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dilatorywriting · 1 year
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Heroes vs. Villains : The Staff [Part 2]
Platonic GN!Reader x NRC Staff vs. RSA Staff Word Count: 3.1k
Summary: Woe to the Ramshackle Prefect, being caught up in the drama between the Disney Villains and their respective heroes. NRC Staff Version (Part 2: Crewel and Crowley)
ie. Mr. Rogerson has awesome dalmatians and his wife makes even better cookies. Meanwhile, Crewel continues to be an emotionally constipated mess, and Crowley is... himself.
[PART 1] [PART 2] [PART 3] [PART 4]
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You were met at the door by a pair of over enthusiastic dalmatians—the chaotically cute duo sending you ass-first to the office floor in a merry greeting that was more of a graceless tackle than anything else.
“You brought Poe and Perdy!” you exclaimed, laughing past the face kisses.
“Well, they’d never forgive me if I didn’t,” Mister Rogerson huffed good naturedly. “Do you know how much this little nutter cried when I came home the other day and he realized you’d been by? Ages, I’m telling you. Thought he was going to pout me into an early grave.”
You squished both of them affectionately and showered the lovely, spotted, beasts with every compliment under the sun.
“Oh! Before I forget…” the professor rustled around in his leather messenger bag and retrieved a neatly packaged pastry box all bundled up in a colorful, twine, bow. You accepted the treats happily and removed yourself from the dog-pile to take your usual place on the well-worn piano bench. “Annie made you some more cookies, seeing as you liked the last ones so much.”
“Did you help?” you asked.
“Hmm? What makes you say that?”
You held up the first treat from the pile—half-singed on one side and squishy with raw dough on the other.
“You caught me!” he laughed, and retrieved a second box. “These are from Annie. Those are my failures.”
“Such horrible lies,” you tutted, dramatic. “Trying to trick an innocent victim into ingesting poison just so that you can keep all the good ones for yourself.”
“Hey, they’re not that bad!” he defended, taking a large chomp out of one of the less charred looking of his creations. Immediately his cheeks went nearly green. “Or… maybe they are.”
You pushed a water bottle in his direction which he accepted gratefully. There was always a stash of them just to the left of his composer’s stand, and another hoard in a conspicuous looking storage cube closer to the piano at which you’d perched yourself. There were more sweets hidden in his desk drawers too, for when something stronger than water was needed to wash away whatever awful thing he’d tried to ingest. You knew where a lot of ‘secret’ things were in this room. It felt nice, to be so privy to all its little treasures.
“You know,” he smiled, finishing the last of his water with a final gulp. “Annie keeps pestering me to have you come by for dinner.”
“I wouldn’t want to impose,” you hesitated, looking around the room where so many of your little odds and ends had already started to accumulate. Empty mugs, the patch that had fallen off your jacket, the thread which you’d intended to use to fix said patch. Just… little footprints showing you’d been by.  “Well, any more at least.”
“Nonsense,” Mister Rogerson laughed. “You’re more than welcome! But we don’t mean to pressure you, of course! Especially if you’re busy! Just something to think about if you’d like. Anyways, how has your day been?”
And thus began your afternoon ritual. You would sit and split Annie’s delicious cookies as you rambled about your various grievances. Mister Rogerson would inevitably come and take a seat beside you on the piano bench and start playing some gentle strains of this or that—‘just little things he was working on,’ he’d said. Occasionally you’d accidentally lean on the keys, throwing the whole thing into a cacophonous mess. But he would just chuckle and replay whatever the piano had just screeched, calling it a ‘fascinating addition’ and merrily jotting bits of it into his notes. It was nice. Better than nice. And you didn’t realize just how comfortable you’d become in your daily chitchats until you’d become perhaps a bit too comfortable.
“It’s just been so exhausting. And on top of all the other ridiculous things, I’m so sick of that fact that it’s like my job to be their personal punching bags or whatever when they’re Overblotting all over the place, and—”
The piano cut off abruptly.
Mister Rogerson’s hazel eyes had gone wide, as if he was spooked. Immediately you realized that you’d said something that you should not have.
“There are students at Night Raven College who have Overblotted?” he asked, slow, like he couldn’t even believe the words were coming out of his mouth.
“What? No. Of course not!” you lied, like a liar.
“Kiddo,” he frowned, stern. “You just said—"
“—I mean, no one’s actually Overblotted, Overblotted,” you spluttered hastily, rifling frantically through your brain for every plausible excuse you could cough up. “It’s more that I’ve heard a lot about Blot, and how it becomes a—you know—Overblot. Which sounds really scary, and like something that I never, ever, want to actually see! And it’s just that everyone there is a mess, so I guess I should I have said that I’m more just worried about Overblotting.” 
A pause.
“Which, again, I’ve never, ever, actually seen.”
More silence.
“…Ever.”
Mister Rogerson sighed, apparently relieved by your bullshitting, and slumped forward over the piano keys.
“That’s… That’s good. You really scared me there for a moment, kiddo. Overblots are no small matter. They have to be reported to the proper authorities and dealt with accordingly. It’s a whole fiasco, and paperwork and legal proceedings aside, it’s dangerous.” He laid a gentle hand across your shoulder. “I’m just glad you haven’t been anywhere near something like that.”
You swallowed a chunk of wayward cookie, hoping you didn’t look horrifically guilty. But then some other part of what he’d just rattled off stuck in your head and that shame was wiped away by panic.
“They’d be taken away?” you whispered, something unpleasant and nervous curling in your gut.
Mister Rogerson looked down at you with a sympathetic wrinkle to his brow. He squeezed your shoulder reassuringly.
“I know it sounds scary, kiddo. But that’s what we have to do to keep everyone as safe as we can. Does that make sense?”
You thought of Riddle, crying into his hands after years of emotional neglect—and then of the pair of you sitting in the Heartslabyul gardens after all was said and done, eating strawberry tarts with your fingers like little children. You thought of Leona, miserable and bitter as he was, finally breaking after an entire lifetime of feeling like nothing but a failure who slunk about in his brother’s shadow—and then how just last week the beastman had been lounging in the sun with his head in your lap, grouchily demanding your leftovers. You thought of Azul, and his bullies, and his stupid desire to take on the world just to prove he could. You thought of all the friends you’d made, and of just how many of them really needed a goddamn therapist. You thought about them being taken away to who-even-knew-where. Where you’d probably never see any of them again. And where you wouldn’t even know what was happening to them.
General grumpiness with the lot of them aside, your friends were the one, genuine, beacon of warmth in this miserable, cold, new world. Sure, they were all assholes. Mega assholes. But you knew that they’d stand by you through anything—do anything, if you needed the help.
 And the idea of giving up on them? Just like that? Because it was protocol?
Your stomach roiled and you set the cookies off to the side.
“I’m sorry if I’ve upset you,” Mister Rogerson frowned, taking in whatever unpleasant expression was no doubt twisting your face into knots. “We shouldn’t talk about it anymore. It’s not a fun topic.” He slid a new page of sheet music across the piano’s sleek, black, shelf. “Here. I started writing this the other day. What do you think?”
Strains of upbeat jazz threaded through the room and Perdy and Poe came over to mouth playfully at your ankles—no doubt begging for crumbs. Soon enough you were laughing along, clapping off beat and making jokes at the expense of his nonsense lyrics. You still liked Mister Rogerson. You liked him a lot. And you didn’t doubt that he was a genuinely kind person.
You’d just… maybe have to be a bit more careful about what you let slip.
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“It’s kinda like being in therapy,” you explained to a very frustrated looking Deuce. “Like, how you want to say just enough to get help but not enough for them to throw you into an asylum. You feel?”
“What in the fuck are you on,” Ace gaped.
“See, if any of you actually even knew what therapy was, you’d get it.”
“I still can’t believe that’s where you’ve been every afternoon,” Deuce frowned, poking at his lunch with a consternated sort of look on his face. “Don’t you—I don’t know…”
“What?” you asked.
“Feel horrifically guilty and maybe like you should be burnt at the stake?” Ace complained, reaching over to swipe a fry from your plate. Grim hissed and swatted at his fingers—his little mouth stuffed too full of your half-eaten burger to yell much of anything else. “You’re a traitor, that’s what you are. Prancing around with those goody-two-shoes in their stupid, shiny, building every damn day like a—like a—”
“A frog?” Deuce suggested.
“What, no. Dude—”
“Frogs prance!”
“Frogs fucking jump, you ingrate—”
A heavy box landed on the table with a THUD, sending the quarrelling duo into silence. A mountain of homemade chocolate chip cookies stared back at them, nearly sparkling in their brilliance.
“Yes,” you intoned, stern. “It’s worth it.”
“It’s worth it,” Grim and Ace agreed heartily, already busy swapping their lunches for sweets.
Deuce sighed and reached for his own cookie. “If you’re sure...”
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Being called into the Headmaster’s Office was not something with which you were unfamiliar. In fact, Crowley not having summoned you into his gloomy chamber over the past few weeks was more of an anomaly than not. Normally he was hurling new jobs at you left and right—organize this event, Prefect. Pick up my groceries, Prefect. The main hall is looking a little dirty, Prefect. Go stop my students from committing mass murder, Prefect. Maybe your wave of insults had rattled him enough to leave you alone for that little while. Or maybe he’d just been biding his time until he could think of something equally as nasty to say back.
Of all the things you were expecting upon trudging back into that office, a scowling Professor Crewel was not one of them.
You blinked owlishly, taken aback.
“Good afternoon, Professor.”
His lip curled, sour, and you fought the intense and suicidal urge to ask him just who’d pissed in his cornflakes that morning because damn. You hadn’t even done anything. That you could remember. Maybe. And besides, if either of you had any right to be acting all bitter and pissy it was you. Not Mister ‘I Have No Intention of Playing Parent to Anyone.’ The memory had your eyes stinging and your blood boiling all over again. When neither of the men deigned to greet you, you cleared you throat irritably and crossed your arms.
“Can I help you with something, Professor? Headmaster?”
