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mooooooosicals · 2 years
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Glowing blue eyes can have such vastly different meanings fandom to fandom.
Like in one fandom it's like "oh he's happy :)" and in the other it's like "oh he's dead :("
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avid-idiot · 11 months
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plushie bag? :(
The style wasn't for me. Still cute, but the bag is the main bit I was interested in
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gulliesforever · 6 months
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god. one thing i LOVE about amir that he has no self preservation. i was thinking abt the episode GIRLS. specifically the moment where the 2 girls at the bar say amir looks better but amir is like - “um no its obviously jake ur wrong” and jake agrees…
it got me thinking…. Thinking about how much amir is willing to take for himself vs how much hes willing to go for jake, yknow? like amir gets mad sometimes when he perceives an “insult” but its not bc hes defending himself as much as he is acting out. but amir actively DEFENDS jake when it comes to some traits he doesnt even TRY to defend in himself - his looks(girls as mentioned, and subtle comments like Swag where hes like “i only hang out with the hottest guys”)… how people address jake (like in Ice Breakers, Bitcoin, jake’s sick). there are exceptions to defending jake but to me those arent really about something like jake’s personality/looks that he cant change, and more a reaction about how he treats amir (trust fall 2) or jake acting like J-Witz for other ppl (some insecure jake eps, esp the recent ones)
And for the most part he plays along with Jake being the better one of the two. Ace and Jocelyn… hes the SIDEKICK. “You consider me dumb!” In normal conversation. Going along with being the Troll Named Rod in Tiny Wings. APOLOGIZING TO JAKE IN CORDUROY PANT. In Table Read where ALL his main characters ARE JAKE…!! Small things like that. He KNOWS and WILLINGLY ACCEPTS his role as being the guy who gets beat up and looks like shit to everyone else because who CARES about their opinions when ONLY jake’s matters??
in a weird way, he’s entirely selfless. amir doesnt do things for the benefit of himself. like yeah. he has murderous tendencies. he hurts people. but all of it is either for attention (mainly to be able to tell a story to Jake), random insane urges(<3), or a form of like??? overdoing stuff which self sabotages him????? Which he’s aware of vaguely????
its just… amir holds such little value on his own appearance, life, and wellbeing to the point where he just doesn’t consider he matters. him being hurt and betrayed is another tuesday. But he would defend jake no matter what. because jake doesnt DESERVE that. and whys that? its because amir LOVES him. because amir loves jake and that CLEARLY means he deserves everything. all his self love goes to jake. even if it hurts him in the long run or makes him look dumb. yknow. because whatever. who cares. EVERYTHING hurts anyways and whats another day hurting himself??? And that fucking makes me INSANE.
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professor-abeloved · 1 year
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It Loves Within (a review of goodbyes, gratitude, and gay screaming)
i read somewhere that an aspect of the horror genre is pain. and if you're a fan of the it lives anthology, pain is inevitable.
the pain of choosing who has to take jane's place, a game that (doesn't) end(s) in sacrifice, betrayal, and anguish. the pain of losing one's parents, finding family anew (in both blood and found) - only to potentially lose it all.
the pain of an impossible choice: do you end this, once and for all, to save everyone - only to never see them again when you finally return home? do you remain in this world, with gaping wounds patched by temporary bandages, for the life you've never thought you had the chance to live? or do you try try try to bridge it all together, pushing for a world full of potential, a reality still out of reach, but still worth fighting for all the same?
every ending of It Lives Within is tragic in its own way, a bittersweet balm to the trauma-filled fuckaganza of a journey of these characters we know and love.
i'm never going to stop saying thank you to everyone at the @itlivesproject team for making the choice to create and collaborate on this masterpiece. the pain of pixelberry cancelling sequels (er, trilogies) broke my heart, but this fan game is more than a dream come true.
(the rest of this is kind of a rambling review under the cut)
looking back, i'm actually glad that they cancelled it - because i wouldn't trade every second i played ILW for anything. (and my girlfriend knows i've spent numerous all-nighters just playing and/or talking about ILW <3. i tell my therapist it started with abel's first diamond scene--and okay getting side-tracked).
first off, i want to mention all the variants. the It Lives series were unique and notorious for having different branches and endings that carried through to the next book, something which isn't very common in mobile visual novels. since ILW had not one, but two books to reference... hoo boy. coding, writing, making art + sprites for, testing, editing, and hell even just thinking of the different variables and how they impact a third book is such a herculean feat and i applaud everyone on the team for all the blood, sweat, and tears poured into this endeavor.
the gameplay itself was super fun!! i think it hit the right balance of action with timed choices and puzzles (i now want my own crown paperweight), implementing that Nerve Score system that the It Lives series is known for. not only did one have to keep in mind their Nerve, but also their choices between Blood and Shadow that would seal the fate of everyone in this Pixelberry Cinematic Universe (hello, horror Julian HSSgame). it was fun as fuck, i really liked and appreciate the decision of 3 different main endings <3
because the plot was a downright banger. every twist and turn had me on the edge of my seat and frantically screenshotting everything (somehow i've gotten to 20k screenshots, but at least 98% is ILW. the other 2% are random crap and also Choices, lol). it was cool to theorize and guess correctly on some things and still be utterly shocked at the brilliant execution. i can't list every single thing that made me gasp, but the crumbs of foreshadowing are incredible. not just saying this as a tester, but the replay value is nuts. (also the different personalites of sarcastic, genuine, and aggressive are so good).
having character relationships as a core stat was also an organic, lovely choice. i adore how everyone started off at various points (joss at 0 and amalia at 75 iirc?) and could develop differently and sometimes independently of nerve (abel being easy to befriend but having tough nerve to raise because he's going through Some Shit, while jocelyn was more closed off yet had easier nerve to raise). it really colors the ways the main 4 interact with rowan, and i love how even the romance variants played a part in it. from jealousy-laden glances to the famed Union Walk Out, this game was a breath of fresh air to the usual 'i accidentally have 1 flirt point with this LI and somehow they're in love with me' vibe of current mobile VNs. (mattyass is an outlier and doesn't count <3)
speaking of characters!! holy shit they slayed and served, giving closure to our favs from the first book and then some (being pro connor green wasn't in my 2023 bingo card, but it happened! i like that funky lil dude), giving the cast of the second book vital yet natural roles, while letting the new cast shine in their own right.
