things mk would ramble anxiously about and she mentioned a "bone demon" i dont think she exactly meant it as "oh its just annoying" i think she meant it as "chill out and have fun" theyre talking about how he keeps going off to do monkie kid stuff instead of hanging with them and honestly i think theyre being kinda selfish.

i mean if i was the monkie kid.

and i had the fate of the world/my family/my friends resting on my shoulders then i'd be pretty determined to be a good monkie kid and work my ass off to be the best monkie kid i can be which mk is doing.

but they always say something like "its fine" or "we have your back" maybe mk does get anxious a bit too much but think about it.

they might have his back.

they might always be there for him

but in the end (at least b4 mei got the samadhi fire) they dont have the same power mk does. they dont have the same weight on thier shoulders.

if dbk came back during these seasons as strong as he was in the pilot who's responsibility would it be to save the city? the gang can evacuate everyone but its up to MK

his strength. his friends might be the support but mk is the hero. they dont understand that. acting like he just needs to chill out and spend more time with them. idk im rambling rn and this makes no sense at all i just feel like in the first three seasons they just...act a bit strange when it comes to mk's monkie kid bussiness.

(b4 samadhi fire)

"oh we're a team. its up to all of us"

"Mei your not the one here that has the powers of a god"

"im a dragon tho!"

"and im the succesor of the monkey that could only be taken down by buddha himself get on my level"

(post samadhi fire)

"hah, now i have god powers too"

"...okay maybe now you'll understand the pressure ive been under that you guys keep undermining"

"huh?"

"yeah thats what i thought. lov ya girl. call me when the weight of safety of the world starts breaking you down" * pogo staffs away *

"....huh?!"

#wordscribbles #lmk #lego monkie kid #monkie kid #pigsy #lmk tang #lmk mei #mk

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chvoswxtch · 14 days

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hi again, court!

it's once again the anon that sent the massive ass paragraphs rambling about the punisher after i finished watching it. i feel like i should either just un-anonymise myself or give myself a name or something to make it easier to identify myself?? but idk?? i'm still new to tumblr so i dunno how these things work

anyways, just wanted to say, i also am just so happy that they are taking the reboot seriously!! i only really got into like the daredevil/punisher in like the past year or so. so i feel like i don't really have the same grounds to stand on as some longer term fans but i just remember being so disappointed with karen/foggy originally not being part of born again so i'm so so glad that that changed and we have the true trio back. and frank being in it just makes me SO happy because i have become incredibly incredibly attached to frank (it might be a little unhealthy but big strong men who are morally questionable is my type haha)

i totally agree with season 2 feeling rushed, it definitely felt like some of the plots were supposed to be fleshed out more or like storylines would have carried on into a season 3 and billy not being fucked up enough is SO FUCKING REAL. like frank literally BRUTALISED him but he comes out looking okay?? like idk?? it just doesn't look convincing i feel like ben barnes' acting is good and he plays the subtle psycho (though you're right, him being more outwardly bloodthirsty and vengeful would have been AMAZING) but the visuals don't hit right. but this is such a wider issue with pretty actors in hollywood?? especially cause they also did it when he played the darkling in shadow and bone. i dunno if you ever watched shadow and bone but like his character should have been way more scarred but they just didn't make it as brutal as it probably would have been in reality and it makes me so mad because i just don't understand why??

AND THE WILL THING, LITERALLY, WHEN HE FIRST CAME ON SCREEN, I LOOKED AT HIM AND WAS LIKE 'is that?? is that WILLIAM LAMONTAGUE??' and then everytime he came on and was being psycho, i was like 'someone get jj to sort her husband out' and also this is so DUMB but i love to think that this is what will was doing during criminal minds and that's why we never see him, he was just off being pilgrim and terrorising frank, obviously it doesn't really work timeline wise BUT the thought of it just makes me laugh so it is now my headcanon.

I HAVE FOUND ANOTHER MADANI LOVER. that makes me so BEYOND ECSTATIC. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW HAPPY THAT MAKES ME. karen is literally a stronger woman than i could ever be. both with madani and tbh with frank, i dunno how she doesn't crumble in front of either of them. like i wish i had karen's strength. but like yeah if madani even LOOKED at me, i would be spilling all of my goddamn secrets. i'm so glad i'm not the only one who sees the lack of love (i may end up trying to fix that with some fics hehe)! i am such a whore for her, it's actually insane. like the past few days since i finished watching it, she has been on my mind 24/7, what i would let her do to me is EMBARASSING. i love that woman so much and i'm so glad i'm not alone.

i'm done ranting for now but i cannot promise i won't ramble in your inbox again. i truly have punisher brainrot (and criminal minds brainrot too but that's not important right now)

thank you for reading my ramblings again <3

welcome back nonnie!

totally up to you love! if you’re not comfy coming off anon & wanna give yourself a lil nickname, that’s totally fine with me :)

don’t even worry about how long you’ve been in the fandom, that doesn’t matter. you’re here & your opinions & feelings are just as valid as everyone else’s. to your point about big strong men with questionable morals: yes

