I've been watching the adventures of tintin 1991 with my sister and were watching the blue lotus part 2 and when Chang showed up I literally sat up in my chair and pointed at the screen like he was a famous actor. He has entered my brain forever, and I have you to thank for it.
for a character that popped up for only two adventures he left quite an impact on me too. I can imagine he'd make quite an impression when staying over in Belgium and making some appearances in the paper!
my sister was studying the opium trade and its links with colonialism so we were watching the 1991 cartoon episodes for The Blue Lotus and The Crab with the Golden Claws. I remember a) cringing every time Mitsuhirato appeared b) cringing at the voice they decided to give Chang and c) my sister turning around and looking at me every time a Chinese Musical Sting™ would play (we're Chinese)
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Emma should’ve had a wedding dress that wasn’t so stiff. And i swear when i saw that dress i created a hc that Emma doesn’t like lace dresses. That dress did NOT fit her. And don’t get me started on her hair, it also felt restrictive for no reason when it’s her WEDDING?! I stand by her wearing a dress that is off the shoulder, with a swan inspired look, and her hair DOWN! (Or a loose, low bun that isn’t so tight and has some strands out.)
And it’s the fact that Killian’s outfit was so in character idk what happened when they planned her dress.
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yknow i didn't necessarily start my wyll origin run with the intent of romancing astarion in mind but the more i play the more i find their similarities amusing when it comes to like, the surface level personality they present to strangers in act 1.
wyll is a compulsive flirt. you see it in dialogue with shadowheart and lae'zel - he just tosses out a couple lines that clearly aren't supposed to go anywhere (asking lae'zel if she believes in love at first sight, blatantly reusing the same flirtation attempts with shadowheart) and i see this as part of his Blade of Frontiers persona. obviously a traveling vigilante would have no time for romance or relationships, but he's socially aware enough to have learned that people respond well to a certain level of rogueish charm. especially if his reputation precedes him. he can safely and positively engage in surface level flirtations with the people he interacts with because the person doing the flirting isn't real - at least not to him. he often says the Blade is his best self, but to him its an ideal he strives to achieve, not the person he really is. and i imagine that includes the ability to give discouraged people positive attention in a nonthreatening way. its safe. its superficial. he doesn't have to follow through.
this is overshadowed somewhat by astarion's tendency to flirt with anything that has a pulse, but the perspective they both have on it is pretty similar. theyre both coming from a place of not actually being interested in the recipient of their attention - whether that be through astarion's ulterior motives or wyll's lack of capacity for a relationship - but they both still put on this front because it's habitual. it's worked for them and it's gotten them through the varying degrees of social contracts they find themselves in. so they wind up trading lines easily because they've studied from the same script.
anyway what im getting at is bumping these two personalities against each other can definitely result in wyll and astarion committing to the bit so hard they accidentally wind up in a relationship. like, you're safe, you know the rules, you're speaking in a language i'm familiar with but we both understand that neither of us expect anything back on an emotional level. wait when did we start confiding our deepest secrets with one another. what do you mean you trust me.
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Writing Patterns
Rules: list the first line of your last 10 (posted) fics and see if there's a pattern!
tagged by @dear-massacre, @raisesomehale, and @rosieposiepuddingnpie thank youuuu this is fun!
i'm doing only my last ten over-5k fics, just as a fun little experiment :D
Kingdoms Fall (WIP, M, sterek)
Stiles leaned over the jewel-studded bowl, fluttering his lashes as he breathed in the smoke from the burning herbs at the bottom.
The Price we Pay (66k, T, complete)
Stiles ripped the velvet strip off his face and winced, blinded by flames.
Pulling Strings (53k, M, complete)
Stiles bounced on his toes to fend off the creeping chill of the night, gaze darting impatiently between the road and the clinic.
The Stilinski Method (6k, T, complete)
Derek crept along on the balls of his feet, following tiny paw prints in the soft dirt.
Fractured Starlight (64k, M, complete)
The stretch of road between Beacon Hills and Willow Pass was almost always quiet, although Stiles wouldn’t quite call it peaceful.
Every Step You Take (8k, T, complete)
On a typical day, Stiles Stilinski would say his impulse control was shaky to moderate at worst.
The Next Chapter (105k, M, complete)
The photo ripped down the middle.
End of the End (90k, E, complete)
Stiles spotted the group with difficulty.
The Bright Side of Disaster (5k, T, complete)
The Beacon Hills spring farmers market was never small.
Keep Moving (10k, T, complete)
Derek squinted up, eyeing the clouds creeping in from the west.
okay, i'm not sure what all this says about me or my stories, but. there's at least a little variety here. I think? LOL
tagging uuhhhh @cephalog0d @2dents and @halevetica and anyone else who wants to play!
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