#plot twist: she started it

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girl found dead in a hidden room.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #lan xichen #jin guangyao #jiang cheng #wei wuxian #qin su #EDIT: Tumblr published an earlier draft with only half the notes I wrote so: late entry on my JGY thoughts. #Unlike the mystic powers of the stockmarket (what the OG meme is referring to) I think this situation calls for more active investigation. #qin su is such a deeply tragic character to me and I really wish we got a bit more from her. #Love everyone who sent me messages about her after the last time she appeared. #I think she needs a spin off of her being a transmigrator SO badly. #MDZS has so many interesting characters - but it sometimes fails to give them the proper room to really develop past a role in the plot. #That's just the consequence of writing a story like MDZS. Not every character in a book *needs* to have a rich inner life and backstory! #To do so would bog down the story and obliterate any notion of pacing. It's just not possible. #Jin Guangyao (nee Meng Yao) is unfortunately not free from this leeway rule. He is the culprit of this murder mystery plot #and thus NEEDS to encapsulate the themes of the book. And personally he's a 7 out of 10 at best on this front (in the AD). #MDZS is about rumours twisting reality and working towards truth. And about how people & situations are rarely ever black & white #JGY has his motivations. He's well written in regards to his actions making sense for his character. #What started as good traits (drive to succeed & improve his image) became twisted over time (do anything to maintain his image) #and it's a good parallel to WWX! He has the same arc (with different traits)! Bonus points for IGY in that regard. #but man....by the time we confront this guy for murder there's not a lot of grey morality. He's just...deep in the hole *he* dug. #There's a beautiful tragedy to it! More on JGY in later comics - this is getting pretty long already!

[egophiliac]

(it probably wasn't actually Idia's fault)

(or was it)

some quick initial reactions to celebrate Diasomnia Day One! it felt like a bit of a short intro, but oh, what a tasting menu of things to come.

#art #long post #twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #it's been thirty seconds and already #lilia is sending himself to a farm upstate where he'll have lots of rabbits to chase #malleus does a whole flashback to his most embarrassing childhood memory #ponytail lilia CONFIRMED we have a CONFIRMED SIGHTING everybody #idia does a surprisingly good crowley impression. this is not important to the plot but it's important to me personally. #also silver is probably a cursed prince or something WHO CARES look at these COOL ACORNS #the mental image of silver and lilia having that little heart-to-heart about the ring #while sebek is five feet away sorting laundry #absolutely incredible #meanwhile yuu continues to just have no survival instinct whatsoever #if a horned man approaches you at midnight and goes 'wouldn't it be nice if we never had to say goodbye to anyone ever?' DO NOT SAY YES #also if he starts bragging to you about his sorcerer ancestress DO NOT be like 'yeah but...did she maybe kind of suck' #'was she just super unlikeable personally speaking' #we are so lucky that for some reason malleus is really into all of our weird bullshit #okay shutting up now i promise #i just have so much to say and so few tags to do it in

[alvojake]

i am devastated in every way possible rn.

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*kayla.exe has stopped working*

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OMFG HELLO 🤧🤧 I'm sorry but you put any idol in a full racer outfit and I'm done for. instantly.

good god now I need an heejake fic where they're rivals and both have a thing for the reader so they're always trying to one up each other 😮‍💨😮‍💨

#like could you imagine #them racing each other?? #whether its official racing or illegal street racing #always cocky #and trying to one up each other #so when a girl comes along #and they BOTH take an interest #they start to be the first to gain her attention #but plot twist #she likes them both 🫢 #alvojake answers #🦢 ~ kayz #kay talks ☕ #enha #sim jaeyun #lee heeseung

[notonlymice]

AU where Lacey moves into a new (but actually quite old) house only to realise it's haunted by its previous owner, Mr. Gold.

#she thinks she's gone mad (maybe because there's a history of mental illnesses in the family) #he just wants her to leave #eventually they get used to each other #start constantly bickering over the cup (she never uses saucers) #until one day it breaks (of course) #plot twist Gold isn't really dead because it's a “Just like Heaven” au #true love's kiss and all that #Jefferson can be a psychic expert #rumbelle #golden lace #rumbelle moodboard #not only mice but also moodboards #my rumbelle things #my things

[bumblingbabooshka]

Why is B’Elanna Torres the cutest girl in the world?