I haven’t watched shadow & bone but I have seen ben’s character in that role and maybe he’s the problem like maybe they try to make him look bad & it’s just impossible bc it’s ben barnes 🤷🏻‍♀️

LMAO pls that would be so funny. hey will what have you been up to lately? oh nothing just terrorizing the punisher in new york no biggie

karen is a strong woman bc the second frank or madani looked at me like that i’d fold & be like yeah literally anything you want I will give you. if you do end up writing any madani fics pls send them my way! i’ll get around to writing for her eventually. it’s been hard for me to focus on writing anything other than bodyguard frankie bc that’s my baby

I don’t ever not have punisher or criminal minds brainrot so pls feel free to rant with me anytime <3

#court answers #court rambles

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gon-and-killuas-mother · 2 months

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been cooking up an original DC "hero" for a while now and it's pretty much a coping character. nonbinary, disabled, artistic, in constant pain, and after the Incident that gets them their powers (which involved a natural disaster resulting in their death) they end up sharing their body with a fragment of the embodiment of darkness.

darkness, in this case, isn't some symbolism of evil or w/e. a shadow has no intent, no purpose other than to exist where light can't reach. it has existed long before time, before the universe took its first breath. completely neutral, only dangerous to those who fear the dark, but can be used by anyone who knows how.

i figure, since i'm allowed to make things crazy for funzies, Gotham might have an inertly higher concentration of darkness. not necessarily bc of how much of a madhouse it is, but maybe the madness is a side effect of Gotham's geographic placement (i haven't figured all of it out yet but something along the lines of Gotham sitting on idk really potent ley lines or something)

i'm thinking that Darkness isn't exactly sentient, but maybe some degree of sapient. especially in Gotham, where its shadows are stronger than anywhere on the planet aside from the north and south poles. and while time means very little to a non-organic, eternal sapient entity, i like to think it paid closer attention to Batman.

most of these tiny humans that use the shadows are predictable, causing chaos and mayhem. but this Batman was the first in recent memory to use the shadows of Darkness for good. the same hand that breaks bones also softly reaches out to the hurt, the frightened.

Darkness is neutral, it has no moral alignment that a human could project onto it. but rare is a creature of shadows that pursues "good".

here's a little excerpt touching on that:

"There are dozens of heroes that could help you," Batman tells the shadows. "Why seek me out?"

The shadows flicker and flow around him, like ink in water, making inhuman chirrups. They condense into a vaguely humanoid form as they approach for a moment, a pair of white eyes appearing where a face might be. Their gaze is heavy with something unnameable, and Batman suppresses a shudder building at the base of his spine.

"You ... are known... to us..." the shadows answer in warbled speech, as though many broken voices speak as one. Their eyes bore into him, but their form falls apart, and they return to flowing in idle circles.

Batman narrows his eyes, but holds his tongue as they continue, their voices taking a heavier tune.

"Warden of Night... Keeper of Darkness... Watcher of Shadows... each time you wrap yourself in our cloaks of dark, we see... We know..."

The shadows condense once more to Batman's left, and he turns his head to follow their meandering path around him. Most who circle him this way do so like predators, but there is no threat from this... creature? Our cloaks of dark ... Batman's blood cooled at what that could mean.

"We have watched... as you make our deepest shadows your closest ally.... we have watched you for a long, long time, young shadow."

Young. As much as he wanted to scoff, he knew this meant something beyond his normal purview.

.................

well i guess it's more like i'm making two DC characters. one is the embodiment of darkness, one is the very human character that becomes their vessel in a tragic chain of events.

idk guess i needed to write that real quick, it's been cooking so long

here's the thing. i have no clue if personified darkness is already a character in DC comics. it probably is. i can't do anything original in this universe 😭

#tink rambles #batman #dc comics #original character #story idea #writing

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shawoluvs · 1 year

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I was tagged by the lovely @fourseascns to do this tag game thing~ I usually try to stick to a kpop theme on this blog but I'm gonna just scratch that 'cause they're not relevant~

☆ three ships ㅡ Three ships I am very much in love with atm are Nikolai/Zoya (the Grisha verse), Chandler/Monica (FRIENDS) & Alina/The Darkling (the Grisha verse)~ Like I've not even watched Shadow & Bone yet but every time I see something about it it takes me right back to the books and the energy that DarkLina have is just so so so so so so good, it's so perfect, little scared the show is gonna fail to capture it as it has failed to capture some other things...

☆ last song ㅡ The last song I listened to was F U Anthem by Leah Kate~ I'm seeing Hayley Kiyoko in literally like two weeks and I'm pretty sure she's the opener for her and I'm very excited about it all because her songs are kinda all edgy heartbreak songs and going to bring such a good energy to the show before Hayley comes on~

☆ last movie ㅡ The last movie I watched in full was Carol but the last movie I caught on TV, that I absolutely adore, was Legally Blonde~

☆ currently reading ㅡ King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo

☆ currently watching ㅡ I'm kinda really slow with watching stuff at a moment, partly because I tend to watch random youtube stuff instead and other stuff I save to watch with my sister but the shows I'm currently watching very slowly are Love (it's on Netflix, it's kinda alright, I'm only a few eps in so we'll see) and Twenty Five, Twenty One (I'm liking it but I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the main couple yet with their sort of age difference and how this guy kinda only hangs out with high school kids... idk it's a bit of an odd one but it's got great people in it)

☆ currently consuming ㅡ Mentally ejbgjre lots of Sims 4 youtube videos... I have this weird thing where I watch a lot of Sims 4 youtubers but I actually refuse to play the Sims 4 partly because I'm a Sims 3 loyalist and partly because without so many of the ridiculously priced packs it doesn't seem worth it??? So I like to watch youtubers with all the packs play it and live vicariously through them, y'know, like a normal person.

