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dollsome-does-tumblr · 1 year

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ted lasso 3.04 thoughts, mostly ted/rebecca related because i’m predictable:

they had scenes! sceneS!!!!! what is this, the year 2020?????? and they were both so fun!

i know i was really obsessing over the 1.04/2.04/3.04 parallel potential, and i feel like we got a spiritual successor to those first two episodes in the “am i a mess?” / “of course you are, that’s why we get along.” exchange. because that’s it!!!!!!

this is such a dorky takeaway, but after that scene with sassy at the beginning, i’m really like, “awwwww, rebecca really likes ted!!!!!!!” rebecca smiled at his “progmess” pun after sassy was like “puns = NO” and no one can take that away from me!

also, i feel like ted definitely asked sassy out to try to sort of “catch up” with michelle and the progress she’s made since they split. i really hope sassy’s fwb stance sticks (and hey, if they want to be f w/o b, that works for me too!), because i watch this show with a deranged and myopic agenda called tedbeccaism.

oklahoma! OKLAHOMA!!!!!! you know i wasn’t ready for that level of fanfic-attention-to-detail-level callback and then all of a sudden she just SAID IT! aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! rebecca still thinking about a conversation these guys had over a year ago!

the energy of this scene -- like, obviously i’m super biased, but it felt very light and fond and lovely, with the lighting and the feels-y background music -- makes me feel like where we’re going is: at this point they both genuinely have no idea that they could ever have romantic feelings for each other, but the show is starting to be like “hint hint” and the epiphany’s gonna hit when they least expect it.⚡

rebecca manically hyping up ted and ted being the one that’s like “okay, crazy” for once was very delightful to behold. also, sometimes one simply likes to watch her manhandle him a little. (this is TWO episodes in a ROW with PHYSICAL CONTACT after the long, long drought??? whoa now. what’s going on!)

i loved all the rebecca + rupert + bex stuff!! rebecca and bex clearly having a good vibe between them! rebecca telling rupert to quit messing around!!! EPIC!

nate is breaking my heart! i didn’t expect him to already be so ... nate again, with his evil-and-thriving veneer pretty absent, and i really like this writing choice. him missing his chance for a makeup handshake with ted because of RUPERT. :’( i also really like that ted is sticking to his guns re: not being mad at nate. and both nate and ted having little figures of each other and being emotional about it!

rupert giving nate the full relationship-with-a-narcissist treatment = :( :( :(. it’s so harrowing to watch.

are keeley and gladys from bomb girls going to be a THING??? or am i just reading sapphic subtext into every interaction with a new woman that keeley has?

mary from ghosts being smitten with rebecca is the most real.

why are jamie and roy acting so shippable this season? what’s--what’s up with that? whatever it is, it’s a delight. also, jamie canonically a pooh bear style sleeper.

ted told michelle the truth!!!!!!! progress from the prog-mess!!!!!!! bless u, sir.

#dollsome's deep thoughts #ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #ted x rebecca #tedbecca

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goblins-riddles-or-frocks · 9 days

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mercy for the character ask game 💖

Mercymorn my best friend Mercymorn!!!

favorite thing about them: she contains many contradictory multitudes! I’m so intrigued by her genuine devotion to John— she’s so fervent I can only assume it’s true— next to her commitment to wanting to kill him. She loves him, she has no *moral* qualms with him. but the grief over Cristabel’s death is just so great that knowing that it could have all been avoided is like the single thing she could never look past

and she’s also very uneasy in the beginning of HTN, I wonder if she was having second thoughts? that’s the only way I can read her first conversation with Augustine

least favorite thing about them: I would’ve liked her to interact more with Harrow just because it would be interesting. I really like her dynamic and her seeming to despise Harrow for both seeing herself in her and presumably that Harrow managed to preserve her cavalier

favorite line: obviously acid jail is an all timer. from a character perspective the entire segment dinner segment before dios apate minor is FASCINATING. this bit:

“You’re wrong, Augustine. You still hate Cristabel … you hated my cavalier long before what she did.” […]

“Do I, Mercy? God help me, I don’t think I do.”

She said, “Look me in the eyes and say that.” […]

“Joy, what’s done is done. They’re dead. The crime is punished. I don’t hate Cristabel.”

Her face was savage and smooth and implacable. “Say it again,” she said

absolutely deranged choice of fake conversation to have before pivoting to having sex on the dinner table directly after. she also later yells at him for being the one to bring up Cristabel when he most certainly did not lol it was all on her!

brOTP: I don’t really have one, I feel like all the OG lyctors are fucking so it’s not much of a bro situation lol and the newbies she just doesn’t have much of a dynamic with? it is really funny seeing her yell at the Blood of Eden people tho

OTP: oh you know!!! (Mercystine)

nOTP: I don’t really have one tbh. there are plenty of potential ship dynamics I don’t care about but nothing that I actively hate

random headcanon: I do actually agree with the literal pink hair fanon. she’s the sort of person who says “hiss” out loud she was clearly super fucking online and I could see her dyeing her hair pink pre res and then just keeping it that way. like Mercymorn definitely had a tumblr and she remembers nyan cat and carmeldansen even tho both memes are probably really old by her era. she probably had an ugly pink gamer girl set up at home

unpopular opinion: Mercybel is rather boring? I prefer what that death means for Mercy rather than caring much about it as like a dynamic

favorite picture of them: I don’t have a link on hand but the Mercystine stairwell Leyendecker study is soooo good

#character ask game #ask games #tlt #mercymorn the first #the locked tomb #i ramble sometimes #all the bendy punctuations

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naamahdarling · 2 years

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Re: the whole That Woman book thing, and the objections I have seen to people laughing about it when she is being so gross and when her allies do so much harm.

I get it. But like...

