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posallys · 2 months
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all right here is my word vomit live watch
IMMEDIATELY i am slapped in the face by toby stephens as poseidon i am FERAL
THE LUKE AND PERCY PARALLEL “LOOK, YOU DIDN’T WANT TO BE A HALFBLOOD” OH MY FUCKING GOD
THE MISSING LUKE AND PERCY TRAINING SCENES OH DEAR LORD THANK YOU THANK YOU
“When am i ever going to use this” percy i LOVE YOU
“So you can use them against your opponent” OH BOY
Finally some action i love a good sword fight
But where's annabeths necklace imma kill people
Ooh some god strength okay okay tasty
HELL YEAH POSEIDON POWERS FUCK HIS SHIT UPPPPPP 
“I WARNED YOU. IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL, YOU'LL FIND OUT WHO I AM” OH I LOVE THE ENERGY YESSSS FUCK YEAH
GO OFFF PERCY 
“AND YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST A KID”
Ares didn't curse him i hate it here
OH WHAT IS THAT VOICE
OH MY GOD THE CABIN SOMEBODY SEDATE ME
this can go one of two ways
“Violent seismic activity” MMM YUMMY
UH HULLO THIS IS NOT WHAT I EXPECTED ALECTO!???
I lied there was a secret 3rd way this could have gone and it happened 
OOP THERE’S THE NECKLACE
“Where's the glory in that” wow tell me you don't understand Percy's character without telling me you don't understand Percy's character 
“I don't have an appointment” THATS SO FUCKING ICONIC OF HIM
Wait i kind of fuck with this olympus i was picture all white and pristine but this FUCKS
“SHOULDN'T THEY BE JUST AS AFRAID OF US AS WE ARE OF THEM” OH MY FUCKING GOD. OH MY GOD. HOLY SHIT 
“you're learning fast” OH MY GODDDDDDDDD
“Things that are small and scary….” BROOOOOOOOOOOO
the show has rights for the luke and percy content and posally and percabeth and that's IT
LANCE REDDICK ❤️❤️❤️ greatest of all time rest in peace ❤️ (you'll always be Cedric daniels to me)
Ohhh king he does a bad ass zeus
Where's poseidon though DONT TAKE HIM FROM ME 😭😭😭
Lance ily
Lance reddick zeus you're perfect to ME
OHHHHH YES GOOD SHIT
percy jackson king of audacity 
AGHHHHHJJJDHH POSEIDON I LOVE YOU BRIAN BROMEN OH FUCK YES IM. SNKDKKWKWJFKMQ3LI4HRND IM VIBRATING NRJNW OHMYGID
IM THROWING UP OH MY GOD
“I SURRENDER” OH BROTHER DO I HAVE THOUGHTS THOUGHTS TOO MANY THOUGHTS FUCKKKKK
OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD IM GOING TO PUKE
TOBY STEPHENS LOVE OF MY LIFE
I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE UNWELL IN MY ENTIRE LIFE
SHUT UP NOBODY TOUCH ME
“OBEDIENCE DOESNT COME NATURALLY TO YOU DOES IT” ohhhhhhhh brother call me an ambulance 
“I must take some of the blame i suppose” so you CAN read the books you just chose not to for the other 7 episodes….
THE SEA DOES NOT LIKE TO BE RESTRAINED FUCK YEAHHHHHB BROTHER
HIM ONLY UNDERSTANDING THE WORD FATHER IM GOING TO KILL MYSELF IM SOBBING 
POSEIDON SMILE IM DYING 
I DIDN'T LEARN IT FROM CHIRON AND THEN POSEIDONS FACE OH FUCK IM PUKING SHAKING CRYING
IM SO SO SO UNWELL IM LITERALLY INCOHERENT 
“Ares is a moron, as you noticed” STOP I LOVE HIM THERES THAT ASSHAT POSEIDON ENERGY IM LOOKING FOR
“of course we dream, why do you ask” “DO YOU EVER DREAM ABOUT MOM” I AM DEAD I DIED I ASCENDED IM FLOATING LEVITATING FLYING OH DEAR LORD OH MY GOD IM SO SO SO ILL
TOBY STEPHENS THE MAN THAT YOU ARE POSEIDON THE MAN THAT YOU ARE OH MY GOD HIM GOLDING PERCYS HEA DIM VIMITING SHITING MYSELF KILLING DYING DEAD DJFICJJWOKDKDJN FUCK ME FUCK FICK
TOBY TOBY TOBY YOURE PERFECTVTHE PAIN THE FACIAL EXPTESSUINNS IM DYING DEAD
THE PEARL KILL KILL KJAJDJWKKDJJDJDUEJJ2NH3H
I AM HYPERVENTILATING 
Not to be greedy BUT WHERE IS THE QUEEN AMING WOMEN WHERE THE FUCK WAS IT YOU CANNOT GIVE ME ALL OF THAT AND THEN NOT GIVE ME THE MOST FUCKING ICONIC LINE OF ALL TIME WHAT THE ACTUAL ABSOLUTE FUCK I AM GOING THROUGH SO MANY EMOTIONS WHATBTHEFUCK
there's still 20 minutes left taylor breathe it can still happen 
PERCABETH HUG MY RELIGION
annabeth luke percy trio is SOOOOO interesting to me
I hate percy knowing :( ur a bit too perceptive buddy but it's okay 
“I DIDN'T THINK YOU'D GIVE THEM TO GROVER TO WEAR” SHOOT ME IT WOULD PROBABLY FEEL ABOUT THE SAME
THE GODS ARE MY ENEMY, YOU IM HERE TO RECRUIT OHHHHH BROTHER
OH HELLO BACKBITER LORE OKAY
LUKE I GET YOU I UNDERSTAND
I MET YOUR DAD *SLASH* OH THEY GOT HIM THEY GOT HIM GOOD
LUKE PERCY FIGHT MY EYES HAVE BEEN BLESSED IN THIS DAY
PERCY APOLOGIZING HONEY UR TOO SWEET
ANNABETH OH FUCK OH HELLO
So tell me what are the plans for ttc now lol
I HEARD EVERYTHING ANNABETH HONEY COME HERE I NEED TO HUG YOU
I must ask….where the FUCK was this energy the rest of the season this episode is literally so insane it almost makes up for the rest of everything
“How does she feel abt all of this” ooh yummy i like the foreshadowing 
“I imagine she's thrilled” WRONG thalia would stomp freddy chases head in if given the chance
LEAH UR BRAIDS ARE GORGEOUS
stop percy had HEART EYES 24/7 FOR HER IM GOING TO COMBUST
“JUST BE A KID” IM SOBBING
THE SEARCHERS LICENSE IM CRYING SOBBING UR PERFECT GROVER 
“I'LL FIND YOU” FORESHADDDDDDDOWWWINGGGGGGGG
“NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WE MEET BACK HERE NEXT YEAR”, OH I LOVE THEM IM CRYING SOBBING OH MY BABIES
MONTAUK IM GOING TO KILL MYSELF FUCK DUDE U CANT DO THIS 
i want poseidon to be there i know he wont be but i NEED it
Stop honey percy ilyyyyy you're such a sweetheart im kissing ur forehead and tucking u in
OH HELLO “IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP” WOOOOAHHHHHHHH OKAY
“WE'RE STILL DOING THIS” LMFAOOOOO
“TURNS OUT IM PRETTY GOOD AT THIS….COME FIND ME” CRAZY 
……MOTHERFUCKER if they dont show gabe dying im gonna riot
WHERE WAS THE REST OF MY POSALLY 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 YOU CAN'T GIVE ME SOME AND THEN TAKE AWAY THE LITTLE FROM THE BOOKS
WHERE IS SALLY MURDERING GABE HELLO
AHHH END SCENE LOL AH THE BOX
THE IMPLICATION THAT IT WAS ALL POSEIDON……..WHAT IF I DIE OH MY GOD
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erisluna35 · 6 months
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Rewriting the series has me pulling my hair out at just one more thing the writers did that might have been interesting had they followed through with it:
At the end of Ladybug Lila claims to the principal that she's a compulsive liar, (I'd argue she's a pathological liar but semantics) she fully acknowledges she has a known mental health/medical condition. But instead of doing anything remotely interesting with this setup; i.e. Marinette catching out Lila in various lies and Lila just going, "oops, sorry my condition was acting up again" and everyone just taking that as the explanation, thus rendering her credibility more and less solid. Like yes she can be caught out in lies but everyone takes it as, "oh she's sick, she can't help it" and "aren't you a jerk for getting mad at her for something she can't help" meaning that when she tells credible lies even if she's caught out the class doesn't trust that she'd be doing it out of malice
heck, even if the stupidity of the class was explained as them trying to make her feel better by lying about believing her stupid lies I'd be okay with it. I'd sooner a whole season of Marinette getting more and more frustrated with Lila being able to lie openly with no consequences paralleling all the lies she now has to tell to keep up her secret identity and how she's slowly losing trust in the one person she's supposed to trust implicitly because all her civilian friends won't distrust the clear snake in the grass than whatever it was season 4 gave us.
And a side note Zoe's non arc would have been more interesting if she'd been Lila's target instead of Chloe. Since they share hiding who they truly are in common it would have given Lila a deeper psychological foothold of "I'm the only one who truly understands you" and how much harder it would have been for the lesser blonde to break from that.
Funny how this is pretty much how I wrote the class towards Lila in my fic, "No Two Cats are the Same". Here's an excerpt:
Marinette had every right to tell Alya 'I told you so' when it came to Lila's tall tales. Though, it seemed legit that she does have a rare disease that makes her lose control of what she says. It's hard to judge how much of what she says are outright lies or simply embellished truths. Either way, she never tore anyone down with what she says, not like Chloe. Lila only ever propped herself up. If she wanted attention so badly, how bad would it be to just give it to her? The best thing about this class is how accommodating they are to people in need, never asking for anything in return.
- Chapter 11, Alya's thoughts on Lila
The thing about how Lila worded her rare condition is, it leaves plenty of room for interpretation. According to the English dub, she only said her disease makes her SOMETIMES lose control of what she says. "Lose control" can be interpreted as "lying" as easily as it can be interpreted as "no filter", making what happened with Marinette come off as more of a misunderstanding. It left room to allow people to still believe she's not always lying so in my fic, it's become a YMMV thing among the class whether she's lying or not. Like, excuse me for wanting them to be less stupid.