☆ craving ㅡ Something sweet and/or water right now, I just had bacon and cheese pita sandwiches which were very delicious but that's a lot of savoury/salt and I tend to eat in extremes like that????

I'm gonna tag a few of my lovely mutuals as usual, if you fancy taking part then here ya go and if not I hope you're having a lovely day~ Also I'm sorry I always end up tagging the same people ejgberjge I cannot remember urls for the life of me~

@seuiqi, @kseulgiz, @joshriku, @solaarflaree, @eternallys, @ohmuqueen, @justdoityo, @mizugucci, @mykindofkpop

#[ tagged ]#literalllyyyy don't know how to answer a simple question without rambling so apologies for that #also I know my sims 4 thing is weird ejgbrhbgejg #the weirdest thing about is I do in fact own the sims 4... and have several packs...#but I just like but one pack every time there's a big sale because I don't wanna pay full price #and there are so many features in the game that seem essential but come in packs ejbgerbgjege #and also sims 3 issssssssssssss the best sims game~ I will die on this hill~ thanking you~

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I can't tell if you liked Shadow and Bone or not and it's killing me lol

i also can't tell if i liked it! i know for sure i liked s1 a lot better than s2. s1 was an interesting viewing experience because i had to adjust to the fact that they really weren't following the books and i wasn't prepared for that. i think what they did with the grisha trilogy worked really well. pretty much every change was for the better. it made the characters more likable which serves the plot a lot better. the crows stuff, however, was more jarring both because i'm far more invested in them and because the changes were bigger and without any obvious payoff. but once i got over the hesitancy of the story being changed it was mostly fine. there were still a few things i didn't like but overall it was like okay i get it. we're moving chess pieces around because we're setting stuff up.

going into s2 i knew they weren't following the books closely so i went in with the mindset of "hey this is its own thing and you should judge it based on what it is, and not what it isn't." and then... they just shoehorned in a bunch of big Moments(tm) from the books that... have no relevancy in the story they're telling?

like what was the point of kaz bringing pekka to his knees begging? pekka still has a crap ton of people loyal to him. he's still running shit from hellgate. there was no emotional catharsis to it. and kaz hasn't built up the reputation of "When everyone knows you're a monster, you needn't waste time doing every monstrous thing" yet soooooooo it kinda just feels like kaz showed that yeah he can figure out what is most important to someone and push that button (figuratively, because he won't actually do the horrible thing) but it ultimately doesn't even matter because... ??? like i don't know why that mattered in the context of the story they're actually telling. it was just a big moment from the book plopped into the show. if they wanted to rearrange the pieces so that pekka would be in hellgate with matthias, they could have done that without using the alby storyline in a place where not only does it not fit, it completely undermines the point.

same with the "i will have you without armor" interaction. i'm not a big fan of that line in the books to begin with. it's fine. i just think there are way more *scream into my pillow about it* moments but i know it's a fan favorite and it feels like that's the only reason they included it. when it happens in the book, it's because kaz hasn't offered inej anything, really. he's asked her to stay in ketterdam but that's the most vulnerable he's allowed himself to be with her. so it serves as like a linchpin for him to do better, sort of? but in the show... he's already told her about jordie. he's already given her freedom from the menagerie and a lead on her family. he's already given her everything except physical skin to skin contact, and so that line just comes across as "you're not good enough because you're traumatized" instead of "we're both traumatized but i want to get better and i won't let you hold me back from that. you have to at least try" so it's... kinda gross?

the jesper and wylan changes are mostly fine but their relationship feels very rushed and i don't really understand what the point of doing that is. like jesper watching wylan play piano and having a moment about it felt like... nothing? because wlyan is just a guy he had a one night stand with. what new light is it shedding on a guy jesper doesn't really have any mis-formed preconceived notions on? and why are they already basically married? maybe this is just a personal preference but that's not fun to me. i am much more interested in watching them awkwardly fall for each other over time than having immediate confirmation that they're a couple.

(also i have a pretty big gripe with the way jesper being grisha is handled. but that's a whole other discussion.)

idk i guess the point i'm making is that s2 felt like a marvel movie. it had a lot of quippy one-liners and Big Emotional Beats that we knew were Big Emotional Beats because there was swelling music and lingering shots but there was no substance to any of it?? none of it mattered in the context of the story they were actually telling. it only matters if you already have a built-in connection to the story via the source material.

that being said: kaz bar brawl and nina spy competence = very sexy. and as much as i just talked a bunch of shit about jesper, he really is amazing. kit young continues to be an inspired stroke of jesper genius. almost everyone was perfectly cast, actually.

there were other things i liked and disliked about it but this is the general gist of where i'm at, i guess.

