#not necessarily true. who knows really. but they’re sure pretty freaking awesome and i sure got to see them today!!!!

[danasmonster]

Comparing the SKAM Remakes: SANA (Part I)

Sana (SKAM original)

Sana is constantly having to defend and explain herself to others - her friends, her family, strangers. We see this with Vilde when she says Sana can’t have sex, and Sana clarifies that by explaining that she can have sex, she just chooses not to. There is also the assumption that Sana isn’t interested in boys or that she can’t participate in russefeiring “because she’s not ‘allowed’ to drink alcohol.” We see it with her parents when she has to explain to her mom that not all aspects of Islam fit her, and with her brother when she references him discouraging her from wearing a hijab in order to fit in more and avoid stigma. And finally, she explains during her season that she has experienced watching her brother being spit on, being asked racist questions, and other rude or hateful acts because she and her family are Muslim. 

The struggle to be both Norwegian and Muslim turns into a competition she gets lost in, and she ends up doing some very non-Muslim things like bully the Pepsi Max squad and lie in order to procure a russ bus. She also develops feelings for former Muslim and current atheist Yusef, which opens up an internal debate about the “Muslims only marry Muslims” rule.  

With all of her bitchiness, her prickliness, her rudeness and her mistakes, I still absolutely adore Sana. She is strong, outspoken, and takes absolutely no shit from anyone. Her story is so incredibly relevant to the world as a whole because of the way a lot of people view Islam or other “restrictive” aspects/sects of Christianity or other religions. It is a reminder that ultimately we should strive to love and understand each other, whether you are a theist or an atheist, a Muslim or a Norwegian. All is love. 

Everything I Love:

The opening scene with the contrast between Sana’s view from the bus with terrorist attacks and None of Dem by Robyn & Royksopp is so fun, & the look Sana gives the woman giving her a look over on the bus is pure Sana perfection 

The scene when Elias called Sana a slave woman and all of his friends gave him a verbal beatdown 

When we heard that Eskild was redecorating Noora’s room without her permission 

The Hot in Here scene with all the Balloon Squad working out while the girl squad ogles them, and the way Sana visibly snaps herself out of her trance. Also the shot of them coming up the street with a bunch of balloons to meet the girls is iconic

The way Yousef comes over to talk to Sana while she is over in the corner being a grump on the bus - I knew there was a reason she and Isak became friends. They’re both grumpy pants. 

When Sana catches Yousef dancing in her living room

The happy little look on her face when Yousef sends her a friend request on Facebook. She always smiles so freaking bright when she’s having fun with him

When Yousef showed off his carrot peeling skills

The way the Pepsi Max squad always has Pepsi 

When Yousef took the rap for the vodka left out at Sana’s party, then Sana was hit with a metaphorical brick when Yousef told her he isn’t Muslim. You could see the shock on her face, and now she is conflicted because “Muslims only marry Muslims” and she clearly has already developed feelings for Yousef

When Sana and Noora drink coffee and bask in their solidarity that Vilde and Magnus are gross

When Sana and Yousef play basketball together and we see her smile - we have NEVER seen her smile like that. And then they have a heart to heart about their individual religious beliefs and it is PURE GOLD

“I just feel like Islam, or religion in general, creates a lot of anxiety in people . . . I personally feel like I’ve taken the best out of the religion and thrown away the rest. It’s like, compassion towards others, being grateful for what’s best, having compassion. That’s it. Don’t you think I can remember to be a good person without praying?” - Yousef

“For me, everything can be total chaos during the day, but the moment I start to pray, everything turns quiet and clear. Because even though there’s all this chaos, you’ll remember what really matters. It’s fine because everything has a bigger context and a meaning. Because every little part of the universe is so complex. Imagine that! Even the brain of a cockroach has greater meaning on earth. I just can’t believe all of that is a coincidence,” - Sana

Her chat with Elias was also fantastic

“What’s more important, saying you believe in Allah or behaving as though you believe in Allah?” - Elias

Watching everyone join in during “Imagine” definitely almost had me tearing up - another song added to my playlist. Honestly this scene was so sweet and touching and then everything just came crashing down. It was intense. And Sana’s face just looked freaking broken. Then when she overheard that her suspicions about being pushed out of the group because she’s Muslim were correct it was like an extra stab through the heart

The scene where she’s walking through the schoolyard was excellent - very reminiscent of Isak’s similar scene, and another way in which the two of them parallel one another 

And this line is so, so true from Sana to Isak regarding why she never told Isak she knew Even before he met Isak

“I think Even should get to choose for himself how much he wants to share about his past. I mean, you might not want to share every thing about your past.”

When Sana and Jamilla have the conversation about all the different ways people fast, and Jamilla references her friend who won’t even swallow her own spit. So this friend goes around spitting all the time while she’s fasting. “She’s really confident about it, too.” 

Both Sana’s expression of how she thinks the world views her and Isak’s response are very powerful

Sana: “Do you know what people think when they see me, when they see my hijab, which is the first thing they see? They think I’m wearing it because I’m forced to, not because I want to. And if I say it’s because I want to, then I’m just oppressed because I can’t have my own opinion. We talk about freedom of religion and all kinds of freedoms here in Norway, but being allowed to wear an extra piece of clothing, that’s wrong? Do you know what people do when they see Elias and I walking down the street? They spit at him because they think he’s oppressing me! He doesn’t even want me to wear the hijab because he doesn’t want me to get hate. Do you know how fucking tiring it is to walk out the door everyday knowing it’s yet another day where you have to prove to a whole country that you’re not oppressed . . . I’ve received so many dumb, racist questions in my life.”

Isak: “The dumb questions are so fucking important. People can’t stop asking the dumb questions because when they stop asking the dumb questions they start making up their own answers. And that’s dangerous. You just have to stop looking for racism in dumb questions. Even if they feel racist, it’s so fucking important to answer them.”

The Los Losers bus definitely had me tearing up

When Linn admitted to sending a used tampon to someone who flirted with the boy she liked 

When we see Eskild picking up his guru mantle once more and he compares The Bible to Beyoncé . . . “The Bible says ‘The greatest of these is love’ or as Beyoncé would say ‘Love on top,’” while giving Sana advice

Noora’s face both when she saw William getting out of his car and when she got out of his after a four day sex and talk marathon

The conversation between Sana and her mom about why it is important for her to eventually marry someone who understands her beliefs and reminds her of them, not because she should be Muslim but because she chooses to be Muslim and she “would be very lonely if she were the only one in the relationship who believes.” So, whether or not she marries a nonbeliever or a non-Muslim is Sana’s choice, but there would be essential parts of Sana’s own wellbeing that would effected if she chose to go that route because her faith is an essential part of who she is. 

The conversation with Noora was equally important. They may not necessarily be fated to be together, but there is a reason this person (Yousef) came into Sana’s life and avoiding him would be ignoring this sign from fate that this person is supposed to be a part of her life right now. Life is now. 

When Yousef and Sana have yet another philosophical/religious discussion and Yousef proposes: “Maybe that’s why society needs religion. Democracy isn’t based on the idea that all people are different. It’s based on the idea that all people have equal worth. And that idea doesn’t exactly come from science. But I don’t think it helps to pretend there aren’t prejudices. What you have to do instead is show what Islam is.” 

And The Finale!!!

When Vilde was putting on her makeup and listening to Pretty Hurts by Beyoncé, and everything else about her segment. I loved getting that glimpse into some of her life and mind for a little while. I’m still disappointed she never got to tell us her story during the original SKAM.

When Eva reminds Chris that he’s a fuckboy so they can never be together. Sure he’s momentarily disappointed and probably felt sad for a little bit, but he was really quick to move on to Emma - proving Eva was smarter than him and knew him better than he knew himself. Seriously though the scene where Penetrator Chris and Emma first see each other is fucking awesome

I LOVE LOVE LOVE that the school nurse has a big white dildo on the desk next to her while she has her chat with Chris

When we see Even stressing over making Isak’s birthday perfect 

The interaction between Eskild and Linn when Eskild tells Linn she has to wear a hijab to Sana’s party because Sana is Muslim was hilarious. And then he told her they are always going to be there for each other and it got me right in the feels

And then when Eskild was proposing he, Noor, and Linn could share everything together if William moved in . . . shampoo, and William, and dish soap . . . 

Then Vilde to Chris; “You know why you’re my best friend? Because no matter how hard my day is, you always find a way to make me laugh. Sometimes it makes you feel better to pretend that you’re fine.” 

And the final speech!!!!

“Dear Sana, This speech is for you. And you’re getting it because what you’re inviting us to today overthrows American presidents tomorrow. We live in a chaotic world where it is difficult to understand the rules. Because why are some people poor and other people rich? Why do some people have to be refugees while others are safe? And why is it that sometimes even though you try to do something good it’s still met with hate?

It’s not weird that people give up, that they stop believing the good. But thank you so much for not giving up, Sana. Because even though it sometimes feels like it no one is ever alone. Each and everyone of us is part of the big chaos. And what you do today has an effect tomorrow.

it can be hard to say exactly what kind of effect, and usually you can’t see how everything fits together. But the effects of your actions are always there, somewhere in the chaos. In 100 years we may have machines that can predict effects of every action but until then we can trust this: Fear spreads But… But, fortunately love does too.”

I’m going to go cry now. 

#skam #sanaxyousef #sana #Muslim #islam #religion #atheism #islamophobia #russ

[parachutingkitten]

So here's the sitch, Pixal has ice powers, she knows it, and the show has been dancing around it for seasons now, and I'm here to tell the writers how to make the reveal happen.

(Fair Warning, this is a long one)

So, for those of you who have somehow never heard this theory before, Zane gave Pixal half his heart, Zane's heart is heavily implied to be the source of his elemental power, hence Pixal should theoretically be able to use it. Let's go over the evidence, shall we?

Season 3 Zane splits his heart and his spinjitzu stops working. He gets it back later in the series, my guess is just over time his body gets used to the amount of power available to him. But this clearly shows the heart has some effect on his powers.

Season 8 they make a point of having Zane mention that "you have half of my heart" implying that though these two have been rebuilt, those two pieces are still a part of their hardware.

Season 11 Pixal is able to use the staff of forbidden spinjitzu. She doesn't get crazy hair, but her eyes do glow. As apposed to Kai (whose powers are stolen at this point) who gets no reaction from the staff. This implies some level of powers, right? Maybe dormant powers that have yet to reach their true potential? Thing is, the ninja must have known whoever sent them had to have powers of some kind (at least subconsciously) and Pixal must have volunteered to stay behind. So she must have known it was possible for her to use the staff.

Her whole arc the past few seasons has been about the ninja... kinda ignoring her. No one guesses or finds out early that she's Samurai X (like happened for Nya). She stays behind on missions all the time. The ninja don't notice when she builds a giant base in the house, and kinda take her for granted time after time, depending on her gadgets to get them out of tight situations, and then running off to have fun with them. Granted, most of this is played for laughs, but it wouldn't be too far fetched for Pixal to reach her true potential connected to this kinda tension. There are two ways this could go over the course of the season, but the end result is the same.

The Big Moment:

The ninja did something stupid and get captured, even though Pixal told them very deliberately to be careful cuz her suit is out of commission rn and she's not sure how soon it will be ready to go into action again. But, she's the ninja's last resort, she gets the distress signal, grumbles for a second, but decides to take her unstable mech out to save them. She finds them. They're in some giant cage in the middle of some evil lair or something. Idk. Anyway, she fights the villain. She has to abandon her suit at some point cuz it's malfunctioning. The team is all like "oh no, she'll never make it! Get out of here while you still can Pixal!" Pixal looks around at the room, and then back at the team, and then directly at Sensei Wu, and sighs. "I was really hoping it wouldn't come to this." Sensei Wu is all like "It's time." They all start freaking out cuz the robots on the team have a tendency for self sacrifice. No one wants that. But Pixal calmly approaches the villain, closes her eyes, she starts floating, epic true potential glowy eyes and BOOM! Ice blast destroys the villains and saves the day. The whole room is coated in ice. The Ninja are flipping out over what just happened. "WHAT?! PIXAL CAN USE ICE?! HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN YOU COULD DO THAT?!" Pixal just knowingly smiles. "Long enough."

There are two routes from here.

Option 1: that wasn't her true potential, she reached it long before then.

The next episode is a flashback to an episode earlier in the season where we only saw her at the beginning of the episode. It's the story of her reaching her true potential. It's an episode about her going back to her roots and clear out the baggage from her past that’s holing her back. Stuff with Borg and coming to terms with the fact that she’s pretty much the only droid from that original season 3 line that survived. True potential on top of Borg tower. That would be an awesome image. Just another true potential episode. Wu is the only one on the team who saw this/knows about it. Maybe they have some talk at the end of the episode about "do I even use this power?" And Sensei Wu is just like "You'll know when."

Cut back to the end of last episode, the ninja have a bunch of questions. Maybe you can have a funny montage of all the times she's used her ice powers to help the team without them noticing. This option is a quicker way to do it, and results in Pixal looking super epic and on top of everything. But, it has a true potential episode with none of the ninja present which is kinda abnormal.

Option 2: that WAS her true potential and there has been build up all through the season

Pixal is feeling especially disregarded one episode. It ends with her being kinda bitter towards the team, and as a closing stinger maybe she slams a door, and we zoom in, and right where her fingers were, there's frost on the edge.

What?!

Next episode, there's a scene of Pixal meditating. She has some Zane style visions of things to come in the season all relating to ice- but she gets interrupted by someone- again we see some trace of ice as she leaves the room.

Maybe you have a few more teases like this if you want.

Later, she approaches Wu. She's known since season 11 that she has potential for ice power. He's known too. They talk it out. She's felt the ice more prominently lately, but she doesn't know what to do about it. She hasn't reached her true potential yet or anything. She doesn't want to step on Zane's toes, she likes just being Samurai X, and she knows that the power isn't really hers. It was given to Zane for a reason. Wu is all like "yeah, but Zane then gave it to you for a reason." She doesn't have a responsibility to use it necessarily, but she shouldn't be afraid to use it if she needs to. Some other wholesome bonding stuff and what not.

There's a couple of glances between the two over the course of the season, finally culminating in the true potential scene with the ninja from earlier. This option is defiantly longer, but results in a more rounded character arc.

Extras:

The important thing here is that in either scenario, Pixal rarely uses her ice powers after this. Especially in combat. It's like a last resort, season finale superpower sorta deal.

If you want a more concrete reason for this other than she’s just humble and doesn’t feel like using it, maybe Pixal's systems aren't equipped for ice powers, and it actually damages her whenever she uses them. She can be very up front about this and the team gets worried, or maybe she tries to hide it, but eventually it becomes too much for her. You could also use this as a way to get another droid self sacrifice scene, cuz we all know this show loves those.

Also notice, her true potential doesn't have to do with Zane in either of these scenarios. Her true potential should separate her from him to be her own independent character.

Of course, there is a third option of having a whole season dedicated to Pixal as a character and she reaches her true potential at the end. Bring back Cryptor, maybe. The main villains are the 15 older models of herself. Lots of wholesome Borg content. But that's very unlikely at this point.

Thanks for reading this far! On a very small side note... I don’t think I’ve ever seen any Pixal-as-an-ice-elemental-art. Just kinda strange considering this theory has been around since season 3.

Anyway, there's some good ideas in here. Pixal is an awesome character with awesome potential. Don't waste it writers.

#ninjago #pixal borg #parachuterants #pixal has ice powers 2020

[la-douleur-exquise-et-moi]

Queen rant (I apologise in advance)

ok yeah so I just finished watching the Queen + Adam Lambert tour watch party and it was *fucking awesome*. So I’m just gonna rant about my love for Queen and Queen + Adam Lambert and my thoughts on the watch party sorry this will be looooong 

Point 1: Queen’s music

So I’m very much a Queen Stan. Queen is my favourite band, I love them, they are the best, their music is stellar. There’s just nothing like a Queen song, it hits different to other music. The way the band experiments with genres, like when they incorporated disco in Radio Gaga, or opera in Bohemian Rhapsody, is subtle yet so creative and just sets their music apart from the rest. Some Queen songs sound nothing like other Queen songs style-wise, except for Freddie Mercury’s amazing voice being the strong constant. And obviously, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon are also absolute legends. Being a music nerd who dabbles in rock music-making myself, I’ve never wanted my band to settle on a style or genre, or in my own career as a composer, I don’t want to stick to this or that style of music, this or that instrumentation. Like, I’ll knock out a Gregorian chant and then a Romantic Symphony, throw in a bit of Minimal Music and polyrhythmic and top it all off with jazz. So I’ve always loved Queen’s “we don’t fit into any boxes” vibe. I could go on and on about every song in detail, and tbh if I ever start writing more here about music like I want to I just might do that, but I digress. 

Point 2: Adam Lambert

We stan a gay icon and a fellow theatre kid. Adam Lambert is an amazing singer, he pulls out all the stops and the way the guy belts, damn. He was on Glee, and say what you will about the show, he was one of the good parts. And he is constantly serving *looks*. It’s so awesome how he comes on stage in platforms and a neon jumpsuit or a leopard print suit and a literal crown and *owns it*. And especially with Queen I’ve seen him in more frilly collared shirt and gold suit kinda ensembles, as a dude with an affinity for frilly collars, mmm yes. He’s just awesome. Freaking awesome.

Point 3: Queen + Adam Lambert

I’ll admit I’ve mostly heard of Adam Lambert through his collaboration with Queen. I vaguely remembered his talent show days, although I grew up in Britain in the age of One Direction fresh off the talent show stage. So most of the reason I think he’s brilliant is due to their joint work. And what great work it is. The way Lambert interprets Queen’s music from a singer’s perspective, how he plays with it and makes it his own yet still stays true to the music and keeps in some of Freddie’s ornamentations just shows what a perfect fit he is to the band. And the combined presence of him and May and Taylor on stage is just so natural. I think the members of Queen really love the guy. And for good reason. He is a lot like Freddie, in the way he gives so much life to the music and he’s so out there and loud and loves doing what he does. Although Freddie can and will never be replaced, Adam Lambert revives a certain aspect of him and perfectly carries on the Queen singer’s legacy in his music. I’m certain, and more importantly I’m pretty sure I’ve heard Brian and Roger express their certainty on this matter, that Freddie would have been proud of the way Queen has evolved with Lambert as their lead singer. 

Point 4: Queen revamped

Although I think Adam Lambert is spectacular as a Queen singer, the band is obviously different than they were before in other ways as well. As Lambert does not play the piano while he sings, the piano, which is present in almost all Queen music, sounds different and in my opinion not as good as back when. Admittedly, I don’t know whether they go with different musicians depending on the tour or whether they have a fixed band, but the very piano-centric songs I heard during the tour watch party lacked the feeling that Mercury brought. I mean it wasn’t necessarily bad, but it wasn’t as good as Mercury. I guess if the singer and the pianist are actually the same person, the strong emotion that inherently comes with singing is transferred to the piano. It’s impossible to sing well without *feeling the music*, especially in front of a crowd, and so I guess if you play the piano at the same time you’re gonna put those feelings into your playing almost automatically. And, ya know, deakie’s not there, either. But I take it the band still puts a lot of thought into choosing the other musicians and, although frankly speaking they’re both getting on a bit, May and Taylor are still absolutely legendary, we get to hear Roger Taylor sing, and Brian May still goes at it, the guy literally was just nominated best guitarist of all time. And the gain and whammy bar usage in Queen’s music makes me feel things. My friends joke about me being sexually attracted to music, but genuinely, pfft, sex, have you tried listening to some Queen? Or Beethoven? 

