#imagine royal trio now it’s such a ducking thing I love it

[marvellouslymadmim]

I'm trying to find a good reason to ask you things but truth is I'm addicted to Calanthe, Eist, you, your writing and AU ! And since that master post about the planned stories you have for them, I can't stop thinking about it !!!!!!! I don't even know what to ask you because I want to know everythinnnng but maybe If you have a scene that you feel comfortable sharing for one of them or just... !things! (I'm especially curious about that soccer one, or the singer/bartender, or the escort one, or the assassin or.. omg yeah all of them seem delicious) sorry it's a mess, I'm feeling *extra* empty right now so I'm trying to fill a void. I hope you're okay, I feel like it's been some tough days for a lot of people.. Have a good day :)

jfc I am the WORST about answering these within a decent timetable. sorry. I’d say I’ll try to be better about it, but we’d both know it was a lie, nonny, and I don’t wanna do you like that.

So as far as AUs go, have a bit from the assassins one, titled These Savage Delights. I’m going to simply put in each character’s first impression of the other:

Eist continues scanning the emblems on people’s shoulders, looking for the familiar trio of lions. He doesn’t wish to make it too obvious that he’s singling someone out, so he moves across the room, to the long wooden table, laden down with fruits and sweets—and most importantly, where wine is being poured.

He’s thanking the serving girl and taking his wine with a smile as another body brushes against his side.

“A pity they don’t have something stronger,” a voice drawls, both amused and disdainful.

He turns his attention to the woman standing beside him, who is currently holding her own goblet out for the serving girl to fill with more wine.

Enchanting, he thinks immediately. Dark features accented by a dark dress, smirking lips and eyes that dance when they glance up at him again, as if sharing a secret.

And upon her shoulder, three golden lions.

She sees his glance, and looks at his shoulder as well. “Ah. Hello, neighbor.”

“Hello, neighbor,” he returns with a smile. He feels both a measure of pity and delight. It’s an absolute pity that he has to kill such a beautiful thing, but at least now he knows his target and his mode of gaining her trust.

He’ll seduce her. It’s always a bit more fun, when dealing with women. He can woo her with words and charming smiles, eventually asking her for a walk in the gardens or somewhere else a bit more private—and then, easy as can be, they’re alone and he can complete his task without any worry or witnesses.

Still. The conclave is a whole week. Maybe he’ll take his time. Enjoy the chase.

Her big brown eyes are still smiling softly, taking him in for a beat more before turning to face the rest of the hall, filled with dignitaries from all over the continent. “Quite a hullabaloo, isn’t it?”

Hullabaloo. Interesting word choice for a royal, and something in her accent twinges off on the pronunciation. Or perhaps Eist imagines it.

“Quite,” he agrees. She’s busy looking away, so he can simply study her for a beat. She looks…nervous. A bit unsure. A bit…fragile, he thinks.

It’s the eyes. They’re unbelievably soft.

She’s probably some lesser princess, the daughter of some backwater duke who is barely part of House Raven. Just enough connection to give her some prestige, but no actual skill or ability, Eist thinks. Like most of the nobles here.

“Well,” she turns back to him with a tight, perfunctory smile. Raises her glass slightly, as if in toast. “See you during conclave.”

He returns the gesture, taking a beat to make full eye contact and smile gently—his reassuring smile, the one that always puts women at-ease.

Her own smile deepens, briefly, then she ducks her head and slowly makes her way through the crowd again.

What a sweet thing, he thinks. He’ll snap her neck, make it quick and painless as possible. If he does it just right, she’ll never even know.

........

Calanthe Riannon sips her wine through practically-gritted teeth as she walks away. Gods, she hopes the idiot will make a move soon—she certainly played her best blushing maiden charms.

It’s not that she doesn’t enjoy her work. And it’s not that this particular assignment doesn’t pay quite handsomely.

It’s just…one does get tired, from time to time, of all the batting lashes and soft looks. Not that every job requires such pretense, but she’d taken one look at her target and had known it was exactly the kind of bait she needed.

He’s good looking, she’ll give him that much. A bit too full of himself, given the smile he greeted her with. Still, suave and a bit charming. Definitely used to having his way with the ladies, no doubt.

She spares a quick, shy glance over her shoulder. Still watching her, with a small smile. She smiles back, feigning slight embarrassment at being caught out, and then turns and continues on.

He’ll come after her. She knows it, surely as she knows her own name. He’s a chaser. She prides herself on playing her cards just right, as usual. Takes a larger drink of wine and steels herself for the wait, for all the demure little nods of agreement she has to give as she listens to some Cidarian prince drone on.

She glances up to see her target watching her with another soft smile. He's got lovely eyes, she decides.

He's also going to be an easy mark. Getting him alone and away from prying eyes won’t take any real effort or skill on her part, that much is obvious.

He's probably married, with a pack of kids, she thinks passively. One of those layabout nobles who enjoys going on diplomatic trips, because it gives him a chance to tour various bedchambers along the way.

Gods know, she'd probably catch something from him, if she allowed things to go that far.

Not that she’s going to, mind you. Not that she wants to.

#thanks anon! #asks #calanthe x eist #assassins!au #these savage delights #my fic #yikes on bikes i am so bad at answering on time

[cottontail20]

A Legend All Their Own, Chapter 51: What Makes You Special

Summary:  As the battle rages on, Wanda and Vision search for Ultron.

Ao3 link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/16736589/chapters/46956397

It didn't take Wanda and Vision long to realize where the explosion had come from. Thor, hoping to spook the enemy and boost morale on his own side, had summoned some thunder and lightning with Mjolnir, but unfortunately, a stray bolt had struck one of the mysterious crates, resulting in the explosion.