#replies #anonymous #sab #negativity for ts

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aworldinsideofthem · 1 year

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Shadow and Bone season two thoughts

I tweeted a little as I watched, but I realised I wanted to put together my thoughts more longform, so here we go. In general: I liked it still but not as much as S1, I had Thoughts.

Spoilers for all of the season after the read more.

Idk maybe its the fact that they started referencing events from Crooked Kingdom - a source I care about a lot and um more than some of the other books - that I started to get pickier but I did.

To quickly get the Mal, Alina, Darkling, Nikolai plot of it all. I liked all the new casting (Nikolai took a little to grow on me, but Tolya and Tamar were great the whole way through). Generally I was fairly unmoved by it all, but this plot really isn't why I am watching the show. Genya gave me some feelings. Zoe Wannamaker is great. I preferred Ben Barnes' villain moments more in S1 but the end in the desert did make me feel a little bit.

I'll deal with the !!! end separately.

So, the Crows. I wasn't sure what I expected them to do - knowing that they wouldn't do The Ice Court - but idk I was a little surprised they mined Crooked Kingdom the way they did because in my mind it so clearly needs the events of SOC for emotional reasons for CK events to work, but I think they ... sort of pulled it off. Sort of.

I mean, they rushed the fuck out of it. I know they wanted to reunite the plots but I wanted more out of Kaz's revenge and yes we got a lot of investigation of Kaz's trauma but I wanted a bit more set-up for all the Crows. The cane fight was very good though. Freddy was great in the confrontation scene - so good - but I admit I missed the quiet of the book church scene and that only Inej saw it. Inej not being there, it being surrounded by lots of people ... it felt different.

The Kanej: they hinted at book stuff but it all just felt a little watered down. Yes we got the bandages scene but only nods to it because they're not really there yet emotionally, and yes he tried to get her out and got her freedom but I didn't really see the point in having that weird fight in the middle. Yes, he is pushing her away but it just seemed odd. The hallucination scene was feelings-y but kinda confusing in why they had that for Inej, but the recovery form it was nicely done with the softness in Kaz's eyes before the !!! sets in. However the final ep "I will have you without armour" scene was pretty great. And his looks when he saw her walk back with Alina and the sword! I love them.

Wesper: I liked Jack's Wylan from the get go and I thought him and Kit had good chemistry. Even with the plot changes I found them very cute and charming.

Also the bit where Jesper lists off how Kaz couldn't imagine doing this without him, and Kaz said yes all of that - but not the unlimited tab. I love me some Kaz and Jesper friendship.

Nina with the Crows was great. She doesn't take Kaz's bullshit and I loved the "there is five of us" moment at the end.

Matthias: welp sorry Calahan you had shit all to do. I did assume they were gonna get him out this season but uh guess that is for the Ice Court spinoff.

The end: haha they sure changed a lot there. A lot. Are they setting up something for S&B S3 and also SOC?? Now with Dark Alina in charge of Ravka and King of Scars Nikolai stuff?? Mal going away with Tolya, Tamar and Inej?? I liked that Inej is getting a pirate slave hunter moment (but I still need that Kanej boat scene. I need it). I guess they'll find a way to get her back? Will she get caught?? So many questions. So random.

I don't care about Mal x Alina really but uh if I did and that ending happened and I was expecting the R&R ending. Well.

Are they going to do a Tolya and Inej moment? I have mixed feelings.

Anyway in conclusion: I love the Crows! Some things were good! The actors were all great! But eh some choices I'm not sure about it. I need the Ice Court story though. Please Netflix.

Yes I have read book scenes and I might go hunt down some of my Kanej fic faves ...

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers #kanej #wesper #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #jesper fahey #wylan van eck

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panainpublic · 1 year

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i literally just finished shadow and bone and i am dutch so i get to shit on the dutch usage and pronunciation now hehehe >:D

i kept track of all names and words and stuff that i thought were dutch(-inspired) based on the word itself or context, then divided them into 3 categories: "yup, thats correct", "aaaaaalmost", and "wtf is this." (pronunciation will be thoroughly criticized later.)

(disclaimer i have only read a small part of SoC due to ✨life✨ so this is mostly based on the show)

yup, thats correct

the following words/names are completely believable, both in context and the name itself, + why:

tante Heleen - tante = aunt and Heleen is a very Dutch name; Dreesen is a real last name; Edam is a real place (their cheese is pretty good); Rozenstraat is a very generic and common street name; Edyck is the fancy old spelling of Edijk, which is probably either a place or someones name; Rietveld is a real last name; stroopwafels are real and oh so very good; Appelbroek, aka apple bottom jeans (or apple pants ig), could probably be a place name; Hiemstra is probably a real last name; Saskia is a very Dutch name; Lij could be a real place; Kooperom sounds so much like a real restaurant i actually would want to eat there now.

aaaaaalmost

these seem like theyre actually dutch names at first glance, but its just a little... wrong. off. (again, + why.)

