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tadpolejourney · 1 month

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Day 4

Cool story, Astarion's a vampire spawn. He tried to bite me while I was lying in my bedroll last night. We talked it over, and I decided it was better to let him bite me. It sounds mad, but he was honest when I confronted him, and he did seem weaker than the rest of us in battle. It hurts really fucking bad to be bitten by a vampire, surprise to no one. He seemed different after. Happy, stronger. He fought brilliantly today, nearly downed a bugbear assassin with one strike. I feel weaker today. I was a bit off during battle. Couldn't hit the broad side of a bugbear. Oh well. I'm sure I'll feel better tomorrow.

It wouldn't shock me though if this was all an elaborate performance. Eyes of a predator after all, and predators know how to long con better than anyone. No matter. It's better at least some of the truth comes out now rather than later. I don't know enough about vampires or vampire spawn to say. He confided in me about what being a vampire spawn means, which is essentially a slave to a vampire master. He talked about how something is allowing him to walk in the sun and do things he normally couldn't, including being free of his master. Effects of a mindflayer parasite infection on a vampire spawn? Doesn't seem like there would be a book on that subject. But then again what do I know, I'm 'unlettered'.

Yes, that's still bothering me. ANNOYING.

Speaking of annoying, he was unhappy with my decision to keep Astarion as an ally. Understandable, I suppose. When I spoke to him about it later he seemed more understanding of Astarion's condition. He told me he has some condition of his own where he'll get hungry for magical items and need to consume them. Naturally he refused to elaborate with anything more than threatening, ominous doom and gloom. So yeah, really normal stuff happening, really normal people out here.

Lae'zel did not give two shits about Astarion being a vampire spawn. Props to her for being open-minded.

We came upon a druid grove being defended from goblins by tieflings and mercenaries. One of the tieflings told me Baldur's Gate is a tenday's walk away. I really hope our travels don't lead there. That's where the tieflings want to go.

When we battled outside the gates of the druid's grove, there was a … warlock? Fighter? He was using dark magic and a sword at the same time, hence my confusion. When our minds collided I saw this hot devil woman he's obsessed with. He's hiding something like most of my newfound allies, and I can tell it's something big. He's a real hero type, though, like that seems to be his whole identity and purpose. Calls himself 'The Blade of Frontiers', one who answers the calling of a champion, here to save the innocents and slay the devils. I've acquired yet another truly sexy but deranged ally? I'm in trouble...

While we're on the topic of sexy and deranged allies, Shadowheart was at the grove! At first she seemed genuinely happy to see me, but immediately changed her tune when she saw Lae'zel. I guess fighting alongside her on the nautiloid was not enough to assuage Shadowheart's racism. She was excessively rude to me after I refused to part ways with Lae'zel. When I tried to speak to her in camp she refused to tell me anything at all about herself and seemed eager to be rid of me as soon as possible. She said something about me being the 'quick-to-anger' type with even less self-control than brains. Then she boasted about how great of a judge of character she is. Ha. She should consider herself lucky to have been completely wrong about me – otherwise she wouldn't have a fucking face.

Lae'zel treats me like I am an idiot too. All while she speaks of crackpot wisdom carved in stone and something something queen.

I wonder if it's my accent, the way I speak, my youth, or me refusing to be an asshole for no reason that makes everyone think I'm fucking stupid. It's tiresome.

I WANT A BATH.

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9800sblog · 9 months

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hi! can i please request how ateez members really feel when they see atinys during a concert / fansign in person? like what’s their thoughts and feelings?

that is such an interesting question!

tarot is just an energy interpretation, pattern recognition, I do not claim any of this to be the absolute truth, it is all alleged.

I don't wanna go too deep in this reading, in order to respect their privacies.

feelings

first of all, they are happy and they get so much strength from the support they receive, they feel thankful and unbelievable. they feel content that they have accomplished this, like proud parents looking at their little kids having a good time (10 of cups and strength).

however, most of the cards fell reversed.

fans don't realize it but they hold the power in these events and in their careers, and members feel like they mostly abuse of it, they don't feel very comfortable, in general. people don't measure their words or how they interact with them and it ends up in much misunderstandings. (king of swords reversed).

members know they have people that have the their best interests at heart but most don't, are superficial and using them for their own fulfillment. I feel a lot of sadness like they don't even have a chance to win, because fans will understand whatever they want from what members say or do (the empress reversed).

the relationship stuff really bothers them! they're not the type to casually flirt or do more, and they'd much prefer to be friends or like parents to their fans, that's more accurate to how they really feel. they get embarrassed and a little afraid sometimes when fans try to act sexy because it feels like forcing themselves. anxiety, embarrassment, boredom, anger (king of wands reversed)

they feel like fans treat them like props, inhuman, and they wish they were treated more like people that do good art and are funny and entertaining. they get raally bored and are just doing automatically what they learnt. there isn't a deep connection between the people they interact with, most think they are more important than they actually are. this card is talking about delusion, they're not attracted and sometimes not even slightly entertained, i feel them holding back some laughters and words (the star reversed and the sun reversed).

thoughts

their thoughts are that they wish they could be mean sometimes because some people would not understand the truth otherwise. they get pretty bored and some ugly thoughts that I won't share, but they try to entertain themselves in different ways. they notice many details and appreciate the feelings and the passion behind each action fans take. they wish they could be more comfortable, but they don't know how. makeup bothers them, allergies attack, hunger, boredom, anxiety, tiredness, a bit of resentment. they're really healthy and grounded people, but these events in their core are superficial. they have good hearts. they love people that exaggerate in the name of being funny, fans that don't change to attract them, they much prefer funny and weird fans.

