#they're the rich popular kids who hate but love each other

[riding-the-sunset-bird]

I was in a Baxter mood today so I went swimming in GB Patch's blog for all the Baxter facts:

General

His personality, at least defined by GB Patch, is that he's sheltered and out-of-touch without being elitist or self-centered. He's preppy/posh, quite sociable, and hates conflict, but likes to go against what's expected of him. He grows out of being such a rich kid trust fund baby by Step 4.

His parents are bigots. He's the unlucky one in a sea of characters with supportive parents.

He has a distant French origin.

His birthday is the day his DLC came out, meaning May 19th.

He's 5'11" (180cm) in Step 4 (this was apparently reconfirmed on the Our Life Discord as well).

His natural hair color - a dark dusty gray that he hates - is uncommon to be born with (as opposed to aged into) in the Our Life universe.

Childhood

His dream job as a child was to get into investments, having a strong portfolio with diverse assets (he does not fully know what that means at the time).

He's a late bloomer.

Baxter's crush on Qiu from Our Life 2 is at its peak when he's 12 and 13 (13 being his age in Our Life 2's Step 1), but he's moving on by 14 (when he can potentially meet the MC in Soiree).

He met Qiu at their local dance hall (as they both took lessons there, just in different forms of dance) and also met Ren/Renee (Darren in Our Life 2's Step 1) through Qiu, as the two had known each other since they were very young.

He wasn't thrown off by his crush on Qiu despite Qiu being a boy, as Qiu was popular and it seemed "unfair" to Baxter not to be able to like him. He puts more thought into it as he grows older and what it means, deciding that he'll feel however he'll feel and not worry about what's expected of him. In Soiree, the MC can notice this if they're male or non-binary, as Baxter isn't bothered by dancing with someone who isn't female.

Abilities (or Lack Thereof)

He's a weak swimmer. He can swim fine in pools but would probably struggle in the ocean.

He can sing.

He's experienced in multiple types of dance (though his favorite is the waltz).

Step 3 Baxter is a lazy, bad cook who doesn't even want to bother with cooking, but Step 4 Baxter takes an interest in trying more fancy/restaurant-style food and is able to do so.

Likes/Dislikes

He likes things being clean, but isn't always motivated enough to maintain that.

He liked video games when he was a kid, leaning towards action/adventure ones, though doesn't anymore in his late teens and beyond. He would play life-based games (such as the Sims series) with the MC if asked, however, either playing innocent like he didn't know what he was doing while messing around with the characters or being blatantly obvious about it.

He doesn't like dancing in clubs/discos. He would try it once because he enjoys trying different types of dance, but would only go regularly if he had a friend/partner who liked going to such places.

He would absolutely approve of an MC who chooses to only wear black and white.

Romantic Inclinations

Beyond his crush on Qiu (who he never confessed to), Baxter dates people, but never for long or seriously.

The reason he backs out of asking out the MC if they say that he's their first crush (unless the MC is referring to his Soiree self) is that he feels they have idealized feelings for him and he'd disappoint them. He essentially panics, not wanting to get the MC's hopes up and especially on their very first feelings of romance.

The best way to romance him is to Not Let Him Escape.

When it comes to what he's attracted to in another person, he likes seeing nail polish, false lashes/heavy mascara/naturally long eyelashes, and full suits (especially if they're expertly tailored).

His love language in terms of receiving is Quality Time, but in terms of giving, he will happily adapt to whatever the MC wants.

Clothing Choices

When it comes to Step 4 Baxter's personal dress code, he's always meeting/formal ready (even when not working) unless he's doing anything athletic, in which case the button-downs get a break.

- Likewise, his closet is basically all button-downs and fancy suits with a few exceptions including clothes suited for the cold.

Assorted

He immediately finds the MC and Cove appealing (not necessarily crushing on them) at the start of Step 3 as "beautiful beach strangers."

He'd be flattered to hear from an MC that they love his laugh/find it charming.

He says "hallelujah" because he's pretentious.

He doesn't know French, but does occasionally drop a French word he knows during Step 3 to "add to his formal flair." His Step 4 self considers it embarrassing in hindsight.

During the wedding in Baxter's Step 4, he will have Jude send along a vegan cupcake to the MC if they're vegan.

Semi-revealed during one of his mornings with the MC in Step 4, he has a multi-step daily skincare routine.

His Future

He has no preference over who he'd prefer to be the one to propose to the other in his relationship with the MC.

He would absolutely want to plan his own wedding (whether for or with the MC, depending on whether they want to be involved). He would not want another planner included.

He doesn't have a preference when it comes to last names during a wedding. He's just in awe that he's marrying someone at all.

He might consider having facial hair at some point in his life.

When it comes to having kids, he doesn't have any particular age he'd prefer to have them and is more of a "when it feels right" kind of guy. In terms of the number of kids, none is his default but he'd prefer to have two if the MC wants them, as he finds the relationship between the MC and Liz to be lovely and was personally lonely as an only child.

🍋 (below are asks that might be considered risqué - especially going to the posts themselves on some - but I wanted to include them for the sake of having all the information in one place; know that me and my prudish nature pushed through this for the people who want it and I hope you appreciate it! >:o) 🍋

This one definitely goes without saying due to being a love interest in a game where the MC can be she/they/he even down to being intersex, but Baxter is pansexual.

Baxter isn't good at being sexually active beyond being with an MC who wants that. He tries to bond with others but either fails to have his interest reciprocated due to being too forward or backtracks if he senses that someone is actually into him. His relationships are short/inconsistent for that reason.

He would never sleep with the MC during Step 3. He's already planning on leaving and wouldn't risk souring the relationship at any point even if the MC would want it. He wants company more than he wants sex and would not want to be remembered as the guy who slept with the MC and then just left without contacting them again.

Between chests and backsides, Baxter prefers the latter.

Baxter is a top (though is flexible on the matter), is into BDSM, and "kind of" has a sir kink.

#olba #our life #our life: beginnings & always #baxter ward

[cherrybeartoast]

my japanese kpop-stan mother gives kpop idols roles in her life (if she knew them) - SKZ, BTS, TXT and ENHYPEN

tagging @thevampywolf since she loves my mother and her iconic content (and my mum loves her too, they're like the same person at times welp)

my mum and dad are currently beefing about seungmin and jeongin bc both of them like to annoy each other so vote here on opinions and to hear the full story since it's fun

SKZ

chris - "my client." (for context, she's a psychologist, and she likes to assess kpop idols for fun)

minho - "he would have been my boyfriend, but i wouldn't marry him, because we're too similar, and we'd have too many cats and be a bit crazy."

changbin - "my workout buddy." (they're both gym rats)

hyunjin - "a popular boy in high school that i did a group assignment with."

jisung - "my best friend." (she thinks he's funny)

felix - "i probably would've had a crush on him when i was junior high school."

seungmin - "a guy i hated in high school." (mum's very minho coded, and so she'd probably beef with him the way minho does, so sorta affectionately)

jeongin - "my son in law." (she wants me to marry him, like she straight up told me she won't let me marry any other boy.)

TXT

yeonjun - "the nephew of a twin i didn't know i had." (she's getting a little too creative with these and this one made me snort)

soobin - "son in law."

beomgyu - "my best friend." (i'm actually scared of the chaos that would ensue)

taehyun - "school captain that i hated." (she actually loves taehyun and seungmin, but she thinks she wouldn't get on with them when she was young since she was very sassy and probably would clash personalities or get annoyed lmao)

huening kai - "my son." (he's her child in her opinion, and he reminds her of my little brother so she sees him as a son)

ENHYPEN

heeseung - "he would've been my boyfriend in high school." (duolingo has another person to battle here, although she says she wouldn't marry him or minho, because she's already married to my dad, which is cute lmao)

jay - "classmate in uni."

jake - "my neighbour's son who i didn't hang out with much." (i swear she's thought about these answers before sjgdhs)

sunghoon - "classmate."

sunoo - "my little brother." (this was cute, she has a very soft spot for him and i can see her protecting him and also fighting with him since they're both sassy)

jungwon - "a kid i made cry in primary school." (i'm literally WHEEZING)

niki - "my son." (he's a japanese boy, so of course he's close to her heart.)

