#otp: we make a pretty good team

[opie-taylor]

of sound body and mind

Carlos writes his first will on a piece of notebook paper when he’s 11 years old.

I, Carlos Tomas Reyes, being of sound body and mind…

It’s unofficial, of course, the wishes of a sixth grader. When mamí finds it a week later, she asks him why he even thought to write one.

“Well, because. What papá said, about that Ranger. How he didn’t have one and now his kids are all fighting.”

“Ay, mijito. No te lo preocupes.” Andrea hugs her son tight. “You’re too young to have one of these.”

“Okay, mamí.” Carlos let’s her crumple his will up and throw it in the trash.

He writes his second will the next day. This one he hides better.

He writes his third will after he and Iris get married.

I, Carlos Tomas Reyes, being of sound body and mind…

He leaves everything to Iris. It makes the most sense. Even if Iris doesn’t agree.

“Carlos, I love you buddy, but I don’t want your crappy car or your sad CD collection.”

“Hey, Dreaming of You is a tejano music staple.” Carlos counters.

“Okay, okay, yes, Selena was an icon.” Iris looks at him for a moment. “Did you make this because you’re joining the APD?”

“Partially. But also because I think everyone should have one. I’ve had one since middle school.”

“Shut up. You’re such a nerd.” Iris punches him. “What, did you leave your toys to your mom?”

“No.” Carlos punches her back. “I left them to my cousin.”

He writes his fourth will after the solar flare, TK’s smiling face still fresh on his mind.

I, Carlos Tomas Reyes, being of sound body and mind…

It’s silly, to write his new boyfriend into his will, someone who, earlier that same day, had basically tried to break things off with him.

But Carlos has never felt this way about anyone.

His fifth will takes TK’s name back off, after the loft fight and the break-up.

It isn’t until weeks after TK wakes up, weeks after he holds TK in his arms on the tarmac, that Carlos writes his sixth will.

I, Carlos Tomas Reyes, being of sound body and mind…

He feels his heart start to slow. His final thoughts are of TK, the sole benefactor of his last will and testament. Carlos always knew having one was the smart choice.

I, Carlos Tomas Reyes, being of sound body and mind…

“It’s yours.”

His life is TK’s. Everything he has belongs to the man gazing lovingly back at him.

It says so in his will.

#911 lone star #911 ls fic #carlos reyes #tk x carlos #tarlos #my fic #otp: we make a pretty good team

[rodpower78]

*TK cuddling on Carlos while taking a nap in the hospital waiting room*

Me:

#tarlos #tk strand #carlos reyes #9 1 1: lone star #fox #tk and carlos #otp: we make a pretty good team #nice moment #episode 4x09 #road kill

[kieumy-archive]

We started this season with Carlos and TK broken up, we’re ending it with their engagement 😭

#IM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW #THEYRE GONNA GET MARRIED #HUSBANDS!!!!!! #911 lone star #carlos reyes #tk strand #carlos x tk #otp: we make a pretty good team #911 ls spoilers

[renjihoe]

My Thoughts on Juvia and Gray’s Relationship.

May contain spoilers for the anime & 100yq manga but I’ll be as vanilla about it as possible. This is a long one so get comfy.

A few years ago, I used to be upset at the fact that Gruvia took so long to happen. But now that I’m older and I’ve hyper fixated on the couple long enough, I’ve learned to appreciate their relationship for what it is now and for what it was in the beginning. From the start I’ve always shipped Gruvia but I never expected them to be together in the first place, PLUS I only shipped them because I honestly just liked the idea of them being together. Liking the idea of a couple and the couple actually being good together is two different things and I knew that. My initial thought was “how funny would it be if they actually got together”. Kinda like a gag if you will. But overtime I started to REALLY appreciate their build up. There are plenty of couples out there in popular anime who’s relationships parallel to Gruvia, (the girl or guy is deeply in love and the other party pays them no mind). But what I really hate about relationships like that is when they get slapped together at the end just to please an audience. If Mashima did the same thing, I could honestly say I probably wouldn’t be shipping Juvia and Gray to this day, but luckily for me and other Gruvia fans he did not go that route. People say that fans forced Gruvia to be canon which is just not true since FROM THE BEGINNING of the series, Gray was told by the fortune teller that he would be tangled up with a water woman in the near future. Plus the simple fact that their characters were designed to match each others (water and ice), Juvia is also a semi-yandere (I only say semi because Juvia won’t actually do anything to hurt Gray or the others she cares about) and Gray is a Tsundere. In the beginning Gray was honestly just a dick to Juvia, but that was more for comedic effect which me being a hard core Gruvia fan at the time, sometimes I didn’t appreciate. But now a days I really do appreciate the comedy between the two characters because I’ve realized there is a good balance between their comedy and the seriousness of how they actually feel about each other. You could even call Gruvia a slow burn but in my eyes the pacing is perfect and very realistic.

Here are my thoughts on Gruvia from Gray’s perspective. Gray was pretty compassionate towards Juvia when they first met, even though they were enemies, Juvia of course gets love at first sight. As they get to know each other, Juvia’s love grows more and more intense and in Gray’s eyes it comes across as pushy. Though I personally saw her love for him being a “I see you need love, let me love you” type thing. He slowly (very slowly lmao) warms up to Juvia and they start going on jobs together and forming a close friendship, to the point where they would rather go on jobs together instead of with the rest of the team.

And then the plot starts to get a bit heavier and so does their relationship. Juvia and Gray have multiple occasions where they make protecting each other their main mission. But two particular scenes stood out to me in the last two anime arcs. Juvia sacrifices her relationship with Gray to do what was best for him, we all know the scene so I won’t go into details for the sake of time and spoilers. But in that moment that’s when I decided I didn’t ship them just because the idea was cute, I shipped them because they NEEDED each other. Juvia finally understood Gray and his history, while Gray not only understood his festering feelings for her BUT he got the closure he deserved of his family, all thanks to Juvia. Although there were subtle hints that Gray started to develop feelings way earlier on than this scene, THIS is when he knew for sure how he felt.