"I'm so tense" "I'm uncomfortable" "I wanna sleep" "this is so dumb" "god this is so boring" "oh that's a nice outfit" "how could anyone think I'd like this?" "do people really find this fun?" "that's so cheap" "why is that outfit so revealing?" "that would never work in a real life situation" "do I stink? can they smell that?" "I'm so cool and fun" "shameless" "I can appreciate their idea, what they thought they were doing" "they worked hard for their appearance, they deserve a compliment but they are not attractive at all" "they loved this project, i should be nice, even if it means pretending" "SO FAKE"

#ateez #ateez tarot

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volivolition · 2 months

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designing voli thoughts be like: CONCEPTUALIZATION [Formidable: Success] — Alright, the quantities of cracks in the ceramic armor symbolizing looseness at lower levels and restrictions at higher levels isn't the most novel allegory for the needed balance of flexibility and rigidity, but it will have to do. VOLITION — ...Alright, thanks. Are you done? SAVOIR FAIRE [Medium: Success] — Needs a cool sword. PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT [Easy: Success] - Gauntlets for a vice grip. DRAMA [Medium: Success] - And shoulder pauldrons as well, all necessary props to play the role of a perfect knight! ELECTROCHEMISTRY [Challenging: Success] — You have to give him a sexy little cape. Bitches love a sexy little cape. VOLITION [Medium: Failure] — I don't need a CONCEPTUALIZATION [Legendary: Success] — Added.

#echem voice: its me. im bitches.#i didnt want to give him the cape but echem's right it looks good #chemi chats

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jmkho · 11 months

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GVF: What notes did you take?

Me : umm...

GVF: Go on 😀

Me: 👁👄👁

They were 2 hours late

Josh yelled BAJABULE within the first 4 minutes

'WE WANT SPACE. STARS. UNIVERSE...BUT SEXY' - Sam

'People think that tiktok was fake!' - Danny

A 20ft master prop on stage! - suggested by Josh then backed up by Jake

Who ate all the sandwiches? - no one knows

'PUT ME ON WIRES AND LET ME SHRED ACROSS THE CROWD!' -Jake

'ELLE FERNANDA SHOULD DO A SKIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CONCERT'

Should we all have mohawks? - Jake

Knight gear!!! DAnny yelled, but then Jake got excited and proceeded to explain for 10 minutes why this would be cool and everyone could have a sword.

Someone keeps blowing up our account on that THUMBBLER app

THIS THEME WILL BE WHITE, BLACK, SILVER! Josh yelled. Sam called him boring

Time. Stars. Travel. The night sky. Were themes thrown out, and then someone yelled SAND!

#gvf #greta van fleet #josh gvf #josh kiszka #jake gvf #jake kiszka #sam gvf #sam kiszka #danny gvf #danny wagner #LMFAO #I ONLY ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS!! AND THEN THEY TOOK ME TO THEIR GODDAMN MEETING AND SOMEONE ATE ALL THE SANDWHICHES #the lads and me #me

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sunflowerandstrawberryspice · 1 year

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Ninjago characters as things said in THEARE

Zane, Lloyd and Pixal are all techies (Lloyd plays minor rolls they need filled)

Cole, Kai, Jay, Skylor and Nya are all actors

Kai- What if we just DON'T mess with my FUCKING COSTUME

Cole- I'm gonna dance my way into hell

Skylor: *doing lines for a kiss scene* -and till death I shall follow... fuck Cole: SKYLOR TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY Skylor: I CAN'T Cole: WHY NOT Skylor: I'M GAY Cole: SO AM I BE THE QUEEN

Nya- Tee he ha ha I'm dehydrated and probably over heating lol

Jay- Uh... I may or may not have McLost my mic... and the mic bag Zane: *irritated sigh and expressionless stare* Get out of my house

Lloyd: The next person to move the GODDAMN TREES I'M GOING TO GUT THEM

Pixal: The next person to lose their prop and force me to find it is going to lose their life

~For reference there's a baby doll that the techies had for some reason~

Zane: This is my child what are you talking about Pixal: Am I the mom? Zane: No Cole is

~After the baby had a leg ripped off~

Lloyd: *Throws a baby leg*

Jay: Was that the first leg or the second leg?

Pixal: *using the spot light* Beep bop I'm the god of light

Lloyd: oh my god anarchy! I love anarchy!

Cole: *was meant to say hate for the line* and I will date you till... Jay: has this just becomes and enemies to lovers plot! Cole: This has become and enemies to enemies plot

Wu (the director in this case): Please PLEASE stop saying your taking your pants off in the dressing room if you're not taking your pants off

Nya: I deserve to hold a sword

Skylor: Gay rights is me getting extra mac and cheese and Cole finding a fan in the storage room

Zane: Sexy? Not in my Christian sound booth.

Kai: I'm very hot, I mean that literally my costume is practically made of plastic, though I'm also quite sexy

Pixal: STOP EATING THE FAKE CRACK Lloyd: THEN STOP USING PIXIE STIX

Jay: I'm passing the phone to someone with a caffeine addiction Nya: *one her third monster energy* I'm gonna stab you and take your money for more Monster

Cole: And here I will showcase my pure talent with the help of Kai and Lloyd who's the only one willing to be Karen! *Meet the Plastics begins to play from his phone*

Sorry for disappearing off the face of the earth y'all, if you can't tell I'm in theater (I'm an actress) and it was performance week! It was a great turnout and people were cracking up at my rolls which made me really happy! Schools ending shortly (little over a month) so I'm gonna be busy for a while but I'm still gonna try to post!

On a positive there's this techie who I like, they're super sweet and cute and Idk if I should ask them out. They got me flowers for my birthday recently and I'm actually getting them flowers as a gift *they mentioned techies not getting flowers as a joke and so I vowed to get them their favorite* and we're doing this secrete note box thing for theater and I might leave them a note but I'm not sure yet!

Anyway enough about my life hope to post some art stuff soon! See y'all later, peace!

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scribble-dee-vee · 1 month

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Happy STS! Which of your characters do you think would be most popular among cosplayers? If you had to pick one of your OCs to cosplay, who would it be?

Oh heck yea! Thanks for the ask; I lowkey forgot that STS was a thing

So, I loooove cosplay as an art form/means of having fun! I used to do it more when I was younger, and I still dress up for cons/fan themed events. I also follow a lot of cosplay content online. I must admit that I think about the cosplay-ability of my characters a LOT. Like, every author wants a screen adaptation/a fully VA'd audiobook/whatever, but I specifically want silly creative ppl on the internet to dress up as my lads!!

That being said, I have many opinions on this front.