BTS

jin - "the rich neighbour's son i hated." (the way she's beefing with so many idols i'm CRYING)

yoongi - "my friend in high school." (they'd get along well, i can see that)

namjoon - "a weird guy in my university class who liked making friends and tried to talk to me too much." (THE DETAIL HELP)

hoseok - "my best friend." (she once dreamt about him working in a theme park as one of those dress up characters lmao. him, gyu and hannie and her would be a chaotic and unstoppable team)

jimin - "my gay friend." (i asked her why she thought this, and she said he reminds her of me, and since i'm bi, she just decided that was the defining factor)

taehyung - "my brother." (she loves him, his music and his dog, he's her bias and i think he belongs in the 'has a soft spot for' category with jeongin, sunoo, huening kai, soobin and niki)

jungkook - "a kid who had a crush on me in junior high school." (i asked her if she liked him back, and she said even if she did, she would avoid him, since he'd be annoying. i think her reference for this was the seven music video and since then her view's been tainted)

my mother is such an icon for this welp, she was just like "you know let me give skz roles in my life," and then it turned into this

#cherrybeartoast #cherrybearwrites #cherry writes #stray kids #stray kids imagines #skz #skz imagines #stray kids fic #skz fic #stray kids x reader #stray kids scenarios #stray kids kpop #stray kids oneshot #straykids #seungmin x reader #hyunjin x reader #minho x reader #changbin x reader #felix x reader #jeongin x reader #bangchan x reader #lee know #minho #changbin #seo changbin #hyunjin #hwang hyunjin #felix #yongbok #bangchan

[20thcentwriter]

Michael Gavey x oc

This story includes- mega asshole! Felix Catton but I mean he was kinda already | frenemies to lovers | mutual pining | Smut | Swearing | Smoking | angst | mentions of violent acts

" I wanna get him back, wanna make him feel jealous, wanna make him feel bad"

A/n please leave your thoughts if this is something you'd be interested in. I'm really excited to start writing this. I love frenemies to lovers so much. I promise it will be much more interesting but I'm still in the ideas floating-in-mind process

Faceclaim : Julia Stiles

So.....

Michael Gavey and Edith Pemberton butt heads.

a lot.

They don't hate each other but they certainly don't like each other either.

They're "frenemies"

When Felix Catton breaks up with Edith before school begins and starts hooking up with Edith's cousin because Edith refused to have sex with him while they were together Edith needs to "get him back" and who better than do it with Michael "all popular rich kids are vapid cunts" Gavey

Oh and Michael and Edith might or might not fall in love with each other in the process

Dividers by @firefly-graphics

Header made by me

#michael gavey #michael gavey x oc #oc #original character #ewan mitchell #ewan nation #ewanverse #ewan mitchell x reader #saltburn #dark academia #frenemies #frenemies to lovers #smut #series #oliver quick #felix catton #saltburn fanfiction

[jewbeloved]

can you write about Main 4+ Butter with a Rich s/o

Main 4 + Butters with a Rich! s/o💵💵💰💓💓

Warnings: None

Gender: Neutral

🫐 Stan Marsh 💙

Let's imagine that you were a really popular student in the school.

Everyone is fonding over you and always wanting your autograph.

You were also indeed very rich, you also just sometimes feel like these people just only like you for your looks and money.

But you knew you already had the looks for a certain boy you took interest, Stan Marsh.

Stan is most definitely in utterly disbelief that you would choose him out of everybody in this school.

He didn't really care about how somebody looks or If they're rich or not. He mostly goes for their personality.

You explained to him that you choose him because he didn't take interest in your looks or your money and you were glad about that.

But people would stare straight at you both if you are walking the hallways to class.

Some even gave him death glares.

You gave those people a death glare back If they ever stared at Stan.

It's their lost.💙💙💙💙💙

💚 Kyle Broflovski ☘️

Omigod

When you saw Kyle, you just saw this as a win-win.

Even thought people are always following you where ever you go, you always kept your eyes on Kyle and nobody else.

You tend to make him fluster all the time and sometimes spoil him a little.

He does appreciate it, but he declines your gifts because you didn't need to spend all of that money to get him that, you could say all he want is your affection towards him <3.

Your house is a literally luxury mansion, that Kyle almost mistaken you for living in a castle-

He is amazed by how unique your house is thought!

Same with Stan, people do get jealous when they see you holding hands with Kyle.

Sometimes he even ends up receiving letters in his locker threatening to beat him up.

He shrugged it off because it was probably written by somebody who has no bitches or is a desperate loser.

If the person does try to hurt Kyle, you immediately blocked the person's way with a angry look on your face.

The person then ran away and you embraced Kyle into your arms while placing a kiss on his lips.

He felt so loved that you were doing all of this for him.

You love him for the way he is, and he loves you the same. The moments between you never ends💚💚💚💚

❤️ Eric Cartman 🍒

His mom spoils him all the damn time, so you spoiling him is like playing with matches ;-;

He likes that you spoil him, but he also still doesn't give a shit about how rich you are. He still sometimes make fun of you just like everyone else but he doesn't be too mean about it.

Cuddles with him is still always the best! But he prefers to cuddle on the couch then in bed because your bed is literally huge and he gets sunk into it like he's in quicksand-

He hates to admit it, but he likes it whenever you are the big spoon when cuddling. He likes the feelings of your arms around him holding him close to you like you never want to let him go.

Cartman is an evil asshole, but he still has feelings you know?❤️❤️❤️❤️

🧡 Kenny Mccormick 🍊

You felt bad when you found out that Kenny was the poorest kid in south park and you were the richest (including Token).

Every night, you sneak out of your house with a basket full of food and drinks and left it at the Mccormick's doorstep.

You knocked on the door and ran away back to your house.

Karen was the one to open the door, she found a basket with a little note attached to it on the doorstep.

Kenny came out behind her and saw what she was looking at.

They both looked at each other for a sec before picking up the basket together and took it inside.

The note on the basket was written: "Hey, it really does make me sad when I see that you guys are poor and have no food to eat so I asked my mom to prepare a meal for you guys and put it in the basket to take to your doorstep for you". - signed by Y/n.

Kenny was surprised and his face lit up in flusterness until he saw that you written more on the back of the note.

"Oh and by the way, that confession letter you putted in my locker. I accept! I would love to be your girlfriend/boyfriend <3".

Kenny immediately fainted onto the floor with a big smile on his face, even if its covered by his parka.🧡🧡🧡🧡

💛 Butters Scotch 🧈

Please, you spoiled this boy to the maximum!

Same like Kyle, Butters also declined your gifts as well, he didn't want you to spend a whole a lot of money to get him a sample gift you know?

But also at the same time, he loves the affection you give him!

It makes him feel all happy inside <3

Butters grandma doesn't like you both being together so she demands you both to break up.

Butters didn't know what to do and feared that his grandma will beat him up again if he doesn't break up with you, but at the same time he loves you too much to even want to break up.

Let's just say that you had a real talk with his grandma and his parents for quite a couple of hours.

After you were finished Butters grandma had a worried look on her face.

"Woah, y/n..what did you do to my grandma and parents?", "Don't worry about that Butters we just only had a little talk that's all".

At the end of the day, Butters is really glad to have you by his side. He was really wishing that he had this kind of affection with his family, but since it's with you he doesn't mind it.💛💛💛💛

Request completed✅✅✅✅

#south park x reader #south park #southpark sp #sp x reader #southpark blog #x reader #kyle broflovski x reader #southpark x y/n #stan marsh x reader #kenny mccormick x reader #eric cartman x reader #butters stotch x reader #rich #y/n #southpark scenarios #southpark headcanons #main 4 x reader

[stevieharringtonwifeguy]

a4a female alpha steddie oh my god im a genius

alpha women/omega men being kind of rare and maybe stevie and eddie are the only alpha women in hawkins high. and like the weird way they feel about each other being so different but also the only ones they know who can really understand.

and like eddie kind of hates stevie bc she thinks that stevie is like. the platonic ideal of an alpha like she's popular and rich and does sports and seems to command an easy sort of authority. she doesn't know how weird stevie feels about it, bc like yeah objectively being an alpha is a Good Thing, is the Correct Thing and if she'd been anything else she knows her parents wouldn't have been happy. but they also don't seem too happy with this. and like. how's she gonna get a mate that they approve of? the harringtons are disgusted by male omegas, think they're like inherently queer or something even though a female alpha/male omega pairing is technically heterosexual in every way it can be. but they're also not gonna be happy if she brings home a female omega, bc obviously THATS queer too. and stevies kind of panicking thinking she'll have to be alone forever just bc of her parents and she hasn't even considered what she actually wants in a mate

and she's so jealous of eddie who seems like she's exactly the kind of alpha she wants to be. she gets the alpha confidence, the power to be herself and bring anyone who doesn't want to let her to heel. eddie seems to just exist as herself and the alpha thing only seems to help, not hurt. she doesn't know that just bc eddie's leaned into the freak think it doesn't mean it doesn't sting. that being treated like a feral thing keeps people from fucking with her, sure, but it makes her feel like a monster sometimes, like she's not sure if she can trust herself because she's feral, and you don't let feral animals in your house or in your heart

neither of them think they're allowed softness, but eventually they learn to be soft together. they both love the kids. they both love noise- eddie likes to make it, likes to take up space unabashedly, and stevie likes to hear it, to know she's not alone bc she can hear someone making noise in the next room. they call each other beautiful and handsome in equal measure because they are both beautiful and handsome, each with luscious hair and strong muscles built for protecting people. both of them fill up the room with their presence, alpha presence, and people expect them to be constantly butting up against each other, jostling for space, but instead they both just expand like a gas does, mixing together and making something new, something stephandeddie

#steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson

[ineffablelunatic]

@oddsydviscous, @thattransboyaled and I have made a fabulous Ghosts highschool AU!