I'm laughing because I'm 45 and tired and this isn't funny but it IS funny because it's so unhinged and pathetic and so obviously a cry for attention and cheap validation. It's a fucking embarrassment to her, to her hangers-on. It's foolish and weak, it's petty, and mark my words, this piece of shit book is not going to stand the test of literary history and will not be remembered as anything of value. I think we are stuck with Harry Potter for a good long time because viewed through most people's eyes it's a fun kids' series with mass appeal, but this? This runny little turd she has forced out with so many miserable cries? It will be mocked and secondhand copies will languish. Laughing at her, at HER, as a person, despite the damage she has done and continues to try to do, is cathartic.

I honestly cannot speak to the antisemitism, because I know I don't know the half of it. But I can say the backlash against trans people and queer people that is happening now is terrible, it's harrowing, it's harming people, children, and that's real and that's terrible, but I also know, because I have lived through some shit, that this LEVEL of shit is temporary and the pendulum will swing away, and this time will be remembered as what it is: the agonal thrashing of something dying. An extinction burst of bad behavior, like a dog being trained not to shit on the floor.

Not everyone will survive, not everyone survived the last bad time, and that is a tragedy, I hate it, I'm afraid for my loved ones, for myself. So afraid. I don't dismiss a single death, a single harm, and if I had a list of names and crimes I would nail it to her door myself and spit in her face. But what she is doing with this latest literary shitcake is so laughable to me. So immensely, deeply laughable. Disgusting, yes, just so very deeply vile, but my god, she is making such a tremendous fool of herself and she can't even see the clown shoes she is wearing. Stupid people have made her the figurehead of their stupid "movement" and she is nothing more than a bitter, emotionally withered, squalling and infantile shitsack whose best effort to show us up is...this? This sad, self-important thing? This blunt ass-carrot she raises as if it were a scalpel, laying open only her own insecurity and deranged conspiracy fantasies? We're supposed to fear this? Be hurt by this? Really?

IDK if it's my generation and how we handle things, I don't know if it's age and being jaded, IDK if it's trauma, I don't know if the inability to laugh is betrayal felt by former fans, but laughing at this terrible, pathetic woman that I hate so much is just...cathartic for me. Sometimes you don't give your enemies the satisfaction of seeing you angry or wounded, you laugh at them openly, because their words and actions are wrong and stupid. Because we are stronger than them, we fight harder than them, more tirelessly than them. We have always been here. We laugh because they, specifically That Woman, will be gone. Let her grind her teeth to dust gnawing the bones of her hatefulness, we have each other and love of each other. She has nothing but bonds forged of hatred and paranoia.

Sometimes you whistle past the graveyard to cover fear. Sometimes you waltz, laughing, past the graveyard to show you're alive even though the graveyard holds your dead. In a world that would force us to our knees, would the dead not rather see us dancing?

#i mean yeah carry a sword but also dance

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karamell-sweetz · 2 years

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you know what proseka should do?

A MILGRAM COLLAB.

because you know. deco*27

it'd be so so SO. SO cool.

i can literally think of like. several people who could sing each song (just the first trial ones bc the second trial isn't out yet)

so. HERE YOU GO

es (undercover) - i feel like... shiho or ichika (since she's the mc sort of)? or just the miku cover

haruka (weakness) - toya! tsukasa would be pretty lit tho ngl

yuno (umbilical) - minori?? or airi? or haruka even, i think her lower voice would refresh the song a little

fuuta (bring it on) - AKITO AKITO AKITO. they should let him be growly and expressive, he'd be so good (side note sega pls put mozaik role in proseka it doesn't sound very rhythm gamey but it'd SLAP like a WET FISH)

mu (after pain) - either kohane or kanade because they'd both be cool. OR NENE!!

shidou (throw down) - RUI. the song would really fit his floaty tone of voice (and this is a stretch but like. THE LIAR DANCE COVER. THE LIL MADMAN LAUGH BEFORE THE INSTRUMENTAL BRIDGE. HELLO)

mahiru (this is how to be in love with you) - shizuku or airi... or ena, maybe. yeah, maybe ena, the whole fashion magazine would fit her vibe (or mizuki's vibe too! but i don't think their voice would fit this song as well as ena's, idk) actually i'll put saki here too, because she's ✨fashionable✨ and ✨up with the times✨

kazui (half) - tsukasa or rui, the theatre aesthetic fits tsukasa more but the slow tempo feels more like a rui thing BUT ALSO. toya would be cool

amane (magic) - EMUUUUUUUU like PLEASE it just GOES. THE MAGICAL GIRL TRANSFORMATION. KIGURUMI-SAN CULT OR STH. it'd be so fun. she even SOUNDS like amane tbh (oh and THE POSITIVE PARADE COVER. HELLO?)

mikoto (MeMe) - this one is a bit of a stretch as well but... mafuyu. hear me out, she could use the dead mafuyu voice for the heavy bits and the one she uses in hello/how are you for the light slow bits. you get me? yeah you get me

kotoko (harrow) - mizuki or shiho or an, they have the stronger voices imo.

and miku would be jackalope.

like. imagine.

you're ichika. you wake up in a prison, with no recollection of your past except your name, and then you see hatsune miku in front of you with deer antlers and rabbit ears. and now you're also the prison guard for ten deranged teenagers who have apparently all committed the murk, and you have to decide whether you forgive them or not based on some weird box that plays their feelings/memories about the murk in a song. and you have to do that three times before you find out what happens to the prisoners... who are all TEENAGERS. imagine.

i mean... the prison situation probably wouldn't feature in-game but it'd be fun to think about what crimes these children have committed.

don't take that out of context please, moidah is not fun and neither is prison

#project sekai #milgram #karamell yells #i don't think it'll actually happen but it's nice to think about

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oldgooddaysoldgooddays · 1 year