The last and finally scene that pretty much sealed the deal for them being my otp was when they both sacrifice themselves to save each other. **cries 😭** We got a full length scene of them damn near confessing how much they meant to each other. We all know what happens at the end of that scene, then Gray makes a promise to Juvia and that was to take her feelings more seriously. The thought of him loosing someone else he loved definitely shocked him into reality and broke that Tsundere spell that was casted on to him by the creators…well kinda. In the anime Gray eventually confesses his feelings in a round about way and I HATED IT! I just wanted him to lay it all out there on the table. But maturing is realizing that, that actually wasn’t the confession and that’s apparent in 100yq.

Although I would love for them to just be together already, I appreciate Mashima and Ueda taking their time with this couple and really putting emphasis on their shared character/relationship development. I also appreciate that we get this development through Gray’s perspective, it adds a bit more to them as a couple. In conclusion, I’m lonely and I want what they have. No but seriously I’m soaking up every bit we get from Gruvia! Since Gruvia days is coming up, I had planned on doing a relationship/couple analysis from Gray’s perspective but this honestly sums it up lol!

#fairy tail #fairy tail manga #fairy tail anime #gray fullbuster #juvia lockser #gruvia #gray x juvia #fairy tail ships #fairy tail couples #fairy tail 100 years quest #ft #ft 100yq #anime #manga #character analysis #couple analysis #anime couple #i hate how much i love them

[sapphic-agent]

Not sure if I even read the Breaking Point fic. Maybe, maybe not. But I have my own share of fics that "we can fix canon" but make worse.

There one fic I recall (the name slipped from my mind) where ofa somehow shows the class A1 all the abuse Izu endured by BK - it was all thanks to bk and Izu forced team up- and still...people did nothing.

Now think about this premise: ofa shows the abuse and people are just midly concerned.

Why is that? Why make Izu be seen as a victom and get help and support is smth so rare in this fandom?

It is rare see Ochako and his so called friends do stick up for him in fics and not be demonized. Hell, there one where class A1 finds out bk bully Izu(OH MY GOD HE TRIED TO KILL HIM...why fics make them discovery their past as if is a big plot twist?) And proceed to give a taste of his own poison.

And...."this is bad. They shouldnt do this. Poor bk"

You know, some stories talk aboht forgiviness and can be a really touching and well done thing....but those are rare, extremely so. I'm tired of "forgive them bc this is correct" let Izu hold grudges. Let Izu dont forgive bk and be in his right.

A dorama who got this right is The Glory. The mc was horrible abused and got her revenge and in no point people were "forgive them" to mc.

To conclude: this fandom seems to tnink Izu and pain are the OTP when it really isnt nor should be.

Yeah, the fandom can be... Desensitized to this issue so to speak. I think this is for two reasons.

1. So much of Bakugou's behavior is brushed off as a joke. It's easy for people to turn a blind eye to his treatment of Izuku because so much of it is glazed over by cheap laughs.

Honestly I'm pretty sure that's why people think we're so stuck in the suicide baiting in episode 1. Because that's the only moment the series ever really treats Bakugou's behavior as serious as it is. Like, yeah, that was bad, but that's far from the only thing Bakugou's ever done to Izuku. There's attacking him during the Quirk Apprehension Test, hunting him down and seriously injuring him during the Battle Trials, being purposely uncooperative and punching him during the Final Exam, coercing him into a fight after curfew and demanding information that absolutely wasn't his business, throwing his headpiece at him, attempting to forcibly draw Blackwhip out with no consideration of the consequences, etc. Mind you, everything I just listed happened at UA (a few when he was supposed to be "changing"). I would argue that a good number of these things were worse than the suicide baiting.

But they don't register in people's heads the same way because the narrative doesn't treat them the same way. So when fanfiction authors try to write these stories, they're only looking at one aspect of it while turning a blind eye to everything else. They might do a decent job addressing how Bakugou treated Izuku in Aldera, but do a piss poor job of addressing his behavior at UA.

2. Horikoshi doesn't allow Izuku to be looked at as the victim.

This wasn't always the case. We're supposed to feel bad for him in episode one. We're supposed to think that his treatment at Bakugou's hands during the Battle Trials is brutal. He was written to be the sympathetic underdog who's been given a bad hand in life and gets treated like shit because of it.

But that began to change around Deku vs Kacchan Part 2. Hori knew that Izuku had to forgive Bakugou if the viewers were going to. But there was also no way to realistically do this if he actually had a negative response to Bakugou's treatment of him. So he gave us the implication that Izuku wasn't bothered by it at all (which we know isn't true because he was extremely upset when Bakugou said what he said in episode one). He confirms this through All Might of all people, so it has to be true, right?

And most viewers will accept this at face value. Because they're looking for an out for Bakugou. They're looking for a way they can like him while not condoning a bigoted bully.

That's how I see things anyway

#anti katsuki bakugou #mha critical #bnha critical #ask

[peggy-sue-reads-a-book]

Let’s talk about Cabin 10. The first thing we learn about them is that they don’t smell bad enough to attract monsters and they aren’t a threat in capture the flag because they’re just laying around braiding each other’s hair . . . Ok, BUT. Most half-bloods have adhd and most of Aphrodite’s children are a bunch of girls and Mitchell. So let’s look at these girls as a shack full of fem-presenting neurodivergents.

• whoever decorated all those pastel beds was probably spazzing out because all her new sisters bring her the connection she craves. Also she was hyperfixating on Barbie 12 Dancing Princesses—that bedroom was the dream.

• Patrick’s mortal dad is so proud of him. SO proud that his son has so much emotional courage.

• Ella has a deep empathy for animals who have been abandoned or forgotten. She hates to see a kitty get overlooked because she’s older or no one takes a pupper home because “pitbulls are mean.” She volunteers at a shelter every weekend and uses her powers to make potential families see what she sees. Also she has some special pink crocs just for cleaning out pens.