Taking a broad look at the Heart of Lead universe, I think it would offer a lot of different options to cosplayers. I could see the extended cast catering to people of all skill levels and interests, at least in terms of character design. You got regular-ass humans with one or two defining physical traits (although someone could always go in for more detail, because of the Victorian-fantasy clothes)! You also got characters with A.) complicated armor/uniforms/gowns, B.) wings/fangs/assorted fantastical traits, and C.) like,,, props?? Like there is a very large, somewhat evil sentient sword in this universe, and I would die happy if someone made their own for cosplay purposes. I would DIE.

All that in mind, here are the characters I think would be the most popular to cosplay, based on my observations of present-day cosplay communities online. I've given all them "most ___" awards, for funsies.

Dale Porter – most popular. No contest whatsoever. Sarcastic, evil, conventionally attractive white man. People love to cosplay characters with this profile; it's inescapable, and somewhat obnoxious. He's also fairly easy to cosplay, I would argue, as long as u got a white wig. (I would not personally cosplay him. He is my pookie but he can go ROT.)

Rosalind Lake – most sexy. If you want to wear an ostentatious dress and look hot in a femme way, here ya go. She's not the most important character, but her look is distinctive and fun. (I would definitely cosplay Rosalind.)

Wren Dorian – most steampunk. Listen, if you love steampunk/gaslamp fantasy/cabaret rock aesthetics, she is your GIRL. Big curly hair, big boots, massive belt full of tools, potentially goggles if you're feeling really fancy. Wren also gets some interesting design variations throughout the series that make her even cooler. (I would cosplay Wren. I have closet-cosplayed her before.)

Nicolas – most edgy. At least, that's how I think people would cosplay him. He wears a black trench coat and fingerless gloves for like half of the series; he has emo boy hair; he lowkey looks like Dream of the Endless. I'm not going to spoil his magical abilities, which make him EVEN EDGIER, but those exist, and they also impact his physical appearance. He's a sweetie boy baby who cries a whole lot, but he LOOKS very cool to one's inner 13-year-old. (I would cosplay Nicolas, and I have closet-cosplayed him before!)

Vesper – most fantasy. They're a faerie. He has wings. Their magic turns their eyes and fingers black. He wears sickass gender-nonconforming outfits, including such articles as capes and tiaras. If I was actually going to pour tens of hours into creating a cosplay from the HoL universe, I would 100% cosplay Vesper. They look cool as hell. (Also, fun personality – he's very outgoing and sweet!)

I'll leave it there for now, but I genuinely have SO many more opinions about HoL cosplay potentiality. There are options for the ppl who only cosplay evil dilfs,,,, for ppl who like to play princess dress-up,,,,, for ppl who incorporate gore and horror elements into their cosplays,,,,, we've got it all!!

(Now to get about FINISHING and PUBLISHING these books, so ppl can feasibly do this. Lmao.)

#writeblr #writing #veespeaks #my ocs #cosplay #sts #thanks for the ask!#this was so fun #reminding myself to send STS asks to the moots next weekend #I'm glad this is still a thing ppl do

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autumnaaltonen · 1 year

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Imagine alucard’s confusion with the gen z obsession with renfairs and those TikTok’s that are like “when thou is in a tavern throwing it back with thy fellow wenches to gain the attention and approval of the knights in the corner”. Like he grew up in that era so he knows how much it sucked arse, but here’s these teenagers glorifying it and larping the worst years of his life while dressed as fairfolk lmao 😭 (not hating on renfairs, they’re amazing)

The only time I ever see Alucard entering a LARPing fair is becuase it is for a mission. But there is always fun to be had where there is mead and turkey legs, yes?

This was probably one of Alucard's more daring missions

The year is 1990, and Integra is 13-years-old (note: this was likely before she would be knighted)

This would be the first official mission Alucard would complete under the orders of his new, prepubescent, Master

And of all places to go hunting for a rogue vampire, it was in a bloody Renaissance Faire

The target was staging as a black knight in the duelling competition, using his newly garnered vampiric strength to cheat his way to the top

Pfft, nerd

Unfortunately, this nerd was also causing serious injuries and killing his competitors behind the scenes when they upstaged him in any way

So something needed to be done about him, fast

The discussion Walter had to have with Alucard in regard to what renfair's actually were was entertaining to say the least

"Human's actually recreate the Medieval Period for enjoyment?"

"Yes, it's really becoming quite popular these days. Common activities include theatrical arts, costume making, and mock-jousting."

Alucard is baffled and intrigued at the same time

What little memories he can recall from his mortal life are not one's of enjoyment, and are usually accompanied by the stench of blood and shit

Will people be throwing the contents of their chamber pots out the windows? Will there be bloody duels outside of pleasure houses, fighting to the death and leaving a stinking corpse out in the alley? CAN HE STAB SOMEONE CUS HE WANTS TO?

When Integra decides to accompany Alucard to the fair for educational purposes, she plays the part by dressing top to bottom in noble silks, jewels and fencing sword on her hip

That's when Alucard begins to piece things together

This is a glorified beauty pageant, and he was going to draw attention to himself if he walked in with his long red coat, glasses and sunhat

With Integra's permission, he quickly slips into his Vladcard form to better fit in

Chain mail armour, tattered cape, crucible steel kilij, and that sexy sexy stash 😏

Unfortunately for Alucard and Integra, this achieves the exact opposite intent

Everyone is all over them in an instant, wanting to admire Alucard's "hype threads" and super realistic sword

Everyone assumes that the two are doing a guardsman and princess cosplay, which pre-teen Integra quickly refutes with a swing of her also super realitic sword

After begrudgingly posing for a number of photos, and having a many number of ladies (and men) shooting their shot with smexy Vladcard, the pair finally make their way to the duelling competition, which was scheduled for midnight

The plan was to enter him in, make his way to the top two (too easy), where he would fight the vampiric black knight and 'theatrically' end his un-life

Alucard has never taken out a target with his kilij before, so he was actually beginning to enjoy this little excursion

That was until he read the Yee Olde Rules

"No metal weapons allowed"

There was a barrel next to the sign filled with foam swords and dulled pull arms, ready for any new competitors who were without their own prop-weapons

YOU AREN'T ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO HURT PEOPLE???

Alucard his done. He's so done. This is bullshit. Why bother to hold a tournament at all?