#she's adorable....IMMEDIATELY she's like 'THIS ROBOT'S GONNA DIE IF I CAN'T HELP IT!!!!' and everyone around her's like B'Elanna....whocares #Hehehehhe nooo they're being sweeter than that #Harry-B'Elanna and Neelix-B'Elanna moments at the start were V sweet <3 #Harry being annoyed and tired but still willing to stay there and work with her if she wanted him to #Also Harry/B'Elanna should have been a thing. Harry says in season 2 what Tom didn't know until B'Elanna was LITERALLY breaking up with him #when she got so excited she just ran out of the medbay while still theorizing <3<3 #when she smiledsobig and shyly at being complimented by the robot <3<3 #Also LOVE Chakotay saying 'Tom!!!! Don't go alone it'll be dangerous.....for the shuttle :)' #I fucking love how everyone on Voyager's trying desperately to save B'Elanna and the robots are threatening to kill her and the crew #but B'Elanna and this robot are kinda just chilling and being cute friends together...god I hope they don't die #'I believe you can do it B'Elanna Torres.' / 'Hey! Don't send me flowers just yet >)' #'we did it!!! We actually DID IT~!!!!!' / 'YOU did it B'Elanna Torres.' #This robot is B'Elanna's biggest hypeman get him on the ship #OOOOHHHH I LOVE THAT LAST SECOND PLOT TWIST~!!!!!! #YEEEAAAH B'ELANNA MAD SCIENTIST EPISODE~!!!!! #'My GOD what have I done????' <- sexiest thing a woman can say v_v #I love no harm no foul episodes where it's just like 'hmmm WELL!' #episodes where something weird happens and will probably just keep on happening somewhere in space #B'Elanna Torres

[strqyr]

pretty much all we know about gretchen is what ozpin told oscar: that she enrolled at beacon academy despite her brother's wishes to become a huntress, and that she tragically lost her life on a training mission.

if ozpin knows something more about gretchen that he isn't telling, the show hasn't given much of a reason to suspect anything outside of a general "well, ozpin keeps secrets, so... who knows?" everything about gretchen seems to be rooted in becoming a huntress, whether she was ready for it or not—that is what oscar focuses on and asks hazel about after ozpin's explanation: "did she know the risk of being a huntress?" "she was only a child! she wasn't ready!"—, and thus hazel's desire to see a new world where the academies are no more.

now, ozpin's explanation is vague in a sense that he never states the cause of death. gretchen being a huntress-in-training who lost her life during a training mission implies grimm, but it's never actually stated so; if he is hiding something re: gretchen's death, that's what i'd be focusing on, since if he's blatantly lying, why didn't jinn bring it up? why didn't ozpin come clean later on during their captivity inside monstra, where hazel also played a major role? if hazel knows more, explaining why he blames ozpin so strongly, why never bring it up?

is ozpin hiding the whole truth of what happened to gretchen, or is he hiding a small part of it by omitting a detail or two, and if so, why? is he taking the blame to protect someone else? a question of greater good? the same as lying about lionheart's role in the attack on haven?

and that's why i'm now questioning if gretchen was a maiden. it would neatly explain why she was, supposedly, allowed to attend beacon when she "wasn't ready"—nothing new for ozpin there, and gretchen could be a combination of ruby & jaune in that way—but if that's the case... why never bring it up? they wouldn't need to specify which maiden she was if that's considered to give too much away (i.e. if she was the spring maiden), but any explanation from ozpin akin to "gretchen was a maiden and that's why i allowed her to attend beacon even if she wasn't ready, bc the risk of her being hunted down was too high and beacon was the safest place for her" surely couldn't hurt?

it also has a chance to make "no more gretchens, boy" ring a bit hollow, especially if gretchen was the spring maiden and involved in summer's mission, bc of what happened to penny afterwards; how is anyone supposed to prevent it from happening again, when no one knows what exactly happened to gretchen in the first place?

so. the academies. oscar asks hazel if gretchen knew the risk of being a huntress, to which hazel—who desired to see a world with no huntsmen academies—replies: "she was only a child! she wasn't ready!"

"they're supposed to be the defenders of the world," says glynda. "and they will be," says ozpin, "but right now they're still children. so why not let them play the part?" and it's a nice statement... if they weren't a part of system created by oz that encourages children as young as thirteen to pick up a weapon, and to learn how to fight.

why start training your "defenders of the world" when they're still children? what's the rush, why not wait when they're older?

is there more depth to what happened to gretchen, or is it exactly what it says on the tin: that the system is broken, and it needs fixing?