• Competitive sports are not their thing. Good for them for collectively not faking an interest and instead spending that time talking about stuff they like. No really, good for them for getting along with their teenage sisters.

• Chloë has ASD and her favorite color is pink. She goes hard. All the things are pink. You go, Chloë. She’s not snuggly like the other girls but literally gives the sweetest, most genuine all-in compliments.

• these girls cannot keep their hands still and need some damn hair to braid. What is dopamine if not having your hair touched or your arm rhythmically scratched by another girl?

• Marguerite loves ballet.

• group runs to starbies because caffeine helps most of them calm down.

• MASSAGE TRAIN!

• one of them watches Barbie Diamond Castle while questioning her sexuality. The girls and Mitchel support her with a cottagecore home reno.

• Victoria is very shy and is never seen without red white and royal blue a classic romance in her hand. Actually, fuck that. She’s super smart and reads a huge range of fiction. She’s also never worn pants. Fuck you, January, it’s not happening. The girl loves her pretty dresses.

• these are huge fangirls but feel a little left out of the Star Wars and marvel crowds. Lacy literally just wants to be left alone with her life-size Taylor Lautner cutout and team Jacob merch. She’s been given shit for her girly and lame interests her whole life.

• Her first week, Chloë is between Marguerite and Rose for massage train. She’s a little nervous about skin to skin but doesn’t want to stand out by saying anything. Her sisters get her feel and leap up and run to get their jade rollers to rub out the shoulder knots. There’s NO WAY their girl is gonna be left out or uncomfy.

• Drew fuckin loves Kibbe typing and is always getting her girls a new top that’s “so flamboyant gamine” and no one knows what she’s talking about.

• Mitchell sings Heart Full of Love in glorious falsetto every shower-hour and everyone is fucking nice about it.

• No one thinks Dove is smart because her dyscalculia is causing her to fail math, biology, and history (she put that the Peleponesion war took place in 3 🤷‍♀️.) BUT Dove loves to draw. For an artist she’s super extroverted and loves taking requests to bringing everyone’s OTPs to life.

• they don’t stink because they’re always gifting each other essential oil blends personalized to each sister’s Mitchell’s vibe.

• they’re universally bad drivers.

• Chloë is amazing with astrology. She’s dead on about sign compatibility because Chloë is a friggin Queen.

• CUDDLE PUDDLE. Proprioception really helps them finish tasks. So yeah, they snuggle while they finish their homework.

• Drew made Dove color coded friendship bracelets to help her remember her right from left. What a pal.

• Orlando is completely masc, was shocked when he wasn’t claimed by Ares or Hephaestus, and took awhile to adjust to the vibe. Turns out masculine beauty is still beautiful, and he has more love inside than anyone is ready for. You go, emotionally mature dudebro.

• Silena was looking at colleges to go into marriage and family counseling.

• Mitchel wants to be a trauma-informed tattoo artist and does beautiful floral work.

• Scarlet gets really attached and has no executive function when it comes to decluttering. Her bunk is covered in stuffed animals and at 15 she sleeps with every single one because she couldn’t bare to hurt their feelings

• dyslexic bitches enjoying red white and royal blue a classic romance audiobook all piled on one bed.

• dyslexic bitches can’t read a price tag.

• Tristan’s favorite song is Steal My Girl. He can’t stop and he won’t stop.

• Synesthete Tristan. He loves that happy teal sound of pop music. The pretty gentle yellow specific to the sound of Ella’s name. The way his crush’s smile smells like lilies.

• Rose has a thing for Y2K. You can pry her low rise jeans and PLL box set from her cold dead hands.

• a documentary about fast fashion made Valentina cry. Sometimes big social injustices make her feel really overwhelmed. They all get super into thrifting.

• Rose and Bella have matching stick’n’pokes of little hearts on their wrists.

• they fucking live for Peppa Pig. Just Rose and Bella. They’re bunk mates and someone had to buy them a headphone splitter because they have no self awareness when they’re jamming on their obsession and the others couldn’t take it anymore.

• That one time Drew made Juliette wear the Shoes of Shame. Juliette committed to a normcore makeover just to pull them off. She’s wearing those janky Reebok’s with knee high tube socks to this day.

• Piper gets mad one day and pulverizes the Golden Mango and serves it with vodka. They’re all in huge trouble. Impulse control is not her thing, man.

• Lacy is just the biggest fuckin vsco girl. Not ironic. Just Lacy. Leave her alone.

• pastel hydroflasks for everyone.

So you see these are not cool girls. They’re well… girly. No matter how much they are underestimated or how much shit they take from the rest of camp they just keep on liking what they like. Aphrodite energy is receptivity, willingness to trust, allowing things to delight you at the risk of looking silly. It’s putting on Clarisse’s armor and running into battle even when you know you’re not the strongest or the scariest. It’s shamelessly crushing on Jason who seems kinda bland to everyone else. It’s watching Ares cry and never looking away because you are so fucking strong. It’s seeing beauty in the beast even when no one else can. It’s believing in the beauty you can’t see. Even when you might get hurt. Whoever you are be it. Suck at sports. Hate fighting. Cry when something “shallow” moves you. Insist they remember Achilles for more than his crimes in grief and anger. Tear up and show it when bae leaves for work. Fucking like Nicolas Sparks. Worship your awkward girlfriend. Squee when your lame song comes on. Buy the I ❤️ Mr. Darcy shirt. You are great. Your passion, tenderness, and idealism are truly badass.

#pjoverse #pjo aphrodite #aphrodite cabin #aphrodite #cabin 10 #actually adhd #adhdawareness #dyslexia #actually dyscalculic #synesthesia #synesthete #piper mclean #piper mcqueen #drew tanaka #mitchell #team jacob #headcanon #silena beauregard #one direction #incorrect pjo quotes #feminine #romantic #idealization #enfp #infp #enfj aesthetic #barbie #enneagram 4 #rick riordan #riordanverse

[let-us-cultivate-our-garden]

Could you elaborate on your comment on Discord? I would specifically like to know why The Owl House is bad at consistency:

This is Dana [Terrace]'s first time as a showrunner (granted [Gravity Falls] was also Alex Hirsche's [sic] first show as well). But all of the writing mistakes we have talked about point to a team that struggled with basic world-building, character dynamics, consistency, etc.

