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lunannex · 2 years

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Allison Hargreeves and the Effects of Grief

At this point, I think most people know that I’m an avid Allison supporter. It’s one of the things I’m most known for. And after witnessing these vile reactions from the fandom thanks to her actions in S3, I figured I’d try to pick apart her arc as best as I can.

So, where’s Allison at the start of this season?

Well, for starters, she’s just spent the last two years in the segregated south during the 60’s. But let’s rewind: what got her there in the first place? Technically, it was thanks to her brother. She had to pay the price for his mistakes. While trying to help him, she lost her voice and was launched back to decades in the past just when she was starting to build a life for herself amidst her divorce and custody battle. She thinks she’s all alone, so she does all she can: she builds yet another life for herself. And for the first time in her life, everything she has, she’s earned. Including the love of her husband and a great community that has her back.

Not that it lasts long because then she’s faced with an impossible choice: either leave this life behind (which includes the love of her life), or go back to her actual timeline in the hopes of MAYBE getting her daughter back.

She knows the risks, she knows that she might be going back for nothing, but she still makes the choice. She leaves everything she spent two years building, she leaves the man she loves, all because of a “maybe”. She goes back because she hopes with her entire being that all of this hasn’t been for nothing, and that’s her entire motivation to keep going.

Turns out, she was right to be doubtful. She does end up going back for nothing. That “maybe” turns into a “will never be”. Her daughter doesn’t exist, she never did. And what do her siblings do? They brush it off like it’s nothing. Luther at this point has been kidnapped by the Sparrows and is focused on getting closer to Sloane; Diego is preoccupied with Stan and Lila; Klaus and Five are off on a road trip and then embark on different journeys…so that just leaves Viktor. Really, he was the only one who initially seemed concerned over Allison. When he saw that the rest were just going about their days as if nothing had happened, he reminded them that Allison was upstairs grieving her daughter.

To all those who say that Allison was a terrible mother and that maybe it’s better if Claire doesn’t exist…how does it feel to miss the point of Allison’s entire character? Yes, she lost custody of Claire because she was an unfit mother, but from the moment she was forced to separate from her child, all she’s been trying to do is to be a better person. It took losing Claire for her to realize how much she loved her. She tried so hard to be a good person for the person in this world that she loves the most, and that still wasn’t enough. She meets a man who she really, truly loves in a way that I don’t think she ever loved Patrick. A man who loves her just as much, who accepts every part of her and whose devotion to her is never-ending. So, she leaves him. Because leaving her husband means that she gets to get her daughter back, and at the end of the day, Claire’s always been her number one priority.

We see Allison’s trauma as early as Ep.2. While she and Viktor are waiting for Marcus in that cafe, Allison starts experiencing a PTSD attack. Like she tells Diego, the others don’t understand what it was like for her as a Black woman in the 60’s. She woke each morning knowing that it could be her last, because she knew the cost of speaking out. After having everything handed to her on a silver-platter for so long, she was suddenly thrown into a time that denied people who looked like her basic human decency, a time where most of them could end up dead or in prison just for wanting to be treated as equals.

She reaches this point where she’s even attempting to rumor HERSELF. She looks in the mirror and tries to do the same thing she spent years doing to other people, but it doesn’t work. My theory is that she stopped it before the rumor could affect her in fear of losing control over who she is. At the end of the day, even if the rumor had worked, she’d still be grieving. Because how sustainable really are they? How long do they last? Who’s to say that it wouldn’t be worse after the rumor wore off?

Despite what S2 seemed adamant on denying by having Allison sweep the whole situation under the rug, we see that she’s still suffering the consequences of Viktor’s actions as well. I think the only mention of it that we got in S2 was when she mentioned to Klaus that she couldn’t speak for a year. But in reality, she would have nightmares about the whole incident, and it’s clear that it was such a common occurrence that Ray would immediately rush to reassure her that she still has her voice.

Ray was her shining beacon of hope during such a dark time. His optimism even when faced with so much oppression showed her that she was capable of so much more than she ever imagined.

There seemed to be this focus on having the characters emphasize on how Allison has always been among the best of them. They say that she’s the calm and cool one, the nice one, the one who never jumps into situations without thinking, because that’s the box they’ve stuck her in. But the truth is that she BECAME a better person after realizing her wrongdoings. She made the CHOICE to be kind, because once upon a time she was nowhere near as good of a person as the woman we meet at the start of the show.

You see, from the moment we meet Allison, we learn that she’s spent the last eight months or so trying to atone for her actions. Prior to her divorce and losing custody of her daughter, she would use her power to get everything she wanted. Love, stardom, a well-behaved child, etc. She always took the easy route because who wouldn’t? Who wouldn’t take the easy way out if they had the power to manipulate reality to their will with a single sentence?

Really, I think she only changed because she got caught in the act by her ex-husband. That put everything into perspective for her and she realized that she couldn’t carry on like that if she ever wanted to be the mother Claire deserves. Everything got so out of hand that, in the end, she ended up realizing that nothing in her life was real, none of it truly felt earned.

In S1, when Viktor states that the reason he was isolated from the rest as a child was because Reginald forced him, Allison responds by telling him that he can’t blame his problems on anyone but himself now that he’s an adult. Allison had never blamed anyone else for everything that’s happened to her. Even when Viktor slit her throat and nearly killed her, she still said that it was her fault, almost saying that she was basically asking for it. Like she tells Viktor, she’s always the one that has to meet him halfway.

But see, here’s the thing about Allison: she doesn’t like losing. She doesn’t like not feeling in control. She prefers taking things too far than not far enough. Even in the 60’s, she still had the civil rights movement. She had something to fight for and Ray was always there to urge her on and remind her why this cause is worth fighting for.

Now, this brings me to the most controversial part of her character, and the reason she’s at the top of nearly everyone’s hit list (and trust me I understand why): the part where she rumors Luther into wanting her. I think we can all agree that this was an uncomfortable scene to watch. At one point, Luther asks her if she would even be there if Ray and Claire were still around, Allison never denies that she wouldn’t. She just tells Luther “but they aren’t here, are they?”

When asked about this scene, Emmy Raver-Lampman and Tom Hopper described this scene as Allison wanting to cling onto the last bit of control she has left. No matter what, Luther has always been one of the biggest constants in her life. They’ve always shared this mutual understanding and connection that they just never had with any of the others, and something that she’s always been able to count on is Luther’s love and acceptance. So, when Luther tells her that he’s going to meet with Sloane, she sees it as a betrayal. She sees it as just another thing that’s being taken away from her and that she can’t do anything about it…except, yeah. She has the power to do just that. It’s not really what she wants, she regrets it almost immediately, but again, she’s desperate to find comfort wherever she can, and she’s not used to being told “no”.

During their conversation, Allison tells Lila that nothing stays. She tells her that none of it is real. At least with Ray, she has their wedding ring, but with Claire? She doesn’t even have a picture of her. And the original timeline feels so far away at that point. It’s been YEARS since she last saw her daughter, so who’s to say that she ever existed at all? She tells “Ray” during that scene on the swings that she feels like she’s losing her mind. She even asks him “were you ever real?”. She tells Diego that she’s never felt so hopeless in her life, because no matter what, she’s always had something to cling to. A reason to go on. But what does she have now? How can she fight for someone who’s already dead and another person who never existed?

So throughout the season, she slowly regresses into the person she used to be before Patrick caught her in the act. She makes bad decisions, she’s selfish, it’s clear that she has consent issues and she ends up turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms. Whenever we see her in S3, it’s either with a drink in hand or with a cigarette. Klaus says in S2 that Allison deals with her issues by lying to herself. Like Viktor, she’s almost a ticking time bomb in this sense. Allison tells Diego in Ep.4 that she doesn’t know where to put any of her anger, so she decides to take a physical approach. She finds people she can hurt without feeling guilty because they’re the same people who’ve hurt her. From white supremacists to the man who’s responsible for the death of their mothers.