Point 5: Brian May’s trousers

This is just something I wanted to mention from the watch party, from the first song, it was just generally amusing. You see Adam in his neon leopard print jacket and trousers, with eyeshadow and platform heels (we stan) and then Brian May in distressed jeans and a button-up (we also Stan). Neither was any less fitting because of it, but just the difference between the two was something that made me chuckle a bit. And obviously reminded me of Freddie’s outrageous ensembles next to his bandmates’ more toned down looks, which all in all was great. Just great. 

So yeah, that was a ramble. I know, I’m one of those Queen Stan gays. Till next time, when I will either post something overly dramatic or entirely cease to shut up about music. Tara now.

#queen #queen + adam lambert #adam lambert #ramble #imsuchamusicnerd

[otome-reviews]

SLBP “Flirtatious Fascinations” Pt. 1 Review [SPOILERS]

You think you’ve seen a dozen SLBP events and you’ve seen them all...not true, my friends. Not true at all. This latest myth-based event is cray, haha. Here are some of my thoughts on the first batch of stories, from least to most favorite. What were your thoughts? I’m curious to know! :)

Inuchiyo’s route features a malicious mermaid who’s in love with Inuchiyo (tl;dr he saved her from collapsing). She stalks Inuchiyo to Hideyoshi’s castle, steals his freaking voice, and, uh, doesn’t exactly make her intentions a secret. Girl sabotages MC and Inuchiyo’s date plans/schedules, and manages to worm her way into hanging out with Inuchiyo pretty much all the time. So voiceless Inuchiyo sucks at telling the mermaid no, but at the last moment he rejects her request to leave MC for him, and the mermaid gives up, returning his voice.

Yooo what the fuck! I’m still not sure if Inuchiyo developed a crush on the mermaid or not!? They did say that mermaids only steal the voices of those charmed by them, after all. In any case, I appreciate that the guy held strong at the end against the hot mermaid seduction but ffs Inuchiyo/the boys should’ve just kicked the mermaid out the second it became clear that a) Inuchiyo didn’t really know her, and b) she was there to cause trouble for our couple. asdfjkl;

Personal enjoyment: 3/10

Hideyoshi buys MC a pretty cloak from a mysterious^tm trader in his ES. Just one small problem: it’s a swan maiden’s feather cloak, and every guy who sees MC in her new cloak react as if they’ve taken a love potion. Mitsuhide, Mitsunari, Inuchiyo, Nobunaga, Sakon, Katsuiie... all of them fall victim to the power of the cloak. Eventually, the pretty swan maiden finds requests her garment back, and everything returns to normal, to MC and Hideyoshi’s relief.

I know that at least one of you was creeped out by the guys’ behavior in this route (looking at you, @casual-romantic!). I don’t necessarily disagree, per se, but here’s a slightly different perspective. This cloak makes dudes act like they’re in love with MC, right? So yeah, a lot of the retainers are super creepy/predatory about it, and that doesn’t bode so well for the women of the Sengoku era. On the other hand, the cloak showcases some really awesome behavior from some of the bros. Sakon and Mitsu are helpful sweethearts when they fall in love with MC, for example. And Hideyoshi? Homeboy doesn’t act any different, because he’s already utterly captivated by MC. Awww. ^_^ I think H’s love for MC was supposed to be the main takeaway from this event, and that’s the reason why, character stupidity aside, I enjoyed reading this story.

Personal enjoyment: 7/10

In Ieyasu’s ES, an injured tanuki who MC helps out causes all sorts of trouble among the resident retainers/MC, after he shows up in disguise as Ieyasu himself. Tanuki!Ieyasu praises everyone, gives them leaves (lol), and is adorably charmed by MC’s daifuku. And normal!Ieyasu is as bad with people as usual, which definitely confuses the heck out of people like MC, who bounce between each Ieyasu in quick succession. In the end, it turns out the tanuki has one simple, AWESOME reason for impersonating Ieyasu: he thinks the guy is too mean (“There is nothing kind about him!”). And calls him out on it to his face!

...Can we just kick out the real Ieyasu and replace him with tanuki!Ieyasu forever? I’m only half kidding, lmao #totallynotbiased. But seriously, this ES was super fun to read and definitely my favorite of the lot. And even if I’d take the tanuki over Ieyasu every day, props to the warlord for attempting to channel the tanuki’s sweetness in the end, haha. You tried, kiddo. You tried.

Personal enjoyment: 10/10

(PS fun fact: Tanukis are apparently known in folklore for...their giant testicles. You’re welcome. 😂)

#slbp #flirtatious fascinations #slbp inuchiyo #slbp hideyoshi #slbp ieyasu #mermaid #swan maiden #tanuki #event #review

[smilesthroughfandoms]

Star vs. the Forces of Evil episodes in One Sentence (Season 3 edition)

Star Comes to Earth: Princess Cinnamon Roll that Could Kill you comes to earth and meets Misunderstood safe kid.

Party With a Pony: Spoopy Wardens hunt for the glitter pony while Star gets ice for Marco’s sweaty back.

Matchmaker: In which we learn it was probably a bad idea to give Star the wand in the first place.

School Spirit: Star misunderstands football and Marco tries to get Ferguson to blow his whistle not in that way.

Monster Arm: “Not my bowels! I love my bowels!”

The Other Exchange Student: Star is jealous of the meatball man from Bakersfieldville.

Cheer Up Star: “It’s supposed to be ironic!”

Quest Buy: Very accurate depiction of what it is like to work in retail.

Diaz Family Vacation: Both Marco and Star see new sides of their dads but that’s not necessarily a good thing

Brittney’s Party: Star and Marco party with someone who hates them while Ludo hijacks a bus

Mewberty: Star gets horny and snares boys in her web but not in that way

Pixtopia: Marco messed up and Alfonso marries Ferguson’s rebound

Lobster Claws: “… You can’t eat children.” “Really? Not even the annoying ones?”

Sleep Spell: “Camera Phooone!”

Blood Moon Ball: We’re suppose to ship them now, right?

Fortune Cookies: Love is never the answer kids

Freeze Day: Father Time offers Star and Marco some mud before riding away on his wheel-mobile pulled by giant time-hamsters I am not making this up.

Royal Pain: King Santa Claus destroy mini-golf

St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses: Princess Prison sure is a nightma–OH MY GOD ARE THOSE CLUBS?!

Mewnipendence Day: No wonder monsters hate Mewmans so much.

The Banagic Wand: Star still doesn’t get Earth and like all of us, Marco is always hungry.

Interdemensional Field Trip: Miss Skullnick fears the “Big Change” while Marco sends Jackie cat memes

Marco Grows a Beard: Ludo is out, Toffee is in, and Marco will probbaly be terrified of beards forever

Storm the Castle: “SURPRISE!”

My New Wand!: DIP DOOOWN

Ludo in the Wild: Wait, since when did Ludo become badass?

Mr. Candle Cares: “Star and I have recently become smooch buddies… On the lips.”

Red Belt: Marco searches for a meaning in life and Star searches for hammer.

Star on Wheels: *epic remix of Marco saying Star is in trouble*

Fetch: Marco can’t open juice and Star runs away from her problems and sending thank you cards

Star vs. Echo Creek: Star gets high and destroys a police car

Wand to Wand: Both Ludo and Star are terrible at magic also major ship tease

Starstruck: Star and her idol Sailor Super Saiyan destroy a park and Marco is 100002% done with this shit

Camping Trip: King Butterfly has a mid-life crisis and tries to control an eagle

Starsitting: They’re gonna be great parents some day.

On the Job: Buff Dad is best dad and buff babies are adorable

Goblin Dogs: “You might think this line is long, but listen to my goblin song!~”

By the Book: Ludo and Star still suck at magic and Glossaryck is a bigger troll than Alex Hirsch

Game of Flags: Queen has no patience and legs.

Girls’ Day Out: Janna is back and is still awesome btw

Sleepover: “TRUTH! STAR HAS A CRUSH ON MA–” *cube gets crushed*

Gift of the Card: R.I.P.  Rasticore Chaosus Disastorvayne… He couldn’ get his fucking chainsaw to work

Friendenemies: Star becomes one with Christmas tree while Tom and Marco go on a date and sing a romantic pop ballad.

Is Mystery: Meatfork is apparently a family name and Ludo is really starting to freak me out tbh

Hungry Larry: “He’s still hungry…”

Spider with a Top Hat: He tries and he is awesome and that’s all that matters

Into the Wand: SPAAAAADESS!!!

Pizza Thing: Marco is OCD about mushroom and Pony Head buys skinny jeans

Page Turner: Glossaryck is awesome and how did Moon miss Lizard-Loki in the orb?!

Naysaya: Tomco friendship confirmed and Marco finally asks out Jackie while Star the supportive noodle armed friend cheers on

Bon Bon the Birthday Clown: Starco fans cry, Jarco fans rejoice, and Ludo now has the book god dammit Nefcy

Raid the Cave: Glossaryck is the true neutral asshole.

Trickstar: Weird Al is a treasure and I’ll mes up anyone who makes Marco cry!

Baby: *glances around nervously* So… Star is similar to Eclipsa, huh? *Nervous laughter* Great…

Running With Scissors: Marco gets a new edition to his shipping harem and she is so cute!!!!!!

Mathmagic: Don’t worry Star, I can’t math either.

The Bounce Lounge: Marco is definitely the mom friend.

Crystal Clear: The Chancellor guy is amazing and Rhombulus just needs a hug and wAS THAT ECLIPSA IN THE BACKGROUND?

The Hard Way: “SURPRISE!” 2.0

Heinous: Oh, so that’s how Marco got all that money.

All Belts Are Off: “Jermey is the biggest dick…. around!~”

Collateral Damage: Marco how do you not know what a possum is?

Just Friends: I’m fine! *blows up sign to prove just how fine I am*

Face the Music: Moon=Badass, Star=Why?, River=Loving Husband, Marco=Shocked, and we got to meet Ludo’s family so pretty cool episode overall.

Star Crushed: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH–remember when we though Bon Bon the Birthday Clown was the end of the world?–AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

BONUS ROUND! BATTLE FOR MEWNI EDITION!!!!!

Return to Mewni: This is… just an exposition filler. Not much else to say….

Moon the Undaunted: B4! B4! B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4!

Book Be Gone: “I hate that fucking book!” -Ludo, at some point probably.

Marco and the King: *Party music intensifies… and then slowly dies down*

Puddle Defender: They’re bonding and getting so big and I am so proud–Star you idiot don’t go alone!!!!!!

King Ludo: The mime stole the show.

Toffee: I can’t…. I just… how do you want me to react?! To much happened and I mean…. what do you want me to say? I’m still processing just…. What do I say? *slowlys ponders how I will survive until November*

Scent of Hoodie: Huh, so Ponyhead can be written as likeable, who would’ve thought?

Rest in Pudding: Ish da Glossaryck! And he’s Globgoring all over da place!

Club Snubbed: I literally yelled “Phrasing!” whenever they dropped the title

Stranger Danger: "Something like that” whY WOULD YOU SAY THAT IF YOU WERE ON THE SIDE OF GOOD?!?! SERIOUSLY GUYS THIS BUGGED ME FOR WEEKS--

Demoncism: Tom is a wonderful baby boy and Ponyhead is written as likeable, part 2!

Sophmore Slump: *sobbing* Jackie deserved better, dang it!

Lint Catcher: Introducing a Lavaboe! He’s pure and wonderful and deserves a raise and did I mention I love him?

Trial by Squire: I think the writers were all like” You think these guys will ship anyone with Marco?” and decided to test that theory.

Princess Turdina: I got more lore out of this episode than I thought I would.

Starfari: Welp, she makes me uncomfortable.

Sweet Dreams: *Sailor Moon-ing intensifies*

Lava Lake Beack: Proof that this fandom will ship anyone with Marco at the slightest inclanation

Death Peck: Rich Pigeon is my new favorite birb and Ponyhead is written as likeable for the third time

Ponymonium: Well, it was nice while it lasted.

Night Life: The writers made so many new ships they had to get rid of an old one!

Deep Dive: “Chicken butt”

Monster Bash: ........ Well, that explains the cheekmarks. 

Stump Day: I think they just made an episode based around a picture from that bookcover, not that it was bad.

Holiday Special: *insert every cheesy Christmas/Holiday episode trope here*

The Bog Beast of Boggabah: The title is fun to say and the episode is average at best.

Total Eclipsa the Moon: Seriously, I’m supposed to think she’s an ultimate villain.

Butterfly Trap: In which we are all Sean, don’t lie we were all him at the end

Ludo, Where Art Thou?: Dennis is best brother, hands down.

Is Another Mystery: *sniff* I got more emotional over this episode than anyone else did and I’m not sure how I feel about that

Marco Jr.: I... I just... Why? What’s the point?

Skooled!: Epic advertisment fakeout combined with wonderful character development and lore with a shock ending makes a 10/10 episode.

Booth Buddies: Old Man McGucket ships Starco, proceed to react accordingly

Bam Ui Pati!: Ponyhead is kinda likeable in this episod--nevermind she’s back.

Tough Love: Oh man, it’s happening! It’s happening guys here we go!

Divide: We are going to war everybody--And they’re all dead. That was quick.

Conquer: So Glossaryck has upped his trolling antity and turns out Eclipsa’s probably evil, Meteora’s a baby again, and Globgor is her husband and imprisoned in crystal... Idk about you guys but I’m going to go scream into the void...

#star vs the forces of evil #svtfoe #svtfoe2 #svtfoe3 #battle for mewni #updated #don't repost without my permission #after ultron #sorry this took so long

[heyscience]

If I Were Inquisitor - Ask Meme.

@batsintheshadows @tea-me-and-smut @foxywolfmeerkat13 @howling-at-night OMG THIS IS SO FUN YOU GUYS HOLY SHIT!! Thanks so much for writing yours, and I’m so stoked to finally share mine!

If you are reading this and want to give it a shot, please reblog the original post and I’ll send you an ask! I LOVE THIS SO MUCH, I LOVE READING PEOPLE’S ANSWERS. THEY’RE ALL. SO GOOD!!!!

1. Race: I want to be a giant muscley mountain of a Qunari. I wanna be the very best, like no-one ever was, at smashing my enemies’ faces in and giving the best goddamn hugs there is. 

2. Class/Specialization: Two-handed Warrior/Champion. I like hitting things, and I love the idea of getting involved in all that pompous Orlesian chevalier bullshit and RUINING IT for ALL OF THEM.

3. Your homeland? It’s gotta be somewhere warm and by the sea (because I love the ocean and also I can’t deal with the cold cos I am WEAK), so I’m thinking Rivain. Ooh! And that would mean I’d have a bunch of sick tattoos and piercings! Rad.

4. Your family? (Ok so I’m basing this loosely off my irl family because they’re my best point of reference I guess????)

So, my family. I love them, but they’re a mess.

My Mum was the ideal Tamassran. A devout adherent to the Qun. She worked as a healer and was very well respected in her field.

That was until she met my Dad, who in short, looked at the Qun and was like ‘fuck this shit I’m out.’

Dad was a soldier and one day he was wounded in battle, ended up in the hospice where Mum worked, wooed her, and they ran away together to Rivain.

They had my brother and I and then realised that they’re actually polar opposites and it’s a wonder they were ever attracted to each other. They split up, re-partnered and had more kids. So I have a pile of siblings that I have varying degrees of blood relation with, but we all consider each other fully part of our extended, convoluted family (for serious - irl I have 9 siblings).

Mum taught me business sense and how to tend to battle wounds, Dad taught me how to fight. I’ve got a lot of family of various races all over Thedas, all related (not necessarily by blood) one way or another. People say lovely things about my Mum, and the craziest things about my Dad - the stories of his exploits are so outrageous it’s difficult to believe any of them are true (like irl my dad was involved in organised crime for a while but quit cos he got bored????).

I love my family but I’m really bad at keeping in contact with them, so I get the occasional letter from Mum being like ‘ARE YOU DEAD?!’

Leliana has taken to sending her reassuring updates preemptively.

5. Who were you before? I imagine I’d be part of something like a dnd adventuring party.

We started out as a ragtag group of misfits, travelling the land in search of gold and glory. It was mostly treasure hunting and mercenary gigs, and some of the work we did on the high seas was um, legal-adjacent (piracy). But occasionally we’d stop to lend a hand to those in need, pass ourselves off as bards to earn extra coin in small-town taverns, and we even involved ourselves in vigilante justice a couple of times.

We grew into our own little family, and eventually we found ourselves wanting to do the type of work that really mattered. That’s why we signed ourselves up to work security at the Conclave, with a plan to move into aiding refugees in Ferelden afterwards. It didn’t. Quite. Work out that way. Unfortunately.

6. Would you be religious? That’s a hard no.

7. Do you have a mabari? YES PUPPY! Who is also a fully fledged member of our adventuring troupe I might add.

8. Your opinion on other races? Elves = rad, dwarves = awesome, humans = eh, dragons?? = HELL YES

9. What would Varric’s nickname for you be? Stubby.

10. What would your tarot card look like? This one is hard! I’m thinking a lot of compass imagery (because the sea and travelling and finding your way etc.)...and I’d have to be facing at an angle that best accentuates my glorious biceps.

11. Where would you hang out in Skyhold? I like to be in the centre of the action, but I’m not sure where that would be?? Probably in the main Skyhold courtyard near the entrance, in amongst the merchants? It’d be a good spot to see the comings and goings, check in with recruits and workers for the Inquisition, and also play with any kids who might be around. 

It’s important to make sure the kids of the Inquisition are happy and healthy and, um, ok Josie I’ll admit it, they’re also way more fun to hang out with than that stuffy noble whoeverthefuck you just brought in from Orlais.

12. What would you do for fun? Knock back beers in the Herald’s Rest with my companions, come up with dirty drinking songs with Sera, get blackout drunk with Dorian (although I’ll eventually realise it’s a very unhealthy coping mechanism and encourage Dorian to join me in cutting down the booze), swap stories and quality bants with Varric, beg Vivienne for fashion advice, gush over romance novels with Cass, have tea and gossip sessions with Josie, poke fun at Cullen, spar with the Inquisition recruits (and scare the shit out of them), and, just anything to distract from the looming horror that is Corypheus.