So this one's going to be a two-fer since the questions are similar.

First off, writing in film and television is always a team effort; writers plan, storyboard, revise, edit, and bounce ideas off each other when creating the script. Second, any first time show runner will have difficulties helming their show by virtue of being inexperienced. That's not indicative of them being a bad writer but a novice one.

I don't believe it's helpful to classify anyone as a "good" or "bad" writer based on one piece of work because even a world-famous and world-renowned author can produce a dud. That's just the nature of the creative process.

So when you ask what went wrong in the writing process you really have to know what that specific writing process was. For TOH, I don't know what that was; looking at the list of episodes and the staff responsible, it looks like they pretty much had the same roster of people throughout the run of the show. So any inconsistencies in the plot, character development, etc. cannot be blamed on a changing staff.

If I were to hazard a guess as to why the show is so structurally flawed, I would guess it's due to a lack of discipline. TOH likes to speed run through character arcs to get to the big dramatic moments and not really put in the work to get there. Just look at how quickly Luz and Amity went from rivals to OTP in half a season or how quickly Lilith was forgiven despite being a major antagonist for pretty much all of season 1. They wanted to get to Lumity and Cool Aunt Lilith right away without putting in the work to get there.

And yes, the cancellation did play a role in the show speed running through season 3 HOWEVER the writers also added in the Collector as a secondary antagonist without dealing with Belos first. The result was a character that took a lot of time away from established characters and plot lines and his own subplot resulted in his character being stripped of anything interesting or unique and just another Sad Boy for the audience to coddle.

Again, this is due to lack of discipline and wanting to cram characters and concepts into the show without stopping to think if it is beneficial to the overall story or not.

In the end, what separates a "good" writer from a "bad" one is that good writers will acknowledge their mistakes and fix them while poor ones keep repeating the same mistakes or make even bigger ones.

I hope this answers your question because without knowing how the writers chose to approach their story and why they made the decisions they did, I can only point out the flaws and what that means for the show as a whole.

#asks #the owl house #toh critical #toh criticism

[zvtara-was-never-canon]

Actually, John O’Bryan or Joshua Hamilton (I forgot which one) confirmed on the Braving the Elements Podcast that Zutara was in the original bible and that there was a fight in the writer’s room for making it canon. He even says he’s still Zutara, that they did it wrong, and that in an alternative universe they’re together.

But his version doesn’t really make sense bc the original bible that can be accessed online doesn’t confirm ANY ships. Also, kataang was literally hinted in the pilot. Not to mention that either Joshua or John - whoever wrote CoTL - literally confirmed that Mike and Aaron made him write Omashu for Kataang’s romance. One of them (Joshua or John) pitched the episode as just being a story of Sokka suffering with the nomads, but Mike and Aaron felt it was important to tie Oma and Shu to Kataang. I also believe it was Joshua Hamilton who wrote the inaccurate “Avatar Extras” that confirmed that Zuko was supposed to be Katara’s love interest.

So essentially, what happened was the following (imo): In the early development stage prior to book 1, the idea of Zuko and Katara were thrown around. Some of the writers might’ve latched onto it and, as a result, the ship was teased in late 3.5 (especially given how POPULAR the ship was in 2005-2008). However, Bryke and Aaron felt that Kataang was always the natural direction and made sense story wise. And ultimately, that’s what happened as endgame. The creators and the head writer feeling that a popular fanon ship with a friendship developed in under 5 episodes doesn’t make for a romantic endgame, in addition to a preference for Kataang.

At the end of the day, no one is denying that Zutara wasn’t teased (not even Bryke themselves). We just don’t think it’s a plausible endgame that makes sense as per the series. I can also sort of understand why some of the writers would still prefer Zutara - it does sound intriguing on paper (very YA and disney), but doesn’t make any sense execution wise. Good on the creators for denying that shit.

Assuming that's true at all, and that is something I likely truly won't do until I search said podcast and hear it myself because God knows zutarians lie all the time, that still make it the power-struggle some people claim it was.

One writer having an idea, latching onto it, and then trying to pass it off as "my idea was totally going to be canon at one point, trust me even though everyone else on the team says another thing and the actual main couple was present from episode one."

And even if we exclude the Kataang angle in Cave Of Two Lovers (that Joshua did write) an intervention on his writting process would still be necessary. I love Sokka, but watching over 20 minutes of him just being annoyed would get repetitive and boring really fast. It makes far more sense to balance it out with two of the other main characters learning about a legend of a city the viewers are familiar with (and will see being at the mercy of the Fire Nation) the following episode. It makes the episode more engaging and reminds us of what will be at stake if the Fire Nation wins.

Another thing that makes this story hard to believe for me, is the fact that Joshua didn't write any episodes until book 2 (though obviously that doesn't mean he couldn't be part of the creative team in some other ways), of all the episodes he did write only "The Chase" has Katara and Zuko interacting at all or so much as mentioning each other, he was the one who wrote Boiling Rock Part 2 which has some major Maiko moments, and he was also part of creating the episode "Ember Island Players" which mocks the very idea of Zutara and has the characters themselves be visibly uncomfortable when they hear of it.

Even if we assume that man was secretly hoping Zutara would be a thing alll along, it seems pretty clear to me that he is NOT this "Zutara champion" that hates the canon ships and fought tooth and nail to make his OTP happen, but the other evil writers stopped him.

Hell, let's look at someone who has been very openly shipping Zutara for years: Dante Basco, aka Zuko. That man has said he refuses to watch the live action movie and to say anything too bad about it because he's an actor and doesn't want to risk angering a guy that could end up being his boss in the future. This same Dante has REPEATELY said Zutara is his favorite ship, and that even though he really likes how the show ended, he wishes that pairing had had a chance to happen.

