#if i get any popularity and also stop being scared of Video:))

[araneapeixes]

lmao soooo follow me on instagram :)) (im zajdart) just one art on there so far bc i wanna space out uploading the backlog over time. it will not link back to my tumlr bc i want to keep it a potentially professional space so only the Real Ones will know..... so if u follow me on there feel free to lmk and I will follow back bc i need some tumblrina presence in the scary scary outside

#finally getting a genuine social media presence. scary:( #it will mostly serve as a link i can give to people irl #especially once i finally try to get that tattoo apprenticeship lol #lmk also if you know what i should be tagging art with for exposure that is not so cringy i will kill myself #frankly ig stories would actually be a cool way to share wips and process. potentially #if i get any popularity and also stop being scared of Video:))

[crepe-of-wrath]

Shouta Scarf Saturdays

Notes/Warnings: 18+, fem reader, this didn't start out this way but it now feels like it belongs in the same Betten Court-inspired Aizawa Never Became a Teacher AU as this popular entry from the Shouta Scarf Saturday series.

You angrily pressed the End Call button as hard as you could, stupidly hoping that the HPSC representative on the other end would somehow feel your annoyance. Aizawa's latest mission was apparently interminable...

The solitude was driving you insane. You had started to take on the habits of a scared pet with separation anxiety. The bed that Shouta should be sharing with you was littered with various pieces of his clothing and even one of his spare capture weapons, which you regularly wound around yourself at night. You stared at your phone, half annoyed and half grateful that it wasn't giving you any notifications, as you had it set to let you know if Shouta's name appeared in the news or in viral posts on social media.

You desperately tried to distract yourself. You had been doing exercise for about 15 minutes when your phone dinged. Your heart skipped or stopped or something and you immediately abandoned your routine to check it out.

Your entire body crumpled inward in relaxation when you saw it was just a fanvid: Eraserhead Takedown Moments Compilation (Updated June). What was strange was the account name. Tres5711 was not a name you recognized, and this was their first video. It was always nice to see more people appreciating your partner.

The video opened with a couple of the same clips that these compilations always used--you couldn't really blame anyone, as it wasn't like Shouta left people a lot to work with. (Though you could blame them for always using the same shitty genres of music, you thought to yourself as you went for the mute button.) But, there was no such thing as too much watching Shouta's capture weapon in action, even if the soundtrack did leave something (a lot) to be desired.

After about three minutes, the quality of video improved markedly. For half a second, you wondered who on earth had the equipment necessary to take such good clips in the dark, but that thought was crowded out and overpowered by pure lust. These clips showed off how Shouta's powerful frame flexed in the dark, how the tendrils of his hair floated when he ran, and the cat-like grace with which he moved anywhere he wanted. And they also showed, in exquisite detail, criminal after criminal being wrapped up tightly in his weapon.

In some clips, Shouta yanked them to the ground, and, in one or two, he even placed a foot on them in a gesture of dominance and control. For half a heartbeat, you were envious of them. The lighting for these clips was so good you could even see how he smiled and smirked while he was on the hunt. It was scorching hot.

You were somewhat cognizant of the fact that, for the last five minutes or so, you'd been essentially rolling around on Shouta's clothes and gotten one of your toys out, but you honestly didn't even remember actually trying to tie up your own wrists. That brought you back to a more sober reality for a moment and, grunting in frustration, you tried to undo your work so you could get out of your clothes.

You were down to your underwear and t-shirt when you heard the door to the apartment open. Calm as you like, you activated your second set of eyes, stepped out into the hallway, and called out--authoritatively, or so you hoped--"This is the Pro Hero Panopticon. Announce yourself."

The response could have knocked you over with a feather: "Good evening to you too, my sweet little kitten." Aizawa appeared at the other end of the hallway in full kit. You were vaguely aware that your mouth was hanging open, but you were somehow powerless to do anything about it.

"Sh-Shouta? I just--the HPSC said--" Your voice trailed off as he walked toward you slowly, raking his eyes up and down your half-clothed body.

"That I'm supposed to still be on my mission? Well, they're right, but let's just say work had me close by tonight, so I thought I'd come say...hello."

"Is that--are you--?" He was almost close enough to wrap in your arms, and he was giving off the most powerful and intense energy. You honestly were struggling to talk.

"No, Angel," he said, "I'm not supposed to be here. I'm being a very naughty boy." The way his feet fell heavy, emphasizing the syllables in 'naughty' made it clear that he wanted the two of you to return to the bedroom. You backed up slowly, trembling as you took his hands in your own. He held them firm and tight.

"Hmmm," he said, scanning the room, eyes lingering on the messy bed. "Looks like you've missed me." If anyone else had worn the expression he had on his face, you would have deemed them smug, but to see your beloved Aizawa looking that confident just filled you with joy.

Shouta moved you toward the bed with all the surety of an apex predator, stopping for a moment to loom over you before leaning down--batting away your toy as he did--so he could pin you on the mattress. You closed all your eyes and let out a moan, but they jerked back open when you felt his breath against your ear and he whispered, "Did that little video I posted get you all worked up?"

You nodded and felt him smile as he replied, "Well then, I guess it's a good thing that Daddy's here, isn't it?"

#aizawa x reader #aizawa shouta #bnha aizawa #aizawa smut #aizawa x y/n

[linskywords]

It's super nice of you to lock your fics to make readers less anxious. It's also really nice of you to keep updating works unlocked for readers without accounts. I know that I got an ao3 account because one of the wolfverse fics were archive locked and another fic I was reading was suddenly locked while it was still being updated. I also think that locking fics won't stop them from breaching containment. Hockey RPF has already had a user copy locked fics and then swapping them to another fandom as unlocked fics. It really is as easy as that. Lots of people have ao3 accounts and people outside of the fandom can still come into ours and blast our fics all over social media if they wanted to. In fact someone did copy down the top ships on ao3 for Hockey RPF and posted it in the nhl subreddit. Coleydoesthings made a youtube video on top fandoms which included Hockey RPF and SidGeno was one of the top ships and contains one of the most kudos'ed Sports RPF fics. It's already out there on youtube. It's really easy to get an ao3 account. I'm not saying to revert back to unlocking your fics (you can do whatever you want); if I ever publish any fics they'll probably be archive locked. I just think that maintaining the fourth wall is an impossible task and nothing on the internet is private. This isn't meant to scare anyone, but I think we need to realize that we don't have the control over fandom that we think/wish we did, and that we'll be okay. We may have to adapt, and I have no idea what that would be, but archive locking isn't going to be our saving grace. (If only it were that easy)

Second ask:

Adding to previous ask about archive locking because I just remembered something my cousin told me. She has TikTok, and while she is not in hrpf (yet...she wants to read some now that I've talked a bunch about hockey players), she gets tiktoks of people shipping Willy and Mitch using clips of them from games where one is bent over and the other bumps into the other's butt. So while it's not fanfiction the real person shipping is also already on tiktok. And I mean, hockey players do this stuff all the time, so it will likely blow over without brining fanfiction into it. But it's still on tiktok, and that probably is completely separate from hrpf, but it could definitely get tied to it (or attract tiktokers to fanfic and it's really up in the air if they bring fanfics onto tiktok and whether their internet/rpf ethics are anything like hrpf writers). Like, I don't know the future of fanfic privacy. The best we can do is keep it on ao3/tumblr and hope that people don't try to show it to the players (or try to make it go viral on reddit/tiktok).

Hm, there's a lot going on here. I agree with you that online fandom is inherently not private and also that that's okay! There does seem to be a nervousness about the future here that I don't share, though. You mention that HRPF might go viral, or players might find it, and I can see how those things feel unsettling. But the first seems vanishingly unlikely in any meaningful or harmful way, and as for the second, I'm sure most players already know it exists and want nothing to do with it. I think there are two main possibilities for the future of HRPF:

It will stay relatively obscure and the small numbers of people who it appeals to will continue to find it.

It will become slightly more popular and slightly larger numbers of people will start to find it.

There just...isn't a lot of danger here. Either of those outcomes seems fine. The phantom third outcome, where it goes viral in a way that brings a ton of new readers, doesn't seem super likely. It's still only going to appeal to the people it appeals to, and anyone else isn't going to pay attention for very long. But even if we did get a ton of new readers, what's the downside?

I think maybe the underlying fear is that we're doing something forbidden and if we're noticed we'll have to stop. But that's not the case. AO3 exists specifically to remove the danger that content will suddenly be removed when it's found objectionable. So if people find it and get mad, that's about all they can do: get mad. (And leave us some nasty comments, maybe. But now AO3 has a block function!)

It might feel unnerving that people outside of the fandom are talking about it or echoing shipping sentiments, but "the fandom" has never been a self-contained, well-defined space. It's always been open to whoever wanted to find it. To bastardize a Taylor Swift lyric: we're not on our own, kids, and we never have been. So if we get some more fans, great! If we keep about the same amount of fans, also great! If we get smaller for some reason, that's fine, too! Those of us who want to can keep on creating and enjoying the content that speaks to us, and there isn't a lot that can get in the way of that.

#fandom #hockey rpf #ao3

[the-himawari]

A3! Promotion Event Translation - Haunted Western-style House (8/9)

*Please read disclaimer on blog; default name set as Izumi

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Masumi: (I couldn’t scope out for my date at all since I could only go to the places I was guiding…)

Tsumugi: Ah, Masumi-kun. You finished changing first?

Masumi: Kumon and I finished cleaning up our last station early, so we went ahead and changed and came out.

Tsumugi: Oh, I see. Ah, by the way… I’m glad it looked like that boy you gave love advice to was able to make up with the girl he had a crush on.