the It Lives cast is vastly beloved for a reason, and the ILP Team not only nailed every single one of the canon characters, but they breathed new life into them (literally in the case of RF!noah/devon). i'm beyond words to express how amazing it was to not only have my blorbos back, but to be able to see a beautiful devonoah romance and flirt with dan pierce after years of pining and get married to andy kang?!?! the gift just keeps on giving. (i'm just biased in mentioning them because devon, noah, andy, and dan are my ILITW biasline but i'm so happy to have seen stacy, lucas, ava, lily again <3333)
i also adore the ILB crew to bits!! i had the impression they were barely gonna be featured (and valid), but the way the showed up!! the way harper was important and could kick ass while injured??? slay.
and the way everyone interacted in ch19 was some avengers assemble beautiful dream. i don't think i'll ever be that happy again in my life, fr <33
and onto the stars of the show...
it's been an honor to spend time with each and every one of the main crew. jocelyn was someone i was hyped to see, ever since her cameo in the ILB end credits scene. redemption arcs are tricky and while i admittedly felt the initial trepidation... the execution of her development blew me away. it is fantastic and realistic (getting to encourage her to be better or to leave her alone was also a cool mechanic. i love how it's in firm yet empathic encouragement that she works to better herself.). she grew into such a fierce, gruff protector with a heart of gold and fists of fury. i love her so much. her nightmare sequence facing her shadow past self is one of my favorite's. arcs of self-forgiveness vs self-flagellation hit hard, and it moves me to tears to see how far joss has come <33 her route having either a slow burn vibe or a fwb tinge was also an excellent choice !! i enjoyed fwb route (she's so sweet and considerate, putting a blanket over us with a frown lmao) and i can't want to replay for sb + to write fics with her <3
now onto lincoln, my fav mlm cowboy son. i was initially jealous because i thought my girlfriend would be into him + i thought abel and he were exes, but i came around in ch13, iirc. i connect with his arc of wanting to prove your worth to your parents very painfully, and it means a lot to see him know that others' approval will never define him. i'm also happy to see him process his pain and give others a chance - give himself a chance to apologize and let abel in again. he's also fun to torture write for in fics, and somehow he's soulmates with my most complex ILW MC, wan, despite me son-zoning him real bad, so that's just amazing characterization. excited to write more <3
amalia my beloved <33 the brains, brawn, beauty of rowan's rogue monster hunting operations. i love her and her route so much. childhood best friends to lovers always slaps (i mean, cmon thats most of the ILITW ships), and the way it was executed for amalia is chef's kiss. the angst of your best friend not being the person you thought they were was an excellent spin on the trope. but the love she has for you and the love you have for her is something all on your own?? perfection <33 also her dreams of wanting to make a difference, especially what happened with her family is a very relevant experience today, are so inspiring <3 i'm so excited to replay her route with a different mc and also to write her as well <3
AIJDBFHDFJDOK abel aifhsohifOSDHDSIGH okay that's it.
JK abel, my love, my light, my stars. professor dorklord. the reason i've changed my url after these long years. i love him and his sexy sweater vest of sin so much. my favorite scene of all time is when pretending to have a lover's spat with abel in amalia's university AISHFIOG. he's funny, sweet, and charming. i'd listen to his nerdy rambles all night long - and yes, partially an innuendo, and partially that i like nerds who ramble about things. i love how he can be too rational (yet always with a heart <3) yet also so selfless, and i love how he can choose himself and his happiness at the end instead of living with ghosts <3 i love you abel, baby, i'm coming back for youuu in every route, in every wip <3
to ro, my trans-coded, queer-coded power entity <3 i was so happy that MC had powers (not from a suit we had to spend diamonds on), and wow they executed this trope so well. rowan is so well written with 3 different personality types, it's wonderful. y'know, i used to make MCs for every choices book (until i got lazy lol) and i can't believe i have at least 4 MCs again <3 the creativity this game sparks in me i swear to the power. i'll see you soon: ronaldo, genuinely sweet and genuinely terrifying baby boy. wan, my sweet snarky selfless drag queen. amor, you tough dorky tcg-playing sweetheart. reg my flirty failgirl (gender neutral), beanie baby charmer.
shoutout to daddy mattyass for being the GOAT choices antagonist/secret LI. you know i have so much to say about him, but it's almost 2 am and also 90% of my ilw meta is about him anyways <3 love to hate him, hate to love him!! he lives rent free in my mind <33 (but fr, such a compelling character and no one else would've been as satisfying to deal with in the finale. i miss the king of delusion pathetic meow meow <3)
also loving luis, sunny, elena, jessica, milf mayor green, babygirl adrian kim, girlboss marianthe. every npc, every pixel and line of code and text and just everything, every thread that makes up the tapestry of this beautiful, priceless experience.
it lives on, it loves on.
pain is inevitable. it hurts because it's over, it hurts because i love this game with every fibre of my being... but love doesn't really die, does it? it lives on in a different form. the game will always be there. if anything, the fandom is alive with the love that's put into the project, the love that reaches us no matter where we are - even from the fictional town of Westchester to the Power dimension and beyond.
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br1ghtestlight · 7 months
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Have i asked about your tinimmy headcannons yet?