He says that without any fear, and doesn't seem to have suffered any consequences for it. To me, that shows that "Zutara VS Kataang/Maiko" is not the epic power-struggle amongst the team that zutarians love to pretend it was. It was just people throwing ideas around. Some were used, some were not. Just the ordinary creative process, not a ship war.

And once again, this is me assuming that there's any chance that Joshua ever wanted Zutara to be a thing, and that this is not just another case of obsessive fans lying to everyone again to convince themselves they have canon validation. God knows Zutarians have cried wolf MANY times (and I'm amused that in this version, Aaron Ehasz is one of the "bad guys", even though they are still using that fake interview of him confirmig a zutara endgame as proof that their ship was supposed to be canon. These people lie so much, they lost track of who they claim is "one of them" or not).

#anti zutara

[forgan-forge]

I want s3 of Good Omens to be Aziraphale and Crowley leading the humans against Heaven and Hell. This is a story about love, of course, forbidden love. But it’s also a story about the value and priority of humanity. Throughout the series, the angels and demons of Heaven and Hell talk about God’s Great plan. It’s highlighted at the end of S1 that they don’t know about God’s Ineffable plan. I believe that Her plan has always, and will always be about letting humanity thrive. (I think that She’s also a giddy shipper and Aziracrow is Her OTP).

(Rant continues under the cut)

We’ve already had hints that the systems of Heaven and Hell are corrupt and bound to break down. We’ve already had a love story between and Angel and a demon that (so far) has had a happy ending.

My theory is that this story will end with the abusive structures of Heaven and Hell finally breaking down. We know that Heaven especially is abusive, see the lie theory and the fact that they need to keep up appearances (the whole institutional problem spiel).

We know that Jesus is going to play a part in this story. The plane that he arrives in is seen in the s2 intro.

The planned sequel involved Crowley and Aziraphale tracking down Jesus across the USA. I theorize that this will lead Jesus into teaming up with A and C, a parallel to Adam. (This’ll be either after they make up, or it’ll be a comical race to see who can find Jesus first. I personally prefer the latter.) This, of course, would infuriate heaven and hell, and they’ll pledge war. With Gabriel and Beelz absent, there would be new leaders that don’t exactly care that the rules are. I think that Aziraphale would try to stop Heaven, but to no avail. (The abuser never stops being abusive, you’re just wearing rose colored lenses.)

Aziraphale leaves Heaven, rosy lenses broken, and Crowley probably has a whole “I was right now do the dance” moment, and they make up. But, there’s a war happening, a real one this time, and they need help. And what better help to stop the destruction of Earth than the very inhabitants of the planet, who probably wouldn’t be very pleased at their demise.

Jesus helps A and C just like Adam did, going against his purpose. (You know how Neil likes his parallels.)

And maybe it’s the three of them combined that stops Heaven and Hell, or maybe it’s God Herself. You see, she says in the beginning of s1 that she plays “an ineffable game of [her] own devising” and I think that the aforementioned game is a test. A test of what, exactly? Heaven and Hell, and they’ve failed. You can’t just give beings power, put them in charge, and expect them to run things perfectly. I don’t think it was God that cast Crowley out of heaven, it was beings who thought that they knew what God wanted. She likes to play games, she likes to bet with Satan, and plan things that only She knew the contents of.

She was testing Heaven and Hell, just like she tested Job and Jesus. Nobody could figure out her ineffable plan because it was just that, ineffable. But, Crowley and Aziraphale had a better understanding than any other Angel or demon.

Where is this rant going? I think that Humanity will come out on top of Heaven and Hell, and that the two kingdoms will renounce their abusive ways of guessing everything that God wants, if not dissolve their governments completely. I want to see an end where angels and demons achieve peace with each other, and humanity is allowed to exist without any divine or demonic influence.

And I think that this love letter to humanity, and love story between two enemies by nature, will end, as it began, in a garden. Specifically, the garden of Aziraphale and Crowley’s South Downs cottage. I think that it will rain, and A and C will shelter under an umbrella, humanity’s wing.

EDIT: There’s also some pretty huge emphasis on Azi and Crowley’s combined power, so I hope they do something really cool with that. “The power of love prevails above all” type shit.

#THIS IS ALL JUST A THEORY #I will love and cherish whatever Neil has planned #good omens #good omens 2 #good omens 2 spoilers #aziraphale #Crowley #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable beurocracy #rant #good omens theory #long post #forgan’s post

[apfelhalm]

Since we kinda know each other a lil bit I am brave enough to ask....what's the appeal of Cap/Tony to you? I know a tooooon of people ship this and I never really got the appeal (but I would love to get it this is not a AND HERE IS HOW YOU'RE WRONG question I am genuinely asking...)

Ooooooooh. I am actually thrilled about you asking me this because Cap/Tony is one of my oldest and pretty much the most beloved OTPs of all time <3

I got into Marvel during the waiting period for the 2012 Avengers movie. Cap and Tony hadn't even met onscreen yet, so what I did, like most people back during that time, was: I turned to the comics. And in the comics ... well. Their friendship has been established over decades of various comic arcs.

They're pretty much like yin and yang, opposites that complement each other, past vs. future, idealist vs. cynic, the team parents, soulmates friends that will find each other in every universe and just need to be at each others side. They banter a lot (which can sometimes come off as flirty, especially from Tony's side), they have nicknames for each other (winghead and shellhead).

Especially Tony grew up idolizing Captain America and describes finding him frozen in a block of ice as the greatest day of his life. (I think he canonically has a room full of Cap memorabilia and merch but I can't find the scans to back that up right now.) He once opened his faceplate surrounded by toxic gas to give Steve mouth to mouth/CPR, because he thought keeping Steve alive was more important than his own life (x).