Integra has to pep-talk him into the game, convincing him that this would be the cleanest way to kill the target with all the people around, so they'd just think it was part of the show

But how was he supposed to kill the vamp with a foam sword?!

This is Alucard we are talking about

He could turn a ball-point pen into a deadly weapon

Alucard actually has to go easy on the pimple-ridden teenagers that lead up to the final fight, dodging their measily plastic swords with ease, before *bonk*ing them on the head with what could be considered a pity swing of his foam blade

It was very boring for both him and the audience, ending each match in 10 seconds flat

By the time he is finally facing the target in the final 1 V 1, Alucard picks up one of the dull-pole arms as his weapon of choice

Integra adorns it with a lily wreath she pruchased as a joke, giving Alucard her 'favour' with a wink and a smirk

With enough force and precision, Alucard is able to drive the blunt end of the polearm into the black knight's heart, impaling him 15th century style

The audience is initially stunned silent, not used to seeing fake blood being added to the mix of things, as well as the audible *crunch* of the pole arm snapping when it makes contact with the black knight's rib cage

Integra has to cheer and applaud dramatically, breaking the awkward silence and giving everyone the green-light that this was "just a part of the finale!"

Roses and daisies are thrown down to Alucard as he takes in the cheers and praise, giving a noble bow before exiting the ring

That was definitely a nostalgic experience, who knew he missed that stupid era so much?

#hellsing #hellsing ultimate #alucard #hellsing alucard #sir integra

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quarktrinity · 5 months

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quark watches star trek season 2 episode 11

hot girl shit. i love sexy warrior women

been a while since kirks shirt was ripped. sad.

oh theyre not all women they just have ponytails and look like 80s aerobic instructors. ok

hey klingons

apparently someone died while i wasnt paying attention. good to know he didnt matter much. i wonder what color his shirt was

kirk is always upset about crewmen dying and no one else seems to give a shit

these aliens have some weird social conventions

i believe this is the first time a pregnant woman has appeared

this klingons beard sucks

Political Drama

its always the cold war with these episodes. something something soviets something something oil

klingons use the republican healthcare plan. 1) dont get sick, 2) if you do get sick, 3) die quickly

were punching now? were punching now. ok

holds a knife to the dude holding a knife to the other dude

kirk cant come to the phone right now

Pregnant Woman in Distress

more punching

these prop swords kinda suck

it has been 0 episodes since an alien demanded kirk be executed

scottys got a b plot that im not super interested in. save the other ship i guess, theyll come back

since when were there crew people wearing gray????

whys this dude sitting on a throne outside. its just the Outside Chair

sulu mansplains ship stuff to scotty

pregnant lady hates her unborn baby

mccoy DEMANDS to heal your broken arm. NOW, miss!!!

she keeps slapping him lmfaoooo

shes gonna give birth soon

some weird chemistry sparking between these two. im not a fan

the Xylophones of Conflict

styrofoam rock slide

mccoys grumpy

is the "im a doctor, not a ___" supposed to be a running gag or just like a catchphrase. either way i approve

mccoys medical procedure now includes punching according to him

star trek says misogyny bad

Baby Sounds

its baby time

obviously fake Rock Hit

get arrowed idiot

when did they get bows

the camera is obsessed with kirks ass

woaaahhhh the crew got here just in tiiiiime thats craaaazyyyy

mccoy wants to be a dad so bad

"'oochie-woochie-coochie-coo', captain?" "an obscure earth dialect, mr spock, oochie-woochie-coochie-coo. if youre curious, consult linguistics."

spock calls kirk and mccoy insufferable. theyre in love

#quark watches star trek #star trek #star trek tos

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izloveshorses · 11 months

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after some reflection, i think season 2 is the most i ever liked octavia, and i think it’s because she actually has... direction. somewhat of a narrative arc. a purpose.

the problem with her imo is the showrunners never really knew what to do with her. they have this character who, on the basic premise, is so interesting: a girl who grew up living under the floor, unsocialized and dependent upon her brother to parent her. but they did nothing with such a fun backstory more times than not. she should get to be weird. maybe i would like her more if they didn’t lean into the sexy mysterious girl trope and instead let us have a weird girl™ on screen. but they didn’t. and to me all of her arcs just kinda feel like the showrunners just.... flailed around? like they never gave her anything to do, or a way to discover her personality, so they give her short arcs where she learns random skills and suddenly becomes useful. they need a girl to speak the grounder language? she learns it in like 3 episodes. they need someone to fight with a sword? she has like 2 days of training 😭

but then in season 2, she gets a chance to like... be a little more fleshed out? but not in a girlboss™ way they want her to be but she like learns from her mistakes and her growth is relatively realistic. and her motives, too! she was shunned by her people, of course she’s seeking community and approval elsewhere. of course she wants to prove herself so bad. and even i can’t help but root for her a little bit.

but after that they just... kinda don’t know what to do with her. and then there’s the racism. the racism, the racism, the racism. too many characters of color die/suffer for the sake of this skinny white girl. her brother more than anyone else. she hits lincoln for ?? being forced into an addiction?? and then the next season he dies and is used for her development for the rest of the show. and illian appears in season 4 literally only to exist as a prop for her. i’d even argue indra is mostly used this way as well. bellamy wears the scars she gives him for the entire second half of season 3 for a mistake that was not his. that alone will always leave a nasty taste in my mouth.

so idk, i feel like octavia has always had potential to be interesting. i certainly love what fic authors do with her. but to me she’s just one of many perfect examples of what white feminism looks like on tv: a ‘cool badass’ white girl who stands on the graves of characters of color, and is still widely celebrated.