“It has come to our attention that you’ve been sneaking off campus in the evenings,” Professor Crewel declared, with all the civility of an off-grid hermit. “Which I’m certain that you are fully aware is against school policy.”
Crowley just nodded, stiff lipped and robotic, and his silence immediately had you suspicious.
“Well?” Crewel snipped. “What do you have to say for yourself?”
You took a deep breath in through your nose and out through your mouth. Then another.
You smiled, icy. “Then I’m sure this is just another infraction to add to my file. Which I’m very sure totally exists. Right, Headmaster?”
Crewel’s dark glower swiveled in Crowley’s direction, and you watched the Old Crow audibly gulp.
“Because of course, you keep proper records on all your students here,” you continued, happy to push your luck. “Especially the ones in special circumstances, and whose documentation is therefore not automatically forwarded to you by their previous schools. Right, Headmaster?”
You’d never seen a more apt demonstration of the expression ‘sweating bullets.’ It was intensely satisfying. Professor Crewel looked like he was heavily debating turning Crowley into a feather boa. After a too-long moment where you were pretty sure you were about to witness a murder, the two-toned professor sighed and turned back to you with a stiff sneer.
“It’s not safe,” he said, and you gaped at him.
“What?”
“It’s not safe,” he repeated, practically grinding his teeth. “What were you even thinking? Leaving Night Raven when you know full that you have no other connections in this entire world! Running off with a complete stranger on top of that.”
“Mister Rogerson isn’t a stranger!” you defended, resentment bubbling beneath your skin. How dare he? Now he cared? Now you weren’t just a leech, or a brat, or—or—No. It wasn’t fair. “And it’s not like I ran off into the woods or something! I’m at another school!”
Crowley slammed his clawed hands down onto his desk with a metallic BANG!
“AH-HAH! YOU ADMIT IT!” he howled. “YOU’VE BEEN GOING TO THE ROYAL SWORD ACADEMY BEHIND OUR BACKS!”
“I left you a note telling you that was exactly where I was!”
“YOU’VE BEEN CONSORTING WITH OUR ENEMY! AND AFTER I’VE WORKED SO HARD TO RAISE YOU AS MY OWN!” He wailed, inconsolable. “ARE YOU TRADING OFF MY GRIMOIRE TO AMBROSE, TOO? WOULD YOU STOP AT NOTHING TO SHATTER MY POOR HEART?!”
“I don’t even know what that means, but I wish I was!”
“Enough!” Crewel snarled, cracking his pointer across the desktop. “Both of you!”
“But he—!” you defended.
“Detention!” he barked.
“What?! That’s no fair!—”
“Detention!” he snapped again. “Three weeks!”
“Are you joking?! I didn’t even do anything!—”
“Four weeks,” he growled.
You pressed your lips shut, feeling your mouth wobble and your eyes warm with frustrated tears.
“Yes, sir,” you finally managed to grit out, and then turned without another word and stormed from the room, slamming the door behind you.
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‘That may have been too much,’ Crowley had the gall to say to him, after Crewel had just watched the man have an entire meltdown in his desk chair and accuse you of outright subterfuge.
‘That may have been too much.’
The alchemist had watched, carefully stone faced, as your eyes had welled and you’d glared him down with a look that was a step or two past betrayed. Something tightened uncomfortably in his chest, and he refused to put a name to it. Naming things gave them power, allowed them to grow and spread. Like a tumor. This was all your own doing, and the subsequent punishment was clearly for your own good. So, what? He steps a bit too far and says something that’s perhaps just a bit too cold, and you go running off to—to Cliff Rogerson of all people? Pettiness is not an excuse for making poor, stupid, unsafe, decisions. And he would have certainly responded to any other student in exactly the same fashion.
‘That may have been too much.’
Crewel grit his teeth and fought the urge to run his hands through his hair in frustration. Normally he could use Badun as a stress ball, but he’d stopped bringing the dogs to campus when you’d continued to refuse to show up to his office. It had stressed them terribly, and it was unfair to force them to sit through the same, dull, solitude that he had to endure just on the off chance that you may change your mind and come wandering in. Jasper hardly acknowledged him at all anymore—only grumbled at him miserably when he returned in the evenings before curling up by the fireplace for the rest of the night.   
‘That may have been too much.’
It… It really, probably, was. And he really should… apologize, shouldn’t he?
Divus Crewel could deny it all he liked, but he knew well and good that he wouldn’t have treated your classmates in such a manner. That unnamed twinge behind his ribs may have influenced his reaction a bit more than it should have, especially when he himself had so clearly relegated your place in his life to ‘by professional association only.’
So he forced himself to straighten his fur coat and start the trek to Ramshackle. It was a grueling walk, with broken pathways and rivers of mud. No wonder you were always running late to things. Perhaps he should bring this up to Crowley, and—
A familiar face stopped him in his tracks, and a wave of red-hot irritation worked its way through his veins as efficiently and viciously as one of the poisons he was so keen to brew.
“Oh,” Cliff Rogerson blinked back at him, “Divus! Good to see you.” It was not. It didn’t sound like Cliff thought it was either.“No need to call campus security or anything. I’m just here to pick up the Prefect for dinner.”
“Dinner?” Crewel repeated. It sounded bitter in his mouth.
“Annie’s making lasagna,” Cliff stage-whispered, like a secret.
“Can we get going?” you called and Crewel startled, noticing you off to the side for the first time. You looked so… small, for some reason. Hunched, maybe. Just, not your usual larger-than-life self—the Otherworldly Hero who showed up swinging to every fight, always armed to the teeth and ready to duel any monster, every horror. It made something in his gut twist unpleasantly. “I’m starving.”
“Of course, kiddo,” Cliff laughed and tossed an arm across your shoulders.
“How lovely,” Crewel interrupted, trying and failing to force the steel from his voice, “But I think that maybe you should reexamine your professional priorities. That hardly seems appropriate.”
“Oh, come now,” Cliff smiled. It wasn’t friendly. “It’s only dinner. And besides,” he chuckled, and gave your arm a fond squeeze, “Annie and I have always wanted kids.”
‘I have no intention of playing parent to anyone.’
A deep, cold, sort of dread rattled through Divus Crewel’s bones and settled all the way in the pit of his stomach. It was similar to the sensation that had been slowly clawing its way through him these past few weeks—the very same unpleasantness that he had refused to name.
‘You know,’ Crowley’s grating voice swam through his head once more. ‘That really may have been too much.’
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gattnk · 4 months
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Arkan and Temptel embody everything a guardian should be.
Here they are, everyone's favorite teachers! Hands down the most iconic and beloved adults in both the comic and series, and with good reason: this pair is perfectly balanced in terms of design and personality, so I had to do them justice with my redesigns. I'm super proud of how they came out :D
My first step was comparing the comic designs to their show counterparts. The biggest difference for Arkan was his age: he was visibly older in the series, and I'd argue this decision was made so his character design would reflect his wisdom and authority better, and I'd focus on reflecting this notion. Meanwhile, Temptel saw little to no change, and I couldn't agree more with this decision made by the show staff: don't fix what ain't broke!
Teaching is all about theory and practice: knowing the rules and testing them out. I wanted Arkan to embody theory, and in turn Temptel would represent practice; it aligns with the role of angels and devils perfectly (who in turn represent "thinking slow" VS "thinking fast", respectively). As such, I decided Arkan would look more austere and grounded compared to Temptel's impeccably chaotic fashion.
Arkan's new outfit is based on pilot uniforms to evoke authority and discipline. The trench coat, foulard ascot and Oxford dress shoes override the military coding and turn it into classy and elegant. The reading glasses convey he's prepared to observe and learn. I wanted to convey experience, wisdom and authority without incurring on the old mentor trope. In character design, there's many ways of relying the same message!
"Spooky chic" came back with a vengeance! I love me some "spooky chic", which is definitely a staple of devil fashion at this point. I synthetized the shapes and details as much as I could for the sake of serialization: if this character had to be drawn over and over again in a comic or cartoon, a simpler but iconic design would make a big difference on the long run. I know I'd be grateful ;P
Arkan's color palette is a more desaturated version of Raf's, sans the red. I added warm brown tones and a bright orange (same color as Temptel's eyes!) to contrast all the blueish grey. I chose to make his cardigan a very muted color so it would complement the lighter tones much better.
Temptel's colors are a mix of her two palettes: her skin, hair and physical features take after the comic, while her wings, horns and dress are more purple like in the show. Her silver jewelery is a callback to Sulfus as well. Lastly, Temptel's makeup is the same blue as Arkan's eyes, with the saturation value cranked up to the max.
Random tidbits that went into the design process: despite being younger than his show version, I wanted to keep Arkan's hair color light to complement Temptel's more saturated colors. While I don't think he counts as accurate representation of real albinism/achromia, I definitely coded him that way. As for Temptel, I thought sneaking in a little treat for her was appropriate, since she's the type of teacher who mixes work with fun: it's also a nod to her sweet tooth in the comics.
I believe this will be my last redesign duo this year since I want to focus on commissions and the holidays, but I'll definitely continue working on the rest of the Golden School staff.
As always, here's my shameless self-promotion of my AF fic I'll Fly With You, aaand there we go! Wish me luck and let's see what the future brings :D
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irlcats-bracket · 7 months
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Bracket 5 Semifinals 2
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Blackie vs Maccabee
check their descriptions and catpaganda (new for blackie)
BLACKIE
This is Blackie, submitter's little one-eyed wonder. He lost his eye to glaucoma quite a few years ago, but he's doing a lot better now, and still likes to play with his sister, Artemis. His name is Blackie because that's what the shelter named him and submitter's family couldn't agree on a new name for him so it stuck, but submitter themselves call him 'Big Boi' because of just how massive he is. He was once very timid, but with time and love and patience he is now a certified lap cat who will come right up to strangers to demand pets. He has a wonderful squeaky meow and when he purrs it sounds like two cats purring at once. He likes to have people watch him eat and he will guide submitter's mom over to the couch and make her lay down just so he can sleep in her lap. Also, when he lays on his back, he covers his belly with his tail. Pictured is him in his signature polite boi sitting pose
MACCABEE
- weird old man
- known to bite people's elbows when prompted
- frequently sleeps with one (1) limb stretched in a random direction
- the reason submitter can't have pineapples in the house
- knows the word "treat," meaning it cannot be said out loud around him
- they got him for chanukah (hence the name). diversity win! this cat is jewish!
