#to just a fictional character. what’s even crazier is you can make a difference in a real person’s life as much as these characters.

[noneorother]

By far the dumbest movie reference no one caught in Good Omens is : The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse

I'm working on a theory that requires many hours of movie watching, so here we are. Many people have already mentioned that the nazi zombies/Furfur is a The League of Gentlemen comedy troupe shoutout. But I'm taking it one step crazier. Remember the opening scene from the 1941 minisode of S2E4, the one with the london bombing and the Angel statue in the bottom right corner ?

Haha sorry my bad. That's the climax intro scene of the movie The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse. Here's the opening scene of the 1941 minisode:

You can excuse the confusion after seeing both, with how they look pretty much identical (yes this is giving me The Tales of Hoffmann PTSD, thanks for asking) And it's not very coincidental when you know who helped write the minisode.

You know, just the fourth member of The League of Gentlemen and writer of the movie LG Apocalypse. So shall we tease out all the (I'm warning you) EXTREMELY dumb quotes and story beats this terrible movie has lent to the 1941 episode? There are quite a few. But there's also a potential story arc that isn't so dumb... (TW offensive comedy, including mild gore)

In order to understand this you probably have to know a bit of background on British show The League of Gentlemen. "[A] surreal British comedy horror sitcom... follows the lives of bizarre characters, most of whom are played by three of the show's four writers – Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith – who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995." You don't need to know all of the characters or backstory of the show, just that it's a fictional town with many fictional characters played by the same three writers (and an invisible fourth).

(Also known as all these people right here) Want to know who they plays a stand-in for Jeremy Dyson in LG Apocalypse and gets murdered first with black marker on his face?

Say hello, baby Sheen!

So we've seen the bombing scene, what about the car driving through fire and Aziraphale's suggestive line at the beginning?

Yup.

Do the characters make a deal with a Reece Shearsmith character to enter the real world through a church?

HECK YEAH. Bonus points for the green background.

A gag about fake lips with Steve? Sure.

Steve Pemberton seen here as a nazi zombie, and also here playing "Herr Lipp" (also known in the actual script as "the worst pun in the world" in the movie. Groan). What about Mark Gatiss Stealing binoculars from Steve to spy on two important characters? But of course.

Surely not the arm falling off too?

Oh dang. It's a big plot point in LG Apocalypse you say? Then, in the climax, does someone in dark sunglasses who doesn't know how a rifle works fire it at a main character, and the other character who he misses says fuck? Now you're pulling off my arm..

Well I'll be damned. The only difference here being Steve's head exploding, naturally.

I'll admit, I have trouble seeing where a giant 3 headed chimera beast that destroys a bunch of characters fits in at the end of the 1941 miniode, but I don't think 1941 is meant to be a stand in for the whole movie, because at that point in the movie the role of the main characters shifts to become the real versions of Shearsmith and Gatiss, not the characters. But even though the end of the movie doesn't track with 1941, I think the moral at the end is interesting : "In the church, Lipp says he will kill Gatiss. The other characters try to dissuade him, saying that once all the writers are dead, Royston Vasey will cease to exist and they will die. Lipp claims that they will in fact be better off, because as long as they're controlled by someone else they have no free will and can never change for the better. Tipps tells Lipp that because he saved the day and can therefore change, Lipp need not kill Gatiss. He persuades Lipp to hand him the gun, only for Tipps to accidentally fire it and kill Gatiss.

With all the writers now apparently dead, the residents of Royston Vasey prepare for the worst. Instead, everything calms down and The Apocalypse is averted. The characters realise they now have free will. Herr Lipp adopts some orphaned children, the vet, Mr Chinnery, finds a rabbit and is able to take care of it without killing it, and Bernice and Pauline become romantically involved. Tipps leaves the church, waving goodbye to Edward, Tubbs and Papa Lazarou. It appears that Royston Vasey can continue to exist independently of its dead creators." This struggle for free will outside of the plan originally set out by their creators, especially in the context of said creators not really caring about them anymore, really starts sending red flags up for me. Crowley's existential crisis at the beginning of S2E1 seems to be mulling over similar themes. The lack of any God narrator as in season 1 might be a change in storytelling technique, but might also point the the creator being absent, or having moved on without really letting her original creation know it gets to exist on it's own now. Funnily enough, this is the second movie with shot for shot quotes throughout, that places a specific set of characters at the center of their own deeper plot that has a meta level to the storytelling. I'm starting to think there's a pattern here...

_______________________________________ Here's my series on the Tales of Hoffmann, another movie hidden within the series.

#good omens meta #good omens 2 #good omens season two #art director talks good omens #go season 2 #go meta #good omens season 2 #good omens s2 #go2

[buddiebeginz]

I keep seeing posts about how us Buddie fans are just being delusional. How we need to stop reading so much into what’s being said during interviews and oh also how it’s offensive to the current ship.

First of all let’s be clear here Buck is NOT in a relationship with Tommy. I feel like this is something you Buck/Tommy shippers are failing to grasp because I constantly see posts about how Buck shouldn’t cheat on Tommy. They have kissed once and been on 2ish dates they are not a couple yet. Being exclusive requires a conversation or at least some acknowledgment by the characters and we haven’t had that yet. They still barely know each other.

Second we have always theorized about Buddie when the characters were with other love interests. We did when Buck was with Taylor. We did when Eddie was with Ana. Is it somehow different now because Tommy is a guy? Is it different now because Buck and Tommy aren't straight? Or is it just because Buck is dating the guy you want him to be with now? I don't know there's just something very strange about how some of you are responding to Buddie/Buddie shippers with all of this.

What's even crazier to me is that so many of you who are all about Buck/Tommy now used to be Buddie shippers or still say you'll be happy if Buddie happens down the line. Yet you're still attacking Buddie and our meta and speculation because it threatens the current ship you want at the moment.

No one is saying that every one of our theories and speculation is 100% correct but we have always speculated on the show and the interviews this isn't something new people are doing. I feel like the response some you have is that we're somehow seeing/hearing only what we want to and or twisting the words of the actors/etc to fit some kind narrative we have about Buddie.

It's not like we're seeing interviews where Oliver, Lou, Tim, etc are saying Buck and Tommy are going to be together 4eva and then immediately twisting that to mean oh they must be lying Buddie is so obviously happening tomorrow. We're inferring what we think might happen based on spoilers and what the actors (and Tim) have said combined with what we hope might happen. We know not everything we think will happen will. We had a ton of theories on 7x04 and 7x05 (many of which turned out to not be true) and despite what some of you think we didn't all collectively lose our shit because they didn't come true.

You can dislike Buddie and us all you want and can disagree with us or our theories all you want but these posts talking about how we're just seeing what we want and setting ourselves up for disappointment come across as hypocritical (considering most of you used to be Buddie shippers) and patronizing. We don't need or want you to save us from our fandom experience. If we're disappointed by the storyline that's our business but right now we're having fun with where things in the show are and are going.

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I also really don't like how some of you are trashing Buddie to prop up Buck/Tommy. Basically saying that because Buck and Eddie's feelings haven't been verbally confirmed on screen (like in an I'm in love with you kind of way) that we're making it into something it's not and it's not fair to Buck/Tommy because they are canon.

Buddie isn't in a romantic relationship at the moment but they have loved and supported one another and always been been more than friends since basically the beginning. Even Oliver just confirmed that Buck was attracted to Eddie from the first scene. And no attraction alone doesn't equal love but if you can look at the six seasons of history shared by these two characters and only see two bros being the bestest friends you really need to take some media literacy.

I feel like some of you don't understand that not every part of a fictional story is spelled out super literally nor should it be. We know how deep Buck and Eddie's love goes because we can infer that based on their scenes. On all the ways they are there for one another, on how they treat each other, on how their relationship differs from the other friendships on the show. On all the things they say and don't say to one another. A big reason we want to see them in a canon romantic relationship is because of how clear the show has already made it that these two men love each other.

As for Tommy even though I'm not a multishipper I get Tommy's significance in the storyline. I'm also more thankful than I can put into words that Oliver and the show have decided to do Buck's bi awakening storyline epecially considering I'm bi myself. Buck being bi and his journey is incredibly important all on it's own but Buddie being canon is equally as important not because we need to see these guys together but because of what they represent. We have never had a slow burn same sex love story like this and the way it would change media forever if Buddie were to be canon cannot be understated.

#buddie #911!

[nothingtherefornow]

Honestly, the fact that people to get so offended over the idea of Chloe and Lila being worse than Gabriel. Kind of makes me roll my eyes ar people screeching about the misogny of two teenage girls being called evil.

Both Chloe and Lila have both have been shown to knowingly willingly try to take advantage of the fact that Gabriel is an abuser to use for their benefits…

The reason I honestly agree with the assessment that they are both worse than Gabriel comes down to one simple thing. If you took away the miraculous from Gabriel, he probably wouldn’t have the guts to do literally any of the stuff that he does. All his confidence and all his power to do what he does come from the fact that he has that magical brooch.

Chloe and Lila have both been shown to not need a miraculous to want to do evil things to people. It is it so shocking to people the idea that teenage girls can be pretty awful coming from a girl who was frequently bullied by other teenage girls yeah teens can be awful to each other.

Portraying something in fiction doesn’t equate to condoning/normalizing behavior.

I adore this analysis of yours ^^ ! Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts :) Even if I'm a girl myself I was a little bothered that fans felt so ofended over the idea that Lila and Chloé could be worse than Gabriel. But for me it was kinda logic that they would be worse than him, because they are supposed to be the next Big baddies once Monarch is out of the picture. And Ladybug and Chat Noir became strong enough that the ml writters will have to put them against crazier villains in order to rise up the stakes

I had never thought of the kind of person Gabriel would be without the butterfly miraculous, but I think we had a glimpse of it in the episode Queen Wasp where he was ready to stop everything for Adrien's sake (and he even complimented Marinette, while in this season 5 she seems to be the second person he despises the most after Ladybug T_T). It is also the period when Gabriel had not yet developed the habit of controlling Adrien with his amok. Gabriel had not been totally corrupted by power yet in this episode, while for season 5 there is no doubt that he has descended into madness and took a liking to evil, but it was a slow descent into hell, he got worse every season, and his abusive, toxic and obsessive behavior also escalated.

Chloé and Lila on the other hand ... They're different. Of course there was a period when Chloé softened between season 2 and season 3, but the Derision episode will show us how bad she really was, and unfortunatelly became once again. This episode will also reveal how much Chloé has a very twisted and wicked view of how the world works.

And Lila is no better, if not worse. I still get goosebumps thinking back to this scene when she's cutting Marinette's face from a bunch of photos she took from a distance either by herself or by paying somoene to do it, declaring loud and clear "soon you'll have no one and nothing left Marinette". My only though after this scene was : PSYCHOPATH !

And I don't know if you've read the bible, but (SPOILER WARNING FOR THIS PARAGRAPH !) the fact that Lila can go as far as managing 3 false identities at the same time just to get attention and popularity is kinda messed up. Also her intelligence level must be as good as Felix's if she can pull something like that so easilly (also it probably helps her that most ml character are guillible dummies ^^')

And let's not forget that Chloé and Lila willingly got themselves akumatized at one point just because they were offended. They are willing to wreck havoc for the most pettiest reasons of all.

And also, while during season 5 Gabriel is mostly motivated by his madness and hunger for power and control, his original purpose was still intriguing and understandable, to bring a loved one back to life.

Lila and Chloé on the other hands, what do they want, what are their motivations ? Simple : destroying the life of another teenager girl who barely did anything to them. They are only motivated by petty jealousy and the desire to hurt.

Because yeah Chloé always enjoyed hurting Marinette more than anyone else even before she became jealous of her, and Lila seems to have developped an hate-obsession toward Marinette even more intense than the hate she feels for Ladybug, and for what ? Just because Marinette called Lila out for her lies twice or thrice and is currently Adrien's girlfriend ? The boy both Lila and Chloé covet llike he's a thing to possess ?

When there is no rationality behind someone's motives, only madness remains. And crazy antagonists who take pleasure in making others miserable can sometimes be even more terrifying than rich powerfull business man obsessed with power.

There's no denying anymore that both Lila and Chloé are not only bad persons, but also a little deranged in their head. So what happens when you give wicked teenagers more power than they already have ? They become worse, because if they can get away with hurting even more people because that's something they enjoy, what's really stopping them ?

What the fans seem to ignore is that even at 14 years old, people can be pretty messed up in real life. It's much rarer than adults doing evil around them that's for sure, but it happens. I even remember a real case where two young girls below 12 years old murdered a 2 years old kid and an old lady just "for fun". And there's many others example with boys, some can even start committing rape when they're just 14. So why is it that hard to beleive that 14 years old girls have the potential to be more evil than an adult man when they grow up ?

Also can we really talk about misoginy when the main hero character who must face those two crazy girls is also a girl herself ? And when said girl is the protagnoist while her boy partner is the deuteragonist ?

Miraculous Ladybug seems to focus much more on the performances of its female characters like Kagami, Alya, Alix and Zoé for example. And then the star characters of the New York and Shanghai specials were also female. The series has probably chosen two female characters as the future antagonists who will be "worse" than the previous one, because they are characters that we have known since season 1 as rivals of the heroine, and who also evolved alongside the season, but towards the path of evil. After all, when the good becomes better, the bad must become worse.

But I think the detail that might show that fans are wrong to howl mysoginia is that somehow, Gabriel is the one who gave Chloe and Lila opportunities to become even worse. His akumatizations and plans involving Chloe and Lila can be seen as a way of corrupting the two young girls, their viciousness is something Gabriel has always indirectly encouraged for his plans. So is it so surprising then that the student would manage to surpass the master ?

For those who have read the bible, I seem to remember that the synopsis of an episode mentioned Chloe and Lila as "the best minions and allies of Monarch" So if Chloé and Lila became worse than Gabriel, it's because Gabriel himself influenced them.

#miraculous ladybug #ml season 5 #ml season 5 spoilers #ml season 5 leaks #ml analysis #chloé bourgeois #lila rossi #gabriel agreste #Sorry I know this is a very long post ^^' #But there's always so much to tell when this topic comes up #especially when I must use good arguments

[i-d-e-g-a-f]

“demonized her by putting her in a relationship” and “being harassed for existing” yall are one to talk every kataang post i see on EVERY platform y’all are lurking saying “kataang sucks” and telling ppl to kll themselves over the ship. also demonizing her is ironic bc if she ended up with zuko it would’ve just ruined everything she went through and worked for so stay mad fucking freak 💀💀

1. Get the quote right, I said “disservices her by putting her in that relationship.” which is very different from whatever you said.

2. I can’t argue against anecdotal evidence or your experience but I can say in my experience, I’ve always seen people shit on zutara unprovoked and try to justify it with their performative activism or try to act as if it’s okay to make assumptions about someone’s character because of an unproblematic fictional ship. Also I don’t cross tag so if anything is ironic, it’s that you’re lurking in our tags when you just criticized zutara shippers for doing so.

3. Once again I said disservice not demonize, massively different. But for arguments sake tell me what did she gain from being in a relationship with Aang? Did that relationship not ruin everything she worked for? Because the Katara in ATLA was passionate and never stood on the sidelines when she saw injustice. But the Katara we see in the comics and LoK is passive and constantly sidelined to being the Avatar’s wife or mother of the Avatar’s children. Not her own person. She doesn’t even have a statue when everyone else in the gaang does. In season 1 Katara literally protests for the right to learn how to fight and in LoK we see none of the passion. What is exactly so fulfilling about her relationship with Aang? Was it him being an attentive father to their children? Oh, no that wasn’t it. So tell me, would being with Zuko really ruin everything she’s worked for, because it seems like being with Aang already ruins that quite successfully. Katara basically becomes an accessory to Aang which, yes, I would say disservices her! Especially when we’re shown that she is capable of having relationships with people based on mutual respect, compassion, and mutual emotional support. Relationships where they are equals and one is not an accessory to the other. Relationships where they respect each other boundaries and don’t act entitled to another’s affection.