Also bestie how have you been? This is a Lil check up hehe >:)
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i dont think so hello!!! im doing okay i get to go clothes shopping for fall tomorrow bcuz its getting colder out and i own exactly one pair of long pants atm. so im excited for that. other than that im depressed but not in a sad way just in a meh way
they played together a lot when they were kids :D mostly bcuz tina didnt have any other friends and she was the only person who didnt mind jimmy junior's random dance breaks (which was very bad but she thought was amazing) but they played together during recess and after school :) neither bob nor pesto liked this but their wives were like stop being assholes this isnt about ur stupid rivalry they are five years old
tina and jimmy jr get cast as juliet and romeo in the shakesphere play for english class and both of them give it 110% (tina bcuz she relates to the romance aspect of juliet and jimmy jr bcuz he relates to the going against the family aspect of romeo) they both end up getting an A+ and make the teacher cry with their performances
tina was the first person outside his family that jimmy jr told about his parents getting a divorce. she found him crying during recess in like third grade and he told her everything. one of the only times tina has seen him genuinely cry (he tries to act tough around her most of the time)
they've already agreed to go to prom together AND made an agreement that if they've both single at 30 they'll get married. later in high school they make an amendment that if one of them discovers they arent straight they don't HAVE to get married but they still have to go to prom together as friends
once tina forgot to bring a jacket to school when it was cold & rainy and she was outside at recess shivering and miserable and jimmy jr offered her his jacket so she wouldn't be cold <3 very simple gesture but she will never let him forget it and calls it the most romantic thing he's ever done for her
jimmy jr really does care and worry about tina A LOT whenever she trips or hurts herself at school (which is a lot knowing tina) he's always the first person to ask if she's okay or if she needs to go to the nurse. he's always worried abt her bcuz she's pretty clumsy even if he acts cold and uncaring
they are VERY competitive when playing any type of game together like put them in a room with mario kart 8 and they become sworn enemies. they almost killed each other over a game of monopoly
their first date was in fifth grade. their class was going on a field trip to wonder wharf but jimmy jr and tina snuck off from everybody else & held hands and jimmy jr bought her cotton candy <3 they still like hanging out there sometimes although its hard not to bring their siblings along so it isnt really a date at that point
when people make fun of tina behind her back at school (usually tammy and jocelyn) jimmy jr will NEVER go along with it even if they broke up or they're fighting bcuz thats still his friend and he doesnt want to be mean to her. he will defend her if it comes down to it but usually they just stop when he doesn't laugh or he says "that isnt cool guys"
they like passing each other little notes during class with doodles or hearts or whatever and tina keeps them all in a special box in her bedroom. jimmy jr probably forgets about 90% of them but he saved a few too
jimmy jr and tina have never missed each other's birthday since they were in kindergarten :) all the way until they graduate high school they go every single year even if they arent really talking or they're dating other people and they always invite each other. the closest they ever got to missing one was when jimmy jr's dad didnt let him attend her 13th birthday but he made it in the end hehe
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thevagabondexpress · 6 months
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This is probably really random but
If we're going to talk about sexual trauma in the Shadowhunter Chronicles that never gets acknowledged, what about Jocelyn's abuse under Valentine and how that influences how she acts throughout the series?
Also, Annabel didn't deserve to be the villain just because Julian's manipulations finally backfired on him (I love him, but still)
Okay. I do see it acknowledged at least a little by the series/fandom that Jocelyn probably has trauma she's carrying forward, so I think the reason it's not particularly touched on is because she's such a bit-part character to the story at large. In this instance I do prefer the show over the books: I feel like Maxim Roy brought a layer of depth to the character that wasn't otherwise given by the series or the books, since in both Jocelyn is so background to her daughter's saga.
As for Annabel, there are lots and lots and lots of things that her villainy could be attributed to. But please, let's not blame the scared orphan who's never had anyone teach him proper coping skills. And let's certainly not say he was trying to manipulate anybody. I'm not saying he's a faultless angel, but who at seventeen would know how to handle a situation as delicate as Annabel's properly even if you're both neurotypical and in a healthy functioning family with good strong guiding figures to look up to. Julian has none of that (unless you count Diana but she hasn't been there long enough to really be a parental figure in the way he needs) and there's no way he could've possibly known what he was supposed to do with her, especially not when all of his protective sibling alarms are going haywire as they would be.
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euphorial-docx · 10 months
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the idol episode 1 review
ok so… i watched it. it’s definitely a show, at least.
i will briefly talk first about my opinions on everyone else’s opinions:
i do not believe in the censorship of media. i think people can make whatever they want, even if i don’t personally enjoy or agree with it. maybe that’s a chronically online ao3 mentality shifting over to other arts, but i don’t think it’s a bad thing.
i think enforcing what can and cannot be made, and who can and cannot make certain things, is bullshit. i don’t agree with with that. i think sam levinson can make this type of show if he wants to, no matter my feelings on it (and oh boy do i have a lot of them.)
and i do not think a “boycott” will work at all. maybe this show will be cancelled, or get a production overhaul for season 2, but y’all… i know 70% of the people trying to boycott the idol also watch euphoria. and jesus christ stop saying people are demons if they watch the idol— guilting people over what they consume is stupid and does nothing to change conditions.
additionally, i want to talk about the drama behind the scenes:
i know all the drama. i think it was shitty to fire amy seimetz after she finished 80% of it, and it was shitty to scrap everything, and shitty to turn it into what it is now. not arguing that. it was a huge waste of the money, time, and effort of hundreds of people to bring sam levinson in and boot amy out.
sam levinson is also known to be a dick when directing. his sets on euphoria were hectic, his sets on the idol were hectic— the man needs to let more people help him in every step of filmmaking instead of hoarding everything to himself and believing he’s above collaboration.
and now for the actual review:
i’ll start with the highlights.
i think lily-rose depp did well. she wasn’t outstanding, but i think people are too harsh to say she’s this horrible actress. is she giving an emmy worthy performance? no, not really. but she wasn’t bad by any means.
the best actor there, however, is rachel sennott. she’s great in everything she’s in, so i’m not surprised at all. she plays the anxious assistant and concerned best friend very well. she’s as much as stand-out as she can be with such a bland script to go off of.
i will get into what i didn’t like about the main relationship later, but the scenes of jocelyn and tedeos dancing at the club was (mostly) pretty good. like i thought it was cute to start out, and then them talking at the bar at jocelyn’s house was pretty good. their dynamic is best when they’re having understated moments that aren’t rushing head-first into the plot too soon, if that makes sense.
i think that’s it.
now it’s time for the negatives… and there are a lot.
jocelyn’s music is boring. i feel they could’ve vocally trained lily-rose a bit more to make her singing more believable for a so-called pop star. the sound and production itself was very bland like her singing, and i can’t quite tell if that’s intentional or not.
the dance choreography had its good moments, but was mostly odd. they also kept in random shots of lily’s dancing looking very much Not Great despite the plot praising her dancing. they could’ve had her practice more too (i’m sorry if i’m being harsh, but it’s the truth! she’s not a singer or a dancer, so they should’ve trained her better to sell the story.)
the costumes, hair, and makeup was fine, but some of the outfits were strange and needlessly… sexy? like jocelyn wearing a thong and tiny bra that covers nothing during dance rehearsals is a bit extreme. it was a pretty outfit i guess, but absolutely not practical and clearly there to just be like Hey! Look How Hot Lily-Rose Depp Is!
the cinematography was… meh. i was underwhelmed. it wasn’t ugly, but i know sam can at least make visually beautiful shows, and he just didn’t do that here. he missed an opportunity to be praised for something.
i think the first half of the episode was marginally better than the second half, but generally it had pacing issues. it was TOO SLOW and then would also throw you into new scenes with no padding to soften the landing. i had no sense of what the timeframe was throughout this entire episode.