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182 / LAST HURDLE pt 1

Wednesday is the final leg of my wedding and social politics overdose. I can’t believe my whole excursion has only been 7 days, because it feels like weeks since my last emotionally authentic interaction. Then comes lunch with J and N, one I feel I strong-armed them into, and largely about my transferring J’s belated wedding gift to him and his spouse. I sleep late and J finds me smoking and blogging outside Washington Square Diner. Apparently he was at the previous night’s party but left after ten minutes. Wise. N arrives fresh from therapy and feeling jilted by her own lack of invite. And we know why, her Cold War with K being what it is. When we are safely seated at a booth near the restrooms, N bursts into tears. In my solipsism, I forget that N too experienced all of New Orleans’ madness PLUS she has an 11 year old child and bread to win for her whole family. She is under-slept and finding fault with herself at a spectacular rate. J and I grip her forearms and reassure as much as we can that the dissonance between her opinion of herself and that of literally any other person is very, very stark. Somehow we order and a tuna melt and soup and saltines arrive. I stab at a Greek salad the size of a small child and have a half-conversation about Kendrick Lamar with J while N steels herself. I try to quote one of V’s homemade adages about the cruelty of life - that in your 20s (which I am) you look amazing and feel like shit, and in your 40s (which V now is) you look like shit and feel amazing. N reminds me at this point that she is 46 and tells me to go fuck myself. New tears appear, and I almost have to laugh at how dumb I am A man hides in the restroom behind us and stashes what we assume is a bag of drugs or money there. The bag then goes missing, and the man accuses the diner of stealing the goods, calls the cops. The NYPD enter and try to pry him from the bathroom, and when I become excited having never really seen American police in action before, J says “they’re cracking the case!!” I imagine they are after a complimentary meal, and remember the diner menu yesterday had an “NYPD salad” We part ways and I am so full of remorse and love for N who might have one of the worst inner critics I’ve ever encountered. I don’t know if anybody should live in New York who isn’t a natural socialite or from family wealth. The city is more disgusting and sad and sadistic than ever. There’s talk of a dead body lying cold on the street in Chinatown. Also they add too much ice to all beverages, the heating is too on, the food is all poison. But try shit-talking New York to those who run themselves ragged to remain here. I have already kicked my friend while she’s down enough The afternoon is spent with B, a mutual killing of time before he plays basketball in a bad part of town and I head to G’s wedding party at Indochine. We pick at fries at Fanelli and marvel at a woman who we both suspect is pretending to wait tables. She takes dozens of orders and seems never to bring anything. “I like your hat”, she says to B, “mine has lights on it. For when I’m the woods”. B tells me his apartment belonged previously to somebody Kanye once employed and has beefed with publicly. There is a mysterious letter to this person in B’s mailbox, with deranged platitudes and instructions on the front. It is also the first time B and I have discussed other romantic engagements outside of our own brief thing. It is a relief, it is weird. I am harrowed by how many menthol cigarette butts I have generated in such a short time

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lillaskiten · 4 years

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Ok so fantasy high is definitely a new obsession because i even wrote fanfic about it. First time posting any of my writing so like, be gentle. anyway this happened because i think The Ball is a stupid nickname but the potential for drama is delicious. Also fabriz is good. The “The Ball” Thing Summary: Riz stands up for himself after it’s all over. Not everyone is thrilled. Important conversations get interjected with important shenanigans.

Despite everything, The Bad Kids were in good spirits when they stepped out of Principal Agueforts office. It had been a harrowing spring break. Between evil shadow clones, demons and beings of pure nightmare it was sure to leave its mark. Jawbone really had his work cut out for him. Adaine still wasn’t over dying for the first time. Fig also died for the first time. She’s good though.

But now they were back in Elmville, heroes once again despite multiple murders, thefts and property damages. It’s familiar and invigorating.

Gorgug took Zelda on a date as soon as they got back. It wasn’t gonna heal over night, but they were working it out. Fig planned an actual vacation for her and Gilear who, gods know how, actually made it back. Adaine, Kristen and Tracker held a celebratory welcome home party at Mordred manor to actually try to get acquainted with their new home. Riz and Fabian immediately met up with their respective mothers to barrage them with the tales of their adventure.

It was good. They were home.

Walking out of the school they couldn’t help but notice Riz walking especially upright. He smiled like he did when on the verge of a breakthrough. Stepping out into the school parking lot he stopped them with certainty that was almost certainly unfounded.

“I would like all of you to follow me to my office,” he said with a glint in his eyes.

“Uh, sure... Why?” Adaine was first to question.

“Please just come along, I happen to have an announcement!” the triumph in his voice was unmistakable.

“That you can’t tell us in the parking lot?” Kristen said.

“Of course not!” though everyone could see how he barely held whatever it was in. “It needs to be official.”

Well, it was Riz. Whatever it was it was probably important. They all shrugged and followed him down to the old office building. Wondering quietly, and in Fabian and Fig’s case; very loudly, what this announcement was about.

The office was cleaned and rearranged from the scuffle at the beginning of their adventure. The four who had been subjected to said scuffle walked in carefully. Fabian especially. He shuddered just thinking about nightmare-Riz.

Boggy croaked happily and Fabian felt a little better.

Real-life-Riz must’ve come here as soon as they got back. The space was impeccably clean and so clearly lived in at the same time. It looked like an IKEA display room for deranged detectives. The conspiracy board already had a new case starting to form on it and beside an old coffee cup on the desk lay the Nightmare King file, now with a big red CLOSED scribbled on top.

The Bad Kids tumbled in and filled the space in both spirit and person. At Riz’s indication they all got situated on the floor, each seemingly trying to out-weird the others in their sitting position. Well, Adaine sat prim and proper with boggy in her lap, silently confused over her friends antics. Riz stood, king of his castle, behind the desk. He filled them each a cup of black sludge that was almost coffee. Everyone but Kristen pulled a face when handed their cup.

“The Ball, will this put hair on my chest or make it fall out?” Fabian grimaced.