- they paid $150 to buy him a half-page ad in submitter's high school yearbook because he's worth it <3
CATPAGANDA
MACCABEE
has a post made by his human as a separate propaganda piece. it has bribery. the offer as far as i know still stands
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also has agitational posters!!
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BLACKIE
So glad to see Blackie still in the competition! His response so far has been "aow."
Truth be told, I'm running out of propaganda. If he make it to the next round, I'm gonna try my darnedest to capture his meows on video, which I haven't been able to do before because he sees me coming with the camera and starts purring XD
For now, more assorted Blackie facts!
Very rarely, when he gets the zoomies, he'll laugh. Like "huhuhuheueheHUEHEUE" kinda laugh.
I like to let him sniff human food/whatever I'm holding just to make sure he feels included (still doesn't like anything but pizza crumbs). But he has gagged on pickled ginger, banana, and CBD rub. He always gets really embarrassed when he gags tho
Ever since I got a job, he has been following me to bed and jumping on my chest to get the pets that he now lacks during the day.
If he sees you getting out the cat brush, he''ll lead you over to where he wants to be brushed.
On that note, when I had hurt my leg one time, Blackie saw that I wasn't leaning down to pet him and instead lead me over to the couch to have me sit down to pet him. He kept that up for a couple months once he saw how relieved it made me.
More Blackie propoganda! This time I bring you big boi in motion
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Assorted Blackie facts:
A brave man when it comes to thunderstorms. But the vacuum? His mortal enemy.
The friendliest cat at the shelter. But the staff forced me to pick him up and hold him to get a picture and he got terrified and peed on me.
We think, based on how he acts, that he may have grown up in a home with dogs. But the mark on his ear is one done by our local neuter and release program, so we don't know if he was a stray, an outside cat, etc. But he's one of the friendliest cats I've ever met.
Will go up to his sister and put his head down to get it licked. But as soon as she goes to lick him and flattens his ears and raises a paw like he's gonna hit her. Sometimes they fight and sometimes they just walk away. We don't think he's trying to trick her because he acts genuinely confused throughout this process.
Sometimes he uses his back paw to scratch the back of his front leg when he's sitting down and it's so cute <3
These are old photos from when I used to hold a camera down and snap a photo when they leaned in to sniff the lens.
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Blackie is our older cat and is such a gentleman. He is eager to love, he does the quickest slow blinks I've ever seen from a cat. He has a two-layered purr, it literally sounds like a cat purring as popcorn is being made in the background. He lost his eye to glaucoma when he was younger but he runs around and plays and teases his sister Artemis like a kitten. And his eyebrow whiskers grew down over his missing eye! He's not a big fan of people food but he has a fondness for pizza crumbs (NOT the crust. Just the crumbs off the plate when you're done eating the pizza). He walks like he's gingerly stepping through flowers and he's so gentle that the one time I overstimulated him and he wanted to bite me, he just shoved his closed mouth against my hand. He has a super long tongue and if you scratch the right spot between his shoulder blades he will lick the air. He's my precious boy who started out so scared but he's so brave and social and happy now just typing this out makes me wanna cry and go give him scritchies.
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wisasslocs · 2 months
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Ok I love Lucifer's fight with Adam like KICK HIS ASS WHOOOO
But I was highkey looking forward to Charlie finally going sicko mode, I was HOPING they wouldn't do what they did, but it was exactly what I was expecting.
The fight scene was... ok. But it was so anime and so predictable that it was boring after a few minutes (to me). I hate that they couldn't leave a joke out for a couple of minutes. Like this was a final battle, the showdown to show that Hell wasn't going to take shit anymore from the angels. I wanted more class to it, more emotion, I wanted Charlie to finally show what she can do and at least get a couple of good hits in before Adam took the upper hand again. I wanted tension of who was going to die, I wanted the angels to eventually get the upperhand to create tension that this act against the angels probably wasn't going to work, Sir Pentious dies in a more dramatic way that feels more emotional than comical. Then Charlie goes sick mode, gets some good hits in, but Adam is the first man and has an angelic suit on or some shit eventually gets the upperhand again THAN Lucifer could've came in and saved the day.
The only hightlights to the fight for me is Alastor vs Adam and Vaggie vs Lute. I was not expecting Alastor to lose like he did, I was expecting him to win ngl but they did a fantastic job showing us that he isn't all that powerful like he likes to pretend which gave me SO MUCH EMOTION. It was so sick with the radio effect going away when his staff broke, like AHHHHH.
Vaggie's battle was cool too, wish it was longer and wish she got her wings again during it. There is a lot about Vaggie that should be better and the writers are screwing her over. She could be my fave character if they just took the time with her to give her a proper arc.
This was very ranty but I don't care.
One thing I will add to this is that Charlie may be a sheltered princess but she IS the princess of Hell. The Fucking Daughter of Lucifer and the FIRST woman. She is POWERFUL AS FUCK and the only thing she had to show for it is some parlor tricks and a trident??? We saw Lucifer's full demon mode but barely got to see Charlie's. It pisses me off so much that they did that to her. Sure you can say that it's because she barely has any fighting experience, is a passive person, never needed to fight because why the fuck would you fight Lucifer's daughter??? But still!!! If you wanted it to come off like "she may have barely any experience but she is trying" then show that throughout the show!!! Show that she really doesn't know how to fight but she is willing to try for her friends!! They better fucking show us her potential in the next season or I will lose it!
If this is suppose to be a show centered around the female characters then Vizie really fucked up with that final fight scene. It was disappointing to me how Charlie, Vaggie and even Lute and Carmilla are being treated throughout the show. Granted Charlie is getting some character development but why not show that during the final fight?! Show how this naive princess of hell who hates conflict is willing to put everything on the line for her family and her people, even her life!!
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nutzgunray-lvt · 8 months
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Interesting fanfic concepts that I may or may not write (not sure yet):
EDIT: crossed out the ones that I already wrote!
- During the 1st light novel, Black Whip manifests due to the belief that Inko is genuinely in danger
- 1A not trusting Aizawa outside of life/death situations, leading to the other teachers calling him out on this
- A sub idea to the above: the other teachers and students noticing how Izuku is singled out by Aizawa, and Aizawa gets called out on this
- At the UA Apology Tour conference, the journalist pushes back on Aizawa's claim that Bakugou's hard work absolves him of his behavior - pointing out that he got no rescue points during the Entrance Exam (someone leaks it to the media, idk) and that Aizawa has expelled other students for much less, leading to the students coming to the press conference to call him out
- A sub idea to the above: the media points out Fumikage's attempted kidnapping (realistically he would have told the police) and Izuku being on the LOV's priority kill list, as well as his kidnapping and attack in the mall just days before
- ANOTHER sub idea: the media calls out UA for prioritizing their ego/face over the students' safety in holding the Sports Festival so soon after the USJ attack, since the Sports Festival led to the attack on the forest
- Being at home at least meant Izuku had some time away from Bakugou and Aizawa. Being in the dorms takes that freedom away, and Izuku isn't adjusting well
- Aizawa finds out about Izuku accidentally destroying his room in his sleep. His past treatment of Izuku leads the boy to be less than forthcoming about what caused it
- The OFA vestiges are quite protective of Izuku and show it in their own ways
- Class 1A (especially certain members) noticed that they've been put on the backburner for Shinsou, and so have the other teachers
- All Might and King Vlad take Midnight and Aizawa to task for not interfering sooner when Black Whip manifested during the training exercise (or the Black Whip fiasco leads to some completely preventable injuries)
- After Izuku leaves UA, the teachers and Class 1A reflect on how he's been treated by everyone around him while shouldering the burdens he's been carrying
- A sub idea to the above: the Class 1A vs Izuku fight results in Izuku calling them out on following Bakugou and ignoring his reasoning for leaving, resulting in him running away and succumbing to his injuries (featuring the vestiges, the second one in particular)
- A sub sub idea to the above: Class 1A and the teachers finally have an actual talk with Izuku about his issues when he's brought back to UA and put under Recovery Girl's care (because there's no way in hell Izuku was fine after just a bath and a nap)
- UA's traitor reacts earlier, leading the staff to realize that they shouldn't have dismissed Present Mic's traitor theory
- Present Mic reflects on Aizawa's treatment of him, his students, and how Oboro's death turned them both into different people
- Izuku is allowed to be resentful of how people tear him down and dismiss him (namely, how Bakugou received over 3,000 offers despite his behavior while Izuku received only 1, Izuku being the Problem Child despite not even being the mastermind behind Bakugou's rescue, and that his mumbling is dismissed/made fun of)
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Pride vs crow
@adrianasunderworld @hanafubukki
Lucifer is the eldest of the demon brothers and usually he would rip to shreds anyone who hurts his family, but he promised the MC and OM! Yuu not to do anything violent and you know how he torments Crowley for all the wrong he's done?
Oh c'mon! He is the avatar of pride! He knows how to destroy someone by attacking their pride with sassy attitudes and ​​well-founded comments, as example to talk to Trein by "thinking" (he's faking it) and praising the excellent job he does until he makes a comment in front the whole NRC that Trein is amazing at dealing with students as all good headmage would.
Crowley: But… I'm the Headmage…
Lucifer: Huh? You? How is it possible for someone as irresponsible as you to have the audacity to abandon my niece in a decrepit building? Is this a gentleman's way which you clearly are not, treating a lady?
Crowley: I…
Lucifer: Don't.interrupt.me! Or should I quote when YOU preferred to relax on a beach trip while she was held captive by that ruffian from Scarabia? Mentioning the brat, my niece was exposed to life threatening situations several times because of these so called overblots which were too many incidents in such a short time! The first was simply unacceptable! So tell me who was the idiot who approved you as Headmage?