Then the focus shifts. She finds a new reason to be angry at Viktor. He lied to her about the man who, in her mind, is responsible for her daughter never existing in that timeline. And that drags up a few old wounds that never got the chance to fully heal. Their argument starts off with Allison telling off Viktor for lying about Harlan to her face, but it quickly escalates.

When Allison says that her siblings are always so quick to tell her to suck up her pain and yet so worried about fixing Viktor’s…she’s right. When it came to Allison losing her daughter, they all turned a blind eye for the most part, but then, when it came to Viktor’s transition, they were rushing to make him feel like part of the family. When it comes to Viktor destroying the world, they’re all rushing to “fix” him and absolving him of any blame because “they all played a part”. It’s been like that for a long time and a lot of them have almost reached a point where they treat him as if he isn’t a grown adult who doesn’t need to be coddled. So Viktor can tell Allison that she ruined his life by rumoring him into thinking he was ordinary (as a FOUR year old, might I add), but Allison can’t tell Viktor that he’s taken everything for her time and time again? She can’t tell him that a part of her wishes they’d left him behind? I’m not comparing their situations here, this isn’t a competition. They both have a right to be angry.

She knows her pain doesn’t give her the permission to hurt others, she acknowledges that they’ve all had to mourn people and that she isn’t the only one who’s lost it all, but that’s just how grief works. Allison tried to be a good person. She tried to make amends and to forgive and forget but, like she says herself, look at where that got her. I think she saw Viktor’s lie as another betrayal, the same way she interpreted Luther choosing to be with Sloane (someone he met a few days ago) instead of her.

Something that I think is interesting about Allison is her pointing out on numerous occasions how unfair certain things are.

This is just one example. But in S2, when Luther tells her that they’re not meant to live normal lives, Allison has the same response. Even after all the hardships she’s faced, we have to remember that she spent her entire life up until losing custody of Claire getting everything she ever wanted. She never even had to worry about these minor inconveniences that plague us daily but now…everything is ending and she can’t do anything about it.

And then, Reginald offers her a deal. A way out. A full-proof solution to all her problems. And so, she gets her focus point back. She’s finally feeling hopeful again. She decides that she HAS to do something, she has to at least TRY to get her family back, because otherwise, all of it will just slip into nothingness. It’ll all be for nothing and who’s to say that it was ever real at all? Allison doesn’t know what she’ll do if all those memories they shared are insignificant, if she doesn’t find a place to put all this love she has for two people who no longer exist.

So, she accepts the deal. Again, who wouldn’t?

Now, the way this was framed was different from Five’s deal with the Handler in S2, but the situations do hold a lot of similarities. They both feel like, by that point, they have nowhere else to turn. They’d already tried everything else. Still, the narrative treats Five’s actions as this decision that he’s making for the greater good of his family. Him killing the board is just a means to an end, and it’s clear that he doesn’t enjoy it but he’d do anything for his siblings. Meanwhile, they frame Allison’s decision as being with malicious and selfish intentions. As if she had a hand in what happened to Luther and Klaus just because she’s been “unraveling ever since she got to the timeline”. Which, again, is a massive disservice to her character. Like she tells Viktor, the deal she made with Reginald was meant to have their siblings’ protection in mind.

Really, I think her arc would have benefited from the deal being shown from her point of view. We know that Reginald manipulated her just like the Handler manipulated Five, but, again, the way it’s portrayed makes it seem like Allison was involved in making these decisions.

Even so, you can clearly understand where she’s coming from. To me, Allison had the most realistic reaction to finding out that the world is ending. While most of the others are content with living the rest of the time they have together to the fullest, Allison just can’t bring herself to. Even when they think that they’ve found a solution to containing the Kugelblitz, Allison’s not celebrating. How can she? Sure, the world is saved, but she’s still alone.

Even at her worst, Allison still has so much kindness and humanity left in her. When Luther gets killed and Sloane is mourning him, Allison never invalidates her feelings. She never accuses her of grieving someone she’s only known for a few days. When Reginald tells the rest to step on the sigils and Allison sees that she’s draining the life out of them, she immediately tells him that this wasn’t part of the plan. If Allison truly didn’t care about her siblings, she would have let Reginald carry on with his plan. This was the only way to get her husband and daughter back. But still, she stops him.

The season ends with her back in her LA home. She not only gets her daughter back, but she gets her husband back as well. She achieved everything she’d been fighting for throughout the whole season. She finally gets her happy ending…or does she?

Now, Allison has to grapple with all the decisions she made to get to this point. She has to come to terms with the person she is now, and she has to figure out how to move forward from there. She has to see if this is truly everything she wanted and decide what to do next.

All in all, Allison is a deeply fascinating character. To me, she’s the single most interesting character on the show. And I’m so ready to see what direction the writers take her in during S4. Her grief made her into this version of herself that she always wanted to steer away from. It’s ugly and horrible but there’s something so human about it. Everything about Allison feels so real and I love her.

#luna talks #long post #allison hargreeves #neverrrr underestimate my love for her lmao #i’m just so Tired #tua #the umbrella academy #tua allison #just for the record #i’m not defending her actions and i don’t hate any of the other siblings #i just think she deserves better

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hualianff · 1 year

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Thinking about modern au artist HC who excels at various traditional art forms including ceramics, painting, and sculpting. Soon enough, the time comes for HC to learn the witchcraft that is digital art.

And man is it a phat STRUGGLE.

In general, HC talks out loud to himself during his artistic process - a quirk that XL (the husband) can’t help but find endearing.

(HC waiting for his shit to render: “anytime now…preferably within the next century…” 🙄

HC shading: “what if we make you a little darker? just like that…hmm, I don’t hate it-??”

HC, confused: *aggressively scribbles on the screen* “HELLO?? WHY ARENT YOU BLENDING!?”

HC trying to find the layer where the stoopid random black dot is: “I WILL find you. I MUST…”

HC undoing one stroke a thousand times: “nope” *undos* “nope” *undos* “fuck you” *undos*)

***

Cue HC internally crying every month because “WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH MY STYLE??” 😭😭

***

HC bent over his desk like shrimp. 🦐

XL insists HC takes breaks, for food and general rest. He massages HC’s neck, shoulders, back, and hands - HC naturally melts back into his beloved’s hands.

HC has a folder on his desktop titled “gege’s masterpieces” which are all of XL’s drawings for HC.

***

SQX: “ohmygod can you draw me!?”

HC: “nu”

HC goes back to drawing portraits of XL.

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HC watching the piece he spent days drawing get surpassed in likes by a dumb doodle of his pets he did when battling artblock: “make it make sense” 😡

XL: “it’s because you made e’ming and ruoye so cute!” 🥰

***

Imagine HC mindlessly twirling his apple pen between his long fingers, even while he’s pacing around their apartment.

He also tends to play with the cap of the charging plug, resulting in him constantly losing it!! It’s such a tiny, white thing - it could be anywhere…

Somehow, XL magically finds the cap in the most unassuming places and puts it somewhere safe so he can hand it back when HC’s already pulling his hair out.

***

XL hangs his favorite pieces of HC’s artwork around their apartment !!

When guests come over for the first time, they’ll stare at the beautifully framed art pieces in awe.

And XL will proudly say,” oh, this is actually all of San Lang’s work! Isn’t he amazing?” 😊

***

Many people think HC’s signature is a distinct symbol, shape, or even an obscure drawing with a hidden message. In turn, this has caused HUGE debates on Twitter about what the signature actually means.

One popular stan account had successfully gathered clues over the years. After comparing a lot of pics, lives, doodles, etc., they come to the conclusion that the signature is actually a word.

But what exactly does it say?

Still unknown.

And when some indie magazine goes and interviews HC, THEY HAVE TO ASK.

Interviewer: “Crimson Rain, you must tell us, we’re begging, what does your signature mean? It’s been a topic of WAR for years amongst your fans!”