Things Tony once said to or about Steve:

I'm not half as good at anything as when I'm doing it next to you.

you were my rudder, steering me when others couldn’t

I miss your battle cry

And then there was Civil War. It was a huge event in the comics that had an impact on pretty much everything and Steve and Tony were the heart of that dispute. See, that conflict was mostly shoehorned and silly, but it was an angsty gold mine for shippers. A lot of what happened hit so hard because Steve and Tony had such a special and deep friendship. And then, in the aftermath of Civil War, Steve gets shot and dies. Tony, feeling partly responsible for what happened, completely loses it. He's supposed to hold a speech at Steve's funeral, but he breaks down crying in front of everyone before he can finish it. In one of the spin-off comics you can see Tony sitting beside Cap's dead body, pouring his heart out. And Tony, having played the villain throughout the entire Civil War, having betrayed and lost friends because he fought for what he thought was right (something he learned from Cap!), bitterly admits: "It wasn't worth it." (This is a callback to when Steve angrily asked him "was it worth it?" - Tony didn't have an answer back then.) (x)

Fun Fact! In one of the multiverses, Civil War canonically gets resolved because Tony is a woman and marries Steve:

Movie!Cap and movie!Tony had a very different dynamic. They were more of a enemies/rivals to friends (to lovers) kind of thing - which is also fun! - but A Lot of aforementioned comic canon bled over to how I and many over fans depicted/interpreted them. And that was a lot of fun, for a while. Except over time and with every new movie that go released, it got clear that the MCU had no interest in actually making them and showing them be friends. They were begrudging co-workers at most (and not just Tony and Steve, the whole team besides Tasha and Clint were rarely shown to have meaningful interactions) and that took away a lot of the impact of Captain America: Civil War.

So yeah. It's this deep and meaningful friendship that draws me to Steve and Tony. I still ship them in the MCU, but it certainly got soured a little by what the movies did (or didn't do) with their friendship.

#ask #black-out-marker #i'm sorry this got so long but i couln't not elaborate haha #i love them too much haha #if you want a wholesome and awesome representation of steve and tony being besties I strongly recommend the Avengers Assemble cartoon #also i have written a post civil war (mcu) fic about them that i'm still proud of actually haha #SUPERHUSBANDS

[msmargaretmurry]

otp ask meme!! for matthew/leon, any variation of them you wanna think about, whichever of these sparks joy: 9, 16, 20, 30, 38, 44, 48

they all spark joy is the problem!! but it's late so i practiced some restraint. these are mostly from the HAW perspective because, like tnno, those are the versions that live in my head 😂

9 - What are their thoughts on having children?

in HAW specifically, matthew wants a family so badly. he has to spend some time untangling that from his complicated feelings about what he's ~supposed~ to do (marry a pretty girl who will have his kids, etc etc) but even after all that, man, he wants to be a dad. leon's a little more ambivalent going into it, in a "yeah maybe kids someday!" kind of way, but after they've been together for a few years he not only wants matthew to be able to be a dad because matthew wants it so bad, but he really wants to have a family with matthew. they were already planning on getting themselves onto the same team somewhere for the last stretch of their careers, and so incorporating the having kids into that plan is pretty easy.

(the weekend after i posted HAW, i went on a long daytrip with a friend and we spent the whole car ride planning their futures and potenial sequels to the story, there is SO much of this mushy crap in my head)

16 - Can they stay up all night just talking?

they fuck up their sleep schedules multiple times doing this on the phone, actually. in the summer, matthew sometimes forgets about the time difference until leon says something about the sunrise. they don't do it in person so much because… the like sleeping next to each other. gross. (tbh this can apply to the land between our bodies versions of them, too)

30 - Your OTP gets to pick out each other’s outfits; what is each wearing?

for leon, matthew would pick out a suit for leon in a pattern that leon would never pick out for himself, but that matthew thinks looks really good and stylish. perhaps even a little flashy. it is not actually flashy and is only kind of stylish because his tailor has decent taste, but matthew picked out a blue to compliment leon's eyes and he thinks he looks so good. leon does look good, but more because he's a good-looking guy than due to any heavy lifting by the suit, but he lets matthew be proud because he thinks it's cute. turns out the suit looks best on the bedroom floor anyway.

for matthew, leon would pick out a bright orange oilers jersey that says DRAISAITL 29 on the back.

38 - Who is more sexually experimental? Who’s more vanilla?

okay honestly i think one of the main reasons they work so well for me as a pairing in general is to me they're on the same level here! one of them pushes the boundaries and the other just goes with it. does this sometimes backfire and make everything worse? absolutely, but that's what makes it fun (for me, not necessarily for them).

48 - Who’s the better driver?

LEON. leon 1000000%. we all know matthew is a terrible driver. that's why his teammates drive him everywhere. i can't believe they even trust him with that golf cart.

#writing meme #matthew and leon #ratnovel #hockey for ts

[opie-taylor]

steady

It’s not the first time he’s owed his life to Narcan, but he certainly hopes it’ll be the last.

Alive.

Carlos is alive.

Injured, concussed, recovering from the effects of an opioid overdose, something TK is, regrettably, all-too familiar with, but his fiancé is alive.

TK can’t help but dwell on the what-ifs, though.

What if they hadn’t gotten to the house in time.

What if TK hadn’t made the pharmacy connection.

What if he had listened to his Dad’s advice.

TK quickly checks his phone, his updates to his Dad about the entire situation still unread.

“What are you looking at?” Carlos reaches over to TK.

“Nothing important.” TK puts his phone down, shifting his attention back to Carlos. Carlos smiles at him.

“Have I told you how much I love you?” Carlos asks.

“You’ve definitely mentioned it before.” TK teases, leaning over to place a kiss on Carlos’ temple.

“Mm. Well I do.” Carlos’ eyes flutter closed.

“I know, baby. I love you, too.” TK caresses Carlos’ cheek, watching as his heart drifts off into much-deserved sleep.

The heart TK had almost lost.

TK watches the steady rise and fall of Carlos’ chest, trying not to think about the fact that only a day ago he’d been the one ensuring that was still the case. It’s not the first time he’s owed his life to Narcan, but he certainly hopes it’ll be the last.