13. What armour would you wear? Heavy, shiny, and bloodstone red.

14. What would your room look like? Organised chaos. I love playing host so my room would look mostly neat, but the writing desk would be an absolute mess. It would probably make poor Josie hyperventilate (which is why I’d always suggest we discuss things in her office, or at least give me plenty of notice before swinging by my chambers so I can tidy up). 

15. Who would be your friends at Skyhold? I’d wanna be friends with pretty much everyone, but I think I’d be closest with Dorian (BUT of course only after giving him a solid scolding for his views on slavery, and I’d only continue talking to him if he came to his senses).

We have a very similar sense of humour, and. Oh man. I have way more feelings about this than I thought I would. In short - I can imagine both laughing with him and collapsing on the floor together with a bottle of wine (each) and many tears.

16. Would you have any friends outside of the Inquisition? This makes me sad because my closest friends outside the Inquisition would be my adventuring party and they..would’ve...the Conclave...EVEN MY MABARI. MY POOR PUPPY. OH GOD WHY. TOO MANY FEELINGS.

17. Who wouldn’t you get along with? Cole. It’s not that I don’t like him, I’d just be super awkward around him, like ‘HELLO SPIRIT CHILD HOW ARE YOU TODAY. OH, IS THAT AN INSECURITY OF MINE YOU JUST POINTED OUT?! WELL COOL, GOOD TALK.’ 

18. Who would you romance? I know this isn’t possible in Inquisition but I would like to be in a polyamorous relationship with Isabela. SHE IS MY FICTIONAL SOULMATE OK.

(Also I’m more than a little bit in love with Cullen but I hate myself for it so)

19. Would you do pranks with Sera? AbsoLUTELY.

20. Would you sleep with the Iron Bull (casually if not romance)? 100% YES. It’d only be an occasional thing tho, cos while I’m a masochist and I like being tied up I’m not really a sub. I’d mostly go to him for bondage tips and um. Requests for. Demonstrations.

21. Would you keep Cole around? Yes. I’d still be weirded out by him, but I acknowledge that it’s completely not his fault. I’d take his word for it that he just wants to help people and let him have at it with that freaky mind-reading and vanishing shit he does.

22. Can you play the game (politics)? A little bit. I’d have to work the scandal angle. Being a Qunari I could never hope to assimilate into the realms of the nobility, but I could win their favour by being something of a novelty. Much like Casanova in this brilliant adaptation starring David Tennant - watch from 10:42.

You see, you don’t have to be liked by everybody, just the right people, and you can usually get them onside by just being very fucking entertaining.

23. What would be on your tombstone in the fade (What are you afraid of)? Ghosts. I’m not sure how well that translates to a Thedas setting but still, it’s my biggest fear so I’m sticking with it.

24. Who would you recruit to seal the breach? Mages.

25. Opinion on Mages versus Templars? Ok, so I have a proposal for how to fix this bullshit:  

1. The Chantry should relinquish any and all control over the affairs of mages. Separation of Church and State, simple as that.

2. The Templar Order should be disbanded, and the practice of indenturing soldiers by saddling them with a lyrium addiction should be banned.

3. All people in Thedas (and I mean ALL) should be taught about magic from a young age, both the gifts and dangers of its use. Everyone should learn about magical safety and how to resist demonic possession.

4. Mage children should attend the same schools as everyone else, but they can hone their skills in their late teens to early adulthood in mage colleges, with free tuition paid by the State (of wherever part of Thedas this is). They can research magic, learn a trade or train in combat, whatever they choose. Mages will be allowed to earn money, marry, have families, and have some actual freaking rights. None of this ‘hunt ‘em down and lock ‘em up’ bullshit.

5. Also the Rite of Tranquility WHAT THE FUCK. I can’t believe it’s a thing people actually agree to do. This rite should be downright fucking outlawed, and severe penalties levelled at the people who attempt it.

26. Who would be put in charge of Orlais and why? Briala. I wouldn’t suggest to Briala that she should get back together with Celene, because honestly their relationship was really fucked up and Celene abused the power imbalance between them. Briala deserves better (like for example me..maybe...but y’know, only if she wants to..)

So I would keep Celene on the throne but hand over all real power to Briala. Celene is a crafty one however, so we’d have to corner her with blackmail and keep a hidden killswitch on hand in case she tries to pull a fast one on us (just like the Voltron kids should be doing with Lotor, which sorry, I know that isn’t related but I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT IT).

27. Would you sacrifice the Chargers? NEVER.

Seriously Fuck the Qun. The Qun actively promotes eugenics with how they selectively “breed” their people. ALSO the Qunari are gaslighted into believing that they will literally go insane if they don’t follow the Qun?!!!?!?!!??!??! FUCK THAT SHIT.

So yeah, I was never keen on the idea of allying with the Qunari, so when Gatt’s like ‘if you sacrifice the dreadnought there will be no alliance’ I’m like ‘I am ok with this.’ Also, of course, I love the Chargers with all my heart and couldn’t bear to lose them.

28. Would you go after Blackwall? Yeah. He should put all his moral posturing to good fucking use and try being an actual hero. I’d make him join the Wardens, cos it’s effectively a death sentence (or an early grave at least ) and I don’t 100% dislike him, so I know he’d be cool with it because he has a giant fucking hard-on for the Wardens (Jesus fuck). 

29. Would you drink from the well? Nnnnnoooooooooo..and it’s because I would fucking die for Morrigan. I wish I could say I have a well considered reason, but I’m just pathetic like that. She could say jump and I’d say ‘I’d rather not, but, counter offer - would you instead like to sit on my face?’ 

30. Where would you go if the Inquisition was disbanded? Minrathous. It’s warmer there (I love Skyhold but fucking hate the cold), and I would involve myself in the inevitable slave uprising - helping out in whatever way I can. Also I’d just be having a fucking great time terrorising the Magisters, rocking up at the Magisterium like ‘LOOKIT ME I’M A RAGING QUNARI HERE TO INVADE, RARRGHH!! oh hey Dorian, what’s up babe how’ve you been????’

31. How do you react to the egg telling you he is an elven god? The five stages of grief:

Denial - lol no ur not, you’re our painty pyjamas nerd! 

Anger - Wait, so it’s YOUR FUCKING FAULT MY FRIENDS AND EVERYONE ELSE DIED AT THE CONCLAVE??!?! I AM GONNA GUT YOU AND STRING YOU UP BY YOUR INTESTINES SO I CAN USE YOUR WEEDY BODY AS A GORE PINATA YOU FUCKING MONSTER 

Bargaining - but you’re a god right? Does that mean you can bring them back? Can you undo all this somehow? You gotta have superpowers or some shit right??!?

Depression - After all we’ve been through...you never even saw us as people, did you? Did you ever think of me as a friend? Or anyone else? How could you be ok with murdering your friends? Solas, please, you don’t have to do this. I know that if we work together we can find a better way. You don’t have to destroy the world to save it.

Acceptance - ..................I fUCKING HATE YOU SOLAS.

#ask meme #me as inquisitor #dragon age #dragon age inquisition #qunari inquisitor #Rivain #THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN ARRGHSJFHWI

[tigerlover16-uk]

In regards to the latest Dragon ball Super episode, Gohan’s role, and the show’s Production

I think we can agree that the most recent episode of Dragon Ball Super was... well, kind of an all around disaster. From the abysmal animation that gives episode 5 a run for it's money, to the awful writing, what with the annoyingly repetitive and pointless dialogue and some stupid plot points. This is easily the worst episode of the current saga on multiple levels, which I'm honestly distraught to see this late into what's going to be the final saga of Super (For the time being. The possibility is still high for a new series continuing from this. And in fact, this makes me even more confident that's in the works).

But it's the ending of it, with Gohan being eliminated, that I think is going to be the biggest talking point. It wasn't very well handled... but, it gives a lot to talk about from a production standpoint, and i want to say right now... I'm not upset that Gohan wasn't ultimately crucial to beating Jiren, or even Toppo.

In theory, being responsible for Dyspo's defeat COULD have been a perfectly fine ending point for Gohan's role in this saga specifically, if the episode itself had been better written. I think a lot of people undersell Dyspo because he isn't Jiren or Toppo, but remember, he IS one of the Pride Troopers top 3 for a reason. The guy nearly beat Hit, a guy who went on to give Jiren a real run for his money and came fairly close to beating him.

Taking down either of the last 3 Pride Troopers IS a crucial act, and should not be dismissed as an insignificant accomplishment. We're talking about one of the single most powerful mortals in the multiverse here, and in this episode Dyspo almost beat FREAKING FRIEZA, of all people! Regardless of the execution of HOW Gohan went out, him taking Dyspo with him is not an accomplishment that should be easily dismissed.

The problem really is more down to the lackluster writing of the episode overall and the lack of focus on Gohan for what's supposed to be his last episode in the tournament. This was a Frieza episode, plain and simple. And while I love Frieza, he's still in the game and it looks like he's going to be Toppo's main opponent.

Which, alright. I can see that working fine. A Champion of Justice going up against the franchises most evil villain, that's a match up worth seeing and beating Toppo would be a good way to have had Frieza's participation mean something, even though we know his plan to take over the multiverse with the super dragon balls was never going to come to fruition because that's not how fiction works.

It would have been great to see Gohan be the one to go up against Toppo too though. Gohan's also a superhero, and it probably would have felt more significant to have Gohan go down while helping to defeat the second greatest opponent in the tournament. I kind of wish they'd went with that, but again, the direction they went could have been perfectly fine too.

And I think we can agree that with the power up Toppo's getting next episode, there's no way Gohan could have beaten Toppo on his own in a straight fight, maybe even with help, unless he got a big power up and a new form. And I think we've had enough of those for the time being, no need to overdo it and just pull a new form for Gohan out of nowhere in addition to all the other ones.

But getting back on point, while there are other ways Gohan's final participation could have been handled better, the lack of focus is what hurts it. He only shows up in the second half, and barely actually fights (And it's a pretty terribly handled one, to boot). If Gohan had gotten more screentime, the animation and choreography had been a LOT better, and the writing better and really selling Dyspo's own significance as a fighter, this could have been perfectly fine as Gohan's exit point from the tournament.

It wouldn't have felt like a true ending point for Gohan's overall character arc in Super, but I don't think it's a problem with that not happening this saga (Super not continuing on from this saga would make this a lot more of an issue, but I'll get to that in a minute). Nothing here necessarily invalidates his growth and resolve to get stronger alongside Goku from episode 90. Gohan has still experienced good character development this saga, and he can continue to improve in the future. While he may not have done as much as we all wanted, he's made some meaningful contributions to the tournament thus far, and he's still a fighter now even though he's also going to continue his scholarly ambitions and be a good family man.

Which is great, it's what i wanted. Gohan becoming strong and finding a balance between being a Z fighter, while not sacrificing the stuff that makes him unique as a character in this franchise. That development was handled perfectly fine. Sure, we didn't see him reach an "Ultimate form that no one has ever seen before" but that can always come in the future.

Again, we've been getting a lot of characters with big power ups this saga, and there's been debate about Gohan's growth in strength possibly happening a bit too fast since his fight with Goku. No need to overdo it, there's always room for potential future stories to further build on his growth here, have him get even stronger and be the one to challenge the next big threat alongside Goku.

As long as he still plays a meaningful role here, in theory it doesn't have to matter too much that he didn't get a new form or power up, or didn't help Goku defeat Jiren or Toppo or whoever. I mean, Piccolo didn't beat either Cell or Android 17 after fusing with Kami, but no one's arguing that the completion of his redemption arc and the resolutinon of his and Kami's character arc together wasn't satisfying and significant, or his overall battle against 17 wasn't still one of the greatest fights in the franchise and Piccolo's crowning moment of awesome, right?

Of course, we all know there's two major sticking points working against that. Firstly... Super's apparently ending. Which, yeah, if we don't get a continuation, while Gohan's actual character growth was great, this was not a good note to END on at all. And his last stand being as underwhelming as it was would be a disaster in conjunction with that.

There's still hope for a continuation of Super with a new series, I've talked at length about why that's very likely that Toei could start production of a sequel after the movie or at least in the next few years. Which would go a long way to fixing the issue here, since Gohan would inevitably experience further growth and have a chance for more big moments to truly make his arc feel as significant in the long term as it should be.

But we don't know if or when that's actually happening. If it doesn't, then we're left with an unsatisfying cliffhanger that doesn't satisfyingly resolve Gohan's long awaited come back as a full time Z warrior, and thus feels like a cop-out. I'm trying my best to be optimistic here, but even i can't defend Super if this is what ends up happening. So... for now, I guess we just got to have hope that a new series does happen. Otherwise, I feel Gohan really is screwed here.

I know a lot of people were expecting Gohan to play an even more key role in universe 7's final battle, and even I admit I'd been hoping for a while that he'd be crucial to beating Jiren alongside Goku. And a lot of that does stem from the fact it certainly FELT like the show was setting Gohan up to be the most important character in this saga after Goku. He got the most focus before the tournament, after all, so shouldn't that have meant that he should have had the most to do in the actual tournament after Goku instead of Vegeta?

Well, first off, having read the manga, I think this speaks of a bit of a disconnect between what Toriyama wanted the story to be, and what the writing team wanted to do. While it certainly feels like there should be more story given a number of things, like the upper four universe not participating in the tournament or having been explored yet, it does feel like this saga is meant to be the conclusion of stuff that Toriyama has been setting up for a while. Goku attaining Ultra Instinct being the most notable, as that was alluded to way back in Resurrection F, as well as the idea that Goku and Vegeta can be unstoppable when they truly work together in harmony. Which, seems to be what the intent is with having the two of them fighting Jiren with new forms.

It really does feel like this is the culmination of what Toriyama was planning with the series in a number of ways. However, given what I've seen in the manga and what that (Alongside stuff I've read in interviews) tells me about Toriyama's instructions for the outline of Super's story suggests he also never really had anything planned for any of the supporting characters for DBS, and that he mostly just left that for the writers and Toyotaro to figure out.

Which, is a problem on many levels, but it explains a lot. Especially since, despite how many people have been claiming for a while now that the Toei writers are just Vegeta fanboys and that they're marginalising the rest of the supporting cast on purpose... truth is, I think the Toei writers are the ones that actually care the most about the supporting cast.

If you look at the manga, no one besides Goku and Vegeta ever really DOES anything. Piccolo barely actually got to fight Frost and doesn't come close to winning like he did in the anime, Bulma's role is reduced, almost none of the supporting cast appear in the Future Trunks saga and even Future Trunks is rendered into more of a supporting player compared to the anime while Vegeta is actually given more prominence. There are no equivalent to Super's breather episodes, so we don't get any of the character moments outside of the main sagas that we got in the anime.

And even in the adaption of the universe survival saga, every member of the universe 7 team's recruitment is glossed over except Android 17, and they're not given any set up to suggest they actually have anything close to a significant role to play in the story or that they have anything going for them even as characters. Gohan in particular gets his role early on in the story completely erased, and his training is completely skipped.

We get a cliffhanger with Piccolo saying they need Gohan's help to win and that he's going to whip him back into shape... and then next chapter, he just shows up when everyone is ready to leave for the tournament wearing Piccolo's gi, and it's just said he improved.

Gohan hadn't actually appeared in the manga before this, and there's nothing to indicate he's anything more than a bit player in it's version of the saga here because he has to be. Which... you know what, that matches up a bit more with how he doesn't ultimately beat or help to beat the final boss of the saga, but it also kind of leaves him with nothing, doesn't it?

By contrast, the writers have actually TRIED from the start to give character moments to the supporting cast. Whether it just be having them have cute little character moments in each saga or giving them roles in breather episodes, little contributions like Piccolo being the one to suggest the plan of using the evil containment wave on Future Zamasu, the attempts to give characters arcs like Krillin dealing with PTSD and ultimately deciding he wants to start training and be a martial artist again after having retired in Z. We see a LOT more of the characters than we do in the manga, even though a lot of them don't noticeably impact the main story a lot of the time.

In Gohan's case in particular, I think the anime writers DO have a vested interest in including his character. I read an interview not too long ago where one of the directors said that they actually wanted to do a show where Gohan, Piccolo and Pan were the main cast, and that they had been pushing for Toriyama to include Gohan more and develop his relationship with Goku, in particular with regards to him wanting to get stronger alongside his father. Which fits perfectly with how Gohan's character has been written this saga.

In answer to another question, they said that Gohan didn't have a bigger role in the Future Trunks saga because Toriyama's the one who decides the overall story and what characters generally do what in those stories, the writers just fill in the details and add their own ideas, but they can't make MAJOR changes to plot points if Toriyama doesn't sign off on it, which sounds like it's difficult for them to argue with him to change stuff (Though other interviews suggest Toyotaro might have some more leniency, since he's supposedly working closer with Toriyama and providing more ideas, like Vegito showing up to fight merged Zamasu and designing some of the gods of destruction).

This would also explain why Future Trunks does still slice Merged Zamasu in half in both the anime and manga versions of that story, but his overall role in the final battle and the saga in general being vastly different between versions, with the manga severely toning down his significance. They could get away with having Trunks be pretty much the main character of the saga maybe even more than Goku... but they couldn't have Gohan play a key role, so mostly stuck to giving him and Trunks a nice focus episode together it seems.

And that would also explain why Gohan's role in the universe survial saga ended up the way it did. It's clear the writers have been wanting to do a big comeback arc for Gohan since the Resurrection F saga. While they probably didn't know the full context, since the promise of a multiversal tournament was set up since the Champa saga and Toriyama probably would have let them know Gohan would be involved in that, the writers probably thought that would be a great place to really let loose with the planned character arc they wanted to do.

We know from interviews that Toei's executives pretty much mandated the Future Trunks saga's existence as an excuse to bring back Future Trunks for a story, because of course that would be marketable. So that was probably an unexpected, almost last minute detour for the writing staff, especially since Toriyama ended up not giving them anything for Gohan to do in it so that meant they probably panicked and hastily slammed the breaks on his planned arc for the time being, which would explain the weird disconnect where he starts training again at the start of the Champa saga, but despite going super saiyan perfectly fine in his great saiyaman two parter which he couldn't do in RF, there's no indication that he's still training and in fact it came up that he apparently wasn't, despite his very clear resolve to get stronger to protect his family. (This also speaks to why a lot of stuff felt poorly planned out in the Future Trunks saga, despite a clear effort to make it work).

And then we get to this saga. It seems clear to me through the manga now that Toriyama didn't really think of much of a role or character development for Gohan to experience in the universe survival saga, so he just let the writers go nuts, but he probably did establish in his outline that Gohan was meant to go down against one of the last two Pride Troopers that wasn't Jiren, since he wanted Goku and Vegeta to fight him since that was his plan from the start (Or at least the vague idea of a plan he thought up on the spot, knowing Toriyama).

Heck, Frieza fighting Toppo was probably a mandate from Toriyama too, otherwise why bring him back too? Having the ultimate evil villain of Dragon Ball go up against a great superhero and the second strongest of the Pride Troopers seems like a great idea on paper, which is why i think Toriyama might have wanted it that way in his plan and it would also tie in Resurrection F better to the overall story of Super, since Frieza coming back and reaching a new form on par with the super saiyan god transformations feels like it should lead to something more than an anti-climactic re-match with Goku, you know?