HC: “oh, it’s just my name”

Everyone: ☠️🤡☠️🤡☠️

Interviewer: “would you mind demonstrating for us?”

HC, shrugging: “sure”

HC, messing up the second stroke of his name: “wait no, let me restart”

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Twitter trending tags:

#WHAT

#THAT’S HIS HAND WRITING???

#IM JARED 19

#CRIMSON RAIN

#HAND WRITING

#THIS WHOLE TIME !?

(2)

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W/ @no-one-says-hi

#tgcf #heaven official’s blessing #hualian #hua cheng #xie lian #modern au #cerdrabbles #artist struggles #funny

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sweetestpopcorn · 5 months

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One of the things I love the most about Rhaenyra is that she is not ashamed of her femininity, she revels in it. She knows that an appreciation for pretty clothes in no way hinders her understanding of language, geography, or politics. And unlike supposedly progressive 21st century writers think, she can be just as capable as a ruler without being a warrior or hating her womanhood.

And she wanted a husband and children and to rule over everyone, because these things are not mutually exclusive 👏🏻

Rhaenyra did not want to be a man or "a knight and charge into battle" because that was not Rhaenyra. Rhaenyra wanted a man who was a knight and charged into battle by her side, preferably one with silver hair, a dragon, and a gold cloak who gave her more gifts than she could count #diemad

Rhaenyra was the Realm's Delight, the Dragon Queen, a fashion icon, the best mother of fire and blood, the b:tch every man wanted but only two got, a dragonrider, and the woman the Rogue Prince died for and that he wanted for wife.

All hail Queen Rhaenyra who wore pink on Wednesdays and a crown or tiara every day and made new lines appear on Alicent's face just from being in her presence (and was never her friend) - because YES women can hate each other, just like men can - hatred is not a male thing or something that happens to us women because of PaTrIarChy!

Rhaenyra:

PS: Redacted fans can keep their "Black Queen" we have the Dragon Queen. And no, we don't stan the same character.

#rhaenyra targaryen #the realm's delight #canon rhaenyra targaryen #the rogue prince #the princess and the queen #fire and blood #pre asoiaf #popcorn answers

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aegor-bamfsteel · 1 year

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The Dany Grievance to Rhaenyra Grievance pipeline is so real and so funny to witness lol. HOTD was a mistake, but seeing these stans basically double down on yet another Targ woman who's ending they will rage at is astounding lol.

In the Dàny fans’ defense, she’s an actual well-developed main character who isn’t a prop in her love interest’s story (contrast Rhaeneato with husband DemonStu) GRRM said she’s one of his favorite female characters (along with Arya; he admits he likes DemonStu better than Rhaeneato) along with some positive comparisons (to Nymeria of Ny Sar), she’s got an actual platform beyond self-interest (she did free slaves even if some eventually sold themselves back in), the motivation behind wanting the Iron Throne is more sympathetic (she’s never had a permanent home and her family is gone), she’s a teenager rather than a grown woman in her 30s….and also the books haven’t finished, so we don’t know her ending (though the foreshadowing of Dark!Dàny is there). Basically, I can understand why people would be fans of Dány and be upset at her ending in the show.

Rhányra, though, is incredibly flat, self-interested and entitled, cruel (torturing Tyland Lannister, feeding Vaemond’s corpse to her dragon after sending Daemon to decapitate him), doesn’t even pretend to care about the smallfolk (organizing feasts while they starved under new taxes), violent but not a warrior (Demon at least has the skills to back it up; she’s never in battle despite having a dragon), and explicitly has no platform other than status quo (she’s not changing the laws of inheritance for everyone, just so she gets the Throne). We know she ends up chased out of the city by the angry smallfolk, betrayed on Dragonstone, and fed to her brother’s dragon. The show got rid of some of her bloodthirst (still being for peace until Luke’s death when in the book she told Orwyle in response to Aegon’s offer that he either kneels to her or dies; barely being involved in Vaemond’s death and he’s made to look like more of a jerk) and gave her some excuses for her self interest (she had to have an affair with Harwin for heirs because she and Laenor tried but couldn’t! Never mind that Jace in the books was born the year of their marriage in 114, meaning she didn’t try too hard) but at the expense of making her even more bland and passive (she does like 5 things in the novella and the show already cut out like 2 of them. It takes a lot of not caring to make the thinly sketched characters of the Dance even less consistent and interesting, but HOTD writing is sinking to the occasion.) Basically, I don’t understand why there’s a big overlap in Rhaeneato (except in the “well the greens are even worse” sense) and Dàny fans, other than that she’s another Targ woman seeking the throne to which she has a disputed claim, because everything else about her is a lot different than Däny. I can understand why people are fans of a character who has a tragic end (I’m a fan of House Blackfyre partly because they end up dying due to their noble values) but the journey has to give the end pathos, and neither show nor book has given us a reason to care for Rhaeneato the way they did Dány.

#ask #opinion #fandom critical #anti rhaenyra #anti hotd

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keef-a-corn · 1 year

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Dat’s right, People, it’s time for ‘Keef watches TFP and you just get the notes!’

This is for season 1, episode 13: Sick Mind.

(OH HELL YES!)

I write down the timestamps, but I watch Transformers Prime on Stan (an Australian streaming service) so they may be slightly off.

