#vv interesting

[knightsickness]

really really like how criston exhibits the medieval knightly virtues (generosity courtesy chastity fellowship and piety) more than almost any modern hero archetype and is unambiguously a bad person. he genuinely doesn’t believe he’s going to hell for killing a lot of people (that was for the greater good) he thinks it’s for having sex once

#values dissonance stuff with medieval fantasy characters vv interesting esp in relation to masculinity #good masculinity meant being chaste and temperate and a scholar but sex and violence and drinking was still manlier #even if it was officially ‘bad masculinity’ compared to evoking cain instead of abel. many such cases #daemon as an aspirational kind of bad masculinity but also a modern hero archetype as a rogue #criston struggles to maintain medieval good masculinity and a chivalric hero archetype that modern works basically never have uncritically #hotd #house of the dragon #criston cole #asoiaf #a song of ice and fire

[a-chaotic-dumbass]

my inner demon trying to convince me to only read sansa's jaime's davos's and catelyn's chapters in asos

#damn cant even be paid to be interested in whatever dany is up to on the other end of the world. sorry #bran is ok and arya is mid. i am profoundly bored by nearly every chapter she has had so far aside from that one where she was dressed as #a proper lady in a castle when traveling w the brave companions. i like tom i like genry i like the rest of em but baby i do NOT care for #the guy they're chasing. #asoiaf #i forgot abt jon and sam too🤐 jon is vv fun and i liked sam's One chapter #valyrianscrolls #a storm of swords #asos #a song of ice and fire #tyrion's chapters r also good. any tywin content is good actually #unfortunately i am too autistic to actually skip any of the chapters. alas #jaime lannister #sansa stark #davos seaworth #catelyn tully #catelyn stark

[harukakitous]

Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger | #19

"Your payback scheme has made you two even."

+ bonus team wings

#ohsama sentai kingohger #kingohger #ohsama sentai king ohger #king ohger #gira husty #yanma gast #hymeno ran #rita kaniska #kaguragi dybowski #jeramie brasieri #racules husty #super sentai #tokusatsu #tokuedit #my gifs #my edit #I AM THRIVING #the “natural antagonism between a stoic officer of the law and a hot-tempered delinquent” finally unfolds!!!! #takano i need more of this dynamic of mutually respectful but still willing to call each other out #i find it vv interesting that rita expresses more negative emotions around yanma primarily #with hymeno and morphonia they're more positive but they're still rather stoic #but yanma is one of the very few people that can draw outwardly negative emotions from them #i think i'm looking too much into it bc brainrot lol #also yanma still keeping his distance despite his annoyance :)) #sidenote this is the weirdest “both sides have a point” debate #i get that yanma got his revenge (and it did initially look like an attempted murder) but racules genuinely committed attempted murder here #wtf is up with tikyu's legal code #tag rant

[spiteful-crow]

Am I the only one, who thinks Verner Vogel‘s whole relationship with Sherry gives off some serious Lord Henry / Dorian Gray vibes?

Of course, the plot is different, Sherry isn’t like Dorian at all (ok maybe a little bit at the beginning before Dorian became a total asshole). But an older, hedonistic and cynical man obsessed with a young, kinda naive and innocent man in his very early 20s? The older man trying to corrupt, manipulate and shape the younger one? Of course, in VV‘s case, he followed different goals, and he also took over Basil‘s role. But the vibe is still there imo.

#sherlock holmes chapter one #verner vogel #frogwares sherlock holmes #I like VV tbh #not as a person but he is definitely another amazing character on CO #he is interesting!

[grassbreads]

im curious, whats your favorite longfic??

Oh my god anon you are enabling me so hard right now. Are we sure you're not some deep splintered section of my subconscious that split off just for the sake of sending me this ask?

Anyway, my favorite fanfiction is a Homestuck fic by oxfordroulette called Vanitas Vanitatum. This mildly pornographic novel-length fantasy au dirkjohn fic is genuinely, independent of actual Homestuck, one of my all time favorite written stories.

Vanitas Vanitatum is the third fic in a long series, but it's technically a standalone. The first fic in the series is a jadekat fantasy road trip adventure, the second one is about jadekat getting dragged into a bunch of mysterious royal intrigue at Jade's arranged marriage to Eridan, and Vanitas Vanitatum is about the aftermath of that intrigue. John Egbert ascends to the throne of their country after the death of his and Jade's evil mother in the previous fic, and he's totally fine guys! He's definitely absolutely having zero mental health troubles!