But you know what’s even crazier is that at the end of the day none of that even matters because that is just what I prefer and you don’t have to agree! My problem lies within the fact that I constantly see anti zk’s assert that zutara is an inherently problematic ship or that people who enjoy the ship are problematic or are just hysterical women. Those assumptions are problematic and unfounded and if anything perpetuate misogynistic stereotypes about women being not knowing which man is actually good for them. It also requires an incredible amount of cognitive dissonance to arrive at those conclusions because the people who argue that Zutara shippers only like Zutara because they want a bad boy will talk about how Zuko has a great redemption arc in the same breath. We truly cannot have watched the same show, watched Zuko say “Hello, Zuko here” if they think the appeal of Zutara is that Zuko is a “bad boy.” However, even if it was, that still wouldn’t justify the constant negative assumptions made about the people who enjoy the ship, or the way those generalizations about zutara shippers are used as a way to delegitimize zutara (ad hominem fallacy). I fucking hate kataang and I am open and honest about that, but I don’t go around saying the actual people who ship kataang are problematic or are all secretly incels because that is a ridiculous and unfounded generalization. I hate kataang so I will critique kataang, not try to discredit its shippers in an attempt to make the ship seem less legitimate. I cannot say I’ve seen anti zks and the general fan base behave similarly.

I can’t speak for the anti kataangers in kataang tags because fun fact i have it blocked because i don’t like it! But I will say, although i do not condone going into other ships tags to instigate, there a massive difference between shitting on a ship versus shitting on the people who enjoy a ship. And mind you, I noticed the pattern of people shitting on zutara fans long before i even became a zutara fan. This is a trend amongst this general fan base that flares up anytime new atla content is released and I was venting about it on my page as someone who is tired of it. It is my god given right to vent about a fictional couple I don’t like on my page and to vent about the fandom discourse trends I notice. If you notice different ones and want to vent about make your own goddamn post, don’t act like a coward and send anon hate just because you disagree with me. I have my opinion and you’re entitled to yours. You have your own experiences with this fan base and I have mine. If your upset, vent about it on your own goddamn page instead of accosting me with your dumbassery.

[peekintoeternity]

omg i think im so out of loop (never check any naruto blog aside from ones ive followed tbh for the past 2 years lmao) that i didnt know people have pointed out the similarities between vaderkin and tobito?? damn i thought i was all alone LOL 😭 (psss id be more than willing of course to listen to your take on their similarities and differences)

hi there! so i think others have done this extensively, i usually find such jokes / mini "thought pieces" on reddit (you can try r/naruto or r/dankruto and search relevant keywords) or youtube comment sections, and especially the YT vid from Death Battle, although other (smaller) creators have also posted (more serious) video essays about Obito, where Anakin / Darth Vader has been mentioned as a parallel to Obito's character :)

unfortunately i can't remember the exact video & all the information is a bit scattered, even in my brain lol, so the best i can do is point u to some sources 🥲

for instance, there are many YT video essays & even reddit posts on Obito's character & how misunderstood he is, like Swagkage's "Dissecting Obito Uchiha", "How Strong is Obito?", "Leave Obito Alone" (lol)

i'm not sure i can ever make a post listing all their similarities, esp when the Death Battle vid has already pretty much done that, and more comprehensively than any comment / reddit post at that, haha

you can also check their wiki for a detailed breakdown of the vid, but perhaps go straight to the Trivia section to see a list of their many similarities! :D

(of course as with all sources, there are some things i disagree with, for instance DB lists Obito as having "less combat experience" than Vader, but we actually don't know what Obito does during all those nigh 20 years that he was living as "Nobody" / "The Masked Man" / Tobi, i mean he could've been training and participating in duels, espionage, skirmishes, battles, etc., i mean he was the secret leader of the Akatsuki, the real Fourth Mizukage of Mist/Kiri, also basically the real leader of Land of Rain too ("Amekage" if you will?) since he is the reason Pain & Konan were able to overthrow Hanzō and the two take orders from him even if they are not loyal to him, so there could've been countless of combat / military and political missions he was involved in that happened "offscreen", and add to all that the fact he was a child soldier starting from around age 9 (when he became a genin and began taking on missions) and that, of course, he was a main player (war criminal! lol) as both fighter and strategist and military commander in Narutoverse's Fourth World War—but hey, the whole point of fandom & media is that there will also be multiple interpretations, so i see no point in "nitpicking" a fictional fight analysis lol)

maybe something new i can add is the meta parallel of how, in real life, vader's identity reveal was a plot twist that shook the whole of star wars fandom and beyond, shocking audiences & remaining iconic to this day

similarly, though i wasn't there (in the fandom or following the anime), at the time, when obito was revealed to be The Masked Man ("Tobi") in the anime, apparently sooo many streaming sites straight up broke down due to the sheer number of people immediately going to see the episode (guess there aren't that many manga readers compared to anime haha)

so yeah, vader broke cinema (insert martin scorsese meme), and obito broke the internet, quite literally 🤣

and these are just accounts from english speakers, who knows how much potentially crazier things got on chinese & japanese & other non-english sites lol

i might add some stuff if i have the energy to organize my thoughts more later on, sorry if this isn't the answer you were hoping for, but i hope the links & sources above can be helpful to you! :)

#obito #darth vader #tobi #anakin skywalker #star wars #nart thoughts

[funkymbtifiction]

I've seen that idea about 9s and intuitives being an impossible combination spread on PDB so much lately. It's mostly because the most popular users in there have adapted the ideas of Naranjo too religiously. And i think it shouldn't be taken like that. Sure his work is one of the best when it comes to the enneagram, i understand that you even have his descriptions on your blog, but he certainly has many flaws and his words shouldn't be taken as a fact. Most popular PDB users are self proclaimed Te doms, and i think it makes sense because they treat typology as if it was neuroscience and only the approved authors TM were valid and you must have a consensus of logic and anyone who questions the "facts" is deemed as illogical.

They are outing themselves as 6w5s. ;) "We have our Authority (TM) and he shall not be questioned." Also, none of them are ETJs. ETJs don't waste time and energy focus arguing about fictional characters' types online. :P If people are wrong/lacking the facts, ETJs think they are idiots and dismiss anything they say; they don't write a thousand word argument to try and convince some random stranger to accept their logic. It is just is what it is, take it or leave it. An ETJ would be figuring out how to make money teaching the Enneagram, or by using it to figure out a business model.

You know what's crazier? They're now saying that SX 7s can only be intuitives because high Se users are too grounded, realistic and pragmatic and Naranjo said that SX 7s are the most dreamy and prone to fantasy.

Sx7s are the most obsessed with finding sexual partners through hooking them with their creativity or craziness. Instead of saying "this combo can't happen," they should be thinking, "How would Se-dom and sx7 interact with each other and what would that look like?"

Ugh. I really need to write that combo book, but it would be a major pain in the ass and involve like 350 separate descriptions and the entire idea just makes me want to die. SO MUCH WORK.

They're also saying that... you're not going to believe this one... Te doms can't be 8s especially ENTJs, because Naranjo associated 8s with Se doms and their practicality and ability to live in the moment and prefer to amplify physical sensations and that's apparently something a high Ni user can't do.

So they don't read history then, which is replete with dictator 8 ETJs during the most volatile times in human history? (Stalin? Julius Caesar? Etc?) 8 is the most likely Enneagram type for ETJs behind 3 and 1. 8s go hard after what they want, which fits Te/Se perfectly.

They also have said 6s can only be thinkers because according to Naranjo they're the most logical people even more than 5s, so apparently if you're a high Fi/Fe user and a 6 you're mistyped.

I am super flattered to know that I am the most logical ENFP who has ever existed (I would agree with that, myself ;). That certainly sounds a lot different from most average takes on 6, which include "neurotic nutjob." ;) Again, instead of assuming this, they should assume, "Being a 6 would separate a feeler from their emotions; they would deliberately choose to push aside an emotional response, to find a more logical explanation or action to take." (I can remember the exact moment at twelve years old where I decided, "Being emotional is stupid and a way to get hurt; I won't be emotional. I will make rational and careful decisions." And I have/did. Thanks to this, I am somewhat emotionally repressed, but also brutally logical sometimes, torn between my feelings and doing what I know needs done, regardless of how I feel about it. I do not recommend it.)

They also take instincts and enneagram combos too seriously. That's how you get crazy combos and talks about countertypes for characters with an easier explanation.

Yeah, those are my favorite arguments to read. "I know that 4s are supposed to be emo and elitist and etc, but this character is really just THE SUNNY 4. Here, read this about the SUNNY 4. You know, the 4 who is HAPPY and REPRESSES THEIR NEGATIVITY to keep others happy! (I am also a SUNNY 4, so I know what I am talking about!! *heart emojis and smilies*"

Recently i was discussing about the vampire diaries characters and apparently Katherine an obvious 8, is now a sx 2 core because although her whole arch revolves around her need for self control and being a survivor, she always seduces people and manipulates them and is too obsessed with Stefan so being loved is her end life goal, and apparently her pride is her main trait.

That's cute, but she's an obvious sp/sx 8w7. Like, a character can be an 8 and still be seductive, you know. And the reason she's obsessed with Stefan is she can't stand someone else having him -- that's pure sexual 8 territory: he is MINE and you can't take him. She only wants him because she knows he's in love with somebody else, and it's a power trip to steal him back. Scarlett O'Hara could certainly relate!

Also Stefan is a social 6, because social 6s are as rigid as 1s when it comes to morals and rules but he's too accepting of Damon being immoral and forgiving to be a "my way or no way" 1 core... 

IFPs don't impose their morals on other people, that's why he lets Damon mostly do his own thing. I also don't see him being a head type. He's obviously a "react from the gut" type of character. I like him a lot, but he's more 1 rigid "stick up my butt" than 6 "paranoid."

The worst thing is that not only a few people but posts with hundreds of likes. It's too much, i swear some people on PDB are starting to lose it 🤣

They never had it to begin with?

There are a few knowledgeable people over there, but by in large, it attracts those who know almost nothing about either theory, and who automatically insist that any actor, artist, writer, musician, or character that they like is (like them) an INFJ 4w5 sx.

#question #enneagram

[lemonhemlock]

excited to hear what you think of the goldfinch whenever you get to it!! tsh didn’t quite work for me the way it does for a lot of people, but the goldfinch… man. i should get to the little friend soon, it sounds great, and donna tartt’s books have the power of getting me out of reading slumps. happy reading!

thank you!! i was a little worried i wasn't going to like The Little Friend as much as The Secret History but the prologue in and of itself is extraordinary. so....palpable and full of colour and life and the grief of it just slams fully at the end. it made me quite sick.

TSH worked so well for me & it's going to be one of my forever books, i feel, but it's quite a different novel. i loved how languid and picturesque it was, only to turn progressively more unhinged and i really enjoyed the comedic and stupidly pretentious quality of it. it's just a romp. a terribly enjoyable read.

but, while TSH is rife with melancholy and i definitely came to care for those losers and became invested in their drama, it's the melodramatic entertainment aspect that stood out to me, bc those people were so deeply unserious. but TLF is a different monster altogether, you can definitely tell that she wrote it, and the comedy thread still pops up rather often, but the drama here feels so deeply, gently sad. makes me wonder if the little friend is not sorrow itself, one step behind but always there, hand in hand.

i so, so love miss donna's penmanship, her writing style is just the right type of flowy and flowery for me and i'm obsessed with how alive and well-formed her characters appear on the page from the start. at first read, i think that TLF has some rather more elaborate sentences in places, they feel a little bit more old fashioned, maybe a tad more jane austen-y? like those long sentences that get lost in descriptions but keep going only to return to the subject at the end. in that regard i think you can see the evolution of her as an author and it's making me giddy & happy to notice that growth!

i really had fun reading this article about miss girl and her university days. it's a very long read but absolutely wild. honestly, it sounds even crazier overall. at least in the book the only people doing truly deranged shit were our posse, but irl it looks like most everyone was in some kind of fever dream. apparently, more of her peers wrote about their bennington experience in fictionalized form, so i notched a few more of those books on my reading list :))

#she really is that girl #chat i love her #donna tartt #ask #anon #reading blog #maybe it's just me but i don't really see much meta or commentary on TSH? #everyone and their mother on booktok/tube has posted this book aesthetic pictures of this book to the high heavens #but few seem to actually have takes on it? #not to be that person but do they even read it

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Delicate Art of Parking (2003)

When I sit down with a Canadian movie, I’m looking for one of two things: a picture from the mind of David Cronenberg or a tale that captures the unique quirks of the great white north. The Delicate Art of Parking is a consistently funny mockumentary that's different enough to stand out. All of its characters are so… uniquely odd you can’t wait to see what’s coming next. When the end credits roll, you’ll immediately start searching for a sequel. Too bad none exists.

Lonny Goosen (Dov Tiefenbach) is a would-be documentary filmmaker whose car has just been towed. Furious at the fine he’s got to pay, he - along with his friend Gus (Andrew McNee) and Gus’ cousin Olena (Diana Pavlovská) - set out to make a film all about how much everyone hates parking meter attendants.

For a while, it’s hard to tell where the reality ends and the fiction begins. Whenever we get testimonies from passersby about parking enforcers, it feels pretty real. Then again, some reactions are so extreme they have to be made-up. At least I hope so. I understand being angry over a fine but when they’re told the legendary parking meter attendant Murray Schwartz (Gary Jones) is in a coma after being attacked, hearing someone say “Well, some jobs come with risks, you know?” just feels wrong.

The Delicate Art of Parking offers many weirdos, the biggest of which is Grant Parker (Fred Ewanuick). In many ways, he’s the model employee, the perfect man for his job. No matter what kind of abuse he receives from the public, he believes in the rules and regulations so fervently he simply gets back up and starts handing out tickets again. I was tempted to say that his scenes are the kind you want to re-watch so you can memorize his best lines but I can’t imagine anyone saying "Discomfort is the first pill to swallow on the road to change." out loud without sounding like a delusional moron.

The film is delightfully absurd and it gets even crazier when Lonny stumbles upon a… mystery? conspiracy? you’re not sure what to make of the strange testimonies you hear at first. It seems inconceivable that someone - either from high up in the world of parking meter attendants or a particularly angry civilian - would attack Murray Schwartz and then attempt to cover up what happened on that day. It’s probably just everyone’s eccentricities lining up in a way that was never meant to and creating the illusion that something fishy’s going on… but then again, we've firmly established that people hate parking meter attendants with a burning passion. Maybe this is EXACTLY the kind of world that would birth a sinister collaboration between unsavory parties. Whether Lonny’s hunch is right or wrong, it means digging deeper into this world, which guarantees more laughs.

I’m not sure if the very distinct sense of humour in The Delicate Art of Parking will be everyone’s cup of tea but this is the kind of movie I know will find a dedicated fandom - if it hasn’t already. There are a lot of big laughs in its brisk 87-minute running time and the ending is pitch-perfect, with the snippets inserted in the end credits as the cherry on top of the sundae. (On DVD, July 27, 2021)

#The Delicate Art of Parking #Movies #films #Movie reviews #film reviews #Trent Carlson #Blake Corbet #Fred Ewanuick #Doc Tiefenbach #Tony Conte #Diana Pavlovska #Gabrielle Rose #Richard Side #William MacDonald #Nancy Robertson #2003 movies #2003 films

[thejase]

My Thoughts on 2022

For a number of years now I’ve been writing an end of the year round up of events - mainly as a way to get some frustration with the human race out of my system. Looking back at them they always start by expressing disbelief that the year was actually crazier than the year before. 

2022 is no different.

The year kicked off with its very own ‘gate’ - Partygate! Press revelations shocked absolutely no one by reporting that the Hooray Henrys populating 10 Downing Street had been treating it like Anabel’s nightclub whilst everyone else had been stuck at home watching Netflix and clapping out of their windows. Suddenly a hitherto unknown civil servant was catapulted into the limelight - step forward Sue Gray. Apparently she was the sort of no nonsense lady who would get to the bottom of things. I was imagining her doggedly interrogating Boris Johnson at every opportunity, much to his chagrin, and just at the moment he thinks he’s got rid of her she turns with “just one more thing…” and delivers the killer question. Sadly my Columbo fantasy was not to be. Just as the conclusions were about to be revealed the report got kicked into the long grass by being referred to the police. And what was their devastating method of detection? Polygraphs? Fingerprints? DNA? CCTV? Nope. It was a chuffing multiple choice questionarre. Holmes would be spinning in his grave - if he wasn’t a fictional character. Soon everyone had gate fatigue and what did it matter if they broke the law anyway - there was a war on.

Yes, Vladimir Putin the man who for years had seemed like a murdering psychopath decided to fulfil his destiny by going down in history as one with his decision to invade Ukraine. Boris Johnson was quick to turn this into a PR opportunity. “You can’t get rid of me! Not while there’s a war on!” He kinda left out the fact that it was elsewhere, we weren’t fighting in it, and there’s always a war on somewhere, but faster than you can say “I’ve impregnated an intern” he was off to Ukraine to offer some much needed photo opportunities.  