Satan and Belphie: *weezing*
Mammon: NICE ONE BRO! BAHAHAHA!
The youngh brothers, NRC Staff and students rn:
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Seahorse Dads vs the World: Societal, Mental, and Emotional Struggles in Pregnant Transgender Men
When Thomas Beatie, a transgender man, publicly announced his pregnancy, he became the center of attention in the media for the duration of his pregnancy. His experience generated questions surrounding sexuality, gender, and their roles in parenting. Most importantly, it brought up the issues regarding societal views on pregnancy: is it purely feminine? How should we treat men that choose to bear a child? While widely ignored in literature, transgender pregnancy is not impossible and should be discussed when addressing LGBT discrimination and treatment. Because transgender men experience struggles such as gender dysphoria and medical discrimination, pregnancy can elevate stress and anxiety originating from societal backlash and invalidation of gender identity. Since societal views on pregnancy are purely feminine, these mental battles transgender men have within themselves surrounding pregnancy are further enhanced. 
Gender dysphoria is a common struggle transgender individuals face- especially during pregnancy for transgender men. Because this issue is so strong in most transgender people, the daily lives of these people can be negatively impacted. A study conducted by Hoffkling and colleagues explored the impacts of pregnancy to transgender men, with one person stating that they “just didn’t like leaving the house at all because [they] knew that [they were] going to be read as a pregnant female.” Being read as the incorrect gender is a real fear trangender individuals face, which can further impact how they are treated by others in social situations. Gender dysphoria results in mental distress that can lead to depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation. Because these issues are common, a great concern regarding those that experience gender dysphoria is self harm, isolation, and suicide which can easily be avoided if societal views on transgender individuals and their struggles were changed and taught about. Societal factors impact mental health just as much as internal views on gender and appearance; regarding medical situations, these injustices may further the mental distress and distrust these people regularly encounter. 
A situation transgender individuals can face is unfair treatment by medical staff. Medical discrimination restricts access to quality care to transgender individuals, especially pregnant men that are entering a clinic that is not educated on transgender issues and needs. Since pregnant transgender men have a uterus and ovaries, they are expected to go to an OBGYN for prenatal visits; they are exposed to a hyper-feminine environment where terms that can cause immense dysphoria are regularly used. Various offenses are common in these environments, one being how medical staff “[Ignore] intake forms that ask patients’ gender” (Hoffkling et al.). Nurses and doctors refusing to make an effort to address their transgender patients by their name and pronouns causes distrust and anxiety in the medical environment. This distrust can cause the individual to neglect their health and refuse to see a professional out of fear of being treated like the gender they are not. 
The lack of training in medical staff negatively impacts both the care the professional is trying to provide and the care the individual receives; the professional cannot provide adequate care in good faith if they do not have knowledge on how to treat that specific group. In turn, the patient cannot expect proper care from their provider. As trangender individuals seek care, they may come across providers that refuse to treat them. One individual reported “[he] had heard many times over that [providers] felt uncomfortable with [him]... so [he thought] that they were afraid of helping” (Hoffkling). Because a pregnant individual requires active and proper care, any discomfort from medical providers can deter a patient from seeking said care. Aside from care for pregnant men that want to keep their pregnancy, care for those that want abortions are just as difficult to manage. Men that seek abortions are met with the same issues as those that must frequently visit an OB for prenatal visits, with some men reporting “feelings of exclusion and discomfort” (Charlton et al.). Alongside the present issues regarding abortion among women in a medical environment, men also face discrimination and struggles relating to the access of and care after the procedure. The stress from needing an abortion is already present alongside the dysphoria of the fact they need an abortion in the first place. Abolishing gender in regards to abortion and pregnancy would in turn lead to a more comfortable and forgiving environment to men that find themselves in need of medical care.  
Mental health is important during pregnancy, especially in transgender individuals that are already predisposed to depression and anxiety. A factor of mental health in pregnant trangender men is directly impacted by the societal views of those around them; if they are viewed as women, they will be uncomfortable and dread being seen day by day. Anxiety from the fear of being treated as a woman can further cause isolation and depression. The societal impact on gender dysphoria is rooted in the idea that pregnancy is purely a female experience which then leads to heightened anxiety, depression, and dread surrounding the concept of pregnancy. It is seen as “body horror” or “horrifying” to some men as they are aware of the way people will see them and in turn treat them during pregnancy. (Charlton, et al.). This internal fear disrupts daily life as they may avoid certain situations to avoid becoming pregnant or avoid being seen as pregnant. Sex with cis men may be a point of fear alongside any opportunity they may have to take a pregnancy test which can lead to sexual isolation and repulsion to any intimate encounters with those that may accidentally impregnate them. Apart from sexual isolation to avoid pregnancy, average social interaction may be impacted in trangender men that are already visibly pregnant. In a study conducted by Ellis and colleagues, they concluded that “loneliness was the overarching theme that permeated participants’ experiences, social interactions, and emotional responses” during pregnancy. As it is a common issue among most pregnant men, it is understandable to assume societal views on pregnancy are what cause most of the anxiety and fear in dysphoric transgender men. 
Anxiety stretches beyond the individual's health, but also to the health of the fetus. Stress can impact the weight of the fetus, alongside elevating the risk of preterm labor and “might produce lasting effects on behavioral and neurocognitive development” (Vans Amesfoort et al.). These risks can easily be avoided if stress is reduced and medical care is frequent. However, as medical providers cause discomfort and the hyper-feminine environment of an OBGYN's office results in anxiety, it is redundant as the medical system itself is not made to care for transgender individuals. Societal views on pregnancy can reverse these common stressors by separating the idea of femininity from pregnancy. 
Gender dysphoria cannot be avoided during pregnancy since the idea is so heavily tied to the concept of womanhood; however, those that are surrounded by a supportive environment report having positive experiences and reduced gender dysphoria as their pregnancy was not inherently seen as a female process. As one participant in the study by Hoffkling and colleagues reported, as they told others of their pregnancy “it was really nice, how ridiculously excited [their peers] were for [them].” The positive reception results in a less stressful and happier pregnancy which then leads to a healthier pregnancy. Positive reinforcement from family and friends provides support to men struggling with gender dysphoria that can make the duration of their pregnancy enjoyable and just as normalized as a cisgender woman’s pregnancy would be. 
Normalizing male pregnancy is crucial to alleviating any anxiety a man would have towards the experience. Starting with medical staff, education on the care for transgender men, especially those experiencing pregnancy, is necessary to further destigmatize parenting as a transgender individual. Education for nurses regarding transgender pregnancy has proved worthwhile, with one study resulting in a positive outcome after training nurses in transgender care. The following was concluded after training staff for caring for pregnancy in transgender men:
Findings suggest the training improved nursing staff's self-reported knowledge and skills in providing gender affirming care to pregnant transgender men over time, with participants demonstrating improved knowledge about communication around pronouns, gender identity, reproductive systems, and obstetric history. (Chu et al.)
These findings support the notion that education on the topic of transgender pregnancy improves the overall attitude and care that the staff provides to their patient. With medical staff being educated, it is likely that their patients will experience an easier pregnancy and have less stress over having to attend obstetric appointments in the future. This alleviated stress results in a healthier pregnancy and a positive experience for the patient. 
While training has shown positive results, most transgender men that seek care from professionals still uphold the idea that transphobia and invasion of privacy is to be expected. The notion that mistreatment in medicine is normal is what leads transgender men seeking reproductive care to become anxious or fearful of their provider. This fear has been brought to light in recent years as men like Thomas Beatie have come out to recount his experience in pregnancy and the treatment that he got from his peers and medical providers. As more men come out with their stories and their concerns, the idea of male pregnancy becomes less odd and more normal. Destigmitizing trangender pregnancy would result in more men being comfortable with their reproductive capabilities and would lead to them having more trust in medical providers. As medical literature begins to evolve to include transgender men, we also begin to see a shift in public attitude towards the matter. 
It is widely accepted in medicine that gender is not equivalent to sex assigned at birth; because of this, medical providers are exposed to the existence of transgender patients and surface-level training on how to care for them properly. This training does not stretch to pregnancy, however, which leads the community of transgender men to become isolated and mistreated once found out to be pregnant and in need of medical attention. One participant in a study conducted by Vans Amesfoort and colleagues reported feeling “invisible” throughout the duration of the pregnancy due to constant misgendering and transphobia that was sparked by his pregnant appearance (Amsefoort et al.). Isolation and invisibility are very common reports by men experiencing pregnancy as they are rarely greeted with comfort and kindness by those around them which further increases predisposition to postpartum depression. Although sex and gender are not equal, societal views on them are the same. 
Medical staff are responsible for the care of transgender men seeking medical attention during their pregnancy; it is important they are properly trained on the care and acceptance of those patients. Medical literature is limited in regards to pregnant men which results in confusion from those that might not have been exposed to the concept before. Because there is little information on the history and proper care for this community, both medical staff and the average cisgender person might be afraid to approach or care for a pregnant transgender man. This results in feelings of isolation and despair which can be detrimental to both the patient and their fetus. In order to improve the attitude concerning transgender pregnancy, we need to take the first step to properly study how societal backlash affects transgender men during pregnancy. This matter is contained within the overall issue of LGBT rights and care and should be dealt with just as diligently as gay marriage is treated. Until the media and medical literature display the true nature of transgender pregnancy and the negative experiences pregnant men have from their treatment by uneducated individuals, this issue will continue to prevail and remain demonized.
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gunsandspaceships · 14 days
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Proof that Tony Stark is not an extravert
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Well, I’d bet it’s better results than one could get on YouTube, Twitter, or Reddit, but come on, I expected you guys and girls to do better.
I’m going to show you why Tony is certainly not an extravert. We'll talk about MCU Tony. I’m not an expert on other versions of him, but as far as I know, they also share some of the traits I’m going to discuss.