ALSO! I try my best to note points for every character, but tend to get a little caught up by Bee (although I think I do a pretty good job with the notes regardless) so do be warned.

~~~~Transition~~~~

00:07 - that’s amazing and so useful.

00:11 - hehe penetrate. + the kid’s faces look so funny.

00:12 - Bee’s looking at the roof. His gaze is too high for him to be(e) looking at the same thing everyone else is.

00:24 - honestly I really like the way that line was delivered. Just makes it sound like Ratchet’s hypothesis was created on the spot.

00:25 - I just think it’s silly how they’re all just standing like that.

00:30 - Arcee and Bee are in sync and I love it.

00:38 - Suspense, my beloved!

00:44 - didn’t even think twice about bringing his husband, huh?

00:51 - I don’t think he brought his medical ki- LOOK AT THEIR HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.

00:57 - holy shivers.. the visual is so beautiful and yet so dark.

01:07 - ‘lemme get us in first’ proceeds to make door.

01:12 - it’s at this point that it’s weird Ratchet doesn’t have a battle mask. Maybe he doesn’t need it. But I think he still would.

01:17 - Optimus checks to make sure Ratchet’s okay. Y e s .

01:31 - h o l y . Imagine seeing that!

01:34 - I was going to point out that they’re all the same model, then I saw the veins and the eye sockets and started crying.

01:48 - Ratchet touches da Booba.

02:01 - why was that bot fastened up there?!

02:04 - It’s confirmed by this- if Optimus was to be bot in an apocalypse, he would let the group know. Also a slight detail I like is that Optimus goes to touch his eye, but doesn’t, knowing he’ll probably make it worse.

~intro~

02:58 - everyone else staying very fair away

02:59 - Cybonic Plague like bubonic plague.

03:00 - why did they both look at Bee?

03:12 - if you ever get stressed, I recommend just watching Bee. The way his eyes wander away from the children is adorable.

03:20 - Goddamn. Amazing how he wasn’t infected.

03:31 - HE SOUNDS LIKE A WORRIED HUSBAND.

03:40 - this is what we call foreshadowing

04:08 - That’s it. Smaller bots do cool ass gymnastics tricks when they feel stressed out. That’s my new hc.

04:16 - KnockoutKnockoutKnocko-

04:22 - he knows they’re there. He just doesn’t want to deal with Autobots.

04:24 - yes, I know Arcee’s there.. but where did Bee hide?? Like he’s yellow, he doesn’t have any hiding spots.

04:41 - Optimus is literally dying and is concerned Ratchet was infected!

05:22 - Bee’s little nod when Arcee says ‘it’s Megatron’

06:01 - She said the title!

06:32 - that was a humbling ‘no’

06:53 - The intensity of this scene is so well portrayed.

07:06 - with confidence I know Bee said ‘I’ll do it.’

07:09 - The way Raf’s voice breaks when he said ‘Bumblebee’

07:13 - shut up! This team is so supportive! It could make a grown man cry.

07:29 - Well that was rude.

08:38 - Dunno what’s going on with these two, but they should kiss.

09:08 - Arcee bending down to Bee’s level like she’s talking to a child.

09:23 - pretty visual

09:54 - delicious, more lore.

10:18 - BEE GETTING SO EXCITED TO SEE OPTIMUS!

10:20 - Ratchet having to tell Bee it’s not Optimus after he was about to go hug him.

10:34 - Bee hiding behind fake Optimus

10:38 - ‘One Shall Stand and One Shall Fall’ foreshadowing.

10:53 - it’s the intro!

10:59 - noo he genuinely got upset

11:09 - the little door wing bounce. ⭐️👄⭐️

11:13 - what the fu-

11:24 - Real or fake, Bee will protecc Optimus.

11:33 - amazing how Megatron will sooner remember Bee by his rank than by literally anything else. (It shows that he thinks he’s superior to Bee)

11:50 - let’s all agree Bee absolutely said ‘W h a t ?.’

Also the tilt! He’s like a little Puppy!

11:51 - Megatron’s initial reaction is a mix of shock and horror. It’s short lived, but it’s there.

12:06 - Hehe I love how Ratchet pronounces ‘Bumblebee’

12:10 - The height difference! OH DEAR THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.

12:27 - ‘what are you?’ ‘M E G A T R O N’

12:29 - They look like father and son rn

12:38 - Ordinarily a logical theory as to why clones showing up would not be good is because they would be a road block to the protagonist. In this situation, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that the primary reason as to why the clones showing up would not be good is because no one wants to watch Bulk, Bee and Optimus die.

12:42 - Why is Megatron so casual about Bumblebee now? Like he looks Bee in the eyes when Bee says something.

12:46 - What?. Megatron gave Bee a moment to try and communicate with the imaginations.

13:00 - excuse me but what the fuck? WHY IS MEGATRON EXPLAINING IT TO BEE??

14:44 - this is such a serious situation… then there’s ‘Bumblebee’, such a cute and silly word.

15:07 - you’re telling me that Megatron looked so deeply into Bee’s eyes that HE REMEMBERED WHAT HAPPENED?!

15:32 - ya know.. he’s addressing Bee and is talking very calmly.. who is this because it ain’t Megatron.

15:35 - e v e n more calm?!

15:43 - the way Bee’s eyes move!!

16:33 - Megs ain’t even humouring Bee anymore. What the actual frag? If someone wanted to use sick mind as a reason why Megatron and Bumblebee could have a relationship (not love, more friendship or caretaker-) I would be 100% on board.

16:48 - What can we infer from this situation? That Bumblebee is not showing nearly as much fear and is most likely being a little snarky? Absolutely!

17:12 - a bit rude to say ‘speak now’ huh?.

17:20 - shooting Starscream would do no good, he’s already got his hand on the cord, if he’s his he’s going to accidentally pull it out. She’d be better off aiming at Soundwave.

17:51 - Okay, honestly got no clue what Bee could’ve said.

17:54 - I paused the show and it honestly looks like Megatron’s going in for a fist-bump.

17:56 - Bee looks at the formula, then at Megatron.

18:04 - ‘what the?’ Fight me. That’s what he said.

18:05 - Megatron honestly sounds like a parent doing a temptation test on their child.

18:07 - ‘what?’

18:48 - Ratchet became more animated in this moment.

18:53 - Why is the place being destroyed? Is that this risk of the C.P.P.?

19:04 - technically he didn’t.

19:08 - Megatron sounds kinda desperate at this moment. It makes sense considering that his mind is essentially breaking down around him.

19:30 - Amazing aim

19:49 - fun fact, I actually used this photo as a reference for Soundwave’s side profile.

20:13 - there’s something so sweet about Optimus immediately putting his hand over Ratchet as support. + the gentleness of Ratchet’s voice.

20:18 - Bee gotta cheer rather than just clap… Now if you look at Raf, you realise Bee’s just copying him.

20:25 - as soon as Ratchet heard ‘physician�� he gestured at Bee.

20:27 - THEY LOOK LIKE PROUD PARENTS

20:59 - (inference) the only reason that Soundwave had to keep Megatron alive was because there was brain activity, so wouldn’t now be a good time to tell Soundwave it would be best to give up on Megatron?

21:02 - The BOOOOW

21:06 - Bee jolts slightly and his eyes dilate, how did no one notice that?

———————

And that was Sick Mind!

Honestly I enjoy that episode a lot! And watching it right after predatory makes the episode even better!

The episode fleshes/metals (I’m so funny) out a lot of the characters and the impact Optimus has on their lives and how far some may go, especially Bumblebee. I also think that the episode does some justice for Megatron, showing that he's not pure evil and will listen to reasoning, and there’s a progress between him and Bee where he gradually shows Bee more respect, although the dynamic was short lived, it was still very refreshing.

The episode also sets up that Bee is really good with communication (despite the barrier) and persuasion, using what he knew about Megatron to get the cure.

Genuinely a great episode 10/10.

#tfp #tfp bumblebee #tfp optimus prime #tfp knockout #tfp soundwave #tfp raf #tfp ratchet #tfp arcee #tfp jack #tfp miko #tfp starscream #tfp megatron #tfp bulkhead #episode 13 #Sick Mind #tfp episode notes #maccadam #transformers #transformers prime

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fe-fictions · 1 year

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Ayo can you do a fic where Byleth saves Hubert from a fatal blow. Then Hubert goes ballistic.

(We stan edgy gloomy ANGER Husbert)

You didn’t think it was possible, but Hubert was left open. He’d always been so meticulous; careful to observe his surroundings and ensure that he wasn’t putting himself at risk. He didn’t want the consequences of his shortcomings to have an impact on you, or Edelgard, or anyone else.

But there he was. You were without the equipment of your Divine Pulse; it already saved Dorothea and Bernadetta’s lives twice, apiece. The charge was too low to turn back the clock far enough for your husband.

All that was left was to sprint and pray that you might reach him in time. Your shouts were on deaf ears. The exhausted mage couldn’t hear you over the hoarse bellows of devastating spells, and the crack of lightning and fire magic crashing into each other.

Your blade sliced through one body after another. Those Who Slither were vast in number, and they showed absolutely no signs of slowing down. They were closing in on Hubert. The one with the deciding blow of Arcthunder was directly behind him.

“Hubert-” You choked out, pouring on all the speed you could with what little adrenaline you had left. You flung the ancient blade at your enemies; it didn’t strike the mage you needed it to. “Dammit- Hubert!! Hubert, look out!!”