So, that probably left Gohan as an overall afterthought in the overall story plan, DESPITE that the writers wanted to give him a big role. So we got a lot of build up before the tournament with all the character development Toei's writers had been desperately wanting to do with the character, but in the end the direction they were given for where to take Gohan in the main story didn't ultimately service that as much as they would have thought earlier on in Super when they tried to set it up.

This scenario makes a lot of sense to me anyway. I'm guessing he didn't do more in the actual tournament than we saw because the writers were struggling to balance all the different characters on the U7 team while also making use of the other ones (Which I'm guessing they didn't have much direction for any of the other universe fighters apart from Jiren, Toppo, Dyspo, Caulifla and Kale, given how they're the only ones with any build up pre-tournament in the manga. He probably also decided a few other big things, like Hit fighting Jiren at the half-way point and Ribrianne seemingly being one of the most prominent other universe fighters in terms of screen time, but otherwise it was probably all on the writers to decide what to do with the other characters).

Why his last episode in particular is so lackluster and doesn't feel like a proper send off for him though...? Well, while I don't keep track of who's actually writing the episodes as much as some people do, from what I've been told the writer for episode 124 has routinely been one of Super's absolute weakest writers over his tenure... so, yeah. i'm guessing this episode in particular just had the unfortunate disposition of being in a bad place production wise (Hence the bad animation), and having a writer that wasn't up to the task of selling Gohan's last stand at all so ended up botching it, potentially derailing all the hard work other Super writers had previously put in to trying to make their desired character arc for Gohan still work despite the limitations they were left with.

It was a case of really bad luck and this episode being in the exact wrong place in the production time table. Which is EXTREMELY unfortunate and I'm sure the writing staff themselves did have the best of intentions and planned to make Gohan's send off from the tournament feel more significant than it actually was, but the particular people that got stuck with the job just weren't up to the task. So yeah, while the anime writers may have had their missteps before now and probably did overhype Gohan in a sincere effort to try and make it up to his fans for how marginalized he's been before now (they REALLY didn't need to go and have the other characters declare him team leader, considering that didn't end up going anywhere), i don't think it's entirely Toei's fault for how this recent episode and the culmination of Gohan's role ended up.

I think this was just an unfortunate casualty of the show's grueling rushed production shooting them in the foot, and Toriyama not giving them the direction they needed as the guy that's supposed to be steering the ship for the ongoing story of Super, meaning they neither had the time to plan this episode out properly or the freedom to fully realize the kind of story THEY wanted to tell.

So, what do I have to say after all of this? Well, I'm very disappointed in episode 124. It was not a good episode. It was not a fitting conclusion to Gohan's role in the tournament, or Super as a show. I'm sad about how things turned out... but I'm not angry. I don't blame or hate the writers for this, I just wish they'd had enough time and enough freedom to better plan Super out from the start so that this and many other things in the show could have turned out a lot better and given us the truly great Dragon Ball show we deserve.

This episode was a flop... but I don't actually think Gohan's character arc was completely in vain. The development and personal growth he had in the build up to the tournament was still great to see, he had several good moments and did play an important role overall throughout the tournament, even if it wasn't as much as it should have been for a character of his significance to Dragon Ball as a franchise and an ongoing narrative. And despite this set back, his sacrifise wasn't completely in vain since now the Pride Troopers are down to two fighters, making things that much easier on the rest of the U7 team to charge forth to victory.

And while this may not be the perfect culmination of his arc that we wanted... there's still hope for the future. Just because Super didn't get to fully realize the writers ambitions for the character, doesn't mean we won't see Gohan take the spotlight again and have a bigger and more significant role in future Dragon Ball works.

Remember, he's back to full strength now, probably stronger than he's ever been. He's found a good balance to the two sides of his life, both the down to earth scholar and family man, and a saiyan warrior who wants to get stronger and play his part in defending the world and everything he loves. It's the best of both worlds, in a way.

Just because he wasn't the ultimate star of the tournament and played a key role in bringing down the final threat to our heroes, does not mean all of that will suddenly be discareded in favour of having him just go back to being the way he was at the start of Super and where we assumed he was back in End of Z, retired from fighting and focusing full time on his family and work.

This latest episode was a mis-step, but it's not the end of the world. Sure, we don't know if Super actually will get a follow up anytime soon. but like I've said before, Dragon Ball is just too popular and profitable for Toei to not continue it at some point. We'll have another new show eventually, and with luck we'll see Gohan's character progress further and the potential of his planned arc here fully realized.

Maybe I'm being overly optimistic, but there IS hope, and I choose to be an optimist and hold onto it even though things have gone south in the here and now.

That doesn't excuse this screw up. it was a bad move, and I can't defend the results other than to say it doesn't ruin Super or Gohan's role in the overall narrative of Dragon Ball for me personally. People are right to be upset and frustrated with how this turned out. But I will still keep my fingers crossed and look into the future with hope.

And you know what, between all I've discussed here... while I know this is going to sound like heresay to a lot of people, but... I really think Toriyama needs to step aside if and when the next Dragon Ball series happens, and let the writers have more freedom to take the story of the next show in the directions THEY want. Preferably after having more production time before the show starts airing so that the animation and writing will be more consistent and better than what we've been seeing.

If you ask me, despite their own faults the anime writers have the majority of the best ideas for where to take Super. Most of the best ideas and moments of Super that aren't clearly part of the outline come from them, and a lot of the writing issues the show does have seem to come from either bad planning or just bad ideas on Toriyama's part (Remember, it's pretty much because of him that Buu got shafted in 3 arcs on similar circumstances, Piccolo lost to Frost the way he did, and many other poor decisions like the Future Trunks saga ending with the future timeline destroyed by future Zen'o are almost certainly his instructions), and the show's rushed production meaning that the animators and writers never had enough time to fully develop things when the show started with the movie adaptions, and they haven't had a significant break since Super has only ever had the occasional week off since it first started airing.

Meaning the team have been struggling all this time to course correct their issues in order to meet impossibly harsh deadlines, while also trying to make a coherent story out of a vague outline and a number of limitations that come with that, which clearly aren't always to the writing teams liking.

With all of that in mind, can you really blame the Toei writing staff for how the show as a whole has turned out, or accuse them all of being genuinely lazy, incompetent or not trying? Blame the executives that jumped the gun and didn't give them enough time to produce the show so it could start airing immediately after Kai wrapped up it's run, sure.

But honestly, I think the writers get too much flack and genuine hate, and overall unfair accusations than they really deserve. They're human beings who are just trying to do their best to make a good show and earn a decent living in a tough job and market, people. No matter how you feel about Super as a product, it's really not fair to call the writers bad people, lazy or just plain stupid for their output, like I see so many people in this fandom doing when accusing Super of "Ruining" Dragon Ball.

Oy. Sorry, i know I've rambled a lot, but there's just a lot of stuff I've wanted to talk about and get off my chest for a while now, and this episode ended up presenting me with the perfect opportunity to do it.

And again, I'm not defending the episode itself for how it turned out, or telling anyone they have to excuse or like it. God no, I hate it too. I'm just saying that sometimes we need to step back and look at the big picture, because I'm sure a lot of hate and wild accusations are being thrown around right now with a lot of people being more harsh and volatile than they need to be, and I wanted to throw in my own speculation and reasonable discussion of the subject to try and inject some reason into the inevitable discourse, as much as I detest being a part of it in any way normally (And most certainly won't be involved in after the show ends, let me tell you. I've had enough of this fandom in general. but more on that another day).

Anyway, while I'm sad for Gohan, here's hoping the rest of the arc turns out decent to great and the last two episodes were just an unfortunate bump in the road. The next episode certainly looks promising. And let's hope that another Dragon Ball series will be made next year or soon after, so that this and many other issues can be course corrected and allow all of the cool ideas and directions to take the characters left over from Super to realize their full potential. or at least better than what we're left with.

This needn't be the end of the world, people. And that's all I have to say, I don't really want to discuss this any further for the time being. Hope everyone has a better day going forward, anyway.

#dragon ball super #dbs #dragon ball #gohan #son gohan #toei #toei animation #akira toriyama #dbs manga #dragon ball super manga #dragon ball z #dbz

[lazuliblur]

Hello. When I found your blog, I pegged you as someone who had a rather deep understanding of what Team Minato's members were like, based on your posts. I wanna ask you opinion, if you don't mind. Madara's expert brainwashing aside, do you think Obito is weak for giving up what he believed in because of the event of Rin's death? And do you think he is weak for abandoning the Moon's Eye Plan after everything with Naruto?

Hey there! First off, omg! Let me just say that you are a super talented artist and I’m in awe of your expressive style, but I still haven’t quite forgiven you for crushing my heart to bits with those beautiful team Minato drawings of yours from a few days back! ❤

Secondly, ahhhh, I don’t know that my understanding is all that deep. I just love these kids and identify with Obito in a way that I’m not sure is entirely medically advisable, so I also have a very personal opinion about them. You’re welcome to agree or disagree with it. I’d love to hear your own take on the subject!

I don’t really know about weakness/strength. You can define those traits in so many different ways. Strength is most often associated with resillience and steadfastness, but sometimes it takes more strength to change than to remain as you are, so that doesn’t work as a definition. Strength can mean folding and weakness can be standing your ground when change is the preferable action, but who’s to say what’s right or wrong (especially in the Naruto world where every one of these guys, even the so-called cinnamon rolls like Minato, have extremely skewed moral views)? I prefer to think of characters in terms of how good they are at following through with what they believe is right and in terms of how justified/coherent/sensible their reasoning for considering something “right” is. That’s what I’ll consider strength in my answer. That said, let the magic of the read more cut begin because this got long.

Was Obito weak for losing faith in the world after Rin died? Well, let’s face it: Obito is not the most refined thinker. He has a tendency to exaggerate and think of the world in extreme terms. (Uchiha’s “curse of hatred” at work right there. These guys have zero chill, they just feel things too damn much, too damn deep!) Rin’s his best friend, so she’s “his one light in the darkness”. Kakashi and he don’t always get along, so they’re “like water and oil”. The shinobi system is broken, so clearly the only thing to do must be to raze it down to subbasement levels and start anew with something completely different!

When you think about all the things that Obito did after becoming Madara, putting aside for a moment the fact that his deeds were incredibly reprehensible from a moral standpoint, you have to admit that Obito accomplished so much. He was tireless. That was pure strength and unwavering determination. Because Obito is the kind of guy who, once he gets something in his head, follows through with it.

Obito, like Kakashi and every other kid in Konoha in their generation (and those before), was a child soldier. Naruto’s generation, the offspring of these child soldiers, the first to not have to worry about going to war in the history of Konoha, were spoiled by comparison. We have no way of knowing what kind of methods Konoha used to prepare these kids before dumping them in the middle of a battlefield, but it could not have been pretty. (Minato admires A for acting like a “true assassin” ffs!) Indoctrination is a pretty staple procedure, so we can assume that happened. Propaganda is also standard during war time. It helps people feel better about themselves if they paint the enemies that they’re going to have to kill as little more than animals and devils.

My point is that, by the time Obito went out to Kannabi Bridge, Konoha had already sufficiently motivated him to want to change the world and make it a better place. He wanted to do it from within Konoha (by becoming Hokage) because he believed with his whole heart that his village was a good place (see: indoctrination). He also wanted to do this with his friends beside him (when he wakes next to Madara, one of the first things he says is that he’s glad that his teamwork with Kakashi is going to improve now that they share sharingan).

Madara chipped away at Obito’s beliefs and forced him to let go of the rose-tinted lenses with which he perceived Konoha, so that he wouldn’t want to return home or keep the village as it was. Madara made a nihilist out of Obito using nothing but logic. He posed the question: if not for Konoha, would your friends have been in that dangerous situation? And the only answer to that was no. Then Madara used the fact that Obito was accustomed to Konoha asking him to sacrifice himself for the good of others to ask him to do the exact same thing for himself.

In a way, Madara did Obito a favour by breaking him out of that close-minded way of thinking that Konoha could do no wrong. Freedom of thought and child soldiers are not two things that typically go well together, you know? On the other hand, Madara took advantage of the mindset that Konoha had instilled in Obito to get him to do what he wanted without Obito realising it.

I believe that Obito showed strength here. He became convinced that the world needed to be made better and he sacrificed himself – his identity, his nature, his connection to his remaining friends – to make sure that it happened.

Obito was not weak for opening his eyes and seeing the world for what it truly was. He was a little weak in accepting Madara’s Moon’s Eye Plan as the only way to fix it. That was naïve of him. However: he was a child soldier who was just learning to think for himself. It would be unreasonable to expect him to be able to start thinking about everything at once. He had to take baby steps. (Besides, he eventually started to add his own changes to the pre-established plan, diverging from Madara’s orders and showing that he didn’t necessarily agree with everything that Madara said.)

What does that amount to? I don’t know. As far as I’m concerned, he was both strong and weak here, but he went on to build himself into a strong character over this weakness.

Regarding Obito’s abandonment of the Moon’s Eye Plan after Naruto’s Talk no Jutsu… I’ll be honest. I hate that so much that I rage quit the manga when it happened. I only picked it back up because a friend told me that Obito was doing awesome things with Kakashi and that Rin had made some sort of comeback. And, yes, seeing Obito and Kakashi fight side by side one more time was cool, but… it just wasn’t the same. That wasn’t the Obito I’d come to know any more. His character was done a huge disservice at the end there. The overall story’s need to make Naruto the saviour robbed Obito of the ending he deserved. I would have liked Obito to reach a compromise with Naruto et al. that was like “ok, Madara’s methods are messed up, I see that now, but I have valid questions that will be addressed after we’re done taking him out.”

(Because Obito didn’t really like Madara, you can tell. My guess is that Obito would have rathered bring the old man back to life just before casting the genjutsu, so that Madara could have his happy ending, but no chance to interfere with Obito’s plans. At least, he didn’t seem thrilled that Madara was brought back as an Edo Tensei.)

I get why the plot required Naruto’s TnJ to work and I get why Naruto had to be the one who changed Obito’s mind (because he’s the freaking messiah who can never fail!!one), even though Naruto had no connection to Obito and they were nothing alike aside from the fact that they were lonely as children and wanted to be Hokage (FOR TOTALLY DIFFERENT REASONS!!one *ahem*) Kakashi’s the one who should have had that conversation with Obito (and I will forever be salty that Naruto 100% shut down Kakashi’s attempt to do just that when they first unmasked Obito).

I also understand that Obito was emotionally worn down by this point. He sought out Naruto during the 5 Kage meeting to reaffirm his purpose, so, yeah, Obito had doubts and he took that moment to assure himself that he was on the right path. Naruto was too stupid/concerned about Sasuke to realise that this was his chance to have a heart to heart with Obito and talk him out of his plan before anyone else died, and Kakashi was too much of a ninja, focused on his one job – to kill the enemy/protect Naruto – to consider it a possibility. Towards the end, Obito was also tired from fighting Kakashi and dealing with Kabuto. It’s at the moment right before a plan comes together that it is most frail and most susceptible to falling apart.

Anyway, Obito started out the war stronger and more committed than ever before: he had triple checked himself to make sure that his cause was right and no one had been able to deny that the ninja system was messed up. Even the good guys (barring Naruto), while talking amongst themselves, were all kinda “yeah, well, uhm, yeah, someone should do something about that”. Due to the plot’s need to make Naruto look strong, though, Obito had to be made weak, even though this volte face went entirely against his character. You do not spend years committing horrible acts that contradict your nature (Obito’s true nature was kind) because you feel that there is a problem that needs fixing, only to turn around at the last moment and let a 5 minute conversation with a stranger convince you that that issue you were so desperate to correct never needed addressing in the first place.

Bottom line, Obito was a strong character made weak at the very end by shounen plot requirements (though if Fullmetal Alchemist has taught us anything is that you don’t need to sacrifice character to have a satisfying ending and genre is no excuse for poorly executed plot).

#lumutness #ahh #sorry this got so long #i like talking about these characters and hardly ever get a chance to #plus you caught me in-between fanfic research that was kinda related to this so... #obito uchiha #meta #naruto fandom

[jay-and-joy-write-naruto]

Heyy can I get headcanon SchoolAU Mada, Hashi, Tobi and Ino( + random characters) where their have crush on their future s/o? With Ino I want a male s/o :] Thanks💯💯

Gaaah, nice!! Thanks for this lovely request!! :D Also, thanks for giving me the opportunity to chose my own characters, I love it XDD

Hope you’ll enjoy this!

Highschool AU: Having a crush

Madara

Madara is the kind of guy who is at the same time super popular, but on the other hand nobody talks to him - and he doesn’t want them to, either. He’s distant, quiet, but super attractive and has got a sharp mind. Basically: one half of the school absolutely loves him and wants to date him, the other half hates him. There are going to be veeeery few people who don’t have such a strong opinion on him. He’s talked about, although he barely ever talks. I think for him it is most likely that he’ll fall for someone who is more or less of indifferent to him. I mean, he is probably a huge dick to those who hate him, and fangirls and fanboys annoy him, but if there is someone… who is interested but doesn’t freak out when they see him, he’d dig that.

Although not necessarily friends, there are some people he hangs out with. And they’ll notice right away, even if he doesn’t say anything about it. He won’t push it, won’t try and come close to you on school grounds - because honestly, you’d be the center of attention pretty quickly and Madara doesn’t want that for you.

Hashirama knows, Izuna knows, Tobirama suspects it.

It’ll surprise him, honestly? He doesn’t understand? He probably pretends for a while that they aren’t even that great, why am I so attracted? But he won’t fight it for long. He… wants this future s/o.

Observes them as much as he can. He won’t go out of his way to watch them in school, but he’ll sometimes walk around town too see if you’re hanging out somewhere, and he’ll remember those places. As much as he wants this crush to be his - once he accepted the fact that yes, he is crushing - he’ll be quite the jealous, curious admirer. He wants to know who you’re hanging out with. He wants to know you.

There will be a point, it might be quite sudden, where he realizes it’s more than a crush, and it’s something he needs to take seriously. And at this point, his withdrawn nature will vanish. He can be quite bold - a little bit too much sometimes perhaps - and he’ll make sure you know one thing: He is interested, and he has good reason to believe that so is his crush. He’s confident, almost cocky when finally approaching his crush. That calms down once he’s actually in the relationship he wants, but courting means showing himself off.

Very protective and jealous, even before you’re together he might treat you a little bit like you already are. He won’t let anyone come close to you, he’ll show up at places you are and basically demand you spend time with him. He’ll be busy protecting you from his fans, but he doesn’t shy away from putting his foot down and telling them to back the fuck off.

And he can be a smug asshole if he notices that you’re getting more and more interested in him.

Hashirama

what an actual angel. this is my first time writing hashirama and I lOVE HIM

Sunshine. Tries to be friends with everyone, probably school council or something! Some people don’t like him out of jealousy, but honestly, he is like the queen bee? So good so pure?