Anyway, this is just one of the many more interesting routes they could've taken besides making the class completely on board Lila's crap to the bitter end. It is especially damning towards Alya who doesn't even acknowledge all the proof against Lila laid at her feet (Lila "confessing" to have this vague sickness that makes her loose control of what she says, Marinette revealing to Alya that she is Ladybug). It would've been one thing if Alya were defensive of Lila if she believed she were just sick, but canon made her just not doubt a word Lila said. They all just buy Lila's lies, wholesale, even when they shouldn't by now. I hate how it was resolved in Confrontation, like, seriously? This is what it took? A bathroom peep hole???
And you're right about Zoe. That would require restructuring her entire debut episode to make sure Lila gets to her first rather than Marinette, and that does make it all the more difficult to defuse her situation than what happened in canon... but I'd rather Zoe didn't exist at all and just had her backstory combined with Chloe to further expand on her instead.
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hangmanbradshaw · 5 months
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inspiration sunday (oops thursday) :) :) :) (this took me forever oops but it's fun so I had to do it)
tagged by @satanssugar (<3 you)
I'll do two. For IWTBY, I'd been thinking about Set It Up, and I'd just gone to the Super Bowl and was missing football so started thinking about how to combine worlds in my head. My original idea was actually that Jake was the QB for the cowboys. He was supposed to be this big star but he got injured and was written off. So he goes through rehab and recovers but Dallas has replaced him. Nat is his agent, and she tries to convince him to come play for Philly. So he goes to meet with her there, and he’s like Nat I don’t know. She also happens to be Bradley’s agent. Bradley plays for the Phillies. She asks bradley to show him around, make him fall in love with Philly. Bradley does, but it’s also cuz he watched Jake play and admired him, and he’s like man you gotta come play for the eagles. This town needs you. So Jake decides to. They fall in love and were the like royal sports couple of Philly. I started thinking about what if a star QB like Brady came out in his prime and then I started thinking what if Bradley never lost his parents but maybe they parallel each other, one with a good family but lost his dream of baseball and the other with a bad family but has his dream of football, what could they teach each other, and it snowballed to IWTBY. (also Jake and Javy's QB/TE duo is based off Mahomes/Kelce)
The fic I just finished that I'm posting shortly....well that one was simply me sitting in AMC watching the Eras movie this weekend and during a song I was like "OH SHIT WHAT IF." And started thinking about scenarios that take in aspects of Taylor's songs, like how I used her music for chapter inspo for IWTBY, and my brain ran with it and well...you'll see :) (I may have gone home and written all 33k in a few days lmao)
No pressure tags xxxx @jaggedstartalk @itshoneywhatever @acetonitril
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fantomette22 · 7 months
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heyyyy! Tell us about your version of the cainhurst king. maybe even how things go between him and annalise! I hope you don't mind me asking
Anon are you kidding? I am super happy you asked, thank you!
It's true I tried to avoid talking about him to not spoil my fic project but I slip every time so screw it, let's go (Plus it's not like Annalise is going to become Queen and him King in the fic I am currently writing so better talk about them now because it's uncertain if I will manage to ever write about it 🙄)
Also, omg are you asking this because of my shitpost drawing? Oops XD this is really the dumbest thing…
Ok so I inspired myself a lot from the version my good friend created X and X. I really like it so I create a similar yet quite different version. (I mean they just look the same and have a few characteristics in common but that's it really)
So yeah, I think this guy right here is the king during Annalise's reign.
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I named him Charles. It was supposed to be a place holder name at first, when I was doing some story planning but I stick with it XD Typical old French name many kings had that's why I called him like this. + for the older design I used the dear cut content (because yes, we probably should have fight him instead of Logarius at first.
So for this ask I drew some designs! : (As a Byrgenwerth student and as king, younger and older)
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In my story I also have Annalise's father, the precedent king consort appearing. I draw him as well for the occasion.
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(ok he might look a bit older and tired compared to the chap5 of my fic so let's say it's a flash forwards of a few years later, a few months before he died of cancer. I'm sorry that sound really bad 😭 poor Richard…)
Ok so Charles, he's from a smaller noble family (the one from where the executioners gloves came from) they doesn't live at Cainhurst since a few years but he passed a few years from his childhood here. As such he's a childhood friend of Maria, Annalise and all the lil squad of Cainhurst OCs. Maria & him are closer in age (he's 1 year older than her and 2 years younger than Annalise) so they passed a lot of time together and were both really turbulent and unhinged children XD like you can see here. All the things TO NOT do, you can be sure they tried it out 🤣
Then well he went to live a bit far with his family and only went to Cainhurst to important event/ meetings/holidays etc…
Years later he become a student at Byrgenwerth and check notes began a cursus in history or smt? Antic history of the pthumerians civilization and afterwards or something like this. Maria joined Byrgenwerth one year later too! Some other events happened and it allow him to reconnect with Cainhurst a lot.
Ok so when I say he's a lil bastard it's affectionally and for real too <3 he's really similar yet different from Laurence for exemple idk how to explain. You know the popular type of guy who don't listen well in class and party a lot but still pass all his classes… (besides tell him to shut it in class Laurence can say much he was the same XD ok maybe Charles is more of a clown class and had more friends but still).
But even if he can stand the mean noble girls (&boys) contrary to Maria, he still passed times with her when he could and even hang out with the Byrgenwerth squad as well.
Also my friend think he might got a scare on the forehead (see painting) and I agree with this that's why he got one. How he got it you ask? Oh well… cough cough the infamous prom night! Not telling too much for now. Can't wait to write about it
So, in parallel concerning Cainhurst: It wasn't doing great and was loosing lots of influence sand after some tragic events happened "the knight cough & beast story cough cough" he speaks with the king, Annalise, lots of people besides Maria and began slowly to have a new objective in mind. + when Maria takes distance from Cainhurst so he actually grow closer to them at her place (well they were kinda missing a few royal guards so like they took what they could)
He could do a few things in battle but clearly didn't have the lvl of a royal guard or a strong warrior so he needed to learn and that wasn't always easy.
Flash forwards a few years later after he graduated but still hanged out at Byrgenwerth. Guess what the bastard did? ^^
Yeah, he's the scholar who stole the forbidden blood.
So yeah, THIS GUY! Damn. Well, it's actually kind of complicated because Byrgenwerth should have make a report to Cainhurst/ give it to them but they didn't so… Still Maria wanted to kick his ass XD (seriously he used her to know where it was and he leaved with everyone from Cainhurst except her. I mean he couldn't tell her but she almost got in big troubles) 
"No Maria you can't go to his face and insult him in front of everyone…"
"Why not?" "… ok so he might actually become our next king consort and I hate it." "WHAT?!" (she still scolds him XD)
Yeah, when they asked him what he wanted for his service besides being a full-time resident at Cainhurst bro said, "Your hand my Queen" "bud that's not gonna work-" "Ok sure" O_O
Turn out, he planned the whole thing (stealing the blood) with Annalise 🤣
Yeah they did grow closer this past few years and everyone is on Annalise back to get a consort so…. (Also of course he's a simp. Who isn't at Cainhurst lol. He's not jealous btw because he know he will always be simp n°1 XD). So yeah somehow that's a big ship I have and I NEED CONTENT 😭 (Fantomette do it yourself! there is literally only 2-3 people to want that! You don't understand I just wanna read fics made by someone else on them! I can't write that!!)
But well, many nobles aren't that impressed so they ask him to do other stuff before. Like going into the chalice dungeons and recover some stuff. Funniest shit ever when he argues with Vledemyr all the time, or even Logarius and Gehrman just want to take all their heads and bonk them together XD yeah funny times.
 Also most of all the statues at Cainhurst are because of him and he managed to bring back the crown of Illusions in the end! He almost died too but shhh (Annalise still scold him for it. The crown was lost in there since quite sometimes so Cainhurst only had one and it lost its power. + maybe a ring 🤔).
In the meantime, well Annalise absorb the forbidden blood and kinda become "immortal" (I headcanon that it prolongs the life a lot, you don't age normally etc and you heal if you get hurt. Explain how she can cut her arms and have no marks after a few minutes. The bigger the injuries the longer it takes to regenerate. Like if she were to "die" her body wouldn't get cold but stayed warms and she would wake up after a few hours/days or more etc what we used in the game really make it go faster).
Then he finally marries Annalise and become King!  And the Vilebloods are formed wow and they try to make Cainhurst great again etc. 
But yeah, it's not over. There is one small problem that happen a few years after… (besides the beast scourge of Yharnam and the church + Byrgenwerth being less or more ok with their practices). Annalise have a lot of difficulty to have a child (not that it's super urgent but it's still a problem).
You can be sure they both tried their best but it doesn't work. Either it's hard for her to get pregnant and when she does she have miscarriage after miscarriage. Most of the time it happened in the first couple of months but one time it happened almost at term or around 6-7 months perhaps? That was so bad that if Annalise wasn't "undead/immortal" she would have died. That was really a bad time for everyone. Even poor Maria was left a bit traumatized by the experience… (yes she came to help of course and that was before the hamlet I think) And Charles really was at the lowest in his life (not the only one too) he blamed himself because he thought that those problems could have been link with the forbidden blood (yes but not really).
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So, in the end they managed to find something about an old ritual the pthumerians used, to get "powerful and special children" the child of blood. And with the discovery of the blood dregs, they become to participate even more intensely to the hunt…. and because of this and other events they ended up becoming the enemy of the church…
When the executioners went to kill the Vilebloods, Charles fight till his last breath to protect his Queen, Annalise, his future not born yet child of blood and his subjects. He killed lots of the executioners but they were too many and Logarius was there and stronger than before…
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Ok that's it for the over whole story. Now, he's kind of egoist with lot of pride and "I am better than everyone" type of guy but he still have moment where he showed real concerned for people he cared about + he grow wiser with age. Still, he wouldn't have problem to kill/ execute someone who's accuse of crimes against Cainhurst. He would do that without a second thought. Unlike someone else cough cough. 
And yeah when Maria was a teenager and wasn't feeling well at all she passed a summer with him and his family and he did helped her feel better, likewise with some bad stuff that happened at Cainhurst during her Byrgenwerth years. He was there to support Annalise during harsh times and when she became Queen too. And was the emotional pillar and protector to her after he became her husband and king. Even if they encourage each other to grow worst and go on a really dark path… 
He tried to not show a too much "soft side" to anyone (except a few persons person like his dear Queen). He did crack emotionally a couple of time and even if he really tried to hide it, Annalise generally end up knowing and recomfort him. They are each other biggest support after all.