Ketterdam, as ketter means heretic (probably why its named that tbf), would never be a real place name. it sounds very weird; "goedemorgen, fantomen" was pronounced so wrong i had to take another listen to pick up what he was saying, + wed use "spoken" instead of "fantomen", especially in the context of surprise survivors; Jakob is fine, but Hertzoon would be spelled Hertszoon. even then, its still weird - -szoon was only used with the fathers name, and "hert" means deer, which isnt really a name; Henrik Van Poel would be correct if Van was spelled without a capital. its a "tussenvoegsel", an infix, which behaves a certain way in dutch, including not being capitalized when the whole name is written out; (B/D)uysberg (dont remember exactly) is almost correct, but idk, something feels just a little off about it, especially if it was Buysberg, which is what i think it was; Kaz would be spelled with an s and maybe a C depending on the full name, and Brekker is right but just doesnt feel like a real last name.

wtf is this.

these arent dutch. these will never be dutch. no. (once again, + why.)

Kerch just doesnt sound or feel dutch, even when pronounced the dutch way (which it isnt in the show); stadwatch is a combo of dutch and english, which wed never do like this - just call it the stadswacht or the city watch, both sound better; Sturmhond is a combo of German and Dutch, make it Stormhond and id believe it (but i guess it was made up by a Ravkan, so its excusable); kruge is just not it.

alright. time to learn some dutch pronunciation and spelling rules.

all letters are pronounced, except, depending on context, for final -n.

g/ch = /x/ or /ɣ/ (make an s or z sound, roll your tongue back until its in the same spot you pronounce k), except for loan words.

ee = /eː/, or "ay".

y/ij/ei = /ɛi̯/ - closest thing i can think of is New Zealand "face" or Scottish "write". /aɪ/ ("I") would be acceptable.

uy/ui = /œy/, like finnish äy. nothing similar in English.

oo = /oː/, "oh".

oe = /u/, "oo" as in "loo" (not as in "book")

the rest is either right or depends on context.

"goedemorgen, fantomen". oh boy.

okay, so far we got /ɣud[e]m[o]rɣ[e] f[a]nt[o]m[e]/, where the letters in brackets are not yet explained and not necessarily obvious in pronunciation. from what i can recall, only one of them was pronounced correctly.

but lets start with stress patterns in dutch. the stress will always fall on the root of any given word, unless its a relatively recent loan word. in "goedemorgen", "morgen" is the root with the stress falling on "mor". they got this part right. in "fantomen" the root is "fantoom" with the stress falling on "toom". theres also secondary stress: "goedemorgen" is a compound of "goed" and "morgen", so it falls on "goe". in "fantomen", -en marks plural, and therefore secondary stress is on the other syllable of the root word: "fan".

if "e" isnt stressed in a word, its almost always /ə/ (e in "burden"). in this case, no e is stressed, so its all /ə/.

the first "o" is followed by multiple consonants, so its /ɔ/ (o in RP "sorry").

the second "o" is the shortened form of "oo".

"a" followed by multiple consonants, so its not the short form of "aa", and pronounced /ɑ/ (generic american english first a in "always")

this makes our sentence pronounced as /ˌɣudəˈmɔrɣə(n) ˌfɑnˈtoːmə(n)/.

#shadow and bone #long post #this is how i show love alright let me be #pana says things #wait i guess theres technically a spoiler in here #shadow and bone season two spoilers #sab s2 spoilers

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smut-writer26 · 11 months

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Twisted Thoughts

❗Author's Note❗** Please be advised that this is for mature audience. If you don't wish to read anything related to the subject please do NOT proceed. Thank you!

**Description** CNC, you can imagine who you want, fem/reader, male/partner, it's basically just CNC, Idk what else to say, dirty talk?

You didn't exactly live in the safest place. You've heard your fair share of offenders your friends have gone through, but it's never happened to you. Maybe it's a little naive for you to think that it's never gonna happen to you, but it never has before. What's to say it'll ever happen? And that's why you're out, walking down to your apartment with your shoes in your hands, walking home after a night out with your friends. "It's just a couple blocks, I'll be fine!" You assured your friends twenty minutes ago when they'd offered you a ride home in their carpool. But you shook your head, smiling. "I wanna get some fresh air anyway." The night is cool, a little windy, the breeze settling in your bones like a lullaby. You adore the night life, the twinkling lights, the low hum of city life. It's peaceful, lovely. almost too good to be true, but you ignore that nagging feeling in your gut that tells you to walk a bit faster.

"You should be careful. Especially in this alley." You freeze.

"i- what?" A shadow materializes in front of you, and you can barely make out a shape.

"You know, you're a pretty girl. Someone might try something," He starts. "You shouldn't be out alone." You laugh weakly.

"Yeah, I know. It would really suck to get mugged."

"Mhm," he hums. "They could do more than mug you, you know. There's been more and more slasher cases now, haven't you heard?" You acknowledge his remarks with small nods and hums. It's unnerving, and though you know he just means it for your benefit, you kinda wish he'd just stop talking. Or change the subject. "There's also been quite a lot of assault cases. Like, rape cases. you've gotta watch out, baby. They prey on pretty little girls like you."