I've already posted some stuff, such as:
Absent-minded Tony https://www.tumblr.com/gunsandspaceships/744432666218315776/absent-minded-tony?source=share
Socially awkward Tony https://www.tumblr.com/gunsandspaceships/744815932253372416/socially-awkward-tony?source=share
As you can see, Tony has some issues that hint to us that he’s not always present or outgoing. And now it’s time to gather all these and other things and summarize our findings.
Extraversion: Large social network & Thrive in teams, crowds vs Introversion: Value 1:1 friendships & Favor independence
Tony no doubt knows a lot of people. Because he ran a huge technological company, right. Business partners, military officers, politicians, SHIELD agents, journalists, his staff, etc. Although this doesn’t mean that he communicates with many people regularly, or has many friends. And we know he doesn’t. He never had many friends. Throughout the Infinity Saga, he made a few, like Pepper and Happy. But before IM2 his only friends were Rhodey, J.A.R.V.I.S., and his bots.
He mostly interacted with AIs and robots, especially in his solo movies. This tells us something, doesn’t it? I’ll write a separate post about his childhood, but it is obvious that he was always an outcast: in school, college, before the Avengers, within the Avengers… We don’t really see him as a “gear” in this mechanism. He is most often steps ahead of others or steps aside. None of the Avengers were really his friends, and I’ll write about that too in the future.
Did he try to make more friends? He seemed to think some of the Avengers were. He thought Steve was. Remember this?
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Or Bruce. But Bruce didn't even want to listen to him when Tony needed help.
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And he left him at the end of AoU. But Tony thought he was a friend. Moreover, he considered them all his family.
That’s what he was doing – everyone around him, from assistants to teammates, were considered friends and family members and were treated accordingly. He needed that, not a large social network of "pals" and "buddies" he barely knows.
Let’s illustrate how he felt about people around him:
Deleted scene "Dubai Party" from IM (2008)
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Tony doesn’t really talk to those people. He doesn't feel comfortable shaking their hands or taking anything from them. That's not why he's here, it's an alibi for the mission in Afghanistan. And we see that all this causes him disgust and discomfort.
The Charity Ball - IM (2008)
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And boom - he doesn't know that Christina is talking about Jericho, which Stein sold to the Ten Rings. He thinks she is referring to this event. And he (surprisingly) reveals that he actually has social anxiety. That doesn't sound like an extrovert to me.
Alternate Opening from IM2 shows us Tony, who is trying to avoid going on some kind of dangerous mission. And then we find out that that mission is actually the Expo Opening. He doesn’t look excited that he has to go to the crowd, doesn’t he?
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After that, he makes his way through the crowd of fans, communicating with virtually no one.
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At the Senate hearing, he seems bored. He doesn’t pay much attention to the politicians, asking Pepper about chili, hacking networks, and making fun of Senator Stern.
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After he’s done with Hammer and Stern he shows his public mask to others. We know he is not comfortable with this situation, but he has to deal with it.
At the party "Natalie wears the gauntlet" deleted scene from IM2
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This is what Tony really thinks about these people. He doesn’t like them, doesn’t like this lifestyle. He didn’t want this party in the first place. He doesn’t even understand celebrating birthdays ("The Sub-Orbital Jet" deleted scene, IM2).
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Sounds very introvert-like to me.
He wears sunglasses in public. Because he is uncomfortable when people see his eyes - they cannot hide from them what he wants to hide. And that brings us to the next trait…
Extraversion: Enjoy being a center of attention vs Introversion: Avoid being a center of attention
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He hides behind sunglasses. Most of the time, he only shows his mask to people he considers strangers. When he's the center of attention, it's his mask, not the real Tony.
The real Tony refused to be the commander of the Avengers, despite being their benefactor and providing them with everything. The real Tony didn't go to important public events on behalf of the team, Natasha (WS and CW) did. The real Tony left the Avengers at his Compound and went to live with his family in a cabin in the middle of nowhere. And, again, we can recall what he said about his birthday and parties in general.
Extraversion: Think out loud vs Introversion: Think before speaking
Tony is not the guy who shares his thoughts with others. He thinks a lot. And he hides most of it from others.
Does he always think before speaking? No, not at all. But that’s his goofy personality, not extraversion.
Extraversion: Energize around people & seek greater stimulation vs Introversion: Recharge, reflect in quiet & Seek less stimulation
As we can see, Tony is not that much of a people person. He avoids gatherings when he can, and doesn’t enjoy them when he can’t. Most of the time he spends in his workshop/lab with his AIs, bots, and sometimes with Bruce, with occasional visits from Pepper and Rhodey. And he is comfortable in this environment.
With the Avengers he doesn’t act like an energy battery. Instead, he is quiet, calm, and just minds his own business. Look at the scenes from AoU:
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At the party he doesn't talk to many people, we see him in a small group of Thor and Maria Hill, and he is, again, pretty quiet.
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In Endgame he lives with just his wife, daughter, chickens, and Gerald the alpaca in a cabin, far from other people and their noise. He has nature around, a big fireplace, and paper books to read by it. This is his happiness. An introvert's dream.
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Conclusion: all the extraversion we see in Tony came from his business training that started when he was a kid. He had to develop a set of skills: communicating with many people, participating in gatherings, selling stuff, running a company, dealing with journalists and politicians. He became the owner of a huge business when he was only 21 years old. Of course, he has skills formed by decades of experience. But we see he doesn’t enjoy doing all this stuff. This is not his comfort zone. His comfort zone is his lab and a few close friends. It's hard to tell from the masks he wears and his skills whether he's an introvert or an ambivert who tends to be introverted, but he's definitely not an extravert.
P.S. This is not a 100% comprehensive review of everything I've seen in the movies. There are many more examples of his introversion in the MCU. But this post is already huge, so if you would like to see more about it – let me know in the comments and I’ll make more detailed posts about each trait.
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JUYEON :: RELATIONSHIPS WITH SVT
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wc: just a lil over 2k. not proofread, lowercase intended!
SEUNGCHEOL, JEONGHAN & JOSHUA
jinny's fathers!!!! she's the only girl so obviously jinny's gonna get a lot of hate for it / how close she is with the members and these three are always there for her :( constant reassurance that she's not a burden to them and that it's okay to cry when she needs to. when jinny went on 'no prepare' w/ youngji she got drunk and cried over how much these three care about her SEUNGCHEOL ~ JICHEOL: since he's the oldest, he cares a lot about all 13 of his members. he does, however, check up on jinny often and make sure she's taking care of herself and not closing herself off from the group whenever she's dealing with scandals or hate. these two are just super soft UGH. on inside seventeen eps or on tour stops jinny will just randomly go up to cheol and lay her head on his shoulder or lap "just cause she wants to." they call a lot because she gets super worried esp around comeback szn and he's one of the only members she feels comfortable expressing her worries with & crying in front of. when they aren't being all sappy n shit tho, jinny's constantly trying to annoy him at the most random times. or she's teasing him over the way he moved his hands or said something LOL (and vice versa.. he'll walk past her and mock her english as pay back) fansites love these two trust me!!
JEONGHAN ~ JINHAN: speaking of hate, jeonghan is always the first member jinny goes to whenever she's getting negative comments or opinions from netizens. she puts a lot of trust in jeonghan and is always asking for advice from him. but moving on.... jinny HATES (she doesn't) playing games with jeonghan bcz he's either a smartass or he'll cheat his way to victory. in that one jeonghan vs. svt episode, she literally walked up to the seating area, said "i'm gonna write -1,000,000." and tried leaving (the staff wouldnt let her LMAO). jinny always the first to notice when he's trying to mess with the members she'll be like "yah! stop being a liar, you're like pinnochio." and it makes everyone laugh JOSHUA ~ JIJO: they bonded over their confusion as foreigners (+ vernonnie) OMG. whenever the members would laugh at a joke she didn't understand jinny would immediately turn to shua with confused eyes. anywayss, jinny values her relationship with joshua a lot!! being in seventeen meant staying in korea for large periods of time, away from her brother. joshua is like her older brother figure when she isn't in australia. but he also loves to annoy her at random times?? like on stage for example he'll come over to her and mess with her outfit or whatever's in her hands OR he'll keep switching between korean & english when talking and it frustrates her sm LOL. also loves to mock her english..
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JUN, HOSHI, WONWOO & WOOZI jinny is always fighting with them LMAO... there's no gose ep where they aren't arguing at least once (cough mousebusters cough). kir looks up to them a lot though! these four are always cheering for her in shoots, even when she appears in ads or on billboards!!! it's like they argue and then 5 mins later it's "go jinny" JUN ~ JIHUI: he loves to hype jinny up for no reason honestly. like she'll be showcasing a dance or talent for a variety show and all you'll hear is "WOAHHHH JINAA WOWWWWWW" from him LOL. jinny likes to mock him with his "nothing is spicy for me" stuff but then he pulls out a pepper or hot sauce out of nowhere? and she'll run screaming "moon junhui i'm sorry for everything i've never done to you!!!" pls. but also she loves whenever he goes on rants about things he wants to try in china with the members while they're talking backstage or smt because she!! wants!! to!! go!! too!! he bakes or buys her a lot of chinese treats and it makes her melt :( when hes asked to do aegyo or cute poses jinny cackles.. it's just so funny and cute at the same time HOSHI ~ SOONJIN: for seungcheol's sake, don't let these two partner with each other in games or stand anywhere near each other in relay dances. chaotic duo omg. if they aren't fighting, they're laughing at each other. and if they aren't laughing at each other, they're probably chasing each other or doing god knows what. their gose cameramen get weekly workouts at this point with their constant movement. ESPECIALLY IN DON'T LIE. when soonyoung does his silly little "watching the members' reactions" thing he immediately points at her and screams that it's jinny because there was a GHOST of a smirk on her face. or when they're playing random games she'll say he was too slow by a millisecond just to try and stop him from winning. WONWOO ~ JINWON: wonu found jinny crying once and ever since then they've gotten like super close. they'll be filming and then the camera goes to woolyn and jinny's just casually piggybacking on him. they don't argue as much as the other three but when they do it's HILARIOUS. "you stole my crackers, didn't you?" + "sorry.. i'm a foreigner what's a cracker? (except it's her imitating his pronunciation)" when jinny's solo was announced he was one of the more excited members. omg they also love to quote / imitate each other too. "tasty." (insomnia zero !!!!) and then theres wonu mocking jinny's silly photoshoot poses. but jinny gets so excited when she sees wonu after some time away cause he's like this gigantic teddy bear in her eyes.. there are so many compilations of jinny hugging wonu or hanging onto him at the most random times. WOOZI ~ 2JI: cue jinny dragging jihoon out of the studio at 1-2 am because he locked himself in there with his factory supply of diet coke. jinny is a producer and loves to make music and jihoon's always the one she goes to whenever she needs an opinion on a lyric or part of a song. they've had a lot of dumb moments together on trips like TTT and in the studio and both of them use it against each other. "hey jinny, do you remember when-" "NO. I DON'T REMEMBER." in every other game svt plays LMAO. on the rareeeee occasion jihoon gets tipsy he'll get super emotional with jinny and it's so funny to the rest of the members for some reason. in conclusion, jinny's like jihoon's reminder to stop working and jihoon is jinny's reminder of every stupid thing she's ever done.