the editing didn’t help with the confusion. multiple shots were repeated. they would cut back and forth between scenes in different times in some weird montage sort of thing, which confused me a little as to what was happening, where they were going, and which timeline we were supposed to be following. but maybe that’s just me. i don’t know. i’m still confused.
plot wise, TOO FAST. the scenes were slow, but the plot was somehow advancing too fast. i didn’t have time to really invest in jocelyn as a character, let alone jocelyn and tedros’s relationship before they were pushed together like a child forcing their barbie dolls to kiss. i didn’t buy their dynamic of “romance.” as i said, there were 2 decent scenes, but those scenes didn’t last long enough and both ended with them making out instead of actually setting up the groundwork for their relationship.
i don’t think the weeknd did bad, but he wasn’t necessarily good either. a handful of his line deliveries were… questionable at best. i don’t know if this is purposeful, but he gave me creep vibes. other characters said he also weirded them out, so maybe that’s the point? i’m hoping that’s the point. please be the point.
and now about sex.
a very hot topic for this show, apparently.
i am not a prude by any means. i watch euphoria, and i watch game of thrones, and etc etc. i can handle sex and nudity, and i do think it can be a useful tool in storytelling. as i said before, i also do not believe in censorship, so put sex in your show or whatever. i don’t care.
but.
big but.
i will critique this because i don’t believe in censorship :) freedom goes both ways
the sex scenes here felt out of place and unnecessary. they did not serve the story at all. they didn’t tell me anything about the characters. i honestly skimmed the sex scenes entirely because they were too long and not integrals
it’s not even that they were too graphic or anything, they were just confusing. like oh jocelyn and tedros are dancing— oh, now they’re making out? jocelyn got home for the club and oh! she’s suddenly masturbating. jocelyn and tedros are talking about music and wow! oh wow. now there’s temperature play and suffocation happening. point being: the sex scenes are too sudden with no real build up or purpose.
i feel with a story like this, explicit sex could work. but not like this. i feel the extreme nature of jocelyn and tedros’s intimacy should progress as the story goes on, and get more and more wild and dangerous as it becomes more obvious that jocelyn is being manipulated and preyed upon by the music industry. that would be a good use for sex scenes, but the way they’re used here— just sporadically thrown in for shock value and Edgy Points— is not only unsatisfying and uncomfortable, but also confusing and ultimately meaningless.
as for the nudity, i don’t think it was anywhere as bad as twitter made it seem. i’m chill with casual nudity, so her waking up without a shirt wasn’t really gratuitous to me, neither was her rarely wearing bras. i don’t care about that.
what i do care about when it comes to nudity is how the story portrays intimacy coordinators.
the characters get annoyed with the coordinator and lock him in a closet just because he wanted them to stop the photoshoot because there was undiscussed nudity that wasn’t in contracts. like the intimacy coordinator was right and the story treated him as if he was just annoying. i think that was strange for a story that’s supposedly about how women are taken advantage of and mistreated in the music industry.
also too much smoking!!! a pretentious amount of smoking!!! nearly every scenes, jocelyn was lighting up a cigarette. sometimes multiple within the span of one location and time. like girl put them down. i don’t need 12 shots of her lighting a cigarette.
final thoughts
the idol has undeniable potential, but all that potential was discarded and replaced with whatever this is. i can see the bones of what amy seimetz intended, but i can also see how sam levinson and the weeknd weakened the integrity of that.
it was quite frankly severely underwhelming and messy. it’s difficult to pinpoint what the story is and what we’re supposed to think about certain points of it, and it’s even harder to get a grip of who characters are and their motivations. it did a poor job of setting up the story, and instead chose to throw us in the deep end and hope we understand whatever the fuck is going on.
i’ll give the second episode a try just to see if i can comprehend what this show is trying to tell me, but i do not have high hopes at all. i believe it will be an unintelligible mess with a few rare gems thrown in (those gems courtesy of amy seimetz, of course), and will hopefully prove that sam levinson and the weeknd both need a fucking writers room and their egos checked.
i give it a 2.5/10. a 3/10 if i’m being nice.
it deserved the bare minimum 5 minute ovation at cannes.
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pink-chevalier · 2 years
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After rewriting her notes and highlighting important parts, Cassia finally closes her notebook with a content smile. The girl blames her big sister for this, Cassia never cared how her notes would look like, and she didn't find any pleasure in color-coding things. She was perfectly fine living her life without these stupid colorful pens and adorable pastel highlighters, but when Cassia saw Perry writing her notes, she fell in love with the look. It's time-consuming; the girl can admit that it takes her a good minute to do all this, but everything looks so pretty, and Cassia studies better because of this method. The preteen puts her stuff away, happy that all she has to do is jump in bed and go to sleep until her phone starts ringing.:
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Cassia: *smiles* Hey, Sterling.
Sterling: Hey, Cass. I'm sorry I called so late; I'm not bothering you or anything.
Cassia: Not really. I was just getting ready for bed, but what's up?
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Sterling: *smiles* I just wanted to call you and say thanks for inviting me. Well, for letting me stay because Jocelyn was the one that invited me. 
Cassia: *giggles* No problem! I wasn't going to throw you out. That'll be super rude of me to do, and my mom would've beaten me up for doing something like that. 
Sterling: *chuckles* That always sucks. Hey, random side note, but do you like astronomy? 
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Cassia: *smiles* Yeah, I'm not into the whole zodiac thing like my sister, but I like the stars and stuff.
Sterling: *nods* Me too. I was wondering if you want to go to the park with me Saturday night? My mom bought me a new telescope, and I think we'll be able to see a comet.
Cassia: *excited* That sounds awesome!
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I’m writing some stuff from Amos’ point of view just to get a handle on him, since he’s much more present as a character in the Redux and every few seconds I’m just like. AMOS. Please. Christ on a bike man. 
Here, have some Amos describing random things including, but not limited to, his children, the bad habits their grandparents have given them, that one time he killed a man, and the pleasures he has in life: 
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My son would say that I am a present man. I believe I’ve heard him say as much to friends. He’s a flighty boy, prone to speaking before he thinks and acting before he thinks to think. But he’s sweet, in his way. Ruthless, too, which I am pleased to see develop for ours is a world cutthroat and merciless. I’d not relish a weak child. There’s something abysmally bleak in the thought of raising this being from babe to adulthood only for them to be eaten alive by the hounds of life.