Masumi: Yeah. He had a good look on his face when we left the Horror House. (Both him and the other couples who came all looked satisfied after experiencing the Horror House.) (I’m sure this Horror House is a great date spot…)

Izumi: Great work, everyone! Awesome job for getting through it without a hitch.

Masumi: Good job.

Tsumugi: Job well done.

Kazunari: There were tons of visitors on the first day~!

Tsuzuru: Right. I bet it’ll continue to get even more popular as one of Veludo City’s newest spots.

Horror house manager: Thank you very much for your work, everyone. Thanks to all of you, we were able to wrap up the first day of business with huge success. We truly appreciate it. Everyone’s performances as they were giving the tours were a huge hit. I think we’re going to start incorporating those tomorrow.

Kumon: Huh, our performances?

Juza: We just did that naturally. Did people like it that much…

Tsumugi: I’m happy to hear they’re going to incorporate them after this.

Masumi: Yeah.

VELUDO editor: So you see, we were secretly filming all of you as you were working as staff members. We will sent you the data afterwards, so please do check over it.

Izumi: Also, sorry. I know that all of must be tired from the early morning photoshoot and helping out… But we made a sudden decision to have all of you try out the Horror House and shoot a promotional video. Are you guys okay with that?

Masumi: ! I have no problem with that. I’ll do anything if you ask me to.

Tsuzuru: That reply was kinda quicker than usual…

Masumi: …I’ll be able to scope out the Horror House this way.

Tsuzuru: Hm? Sorry, I didn’t catch that. What did you say just now?

Masumi: It’s nothing.

Kazunari: I’m still raring to go too!

Kumon: I’m stoked to get to explore the Horror House! Woohoo!

Juza: Good for you, Kumon.

Tsumugi: I’m glad. I wanted to try out the Horror House as well.

Tsuzuru: It sounds like everyone’s on board.

Izumi: Thanks, guys. Once the videos are done, they’ll be uploaded onto each of the Horror House’s SNS accounts. Keep an eye out.

Cameraman: Alright, to keep it easy, I’ll ask everyone to form pairs… then Director-san and I will accompany each pair.

Kumon: Dibs on going first! Let’s go together, nii-chan!

Juza: Sure.

Izumi: Alright. Everybody else, please wait here. We’ll be off!

-pause-

Kumon: We’re back~!

Tsumugi: Welcome back. How was it?

Juza: There were ghosts in more places than I thought.

Kumon: There were some scary parts too. But I had a blast!

Izumi: Alright, next up is…

Kazunari: I can’t wait anymore! Let’s go, Tsuzurun!

Tsuzuru: Why me!? H-hold on a second!

-pause-

Kazunari: Whew, that was fun~! I never thought a ghost would be walking beside Tsuzurun!

Tsuzuru: Yeah. I didn’t think it would get that close, so it surprised me…

Tsumugi: It looks like last up will be Masumi-kun and I.

Masumi: I’ll do my best for my date with Director.

Izumi: Date…? I have no idea what you’re talking about, but do your best to advertise it, alright!

Masumi: You got it.

-pause-

Masumi: …

Tsumugi: Hey, Masumi-kun. Did you see? There’s a ghost over there.

Masumi: I noticed.

Izumi: (What should we do… they’re going to reach the exit pretty soon, but they haven’t showed any trace of being surprised or scared yet…) (I can tell the cameraman and manager of the Horror House aren’t feeling it…) E-excuse me…! Could you please stop for a second?

Masumi: ?

Tsumugi: Hm? Is something the matter?

Izumi: Um, remember… this is a promotional video for the Horror House. It’d be great if you could look scared or surprised, even if it’s just an act.

Tsumugi: Ah! G-good point. I was just enjoying myself… sorry about that… Okay, I will give it a shot.

Masumi: I’ll do it perfectly too.

Izumi: Thanks for understanding!

Masumi: …Tsumugi, there’s a ghost on your left.

Tsumugi: UWAHH!? You’re right. That gave me a heart attack… Err, there’s one on you too, Masumi-kun!

Masumi: WOAH, when did that get there!? And this one doesn’t have a face…!?

Tsumugi: Yikes. I wonder if there’s any more ghosts around…

Masumi: What do we do… I bet there’s way more…

Tsumugi: Don’t say that. Don’t run off, alright, Masumi-kun?

Masumi: Same here. Don’t leave me behind, alright?

Tsumugi: I would never do that…!

-pause-

Horror house manager: Amazing… it looks like they’re genuinely frightened. As expected from actors of MANKAI Company.

Izumi: Thank you.

-pause-

Horror house manager: We’ve finished everything we had planned! Thank you so much for all your work today since the early morning.

Izumi: Thank you very much as well.

Cameraman: I had a lot of fun getting to take great photos and videos this time as well! All the photo and video data we shot today will be sent to you later. Please check them out. We will be in touch again once the schedule for posting the videos onto SNS has been decided.

Izumi: We look forward to it.

VELUDO editor: Great work today, everyone.

Troupe members: Thank you very much!

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#a3! #a3! translation #usui masumi #act! addict! actors! #haunted western style house

[trainingdummyrabbit]

Woe

9, 14, 27

uouoauhg... explodes of Quemstions(tm)

9- tell a story about your childhood this one is . really funny actually bc i thought abt several stories and Most of them revolve around pokemon in one way or another .. there Have been several different times i was directly responsible for a boom in pkmn card popularity in my school, subsequently causing them to get banned. one of those times, there was a kid who just. he just fucking sucked man. id bring stacks of my cards in my backpack bc i loved sharing and trading them, and he just. apparently snuck in and stole like half of them? at some point? and i Knew, because my favorite card was one of em, and it had been out of print for Years at that point, and when i confronted him, he said he 'got it at walmart.' which was obviously fucking bullshit but i was too much of a pansy to confront him about it. iwas still solidly in the Polite School Kid thing, yknow? and at some point one of my friends from a lower grade went 'hey. check this out.' and pulls out a fucking wad of cards he stole back from the guy??? INCLUDING all of my missing favorites. im honestly still kinda baffled to this day about it, but it doesnt matter bc my beloved is safe at home with me even to this day and i wouldnt trade her for the world. <33 (if youre curious. 2006 salamence ex delta species. her name is sally :])

14- what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do? roleplay. i used to spend hours and hours and Hours rping literally everywhere at any chance i got, and for some reason i just... stopped? ive tried again a few times, but its never really managed t pick itself back up again... ''> > im. unfortunately Very picky about my own writing, and even more picky than that about the way im perceived, which doesnt really mix well... and then theres the active rping communities which are so alien and... weirdly strict? i always end up pushing myself too hard and exploding about it. metaphorically. outwardly its more like i just fucken disappear off th face of the earth KJNGKJD;; itried picking up an old forum acc i had about two or three weeks ago, and um. well... bbbbad timing on my part iguess... = = storytelling is still one of my biggest loves though, and i know im still deeply passionate about it, its just. ouhhhhh the struggles. oh and also cosplaying in public. id love to do that too one day, if i manage to find some friends willing within a country's radius maybe. i used to Love videos of people hanging out semi-incharacter in cosplay and just being dorks... idont really see those too often lately though :< sad..

27- any nicknames? a couple! most of them are variants of my normal name, like pika or piko or pikkles or smthn. nobodys called me those in a long time though.. my names already short n shrimple, so there hasnt rly been much need for it isuppose. a personal favorite of mine is 19, though. i used t be in a discord server w a loooot of people, and we started a joke of a 'number cult,' in which we would all call each other by numbers and kept a list of who claimed what. mine was 19 :] (since 9 was taken already.) that... lasted well over a year actually, im still 19 to a lot of people out there ithink. kind of a comforting thought.

#i dont think im 19 anymore; but theyre still very close to me. if that makes sense. #icant claim the name like i used to; but i still carry th banner. yknow. #ithink someone in my friends list still has their number in their disc user. 34 if ur out there........ o7 #anyway this got Ridiculously wordy hai KJSNFKJDNG #piktalk #ask game #um um. th nicknames one also isnt including any aliases iwent by for awhile... i used to go by 'lulu' and 'john' in afew places. #something something if you know you know or whatever. those r too important for me to not mention also tho.

[shadowuponstorm]

Pairing: Steve Harrington x Munson!Reader

Age Range: 18+ since it involves a character of legal age, so minors, please scroll on. (It's not my fault if you decided to read, don't say I didn't warn you and I'm not responsible for your actions!)

Series: Stranger Things (S4, Pre-Vol. 2)

WC: Over 1.8K

Chapter 3

A/N: This is a second chapter, so you will have to read the previous part in order to understand the storyline (Chapter 1). Slight spoilers are included, and again, I ask that no one spoils or posts spoilers in the comments in case there are those who haven't seen the show or watched Vol. 2 yet! Also please don't translate, repost, or copy under any circumstances, I prefer my original work to be on just my page. Hope you enjoy this chapter and have a great day/night!

If you're wondering what my answer is to what the night brought me, it brought me peace and comfort as I cuddled with Steve, causing us to fall asleep in each other's arms. But the next morning, it brought me a whole lot of chaos, starting with Hawkins' Police bombarding me with questions regarding the supposed actions caused by Eddie. I know they were trying to do their jobs, but I had no idea what they were talking about until I looked in the entryway of the trailer and almost let out a sound of shock before I slammed my hand over my mouth as my eyes trailed the deceased body of Chrissy Cunningham, head of the cheerleading squad and the girlfriend of Jason Craver, who very much hated my brother.

So she was the late-night customer Eddie was talking about.

As the officers tried to get my attention to focus back on them, all I could think was "What the hell happened?" & "Where did Eddie go?" because I don't see his van and nobody is telling me anything else. I looked around to see Max standing on her concrete porch, looking like she was either observing what was happening or she saw something last night and doesn't want to tell authorities.