Chaos reigned on the battlefield, with combatants from both sides caught in the ensuing blast.

"Definitely do not touch the crates!" Vision yelled, although it seemed unlikely anyone had heard him over the new roaring blaze, the screams of those injured, and the battle still raging everywhere else.

Wanda looked at him, very reluctant to speak her next words.

"I think we need to split up, Vizh."

"I think we do" Vision sadly agreed.

The sky above them was growing darker still, whether due to smoke, Thor's efforts, or the natural thunderstorm that had already been on it's way, they couldn't be sure. Even though a battle for the future of their country was raging around them, and they really, really, did not have time for this, Wanda pulled Vision into a deep kiss, pouring all her love into it, and he kissed her back, doing the same. They forced themselves to break the kiss, each giving the other a light push.

"Don't die, okay Vizh?" Wanda almost begged him.

"I won't" Vision told her. "I promised."

With a final parting nod, they each headed off to where they were most needed. The kiss they had just shared was not a kiss goodbye. They wouldn't let it be. --

Wanda took to the sky for a moment, looking around the battlefield for any sign of Ultron, but unable to spot him in the commotion in the sea of armor and the increasingly frantic clashing of weapons. She felt a rush of pride as she spotted Vision, a flash of shining teal running to Tony Stark's aid. Seeing Steve once again shielding Natasha from a new wave of raining arrows, she landed near them, halting the arrows in their tracks with a wave of scarlet energy, and hurling them back towards the enemy.

"Thank you, Princess" said Steve, before yelling "Duck!"

Wanda did, and Steve threw his Shield to strike down a trio of retaliating enemy soldiers who had just attempted to charge towards Wanda.

"Thank you, Captain" Wanda echoed his sentiments, standing after Steve's shield had returned to him. "I know this is probably a long shot, but have either of you seen King Ultron?"

"No" Steve replied, shaking his head. "I imagine his men will be trying to keep him safe."

"Probably" Wanda agreed. "If that changes, you see any sign of him, let me know, okay?" she turned, quickly taking to the sky once more.

"How the hell are we going to do that?" Natasha yelled after her. "Finding any one person in the middle of all this is next to impossible!"

Wanda paused, deflecting another volley of arrows shooting her way, and looked over her shoulder at Steve and Natasha as she hovered above them, a vision in red.

"Just.. Think about it really hard" Wanda tapped the side of her head as she departed, smiling. "I'm the Scarlet Witch. I'll know."

Steve and Nat watched after her for a moment, mouths agape. Then two enemy soldiers fell near them, both shot down by Clint.

"Come on, you two!" He shouted at them, annoyed. "Keep your heads in the game, I won't always be around to save your asses!"

They both nodded and quickly rejoined the fray, more confident than ever before that they had chosen the right person to fight for.

"She's gonna make a great Queen, isn't she?" Nat commented, delivering a swift kick to the head to one of Ultron's men.

"Yeah, she really is" Steve agreed as he punched another, and threw his shield at one he'd seen getting too close to Clint.

"You think we'll all live to see it?"

"I sure hope so." --

Just as Tony was becoming totally overwhelmed and beginning to lose hope, a great number of the soldiers attacking him were blasted aside by a well aimed beam of golden energy, and Vision landed beside him to help fight off the rest.

"Thanks, kid" Tony panted, when they finally got a short moment to breathe. "Things were looking pretty bad for a minute there."

"You're welcome" Vision replied, delivering a swift increased density punch to a young soldier running towards them in a misguided attempt at avenging his fallen allies. "You wouldn't happen to have seen any sign of our dear King Ultron about recently, have you?"

"Unfortunately, no" Tony frowned, lashing out in response to another enemy attack. "That old bastard is probably out there in the middle of this surrounded by an honor guard or something."

"That's just what I'm afraid of" Vision sighed. "We have to find him, Tony. If we can just find Ultron and kill him.."

"I know" Tony replied. "We take out Ultron, and we end this shit-show, avenge Prince Pietro's death, and get Princess Wanda her rightful place on the throne so you two can get married and live happily ever after having adorable little royal babies."

Vision's heart jumped a little at the comment. But he couldn't think too much about Wanda and their baby right now. He needed to remain focused on the task at hand.

"I suppose that is the goal.. If you see him.."

"Kill the bastard.. or at least hurt him really badly. Princess Wanda deserves to be the one to end it.

"Yes, she does." --

Vision parted ways from Tony, fighting his way along with all he had as he searched for King Ultron. He lashed out with his sword, delivered some super-density kicks and punches, and when needed, a few blasts from the Mind Stone to clear his way. The latest of these blasts was used to clear a crowd of enemies threatening to surround Valkyrie and Lady Sif.

"Well, boy" Came Ultron's horribly familiar voice from behind him, "I think I've just worked out what makes you so special."

Before Vision had a chance to turn and react, he was tackled to the ground, an armored hand wrenching the circlet containing the Mind Stone from Vision's head, sending it rolling away into the crowd of battling soldiers.

"No!"

#scarlet vision #Scarlet Witch #ScarletVision #scarlet vision au #scarletvision au #wanda maximoff #vision mcu #vision x wanda #Avengers #MCU #avengers au #mcu au

[imagine-femblem]

Alright Tumblr was being annoying lol. I'm not sure how much you know about Xenomorphs/Aliens, but if you know a bit, how would Deirdre, Micaiah and Elincia react to their S/O suddenly bringing home a pet Xeno? This is more of a joke request, but I'm curious how you would do this! Take As long As you need? Also, maybe the Xeno is, super over protective over the Summoner? Like they would try to kiss the Summoner, then Xeno pops up and hisses out of nowhere? If you can't do this, just let me know!