But hey he did become good friends with Vledemyr! (Anna & Maria cousin, royal guard etc) when at first it was really complicated XD And his relationship with lil Voron (bloody crow when he was a baby/child) is really cute too <3
Ok last thing I headcanon that Logarius sword his originally the Charles wield.
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So I think it's good for now. Hope that answers the question 😅
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redpool · 1 year
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NEW MOON
oops, i thought eclipse was before new moon
new moon is my favourite of the 5
mainly because i prefer the wolves
AHFGHGDHFHGCHG
CHARLIE!!!!!
ANGELA MY LOVE
jesus christ
lol
why do you say rabbit like that?
fucking hell
they're not even quiet about it.
the parallels to the R&J scene and the bit with the Volturi
lol, i thought vampires were supposed to be beautiful
DEMETRI!!!!!
lol
ew, shut up
ROSE MY LOVE
shut up Emmett
god
fucking idiot
i never thought these words would ever leave my mouth but PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH
when i cut my finger my first instinct is to press on the wound so more blood comes out because it fascinates me, yours should be to cover it because you are in a ROOM FULL OF VAMPIRES.
how does the hair changing work for this kind of vampire?
because Jasper and Alice seem to have a different haircut every movie
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THE CHIN TAP
FUCK
HOLY BALLS
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clearly not
jesus sorry, I'm ignoring what's happening and trying to remember how to spell, apparently i can't spell it so clearly will have to do.
shut up, look at her bro
gasp
seriously
YAY TIME FOR THE WOLVES
look at her you little coward
shut up
there's not a single thought behind those eyes.
oh lovely, lead her out to the middle of nowhere then adandon her
what the fuck
thats not creepy at all
SAM!!!!!
is a bit weird tbh
THERE'S A POSSIBILTY THERE'S A POSSIBILTY
MM, MM-MM, MM-MM, MM-MM, MM, MM-MM, MM-MM, MM-MM
what are these nightmares from? PTSD or from the codependency?
ANGELA MY LOVE
oh my fucking god
this is not going to help.
ffs
skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip
girl, just go to therapy, jesus christ
BELLA WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN LOCA
SHOW ME THE BOY
GIVE HIM TO ME
ew, age is not just a number, you fucking pedophile
EMBRY, MY LOVE
AHSHDFVHGSDFV
good one, shithead
Charlie be my dad (NOT IN A SEXUAL WAY)
his voice irritates my brain
stop talking like that
skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip skip
idiot
that's not enough blood for a head wound
ANGELA MY LOVE
stop
secondhand embarrassment
aren't you with Jessica?
jesus christ
Jacob is supposed to be 16, oh my god
lol
dont start with that toxic masculinty shit
you gotta stop bro
oh my god
'And you think I'm sort of... beautiful..' shut all the way up
STOP
pfft
i'm gonna hurl
ooo
hes losing it
Harry <3
jfc
stop looking
oop
'everyone' then proceeds to only name one person
oh my fucking god
how is that a 16 year old?
what, you expect flowers to last that long? do you not how the seasons work?
that's Sam right?
oh, they're all here, never mind
jesus christ Bella
wait she's 18 at this point right? and he's 16...
put a shirt on
liar
jesus, they're both bad for her.
he's got a fucking 8 pack
PAUL!!!!
oop
jesus christ
i fucking hate this so much
oh my god
jesus christ
EMBRY!!!!! god i love him
EMILY!!!!!!!!!!!! BE MY MOTHER
awe
grumpy x sunshine
AHAHJHDSFVJHS
what the hell
are you a fucking idiot?
oh shit
i hate that Harry died but i get Seth and Leah out of it so, i'm conflicted.
idiot
what kind of cpr was that
yeah, while you were attention seeking, Harry was dying.
eyeroll
fucking hell, that's not how this works, you stupid bitch
oh my fucking god
this treaty has been around long before you were even a thought.
*eyeroll so hard i do a backflip*
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why do i do this to myself?
just yell, you idiot
*eyeroll so hard my eyes get stuck*
DEMETRI!!!!
FELIX!!!!
JANE MY LOVE!!!!!!
I FUCKING LOVE HER SO FUCKING MUCH
has Demetri always sounded like that?
ALEC!!!!!!
oop
shut up, Jamie Campbell Bower
oh my god
Felix, did your hand get bigger?
creepy little pervert
i see why Michael is always cast as the creepy weirdo.
oh god, i just noticed the children
why are you acting like you literally didn't just try to kill yourself??
Jesus, with the number of times I've rolled my eyes I'm surprised they haven't gotten stuck.
I'm gonna barf
his arms are the size of my fucking head
awe
oh my fucking god
I'M GOING TO SLAM MY HEAD INTO THE FUCKING WALL UNTIL I FUCKING DIE
I HATE YOU
I HATE ALL THREE OF YOU
see what you did, you've fucked up both their lives.
you've been together for like 5 minutes
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starswallowingsea · 7 months
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oops 11pm typing up a review for What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
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I got this as my book of the month back in January and after reading the first chapter, kinda put it off because it felt too much like the Slenderman Stabbing case which is a bit too close to home. Picked it up again recently after my wifi went out again and I needed something to read and ended up enjoying it (although my gut feeling was kinda proven right at the end unfortunately). 4/5 stars, full review under the cut, spoilers ahead.
So first things first, this is supposed to be an adult thriller, but it very much reads like YA which doesn't bother me that much but it does for other people so just a heads up on that.
Now to the meat and potatoes. This book follows Naomi Shaw, a mid-30s woman from a middle of nowhere town in Washington state who survived a stabbing attempt when she was 11 while her two best friends watched on. It left her permanently scarred and brought the three of them closer together during the recovery process.
Our story begins when the person they accused of being the one who stabbed them and also of being a serial killer with at least 6 other victims dies in prison from cancer. Naomi gets a call and returns to her hometown for the first time in years and meets up with her two friends who survived the attack with her and one of them says she's tired of hiding their secret.
Oh yeah. When they were 11, they found a skeleton in the woods and began worshiping her as a goddess based on this bead bracelet on her wrist that read Persephone. They had 7 rituals to complete to show their dedication to the goddesses of varying degrees of severity, up to and including self mutilation. Typical 11yo things.
It's not too long after this that the friend who wants to tell their secret winds up dead in the same woods with a gunshot to the head, ruled a suicide despite no weapon being found at the scene and a lack of gun powder on her hands that would indicate self infliction of the wound.
At this point, Naomi suspects there's something going on and decides to look into it more with the help of this podcaster that's been snooping around about the case. There's a lot that begins to happen around this time in the book that gets everything going and makes it a much easier and quick read.
I will say that a lot of the ensemble cast, even the best friends of Naomi, weren't always super well defined but we do have an unreliable narrator in the first person so her biases color a lot of things with regards to the Mayor's family especially. The pieces come together pretty quickly too once you start unraveling the threads of the story and I personally wasn't really gotten by any of the twists all that much. They made logical sense when they were revealed regardless of if I had predicted them or not.
Is it the best thriller out there? No. Is it a good read for the end of summer? I think so. I've been in kind of a reading slump and needed a quick easy read like this to help pull me out and it was still pretty enjoyable. Though I'm still not sure how I feel about any potential parallels with real world cases (again, the slenderman stabbing seems awfully close to what happened here, just without the false accusation of another person as the attacker).
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Hopefully I'm first to the scene so I can ask the obvious option: KAFU!
you were not the first to ask but you WERE the first to send in kafu so congratulationsdfjsdfk
favorite song: oh lord that's a tough one i have a kafu playlist with over 2000 songs in it. what am i supposed to do here SDFJKFSD there's a lot of songs i like, but i have to say that mikito-p's song Who are is really high up there. i'm biased because i love mikito-p more than i love myself but it's just so good
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ships: i want you to take a wild guess (lighthearted joke) no but really the obvious answer is kaf/u. i should really go on a whole rant sometime about how i got into this ship and why but in general i've always been a mirror image shipping enjoyer (rinlen was like the only not-wlw ship i cared about as a kid lol etc) and i got into kaf as an interest intertwined with kafu, like i found out who kaf was by hearing one of kafu's demo songs and looking up her voice provider and being like "oh why are their names so similar and why do they look similar" so i just kinda... developed my interest in both alongside each other and as kamitsubaki kept putting out official art that was looking extremely gay and then COVERS (lord i need more real-person-duets-with-vsynth songs) i could not resist. there are so many things i love about this ship both within my fan interpretation of them and like. in the context of the "meta" of how kamitsubaki interacts with vsynth culture but this paragraph is already getting way too long.
stuff i don't Actively Ship but still enjoy is kafu/rime (kaf/rim parallels lmao) and kafu/miku. also kafu/rei but that's more of a crackship just because i really like adachi rei and i want my robot girls together. because kafu is a robot in my mind
favorite part of design: i love kafu's design a Lot but i am obsessed with her hair... diamond... things. in my AU that i'm really attached to they're mics/atmospheric temperature sensors but just in general i think they're cool and really stand out. kafu looks wrong/naked without them lmfao. and i like how they can be interpreted in different ways/used in art in different ways - both stuff like... the yellow triangle can be used as a symbol, but also whatever the fuck this is. whatever this gay shit is going on here!! official art btw!! the wires aren't even canon to her design kisumi rei just made that up and thank god they did
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random headcanon: (talking about my android AU here) even once the option is presented to her to upgrade her body and make herself appear more human, kafu chooses to stay in her prototype body because she's become attached to it over time and would feel wrong in anything else. (of course kaf loves her as she is)
i have a lot of kafu headcanons because i have a whole AU with more plot and world development than some of my own ocs oops
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It seems everyone is really giving up on Louis this time, I feel so sad 😢 Maybe I'm being to naive but I still thinking he's not chosing all of this mess that is happening with fitf. I mean, who would choose to sabotage his own career and the work you so proud of? It just doesn't make sense to me. Also I feel that if I believe he's in charge of everything about his promo now, how am I going to justify he was being sabotaged by Sony, since the exactly same failed tactics are being used, not even a single thing has changed? So was really him all along, Sony did nothing, he just doesn't want to be successful. Well, if even the solo part of his fandom is thinking this way now, game over, they are finally about to end his career for real now :/
Hey anon. I'm not giving up on him, so that's two of us. This feels like Groundhog Day tbh; Ive answered variations on this so often. But yes, its getting worse. And no, anon, I don’t think you’re being naive at all.