I mouth, "Did you see what happened last night?" and Max shook her head to mouth back, "I'll tell you later at Dustin's." I slightly nod and turned my attention back towards the trailer to watch them question Uncle Wayne, silently praying Eddie's somewhere no one else knows.

-Meanwhile at Family Video, Steve's POV-

After Robin turned on the TV to show the breaking news segment on Channel 9, I stopped in my tracks because I recognized where it was airing from, Wayne Munson's trailer, where the mother and uncle of my child live.

"We're in the Forest Hills trailer park in east Roane County. We don't have a lot of details now, but we can confirm that the body of a Hawkins High student was discovered early this morning. Police have not released the name...although we are told they're currently in the process of notifying the family."

Robin turns to look at me with the same look on my face, worried as well as scared of what this could mean for Y/N and Eddie.

-Hendersons Househould, Y/N's POV-

I stand next to Max as she pounds her fist on the front door until Dustin opens the door to see us standing there, curious as to why we were there. He let us in and we head to his room before Max tells him.

"Chrissy Cunningham? You're sure it was Chrissy?" Dustin asks as he paces the floor, making sure he's getting the whole story.

I clutch a pillow over my stomach and kept taking deep breaths to avoid having to throw up from morning sickness in front of them before answering sarcastically, "No, it was another cheerleader. Yes, it was Chrissy, I saw her body. It was all twisted and bent with her eyes being gone."

"Did you both tell all this to the cops?" Dustin asks as Max and I shook our heads to answer, "No."

"Eddie the freak with Chrissy the cheerleader?" Dustin says with disbelief and confusion evident in his tone before I chime in, "I know this seems a bit odd to you, but Chrissy was kind to both me and Eddie, even when she became one with the populars."

"His name's not in the news yet or anything, but I guarantee you both that Eddie is suspect one now," Max responds as I look solemn at that fact.

"That's crazy, Eddie didn't do this. No way," Dustin says as Max looks like she doesn't believe him and rebuts with, "We can't rule it out."

Before I could voice my agreement with Dustin, I felt the contents in my stomach start rising, causing me to throw the pillow back on the bed and rush to the toilet before it makes an appearance on the floor. This goes on for about a minute or two before I feel it calm down and release my hold to move my back to lie on the opposing wall. I look toward the doorway to see Max and Dustin look at me worried before I ease it with, "I'm okay, just this whole chaos getting to me."

"Do you need anything? I can grab you a cup of water," Dustin says as I shook my head and respond, "I'll be fine, thanks though."

"I thought you don't get sick to the sight of that, unless," Max mentions before I see realization hit Dustin and his eyes grew wide with excitement as Max asks, "Could you be pregnant?"

I hang my head and sighed before I pick it back up to respond with a pointed finger, "Not a word to Eddie or anyone else, got it?"

"Got it, but don't think Steve has a right to know?" Dustin asks as I laugh softly before saying, "I told him last night, he's scared but also excited. He's not telling Robin or his parents yet."

"Before your child betrayed you, I was telling Dustin about the lights acting up when supposedly the Chrissy thing happened and the fact Eddie looked scared when he was running away," Max responds as I process the new information and ask, "So something else might've killed her?" as Max nodded her head and I lean back to groan at the fact there's yet another Strange Thing in Hawkins.

"I think we need to find Eddie before Jason or the officers do," Dustin says as I voiced my agreement and got myself up off the floor to follow him and Max out of the door to recruit the others to help out.

We arrived at Family Video to see both Steve and Robin standing at the front. Before Steve and I could say a word to each other, Dustin beats in to ask him how many phones he had, which I don't know why he asked that. After Steve and Robin answered, Dustin suddenly shoves his backpack across the counter, knocking Robin's pile of tapes off before he lunges his body over, also knocking over Steve's pile.

"Dustin, what are you doing?" I asked in confusion as I watch him typing something on the computer while Steve looks back at me, wondering the same thing.

"Getting Eddie's friends' phone numbers," Dustin says as Robin cleans up Dustin's mess and complains before he adds, "Robin, I empathize, but this cannot wait."

While Dustin is doing all of this with Max watching over his shoulder, I walk over to Steve and lean in to whisper in his ear, "They know, morning sickness hit me in front of them. Dustin's excited and Max, a little bit." I see Max turn, guessing she's now going to catch them up.

After Robin and Steve are all caught up, now it was time for the phone calls to be made, Dustin, Max, Robin, and I were on the case while Steve was still doing his shift working his "magic". Respectfully of course because he's with me and never wants to cause me grief.

"Hey guys, I might have a lead," Max says, causing all of us to stop what we were doing to listen before she continues with, "Apparently, Eddie gets drugs from some guy named Reefer Rick, and sometimes Eddie crashes there." I mentally curse and rolled my eyes at pregnancy brain, of course, he could be there.

"Sounds promising. Where does Reefer Rick live?" Robin asks as I sighed before saying, "No one knows. That's the whole point of him being a legend."

"The cops could know, if he's actually a drug dealer, I guarantee you he's been busted at one point," Steve chimes in as he tunes back in the conversation as Dustin voices his disagreement, "Really Steve? That's your suggestion?"

"I mean, he has a point, Dustin," I say in agreement as Dustin scoffs and without his filter on, blurted out, "Easy for you to say, he's your boyfriend and possibly the reason the uncle of your baby is going to be in prison."

"DUSTIN!" Both Steve and I shout as we both look over at Robin, who doesn't look unfazed, causing her to say, "I already know, saw the test in your pocket babe. Haven't told another soul, promise."

"We need another way to get the last name," Dustin says as all of us are trying to think of other ways before Robin comes to realization and starts looking up who has rented movies and the types they were. After she found it, we were then on our way to 2121 Holland Road, to hopefully find my brother alive and in one piece.

-At Lover's Lake-

It was dark by the time we arrived, thank God we brought our flashlights. I was sitting in the passenger seat while Robin, Dustin, and Max were in the back when Steve parked the car to turn around to ask, "Can you guys give us a moment alone to talk?" After all three agreed and got out of the car, it was just me and him. Steve sighed before asking, "How are you doing in all of this?"

I tried to keep my breath steady but it failed as I let out a shuddered breath before croaking out, "Scared, terrified of what could happen to Eddie. I don't know how to keep myself calm about all of this."

Steve then took my hand into his and put it above where my baby bump would grow and said, "Just take a deep breath, not just for you, but also for Eddie, me, and our child. I'll do it with you." before leaning over to rest his forehead on mine to help me get a few breaths in to calm my fears and heartbeat. After a few deep breaths were taken, I finally let out a steady breath before whispering, "Thank you, for everything." causing him to smile and whisper back, "I love you and care so much about you."

"Now let's not wait any longer," I said as I reached for my flashlight and got out of the car with Steve to look around the property. The main house had no luck until Max spotted a boating shed in the back, prompting us to head back there to continue the search. As we shined the lights in every crevice and corner of the place, I spot Steve picking up an oar to poke at the tarp to feel if Eddie could be hiding under it. Someone was definitely here recently because Max spotted a few clues leading to it and Dustin joked that Steve will get whoever it was with the oar. When Steve was reminding him that almost everyone in this room has had multiple close calls with death, the tarp suddenly flies up and then someone jumps on Steve, pushing him to the wall. After a closer look, I recognized the curly long brown hair that belonged to my brother, and he is holding a broken bottle to Steve's neck. Makes me glad I have yet to tell him he's going to be an uncle, I'm definitely waiting until he doesn't have something dangerous in his hand that could harm the love of my life.

#steve harrington imagine #steve harrington #stranger things imagine #stranger things

[blackautmedia]

For any fandom of your choice: 7.what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

13.worst blorboficiation

16you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

Oooh, these are good ones!

what character did you begin to hate not because of canon but because how how the fandom acts about them?

Purah from Legend of Zelda, 100%. "Hate" is a strong word, so more I'm very strongly indifferent to her. Really, I just get weirded out by the near constant hypersexualization with her, especially coming off of BotW making her a small child. Between her and Riju, it's really uncomfortable.

worst blorboficiation

Uncle Iroh. I'm tired of any old animated character of being compared to him for showing kids any degree of decency. Setting aside him being a war criminal and servant of imperial powers for years himself, there's the way they decide who is and isn't deserving of sympathy in who gets written off as "crazy."

I've seen some people point out how the comics try to address this with how he treats Azula, but I've never read them and can't comment on them.

We have no shortage of old animated dudes being loving, supportive people to kids without the same baggage.

Avatar is another one of those shows that falls into "has a lot of great things going for it, but is mired by an unwillingness to have a genuine understanding and dialogue about Orientalism and Imperialism."

you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

I've been watching a lot of people play Persona 3 Reload lately and I don't know if this is really a "trope" per se but I feel people can be really insistent on stories constantly comforting and kissing up to the player character in games?

The number of people who frame this scene as Yukari "Trauma dumping" instead of "Yukari sharing this information because she was uncomfortable with how you were lied to, spied on, and had your personal information shared with others without your consent" comes to mind.

There are a lot of moments where characters are extremely emotional and blow up at you because they're going through a lot and they usually even apologize to you once they calm down.

There's a point where one of your teammates snaps at you saying "you think you know me!?" Mind you, this is minutes after they watched a video of their father being violently killed and they even explicitly apologize and remark on how overwhelmed and scared they feel.

And to me it's just kind of disheartening how I've seen four or five different instances now of people stopping the moment someone snaps at them in the heat of the moment in a game for them to go on a long tangent about how they hate this character now that they had a moment of being emotional.