 (This is easily the strangest ask I have received yet, and the hardest to write for because it is obviously utilizing non-canon elements. Because of this, it’s less a HC/Imagines/Etc, and more an introspection to the FEH world from an alternate perspective. This one took forever to write, and had me thinking for days! I’m honestly not sure if the character interactions are sufficiently different from each other, as I feel most heroes would respond the same way. 

Also, yes I am aware that “Fang and Claw” type could refer to other units, such as Panne, Keaton, etc., but I am using Tellius only Laguz units for better flow.)

Breidablik. An ancient relic sealed away from a time lost to many. This weapon was familiar to Kiran, as their world had firearms, but this one was special: it consumed magical orbs to “fire” heroes out of it! This led to a chaotic time, with Kiran and the Askr trio constantly finding new ways to farm this magical resource to bolster their numbers. Summonings were a well-loved event for many of the Askr castle residents, particularly Sharena who loved Heroes more than anyone, and many heroes would gather and crowd the summoner to cheer them on or to pray for the arrival of a familiar hero from their own world. It was also well known among the heroes that the summoning altar would present multiple colors of orbs for the summoner to shoot with Breidablik. Red contained heroes with swords or dark magic, Blue held lances and both light and thunder magic, Green hid axes and wind magic, and Colorless orbs contained everything else, from staff healers to dagger ninjas. There were exceptions to these, as Bows in other colors began to emerge in recent days, as did Daggers, but as a rule of thumb it was a tried and true method of determining what kind of hero would be summoned.

Until one day.

A day like any other, Kiran received the latest shipment of orbs from the messenger bird Feh, and rushed to the summoning altar. A small crowd and the Askr trio gathered, as was the norm, as the summoner took their place with Breidablik, some hundred feet from the Altar.

Red, Young Ike. Blue, Lukas. Blue, Cordelia. Colorless, Matthew. Red, Soleil. No new heroes, but useful copies of some for Merging or Skill Inheritance, a strange ritual that involved sacrificing heroes as tribute to others for power. Not a fun feeling, but nobody seemed to question how it worked.

The summoner fired orb and orb, heroes rushing to their friends and designated “acclimation partner”, heroes that helped others adapt to the new world, others were led to the barracks to await orders.

And then, a new color of orb appeared from the summoning altar. 

Everyone gasped in shock, and speedy heroes like Kaze and Elise rushed around the castle to spread the news. Steadily, nearly everyone in the castle had gathered to see the new breed of hero. Upon closer inspection, Kiran was able to discern that the new purple orb contained a Fang and Claw icon for it’s obtainable heroes, a fact that was met with cheers from the heroes of Tellius. Hurriedly, Ike, Elincia, and Micaiah pushed their way to the front of the crowd, eager to meet a Laguz hero from their homeworld. Sharena stood on standby, arms wide, eager to meet the legendary “Laguz” that Princess Elincia spoke so highly of. With the stage set, Kiran turned the Breidablik upon the orb and fired, the magical ammunition shattering the orb in a blast of light and smoke. The crowd surged forward, knocking Kiran aside. 

A small black creature rose from the shattered pieces, standing a mere three feet tall. A hush fell over the crowd, as all eyes moved from the creature to Ike and co., waiting for someone to claim the new “hero” as one of their friends. Or rivals. Or pets. 

Nobody moved.

Sharena shrugged and walked forward to welcome the creature, her arms outstretched wide. Most heroes were weird at first, the whole “new world” and “summon jetlag” thing going on, but this creature was different. As Sharena approached, it hissed at her and rushed the crowd, leaping over some and ducking under others until it found the Summoner. Heroes of all worlds leapt to the Summoner’s defense, drawing weapons and channeling magic to destroy the creature. Kiran raised their hand to steady everyone, reminding them all that Breidablik didn’t allow summoned heroes to commit acts against the Summoner’s intent (to an extent), which means the creature posed no threat to anyone in Askr. This was a feature of the firearm that proved invaluable for controlling some heroes, such as Grima, Valter, and now, this little black thing.

With some coaxing, Kiran was able to touch the creature, and the crowd quickly dispersed away to ready a home for the beast, or to simply get away from it. The creature proved to be incapable of combat, being too small, incapable of speech, and not having many heroes that would even be near it, so it was adopted by Kiran as a pet creature from their home world, and it was left to it’s own devices in the castle.

As with most things summoned from Breidablik, the creature never grew older or changed appearance, and to everyone’s shock and glee, another purple orb was never seen again…

For character specific interactions:

Elincia gives the creature a massively wide berth, and only tolerates it because Kiran asks her to. Not because it’s particularly ugly or anything, it is simply strange. Horses and Pegasi are unnerved whenever the creature is near, so it has to be kept far away from the stables, and even further away from the royal stables. If hissed at, Elincia meekly shys away, perhaps even cries, but at Kiran’s behest the creature will nuzzle her leg as a show of good will and everything will be alright for the time.

Micaiah finds the creature cute in it’s own way, and Yune excitedly chirps at it as they play a bizarre game of tag/don’t get eaten. Whenever hissed at, Micaiah lightly taps the creature on it’s plated head before moving back in for a fast peck or two, or asks Yune to distract the creature.