He really does try to be friends with everyone. And not just lets-talk-in-the-hallway-when-no-other-friends-are-around. No, he’ll get to know the people as good as he can, he’ll make time for everyone. Sometimes he slacks off a little and his grades are sometimes not thaaat good but that’s because he’d rather spend the whole night talking on the phone with a friend who’s going through a rough time than studying for a test. But luckily he has Tobirama XDDD

It would be so obvious if he had a crush. He is usually so open with everyone, but as soon as his crush walks by, he goes shy!!! Red face, stutters, the whole package! But the more time he spends with them and gets to know them, the more comfortable he will be around them. He’ll try to show off a little, too, but it’s all playful and sweet. Actually a lot of “dates” before you actually go out.

Wants to get to know everything about you, hence why he always does stuff with you. He will try to be your best friend!

He talks about you sooooo much it’s annoying to everyone else. Like, he just can’t shut up???? You’re so great???? He’s like a fanboy

Will probably try to wait for a good day like Valentine’s Day or maybe even prom to ask you out. He wants it to be special! Honestly, you’ll know it’s coming because as soon as the idea is in his head, he’ll get so giddy about it! Also, he IS very honest with his feelings and even before properly confessing he will tell you how amazing you are and how important you are to him.

Since he makes all potential fanboys or fangirls his friends, there is little jealousy from anyone else - they’re happy for him!! He is always taking care of others, now someone can take care of him!

Totally takes you to prom with a super nice suit, flowers and the sweetest smile! Your parents will love him immediately!

Tobirama

Grades, grades, grades, sarcastic jokes, grades, leave me alone, grades.

Without a doubt one of the students with the best grades. Even if there are some things he doesn’t know, he studies like crazy, so he aces practically every test or exam. Nerd.

He doesn’t like having crushes, honestly. It’s distracting, and he is a guy who has intense emotions, if he has them. Although, it’s gotta be someone special! Not necessarily someone expectionally clever or somethhing but… just someone who interests him. Someone who’s confident and sticks to what they believe might be a good match for him?

He avoids them for a while, so much that it becomes quite obvious to the people close to him aka his brothers. They would notice quite quickly how he grows all quiet and broody when his future s/o walks by

He will be quite cold to you when he first starts having this crush,but the more time he has to get used to it, the more he opens up. He’s still that straight-faced douche but he’ll try and help you out. Study with you, carry some heavy books, things like that. Never over the top because he feels awkward with the possibility of showing his feelings

But his crush is very likely to notice how much effort he puts into caring for them - for other people it might not be a lot, but everyone who knows Tobirama sees that he’s being careful with them

it will take him a while to confess, if he does at all. I think it would be good for his crush to confess tbh because this boy pretends to be SO cool but in reality…. he’s shy af. Don’t tell him I said that.

It’s a possibility that Hashirama sets you two up. Or tries to. Tobirama will hate him.

If he DOES ask you out, expect flowers, a blush on his cheeks and a very secluded place far away from school. If you accept his feelings, I feel he’d give you this really awkward but adorable first kiss. He isn’t touchy-feely by any means, but he does want to show you he’s serious. Because with his unromantic attitude he fears that his crush could doubt his feelings

Ino

Busy little bee. She is one of the popular girls, with a lot of fake friends and very few good friends. She can get along with anyone if she tries, but usually she doesn’t bother trying.

Definitely the one to get a crush on the popular guy, and will sometimes act like they’re already dating in front of her friends. But those aren’t actually true feelings. Yes, she is head over heels, but it’s not like her heart beats only for that person. People might think she only likes that guy because as the popular girl she should like the popular boy, right?

She has quite the mouth on her, so many schoolboys would be intimidated or annoyed by her. Even in this setting I could see her falling for someone like Sai tbh

But Highschool Ino is at heart quite open to people. She understands them pretty well and even though she has become good at manipulating people, she would be quite… shy around a guy she truly cares about. But she wouldn’t want all those fake friends to know. They’re likely to get hyped up over that person, following Ino’s example and having “crushes” on him themselves. And there would be some who would try and take hm away from her. She doesn’t want that, so she keeps those truly pure feelings to herself.

Actually admires intelligence a lot. Likes to be treated as an equal. Can have quite the temper. But… she is actually a very caring admirer, even though it will be outside of school, mostly.

If he really is quite smart, she would definitely try to get him to tutor her. And honestly, though she is constantly swooning on the inside, she does give her best to impress her crush - and her grades show it.

Yes, she would very much like to be asked out instead of doing it herself. But she isn’t a very patient girl. So if the crush just doesn’t say anything about it… she will do the asking out.

Probably in the heat of the moment. Maybe after a studying session?

Will expect want you to ask her to prom. She is one of the people who really want prom to be special, she wants to wear the prettiest dress and to dance all night with the boy she loves! So yeah, do that for her, even if you can’t dance!

Temari

I can see Temari as the sporty, cool girl. She’s got quite  temper, but she makes good friends and basically turns school into a fun time for herself and others! She isn’t the most popular one, but she doesn’t want to be super popular either! She has pretty decent grades, has some good laughs… and gets into some fights. So a pretty awesome girl tbh

It’s not easy to fluster her, or to get her attention if you’re not already one of her friends. But she can be bold with her affections. Although… it takes time for her. She doesn’t want to fall into a relationship unprepared! I can see her having a crush on someone who used to irrritate her. Someone who is bold and confident like her, someone who can keep up with her. But no matter who she falls for, she can be quite the tease.

She isn’t too obvious about it when she likes you, but she doesn’t hide it either. If you find out.. she’ll smirk and hide her emotions behind a confident reply. “Well, duh, I like you! Was about time you noticed!”

She tells her friends about that crush, and they help getting the crush into their group, too. So yeah, you’ll be her friends’ friend too. Which means you cann all hang out together and she can get to know you and swoon over you without anyone becoming suspicious too early on. Probably has some code like “no dating before you haven’t had your crush for three months!”

Actually, she really might do that! And after three months of crushing on you.. she’ll try to get more alone time with you.

Temari has two noisy brothers. Two noisy brothers who want to know what their sister is up to and why she spends so much time with this person.

Honestly it depends on her crush whether she asks them for a date or they ask her. She is bold enough, and honestly, that tiny blush will be so cute! But she’d also like to be asked out!

I didn’t want this post to get too out of hand, so I decided to only add one more character :3 Thanks though!! This was so much fun!!! :D

#madara #hashirama #tobirama #ino #temari #highschool au #au #headcanons #jay answers

[tinkdw]

I don’t really have a question, more like I want your opinion on one of my meta/headcannons? So, Jack gloms onto Cas pretty fast. Unless Jack can determine good from evil from inside Kelly (another topic entirely), what attracts him to Cas? Even if Dagon wasn't nice to Kelly, at least she kept her safe (ish). So, my headcanon is that there is residual grace from lucifer in all of the vessels he inhabited, namely Cas and Sam. Like, he recognizes it as something of his father's. (1/2)

(2/2) I also choose to believe that Jack isn’t evil just because Lucifer is; Lucifer wasn’t born evil anyway. So, maybe Jack will be attracted to Sam, feel safe in his presence, in the same way, using his father’s chosen vessel as a placeholder for his actual father. What do you think attracted Jack to Cas? (I love your meta, keep up the awesome work! :D)

Wow, all the questions :D Well, here’s my opinion based on my understanding and reading of the whole show and Jack’s story so far.

1. Jack zoning in on Cas - it could be that it’s due to Lucifer’s grace but that kind of takes away from the point of it…because imo it’s to do with CAS.

Jack is a catalyst, an exposition for TFW.

He’s not going to suddenly be the focus of the show, he is there to tell us things about the guys we care about already. So imo he zones in on Cas because Cas is good and has good intentions. I mean even within these 2 episodes, the last and first scene we see of Cas with Dean is him caring and healing him.

So yeah, Cas is trying to do the right thing (even if he is stupid for the right reasons, right? because that is Cas’ go - to, it’s what he’s always done, making some pretty crappy decisions based on doing the right thing, ultimately it all works out thanks to TFW in the end most of the time in the best way it can in SPN, leading to the next problem, but THIS time or at least, at the end…. Cas needs his OWN WIN based on doing things for the right reasons,  he needs his hero arc and personally I feel it’s likely to happen through Jack, especially if s14 or pushing it s15 is the last, but that’s just speculation, but really it doesn’t make sense otherwise, if they’re going to keep going Jack kinda has to end up bad or making something worse to keep the story going, but as it stands he is the perfect metaphor/catalyst to tie up all of TFW’s arcs and I love it, I’m so ready).

People had different pov’s on this at the time and as hiatus goes on and we learn more from where season 13 is going it seems many are coming around to the idea that Jack is a blank slate, that he showed Cas and Kelly a vision but that he did he isn’t doing it maliciously but is reaching out, that he probably doesn’t know right from wrong that well at this point, potentially he is like the good Angels were in s4 (epitomised by Cas) and thinks paradise is a good thing, that he’s helping, he doesn’t understand free will (he needs someone to teach him about free will, humanity, love… coincidence?).

( This is why we have this wild wild speculation that perhaps he could bring Cas back at first without his memories (so the “most important parts” are back, ofc, as we know thanks to the themes of this in 12x11, 12x20 and who are you as foreshadowing perhaps for this) because he wants to help Cas and doesn’t know this is wrong at this point, because he is still in this ‘paradise and peace is good’ mentality . He just wants to take away the pain, the regret, the self loathing due to his past mistakes that runs through him and has led him down this depressive arc. Then we can see who Cas really is, fun loving, sweet, confident and caring (much like Crazy!Cas imo) and he chooses to have his memories restored and we get a glorious “Dean!” revelation. Who the fuck knows, but I love this idea now @super-sootica laid it in my head and I built this freaking whole of s13 wild fanfic in my head :p )

Either way he’s brand new and acting on instinct and based on his surroundings (which is why I said that imo Jack would probably be ‘bad’ or make mistakes in the first part of s13, to mirror Sam’s arc but also because Dean would probably drive him off or make him turn angry/dark/whatever because while Sam is starting to get through to Jack Dean is so upset and angry he probably bursts into the room and starts yelling at Jack like “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO? YOU SON OF A BITCH YOU KILLED MY HUSBAND AND MY MOM!” and what did we get from SDCC? Exactly this *smugly and annoyingly pats self on the back and hopes this is actually true but has to wait and see*.

Dagon was AWFUL to Kelly, she was threatening Kelly all the time and wanted to CONTROL Jack, while also absolutely being a threat at the sandbox to them all, while Cas had smiled when touching Kelly’s stomach and Jack noticed this, making Kelly’s eyes flash in the motel - so for me Jack had noted Cas’ goodness before this point, in contrast to Dagon. The whole thing was set up for us to see Dagon as the dark parental figure mirror while Cas was the light mirror in all their interactions with Kelly being heavily mirrored. Eg. Cas getting Kelly the water, being hugely consensual and treating Kelly like her own person. Dagon is Lucifer’s stand in and Cas is Lucifer’s light mirror - so absolutely the two are supposed to be seen by Jack and by the audience more importantly, exposition ally through Jack and Kelly, as good v evil.

2. I am a huge believer in that we have no CONFIRMATION that Lucifer was ever originally evil, there’s a hint at it with the jealousy of humanity but then there’s Chuck literally saying he’s not the villain so… yeah. Jealousy does not make a person evil. Then we find out that it’s all because he just wanted his father’s love? Mirroring him to all of TFW? OK they did the story badly imo, making him whiney etc but that was the point of late s11-early s12 for Lucifer. 

Then there’s the mark that corrupted our loved and up on a fandom pedestal righteous man Dean within a year and Lucifer had it for Millenia. I mean Lucifer can be evil in the end and be killed (and it’s easer, narratively) but I think we need confirmation either way as my personal view as of right now is that Lucifer should be redeemed and/or reset as the mark did twist him beyond redemption as it stands now OR we need confirmation that he was always evil. But imo a story of redemption for Lucifer through Jack (ironically as he was his tool for evil, should be the one to redeem him and TFW through teaching Jack himself the righteous path, as our heroes) and someone else coming out of the woodwork as the actual big bad due to their own selfish, not forced upon them reasons, makes more sense. Again… SDCC hints at Michael? I’m super interested cos this fits my end of s12 theory exactly, but I didn’t think they’d necessarily do as it’s a bit convoluted but given that Dabb seems to be living in my brain… I’m intrigued.

Anyway, the idea that Jack is inherently evil is just so WRONG I can’t even…. there are 2 points, that Lucifer probably wasn’t even evil to start with and the WHOLE POINT OF THE SHOW which is that each individual can decide what they want to be and be their own person NOT based on their lineage and specifically fathers and blood. 

FAMILY DON’T END IN BLOOD AND IT DOESN’T START THERE EITHER.

If Jack decides to be evil, if he turns evil for his own reasons then FINE. It makes no sense to me unless they are going to keep going with the show for a good while longer (like s15+) or don’t know what to do with s14 (imo humans as the big bad makes most sense to finish up on to really subvert the start of the show and emphasis all the social and psychological themes of the show), but I can go along with it if that’s what is necessary production wise even if it doesn’t make a ton of sense narratively, because that’s the nature of shows like this that sometimes are never ending and sometimes get randomly cancelled like Angel halfway through telling a story so it just doesn’t make sense (e.g. Fred). But him being inherently evil is just so bleurgh and against the whole principles of the show, just, no.

3. I think absolutely Jack will be attracted to Sam in that they are mirrors of each other and they will have loads of interactions that will be all about Sam forgiving himself in what he sees in Jack, understanding that he sometimes had no control, no choice over what happened but also then when he did, helping Jack make good decisions instead of the bad ones he made (demon blood, Ruby etc) and thus in his own mind ‘making up’ for them and redeeming himself.

I keep banging on about it but “see one, do one, teach one” is my mantra with Jack. Through this all of TFW will get towards their endgames imo, through teaching Jack lessons that are particular to them (Cas humanity, belonging and self worth, Sam to defy Lucifer and self forgiveness, Dean to defy your father/heritage and self acceptance).

Sorry… I am passionate about Jack and kind of flail but all the stuff we have so far about s13 confirms my wild speculation so far so I’m trying to be calm and collected whilst also being super hyped and waving my arms in the air going “SEE?!!!”. I’m excited to see what we are right and wrong about, I’m sure there will be a ton of twists and turns and a few “wow, didn’t see that coming!” moments, but as for now I’m just super excited to see how they take this and relate it to TFW’s (imo) positive endgames :D

#supernatural #jack the nephilim #castiel #supernatural meta #season 13 speculation #throwing in some #wild speculation #imo #tinks meta #castiel angel of the lord #cas winchester #Anonymous

[secretagentspydetectiveninja]

No Homo, Right?

Since it’s Valentine’s Day, in honour of poor Kim being akumatized I decided to write a cute little Kimax thing!

(AO3)

It was February 14th, exactly one year after the Dark Cupid incident. Max knew that his best friend Kim wasn't planning on asking any cute girls to be his Valentine this time - the last rejection had been brutal enough for him to swear off trying anything on this cursed day ever again. No, Kim had made it clear that if he was ever going to ask a girl out again, it would be on a different day. Not the day that reminded him of the time he turned into a supervillain.

That was why Max was utterly shocked when, of all things, Kim asked him out on a date.

"I mean like a bro date!" Kim said down the phone. "Like, a friendship date! That kind of thing. I just thought it would be cool to hang out, you know. Not in a homo way though, because I'm not gay or anything, just... yeah. Friendship."

"Of course," Max replied. "What were you thinking of doing?"

"We could go out for dinner or something. I just wanna do something today, that's all. You know, get my mind off... what happened last year..."

"Dinner sounds great, Kim. Where should we go? I could calculate the cheapest place that isn't too far away-"

"No don't worry, I know a place, it's not too far from school. We could meet up there and I'll show you?"

"I'd love to."

"Cool! I'll see you there soon!"

As he hung up, Max tried to ignore his racing heart beat. He could hardly believe it... Kim was taking him out to dinner on Valentine's Day? It almost felt too good to be true. But then again, it was too good to be true. It was only a friendship date, after all. Nothing special there. He had been out to dinner with Kim before, it shouldn't be a big deal.

But still... Valentine's Day... Did Kim know? Max was sure he had been very careful hiding his true feelings. There was no way Kim could have figured it out. But what if he had? What if he loved Max back? What if that was why he was asking him out like this, and was too shy to do it properly?

No. Max shook his head and tried to get the thought out of his mind. The likelihood of something like that was almost zero, completely illogical. So far Kim had never shown even the slightest interest in him, so why would he start now? Putting on a coat and grabbing his wallet, Max left his house and headed towards the school.

 A few flakes of snow had started falling by the time he reached the front of the school. He could help but chuckle when he saw Kim standing there without even a jacket on.

"Aren't you cold?" he asked. "It's -2.5°C right now."

"Nah, I'm fine," Kim said, running a hand through his hair. "I ran all the way here, you know. I'm still pretty hot."

Yeah, you are hot, Max thought to himself, his eyes wandering absently over his friend's well-defined arm muscles. Really, really hot...

"Anyway lemme show you to that restaurant now," Kim said. He grabbed Max's hand. "Bro, your fingers are so cold! Don't you have gloves or something?"

"Kim, my fingers are always cold," Max mumbled, trying not to freak out. Kim was holding his hand. Why was he doing that?

"Huh, how have I known you for that long without knowing that? Anyway, let's go." Without letting go of his hand, Kim pulled Max down the street.

The nearby restaurant was small, warm and cosy, though being this day of the year, it was filled mostly with couples. Kim was looking a little red in the face when he pulled out a chair and sat down with Max.

"No homo, right?" he said, smiling nervously. "I mean, just 'cause it's Valentine's Day it doesn't mean a guy can't treat his friend to dinner. Right?"

"Right," Max said. He looked down at his menu, trying not to feel too disappointed. Of course it was just a friendship date. He knew that. He should just do his best to be there for Kim, that was what mattered. Not some stupid crush that would probably go away soon anyway.

"Hey, do you think we could share food?" Kim asked. He wasn't looking directly at Max; he seemed to be awkwardly looking at a spot on the ceiling instead. "Because that would be cheaper and everything. Yeah."

"Depending on what we order it wouldn't necessarily be cheaper-"

"Also I don't know what to choose, so I'll just have whatever you're having. We can share, it's fine." He was speaking too fast. What was up with that?

"I think I'll have the pasta, then," Max said, knowing Kim would like that too.

They ordered their food, and when it arrived they were surprised to see that the sauce was drizzled onto the pasta in the shape of a heart.

"Enjoy your meal," the waitress said, giggling as she left a little candle on their table with the food. They stared at it, neither one quite knowing what to say.

"Uh... you can eat the heart bit..." Kim muttered, turning away and rubbing his hand on the back of his neck. "I don't really want the sauce anyway..."