“Uhh, Both?” Riz waved him off. “But! That does bring me to my announcement…”

Everyone leaned forward in mild anticipation. Was it a new case? Whatever was happening on the conspiracy board? Was he and Sklonda moving? Was he an honorary detective? Was his father actually alive and in hiding and now needed their help on his most dangerous mission yet? (That last one was Figs suggestion.)

“I…” He took a deep breath.

“Wait is he like… coming out?” Kristen whispered to Adaine.

“Didn’t he already? And you think every announcement is someone coming out!” Adaine whispered back.

“Well, she’s right like 50% of the time you know?” Fig squeezed in and plopped a piece of popcorn in her mouth. at least it wasn’t a clove.

Riz paused.

“Did you bring snacks to my heartfelt moment of vulnerability?”

“Oh shit it’s gonna be heartfelt?” Fig exclaimed. “Dang, we are seriously unprepared.”

She quickly conjured a bowl of popcorn for the whole room. They descended on it like a pack of wolves.

After Adaine had broken up the coming fight and divvied the popcorn so that everyone got exactly as many as they wanted in comparison to the others (with any excess given to Boggy) Riz stood there with popcorn in his hand and a little less triumph in his voice.

“So what I was trying to say was…” He paused and looked around the room for any possible interjection. Fig looked like she still had something on her mind but a look shot her down. He coughed and tried to regain that triumphant feeling he’d been carrying all day.

This was his moment. Time to bring his character development to a head!

Boggy croaked happily. Yes, he could absolutely do this!

“I hereby relinquish my status as The Ball,” He said with grandeur, looking each of his friends in the eyes (or eye in Fabians case). “I formerly ask you all to stop calling me by that name.”

“Of course,” Gorgug and Kristen said in unison.

“That’s it?” Adaine said.

“Oh I never really liked The Ball either,” Fig said, chewing popcorn.

“WHAT?” Fabian was aghast. He had stood up and slammed his hands on the desk. “But. You. Are. The Ball.”

“Yeah well I never actually liked that nickname,” Riz said. He looked at the others behind Fabian. “I thought now, with all we’ve been through, I could tell you and still keep you as friends.”

“Of course you’re still our friend, you really thought something like that could get rid of us?” Adaine smiled softly like only she does. “It’s a stupid name anyway, the only one who actually cares is Fabian and maybe Ragh.”

“We should tell Ragh right?” Gorgug said, already on his chrystal. “I’m gonna tell Ragh.”

“Hey shh! I think we’re getting to the good part!” Fig elbowed him, pointing out Fabians red face. Then she shoved a fistful of popcorn into her mouth.

It seemed that Fig was conjuring more and more popcorn for every passing second.

Fabian was sputtering before he finally got the words out:

“But… but it’s our thing! We’re Fabian Aramais Seacaster, son of Bill Seacaster and captain of the bloodrush team, and The Ball!” he gestured wildly at himelf, then at Riz, then himself again. “What? Is the captain of the bloodrush team supposed to be best friends with some… just… not The Ball?”

The rest of the Bad Kids had quieted down, all impressed at Riz for actually hearing Fabian call him his best friend without crying. It was the fifteenth time by the way. Not that they kept count.

“Can’t our thing just be that we’re... Riz and Fabian?” Riz answered. Mostly weirded out by this harsh response.

“NO!”

“Why are you making such a big deal out of this?”

“Because… well…” Fabians mouth tried desperately to form any words to his own liking.

“What?”

And Fabian did something the others had barely ever seen before. He was quiet and thought out his next words.

For a while no one said a thing.

“Hey Fabian did Riz tell you he’s gay?” Kristen interjected into the silence.

“What?” (Fabian)

“WHAT!?” (Riz)

Riz threw daggers at her. Like a literal dagger. It struck the floorboards just short of her.

Boggy croaked happily and her heartrate lowered.

Adaine turned and elbowed her.

“What did we say about outing people for drama, Kristen?” she hissed.

“Even though it is fun it’s still very uncool,” she sighed. “But you know, this is a safe space. And like, I have a plan.”

Adaine rolled her eyes and held Boggy closer. Kristen was lovely but sometimes her impulsiveness really got the better of her. By the desk Fabian was staring at Riz, then back at Kristen, then back at Riz.

“You told Kristen but not me?” he looked actually, genuinely hurt. Which for Fabian still looked a tad like an overreaction.

He could see Riz look away. Everyone else turned awkwardly and drank their almost-coffee. The only one who seemed somewhat comfortable was Gorgug.

“Oh, uh… He told all of us actually,” Gorgug said, thinking he helped clarify the situation.

Four sets of eyes turned to glare at him with various levels of “stop talking.”

“Oh don’t you remember?” he pointed at Kristen. “You me and Adaine were talking about Asexuality, and then Fig came in and you” he pointed at Riz, whose ears were turning red under the green skin, “told us, just super casually, that you were gay and then told us to… to not… tell… uh… uh…… Traacker?” He realized his mistake too late.

Everyone looked at Fabian in horror.

“While I don’t really get why you wouldn’t want Tracker to know,” Thankfully Fabian was still thick when it counted. “I’m still hurt you didn’t tell me, I’m your Best Friend!”

“Well to be completely fair” Riz said. “I told Ragh before I told anyone here.”

Fabian looked almost as wounded as Kristen.

“He is actually very sensitive.”

Fabian looked around the room. A place of traitors. Even Ragh was a traitor and he wasn’t even here. He didn’t feel so bad about not wanting to stop calling The Ball “The Ball” though. That was nothing important compared to this revelation.

“I’m sensitive, The Ball…” Fabian smiled. “I’m the most sensitive.”

“Ok…” Riz fixed him with a glare. “Then be sensitive to my feelings and call me Riz! It’s not that hard, you’ve done it before.”