Dirk, our pov character, enters as a new member of John's secret police. He slowly befriends his new king/boss and, in doing so, begins to discover the extent to which John is totally definitely okay! He's fine Dirk so you can stop asking! And because he's Dirk Strider, when he discovers how John is struggling, he immediately wants to Fix Him. Enter a twisted mess of genuinely falling in love and horrible shadowy puppet master schemes.

Vanitas Vanitatum is the ultimate "I can fix him" romance. It is an "I can fix him" romance to the extent that Dirk's desire to "fix" John becomes one of the fic's main conflicts—in addition to John's genuine mental health crisis and the political crisis that's happening around them. If you know anything about my taste in fiction, you're probably looking at "dark fantasy story about a guy trying to unravel and understand his crush's mental health problems" and going "okay yeah. I see why Andie is obsessed with this."

If you're a Homestuck fan, even if you're not usually a DirkJohn person, I cannot recommend Vanitas Vanitatum highly enough. It's well-written, it's funny, it's heartwarming, and it's absolutely heartbreaking. The plot is twisty and, especially if you've read the rest of the series, absolutely filled with delicious dramatic irony. The way oxfordroulette writes Dirk's pov is an absolute treat. And while the fic is fairly nsfw (there's only three actual sex scenes if I remember right, but lot of discussion and thinking about sex in the interim), the real porn in this fic is the food and costume porn. The author knows what the people want, and it's decadent food descriptions and crazy fantasy royalty outfits. It's also illustrated!

Honestly, if the fic didn't require an understanding of troll romance quadrants to make any goddamn sense, I'd be recommending it to non Homestuck fans as well. It's just a really good story.

Here's the official summary:

You've determined the hobbies of the monarch you serve are as follows: 1. Ill-timed pranks. 2. Cooking. 3. Subconsciously pulling elaborate political schemes off perfectly, ad infinitum, every one of which inches his mind closer to some ineffable dark chasm you're curious to find the depth of. Anyway, he makes damn good lasagna.

Read it here :)

#I'm normally a characterization stickler. and while I can't say VV John's characterization is perfectly in line with canon #it's clearly based on canon in interesting ways while being shaped by the very specific setting this au's John grew up in #and it's SO self-consistent within that newly constructed setting #it's so fascinating it's so good #and yes I'm aware of how funny it is that I'm a diehard fan of not one but two stories with vanitas in the title #that are about someone meeting a guy and trying to unravel his mental health problems before he goes over the edge in his depression #what can I say I like stories about death magic and trauma #anyway now someone just has to ask me to explain my SECOND favorite homestuck fanfic and I can die in peace lmao #invasion of the frogs #vanitas vanitatum #dirkjohn #ask #anon

[doctorwhoisadhd]

so wait, since i was just reminded of the recorder thing donna talked about in the giggle, i now have a question for uk ppl: do yall learn the recorder in school? like in a music class? and like how much do yall have music class over there?

#this is a very interesting topic for me as a music educator from the us #ik a guy from ireland and he said there was no music class in schools for him and like not the same country BUT same island #(as northern ireland. not the others in the uk but still) #and its so wild and fascinating music education is a fascinating field and the way we do it in the us seems to be largely vvv unique to us #for clarification on how things are different so ppl have a better idea on how to answer my question lol: #in the us music class is standard in elementary schools and most places have general music until abt 5th/6th grade (year 6/7) #(general music = basics- music games learn recorder SOME notation-reading; often classroom instruments eg boomwhackers claves maracas #orff instruments if you're lucky/from a school district that isnt poor. also some world music) #its less standardized after that and not every school will have music after middle school but concert bands and choirs are both huge here #choirs start right on the heels of general music classes (sometimes start earlier + students elect to be in choir instead of general music) #bands USUALLY start in 4th grade (year 5) but sometimes can be later 5th/6th (year 6/7) or even 7th (year 8) (WAY less common) #depends on the state generally 4th is most common i think (choirs start at around the same time i think so probs 4th but choir isnt my area #orchestras are weird bc theyre a lot less common but can commonly start younger bc of one of the big approaches to music ed (suzuki method) #so like maybe 3rd grade (year 4) maybe 4th w/ band (year 5) but i have a friend who teaches at a private school #& said they have 1st/2nd graders (year 2/3)!! orchestra is also not my area though #also marching bands: vv common! usually just in hs (starting 9th grade / year 10) bc it supports the football team at games #but starting in 8th grade (year 9) is also common (sometimes even 7th / year 8) #theres two different styles: collegiate/show band and competition. former is very rah rah pop music etc; competition is more abstract #show bands are clearly designed to entertain whereas competition is designed to be more impressive and tell a story #so more impact moments abstract shapes/lines on the field and has movements - opener ballad closer (fast-slow-fast)

[nulltune]

there was a scene in the manga where hakuno was being strangled HELP!! /j but even then hakuno was asking the attacker (julius) "why are you making that face?" because hakuno could tell that he was suffering deep down 🥹🥹😭😭😭 and we get a julius monologue: "i didn't want to accept that i still had these feelings within me. let alone have this guy see through them. i hate it..."