Thomas: Massive theatre kid, is a member of the drama club and is in every play, plays the acoustic guitar in a sappy band. He carries a satchel full of poetry and writes with an actual calligraphy pen. He has a new crush every week.

Kitty: Eats lunch in the art block every day, has had a long-term secret crush her entire time at the school. He's actually some hapless guy in one of the years above who's never spoken to her, but she's convinced herself that they're in love. Really she just wanted to have a crush, rather than actually liking him. She and Thomas are best friends.

Humphrey: Always hangs out in the library with his nose in a book, massive English nerd (the subject, not the nationality). He runs the school magazine and he's very, very shy.

Captain: Also a theatre kid, although less outrageously so, plays the trumpet in the marching band. He's the one who plays the song at the start of every Remembrance Day assembly. CCF Squadron leader. Good at languages. Also on the fencing team and joint head of the cricket team.

Mary: Hopelessly shy, almost never talks unless she's picked on by a teacher, everyone is shocked if she actually speaks. She runs the gardening club, which has a small but loyal group of members. Sometimes she bakes cookies for her close friend group.

Pat: Joint Head of the student council, also Head Boy. He runs a lot of clubs. Nobody is quite sure how he manages to attend all of them. He's not necessarily popular, but nobody actively dislikes him - after all, he's hard not to like. Except for the teachers, that is - no real reason, he gets good grades, but he talks to anyone who's next to him, no matter how many times they move him.

Julian: Typical bad boy. Poor attendance, throws parties every weekend, sticks gum under the desk, vapes in the Maths block toilets. He and Robin sell sweets behind the bike sheds. He has a lot of special offers on, but only if you're cool enough. He's also obscenely rich, but he just wants the money for extra pocket change.

Robin: Physics nerd, struggles with English. He does Julian's homework for him (he blackmails Julian into paying a fiver for each piece, or else he'll snitch). The two of them dominate the chess club. They essentially have an underground black market for contriband going. Somehow they haven't been caught yet.

Fanny: Head girl, Joint Head of the Student Council. Not very popular. She's the teacher's pet and enforces all the rules, even though it's not her job. Everyone hates her, but she gets good grades, especially in Maths. She doesn't really try in any other subject. Always telling people to tuck their shirts in and stop talking. All the Year 7s are scared of her. Her and Pat organise the discos, and she loves textiles class.

Alison: The beloved student counselor and head of Pastoral Care. The students always go to her for help, partially because she keeps a bowl of sweets on her desk. She also teaches PSHE, and she has a lot of pride flags on her wall. She's really into art, and she met Mike by sitting next to him on an art course. Lets kids do mindful colouring the day before their exams.

Mike: The PE teacher who's nice enough, but he's always on his phone and doesn't let you wear a jacket, even when it's freezing cold and he's wearing a scarf. Still, all the students like him. He'll let you sit off sport if you don't feel up to it.

Havers: Transferred mid-year, was very close with Captain before he left. Basically the only person Captain spoke to. He was one of those kids that everyone knows but nobody has a strong opinion on. He also hung out in the library a lot. He struggled with Maths, French and Spanish but was good at most other things. Very sporty - head of the cricket team alongside Captain, fastest runner, on the table tennis team. Captain is good at languages and liked to tease him about it.

Annie: A student from the Catholic school down the road who taught Mary to speak up for herself a little more. She bunks off school to hang out with Mary. She's in the year above, and so she goes off to university before Mary, but they still call each other a lot, and she comes back to visit.

Bonus info: Pat and Fanny became joint heads of the Council because it was a tie. Pat wanted to do Rock, Paper, Scissors but Fanny said it was undignified. Fanny is also somehow on the PTA, despite not being allowed.

Alison plays music in class and has fairy lights in her office. She takes her class outside for walks in the summertime - but only if they want to go, otherwise they can just sit outside. She passively talks about feminism when the class are doing something boring, punishes those straight boys for the smallest things because she knows how they act around other people. Gets kids to write other things they could say instead of swearing.

Alison's screensaver on her work computer is a wholesome meme. Julian regularly hacks into the school system, although he needs Robin's help to do it. Sometimes he changes his grades using that method. If he does too well in Drama or Art he lowers them so he looks cooler. If he has negative housepoints he removes them and replaces them with positive ones.

#bbc ghosts #high school AU #This is very british coded

[lemonhemlock]

What do you think of Tyrion? Also do you think he is similar to Aegon?

I think Aegon and Tyrion are similar in a superficial kind of way, in the sense that they are both rich party kids. And perhaps in the fact that they are both disabled, though in a very different way.

As a Lannister stan, Tyrion is family & I'd never throw him to the wolves but he's the kind of family to me that I'd really want to stab sometimes. He's a very complex and compelling character, but I really hate having to share him with the dudebros, the incels and the losers, since that's the fandom he seems to attract. No shade to Tyrion fans, but shownly casuals are many and they are the ones who keep voting Tyrion as the most popular character, while simultaneously having the worst Tyrion takes.

What can there be said about ADWD!Tyrion? The fact that people don't recognise that he's become one of the antagonists is expressive of the media literacy crisis. His chapters were difficult and gross for me to go through; I do not like to think of how he thinks of his siblings.

I haven't really done a review of Tyrion meta, so I don't know the extent of the material, as I don't necessarily seek it out and don't go in the tag either. But, from what I've read online over the years, people really tend to minimise the extent of Tyrion's flaws. The point of the Lannister trio is that they're as bad as each other, there's no point in creating hierarchies of morality. Tyrion is a very funny character, though, with an intriguing sob story and that underdog trope that people just love rooting for. He is also greatly boosted by the fact that he doesn't do much of anything that's reprehensible during AGOT, at least not off the top of my head, AND he also gets POV chapters from the get-go. So, fans get sucked into his POV and, since he's very charismatic and convincing, it's very easy to adopt his side of the story.

So, by the time we get to ACOK, people have already established him as a trustworthy character in their minds and tend to view every decision he takes as reasonable and correct. But is it really so? Someone needs to do an overview of his time as Hand of the King, because some of the shit he pulls is unreal. He is unnecessarily antagonistic to Cersei, when he should be trying to work with her, takes her children away from her without her consent and without even informing her, sends Myrcella to Dorne of all places when he knows full well the Martells have serious beef with the Lannisters, threatens to rape Tommen, poisons Cersei etc. GRRM really does Cersei a disservice because we don't see her POV until AFFC, when she's going off the rails, but these are all seriously unhinged acts to do to your sister who is supposed to be your team mate, all the while there's a war going on in the background with people actively trying to kill you both. Up to that point in the story, Cersei has been mean to him and maybe bullied him, but she does volunteer information to him when he arrives in KL and tries to work with him in the beginning. Maybe an unpopular interpretation, but I feel like she does put up with a lot of Tyrion's shit before she finally decides to retaliate and goes searching for his whore.

Again, I need to do a re-read for this, but IMO Tyrion just spends most of his time getting involved in petty squabbles that do not pay off in the end, because he's preoccupied with bolstering his sense of self-importance. His father expressively sends him to King's Landing to act as Hand in his stead, yet Tyrion doesn't seem to have a notion that this gig is temporary until Daddy comes back and that he should be thinking of forging his own place at court, that's not derivative of his position as Hand. Certainly, he's not dealt the best hand (lol), there's a lot of ableism and the political situation is such a nest of vipers that very few people could successfully sort it out, but he's not exactly trying to make alliances so much as he is interested in one-upping people & alienating potential friends.