“Well, not intentionally! And… just… you know what!” He turned dramatically. “Kristen, WHY did you decide to out my Best Friend in the middle of this, frankly inconsequential, conversation?”

Kristen almost choked on the coffee.

“Mm… You see it’s all part of my Master Plan!” She had a smug smile plastered on her face. “Our adventure is done, over, and through it, all of us have sort of grown and had revelations and just MAJOR character development. Just look at Riz! He realized he was gay and got comfortable enough to stop chasing our approval all the time…”

“I didn’t chase after your app-“

“You did.” Kristen said matter of factly. “Now he’s finally decided he’s not The Ball, he’s an adult! A man! and it’s not just him. I’m secure in Yes? now, Adaine is stepping into her role as the elven oracle and like everyone has had a sexuality and gender chat with me except you. And I want to have one really bad because I think there’s a lot that might be going on here.”

Fig paused her popcorn massacre to play the bassline for Fig and the Sig Figs newest hit “F*ck The Man And Also Being A Man Or A Woman”. It was massively popular.

“And with you…” Kristen hesitated. “Well basically you just got rejected by Aelwynn and after that got progressively sadder?”

“Wait, so your master plan is to get Fabian to talk about his feelings?” Adaine raised an eyebrow.

Kristen shrugged.

“OK!” Fabian decided to put a stop to this. “Why is THAT something we’re working through? Right. Now?”

“Because I am so sure it has something to do with the The Ball thing,” Kristen said, looking a little too excited.

“Ok, oookay,” Fabian said again. “There is no ‘ The Ball thing’.”

Which made everyone around murmur that Yes, there was clearly a “The Ball thing” and it was very weird. Fabian looked around for any ally in the room.

Boggy croaked happily.

“Why do you insist on calling me The Ball, Fabian?” Riz was done playing games. He stared down Fabian who almost shrunk under the force of it.

Fig shoved in another fistful of popcorn.

“Well maybe…” Fabian said, mentally unhinging his jaw to let it say whatever it was going to say. “Maybe it’s true that it’s our thing! And maybe I like that, and thought you liked it too. Maybe it represents our friendship? Maybe it feels like you’re taking away our whole dynamic, you know? Maybe… Maybe I can’t handle Riz?... Maybe Riz is just too close?”

Riz stood dumfounded. Everyone else shoved more popcorn in their mouths.

“Maybe I love you Riz!” He concluded, like he just figured it out himself. “Maybe I’m in love with you, maybe that’s it.”

There was a painful few seconds when Riz just stood quiet. Fabian stood still. A man who was unarmed and naked against a man with every knife sharper than his last.

Then Riz leaned in and kissed him. A quick peck on the lips while their audience erupted into giggles and celebratory shouts.

“Fabian,” Riz looked into his eyes and laughed. “I cry when you call me your best friend. Of course I’m in love with you! I’ve had a weird, sad crush on you since freshman year!”

“I can’t believe not one of the Bad Kids is cishet!” Kristen laughed. Then she shouted: “IS THIS WHAT TRUE BELONGING FEELS LIKE?”

Boggy croaked happily.

Adaine patted Riz on the back while Gorgug quietly started giving Fabian tips for their first date (which, of course, everyone else was going to hijack). Fig was already writing up lyrics for a song about them. Was “The Pirates Ball” a good title? She’d have to workshop it. Kristen felt like it was only right to commemorate this LGBT miracle by once again kissing every other Bad Kid on the mouth.

“Ok that’s it! Out! Everyone out!” Fabian started shoving the rest of them towards the door. Kristen first.

“Hey what gives this is great news!” Fig protested. “Also I’m gonna need the whole story of pining and realization and stuff to make this song really POP!”

“Nope, you’re going out!” He dragged her out by the bass.

“But whyyyy?” Fig groaned while holding on to the doorframe.

Fabian smiled like he hadn’t in weeks.

“I’m gonna get my kisses in.”

#been debating whether or not to put this up for two weeks so here it is #fantasy high #fabriz #fantasy high fic #that's it those are the tags #also idfk how people format the fics they post so this is what is looks like!

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taranchula · 4 years

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mst show was a joy. highlights under the cut:

-joel!!!!! joel. joel. joel. the man just has such a gentle paternal vibe and you can tell how proud he is of the show and everybody involved

-absolutely PHENOMENAL puppetry. the bots had fully articulated(!!!!) arms and legs and by fucking god did they use them huge props to the operators

-loved megasynthia and you could tell megasynthia loved being megasynthia. she rules i hope we see more of her and pearl's clone army

-emily was funny and if she was the host for the inevitable next iteration i wouldn't complain

-everyone screamed the CROOOOOOOOW part of the intro and it was the only part we did in unison

-it looks like they're going to start calling g*ps* GPC from now on which like. glad that's finally actually being dealt with after like four years of pressure and the cancellation of the revival but it's good that it's happening nonetheless

-BLAST THROUGH THE STARS....the dance sequence was adorable. servo's operator was a gorgeous singer and also managed to do All Of That god bless

-i met dolphin!!!!!!!! she gave me a meetup flyer and a shit fucking ton of trading cards

-cant believe they did mrsmrsam (my robot son my robot son and me). one little kid asked how old the bots were during the question segment and there was this really sweet moment where joel talked about building them

-GPC got to riff!!!!!!!! all women are queens

-the butterfly puppet was weird and janky and delightful. wouldn't be mst3k if it was believable literally at all

-joel did freebird before the opening. king

-the movie was fucking deranged. there was no plot whatsoever just a murderous plastic surgeon who owned a circus because the guy who owned it before got sloshed and died dancing with a bear and the exact same extremely distressing performance sequence run three times at different points in the story. loved it so so much

-they finally made a gamergate joke

-i know i mentioned the puppetry already but i need to reiterate that crow and servo had real ass articulated legs. servo's were for a goof but crow would just fucking walk around the stage on them it was harrowing

-good jokes, good rhythm. mix of the kind of frenetic revival pacing and the slow roll of the cc joel stuff made for a fun show

-heard crow t. robot physically say 'tik tok' with his shitty puppet mouth and will never again have a restful sleep

-it's finally the not too distant future, which is bittersweet. i’m thankful i got to see joel before he stopped touring altogether

-THE FINAL HOST SEGMENT. GAY RIGHTS -overall i was barely containing my delight the entire time and probably ended up confusing and irritating everyone unfortunate enough to be seated near me. im never going to get over it

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Favorite quotes from each episode season 1

1: Echos of Thunder (first of all- the more you think of it, the more chilling this episode title is)

-"In the old times, there were only the six primal sources of magic: The Sun. The Moon. The Stars. The Earth. The Sky. And The Ocean."