I've been sporadically observing in tags for a while that promo for Walls and FITF are almost identical, to the point it's been possible to predict what was coming next and indeed what was not coming next. The only real difference has been European promo and possibly fewer live performances. OOMS - a sound far likelier to grab hold and change the GP's preconceptions about Louis than BTM, was given the same treatment as KMM - the song on Walls most likely to change peoples minds about Louis. They were both released and then buried, possibly to prove that 'oh look! we released his best new music to give it a chance but sadly....' Actually, as an aside, the fact they released BTM as the lead single makes me think FITF is going to be filled with bangers, because, if this is continuing to follow the Walls template, with Walls, the label picked out one of the songs least likely to cut through and make the GP notice/think again about Louis (WMI) to get the only push to the GP that any single was going to be allowed, as opposed to releasing say, Always You or indeed KMM as lead. What an unfortunate misjudgement by the label. Oops.
Other parallels: like Walls and his earlier pop releases, Louis ritually alienates Larries (who're insanely easy to inflame and have limited and conditional loyalty to him anyway) to a bizarrely self-destructive degree just when he most needs them for support. The tour and the album coincided with the sudden reappearance of extravagant and uncharacteristic public engagement around Freddie as promo focus (the Larrie Last Straw) exactly as with JHO. Just as the launches of BTY and Walls came with weirdly heavy focus on Eleanor and (BTY) denunciations of Larry.
Again, there are almost no performances of BTY and none of OOMS; what's being promoted is strictly (again) Louis The Celebrity Whose Music is Incidental. But even then in the US his TV appearances are short and limited and he's not given the chance to show the GP who he really is, with games or skits etc. The UK blackout is worse. It's largely showy promo designed to make the least impact.
To look as if hes doing actual promo his 'team' have once again trailed him around tiny radio stations that then refuse to play his music, almost as if they don't have it or have been told not to bother Are we supposed to believe his team forgot how that went last time or that Louis loves the pointless waste of his time at a crucial juncture? And as a finale, once again the record shop signings.
He seems to be allowed to tour and produce quality music and merch without too much interference (strictly under the GP's radar) but he has to pay a price in return, not just in imploding his own support but in agreeing to go through this form of performative promo that seems to exist only to 'prove' officially he's getting a fair chance too, even though any idiot can see his team are working against getting his music to new audiences. His music could easily cut through but perhaps that's why its not allowed to be heard; he's not allowed to gain respect or recognition through album numbers or live performances or festivals that reach new audiences. Louis support for indie bands and their interest in him, while it can feel immensely frustrating and one way at times, is the one tiny cut-through thats been allowed.
My belief remains that the best explanation of what's happening yet again is that Louis is not free of trailing 1D contracts or Sony's control over what he can and cant do as a solo artist (like all of the 1D guys I suspect) and Sony continue to have a very definite agenda. BMGs involvement is a mystery given the way they talked up Louis as their next big hope then did nothing, but then, if FITF fails, who, apart from fans is going to point a finger at their absolute lack of support for it after they bigged up their commitment? Whatever their reasons, and who knows, they may even be benign, they have been absent from this album launch - there's no way round that. They may as well be Syco Epic or Arista. I mean Im hoping against hope that maybe this has all been a cunning plan and they're about to go into overdrive. Or maybe they'll just do an Epic or Arista and buy him a space in Time Square to show how much they care.
Anyway the core of your ask anon, sorry -- the ever growing 'Louis is sabotaging himself movement. According to many Louies and Larries alike, the only possible explanation left for what’s still being done to Louis... Louis himself. He seems to have the power to have persuaded multiple labels to go ahead and release two albums, while similtaneously forcing them not to give those albums label investment to get them heard. While also getting radio to blacklist or critically downplay his songs (since Sony in this scenario must have clean hands). Louis does all this while voluntarily consistently paying a PR who does no work to promote him (and trashed his rep in the tabloids back in the day on Sonys behalf), and a management team that are only able to do their jobs when organizing tour events or merch from which they profit.
I've written pretty much this exact reply so many times as the Blame Louis thing has grown and grown, and it always comes back to this - who do angry and frustrated Louies and Larries believe Louis actually is? I agree with you anon that to try to square the circle 'because Louis is free' (though to Larries intriguingly, Harry isn't), because he's obediently churning out talking points about that freedom (as he did in some ways with Walls), increasingly, fans who genuinely love Louis, are having to make themselves find explanations of how this guy they can see in front of them must actually be the opposite of this guy they can see in front of them. He can't be smart, he can't be wildly ambitious for a solo career, he can't be a workaholic, he can't understand the industry or his own fight to secure his precarious future, he can't really love his fans, he cant have the basic intelligence to see what we all see - that his employees are destroying his career -- because 'he's stupidly loyal'. I just find it depressing how many people now seem ready to believe Louis must be the brainless, feckless, lazy Sony caricature after all, rather than wonder if we're being spoon-fed something dodgy yet again. But that's the way it goes anon. I suspect we're in a small minority at this point (though hopefully larger than two). Power and ruthlessness always do win in the end, sadly and people get tired.
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i just saw a gifset of two characters and i was so confused why they were being paralleled, like ‘one stands there and the other climbs ladders’? but then i saw the post was talking about butt sizes and i was like oh. i was supposed to look there. oops.
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OOP LOL slay y'all :D
Yk it kinda sounded like Barbara said "gay" not "game" in the promo I saw lol
Slfjdhsl Tariq organized this??
TARIQ NAUR 💀
Why'd y'all have to rent it isn't this your gym xD
Y'all I think the students are gonna win lol
Jacob I don't think you're doing much ngl lol
GREGORY GETTING UP IN TARIQ'S FACE LOL
OOF Jacob and Melissa xdd
SLAY BARBARA LOL
SLFKFDLS WRONG BASKET XDD
Y'all I love them lol
Idiots <33
Ooh a panel :o?
Ayy CPR class lol
Well you'll slay Gregory :))
OOH slay Ava :D!
XDD Poor Gregory lol
"For a Monday maybe" slfkghs xDD
"I don't know :/" XDD aww Melissa lol
Oop sorority sister?
Ahh interesting
Yk I don't think you're supposed to "win" xD
Aww Janine is going to :D!!
Idk if that's gonna work out but yk xd
Ahh and the meeting 😬
AGH best of luck Janine!!
Lol chill girlie o.o xD
Aww hi lovelies :))
Ayy hey Janine :DD
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WHAAAT
W H A T
WAS THAT JUST- JACOB DO YOU HAVE A FLIRTING THING GOING WITH THAT GUY?!???!!?
AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH HUOALAPDK EXCUSE ME
Not ready for this but so excited xDD 👀👀👀 <33
OOP Melissa, got something going on with that guy 👀?
Ayy she flirted with him before right :)?
Barbara asking her aww :D
WAIT did Jacob think they were talking to him and is talking about that guy o.o???
Okay no Melissa's guy lol
They're paralleling guys <33
OOP BARBARA DIDN'T KNOW AND IS NOT HAPPY O.O
Uh ohhh
Aww honey :(
Uh oh 😬😬😬
Oh no a school pulled out D:
Okay y'all we can figure this out
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shitty little review of first kill
so like obviously from the get go like its not the highest quality show. the music editing is really weird. it kind of tries too hard to be trendy. the plot isnt anything that spectacular. but like the first half is still really enjoyable. the conflicts all make sense and are easy to follow, the romance is cute, and i liked the whole cast of characters. the show doesnt focus so hard on juliette and calliope to the point where nothing else matters or anything. i feel like we still get a really good idea of what everyone else has going on and why they are the way they are. i wish ben was utilized a bit better, but i really enjoyed his character too. i really loved the entire third episode. like SUPER beautiful creatures vibes so i enjoyed it a lot. i also really liked the parallels between the two families. obviously like... its easier to side with calliopes family but i think they still manage to make you sympathize with juliettes too. and i love the multiple meanings of first kill and all of that. like that was actually one of the best parts of the narrative. also really enjoyed the hint drops about oliver early on, though the reveal was like super obvious from very early on.
but then once the semi-filler episode where were following around a zombie in a high school hits it kind of is like... what? first of all i think they needed to make it more clear that everyone knows monsters exist because i missed that one. i know the bar is called the wooden stake or whatever but otherwise i needed more of an explanation. maybe thats just me being dumb? but they were like oh no the monster alarm and i was like... the WHAT. none of the motives or explanations really line up after that point either and im left more confused than anything. and were just running around from place to place with no rhyme or reason. oh no juliette my parents will totally keep you safe. oops or not. also them being caught on film never matters again.
and also we are supposed to fully side with juliette? like sorry but you cant just be like 'lol arent wine moms so annoying and bigoted when they try to protect the town from VAMPIRES' like i would absolutely be a part of maam are you kidding me lmfao. i love the concept of maam and it is funny but i think the execution of the morals and points they were trying to make fell so flat. like they just showed juliette help kill a guy, but still had ben act like she is the nicest most innocent person ever. and they cant just blame that all on elinor. i think thats what they were trying to do with calliope in the end when she said juliette never takes accountability for what shes done but it doesnt really work based on what calliope knows or has seen. that whole outburst to me was wild in general because she literally saved theo? though why it was an accident i dont really understand. overall, theres just some morally gray shit happening here and instead of acknowledging it really they focus on other stuff. like we are supposed to think bunny is in the wrong when sebastian is constantly threatening to eat her djkfhsdkjfgadsf. im also pretty disappointed that oliver is underused because he is one of the more intriguing ones, though i think the fact that juliette is a pawn to everyone makes a lot of sense for the story. nobody actually cares for her. i also enjoyed sebastian and margots relationship. it was so weird and kinda fucked up but i was into it, though they have me super confused about vampire aging.
i also want to take the time to point out how all of these people being rich as hell is just so ridiculous. like i dont mind a show all about rich people and the aesthetics and outfits and all that were great. but its so funny when they are all like yeah it pays to have connections. and then dont go anywhere with it or make any narrative statement dsjfhdsfjf. so many shows do this, even stranger things with hopper, where because we are supposed to be rooting for these characters, its ok if they use their position, influence, or money to affect the law. and then there is no moral statement made about that whatsoever. and its like hmmmm dont vibe with that. also i just find it funny when they change outfits three times a day or when margot answers the door in the middle of the night with a fucking expensive as hell dress on.