Meanwhile all the Russian oligarchs that had been using London as a kind of upmarket Cash Converters were told no more tennis with Boris Johnson and their funds were going to be confiscated in, er, 30 days. Phew! “Sergei, load up the gold bars, we’re taking the yacht to the Cayman Islands.”

Video’s featuring performative meat artist Salt Bea began going viral this year. He owns a bizarre restaurant in Knightsbridge (where else?) that can set the hard working hedge fund manager back £1,450 for Golden Giant Tomahawk steak alone. The whole point of the restaurant seems to be not to enjoy the food but to demonstrate to the group of colossal wankers you’re dining with what a colossal wanker you you are. If you spend enough Salt Bea himself will come and serve your steak - looking like a hit man for Fray Bentos he’ll do a sexy little salt shaker dance before sensuously sliding a slice of dead cow down your throat. It’s the ultimate Instagram dining experience.

Autumn witnessed the Clownfall of roisterer in chief Boris Johnson. It was always going to end in ignominy for Johnson because he was only in it for the LOLZ. He might have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that pesky pandemic. Prior to that his one job was to stick his thumbs up and bellow ‘Rule Britannia’ as the good ship Brexit steadfastly sunk into the English Channel. He was a sort of national ‘vibe man’ at a gig - a Brexit Bez. The moment he had to shoulder some responsibility it all became a bit too much for him and he swiftly retreated into his old habits of boozing and procreation.

There followed yet another Tory leadership election (I’ve lost count) featuring an assortment of the cabinet of grotesques that Johnson had assembled around him to make him look good, and a few backbenchers so unknown that even they weren’t sure who they were. Astonishingly the front runners soon became the meal deal of death guy and the Instagram hat model. During the campaign someone must have whispered in Truss’s ear “Liz, you only have to appeal to the Tory party members” because her tactic quickly became to turn up at debates and say things like “French people smell of cheese” then gawp in wide-eyed wonderment as the audience applauded and cheered. 

One can surmise that Truss’s popularity with octogenarian members of the Tory party was that her density was equal to that of of black hole and thus time slowed down as they approached her event horizon. Unfortunately the combined denseness of Truss and Kwarteng sent them spiralling into a collision unleashing gravitational waves of destruction on the economy.  Their ‘Reverse Robin Hood’ plan was such a terrible idea even the markets baulked at the promise of being given even more money, lest the entire edifice collapsed, and went into meltdown. Liz & Kwasi performed a U turn so quick that I’m not even sure Vin Diesel could have pulled it off in a Fast & Furious movie, but it was too late - back to Instagramming hats for Liz.

It was all a bit much for The Queen who decided to shuffle off to the great palace in the sky. Who could blame her? And while it did feel like a genuinely historic event, every TV station went into Queenovision mode with weeks of 24/7 interviews and obituaries. If this had happened in the 70s I think the coverage would have been much more restrained - they might have pulled an episode of The Two Ronnies in order to run an extended episode of the news and that would be it. But now every station had to out-royal every other station. The problem was there weren’t enough people who genuinely knew The Queen to go around so you ended up with people like Christopher Biggins talking for two hours about how he once saw Her Majesty using a spoon at a garden party. 

In the end it was decided that there was only one right and proper way for the British to pay their respects and that was by queueing. Forget tea & biscuits, James Bond, the Proms, fish & chips, Morris Dancing, Chicken Tikka, losing at football, etc - queueing is the most British thing ever invented. And what a queue it was! There were even queues for the queue. Surely centuries from now the queue will be woven into the tapestry of British folklore along with King Arthur and that bloke who burnt some cakes.

Strikes came back into vogue in with a vengeance this year. It’s a bit like the 70s but they’ve clearly been influenced by Marvel superhero films and assembled a much greater cast of protagonists. Everyone’s at it - rail workers, bus drivers, nurses, ambulance staff, postal workers, civil servants, driving examiners, firefighters, teachers, lecturers, lawyers, even the factory that makes Twiglets is at it - it’s almost as if people have simply had enough! 

Elon Musk went from being Tony Stark to Tony Stark Raving Mad. Apparently reducing carbon emissions and space exploration weren't lofty enough goals and Musk decided that what the world really needs is a platform for douchebro memes. $44 billion is a lot of money to trash your own reputation, most of us can do this for free by getting drunk at a Christmas party. To try and recoup some of his cash he introduced a plan to make available for cold hard cash something which was previously earned by achievement and talent - thus providing a neat analogy of modern life. The plan soon backfired when people realised you could set up blue tick accounts like @el0nmusk and post ‘Free Teslas today for any Maga who brings a raccoon to our showrooms.’ 

Surely the cultural highlight of the year was Matt 'I fell in love' Hancock taking part in I'm A Celebrity. In a production choice akin to casting Harold Shipman in Casualty the former Health Secretary went into the jungle to "raise awareness of dyslexia". Poor Matt must suffer from it so badly that he was unable to read the note he'd written to himself saying "don't forget to mention dyslexia you stud". Hancock managed to perform the basic function of a politician - that is to convince people to vote for you based on the thin veneer of an affable personality - but still came third ensuring his book 'Everyone Else's Fault But Mine' instantly graced the 99p shelves of Bargain Books and he announced the end of his political career in order to find "new and exciting means of communication" (presumably he means Strictly).

So humanity dives headlong into 2023 just as bonkers as it started. I’ve stopped saying ‘next year has got to be more sane hasn’t it?’ and am simply preparing myself for whatever comes next... …please be aliens.

[chummywchimmy]

KILL TO KISS YOU

PAIRING : Yandere!Jungkook x Prostitute!Reader

SUMMARY : Being in the business of selling pleasure, you're no stranger to customers getting a little too attached. But when the head of the syndicate that has painted your town red arrives to stake his claim on the club you work in, all you can think about is making you paycheck fatter. You'd never been shy about your love for material possessions and if there was anyone who could give you things beyond your wildest dreams, it was the Boss, Jeon Jungkook. It took some convincing but he fell in your lap. What you didn't expect was his attachment. It only proves to be...too much.

GENRE : Yandere AU, Mafia AU

WC : 8K+

WARNINGS: Inappropriate language, explicit smut (18+), violence, guns, descriptions and mentions of dead bodies, threats and implications of sexual assault, yandere themes etc.

I do not own BTS. This in, no way, reflects their real personalities. The only reason they have been mentioned is to indicate the physical appearance of a FICTIONAL character.

My intention is not to glorify toxic behavior nor do I believe BTS member would ever act like this. It’s just a figment of my imagination. Know the difference. Please.

AN : Merry Christmas! I really enjoyed writing this one-shot. If you guys like it, I could be persuaded to write the aftermath of the ending considering the fact that JK will only get crazier :)And if not, I'll be more than happy to answer any questions you might have or just anything you wanna say through the asks. Love you! <3

"Hey, it's time." A brunette head popped in through the unlocked door, causing a squeak to fall out from the mouth of the man moving above you, his heavy frame surprised by the intrusion.

The intruder went away as quick as she had come, unfazed by what she had seen. The same couldn't be said for the man who had frozen still above you. What had he been expecting?

A whorehouse didn't exactly bring a lot of privacy with it.

As soon as the double gated doors to the entrance of the VIP section opened, everyone stilled in their places. A group of men stepped into the dimly lit area, in the middle of which stood the guest of the evening. Jeon Jungkook.

White shirt, starched to perfection, buttons gleaming. You wondered if they were made of silver, the reflection they created gleaming in your eyes. Aside from the silver chain dangling from his thick, corded neck and the buttons of his shirt, your eyes were caught on his exposed chest. Tan, smooth skin shone under the golden lights, three unopened buttons on his shirt exposing the muscled chest for the world to see. Money always looked sexy to you, tonight especially so.

Standing at the back, partially hidden area as you were, you stole a flute of champagne from one of the servers moving past you to serve to the guests.

Jimin had rushed towards the new owner of this club, bowing and ushering him inside. The professional smile upon his face never faltered, although you could notice the visible shake in his hand as he motioned the waiters to come forward.

The stoic man, not a single shred of acknowledgement upon his face raised his hand up without giving the waiter a glance and muttered what you presumed was an order for hard whiskey because that was what he was presented with.

As soon as the man had sat down on the black couch, the men around him relaxed, a few taking drinks of their own. Except the ones who still stood around him, rigid as if made of granite.

The girls on the poles began their show as the lights lowered further and music began playing.

Now was your time.

As you strutted to where the boss was sitting, silk robe fluttering around your thighs and hair bouncing as you swayed your hips from side to side, you knew what you wanted to do was dangerous.

But you knew men like him. They noticed daring.

And that watch on his thick wrist, adorning golden skin that was exposed due to the pushed back sleeves, looked way too good.

You knew every single man in the area was looking at you, salivating. You dwelled in it, bathed in their desire. It fuelled your confidence.

Except the man you wanted to notice you wouldn't look in your direction. Jungkook was talking to a man who stood at the end of the couch he was sitting on, a glass held in his large palm, the golden liquid shining under lighting of the same hue.

As you neared the back of his couch, the men standing around it glared at you, one of them getting in your way.

You smiled at him, putting a hand in the middle of his chest. The silver cross hanging from his neck made you want to snatch it but you curbed the urge. It was their group's symbol. You'd be shot on sight.

For a second, your heart thumped. What you touched felt too hard, too weirdly shaped to be a wallet or handkerchief.

It broke your composure for a moment, the realisation that these men were dangerous and the one you were aiming for was the most dangerous of all.

But it's better to be on the devil's side than on his way.

So you widened your smile, speaking through your glossy lips, "calm down, big boy. I'm just here to help your boss relax."

As your robe slipped down your shoulder, his stance loosened and you pushed him aside, throwing a smile over your bare shoulder before you lowered your head down to the ebony head sitting on the couch.

Spreading your palm upon his shoulder that felt tense, you began moving it downward towards his chest slowly. But before you could make much progess, your wrist got caught in a grip of iron. The hand clutched your wrist so tight, you felt your blood circulation get cut off.

"Whoa. If that's how you lik-"

The humor in your tone got cut off instantly as he pushed you to stand in front of him.

Despite the height difference caused by him sitting and you standing, in your heels no less, you felt like he was looking down upon you. A sneer upon his chiseled face and fire in his eyes burned you.

But you were a professional.

So pasting a sweet smile upon your face, you began whispering, sweet as sugar, "Let m-"

"Who gave you the permission to touch me, girl?" The sneer upon his face hardened.

Your subconscious giggled, 'You fucked up this time, YN.'

But you didn't wanna die, so you leant down, your cleavage on display, and splayed out your hand,

"I noticed your glass was emptying, sir. So I-"

Your words were cut off as the same hand that had imprisoned your wrist wrapped around your throat, squeezing at the sides. His eyes dug into yours before pushing you away from him.

You gained your balance before you landed upon your ass and lost your seductress front.

By that time, he had disappeared into the darkness of the girl's booths with one of the girls.

The astrology predictions was right when it said that your zodiac would face losses in business today.

Before you'd clocked out for the night, you went to Jimin's desk to collect your cheque. As you rounded the corner, you were met with the sight of Shanice standing in front of Jimin. She had her head down, staring at the ground as Jimin ranted.

"-really unprofessional. He was raising questions about the performance of my girls. You know I don't tolerate that Shanice. I've built this place from the ground up. What would we do if he de-"

"Hey I'm leaving." You stopped him in between.

He looked over from staring at Shanice in disappointment to looking in your direction, face red from shouting.

"Yeah, here." He went behind his desk to write the cheque after checking your appointments from his computer. As he was writing, Shanice took her leave, nodding an acknowledgement to you before leaving. You patted her back. Everyone had a bad day in this business every once in a while and you sympathized with her.

"Why were you pissed at her?" You asked Jimin, putting a cheque in your Louis Vitton vintage handbag.

"Jeon wasn't satisfied. Taunted me saying my girls aren't worth the hype."

Your eyes widened. Shanice had some of the highest paying clients so it couldn't be that she was bad.

"Maybe.....he's into men?" You questioned meekly.

Jimin gave you an exasperated look. It had been a long night for everybody.

The next week, exactly seven days later, Jungkook showed up again. When you'd heard the news, you rushed out, determined to get him to notice you this time.

Dressed in a babydoll gown, you sauntered over to him, deciding to play up the shy act this time since he hadn't seemed to like the bold face of you.

He looked angry tonight, fire brewing in his eyes.

As you walked in his direction, his eyes dragged over your figure. Before you could bat your eyelashes at him, he clutched the arms of the two girls nearest to him, dragging them away.

You pouted. Were you losing your charm?

Seeing Shanice walk out of her booth, you sidled up to her.

"Hey Shan. What'd you do with the Jeon's paycheck?" You asked, wanting to secretly figure out how much a night with the boss could pay.

"Haven't been able to touch it. Its been sitting in my drawer like a rock." She said, a conflicted look upon her face.

"Was he that bad? Too sma-" You began sniggering as she shushed you, glancing around you two frantically.

"Do you wanna die?" She whisper-yelled.

You pulled a sad face. "Damn, it was that bad, huh?"

She finally let out a laugh that sobered up as soon as the sound reached your ears.

The booth that Jungkook and the two girls had disappeared into emanated sounds of cries and loud, strung out moans.

"So....clearly it wasn't bad in that sense." You spoke.

"Well, the sex itself was great. Just the fact that he put a gun to my head as he began climaxing froze me up." She spoke, glancing towards the door.

You froze. Gun? Was he into necrophilia?

"Dying for the dick took a literal meaning." You whispered, eyes bulging out.

The two girls didn't have the same near death experience as Shanice but the boss clearly wasn't satisfied. Jimin shouted at the girls again, who seemed bewildered to say the least. According to them, he'd climaxed and they had too.

By the time Jeon arrived next week, you had connected the dots. And this time you had a plan. Gun or no gun, you wanted that cheque. The next day when one of the girls showed up with an emerald pendant she'd splurged the cheque upon, your insides were as green as the rock dangling from her pale neck.

Your amazon subscription was ending this week!

So when the man arrived next week, you were prepared. Smoky eyeshadow bringing out your eyes and clad in black lingerie, you looked every bit the seductress you wanted to look like.

Seeing him, however, brought a hesitation in your step. He looked angry.

raging, even.

You'd heard the news. The two gangs were fighting again. The area was becoming more dangerous to operate in and bloodshed was only on the rise.

Veins straining against the golden skin of his throat, jaw clenched shut and a storm brewing behind his eyes. The droplets of ruby red upon his white shirt didn't help either.

This time, however, he kept his eyes upon you until you reached his side.

You opened your mouth to speak but he beat you to the punch.

"Want it that bad, huh? Better make it worth my while, girl." He sneered, thin pink lips twisting as he clamped his hand around your wrist.

By the time, you reached the room and he peeled back the red curtain, you'd regained your bearings.

Showtime.

He walked inside the small room, awash with red light, his walk as tense as the rest of his body.

Spotting the red chaise lounge, he sprawled in top of the red velvet. Eyes burning a hole in your body, he beckoned you forward with a crooked finger, face giving no indication of anything he might be feeling.

You took your sweet time walking towards him, heels clicking against the floor.

You kneeled down in between his sprawled legs, running your hands up his muscled thighs. Reaching the zipper, you bent your head down, putting the metal between your teeth and pulling it down. The sharp intake of breath from above you made you want to look up, ruffle your hair and smirk at him.

And so you did.

His eyes narrowed at your audacity. Grabbing your wrist, he pressed your palm over his crotch. Just for a moment, his hips raised up into your palm, large eyes drooping as if they wanted to close.

But as soon as you felt that he had fallen under your spell, his eyes snapped open,

"I pay you to suck my cock. Not to fucking ogle at me."

With these venomous words, his hands made a makeshift ponytail by gathering your hair in his large fist. Raising at eyebrows at his words, while taking monster out of its boxers made cage, you wanted to mutter touché.

But his fist pressing down upon your head made you bow your head before you could speak and the mouth you'd opened to tease him was now filled with a cock that made you look back on your comments to Shanice.

Oh how wrong you'd been.

Trying to wrap your hand around the entire girth, you suckled on the tip, gradually taking more inches down your throat. As you suckled, you raised your eyes up. Knowing how wanton you looked. How alluring. Numerous men had told you so.

As soon as he saw your eyes trying to catch his gaze, he glared into your eyes. Immediately, you softened the look in your eyes, making yourself tear up as you choked. The eyeliner falling down your cheeks in streaks, you stared at him with tears swimming in your eyes.

Spittle left from the corners of your mouth, coating your neck and chin. As another line of water went past the rim of your eyes, your tongue began caressing his frenulum, hand working up and down his hard shaft.