So, after the Battle of the Blackwater, he gets into this state of lamentation that's he's getting sidelined and is underappreciated that is really effective at garnering the readers' sympathy. His grievances are not invalid or phony, but there's also this element to it that other characters are just sick of his shit that completely flies over people's heads. His trial for Joffrey's murder is half-sham, but also not entirely far-fetched, as he's exhibited hostile behaviour in the past and even cruel methods of retribution (i.e. that one time he turns a singer into soup, so check for murder and also cannibalism). Had we had Cersei's POV in ACOK and ASOS instead of Tyrion's, her stalwart belief that Tyrion is actively planning her downfall would not appear so outlandish.

#i'm postponing main asoiaf meta for when i do a proper re-read #after i submit my paper #ask #anon #tyrion lannister #cersei lannister #house lannister

[lohstandfound]

maybe its just me who sees them this way, but i love how like intertwined the popular kids are with each other. you can't isolate one relationship without acknowledging how the others fit into the picture

jake and chloe, chloe and brooke, brooke and rich, rich and jake, jake and brooke, rich and chloe

they hate each other at times, downright loathe, despise but god forbid someone else express how much they detest one of them

and then post fire, post play, post show

everything changes and they're even more messy than before

but somehow it's better because at least they're being honest to themselves about who they are and how they feel

no one is putting up a front (and no one is being controlled by a supercomputer)

they will never be perfect, they never were, but this may be the best they ever get

#lohst.txt #brooke lohst #jake dillinger #chloe valentine #rich goranski #jake and chloe are each others first loves and they will never let each other go #jake doesn't realise how much he needs rich until he thinks he's lost him and rich does almost anything for him #brooke is so used to being in chloe's shadow and chloe is so used to always having brooke beside her until they have a moment of separation #brooke learns how it feels to not be second best to chloe and chloe learns to see brooke as more than an extension of her #brooke and rich are often there to pick up the pieces from yet another jake and chloe break up #they hear the shit that gets said about jake about chloe about their relationship #and they can plead as much as they want for them to not run back to each other but its no use #but they get along well #brooke sees some of the rare moments where squipped rich is soft and rich doesn't mind that #and they have a lot of time to talk when jake and chloe ditch them #jake really really likes brooke he thinks shes super cool and sweet #and brooke may be cautious around him with chloe always in close proximity #she shouldnt become friends with her best friends ex but they are #and she hates him but she cares so so much for him #and shes the next best person next to rich when jake is at his most vulnerable #(although i like to think it was chloe who was around to piece jake back together when he found out his parents skipped town) #and while chloe and rich dont talk often #there's an unspoken bond between them #sure maybe chloe doesn't know whats really going on but she knows that this whole asshole tough guy thing is an act #i mean she's doing the exact same thing with this bitchy queen bee shit #goddammnit i should just write a fic or something about these characters #instead of writing like full essays in the tags

[loosesodamarble]

Hiya Erika! For thr salty asks; how about 2, 5, and 23 please 🥰?

Heya there, Lyra~! Thanks for the questions!

Let me just say real quick that these shall be the last of the salty asks. Didn't want to be negative forever. But let's have fun with this last serving of salt!

..........

2) Are there any popular fandom OTPs you only BroTP?

Vanessa x Finral: I get it! I dooooo! Their pasts parallel each other and I agree that they'd find immeasurable comfort with each other! But they're bffs in my miiiiiiind!

Kate x Patrick: It's not as prevalent as Emilico x Patrick in the fandom but I have heard of it as an alternative to Kate x John, since Patrick is Kate's intellectual equal. But they're better off as friends and confidants to me.

Natsu x Grey: Now that I really think about it, I do prefer them as bros.

5) Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

Aha... Answered this earlier but there's the fandom that ruined shipping entirely for their series for me. I feel like I rarely change my opinions on ships. The case is usually that I like a certain ship and keep liking it or not like a ship and continue not vibing with it.

There are times when I gravitated away from certain ships in favor of others. I guess to keep in theme with the last time I answered this question, I used to happily accept Izuku x Ochaco as endgame but eventually I felt drawn to Ochaco x Tenya more because I found compelling ideas and a sweet potential dynamic (poor x rich, and friends to lovers) between them. But it was never the fault of the fandom (unless me seeing more and more Tenya x Ochaco fanart is something to be blamed for?). But now I'm just thinking "forget about romance, these kids just need to survive!"

Tangent here: I think my resilience to fandom ruining pairings for me is due to the smaller circles I keep to. Within my smaller friend groups, we're okay with talking/playing with various ships. Or if we all happen to agree on a particular pairing, we discuss it in ways that allow us to enjoy it amongst ourselves, protected from larger fandom opinions that could possibly sour our thoughts if on our own. Perhaps that sounds clique-y or whatever but I wonder if the key to preserving positive thoughts about a pairing/character/fandom might be finding an anchor with friends that help you remember what you love. It also helps to ignore larger fandom activity because everyone else's business doesn't have to be yours. Who cares if a stranger is saying gardens with a particular flower are ugly? So long as you lovingly water your garden and like the flowers you picked, you should be fine.

23) Unpopular character you love?

Chevalier... My man Chevalier. I keep seeing people rank him against the other characters and he so often ranks low. Other fans don't hate him (since he really is a good guy) but they say his flirty personality isn't for them. And I love his flirting! He makes me heart melt and the fact that he's not as popular as the other guys makes me cry! Justice for Chevalier one day!

#questions from the ask box #lyra of the future #soda asides #ask game

[demon-of-the-ancient-world]

Modern Au Athelstan headcanons

Back on my bullshit

Wears glasses and has horrible eyesight

And Ragnar teases him about it

Probably got them as a kid too

Wasn't full on bullied as a kid (I feel like other kids tried but he just gave zero reaction because he's a litttttle bit oblivious) but did get teased a bit for being really really short for his age and also the huge glasses

I swear I didn't steal this from @procrastinatingsoicanreadfanfics it's been in my head a while and believe me I was Shook when it turned out to be their headcanon too but anyway Athelstan was a foster kid

Never knew his birth family, just knows he had a lot of siblings

Was never officially adopted by anyone, I like to think that the last family he lived with was really good to him though and helped him learn to navigate the world as a young adult

Still sees that family occasionally after he goes to school, they were the people he was closest to out of all his childhood

Ok I actually have a highly specific au in my head where OF COURSE years later he meets Ragnar and Lagertha and their kids but it turns out THEY were former foster parents who he'd lived with when he was really young before their own kids were born and for whatever reason he had to be given to another family and they were heartbroken about it but then they recognize each other and I cry

Got a scholarship to go to a decent university (was always a straight A student let's be real this boy's a massive nerd) and ended up studying something history related but I can't decide what

It's gonna be like either religious history or ancient languages or something (or maybe just Medieval art idk I didn't go to uni I don't know what they get up to in there)

Is a little embarrassed by his name. Most people call him Stan or Ath - if the full name comes out Something Is Wrong

(But Ragnar and Lagertha both call him by his full name whenever, they've earned that privilege)

I love love love the thought of him meeting them via babysitting/tutoring their kids

I know I know I know romance is popular but in this au I always liked the idea of them kind of pseudo adopting him. Even before they've recognized him they're like "this one needs a family we're taking him home"

Lagertha especially her mom instincts kick in the second she sees his little face. This one belongs to her now.

Ragnar calls Athelstan "kid"

(It turns out he didn't properly remember his name until several months after they'd met)

Their family is Norwegian/Danish but live in England which is where Athelstan meets them

When he starts going to their house (because they invite him for dinner almost right away after he's started looking after the kids) and realizes all 3 languages get spoken sort of haphazardly around the house he makes a determined effort to learn them on his own because he wants to communicate with them in more ways than one

They aren't *rich* but definitely have a lot more money than what Athelstan grew up with and he's more than a little surprised to say the least when he finds out

They have a cabin somewhere in Norway up in the mountains that was Ragnar's dad's or whatever and one winter they take him along with them and I really want to write a fic about this so bad guys you have no idea

Ragnar teaches him to drive and it's about as chaotic as you'd expect

Bjorn plays *all* the sports and tries to get Athelstan to practice with him (this is mostly an excuse for him to kick soccer balls and the like at him)

He probably has like every social media account you can have but he either never uses them (or just logs on to observe everyone else and never says anything himself) or uses it to argue with assholes

Listen you cannot tell me that if someone is being a jerk on twitter or whatever he wouldn't absolutely go after them in the calmest yet most smug fact-checking way and just obliterate them only to fade into 100% obscurity once again

Hates conflict in theory but can't resist calling out people being mean online lol

Has a lot of house plants

Bakes the best breads and cookies ever I swear

Awkward about having people over but loves to make food for his friends and generally just take care of them

Photographs literally everything. Phone storage: full after like a month. Gets a digital camera. Fills up storage on that too.