#the 100 #iz watches t100 #meta #anti octagon #anti oct*via blake #i mean she's not real so i never have to forgive her for what she did to bel asdlhkfj #but god #idk if it's cool to speak negatively on this but i feel like not enough ppl talk about the racism that makes up this character's narrative #like while it was airing yes #but i don't see so much discussion on it anymore #idk #these are just my thoughts on the subject #and once i get through more seasons i'll be able to speak a little more eloquently on it #anyway fanon octagon > canon octagon <33 #thank u for ur time

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ratsoh-writes · 1 year

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*mysterious sexy bunny flirts with the taken boiz on this Halloween night tryina get some booty*

Honey: doesn’t notice lol. He’s too taken with Nicky’s Juliet costume

Cash: cries in bubbles voice and runs away like the crackhead he is

Coffee: sneers and simply walks away

Rancher: cheerfully tells you to piss off while he bench presses more monsters

Pluto: his spirit has been too crushed by being a tweens owl prop to even be flustered by your flirting

Jupiter: floats out of reach and says no touching

Pop: is currently being chased by 12 pissed pff fae. You keep your distance

Snipe: is on the job. You don’t get even a glance

Bruiser: screams at you to move out of the way as he leaps over you. You get tackled by the cops chasing him the next second

Butch: empress scares you away for trying to distract her bodyguard. He discreetly flips you off with a smile as you go lol

Boss: is too busy dancing with Shelly and green to notice

Rust: puts a wad of candy in your hand and closes the door on you lol

Lush: he tries to set you up with salt instead. If you take the bait you will get salts booty for the night

Sparks: he’s passed out drunk on a table after failing to beat papyrus in a drinking game. Katana eyes you carefully and thumbs their sword.

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rabbitindisguise · 2 years

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I pulled all the quotes I could find on heroism from the locked tomb books (including NTN) so let me know what you all think ^^

"Duck," called Camilla.

Camilla had somehow propped herself on the arm with the mangled shoulder wound, which was in no condition for propping. Her good arm was up behind her head, holding the blade of her knife. Gideon ducked. The knife whistled over the top of Gideon's head in a flashing blur and buried itself in Cytherea's upper back.

This time Cytherea screamed. She went stumbling away from Ianthe's prone form, [cut for length].

The Lyctor turned her head and coughed miserably into the crook of her elbow. Then she looked at the knife, wondering at it. She turned her head to look at Camilla and Harrow and Gideon. She sighed pensively and ran one hand through her curls again.

"Oh no," she said, "heroics."

[Cut for length].

"An inadequate Lyctor," said Cytherea, as thought giving Gideon and Camilla a hot tip on stain removal, "still makes a perfect power source . . . an everlasting battery."

She stood back up and wiped her mouth with the lack of her hand. Then she began walking toward Gideon: calm, almost insolent in her lack of aggression. This was somehow much scarier than if she'd talked forward with a hateful glare and rill of mad laughter.

Gideon planted herself before Camilla and the unconscious body of her adept and held her sword aloft. They were alone in the back area of the courtyard: a little area not yet buried in rubble or tilled up by the titanic light between two immortal sorcerers. Dead trees bowed overhead. Gideon stood behind the iron fence that had once protected some herbaceous border, as though its bent, bowed spikes would be good for anything other than throwing herself down on as one last fuck-you salute.

Camilla was huddled in a corner, now standing upright—that was probably her own last fuck-you salute—but her wounded arm hung uselessly. She had lost a lot of blood. Her face was now pallid olive.

"Ninth," said the Sixth impatiently. "Get out of here. Take your necromancer. Go."

- Gideon the Ninth, 422-423

"Lady," said Ortus, and, sorrowfully: "Forgive me. Nonius has heroic standing among the priests and anchorites of our House," he added to the others. "Perhaps I do him wrong by making a poesy of the sacred mysteries."

"I never realized that Nonius had passed into cult worship," Said Pent.

"He has not," said Harrowhark shortly, and then was forced to admit: "Or, at least, the idea is passé."

"Heroes are passé, you see," explained Ortus with heavy sadness.

She did not murder him. It was a very near thing.

- Harrow the Ninth

From the end of the table, his white-ringed eyes still bent down upon his papers, the Emperor said quietly: "His was the action of a hero."

"Oh, but the problem is heroes always die," said Augustine, who was worrying an edge of tablecloth between long and elegant fingers. "You can't even really pronounce one a hero until they die heroically. I thought the downward assault was a good wheeze when you two first came up with it, [Gideon], but we know now that the last push against a Beast has to be sudden and conclusive. I'd rather have fought nine more hours and have Ulysses sitting here right now, inciting a sexy party, than have watched him wrestle that thing out of sight."

- Harrow the Ninth, page 336

[Gideon] pierced her heart on a railing because she thought I would use her to become a Lyctor. I will spit in the face of the first person who tells me she committed suicide; she was in an impossible situation, and she died trying to escape it. She was murdered, but she maneuvered her murder to let me live."

His face was very sad: a wistful, light sadness, not the ponderous sadness that he wore like his sacramental paint.

"What is better?" he asked. "An ignoble death by someone else's hands, or a heroic death by one's own? How should it be written? If the firstâ€”that she was cut down by an enemyâ€”I would feel such hate for the enemy . . . If the secondâ€”an ugly death at her own devisingâ€”who, then, would be left for me to hate? Who does the poet judge? The eternal problem."

"Ortus, this is not a poem," she said.

"I think you must hate her," he said, and she thought she knew what he meant, until he said: "Don't. If there is anything I know about young Gideon . . . if there was anything in her that I too understood . . . it is that she did everything deliberately."

Very little in Harrowhark's life had embarrassed her up until that moment. She had been caught naked in front of a stranger. She had been kissed by a half-drunk Ianthe the First. She had admitted to God her apocalyptic transgressions, and been gently told that she did not know herself. She had been outplayed by Palamedes Sextus, outgunned by Cytherea the First, undone by Gideon Nav.

None of that humiliated her so viscerally as her strangled, bellowing, unchecked shriek now, a child's cry that whipped every head in that busied room round in her direction: "She died because I let her! You don't understand!"

Ortus dropped his book. He rose from the chair. He put his arms around her. The dead cavalier held her with a quiet, unassuming firmness; he petting her hair like a brother, and he said, "I am so sorry, Harrowhark. I am so sorry for everything . . . I am sorry for what they did . . . I am sorry that I was no kind of cavalier to you."

- Harrow the Ninth, page 400

The page fell over her thumb. On the second pageâ€”much fresherâ€”Harrow read:

THE ONLY THING OUT CIVILIZATION CAN EVER LEARN FROM YOURS IS THAT WHEN OUR BACKS ARE TO THE WALL AND OUR TOWERS ARE FALLING ALL AROUND US AND WE ARE WATCHING OURSELVES BURN WE WE RARELY BECOME HEROS.