As you felt the salty precum fill your mouth, you raised up his white shirt that covered his abdomen, caressing the abs before running your nails down his skin. As the ribbons of red broke out on the honey skin, his cock pulsed on your tongue and you were sure he was gonna erupt.

But with a curse, he jerked you off, breathing hard with his eyes closed.

You gave him a pouty smile as you stood up. Seeing his hands reaching towards the thin straps of your gown, you stepped back quickly, giggling.

"Patience is a virtue, sir." Although in his line of work, you wouldn't exactly expect him to have come across any virtues.

Looking straight into his eyes as they stuck onto you like a leech, you caressed the black straps. Hooking a finger underneath each, you pushed the gown off your shoulders, shimmying out of it till it fell on the floor.

Bare breasts, flushed with perspiration was exposed to his greedy eyes. The look that overcame his face was feral, almost scary. Teeth hooking onto his pink bottom lip, he let out a breath, nostrils flaring.

You turned around, the look was arousing you way too much when you had a show to put on.

Holding the sides of your underwear, you pushed it down your legs, bending the whole way down. You knew your mission was achieved when you heard a broken growl-like sound come out of his chest, goosepimples erupting across the flesh of your cheeks that were in his direct sight.

Taking your sweet time before turning around to face him, you smiled at him sweetly, ignoring his starved look.

"Do you regret making me wait so long, sir?"

The only answer you got was his clenched hands shooting out to clamp around your wrists and jerk you forwards.

You laughed, the teasing sounds echoing from the red velvet covered walls. Climbing up the chaise lounge, you placed your knees on either side of his spread thighs, your bare heat just a few inches from his shaft that lay, pulsing and red on his abdomen that had your nail marks.

His tattooed hands had clamped around your hips, digging his fingers deep enough to leave clear indents. He tried to push you down but you stopped him, placing hands on his broad shoulders. Jungkook looked up, a confused and impatient look marring his handsome face.

You cupped your hand under his chin, making sure he was looking into your eyes as you lowered down onto his cock. A breath whistled out of his open mouth, a moan leaving yours as your slick core sucked him in easily. Clamping around the hot rod, you moved slowly. Making sure his eyes were open and looking into yours, you kissed his lips. The curtain that had been hiding the soul behind his irises fell away. He stared into your orbs, unblinking as your tongue traced the seam of his mouth, ending at his lip ring to suckle at it gently, lapping at the piercing. His head bowed back, exposing the thick neck that you chose to run your tongue up against, collecting the sweat and kissing a mole that was on the side of his neck. Within a moment, his head snapped back up, palms clutching your waist and pushing you towards the surface of the chaise lounge. One knee on the surface and a strong leg on the floor, he hovered above you.

His half undressed state, pants around his thighs and unbuttoned shirt made your cunt quiver.

His face hardened. Putting a hand on your chest, in the middle of your breasts, he began thrusting. It was your time to be breathless. From leaving your slit so that only the thick tip was breaching it to going deep till not an inch was left, he did it again and again. His cock curved perfectly, hitting the spot inside you that made the toes of your raised legs curl in pleasure. His pace brutal, he slammed in you so that the sound of skin slapping against the skin was deafening.

His hand that was on your chest, moved up to wrap around your throat, pressing on the sides of your neck to cut of the supply of air to your brain.

You let out a long moan, pleading with your eyes and your words as a string of 'please, please more' left your drooling mouth.

As your eyes rolled back into your skull, the veins in his dick imprinting themselves on your walls made you a bumbling mess. His pace never slackened. Opening your eyes, the look on his face made you whine. Dark eyebrows slashed down, a look of concentration marred his features. The chain swinging from his neck as he fucked dangled in front of your eyes.

A small black cross. The cross that only the Jeon syndicate wore.

And the black signifying his status as the supreme leader of the group. The realisation that you were fucking the Jeon Jungkook almost made you climax.

The man that had terrorised this country since he was a teenager.

You were a sick fuck.

His hand that had been choking you cracked your jaw open, fingers sliding into your mouth as he slammed into you.

"Got a real mouth on you, huh? Can't find anything sassy to say now, YN?"

Hearing him say your name for the first time that you had never told him made you screech out your orgasm. Your chest rose up, tears leaking out of your eyes, breasts heaving as you sucked his fingers, laving wetly between the fingers.

By now, his irises had been overtaken by black. The black looked wild contrasted by the red light of the room, creating dark shadows on his sharp cheekbones.

Reaching up, you clutched at his hair, pulling at them as his pace quickened, close to his climax. His cock began pulsing as he breathed heavily, grunting. Suddenly, a gleam entered his eyes as his hand moved towards his pants and pulled out a shiny, metal object.

A gun.

Putting it in front of your face, he put the finger on the trigger.

As much as you had expected this, your insides clamped with fear. He groaned, your tight walls milking him.

Looking in his eyes, you moved your head forward towards the mouth of the gun.

His eyes widened, the nasty smirk that had been on his lips wiped out as you wrapped your mouth around the muzzle of the metal, sucking lightly.

Batting your eyes at him, you sucked at the end of the gun.

It was ripped out from your lips and a weight fell upon you as his chest met yours, his cock piercing your hole so roughly, the oversensitivity made you scream.

His pace stuttered as a mouth clamped around your neck, teeth digging into the skin.

You caress his ear, rubbing at the shell.

All was quiet for a long moment as you stared at the ceiling, making sense of the fact that you had survived Jungkook.

The weight that had just begun to feel comfortable was off you all of a sudden.

Seeing his back, muscles dancing under the skin as he buttoned up his shirt and pulled his pants up, you smiled. The paycheck was about to be good tonight, you could tell.

A flash of silver caught your eyes as his watch landed near your head, the silver glowing in the light.

"Saw you eyeing it the first time we met."

With these words, he was gone.

You smiled, you knew exactly the shop you could sell this chunk of metal at for an absurd amount of money.

Jungkook was back the very next day.

Seeing Jimin's mouth gape like that of a fish made you laugh.

The club had just opened, the crowd was yet to come in the floors below and so your VIP area was absolutely barren. In fact, you had just come in as well.

You were ecstatic. Last night's paycheck had been beyond your dreams. Another paycheck like this and you would be all set for your Paris trip the following month. You had planned to spend a week in Paris, a vacation you had talked to Jimin about.

Jungkook had walked in and demanded you, refusing any drinks offered to him. That night, sober and sharp, he was even more intense than the night before, making you climax a total of three times, even going down on you before he fucked you brutally. You were in heaven.

Money and orgasms. Your two favorite things in the world.

This repeated each night throughout the week. He would arrive at the earliest possible hour and occupy you till it was time to close the club down and Jimin was timidly knocking on the door. He wouldn't dare say anything, he valued his life too much for that (the intimidating guards standing outside the room didn't help) but he would knock once to signify that it was the early hours of dawn. Not that it was always heard, the lewd sounds emanating from the room drowning out the sound of a timid knock.

You began noticing changes in Jungkook's demeanor. Changes you didn't exactly like. His emotionless mask would only stay on until you reached the room, the mask slipping away to reveal a look of hunger and almost.... desperation that seemed to increase each day.

Not to mention, one night after he'd left, you found your panties missing. You were pissed.

They were so expensive!

When he came over on Tuesday, the end of the weekdays for you, Wednesday being a holiday, his energy seemed weird.

Instead of leaving after he was done as he always did, Jungkook lingered around.

You raised an eyebrow at him, wondering why he wouldn't leave.

Then he opened his mouth,

"I want you to come with me to a party tomorrow. I don't have anyone else to ask."

His stoic face betrayed nothing, except his orbs. Expectant and anxious, as if scared you would refuse.

And you would. It was an off day for you tomorrow!

"You don't have anyone else to ask, sir? Are you sure about that?" You smirked at him, without fear. In the past week, you'd realised he wouldn't punish you for running your mouth.

He sighed, tongue poking his cheek as he looked at the walls.

"Why can't you come?"

"Wednesday is my only off day."

He stared at you for a moment before opening the door.

You thought he'd walk out.

But he shut the door as he came back into the room.

A chequebook in hand, he sat down on the chair on the far end of the room.

You began laughing, unsure if he was doing what you thought he was doing.

But you were curious too. How much money would convince you to give up the only off day you had in the entire week?

Putting the cheque face down on the space next to your thighs, he exited the room, saying

"Be ready at 7."

Holding up the cheque, signed with your name on the recipients column, the space next to Amount Payable was empty.

A blank cheque.

You sighed. Turns out, your off day could be brought with money.

Sitting in the most expensive car you'd ever seen in your life, you felt as if you were bathing in luxury. Cream leather seats, woodsy scent wafting in the air-conditioned surroundings and the driver's section partitioned off with a black panel, you truly knew what it meant to travel in style.

Leaning back against the seats, you sighed and sipped from a flute of bubbe champagne that the chauffeur had handed to you as you stepped in to sit beside the man who had requested your presence for tonight.

Looking outside, you were basking in the lights that reflected off the blackened windows. This part of the city was always amazing to travel through. High-end brands, most talked about shopping complexes and the most expensive restaurants littered the streets.

From the corner of your eye, you spied a tattooed hand creeping towards yours. Whipping your head around to face him, you quipped,

"Do you wanna hold my hand, sir? Here you can." Slipping your hand into his, you pulled the enjoined palms to rest upon your thigh.

Unable to resist the opportunity to tease him, you spoke up

"Don't worry, I don't charge for that. Not yet anyway."

His orbs twinkled with amusement yet his lips did not turn up to smile.

Typical.

The car stopped under a two-storeyed building. The first floor being the ballroom, where you imagined you were heading to and upon the second floor- the most opulent restaurant in the town. A few of your friends had talked about - how it was almost impossible to get a reservation here. Anyone who was anyone wanted to post a picture dining at one of the tables, overlooking the river that flowed through its neighbourhood.

You wondered if you could sneak upstairs while Jungkook was busy at the party to click a picture at the doors of this place. your Instagram had been too barren lately.

Walking through the lobby of the building, you were reminded of who you were with. Everyone around you seemed to shrink away from the space that the man beside you walked through. As you looked around the marble and glass beauty, every other person in the place refused to meet your eyes.

You were whisked away to the elevator, two bodyguards stepping inside while four men stood watch throughout the lobby area.

As the lift descended the first floor, you grew confused. The hand that was still held in Jungkook's warm palm tugged you outside the lift to the short hallway. You looked at him confused.

The door to the restaurant was wide open, a short balding man standing at the gate. As the two of you neared, he bent at the waist, not moving back up before Jungkook let out a small hum.

"Sir, your table is r-"

"Lead the way." His deep voice commanded. You look at his face, but he refuses to look back at you, staring ahead as you move into the opulent place.

Freeing your hand from his clutch, you place it upon the bend at his elbow, tugging at it to make him look at you.

"Why are we here? Is this the party? Pretty lame. I mean, we're the first ones here." You spoke. You'd always believed in being fashionably late.

"The party's cancelled so I thought that we could come eat something." He spoke, stopping at the large, round table placed near the floor-to-ceiling glass window that overlooked the flowing river. Twinkling city lights and serene music playing softly in the background, you felt like the main character in a movie. But this wasn't Pretty Woman and you weren't Julia Roberts.

"We didn't have to come here. Its pre-" You began as Jungkook pushed in your chair with you on it before moving to sit down. He stopped however as you spoke the words.

"You don't like it?" He spoke slowly, gaze tracing your features as if to discern the truth.

You loved it honestly. You'd never been to any place that smelled more of money than the very air in this restaurant. But you knew how expensive some places could be and while you weren't opposed to splurging every once in a while, much less when it was coming from other's pocket, you felt as if you'd already taken a lot. You could be a bit money hungry but you weren't a bad person.

But with Jungkook's statement it felt like you'd be doing harm to every person in the vicinity. With his words, the old man's nervousness became much more noticeable. The head shining down upon his bald head reflected off the droplets of sweat that became pronounced as Jungkook stared at him sternly, as if this was his fault. Honestly, the poor man looked like he was going to cry.

"No! It's beautiful here, I love it." You intervened.

Jungkook finally sat down, unbottoning his suit jacket and sending the man away.

With no other company, you looked out the window as you felt the gaze of the man sitting across from you. It was unnerving. You were good in sexual situations, not ones that were filled with awkward silence.

Suddenly a thought came to your head and you fished out your phone, handing it to Jungkook.

He looked at you with a blank look on his face.

"Could you please click a picture of me? I've always wanted to come here."

Without hesitation, he began clicking away as you posed. Some smiling prettily and a few with goofy faces to send to your friends. The fact that the head of a crime syndicate was your photographer made you giggle. What an absurd turn of events.

"Do you like posting pictures?" He asked, eyes still stuck to the screen as he snapped away.

"I guess so. I like taking pictures whenever I go to some nice place or while I'm travelling. I'm hoping to take a lot of pictures when I travel next month." You babbled, sedated by the low conversation and soothing lights.

Before you could ask if you should call for the menu, multiple waiters with several platters appeared before your table. Without even breathing in your direction, they put the plates upon the table and left.

The fact that the table was already set and the menu pre-decided made you suspicious. Absence of any other diners apart from you didn't help either.

But that could wait.

You loved food. It was the one reason you loved having a full bank account. You could splurge on food anytime, without thinking twice. As you dug in, you lost yourself in the aroma and complexity of flavors.

By the time you stopped to take a break, half the dishes were cleared which was a testament to the fact that a large quantity of food had been put on the table.

But between the two of you, it seemed the table may be cleared sooner than you'd thought.

Jungkook ate with gusto. Honestly watching him eat whetted your appetite even more. He would stare at you for a while before you'd give him a questioning look and then he'd go back to eating again. This pattern repeated for a while until the man in front of you picked up a napkin and after dabbing at the corners of his mouth, began speaking in a cautious, practiced tone,

"Do you like your job?"

You looked at him with a bewildered expression on your face.

"I don't mind it." You spoke cautiously.

After staring at you for a moment, he spoke again

"Why?"

Your mouth popped open. Was he being serious? Was he looking down at your job? At least you weren't killing people and filling your banks with blood money, you sneered.

“Uh to pay rent? Buy groceries? Travel?” You spoke, tone patronizing as if explaining it to a young kid.

Probably sensing your tone and disengagement, he steered the conversation towards another topic.

“You like traveling? Is that why you're going to Paris?” He asked, twirling the whiskey that was in glass in his hand.

Watching the amber liquid swirl, you jolted out of your carbohydrate-induced bliss.

“How’d you know I’m going to Paris?”

Without a stutter, he replied, “You just told me.”

“No I didn't.” You didn't recall telling him that.

But the confidence in his tone and the unflinching way in which he returned your gaze made you question yourself. You could’ve mentioned it. You did mention vacation at the beginning of the evening, would it be too far-fetched to assume you’d mention the trip you were most looking forward to?

You looked up from the tablecloth you’d been digging holes into, trying to scour your memories. His voice broke you out of your reverie.

“I have a...proposition for you.”

“Hm?” Did he want you to suck his dick under the table? It would explain why he brought you here.

“Quit your job at the club. Come work for me.” His voice deepened, hand reaching across the table, trying to find your hand but you had already put it in your lap.

“You want me to be your exclusive whore?” You bit out.

He winced. His hand came to rub at his nape. He was such a dichotomy. You felt that if you were to call over the bald man from before, he would take a picture of this Jungkook just to be sure that it was what he was seeing through his eyes.

“It doesn't have to be like th-”

“No Jungkook. I don't wanna be bound to one man like that.” You interrupted him.

“Why? Is it about the money? You know I can give you all the money you want. You'd never want for anything. I'll even take you on vacations often. Wherever you want to go. We cou-” He spoke, breathing picking up.

“No. I can earn all the-” You tried to stop him.

But the sound of his hand slamming down upon the table so hard that all the plates trembled was enough to silence you.

His face was tense, breathing fast and hand clenched into a tight fist, he unbuttoned the topmost button on his shirt before speaking, looking much calmer and collected.

“It's for your own good, YN. The dispute between us and the other group is at its peak and you know that damned club’s caught in the middle of it. It's also no secret that I fuck you regularly. To them, there’s nothing quite as delicious as spoils of war.

If something happens, don't say I didn't warn you.”

With a long look into your eyes, his hand raised up to motion something. a waiter came over with a few desserts.

Sweet delicacies that tasted bitter with fear.

This was the third time it was happening.

Ever since your meeting with Jungkook, he’d decided that not letting you earn at all was your punishment. Otherwise, what other reason could he have to do this?