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DK, MINGYU, & THE8 jinny's brothers part one. they're besties!! 97z are always making her laugh or teasing her. these are some of the members she's known since she was a little girl so they're especially close :( drunk jinny is also extremely clingy and emotional and they always have to deal with it but whenever one of them brings it up, like in insomnia zero for example, she gets flustered and denies it so fast DK ~ SENNY: svt mood makers,,, they're always making jokes or laughing at something or each other (or making fun of seungkwan..). they both get so happy whenever they see each other ITS SO CUTE like there's this one gose ep where jinny came back after being in australia for some time and seokmin ran and hugged her so fast. ALSO BEST VOCAL DUO I SAY! jinny released a song with him as a feature and it blew up so fast bcz of how extremely good they sounded. jinny also loves to play as seokmin's supportive facebook mom LMAO. on her insta she has so many cringy pics of him doing LITERALLY ANYTHING n captions as "The Best ____" and a bunch of emojis. MINGYU ~ JIGYU: they've known each other since around the time jinny became a trainee and they have such a sweet sibling bond. gyu's so quick to judge whenever someone says something negative about jinny (when they aren't joking about it.. bc if they were joking he'd join in.) it's rlly funny to carats. they cook together a lot and whenever they're filming + cooking mingyu would just keep making fun of how short she is compared to him or some random joke he came up with on the spot. but anyways their food is so good,, everyone gets super excited whenever they cook tgt. also one of jinny's irl teddy bears!! when they see each other it's like those online friends irl meet-up videos the members have so many pics / vids of them dramatically hugging LOL THE8 ~ JIHAO: PLEASE minghao is always either chilling and living peacefully with jinny or teasing her abt her every move. in that one rice planting gose ep they were both sitting together loving every moment of the planting UNTIL HE GOT TO GET FOOD and started to tease her about how the food is sooooooo delicious and she should come and get a bite. but ANYWAYS. jinny loves to hype minghao up in whatever he does!!! once she went on weverse and started boasting about how good minghao is at art cuz they were painting tgt for a vlog. minghao helps calm jinny down most of the time too!! precious besties :[
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SEUNGKWAN, VERNON, & DINO jinny's brothers part two. these three are her ride or dies istg!!! similar to 96z, jinny is always fighting with them... but they're also like partners in crime? dino vernon & jinny are like three kids trying to drag a tired mother (seungkwan) into helping them with whatever crazy over the top prank plan they concocted LMAO SEUNGKWAN ~ JIKWAN: never leave these two with a task alone. they will argue over the way the other is BREATHING. it became their thing to just nitpick each other whenever they could and it makes both of them laugh so hard when someone tells them to stop fighting. he said in a show once "i think we're good at teamwork!" and jinny gave him THE MOST judgeful look ever it became a whole meme and they spent like 10 minutes arguing over it... poor host. she showed up at the bss m/v recording and kept laughing at him, which caused them to argue ONCE AGAIN LOL. but omg.. best vocal duo ever pt.2???? them singing or hitting a high note together is what greets you at the gates of heaven it's HOLY. VERNON ~ HANNY: foreign confusion PART TWO!! nonnie helped jinny a lot pre-debut and she's so grateful for him. moving on tho.. vernon's a little demon around jinny like she'll just be on her phone or in the studio sitting minding her own business and then this dude will come up behind her and scare tf out of her LMAO there was this one tour stop where they were just messing with each other the entire time.. cheol was tired. mocks her english part 3 (?? i lost count..) "how do you say water?" "wa'er" *dying laughing* .. there was this one live and vernon was putting chapstick on (i like to think he's like any generic american guy and is an absolute monster when putting on chapstick) and they had this whole debate over how to put on it on correctly. back on the plus side tho, jinny is always there to help vernon put together music!! DINO ~ JINCHAN: jinny's bestie like they are so insanely close. chan's known jinny for years bcz they went to the same middle school! these two are always finding an opportunity to play around with each other or they'll just end up hugging each other at random intervals. carats love jinchan bcz you tell that they love and care for each other sm :( BUT THEN HE'S A LITTLE SHIT TOO?????? he steals random objects or food from her all the time but she could never actually be mad at him ofc. one of them would make some shitty joke and they'll both be on the ground laughing because they end up laughing at each other, it's a never ending cycle. she's the #1 chan supporter she's always cheering him on for ANYTHING...and vice versa! dino's like jinny's protective older brother istg. he's so quick to defend her in anything even if she's the one in the wrong LMAO.
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from xia ! : svt being absolute devils whenever jinny speaks english....please she's TIRED.
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rosekushina · 11 months
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Everything GREAT about RWBY Volume 7 that Volume 8 Completely Ruined (A Retrospect / Salty Opinion) 
You can disagree with me if you like, but everything below is 100% canon :)
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V7: Maiden Powers recognize Penny as a “real girl” even though she’s a robot and has the aura of a man (her father) - an incredible subversion of the Pinocchio trope that validates Penny and sets up her journey as a Maiden
V8: Penny is turned human against her will and DIES (again), the powers transfer to someone else - copy/paste of Pinocchio
V7: Salem is moments away and fast approaching, so the heroes have literal SECONDS to come up with a plan before she invades Atlas. Salem arrives at the end of the season, ready to strike
V8: Salem WAITS in her whale and doesn’t attack right away, completely retconning the urgency and stakes at the end of Volume 7
V7: Ruby, Blake(?), and Nora want to help Mantle the whole Volume. Team RWBY is angry Ironwood is leaving Mantle behind and want to do something about it - have no plan but are willing to try anyway (very noble but naive)
V8: Ruby abandons Mantle in episode 1 and steals Ironwood’s idea for Amity, Blake and Nora go with her. Yang helps out in Mantle for one episode before abandoning it (everyone abandons Mantle, Salem doesn’t even attack Mantle)
V7: The Staff can only be used for one purpose at a time and if someone else uses it, the previous creation will disappear, foreshadowing that Atlas will inevitably fall and Salem will get the Relic. Ironwood establishes the Staff is keeping Amity up and that the Gravity Dust is a cover-up story for the public
V8: Gravity Dust is apparently holding up Atlas anyway so they have time to use the Staff and evacuate people before it crashes. Team RWBY PURPOSEFULLY destroy a whole continent and takes the Relic out of the Vault for no reason (they do Salem's job for her)
V7: Ironwood wants to save all of Atlas’s citizens, Mantle citizens already evacuated, TWO RELICS = saving Remnant (keeping them away from Salem), and a Maiden. Wants to save who he can in the VERY short time he can, knows that in war there are consequences and you cannot save everyone. They cannot beat Salem so why risk his entire city/two Relics in a battle he knows he cannot win? (Salem is immortal). A HERO/war veteran who recognizes the cost of war
V8: Ironwood kills his own citizens for no reason, threatens to bomb his own city for no reason AFTER Salem is already defeated, and only cares about the “plot of land” that Atlas is on, the upper class, and technology. Turned into a one-dimensional antagonist because he disagrees with the protagonists 
V7: Ironwood sacrifices his own arm to successfully stop a bad guy in the greatest act of heroism the show has ever seen (“Hero” plays in the background)
V8: Ironwood "losing limbs represents him losing his humanity" and how he “has sacrificed everyone else”. Now has a Semblance that he cannot control that can potentially control his mind against his will (never brought up and can be attributed to mental health)
V7: Ruby VS Ironwood - different ideologies on how to save people, but neither of them are wrong. Will they come together and stop their common enemy (Salem), or give-in to fear and become divided? No right or wrong answer - complicated, morally grey, trolley-problem
V8: Ruby denounces Ironwood to the world as she preaches about being united, Ironwood is the big-bad of the season and dies a villain while Salem is right there (common enemy). Team RWBY’s way of thinking was right all along even though they only came up with a plan after Salem was defeated and ended up evacuating anyway, the same thing Ironwood wanted to do from the beginning. Do not acknowledge the parallels between them and how team RWBY did more harm than good - Ren tries to bring this up but is later forced to apologize and treated as wrong even though he was spitting straight facts
V7: Ruby lies to Ironwood and gets called out for it, arrested and loses Ironwood’s trust (immediate consequences of her actions). Ruby did the same thing Ozpin did (lie with good intentions), which they got mad at him for but now she is put in his shoes - start of some great character development for Ruby!
V8: Ruby’s lie is never brought up again and there are no long-term consequences for her actions. She gets away scott-free and never admits to her mistakes. Ruby never realizes that she did the same thing Ozpin did and shows no empathy toward him, makes OZPIN apologize to them while Emerald (a bad guy) sits on the steps and watches that happen
V7: Ruby is put in the same position as Ironwood - who can you save in the short amount of time you have ? Has to learn what it truly means to be a leader in a time of war
V8: Ruby sits and drinks tea for half the Volume wondering what to do and then destroys an entire continent on purpose and loses two Relics in the span of two days - does not acknowledge that Ironowod had a point
V7: Salem cannot be beaten, how will they fight her and her Whale?