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Height—I suppose that is my most prominent feature. Strong nose and chin and jaw. Eyes are something or other—hazel, I think is what my wife has termed them upon occasion. Hair is mud. Netty has the better looks and I’m pleased our children took what they did from her. I’m also pleased they did not receive her nerves. Stalwart and stubborn rather than mousey and, at times, fearful. Of what? I asked her once. She just said, Well there’s that man out there killing women in their own homes. And I told her that she’s perfectly safe and to be reasonable about the entire situation. What is the likelihood of him choosing our family? While it’s not a zero per-cent chance, it’s still low. I had meant to add that this nerviness of hers predates Quayside Killer so I’d appreciate it if she wouldn’t lie to me. But it hadn’t been worth her clamming up for a week straight. Sometimes, she shakes like a leaf when she thinks no one is looking.
Still, despite this, she mothers and wifes well so I’ve no complaints.
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There was one night when William would have been seven or eight and he woke but I didn’t hear him come half-down the stairs to sit and grip the railing posts and stare through into the kitchen which is where I was finishing up work. There had been flooding—a bad summer, much rain, no irrigation, river banks do what river banks do which is to say: give way. My office was out of commission as a result so I had taken to doing work on the slab of a wooden table in the kitchen. Single lamp. Books open. Abacus out. &c.
There had been trouble at the docks. Rival merchants out for each other’s skin—we’d make suits of each other if we could. I was having none of it. It’s bad for business and I loathe all things bad for business. Anyway, one such individual had it out for me—Joss informed me only the night before. We had been at the Swan & Sword for a swift pre-supper drink and he said, Harry McGuire’s going to send someone after you.
Assassin? I asked.
Nothing formal, Jocelyn replied.
Timeframe?
Imminent. He finished his ale. Offered to get us another round which I accepted and let him take himself up to the bar. He has a horrid habit, and he keeps it wrapped up most of the time, but I track where a man’s eyes wander when he thinks he’s not being observed, and I see where Joss’ go from time to time and it’s unfortunate. Still, I suppose he knows his business and what risks he’s willing to take and the perversions he’s willing to allow in his own life. At the very least, he is discreet and limited.
Anyway, he returned and gave over my pint saying, Just keep some good men about you, in case. McGuire’s tenacious. You might have to send his messengers back to him in pieces.
So I was not surprised when a man appeared at the back door then he was inside the kitchen and at the table and held a knife and then I made sure he ended up on the floor and roundly beat his head in. It was short, sweet, to the point. Like a well-crafted missive.
I had thought I was alone until I heard a stair creak and lo’ there was William watching from between bannisters with big child eyes and I felt concerned that I might have disturbed him. For I should hope he knows he has nothing to fear of me. I told him to go to bed and he duly retreated upstairs after which I took care of the McGuire Messenger who proceeded to have an accident and fell into the river.
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William has never asked me about it. The next morning I expected a question or two on the matter but he didn’t inquire. He ate his breakfast with his usual gusto and went about his day as a cheerful seven-year-old.
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The gods blessed Netty and I with four children who survived childhood—three girls, one boy. Magda is our eldest and takes after my side of the family in terms of her general appearance, save that she thankfully has her mother’s delicate facial features. Which are more appropriate for a girl. Then there is William who looks much like me save he has his mother’s colouring in his eyes and hair, so black and dark reddish-brown. I believe he also has her ears and his maternal grandfather’s easy temperament. Laure is our third. She’s a queer thing—lighter in her colouring, quiet, watchful, the opposite of her siblings. I have jested to Netty that Laure is a fey-child and Netty tells me to not be cruel about our girl. Sicily is the youngest of the surviving four and is much like William in appearance, save she is small how Netty is small. She’ll grow to have the head of a man, though, of that I’ve no doubt. Her husband had best watch himself. If her flaming rows with William are anything to go by. Savvy, cunning, if she had been born a son I would have her lined up to succeed me and let William do whatever it is he wants to do.
Which is, frankly, a mystery. I doubt that boy has any concept of the future beyond a month out at best. I have oft’ complained of this to Netty and Joss. Both have informed me that this is a perfectly normal situation to be in for a sixteen-year-old. I do not recall being so listless and wayward in my intentions at sixteen but I was less coddled than he.
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My father’s spirit occasionally comes to me at night and tells me I spoil the boy. But I cannot help it—I attempt firmness but then he pleads and argues and makes a fit before going into sweetness and charm and it’s all very, well, sweet. He’s an affectionate child, or wishes to be, though I’ve no real knowledge of how best to respond. Thankfully, he stopped attempting to hug me goodnight when he was seven.
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I shall quickly document my pleasure’s in life, which do include some vices I have attempted to drop but cannot seem to: cards & dice; strong cheese from Quirm—blue and stratified like a cliff face; the nature poetry of Randolph Turza; music—particularly that which is played on cello, fortepiano, and the lyre (William has taken up the guitarra and lute for reasons I have not come to completely understand but there was some talk of: boys who play such instruments are “hot stuff, father.” Laure plays the fortepiano beautifully, as does Magda. Sicily—well, least said about her aborted music lessons soonest mended); theatre—historical dramas and tragedies (I suffer comedies once a year on Netty’s birthday for that is her preference); fishing & hunting; attending the races; good, rich Brindisian wine; the touch of fox fur lined cloaks; a well-made cup of tea.
There are strange & private pleasures best not documented but if I were forced to, they would include Netty rolling down her stockings; the shape of the lips of the first girl I kissed; that strangely pleasurable pain that comes after a fist fight at the docks when every part hurts; scrape of sea salt on skin; Netty’s breasts; some bed-side things that happen between husband and wife that need not be spoken of save between the two parties involved; the feeling of someone whispering a secret which is the same as when someone with a Genoan accent speaks softly whilst explaining something with great intent and focus.
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My father died when I was four-and-thirty. My mother when I was four-and-forty. Ten years and four days apart. My mother would have appreciated the symmetry of it. My children know better their maternal grandparents who are in and about giving them bad-habits such as hiding boiled sweets in a small pouch up sleeves and smoking strong-smelling tobacco and singing in the midst of supper.
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????? Even if she’s a favorite she’s still abusive and toxic, like..?? Why do these anons get mad whenever someone calls out a shitty character
“How dare you say these totally true things that actually happened in canon that this character did?!” -random peeps in the fandom whenever I mention toxic bullshit from toxic characters.
I mean I get that some people might like Jocelyn as a character, but if they can’t admit “yeah, she’s suuuuper fucking toxic” and get upset at the mere mention of her behavior then uhhhh that’s a pretty big issue.