TK watches Carlos breathe until he can’t keep his own eyes open anymore, letting himself relax for the first time in nearly 48 hours, as he too drifts to sleep.

#911 lone star #911 ls fic #my fic #tk strand #carlos reyes #tarlos #tk x carlos #otp: we make a pretty good team #911 ls 4x04

[rodpower78]

Carlos: You saved me today, TK.

TK: You saved me first, Carlos.

Me:

#tk strand #carlos reyes #tarlos #9 1 1: lone star #spoilers #tk and carlos #otp: we make a pretty good team #tv quotes #saving each other

[azurezfiction]

What are your favorite ships for Power Rangers characters? Especially for characters like Conner and Javi?

That is a very loaded question! I have a lot of ships that I have for my favourite characters (main of which can be considered rarepairs or crackpairs). Before we get to those, let's tackle Conner and Javi first shall we?

So, for Conner. When it comes to shipping for him, I tend to lean towards outside of the Dino Thunder team. (mainly because you can tear CassidyxEthan from my cold, dead, rotten corpse thank you very much). A friend of mine and I joked about the DT rangers meeting the Squadron rangers, and Conner immediately swooing over Xev and Telosi.

Look me in the eyes and tell me Conner wouldn't immediately start simping over Xev, Telosi and their muscles.

He probably also has a thing for Cole. Especially those biceps and Ryan. And Shane. And Hunter. and Dustin. Adam. Rocky. Definitely Jason. Big time. Eric is out though. He shares a name with Conner's bro, and that's a major no. He'd absolutely go ga-ga over Dillion. Damon's, TJ, Mike C, and Leo too. Chad.

I'd say Joel too but... lets be honest, no one can win against Angela Fairweather. No one.

Anyone with muscles, Conner's there. But when it comes to romantic involvement for shipping? Xev, Telosi, Dillion, Cole, possibly Shane. Depending on how it's written, DustinxConnerxHunter... long as Dustin isn't Erik McKnight's teacher, I'm good.

Now, for Javi...

I'm blaming @skyland2703 for my growing fondness for JavixAmelia. It's a very cute couple, and I can't believe I never thought of them as a ship until I started seeing their content. Another friend of mine has also made me a fan of Javi x Ollie too, and with Russell's (Zayto) recent tweet it does make me curious if Javi x Zayto will happen or the potential it could hold.

As for my favourite characters... I have a variety of ships~ I'll go in order of series that way no one gets left out or behind.

MMPRS1-Turbo 1: Katherine x Billy; One of my top OTPs of all time. I really wanted them to have nice things. Tommy x Jason, Tommy x Kim: These two have my heart~ And you can't tell me something wasn't going on between Tommy and Jason through the series. Adam x Rocky, Adam x Rocky x Aisha x Tanya, Adam x Tanya, Rocky x Aisha, Aisha x Shawna, Aisha x Tanya; Do I really need to explain? These four are pretty much rock solid. Splitting them apart if like a huge NO imo. Turbo 2-Wild Force TJ x Cassie; Lets be honest, the Phantom Ranger was never gonna stick around for Cassie. She needs someone dependable in her life and that's TJ. Zhane x Andros: Once again, utterly blaming a friend of mine for this. I've fallen down the rabbit hole and can't seem to get out. Zhane x Astronema/Karone: I can't help it. It's a cute ship! Mike Corbett x Carlos Vallerte: My OTP of Power Rangers. I forever be shipping them and hopefully getting my motivation to actually get writing them, I read a fic several years ago that made me ship them. Unfortunately that fic no longer exists. Kai x Damon; literally don't know how I came up with this one, but I thought it would be pretty cute that the engineer/mechanic and the uptight soldier would hook up with one another, and Damon endlessly flirting with him non-stop even during work hours~ Ryan x Carter: My OTP of Lightspeed. I feel like Ryan would be great for Carter, helping him come out of his shell a bit and be a more explorative while sharing quiet moments when it's simply the two of them. Dana x Taylor; Soft military nurse that will kill you with kindness and Taylor that disciplined military pilot that can kick your ass with a glare? It can't go wrong! Nancy x Kelsey: It's match made in heaven. PROVE. ME. WRONG. Eric x Wes, Eric x Wes x Jen: It's inevitable that they three will end up together. And you can FEEL that chemistry/tension between Eric and Wes on scream. They definitely have something back during their school days. Katie x Trip: Do I need to explain? Merrick x Cole: I have a weakness for these two, it's just... they simply FIT together. Ninja Storm - RPM Dustin x Hunter: I like how the two bounce off each other, and their aesthetics that match together. They definitely have very good chemistry together and I can see them ending up together at the end of Ninja Storm. Ethan x Cassidy: LET. THEM. HAVE. NICE. THINGS. Sky x Bridge: I know, I know. I've been pulled on the Sky x Bridge train, but you can't tell me there isn't something going on between them. Vida x Chip: I really love these two. I know they are best friends and everything, but at the same time, I feel like their romance is something very believable that can happen between them. Giving it the proper time to grow. Xander x Nick: This is a guilty pleasure of mine but like... *squints* like you can't tell me that the two had SOMETHING happening when no one was looking. RJ x Casey: Need I say more? There's no heterosexual relationship about them. Dillion x Ziggy:... Just let me have this. Please? They personally had more chemistry in my eyes than Dillion and Summer. But that's simply me. Flynn x Gemma: SOUL MATES. Samurai to Dino Fury/Cosmic Fury(?) Jayden x Antonio: THERE IS NO HETEROSEXUAL EXPLANATION FOR THESE TWO. Gia x Emma: I say by what I say when I say Gia should have been leader and red. Noah x Orion: Nerdy boy and alien? SO MUCH POTENTIAL! Tyler x Shelby: One of the few times I do enjoy the main couple in the show~ Matt Griffin x Tyler x Ivan: I blame my friend for this but you can't tell me it wouldn't be interesting. The modern cowboy, the explorer, and the knight? Imagine the shenanigans! Izzy x Fern: QUEENS. They deserver EVERYTHING! I don't really ship a lot involving Beast Morphers, Ninja Steel, or Dino Fury yet. I'm waiting to see what Cosmic Fury holds first to see how the relationships grow and change for the second season.