Deirdre accepts the creature as a pet, her holy blood acting as a strange attractant for the creature, but she gives it a wide berth all the same. Whenever she moves to kiss Kiran, the creature hisses at her until she backs away. Kiran can kiss Deidre however, and the creature remains neutral. Julius, Sigurd, and Arvis are often chased about the castle of the creature, and it becomes a sort of sport for Deidre and Kiran to watch the chaos unfold.

#Fire Emblem #Fire Emblem Heroes #fire emblem genealogy of the holy war #Deidre #Micaiah #Elincia #Ike #Arvis #Julius #Sigurd #Fire Emblem Path of Radiance #Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn #Sharena #Alien #Alien vs. Predator #AvP #Xenomorph #Crack Canon #Non-Canon

[eenefangirlanalysis]

Requesting a drum beat Edd proudly announces that their sea vessel is ready to set sail. He is also going to christen their boat. This seems like a little much.

Christening a boat is intended to bring good luck. Hmm... I can’t tell if the Eds run into bad luck or not since everything ends up being okay in the end.

I see Edd has delved into research on boats. He’s also proud of their project. They’d been running into mashap after mishap. The outcome of this boat makes Edd feel hopeful that everything will get better. 

Speaking of which where did the soda bottle come from? Ed, were your hoarding? Or did someone pollute? Either theory is viable. 

"By the authority vested in me, sanctioned by want, I hereby christen this seaworthy vessel, the esteemed, um–"

“‘S.S Mutant Almost a Chicken Duck.’“

“Surprised you didn’t run out of paint.”

I love Ed’s imagination. I feel like the movie shows very little of Ed’s antics. He could have had more screen time. Ed is a very important member of the trio. He makes the series what it is. It’s okay to have a big imagination. We’re all unique in our own ways.

Talking of which, where did the paint come from?

The boys have very little supplies. They’re only living off one what nature provides for them.

“Stand clear, gentlemen!” Edd winds up the pitch.

But lands too shortly. 

It hardly even took off.

I can’t tell if it was the writers were making fun of Edd’s physical strength or Edd really is a lousy pitcher.

He’s holding back. Edd is afraid of himself. His physical strength is what got him into trouble as a kid. Then again, the dodge ball machine was more of his wits. No matter how confident he seems Edd always asks Eddy for a second opinion. His parents never handled the incident in the best way practically making him disappear from the world.

Ed and Eddy taught Edd how to be confident again. And they would have taught him to be more confident if a certain scene wasn’t deleted. Edd overcomes his fears. It’s what makes him be the first person to face Eddy’s Brother.

Eddy taunts Edd for his weak muscles and asks if they can leave now.

Ed is adorable.

Eddy uses Ed’s hand to stand on as he roughly grabs Edd by his hat to place him inside the boat.

“My Bro will make us eat a barnacle if we show up while he’s watching ‘Matlock’.

Edd exclaims another astounded ‘really?’

Matlock is a TV show that ran from 1986-1995.

@jenny2x4 head canons that EENE could take place from 1999-2000. ‘Matlock’ has been doing reruns for a while now. I have never watched the series. From what I have read about the show revolves around a detective trying to find a killer. It does have some resemblance of the Eds journey. Eddy finds out numerous clues on who his brother is. 

I also noticed that the final two episodes of the series are named, ‘The Scam’. Interesting.

Through my research I believe Matlock and The Wizard of Oz are the only shows and movies ever mentioned by the characters. If anyone else knows that more have been mentioned please let me know. There is a famous connection between Ed, Edd n Eddy and The Wizard of Oz. 

I like how movies and TV shows aren’t mentioned very much over the series run. Actually, the Eds don’t spend their days watching countless hours of TV. They spend their days outside living in the fresh air. And also living in the world. That says a lot. 

Kids are spending too much time invested in technology. They don’t need a cell phone before the age of eleven. They needed to enjoy the world and play with toys, or play sports. Technology is a distraction from ones imagination.

Don’t spend your life glued to technology. Go out, live and explore the world.

Ed is excited by the revelation that Eddy’s brother is going to feed them.

It must be late afternoon at this point.

I never noticed how yellow that cloud is until now. The sky plays a good indicator for the time of day. Shows that you don’t need a watch to know the time. Pay attention to the sky throughout this film. It is painted so wonderfully.

Why does Eddy always have to stomp all over his friends? 

Because Bro must have treated his friends like doormats. Eddy believed that to be the correct way to treat friends. Still Eddy knows that he is being too rough.  I have pointed out those times Eddy true nature shows through. He feels terrible for treating his friends under a power of abuse. He tests how far they can go. Ed and Edd are stronger then Eddy thought.

Eddy: Heck yeah, [Bro] was the royal cook for the king in Englishland. Edd: You mean England, Eddy.

Does Edd really believe this to be true?? Surely, he has to be on to Eddy by now. Eddy’s stories about his brother are getting too corny. This is the most Eddy has ever talked about his brother.

What was the point of Eddy showing his brothers room to his friends? Was it meant to get a second opinion from them? Eddy is terrified of his brothers room. He’s been searching for answers for years. The most answers he ever received was the day he was with his friends. 

Eddy mentioned that he went in once only to get hit with the safe. Eddy is not as confident as he appears. When the Eds are together to face a challenge they know it won’t be as bad. When alone, they’re scared. I mentioned this when Eddy was walking alone throughout the cul-de-sac in Jingle Jingle Jangle. 

Never face a challenge alone.

Look at Eddy’s curved smile in the screenshot. He’s been having a tough time keeping a straight face. Usually he’s a lot better at telling lies. It’s tougher. He can’t get himself out of this ruse. Bro may be in another state for all he knows. Know that he won’t be able to keep this ruse going for much longer Eddy fears how the rest of the day will go.