Ever since that night, he’d book your earliest slot in advance. However, he’d not show up until later that night to take you, effectively not letting you take on other customers by blocking the time. The club wasn't like a doctor’s office that if you missed your appointment, the doctor could move on to another patient. Nuh-uh, the girl would have to wait for that customer to show up while sitting idle the entire night.

Besides, this was the boss’ appointment you were talking about. Jimin would hang you from the ceiling if you dared defy his orders.

Sighing, you looked towards the bodyguards stationed outside your door, moving to ask them the same question you’d ask them every other night.

“Why hasn't sir arrived yet?”

And like every other night, you received the same answer,

“We do not know. He must be busy, miss Y/L/N should wait for him.”

To hell with waiting!

You stormed out, eyes searching for Jimin to complain to him about the unfairness of it all. This must a business loss for him too.

Spotting him near the bar, instructing one of the bartenders, you call out his name as you reach him.

“Jimin! Hey I need to ta-”

“YN, I was just going to look for you. Please be a dear and go into my office. There's a package for you.”

“Huh?”

“Just go.” He pushed you away, in the direction of the small cabin.

Opening the glass door, you saw a large, blue velvet covered box lying on one side of the mahogany table. You pick it up, seeing the paper pasted on the top signed as ‘Jungkook’ in a scratchy scrawl.

Opening it, you come face to face with a gorgeous necklace studded with diamonds the size of your smallest toe. Putting it on your neck, the diamonds drip onto your chest, making you feel all bubbly inside.

and when that night Jungkook shows up, you smack a kiss onto his lips as he asks,

“Like it?”

“Love it.”

Putting the hoop through your ear piercing, you picked up the new tube of lipstick, dabbing it onto your moist lips. Your makeup routine was done for the night. You smiled at your reflection.

A knock on the door of your booth persuaded you to walk away from the mirror and open the thin door.

Hana stood outside, a soft smile on her face. You'd always liked her. She was nice and minded her own business most of the time.

"Hey YN. You wanna grab a drink? Business is really slow tonight so Jimin said we could chill for a while." She spoke, glancing at the bodyguards standing at both sides of the door, staring stoically ahead.

"Sure, let's go." You could really do with a drink right now.

Walking to the bar area, you perched upon the stool and rested your elbows on the island.

As the Shawn placed a fruity looking drink in front of both of you, you shifted to face Hana. Seeing her look weirdly nervous, you nudged her.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Feels like I'm sitting with the Queen of England. All the girls are way too scared to approach you, you know?" She giggled anxiously.

You snorted, a bit of the drink trickling out of your nose.

"Would the Queen do this? But seriously, did I kill someone in my sleep?" You questioned.

She gave you an incredulous look.

"You're with the boss now. You could very well get someone killed."

You were stumped. What kind of rumours were going around this place?

"We? With Jungkook? No chance and you know that better than anyone else Hana. I don't like being attached to one man."

Hana tilted her head before shaking it and smiling.

"You might not like it but it seems like he's already pretty attached." She whispered, motioning towards the two burly guards who were now standing near one end of the island, watching you two.

"Well sometimes you know that guys can and do get attached but its fleeting. And those guys are there waiting for their boss to arrive and look out for him, not me."

You did feel that Jungkook was getting attached, more than he should be. But it didn't faze you. You'd experienced this a few times in this line of work and come to know that this attachment stays only till they find something real, substantive out there.

Hana looked at you for a long moment before sighing.

"Whatever you say."

From the corner of your eye, you saw the guards disappear, probably to take a bathroom break.

Throwing back the contents of the glass, the two of you began talking about your upcoming trip to Paris and the shops you were planning to visit before leaving.

Suddenly, the main door slammed open as your back straightened, a weird feeling overcoming you.

Dozens of men marched in. Men who were armed to the teeth. sniper guns and knives strapped to their bodies and scary expressions upon their scarred, leathery faces.

One of them put a gun to Jimin's head as you heard multiple cries echo throughout the room, scared by the same treatment.

You tried to curl in on yourself, tried to make yourself small and unnoticeable.

You turned your head discreetly, trying to locate the guards. Surely, they'd help you, right? They had to. They would at least protect you against their rivals.

But they were nowhere to be found.

A voice boomed across the area,

"where's Jeon's bitch?!" The yell came out of the mouth of the man who held Jimin at gunpoint. You could see him tremble, although he tried to maintain his composure for the sake of the girls who already looked scared to death. They knew what these people could do and oftentimes, it was a fate worse than death.

When no one replied, the crowd grew angrier. A few nocked their victims by the butt end of their guns and cries echoed off the walls.

Your head was spinning. Jungkook's words reverbated in your mind. This was about to become your doomsday.

Hana's fingers that had been holding onto your arm, dug into your skin. Her face was flushed, eyes wide with fear.

"I'll ask again. Where is she?!" You knew it was only a matter of time before someone caved.

And so they did.

One of the newer bartenders, a newcomer into the city pointed a shaky finger at you.

Nasty grins that were thrown your way made you want to puke. Your heart thundered inside your chest, stories of their leader's sadism making your head light.

As a group of men began progressing towards you, you decided to try the only option left.

You tore through the corridor, running towards the men's washrooms. the bodyguards must be there. Or you were screwed.

The sound of multiple pairs of heavy, angry steps behind you made you accelerate. Your hyperventilating breaths made it hard to hear but a few of their nauseating threats made your stomach churn violently.

Seeing the door in sight, you began screaming for help, crying and yelling for them to come out. Bursting through the door, you immediately turned to lock it behind you but your inebriated state of mind spent a second too long.

You slipped upon the floor, the smell of urine and smoke filling your nostrils. Your vision was crowded by the horde of men pushing through the door, circling around you.

Your vision went hazy with tears. It felt like your heart would burst out of your chest as one of them took out a knife, walking towards you.

He crouched down, the armed hand reaching towards you oh so slowly.

You closed your eyes in resignation, a bone-deep exhaustion overcoming your senses.

Something went splat against the side of your face. Reaching a hand up to your cheek, you opened your eyes to look at your palm and screamed. Blood.

But not your own.

And then the screams began.

Sounds of guns firing and men hitting the floor. Finding an opportunity where you weren't noticed, you slipped behind one of the stalls, locking it and putting your feet up so they couldn't be seen through the gap at the bottom and for ten minutes you sat that way.

With your hands clapped over your ears to tune out the guns, screams and violence and your bottom lip caught between your teeth to silence the sobs that threatened to break out.

And suddenly, it was silent.

The sounds of shoes standing outside your door made you hyperventilate.

As the lock began to jiggle, you sobbed,

"Pl-please!"

You never thought you'd be happier to hear his voice than now

"Its me YN."

Throwing open the door, you fell into his arms, chest hurting due to the strength of your sobs.

The two of you fell on the floor, with you in his strong, capable arms, piss staining both your knees.

"Please don't let them take me." You cried, clutching at his collar in a tight grip.

"Never. They would never hurt you again." He spoke, his tone reassuring.

With fingers running through your hair, he picked you up, walking out.

He kept whispering in your ear about how no one would ever hurt you again, how he could always keep you safe and protected in his house, his domain, how you should just listen to him.

Hugging his shoulders, you sobbed.

And before the door of the washroom closed, the vision of it was seared into your brain.

Bodies lying in pools of blood, jaws shot off, brains splattered across the tiles. Still, lifeless bodies.

Each wearing a cross dangling from their necks.

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[whorefordazai]

Can I request Dazai, Chuuya, Atushi, and Ranpo reacting to you telling them that you shifted dimensions to their dimension.

telling them you shifted into their dimension

ft. dazai | chuuya | atsushi | ranpo x gn! reader

genre: fluff, comedy

warnings: none

Dazai

When he first saw you, he’d be a little curious😏

But he wouldn’t exactly know that you’re from another dimension. Somethings up, but what?

When you finally decide to tell him, it would take a few seconds of disbelief/silence for him to process it.

“Dazai, I’d like to say that I shifted dimensions to this dimension☺️”

“.....did you hit your head somewhere, darling? Should I get Yosano ◕‿◕?”

“I’m serious ^o^”

He wouldn’t show it, but he’ll believe you after a while of thinking to himself. I mean, something like “the book” exists so why not being able to shift dimensions?

He would ask you how to shift

“PLEASE teach me how to shift 😊🙏”

“Didn’t I say my dimension is a rotten piece of shit? Why do you think I’m here ◕ ◡ ◕?”

It would be the both of yours little secret🤞

He’s curious, so he’ll constantly ask you what things are like back where you actually “live.”

“You guys are fictional characters and everyone is in love with you🙂”

“That’s right. I expected nothing less ▰˘◡˘▰”

“They’re also in love with a 5’3 redhead with anger issues and an emotionally constipated emo boy •‿•”

“....wait—who could that be 🤔”

Wait till you tell him about soukoku😄

“WHAT? How could my fans betray me like that? Impossible. Why would I ever be in love(🤢)with that hatrack⁉️”

For your own safety, never mention chuuya ever again okay☺️?

Real talk, tell him everyone just wants to give him a hug and tell him to live 😕

He’ll be shocked, blush a little, and make a dash for it to run away🏃🏼‍♀️💨💨

What, did you actually think this mf knows how to express his emotions 🤣🤣? (cries)

Chuuya

He won’t ever believe you ಥ‿ಥ

“Chuuya...I’ve been meaning to tell you something...”

“Okay, spit it out ಠ_ಠ”

“...I’m from a different dimension.”

“...ᇂ_ᇂ”

“◕ ◡ ◕?”

“Did you hit your fucking head somewhere? Stop talking crazy shit, we have a mission.”

Just accept it, y/n. Stay quiet and accept your fate 🧍‍♂️🤚

He doesn’t have time to deal with even more crazier shit than he does on the daily. So just live your life without him acknowledging it.

But—in the case where he does find out—he’ll have a different reaction. More of a shocked “I don’t have time for this/why does shit like this always happen to me”

He’ll pinch the bridge of his nose and and grab both your shoulders and say “okay, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear this, okay? I heard nothing. Nothing at all.”

If you wanna die, definitely bring up dazai !

“Chuuuya~the fans back at home wanna know about you and Dazai 🌝”

“HUH? What about me and that mackerel🤨?”

Consider him half dead from shock and disgust when you say that people ship him and Dazai.

“No no no. I can’t do this. Not today. Not ever.”

*walks away after gracefully punching a wall* 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

“But c’mon chuuya, what about that one dead apple scene ◕3◕?”

“WHAT THE FUCK IS A DEAD APPLE??? And for your information, I was passed out so I have no recollection of it😐”

“But you looked like you were about to give him head🤔”

“FUCKING—this is just sexual harassment at this point😐”

Atsushi

Kinda like Chuuya, wouldn’t believe you at first. In fact, he’ll think you have a screw loose in your brain🧐

“Are—are you okay? Do you have fever?”

He wouldn’t be 100% sure of what’s going on (he never really does) but he’ll end up being like “okay, so now what ◕ ◡ ◕?”

Tell him that everyone back in your dimension just wants to hug him and tell him it’s alright and shower him with so much love.

He’ll start crying cuz of that 🥲

Tell him about shin soukoku and he’ll probably break :p

“HUH?? Absolutely not. Akutagawa is never on my mind. I’m never thinking about him. BOYFRIEND?? I’M NOT EVEN—“

It’s okay Atsushi 😙

Apart from that, I think he’d sometimes forget you were from a different dimension if you were acting normal.

I mean, he’s accepted at this point that he’s the one who attracts crazy weird shit so he’s not surprised anymore 🤷‍♀️

But he’d be even more curious as to what people are saying about him in your dimension.

“Atsushi, people want you to show them beast beneath the sheets ◕ ◡ ◕”

“...what is that ◕ ◡ ◕?”

Tell him what that is, then he’ll flip 😁

“NO—NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT! What’s happening? How did I end up having this conversation? Why is it always me😄?”

Ranpo

He would know. He would just know.

The moment you step into their dimension, Ranpo wouldn’t hesitate to call you out and be like “Y/n is from another dimension.” And then go back to eating his candy.

Everyone who heard him: ʘ‿ʘ?

In fear of him being right, they never brought it up again <3

Would casually ask you, “the next time you come here, bring candy back with you.”

“...uh sure ◕ ◡ ◕?”

He seems oddly calm🙂?

He’s always asking you if bus routes are easier back where you live or if there’s better candy flavors 🤔

Tell him about Ranpoe <3

“Poe? Well yeah, he’s a boy who is my friend. So I suppose that makes him my boyfriend. And no one else can have him, alright🤨?”

Suddenly gets all possessive of Poe from people who are from another dimension 🧐

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[sothasil]

On art, the Khajiit, and portraying a fictional culture ingame - a Beyond Skyrim interview

Now comes the second part of the Creation Mod Con interviews. Originally written for a niche panel that was later scrapped in development, much to my dismay, as it is very much my area of expertise. This was a set of questions for artists and leads around the simple theme of “how do you portray the culture of the fictional land you are creating?” Enjoy!

Describe (in a couple of sentences) what makes the races or people of your province / project unique.

Since Morrowind I've always felt like the Khajiit had a personality that set them asides – sure they have a funny way of talking and they look distinct, but there's a sort of … invisible ingredient on top of that that makes Khajiit characters stand out. Usually, from Ra'virr to M'aiq, you're going to get bold, eccentric and therefore memorable NPCs, and to me that always hinted as a strong culture, a unique lifestyle.

Khajiit lore also benefits from having kept most of it's old-game weirdness, even with their presence in ESO who's made attempts at cleaning it up big time, there's been no main game sized lore retcon into something more boring like what TES 4&5 did to the previous wild lore stuff.

How do their clothing and objects reflect their beliefs and culture in terms of style?

For the Khajiit only here – they don't see the point of being rich just for being rich – if you have money, flaunt it or bust. No sitting on piles of gold in Elsweyr, that's pointless unless everyone can see them. So in terms of clothing and adornment in general, they wear their wealth. Everything Khajiit you'll see from us is super decorated and the richer you'll go the crazier the level of details and the materials used goes with it. Even everyday items are colorful, patterned, personalized. I like to imagine that a lot of that personalization is done by individuals – a warrior sewing some pearls they bought in a faraway town in the shape of a flower on their armor, a thief wearing a coin from each purse they've swiped away braided into their hair. Of course, we can't make every item unique, it's unfeasible asset-wise, but we do have them decorated, and some of these decorations you'll see are hand drawn by artists for each piece.

Another big thing with the Khajiit is their faith – they are very pious and supersticious people. The most important part of their worship is the moons of course, and you'll find them references all across the province's art. To not slap moons on every item we have less obvious ways to reference them in abstract patterns, and we've also made up a specific art style for everything official and religious (which is pretty much the same for Khajiit) that'll show up now and then.

Last thing you'll find in Khajiit culture reflected in our Elsweyr is how they live, the social aspect. It's a culture based around clans, or family, it's very collective, so many of their items are going to be based around that. Houses that are vast shared spaces, where everyone eats and rests together, meeting/socializing spaces being a given in towns, of course different ones for different uses. Places to have fun, to fight, to barter, to pray... It's all very open and messy, lived in.

Clothing related only but we've thought these through so here's a list of the little touches that are more or less noticeable:

Khajiit clothing covers the chest in priority! The rest isn't as important. It's perfectly fine to wear a shirt and nothing else. More open outfits will have a tunic-like underwear. This isn't inhouse, but based on lore from the PGE.

While Khajiit society doesn't go that hard on gender roles, it's not the same in Rimmen. The common clothing for Khajiit will be unisex, but the Rimmenese ones are gendered, and they have their own “ideal silhouettes”, one for male, one for female. Some roles in their society are explicitly outsides of that binary and those will feature exaggerated elements of both silhouettes.

Khajiit clothing accomodates for their ears, tails and claws.

For provinces with multiple cultures / peoples how do you distinguish them from other peoples / races?

The province of Elsweyr has three main cultures – the ne'quinal Khajiit (Anequina, in imperial speak) and the pa'alatiin Khajiit (Pellitine in imperial speak), and the Rimmenese, who as their name states, are humans. These three cultures exist in the lore, but we've developed the background of each into among others, culturally specific art, visuals, to tell them apart.