Your final shouts of his name seemed to reach his ears, but by the time he turned around, it was too late.

It should have been.

Hubert swiveled around, prepared to block the blow that he surely couldn’t defend from. He braced for impact before a blur of dark blue hair filled his vision.

Your shoulder pushed into his chest, shoving him back just before the spell broke off the enemy’s hand.

A crack of thunder smashed through the air.

Your vision went white, pain erupting from every nerve in your body. You couldn’t even cry out when it hit; a point blank strike from one of the most powerful spells man could wield.

Ripped from your feet, you were flung into the air, the strike sending you flying across the battlefield, meters away from where Hubert stood, dumbstruck.

It was when he watched your body crash into the dirt that he snapped back into reality.

“NO!”

Bolganone spat from his fingers, the fire enveloping his hands as he grabbed the mage by his throat. The screams were drowned in fire.

“What have you done?!”

Rage.

Fury drowned his senses, the fear propelling him forward. The mage was reduced to blood and ashes, burned away from the sheer force of power. It was as if Hubert had been reborn.

The sight of his wife’s assault had changed him.

“W-what the Hell is that?!” Ignatz’s yelp caught Edelgard’s attention. She saw the aura of black magic swallow Hubert, who was stalking towards a broken figure on the ground.

She gasped.

“Byleth was struck!!”

Instantly healers were descending towards Hubert and Byleth. The question was if they could get close enough to do anything to help you.

Hubert had long since returned to your side. He had rushed to you the moment the mage was defeated, and any others who were unfortunate enough to come near the Nosferatu-addled eagle within a 30 meter radius. He had turned the tide of battle in an instant; but at what cost?

He was on his knees when he came to your body, slowly turning you over with quaking hands.

You were pale. Smeared in blood., which trickled from your eyes and lips. His heart plummeted.

“Byleth…By…Byleth, you…”

The words weren’t forming. Numbly, his arms came around you, taking you up from the mud. A puddle of blood had already formed. What was he supposed to do?

You weren’t responding to him. You were limp, almost…lifeless. Needles of pain ran all over his skin, clinging as tightly to you as he possibly could.

“Byleth…please…”

“Hubert!”

He didn’t respond when the clerics called his name. Lysithea and Ignatz made it to him first, the pair of them trying to encourage him to let you go.

“We have to take her! She needs help!!”

Slowly, he was able to tear his eyes from his wife’s body, looking up at them in a wholly desperate, frightened expression. It rattled the pair; never had they seen such a deathly face on the terrifying Hubert’s face.

“Release her to Lysithea, Hubert. That is an order.”

Edelgard’s voice was firm, if not strained, when she strode up to the group of people.

“Emperor…she’s…”

“She is not gone yet. We need to take her.” She repeated, stronger, “And we need you to fight. Help us finish the battle; eradicate the bastards who would harm the Professor like this.”

That seemed to ignite something in his heart.

Hubert gingerly, almost frighteningly, relinquished his wife to the white-haired woman’s arms. When he returned to his feet, he seemed suddenly calm, overcome with a drive for vengeance.

Edelgard was right; the whole of the cult followers had to pay. If they hadn’t existed in the first place, you never would have been harmed. You never would have thrown yourself into danger to protect him.

Lysithea took you with the other clerics, leaving swiftly with the sound of Hubert’s roaring spells engulfing the enemy in flames. The battlefield was wholly red.

—----------------------

It would be a little while after the battle ended that you regained consciousness. Lysithea was stuck to your side like glue, completely and utterly drained while she continued patching you up. There were thick bandages wrapped around your wounds, and you were strictly instructed to stay down and not move around until instructed to do so.

You were awake; hazy and bleary, but your eyes were open. It was touch and go for a long while, she told you, and that Hubert had all but transformed into a monster on the battlefield when you were harmed.

Your sacrifice had invigorated him, but in the worst way. He was motivated by grief. Worse yet, he had not returned from the fight. He didn’t know if you were alive or not.

It made your heart sink, realizing the torment you must have caused him. But you did not regret your decision. And you would not. That’s what you told yourself, until the commotion outside the healing tent grew loud and impossible to ignore.

Lysithea’s hands slowed from rubbing the healing salve over your injuries, brow furrowed in concern. “Give me a moment, Byleth- I’ll see what’s going on.”

You laid back into the modest bedding, looking towards the entrance where the noise seemed to be gathering. You heard the worried, muffled sounds of several Eagles, and Edelgard’s distinctive silhouette leaning forward just slightly, asking tiredly what the state of the Professor was.

The rumblings seemed to ebb away when Lysithea confirmed you were recovering. At least, until a familiar dark outline cast his shadow along the canvas. There was some back and forth between what you suspected was a frightened Hubert, followed by him snapping aggressively at her to let him in- loud enough that even you could hear it from the cot.

You shrank back a little bit, out of instinct; it was extremely rare to see Hubert so angry. There was a very good chance that at least part of it was directed at you and your actions.

The flap was suddenly slapped out of the way, and Hubert’s imposing frame filled the entrance. He spotted you instantly, and somehow, his expression darkened.

“You.”

It took him five long strides before he was towering over you, anger burning hot in his golden eyes. He was tense from head to toe, hands clenched into tight fists. He was covered in cuts and bruises, his clothing and armor torn and ripped, and the blood smeared across him didn’t seem to be his own.

But he hadn’t an ounce of weariness in him.

“Hu-”

“What the hell were you thinking?” He glared you down, his hands near shaking, “You could’ve died. That strike was meant to kill, and you decided you’d intercept it full-on, at close range?! I could’ve taken it!”

You watched quietly, letting the anger spill out of him. It was very clear that it was not only anger that was twisted up inside of him.

“You’re a fool. You’re a damned fool that almost lost your life, and for what?”

“...To protect my husband.”

“I did not ask for your help! I do not need to be saved!!” He all but bellowed. It was so rare that Hubert raised his voice. It was clear that those outside could even hear it, for the noise outside had completely dissipated.

It was nothing but silence and Hubert’s grief.

“I did not ask you to throw your life away to protect my own.”

“I didn’t throw it away. I’m…I’m okay.” You tried to reason with him, reaching out for his hand. But Hubert pulled away, his hands running through his hair in agitation.

“You were moments from losing your life. Lysithea said she doesn’t know why you’re still breathing- you shouldn’t have survived!” He argued, louder, but there was a crack in his voice. “Don’t you understand? My life is worthless without yours! I am meaningless in comparison- in the grand scheme, you are invaluable, and I am merely a pawn to be commanded by our Emperor. If you die, then all of this is for nothing. All of it! And you would risk that for me?!”

“Yes.”

He paused, looking back at you in disbelief. Your expression was firm, unwavering in the face of his misplaced fury.

“Because you are my husband. My life is meaningless if you aren’t a part of it. Surely…surely you know that by now, Hubert.”

“No, Byleth, that’s not true. You are so much more important than me. You are crucial, and I-”

“I wouldn’t be here if you weren’t with me.” You said as firmly as you could, and tried to push up from your back. Hubert flinched when you grunted in pain, coming back to your side.

“Don’t do that. Lysithea said not to move, fool-”

“I need you.”

“Byleth-”

“I need you with me, because I love you.” You repeated, taking his hand now that he was much closer. Hubert’s face contorted, as if horrified by your confession.

Why would you love him? He was little more than a puppet- it was all he was meant to be, and yet here was a woman so flawless and powerful in his gaze, she valued him more than himself.

It didn’t make sense.

He lowered himself to his knees, taking your little hand and covering it with both of his. He stared up at you, as best his blurring vision would allow.

“Do you not believe me?” You whispered, heart breaking at the sight of your husband. “Do you really believe…do you still think you’re worthless? To me?”

“I…I just…” He shook his head, looking away. “I know that I am not worthy of your sacrifice. I know that.”

“You’re wrong.” You squeezed his hand, tugging him just enough to pull his eyes back to yours. “You are the only man worthy of it. And I would gladly do it a thousand times more before I watch you die in front of me.”

“Byleth…” Hubert’s whole body trembled, breath caught in his throat as the tears started spilling over.

“Do you understand?”

His eyebrows drew together, jaw clenched as he tried in vain to stop the dam from breaking.