Oh, we all know how it’s going to go in their next scene.

Taking advantage of cartoon physics Ed moves the earth placing their boat in the stream.

Eddy:  And away we go! It ain't nothin’ but smooth sailin’ straight to big bro's place, boys!

Eddy, you should know better then to say these kinds of things. You always run into trouble.

Do you guys all want to learn about a scene which would have been a part of this?

The Eds were to lament about siblings.

Ed would have lamented about how he missed Sarah. He also feared that he’d never see her again. That would have been the only instance, besides the end of the movie, where Ed mentioned his sister. 

Ed’s relationship with Sarah is rather important. Sarah too. Sarah cares about Ed more then she lets on. I think Sarah wished Ed could have been there to save her on multiple occasions. Sarah has a whole journey where she realizes that Ed is not a bad person. No matter what she has done to belittle him Ed has never given up on her. 

Edd was also going to talk about how he always longed for a sibling. He’s always felt alone. There was a moment in season 2 where Edd mentioned that he was glad to be an only child. His opinion changes more and more the further his parents drift away from him. A sibling could bring his family back together.

Edd has observed Ed and Sarah’s sibling relationship. That’s not the best example to go on. Edd is interested in the relationship Eddy talks about having with his brother. If any of Eddy’s stories are true Edd would like to have a sibling how looks up to him. And so he won’t be so lonely.

And Eddy would have sprouted off on more stories about his brother.

You know, this may have been a reason why the Eds connected. They share a sibling like bond. The was a scene set up at the end of the movie where Eddy realizes Ed and Edd were more brothers to him then his own.

#ed edd n eddy #eene #ed edd n eddy big picture show #the eds #Ed #Edd #Eddy #The Wizard of Oz #Matlock #character analysis #deleted scene #EEnE analysis #Sarah #Eddy's Brother #ed edd n eddy jingle jingle jangle

[beochanpaiseanagustaifeala]

💖”Star🌠Gazing”💖 Part 2 (FEAT. Lalasa Patel-Slithers, The Cartoon Network and many more!)

Yeah I decided it would be put up earlier than March 14th, (White Day)

Plucky’s POV

All we needed to get off the hook without any real price to pay was simply to buy another golden anvil! “Alright, anyone got some money?” I spoke up, leading everyone to reach into their pockets revealing a lot of cotton ball lint, staples, nails, teeth, candy (Mmm...), lots of precious junk you’d find in your typical so-and-so’s pockets; this was very inconvenient since we where all in the soup with the Nicktoon Authority and we had to think of a plan fast so I turned to three of my golden boys: Ed, Double D and Eddy, who have been scamming and scheming all sorts of crazy ideas ever since the day they where knighted~ Later that night, the boys arrived in my chamber with the blueprints of their latest, greatest scam.

“Your highness.” Double D spoke up, bowing.

“Imperial Grand Poobah.” Eddy replied.

“Great and Powerful Oz!” Ed chuckled.

“Glad to see you, boys, what do you got for me?” I asked the trio, with their leader smiling and handing me the scroll.

I opened it....and it was the most evil thing I could imagine and much more ingenious than my last idea, not to mention much less cost effective; “Hand me the gold paint and an anvil, boys, we’re gonna save our heirloom!” I'd give ‘em a raise but we where broke, probably from the previous gag we pulled on the Nicktoon Authority.

🌠

Lalasa’s POV

I was intrigued by Tommy’s story so far and I even got a clue who my father was: half-human, half-snake....maybe my mom was a robot~ all-in-all, it was kinda like a history lesson at school but far more enjoyable and full of life when Mr. Crocker taught it to us, he must have skipped over the good parts in that case.

“You must have had fun during the voyage, Tommy.”

“Yup, I sure did.”

“So what happened when you finally reached land?”

“Well...”

💖

Tommy’s POV/Story (Although the one he tells Lalasa is still much less overly-detailed)

When we finally reached the place for the ceremony in the mother country, ruled over by my cousin, Queen Angelica Klasky Pickles, who was more than ready to knight her newest subjects; sadly, character development doesn’t always come with age!

“We’re back from our mission, your holiness.” Said Helga, with a lot of self-esteem.

“What’s the buzz, cuzz?” I asked her in a less formal way.

“TOMMY AND HELGA, WHERE ARE THE NEW NICKTOONS!? IT’S ALMOST BEEN A WEEK SINCE YOU LEFT AND DESERTED YOUR ROYAL DUTIES!!!” she hollered at us so loudly that the whole throne room shook.

“Hey don’t worry about it, they’re right here with us.” Helga reassured.

“They better be, Helga, or you’re head will pop off like Cynthia did during the war....”

“They’re getting off the ship and are arriving at the palace in right now.” Helga told her.

“Good, make sure they hurry up before midnight strikes.” Angelica replied sarcastically.

“Yes, your majesty.” Both of us replied back.

A few minutes later, all of the new Nicktoons filled up the room and got in line to be knighted, one-by-one; some of them, however, preferred to be knighted side-by-side, for example: a little boy who I later knew was Lincoln Loud was knighted with his sisters in a group and after their initiation, all of them where cheering, hi-fiving, hugging and overall embracing each other; to be honest, they acted as an excited family going to a popular theme park rather than a group who have been honored by royalty. 

Another example of a side-by-side knighting was one for resident duck-humanoid named SwaySway, his smaller and younger sidekick named Buhdeuce, their pet frog Jelly....and a load of bread....that they didn’t even eat after the initiation...I am not making that up.