I don't think it necessarily translates to how people treat their actual friends, but at the same time it's still a real problem for them when someone creates even the slightest bit of discomfort to me. Like do we not ever have friends that have breakdowns or rough moments or even moments of exhaustion where you can let them just do that without labeling them trauma dumpers or whatever?

I've had former friends who would actually do these kinds of things, so I'm always gonna side-eye it when I see it.

I'm not saying to put up with abuse from people, but I also find that stories that brush at even the slightest bit of emotional discomfort get met with so much pushback.

Persona games in general already written with a major power fantasy element in mind, so it's not like the game is ever short on imagining the player character as the bestest, most popular, most athletic, most amazing person ever.

Even several of reload's new scenes feel like they're trying to almost do damage control for characters at times, as if we needed an additional moment to help better "soften" the player to their actions as if what they did was so evil. It also gets doubly weird when you factor in gender and how these things get ten times worse when women are labeled horrible people for acting emotional in emotionally charged situations but nobody has that same heat for men doing the same thing.

Like I remember back when Skyward Sword was new how many people were so heated at Impa for her berating you…once? The game even gives you a moment to rub it back in her face when she's been grounded, but the trope of games constantly need to make sure nobody is ever mean to the player and if they are they're constantly berated by the story for it, much like Revali.

#tears of the kingdom #ask #persona 3 reload #breath of the wild #seriously why did they do revali and purah so dirty #I always welcome lets plays of P3 that aren't just the player being misogynistic to the cast

[sachifukyo]

hello!! can i request headcanons about the stray kids boys in the stranger things universe?

YOU DESERVE A KISS ON YOUR PRETTY FOREHEAD <3

THank you for the idea ^^

Stray Kids as Stranger things characters

(masterlist)•(♡)

Headcanons

𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: scary creatures, death, blood, rituals, insecurities, mental disorders, reversed endings, angst, drugs

Bang Chan:

> The high school popular guy everyone has a crush on.

>Leader of a sport team, leader of a garage band, leader of his group, leader of a charity group... The list keeps going.

>When the Byers kid and Barbara Holland went missing, he organized a search party with the community.

>One of his friends, Changbin, also got lost in the forest during the search, luckily, Chan found him before midnight.

>Thinks that there is a satanic cult lurking Hawkins, and is afraid his friend Jisung might be part of that freaky shit.

Minho:

>The newest and youngest police in Hawkins.

>Very good at his job. Manages to use his sassyness and sarcasm to put problematic people in control.

>Helps Jisung to get illegal... Plants... He risks his job, someone tell him to stop!

>He HATES whenever the guy from the cafe calls to the police station to affirm that something is messing with the lights.

>One day, he received anonymously an audio recording of mysterious growls along with a letter that affirms that there are dangerous and unknown creatures at Hawkins.

Changbin:

>The guy who works at the music store.

>He is an expert with music and video tapes. Cables and music consoles.

>He is part of a garage band, plays the drums and writes some songs.

>Helps Chan in all of his projects, including the search parties.

>One specific day he found something while he was lost in the woods. Weird sounds lurking through the wind... Luckily, he had his tape recorder that day.

Hyunjin:

>The guy from the cafe.

>He works alone at that lonely old local that seems to be frozen at the 50's

>So that's why the police officer Lee Minho keeps telling him that the lights blinking are because of the old bombs.

>But Hyunjin does not buy it. He firmly believes that someone is messing with his lights and cables.

>Until he saw the thing in the wall...and never opened the cafe ever again.

Jisung:

>The weird nerd who belongs to the hellfire club.

>Also plays the bass for a garage band, with Binnie and Chan. Writes some edgy songs and wears makeup.

>Videogame fan, movie fan, friki, nerd, the list keeps going...

>Changbin showed him an audio tape that was filled with monster-like sounds and suggested to send it to his friend Minho who is a policeman.

>Minho also helps Jisung to hide from the problems involved with the hellfire club and the accusations to Eddie of being a murderer.

Felix:

>The exchange student from Australia.

>Gets along with Steve and the cool guys.

>Unlucky, that last thing ruined him... He literally had to fight a thing that just fell from Johnathan's wall. That was the most terrifying moment of his whole life.

>Ran to the police station the next day to declare what he saw. The young police guy who attended him, looked particularly shocked when he mentioned the lights glitching.

>Felix was told that there is a "Light freak" at Hawkins, who closed his cafe because he was scared of lights, so now Felix is looking for his whereabout

Seungmin:

>A brilliant scientist from Hawkins lab

>works by recording and analyzing brain wave abnormalities that occur as Mr. Benner practices with gifted children.

>He likes his job and the tranquility that comes with it... Until the experiments with the gate began and the girl escaped.

>Now he works everyday with the fear of something catastrophic happening any moment.

>It only got worst when two weird guys, along with a young policeman, captured him to extract information from him.

>Now Seungmin can't go back to the lab and has to accept living in these guys basement for a while until they decide to let him go.

I.N:

>The local newspaper guy.

>Who happens to LOVE news (and gossips)

>Helps Changbin and Jisung to infiltrate mail at the police station for the new guy.

>Tells the new exchange student about all the gossips in Hawkins, the light freak, the disappeared doctor, the girl with supper powers, the mk ultra...

> Felix and Him planed to break inside Hawkins Lab for some clues, but the new police guy found out and tried to stop them

>Anyways, the three of them were founded by a scientist, and there was no other option that to capture him on Jeongin's basement

#stray kids x reader #stray kids x y/n #stray kids felix #bang chan x reader #stray kids fluff #au #bang chan #minho #lee minho #lee know #Changbin #hyunjin #han Jisung #felix #Seungmin #i.n #jeongin #stranger things

[goodolreliablejake]

I've had a thought on Game Theory and MatPat ever since I watched Big Joel's video on some of his film theories, and I guess this is the last chance to share it with any relevancy.

Game Theory was really important to me at some point, even as I increasingly saw the flaws. I fantasized about being MatPat: being a conventionally-attractive, able-bodied theater kid/science nerd with the full American Dream house-family dealio. I think that, whatever criticisms you may have, the videos have always been more harmless than not. They were like candy, and I enjoyed them as such.

But, at times there has been an undercurrent of something weird, something more nefarious. I first noticed it with his Scott Cawthon apologia.

After the news broke about the FNAF creator donating huge sums of money to support the campaign of Donald Trump and other conservative politicians, there was a huge backlash, especially from LGBT. Fan gave Scott Cawthon money, and he used that money to cause harm to them and theirs. MatPat's response is some centrist BS about how it wasn't about homophobia for Cawthon, it was about "national defense" (which is also bad for different reasons, and at best paints Cawthon as apathetic to the harm he's causing), and how even though it's okay to feel betrayed, it doesn't mean we should stop supporting the games, because the fan community has grown larger than one man.

As someone whose brand is deeply entwined with FNAF, the financial incentives for The Game Theorists are obvious; they weren't about to stop working with this franchise or its creator, they didn't want to tarnish their reputation by admitting past fault, and they needed to keep the cash cow rolling. So, they worked backwards from those conclusions to rationalize those decisions to their audience.

Then there are the more mundane gripes with the theorist channels: that videos are churned out so rapidly that they make sloppy errors, that they primarily advertise to children (with all the ethical ickiness that entails), that they use content from small creators without giving proper credit or linking to the sources, that the videos are overloaded with ads, usually including a paid sponsorship, several minutes of shilling their own store, and the usual youtube ads on top.

I think all of this speaks to the channels' underlying philosophy, and it's the philosophy of liberalism, by which I mean that marriage between capitalism and democracy. On the one hand, this is a moneymaking venture. It always has to be about making as much money as possible. But on the other hand, it needs to be (or seem, or allow the creators to feel) moral, and so the result is a view of the world where, yes, the company is trying to squeeze out as much money as possible, but also them getting more money is a good thing that benefits everyone. They do charity streams. They employ people. They "educate." "Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

I'm not just guessing at the motives here. Matpat has been transparent about Game Theory's Origin Story on multiple occasions. It's part of the narrative that justifies the channels' existence. At some point, Matpat pursued theater as a career. In college, he got his first taste of something like poverty, struggling to get by, camping out at McDonald's with its free refills and wifi (a life I've also lived at times and perhaps the origin of the Diet Coke fixation). And it scared the hell out of him. I don't think it could have had that kind of traumatic effect if he had not lived in privilege until that point. He didn't want to feel financially insecure ever again.

The solution was to create the Game Theory channel as a bridge into a much more lucrative career as a corporate consultant. Creating a popular, financially-viable youtube channel allowed him to sell himself as a social media expert to out of touch corporations. He's not really hiding that he's a sellout, just arguing that selling out is a good thing.

All in all, I can't bring myself to hate Game Theory. It had its place. But neither can I celebrate it, or look back with unconditional nostalgia. The problems with Game Theory are the problems with Youtube and the problems of capitalism. We compromise a little to survive, we compromise everything to make it big, and saddest of all are those who sell out and get nothing for it. The channels will continue without Matpat, and if the channels die, there will be countless other identical creators ready to take their place.

#game theory #the game theorists #matpat #film theory #long post

[thedarklordsnicklefritz]

Okay I finally started actually playing bg3 instead of just messing around with the character creator. Here's my thoughts on the game so far until I had to stop from headache:

- The character creator is really cool, and probably revolutionary. There's like 350 skin color options. I appreciate that your gender identity is separate from the body type you choose, and that you can select any of the genital options with any of the the body types.

But I was kind of underwhelmed with the face options (although good on them for the diversity range of the face options they had) and that they were locked to the body types. And the body types basically boiled down to small feminine, small masculine, big feminine and big masculine. And the feminine bodies came with boobs, nonoptional.