Max picked up the fork and began digging in. The sauce was actually really good - Kim was missing out. But of course, Kim wouldn't want to eat something with a heart on it like that. That was way too cheesy. Quite literally, too - the pasta had plenty of melted cheese smothered all over it.

Kim didn't start eating until Max had already nearly finished, and by that time the food had almost gone cold. It didn't make a difference, of course, Kim was such a quick eater he shovelled everything down in about two minutes.

"I'm paying," he said, wiping his mouth with his napkin once he had finished.

"Kim, it's fine, we can split the cost-"

"Seriously Max, I'm the one who asked you here in the first place, so I'm paying." He already had his wallet out and was counting out change.

"Okay." Max smiled, watching his friend struggling with the maths. That face Kim made when he was concentrating, the way his eyebrows furrowed, his fingers tapping on the table surface... Max had seen it many times when helping Kim out with his homework, and he still wasn't tired of it. Something about it was just so... charming.

Snap out of it! he told himself, trying to stop staring. He looked out of the window instead, noticing that the snow was falling much more heavily now. There was already a layer of it piling up on the window ledge outside. Maybe the transport would be stopped for now, in which case Max would have to walk all the way back home. It was a good thing he had a coat. Kim, on the other hand would freeze out there...

Once Kim had finally counted out the correct amount of money, he paid for the meal and they headed outside. Sure enough the snow on the ground was now deep enough to leave footprints in. Though it was fairly late already, the moon hadn't yet risen, though the brightness reflecting off the snow from buildings everywhere more than made up for that.

"Kim, it might be a good idea for you to pop into a supermarket and buy yourself a coat before you go home," Max said as they walked down the street together. "You'll get too cold otherwise."

"No, it's fine, I'm not cold..."

"Are you sure? It's snowing!"

Kim suddenly held Max's hand again. "You can keep me warm, right?"

"Uh..."

Max stopped and turned to see that Kim was blushing and looking in the other direction.

"...No homo, though."

Of course. No homo. Max took a deep breath. "And what about your arms?"

"They're fine. Seriously. I'm really warm actually. Like, really warm. Like, if we went for a walk in the park right now I still wouldn't be cold. That level of warmness."

"Kim, I think you-"

"You want me to prove it? 'Cause I definitely will! Yeah, bring it on, snow! Let's go to the park, and I'll show you just how much body heat I've got!" Without even waiting for an answer, Kim turned and dragged Max in the other direction, heading for the nearby park. He went so fast that Max had to jog to keep up, almost slipping over on the icy ground.

They made it to the park and Kim finally stopped. Max leaned over, catching his breath.

"Kim, we talked about this, you have to start thinking before acting, or you'll end up in another panther situation like that time with-"

"I also wanted to talk to you about something," Kim said quickly. Still holding onto Max's hand, he started walking slowly down the path with him.

"Couldn't you have done that when we were inside?"

"I know, I know, I just... I forgot. Yeah." Kim was looking at the ground. "It's about last year. You know, when I got akumatized."

"Oh..."

"Well, kinda. It's not exactly about that. It's, uh... about you, actually."

Max could feel his pulse quickening. "What do you mean?"

"It's just... I know you didn't like Chloé, you knew she was no good for me, whatever. But you didn't judge me or anything. You still helped me out anyway. Buying that brooch for me, helping me confess, all that stuff. And after I got akumatized and then saved, you made sure I was okay and didn't bring up the topic again. It was really cool of you."

"Well... that's what friends are for, right?" Max said. He wanted to tell Kim how much it broke his heart to see him treated so cruelly by Chloé, to be humiliated like that. How much Kim deserved someone better than Chloé. Someone who would treat him right. Someone who would actually care about him. But Max didn't say any of that.

"Yeah," Kim said. "Friends. You're... you're such an awesome friend, Max. Thanks for being here for me today too, even at really short-notice. I really needed it."

"It was my pleasure. You're an awesome friend too, Kim."

"And thanks for all those times you helped me with my homework. And not complaining when I dragged you along to the zoo. Or all the other stupid stuff I've done." He was speaking fast now, like he couldn't get the words out quick enough. "I feel like I just haven't really appreciated you enough 'cause I'm always being an idiot and you're so smart all the time and yet you choose to hang out with someone like me..."

Max was completely taken aback. Was that really how Kim felt? Kim, the popular, confident, athletic jock who could be friends with anyone he wanted to, was honoured to be able to hang out with a nerd like Max? People had always found their friendship unusual, but he had never considered it like that before.

Kim suddenly stopped and turned around, gently taking Max's other hand. "Max, bro, I... I, uh, gotta ask you something. I've been meaning to for a while now. But today just seemed like the right day for it."

No way... could this be? Was Kim actually going to ask Max to be his Valentine, properly this time? Surely that had to be what he was leading up to...

"You remember that brooch?" Kim asked. "The one you got me to give to Chloé last year? Well, uh, since she didn't want it and I don't have anything else to do with it, I guess... do you want it back? It's been a year, so... I guess if there's someone who you want to give it to instead..."

But I already gave it to him, Max thought. I gave it to him so that he could ask out the girl of his dreams, and be happy.

"Of course if you don't want it I could just keep it..."

"Yes, keep it," Max said. "Think of it as a present from me. That's better than associating it with Chloé, isn't it?"

"Haha, yeah, true..." Kim suddenly stepped a little closer. "Okay, yeah, you were right, I'm kinda getting cold now..."

"Then should we head inside somewhere?"

"What? No! Then the park would have won! I'm not letting it beat me!" Kim took another step closer, still holding both Max's hands. "You can like... still help me keep warm, right?"

"Yes... of course..."

"Good..."

Kim wrapped Max in a tight hug. Obviously it wasn't the first time they'd hugged, far from it, but... something about it just felt different. Max could feel his neck heating up, followed by his face. Thank goodness Kim wouldn't be able to see him blushing, considering his head was buried somewhere in Kim's hoodie.

Kim's hoodie... ah yes... it smelled strongly of the deodorant he always used. Being in such close proximity to it made Max feel like his brain had just stopped working completely. He could stand there forever, enveloped in Kim's arms, inhaling the scent of his hoodie, never needing to think about anything else ever again...

After a few minutes Kim pulled away a little, his arms still wrapped around Max. His entire face had gone red.

And it was only a few inches away from Max's.

"I'm still cold," Kim said, his voice barely above a whisper. Surely he had to be lying - if he was blushing that much then he must be warm? Max was just about to say so, when Kim leaned forwards and kissed him.

Max was so stunned he didn't react for a few seconds. Then it hit him. Kim was kissing him. Kim, the boy he had a crush on, was actually kissing him. On Valentine's Day. In the snow. This was really happening.

He closed his eyes and went up onto his tiptoes to reach better, his hands on Kim's shoulders to steady himself. Wow... he had wanted to do this for a very, very long time, but he had never expected he would actually get the chance to. It felt better than he had ever imagined.

After what seemed like forever, Kim pulled away. He stared at Max, his eyes shining, his cheeks even more flushed than they were earlier. Max couldn't help but stare back. Neither of them spoke or even moved, for the longest time. The snow had started settling in their hair.

Finally, Kim, turned aside and ran a hand through his hair, knocking out all the snow. He gave a shaky little smile and mumbled, "Um... no homo, right?"

No homo.

No homo.

The words felt like knives.

Max pushed himself off and started walking away from Kim, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"Max, wait!" Kim called, running after him. "Wait, don't leave-"

"Kim, you can't just do that!" Max said, his voice sounding startlingly loud all of a sudden. "You can't just... you can't just kiss me and then tell me it didn't even mean anything to you!"

"Max, no, it's not like that-"

"I understand friendship dates, okay? I understand you wanted to just hang out with your bro without having to worry about having a real date or anything, and I'm happy to do that for you - you're my friend and you deserve it. But if you didn't want it to be romantic then why did you kiss me? You could have just done something else! Saying "no homo" doesn't necessarily make it any less "homo", Kim! It just makes it sound like... like you were messing about with my feelings or something!"

"Oh man, Max, I'm so sorry, I'm such an... I'm such an idiot..." Kim was looking at the floor sheepishly, kicking the snow around at his feet. "Listen... I like you, okay? I like you a lot. As a friend, yes, but also... you know... as a crush, I guess. And I know I should have told you earlier, but I was just... I was scared, because... I know you wouldn't treat me like how Chloé did last time, but still... I didn't want to ruin our friendship. In case you didn't like me back or something. I didn't want to make it awkward. Because... you're so important to me, Max, I didn't want to ruin that. But... I guess I did. Seriously, I'm sorry, I know I should have just asked you out on a proper date or asked you to be my Valentine..."

This whole time, Kim really had been in love with him? But he cared too much to bring it up? Huh, that was... that was almost exactly how Max himself always felt. He hadn't wanted to ask Kim out in case it would affect their friendship. He hadn't even known Kim was into boys. He especially hadn't considered that out of all boys, Kim would be into him. The thought lifted his spirits suddenly, so quickly he couldn't even remember feeling as upset as he had been a minute ago. And not only that, but Kim seemed so flustered. It was... cute. So cute. Cute enough that Max was tempted to tease him about it.

"Oh Kim," he sighed. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you sometimes."

"I'll just... uh... go home now I guess..."

"Wait." Max took a step towards him and grabbed his arm. "We haven't finished our walk in the park yet... have we?"

Kim blushed. "No, I guess not... but... aren't you mad at me?"

"I kind of want to be, but I just can't. Not when you're being an adorable blushing idiot like that." Max moved his hand down further to hold Kim's hand. "So, should we get walking? You'll get cold otherwise. Though of course I could just kiss you again."

"W-what?"

"I mean, we are on a date now, aren't we? You're my Valentine. If you want another kiss you can just ask."

Kim grinned nervously. "Oh, um, if you're offering..."

Max hopped up and gave Kim a kiss on the cheek. "I assume this means we're boyfriends now?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Great." Max smiled and leaned against his arm. "Happy Valentine's Day, Kim."

"Happy Valentine's Day, Max." Kim ruffled Max's springy hair. "Homo fully intended."

#miraculous ladybug #ml fanfic #kimax #max kante #le chien kim #no homo right #random stuff #trust me i'm writing ff too i promise but like #i needed to get this out by valentine's day #for obvious reasons #i wrote this pretty fast so sorry if it's not that good #also i suck at writing cutesy stuff #idk i tried #aish writes

[gleefail]

Glee Memories: 1x9 Wheels

A long, long time ago, as Glee was approaching graduation in Season 3, I found myself nostalgic with some rare free time on my hands. So I decided to rewatch the series from the beginning and jot down some memories, discrepancies that have arisen since, fave quotes, tally solos - all that good stuff, strictly for shits and giggles.

8 years later (eek!) and once more I find myself with an unexpected abundance of free time. With so many revisiting or being newly introduced to the show between binge watching during Quarantine and all the tragedy that has surrounded the show since it went off the air, I figured I’d finish what I started. And by finish, I mean go through the end of S3. Cause I truly cannot acknowledge what happened after that. Except for 5B.

Kicking this off by reposting the first 15 episodes I already went through. Enjoy!

1x9 Wheels I haven’t addressed yet that this voice-over “Here’s what you missed on Glee” guy is different…will be interesting to see when they changed it.

um…when did Kurt tell everyone that he was gay? Didn’t he only come out to Mercedes and his dad so far? I definitely missed that on Glee

Holy crap. I forgot about this Cheerios jump rope number.

This is when I started not liking S1 Quinn. When she started being just plain mean to Finn even as she lied to him about the baby being his. Uncalled for. Although her calling out that he’s a peabrain is hella-necessary.

Figgins can’t pay for a bus for Artie to get to sectionals. Understandable? Is that like, legal?

Makes total sense that Sue has boosters that provide funds for traveling etc. Doesn’t make sense that the Glee club never started music boosters….not to me anyways.

Will’s right. In high school, some of the best trips were rides to other schools for volleyball games and showchoir competitions together. Although that almost always involved people mooning out the back window. And getting to third base under letterman jackets. Just my school? Anyone else?

Aw…Tina is looking at Artie from afar…not necessarily romantically…concerned? Whatever the reason, it’s cute.

Aw, Kurt’s so excited about Defying Gravity

let the record show, Mr. Schue just handed a solo to Rachel for a competition for the first time ever. But not the last. Don’t get me started.

“Don’t worry. We’ll find something for you to…dip in chocolate” Two things: 1. Yes you will. And his name is Sam Evans. (’wanky’). 2. No, you won’t Mr. Schue. No. You. Won’t. #oops

“I mean, bake sales are kind of bourgee” “So hip people stopped eating delicious, sugary treats?” “It’s not that, it’s that most of us don’t know how to bake. I find recipes confusing.” I love every moment of this exchange. And

Britany’s officially not all there now. :) Yaaaay!

Aw, poor Artie and the peer pressure of having to say he doesn’t mind when he’s clearly hurt by people he thinks are his friends. Poor guy.

It really does impress me how Kevin McHale manages to completely lose use of his legs. Even when he’s boppin in his wheelchair. I don’t think I could do it.

Jenna Ushkowitz is flat out adorable laughing at her lunch table in slow motion.

Aw Tina. These original members really do all have a lil special place in my heart. Before RIB screwed most of them over.

Ruh roh, I know that look. Mr. Schue is getting an idea watching Artie jamming around in his wheelchair…

Why is Kurt wearing a gangsta bandana on his head?

“But I’m happy to have you try out something else, Kurt. And I’ll make sure it’s got a killer high note” No. No, you won’t Schue. Ugh. Three seasons of empty promises and he won Teacher of the Year? Riiiight.

“Well, you’re irritating most of the time but…don’t take that personally”

“Preach!” Yes!!! There’s the Artie I know and love! It makes me giggle more seeing moments like this knowing he asks Amber to show him how to do it, lol.

hahahahaha – Finn just got hit in the back of the head with someone’s baseball bat! Rachel just got her lunch spilled all over her! Oh, happiness.

“it’s what I have left of my pool cleaning money. After I bought dip and numchucks” 

Quinn is so pretty in regular clothes with her hair down in season one. I would buy that THIS is the girl everyone wants to be. She’s totes that popular, bitchy girl who has everything.

“It would be pretty awesome if it came out with a Mohawk”

Aw, this food fight is still so cute. I feel like we haven’t seen Quinn laugh like that since until she was going up that ramp with Artie cheering her on. So cute.

“It’s not about a guy, is it? Cause…I’m not ready to have that conversation.” “At least you don’t have to worry about me getting someone pregnant” snicker snicker. True dat.

“You sing like a girl – in a good way”

So…yeah, they were doing Defying Gravity for Sectionals…what happened to that?

FIRST APPEARANCE OF LAUREN ZIZES!!!

Ugh. So stupid Rachel is complaining about having to audition for a solo. It’s showchoir. You should have to audition for EVERY solo and anyone who wants to can. …but it’s Glee

“We all know I’m more popular than Rachel – and I dress better than her…”

“Your right hand, Britany” *Santana whispers to her “it’s this one”* Yup. Not all there. There’s mah girl!

I love that instead of saying “I promise to vote for whoever sings the song better”, Mercedes blatantly says to Kurt “I promise to vote FOR YOU” with a big smile. I love Kurtcedes. Have I said that yet?

“Maybe one of these days you’ll find a way to create teaching moments without ruining my life.” Oh he will Rachel. He’ll just ruin everyone else’s.

“Those are what I call ‘lazy makers’”

Figgins is making Sue hold auditions to replace Quinn on the Cheerios. How do they not try out in the first place?

“and as soon as a cheerleader rolls herself out onto the field in a wheelchair she becomes decidedly less effective at cheering people up. It’s just a fact.”

“Stop attacking me. I’m sick of it” I like this Finn. Where did he come from? And where did he go?

I never ever ever realized that that was Kurt auditioning for the Cheerios with a baton. OMG!

haha, also never realized that the “freak” did the splits and clearly landed on his junk but tried to play it like he was fine. HAAAAA!

“Becky, I’m gonna stop you right there. You’re in.” YAY!

“I’m just saying, she has a point; you are kind of an idiot.” Truth.com, Puck.

“It’s just like you, with your stutter” Tina’s reaction said it all. “But I wanna be very clear: I still have the use of my penis.” HAAAAAAA!!! And Artie’s “why did I say that?!” look afterwards. Golden.

Kurt warming up to a high F while Burt gets the “your son’s a fag” phone call. So damn sad.

“Sometimes I just…I wish your mom was still around, y’know?” Aw, Burt. So happy you’ll find Carol.

“I don’t wanna win out of charity. I wanna win the solo because it’s right for the club. I really think that the judges at Sectionals will find a female version of Defying Gravity much more accessible.” Lies and manipulation and selfishness of Rachel Berry. And it begins.

“People just don’t like me.” “Yeah, you might wanna work on that” Yup. You might, Rachel. Too bad ya never really did unless it was to benefit you. hahaha, Puck put a lil pot in the cupcakes. I totally forgot about that. omg. There’s a loooot of flannel in that lunch room. What is that about?

Haha. Puck buying pot from Sandy. “The doctor said the shark fractured my spinal cord.” “This is why I don’t go to the aquarium.”

Sue’s mean don’t discriminate because of handicap, gender, religion, or sexual preference.

“You think this is hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told they’re going in a different direction. THAT was hard.” Truth.

“Oh, I bully everyone, William. That’s the way I roll”

First official Diva-off!! I remember I soooo wanted Kurt to win, but it was all over his face that something was up ever since Burt told him about that phone call.

First sacrifice for Rachel Berry. Go.

Even back then when I liked Rachel Berry, I didn’t like her singing this song. I think my dislike of her started right around here. Like “who does she think she is, trying to sing this song better than Idina, when she knows damn well, coming from Broadway, who Idina is!?” that was me, lol. My point is I still don’t like her on this song. It has a special place in my heart and I need more of a powerhouse on it, and someone whose soul I can hear when they sing it, not just trying to sing pretty.

“’It’ is a ‘she’.” That’s a cute moment. :)

Ok. Ohhhhh boy. Finn got a job by pretending to be handicapped and stuck in a wheelchair. But wasn’t it Finn that 2 seasons later berates Quinn for not announcing that she’s improved to now be able to stand/walk to get votes for Prom Queen? I just…I refrain from comment. It’ll get ugly.

Aw, Artie is donating the money to get a ramp put in the auditorium instead of using it to get a bus to go to Sectionals with everyone. Way to take one for the team, Artie. He’s a good guy.

Sue donated the $600 to rent the bus for Sectionals. Aw. I knew something was up at that point. Lies. I knew something was up when she told Will “You don’t know the FIRST thing about me.”

Aw, Jean. This relationship was so sweet.

AWWWWW – Artie’s face after Tina kisses him!!!

Aw. Artie’s face after Tina admits that she’s faking her stutter. :(

“I’m sorry now you get to be normal and I’m gonna be stuck in this chair for the rest of my life. And that’s not something I can fake.” Aw, man. So sad.

“I’m just saying that I love you more than I love being a star.” Oh Kurt. You little angel.