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American Song Contest live reaction from a local swede part 2
I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE VOTING SYSTEM
MICHAEL BOLTN (it's something with some american accents and kind of not pronouncing the o and it's just "tn")
As a nordic person, every time I see the name "Eli" I want to pronounce it like "El-ee" and not "El-ai" like the americans pronounce it
HAHAHA WHAT IS THIS A COMMERCIAL FOR SMOOTHIES
They had 0 energy lol
Montana guy reminds me of Billy Ray Cyrus so. Hannah Montana
HIS MOUTH STRETCHED SO MUCH-
Is every New York person just living a dream life
She kicks one (1) leg and that's her dance
HDTRMK STATUE OF LIBERTY-
"That's Enisa FROM NEW YORK EVERYBODY GIVE IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Fun fact there was a girl named Jocelyn in my class in middle school and our english teacher who was from USA pronounced her name like "Jossy-leen"
Omg water tunnel from a Mario Kart level? Or a Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing level? Or both?? :D
Is the whole song just the phrase "You're never alone" or?
"CELEBRRRRRANDO"
This feels like a song from Bia (and I think that DCLA show has the least good songs... but I have also only watched 20 eps and also heard Vale Vale so don't listen to me). But anyway this song isn't good
NEW BOOT GOOFIN' YEAH
KENTUCKY GUY REALLY LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE?? LIKE SOMEONE I HAVE SEEN ON TV?? LIKE A CHARACTER IN SOME SHOW?
"The lyrics hit me <3" PLEASE can the hosts just say "thank you" after every performance like we do in Europe, you don't have to give compliments to everyone
H0RSE G0RL
This feels like a family in Appaloosa Plains in the sims 3
Can barely hear what she sings only hear mumbles
"AAAAHHH CANNN'T MAKEYO LOVE MEAUH WOULDNTWANNAMAKEYOANYWAY"
"wHat A soUnG"
IS HIS TIKTOK NAME "YOURBOYBRABRA"
Very generic song to me
Why is he on the dreamworks logo tho
I- did they make an adult joke with his "I got excited" comment or do I just have a dirty mind
The "my friends call me this" thing, I don't know if that's an american thing or a universal thing, but I rarely have seen any person from where i'm from be like "my friend call me the king/queen of this"
This feels like a song you play in malls
THE DANCERS ARE KILLING ME
HAHAHAH THEM COMMENTING THE VIRGINIA BOOTH COMMENTING ON SOME RANDOM DUDE
The have the bi flag colors in the background
"When people think of Maine, they think of lobster" no i'm thinking of Stephen King
Apparently they're voting through streams on Spotify??? K??
HAHAHA THIS FEELS LIKE WHEN SAN MARINO COMPETED IN ESC LAST YEAR FOR SOME REASON
No one outside Sweden will understand this reference but during the "Is it you, is it me" I got reminded of "VEM ÄR DU VEM ÄR JAG LEVANDE CHARADER"
At least they didn't give out who won during the CREDITS this time
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Blind reactions are my favorite thing to watch. It's like watching something for the first time again.
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Halloween 2022 - Day 26 - Cat People (1942)
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In the rhythm of the newborn day You know sometime you're bound to leave her But for now you're going to stay In the year of the cat
Cat People has a rather strange genesis in that someone came up with the title first and just handed it off for someone else to build a story around it. It doesn’t particularly strike me as some amazing title that will get butts in seats but maybe that’s what passed for the creative team back then, just a bunch of people coming up with movie names. It’s a lot of hard work to be an ideas man, someone else can write the film, direct it, score it, edit it...but these guys deserve all the credit for thinking of the idea.
Directing duties would go to Jacques Tourneur, who would later direct Night of the Demon. That’s night of the Demon singular, not to be confused with that movie we looked at the other week. Though we did look at Night of the Demon some years ago and that was fairly dull too. Cat People would later have a sequel and a remake in the 1980’s which had Malcolm McDowell and John Heard amongst its cast. It also starred Nastassja Kinski who had also starred in a Roman Polanski adaptation of Tess of the d’Urbervilles. I had to read that book in school, lots of implied rape and phallic use of strawberries as I recall.
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Cat People tells the story of a young Serbian girl, Irena Dubrovna, living in New York who has a whirlwind romance with a young man, Oliver Reed (not that one). She shares with him a tale from her homeland of the great King John who slaughtered many a peasant after they turned to the dark wizardy of witchcraft and these is said to be a curse that strikes all young women in they turn into cats when the fire of passion burns within them. And we’re not talking Jocelyn Wildenstein here, like into a big cat of some kind, like a puma.
So there’s meant to be this idea that Irena is very reluctant to fall in love because of her fears of the legend coming true, worried that she would hurt the person closest to her. Only, it’s hard for that to come across because when I say whirlwind romance, these guys have met, fallen in love and got married within the first 15 minutes of the movie. The whole thing only lasts 73 minutes so, whilst I pointed at Doctor Sleep’s length recently, this would be an example of a movie that could probably do with more time to flesh things out. I know it wasn’t uncommon for films of this time to be quite short, I’ve seen a few of the old Universal movies that are about the same length or shorter like Frankenstein at 70 minutes, The Black Cat 66 minutes or The Raven at only 61. Irena does allude to some loneliness but it’s easy to dismiss that as her being in a foreign country or just being a bit shy. It would have been nice to expand on this idea and get across a bit more her reluctance to have these romantic relationships.
It would’ve helped the other side of the story as well where it’s very ambiguous as to whether or not this story is real. Certainly everyone thinks its all stuff and nonsense, with the movie setting up that Irena has this compulsion to visit this panther in the local zoo and hints at her letting it out. So when you have Irena’s love rival thinking she’s getting stalked by someone or something, it’s quite alarming to hear what sounds like a big cat’s roar.
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Which is actually just a bus braking. Hey, I forgot this was this movie; it’s the Lewton Bus! This is like one of the originators of the jump scare in horror cinema.I wonder if the people behind this would regret their actions if they could see what a tired cliche it had become today.
But again, it would have been nice to actually see more to suggest one way or the other, maybe a slightly bigger body count to get across the potential threat. There is a part later on where the couple have a disagreement so you could potentially have Irena run off upset, end up at a bar where she meets some randomer who then turns up dead the next day.
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I suppose you could argue that would dampen the end somewhat that has been building to this possible reveal. This moment does come across really creepy because her doctor ends up forcibly kissing her which, okay, maybe his thought was that he could ‘cure’ her of her delusions by showing her that nothing happens. But the way he talks to her and the way he was earlier trying to convince Oliver to anull the marriage makes it come across like he has slightly different motivations.