im also pretty irritated with the ending. instead of ending it well and giving us a satisfying conclusion they did s2 bait and then theres not gonna be a season 2 like come on. why couldnt we have had a good contained story. i think that the last few episodes would have been much more satisfying if the show wasnt trying so hard to build to a future season. instead we could have just done something epic and fun, but instead it feels like the show never really really reaches a main conflict. i also love how after like one episode of the dad shedding on his face theyre like ok well enough of that. and they stop doing effects but keep mentioning how hes shedding. like WHERE is he shedding now dear lord. hes even shirtless at one point and i dont believe he was shedding lmaooo.
something i do like even later on though is talia and the whole plot with theo. i thought that was really good.
idk. a fun time and worth a watch. some stuff was super enjoyable, well thoughts out, and exciting and other stuff left me sitting there like............... and it definitely squandered its own potential near the end. i would watch on if it was renewed but its not so.
also i kind of get both sides of the argument here with like 'let the gays have some bad comfort tv for once' but also 'tv being allowed to be bad if its gay perpetuates the idea that gay people will watch any trash thrown at them, giving companies no need to make really good gay stories' but for this show i dont really feel like i stand on either side there? it definitely isnt just a super straight feeling show with a gay couple thrown in. i think the narratives and all of that feel decently thought out and they match the feeling of a female led, and gay led, story. like it doesnt feel gay for clout in my opinion. its not a great show but i think the gay aspect works naturally with the entire piece is what im saying. so i agree with both opinions tbh. i think a sort of trashy teen show with gay leads is a nice, fun option to have for a casual watch. like i said it reminded me of the first beautiful creatures book a lot which i still love despite my better judgement. but i also dont think this should be all we should ever get. throwing a one season decent tv show isnt gonna cut it and i get why people are tired of watching shit thats gay when thats all it has to offer. i know personally ive watched some stuff because its pitched as a gay masterpiece and then you watch or read it and youre like oh my god but this is literally terrible??? it can be a bit exhausting.
anyway. idk lets give it a 6/10 stars. lots of highs highs and low lows. overall watchable and decent. i totally get why people are obsessed, and why some people hate it, but im totally in the middle.
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Jason Chaperons Damian's Field Trip
Damian and Jason in the Batcave trying to murder each other
Jason: I'm going to kill you demon brat!
Damian: Ha! I'd like to see you try Todd!
Fighting continues for the next two days
Bruce: That's it! Jason, Damian, no more fighting. You two are going to bond even if it kills you!
Jason: Again?
Bruce: Not the time Jason!
Damian, rolling his eyes: And how exactly do you expect me to bond with this barbarian?
Bruce: A trip to the art museum.
Damian and Jason look confused.
Bruce: Damian's class is going to the Gotham art museum next Friday. I was going to chaperon, but since you both decided to try and stab each other in public I have some PR matters to attend to. So, Jason will chaperon.
Damian: That is absolutely ridiculous father. Is it not enough that I am already forced to see subpar art with snot nosed brats? Now I have to take the zombie?!
Jason: Watch it brat!
Damian: Tt
Jason and Damian glare at each other.
Bruce: No, your brother is taking you to see world renowned art with your peers.
Jason: C'mon Bruce, world renowned? It's the Gotham art museum.
Bruce, glaring: Fine. Country renowned.
Jason raises his eyebrows.
Bruce: Don't push it. I'll call the school and let them know that you're taking my place.
--> The Next Friday <--
Jason: Damian! Get your ass down here!
Damian: I am right beside you Todd.
Jason: Where's your tie? And your blazer? Where's your backpack?
Damian: Calm down Todd. I have never been late for school and I do not plan to deviate from that today.
Jason: Whatever. Just be ready in the next five minutes, I want to get coffee first and we are not going to be late.
Damian: Pennyworth has already brewed a pot of that infernal drink.
Jason: And Tim has already called dibs on the entire pot. That kid is scrawny, but when it comes to coffee he's vicious.
Damian: Tt.
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Damian: STOP THE CAR RIGHT NOW TODD!
Tires screech as Jason whips into a parallel parking spot in front of the school. Damian's entire class watches this happen. They look terrified.
Damian, jumping out of the car, cursing in Arabic: Are you trying to murder me?!
Jason, casually getting out of the car with a Frappuccino, shrugs: I told you we wouldn't be late.
Damian: WE ARE THIRTY MINUTES LATE!!
Jason, shrugs: Oops.
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Teacher: Ok class! This is Jason Todd, he is Damian's older brother and he will be helping out on the field trip today. I expect you all to be on your best behavior today! Now Mr. Todd, would you like to tell us a little about yourself?
Jason, feet on a desk not paying attention, glaring at Damian.
Teacher: Mr. Todd?
Jason chokes on Frappuccino, stands up.
Jason: Uh, yeah, sure. Um, my name is Jason Todd, feel free to just call me Jason. Uh, what else?
Teacher: Maybe give us a fun fact about yourself?
Jason: Sure, sure. Uh I recently spent some time down under.
Teacher: Oh, in Australia?
Jason: Yeah, let's go with that.
Damian facepalms
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On the bus, kids screaming and throwing things at each other. Damian and Jason sit at the front near Damian's teacher. Jason has his eyes closed and looks tense.
Teacher: Uh, Mr. Todd? Jason? Are you alright?
Jason: Just peachy.
Damian: Pull it together Todd. You are embarrassing me.
Jason: Listen demon spawn, I'm trying to keep it together and not maim a rich brat. So why don't you shut up.
Damian: Tt. Everyone knows you are too cowardly to maim a child. However, I do admit that the loud and confined environment could cause stress... Here. Take these.
Damian hands Jason headphones. Jason looks confused.
Damian: Grayson claims that music can have a calming affect.
Jason: ...Thanks brat.
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Teacher: Ok class we are here! Remember to stick with your groups. Group one is with me. Group two is with Mrs. Smith. And group three is with Jason.
Kids break into groups, each group has seven kids.
Jason: Group three over here!
Damian rolls his eyes as the other six kids approach.
Jason: Be nice. Ok kiddos, we're starting at the uh American Rural Avant Garde exhibit. What the fuck is that crap?
Teacher: Oh my! Um, Mr. Todd. We do not encourage such strong language.
Jason: Wha- oh! You mean crap, so teach' that's my bad.
Teacher: Uh, no I uh-
Jason: Anyway c'mon demons let's go look at shitty art.
Teacher, chanting under their breath: The Wayne's donate a lot of money. The Wayne's donate a lot of money.
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In the cubism section.
Kid 1: Mr. Todd! When's lunch?
Jason: Call me Jason kid, and it's only ten? Lunch isn't until one.
Kid 2: But I'm hungry!
Kid 3: And this is boring!
Jason: It's not that bad, look at this thing! It's- oh shit is that a Picasso?
Kid 4: Uh, yeah?
Jason: Fuck that asshole, let's go get ice cream.
Damian: Todd! That is not in the schedule, we can not skip a section just because you dislike the artist!
Jason: See, that's were you're wrong baby bird. I'm in charge and I say that Picasso is an asshole and we're skipping his shit.
Damian: We are already in trouble with father, if we exhibit bad behavior he might force us to spend more time together.
Jason: Look kid, Bruce sent me here because he wants us to bond. The greatest form of bonding is breaking rules and skipping school. So, really, by skipping we're actually doing what he wants.
Damian: Tt. I suppose that sounds accurate.
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Jason: Time for lunch kiddos.
Kid 2: But we just finished our ice cream break?
Jason: No, we just finished the seeing the museums second floor. Right?
Kid 6: No we-
Jason: No no, we finished the second floor. The whole ice cream thing, that's our little secret. Right?
Kids: Ohhhhh
Jason: Now you're getting it!
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Damian glares at his lunch
Jason: What's wrong kiddo?
Damian: Tt. It appears that I might have, accidentally, taken Drake's lunch instead of my own.
Jason: And? What's the problem?
Damian: Drake, packed that abomination that he calls a sandwich.
Jason: Oh, god. He packed a peanut butter pepperoni sandwich again?
Damian, looking at the lunch with complete disgust: Yes.
Jason: Here, take my PB&J.
Damian: ...
Jason: Timbits taste in sandwich's is a crime against humanity. But I'm not vegan, so if worst comes to worst I'll eat it.
Damian: ...Thank you Todd. I- I did not think you cared about my dietary choices.
Jason: Just because we fight sometimes doesn't mean I won't have your back kid. Yeah, I guess being vegan is a choice, but it's a choice that I'll always support.
Damian quickly hugs Jason before taking his sandwich and pretending nothing happened.
Damian: I appreciate the support. Thank you, brother.
Jason: No problem baby bird.
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Jason: So, we have an hour before we have to get back on the bus. And, uh- oh shit! Ok, so apparently we had an assignment. Uh, the instructions say to draw your favorite work and write why you like it. What the fuck kind of bullshit assignment is that?
Jason: Uh, ok we're doing a speed draw. Everyone just pull up your favorite work on the museum website and try your best.
--> 40 Minutes Later <--
Jason: Ok, hand me your sheets and let's head to the bus.
Damian, hands his assignment in.
Jason: Whoa, huh.
Damian, looking nervous: What Todd?
Jason: Nothing, just this is a really good drawing kid.
Damian blushes: Of course it is.
Jason smiles and ruffles Damian's hair: Good job brat.
Damian smiles and heads to the bus
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Both in the car, about to drive back to the manor.
Jason: You know, I actually sorta had fun today.
Damian: Your presence was... enjoyable.
Jason: We're never telling that to Bruce, right?
Damian: Obviously, if father thinks that his plan worked he will be completely insufferable.
Jason: Agreed. Y'know, sometimes field trips go long.
Damian: Oh?
Jason: Yeah, I mean, it wouldn't be too weird if we were an hour or so late getting home.
Damian: If we were to be late getting home, how would we spend that time?
Jason: There's a cool arcade that should be open right now.
Damian: I do not believe that I have ever been to an arcade.
Jason: Well, that needs to be fixed right now. You down baby bird?
Damian: I- uh I am down, is that the correct usage of the term?