Has an energy that just inexplicably draws others towards him. Any rando who comes up to him on the street he'll just have a full conversation with too, he takes everyone fully seriously even if he can't quite understand why they're talking to him

Loves museums. Will sit quietly and look at Art and do nothing else for hours at a time.

Probably plays D&D

(as a monk, of course. Or maybe a cleric.)

#athelstan #vikings #phew #nobody asked for this but i'm spamming you with it anyway i do what i want here

[wxniesrxse]

Dreams Come True- JJ FF🌷

Part 3: Encountering Feelings Again?

Paired: You x JayJay

Genre: fluff, comedy

Warning: real life issues, sex (jokes),16+

𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹

Ringggggg

The bell rang. Everyone rushed out of the door to go to the cafeteria. Everyone's favorite subject. You walk out of the classroom with a running Jay following behind you. "Uh...hi!" He waved at you. You couldn't help but laugh a little because of his cuteness. You coughed on purpose to stop smiling. "Hi...." You said quietly. "So.....can James and I sit with you?...." He asked, his big eyes seeming to study your face. You glanced at him and quickly look away as you got shy. The way he looked at you was as if he was admiring your beauty and that made you nervous.

"Sure.....I have no friends either way so...you two can sit with me....". You said not looking at him. Jay look at you in shock. "How can a pretty girl like you not have friends?". You looked at him with a "are you seriously flirting with me!" Look.

"Yeah....that's how it is......the girls in here are really mean....I can't get along with them...same with the boys.....". You said while smiling sadly. Jay rest a hand on your shoulder and clutched it slightly. " can I be your friend?...". Jay tips his head to the left to see your face more. You stopped walking and so did him. You look at him. Your eyes suddenly looking at his forehead, his brown honey like eyes, his boopy nose, and lastly his small pink lips. You gulped a ball of saliva down your throat. You nodded your head. "Sure...." You whispered. The two of you stare at each other like dumb love birds.

James pop out of no where and wrapped an arm around his neck, making you two flinched and look away from each other. "Hey man! JayJay! Let me introduce you to Woochan and Jihoon! They're one of the most popular and riches kids in the school and they're my friends! They're really cool, funny, and can sing and dance just like you! I'm sure you will get a long with them!" James said pulling Jay away from you. "Oh hi Y/n!" James quickly said.

W-wait?! James friends with Jihoon and....

Jay is going to meet him?.....shit..... You thought as you felt your heart race because you were feeling afraid.....afraid of what?

You watched them leave. You shook your head to clear off your mind.

After you grabbed your trade of food you sat in the usual table you sat last year. Once you sit there, you pull out your phone, put on your AirPods and watch your Netflix show while eating your food. After a while enjoying your alone time that was only five minutes you felt the rectangle table shake aggressively. You look up to see five boys sitting in the other side in front of you staring at you. Their trades of food in the table. Oh right Jihoon was there.....how awkward for you and how much more Eunha will hate you after seeing him near you! Not that you care but you couldn't help to think about it.

Not only did you felt awkward because of Jihoon but you also felt shy and a little uncomfortable that 4 or maybe 5 (if Jay starts hanging out with them) of the popular boys in the school are sitting with you with their pretty smiles; Sangwon who's in third year of high school, is a trainee in one of the most important and popular company called BigHit. Then there's Woochan, James, and Jihoon who are following the same steps like Sangwon.

Will JayJay do the same thing?

"Hey!". JayJay waved. You simply smiled. "Okay boys, today we have to bring JJ to the company, once our boss sees his dance moves mad his singing ability, im sure he'll want him!". Woochan said looking at everyone while speaking. "JJ, you'll be able to come right? Do you need permission from your mom?". Sangwon asked him. "I'll tell her, I'm sure she'll let me go". Jay said with confidence. "Let's go!". James and Woochan said at the same time.

You smiled and look down at your phone. However you notice how your ex boyfriend Jihoon did glanced at you not only once but....5 times. You ignore it although you hate to admitted to yourself, you still have some sort of a good feeling towards him....if only it wasn't for Eunha.

You look up and your eyes met his eyes. Jihoon's.

Your heart felt tight inside you. You look down again looking so awkward. Meanwhile Jihoon secretly smirked as he found that action of yours cute.

Wow YN just wow! Now he might think you feel nervous around him....and probably thinks that you still like him.....which is true but....you promised yourself that you will move on from him so don't let your romantic feelings take over you! Stupid YN! Stupid!

The girls were going crazy over the group of five boys walking in the middle of the hallway looking like super models. As if they were some K-pop group visiting their school. That's how crazy they were fan- girling over them. You saw that and yes you understood why they were going crazy, the five boys are very very handsome, but you weren't going to go bonkers for them like they are.

You saw how Jay and Jihoon looked at you with a sweet smile. The boy you still have a little bit of feelings for and the new boy you recently crush on had their attention on you. Only you.

Wait.

Do I like both Jihoon and JayJay?....no no Jay is my crush and Jihoon....I'll get over him! Yes yes! It's matter of time!

You get back on track and look away from them but you got startled when Jay suddenly went in front of you making you hit his chest mat with your books in arms. "Oh sorry!". You said with wide eyes. "Ah it's fine,". He grinned. " do you have plans for tonight?.....". He asked. Your heart skipped millions heartbeats as you felt your breathing stoping.

Why is he asking me that?? What is the meaning of this-

" hey, after school, do you want to do the homework with me?....". He asked still smiling sweetly. That angelic smile can convince anyone for anything.

"B-but you have to go to the BigHit company right?....". You asked, stuttering. Why did I stutter!!!!

" yeah after school they will take me there then I'll be back home.....so?". He raised both of his eyebrows waiting for your answer.

Should I? Should I not? But I just met him! He is still stranger, what should I do...

" Yes! Yes I'll go! I'm bad in maths!". You smiled widely almost looking like a creep. Jay laughed and clapped his hands together. "Same! I'm bad in maths too! Wow....we reeeally have a lot in common!....well....let's see each other after school....here is my number so you can call me or text me.....oh! Added in your contacts". He said as he wink at you and walk away.

You watch him walk away, everything around you went to sʟᴏᴏᴏᴏᴡ motion like in the movies when the main character sees her handsome 6 feet tall crush pass by, however your crush is not that tall but he is freaking cute.

You look at the girls beside you, they had jealous looks on you. "That ugly doesn't deserve his attention....". You heard one of the idiots whispered to the other girl.

" ha! Y'all didn't risk your life to save his cute little ass from getting his by a 2022 Hyundai Santa Fe car! So I DO deserve his attention...!". Once you released your anger to them you felt good.

♪♪♪♪♪♪♪

"Mom! Is food ready?". You yelled once you enter your house. "No Y/n, I've been busy so I don't  have time to cook but.....here order pizza". She said pointing at the pizza advertisement on the table. You rolled your eyes shaking your head in disbelief. "Okay....". You sighed.

You laid in your bed with a plate of pizzas by your side.

You watch Netflix and at the same time you use your phone. You were adding Jay's number in your contacts. What if I bring pizza for him?....does he even like pizza?

You bit the inside of your cheek.

You text him. "Hey😃"

God! Why did I send that emoji! It looks cringe!

Even if you delete the message, it already send and he'll still see it. A few seconds pass and he read your message. You felt your insides acting up.

JayJay : Hey! In one hour let's meet in the small park

.....(typing)

You know which one right? 😅

You: Yeah I know 😂 we'll meet there!

JayJay: Okay! See you there!

You put the phone against your chest and look up at your ceiling in awe. Dear Glorious God, I'm really happy.....

Your happiness was interrupted when strange sounds were coming from your Netflix show.

It was a sex scene.

"What the duck!!". You screamed as you immediately turn off the T.V. " ahh....sudden sex scenes are one of my phobias....". You mumbled to yourself clutching onto your heart.

𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹𖦹

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ!!!

#trainee a imagines #trainee a jj #trainee a sangwon #trainee a leo #trainee a woochan #trainee a james #trainee a jihoon #traineea #trainee a #trainee a yorch #yorch yongsin #lee leo #lee sangwon #jo woochan #zhao yufan #takagi justin jay #justin jay #han jihoon #jayjay imagine #jayjay fanfiction #jj imagine #jj ff #jayjay ff #kpop #hybe labels #kpop imagines #bighit #trainee a scenario #jayjay scenario #kpop fluff

[sunlightandsuffering]

Corruption AU EM is so funny... omg. Im not sure if corruption and swtich are the same but wtf!

Imagine Mikasa just having one foot out of the door because Eren always denies they are in a relationship until he's blue in the face. Her family are also worried about her but never said anything because "it's her funeral".

thEM getting married and Mikasa just staring at the emerald ring while she's taking a bath thinking if the wedding is really going to happen. But then the prep started and she's waiting for the other shoe to drop 🤣

TLDR: The dick is too good for Mikasa to ever drop Eren.