She opened her mouth to ask her dead second cavalier a question about her dead first cavalierâ€”a pattern that was starting to look less like tragedy and more like carelessnessâ€”but downstairs, Abigail was saying:

"Harrowhark? Ortus? If you are reading, we might want to move."

- Harrow the Ninth, page 403

Pyrrha said, "Keep Camilla home tonight. I'll call it quits for the cigs."

Palamedes said, "Do you know she has a half sister? Did she tell you? It's not my secret to tell. They're quite fond of each other. Camilla's ten years younger. Kiki's a member of the Oversight Body, junior fellow. She was one of the group that came to negotiate with Ctesiphon Wing."

"I didn't know that, no," said Pyrrha.

"Alongside fifteen other of the finest minds of my House," said Palamedes. "Led here by conviction and Camilla's hand. My colleagues, my friends. My family . . . The people they put in cages will be someone's family, someone's friends."

"Keepâ€”Camillaâ€”homeâ€”tonight," said Pyrrha. "That is all I am saying. Keep her home. No heroics. I'm not moved by sentiment. Whatever it takes. Don't feel. Just do."

"Tonight I hate almost all of the human race," said Palamedes wearily.

"That's a feeling," said Pyrrha brutally. "Kill it."

- Nona the Ninth

Some thoughts:

there are so many em dashes omg

the most of the content on heroics is in Harrow the Ninth, and relates to Nonius and Gideon's sacrifice

Camilla's second heroic sacrifice was intercepted by Gideon and ultimately fulfilled by Gideon- and according to Augustine, heroes can only be pronounced heroes on their death (which echoes the homestuck principal of godtier deaths to be "just or heroic" and might foreshadow John's "just" death)

After defeating Wake, Nonius went to fight the resurrection beast and was (on the account of third parties) successful and it's unclear if he died (again) or if he's still a ghost

Augustine says that he would have preferred "a sexy party" and fighting a resurrection beast for nine more hours over watching him "wrestle that thing out of sight" even though it gave them more information- which implies heroics is fundamentally self sacrificing and not worth the death of the person in question

Harrow deems Gideon's death a murder, possibly even at her own hand, and Ortus is undecided if a death at someone else's hands or a heroic one is better (especially in a storytelling sense)

#personal #gtn #htn #ntn #tlt #the locked tomb #gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth

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32 pls!!

@clingymickey haha here you go AJ!!

"Uh Mick?" Ian called from the other side of the bathroom door that adjoined their bedroom.

"What?" Mickey asked shifting side to side, on the bed. He was getting impatient, wanted to see Ian in his new sexy outfit that they had bought.

"What was the costume we picked again?" Ian asked hesitantly, the door opening slightly, his voice a bit clearer.

"It said 'Sexy Beast' and the picture looked like something out of Gladiator." Mickey answered remembering the image of a oiled and muscled man wearing fucking leather everything. Leather chest straps, leather wrist cuffs, leather pants, even came with a prop sword.

"Well..." Ian trailed off.

"Well what? The leather pants too small for your nine inch Titan?" Mickey joked adjusting the blanket over himself.

"Not exactly."

Ian opened the bathroom door and Mickey's mouth dropped open, then he burst into laughter. Not even subtle laughter, this was gut busting, gremlin laughing, snort through the nose laughter.

"What the ever loving fuck?" He gasped out between peals of laughter.

"I mean some people could find it sexy." Ian countered defensively.

Mickey had tears rolling down his face he was laughing so hard, one hand gripping his side where he was beginning to get a cramp.

"Just- answer- me- this," Mickey laughed, taking a gasp of air, "at-what- POINT- did you realize- that it wasn't- the right-costume?" Mickey was finally able to piece together some words.

"Probably when I found the headpiece and shoes."

Mickey roared and fell to the side, his laughter making him weak.

"It's not that funny." Ian huffed crossing his arms over his chest.

"You look-like an-angry-fluffball cat!" Mickey shrieked laughing at his husband's surly expression.

Ian reached up and gripped the headpiece, "I'm taking this shit off."

Mickey snorted again, "Aw don't be mad, c'mere."

He was trying hard to keep the laughter out of his voice and a grin off of his face, but he wasn't able to wipe every trace of a smile from his expression.

Ian rolled his eyes and crawled into the bed, Mickey trying to keep from snorting a laugh again.

"Come to my castle, look at my library, just don't touch my flower!" Ian growled in a deep voice, pulling his mouth into a teasing snarl.

"Oh God, stop." Mickey laughed reaching up to wrap an arm around Ian.

"Where's the singing teapot? Or the neurotic clock?" Ian feigned looking for something as Mickey wrapped his arms around him and pulled him down to his chest.

"You're a fucking dork." He laughed pressing a kiss to Ian's lips.

"No I'm a sexy beast." Ian countered with a grin, causing Mickey to start laughing again.

#prompt list #ian gallagher #mickey milkovich #gallavich #shameless #married ian gallagher and mickey milkovich

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hi hi yes this is my season 8 write up you’ve probably seen one of these already by now and i gotta say what the fuck was that how the fuck was that oh my god oh my god. is this still the silly lego ninja show. am i dreaming.

this is the first one i’m actually structuring in advance because i have so many thoughts i have so so so many oh my godddddddddd. oh my god.