Jason: Hell yeah.
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Based on this headcanon.
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prismartist · 3 years
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uh oh i’m thinking again /j
anyways the dad/sibling/cousinschlatt au is so intriguing to me because it gives me the idea that schlatt may have been a good person that slowly descended into madness paralleling wilbur, but like, off-screen and right before the election. how exactly is vague, but i’m thinking it could have something to do with the challenges he did with wilbur or slimecicle, or other smps, if you’re the type of person that likes to tie in other unrelated minecraft videos for fun. which i am.
but then you throw in the glatt thing, and suddenly i am hit with a dozen more ideas, which i will now list in bullet form so it’s more organized
(this may or may not have turned into a bullet fic oops)
schlatt remembers taking care of tubbo. he loves the kid and wanted to take care of him through any means possible
thus, the memories he has with tubbo as a sane, relatively healthy person are crystal clear
there’s... not a whole lot of them though.
schlatt knows he’s accompanied tubbo for several years, but he can flash through his best memories with the kid in maybe ten minutes
it all starts becoming blurry when he slowly goes senile
when he becomes glatt, he doesn’t remember a lot of his presidency. he remembers becoming president, that’s for sure. he knows that he was president for a while, that should be obvious.
the details of his reign though... not so much
when he tries to remember, all he gets are flashes of hurt and angry faces, mostly shouting at him, and a whole hell of pain worse than a hangover
(he still remembers what hangovers feel like, he’s had too many of those to forget)
there seems to be one memory blocked away, as if hiding in a hard, locked box he can’t open
until one day when he’s eavesdropping on the cabinet of l’manburg
(glatt still isn’t used to that name. he thinks he prefers manburg more)
it’s become a habit of his, watching over tubbo as he tries to keep the country in shape. it’s a little painful, seeing him struggle and make questionable decisions, being strung along by the very people who work for him
especially quackity. geez does that guy seem extremely power-hungry. but, schlatt supposes that’s why he picked him as vp
(he doesn’t remember much about the big q. he remembers teasing quackity, swelling up at his words of encouragement, and spending one or two drunken nights together.... or three. maybe some weren’t as drunken as others-)
the former vice president in question now stands with tubbo and the “butcher army” (what a boring name) in a dark, dingy cave, surrounded by torn pictures of pigs. some of them aren’t even pictures of their target, just random pigs.
glatt never got that.
he floats in a corner, wishing they put some chairs for him to recline in; it’s a familiar position for him, and one that he frankly misses.
he listens to their conversation, one about taking down dream, the leader of the server. (glatt doesn’t remember much about him either, though it doesn’t seem like it’s because the memories were bad.)
“you remember what schlatt did to me?” tubbo suddenly says.
glatt perks up at this, curious. no, he does not remember what he did to tubbo, elaborate please.
“remember? he made me decorate my own execution.”
glatt blinks at this. steadily, a sinking feeling is felt in his gut.
“he had a festival.”
the festival
schlatt freezes as he remembers, albeit with confusion. the box hiding the memory starts to chip away
he had shouted at tubbo, accusing him of betraying the country, laughed when tubbo expressed his confusion. schlatt had called up technoblade to...
no. that can’t be right. that couldn’t have happened. tubbo was a great kid, why would schlatt...?
yet glatt knows that it happened. he knows that a horrible version of himself existed and affected so many lives in manburg. including tubbo.
schlatt sinks in his corner, gripping the sleeves of his blue sweater. what a horrible person madness had droven him into. god, he shouldn’t have drank so much.
he listens with dread as tubbo plots out their plan, the exact same method schlatt had used on him. he sighs as the butcher army agrees, and sets out to prepare.
and glatt leaves as well, unable to do anything to help his kid.
/rp
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Here's Eclipse Lake, an episode that has been highly anticipated! Will it top Knock, Knock, Knockin' On Hooty's Door?
I'll skip the pretense: No. It won't.
You'll see under the cut.
Hmm, that list of ingredients for the Grimwalker...I'll let other people theorize about this (like @sepublic ), but it sure looks like a thing
Guess the mysterious green goo won't cut it, huh?
Belos face reveal already?! Huh, didn't expect it so soon.
Oh, no, he's hot! (And I'm mad about it)
Still an ass, though
Now we know why Hunter was wearing a different outfit (because people fixated on that for some reason)
Amity with the clipboard gives me strong Dipper vibes
GHOST! My beloved!
I need a moment because CAT!
(Also, someone pointed out earlier that Ghost was based on Dana's cat, and that's super obvious in hindsight)
Raine?! Oh, wait, you mean rain. Sigh.
Eda gets training tips from DBZ confirmed
(Also Amity's face when reacting to Eda's explanation is priceless)
Oh God Eda's a weeb I need another moment
Damn, Amity just straight up calling Eda old
Oh, loopy Luz
(The abomination holding the tissue box is adorable for many reasons)
Yeah, don't want Luz to eat the McGuffin
I have several questions about those Tamagotchis that I'll refrain from listing here
Amity your Odalia is showing
Girlfriend counter: 1
(Yes I am introducing a counting gag, deal with it)
Was wondering if they were ever gonna reference the dissection incident. We've come a long way, baby!
Oh, so that's what everyone was looking at
Luz honey your enthusiasm is admirable but no
Luz burrito is quite cute, though
Girlfriend counter: 2
(Damn, still wild to think that that's the case)
Just occurred to me that "Boots" is probably shortened from "Bossyboots" from earlier
Guess the Luz hiss compilation needs to be updated again
Those tunnels ain't the only thing around here that's unstable, amirite?
Oops, guess Kiki was justified, after all
Maybe don't talk so loudly about your plans, dude
That is her son, get it right!
Serves you right for having that stupid strand of hair sticking out like that
Is this just the episode where everyone dunks on White Boy? Because I can totally get behind that.
Already mentioned this, but I am loving the parallels between Katara and Amity with that bottle of abomination goo. Insert obligatory "Two Nickels" meme here about Mae Whitman.
We really are just dunking on the white boy and I am living for it
Hooty had to get it from somewhere, I suppose
Nothing says mother-son bonding like shooting things at each other (see also: Separate Tides)
I'm sure the magic bouncing off the veins won't come into play later at all
Oh well, at least the echolocation looked cool
At this point Amity would kill Hunter for a Klondike bar
Wait why does Hooty need a chair
Willow with the galaxy brain ideas
"A bad but sad boy" Luz is a genius at succinctly summing people up
Kikimora continues to be unhinged. Ironically she's not wrong about Hunter.
Motherfucker stop acting like you know what that says
(Also, projecting much?)
Girlfriend counter: 3
Friendly reminder that Hunter is still an antagonist
Uh oh
UH OH
I know someone mentioned Willow having the brain cell, but honestly it seemed like Luz had it this whole time. And that's not good.
WHY IS FOOL'S BLOOD EVEN A THING
Aaaaand cue the getting screwed over
Further reminder that he's still an antagonist (Apparently there's a vocal segment who's Really Mad at him that seem to forget this fact)
You unhand Ghost right now!! And Amity too, I guess.
(I kid, she's literally my second favorite character)
For what she did to Raine it warms my heart to know Kiki has had zero peace of mind
Wait, the Abomatons are Transformers?! Okay, that's kind of awesome, actually. Alador might be a shit dad but he is a brilliant inventor.
Chucking kids off cliffs is a surpisingly common pastime in the Boiling Isles
Owlbert no!
Eda did spend literal decades fighting the Owl Beast within, so I guess she can't be blamed for not thinking to talk to it
Also hurry up guys I'm very concerned about Owlbert
Fuck yeah Harpy Milf!
Yay Ghost returns!
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She's glad they're okay (I didn't need to take this, I just thought it was cute. Also this is surprisingly high quality considering I just took a photo of my TV screen)
Oh, so they do have video games in the Demon Realm. That or Luz introduced them.
Trailer shot!
Oh dear, we about to have a fight over the key
Wow, being so high ranking under Belos is really bad for mental health
Jesus Christ Belos what have you been putting in this poor kid's head?
Leave it to King to give radical recontextualizations
Amity, I'm glad you remembered/realized this about Luz, please don't let the sad white boy play you like that again
Also, I appreciate the gesture you're making, and it's a wonderful summary of your character development, but goddamnit he's gonna go for that key because he's STILL AN ANTAGONIST
"Being nice usually works for Luz!" A) Not always, and B) Amity I love you but Luz you are not. A valiant attempt nonetheless.
Ooh, cool fight scene!
Always lovely to see such superb animation
I was privately griping about not seeing Amity use magic for so long, and now I am fed
Don't think I didn't hear the glass breaking
Appreciate your ass from a hole in the ground, Golden Boy!
(jk I don't actually feel that strongly about him still. That kind of threat still isn't cool, though)
Oh so that's why it's the Common Mold!
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It's kinda cute, actually. Or maybe it's just because it's Luz.
TIL Hooty is heat resistant
Apparently Owl Beast just wanted a snack
Girlfriend counter: 4
Also love how calling Amity her awesome girlfriend is literally the first thing Luz says to her upon returning.
Yesssss return the hug! You deserve it!
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(I know there are higher quality versions of this screenshot, I just didn't feel like looking around)
King demands huggies, too! (And gets 'em)
Reminder that Amity is smart as hell. I knew that glass breaking indicated something!
So once again I've been had. I let the fandom trick me into thinking this episode would be way more intense. Guess that one screenshot was from the next episode.
Overall this was...fine. Some nice Lumity moments, Harpy Eda strutting her stuff, that gorgeously animated fight sequence; those were all lovely.
I do wish Willow and Gus had a bit more to do. And I'm still rather unenthusiastic about Hunter, to be honest. I've seen his type several times before, and the path they have for him is rather obvious. I may never share the fandom's love for him, and I guess I'll have to deal with that.
Anybody who says this was better than KKKOHD is a damn fool.
Mid season finale next week! I think Yesterday's Lie will finally bring the pain!
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Confession at last
Characters mentioned: Lucifer, Mammon, Leviathan, Satan, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Belphegor
Warnings: Mentions of math
GN Reader!
Obey Me Masterlist
Lucifer 
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Once again our dear Lucifer was pulled from his studies to go check up on you
He found you in your room looking stressed
Stress, he definitely knows her
Since you didn’t hear the initial knock he placed on the door he made his way towards you 
He tapped his knuckle lightly on the desk
Your head shot up to look at him
The bags under your eyes evident
He would deal with that later
For now, he needed to help you with whatever you were stressed about.