To start with the Rimmenese, they're Imperials who believe they have Akaviri ancestry. Now wether that's true or not I won't say and you can go ask them if you're brave enough, but they're really proud of it, and Akavir, specifically the snake-like Tsaesci, has a huge impact on their art. Three motifs you'll find everywhere on them: snakes, gold, eight. The city is shaped like an octagon and that shape is everywhere in their stuff. They also use a rich purple and red colors alongsides the gold. All this is very old world fancy and regal, and SUPER expensive. The rim-men are this rich because they exploit the locals. They live in their own walled up city in their own tiny culture and capture Khajiit and enslave them. They live apart from the rest of Elsweyr. They'll have their own style, unique clothing, weapons, architecture, everything... Based on that cultural background, that huge ton of money, and the oppression that supports it all.

Our inspirations from Rimmen mainly draw from three things. First one is imperial Rome, referencing actual historical romans and not the sort of idealized depictions of them popularized later. Second one is Japanese art – this one we try to not overdo, as it's a bit cliché to have the Akaviri just be guys with katana and samurai armor, so we kind of... take secondhand inspiration from the cliché visuals from the other TES games, and mix it with looking up lesser known practical stuff from old Japan. The last and most important one is art nouveau, who ironically also has roots in ripping off Japanese art in a bad way, but it's iconic, and you'll find that gracious, statuesque sort of style with more realistical natural elements mixed in.

Now, the Khajiit themselves!

Anequina is the north of Elsweyr, it's a hot arid place, that's where the desert is. Traditionally, the Khajiit from there are nomadic. They're a hardy lot, who live in rough conditions, and are more... martial than in the south. The southerners see them as old timey barbarians, and they see the southerners as lazy and decadent. The harsh environment they live in shapes their lives and it's reflected in their stuff. Their art style is more abstract and geometric, you'll find feline and lunar motives of course, they're still khajiit, but expect strong lines in there. While they're not all nomadic, the ones who are have their everyday items made to last, and to be easily transportable. Anequina is pretty much landlocked so the materials they use are locally sourced, it's a lot of leather, some wood, some stone and bone, and the colors are muted from the use of natural dyes, a lot of earth tones. Crafts like metalworking and field farming are less of a thing, because it doesn't work with a nomadic culture. You're also going to see less big cities in Anequina, and the differences in riches between people is a bit dimmer.

Pellitine is the tropical south, still hot but way more humid. The people there are sedentary, and have both farming and international trade. There's huge cities in the south, Senchal being the biggest in all of Elsweyr, and with that comes ultra rich higher ups and imported materials and cultural influences. Their art is less abstract, it's a lot of flowy lines, with patterns from the nature around them, lots of flowers, they're in the jungle after all. While all Khajiit stuff is colorful, here they have the materials to make stuff outright VIVID – if you see a total eyeburner outfit, it's probably from Pellitine. They can craft stuff using feathers from jungle birds, shells from the sea, tropical wood... and compared to Anequina crafting that needs established production sites is big there.

What devices or tools do you use / have you developed to ensure that your team understands the culture, beliefs and style of your province / project?

Elsweyr has always had rich documentation – before I arrived on the project, it consisted of lore primers that compiled information for each culture and region, stuff like what materials they use, what colors they like, with visual references. Regions also had color palettes, for stuff like landscapes, textiles, woods, metals.

Now when I arrived on here I came with my own huge pile of headcanons to flesh out the culture and they were welcomed in; and since I love explaining stuff, I started writing it all down, as well as the stuff that's mentioned in the lore books and not always remembered. I wanted to make sure all that info was in the same place and easily condensed and readable for anyone who needed to check that stuff out, instead of having to look up pages of google documents. I wrote it down in a book format and illustrated it with some illustrations and concept art work I made, both project artwork and my personal stuff, as well as writings and art from other devs who were better at explaining stuff than I was. When some things needed visual explanation, I drew examples and the like. It took me months and I ended up putting what I had that wasn't province spoilers in a good looking pagination and making it all public as a holiday present to the fans, idea I had after seeing the amazing artbook born from the Hammerfell new lands mod from the folks over at Tamriel Rebuilt.[1]

What are your favourite things about your provinces / projects people?

The personality! Khajiit are just plain FUN.

Also, since at least parts of them are desert warriors in cool colorful clothing, I can reference fantasy art from my personal favorite illustrator, Moebius. Would have been hard to shoehorn that kind of influence for the frozen peaks of Skyrim!

With the release of ESO did this change your perception of the culture / style of the races / people in your province / project?

No. I'm stubborn as all hell and cling to the direction we had before ESO. They did do some changes and I'm not a fan of them. To ease on the shade, basegame ESO does have my favorite Khajiit lorebook, about the dro-m'athra, and the twilight cantors. While visually it didn't look very good, the idea is great. But it doesn't change the Khajiit style, just adds to it. The ESO Khajiit visuals, especially in the Elsweyr expansion, are too close to their real life references to me, and we don't do that on the team, we try to invent and be original.

What challenges did your team face when designing objects for the races / people in your province / project?

A number of fans are starting to notice how deep we go in when designing clutter for Elsweyr. As I mentioned before, there's a lot of color and decoration going on, but that's the cherry on top. We try to have everything...work? To have all those item concepts be thought out in detail, based on their use. We'll invent the tools for invented jobs if needed.

The Khajiit exist in a huge variety of morphologies, the furstocks as we call them, and we plan to have all 16 of them. Some look like house cats, some are giant humanoids. Since it's a communal culture, they all work together, coexist in the same place, that's a uniquely Elsweyr thing, and for this reason, every item that'll be used by Khajiit has to account for that. It forces you to rethink everything. Take a simple thing like a door – it's a tall rectangle with a knob for us, but not in Elsweyr. That tall rectangle shape is made for humans, the knob is made for a human hand, not a cat paw, so we have to reinvent what a door can look like, based on what you need a door for in the first place. Would Khajiit even have doors? Etc ...

On items used by individuals and not shared, we don't double down either – it's in little details, like several size of bowls, clothing sets designed for quadrupedal khajiit, tools of trades based on morphologies. The Senche-raht are the biggest Khajiit, and they're so big and strong others will ride on their backs in combat. Imaging designing an armor for a warrior like that, a guy who's also a cat so big he's his own combat mount. There's an infinite amount of possibilities when designing for Khajiit, and a HUGE list of things to keep in mind. I have to thank the 2D and 3D art teams for putting up with me through all this!

What are the common public misconceptions / stereotypes about the dominant race / cultures in your province / project and how to do attempt to ameliorate them in terms of their culture?

Khajiit got the short end of the stick in Skyrim – they had the fantasy stock role of “the exotic thieves” in previous games but Skyrim really surfed on that in not a great way and added to the stereotype the whole lore about the caravans and them being outcasts. It's the main thing I want us as a team to prove wrong, and it's not because it's a stock fantasy stereotype, but because that stereotype is a harmful one with racist origins, namely from the treatement of the Romani people. Now we aren't the TES writers, and can't fix Skyrim's harmful stereotypes, but we want to write without them, and show an alternative in a way, that you can make Khajiit content who doesn't parrot the oppression of real life people. And since it's common stereotypes we're dealing with, we hope it'll make the writing more interesting for everyone, to write without them.

The other Khajiit stereotype I'll see a lot is flamboyant slut. That ones kinda true. They're real open about these things in Elsweyr.

Aside from the cultures / peoples in your own province / project, what stylistically is your favourite cultures / people?

Big faves are the Redguard. Counting together official games, unreleased material and fan projects, they are at worst a lazy mishmash of north african cultures, and at best a cool fantasy people who's several past and present cultures bring in an array of styles... Redguard, the game, had the pre-Morrowind cheesy sword and sorcery style to it mixed with early TES lore weirdness, which I dig. ESO got lazy and ripped off a lot of Islamic art, but I'm a fan of that art, so I still dig! Beyond Skyrim does my favorite style of all with the Yoku culture. I don't quite have words for how to put it, but the visual identity to that style is my favorite thing, and their assets are really well done so it's always a pleasure to see anything coming from that.

Coming close are the Dunmer. TES3 takes so much inspiration from things I like and managed to weave it into a quite iconic and unique blend. Morrowind is my favorite TES game so I have a soft spot for them.

Actually, my second favorite next to the Khajiit are the Bosmer, but there's no BS Valenwood project so I can't comment on that. I know there's one cooking from an independent dev team, and I'm really excited to see what they come up with. ESO nailed giving them their own cultural visuals, the Bosmer zones are the best I've played, it was their first time being in a game and it was done right. Wonder if that Valenwood team will be surfing on them or inventing their own Valenwood. Both are good directions to take that promise a lot.

Footnotes

[1] Find the TR art book here https://www.tamriel-rebuilt.org/files/TR_Artbook.pdf.

Find my BS:E art book here.

#beyond skyrim #not art

[ordinaryschmuck]

Top 10 Favorite Fictional Couples

Happy Valentines Day, people on the internet who probably won't read this! I'm an Ordinary Schmuck. I write stories and reviews and draw comics and cartoons. And even though I'm a lonely bastard who will absolutely die alone one day, I am also a sucker for romance. If a story decides to include a cute couple in it, then you better believe I'm going to gush over them for an unhealthy amount of time for a man my age. Even more so if they answer the three most essential questions that I think applies to every romantic couple in fiction:

Why do they like each other? (Looks don't count. It can be an option, but it shouldn't be the only option.)

Would it make sense for them to be together? (Like, if this couple would exist in real life, would you expect them to last.)

Do they have chemistry? (This is the most important one as a couple can dominate just by the chemistry alone.)

So today, I am going to rank my top ten favorite couples in fiction, who just so happen to answer most, if not all, of these questions. Now, I could be cute and make a top fourteen list...but not too long ago, I just listed off the twenty best-animated series of the 2010s, so I think it's best if I stick to the basics. Also, I should make a few things clear:

A. These are couples, not ships. The pairing has to have a canon kiss, or at the very least, a canon confession to be on the list. This means sorry, Lumity fans, but Luz and Amity are not going to be on this list...even though they would absolutely be #1 if they could be!

B. The couple has to at least spend an entire episode being together, which means no last-minute hookups because the writers wanted to drag out the romantic tension. (Sorry, Catradora fans)

With that out of the way, let's get started with--

10. Laura Hollis and Carmilla Kernstien from Carmilla (Web Series)

The chemistry between these two is on point. Laura’s and Carmilla's actors Elise Bauman and Natasha Negovanlis are so convincing when acting like a couple that I am honestly shocked to find out they never actually dated. This is good because everything else about Laura and Carmilla's relationship is...kind of the worst. Don't get me wrong, as a couple, these two are fantastic, adorable, well-written, and well-performed. But the writers seem very fond of keeping them bickering and broken up rather than actually having them together. And that is where the issue lies. If the writers committed to Laura and Carmilla being together instead of doing this whole "will they or won't they" crap, on top of them being selfish idiots in season two, then you better believe they would be in the top three, at least. As they are, they at least act adorable enough to make the top ten.

9. Gregg and Angus from Night in the Woods

Ok, I'm gonna level with you: I just wanted to put an mlm relationship on this list, and this was the best I can come up with (I haven't seen Good Omens, nor have I finished Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts yet to see Benson's relationship with Troy. Leave me alone). As a male bisexual, I'm kind of disappointed. I know that male pairings exist in media, but for the life of me, I don't think they are as celebrated as much, or as frequent, as female pairings have been. This is sad because I would honestly love to see how more couples like Gregg and Angus.

These two act so much like a real couple. Gregg and Angus care and support each other so much, yet they still have big arguments as any couple would. They clearly love each other but still have issues they both need to deal with if they want to grow. Plus, I'm just a sucker for opposites attract. And you can't get more opposite than the loud and bombastic Gregg and his quiet and serious boyfriend Angus. There are probably better mlm pairings than these two (And if there are, then let me know. I'd love to check them out), but Gregg and Angus prove that any relationship, no matter the gender, can be the same as any other. Both the wholesomeness and the faults.

8. Peter Parker and Michelle Jones from the Marvel Cinematic Universe

I put these two a little low because we barely see them spend time as a couple. Peter and Michelle got together at the end of Spider-Man: Far From Home, and we only get a glimpse of how their relationship works in the last few minutes. However, I'm willing to argue that they count because they are guaranteed to be a couple in the sequels, and we'll be allowed to see them grow. How often do you get to say that for other fictional couples who get together at the end of a long story? Plus, Peter and Michelle earn extra bonus points for being the best couple in a Spider-Man movie. Michelle is a league's better character than the MJ in the Sam Rami trilogy, and the chemistry is still adorable but not overtly cutesy like it was in The Amazing Spider-Man movies. So even though Peter and Michelle just got together, they show a lot of promise, if you ask me. Their interactions are adorable, you can tell that Michelle likes Peter for Peter, and they are the most accurate depictions of young love you’ll ever see. Just look at that first kiss. It was one filled with inexperience and awkwardness and I just love it! I’m already interested in what these two have to offer and I can’t wait to see what happens next with them.

7. Andy Dwyer and April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation

The best description you'll ever hear about this couple is that they are what happens when a dog and a cat fall in love. Andy is dopey, happy, and loyal to no end. April is intimidating, cynical, and is already plotting your murder as we speak. What I'm saying is that these two shouldn't work...but they do. Somehow, by every leap of logic, Andy and April complete each other. They are both so far gone from reality, yet at the same time, both keep each other grounded in more ways than one. It's a weird paradox that never ceases to amaze, nor does it cease to be adorable. They do go through bullcrap love triangles and a "will they or won't they scenario" in seasons two and three, but once that crap is over, the writers lean into the potential these two have as a great couple. And trust me when I say that it is all lovely to watch.

6. Rapunzel and Eugene from Tangled: The Series

Huh. I guess romance really does exist after Happily Ever After.

Joking aside, I was surprised by how well these two work as a pairing. Usually, when the Disney Prince and Princess get together in the end, there is nothing more to the relationship. And even if their movie gets a spin-off series, the dynamic is as generic and forgettable as it can be. For Rapunzel and Eugene, it is different. Their chemistry is top-notch, their constant love and support for each other are admirable/adorable, and the complete trust they have for one another is absolute perfection. I was already surprised by how good Tangled: The Series was, but the fact that the main couple is somehow better here than they were in their own movie is something I would have never expected.

5. Rigby and Eileen from Regular Show

And seeing how we're talking about surprises, who saw these two being the best couple in the series? With the number of times that the writers focussed on Mordecai's romantic hang-ups and how often Muscle Man and Starla were considered the only canon couple, I was shocked when it turned out Rigby and Eileen have the best loving relationship in Regular Show. Even crazier, their relationship is built entirely in the background of the first six seasons. Since her introduction, Eileen has been head over heels for Rigby since the beginning (for reasons I'll never understand), and Rigby slowly reciprocated. Until the big reveal in the season six finale, there was nothing but implications as they were trying to hide their relationship and not rub how perfect it is in Mordecai's face (no matter how much Rigby wants to). But once we get to see them as an official couple, it all becomes clear why they work so well. Eileen loves Rigby for Rigby, and will always support him, faults and all. Rigby pays it all back in spades, wanting to be a better person, as well as a better boyfriend, for the one person who always believes there was something good inside. Not even his own best friend had that much faith in him. And on top of all of that, they're just cute. They may not have been the central hook in the series, but they are definitely much appreciated.

4. Chris and Elise from Dan Vs./Millie and Moxxie from Helluva Boss

These four are tied because they pretty much have the same dynamic. Chris and Moxxie are these pathetic losers who somehow managed to marry Elise and Millie: Badass assassins who could effortlessly marry any man they want. And what they want are their pathetic losers. It's extra wholesome for Chris and Elise, as Chris really can't do that much right, especially in comparison to the ever-perfect Elise. Yet, she still cares deeply for Chris and will promptly destroy anyone or anything that causes him harm. That being said, while Millie and Moxxie are both equally deadly, there is an odd hilarity to the fact that these literal demons from hell are so gosh darn wholesome. Seriously, their literal job is to kill people who screw over those who went to hell, and I'm always going "D'aww" when M and M always do something cute. Explain that logic to me!

There's nothing more I can say about these four, as they're adorable couples that prove love comes in the most impossible circumstances and the unlikeliest places.