I do get that there's a lot of limitations like with the facial mapping and clothes and hardware etc, the whole game file is like 10x as big as the largest game I have on the switch. So I don't think it's unreasonable that they didn't work more on that. But still. It would be nice to not have to have tiddies without also having to have ManFace™️ and more mixing and matching of features in general.

-I spent an embarrassingly long time deciding what I wanted to play. (I took a nap rather than make a choice. Twice.) Hopefully I don't regret going with the custom background instead of dark urge.

-I haven't played a lot of current video games. Or even in general. So it's a really weird mix of familiar since everything is based on 5e, but also in a very unfamiliar way.

It doesn't help that I'm using a switch controller so the buttons are labeled different

- I was so caught up in the euphoria of effectively playing d&d without having to schedule it with other people, that for a moment I forgot I had to play in the Forgotten Realms

- I'm really tired of "fantasy racism". It's not interesting or compelling. It takes a complicated and layered real world issue and boils it down to a charicature that absolves people of any self-reflection. (This isn't necessarily unique to the Forgotten Realms, but they're definitely a big contributor to the whole "Elves hate dwarves!" being so popular in the genre.)

- I'm very proud of myself for freeing shadowheart in the tutorial level. It's great having a cleric in the party. But *gestures above*

- I decided on playing a bard (that seemed like the most conducive for vampire pegging, plus I like having skills! And it seemed like for a wizard playthrough it's better to play as gale since you'd get more wizard specific content) and I'm just running around in my silly little outfit. No strength or constitution to speak of, but rolling great so far

-except when some kid pickpocketed me.

And then I tried to gently intimidate him and Wyll is like WOW are you proud of yourself for (unsuccessfully) scaring a child asshole?

I wasn't actually going to feed him to a bear! I was just messing with him and trying to rile him up a bit. I don't see you getting our stuff back!

-Wyll is very cool.

Or at the very least he's a nice break from the girls constantly fighting.

-I've only died once so far which is some kind of miracle

-But also this is like the first map and I'm already lost and I have no idea what I'm doing

-The headaches are probably going to be a recurring thing I may have to figure out some different settings or something

#Thedarklordsnicklefritz plays bg3 #i didnt tag this one for spoilers since its the very beginning but I'll probably tag future ones

[lady-maria-the-wolf225]

If the boys had a favorite FNAF security breach character after playing the game on Donnie's computer (anyone Also FNAF fans, you'll love this) 😃:

Starting off with Mikey, He would LOVE Glamrock Freddy! Seeing an animatronic bear with high intelligence and self awareness would amaze him. Hearing the bear say "Way to go superstar! I knew you could do it! " would make Mikey's heart melt and nearly tear up because he feels supported and almost makes him feel like Freddy is a second dad to him seeing him feel worried or giving a boost by giving compliments. Mikey would never stop talking about an animatronic bear from a popular horror franchise being a supportive dad despite annoying his brothers, but they would kinda understand what he meant by that once they play the game themselves. Despite being jumpscared and dying multiple times, Glamrock Freddy would make Mikey smile regardless.

Raph the big brute would enjoy Montgomery Gator. Not only they are similar in anger problems, but they also got the strength. Raph never seen an animatronic like an alligator get angry easily tearing shit up, and having self awareness. After beating the boss fight however, Raph feels really bad and wished he never did that by seeing an animatronic gator get snapped in half like a twig. Raph would shake his head and say to himself "Goddamn. He didn't deserve that! What the fuck! No one appreciates him! Just like me." And yes, he can even feel a connection too with Monty. Despite that, Raph is glad a horror game like Five night's at Freddy's finally includes a character that Raph can relate to.

Leo may not enjoy horror games very often like his brothers do, but after playing FNAF security breach, he loves the character Sundrop and Moondrop. Despite of the character having a Jekyll and Hyde kind of personality, Leo loves the character so much, he can also do a very good impression of Moondrop to scare the bloody fuck out of Mikey just to get him to sleep. And yes, it works every time, and Mikey hates the character with a passion. Sometimes Leo's brothers would think Leo just likes the character because it has the severe case of OCD, But Leo says otherwise. he just loves the character because of how fun and enjoyable the little robot is.

Donnie loves video games and he never dies ONCE in any game he plays! Why? He's a genius. As always. When he found out about FNAF security breach, he decided to go ahead and play it himself. He really enjoyed the lore of the whole franchise, and never shuts up about it with Mikey 24/7. His favorite has to be DJ music man. Donnie wishes he could make an animatronic that can be the DJ playing music at the lair without the need of getting up and playing music on his computer. Every time he goes to the west arcade in the game, Donnie would just dance to the beat of the music enjoying himself. He would use that audio to make a remix for himself and yes it made the music sound way better than the original. Sometimes Donnie would just have a conversation with DJ music man as if he was talking to an old friend. Talking about his problems with his brothers, his times during training or patrols, and his Love life. His brothers do find it weird seeing him talk to a giant robotic spider like DJ that isn't real on the screen. But to Donnie, it's fun nonetheless.

@dai-su-kiss @nikitaboeve @nittleboo @raphsweapondealer @raphslovemuffin80 @raisin-shell @turtlebaes @turtlesmakemehappy @turtle-babe83 @desireesimps @angelcatlowyn @kawaiibunga @post-apocalyptic-daydream @thelaundrybitch @foreignbrunette @mysticboombox

#tmnt bayverse #michelangelo #donatello #raphael #leonardo #gaming #fnaf security breach #favorite characters #da boys

[empressofthesunwriter]

Kick the cat out of the bag!

Warning: If you like Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir you should turn back because I'm salty at this boy and the creators of this show and I won't hold back.

If you feel the same, enjoy with me this trip down the salty road.

Chapter 3: The first entry: The Nightingale doesn't sing

Author Note: Hi, guys, I finished this chapter early than I thought, and I was like: “Well, why not just publish it?”. So here we are. Also, I want to state that this is a rare case, normally my schedule is very hectic and messy, so don’t expect to have every three days a chapter. My goal is to do an upload once a week. Also after I counted the votes you all seemed to like Kickat so the blog is now called that and I changed it the previous chapter. The name Kickat came from my dear reader DSpaceZ from AO3 so all credits to them! Thank you for the amazing name friend. Also if you have time check their own salt story about Adrien/Chat! I promise you it’s fantastic! With that, I wish you happy reading! :D

"So are you ready for this?", asked Luka holding your phone in his hands.

You nodded, sitting comfortably on your desk chair, and took a deep breath to calm your nerves.

It was afternoon, after school, and after your nightly discussion.

It was time to get started on the Kickat -Blog. You would be lying if you said you weren't nervous. 

Would anyone even take note of your guy's blog with the Ladyblog being so famous and so full of LadyNoir? You could only hope that there were still some people left with critical thinking skills and would realize what you and Luka had.  

You needed a lot of people on your side to fulfill your goal.

With a last little prayer that anything would turn out in your guy's favour, you gave Luka the signal to start recording. He gave you a thumbs-up in return and you started to talk.

"Hello all citizens of Paris.", you started with a greeting. "You don't know me or me you, but we all live in this beautiful city together. My name is [Y/N] [L/N] or you can call me Harmony. Behind the camera is my best friend Luka Couffaine. We will not hide, because we’re not scared. You can talk and write to us without a problem because we know the truth is on our side. Which truth do you ask? Well, yesterday I saw, took pictures, and recorded something and showed it to my partner which broke not only my trust and faith in one of our heroes his too. The hero in question is Chat Noir. Yes, you heard right, Chat Noir. We will post the photos with the time stamps and the video after this one, so you can see for yourself what kind of hero he is. Spoiler-Alert: he isn't one and we all have to help Ladybug to get a partner that she deserves. But we will leave you first to the proofs."

Luka stopped the recording. Then he sits down beside you on your desk chair. You already were turned around to face your computer and took wordless from him your phone. You upload the photos and both videos to your newly created blog and let out a shuddering breath.

There you have done it.

Now you had to wait.

Alya Cèsaire could say for herself that she was the most informed, most up-to-date on anything Ladybug and Chat Noir-related.

Not only because she was nearly always there when an Akuma battle took place, no, but she also had dozens or so alerts installed on any social media platform if some lucky civilian took a great video or photo of Paris superhero couple.

She always gave them credits of course when she posted them under her Ladyblog.

Sometimes she had a feeling people battle against each other to have a place in her blog. Well, it was the most famous and the most popular! And also the only one, but she ignored this little detail. So the moment you created your blog and posted the photos and videos she was one of the first to see it, thanks to her alerts.

Since she had nothing better to do than to wait for Marinette to change into the Ladybug costume so her friend could play the role in Clara Nightingales’ music video, she turned to Alix, Juleka, Rose, and Mylène and waved her phone around.

“Hey, guy’s I got a new scoop. Want to watch it with me, while we wait for Marinette?”

“Oh, what is it about?”, asked Rose eager and moved beside her.

The other girls followed her lead and looked at Alya phone screen.

“It’s from a new blog.”, started Alya. “It’s called Kickat. Mmh, that’s a bit of a strange name.”

“Sounds like someone is angry at Chat Noir if you ask me.”, said Alix interested.

“Why would anybody be angry at Chat Noir?”, asked Mylène confused. He was such a good hero!

Rose and Alya nodded, meanwhile Juleka stared at the thumbnail and recognize your face.

“That’s [Y/N].”, she mumbled to herself.

The other girls looked at her surprised.

“You know the chick?”, asked Alya to clarify.

“She is my brother’s best friend.”

“And?”, came it from Alix. She had a feeling that there was more.