“I…I do.”

You opened your arms to him (carefully), inviting your husband into your embrace. Wordlessly, Hubert fell into you, burying his face in your hair as he wrapped you in as tight a hug as he could without upsetting your injuries.

“But don’t ever…ever do that again.”

You laughed at his muffled warning, sinking into his warmth as he breathed you in. Your tunic became wet with salty droplets, which were quietly ignored in lieu of comforting your husband.

“I cannot stand to lose you.”

“I know.” You whispered, the raw sorrow in his voice piercing your heart. You turned your head, pressing a kiss to his cheek. “I’m sorry I frightened you.”

He shook his head, hugging you closer.

“Endeavor not to repeat it.”

“I will.” You promised, stroking his hair softly.

Peace finally overcame the tent, the aftermath of Hubert’s outburst leaving you both exhausted, but at the very least, relieved. The road to recovery would not be terribly long, but he swore to stay beside you every step of the way.

Naturally the payment would be swift and plentiful in the form of as much affection Hubert deserved, and more.

#hubert #byleth #fire emblem three houses #FE3H #FE 16 #hubert x byleth #huleth #f!mu #fe-fictions #fe fictions #f!byleth #fem!byleth #because of course angst #critical injury angst #critical injury #hurt and comfort #pls hubert I’m sorry I made u cry ending

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chaotic-saturne · 6 months

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Here's my list, from most to least favorite of the companions in Baldur's Gate 3

(i haven't finished yet)

1- I got spoiled too many things, scared I'll cry bc a bit too relatable, but so far, Astarion is my baby boy and I love him forever and he's the reason I started playing in the first place. Love his over dramatic ass he's so funny as well.

(from 2 to 5 is no special order as it changes kinda everyday)

2- Karlach, she's such a labrador girlfriend I can't, she's so cute and dorky and awkward in a lovely way. I'm so proud of her 🥹

3- Wyll, I'd take him as husband if Astarion weren't here AND if my fiancee didn't either (but well we don't really care, we're polyamorous and Wyll has two hands 😌) bc she's a Wyll's stan, he's hot, I really like him in the battles, he's a very fine sir 😌

4- Gale, he's such a dorky romantic DILF, ofc I'm into him. He's sweet and sassy and smart and aaaaaaah I like him too, I understand you all Gale's stan, he's also the best 🤤

5- Lae'zel, gosh she's such a brat, I love her, she's like, a dumbass, but in a funny dorky way, if Astarion is your pathetic (in a degrading yet positive way) boyfriend then she is your pathetic girlfriend, she's so impulsive she's fun

(don't forget Halsin, DILFs are always welcome)

6- Shadowheart, she's racist. Don't like her. Don't ever use her in my team. I get it that some of them (like Lae'zel or Astarion) are supposed to be edgy and dumbasses, but there is a difference between between edgy and between racist. I recruited her after recruiting Lae'zel the way she reacted was fucking awful, fuck you I don't like you cuz you're not the kind of dumbass I like.

#baldur's gate 3 #lae'zel #astarion #bg3 wyll #bg3 astarion #bg3 halsin #bg3 lae'zel #bg3 karlach #bg3 gale #gale #wyll #halsin #karlach

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rhaenyras · 9 months

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If we’re talking about Cersei’s gender dysphoria, let’s mention how when she wears a dress evoking Rhaegar’s armor at Robert’s funeral, she’s both armoring herself (as a man would) & armoring herself in Targaryen’s regalia (as a widow). Euphoria in masculinity & Targaryen woman/brideism. She murdered Robert and metaphorically won the Battle of the Trident.

The queen wore a high-collared black silk gown, with a hundred dark red rubies sewn into her bodice, covering her from neck to bosom. They were cut in the shape of teardrops, as if the queen were weeping blood. — AGOT, Sansa IV

The day had been windy when he said farewell to Rhaegar, in the yard of the Red Keep. The prince had donned his night-black armor, with the three-headed dragon picked out in rubies on his breastplate. — AFFC, Jaime I

im actually biting my nails for two orders of reasons: 1) i never realised cersei's sartorial choice on the day of robert's funeral was totally intentional and symbolic. i was just so hypnotized by how beautiful and breathtaking she must have looked, that the fact black and red are targaryen's colours flew right over my head. and it cannot be coincidental. she's making a statement here, a clear one at that. the metaphorical prowess of the scene had totally escaped me before.

I'm over here now, imagining this younger fiercer version of cersei positively gloating over the plan she's hatched and brought to fruition, congratulating herself for how brilliant and clever she's been, repeating to herself that she's the son tywin lannister needed, etc. etc. and it makes me SHAKE SLIDE DOWN THE WALL SCREAM THROW UP WAIL IN AGONY!!!!

it's a mixture of gender euphoria + genuine pride and excitement for finally being allowed to play the game of thrones as more than a pawn in the hands of her husband or her father. and then of course, she's free of her abuser, something that she and jaime had wanted and procrastinated pretty much since the morning after the wedding. it must have felt good beyond measure to finally kill him and get away with his murder.

and this brings me to reason number 2 of why I'm biting my nails. well... cersei wasn't a pov character by then yet. can you imagine what we were deprived of in terms of her thought process, the enthusiasm bubbling in her chest, her lucid sober scheming still unaffected by alcohol abuse, and most of all, whatever she might have thought that made her want to wear targaryen colours in association with her abuser's demise? i cant even imagine the complex layered mental gymnastics cersei must have pulled in order to align herself and her identity with a man she never married, but dreamed of marrying in her childhood, who was tragically killed by the man she did end up marrying. and then murdering.

it was GOLD, solid Gold narratively speaking, and yet we only get to see apparently poised and subtle cersei through the clueless eyes of a still smitten and naive sansa stark. what a loss for us cersei stans. im the one who should be wearing black now to mourn all that wasted unexplored potential

#not a day goes by that i dont fall even more in love with cersei lannister #ask #anon #anonymous #cersei lannister

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1moreoffkeyanthem · 10 days

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On I’ll Follow You Into The Dark and Style

So y’all may know how strongly I associate Death Cab For Cutie’s song I’ll Follow You Into The Dark with Stan and Kyle, and I’ll tell ya why. Even if they aren’t romantically together, they’re a package deal. They’re inseparable. They will follow each other to the ends of the earth, whether as Super Best Friends, Super Best Boyfriends, or Super Best Husbands. That’s very important to me man. I had that song as their wedding first dance (these two can’t dance they shoulda had a sword fight instead but someone would have gotten hurt lmao) in the OrangeJuiceVerse and that headcanon of the song being them spans across a lot of my body of work, so here’s random related quotes from things!

He ignored the coach and the fact that he wasn’t supposed to be on the turf. Everyone in this town knew what Stan meant to him. Where he went, Kyle followed. ESPECIALLY if he went down.

“Hat’s in the pocket,” Kyle informed him, positioning himself on Stan’s right side and supporting him with an arm around his waist and throwing Stan’s right around his neck. “You ready?”

Not in the slightest. But Stan found strength in his super best friend’s determined expression. “As I’ll ever be.”

With that, our beloved boy heroes hobbled slowly into the void.

The path lay before them, twisted and shadowed. With any luck, they’d stay out of trouble until they reached the end. The king was pale and visibly unsteady, and Stan was down one arm and not at full strength to fight back whatever they might come across, but they were together. They were always stronger together, and always had been. Nothing, no matter how vile, poisonous, or vicious, really stood a chance between the two of them.

“Your job was never to protect me. You need to realize that. It was always to fight at my side, which you have never, EVER failed to do.” Kyle is warm when he rests against him; Stan almost cries. Even more so when he says,

“Never stop fighting at my side.”

Because it isn’t an order. It isn’t a command, though Stan will treat it as gospel.

“I don’t intend to.”

Kyle nodded, and they raised the blade above their heads before *slashing* into the cake like it was a monster they were defeating together.

That was what Stan and Kyle did, he’d learned. They faced everything as one. As a team. And emerged victorious.

“When I’m falling into a black hole, you save me with your gravity. You always know what to do when I’m lost, and you��ve never, ever given up on me. I won’t give up on you either, no matter what the future holds. I’m gonna hold you forever, any way the wind blows, in this life and the next.”

“Stan, my dearest one, you’ve overcome so much, defeated terrible foes, and I’m honored to be by your side through every battle until the end of time.”