In a way these short movies can be helpful during these month long marathons, to be able to quickly breeze through a movie instead of having to think 2+ hours (or 3 in the case of Doctor Sleep) into it but I don’t recall ever having that sense of those other short movies having this problem of being hamstrung by the shortened runtime.  It does seem like there would be potential here for a psychological piece on Irena’s personality, her relationships and how these ‘delusions’ are affecting them, but it all feels very rushed.
Which would actually make me somewhat curious about the remake, it often feels like remakes are only done for commercial reasons, something familiar yet new to bring in that sweet ticket money. Just look at horror, people love the original Jason movie, the original Freddy, Michael Myers...so why keep remaking them? But to take something flawed and give it another chance to be what it could have been, that makes more sense and perhaps that 1982 version could tap into that potential.
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Day two brings us nearly 70,000 words! Whether you’re snowed in and able to read them all today or you’re busy preparing for the holidays and marking them for later, we hope you enjoy them and show the creators some love.
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The Fundamental Things
[Jake/Mutt, David/Patrick - M - 24,981]
Mutt comes back to town for the winter and finds the barn uninhabitable. Faced with sleeping on his parents' couch for the next few months, he jumps on Jake's offer of his spare room in exchange for some help around the woodshop. Between holidays and through storms, they discover that they have a lot more in common than they ever thought.
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it's just for snow
[David/Patrick, Stevie & David - E - 18,185]
“Don’t go, go on your own or find another date, whatever you want,” Stevie shrugs and reaches over to steal some of his muffin.
He swats at her hand. “Find another date? The wedding is a two-hour drive away! In Montauk! I’m not driving for two hours with some random, even if I can book separate rooms for the weekend!”
“Oh god, it’s for the entire weekend and there’s a road trip involved? Now I’m definitely not going with you.” She swipes another piece of muffin.
“Ugh,” he sighs as he sips his coffee. “Where the fuck am I going to find an acceptable date?”
“Sorry to interrupt,” Patrick says, suddenly appearing at their table looking a little nervous.
When David gets a last minute wedding invitation and Stevie refuses to go with him, he needs to find another date - he needs to show his so-called 'friends' (and Sebastien Raine) that he's thriving now. Enter: David's new favourite barista...
aka the coffee shop / fake dating / road trip / snowed in / there was only one bed fic no one asked for
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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
[David/Patrick - G - 6,386]
David and Patrick discover a baby left on the step of Rose Apothecary on Christmas Eve. Since everything is closed for the holiday, they take care of the baby for a few days. Patrick falls in love and wants to adopt the baby… David is also a little bit in love… but He struggles with the fact that he has never wanted kids.
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oh by gosh, by golly (mistletoe and holly)
[Alexis/Twyla, Ronnie/Vanessa, Roland/Jocelyn, David/Patrick, Ray/Ivan, Stevie/Ruth, Twyla & the population of Schitt’s Creek - G - 6,308]
Five kisses that earned an entry to the café's annual mistletoe draw, and one that didn't.
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Merry Christmas, Stevie Budd
[Stevie-focused Gen - M - 2,342]
Christmas has always been a mixed bag for Stevie Budd. But one Christmas is not like the others.
Coda to “Merry Christmas Johnny Rose"; most of the story takes place prior to that episode.
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Frozen in the Cold Trying to Get You Home
[David/Patrick, Stevie/Rachel - NR - 2,050]
Oh, I’m sorry, did you want to keep driving?” Stevie smirks.
“Yeah, what was it you said again, ‘whirlwind of potential death’?” Patrick teases.
“Um, I believe I said certain death, so, um, yes, I would very much like to pull over.” David crosses his arms and slumps back in his seat.
“Okay, fine, but I’m only doing this for David,” Rachel gives in, pulling into the right lane.
“And um, where exactly do we plan on pulling over?” David questions.
“We’re almost at an OnRoute,” Rachel replies, gesturing to the sign on the side of the highway.
“I’m sorry, what the actual fuck is an OnRoute?!” David asks, blinking in confusion.
“It’s just a service station, David,” Patrick laughs.
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For Every Year the Christmas Tree, Brings to Us All Such Joy and Glee
[David/Patrick - G - 2,020]
Patrick deserved a proper family Christmas with all the correct trimmings and David really wanted to give that to him.
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warm breath in the cold
[David/Patrick - T - 1773]
It was supposed to be funny.
But here Patrick is, torn between clutching it in his hands and treating it with precious reverence, crying.
David is making his husband cry. On Christmas Eve.
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or, david thinks he's funny (he's not)
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Here We Come A-Caroling
[Stevie & David, David/Patrick - T - 1,658]
David and Stevie have decided to serenade their Schitt's Creek friends with Christmas carols, only they may have had a bit much to drink whoops!
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More Than I Asked For
[David/Patrick - G - 1,568]
David and Patrick share their favorite Christmas movies.
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The Eldest Curses
So we know of the eldest curses. We know they are the oldest child of a Prince of Hell. But what do they do? What powers do they hold? And how far do they have to fall?
In this post I'll go over some theories and all the information we know about them, confirmed eldest curses, and their respective parents.
I'm sorry if my hate for Asmodeus comes out, but as my friend @patalliumapples said, "You hate Asmodeus so much and it’s so funny to me. Like I hate him too but it seems like he personally murdered your family and it’s so funny."
Tags: @apple-bottom-jeansx @the-blackdale @murderbabies @unorganisedbookshelf @revati3008 @patalliumapples @tenacioushubb @hardlymatters @pjo-tsc-trc-otherthingstoo if you gave me a theory idea you'll be tagged later in the post.
What We Know
Eldest curses are the oldest children of any given Prince of Hell at a moment. So if a Prince of Hell has seven kids alive, the oldest one will be his eldest curse. However, this is unlikely, because they die easily. The magic is too much for them to handle.
There are two confirmed eldest curses living right now: Magnus Bane and Tessa Gray.
Magnus Bane
Age: Anywhere between 380-400 years old
Parent: Asmodeus
Powers: He's very powerful, but any specific powers based on his demon parent? Not really. Unless you count sexy as a power.
Contact with Demon Parent: Magnus has met Asmodeus several times. He summoned him when he was very young, and the regretted it. Then there was the Crimson Hand, his little demon-worshipping cult. Magnus ran into Asmodeus again in The Red Scrolls of Magic and City of Heavenly Fire, but hasn't been under his sway . . . Yet.