“Well, [Y/N] hates injustice and any kind of hate against people that exist. One time a guy hit on me and before Luka or I could say to shove it, [Y/N] just straight up punched him in the face and told him she would castrate him if he doesn’t leave me alone. She broke his chin and he needed two new teeth’s.”, told them Juleka and you could see in her eyes the deep respect she holds for you.

Alix lets out a whistle and grins. She liked people who weren’t afraid to act to help someone even with a fist.

Alya, Rose, and Mylène had big eyes. You were sure a person not to mess with, this was clear.

“Okay, she smashes the faces of pervy sexually harassing guys, which is awesome.”, said Alya. This was a good point in her book. “But why are you telling us this?”

Juleka looked serious into Alya’s eyes.

“If she named her blog Kickat and it was under one of your alerts, then Chat Noir did something horrifying.”

Needlessly to say that shocked the other girls.

“Why is no one responding to the blog?”, you asked Luka nervous.

You were walking around your room in circles and tried to not get crazy. Dear heaven, if your concerns turned true and no one would realize what a piece of shit Adrien was even with the photos and video?

Luka was sitting on your bed and watched you walking around.

“Harmony, give it some time. I needed it too after I saw it. That’s a lot to take in.”, he reminded you.

Suddenly you both heard your computer beep.

There!

Someone had sent your blog a message.

Like an Akuma was after you, you run to your desk chair to sit in and check the message. You blinked, not believing, who messaged you.

“Luka.”, you called him over in trance. “The Ladyblog messaged me.”

“What did she write?”, he asked couriers.

You read for him aloud: “Hi girl, this is Alya from the Ladyblog as you can see. I saw the photos and watched the video. I even have here Juleka with me, who confirms that you wouldn’t play this kind of prank, but I need to ask because I just can’t believe it. Is this real?”

“She is really asking that?”, wonders Luka. “If Jules is with her she should take her word.”

“You forget we are talking also to an avid LadyNoir shipper.”, you reminded him.

Grimly you began to tip in a message to Alya.

Yes, hi Alya from the Ladyblog. I wish this was a prank but it is 100% true. You can even ask my parents who drowned if you are still unsure!

Sorry, Harmony, can I call you that? Anyway sorry, I can’t imagine how you or your parents feel, but if this is true…then Chat Noir is the worst hero ever!

Yes, you can call me Harmony. Alya he is. Please think about it. Have you seen him actually doing his job right? Or is he only making fun and bothering Ladybug with his flirting?

For a few minutes, there weren’t any new messages, you worried that Alya wouldn’t believe you, till you saw a new message.

Girl, me and my friends have a meltdown right here! After you wrote that we checked my Ladyblog and…well, what we saw now, wasn’t a good kind hero, but a sexually harassing bastard who couldn’t careless for us and Paris! My friend Alix is ready to fist fight him and my other friends Rose and Mylène are crying for Ladybug. Juleka seems like she is planning a murder. And I feel sick that I supported LadyNoir at all. Good, I’m the worst journalist ever. It’s like I, we had all the time a blindfold on!

You let out a breath and thanked god. She and her friends saw the truth. With the Ladyblog on your side, you would get all of Paris to see reasons.

I had the same feeling Alya, don’t worry. I just ask you to help get rid of Chat Noir as a hero. He needs to lose his ring and Ladybug needs a better partner.

Don’t worry I will feature your video and photos on my blog and clean it from Chat Noir. But first I need to stop this music video shoot! TTYL!

You blinked surprised.

“Music video shoot?”, you said out loud.

“What is it, [Y/N]?”, wanted to know Luka.

You just pointed at your messages. Luka read them and then nodded.

“Right, I forgot. Jules told me Clara Nightingale is searching today for extras and a Ladybug for her new music video. She is there with her friends to play as extras.”

“Well, sounds like to me that no music video is going to be made.”

As Marinette came out of the closet where she put on the duplication of her superhero suit the last thing she expected to see and hear were people with phones in their hands, who were talking over each other. Some were crying, others shouting and Alya stood grimly beside Clara Nightingale, who gripped Alya’s phone in her hands hard. Adrien, in his Chat Noir costume, seemed also to be confused about what was going on.

“What’s up?”, she asked her other friends.

“Oh, Marinette it’s terrible!”, cried Rose and hugged her tight. Stunned she patted the back of her friend. “Chat Noir is so…so…mean!”

“You mean, he is a number one bastard and sexual abuser.”, corrected Alix with crossed arms and an angry look on her face.

Marinette swore her brain just paused for a second. What was she hearing?

“Look at this Marinette, please.”, sniffled Mylène and hold her phone out to her.

“Yeah, this will clear things up quickly and we can go cat hunting.”, mumble Juleka with a dangerous glimmer in her eyes that Marinette had never seen.

“Juleka!”, shouted Rose.

“Don’t shout at her, she is right. The fucker needs at least a good kick in the nuts for all the shit he did!”, cursed Alix.

Before Marinette could even look at the video Mylène wanted to show her or decipher Alix’s words Clara called out to her.

The singer had given Alya her phone back and Adrien was now standing beside her. He seemed still to be as confused as herself.

“Marinette, please come here, I have to clear something with Adrien and you there.”

So still confused Marinette got up the stage and felt Alya pat her back as she passed her. What was that for?

Clara took Adrien’s and one of her hands and looked at them both sadly.

“I’m sorry you two and to Mister Agreste but I won’t make this video under this new progress.”

“New progress?”, parroted Adrien and Marinette together. If she wasn’t so lost, she would have swooned at how synchro she and Adrien were.

It seemed like the universe didn’t want that she finally understood what was going on because Mayor Bourgeois walked back in with a stack of papers and a smug Chloe by his side.

“I'm sorry. My administrative staff just realized you never submitted permit A38 as stipulated in the circular B65 that one can only get at counter C, third floor of City Hall, which is, alas, closed for renovations until August, which means you don't have a permit to shoot...anywhere in France, including Paris.”, said Mayor Bourgeois and handed Clara the stack of papers.

Clara just looked him straight into the eyes and rhymed: “Don’t worry, Mister Mayor, sir, I was about to go. I would never shoot a video for such an enormous asshole. Chat Noir can go to hell, for all I care. I’m just sorry for Ladybug, the poor dear.”

Nobody couldn’t tell if the Mayor and Chloe were that shocked because Clara didn’t even fight back or because she cursed, but Marinette was sure shocked hearing the normal sweet Clara cursing out her superhero partner.

Even Adrien seemed shocked.

“Miss Clara, what do you mean?”, asked the boy sweetly.

It wasn’t Clara who responded to him, but a woman in line for the extras.

“She means that stunt Chat Noir pulled yesterday or should I say didn’t pull.”

Others talked too.

“I never realized what a lazy bum he was!”

“You mean how we never realized that he abuses Ladybug?! I think that is more important!”

“Hey, I drowned yesterday, and not that it isn’t terrible how he treats Ladybug, but I did die and maybe I didn’t need to die if he was doing his job!”

“He never does his job because he thinks with his dick, Karen!”

“Yeah! God, I feel disgusted that I even shipped LadyNoir!”

“It is disgusting even shipping real people! How come we never realized that?”

“An Akuma?”

“If that is so then Papillion is an even bigger dick than I already thought!”

More and more voices got louder and Marinette felt sick. What was going on? Why was anybody so angry at Chat Noir?

Sure, she was angry at him sometimes too but…no she can’t think about it, she can’t lose her nerves, she has to be careful because of the Akumas.

Don’t think about it.

Don’t think about it!

Please, don’t think about it!

Paris comes first, you last!

Don’t forget that.

Marinette feels how someone, Alya, wraps an arm around her shoulders and leads her down the stage.

“C’mere, girl, we will tell you what happened. But we need you to first get you out of the costume.”

So she followed.

You and Luka stared in awe at the growing number on your blog and how anybody seemed to agree with you.

It was a fantastic feeling!

“It’s working, Luka, it’s really working!”, you said and you both hugged each other happy.

The first entry was a success!

And now the real battle began.

Next

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous lb #marinette deserves better #anti adrien agreste #anti chat noir #anti miraculous creators #ml salt #ml syren #ml syren salt au #anti love square #miraclous ladybug salt #love square salt #ml writers salt #adrien salt #ml fanfic: kick the cat out of the bag #luka couffain x reader #marinette dupain cheng x reader #kagami tsurugi x reader #luka couffaine x marinette dupain cheng x kagami tsurugi x reader #lukanette #kagaminette #queerplatonic lukagami

[pinchraccoon]

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity Review

I played FAITH: The Unholy Trinity on stream recently, and I was very very satisfied with my experience.

Admittedly, I'm something of a wuss about horror media usually, but that didn't stop me this time. FAITH is a game in three chapters about a pastor by the name of John attempting to right previous wrongs and exorcise demons that have haunted him for a year since an incident in his first exorcism.

The very first thing that you'll notice upon booting up FAITH is the incredibly palpable style that it sticks to. In it's in-game visuals it's highly reminiscent of an Atari title, but with some modernizations to make it look Not Awful. Additionally, all dialogue has this uncanny text to speech applied to it, such that even your main character sounds horrifying, and adds to an inability to trust most things in the game. The third and final major point toward it's visual style that I feel is worth mentioning, and perhaps it's biggest claim to fame, is that of it's cutscenes. At multiple points in its run, FAITH will pull you into something of a first person point of view (although there is no hard rules saying that this has to be so) where what is being presented to you is seen in this really interesting, almost sketchy, pixel art style that clearly shows signs of being traced from real video references. The visual effect that these make is unparalleled in it's ability to unnerve, and it strikes at the uncanny valley effect that an encounter with a demon would likely bring to attention.

Provided are some notable examples of these cutscenes and their general style. These can occur at any time, and can be absolutely terrifying when the game wishes them to be.