“Mc..? What's wrong?”
He stared at you waiting for an answer. You weren’t going to get out of this easy. With a small sigh, you opened your mouth to answer him.
“ Ohhh.. you know... just struggling with some work. I wasn’t ever good at math, and the math here in the Devildom is A LOT harder.
Que sitting at the dinner table with your father trying to do math work while crying ( If you know, you know. It was traumatizing)
This man is  D E T E R M I N E D to make you pass
He will sit there all night if he has to 
(I thought this was supposed to be a confession, not traumatic math flashbacks)
After about an hour of putting you through literal hell ( It’s H E double hockey sticks guys. Anyone else say that as a kid? No? Just a canadian thing?) he finally let up
He gets up to go get you a snack
When he gets back you’re only slightly sniffling
A smile spreads across his face
“You really are cute, aren’t you?”
He whispered to himself, or at least he thought he whispered. At the sound of his voice your head perked up.
“What was that, Lucifer?”
You had heard him, his heart sank, his face paled. That was it, his pride wasn’t getting him anywhere now. Why does he have to feel so insecure around you? It’s not fair.
“Lucifer..” 
He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn’t notice you getting up and making your way towards him. You grabbed the stuff that was being held captive in his grasp and set it on your desk. You reached your hands up to cup his cheeks. Lucifer was finally pulled from his thoughts. His eyes trailed down to met yours. His eyes held so much emotions.
“ Mc.. I..”
You smiled warmly at him
“Now whos the cute one, Luci?”
Your words ran through his head. Cute? Luci..? Wait what? Luci?
His features hardened but upon looking at your face again it softened once more. He touched his forehead to yours, all previous doubts dispersed.
“My starlight MC, Please stay with me forever.”
Mammon
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Mammon and you were hanging out like usual
You were both on your D.D.D doing whatever, just enjoying each others company
You look up just in time to see Mammons face flush a deep crimson red
You snickered to yourself assuming he was looking at one of those models he worked with
A pang hit your chest at the thought of it
“ What are ya laughing at, human!?”
Oops looks like you were caught. You lifted your head up to face him once again.
“ Oh it’s nothing Mammon, I just read something funny”
He gave you a questioning look, but none the less continued doing whatever he was doing on his phone
This continued on for a while
Both stealing glances at one another
sometimes catching the other
sometimes the lingering gazes going unnoticed 
This was getting on both yours and Mammons nerves
But who was going to address the situation first?
“ Aarrghh thats it! Oi MC why the hell do you keep looking at me?? I mean I know its exciting and all to have THE GREAT MAMMON in your room, but seriously, this is getting really annoying!”
Looks like Mammon brought it up first.
“ I could ask you the same thing!!”
You snapped back, Mammon looked a little taken aback by this. But he quickly  retaliated. 
“ Just makin sure your not being a snoop!”
Your eyes eyes wided at his words, it was your turn to be taken aback. A pout formed on your face.
“ WELL SORRY I THOUGHT YOU WERE LOOKING AT ONE OF THOSE HOT MODLES YOU WORK WITH AND HOW I WAS GETTING JUST A BIT JEALOUS BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN NEVER COMPETE WITH THEM!!”
You yelled at him, on the brim of tears. Mammon swallowed the lump in his throat and took a step towards you, you sliding off your bed to make some distance. 
“MC.. I wasn’t lookin at any one, I swear, you gotta believe me... Me and Asmo.. we were talking.”
Mammon took a deep breath and continued.
“ He was askin when I was gonna tell ya I liked ya, okay?”
You stopped backing up, letting him grab your arm and pull you close.
“ MC, your the most attractive human I’ve laid my eyes. Your perfect.”
His hand went up to your check, his thumb rubbing just under your eye.
“ You’re my greatest treasure, MC, and I don’t want anyone else to have you.”
Leviathan
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Over the past few weeks, Levi had been asking you to come to his room a lot more
At first it shocked you
I mean he actually came out of his room to invite you a few times
But eventually it became normal
You noticed small details about his behavior towards you
He still definitely calls you normie, that doesn’t change
But you can tell that it doesn’t have that same sharp undertone that it did before
He slowly started playing games that he knew you favored
He played your favorite movies
When questioned, he simply said he wanted to see why you liked them so much
Don’t get me wrong
You LOVED spending time in Levi’s room
But you also wanted to see him in his natural element
After A L O T of bribing and convincing  you finally got him to agree to go to a beach
Please, poor boy was a blushing mess
“MC.. you better be serious about buying me ‘My Best Friend Really Likes Hard Boiled Eggs But I’m Allergic To Eggs So They Have To Eat Them When I’m Not Around Until One Day My Friend Put Eggs In My Lunch And I Died But Then Came Back In A Parallel World!!!’ if you don’t get it, me and you will have serious problems.”
And although he said that, as soon as his feet hit the water it seemed as though all previous doubts were gone. He warned you that Devildom beaches’ were not the same as the ones you were used to, and that you should stay close to him in the event something happens.
The two of you were splashing water at each other, him letting you get the upper hand
He loved seeing that smile on your face
So thats why when your face contorted in an awful scowl his heart dropped
Had he done something wrong?
“Levi!”
Your feeble voice whimpered out before you were pulled under the water. At that he knew something was wrong. He immediately submerged in the water after you. It was just some coral that had wrapped around your leg, it wouldn’t really affect a demon but it would hurt a human. You were thrashing around. That was just going to leave you more hurt.
“MC, I need you to calm down, relax your body, trust in me”
Leviathan had said in a commanding tone, you’ve never heard him speak like that before. Despite the authority in his voice, you could still sense the care in it. Going against your body's instincts you calmed yourself down to the best of your ability. The coral tightened its grip. A warm feeling surrounded you, the tightness you felt around your leg was gone as quickly as it came, you also found that you could breathe. You felt your body being pulled to the surface of the water. You were pulled into a tight hug.
“MC! Are you okay!?”
There he is, you could still sense more confidence usually but all in all, Levi was back. You looked up at him and smiled.
“Yup, completely fine! Thanks to you that is.”
At hearing this his resolve broke, how was he supposed to just keep going about his every day life without telling you? He might be a yucky otaku, but perhaps this normie would accept him? His gaze grew stern sending a chill down your spine, you were expecting a long talking to. What you weren’t expecting was a flick on your head. A sigh escaped his lips
“ MC, will you please be mine..?”
You were NOT expecting him to be so blunt with you. Still in shock you nodded your head slowly.
“Good, I can’t have anyone else taking my player two after all..”
Satan
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You two were in the library like usual
Him reading a history book, you still unsure of what you want to read
Sighing unsure of what to do you plopped down next to him
Eventually reading over his shoulder
“Sighhh MC... It would be much appreciated if you stopped hovering over me like that.”
Grumbling you sunk back on the couch pouting like a child who was just scolded by their mother. Satan took a few quick glances at you before sighing once again and putting his book down.
“ What seems to be the problem, MC?”
Your eyes lit up a bit at the attention
“Ssaattttaaaannnnnnnnn I’m bored, read to me. Please?”
You could almost see the irritation radiating off of him, about to take back the question. Although before you could he picked his book up and started to read aloud.
He continued to read the old history book
Surprisingly enough, it was pretty interesting
His voice calm and soothing
It honestly was relaxing to hear
His voice was so alluring and relaxing that it was making you feel dozy
 Before you knew it, you were leaning on his shoulder fast asleep
His voice halted when he felt your head touch him
His body jolted his gaze drifted down to your sleeping figure
After making sure you were absolutely asleep he lifted his hand to flatten your disheveled hair 
A soft smile on his face
He soon joined you in slumber
Only waking when he felt you shift
“Satan..?”
You questioned, your voice still laced with sleep. Sometime during the time while the two of you were sleeping, he had moved to a laying position, you on his chest. Both of you blush and pull away from each other.
“ MC! I- I hope your rest was well..”
He said after the initial shock. You looked down, blushing coming to terms that its now or never. 
“ I slept great thanks to you!”
You blurted out without thinking over your words, almost instantly regretting it. You were shocked when a warm smile spread across his face.
“I’m glad you feel the same MC, ebullience is something that comes easy when i’m with you”
Asmodeus
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(Sorry this will be short, I really couldn’t think of much for him, poor Asmo, i’m doing him wrong)
Darling, you needed a manicure ASAP
Is what you recall Asmo saying before dragging you to his room
After a LONG day of being poked and prewed at 
He finally let you collapse on his very soft bed
Him relaxing next to you
“Ah if you keep this type of care up you might actually be almost as amazing as me.”
Smiling sadly to yourself you respond to him with a meek
“Haha don’t flatter me, Asmo”
Asmo scowled at your words, which is a rare occurrence
“ Darling, what do you mean by that?”
He questioned you, almost sounding angry, you were taken aback by this but nonetheless you responded
“ Well.. I mean.. I could never compete with you.”
His mouth went agape, had he made you feel this way? Or was your confidence so low and he hadn’t noticed. He felt a pang in his chest.
“MC... Come here..”
Not knowing what to do, you scooch a little closer.  He sits up pulling you onto his lap. Your face turns a bright red not  expecting  that. He leans his head into the crook of your neck, his arms loosely around your waist but still having a tight enough hold to make sure you don’t fall.
“ I need you more than I need myself, your the real masterpiece here.”
Beelzebub
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When the two of you were in large crowds he had a habit of putting his hand on the small of your back
Just to make sure you don’t get lost
You get it, Right?
Definitely not using that as an excuse to touch you
Ahem
Anyway you two were in that situation right now
A new restaurant opened up and it seemed to be really popular due to the crowd
You had invited him out
Claiming that you really wanted to try it
But in reality you just wanted to spend more time with him
You were not planning for this many people err demons to be around
“Beel.. we can always come back another time when it’s not so busy”
You said this, but he doesn’t show any reaction. Assuming he didn’t hear you you tug on his sleeve and repeat yourself.
“Beel.. real-”
“I heard you the first time, I just really want to go with you”
He stated matter of factly and continued maneuvering around the crowd of demons.