What a way to set up the world. Just enough information to explain that there is a magic system, but it doesn't infodump you with rules. Also the animation timing and Aaravos narrating makes it an amazing shot.

-(after Callum stops Claudia from running into a tree) "You're no fun"

This depiction of siblings is just so accurate.

-"You let him live, but you've killed us all."

This sent chills down my spine the first time and all the times after that. It reminds me so much of the Trolly problem. Sparing Marcos is a great way to introduce Rayla, but it led to her teammates getting killed and her father figure being captured.

2: What is done

-"I brought you because you're talented. Maybe the fastest and strongest of any of us. But it takes more than that. There's an instinct. A moment of truth. And in that moment, you hesitate."

This is another that really brings out Rayla's characterization without showing you much. It tells you very well that she is able to fight, but not willing to kill.

-"Yesterday, I had two eggs for breakfast and I was starving. Today I had four eggs and I'm stuffed. So, tomorrow-" "Three eggs, I get it. We don't need to talk." "I was going to say two eggs and one sausage."

Come on. This was hilarious. Also- the introduction of female side characters just being there instead of a bunch of copy-paste male guards.

-"There are centuries of history. Generations of wrongs and crimes. On both sides. I am responsible for some of those wrongs."

Enter the grey morals of the world. There is no clear cut good and evil. Just a war because both sides believe the other is in the wrong.

-"I am Prince Ezran."

Callum! Loves! His! Brother!

3: Moonrise

-"If I told you, you would try to stop me." "So, shouldn't I just try to stop you then, even without knowing?" "Goodbye, Claudia"

This is literally the one scene that makes me question if something happened to him when he talks to Viren. Before, he was decent, even with deranged morals. After, though, he is just evil.

-"It's not a weapon. It's an egg!"

This brilliantly show the difference in how the elves and humans view dragon. The humans see them as weapons because dragons defended the border against them. The elves see them as just other creatures because dragons worked with them.

-"But if today is my last day as king, you will know your place."

Before, I saw Harrow as the wise king (especially because he was able to admit his mistakes in ep 2). But here, you can see that he is also powerful, someone you do not want to mess with.

-"I will kill you." "Probably."

Rayla rushing into battle to protect the princes? Yes please! (I would say to protect the egg, but Runaan would not have hurt the egg)

-"Say the word and I'll go back into that tower with you"

You mean, the exact moment I fell for Rayllum?

4: Bloodthirsty

-"Unbind yourself! Unbind... thyself. UNBINDO!"

Rayla you dork. (Also this quote was my first popular tumblr post, so it has a special place in my heart)

-"It is tradition to mourn fallen kings for seven sunsets. You've not even given him one."

Evil Viren... begins. Also Opeli is an amazing minor character.

-"Just no more detours, all right? Or heartfelt speeches."

Rayla was trying to kill Callum one day ago, and is now listening to him? Putting herself in danger for him? I love them so much

-"I don't believe in locks"

GREAT introduction for Amaya, I love her. Also, the way Gren said it with such enthusiasm even though he did have to makes me so happy!

-(in ASL) "He says, if we don’t let you go, you'll kill them and drink their blood"

This was pretty heartless of Callum. But it got them out of that situation I guess. But like, poor Rayla.

-"You called me a bloodthirsty monster. You have no idea how that feels." "But I don’t actually believe any of that."

It was still heartless, Callum. I'm glad this conversation took place though, it allows Callum to understand why what he did was wrong.

5: An Empty Throne (I'd like to start by saying this is by far my favorite episode)

-"Know what? I'm just gonna throw it." "What? No!" "Yeah, I'm gonna throw you the Primal Stone."

Is Callum channeling Sokka here or something? (Also this foreshadows the finale)

-"What? I have nice legs."

Ezran you are adorable!

-"Are you, like, this black-flippin', tree-climin', sword stabbin' elven worrior, but scared of a little splish-splashin'?"

Rayla: Nooo! that's what I'm sensitive about!

-"I am a servant of Katolis! I am a servant!" "Those are awfully nice clothes for a humble servant, Viren."

You tell him, Amaya! What a way to shut down Viren! I'm here for sassy Amaya.

-"I admit it. I hate water. I'm afraid of it. It makes me sick. All of the bad feelings."

I just love how Rayla decides she can tell Callum and Ez these things. She trusts them so much I-- I love her so much.

-"Come on, Rayla, do it for the frog. The grumpy frog that hates you."

Rayla protecting Bait for Ezran! Even though she is afraid! How can you not say that is cute!

-Amaya's sign language to the statue and Gren

You don’t have to know exactly what she is saying to know what she is saying. I love the show for being able to convey that so well.

-(kicks boat away) "Goodbye, boat."

Callum respecting Rayla's fear? I'm here for it!

6: Through the Ice

-"They're not prisoners. They choose to Travel with me."

I know no one is going to believe her, but it is true. Also, I believe this sentence is why Corvus doesn't attack them again and instead helps. He decided to watch them and see if it was true.