"Can you not talk about that?" You shudder. "I don't feel-"

"I'm just sayin'," he shrugs. "They'd just take you, into one of these alleyways," he jabs a thumb in the direction of one you'd just walked past. "Corner you," he steps just a little closer to you. "Just like this." He backs you into a wall now, tall and looming over you. You frown, mouth run dry.

"What are you-"

"I'm showing you how it'd happen, sweetheart," he's dangerously close to you. You can feel his breath on your cheek, on your neck. "and you're so pretty. so hard to resist."

"I-," your voice wavers. "Please let me move."

"How about," he smiles gently, hand trailing up your arm. "I give you a little treat. Hmm? What about it?" You look up at him, paralysed in fear.

"What do you want from me?"

"C'mere." He grabs your wrist, thick fingers tightening around you before pulling you into a small alleyway. He pulls you right next to him, chest to chest. You can feel his broad chest, rock hard under his turtleneck, his steady heartbeat. Being so close to him makes you weak, just a little at the knees, your thighs clenching together subconsciously. He's so strong, thick arms wrapping around you to hold you up. "Don't go fallin' on me, princess." There's a sense of danger that nags at the back of your head, but you can't seem to hear it as he spins you around, shoving you into the brick wall. Your palms come up against the rough surface, helplessly pushing against it, your cheek squished to the wall. "So easy," he sneers. "I could take you just like this, baby. I could kiss you," you feel his lips ghosting against the shell of your ear, making contact against your neck. "touch you so easily." You feel his hand snake to your front, palming against the silk of your dress. One hand gropes your tits, soft and plush and he groans into your ear, grinding his front against your ass. "Pull your dress down," he murmurs, hands gripping the bottom and tugging down. "I bet you like me playing with your nipples, don't you?" Your throat is raw. Your mouth is dry, unspeaking, eyes fluttering closed as he pinches your nipples, cold and pebbled in the chilly air. Why is he touching you? Why is he- he's a stranger but he's a good guy, he wouldn't do this to you. He's just showing you, just telling you to be careful, isn't he? Your thighs rub together, a small sound escaping your lips. He pants into your neck, hand rucking up the bottom of your dress. "and then," he continues. "I'd touch you here." His knuckles drag along the crotch of your panties, and he curses. "Holy fuck. You're getting off on this, princess? You're soaked." His fingers slide under your panties, rubbing against your drooling heat.

"i-" you start, but he cuts you off when his fingers slip into your tight hole, your words twisting into a whine. "What- what are you-"

"Shhh," he hushes you, pressing a kiss to your lips. He tastes like apples and honey, with just a tinge of expensive wine. "Let it happen. Let me take care of you." He bunches up your skirt over your hips, slipping your panties down your thighs. "Gotta learn how to say thank you, yeah?" His fingers fuck into you slowly, almost gently, like he's massaging against your g-spot. you're crumpling in his hands, shaking your head vehemently.

"I don't want this, please, don't take my virginity-"

"You're a virgin," he gasps mockingly. "and yet you're fucking soaked for a total stranger. I'm beginning to think you're lyin' to me princess. Go on, push me away. Push me away if you want me to stop." But you can't, not with his fingers crooking right up against your g-spot. You gasp as his other hand finds your clit, rubbing messy circles.

"I- i, fuck," you breathe, your orgasm building in your stomach. You can feel it, the familiar sensation that has your toes curling, your head tilting up. He takes advantage of this, planting his lips on your neck and sucking, nibbling just slightly and you melt.

"I-," you stutter. "I'm cummin-, cumming-!"

"I'm gonna let you cum," he whispers. "I'm nice enough. Other fuckers wouldn't even care. But I'd make you cum, baby," his fingers fuck into you faster, abusing you. "Just like that. Let me rape you, hm? You make it so fuckin' easy for me." You can't help the words that spill out of your mouth as you cum hard around his fingers.

"Rape me, rape me," you murmur, eyes glassy. "I need- fuck, need you to-" he chuckles.

"You want me to rape you, baby?" he kisses the nape of your neck. "say it again."

"Pl- please-," your voice is hoarse, wavering. "want you to- to rape me. s-steal my virginity." He's on you faster than you can even register it. You feel his stiff member resting on your back, groaning something in your ears that you can't quite comprehend, your mind hazy with the need for him to be inside you. Whining, you push your hips back against his, silent begging for his touch.

"I got you, I got you. Slow down, sweetheart." his hands fit on your hips, the dips and curves melting under his warm fingers. "I'm being so kind to you, you know? No one else would ever rape you like this."

"T-thank you," you mutter, head swarming. His tip presses up against your slit, the head catching as he pushes, pushes so hard to fit. You gasp, falling forward into the rough wall again. You try to wiggle out of his grip, running from him. "W-wait, wait- you're huge, it's not gonna-" You feel stinging on one side of your face.