#rwby #gretchen rainart #gretchen is an interesting case #bc on the other hand it's like YEAH that's makes sense #but there's always something that doesn't quite line up #i mean i guess it's plausible the writers are hiding things to the point of it not making much sense character-wise #for the sake of keeping a plot-twist alive but... #that feels cheap... and the focus is so much on gretchen wanting to be a *huntress* #if she *knew* the risks it came with #whether she was *ready* #and the whole concept that these are *children* #some who started training as young as THIRTEEN #like that's already HORRIFYING who thought this was OKAY????

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

The Sun and The Void

Venezuelan inspired high fantasy

follows a young outcast swordswoman taken in by her grandmother, the dark sorceress for a noble family, who relies on the magic to keep her alive after being attacked by monstrous creatures

and a young noblewoman who’s the shame of her family because of her mixed heritage and desire to use magic

both are manipulated by those with more power than them into a plot to free an ancient evil god

mineral based magic, politics, nonhuman MCs

#The Sun and The Void #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #hm. haha. surface level this is kinda interesting and cool but i am going to follow with so many complaints #though I feel like it didn’t go into the magic or worldbuilding as much as I wanted and it felt irrelevant to the characters #like how does the magic even work? idk man #though I feel like it didn’t go into it as much as I wanted and it felt irrelevant to the characters #very slow to start and the pacing is weird. it would also go ages without having the other POV. very disjointed? #it felt like the first 60% was just context for the group of characters getting together as a group and then it was a bit predisposed with #They’re A Group! even tho. they're barely a group for long #the authors note mentions that the story concept started with a line about the god and ritual and…..yeah I can kind of tell #I feel like everything was built up around it in a way that ultimately that part didn’t fit right #I never bought that any of them were actually like fully committed to the evil dark magic? and also there’s this plot twist #that they have to fully kill the sacrifices & I was like…did we not already know that? girl r you stupid what do you think sacrifice means #also #oh my god at like half way one of the MCs is like. oh finally this guy who I’ve been exchanging letters with for months turned up to get me #away from here! by the way I’ve been exchanging letters with this guy and we’re friends! and like. she’d been doing nothing much for the #last 10% of the book why was that not like….shown as something she was doing? and like build up the friendship for the reader instead of #just dropping it on us - and also that we know the character from the other POV. and hes a racist prick. and we're supposed to believe she' #charmed by him because of this letter writing WE DIDN’T SEE….. why. #and then also that is like. he’s a shitbag and it’s obviously not romantic at all. he’s manipulative and terrible to her #EXCEPT at the end it implies his bad behaviour is because demon and oh uwu he gets all beat up and maybe hes sowwy now #and starts to imply she likes and is attracted to him? and I get the impression the next book is gonna be like evil power couple dynamic? #which. feels like the first concept the author had; and then tried to build up to that but not effectively lmao #for the lesbians: #I DO APPRECIATE having an assumed love interest then realising that that was idealised and actually you have feelings #for this other person you’ve become friends with! nice slow switch up. though quite brief #I do however dislike that when she admitted her feelings to the first LI and she rejected her it was still framed as the other’s fault #for not reciprocating the feelings….worst trope….also like. it kind of conflated her not feeling that way to her having a bit of class disc #which. yikes? oh my god stop villainising people for not reciprocating romantic feelings (ALSO they turn out to be related anyway 🤪) #i just feel like the romance switchover could have been done with more nuance and complexity

[ritsukaaoyagi]

think my gripes with loveless is just everything post-goura

#pretty much every problem i have with characterization and plot can be summed up to loveless really really sucks and is not interesting #after volume 8 #save for moonless #but imagine how much better they could've been if loveless remained kind of good and intriguing #like after a certain point i see seimei's face and it's like. Ok. thanks #i don't think there are any real choices being made in the plot and characters after a certain point #it's just like. Yun kouga got bored and/or she genuinely doesn't know where loveless is supposed to go. probably both #i did like nisei's backstory chapters! the nisei and seimei stuff #and obviously the flashbacks at septimal moon/seven voices were very interesting! but a lot of it felt kind of tossed in! what with the #inconsistencies with nagisa's sister #lest we forget loveless just kinda started out as a self indulgent put everything i like into one manga thang #which media being like this is sometimes awesome To Me but comes with risks that are not so awesome #the thing with loveless is that it's good but majorly pretty bad. like really bad #i do love loveless though i think it's genius and the best manga of all time don't get it twisted #LOVELESSNATION

[monsieur-neuvillette]

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Neuvillettes first name is actually in Draconic ^^

He can’t say it in the language of Teyvat because of that, his last name is something Focalors called him when she was an oceanid while trying to say his draconic name and so he just accepted it, so now in Teyvat he goes by Neuvillette.