Ok. There are no words for how I felt when I found out Glee was doing Proud Mary. Here’s the thing: Me and my theatre friends always go to karaoke and take turns singing this song. And then the rest of us kinda flash mob it and rush the stage once the tempo picks up in synchronized back-up dancing. And it’s the highlight of our night and the best tradition when we can get everyone together to do it. Once people came up and asked if we were some group of performers that the bar hired to come do it. It’s soooo much fun. It has such a special place in my heart. I do it now for warm-ups with my high school kids when we need to unwind. And I always use this Glee version. Cause I loves Amber Riley and Kevin McHale and Jenna Ushkowitz on it. Things like this are what make me sad that Glee-ers are graduating more than missing the show itself or the writing; the memories made along the way. And the things like this that just make me smile.

Lol, one of my friends loved the duplicity of them singing this. Cause it was ‘rollin’ for Artie and ‘Mary’ for Kurt. He was gay, so I guess he was allowed to say things like that cause he owned it, lol.

This number is so effing awesome. And the costumes and hair are super cute.

I love the behind the scenes of this where Cory talks about when Amber fell out of her wheelchair and he just heard a crash followed  by incessant laughing. SOLOS: Artie (2), Rachel (1), Kurt (1), Mercedes (1), Tina (1)

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Kelly-Ann Doll Interview

Burlesque dancing has been around for a long time, and is still going strong in Melbourne. One of the most popular dancers in Melbourne is my good friend Kelly Ann Doll, the pocket rocket who combines humour with very sensual dancing. Kelly recently performed at the Burlesque Festival in Melbourne, and is currently doing lessons to help other performers become the best they can be. I caught up with her just before the Festival to chat about that, as well as what burlesque dancing means to her. GQ: How’s your day been so far? KD: It’s been beautiful – good lunch, good coffee, good company, always a plus, beautiful Melbourne rainy day, haha! GQ: True, haha! You’re pretty well known around Melbourne for your burlesque shows, as well as a bit of comedy, especially shows with Katie Underwood and Cath Jamison. At the moment, though, you’re doing some of your own shows, especially in the Burlesque Festival. What can you tell us about that? KD: It’s funny when I look back on how much my style has changed since I was dancing in competition days, from what my dreams were then, to what they are now. I left school early, began an apprenticeship in graphic design, a very well paying (safe) career, 9 years later giving it up to become a full time cabaret artist, when the passion for standing out became too much. I spent 5 years eating not much more than eggs on toast, but it was a minor sacrifice to what was waiting for me.  I was noticed by Sugartime who opened up a whole new creative playground for me, and they are always in my head as inspiration, they were and still will be the most challenging promoters, and I feed off challenges. In 2006, I was given an opportunity with Katie Underwood for the International Comedy Festival, and although the season didn't go very far, my impression on Melbourne got a whole lot more addictive.  It all happened very fast, it felt like I went from being a side show in Sydney, to a real performer ..  and I didn’t even realise it.. It became an addiction, and I finally knew what I wanted to be. It was hard to convince my family, but my friends never doubted it, I had pretty much no experience or knowledge in Burlesque, I just knew this is where my style belonged. My act wasn’t going to go to Broadway or the big screen, I’m not technically trained, and to add insult to injury, I am not a ballet physique, I’m tattooed, and definitely missed an etiquette gene. I felt that it shouldn't just be a body that gets attention in burlesque and being petite for a long time I've suffered with body confidence issues, but being able to overcome them on stage however small by performing routines that people are inspired by.  And remember, that makes it the best job in the world. I live and breathe my art, and I am also very protective of it.  My act is always unpredictable and freestyled, I always try and reflect on emotions using a memory that is close to me, or I think would be understanding to the audience as a whole.  I’m always training new styles and different genres of music.  It’s important to never let the audience know what’s coming from you, and always picture yourself in their eyes.  It keeps me motivated to make every show better than the last. GQ: Yeah. You mentioned before about “when I’m an audience member”, and I think that’s something a lot of entertainers are forgetting now. They put on a great show, but it’s what they want, not necessarily what the audience wants. KD: Yeah look, it’s a little tender topic at the moment, so I won’t dwell on it too much, but I think it’s important to have diversity, and I don’t think that a better act is necessarily a more talented one, however I think when you’re dealing with Burlesque and cabaret that you understand your market, venue, location, day of the week and crowd, they all need to be taken into consideration, and it is the reason why some nights are popular and some aren't.  Producers really needs to focus on their overall goal, if they’re in it for the art, then the shows should be filled with the right elements that will be up most and foremost to the paying audience if the audience sees effort, at least if they didn't understand certain parts of the show, the appreciation for the artists still remain. Unfortunately, there are only a handful of people who have the artists best interests at heart. And there are some awesome people who are doing their bit to make Burlesque a strong foundation in Australia, like Burlesque Bar, 24 Moons and Red Bennies. We need to, as founding artists, take care of our new artists, and be in the development of certain shows and not rush these decisions, there definitely needs to be some quality control and artistic direction sometimes and spend a little more money on the making the atmosphere right, without the love.. it’s all over GQ: The unexpected shows are the best, cos you’re going to remember them … KD: I love it when the audience has no clue what’s coming.  I think from memory, only one promoter in 10 years as a professional has ever wanted to see my acts before the night of a performance.  It’s great to have the creative freedom and my clients and promoters trust me that my mind is on my job, and I have never let anyone down, like I said, it’s an addiction and failure to impress is never an option :) GQ: You’re also doing tuition at the moment though, to help people do that. KD: I’m helping people develop their style with me, because it’s very experimental, I’ve never been able to bottle what I do. Even when I was younger, when I was doing rock’n’roll, it was my own style.  Through extensive musicality training with a mentor back then, I was able to understand different elements in the beat, giving me a 3rd ear if you will for rhythm.  Freestyling, and fast footwork became my signature, and with aerial & partner experience, it is great to be able to offer an extensive range of options for my students.  My goal is usually whatever their goal is, from stage to the loungeroom, no one’s dreams are too small.  And it’s nice to be able to help performers understand the element of stage to soul contact, which I think is as important for any performer no matter what their skill.  We work to a program specifically worked out for them.  We will have a trial run at this year’s Australian Burlesque Festival coming up so I will let you know how it goes, and I will be posting some invitations for private tuition on all the social pages soon, but I’ll definitely know more after the festival, so keep an eye out! GQ: I still remember, of all the shows I’ve seen you do, as much as I love Katie (Underwood), Cath (Jamison) and Erin (Walsh), when I saw Dolls, Doves & A Diva, you were the most memorable part of it, just for the quirkiness of your act, and acting like a drunk, giggly schoolgirl, it was hilarious! KD: Well, all of that was unrehearsed, and the others were all freaking out cos I can barely make rehearsals because of work commitments and everything, and I’m just saying “trust me, trust me”, and Katie’s like “I trust you...” but it was a great team, we were all divas, but it was awesome to have a bunch of wonderful and talented ladies giving me, a relatively unknown short ass, a chance, and I am so happy they did.  My Dad said to me “you play the stupid idiot really well”, surprisingly, and he loved it, and thought it was great. So, to have that support made me realise I could do this and possibly, go all the way. GQ: I remember, leaving the show, thinking “Was she actually drunk, or just playing it?” cos you did it so well! KD: No I wasn’t!  I was cut off from the bar!!!  And I hadn’t even had a drink yet! Hahaha, that was so much fun that show, and so much has happened since then, and it’s not even close to being over yet.  So hopefully in the next 5 years I can retire and my beautiful husband can take care of me, haha!  He can’t wait to have me settled and pregnant in a moomoo for the rest of my days ..  but not just yet :P GQ: That’s for sure.   We’re just about out of time, Kelly, but, to finish off, do you have any messages for our readers? KD: I guess, get out there. It’s cold, it’s winter, but the art world never sleeps. We get out there and perform every day of the year, and it’s nice to have someone to perform to, so much amazing talent out there.. including me!  And if I can handle this weather so can you!  See you round tassletown!

#Kelly-Ann Doll #Burlesque #GenQ

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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Making Money in Your Underwear

That’s the dream, right?

No dragging your butt out of bed at an ungodly hour, sitting in traffic, being stuck inside an office all day, and slaving away your life for a measly paycheck.

Instead, wake up whenever you feel like it, saunter over to the laptop in your skivvies, and sip a cup of java while you “work.” Take a vacation whenever you want, spend time with your loved ones, and travel the freakin’ world.

Hell, yeah…

Too bad it’s just a fairytale, though. We’ve all seen the scammy ads about making $80 an hour filling out surveys, starting your own online store in a “virtual mall,” making megabucks from reselling old crap on eBay or Amazon. There are a gazillion different variations, all of them promising you easy money, all of them stoking your hope of a better life, all of them a little too ridiculous for you to believe in, even though you really, REALLY want to believe.

But you’re not a fool. You know they’re not telling you the truth. It can’t be as easy as they make it sound.

And you’re right. I’ve made my living on the Internet for eight years now, and while it’s certainly nice, there’s also a lot nobody is telling you. Not because it’s a secret, but because most people don’t actually want the truth. They want to believe it’s easy, fun, straightforward.

If anything though, it’s the opposite, and that brings us to the first lesson:

Lesson #1: You can’t do this in your “spare time.”

Regardless of whether you’re starting a blog, building an online course, or creating your own virtual storefront, you probably don’t think of it as a “business.” It’s a project, a hobby, a “side hustle.” No offices, no employees, no budgets or business plans – it’s just you tinkering around in your spare time.

Right?

Well… not if you want to succeed.

In my experience, people who make a nice living online view it as a business from day one. That doesn’t necessarily mean they get an office or hire employees, but they approach it with the same mindset any sane person would have when starting any other type of business.

For instance, let’s say you’re starting a dry-cleaning business. You’d probably go to work for another dry cleaner first, learn the craft, figure out how you would do things differently, save your money, and then launch your own competing dry-cleaning business with a solid understanding of the market and what it takes to succeed.

In other words, you would put serious thought and effort into it, start preparing months or even years in advance and work your ass off for several years to make the business take off. That’s a normal mindset for anyone starting a new venture.

For some reason though, people’s mindset is entirely different when thinking about making money on the Internet. They are looking for quick and easy, not hard and long. They want a way to game the system, not a way to win the game. They try to minimize their investment of time and money, not maximize their ROI.

And I’ll be straight with you:

That’s dumb.

Making money on the Internet is just as difficult as making money in any other type of business. The capital requirements aren’t as high as opening a brick-and-mortar store like a dry-cleaning business or a restaurant, meaning it’s easier to get started, but you’re also facing global competition. You’ll need to be better, smarter, and faster than entrepreneurs only competing in their local markets.

The only appropriate mindset is to accept that you are investing years of your life and every penny of your savings into a venture that might ultimately fail. If it does succeed, it’s also not going to be because of your creative genius or some magical technology that makes money pop out of your computer. It’s going to be because of hard work, sound thinking, and skill.

Especially skill. Let’s talk about that next…

Lesson #2: Being smart isn’t enough.

We’ve all heard the story of the stereotypical Internet entrepreneur. Some smart kid sees an opportunity nobody else does, works night and day to create a groundbreaking product, and then goes on to become filthy stinking rich. In other words, the equation is something like this:

Smart + opportunity + hard work = success.

And that’s a beautiful story. Like many stories, it’s also mostly true, but it’s missing some important details.

To make money online, you do need to be smart, you need to find an opportunity, and you need to work hard. All those variables are totally accurate. What no one tells you is that there’s one additional variable that’s just as important as all the others combined:

Skill. If we were to modify our equation, it would look like this:

(Smart + opportunity + hard work) X Skill = Success.

  And here’s the part that’s really hard to wrap your mind around:

The specific skill you need changes depending on the opportunity. If you want to start a freelance graphic design business, you’d better be a pretty freaking good graphic designer. If you want to start the next Facebook, on the other hand, you’d better be a pretty freaking amazing programmer. To be more precise, you need whatever skills are necessary to capitalize on the opportunity better than all the other smart, hard-working people pursuing the same opportunity.

In other words, you need to be elite. I’m not sure what the precise measurement of “eliteness” is, but if I had to put a number on it, I would say you need to be in the top one percent of all people worldwide with your skill. That might sound scary, but it’s actually not a very high bar because the vast majority of people doing anything suck. If you have at least a little natural talent for the skill, you can probably become a member of the top one percent with a few years of diligent work and study. Here’s how…

Lesson #3: Education is everything (and nothing).

The whole mythos around Internet entrepreneurs is they spurn education. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates dropped out of school. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel pays entrepreneurs $100,000 NOT to go to college. That’s as “anti-education” as it gets.

Or is it?

If you look a little deeper, you’ll find that most entrepreneurs are devout believers in education, but they also believe that certain systems of education, such as universities, are fundamentally flawed. They espouse a more experimental model of learning where the student states their assumptions, poses a hypothesis, and then proceeds to test that hypothesis, not only to learn but also to hone their skills in the real world.

In other words, entrepreneurs learn how to teach themselves. Not just by reading books, not just by listening to teachers, but by observing the world around them, thinking about what they see, and then coming up with their own interpretations. They don’t depend on anyone to “break it down” for them. They figure it out for themselves.

And it’s not just a learning style. In many cases, there’s no alternative.

With making money on the Internet, for example, there isn’t a degree program or book that’ll teach you everything. It doesn’t exist, and it never will, because the Internet is evolving too quickly. By the time someone created the book or degree program, most of it would be out of date.

There’s one exception: skills. Many of the skills necessary to build an online business either don’t change much, or they are easily transferable. For example, if you learn one programming language, it’s relatively easy to pick up another. Negotiation, business writing, and marketing are skill sets that haven’t changed much in decades or even centuries.

And it’s useful to have a teacher. If you’re learning how to write an advertisement, for example, you can learn a lot faster if you have a master copywriter critique your ads.

In my experience, this is where books, online courses, and other forms of traditional education shine: the acquisition of evergreen skills. You can then apply those skills in the real world to continue learning. For instance, the following skills are always in demand and have long-term value:

Copywriting

Graphic design

Programming

Content creation

Content promotion

Marketing automation

Public speaking

Ad management

Social media management

Project management

Freelancers with elite skills in one or more of those areas often make six figures per year, working completely online. They get to choose their hours, travel when they feel like it, and, and live a pretty awesome lifestyle.

Granted, it’s not total freedom, because they do have to work, but they also have a lot of control over how they work, and in my experience, that’s what really matters. Here’s what I mean…

Lesson #4 You don’t actually want freedom.

Let me guess…

You love the idea of building a passive income that flows into your bank account like clockwork every month?

Maybe it’s the idea of working in your underwear, choosing your own hours, traveling the world, or whatever. The idea is passive income = freedom.

And here’s the good news:

It’s true. Over the last eight years, I’ve built a passive income “machine” that’s allowed me to travel and live a life most people only dream about.

But it took a long time. Contrary to popular belief, passive income isn’t just something you can create out of thin air. It takes time to build, and it’s a five-stage process:

Learn a valuable skill. We discussed this one in the last couple of lessons. I recommend picking one of the ten skills and taking online classes.

Practice until you are elite. Again, you are competing against everyone in the world, so it’s essential you’re in the top 1%. The bad news is, you’ll probably start in the bottom 10% and work your way up, usually by working as either an employee or freelancer.

Start your own business. Once you’ve built a collection of elite skills, you’ll probably run across an irresistible opportunity, and you’ll jump in with both feet. It’ll take you several years or maybe even decades to become a successful entrepreneur.

Replace yourself. Passive income is the result of turning what you do into a system that runs without you. Sometimes an employee replaces you, sometimes you can automate everything with software, and sometimes you simply teach what you’ve learned through an online course.

Fine tune the machine. The bad news about passive income is it’s almost never entirely passive. Yes, you can reduce your number of hours, but you’ll still want to spend a few hours each week fine-tuning the machine. This is where the idea of the “Four Hour Workweek” came from.

And let’s be clear:

You don’t receive any passive income until the final step. From start to finish, I don’t know anyone who has done it in less than five years, and it takes most people 10+.

I realize that’s way more work than you probably anticipated, but here’s the good news:

Chances are, you don’t really want total freedom. What you actually desire is flexibility, and that’s much easier to achieve.

What’s the difference?

Well, freedom means you can get up every morning and do whatever the hell you want. Play golf, go surfing, travel to Paris, or just stay in bed all day. You’re in total control of every aspect of your life.

Flexibility, on the other hand, only gives you partial control. You still have to work, but you decide when and where. For instance, maybe you take your family to Italy in the summer for six weeks, work every morning and evening on your laptop, and then gallivant around the rest of the day.

Still sounds pretty good, right? And the good news is, it takes far less time and effort to get there. Maybe 6-12 months.

Here’s how: take a few online courses on any of the skills I recommended, do a bit of free work for friends and family as a way of building your portfolio, and then apply for virtual jobs requiring that skill. You may not make a lot of money to start, but as your skill grows, so will your income, and you’ll eventually find it easy to replace your day job.

You can also accelerate the process by moving to a cheaper country, which brings us to:

Lesson #5: It sucks to be an American.

Probably going to get flamed for saying that, but it’s true, and not just for Americans. Living in Canada, England, Australia, or many European countries is just as tough, and the reason is simple:

It’s expensive.

Between our houses, cars, meals, gas, and all the other little expenses, it’s hard to survive in most cities for under $3000 per month. In some big cities like San Francisco, New York, or London, you can barely get by on $8-10k a month.

But take a look at this…

I rented a luxury condo on the beach in Mazatlan, Mexico for $1600 a month. A meal at a restaurant was about four dollars. I could get a reputable doctor who spoke English to do a house call for $20. Altogether, I spent about $3,000 a month, and I lived like a king.

And here’s the crazy part:

I was able to make that much working only 20 hours a week as a writer and editor. As my skills improved, eventually my income crossed $10,000 per month – more than three times my living expenses.

There were also tax advantages. I won’t go into the details here, but Google “earned income tax credit.” It’s complicated, but you can actually save a lot of money on your taxes by leaving the US.

Altogether, it’s far easier to make a living online when you’re living in another country, and the lifestyle is better too. The biggest reason I came back to the US is that I eventually started my own company, and banks get a little nervous when you’re processing more than $1 million per year in credit card transactions from your laptop on a beach in Mexico. No idea why… haha. It was also nice coming home after living abroad for years.

The bottom line?

Not only does the Internet give you opportunities for increasing your income, but it also gives you ways to reduce your expenses substantially. It’s by no means a requirement to move to another country, but it certainly makes making a living easier, and when you’re getting started, you can use all the advantages you can get.

Here’s How to Get Started Making Money Online

So, we’ve covered a lot of ground here.

Mindsets, skills, passive income, having the flexibility you want to live the way you want. Hopefully, it’s all starting to make more sense.

But chances are, you’re wondering what to do first.

Should you create an online course? Start a blog? Find a freelance gig where you can learn and grow?

There are a lot of options, and the truth is, all of them are viable. Nobody follows exactly the same path.

But here’s what I recommend:

Figure out what skills come naturally to you. Chances are one or two of the ten skills I listed are easier for you than for most other people.