"Don't move." he commands you, voice silvery and cool. "I've been so nice. Don't make me angry." He smooths a hand down your back before spreading your legs wider. "You're gonna take it, okay? I'm gonna make it fit." He rubs the reddening skin softly, soothing it before he starts pushing into you again. You whimper, shoving a hand between your teeth to muffle it as he pushes past the tight ring of muscle, bottoming out inside you with one sharp thrust. "There we go," he murmurs. "See? you can take it. Your little virgin parts can take it." You melt into his arms as he fucks you, somehow both gentle and rough. His thrusts are sharp but slow, calculated to hit against your sweet spot with every thrust. He's filling the silence with gentle coos, encouraging you as you wither away, gasping and panting and begging. "You like this, baby?" he kisses your temple. "Like a stranger taking advantage of your sweet virgin parts like this? Go on. Use your big girl words."

"I-i like it," you stutter, fucked dumb by the stretch of his member. "I like it s-so much, Plea-..." He hums.

"I can tell. You're clenching on me, princess.'' His thrusts grow faster, sharper. "I'm gonna cum in you, yeah? You came once already, now it's my turn." Your eyes widen at his words, shaking your head violently, soft please, don't, pull out please's on the tip of your tongue when his hand comes up to your face, stocky fingers pushing past the seam of your lips. He presses down on your tongue, hooking against the inside of your cheek. "That wasn't a request, baby. I am going to cum inside you." You're overpowered, overwhelmed. His member is kissing your cervix with every thrust now, hips jutting against your ass. It's all so much, too much that your eyes flutter shut, your body giving up its last thread of resistance. He holds you up, fucking into you like a toy. "Like my own personal fucktoy," he murmurs against your skin. "all mine to fuck and breed." His words echo in the empty chamber of your brain. All his to fuck and breed. All his to fuck and breed. You're lost in it, in the way the tip of his member catches just slightly on the tiny hole of your cervix, the pain ever so slight. He fucks you like he's just as lost in you, the warmth of your walls, you're dripping, and every time he glances down he can see the white ring around the base of his member. He groans, hips stuttering. "I'm cumming," he warns you. "Are you gonna take it like a good little girl? Let me fill your virgin parts with hot rapist cum, hmm?" You nod pathetically, begging for it, please, let me have it. And he does, groaning as he buries himself into you. He grinds in small circles as he fills you, as warmth shoots up into you. You're crying, nails scratching the walls as he fills you over and over, stuffing you to the brim. And then he pulls out, and you can feel his cum dripping out of you. You shiver, fully exposed to the outside world. Shaking, you turn around and he's gone. You walk around the corner and see him.

"You ready to go home, babe?" You smile and nod, he wraps his arm around you and you two walk home.

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s&b spoilers

shadow and bone s2 was GOOD im pretty much either indifferent to or super into all the changes they made. um and wylan was perfect absolutely 100% wylan. and tbh there’s a lot of differences in medium between books/tv and i think it’s good they included some crows backstory in this season

simply because. as book readers we all know these characters. but if you were someone watching the show only i personally wld get so frustrated if a show waited til like a spin-off or season 3 or whatever to give me backstory on very mysterious interesting characters. it was good. and also mostly kaz i mean we don’t have wylans backstory yet… and not all of jespers like we saw his mom but not his dad. he’s got issues around both parents <3

ALSO ALSO?!!! alina. alina. highkey i liked what they did with her. like it struck a good middle ground!! between the fact that the original ending is good bc she sacrifices her powers to save the world (sacrifices of war) and the fact that it is annoying to see someone fight for their powers and then have them completely stripped away. i enjoyed this ending. there’s consequences for merzost.. she’ll never be the same.. AND it fits w lore since shadow summoning kinda seems to have come from morzova’s merzost and manifested into his child being a shadow summoner

only change i didn’t like was david. i hope he comes back but i don’t think he will or at least not how he was.

i’m highkey also loving the changes to jesper and wylan they did feel like the least developed as a couple in six of crows and i do enjoy them getting to have a silly little romance amongst all the tragedy and shit…

i think definitely part of how s2 was done is bc netflix is known to randomly cancel shows and show runners have to like. make every season be a kind of ending these days since they have no guarantee they’ll get an additional season. but i pray that we get six of crows jurda parents heist. intrigued by a lot of things. especially how they’ll get inej back into the soc plot when she’s already achieved her goal essentially.. that’s not a complaint tho just a wondering. it also gives them the opportunity to develop kaz and inej beyond what’s in the books!!

idk i kind of think of the show as a high budget fanfic. which makes it so fun. it’s not a direct adaptation it’s a what if something different (that still makes sense) happened! what if the crows interacted with the s&b characters! it’s so fun i loved s2

i am. so fucking glad it essentially ended with single alina bc I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BIGGEST FAN OF SINGLE ALINA!! and so glad they changed up and skipped a lot of book 2 bc let’s be real that book suffers serious pacing issues. it’s so slow. love alina’s agency. i saw some random person complaining about her “making bad choices” but um tbh all her choices seemed generally like.. they made sense so that’s all that matters

#shadow and bone #shadow and bone spoilers #shadow and bone season 2 #s&b s2

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pinkandblueblurbs · 1 year

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Gill were you asking about Shadow and Bone and Six of Crows? Have I been summoned? 😂