BROOOOOOOOO

i had. feelings about this season. 2.6k words of them.

i did not like the first two eps because (gestures at fake out romance plot) i’m sorry i hate ninjago romance plots and pixane are the only bitches i respect. the first two eps went HARD on building up harumi as super duper sweet trust me like the whole fuckin princess jasmine sequence made me cringe. do not like themmmm i do not. after that we’re good though. props to these eps to starting on the harumi lloyd parallels via comparing her position as jade princess with lloyd’s as the green ninja in addition to their both at this point primarily green color schemes. lloyd is unshippable to me though sorry. aroace lloyd supremacy.

one thing i noticed this season is how the ninja use their elemental powers differently. instead of just spawning their elements in, they take advantage of the environment. one scene that comes to mind is nya using the rain to safely land the bounty or jay redirecting lightning and using power lines to shock the big stone monster in episode 10.

i really like this change! this makes fight choreography more interesting by including the environment! nya bursting some pipes to blast away garmadon? kai using torch fires to throw at people? i love that!! it’s great!! feels natural feels good to watch!!

the elements look amazing as well! particle effects this season are off the shits! this season just plain looks good. love the redesigns on the spinjitzu effects to differentiate them and incorporate elements better than just color. LOVE the lighting. looks so good. i already praised season 5 for this but this takes the cake.

speaking of more changes. weapons!! i called season 7 sexy for giving everyone their unique weapons back and there’s some changes here! nya got a trident!! love that!! so cool!! thematic!! and no ninja has a polearm yet so. vry cool vry cool.

last time, i complained that kai and zane got the short end of the stick cuz people keep infringing on their weapons. that’s fixed now! kai gets TWO swords, which is SICK. i just think duel wielding is sexy. zane gets a bow, which i’m more hmmm abt. it’s still the only long distance weapon of the squad, so i guess it works. shurikens still seem to be mainly zane’s thing, as they’re how the gang recognize zane’s plan to go undercover.

cole also gets a hammer instead of a scythe. i GET IT hammers are better for a blunt force character like him, but.. scythes are sick. ninjago gets a pass due to my affinity for blunt force weaponry. this time.

speaking of cole. admire how he was just READY to be a dad upon finding a random baby in a dungeon somewhere. said baby being Wu is objectively hilarious because cryptic old man wisdom is replaced by baby babble. cole is just so. he is Taking Care Of This Baby. in the beginning of the season before finding the baby he’s already Dad Mode somehow because he’s telling everyone to eat their veggies. i love him. it’s so funny. someone has to save the baby from plunging off the airship? cole’s here. someone gotta play with the baby? cole. someone gotta hold the baby? cole. misako only takes over because he’s busy after everything’s gone to shit. cole is the dad friend.

REDESIGNS. redesigns. i like em. i’ve watched the lego ninjago movie twice i like the movie and i think the designs are good. they’re a bit more complex than the previous ones esp in the hair and it fits better with the improved graphics n shit. i just wish they’d been more consistent with the past designs. like the side kai’s scar is on being the opposite one to his notched eyebrow. or jay missing his slit eyebrow. this is just about eyebrows. jay’s freckles are cute though. only redesign i dont like is zane’s i think his eyes and hair look weird and why does nya have a mole now feels weird. anyway.

i heard the redesigns are so it’s easier for potential new fans from the lego ninjago movie which is hilarious. the potential that THIS is someone’s first season of ninjago. the one that dregdes up emotional conflicts from season 2, the one season that breaks the status quo by having the ninja lose at the end, the one season that doesn’t have weekend whip as the intro. hello. HELLO.

how did we get here

moments i enjoyed: zane undercover, mister E fight

OKAY ONTO THE SEASON ITSELF OKAYYY.

i rlly liked zane’s stint undercover i think that was a great sequence. (how many akira slides do ya want? oh? all of them? okay). motorcycle races were fun. (fun fact german dub just refers to the sons of garmadon as “garmadon’s bike gang” which is kinda funny aint it. german dub never change you fuckhead). the fights this season were cool for aforementioned elemental reasons but also just sick in general. i enjoyed zane getting trashed by mister e (ohhh like “mystery” okay okay). fucked up that zane dies again but whatever it was a cool fight.

what i disliked abt the general sequence was cole’s singing which i KNOWWW is supposed to be bad i aint even talking abt kirby morrow since (dub watcher) but like. yeah whatever the irony of cole being a horrible singer but they did not have to make it a running joke. i didn’t like harumi’s singing either i just don’t like singing in non-musical shows. only good singing was when everyone was singing weekend whip karaoke. german dub show me the forbidden weekend whip german cover full version. i liked those lyrics.

PIXAL OFFICAL RETURN SHE’S HERE I LOVE HERRRR (<- PIXAL STAN SINCE SEASON 3). i am mildly heartbroken by pixal being soo afraid of the possibility of going back into the computer and how she’s so afraid she won’t be useful being the way she wants to be. this is where zane pulls thru because the only one who doesn’t respect pixal’s autonomy is pixal herself. everyone is always so supportive of her choices even back in season 3 and i like that this is continued here i LOVE pixal becoming samurai x and making it her own thing. she still takes on a support role occasionally but she’s doing what she wants to do and everyone loves her for it (including me). pixane is the only romance subplot i respect (jaya is valid only when a coinflip lands on heads). i wanted to say something else about pixal here but i forgot. i love her.

BACK TO PLOT OKAY OKAY. episode 7 makes me sick in the head. i think how the harumi reveal is handled is done SUPER WELL esp in regards to lloyd. i think on the ninja side tracking her comms is kinda goofy how she just goes to background evil smirking cue cliffhänger. BUT.

when she tells lloyd to take the mask i immediatly went like “Oh god she knew he’s part oni” and THEN lloyd says “how’d you know i’m part oni” like OH SHIT!!! OH SHIT!!! lloyd piecing it all together was so fuckin satisfying cuz it’s all the stuff i ALSO noticed. good shit.

this is where i get into harumi bcuz *rotates her in my mind* this is insane.

her motivation is so understandable but also so twisted. FIRST OF ALL her backstory confirms something cartoons typically like to avoid. death tolls. her parents died in the season 1 finale. this fucks me up because now you gotta ask yourself, where else did people die here? who else didn’t make it? because it’s not just season 1. did you know that nya straight up killed everyone in the cursed realm? chen appears as a ghost in day of the departed. she killed him and all his followers but does she even realize? hello? okay? who did the stone army kill? who did the nindroids kill? not to sound like a broken record but DEATH IS REAL IN NINJAGO.

additionally the flashback shows harumi and lloyd to be the same age which fucks me up for a PLETHORA of reasons least of all that lloyd’s age now actually matches his appearance. the flashback also confirms time exists and years pass. how old is everyone. are the other ninja all in their mid twenties now. christ.

OKAY BACK TO HARUMI. her motivation is so. it’s somewhat of a running gag that whenever the ninja bring up the great devourer someone chimes in with “garmadon defeated it, not you.” it’s perfectly logical for harumi to now idolize the person who is repeatedly stated to have defeated the thing that killed her parents.