IT SAYS A LOT ABT HAKUNO METHINKS!!! and these lines too.... i love hakuno's heart sm istg 😭❤️ + how well written the hakuno-julius development is..!!!! hakuno being nice doesn't magically fix everything and there's a lot that happens ue ue uee 😭

i'm trying to keep this hakuno-relevant but PLS IM IN SHAMBLES BC the manga adaptation rlly told us that "if there was one salvation he could've gotten, it would've been having someone who could understand his agony."

and then cue hakuno kishinami-

#&&. out of #AAAA I HOPE I COULD SUM IT UP IN A WAY THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE- #cuz ik a lot of my moots aren't v familiar with f.ate/e.xtra!! but i rlly loved these h.akuno scenes so 🥺🙏 #i had 2 post it..!!!! IT RLLY IS SO VERY H.AKUNO...... #/and also real quick- tysm for interactin with my silly lil blog despite that 🥹🫶 IT ALWAYS MAKES ME FEEL SO EPIC GRAHH #BUT YEAH #i rlly love the way h.akuno interacts with others 🥺🥺 u can tell she's vv considerate and perceptive #but also very eager to learn more and understand others as individuals- which is ironic considering her view of herself orz #but that's what makes it interesting!!!! #i also just love her kindness okok 😭😭 and how h.akuno becomes more empathetic and human as she interacts with more people #/MUFFLED SOUND AS I SOB INTO MY GRUBBY RACCOON HANDS

[jangmi-latte]

Lilia was an orphan aaaaaaaaaa

this is when i get pissed that those special ssrs have no personal stories 🥹 unless we also get a flashback version like those dorm leaders in the main story for lilia, i think it's really unforgivable that twst wouldn't expand more on lilia's background considering how major he is in the episode. plus silver and sebek too.

in comparison to the other dorms, diasomnia has the biggest impact to the main story so like....like....wHERE ARE HIS PARENTS. unless lilia's species are born WITHOUT parents (ie. nature-born fae, magic-reformed fae, etc.) then that'd be an easier explanation. and there's even his childhood story with levan and mallenoa JUST...JUST.. QKGIAKKGLQKGLQJFKAJJEKFI AND I NEED MORE OF HIS MILITARY INVOLVEMENT TO THE LAND OF BRIAR I DON'T WANNA WAIT TILL AUGUST FOR MORE

#customer service #lilia's a vv interesting character to me— no actually the whole diasomnia #i just love the endless questions each chara have that just makes you suddenly do algebra

[getoswhore]

HE GOT HARD TO MY SCENT 🤓

#flattering #but did i need to know you jerked it to the smell of me #cause what in the primal #giving him a deep long hug with perfume on and pulling back just to see a little him saying hi to me a second later #is vv interesting #anyways #guess it's the only perfume ill wear around him from now on #TEHE #getting him whipped without even trying

[hwaitham]

da hollow feeling in your chest after waking up frm a dream wher it feels like a lifetime spent in another world has passed within it . . . is almost debilitating ₍ᐢ ›̥̥̥ ༝ ‹̥̥̥ ᐢ₎ dat yearning 2 go back n live it through once more is too strong ..

#𓈒 ۫ 𝓹𝓾𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓮 𐂯 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼 ₊⠀ೀ #im rllie happie i get dreams a lot tht r so .. whimsically fantastical n not of this world but sometimes i feel vv sad after waking up … :[ #esp after last nights .. it had haithie in it ;w; .. t’was vewy tolkien middle earthy #i cant remember much but he was an elf n i was a human n we were on a quest to bring salvation #to some evil lord n waaaaah .. it was j so magical n we fell in love n spent da rest of our days sailing to d end of d earth … 🤍 #missing dwis ): missing al haitham shooo mawch 2dai ): #him visiting mi in m dreams was no coincidence i fink ahh #whenever i get da slightest bit of interest in someone else he’s alwys there 2 pull mi back to him ૮꒰ྀི⊃⸝ ⸝ ⸝⊂꒱ྀིა