They're not actually lol!!! They're different, if u want to explore a bit, feel free to look in the corruption au tag, i'm gonna tag it below! It's basically like student eren with a chip on his shoulder and popular girl/tutor Mikasa who kinda has the hots for him lol and they end up fucking but Eren hates her bc he has a vendetta against the popular kids, so drama ensues and he makes dramatic diary entries about how he doesn't love her, but really he does.

BUT LOL!! Omg see so there's like 2 interpretations of corruption AU, i'm not sure if we've ever decided on one i can't remember.

Mikasa planned to seduce Eren all along and she's the real brains of the operation here, Eren never stood a chance!

Eren seduced Miss Popular with a lot of manipulation and cockwarming over their study dates and now they're just kind of stuck with each other. Mikasa is used to his bullshit, she's always kinda had a thing for him, knows he's a dramatic loser in love with her.

But yes overall i'd suggest looking in the tag! So many shenanigans there, we plotted out a lot of it, like Eren hates Mikasa bc he fell from being rich and everyone ignored him but she's still a part of the rich clique, and He hates historia, and i'm sure there's more drama I'm missing, something about the prom!

#corruption au 🖤

[aqpippin]

Please talk some more about Barracuda AU because I may or may not be also lowkey invested 👀

pls I've done nothing for it for like a YEAR but I'm still so obsessed with it -- it's an s12 jankie + crygi (minor halldoll like they're there but it's not a major moment) / rivals to friends/lovers / swimming au fic it's massive sjsjsj it's angsty and smutty (?maybe ?? not 100% sold on smut yet) with some cute fluffy moments but we've really gotta ride through the angst to get to it 🫠 jackie's new, jan's threatened, gigi hates everyone except crystal, crystal's injured, nicky's just having a great time -- everyone gets to interact with everyone, like if I ever finish this it's gonna be so long (well a lot longer than I've ever written as a oneshot girlie)

I'm gonna show what I have under a cut bc otherwise this is just gonna be long as fuck

I've put so much effort into worldbuilding and ironing out details and yet I have no fic to prove it 🥴🥲 I have a pinterest and a playlist, fake lil instagrams, a notion spreadsheet, and so many quotes and small segments but not a single completed chapter AHAHA this fic has been like nearly three years in the making and there's fuck all to show for it 😌 it's very rich kids with rich kid problems but also queer young person problems what a time honestly

jackie is the new kid, so good at her craft she's there on a sporting scholarship, so unbothered by the whole vibe of everyone else on the team. she's quick to make friends with crystal, who shows her the ropes to surviving college with the team. in turn, jackie teaches crystal some important lessons. she doesn't get along with gigi, she knows gigi hates her but she doesn't have the energy to give a fuck about it which pisses gigi off even more. she knows jan also doesn't like her, but in all honesty, she doesn't really care enough about that either. she's there for the degree and swimming keeps her entertained

jan is the overachieving, hard working team captain -- real take no shit, I'm going to the olympics even if it means I have to drown you. she's popular and well liked although she's known to be very overbearing, she works hard and her position has never been threatened until jackie's arrival - cue sexy tension. jan and gigi have been best friends since childhood, they know what the other is going to say and do before it even happens, they have no idea what they would do without each other

gigi is jan's best friend, she also works super hard but isn't has nice or over the top about it, she has a rep for being a bit of a blonde cunt. she doesn't have time for people who aren't worthy of her time. she hates jackie with an absolute passion, which is a problem considering they have most of the same classes. her soft spot is crystal, her sweet girlfriend who she would do anything for. gigi knows swimming isn't her forever, but she's gonna milk it while she lasts -- she's well perceived on social medias and always has a brand deal under her belt

crystal has just been dropped from the team post injury, she's just had shoulder surgery and knows that her swimming career is over. she watches and supports her team from the stands, even though it kills her to watch them go on without her. crystal and gigi have always done swimming together, and now that she's out, crystal isn't sure that they have that much in common. crystal and jackie quickly become friends as the two outsiders of the group, with crystal giving jackie litle tips and tricks on how to become 'part of the team'. crystal loves jackie's view of swimming as a hobby and not a lifestyle, and it's an ideology she has to adopt herself

nicky loves everyone -- she gets in and gets the job done and will always suggest smoothie bowl dates after training. she's good friends with jan and gigi but isn't as intense, but she's super close with crystal, they're the team idiots who have a real protective streak for the other. she's a bit standoffish towards jackie at first, but warms up to her in due time. she's often caught hitting her head on the wall because she's too busy staring at a certain diver

pinterest / playlist

#asks #myhusbandharryhamilton #barracuda #i just love it so much #could talk about it forever

[strawberrymilkyumyum]

this video lives in me head rent free

#now i need a hsm au!!!! #zuko and azula #azula loves the spotlight #and zuko is so over her shit but puts up with it anyway #good big brother zuko #little shit sister azula #they're the rich popular kids who hate but love each other #azula's like 'zukos an annoying little bitch' #but if anyone agrees with her she'll kill them #zuko's like 'azula is the fucking worst' #but if anyone says something bad about her he'll shove them into a locker #supportive siblings #ryan and sharpay #atla #atla modern au #bop to the top #zuko #azula

[chasseuses]

reasons why i love jade leech part 3

I don't know why I'm doing this again I am a big fool goodbye ☠️ but ahhahahwhahjwhsjfhfjfnfkbdsjbdkdbjd im a doormat for him so. haha. I'll just. fukcignvkjgknv everyone pls look away this is the last post i swear 🤩

Part 1, 2

So.... 🤡 Hi I'm back again with another simp post I'm your local Jade simp and I'm here to point out reasons why I'm an absolute doormat for this eel and why I'm staying as one.

I'M FUCKIFNCGD. SCRVEN AMWIANAJWBAJVWKQVWKAGAKAVDKFBYKDGSKEIANSJAMEINSLENDKEBEKSBEKSHEKDJEKSJRKDJRKDHSKDHKEHSKEBSKEJDLDHDKDBDKHRKDBEKSHEKSUSMS

Ok so, URGFKFHDKDUDKSJSKFHDKGDKDHD if you've been here long enough or something i think i posted something about his initial birthday suit up illustration here which i wrote while i was sobbing and being overly emotional over him.

BUT BASICALLY. IT WAS ABOUT HIS SMILE. I MEAN RTHGJKHJGK JADE LEECH..... SMILING.............N N .VJV.JV. WITHOUT ANY ULTERIOR MOTIVES...... IM FUCKFING DEAD YO!!!!!

HEAR ME OUT. I JUST GJVKJGKVNGKV ... dont u think there's just something about someone as shady as jade who looks shady 90% of the time look like he's not shady for the first time ༎ຶ‿༎ຶ

idk if that made sense but yeah.

ALSO IDK IF ANYONE WAS SIMPING HARD ENOUGH TO NOTICE BUT LIKE 😭 IF U COMPARE HIS HANDS TO FLOYD'S THERE'S A DIFFERENCE.

and now if you've known me long enough to know that i am a big fan of his hands, you'll know that i went absolutely crazy over this detail!!!!!! THEY WERE ROUGHER THAN FLOYD'S AND THAT WAS JUSTHGJJGKGKFNKFKGNGKGNFKDDJFKGNGKFJF A DIRECT HIT TO THE GUT WHAT THE FUCK DISPLEX YOU CANT DO THIS TO US 😭😭😭😭😭

do u see the fork he's holding?

yeah

i wanna be that fork so bad

im not even kidding

i legit want to be that fork.

why?