(side note her title being “the quiet one” because she temporarily went mute because of trauma is SO FUCKED UP GOD. side side note the german dub makes a really smart choice in how to translate her title because it calls her “der stille boss” / the silent boss. german is a HIGHLY gendered language and for a LOT of nouns, specifically occupational nouns, there’s the -in suffix to make them feminine, which would spoil who the quiet one is cuz you’d immediatly look toward the newest girl. but “boss” is a loanword, and thus uses the generic masculine without any actual implication of gender. the script also doesn’t substitute the title for pronouns ever, to further avoid masculine connotation. props to that choice.)

moving on, i brought it up already, but paralling jade princess / green ninja. delicious. harumi never wanted to be a princess she never wanted the responsibility but her being “chosen” by the emperor and empress. god. this directly puts the ninja “failing” as the deciding factor that pushed her into the fate she abhors. godddd. insane. insane.

HER METHOD IS STILL SO WRONG THOUGH AND SHE WORKS SO WELL AS A VILLAIN AND AS A FOIL TO LLOYD. i want to talk about episode 8 now she is so needlessly cruel. like i GET where she’s coming from but it feels like she made all the wrong conclusions. what she doesnt get is without the ninja EVERYONE would be dead not just her parents. furthermore she seems to have it out for lloyd specifically when like, lloyd wasn’t even a ninja back then. the show COULD’VE brought up how he was the one to release the serpentine in the first place but it doesn’t sadly.

she’s soooo needlessly cruel it’s kind of horrifying. she reminds me of lime witch’s heart a little bit if there’s any fanbase overlap besides literally just me and anybody knows who i’m talking about. she just wants him to suffer as she did she wants someone who gets it she wants someone who went through the same experience she did.

BUT LIKE AGAIN THIS IS WHERE THE PARALLELS COME IN. she and lloyd were the same age in season 1 he was not a ninja during that fight. he was also chosen for a fate he didn’t want at way too young an age and he had to deal with it. them being the same is what makes her so cruel.

i gotta talk abt the garmadon revival and episode 9 now. first of all i’m SUPER happy klaus-dieter klebsch reprised his role as garmadon in the german dub because he is THE garmadon voice to me always and forever. he does evil laughs good and the voice direction is eh with how drawn out all of garmadon’s dialogue is but the performance is on point as always. anyway.

isn’t it fucked up how harumi doesn’t just want to destroy lloyd emotionally by kidnapping his mom and emotionally manipulating him but also deliberatly in making him fight his dad again. remember season 2 when garmadon was like a complex character who was very conflicted between his essentially Obligation to be evil and the love he still has for his family. like i remember that version of garmadon, lloyd remembers that version of garmadon. the one who still put family above all despite everything and that’s why it HURTS man. garmadon’s dialogue in episode nine dear god. like the “i wore many masks” dialogue and the finishing touch of “i don’t have a son” cue garmadon throwing lloyd through a wall again. like the garmadon we got to know from s3-4 might as well be dead because it’s not him that came back. it’s really not.

bringing up season 2 again it’s understandable why lloyd wanted to confront garmadon on his own so badly bcuz despite being told that he won’t be the same the entire season the last time lloyd confronted garmadon with love it worked. it brought him back and this time it DOESN’T and because last time it did is why this hits so hard for lloyd (and also for me).

GOD the ending of episode 9 where lloyd gets thrown through a wall and he lands in the sand and groans and to desparately comfort himself he pulls out the picture he keeps of himself and his father, but the wind blows it away out of his hand into the desert. heavy handed symbolism but it WORKS okay it WORKS. sensei garmadon is DEAD he‘s GONE but lloyd still has to grapple with killing his father all over again.

it’s Inch Resting how harumi essentially Stole garmadon for herself like. harumi has a TON of parental issues and she idolized garmadon for however many years it’s been since season 1 and he’s like. a bit fixated on her as the one who brought him back i.e breaking her out of jail. that’s what i mean by her being cruel cuz like she’s the one fighting with garmadon now she’s the one “important” to him (as much as anyone can be important to the revived garm like geez man)

tldr feels bad man

ONTO THE FINALE THAT’S SICK. actually having them just LOSE bcuz in ep 8 you think like “ah they won” but then you (I) looked at the episode counter and saw 8 out of 10. and you go. ah. they never defeat the villain till the darkest hour. the darkest hour is still coming.

like they LOSE they SPLIT UP THE TEAM. inch resting how the guys stranded in the realm of oni and dragons are the “original team” essentially i.e. the og four ninja + baby wu and how the ones still in ninjago are the “new team” i.e lloyd nya pixal + misako and whichever side characters they’re gonna scrounge up.

ALSO LLOYD THINKS THE OG TEAM IS DEAD WHAT THE FUCK. HE THINKS THEY’RE DEAD HE DOESN’T KNOW THEY HAD TRAVELER’S TEA.

my expectations for season 9 are ALL OVER THE PLACE. will lloyd and nya continue to think their friends are dead or will this be cleared up. how the hell is the og squad gonna fare against mythical creatures (and loads of em too). how’s lloyd gonna get back up and get back at harumi.

the last scene of the season between lloyd and harumi is really nice cuz “ninja never give up” motif is always cool AND how lloyd paralles HIMSELF to harumi by framing himself as a villain since “the worst one is the one you can’t catch.”

fun fact “ninja never give up” in german sounds really nice as a phrase cuz it’s trochaic, i.e entirely in trochaic meter. ninja geben niemals auf :)

lloyd jumping off a building landing squarely on the rest of the new crew’s boat is cool it’s a really cool shot to end on because it’s also like very hopeful despite the. extended darkest hour moment. an end is just a new beginning :) good albeit cheesy use of phrase motifs. he’s not giving up even if all his friends are dead and his powers are gone harumi!! suck it!!!!

IN CONCLUSION: oh my god what the fuck. this is the first season that made me actually tear up dear fucking god.

#Feli speaks #ninjago posting #hi hi hi i'm normal i swear #ninjago post dethroned the ayin manifesto in length but it still lacks 1k on the lumie ramble #brooo i am SO normal abt the lego show i swear to god. i swear to god.

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