Eventually the two of you did make it to the restaurant
Ordered your food
And overall just had a great time 
The both of you spoke about many things
ranging from future plans and dreams down to your favorite color
Even though you insisted on paying, he refused he wouldn’t even let you contribute a dime
Once again his hand rest on your back while walking through the crowd
It was warm, reassuring, and comforting 
“ I feel safe around you, Beel’
The words just fell out of your mouth, you hadn’t meant to say that out loud. Beelzebub stopped walking, out of instinct you also stopped. An apology forming on your lips as you turn to face him, expecting to see a confused or possibly angry face. But you were met with a smile that could make your heart melt.
“Really?”
You nodded your head, to nervous to say yes out loud. You were engulfed in a hug.
“Good! That makes me more happy than you could ever imagine! You’re my special treat!”
Belphegor
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Both you and Belphie were sleeping soundly
The two of you were cuddling
 your face squished in his chest
 legs entangled
 one of his arms in a loose but firm grip around your waist while the other cradled your head
 your arms gripping onto his sweater
You’ve both been out for about a half an hour now
Although he would never admit it
Belphie makes sure you have good dreams
Most of the time
There are times when he forgets or in the midsts of his own slumber the thought just slips his mind
It was one of those times
He just happened to forget
You just happened to have a bad dream
You couldn’t even remember what it was about all you know was that it was terrifying
You sprung out of his grip in a cold sweat falling to the floor
Belphegor was awoken by the crash of you hitting the ground
At first he was going to laugh until he noticed the look on your face
“MC.. MC! What's wrong??”
Panic etched in his voice, he quickly slid to the floor to hold you. 
“ Hey, hey.. It’s okay.. it’s just me.”
After a while he h=got you to calm down
He ran his fingers through your hair
Rubbed circles on your back
And whispered sweet nothings to you
When he finally asked you what the nightmare was about 
You couldn’t answer
“ I- I’m sorry.. I can’t remember what it was about. I know it was silly I shouldn’t be acting this way if I can’t even remember what happened.”
Belphegor pulled you in a hug, tighter than other
“ MC, don’t you dare apologize, it’s okay to be scared, to need help.”
You whipped your eyes and looked up at him
A smile spread across your face
Your hands went up and squished his cheeks together
You giggled
“The same goes for you mister, don’t be scared to ask for help.’
He smiled down at you ruffling your hair, he slid an arm under your legs and the other braced your back.
“Up you go”
Not expecting the sudden movement you grabbed onto his shoulders for support
“If you keep holding me like that I won’t be able to hold back.”
It took a minute for his words to register, but by the time they did he already had you on the bed, holding you more secure then before.
“I’ll chase away all the bad dreams, so in exchange, could you promise not to leave me?”
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The Second Great War of Remnant has begun. Once more, Vale and Mantle are embroiled in a massive conflict, only this time, they are on the same side against Atlas.
I don't think it was a coincidence that so many people drew parallels with the last episode and WWI. We've never seen people fight that way in RWBY. Grimm don't use projectile weapons the way humans do, so the benefits of the trench are diminished; especially if you compare it to the drawbacks.
Now, I understand not everyone in the Atlas military has their aura unlocked and the squishy soldiers need some cover, but if The Long Memory didn't nuke every grimm on Atlas, the lines would have been overrun and then there would have been nowhere for them to retreat to.
You think the very real hand to hand struggles in the trenches of WWI were bad, imagine being trapped in a narrow trench with a bear. Or having this thing explode out of the ground under you.
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I refuse to believe no-one in Atlas ever thought, "if we put the dirt from the trench in a box, no only can we give our soldiers cover, we can also give them an elevated position to fire from."
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The top of a wall has been the primary defensive position for the people of Remnant for a long time. You can see them in the establishing shots of most settled places the team has visited. So why are we seeing a trench now?
Simple.
Show, don't tell.
RWBY has done a pretty great job, especially in the last few seasons, of showing the audience what it is trying to convey without explicitly telling them. They especially like drawing from well known folk lore to give insight into the future of the show.
Only difference here, instead of drawing the parallel between characters, they're drawing parallels between worlds.
Remnant's first Great War started with Mantle suppressing freedom of expression, the destruction of Art and Color. Ironwood always has little in the way of color, but in his first broadcast since everything started hitting the fan, he has none.
That broadcast also included evacuation ships being blown up by fighter-bombers, Dunkirk. It threatend to level a city if they didn't surrender, Battle of Brittan. All delivered by a dictator trying to scare his opponents into submission through careful use of film.
Theories
If the rest of the season is WWII, I have several theories on plot direction. Considering how well they did keeping up with both ends of the battlefield it wouldn't surprise me if they followed all of them at the same time.
Operation Dunkirk
Or, the evacuation of Mantle.
Players: Penny, Nora, Ren, Happy Huntresses
The Happy Huntresses involvement is a given. Not only has saving Mantle been their goal the whole time, they're also stuck in the middle of it right now.
Penny is the Protector of Mantle. It would be a shining moment for her character to fully throw off the virus Watts implanted and overcome Ironwood's threats to do so. Just crossing my fingers that it doesn't end like the Iron Giant.
Nora is currently Penny's tether to sanity, so she has to go with, and I doubt they would separate Ren from her for the next arc so he's going too.
Surprise twist for this plot I'm betting will be the Starwars "they aren't warships, just people" scene everyone loves to rag on. After all, the broadcast went out that they needed help and, at least at Dunkirk, it was fishing boats and pleasure crafts that retrieved the 338,000 surrounded on all sides.
Why We Fight
Or, countering Ironwoods propaganda.
Players: Robyn and Qrow
For one, these two are unaccounted for and in the heart of Atlas' military machine. If anyone has means to do so, it's them.
The film, Why We Fight, also countered the dramatic cinematography of Goebbels propaganda by painting it as ridiculous and making a folksy call to action much like Robyn has done in the past.
Operation Fortitude
Or, the deception of Ironwood.
Players: Emerald, Jaune, Oscar
This is the mission to make Ironwood think the team is going after the relic. This theory is why I actually thought of and wrote out this whole thing. Thanks @maxiemumdamage, I had things I was supposed to do tonight.
https://maxiemumdamage.tumblr.com/post/644291955872890880/willing-to-bet-my-own-soul-that-emerald-uses-her
Only difference in my theory and their's, is Jaune is going to be playing the part of Penny.
I say this for two reasons. One, Joan of Arc pretended to be a man. While we've gotten both Jaune pretending to be something he's not and him in a dress, this would pose the first time in the story he could do both. Two, it would put him on a direct collision path with Cinder. It needs to happen at some point to bring his arc to a conclusion, but man I hope we're not about to watch him burn.
With Ozpin active again, Oscar has to go along to direct them to the vault. He's also one of two backing the idea of Emerald joining the team and Jaune wouldn't be willing to work with her without him.
Operation Overlord
Or, busting down the doors of Atlas Acadamy.
Players: Ruby, Blake, Weiss, Yang
Where Operation Fortitude was the faint, Operation Overlord was the real deal. For those that aren't history buffs, this is D-Day.
I think this is the reason we've only seen the main team fighting together once since their split from Beacon. And even then, that fight was at most pairs of fighters and not all four of them supporting one another.
RWBY tricked us into thinking season 4 was the post-timeskip level up we come to expect from anime when really we ended up watching the training flashbacks as they happened instead.
We've seen hints of it with the various team ups and combinations, but are we really ready for how much ass kicking they are about to do?
I'm hoping for a One Piece level of badass entrance that can give me shivers whenever I go to watch it again like the walk to Arlong Park still does to this day.
(Aside: if you try telling me RWBY isn't anime, I'm just going to ignore you. Anime is an art movement. If you don't understand what that means, watch this video. https://youtu.be/uFtfDK39ZhI)
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Now last and certainly not least
Operation Valkyrie
Or, the death of Ironwood.
Players: Winter and Marrow
The long awaited defection. Plenty of speculation has already floated around about if and when these two where going to cave to their morals and jump ship. I don't know how many of us were expecting the straw to break the camel's back to be a nuke held over Mantle, but I certainly wasn't.
What worries me, is Operation Valkyrie failed and all its conspirators were executed. As if there weren't enough death flags for Winter before.
Even if it's not Winter that kills him. I don't see Ironwood surviving this season. Even if it means he goes out like another hated dictator. It's not like it would be the first time RT had a fallen hero chose to use his own sword.
Wildcards
Or, Murphy will have his due.
Players: Cinder, Watts, Neo, Tyrian, Mercury, Clover
These players can go any which way. Three we know for sure are going to be active in the coming episodes and I wouldn't be surprised if the other three play a part as well.
Oscar made a hell of a light show for Tyrian and Mercury to see behind them. Not to mention, Salem will still need a ride home when she pulls herself back together.
Clover keeps getting mentioned even though he's hospitalized. If he was truly out of commission for the rest of the season, they would have made us think he's dead before bringing him back like they did with Penny.
Up to now, what we've seen is a three way conflict. But one of the hallmarks of Remnant's First Great War, was making temporary alliances to fight off grimm.
The grimm might be gone, but the wild cards can't complete their own objectives if they are dead. The question is who's goals better align with their own.
Two surprise twists I can see here. One, Mercury stabbing Tyrian on his way to defection. He was raised by an assassin and has not going to get a better chance than that. Two, Clover joining Operation Valkyrie. He might have accepted that sacrifice is a necessary evil to ensure Atlas' survival, but might go Schindler's List on us and find horror in what Ironwood plans to do.
TLDR
I spent way too long writing this out. All the WWI imagery means we're getting a WWII movie with RWBY characters. Major death flags for Penny, Jaune, and Winter.
Also I finally figured out how to do a readmore. Apparently it's just been a long time since I updated.
Note: kept seeing things talking about clovers death and I kind of went ???? Isn't he barely alive in medical? Went back and watched that scene and though I am 90% sure he is dead still kind of weird that they have him in his own room instead of a morgue and the initial framing made my mind instantly think he was propped up on a hospital bed. I mean, I guess we needed to have all the ACEOPs there for their reaction to Ironwood... but it definitely made me think he was alive. That and they have a bandage on his chest wound... when he's supposedly dead. Also have a phantom memory of Harriet saying something about him being in critical but I think that's my memory playing tricks on me.
Having his face exposed instead of covered by the sheet and seeing him in the same frame as Winter being treated also didn't help my gut reaction of "Oh Shit! He's alive? How?!" If I'd followed up more on the "how" might not have made the blunder of writing his return as the final twist in my theory. Oops
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