-"You are to return with the terrible news that both the princes have died."

Aka the exact moment Viren became an irredeemable villan to me.

-"I'm habsolutly hurious."

Rayla has my exact sense of humor! I laugh so hard at this every time!

-"if you have to choose, choose the egg"

Viren was already irredeemable. This just dug the ditch deeper.

-"Because it has to come from you. Human Princes, returning the egg to the Dragon Queen. That's the gesture that matters. That could end the war, and change the world."

This is so true. Rayla doesn't want to be a hero, she wants this war to end. Just like Callum.

-"He'll get it. He'll save the egg. We have to believe in him... He's brave and strong. He can do this."

This is so wholesome. Rayla believes in Ez so much! I love how there is no bias of 'hes just a kid.' He is capable in Rayla's eyes.

7: The Dagger and the Wolf

-"She's beautiful. She's your mother?"

Rayla simultaneously hints that she is bi and flirts with Callum. Indirectly calling him beautiful. (I don’t care if it is a reach).

-"Get ready to meet... Human!Rayla!"

Rayla is such a dork oh my gosh.

-"If I fail, I don’t know what dad will do to me!"

I feel so bad for Soren. This, to me, solidify that Claudia is the favorite.

-"You're one of them!"

Hearing a human call elves 'them' hit me so hard.

-"Just take the dagger! Don't hurt me, please!" "I'm not going to hurt you. And I'm not going to steal from you, either."

I was hoping this would make dagger guy rethink his beliefs.Unfortunately, he raised a mob instead.

-"If only... I weren't... so muscular."

Soren, I love you.

8: Cursed Caldera

-"Wait I've got it! Flash! Woof! Whoosh! Slish-Slash!"

This was big Sokka energy don’t lie.

-"No way. That won't work. This is my slish hand." "Uh, really?" "No, not really, dummy."

Callum having to clarify if she was joking or not gave me life.

-I'm going to have a whole post about the children encouraging Callum and Rayla.

-"That mirror? You have found something worse that death."

This foreshadows Aaravos, sure. But it also foreshadows how potentially powerful/dangerous he really is. And we haven't seen Aaravos in action all that much!

9: Wonderstorm

-"You might say it's... the Kaltallest."

Puns! I love Puns!

-"I'm sorry I didn't believe you."

Callum admitting he was wrong says so much about their relationship. And the jerkface dance! Callum is willing to do it even if he was embarrassed!

-"I know what I have to do."

Callum gave up his magic for the egg! After an entire season of him being excited to be a mage, this honestly surprised me. His sacrifice is huge.

#rayla #the dragon prince #tdp callum #tdp #tdp ezran #tdp gren #tdp runaan

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Damsel Movies-At-Home Review

There is no modern genre as versatile as the western. That statement might once have been laughable, in the days when almost every movie to share the setting was unambiguous, moralistic and incredibly revisionist. In 2018, though, the evidence speaks for itself, with movies like The Homesman, The Proposition, Hell or High Water and The Sisters Brothers giving the form a similar restructuring to the one enjoyed by noir in the 70’s. Damsel may be the most radical departure yet, a black comedy that is also a feminist critique that is also a harrowing adventure story.

Samuel Alabaster (Robert Pattinson) is a dandy who seems completely immune to social cues. It isn’t that he’s above the rough-and-tumble life of the west so much as that he’s clueless. He has come to an unnamed stretch of the frontier to seek his lost love Penelope (Mia Wasikowska), whose shared name with Odysseus’s pined-for wife is probably not a coincidence. He writes bad songs about her and seems to regard her as the picture of perfection. You know those new couples who just can’t stop making doe eyes and saying sweet nothings in places where they know everyone else can see the show? He’s one half of that. He has hired a cowardly, drunken (and fake, something the audience knows but the characters don’t) preacher named Henry (co-director David Zellner) to ride on the rescue mission so a wedding ceremony can take place immediately upon Penelope’s rescue.

*SPOILERS*

If you find yourself initially thinking that something seems off about this whole setup, well, you’d be right. When the “rescue” is finally achieved after the accidental shooting of Penelope’s “captor” (co-director Nathan Zellner), we happen to learn that Penelope was happily married, and that Samuel, having deluded himself that one dance meant they were engaged, is her pursuer. Now that’s something you don’t see often, although looking back on the history of the genre, it’s easy to fit it in. How often has a western portrayed a heroic man as someone who chases down the woman and gives them the romance they’ve always wanted, even if they have to make them want it? In Otto Preminger’s River of No Return, Robert Mitchum seduces Marilyn Monroe by literally slapping the silly notion of having independent thoughts out of her.

Damsel doesn’t go that route, if only because Samuel is probably too pathetic and deranged an excuse for a man to do anything that might get him slapped back. And indeed, Penelope is the kind of woman who would not slap but punch, kick and likely bite; the wilting flowers of 1950’s cinema are not to be found in her. Samuel chooses a different resolution, one which leaves Wasikowska and Zellner as the stars of the show. Penelope sets out for a new life, taking Henry as her captive by rigging him with dynamite.

*END SPOILERS*

Once we’ve seen things from Penelope’s point of view, we are clued in not to take anything on screen at face value. We have also now realized the movie knows something most westerns don’t: life is absurd, and that doesn’t change just because you’re sleeping under the stars with a six-shooter. Wasikowska has never really gotten her due as an actress, perhaps because her name-making role was in the forgettable live action Disney reboot of Alice in Wonderland. Unlike that movie, this one, a small film made on a shoestring budget by two brothers, almost certainly was never subjected to the horrors of storytelling-by-committee. With such freedom, Wasikowska shines. She is regularly angry, because she’s in a world where men constantly want to decide her life, but she also has to be a diplomat to survive, because the preacher is completely useless. There’s not a man in the movie, starting with Samuel, who sees her as more than a prize; even a native American guide (Jospeh Billingiere) who briefly joins the party and seems different from the men who simply see a wife loses interest when informed she is not available. Imagine living in a world where most people would look at the constant parade of boorishness she is subjected to and wonder why she doesn’t pick one of these “fine men”, and you begin to understand why Wasikowska spends the movie wearing an expression appropriate for having found something nasty on the bottom of her shoe.