V8: Oscar blows her and the Whale up half-way through the Volume after Salem does absolutely nothing the whole season. Ozpin now has a magical bomb in his staff he could have used any time
V7: There is NO WAY to save everyone
V8: The Staff has the power to do literally anything so let's create portals to get everyone out
V7: Vacuo is the next target
V8: Team RWBY dump the entire population of Atlas and Mantle into Vacuo, causing a refugee crisis with the knowledge that Salem is heading there next (Emerald knows this and is on their side now, she would have told them)
V7: Ironwood instantly trusts team RWBY with his entire plan, gives them back the Relic, gives them their huntsman licenses. Meanwhile the girls do not trust their allies (good-guys) and lie to them and go behind their backs and betray their trust - a good message on trust the girls will eventually have to learn
V8: Trust Emerald and tell her everything about their plan, trust Hazel with the password to the Lamp. “Trust is a risk” now after they didn’t trust a GOOD GUY for an entire Volume (hypocrites)
V7: Qrow is indirectly responsible for Clover’s death but takes it out on Ironwood in his anger, wants to fight Ironwood and probably kill him in rage. Probably lets himself be arrested so he can get closer to Ironwood
V8: Qrow gets over his grudge and never confronts Ironwood (we all wanted this to happen right?) after sitting out in prison the whole Volume. Doesn't seem to care that his nieces are out there facing Salem as he's in jail
V7: One question left in the Lamp, but they cannot summon Jynn unless they actually have a question this time (via. Volume 6)
V8: Oscar shows Jynn to Hazel and Emerald, and she lets them go without asking a question
V7: Weiss’ mother tells her not to forget about her brother
V8: Weiss sticks a sword in her brother’s face and only thanks him after he proves himself useful 
V7: Fall of Beacon 2.0 promised
V8: Battle of Atlas lasts one episode while the girls drink tea and watch it happen, none of the main characters (or villains for that matter) take part in the battle (it is pushed to the background)
V7: Salem vs Ozpin epic fight/reunion approaching
V8: Salem and Ozpin say two sentences to each other and do not discuss their pasts and/or fight (Oscar is the one who fights Salem)
V7: Amity is NOT finished so they cannot get a message out
V8: Amity IS finished it just needs more dust to launch
V7: Oscar is separated from the group at the end of V7, will the heroes get to him before Salem does??
V8: The heroes instantly find Oscar in the first few minutes of Volume 8, but then Salem gets him anyway (what was the point)
V7: Every single bad-guy ALIVE in the show is present at the end of the Volume
V8: Mercury and Tyrian leave half-way through the Volume after doing nothing, Ironwood is now the main villain even though Salem is right there. Ruby never comes face-to-face with Salem.
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Volume 7 was (still is?) my favorite Volume. It wasn't perfect, it had flaws, but for what it's worth it gave us an INCREDIBLE set-up for what should have been the best Volume ever (Volume 8). I was beyond excited when Volume 8 came out - we were going to see legendary fights! Ruby was going to get some much-needed character development. But instead, the show completely fumbled the ball HARD, ignored everything amazing it had established the previous Volume, and completely buffered every theme, fight, character, and story-line it had going for it. :( As a fan, and as a Screenwriting Major, this is just disappointing. I'm more sad than I am angry, and this leads me to believe that everything I loved about Volume 7 was created by accident.
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bloglizziekamiya · 4 months
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So I’ve seen a couple of these going around but here’s my thoughts on how I would want Wish improved because nothing bugs me more than a movie that I feel could have been SO GOOD but was held back by something (cough corporate cough)
SPOILERS FOR WISH 2023
-Have Asha start off AS King Magnifico’s apprentice, she’s totally loyal and his number one fan etc, I’ve seen a couple of ideas where maybe she should have been an orphan cause a) classic disney b) did her family actually do anything?
-So she gets to finally be trusted to see the wishes, we see that scene and it basically plays out as in canon, she questions why are most of these never granted? Why is it an arbitrary system only You decide? Why not give the wishes back if you’re not gonna grant them cause they are “unsafe”?
-Magnifico intimidates/gets after her enough that she backs down, tries to convince herself that he knows what he’s doing, it’s not her place to question etc
-We still have “This Wish” song play as Asha can’t help but question and same thing happens, a star responds. Only instead of chibi star we get shapeshifting human star LIKE WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED
-Asha freaks out and tries to disguise the star as a regular human cause oh no magic is forbidden which is kind of hard to do when this kid barely knows how to walk or talk like the average citizen and also keeps trying to eat their own shirt
-“Are you a boy or a girl btw?” “I’m a celestial being from outer space.” “Fair enough”.
-Meanwhile Magnifico is freaking out because he knows a star fell and he Wants It for its power
-It all comes to a head when Asha gets to witness her only human friend Simon giving his wish to the king and she’s Horrified because the change in Simon is instant and disturbing it’s like something inside Simon has died
-There’s a confrontation, Star attacks Magnifico to protect their new friend Asha, they have to leave the kingdom in a hurry
-Maybe Star and Asha find other people who are hiding out from the kingdom who have been wrongly treated by the king, maybe that’s where Asha can meet the other friends who were totally unmemorable in the original
-Star starts teaching Asha magic so she can fight back against Magnifico one day, maybe we also have a falling in love montage? Hey we haven’t had a romance in a while.
-Meanwhile back in the kingdom Magnifico is going nuts/more dictator as he tries to hunt Asha and the star down “This is the Thanks I Get”
-Climax plays a lot like the original the gang tries to free the wishes, Star gets captured and sucked into Magnifico’s staff which is a lot more horrifying if it’s a sentient person
-WE 👏 GET 👏 A 👏 PROPER 👏 ASHA VS MAGNIFICO MAGIC FIGHT
Either Magnifico gets sucked into a mirror again or, in true classic disney villain fashion, he gets thrown off a high building to his death
I dunno I think in general one of the main problems was the main characters struggle wasn’t as relatable. “I want to save the wishes” is vague and kind of confusing
“I just found out my political leader is not who I thought he was, now I have to decide between keeping the status quo or fighting for what I know to be right and what I believe in even if I may lose friends and family?”
THAT is relatable.
Aaand Disney would never have the guts but I can dream can’t i?
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thecourtfinchster · 2 months
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rating and reviewing a selection of live action Cinderella films: part 1
1st place is Ever After (1998) with Drew Barrymore
ok so this movie is 10/10 across all categories.
not only does it have some of The Best historical costumes I've seen in a film, but all the characters are wonderfully developed.
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the staff aren't totally dismissed, and they love Danielle. also key supporting characters and without them Danielle would not have gotten to know the prince.
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Henry the prince himself is kind of a dickhead, but hey at least he's got a personality! and he Does get better eventually. Henry actually has a very nice arc and gets humbled multiple times. Danielle inspires him to open a university. He also has solid dynamics with each of his parents, the king and queen, which aids the believability of the story as a whole. like the royal family actually have substance to them.
and i like how there's no love at first sight!! of course, Danielle and Henry do fall in love over a short period of time, but it's earned.
also the Utopia quotes when Danielle is saving Maurice!!!!!!! yeah girl give us socialism!!! i love how ready she was to address classicism. like she was Not expecting to see the prince let alone lecture him on social systems and his own arrogance.
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(the aforementioned king and queen. they're fun <3)
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the stepmother is so wonderfully cruel! Angelica Houston plays Rodmilla so coldly, with conniving schemes and haughty style. she's still horribly abusive and manipulative and definitely deserved the ending she got, but i do love how she is portrayed in this film. there's one scene of vulnerability where Danielle asks if she ever loved her father, and Rodmilla replies that she barely knew him. Danielle's father, Gustave, was the second husband that Rodmilla had to marry to survive. Although she is the villain, at the core of her character is her dedication to the security of her daughters and herself. In Ever After, the stepmother is given a complexity that so many other retellings lack. It makes for a more compelling character for the audience to be invested in.
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Marguerite and Jacqueline are, in my opinion, the most dynamic stepsisters in any Cinderella retelling. Marguerite is just as corrupt as her mother is, but with less control over her temper, but she's also just as cunning. She's quite intelligent, albeit spoiled to the core. Jacqueline is seen as the lesser of the two by Rodmilla, which is why she becomes so sympathetic for Danielle and how she's treated. i love how her character gets to learn what is important to her. she does get a man, only after she's established her own standing, and they are quite happy together.
a super cool costuming detail is the difference in sleeves between Danielle's mother's dresses and the ones that the step sisters wear. tighter fitting sleeves vs the big and poofy tell how much time has passed between trends, which i think is a nice touch. also the movie is supposed to be set in the earlyish 16th century. they do a really good job of keeping it accurate, although there is some 15th century inspiration sprinkled in.
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i LOVE how Leonardo da Vinci acts as the fairy godmother. he's just this eccentric old man that goes around imparting knowledge and fiddling with inventions. and he's just as much a mentor for Henry as he is a godmother to Danielle. he helps Henry see past his stupid arrogance and teaches him the beauty of love and life. and yes, he Does get Danielle to the ball, and convinces her to tell Henry the truth of her identity.
one of my favorite quotes is when Danielle says, "a bird may love a fish, signore. but where will they live?" and Leonardo replies: "then i shall have to make you wings"
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AND MAKE HER WINGS, HE FUCKING DOES
they're STUNNING and i LOVE THIS DRESS SO MUCH. this is at the masque ball. she has glitter on her face but no mask, because she's there to reveal the truth. i do not Care if the glitter might be historically inaccurate because it's Gorgeous and i will Not be accepting complaints. also I'm pretty sure the wings are made of a type of organza? i found an article a while ago that talked about it but it has since been lost :(
plot wise, everything goes to shit at the masque. and then Danielle gets sold to this creep who was in one (1) earlier scene, but she rescues herself as soon as the prince gets there. Henry proposes, Rodmilla and Marguerite get shipped to the americas, and Leonardo gives Danielle a portrait of herself as a wedding present.