“Don’t do that.” Kyle’s voice was pleading, almost a whisper as he broke through the spiral in the way that only he ever could.

“Don’t go where I can’t follow.”

Stan didn’t want him to follow, try as he did, time and time again.

“But… you called my name.”

“And you came for me. How did you get here?”

Stan shrugged. “I walked. A long way. And then I sang, and the stones let me in.” He took his lover’s face into his hand. “Kyle, I can sing us home again.”

“It doesn’t matter where we live, you know? Anywhere you are, that’s home to me.”

He hated that HE wasn’t taking care of his best friend. That was HIS job, and he wasn’t able to do it.

Stan ignored his headache and Kenny trying to hold him back, slipping onto the floor and dragging himself over to Kyle. Craig and Tolkien gave him the space to do so, because everyone knew Kyle’s side was Stan’s place. Until he was dead and buried, this was where he needed to be.

“… And the worst part was that I wasn’t able to catch you when you went down. I ALWAYS want to catch you when you go down. Because I… I love you, Kyle.”

Anyway. Them

#these two #bruh #south park #i love them with all my heart #style #lmm voice: look at my son #look at this I learned something today ass bitch #stan marsh #kyle broflovski #my shit #ao3 shit #lmk if u wanna know where any of these are from tho #songs and fics #them #they would follow each other into the dark #fanfiction

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bellafragolina · 2 years

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Since Guzma is also my first Pokemon husband, could I request anything for him with a reader who looks somewhat intimidating, piercings all over their face, leather jackets, heavy boots, resting bitchface, you know the drill.... But is actually a genuinly friendly person who borders on being a bit of a people pleaser or a pushover at their worst times.... And also has a team that consists almost EXCLUSIVELY of cutesy looking fairy type Pokemon?

When asked they just shrug and say "I don't know? They seem to take a liking to me easily I guess" and are always heavily INSULTED should anyone ever suggest they either change their style to fit their teams aesthetic better or (even worse) try a DIFFERENT type of Pokemon and will happily send a rabid shiny Cutiefly at the fool who dared to suggest it.

Hello, hello, fellow person with good taste. I love this reader you described, and I have a crush on them now. Thank you <3

🍓🍓🍓

Guzma will never admit it, but he was a bit afraid of you at first. What most likely happened is he saw you with Plumeria or one of the grunts, maybe you were helping them or showing them your shiny Cutiefly, and he figures, yeah, okay, I gotta meet this person.

You two initial bond over your Cutiefly, and he's impressed by how much the little fairy seems to like you. He also thinks you're cute, your style rocks and watching you get excited over your cutesy team makes him smile. He'll die before telling you that, though, so you'll have to deal with him being flustered by his feelings while trying to act tough with you (he really likes your smile, and thinks your neutral face is attractive too, but you didn't hear it from me)

He appreciates your help around the Shady House, and he appreciates all you do for his grunts. They're his family, and they adore you like another big sibling or maybe even a parental figure. Many of them want to know where you get your clothes and piercings and such, they want to look cool like you do. That makes Guzma a little jealous, but he deals (meaning he snarks at the grunts later, to their confusion, because "boss, weren't you the one taking notes?? Can you blame him? Your tattoos are fly as hell)

As much as Guzma appreciates your help, he hates how people tend to walk over you. Not everyone in Alola is nice, and once they catch a whiff of your willingness to help to almost any extreme, they're ready to cash in on it. Guzma doesn't take that shit, though. He's happy and ready to use his Big Bad status to chase off people he feels are taking advantage of you. Afterwards, he makes sure you're fine and then berates you for overworking yourself for people, in a tough love kind of way

Of course, you don't always needs protecting. Guzma likes feeling strong by sticking up for you, but he also loves when you take no shit about your style and your team not aligning. He'll watch you tear a fool a new asshole and the biggest shit-eating grin. He'll record it too, if you'll let him, and watch it when he's missing you (Plumeria caught him once and has never seen the man turn so red, it was really funny, and she will tell you about it if y'all start dating).

Should y'all get to the dating stage, Guzma likes to trace your tattoos and maybe play with your piercings if he can (can you play with piercings? I've never had the chance to try but I assume you can). He'll kiss on them too, if you'll let him, and smirk if you giggle or shudder.

He wants to battle you. It's a bonding activity, and also a way to prove to any fairy-type haters that even though your Pokémon may be cute and pastel, they can rain down hell from above, especially your Cutiefly. Something that small has a lot of pent up rage against anyone who wants to try you.

You two make a fun couple, and your couple dozen children make for fun Christmas cards.

🍓🍓🍓

We stan this reader, and Guzma better treat them right, that is one hell of a catch. Hope you liked these imagines, anon! Have a wonderful night!

~Renee

#guzma x reader #pokemon x reader #pokemon imagines #hell yeah tattoos #hell yeah piercings #I only have tattoos but hell yeah

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icharchivist · 5 months

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you should tell us the tale of how you first got into gbf

Ooouh boy what a tale what a tale!

Under the cut because i rambled but the short story, is, my two best friends lured me in with one of my fav trope, with gorgeous men, and with indulging into my seiyuu madness.

the longer story:

The two main culprits in getting me into Granblue are two of my bestest friends, @/nalhegrande (Suzu) and @/baconplasm (Bacon). We've been friends since 2015 or so, we met via the dgm fandom revival of the time, and we've been tight knit ever since. Also at the time my blog was very ff7 themed and my url was a reference to it, which also got the two of them interested in it (relevant to the story)

anyway back in 2019 was my major Hypmic phase, so i was starting to really be into seiyuu then (and i was a huge huge fan of Saito Soma as a result). Suzu and Bacon both were playing Granblue a lot.

First thing that happened was around Granblue's 5th anni, March 2019, when 000 came out, and Suzu was reading Paradise Lost in preparation. Because Suzu busted into my DMs going "ICHA YOU WONT BELIEVE IT, SAKURAI AND SUZUKEN ARE DOING LIVING LEGACY STUFF AGAIN". Because Suzu, knowing me from my "living legacy" url days, knew exactly how to hit me with a truck, as i've been obsessed with over a decade with that trope i saw in ff7 of "the person you looked up to and cared about died in your arms and the only way you can cope is to become their legacy, to become them. But you need to find yourself again.". Which was originated by characters Suzuken and Sakurai voiced at the time.

(Suzuken and Sakurai who themselves were also there during the dgm days. the rabbit hole runs deep. dgm also has Living Legacy tropes to it btw to express how on brand it is for me. And while their characters are super important to me (my current url is a reference to the character Suzuken used to voice, it IS one of the most important character in my life), i did discover them with their roles in ff7, who genuinely shaped my life, so telling me they were replaying the same dynamic somewhere else was a siren song.)(yes that's why i never lived down the Sakurai incident lol.)

Anyway because i'm a sucker for those plots, Suzu explained it to me in major details and in tears, of Paradise Lost AND of Zero and i couldn't help but be invested, so i definitely developped an affection for Sandalphon and Lucifer just then.

(Suzu killed me by mentioning that one of my fav song, that i associated to my Living Legacy pair over here, also fit Lucifer and Sandalphon, and it immediately won me over. Stream Saturn by Sleeping at Last.)

But at the time i wasn't really fan of gacha on principle, so i didn't want to get into it, and everything to get into seemed tedious (i was seeing them tweeting raid battles everytime and all i thought was "yeah no i do not want to be perceived, hard pass"). So eventually while i thought about checking it out, i didn't actually feel like it.

Flashforward a few months during the Summer season. I see the two of them regularly lose their mind over their favorite characters. (at the time Suzu was mainly focusing on Heles and Cain. I say "at the time" because Wilnas is now one of her main husband and he wasn't even a raid battle back then. And Bacon is a Vane stan through and through and a fan of the Knights by extension.). Both of them also really like Percival!

(also yes they posted about Belial once i a while, and i knew more or less his deal then, but i admit he didn't do anything to me then. this might be the most shocking part of this story considering literally everything about this blog, and also the fact he started haunting my dreams before i officially read wmtsb, and i haven't caught a break since.)

anyway Summer 2019 was the year of LanVane SR Unit AND Percival's EX summer art. And of Summer Sandalphon while at it.