3. Ruby and Sapphire from Steven Universe

I'll always remember that Ruby and Sapphire are the first couple that proved to me that there is nothing wrong with a same-sex pairing, especially in children's media. Before Steven Universe, I wasn't necessarily told that same-sex couples are wrong, but they're not meant for kids. Then I found out that these two girls, on a kids show of all places, we're madly in love and my first response was: "...Huh." And this was before I knew I was bisexual, so I wasn't even that obsessed about it at the time. But the more I saw Ruby and Sapphire, and the more I learned about how starved the LGBTQ+ was for representation, the more I really appreciated them. Ruby and Sapphire never fail to be precious, and the fact that they barely spend any longer than a few minutes apart is downright heartwarming (and incredibly literal if you've seen the show). They also broke a ton of barriers to proper representation. Not only were Ruby and Sapphire one of the first explicit lesbian couples in children's animation, but they're also the first ones to actually get married. Because of such a power move, many networks and shows make it less of a challenge for writers to include more gay characters in their stories. There is still a lot of hard work that those writers face, but it certainly seems it's less of a challenge than it would be before Steven Universe came out (Ha!). Ruby and Saphire are the first fictional gay couple I have been introduced to and have made an incredible impression ever since.

2. Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum and Marcelene Abadeer from Adventure Time

But while it's Ruby and Sapphire that introduced me to the concept of a same-sex couple, it's Princess Bubblegum and Marceline that made me root for one. In (I want to say) 2017, I started rewatching Adventure Time, knowing that queer relationships were indeed a thing. This means that not only did I finally caught the INCREDIBLY noticeable subtext in "What Was Missing," but I was legitimately chanting, "Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" when I got to the episode "Varmints." And when they finally did kiss in the series finale, I full-on jumped out of my chair and screamed, "YES!" That never happens. Not even for the straight couples that I've obsessed over before this. Either I coo at how adorable they are, or just smile a warm and gentle smile. But letting out a very audible cheer that my college roommates definitely heard? That shows how deeply I cared for these two. And can you really blame me?

Not only is the chemistry on point with Bubblegum and Marceline, but it's interesting getting to see their relationship evolve through the course of the series. They have a dynamic of a couple who broke up on bad terms (long before "Obsidian" confirmed this), and you slowly get to see them reconnect to that spark they lost long ago. Plus, the more you see them interact, the more of their history is revealed, and thus it becomes clear why they fell for each other in the first place. Bubblegum keeps Marceline responsible, while Marceline helps Bubblegum learn how to loosen up. They balance each other nicely, and after some much needed growing up from the both of them, that spark returns. And they're much more of a loving unit than they were years ago. It's incredible to watch, and I would honestly see an entire spin-off series about them. But, as great as Bubblegum and Marceline are, there is a reason they are not my number one.

(There’s no art for this one because they’re characters from a book and I don’t want to steal someone else’s fanart for the sake of my crappy Tumblr post)

1. Percy Jackson/Annabeth Chase from Percy Jackson and the Olympians/Heroes of Olympus

And that reason is that I can't resist the first-ever pairing that I obsessed over. Percy and Annabeth might just be the example I live by for how couples should be written in media. Dynamic wise, of course. In terms of telling a story, their relationship was handled poorly in Percy Jackson and the Olympians. It was filled with agonizing love-triangles, a very long wait, and they were one of those couples who didn't get together until the end of the series. Which is a major no-no, in my opinion. But, when they finally get to be a couple in Heroes of Olympus, it is downright perfection. Percy and Annabeth are what happens if these two badass warrior heroes fell in love. They worry about each other and are willing to die for each other (if need be) but still have an intense amount of faith and trust for one another. The number of times Percy or Annabeth knew they would be alright because they have each other is incredibly high, no matter what series of books they appear in. They work well together, as well as off each other. Percy is this bumbling idiot who wins his battles through a mix of luck and skill, where Annabeth is this intelligent warrior who has trained since the age of seven. They compliment each other perfectly, and their constant playful bickering is always fun. I love these two, I love their love, and they will always be one of my favorite fictional couples in media.

(That is until Luz and Amity from The Owl House become cannon. In which case, you better believe they'll be number one.)

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And those are my favorite couples. Out of curiosity, what are yours? Or, at least, what are your top five? Don't feel afraid to let me know or even make a list of your own.

Have a happy Valentine's Day, with whoever you want to celebrate it with and however you want to do it.

Now, if you don't excuse me, I have an entire to-do list of s**t I have to do, and I gotta figure out which to work on first.

(Should I review Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles next, or do that scene breakdown for Amphibia? Oh, the possibilities are killing me...)

#what i thought about #carmilla webseries #hollstein #night in the woods #nitw gregg x angus #marvel cinematic universe #spideychelle #parks and rec #andy x april #tangled the series #rapunzel x eugene #regular show #rigleen #dan vs #chris x elise #helluva boss #millie x moxxie #steven universe #ruby x sapphire #adventure time #bubbline #percy jackon and the olympians #heroes of olympus #percabeth #happy valentines day

[sanstropfremir]

hi ik this is sorta different from what you usually post about here but im wondering what you think of k/da's 'villain' mv!!

hi!! at first i was like "....wait when did i ever give any indication that i know anything about league....????" but then i remembered that k/da is technically kpop because it has (g)idle members in it and then everything made sense. you're actually very lucky because i literally phoned a friend for help with answering this, since one of my best friends of 15 years is an animator that works in the (semi) big leagues doing mostly 3d animation! i could have probably answered this without him but i wanted an excuse to talk to him (we did literally have a phone call) since i hadn't heard his voice in a while and i really like talking about art with him. we both have slightly differing opinions on the villain mv and on k/da in general, which isn't that surprising if you know us, but i also think it speaks to the success of the ideas behind k/da, i suppose.

first, an intro for anyone who doesn't know what k/da is (because there will definitely be some of you). k/da is a fictitious animated girl group made from four characters from league of legends, that are voiced by two kpop idols (miyeon and soyeon from (g)idle) and two american singers (madison beer and jaira burns). the project was conceived by riot games after having success with a similar project pentakill (basically the same thing but using metal instead of pop/kpop). k/da has handful of songs and three music videos: pop/stars, more, and villain, all of which are completely divorced from any of the lore of the game. honestly you don't even need to know anything about the characters either if you can get past the fact that they yanno, look like video game characters. pop/stars and more are the whole group (there's another champion feature in more) and villain is a concept video/solo song for one member, evelynn.

personally i don't have a lot of opinions on k/da as a whole; i remember when pop/stars dropped and all my friends when bananas (i don't play league and i don't play multiplayer games at all), but i don't really get the appeal of them because i don't think they're doing anything with k/da visually that's intrinsic to being animated (other than the concept itself, but i'm going to come back to this). my friend however, likes the concept a lot and thinks that the animation has more appeal on a broad approach than a traditional kpop mv. i will fault him for this logic because that last girl group he followed was snsd when we were 13, but he does kind of have a point. the animated nature does temper some of the more surrealistic elements of kpop mvs and makes it more 'palatable' to a non-kpop viewing audience, but personally i don't agree with this reasoning and people are just boring. we do both agree that pop/stars is the best of the three mvs, though. it's the most fun and has a few really interesting moments that do utilize the animated medium (mostly akali's parts with the blacklight), and the stylization of the animation itself is fun. more and villain lean more into realism and i don't find that as interesting even if it is more of a technical achievement. the thing about both more and pop/stars though is that despite the concept needing to be animated (because the characters aren't real), a lot of the shots and content within the frame is pretty similar to shots you would see in real life kpop mvs. there is absolutely an extra heightened nature to it because of the medium but honestly? they could be doing a lot crazier shit instead of trying to emulate something that already exists with some extra flair.

i like villain i think the most conceptually because it does make a fuller use of the medium (regardless of the fact that it's not a lot of actual animation and is mostly just really really good texture sims. this is a pendantic point that my friend decided he had to correct me on). a good chunk of the shots hinge on the fact that it is animated, and this kind of atmospheric mv is less common for kpop; they pointedly don't show evelynn's full face at all, which they can do because she has a very recognizable and totally designed silhouette, which is something that you can't achieve in quite the same way with an actual human being. villain's ability to capture the mood of the song is successful because of its lack of emphasis on the main character; something that i find kpop mvs sometimes struggle more with because of the industry emphasis on face (and subsequently the fact that a lot of idols can't act). riot does also get it mostly right with giants, which is from another fictional champion group, which is mostly 2d animated.

#everything ive ever learned about league has been against my will #most of my friends growing up played it and lots of other mmos but i exclusively play single player rpgs #actually idk if i can even say its exclusively single player rpgs because i dont like actual rpgs that much #its mostly single player exploration/narrative based games??? im weird and picky #im also a completionist and it causes problems for me (looks at my 300h logged in witcher 3) #half of my dissertation was actually about video games SURPRISE #i am a multifaceted nerd #akali's talking demon mask is extremely cool and easily the best thing k/da has done imo #k/da #general design questions #do i need a new tag for non-kpop related things? thats a later problem #text #answers #anon who are you what inspired this!! i did not think there would be a crossover!! #i feel like i probably could have had more to say about this but i dont have a lot of opinions on realistc animation #i vastly prefer things that are heavily stylized (surprise surprise) #although i suppose villain counts as being heavily stylized but still #its mostly there for mood and it succeeds at that!

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I JUST FOUND OUT BEE AND PUPPYCAT HAD A SECOND SEASON! GUESS WHAT I JUST FINISHED WATCHING!

Oh my fucking god holy shit, my guys! This show. This fucking show. Where do I even start! First off

SPOILERS!!!!!!

YOU DO NOT WANT TO WALK INTO THIS SEASON, THIS SHOW, WITH SPOILERS! DO NOT FUCKING LOOK, THIS IS 1000% SPOILER TERRITORY!!!

So I will be taking the extra step of taking my laptop out, and continuing this on there(and after I wake up because it's 4am and I regret absolutely NONE of this whatsoever because, guys, I love this show with everything I have left to my being, I swear, I will die for a third season)

Warning: This is a long one.

OKOKOKOK! I know I know! It’s been uh...A Month since I first posted this! BUT I am Here Now and Ready!!! I am less than 10 seconds into the first episode of season 2 and I am already So Ready to relive this!!(Dream SMP has Nothing on this show, God I Love This Show Far Too Much!!!!!!)

...First ten minutes...I have So Much I want to say...Just-just a lot of love...

okokokokokokokokokok!!!!!! I think I know how I’m going to do this now! One bullet for each episode! Let’s see if I stick with it.

Gentle Touch

In the first episode we already get a big game changer for Bee and her development. Bee becoming more responsible as a favor for Deckard. He asks her to take care of his family while he’s at cooking school and we already see her doing this. Going out to the ocean with Weasley, going out of her comfort zone for people she’s practically family to, which is why we got the beginning flashback, once again going out of her comfort zone to stop Puppycat from punching kittens, And Finally, coming out from her nap cupboard to face Howl and help pay for bills by eating ugly food.

Little Fingers

Ooh, this one has foreshadowing dream sequence. I would say more about it if it had more significance, but it’s really just what happens to Bee in the last ep. This episode brings more of Bee being responsible, trying to take her phone away from Puppycat so he stops making bad purchases. This episode made me realize what Puppycat’s role is this season, the child. Or something among those lines. He’s the same as he was last season, but it seems/is a bit more exaggerated because Bee isn’t doing the same things anymore. She’s started to care about consequences. And speaking about consequences, Toast announces she’s pregnant while confirming that she’s been staying...in Cass’s room(?)...weird, but ok, and by Tim pointing and Merlin’s reaction, it’s Merlin’s...but also everyone else seemed like they thought they were the culprit and I don’t want to think about the implications of that....MOVING ON-OH WAIT, And Cardamon’s mom is spouting magic tears that messes with the plants, so there’s that.

Snow and Violets

I’m going to be honest, I’m not 100% sure what to put here and I’m loosing steam. (I’ve been awake since 3 am...) But I think I can put something. The situation with Mr. Cup is the definition of being haunted by your past. The guilt and regret of cheating in the past has made him lose his motivation to give it his all in racing because, what’s the point? Motivation and not caring was his norm, so he just stuck with it. Until Bee, and now he can be a rainbow and sleep with less guilt and regret on his conscience. The thing with the island rapidly changing could be one of three things. Something to do with the ship that  Is the island, a metaphor for change, or something really cool the creators just wanted.

Day off Work

Not Too much to note for this ep overall. Puppycat totally did do the ‘wrecking the house in search for the owner’ thing dogs do. Finally, a dog trait! Every time I see Cardamon now I just get sad cause he’s 7, and should Not be doing landlord stuff. Bee showing worry about how Cardamon’s mom is still asleep and being worried about Cardamon himself, I’m just glad someone’s noticing. I keep forgetting that some people haven’t watched the pilot so they don’t know about Puppycat being a Space Outlaw, so when he found all his stuff under the apartment I was less surprised and more excited. The two last things I want to say is I think it’s interesting/cool/intriguing how the Wizard family just takes every weird thing either in stride, unquestioningly, or ignorance. Just trying to pretend it didn’t happen so they don’t have to deal with it(other than Crispin, but he’s coming up). And the last thing I just want to bring to light is CARDAMON BEING SO CUTE IN THE LAST SCENE! JUST BEING A CHILD! AND LAUGHING WITH HIS DOG! ON A FUNNY CHAIR! I LOVE HIM YOUR HONOR AND I WILL PROTECT THAT SMILE WITH MY WHOLE BEING!!!

My Favorite

Note, Pretty Patrick is also The Mayor. Alright. It’s definitely been a few months and you can see the relationship between Howl and Bee has gotten better, not that it was too bad to begin with, just a bit less peeved on Howl’s end. The theme of Bee being responsible is brought into play again with the train station scene. Telling Puppycat to not hit and the way Puppycat was acting around Patrick. All little kid stuff. Which also kind of clashes with what I thought was Puppycat being older than Bee by a lot, I’m honestly slowly getting more and more confused exactly how I should perceive Puppycat. THE FIRST REAL LOOK AT THE HAND GUYS! I’m still not sure what their deals are, but they have a corpse on their hands and that is already the biggest red flag. I have a guess as to what/who they are in relation to Puppycat and, by acquaintance, Bee, but I could be wrong, but I also can’t think of any other people they may be. I’ll bring it back up either the next time we see them or at the end.

Did You Remember

Grampa Puppycat cares about his granddaughter a whole lot. Don’t @ me, their dynamic is more confusing than a moving maze...Now this episode, ooh boy, it feels like a lot, but in a minimal way? First off, Cardamon finally breaks down about the stress of being a 7 year old landlord and Bee takes care of him for the day. Big Sis Bee For The Win! DON’T @ ME I MAKE UP MY OWN FAMILY DYNAMICS!!! Kind of continuing from the first sentence, Puppycat and Bee love each other(I Stand By Platonically For Them) so much already, for them it’s been a little over a year considering Puppycat fell into Bee’s life before her last birthday and now they’re celebrating another one. And I must admit, I can not for the life of me figure out wtf the deal is with the tears. They have little shapes of recent events in them and they make plants weird/straight up just make life! Like, What Even Is That?! Also, Cardamon finally gets a good sleep.

Bird Friend

Ok, so we got more ship pieces, a most likely reason as to why Puppycat was Like That in the last few episodes of season 1 and has been goopy every now and again in this season. Apparently eating things he shouldn’t eat make him Extremely off model and goopy. More hands! But not the rest of them this time around. I wonder if Sticky’s hunt for all the birds has any significance other than showing us another piece. Puppycat breaking down and spilling a few secrets after stress eating off the floor and Bee immediately saying no to someone else telling her what’s wrong with Puppycat and letting him come to her first instead of forcing him is always such a good lesson to have. Also, Cass is into weirdly shaped shiny things.

Two Clown Noses

Ah, it’s this one. The one that Really throws a wrench into the Bee/Deckard ship. THEY’RE BOTH SO CUTE! I CAN’T CHOOSE!!! This entire episode is just Crispin and Bee hanging out with the added angst of the beginning ‘story’. This world is full of such amazingly crazy characters and Crispin’s backstory is one of those crazier ones. Bee and him Lived Together and Know Each Other, he knows she’s a robot! My only question is, what happened that they broke up? WAIT- DID THEY EVEN BREAK UP?! It would be weird if they weren’t because they were living together and then they decide to live separate again would make no sense. I think I just jumped to the weirdest conclusion...Anyway! How would Puppycat get sick? I feel like that was just another thing they added to create different dynamics. The beginning birthday thing and the conclusion felt so real even though the cause was something so out there that I feel like only animated shows like this could pass, but also I feel like someone out there has done something similar, so what do I know. Yeah, not much else about this episode, it was mostly just Bee/Crispin stuff and character stuff. Gosh they’re so cute...but so is Bee/Deckard. Being a multishipper is hard...