My number 1 crackship of all time:

Dane Romero x Mr Kelman x Andrew Hartford: Involving time shenanigans that ensure all three are around the same age and being able to be in love and be together without any problems. I have NO idea why or how I came up with this ship, but it's mine and I love it~

#power rangers #mmpr #mighty morphin power rangers #power rangers dino thunder #power rangers lost galaxy #power rangers dino fury #power rangers lightspeed #power rangers zeo #power rangers turbo #power rangers in space #power rangers time force #power rangers wild force #power rangers ninja storm #power rangers ninja steel #power rangers mystic force #power rangers operation overdrive #power rangers megaforce #power rangers samurai #power rangers spd #power rangers the movie #power rangers jungle fury #power rangers rpm #power rangers cosmic fury #conner mcknight #javi garcia

[tamras-shieldmaiden]

This is the last one! For this one, tell me more about Baatar Jr!

I'm pretty excited to see what you've got to say about all these characters, and see what about them and LoK caught your attention!

And the last Beifong of the request list, Suyin’s eldest son, Baatar Jr. Don’t worry, Su became more creative with names for the rest of her children. 😆

Image courtesy of avatarparallels.tumblr.com

1: sexuality headcanon 

Someone had to be the token cis straight and that honor has been bestowed on Baatar.

2: otp 

After the very explosive breakup with Kuvira (I’ll see myself out), I think Junior will find better luck in romance with someone from outside Zaofu. I always picture him with a nice Fire Nation girl because it gives him a chance to be with someone who is not aware of the more notorious parts of his past. If I had to choose a character from the series that could make a good match for him, I would go with Asami, something that I’ve explored in my Kuvira redemption story, and it's for similar reasons why I think she could work with Kuvira. Like Kuvira, he would benefit from having someone smart, caring, strong-willed, with a strong moral compass that won’t take crap from anyone. And let’s be honest: we know Junior has mommy issues, so having Asami as a romantic partner gives him a chance to sort of reenact Baatar Sr and Su's dynamic in his relationship.

3: brotp 

Opal was the person he was closest to while they were growing up due to their shared status as non-benders until Harmonic Convergence happened, and Opal became part of the Air Nation. Although they made amends and was forgiven for his role with the Earth Empire, I believe his confidant post-war to be now his brother Huan. Huan seems to be a good listener and Junior’s house arrest allows for plenty opportunities for them to chat about the new building projects for Zaofu, especially now that Huan has given a voice along with Baatar Sr on the design choices for the city. 

4: notp 

Opal for obvious reasons. 

5: first headcanon that pops into my head 

Despite being Suyin’s oldest son and the one who takes after his father the most both in appearance and talent, the fact that he wasn’t a bender made him feel like sort of an outsider, a feeling he shared with fellow outcast Kuvira.

6: favorite line from this character 

(to Kuvira) “You always had an excellent memory.”

Ruins of the Empire Vol 3

7: one way in which I relate to this character 

I guess in the need to be regarded as an individual.

8: thing that gives me secondhand embarrassment about this character 

The way he confronted his father when he and Kuvira took over Zaofu. Dude, your dad is the gentlest individual in that family. Take it easy.😬

9: cinnamon roll or problematic fave?

Not a fave but definitely problematic during Book 4, but his collaboration helping Korra and Team Avatar in Ruins of the Empire earned him some brownie points. 

#character ask game #ask game #character headcanon ask game #character headcanons #baatar beifong jr #suyin beifong #baatar beifong sr #opal beifong #huan beifong #kuvira #the legend of korra #legend of korra #tlok #lok

[ryuuseirune]

002- lest :^)

How I feel about this character:

homosexually! Lest is my primary blorbo... my beloved. I will never stop thinking about him. He’s cute, sweet, and a little bit silly, which makes him the perfect whump target lmfao. Make that ray of sunshine suffer!!!

All the people I ship romantically with this character:

Dylas, Leon, Doug, Arthur, Kiel, Vishnal, Ethelberd, Forte, Bado, Barrett, Volkanon, and Porcoline.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:

Lest & Venti - self-explanatory. I have a real soft spot for our dragon BFF.

My unpopular opinion about this character:

he deserves more attention and appreciation in the rf4 fandom!! Everyone is a Frey main and I understand why people prefer her over Lest, but sometimes I wish people would give my little guy a chance too :( it's why I focus on commissioning/drawing him the most. I need to recruit people to the Lest agenda

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon:

gay marriage option wish we knew more of his backstory and that the guys would flirt with him more 😔

my OTP:

do I even need to say it? Dylas/Lest

my cross-over ship:

within the RF franchise, i think Lest/Ares or Lest/Raguna would be hot. otherwise, maybe he would look good with Aira from Ensemble Stars since they both have that feminine twinkish vibe? idk i haven't thought about this one much

a headcanon fact:

oh man it depends. I like to think of him as a gay trans man, but I also like to hc him as a he/him transmasc butch lesbian. i feel like all of my interpretations of him kind of exist at once so i will give multiple "facts" for each one :)

in situations where he's trans and he likes guys, i think he's a bit more subdued/reserved. he feels more societal pressure to fit in with the bachelors because of all the little comments that they make about liking girls. otoh i see him acting more like Frey if he's a butch lesbian – brash, earnest, and not afraid to speak his mind. he chills with both the guys and the gals at sleepovers and he doesn't care what people think!!

when both Lest and Frey are present in an AU, i like to think of them as siblings. sometimes i see them as fraternal twins, sometimes Frey is Lest’s younger yet more experienced sister. either way they have a pretty close bond! frey teases him a lot but he never complains bc he knows it's all in good jest and it takes a lot to piss him off. they joke about being bodyswapped at birth and team up to bully doug.

>ask game here<

#ask game response #ask