I find that FAITH's visual elements serve to give a lot of this game's strength, and while the rest of the game is still quite good, it's apparent that the style contributes greatly to this games horror.

Regarding that, this game is fucking horrifying.

There are numerous instances in FAITH where I was legitimately in a state of terror regarding what was occuring, and the tension made by FAITH for the majority of it's run is thick enough to take a big, bloody bite out of.

Airdorf Games clearly understands the fundamental tenets of what makes good horror, and the Hitchcockian advice that has served to underpin the genre since visual horror's popularization. Everything that this game pulls in terms of scares this game absolutely earns, both because the actual imagery is somewhat scary in its presentation, as we've established in the section on it, but also in it's pacing. There are very few areas that don't have a really good scare to them, and I'm happy to report that the quality of the game, up to a certain point, remains very consistent.

Smaller things that I liked about FAITH, this game, when it does kill you, doesn't make a huge show of it, and it shows you your death screen and lets you get right back into it, which does serve to assist the combat elements present. FAITH is also quite funny sometimes! It's subject matter is inherently somewhat spooky, but it does have a goofier horror tone later on that calls back to roots of old horror schlock, as referenced in it's key art. Additionally, it contains nods to Yume Nikki, WD Gaster, and I'm Scared, and I love a game that recognizes history like that.

I only have a few complaints regarding this game. They are as follows:

Hitboxes feel janky and inconsistent, which one could argue adds to the horror, but in a boss fight you've been killed in 9 times to this point, it becomes frustrating.

Later portions of the game lose a lot of the horror, although in context they should absolutely be the part of the game that is the most horrific. This is largely due to the increased reliance on gameplay and combat in these sections as opposed to atmosphere as the game had done up to that point. It's not *bad* per se, but it's different in a way that doesn't immediately align with the clear objective of the game to that point

Occasionally the game becomes a little bit too "gamey." Which is odd to say, but there are some things that take me out of it and cut that tension that took so much to make, and when I'm cognizant that I'm playing a game and not being completely in it kinda makes me a little sad. This is a minor complaint however, as some of the puzzles are interesting and kinda fun, they even use this feeling of safeness at some points to really scare the shit out of you later on as well, so it's not all bad, just perhaps not to my taste.

Some puzzle design is needlessly obtuse, but sometimes they throw you a bone and give you means by which to bypass these (as well as boss fights) but with narrative consequences for them. I really love this idea, and this makes the game have a clear narrative arc FOR you that YOU make yourself. My run of FAITH might be completely different from your run of FAITH, and that's really cool!

I would implore you to play the game for yourself, as even if you watched my VOD of the game, you will get a completely different experience if you engage with it yourself.

Overall, I recommend that you should absolutely play FAITH: The Unholy Trinity. It's a lovely horror experience unlike much else. The best horror is Catholic, and this game is certainly a guilty pleasure.

If you'd like to watch my playthrough of the game, it's up on my YouTube, linked right below!

#faith: the unholy trinity #FAITH #vtuber #envtuber #vtuber uprising #game review #game reviews #indie vtuber #raccoon #twitch streamer #twitch #Youtube #Pinch Reviews

[teslacoils-and-hubris]

So, as I've been trying to get myself acclimated to horror movies* I've been watching the animated junji ito Netflix series. Firstly let me say that I think it's fine! They're good stories and to be completely honest I haven't read the stories from the show as Manga and have frankly no idea if they are adaptations or are original to the show. I could look this up, but I'm not going to. This comparison is completely based off of his Manga I HAVE read vs the show episodes I've seen.

But I do think his art style looses something when it's animated. Junji ito has a real nack for drawing really weird faces that come off as extremely creepy, especially with how he does backgrounds. These faces really stand out compared to other currently popular anime and Manga styles, he's a lot more detailed and realistic. But the faces are just goofy when they're animated. Like there's one episode where a kooky family (seemingly Addams family inspired) are fighting and one of the brothers fakes a ghost possession to get back at his brother. And the face he pulls to do it just looks so... silly.. in motion. They obviously have to simplify things to animate them, but you really loose a lot of that unique, dizzying style his work is known for when you do that.

It probably doesn't help that I'm watching the dub rather than the sub and the voice actors are a bit. Well. The way anime dub voice actors tend to be. They're goofy and they over act a bit. Dotn get me wrong the va's have been phenomenal when it comes to being scared and screaming, but it can take me out a bit when there's just normal dialog and the va is going all "whehee! I'm a goofy goblin!" Voice you know? I've still got a decent few episodes to get through, maybe I'll try subtitles next time and see if that's any better. It's not nearly enough of a problem to stop me from enjoying the show, but it's another point where the manga was better since I can just imagine voices.

The plotlines feel distinctly in line with his other works I've read, which is awesome! I'm endlessly in love with his ability to create the weirdest plots ever and make them just. So genuinely fucked up that you sound insane describing how horrific it actually is. (SPOILERS) there's one plot where a bunch of hot air balloons with people's faces come and just. Kill everyone. And it was genuinely haunting in ways I don't think I can describe. A girl grows her hair out for her boyfriend who dumps her out of no where and so her hair keeps growing and kills her so the hair can torment and then kill her shitty ex. Like??? That's such a silly premise when you say it out loud but it's actually so awesome??? (SPOILERS OVER)

Some things should just stay in their intended medium I think. There's nothing WRONG with the anime version, but comparing it to the manga it could definitely be a lot better. Of course it could also be better if they had adapted his style into something that would work better in animation and put more effort into making something that works with the story rather than something easy to make and recognizably junji ito. For the balloon episode they used 3d models for the giant face balloons and it gives such an eerie effect. It's unsettling in ways I can't describe, and it really sells home that these thing are weird and out of place and Wrong in this otherwise 2d animated world.

Anyways I didn't really have a point to this. I'm gonna try and watch cabin in the woods tonight since I know the plot👍

*because of several hurdles I have to cross ranging from general paranoia problems to never really growing out of being a scardie cat kid who got too scared to watched the first Harry Potter movie during the scene where the dursleys move to the lighthouse I have to do this slowly like trying to introduce two cats to each other. Don't ask me how I could spend my teen years binge watching "15 REAL CREEPY ENCOUNTERS IN ABANDONDES BUILDINGS" lazy masquerade videos at 3am and be fine but have nightmares for weeks after watching Rob zombies halloween in the middle of the day

#doc rambles #junji ito

[titties-and-trauma]

tldr: how can i be intimate again after trauma?

TW: r*pe, trauma, severe mental illness

I posted this on reddit but I don’t know if I will get many responses. I really need advice. This is a cry for help.

Okay so I tend to get disorganized in posts so I thought I’d break it into subsections. I really need advice on this. I don’t know what to do. I tried looking up my issue but found nothing. i’m sorry if this is long it’s just the only place i know that i can get good advice.

Context:

I (f18) was touched by my mom in inappropriate ways as a child a lot. It happened every day some seasons, sometimes multiple times a day. My mother was extremely abusive to me, my sibling and my dad (who is noticeably mentally ill and was also abused as a child.) There was never a time when things went well in my family and a lot of really bad things happened. I started self harming at 10 years old, and my family knew (they took pictures while laughing about it.) I guess what I am trying to express is that my childhood was bad. I was bullied to the point of having the kids in my neighborhood come to my house and take pictures of me through my windows, being pushed in front of moving cars, and having 2 official bully clubs made in my honor (with the intent to drive me to kill myself.)

I was always sexually active. Since the age of 4. I was hypersexual and never really even learned about sex or what it was, but knew that when i did what i did, it felt good. As i got older, I had sex with a lot of people. At one point, I was taken on by popular “party” type girls from another school who basically taught me how to hide my personality in exchange for validation. I became a pill addict and a drunk. I acted out, but eventually found a really good group of friends. Good things never last though. After about a year of heavy substance abuse and my mom and dad both going batshit on me every day when they had anger left over from their own fights, I lost it. I had a manic episode. Over months it turned into a psychotic one. I believed I was God. I had this intense inner world that began to manifest in hallucinations. I told everyone about it. I scared everyone. A lot. I lost everyone. My mom knew i was in psychosis (she later admitted) but did not get me any help and instead laughed at me and the things i was saying. But I can’t really fault her for that because nobody else did anything different either. I lost so much. But most of all i lost respect for myself and my judgement. I hate myself so much because of that psychotic episode. It makes me feel so angry and ashamed and sad and hopeless. It makes me not believe myself and always doubt everything, even when a fact is right in front of me.