Funny Lying

RIGHT! THEY’RE CALLED THE WARLOCKS! THAT’S THE TITLE I WAS FORGETTING! Tim knows everyone’s secrets, comes with the perk of having a lot of time and not talking much, you observe everyone else while they think you’re doing something else. I know from experience. Eavesdropping is a specialty of mine. SHIT THIS IS THE ONE WHERE CASS GETS THE MESSAGE DISSING HER FOR FALLING FOR TOAST FROM A COWORKER! I caught those vibes during the first season, but then the first half of this season came along and I was forced to drop those vibes in favor of cannon because TOAST WAS PREGOS WITH ONE OF CASS’S BROTHER’S KIDS! I’m good at catching gay vibes in fictional worlds, but I’m shit in the real world, just like everything else. And the thing is, we don’t get Any kind of explanation/closure for the entire rest of the season! We see Toast totally shocked reaction, probably moments before she was going to sneak attack Cass, but froze upon seeing that text. AND WE GET NOTHING ABOUT THAT FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON! Anyway, that was only like 2 minutes into the ep, this is taking forever. We got more Bee being responsible for Cardamon and getting rid of the tears, but the biggest part of this episode is undoubtedly Puppycat’s scenes. We got him sinking to the bottom of the ocean and getting cradled by flowers created by the tears next to the ship. We find out he was bullied and ridiculed in school as a kid and his best friend(idk what else they would be counted as), Violet, convinced him to leave their planet after they accidently summon their ship, leaving Puppycat’s mother behind. seeing how he cried about leaving her she seems to have been a great caretaker and he loved her immensely. We get the scene of Bee’s dad as a baby/Very young child on a mission, giving a presentation, and finding the candy to be a source of energy by cracking it open. Making me think, ‘Is that Bee’s fuel source? If it is, how would not taking full doses for two years effect her?’ because in the first season she splits the candy in half to share with Puppycat and in this season she didn’t eat the candy at all. Makes me even more worried for the future knowing what state she’s in when this season ends. With the last flower fever dream/memory it seems that the princess that he fell in love with was the one to make the final move to turning him into a ‘monster.’ Don’t worry tho, Bee saved him from the bottom of the ocean 

Golden Eyes

(I’m getting more and more tired as this goes one. I started doing this at around 12 this morning and now it’s nearing 6 pm. I’m loosing it!) We got another birthday and it’s Howl’s this time, though it’s not really his episode. The fish are attracted to the wish crystals for some reason and one eats a bit of it to be ‘human’ for a day. I love how the fish hated being a human and Weasley didn’t even notice it was a date. I don’t know if it was or not, but ending on that was funny. We got the return of the major douche from the season 1 finally and a mention of Moully. 

Why Don’t You Help Me?

(I took a break between episodes, aka I went tf to sleep, because I was falling asleep at the table and not really processing everything enough for what I’m trying to do) Ok, so this is a day in the life of Cardamon episode with supposed parelles to the Warlocks. We start with the red one stuck and the others unwilling to help...and then they start drawing Puppycat’s face on the 5th one’s corpse and these guys just do not care that it’s a dead body that they supposedly killed themselves. In short, they have all my fear because they are uncaring about body counts. Cardamon still goes to school on top of being a self proclaimed landlord and gets made fun of for being responsible and tattling at every chance he gets. Something I just noticed too is, at first I just assumed he was finally getting tired after being an adult in a child’s body for who knows how long, but now I’m thinking if he’s supposed to be asleep with Violet, his mom, then the reason for him being so tired is being awake too long. It could most likely be both, too. Just like Cardamon, I have no idea what all the tears mean. In the most recent one was see Moully as the charm in the center. What’s the pattern with these? Again we see Bee being responsible and taking care of Cardamon, making sure he gets home safe, tucking him in, and pulling an all night favor so he can sleep and get to school in the morning. Speaking of that, I can’t say I like Cardamon’s teachers all that much. I could rant about them, but this is already long and they’re not worth it. My only real question is, why the hell are their clothes so ragged and dirty? Do they not know how to bathe? Just, WTF? (either that or they’re Really not trying to hide their *ahem* activities from the kids, which just makes me want to punch sense into them or something)

Now I’m Really Alone

MOULLY!!!! Sorry, I just love him a lot. From what I can put together, he’s some kind of gift giving being. Giving wishes, exchanging good deeds and quick favors for other good deeds and favors. Just being Really nice and wanting to help everyone he comes across. This episode makes me see so much in common between Bee and Moully. They both want to help even when they don’t know how. Making messes and finding ways clean up those messes out of guilt and the feeling of obligation. They both have lost things they need to pick up and the knowledge that they have all the time in the world because they’ve both been alive for so long. It keeps getting hinted, but now kind of confirmed, that the Wizard’s know Bee is Weird because they haven’t seen her age. Hell, seeing how she interacts with Cardamon she could have even baby sat them. So all the Wizard’s know she’s Weird and, supposedly, only Crispin knew she was a robot. That was until Deckard found out in the season 1 finally. Once again bringing up the point of people in the Wizard family finding something out and ignoring it and hiding it. In the season 1 finally, Tim asked Cass if Deckard wasn’t depressed anymore, practically saying that Deckard has some form of depression. Depression being a mental illness that runs in families, it wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that some other members of the family have similar problems. One of the things I remember depression doing is the person will see a problem and ignore it. Something that many people in this show do with the weirdness around them and the emotional states/situations of the other people in the show. This season is about finally seeing the thing you’ve been ignoring and doing something about it. And that’s what Bee’s been doing this season, taking charge and finally getting her junk out of the ocean and getting REALLY far out of her comfort zone. She HATES water and the ocean, but she’s diving in to take back what’s hers and cleaning up a mess. There’s A Lot to analyze with this episode, the similarities of Moully’s and Bee’s situations and personalities, Puppycat being the responsible one again for the long run of things, the tears and how the wish crystals work, and the state of multiple character’s minds. Ignorance is bliss until it isn’t.

I Won’t Leave You Alone

Ok, SO MANY NOTES! Which makes sense seeing how it’s the last episode. First off, THOSE WARLOCK BASTDARDS VIOLATED MOULLY AND IF THEY WERE REAL I WOULD THROTLE THEM TILL THEIR HEADS POPPED OFF!!! I am a very protective person when it comes to things I care about. And I’m going to say it here and now incase something comes up of it, Cooking Prince gives be Colorful Vibes, if you know what I mean. You don’t follow someone home and bother them when they don’t want to be bothered unless you’re Into into them. That’s all I’m saying and if nothing comes of it, I will drop it. I’m barely hanging onto it to begin with. So, last episode we watched one of three hands punching the other hands to let Moully go, and in this episode it’s confirmed that the day Moully was pulled through the void, the 5th warlock died. My theory with that is, the 5th one was against getting Puppycat in some way and retaliated by fighting them off of Moully and then the others retaliated by killing them in some way. And the tears in this episode didn’t give life to the corpse, but grew new life over top of it, the tears can’t bring the dead back. The ship gets put back together and we see Puppycat being pretty selfish again, bringing the ship online while Bee gets scooped trying to help Moully. He indirectly helped, but only after he got what he wanted. Cooking Prince, an outsider, brings up how everything going on on the island is Weird and Cass celebrates someone acknowledging it. Once again, bringing back the ‘ignorance is bliss until it’s not’ thing going on around here. Cardamon does more childish things this episode, making a wish and crying in his mother’s arms. He got to finally let go of his responsibilities and let it out until he passed out, and now he gets to sleep again. Moully and Bee are out of commission and the Wizard’s+Cooking Prince stay one the island/ship to be with Bee even though they are mostly confused about EVERYTHING going on rn. Bee has multiple Bees now while she’s out, and so, they go looking for Bee’s dad. I have a feeling he has at least some white hairs by now.

I remember watching this season for the first time. I remember I definitely cried at multiple points, but I can’t exactly remember what points now. I didn’t cry this time, I was too busy taking everything in and trying to put what little pieces I could find together. The first season was to get us used to this world and get comfortable for a chill ride, but then it smacks you in the face with something much bigger at the very end. This season was to make you pay more attention and to question your surroundings. It was also about the first steps to taking charge of your life. If Bee didn’t do all the responsible things she did this season, the warlocks would have probably gotten Puppycat while the island went to shambles. Actions have consequences and that’s what this was about. I believe next season is why ‘Lazy in Space’ was the title. The characters are going to be in space, looking for Bee’s dad, and will acknowledge all the weird things going on while developing, excuse the pun, in out of this world ways. 

I can’t wait for season 3.

#bee and puppycat #this show is fucking amazing #it is worth the loss of sleep time and work #bee and puppycat spoilers #season 2 spoilers #bee and puppycat season 2 #bee and puppycat season 2 spoilers #now I usually tag every character that I mention but that would be imposable at this point #show review #season review #I love this show lots #it deserves all the love it can get #(I'll rb with the link I used but I'll only tag it minimally just incase)

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What do you think Anne, Sasha, and Marcy’s reactions would be to Luz and vice versa?

           …Bless you Anon, this is one the best possible asks I could have EVER gotten!

           I think that Luz and Marcy would get along with the most, definitely! They’re both total nerds and dorks who hyper-fixate onto their interests and are heavily neurodivergent-coded! They both arrive in another fantasy world, and ultimately embrace their circumstances because it’s JUST like those fictional adventures they’re so invested in! Luz and Marcy both take very well to their new surroundings and fit in like a very unusual glove, but a well-fitting one nonetheless!

           They’d 100% bond over stuff like RPGs, though I’m not sure if Marcy would express the same interest in The Good Witch Azura! Still, they’re both nerds with interests, and they’d acknowledge that, likely becoming super-interested in the worlds of the other and asking questions! Although I can see Marcy definitely being more interested in the technical know-how of things than Luz, with Luz still humoring Marcy’s ramblings anyway because she knows how good it is to feel listened to! Luz would also be more of a straight-man (in name only she’s very bi) to Marcy; She’s interested in stuff but not THAT interested. Like Anne, she’d probably have to keep an eye out for Marcy, doing even crazier things to keep her safe and undisturbed!

           I can see a point of contrast coming between the two however, in that Marcy… Well, we don’t know this for sure, but it’s possible that she has trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality, in the sense that sometimes she can be so caught up in the idea of living out a magical adventure, that she might forget that this is still real-life with actual consequences for living, breathing people! Again, we have no confirmation, this is just speculation… But regardless, this could easily come into conflict with Luz, who HAS had her occasional issue with this in the past; But she’s also someone who’s very mindful of her own behavior and the impact she has on others. Anytime Luz HAS screwed up like this, she very quickly realizes her mistake, often on her own, and makes up for it; Hence Wing it like Witches, for example!

           Perhaps Luz would have to get it into Marcy’s head while this IS a fun adventure, they should also be mindful of the people around them, and the consequences of what they do. Luz would remind Marcy that it’s important to respect the agency and privacy of others, and to not treat everything as a game. And, I’m not exactly sure how Marcy would react, because… Well, we’ve only gotten a single episode from her! Almost paradoxically, Luz and Marcy are the interaction that would get along the most, but are also the ones I understand least!

If Marcy WERE to have these issues, I could see Luz citing her own personal experiences, explaining that she does understand the temptation to bury oneself in fantasy, especially if nobody else was around to really listen to them back home. Marcy could’ve been bullied until Sasha stepped in, for all we know; Either way, I could see Marcy having once been lonely (and still feeling misunderstood amidst her friend group), and bonding with Luz over this.

           As for Sasha and Luz… As someone who is very mindful of how she treats her friends, and has also seen genuine bullies like Boscha, knows what a good friendship is, and already rebels against controlling systems… Luz would very much catch onto Sasha’s toxicity, and likely have her own things to say about it! And Sasha would probably react negatively, because she’s doing what she has best in mind for other people, she knows better!

           Luz, of course, would not be deterred- While she’s willing to compromise with others, when it comes to things that REALLY matter, like speaking out against what she feels is wrong; Well, I can see a similar scene to when Luz lectured Bump, forcing him to evaluate why students like the Detention Kids got into trouble in the first place. If Marcy and Anne were ever brought up, I could see Luz pointing out that there’s a reason those two have issues with Sasha. And depending on what point in Sasha’s character development such a callout would happen, a lot of things could occur.

           I could see Sasha getting pretty angry, reinforcing her will more and more until Luz just outright makes it clear, 100%, that she’s not going along with this. When Luz interacted with Emira and Edric, she was initially unsure of openly defying them… But nevertheless, she still made efforts to hide Amity’s diary, and when she WAS found out, Luz immediately struggled to protect Amity’s privacy. She isn’t exactly a pushover; Merely reasonable, and there’s a big difference.

           As for Sasha, after seeing how Luz has reacted? It’s possible that she may end up reevaluating herself, as she’s likely never had a friend react in such a way before up until the duel at Toad Tower. Or, she’ll just get angry and brush off Luz, letting her do her own thing because she just met the girl! Again, Sasha is someone who’s going through a lot in her life, so it’s hard to pinpoint her exact reactions; Especially since we’re going off of the idea that they may be meeting for the first time.

           Otherwise, though… Any discussions of toxicity aside, if Sasha and Luz just got to interact like normal people; I can see Sasha being friendly towards Luz when they first meet! She’s a very social person and prefers for things to go along smoothly, as seen with how she handles Margot. And of course, Luz would be friendly because… it’s Luz we’re talking about here! I can see Sasha getting along initially because Luz is just like Marcy, albeit less oblivious and admittedly more ‘bearable’ as a friend!

          We don’t know exactly how Sasha met Marcy… For all we know, Marcy was willing to do homework for her and THAT’s why they became friends! And Luz is a nerd, but not exactly in the academic sense? Like she loves to learn, but she stifles beneath the school system. Maybe Sasha sort of ‘gets along’ with Luz superficially, but otherwise there’s not too much interest there. Unless the two were put into a circumstance where they hung out frequently, I could see all of the stuff I mentioned before happening.

          Post-Toad Tower, I could also see Sasha wanting to be cold and distant because she can’t trust anyone, only to be won over by her own loneliness, Luz reminding her of Marcy, and of course Luz’s own genuine positivity! I think that even if Luz would have things to criticize, she’d ultimately support Sasha in being the best person she could be; Especially if she suspects that Sasha is genuinely troubled emotionally-speaking.

         Luz is also one for rebelling against controlling systems, although she’d probably notice that Sasha’s motives aren’t necessarily from a place of good intention, and I can see her not wanting to see Toads placed above everybody else, but rather true equality for all species! On another note, if the two opened up to one another, I imagine Luz admitting she feels like a weirdo and outcast sometimes, and Sasha immediately being all, “Actually you’re NOT Luz, you’re cool and better than those losers and if anybody says otherwise, they’ll have to go through ME.” And Luz is flattered, touched, and also concerned- Regardless she appreciates the gesture and tells Sasha that she doesn’t have to be vindictive.

           Finally, Anne and Luz… Well, I think they’d get along! It’d be a bit funny to see Anne, who’s actually younger than Luz, act more like the straightforward, older sibling of the bunch; She’s used to having to take care of Sprig and Polly, so Anne would be the ‘practical’ one of the duo! Of course, seeing how Anne got along with Sprig, who like Luz is a total dork and is neurodivergent-coded, I really can’t see them NOT being friends! Luz of course would be very supportive of Anne, and be a very helpful friend; While Anne lectures Luz on practical stuff, like not getting into trouble… Luz would be supportive as someone whose positivity could help Anne with her self-esteem issues, guilt, her feelings of being a burden on others, etc.

           I mean, look at how kind Luz is towards Amity! She’d help Anne realize that she isn’t dragging anyone down… That no, she’s a good person and always has been! Her feelings are valid, and I think Anne would be caught by surprise at how open and unashamed Luz is of herself… But ultimately she’d be inspired to also not feel like she has to ‘fit in’. Not to mention, Luz would totally be willing to let Anne open up about her own PTSD and doubts about her friends, while at the same time willing to step in and remind Anne of whenever she’s doing anything too toxic of selfish! And of course, even if Luz DOES step in, she’ll also recognize that Anne is someone who’s trying her best, and won’t try to hold her mistakes against her. It’d definitely be a change of pace compared to, say, Sasha.

           Finally, I can see Anne not really ‘getting’ Luz’s interests, but humoring them, and vice-versa! I think Luz would just be pretty excited to have another friend, and Anne, while a bit taken aback, would still be pulled in by Luz’s infectious giddiness and learn to embrace the weirdness even more! Luz would also likely learn to be even MORE feral with Anne’s guidance! I just feel like these two have a LOT to show each other, and they’d 100% get into dumb antics all the time.

           (Again- A lot of their interaction depends on when these three meet each other, at which stage in their character development. Luz also would have to look after everyone except Anne, who she could actually get to do things without worrying, at least for a bit!)

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