And lastly there was none other than Sanjay and Craig, holding hands and smiling warmly while walking slowly to Angelica on her throne; after the initiation, Craig lifted Sanjay in the air and spun him around~ ain’t that cute?

After the ceremony, we ushered into the grand ballroom for a glorious view of the night sky through the room’s crystal roof above, Squidward (who was chosen to compose the symphony’s melody) feeling as proud as can be and of course, lots of food on the tables!!! while it was much less chaotic than the banquet on the boat the other night, we all still had fun, I even got a dance with that cutie I’ve been with since we where babies: Kimi Finster!

“Care to dance, Tommy?”

“I’d love to!”

Everyone was dancing, all except for a few wallflowers there: like Squilliam (feeling envy for obvious reasons) and Angelica’s very own daughter, Amanda (maybe she was too young?), sitting down with a doll in her hand...I wonder what was going on in her head? While I was dancing with Kimi, I caught another glimpse of Sanjay and Craig, slowly turning and holding hands but unlike everyone else who was stargazing, they where looking into each other’s eyes~ and then I got this conversation:

“What do you think it would be like if we where assigned to a place where we can stay...together...as roommates?” asked Craig.

“That’s what I wanted to ask you!” Sanjay replied, giggling, until his mood got a little less cheerful when telling him: “But what if we are assigned in different places? what if one of us has to stay here in the mother country and the other must be shipped to the Nickelodeon capital of In-Between?”

“Don’t worry~ if we ever get separated, I’ll just swim to wherever you are.”

“But if you are assigned to the mother country and leave, you’ll never be allowed to come back~ not even the queen herself visits because of the honoraries!”

Craig nuzzled the shorter one, replying: “Getting banished, dishonored by the queen and becoming an enemy to the queen just for you....would be worth it.” this caused Sanjay to smile and hug him and tbh I couldn’t help but find that cute, really.

Just when I was gonna get some punch, Angelica called me on my phone for a private discussion in the throne room; “I’ll be back, Kimi!” I told her as I hurried to the dark room with Angelica, with a dark look on her face, ready to tell me about her plans.

“So, what did you bring me in here for?”

“Tommy....remember when the Looney Tunes and their allies from Jellystone Nation revolted and left the Nickelodeon Kingdom?”

“Yes, I hear it was because of labor-?”

“THAT’S NOT IMPORTANT!” she snapped.

“Sorry!...carry on?”

“I’ve always tried to win them back, even trying to get their new age operatives back on our side with bribe after bribe....heck, I even tried to give them their own country but they still keep denying them! you know what we have to do to force them back under my power?”

“....I have no idea, maybe we can just leave them alone?”

“You don’t get it, do you baldy?”

“That’s not true: I grew hair when I was 3!”

“DO YOU WANNA GET FIRED!?”

“No!”

“Good.....I know how to force them back into the kingdom.....with a powerful and deadly instrument that will strike fear into even those goody-goody powderpoof girls.”

“Deadly? like it could actually kill someone?”

“Not just someone, Tommy....everyone.”

Angelica began bursting with an evil laughter that put great emphasis on her dark plans that would seriously effect things in the nicktoon community for years to come.

🌠To be continued….💖

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[party-of-rpg-muses]

Mun Plays Kingdom Hearts 3

Picking up where I left off, I went to Monsteropolis, the world of Monsters Inc. Funnily enough, I haven’t seen that movie in years and didn’t bother touching the prequel. Weird thing, Monster Sora looks strangely cute. I’m no filthy tetraphilia (But I got a friend who would just on any hellspawn monster) but I’ll admit that Monster Sora looks kinda cute. And I couldn’t help but notice two things; Sully seems to sound a little different and I swear they simply reused Boo’s voice lines from the movie. The way she says “Kitty” and “Mike Wazowski” not only sound exactly alike she time she says them, but the sound exactly like how they were said in the movie.

I was surprised to see Randal back and causing trouble and honestly, it was kind of a present surprise. Though he seemed less threatening than in the movie, but whatever. Against the boss, it took me a while to figure a few things out and nearly lost a few times before I eventually managed to win. After that, I knew Vanitas was going to be there, but the stuff he pulls against Sora, Donald, and Goofy was actually quite impressive. And it was nice to see Sully pull what TV Tropes calls a “Big Damn Heroes” moment. Picking Vanitas up, tossing him in a door, tossing that door into another door, tossing that into another door, and tossing that into yet another door before shredding that door. And now, Sora knows about Vanitas, the boy whose heart went to his in order to heal all the way back in Birth by Sleep.

After that, I watched the following cutscene, explaining most of what I already know, as well as a third thing; Sora had a third heart inside him. Roxas and Ventus were two, leading me to assume that the third heart is Xion. I also went straight to Twilight Town so I could go the the Hundred Acre Woods. I knew Lumpy was going to be present, but I still couldn’t help but smile when I saw him meet Sora. The mini-games present were nice and kinda reminded me of Blossom Blast Saga (despite never playing the game).

Once I finished the mini-games and left the Hundred Acre Woods, imagine my joy when I saw the next cutscene that had my waifu, Aqua~! But she seemed... strangely cocky... Claiming to not need her keyblade to defeat Ansem and his Guardian Heartless. Granted, she managed to get a few hits in, but was defeated. This actually lines up with the first part of my theory about what happens to Aqua, found here. Keep in mind this was posted quite a few months before KH3 was released.