#ooc #genshin impact #genshin neuvillette #neuvillette #genshin impact neuvillette #neuvillette headcanons #Plot twist is is that she actually gave up on the third attempt and just started rambling random names until Neuvillette just stopped her #and just went “Neuvillette. Yes. just call me that.”

[naquey]

i should write a snape fic, like, idk why but the urge is there

i think i should go to bed now lmao

#severus snape #harry potter #hp severus snape #professor snap #hp fandom #i am not a sympathizer #he started as a mean teacher for kids to hate #but then she decided to do the plot twist and build onto shit #she cannot write

[neo-shitty]

#screaming crying jumping off a fucking cliff #damn do i hate it here #lena won't ever forget you even if she tried #i'm so moved by this show omg #the alternating scenes between the eighty six enjoying the fireworks and them fighting in the battlefield #republicans it's on fucking sight how could you do this!!! #it's quite similar to snk's themes only more straight forward with its conflict (snk's had a later plot twist) but yes #oh my god i can't do this i started to think abt what kind of government would want a portion of their citizens wiped out just because #and then i realized that actually happens irl... the themes in this show are so realistic that i can't say anything without sounding #-like a hypocrite! #on 86 #toff.txt

[lewanarta]

I'm sorry but Nika what the fuck

#if she didn't qualify to the comp when 41 jumpers started that would've been THE plot twist #lahti 2024 #wsj

[videcoeur]

Bonney's been wiped from this blog as well as all trace of her that I could find. Thank you for understanding. I'll check my queue just to be sure, too.

#Like dont get me wrong #i dont mind that she's 12 #its a nice plot twist! #what i dont like is how it was brought up #how sexualized she has been from the start #you could have made her appear as a woman without having to go all out on nude scenes and butt/boob shots #I feel better now that she's off but that's still 8 years of roleplaying and headcanoning down the drain #this is why i like ocs #you cant get fucked like that

[gctchell]

that woman ain't lilith, that's eve. our queen is in danger. thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#[ lilith; headcanons. ] #[ ooc. ] #long post #(( not to mention the Q&A from a couple days ago had vivzie stressed because she said the fandom guessed a big plot twist. #'that's not lilith - that's eve' has been making the rounds big time before that video. )) #(( don't even get me started on the theory that eve is a vessel for roo. ))

[cosmic-navel-gazin]

My sister just knocked on my bedroom door, she silentely entered and asked with the most earnestly confused face I've ever seen: Is that topless Jeff Bridges in the living room? Wha-why do you have that?

Me (an intellectual): aRhjslalfkjamahdjsk no! Humhmm I mean yeah!

Her: "Do it for him?"

Me: O-oh haha you never seen that? I-It's a famous simpsons meme! It's great I'll show you later. Wait wtf how did you find out it was him ?

(it's important to note here that I forgot my printer didn't have any black so the image that came out was a mishapen mess of pink blobs.)

Her: The curvature of the neck!

This is the og meme

This is what came out:

#she doesn't understand... how am I supposed to continue to make art without it on my wall #I manage to save the convo by shifting it to her incredible ability to tell it was him from the rorschach inkblot-ass mess my printer made #WTF DOES SHE MEAN: THE CURVATURE OF THE NECK! #she has a real gift though. no plot twist involving recognizing faces works on her she figures who's who immediately #my ramblings #starting off the day on the right foot today lads

[paulnewmanlover]

okay got up to episode 7 of severance today and HWAT THE FUUUUUUUCK

#i started to suspect she was gonna be someone we knew and thought “ahhh i bet its gonna be hel--WHAT THE FUCK” #im REELING what the hell kinda plot twist???? #cant watch the last 2 eps tonight so im just gonna stew on this madness 🤪 #wasnt expecting so much weird religious overtones and idk how to feel about it but im willing to see where it goes #also waiting to see what happens with old man yaoi in the last 2 eps before making a dramatic LOVE IS DEAAAAD 💔 post