Tessa Gray
Age: 147-ish, born in 1862
Parent: Belial
Powers: Tessa, being half Shadowhunter, is special. She doesn't have many regular warlock powers, but she can shapeshift into anyone she likes. However, after absorbing the power of the angel Ithuriel, it's harder for her to change. It's also not a good idea for her to shapeshift when she's pregnant, as found out in Ghosts of the Shadow Market.
Contact with Demon Parent: She has not talked with Belial. Her children, James and Lucie, have had contact several times throughout the Last Hours, but she herself has not talked to Belial. Belial did consider possessing her, but between Ithuriel protecting her and his sexism, it's unlikely.
The Other Stuff
Eldest curses are supposed to be powerful. They're literally demon royalty, and Magnus and Tessa's uncle is Lucifer. Just think on that.
So I'm just gonna talk about some stuff Asmodeus brought up in The Red Scrolls of Magic. I was going to analyze some quotes but it just was taking me too long and I was getting too angry at Asmodeus. My solution is to just do a brief summary of what he said.
Eldest curses have some powers. We don't what, but I can gather they were made to rule. (On iron thrones as Asmodeus said, which is very specific)
And Asmodeus sure loves his. Why? Because he's a manipulative son of a bitch that's why. (The hate is strong right now.)
Asmodeus has had a lot of kids, because he's the demon of lust, but Magnus is very powerful. He's strong, and Asmodeus wants to mess with him to take control of him.
And now onto the theories!
Theories
And the crackpot clowning starts here.
@the-blackdale came up with the theory that some ✨ necromancy ✨ will be in order and Magnus dies at some point, but comes back to life in TBVOTD.
@murderbabies suggested that to summon Lucifer needs blood to be summoned. Blood of an eldest curse, most likely, because we know warlock blood has some powers. I really don't think it would rivers of blood, but enough to draw a small sigil. (As we know from Chain of Iron all the Princes have a sigil that might be used to summon them.)
@patalliumapples and I have the headcanon Raynor is actually Sammael's son, but it's unlikely to actually be canon. Still, a nice thought.
I think Aldous Nix, the warlock from The Bane Chronicles who making a Portal to Pandemonium, is an eldest curse. Maybe Belphegor. He is dead now, but before that, he was at least 1000 years old. That was before Sammael did his little Incursion thing, and that means there had to be a very powerful demon to get to the surface to be his father. So possibly an eldest curse.
Basically assume every warlock is an eldest curse unless confirmed otherwise.
So combining the two theories from @the-blackdale and @murderbabies is that maybe the death or at least one eldest curse would be needed to get Luci back into this world. They paint a sigil with that blood, and bring Lucifer in through it. Not sure when necromancy would be in order, but maybe Asmodeus would bring his son back to show him what they had done.
@revati3008 brought up that maybe Max is an eldest curse who was placed strategically so Magnus would adopt him. And who did this? Asmodeus. Because he wanted to manipulate his child.
Just imagine that. Asmodeus holding the knowledge of their child's parentage over Magnus and Alec's heads. Sounds like something he would do. This would also be even more causally cruel if Max is an eldest curse, because most of those die under the weight of their own power.
But that's super-likely because of a vision Magnus had in TLBOW and also based solely on vibes.
And then the good ol' key theory. @tenacioushubb is the mastermind of this one.
The core idea of this theory is that the eldest curses are analogous to keys. And these keys are needed to unchain Lucifer from a prison. This theory does require Luci to be chained up, but this could explain why demons are coming from Pandemonium in the first place. Lucifer being chained up (probably in Pandemonium) would be the source of all the demon energy. Him coming to our world would be the "wicked powers" aspect of that series.
Also, as @patalliumapples pointed out to me, maybe this how Asmodeus is going to use Magnus. Though this stems from something I noticed before, and ties into something I call the "Castle Theory" which is legit just based off some lyrics from Halsey's Castle.
Sit down and grab some popcorn this one's complicated and very crack pot.
So here are the lyrics that inspired me:
I'm headed straight for the castle
They wanna make me their queen
And there's an old man sitting on the throne
That's saying that I probably shouldn't be so mean
I'm headed straight for the castle
They've got the kingdom locked up
And there's an old man sitting on the throne
That's saying I should probably keep my pretty mouth shut
Straight for the castle
I've said before this song has the same vibes as Clary going into Edom to rescue Jocelyn and the others. This will come up later.
Focusing on Magnus-he already was going to be made to be a king. In one of his dreams in TLBOW, Magnus dreamt of ruling a ruined world. Those chains on his arms from the thorn were there, too.
In The Red Scrolls of Magic while Asmodeus was info-dumping on us, he mentioned the eldest curses were "meant for thrones of iron." Which was so random. Why specify iron? We all know it's deadly to faeries, what does he want?
So I looked up what iron is supposed to do in the Shadowhunters Codex because I didn't know if there was anything else it did. Whelp, turns out a nickel-iron alloy called meteoric iron (normally found in meteors) is a good magic conductor, along with most iron being toxic to the fae.
And my mind was spinning. Rushing to check the Bane Chronicles, I looked at what the Hotel Dumort was built of. It actually was demonic metal, but I'd you had enough iron that can conduct magic,
So if Magnus sits on a throne of iron with enough demonic magic in him, it could unlock Lucifer down there.
Another theory that a few people have brought up is Magnus being possessed by a demon. I feel like it would be a demon Asmodeus sent to posses Magnus, not himself, but at least Asmodeus is smart. He has some sort of brain, unlike Belial, who just acts like he does, and then fails.
Last theory is something I'll do another post on because it needs a LOT of research to back it up.
This theory is that the eldest curses are similar to the Nephilim from the Bible.
These Nephilim were the children of fallen angels on earth. Same as the eldest curses. Though these Nephilim were giants, hundreds of feet tall.
But in one of Magnus's many visions, he dreamt he was tall. And this was after sitting on that throne, after ruling his own world.
Again, more research needed, but I think it could explain their power.
Feel free to add your own theories and thoughts! If I missed any canon info that could be helpful also tell me and I'll edit the post so it's included.
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Don't know why I'm surprised you kill Jocelyn first chance you got
THE WAY I LAUGHED AT THIS OMG.
You know how they say "bark of laugher"? I DID THAT. I BARKED.
But omg so true. I was writing and I had to kill off like random people for the mundane illness thing and I was like "hmmm who are the ones I can kill off? Who don't I like??"
And then I was suddenly like...
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