Next up was Arendelle, the world of Frozen. When Sora and the others got ambushed by Larxene, I was surprised to see that they were sent to an entire maze, seemingly in an entirely different pocket dimension. I eventually managed to reach the end, but decided to explore. And for my curiosity, I stumbled across a room full of lady-like Heartless that I took to calling “Milady”. Despite my best efforts, I was overwhelmed and defeated, getting my very first game over. Even the Kupo Coin couldn’t help me. So I just left with intentions to try again later.

Following after Elsa, I couldn’t help but grin when I saw them actually mimic the famous Let it Go scene from the movie. Like, GOD!! If I didn’t know any better, I’d say this was from the actual movie itself! Every step, evey facial expression, EVERY LITTLE THING looked like it was out of the movie! Of course, not counting the shots with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. In fact, I’m practically convinced they actually used the clip from Disney’s archives, character animations and how the structures moved, and put them into the game. I even tried to look at her shoulder to see if her hair clipped through her shoulder when she let her hair down, just like in the movie. I couldn’t tell, but I think her hair did clip through her shoulder.

But enough of that. While finding Olaf’s body parts, I kinda found myself getting lost a few times, unsure of where to go. The person who hid his middle section in the area where it is... just mean. Though I found the Do You Wanna Build a Snowman scene to be kinda... unneeded. And the sound mixing was really poor. Child!Anna and Adult!Anna had the same volume, making it hard to follow either. I think muting Child!Anna slightly would help, since what Adult!Anna says is much more important. I later fought Marshmallow and I got him low, but I lost when he got angry and started slashing at Sora. Dodge-rolling didn’t help me and I got combo’d to death. So when I fought him again, I played more patiently and instead blocked when I could. Eventually, I managed to win.

After the fight, I continued down the mountain like normal, nothing major, though I found myself getting ready for a fight when Marshmallow showed up again, fearing another fight, only to find him become an ally. He proved really helpful against the Horsemen Heartless, who I kinda struggled with prior.

I’ve also come to realize something when I reached Arendelle; they skipped over major important details and just kinda assumed you saw the movie. I mean, yeah, I saw the movie, but someone hasn’t, they’d be confused. They’d be wondering stuff like ”Where did Elsa’s magic come from?” or “Who is Hans?” or “How did Hans manage to capture Elsa?”. So... yeah.

The Timberwolf Heartless wasn’t too difficult to defeat, especially since I had Marshmallow with me. And Sora’s aerial attacks really helped move the fight along. But it did take a while. After that, the cutscene where the trio return to Yen Sid’s tower played. No doubt Sora’s instinctive desire to go and help Aqua stems from Ven’s heart, someone willing to do anything for the sake of his best friends. But still... Power of Waking... I wonder what that’s supposed to be... Well, no matter.

After that was the Pirates of the Caribbean world and I gotta say, I’m loving the character designs in this game! First, whomever voiced Jack in this game is way better than James Arnold Taylor from KH2. JAT, I love ya man (especially since you voice Tidus) but you’re no Johnny Depp dead ringer. This new guy sounds almost exactly like Johnny Depp. When I had to chase down the ship, I basically ignored all the Heartless I encountered until I reached the ship. And in the cutscene after, where the Black Pearl reaches the shore, again, it felt like it was directly out of the movie. The human characters are practically perfect dead ringers for the actual people. No matter how many times I see that scene, it doesn’t stop looking good.

I had a bit of fun with sailing, taking to it like a duck to water and the giant flying Heartless wasn’t difficult by any means, but it was long. And swimming on the Huddles Island was neat, though it took some getting used to.

AND THING IS! About the race with Luxord, I struggled the first time. I managed to do well at first, but before long, I got knocked so far off coarse that I couldn’t recover. For the second time, I nearly won, but for some reason, I couldn’t go further. It said I could go no further when I was facing the finish line. I bounded off the finish line and LOST! You have no idea how pissed I was! But for the third time, I pretty much won with ease. Granted, there was still some difficulty, but no major issues. And the ship battle was also pretty easy and rather fun. I didn’t run into any major issues. And seeing the flashback with Jack and the British Captain was cool, since it allowed me to get a close up of the faces of the characters. You could actually see the skin textures that look like actual skin! And you can see the individual strands of hair on their eyebrows!

When I reached Port Royal, I simply explored and found all 300 White Crabs and watched the following cutscene. It was a shame they couldn’t get Davy Jones’ extra appendages to act like how they did in the movie, squirming every which way, but oh well. And I’m sure they got a different voice actor, which is also fine. I’m also come to notice they also managed to get Johnny Depp/Jack Sparrow’s twitching lip-thing spot on. It’s like they studied these Disney movies intensively and mimicked pretty much everything they could. I then saved at the save point and turned off the game, since it was getting rather late.

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[theconservativebrief]

Imagine you bite into a fluffy pink tea cake, only to discover a center filled with pure, bitter chocolate. Feel its astringency spread across your tongue. Savor the duel of pleasure and pucker it brings.

Now you have a sense of what it’s like to watch The Favourite, the latest acerbic confection from Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos, writer/director of movies like The Lobster, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, and Dogtooth. Lanthimos has always been a divisive filmmaker — his brand of chilly, brutally funny savagery can be a bit much for some audiences — and The Favourite will not break that trend, though it’s more accessible than his previous films, with a screenplay by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara.

It’s sort of a period film, about palace intrigue in the court of Britain’s Queen Anne (who ruled from 1702 to 1714), though certain elements of its mise-en-scène almost certainly never appeared in any royal court at the turn of the 18th century, let alone an English one. (Let’s just say it boasts one of the year’s best dance scenes.)