This was during COVID, so it was hard to go outside and get a taste of the real world. I would sit in my room for days just talking to (what i now realize) was just empty space. i had such deep connections to these hallucinations. Unfortunately, there was someone in my midst who wasn’t just apathetic to my situation, but wanted to take advantage. I was groomed and raped by a mormon priest. Shortly afterwards, (still in delusion) the girl i had had a crush on for three years sent me a text. She told me we needed to talk. I thought she liked me back. She proceeded to send me 100+ full length videos on instagram of herself talking, explaining how delusional and psychotic i was, how i could never recover from my mental issues, and how and why i should end my life.

fast forward past months of daily intense mental breakdowns.

i ended up in an abusive relationship. he told me nobody would ever love me but him. i believed him. what evidence did i have to prove otherwise? he turned my support system on me, cheated, hit me, and then finally pointed a gun at my forehead.

i didn’t leave willingly either. that’s the sad part. i begged for months and months obsessively asking him to please love me again.

eventually i stopped after i realized that i was very sick. and i would die if this continued.

i went into relationship after relationship with sexually coercive men who would get me fucked up and then fuck me. i had no hope.

friendship after friendship people would use me. i wouldn’t realize it or honestly wouldn’t even care until the friends of those using me messaged me. they felt it had become an issue. not from the way i spoke. but from the way those who had used me were speaking. that’s how low it got. i wouldn’t leave even when they told me. i thought it was a rough patch or that all friends were like this. i was wrong.

anyways fast forward to now. i’m a lot more reserved then i was before. i don’t talk a lot to a lot of people anymore. i don’t trust anyone. i suppress my emotions and don’t say how i feel, happy or sad. it’s not like i don’t want to though. it’s that i can’t. i try and try and muster up the courage but right when i try to speak i get this jolt of terror that just tells me to fucking stop. i cant do it after that. no matter how bad i want to.

i cant remember things anymore. i don’t know what day of the week it is. i don’t know my dads birthday. i don’t know when my next year of school starts. the only way i remember the things i wrote about here was because of diary entries and pictures/videos/other people. it scares me that i can’t remember things. really bad. i don’t want to lose my mind. i feel like i’m headed there.

ok now to the main part: my issue is that i have really bad intimacy problems. With my current boyfriend, (who is supportive, kind, has his shit together, and just generally a complete 180 from everyone else i’ve dated) I struggle to be intimate in any sort of way. I look away when he looks at me. I isolate myself when i’m feeling an emotion i cannot mask to my satisfaction. i cant even have regular sex.

my feelings toward him fluctuate a lot. one second i’m dying to profess my love but another i’m ready to just be alone and live my life in peaceful solitude. i don’t act on these feelings or tell him this. but i hate feeling this way. i want to feel stable. i want to know how i actually feel about him but all that’s happening is me breaking down from all the shit in the past. i want to leave it behind i really do but it’s effecting how i feel at a base level. how can i build the life i want when the way i feel drastically changes every second? it’s not fair to him, but he says he wants to stick around no matter what. it is hard to hear that.

anyways. i want to know if you guys have any advice to help me become intimate in any sort of way again. i am really really scared of it but i can’t be this unfair to him and myself.

so yeah

thank you.

(also i am in therapy and on meds)

#ptsd recovery #ptsd vent #actually ptsd #actually bpd #bipolar #support #advice needed #mentally tired #mental illness #intimacy issues #survivor #trauma #trauma survivor #help

[totaldramafan-lauri]

I-I was gonna make this post tomorrow, but.....w-well, for good reason, I just can’t stop thinking about it, and I’ve been thinking about it all day, so.....I-I’m gonna get it out right now....

I’m super happy that I got out of the semifinals in better shape than I expected! I only lost two of my top seven, meaning that I now have a solid top five for the final without pushing any borderlines in there!

So, cuz I love all five of these songs, I’m gonna go over my hopes for each of them in the final, and how I think they’ll all do with the juries now in the picture! Cuz why not? I’m excited! I-I dunno how long this’ll be, so read only if you really wanna! XD

Australia: Top ten finish

Obviously, I flipping love this song with every fiber of my being, but I’m not predicting any more than this. I don’t think it’s a front-runner....and I don’t WANT it to be, cuz I’ve always been against Australia winning Eurovision. But this amazing song deserves to be in the top ten, and I think it’s a safe bet for such a result. I think it’ll be in the top ten in the televote EASILY, after they blew the roof off the arena yesterday. Multiple video reactions and tweets I’ve seen have even said that Australia might’ve won the second semi, and....I don’t agree with that (the Austrian entry was easily the most popular song there), but they definitely went down REALLY WELL live, which is why they got such a big response. I don’t have to worry about their televote score.

But....I have NO IDEA how it’ll go down with the juries. Metal is a very.....love-it-or-hate-it genre, and it comes down to how many jurors are on the “love it” side. Obviously, the live performance is great, so I’m not worried about that part! Instead, everything is riding on the song itself. I know the juries do also pay attention to stage presence tho, so I hope that means they won’t outright overlook Australia even if they don’t dig the genre. We’ll see.

I don’t think they’ll trouble the top five, either way. Instead, later on, if we find out they DID win their semi once the results are revealed, then that’ll be their consolation prize. XD

Finland: Top five finish

I REALLY want them to win. I REALLY REALLY REEEEAAAALLYYYYY want them to win. But, I also don’t like making hard predictions on winners, so I won’t do that here. I think top five is a safe bet at this point - it’s a massive fan-favorite and will likely have an enormous televote score. Even if they don’t win, a top five finish will still be HUGE for Finland, and something to be proud of when you look back at their history. Finland have been consistently one of the most unlucky, underrated countries in Eurovision, year after year, either failing to qualify or qualifying and then placing towards the bottom of the scoreboard, with only THREE exceptions in their entire run - Lordi’s win, Softengine’s 11th place, and Blind Channel’s 6th place. AKA, they haven’t been in the top five since Lordi. That’s TRAGIC if you ask me, considering how many good entries they’ve had that deserved so much better.....About TIME they turned their fortune around!

So, yeah, I’ll be ecstatic if they win, but even being in the top five will be great too.

When if comes to Finland vs. Sweden....I love both songs, I really do. Sweden are actually my number six now, so just BARELY outside this top five. Both songs will be great winners to me. Not to mention that both would be landmarks for different reasons (If Sweden win, this’ll be their seventh win, FINALLY tying Ireland’s record, which they deserve. AND this’ll be their second win with the same artist. If Finland win, it’ll be their second win EVER, AND they’ll have beaten Sweden to get it.) But I am firmly on Team Finland.

However, Finland are....a-at a disadvantage. I have no flipping idea what the juries will think of them at ALL, and that scares me, cuz SO MUCH is riding on their jury score. That will literally determine if they’ll be able to beat Sweden!

If Sweden win the jury vote, and Finland aren’t that far behind, then Finland’ll manage to win with the boost from the televote (unless Sweden’s televote score is higher than theirs, which I don’t think will happen). If Sweden win the jury vote, and Finland are, like....a fair ways down the scoreboard, especially on the right side, then the televote might not be enough, and Sweden will win. EVERYTHING depends on Finland’s jury score.

D-don’t get me wrong, I’ll be happy with Sweden winning and Finland in the top five, but still, thinking of this still stresses me out a lot......

(Also, there’s the matter of the elephant in the room: There will still be people dogpiling televotes on Ukraine. It won’t be nearly as much as last year - we don’t have to worry about Ukraine doing the double - but they’ll still be stealing some points from other countries.....Finland included.....) (And finally, people are saying France might be the darkhorse with the power to contest Finland vs. Sweden, but I’m not really buying it right now, cuz who knows? Even if people love France’s song, and even if it’s performed super well, it’s still possible that everyone could have a collective brain fart and forget to vote for them. Hey, I was there last year.....But if this DOES happen somehow, Finland will still finish in the top five)

Norway: Top ten finish

This is an easy prediction to make. Once again, I don’t think I have to worry about their televote score. People LOVE this song. BUT, unlike my top two, I....I actually think I’m confident the juries will love this too! I think all-rounder Norway will score highly in both votes, but won’t be a front-runner. MAYBE top five is possible, but I won’t get my hopes up with how strong the competition is....like, I’ll make a top five off the top of my head right now, and it won’t include Norway: *ahem* Sweden, Finland, France, Ukraine, UK. See? Or even Sweden, Finland, France, Ukraine, Israel. Point is, there’s a lotta fan-favorites in this final that could end up in any order after the top two, and Norway’s one of them. Thus, top ten.

If I had to guess which one will place higher between Norway and Australia, I’d say Norway.

Poland: DON’T FLOP (right side of the scoreboard)

Oh dear god the juries are gonna eat this poor song alive.....And by eat it alive, I mean ignore it, which is just as bad. I’m still floored that this even made it to the final at ALL, to be honest.....I’m still convinced that it was by a slim margin of, like, five to ten points or something. This song has gotten SO much hate, and now it’s here, and I......I-I still love it. But it’s just a super catchy pop song, and that’s it! No amazing vocals or anything! It’s just there to make you smile, not impress you musically! At least the staging is good, and the dance break they added is super fun, but PFFFFFFFFF no way the JURIES are gonna vote for this thing. I’m not expecting them to place any higher than 20th, to be honest. I don’t want them to FLOP, and I do think their televote score will be juuuuuuust high enough to prevent that? Like, maybe it’ll be in the double digits? But that’ll all I can say for sure. I don’t think it’ll be RIGHT at the bottom once the televotes come in, but if this places dead last in the jury vote, I wouldn’t be surprised.

Keep in mind: I LIKE THIS SONG A LOT. But how the heck is it still here? XD

Moldova: Mid (11th-15th?)

I think Moldova could do well enough in both votes to place just outside the top ten somewhere. It’s not a fan-favorite or anything, but it’s a beautiful and unique song with unique staging, and I think the juries will pay enough attention to it for that. I don’t rememeber how good the live vocals were, unfortunately.....off the top of my head, I remember him sounding....fine? Not bad? So it won’t flop. Even tho I was surprised they qualified, on second thought, there’ll be nothing else in the final that sounds like this. I don’t think they’ll be overlooked that easily (unless they get unlucky in the running order and come right after a fan-favorite, or between fan-favorites, which....ouch, please don’t do that to them)

Both of Moldova’s scores will be pretty good, but far from the best they’ve ever done. I think this’ll, coincidentally, do about as well as Mr. Parfeni’s last entry did (which came 11th). More likely worse than better.

And.....that’s it! I-I’m so excited.......I-I’m usually this way the day before the final anyway, but....h-having two songs I love being the potential winners just makes that excitement worse! Th-this voting sequence is gonna be insane.......I mean, like usual, pfffff........

#eurovision #keep in mind that this is me being optimistic #these are all just what *i* want personally #these arent objective predictions