[goldenhypen]

popping up from my grave to show off the fact that i got to talk to jiung today and touch his hand 😄🫶🏻😄

also @sungbeam i have your intak fancams :)) but um some of them i got distracted by jiung and so there’s a lot of intak/jiung fancams 🤩 today i went in intak biased and came out jiung biased 🥹

#i won’t shut up about this til the day i die #my friends are already sick of me 😭 #JIUNG IS SUCH A SWEET HEART GENTLEMEN #SO HANDSOME AND TALENTED LIKE OMG #anyway i can give y’all a story time later if you’re interested #but for now i sleep #and then hopefully i come back from hiatus vv soon 🫶🏻 #ly guys and hope y’all are well 🫶🏻 #i’m currently forever screaming over jiung talking to me today #yeah :’> #em speaks #not enhypen

[unadulteratedhideouttrash]

"the symbolism of Achilles' shield" well now you gotta elaborate. Not the full 30 😅 but I'm curious!

omg omg omg thank you for asking!!! there's a couple different interpretations that i like so here we go:

-since thetis was prophecied to bear a son greater than his father and she was married off to peleus instead of zeus/ poseidon/ some other god, achilles was cheated out of the chance to rule over the cosmos (at least as he sees it, according to this interpretation). so, the shield, with its depictions of the world, represents what the gods cheated achilles out of (from his perspective). anyway, so if you're achilles, you've just lost your bf, you've been dishonored by agammemnon, you're just generally having a really bad time, literally carrying the physical representation of the destiny you were denied enhances your rage

-another interpretation is that it represents two different worlds: ideal and real. the city at war is achilles' reality at troy, while the city at peace is the world without troy/the war. now that i'm thinking abt it, the cities could probably be interpreted as achilles' two fates.

also not related to the question, but i love your fanfics and your interpretations of achilles and pat!! i just started reading "Fortune" and i am obsesseddddd. i love reading your thoughts on fandom racism too. it's something that i think should be talked about more, so i'm always glad to see BIPOC creators talking about their thoughts and experiences. your work is so great, and i'm a big fan. literally squealed when i saw you asked me about the shield 😅

#achilles #patroclus #patrochilles #iliad #tagamemnon #thetis #greek epic #trojan war #vex goes on a vv long winded discussion abt their special interests what else is new

[fairyhaos]

#fairyhaos.polls #compiled all the members i scream abt the most n made them options in the poll haha #vv interested in the results #i intended to say who it was when i first joined but then i looked at the way i talked abt the memebrs n i was like #u kno what let's keep it secret #i think it's obvious??? but apparently NOT so

[iliterallyjustlivehere]

ive been thinking about writing fanfics based on Richard Siken quotes for a long time now and finally, FINALLY have started. currently working on a Solangelo fic for the “...  and the gentleness that comes, not from the absence of violence, but despite the abundance of it.” quote. 

tell me ur favorite Siken poem/quote and i will write a lil fic for u. <3

#combining all my special interests #vv exciting #solangelo #richard siken #fanfiction #fanfic #percy jackson #taking requests

[poltergeist-coffee]

tbh studying child development while also being into the qsmp is really fucking funny

#like the eggs are only a few months old #if you wanted them to be biblically accurate kids they woudl NOT be doign half the thinsg they’re doing kannfkjsk #i’m taking a class on language this semester and how it can affect how kids learn (if they’re bilingual/know more then one language- #/learn english as a second language/etc and it’s vv interesting!!! #love being in that class and thinking of the qsmp kids at the same time #if the qsmp eggs were accurate babies tho i will say i thin they all woudl start talkign WAY earlier then what the “average” for kids is #because they woudl constantly be having people talkign and interacting with them #they’d probably pick up on it a lot quicker #the 4+ languages might be a bit of a struggle for them tho akndkhskn #💬 one new message #it’s 1 am sorry i’m insane and i miss the eggs TT #i will find a way to appply what i’m learning to qsmp just to keep myself motivated lol

[scp-113]

why did none of yall warn me that the vampire boy in baldur's gate 3 basically talks like octopimp eridan ampora

#minus the vv and ww thing but STILL. SAME VIBES. #im playing it now sorta and just met him and i had to take a moment. #immediately lost many sexy points because hes just eridan to me now. #i still like him tho and will probably try to wooh him if i dont lose interest in the game before then. #baldur's gate 3 #homestuck #bg3 #astarion #talkingdemon