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honorable mention to the jester that appears in two scenes who is unnamed and never speaks. i love you random jester <3
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nik-jr-lit · 3 months
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top 3 favorite books i read in 2023!
3. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
timid, shy, insecure protagonist who does NOT try to get between her crush and the girl he's going for, has a wonderful relationship with her older brother, and ultimately just wants to be loved and accepted by those around her.
her return to her parents' home is realistically heartbreaking. it isn't that anyone is mean to Fanny - they ignore her.
the entire play fiasco is so juicy and fun to read!!
we get to witness the romantic interest go through his own fall and redemption arc & we as the audience have to sit back and just watch him grow and find himself rather than be alongside him, which is simultaneously frustrating yet a unique experience :)
i honestly thought that henry could have his own redemption arc & was surprised when he instead fell again...this time harder than before...the drama.......
2. Villette by Charlotte Brontë
sad, lonely, traumatized protagonist who is also such a badass. she will not tell us what tragedies she has had to face....so mysterious... i love her
she literally moves to a foreign country where she doesn't speak the language & doesn't have credentials to teach and she just....learns the language and becomes a teacher. she gains respect from the students and staff even if she is still a bit of an outcast
the nun subplot.....so fun and supernatural and the truth of who the nun is was just so damn funny
the graham reveal!!!
the way lucy is treated when she experiences depression, loneliness, and anxiety is so necessary and realistic for her character & all that she's gone through. the way others react to her sucks but is true to the time; it allows us to see how mental health (especially that of women) was treated. no, happiness is not a potato, graham!
the banter & dialogue is so funny and realistic - i love the black cat x delusional vain sunshine dynamic of lucy and ginerva. also the reading shakespeare scene, the 'call me your friend' scene, the whole getting shut up in the attic for hours to practice acting scene, the drug trip, the time she refused to give paul his gift in order to piss him off, and the showdown between lucy and madame beck are such memorable moments that make me laugh out loud or gasp or smile :)
i sobbed at the end. literally sobbed.
1. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
yet another protagonist who is insecure, paranoid, wants so badly to be loved and preferred and noticed, and has a massive inferiority complex.
identity, names, influence, public perception, and reputation are unbelievably important. maxim vs. max, who the "real" or "true" mrs. de winter is, the fact that everything in the house (from meals to portraits to how a desk is arranged) has rebecca's touch all over it, down to the fact that we don't even know the protagonist's first name!
omfg the mystery and suspense and drama and tension is unbelievable. every time she turns a corner, every time she answers the phone, every time she goes outside or visits a family member or talks to a servant or her sister-in-law or even brushes her hair there is so much tension and anxiety and self-consciousness
du maurier's writing is immaculate; i could read her describe paint drying and it would be beautiful
the evening of the costume party is so fucking amazing. the initial rejection and drama is so so good, but i love the rest of the evening even more i think. the way her soul seems to truly die while she keeps a smile on her face and greets her guests, so anxious to be as good of a host as rebecca.....i've never read anything like it. and the morning after...she's so sure that everything is over with maxim & there is no hope and i can feel her despair...
the confession...so incredible. i didn't see it coming and i had no idea what the narrator was going to do, how she'd react. "time and tide wait for no man"...
once the boat is found and there are people suspecting there may be foul play and rebecca's cousin is there and mrs. danvers is suspicious and the narrator faints and they're calling the doctor that rebecca went to - the tension and suspense was so good.
this book got me thinking about perception for days. we are told details that allegedly describe the same story, but many aspects don't line up & we are never given the full, perfect truth. what was rebecca really like? was she really as hedonistic and vain and self-serving as we're told? did maxim ever love her? did she ever love him? did she plan to run away with favell? did strangers think her lovely and wonderful simply because of her beauty or because she actually was a good person? even if she wasn't a good person, did she deserve what happened to her? was maxim justified in getting upset with her and/or putting up with her alleged behavior? who is rebbeca truly?
i'm obsessed.
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So one thing about Canon LMK I find absolutely hilarious is the fact Ruyi Jingu Bang was quite literally found in some rundown alley. Like, the opening scene of the first episode shows how Sun Wukong used it to seal DBK underground and how the Megapolis was built around it, and based on all the various merch seen in background and such Sun Wukong is a very popular character in the city. Yet his famous staff is just... sitting there. In some alleyway. Like it isn't the most famous treasure he owns and the reason their city could even be built!
Not only that, but we then get to see another city with a similar treasure of Wukong's in Lantern City. The absolute difference between how they treat the Ring of Samhadi that Wukong hadn't even intended to gift them and how Megapolis treats Ruyi Jingu Bang is absolutely insane! They literally gave festival's held for the ring, they built a shrine for it! Yet Ruyi Jingu Bang gets and alleyway and a peach tree
Yeah thats kinda odd...
Compare to where; The Monkey King's literal Golden Staff sealing a giant demon in Megapolis was kept vs some hot glowy ring he dropped in a hole;
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My first thoughts were that maybe it was a case of hiding in plain site; SWK could have bought the area and pretended it was under construction forever so nobody would ask questions. But MK, PIF and Red Son just sorta walk in there, no magical barriers present. One stray urbex explorer could have found the Staff and circulated what they saw online.
Like, the Staff is stuck in what appears to be the remnants of a hill or mountain. Wouldn't it make more sense for the people nearby to turn the surrounding area into a city park/shrine?
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I've been to parks/botanical gardens in Singapore before that had shrines and statues to different gods. They were pretty beautiful and tended to be in small alcoves just off the path. It would be easy for SWK or a city planner to be like; "Oh yeah thats a cool-looking staff. We can build a little shrine around it and say it's a recreation of the Ruyi Jingu Bang. Tourists will love it." (now my hc for what the Staff do be looking like at the start of the TMKATI au)
More confusingly for me though; is why the "Ring of Light", the literal treasure and power source of Lantern City, was the top prize in a talent contest?? Thats not something you just *give* someone like the Stanley Cup!
It would have been funny if when the Monkie Kid gang actually won the contest, they quickly find that the Ring of Light they got was a trophy replica. ("You honestly thought we'd give you the real Ring of Light for song?! No!! Thats our city's relic! Gtfo!") Then Tang's background mission would have had a much bigger payoff.
Also idea for a gag where trophy ring(s) is used to fakeout whoever wants the Rings of Samadhi. XD
Fun fact, the location of where the Ring was being kept occording to the Lego sets is apparently a hotel called the "Lotus Hotel". While in the show it was a large suspended lantern.
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Making think of *another* infamous (lotus-themed) light relic associated with chinese folklore that SWK could have buried there...
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I should be finishing a math exam thats due tonight but instead I have an au idea
Daybreak Dessert vs Scala Sweets!
Daybreak Desserts is staffed by the khux cast. Its a cat (chirithy) cafe/soda shop that is known for tasty treats.
Skuld and Elrena work with the customers. Elrena has to be constantly reminded to not sass and berate the customers. Skuld is a master of up selling and conflict management. Homegirl got her crap together.
Elrena will be taking her smoke break now.
Everyone helps out but Lauriam and Strelitzia are the main food staff. Lauriam is the boss but Strel is nothing to sneeze at. Shes the reason all the desserts are so cute.
Ephemer is the manager but it's both him and Brain that keeps the place running (and Lauriam/Strel's family's money). Brain is also the reason that they have a great website/app. He's also in charge of feeding the cats.
All the cats can talk they just only talk to the staff since they're too good for the peasants.
One time while Elrena was taking a smoke break she saw a worker from Scala Sweets dump a suspiciously human shaped bag in the dumpster. They made eye contact and now she's scared. Baldr doesn't remember this ever happening.
Scala Sweets is right next to DD. SS has twice the staff but only half the people actually do work.
Vidar and Hoder are the managers. Vidar is swamped by trying to keep the place afloat, so Hoder is the one who manages the rest of the staff. Her grandfather is the owner (Odin) so she can kinda do whatever she wants
Whenever someone doesn't show up to their shift Hoder calls Baldr in.
Baldr is the Jack of all trades master of none. No he does not get paid extra due to it being a "family favor :)". He has no idea how to tell her no. He dreams of burning the place to the ground.
Hoder is seemingly friendly but actually super passive aggressive
"Working hard or hardly working? :)"
Xehanort is the new guy and does exactly what he is paid to do. No Hoder he cannot help there are 30 seconds left on his break. No Hoder he cannot stay late his shift is over. Vidar forgot that xehanort was an employee
Eraqus is a slacker that suddenly cares a lot about work because he wants to look good in front of Xehanort.
Vor really wants to climb up the latter (shes a dish washer) but she's easily distracted. Shes doing her best though so Vidar is patient with her.
Helgi never comes to work but he isn't fired since he's dating Sigrun and shes friends with Hoder.
Urd is a massive people pleaser but Vala and Hermond stand up for her when people get mean
Vala and Elrena are enemies and always try to out mean each other. They pray on each other's downfall
I have no ideas for Heimdall sorry Heimdall.
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Eraqus is really freaked out by the fact that DD was a worker that is literally identical to him in every way. Brain could not care less
"Hmm that guy is my mirror self, weird, anyway-"
Eraqus gets really worked up because, despite them being identical, everyone thinks Brain is way hotter.
Xehanort thinks one of the guys looks like his grandather but doesn't care enough to look further into it
The cats have spoken to each member of the DD staff but the staff haven't told each other since they think it's just them going crazy. Brain doesn't know if the place is haunted or just has a gas leak.
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eyes-above--the-waves · 9 months
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The difference between how baseball treats injuries vs. how hockey treats injuries is unbelievable. 
Baseball will sit a guy out for a week as a precaution because his wrist is sore. Hockey will have a guy skating around with his eyeball hanging out of it’s socket and 5 broken ribs and the medical staff will be like, “eh, at least he’s still upright”. 
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