Anne was queen when the Acts of Union were signed and England and Scotland were united to form Great Britain. She also ruled during the War of the Spanish Succession, and waged war with France in North America for control of the continent, in what would become known as Queen Anne’s War.

All of this is only vaguely in the background of The Favourite, though. While characters fight about war and policy in the movie, I can’t honestly say I know anything more about those elements of its history now than I did going in. And that is precisely by design: The Favourite is not a movie about history, but a movie that plucks some shadowy figures out of history and it uses them to stage a devilish comedy of power struggles. In this movie, everything — flattery, friendship, feasts, companionship, sex — is just part of a giant chess game to see who will hold the allegiance of the woman who helms an empire.

The result is opulent and massively entertaining. The Favourite’s trio of leads — Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, and Emma Stone — turn in some of the best performances of the year. And the film’s chilling implication certainly outlived the 18th century: Be careful when you’re chasing power. You might just get it.

Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in The Favourite. Fox Searchlight

In his previous films, Lanthimos has created worlds that are maybe two universes off from ours — similar in many ways, but with some cruel twist that makes them very different indeed.

In The Lobster, for instance, everything seems pretty normal, except that single people are sent to a hotel to find a mate — and if they don’t do so within a prescribed number of days, they’re literally turned into an animal. In Dogtooth, parents have kept their adult children isolated from the world since birth and taught them an alternate version of reality. No wonder most Lanthimos characters speak in a flat, affected monotone cadence, as if they’ve been through hell.

But The Favourite injects a bit of color into the monotone, since it’s the early 18th century, and people still speak in flowery language, at least at court. Its three central women, however, dress all in black and white, and like everyone at court, their morals and ethics come in every shade of gray.

Queen Anne (Colman) is in what seem to be her waning years; she is depressed, manic, binge-eating cake, devastated by life in general and her useless bunch of male advisers in particular. She finds solace only in her 17 pet rabbits (one for each of her dead children) and Lady Sarah Churchill (Weisz) — her companion, closest friend, wisest confidante, and lover.

Lady Sarah takes a mud bath. Fox Searchlight

Lady Sarah has effectively ruled the realm for years, deftly manipulating its main players — including Anne — and living a comfortable life at the top of the heap. Then one day, her cousin Abigail (Stone) arrives at the palace, literally covered in manure after falling onto the damp road. Like Sarah, Abigail was born into gentility, but when she was still very young her father gambled her away to a German who married her and forced himself on her for years. Now he’s dead, and she’s seeking a place to live and work.

She’s put to labor as a scullery maid, but Abigail is no fool. She swiftly takes inventory of her situation and begins to find ways to rise up the palace food chain, gaining the notice not just of Masham, a gentleman of the court whom she starts to cannily woo, but Queen Anne herself. Sarah suddenly finds herself fighting for a position as the declining Anne’s favorite. And meanwhile, war rages.

Like a few other films this year — Widows, Roma, Support the Girls, and the upcoming Mary Queen of Scots all spring to mind — The Favourite is a movie about women who have realized that the world is stacked against them and decided to simply shove the mostly useless men around them to the sides of the frame. In Anne’s court, men can be advantageous pawns, but to ask them to do much more than bicker, race ducks, and play stupid games will lead to nothing good.

Sarah has known this a long time, and Anne knows, too. What the queen realizes even more is something that could serve as a general thesis for Lanthimos’s films more generally: Love, if it exists between humans, is never untainted. It’s mixed with people wanting things like power, position, prestige, or just to not be alone. Anything that looks like love in Lanthimos’s worlds always comes with some kind of ulterior motive.

In keeping with this notion, it’s difficult, and maybe impossible, to find a self-sacrificing act of any kind in The Favourite. While the relationships in the film, especially sexual ones, are indeed about desire — it’s a desire for something other than what most people like to think they’re looking for in intimacy.

Queen Anne addresses her court. Fox Searchlight

Dark? Depressing? You bet. But Lanthimos has a way of wrapping the whole matter in a package so laced with pathos and fizz that it takes on a keen pleasure, a black humor.

And how the film looks feeds into its feeling of grim, manic comedy. Shot by cinematographer Robbie Ryan, The Favourite often employs a fisheye lens that gives the rooms of the palace a claustrophobic feel, as if it’s more hothouse than estate, with everything from the lush foods to the rich woods and the candlelight and the flowers and opulence crammed into the middle, the edges blurry. You can’t smell it, but you get the feeling the everything’s gone a little sour.

And with three skilled actresses at the film’s center, characters that could so easily be reduced to familiar stereotypes — the crazy one, the conniving one, the social climber — are instead imbued with humanity.

In Weisz and Stone (who is American, but pulls off a completely convincing British accent), you can see the pain woven into Sarah’s and Abigail’s hard-as-nails exteriors. You can sense when they’ve identified their next move and when and why they’re about to pounce. And Sarah seems to truly love Anne, even though she’s obviously using her.

But it’s Colman’s performance as Anne that’s most stunning. She’s not written as a likable character, except maybe if you feel sorry for her. But there’s something regal beneath her slowly disintegrating façade, something that makes her worst moments — the cake-eating and the purple-faced screaming fits — even more jarring by contrast.

All of this comes together to create a film that is not, in any way, a nice period drama. It’s savage and messy and sometimes mean. It’s all for a purpose, though: The Favourite’s view of the world is that we’d all be power-hungry monsters, if given a chance. But we have our reasons. And even the worst of us deserves at least a little moment of dignity.

The Favourite opens in theaters on November 21.

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