The film is really a family effort, with the Zellner brothers writing, directing, co-producing with Chris Ohlson, and acting in their own movie. Freedom to do what they want has resulted in one of the most unique westerns imaginable, one where the roles of men and women in the genre are not merely reversed but shaken up in a hat, where deadpan comedy mixes with real drama. The score by experimental Texas band The Octopus Project and the camerawork of Adam Stone bring the movie that ambience any western needs. And Wasikowska injects a genuine, non-standard fire women are still rarely allowed in movies, especially westerns. If you’re one of those people who constantly sits around moaning about the good old days when men were men, you’ll want to still clear of this film. But frankly, I’d hate to be you, because that would be a big loss.

Verdict: Must-See

Note: I don’t use stars, but here are my possible verdicts.

Must-See

Highly Recommended

Recommended

Average

Not Recommended

Avoid like the Plague

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*Books included in this batch of mini book reviews: Emily of New Moon (Emily #1), Emily Climbs (Emily #2), & Emily’s Quest (Emily #3) by L.M. Montgomery, Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff, The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, and Educated by Tara Westover

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» Emily of New Moon (Emily #1), Emily Climbs (Emily #2), &

Emily’s Quest (Emily #3) by L.M. Montgomery

After reading Anne of Green Gables for the first time back in 2017, I knew I wanted to read more of L.M. Montgomery’s work. I decided to pick up her Emily series as I had heard good things about it.» Emily Starr, like Anne, is another endearing main character. L.M. Montgomery writes such memorable & lovable characters. Her main characters are always flawed in addition to being lovable, which makes them feel so realistic.

» I really enjoyed the growth & personal development that Emily shows over the course of the trilogy. At first, Emily is very stubborn & guarded, but as she grows into adulthood she opens up and gains more confidence. I also enjoyed seeing Emily continue to work towards her dreams of being a writer.

» While I loved the Anne series, there were a few books in the series that were not as engaging as others. Each book in the Emily series was a 5-star read! I read all of these books back-to-back, which I almost never do, they were THAT good. » Dean Priest. Yuck. I don’t even think I need to explain this one. For a while there, I was very concerned about this particular character. Had things panned out differently, I would have died a little on the inside.If you enjoyed Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables series, you will also adore this series.

› Recommended to ⇒ Fans of Anne of Green Gables; fans of heartwarming stories

› If you liked this book, try ⇒ Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery & Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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» Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff

*3.75 Stars*» Because of the unique format, this book is a fast-paced read. Do not let the 600+ page count deter you. Illuminae read like a screenplay in my mind. It would definitely translate well to screen.

» If you are hesitant to try sci-fi, I think this book is a great introductory book to dip your toes into the sci-fi genre. I also think this would be a great book for reluctant teen readers.

» The dialogue was light-hearted & very amusing. Sexual innuendos galore.

» Does it live up to the hype? It didn’t for me, but that does not mean it isn’t a good book. While the characters & dialogue were excellent, the plot is where things came up a bit short for me. Aside from the amazing plot twist, the plot was a bit cliche. I was also underwhelmed with the ending.Overall this was an enjoyable read. I probably would have given it 3 stars if it wasn’t for the plot twist that caught me off guard.

› Recommended to ⇒ Reluctant teen readers; New readers to Sci-Fi

» The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

» I LOVED the concept for this story: the idea that below the Earth’s surface is a lost world of stories & people above the surface that will stop at nothing to protect the secret… This book was an ode to storytelling.

» If you’ve never experienced Morgenstern’s prose, you are really missing out. Her writing is so lyrical & lush. Morgenstern is able to paint a vivid picture in your mind with only a few sentences.

» I will probably venture to say that Morgenstern, hands down, is the QUEEN of world-building. Morgenstern has a way of building such unique and enchanting worlds that I can’t help but lose myself in. » The pacing of this story was off for me. I think this was due to long periods where nothing was driving the story forward…

» The plot was a tad chaotic at times. I’d be lying if I didn’t mention that I was lost and not exactly sure what was going on at times.

» I didn’t really feel a strong connections to the characters. There wasn’t enough character development for me to form a strong emotional attachment.Regardless of a few big issues with the book, I did enjoy my time reading it. The Starless Sea had the potential to be a new favorite, but like The Night Circus, came up a bit short for me.

› Recommended to ⇒ Fans of whimsical & lush writing

› If you liked this book, try ⇒ The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern; The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow; The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón; Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfeld

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» Educated by Tara Westover

» Educated did not read like a memoir, but rather like a work of fiction. Westover’s upbringing was so deranged, it was almost unbelievable. If you are looking for an upbeat read, this is NOT going to be the book for you. This memoir was heartbreaking & horrifying.

» With themes like alternative lifestyles, mental illness, domestic abuse, education, religion, patriarchy, etc., Educated makes for an excellent book club selection. There is so much to discuss.

» If you are at all interested in psychology, I think you’d find this memoir particularly interesting. I STILL think about Tara’s father, “Gene”, and have developed my own theories about his mental state.

» I think one of my biggest takeaways from this book is this: despite your upbringing and socioeconomic status, you can achieve anything if you have enough drive & determination.

› Recommended to ⇒ book clubs; those interested in psychology

› Trigger/content warnings ⇒ child abuse, child neglect, child endangerment, psychological abuse, domestic violence, misogyny, etc.

› If you liked this book, try ⇒ The Orchard by Theresa Weir

Have you read any of these books? If so, what did you think?

Comment below & let me know 🙂

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