I mean, I recommend watching seasons 1 and 2 regardless, but I would watch them even if you just wanna watch the SOC spin-off. They really deviated form the books so idk how a spin-off or SAB season 3 will be set up, but the crows have their own little storyline in season 1 and they’re pretty big in season 2, and we get to dig into their stories a bit more. So TL;DR, you don’t have to watch seasons 1 and 2, but I think you should (bc they’re really good, and the more streams season 2 gets in its first month, the more likely it is to get renewed) ❤️❤️❤️

wait i’m confused i thought season 2 WAS the one about six of crows 😭😭 i guess i got that wrong so that’s good to know bahaha

thank you for the insight!!! i appreciate it 😁😁

#❥ you’ve got mail!#em 🍬

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heloooooooo, i;m sorry you're not having the best day!

if you haven't drunk any water in a while, please have a small glass, and maybe put one of those vitamin c dissolvable tablets in if you're feeling under the weather, it might help.

if you've been sitting for a while, stretch your legs and maybe sit up straight to give your back a break, or get a pillow or something.

if you're cold, get a jumper or a blanket or something cozy, and have a snack if you're hungry!!!!!

i'm so sorry if things aren't going incredibly well for you this week or today or whatever time period it is, but i promise you it will get better and you will feel good again and you know tomorrow is another day, and it may surprise you by being an absolutely amazing day that you weren't expecting!

i hope you walk somewhere today and see a cat and are able to stroke it a bit and have a nice couple minutes with the cat, and then you get a muffin or brownie or some crisps or cake or soemthing along those lines and and eat it whilst watching gilmore ggirls or another comfort show, and the day's overall quality just goes up!

ummm, what else. i can tell you about my day. i have eaten my body weight in special k istg. the chokehold that cereal has on me is ridiculous. i realized that once upon a time is no longer on netflix and is now on disney+, with i dont have, which was pretty annoying as i am currently craving hook/emma interactions and cuteness. yk how sometimes you are really just in the mood for one specific type of cute couple will they wont they enemies to lovers interaction, from two specific people, and then when you realise it's not available to you it'sjust so annoying. yeah, that kinda sucked, but i just watched rory and logan episodes of gilmore girls and felt better :)!

also, i just bought shadow and bone, the first book from that whole series. i was wondering if you've read it? i've heard from some people on here that it is really good, sothat is something to look forward too :)!

ummmm, what else is there to ramble about. idk if you've noticed but i'm trying to distract you from any bad or not nice things that might be happening, and i am going to continue to do this until i run out of words in my brain. gotta cheer up my favouritr tumblr big sister!!!

i have been obsessively listening to maisie peters today! do you watch caitlin marie reacts an youtube? i love her and i just binged all her maisie reactions this morning and spent the rest of the day obsessively listing to her eps and watching live performances. if you haven't already, you should listen to her music! it's really good! i watched her performance with james bay of funeral so many times today, it's just so good! so yeah, that's what the music has been like today.

oh, also i was sitting on my bed, just listening to music, and i was sitting cross legged, and my cat came and sat on me, kinda facing outwards and stretching his whole body out onto my leg, which was really cute and adorable, but he is also a large boy and didn't get off for an hour so by the time he did, the leg cramp was ridiculous istg. it took me five minutes to be able to use it again. so yeah, that happened. he's very sweet though so i'll forgive him.

have you got any plans for the next week? if so, what type of things are they. it is currently a week off from school for me so i am going to laze around, study a bit, listen to music, and maybe see friends at some point. very lazy week :)

soooooo, yeah. i can't really think of anything else to day but i hope this maybe made you feel better and if you were already feeling better before reading this then i hope this kept your mood at that good level.

idk, the amount of rambling in this is riduclous, i should stop, so yeah, byeeeeeeeee

(also no pressure to answer this, i just hope it makes you smile)

hellooo izzy🥺💗

i'm feel a lot better now :) i ate smth and took a bath so :) and i'm pretty cozy in my blanket rn :)

right??? cereal is so good??? wtf??? oooh i haven't watched ouat so as i have disney+ i might watch it now :D and yes yes yess i totally get that feeling bestie!! sjsjsj u can always count on rory and logan to make u feel better lol<3

noooo i haven't read it :( tho it's on my tbr FOREVER aahh!! also i heard that shadow and the bone trilogy is not that good but six of crows duology is better?? idk anyway rn i am ready city of bones by cassandra clare it's good i think tho i am not getting much time to read :(

awww i noticed🥺🥹💕 ilysm for this<33 and i'm so happy that u see me as a big sister ilyilyilyyyy

i don't listen to maisie but maybe now i will :) also yesss i watch caitlin marie reacts on yt!!

omg hgfdsdfgh ur cat sounds adorable<33 u should share a pic of him🥺 and i'm sorry for the cramp izzy ily

aaah that's nice!! i don't have much plans but to study as my exams are from march 1 so yeah :')

AND YES YES YESSSS THIS MADE ME FEEL SO MUCH BETTER ILYSM MWAH (and yes ik i think i already said ily in this like 10 times but hushhh)

and nooo it's not ridiculous at alll!! ramble whenever and whatever u want to me :)

take care of urself<3333

#izzy<3 #the loveliest mutuals💕✨

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