Buy a few online courses on those topics. In the future, I’ll publish some recommended courses, but until then, just use Google.

Start applying for freelance gigs. You might get rejected a lot at first, but eventually, somebody will say yes, and you’ll make your first dollar off the Internet.

From there, you can scale up. Maybe you’ll start your own business with employees and offices, or maybe you’ll just become a highly paid freelancer. Neither path is right or wrong. It’s just two different lifestyles.

The bottom line?

Making money online isn’t a fairytale. You can do it. You just have to be smart about it and have realistic expectations.

Good luck!

About the Author: Jon Morrow is the CEO of Smart Blogger. Check out his new blog Unstoppable and read the launch post that went viral: 7 Life Lessons from a Guy Who Can’t Move Anything but His Face.

5 Things Nobody Tells You About Making Money in Your Underwear

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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Making Money in Your Underwear

That’s the dream, right?

No dragging your butt out of bed at an ungodly hour, sitting in traffic, being stuck inside an office all day, and slaving away your life for a measly paycheck.

Instead, wake up whenever you feel like it, saunter over to the laptop in your skivvies, and sip a cup of java while you “work.” Take a vacation whenever you want, spend time with your loved ones, and travel the freakin’ world.

Hell, yeah…

Too bad it’s just a fairytale, though. We’ve all seen the scammy ads about making $80 an hour filling out surveys, starting your own online store in a “virtual mall,” making megabucks from reselling old crap on eBay or Amazon. There are a gazillion different variations, all of them promising you easy money, all of them stoking your hope of a better life, all of them a little too ridiculous for you to believe in, even though you really, REALLY want to believe.

But you’re not a fool. You know they’re not telling you the truth. It can’t be as easy as they make it sound.

And you’re right. I’ve made my living on the Internet for eight years now, and while it’s certainly nice, there’s also a lot nobody is telling you. Not because it’s a secret, but because most people don’t actually want the truth. They want to believe it’s easy, fun, straightforward.

If anything though, it’s the opposite, and that brings us to the first lesson:

Lesson #1: You can’t do this in your “spare time.”

Regardless of whether you’re starting a blog, building an online course, or creating your own virtual storefront, you probably don’t think of it as a “business.” It’s a project, a hobby, a “side hustle.” No offices, no employees, no budgets or business plans – it’s just you tinkering around in your spare time.

Right?

Well… not if you want to succeed.

In my experience, people who make a nice living online view it as a business from day one. That doesn’t necessarily mean they get an office or hire employees, but they approach it with the same mindset any sane person would have when starting any other type of business.

For instance, let’s say you’re starting a dry-cleaning business. You’d probably go to work for another dry cleaner first, learn the craft, figure out how you would do things differently, save your money, and then launch your own competing dry-cleaning business with a solid understanding of the market and what it takes to succeed.

In other words, you would put serious thought and effort into it, start preparing months or even years in advance and work your ass off for several years to make the business take off. That’s a normal mindset for anyone starting a new venture.

For some reason though, people’s mindset is entirely different when thinking about making money on the Internet. They are looking for quick and easy, not hard and long. They want a way to game the system, not a way to win the game. They try to minimize their investment of time and money, not maximize their ROI.

And I’ll be straight with you:

That’s dumb.

Making money on the Internet is just as difficult as making money in any other type of business. The capital requirements aren’t as high as opening a brick-and-mortar store like a dry-cleaning business or a restaurant, meaning it’s easier to get started, but you’re also facing global competition. You’ll need to be better, smarter, and faster than entrepreneurs only competing in their local markets.

The only appropriate mindset is to accept that you are investing years of your life and every penny of your savings into a venture that might ultimately fail. If it does succeed, it’s also not going to be because of your creative genius or some magical technology that makes money pop out of your computer. It’s going to be because of hard work, sound thinking, and skill.

Especially skill. Let’s talk about that next…

Lesson #2: Being smart isn’t enough.

We’ve all heard the story of the stereotypical Internet entrepreneur. Some smart kid sees an opportunity nobody else does, works night and day to create a groundbreaking product, and then goes on to become filthy stinking rich. In other words, the equation is something like this:

Smart + opportunity + hard work = success.

And that’s a beautiful story. Like many stories, it’s also mostly true, but it’s missing some important details.

To make money online, you do need to be smart, you need to find an opportunity, and you need to work hard. All those variables are totally accurate. What no one tells you is that there’s one additional variable that’s just as important as all the others combined:

Skill. If we were to modify our equation, it would look like this:

(Smart + opportunity + hard work) X Skill = Success.

  And here’s the part that’s really hard to wrap your mind around:

The specific skill you need changes depending on the opportunity. If you want to start a freelance graphic design business, you’d better be a pretty freaking good graphic designer. If you want to start the next Facebook, on the other hand, you’d better be a pretty freaking amazing programmer. To be more precise, you need whatever skills are necessary to capitalize on the opportunity better than all the other smart, hard-working people pursuing the same opportunity.

In other words, you need to be elite. I’m not sure what the precise measurement of “eliteness” is, but if I had to put a number on it, I would say you need to be in the top one percent of all people worldwide with your skill. That might sound scary, but it’s actually not a very high bar because the vast majority of people doing anything suck. If you have at least a little natural talent for the skill, you can probably become a member of the top one percent with a few years of diligent work and study. Here’s how…

Lesson #3: Education is everything (and nothing).

The whole mythos around Internet entrepreneurs is they spurn education. Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates dropped out of school. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel pays entrepreneurs $100,000 NOT to go to college. That’s as “anti-education” as it gets.

Or is it?

If you look a little deeper, you’ll find that most entrepreneurs are devout believers in education, but they also believe that certain systems of education, such as universities, are fundamentally flawed. They espouse a more experimental model of learning where the student states their assumptions, poses a hypothesis, and then proceeds to test that hypothesis, not only to learn but also to hone their skills in the real world.

In other words, entrepreneurs learn how to teach themselves. Not just by reading books, not just by listening to teachers, but by observing the world around them, thinking about what they see, and then coming up with their own interpretations. They don’t depend on anyone to “break it down” for them. They figure it out for themselves.

And it’s not just a learning style. In many cases, there’s no alternative.

With making money on the Internet, for example, there isn’t a degree program or book that’ll teach you everything. It doesn’t exist, and it never will, because the Internet is evolving too quickly. By the time someone created the book or degree program, most of it would be out of date.

There’s one exception: skills. Many of the skills necessary to build an online business either don’t change much, or they are easily transferable. For example, if you learn one programming language, it’s relatively easy to pick up another. Negotiation, business writing, and marketing are skill sets that haven’t changed much in decades or even centuries.

And it’s useful to have a teacher. If you’re learning how to write an advertisement, for example, you can learn a lot faster if you have a master copywriter critique your ads.

In my experience, this is where books, online courses, and other forms of traditional education shine: the acquisition of evergreen skills. You can then apply those skills in the real world to continue learning. For instance, the following skills are always in demand and have long-term value:

Copywriting

Graphic design

Programming

Content creation

Content promotion

Marketing automation

Public speaking

Ad management

Social media management

Project management

Freelancers with elite skills in one or more of those areas often make six figures per year, working completely online. They get to choose their hours, travel when they feel like it, and, and live a pretty awesome lifestyle.

Granted, it’s not total freedom, because they do have to work, but they also have a lot of control over how they work, and in my experience, that’s what really matters. Here’s what I mean…

Lesson #4 You don’t actually want freedom.

Let me guess…

You love the idea of building a passive income that flows into your bank account like clockwork every month?

Maybe it’s the idea of working in your underwear, choosing your own hours, traveling the world, or whatever. The idea is passive income = freedom.

And here’s the good news:

It’s true. Over the last eight years, I’ve built a passive income “machine” that’s allowed me to travel and live a life most people only dream about.

But it took a long time. Contrary to popular belief, passive income isn’t just something you can create out of thin air. It takes time to build, and it’s a five-stage process:

Learn a valuable skill. We discussed this one in the last couple of lessons. I recommend picking one of the ten skills and taking online classes.

Practice until you are elite. Again, you are competing against everyone in the world, so it’s essential you’re in the top 1%. The bad news is, you’ll probably start in the bottom 10% and work your way up, usually by working as either an employee or freelancer.

Start your own business. Once you’ve built a collection of elite skills, you’ll probably run across an irresistible opportunity, and you’ll jump in with both feet. It’ll take you several years or maybe even decades to become a successful entrepreneur.

Replace yourself. Passive income is the result of turning what you do into a system that runs without you. Sometimes an employee replaces you, sometimes you can automate everything with software, and sometimes you simply teach what you’ve learned through an online course.

Fine tune the machine. The bad news about passive income is it’s almost never entirely passive. Yes, you can reduce your number of hours, but you’ll still want to spend a few hours each week fine-tuning the machine. This is where the idea of the “Four Hour Workweek” came from.

And let’s be clear:

You don’t receive any passive income until the final step. From start to finish, I don’t know anyone who has done it in less than five years, and it takes most people 10+.

I realize that’s way more work than you probably anticipated, but here’s the good news:

Chances are, you don’t really want total freedom. What you actually desire is flexibility, and that’s much easier to achieve.

What’s the difference?

Well, freedom means you can get up every morning and do whatever the hell you want. Play golf, go surfing, travel to Paris, or just stay in bed all day. You’re in total control of every aspect of your life.

Flexibility, on the other hand, only gives you partial control. You still have to work, but you decide when and where. For instance, maybe you take your family to Italy in the summer for six weeks, work every morning and evening on your laptop, and then gallivant around the rest of the day.

Still sounds pretty good, right? And the good news is, it takes far less time and effort to get there. Maybe 6-12 months.

Here’s how: take a few online courses on any of the skills I recommended, do a bit of free work for friends and family as a way of building your portfolio, and then apply for virtual jobs requiring that skill. You may not make a lot of money to start, but as your skill grows, so will your income, and you’ll eventually find it easy to replace your day job.

You can also accelerate the process by moving to a cheaper country, which brings us to:

Lesson #5: It sucks to be an American.

Probably going to get flamed for saying that, but it’s true, and not just for Americans. Living in Canada, England, Australia, or many European countries is just as tough, and the reason is simple:

It’s expensive.

Between our houses, cars, meals, gas, and all the other little expenses, it’s hard to survive in most cities for under $3000 per month. In some big cities like San Francisco, New York, or London, you can barely get by on $8-10k a month.

But take a look at this…

I rented a luxury condo on the beach in Mazatlan, Mexico for $1600 a month. A meal at a restaurant was about four dollars. I could get a reputable doctor who spoke English to do a house call for $20. Altogether, I spent about $3,000 a month, and I lived like a king.

And here’s the crazy part:

I was able to make that much working only 20 hours a week as a writer and editor. As my skills improved, eventually my income crossed $10,000 per month – more than three times my living expenses.

There were also tax advantages. I won’t go into the details here, but Google “earned income tax credit.” It’s complicated, but you can actually save a lot of money on your taxes by leaving the US.

Altogether, it’s far easier to make a living online when you’re living in another country, and the lifestyle is better too. The biggest reason I came back to the US is that I eventually started my own company, and banks get a little nervous when you’re processing more than $1 million per year in credit card transactions from your laptop on a beach in Mexico. No idea why… haha. It was also nice coming home after living abroad for years.

The bottom line?

Not only does the Internet give you opportunities for increasing your income, but it also gives you ways to reduce your expenses substantially. It’s by no means a requirement to move to another country, but it certainly makes making a living easier, and when you’re getting started, you can use all the advantages you can get.

Here’s How to Get Started Making Money Online

So, we’ve covered a lot of ground here.

Mindsets, skills, passive income, having the flexibility you want to live the way you want. Hopefully, it’s all starting to make more sense.

But chances are, you’re wondering what to do first.

Should you create an online course? Start a blog? Find a freelance gig where you can learn and grow?

There are a lot of options, and the truth is, all of them are viable. Nobody follows exactly the same path.

But here’s what I recommend:

Figure out what skills come naturally to you. Chances are one or two of the ten skills I listed are easier for you than for most other people.

Buy a few online courses on those topics. In the future, I’ll publish some recommended courses, but until then, just use Google.

Start applying for freelance gigs. You might get rejected a lot at first, but eventually, somebody will say yes, and you’ll make your first dollar off the Internet.

From there, you can scale up. Maybe you’ll start your own business with employees and offices, or maybe you’ll just become a highly paid freelancer. Neither path is right or wrong. It’s just two different lifestyles.

The bottom line?

Making money online isn’t a fairytale. You can do it. You just have to be smart about it and have realistic expectations.

Good luck!

About the Author: Jon Morrow is the CEO of Smart Blogger. Check out his new blog Unstoppable and read the launch post that went viral: 7 Life Lessons from a Guy Who Can’t Move Anything but His Face.

from Internet Marketing Tips https://smartblogger.com/make-money-online/

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Star vs the Forces of Evil Episodes in One Sentence

Star Comes to Earth: Princess Cinnamon Roll that Could Kill you comes to earth and meets Misunderstood safe kid.

Party With a Pony: Spoopy Wardens hunt for the glitter pony while Star gets ice for Marco’s sweaty back.

Matchmaker: In which we learn it was probably a bad idea to give Star the wand in the first place.

School Spirit: Star misunderstands football and Marco tries to get Ferguson to blow his whistle not in that way.

Monster Arm: “Not my bowels! I love my bowels!”

The Other Exchange Student: Star is jealous of the meatball man from Bakersfieldville.

Cheer Up Star: “It’s supposed to be ironic!”

Quest Buy: Very accurate depiction of what it is like to work in retail.

Diaz Family Vacation: Both Marco and Star see new sides of their dads but that’s not necessarily a good thing

Brittney’s Party: Star and Marco party with someone who hates them while Ludo hijacks a bus

Mewberty: Star gets horny and snares boys in her web but not in that way

Pixtopia: Marco messed up and Alfonso marries Ferguson’s rebound

Lobster Claws: “… You can’t eat children.” “Really? Not even the annoying ones?”

Sleep Spell: “Camera Phooone!”

Blood Moon Ball: We’re suppose to ship them now, right?

Fortune Cookies: Love is never the answer kids

Freeze Day: Father Time offers Star and Marco some mud before riding away on his wheel-mobile pulled by giant time-hamsters I am not making this up.

Royal Pain: King Santa Claus destroy mini-golf

St. Olga’s Reform School for Wayward Princesses: Princess Prison sure is a nightma–OH MY GOD ARE THOSE CLUBS?!

Mewnipendence Day: No wonder monsters hate Mewmans so much.

The Banagic Wand: Star still doesn’t get Earth and like all of us, Marco is always hungry.

Interdemensional Field Trip: Miss Skullnick fears the “Big Change” while Marco sends Jackie cat memes

Marco Grows a Beard: Ludo is out, Toffee is in, and Marco will probbaly be terrified of beards forever

Storm the Castle: “SURPRISE!”

My New Wand!: DIP DOOOWN

Ludo in the Wild: Wait, since when did Ludo become badass?

Mr. Candle Cares: “Star and I have recently become smooch buddies… On the lips.”

Red Belt: Marco searches for a meaning in life and Star searches for hammer.

Star on Wheels: *epic remix of Marco saying Star is in trouble*

Fetch: Marco can’t open juice and Star runs away from her problems and sending thank you cards

Star vs. Echo Creek: Star gets high and destroys a police car

Wand to Wand: Both Ludo and Star are terrible at magic also major ship tease

Starstruck: Star and her idol Sailor Super Saiyan destroy a park and Marco is 100002% done with this shit

Camping Trip: King Butterfly has a mid-life crisis and tries to control an eagle

Starsitting: They’re gonna be great parents some day.

On the Job: Buff Dad is best dad and buff babies are adorable

Goblin Dogs: “You might think this line is long, but listen to my goblin song!~”

By the Book: Ludo and Star still suck at magic and Glossaryck is a bigger troll than Alex Hirsch

Game of Flags: Queen has no patience and legs.

Girls’ Day Out: Janna is back and is still awesome btw

Sleepover: “TRUTH! STAR HAS A CRUSH ON MA–” *cube gets crushed*

Gift of the Card: R.I.P.  Rasticore Chaosus Disastorvayne… He couldn’ get his fucking chainsaw to work

Friendenemies: Star becomes one with Christmas tree while Tom and Marco go on a date and sing a romantic pop ballad.

Is Mystery: Meatfork is apparently a family name and Ludo is really starting to freak me out tbh

Hungry Larry: “He’s still hungry…”

Spider with a Top Hat: He tries and he is awesome and that’s all that matters

Into the Wand: SPAAAAADESS!!!

Pizza Thing: Marco is OCD about mushroom and Pony Head buys skinny jeans

Page Turner: Glossaryck is awesome and how did Moon miss Lizard-Loki in the orb?!

Naysaya: Tomco friendship confirmed and Marco finally asks out Jackie while Star the supportive noodle armed friend cheers on

Bon Bon the Birthday Clown: Starco fans cry, Jarco fans rejoice, and Ludo now has the book god dammit Nefcy

Raid the Cave: Glossaryck is the true neutral asshole.

Trickstar: Weird Al is a treasure and I’ll mes up anyone who makes Marco cry!

Baby: *glances around nervously* So… Star is similar to Eclipsa, huh? *Nervous laughter* Great…

Running With Scissors: Marco gets a new edition to his shipping harem and she is so cute!!!!!!

Mathmagic: Don’t worry Star, I can’t math either.

The Bounce Lounge: Marco is definitely the mom friend.

Crystal Clear: The Chancellor guy is amazing and Rhombulus just needs a hug and wAS THAT ECLIPSA IN THE BACKGROUND?

The Hard Way: “SURPRISE!” 2.0

Heinous: Oh, so that’s how Marco got all that money.

All Belts Are Off: “Jermey is the biggest dick.... around!~”

Collateral Damage: Marco how do you not know what a possum is?

Just Friends: I’m fine! *blows up sign to prove just how fine I am*

Face the Music: Moon=Badass, Star=Why?, River=Loving Husband, Marco=Shocked, and we got to meet Ludo’s family so pretty cool episode overall.

Star Crushed: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH–remember when we though Bon Bon the Birthday Clown was the end of the world?–AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

BONUS ROUND! BATTLE FOR MEWNI EDITION!!!!!

Return to Mewni: This is... just an exposition filler. Not much else to say....

Moon the Undaunted: B4! B4! B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4 B4!

Book Be Gone: “I hate that fucking book!” -Ludo, at some point probably.

Marco and the King: *Party music intensifies... and then slowly dies down*

Puddle Defender: They’re bonding and getting so big and I am so proud--Star you idiot don’t go alone!!!!!!

King Ludo: The mime stole the show.

Toffee: I can’t.... I just... how do you want me to react?! To much happened and I mean.... what do you want me to say? I’m still processing just.... What do I say? *slowlys ponders how I will survive until November*

#star vs the forces of evil #svtfoe #svtfoe2 #svtfoe3 #battle for mewni