.

haha.

you dont need to know

ANYWAYS. ONTO THE STORY 🥰

we got a lot of lore for the twins this time around and i am tHRIVING :BIBBEK:

"However, and this is unusual for me, but so many people wishing me ‘Happy birthday’ has made me rather embarrassed." HELP?????????&(&!4(£;#(-__8-##(-_(£+£(£ I II I I I I HUCHJWNWISHEJDHWOHSKWGSKSYAKGSKA HI KAUAKSGKAGSKSGSJAYJAGSJAGAJSYSIGSJGSJSHSJAHsks

Their mother!!! Uses!!! -san!!!! At the end of their names!!!!!!! Which got me going 🧐 that is not usual at all!!!!! wtf is going on in the leech household

a lot of ppl theorized mafia stuff and all of that which honestly makes sense imo and also because i find that hella hot HAHSMDGSKDHKSJS mr leech...... 😳 mafia.... HELPGKFJKGJFKF

wait. won't that mean he's rich.

bonus points eyy /j GFJFHFJDHJFNF

"Well, they do say that married couples take after each other… It’s good that they get along well." MR LEECH YOUR HAND IN MARRIAGE RFNJVJKHKGKGKOGJGKVJKFCKIJGKTJKFFJKDHDKXHFFHFJ

guys im losing it

if that wasn't already obvious RHUFHGUF

HELLO????????? ONE OF THE REASONS WHY HE LIKES TERRARIUMS??1?"!"!'! HELPFKVKV CONTROL IT'S CONTROL

"Whether they live or die is also up to me…" i just think.

no i dont think but you get what i mean why the fuck is that line lowkey hot lmfao something is wrong with me

i dont knwo why the fuck but the fact that he likes unpredictability is also kinda????? lmao how boring was ur life that everything u did went exactly your way 😭 how does that bring u amusement i cant relate gomen mr leech

or am i completely wrong idk 🗿 mr leech tell me more about you onegai

Ok honestly, before the birthday card came out, I thought their earrings were like,,, from their parents or something. like heirlooms!! i thought they were precious in that aspect but what i rlly didn't expect is for them to fckinghgkgngknfkf FIGHT A DAMN STURGEON FOR ITS SCALES 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

deadass why would a sturgeon challenge them anyways 🧐 and the twins were just like, "ok sure but can we have your scales if we win" and they rlly did 😭 just how strong were you guys before middle school wtf!!!!

and they turned the scales into earrings 🧐 which is now what they wear!! p cute

they're apparently popular to use as amulets in the coral sea so i. i fucking rotted over this AHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA hrufhfigjofhckfbcjc should i delve deeper into this? no. but perhaps you can find out what my rot is about just by reading this single bullet

"Floyd and I have gone near beaches on nights with fireworks as well." HELEPEHLEPDFKLEGSLDOSODB EGHFKCNDKMCURLDHLDGSMX

WATCHIFNFG FIREOEKSKF WITHHF JADE AJFNJFVJFHKDHF

ohmigod this is getting way longer than intended 🤡 should i continue

yeah fucj it HFJVHFJHCJFHJCJ everybody pls ignore my rot 😌

as all of you know, jade wears purple eyeliner. that's right.

Purple eyeliner.

Why does this matter, you ask? Oh sweet summer child, it may not matter to you but to me—eyeliner is super fucking hot I kid you not I started crying at night when I thought about this and wrote a mini essay about it like a fool so I'm just going to.

I am legitimately losing my shit over this like-?? Who allowed you to fucking put on eyeliner? You're already deadly without them and more so with them.

It honestly makes me wonder if he puts this on his own or not but seeing how deft he is with his hands, it's not a stretch to assume that he puts it on his own.

And I find that really hot since look at those clean strokes..!! He's better at applying them than me. I have this desire to let him do my makeup but when I think about it I start making incomprehensible noises and bury my face into my pillow. Purple eyeliner just-? Looks so good on him?

It should be illegal at this rate he looks so tempting I hate it. Sometimes I just have this urge to ruin in, I don t care how I just want to smudge it for some reason. Like deadass, I just want you all to appreciate how good his eyes look!

HELP HIS EYESDHFHTKHEKFHDKFHDMFHKDHFKSGDK IM FUCKFINDG LSOING IT

WHY DO I LOVE HIS EYES SO MUCH I DONT FUCKING KNOW I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF CHARACTERS WITH MISMATCHED EYES BUT WITH HIM IM JUSTHGJJFJG KG NVM

His eyes are fucking beautiful, man. 🤡💞 Could stare at them for hours and never get tired!!!!

Need I say more?

BRO IM FUVKGIGNVJKGVKNGKFHFKFFJF HIS TEETH IM CRYIGGN WHAT THE ACTUALLY FUCK I KNEW THEY WERE SHARP BUTJGKVJGKGJFKGJCKFJKCFJKFFHKCJFKGJDOFHKDHFKDHDKDHDJ BARKBARKBARKBARK

I mean what 🗿

guys displex is insane because they literally made jade have two ssrs in a row with banners that were available at the same time do you know how painful that was for me

when jamil bday card dropped all i lost ebg because i panicked over the thought of a jade bday card and started saving!!! and i did!!!! i managed to save up 100 pulls and i was so fucking chill after that but then,

abema stream happened

i was asleep when that happened so when i woke up i had like 283628 pings in discord telling me that he has an ssr for the halloween event and i was just 🗿 yo say sike his bday is soon displex must be joking

haha nope! they were dead serious.

that shit was painful i started crying 🤡 what the fuck because i didn't have enough gems for both ssrs and his halloween card was just absolutely beautiful.

so i went insane and saved 200 copies of the same jade card in attempt to make him come home before pity so i dont have to whale

I mean,

Black nails.

The bandages.

The harness.

The hat is kinda ugly but that's ok.

THE BELTS AT HIS WAISTFJTKDJRKFBFKFHOFHDKDHDKSGDKSHSKXHSKJS

SO I WAS REALLY DESPERATE AHHSHDHFJFGHJFJF THANKFULLY THEY BOTH CAME HOME BEFORE PITY SO TYSM JADE I LOVE U FOR THAT AHAHJAHDJ

oh shit this got long so imma just end this here 🐬 if you read this far, congrats HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

#reasons why i love jade leech #twisted wonderland #twst #twst meme #disney #jade leech #octavinelle #twst jade #twisted wonderland jade #simp post #HELP IM CRYINGJGJFKFK I JUST #I DONT KNOW WHAT CAME OVER ME I JUST HAD THE NEED TO MAKE THIS #🗿🗿🗿🗿🗿 PLEASKEKDKD I JUST LOVE HIM #bRO I #stan jade leech #o shit o fuck 🤡 #i just realized what i wrote in this whole post #i am not thirsty i swear

[theangrypokemaniac]

There's a sneering attitude that the dub is inherently inferior solely for being a dub, and when I say 'dub' I mean the American one. No one attacks the South American interpretation, funnily enough, or the variety that exist globally.

Why not if foreign languages are so abhorrent?  Do you think it's kewl to hate America?

That's so original you know.

If the moan centres on the dub changing certain things, well that's a pointless stance, because it's impossible to do otherwise.

What's accepted in one country is not always permitted elsewhere, so either you make those alterations or it's never shown. I'd prefer seeing a slightly toned down version rather than have it never reach the West at all.

This is without considering the technical obstacles that a direct translation brings. The words do have to fit the mouth movements, and if they don't, truncation must follow.

America and Japan are different; the population of the former are not going to comprehend the references to the latter's history and culture, which necessitates some divergence from the original to give it mass appeal.

Anime is a branch of entertainment. It has to attract the public's good will to stay in business. If impenetrable, it'll fail, with all the resulting unemployment and finacial losses that brings.

Those in charge of dubbing understandably think they're on safer ground promoting familiarity rather than the strange, but that's not to say Pokémon was stripped of its identity. On the contrary, it was like nothing I'd ever encountered before.

I may have watched Western cartoons then, but the idea of doing so now is silly. I won't give time to any modern animation unless it's Japanese. Growing up on the dub has not produced an ephemeral fan less serious or 'true'.

The 4Kids dub had wit, humour, deep emotion, suggestive comments and flights of fancy. The voices fitted the characters well.

Unlike the current one, where everyone sounds on the verge of vomiting, but then they're clearly working with substandard material on a miserly budget. You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear after all.

Dubs can be bad, but the very state of being a dub doesn't confer worthlessness automatically. Considering the work gone into them, attempting to gain your favour, it seems rude not to appreciate the time and energy spent in production.

Knowing a little about history, sub-only fanatics remind me of the kind of folk who opposed an English Bible, because it was too good for the oiks to read the word of God.

Of course it was alright for them, rich enough to be taught Latin, but not so much the ordinary man.

It amuses me how dozens dismiss the dub, but see no hypocrisy in using its evidence to further their ship or anti-ship arguments, so it can't be that revolting.

It's also bizarre that so many hold sacred the sub of a series currently in a frenzy to shed every aspect of its anime and Japanese origins, leaving a vague, rootless ghost, supposedly making it easier to slip down the gullet of the masses.

Pokémon I've seen referred to as a 'gateway drug', as in the anime that introduced a generation to the entire concept. This means the dub. You would not have got enough kids in the late Nineties to read a screen rather than watch it, and even today most would lose interest rapidly.

Where would you be without that dub? Unless you're Japanese, your first experience of Pokémon will have been a dub, and if not the American, the one where you live, which was only made because there was the funds available.

You may have then progressed to watching the sub, but only because that dub stirred love in your soul.

Where would the franchise be without that dub? You think Pokémon would've grown to be a world-wide obsession raking in billions by itself? No, it'd still be a solely Japanese phenomena, and most likely never lasted this long.

Its decades of supremacy rests on the quality of that dub. It sold games and merchandise to kids by the ton, giving an incentive to keep the series going. If you're not a fan from the first wave, then your favourite era would have never existed had it not been financially attractive carrying on.

The team who wrote the first film actually preferred the dub, moved to tears by its emotive use of music, therefore they aren't so precious as the fans.

Where would anime be without that dub? Pokémon brought it to the West. A handful slipped through previously, but made minor impression.

To those who would dismiss Pokémon entirely in favour of more 'worthy' output such as Studio Ghibli, I would say that Pokémon, first the games, then the programme they inspired, must have an integral quality to have caught on in Japan, which isn't exactly short on similar concepts.

To have gained popularity in a crowded market, and so fervently a dub became an option, can only have come about because it held a certain magic.

It was the dub that smashed a hole in the cultural barrier, setting free the tidal wave to engulf the world. In Pokémon's trail followed Digimon, Cardcaptors, Monster Rancher, Yu-Gi-Oh! et cetera.

Without Pokémon, I doubt they'd have been translated, and definitely never broadcast on mainstream television. That came about as channels desperately hunted down anything Japanese to serve as the next craze.

I really appreciated the effort made by 4Kids in converting every aspect of the series to suit American tastes, including changing text on signs, letters and books into English. I assumed this was standard practice until I watched others.

I could never be as involved in them as I was Pokémon because of that block. It was like being denied access to the deeper waters, fenced into the shallows, and implied a rushed dub, with little care shown but to chase the same crowd and money.

If personified, the dub 'n' sub wouldn't be one human being, but rather identical twins: the same to a casual observer, but easy to tell apart by the more attentive.

It's like the games: Red and Blue are versions of a single adventure, but not totally one. Take the dub and the sub the same way. They are parallel dimensions running on separate rails, and beyond reconciliation, and that's before we consider that, sub and dub alike, each generation has only a faint relation to its predecessor, working on its own whims.

Everyone has a favourite, or can like both, and there's nothing wrong in that, but so many are proud of the fact they hate the dub, as if it conveys a revered status of supremacy.

When Disney films are shown abroad, they too are translated, and I'm sure references and jokes are redesigned to make sense to the locals. It's no use selling yourself as a comedy then being surprised when the audience refuses to laugh, having no idea what you mean.

If people prefer that one, for being what introduced them to Disney as a whole, or as a fond memory of childhood, then so what?

I don't mind if their view of a character is minutely at odds with mine, having seen the original, because what they think is canon to their version, so can't be wrong.

I don't go round declaring every Disney dub to be pathetic by its nature, that viewers of them are of a lesser breed of fan for preferring their own tongue, even though more of the world's population understand English than they do Japanese.

If you enjoy one tailored to your country there's no crime in it, just as I like one at least comprehensible to mine. It's not even my culture, but I pick it up mostly.

The choice must be made on which to follow, and this blog runs on dub canon, as that has a claim on my heart. Just because I don't acknowledge what takes place in the sub doesn't mean I'm unaware of it, but it has no bearing on what I write.

The idea that the dub alters things willy-nilly without rhyme nor reason is also mistaken. Often it does it because the original does not make sense.

In the sub, I know Nanny and Pop-Pop are just a couple of old duffers taken at random and dropped in to a castle, supposedly as James's far away nannies.

Oh yeah, that's a cushy position. You doing a lot of child care from miles off?

Mind you, it used to describe 'em as 'caretakers' on Bulbapædia, as if Nan serves as housekeeper whilst Pop tends to the garden.

That's right. Ma and Pa finally got some work out of this pair of freeloaders.

They're not related, remember? No, no, absolutely not, no way. Of course their style reflects that. They just gave Pop a 'tache, thick eyebrows and a bigger nose, and Nan got a bun and lines in her hair, but there's certainly no connection. Oh no. Such a thing is ridiculous.

They're NOT family. No. Yet Hoenn James still panics they might learn he's joined Team Rocket, spending the whole episode trying to hide the truth.

Why? Who are servants to criticise the son of their employers? Why should their opinion be of any consequence to Hoenn James, especially when his parents, fiancée and butler are cognizant of reality?

Children of aristocrats are usually brought up by governesses, thus develop a stronger attachment to these figures rather than their parents, but that isn't the case here.

James lived with Ma and Pa, not the codgers minding the castle. He would have very little contact with distant employees compared to those who waited on him daily, so why seek out their approval?

Hoenn James apparently was permitted visits to Nan 'n' Pop, which is strange considering they're not relatives. Why them and not any other house-stters?

That's right, Ma and Pa sent their son to one of their properties without them, entrusting him to the care of two shrivelled pensioners of his size that he barely knew, and who could keel over at any minute. There are no other servants present. Apparently Nan and Pop clean an entire castle by themselves.

Oh, and they run a makeshift Pokémon sanctuary, but since it's not their home it has to be done with Ma and Pa's blessing, who also have to pay for it, but they're eevul aren't they?

The idea that somehow Nanny and Pop-Pop have not cottoned on to James's occupation by now is risible.

Servants gossip about their masters. I bet the entire household of his home know, and so in turn does the county. That Nan and Pop remain oblivious proves how isolated they are, for no one's thought to inform them.

When it came to dubbing it, they were made his grandparents, removing all the above nonsense. Of course he visits his nan and granddad, it's their gaff and their money funding the place, and it is likely his mother or father would keep James's job a secret, for fear the shock would finish 'em off.

It should do really. If they're not bothered by it that's a sign of where his rapscallion ways were inherited.

They aren't facially akin to Ma and Pa, but display the same additions, so if staff it's bloody lazy, as if nannies have to resemble your parents, but inventing a blood link excuses the slothful characterisation.

Every reference I've seen on Tumblr relating to the coffin-dodgers calls them Nanny and Pop-Pop. Apparently the dub decision is met with universal approval. It does have redeeming aspects then.

Now the sub writers, rather than ignore this development, took to it too. They aren't exactly bursting with ideas these days and are probably grateful for the lifelines offered.

Remembering James had parents, they forced a likeness between them and Nanny and Pop-Pop. How else do you explain the inexplicable ageing, even when Sinnoh Ma and Sinnoh Pa are younger than Ma and Pa?

I've also known for years that the sub has this woman as Jessie's foster mother, not Ma Jess, but that's stupid.

I can grasp the idea that Jessie and Ma might have endured extreme deprivation, considering that's what Team Rocket has brought to Jessie anyway, and that they may have lived at the bottom of Mew's mountain prior to Ma's death.

What I find difficult to take in is that social services (or as they're known where I live, the S.S.), however notoriously awful they are, would give a child to a mad bitch in a shack with no running water.

Come on, they have to at least pretend to be concerned for Jessie's welfare.

As Jessie is very young, bereavement can't have befallen her in the distant past, so how can she be happy this soon after becoming an orphan? How could the grieving period be a cherished memory?

If that woman's creaming off the money, why hasn't she fixed the place up by now? Where do the payments go, sniffing glue?

Then there's the depiction. If this is just some daft bint never to be mentioned again, why do they conceal her face? Who cares what she looks like when she's unimportant?

Here's another figure from Jessie's past. She isn't disguised, and why not when she too briefly appears and is then forgotten?

Who was she?

The only sort of characters they tended to hide were other members of Team Rocket:

During the early scenes featuring Giovanni, he was enveloped in shadow, adding both intrigue and a sense of menace.

Madame Boss also got this treatment, even though there was probably no intention to ever feature her in the anime. What's the use in keeping an appearance a mystery if it'll remain masked?

With that pattern, it implies this woman is in the same category, like Ma Jess.

When it came to animation, it definitely was intended to be a foster mother. Not her real one. No.

What did they do?

They gave her Jessie's skin tone and purple hair hanging down her back!

You know, like Ma Jess?

Any colour would've done. Any at all, and being anime I do mean any colour, but no. The choice was made to give her the looks of the exact person she's not meant to be!

Is it that surprising the dub simplified things?

I don't mind if you like the dub, sub, both, or any from around the world, but I'm tired of the smug condescension, as if we all agree the sub is the only one that counts, and that dub fans are grunting troglodytes, or not 'proper' aficionados.

None of us would be here were it not for the dub. Pokémon would not be here. I think it deserves some respect for how much of a difference it made, to my life and to yours.

#pokémon #team rocket #nanny and pop-pop #ma jessie #jessie's mom