so all of those things were flooding my TL on twitter. Just couldn't scroll anywhere without seeing those.

I cared for Sandalphon thanks to Suzu at this point so i was *points* everytime i was seeing him. I've identified Vane as Bacon's boy so i was fully seeing him as a Blorbo in law at this point.

But it was my first time running into Lancelot and Percival.

And i fell in love with Percival in this one singular art.

Like i looked at it thinking he was the single most gorgeous man that had ever graced my screen. Everytime my friends were retweeting this picture i would freeze a second and stare at it mumbling "it can't be right".

Eventually i shot Bacon a message about it especially since she was the one posting most about it. But i did one slight mistake when i told her "yeah that guy you keep posting? i think i have a case of the down bad, can you tell me more about him" -------- i mixed up Lancelot's and Percival's names.

And so instead she mostly shared Lancelot and Vane stuff, and i didn't realize it was because i was wrong on the name, i just thought she went on a tangent. But because i was interested suddenly Bacon tried to grapple me in by doing what Granblue Fans do best: "if you think he's pretty WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM--" and she shared pictures of various characters, including, of course, Mister Sieg's Yukata art. (while i was losing my mind because i knew his VA (Kakashi from Naruto's fame, Angeal from ff7) so it was also a thing)

Anyway also this was the funniest bit of this exchange:

screenshots taken before a disaster.

you'll notice that because she just called Percival "that bitch" and because i mixed up the names causing a misunderstanding well. She couldn't properly exploit my thirsting on Percival's summer art. And Belial had to insert himself in this conversation first.

... and that's the day i started the game. or, at least, made an account.

I got very lost at the time, so the three of us made a group chat then to keep discussing gameplay stuff, and well, about anything under the sun.

They held my hand through it slowly, i participated to the summer free pulls (falling in love with Summer!Rosetta this way) and all... but i didn't play long enough to be hooked so i ended up falling off, but with the promise to my friends i'll get to it eventually.

Percival, most gorgeous man on earth, was slipping through my fingers.....

(though eventually misunderstanding was cleared lmao and friends were like "yeah actually that tracks, but we won't say a word, just come and see him")

Anyway i was hard in hypmic at the time, and especially into Saito Soma's career as a singer because of it. So my friends were also trying desperately to hook me in with various characters that shared those seiyuu, the biggest catch at the time being Shiva.

Because Soma's character then only had a SR and very little important contents. It took a few years for Feather to get some serious stories after all :). (plus he is in a total different range than i'm used to when it comes to that) (also ironically i kept pulling Randall's units over Feather's units, which originally annoyed me but then i found it really funny i kept pulling the guy who wanted to see Feather and couldn't find him. the irony of the fact i had songs by the two of them (and Lu Woh's VA) on my phone at the time escaped me for about a year (bc i admit i wasn't a major fan of the music unfortunately), where Randall was still my underrated R/SR fav character, not ready to handle the fact his seiyuu was going to play my favorite a3's character and definitely ruin my life the moment i realized he was there in gbf being a fav all along.)

On this journey, because i listened to a lot of others Soma's bands, one of the major draw ended up being the fact i listened to another band he was in with Eguchi Takuya, so when Bacon started to talk about Vane's seiyuu, i was here and armed with "oh yeah i have flirty songs by him" and having this torture device (affectionate) was a huge motivation to get into gbf even more to bully my dear friend.

then in September/October A3 came out and it ate my life away so it halted me getting more into gbf at this point (and EguTaku being in it i could still continue my torture agenda)(we all kinda got in it so it was still madness.)

Anyway then again in my usual fashion of "i don't get into hyperfixation, hyperfixation gets to me (by hunting me down for sports)" i ended up randomly having a dream about Percival, which i totally forgot about, but i was so worked up about it i grabbed the game again in November 2019 and just binged a chunk of the main story and the Dragon Knights events.

This whole mess was its own long story, because it turned out i didn't end up liking Percival in his first event appearance and i was betrayed as hell, but BFAF made me reconsider everything about him and now i'm a Percival expert and lover. But my friends were then allowed to see me in full downspiral.

But it sealed my fate. After that, i was too hooked and i didn't want to leave anymore. And while i took some breaks here and there bc of burn out, i've been playing Granblue daily ever since.

then in December or January (right in time for Light GW then) Suzu dragged me into her crew, and Bacon joined in eventually - and since both of our crew had the same problem (half of our crew was inactive, the other half was tight knit though), we ended up merging the crews' active players together, and now here we are and we've been at it for years.

(and i've read wmtsb around February/March 2020 for the full timeline - since 000 and the maydays weren't in the sidestories i had to watch them on youtube then too. I know it was the date bc it was right in time for Seeds of Redemption, the 6th anni event, and it was the most emotionally overloaded period for me as a result lmao. But it basically sealed my fate then, no way i turn away from this game after just how emotionally packed this one month was.).

so that's the long story.

the short story:

My two best friends informed me of a lovestory's trope similar to the one story that destroyed my life, of the most gorgeous man on earth, and fed right into my seiyuu madness, and now i'm stuck here with all of you to discuss Belial's balls.

the more you know, and now you know who to blame. (be nice to them, or else 🔪.)

i hope the read wasn't too tedious ahah

Take care ;D

#ichareply #ichafantalks gbf #anonymous

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【30 Questions of CP, OC & Fandom】

[ credits to ⇨ @mukami-kuron-mrsadisticcat || whin: IMMA HOP IN AND BE COOL LIKE EVERYONE ELSE 💃]

1.How long have you been in this fandom?

not that long, actually! while i’ve known about the series since like?? middle school?? I never actually started participating in the fandom space until around October of 2021! and even now i’m still like? tip toeing around bc im scared.

2. Who's your fictional boyfriend/husband?

I’ll be so honest with y’all rn. I don’t actually have a DL character that I like that much— I really just kinda cycle through them in terms of how much I like them. As of right now though?? Probably Ruki or Richter. (lol bitches with R names)

3. Why do you like them?

richter?? well I actually hated his guts more than any other character until recently. idk what changed to be perfectly honest with you. just kinda woke up one day and was like “mmm i’ll give him a chance.” i do like the potential for angsty scenarios though!

as for ruki, he’s also one i wasnt fanning over until recently. i didn’t hate him ofc, but the only content of him i really indulged in on up until now was the anime. and when i saw him in the show i was like “okay” then moved on. after reading his routes though? i started to like him a lot more 😞 and ofc Jas ( @ruki--mukami ) has a flawless portrayal of him that i feel in love with so 💃

4. Have you make acquaintance with anyone that ships themselves with the same character?

I have no idea if they ship themselves with the characters I listed, or if they’re just one of their favourites. But Ava ( @fruit-of-infidelity ) and Jas ( @ruki--mukami ) are two people i’m fortunate enough to be mutuals with :’).

5. How do you feel about it?

i feel pretty great about it actually. it’s nice to find people who have the same amount of love for a character that you do 💃

6. Do you feel any negativity towards them?

ofc not!

7. Do you like seeing their oc(s) interact with your man/woman?

honestly yeah. seeing different characters combinations go in different directions is always a treat! i really enjoy scrolling through the threads.

8. Do you feel competitive against them?

yeah for sure we’re battling in a boxing ring rn 🤼‍♂️

i’m joking but no i don’t feel competitive at all!!

9. Confident, or pessimistic?

both at different times. and while i wouldn’t say i’m pessimistic, most of the time i’m definitely not confident.

10. Would you like more to get to know about your ship, or would you rather it being lowkey?

as for a ship with myself? i don’t post much selfship content (even though i do have a blog for it). but i wouldn’t really mind whether people know abt it or not!

as for a ship with my oc(s)— Virek is relatively new. so i haven’t developed deep enough relationships to have a solid ship with him yet. HOWEVER! gwen, my old oc, had a few ships that i adored.

the top to being Ryuwen ( @fruit-of-infidelity ) and Myswen ( @mino-diabolik) ((did we ever come up with a ship name for them?? idk 🏃💨))

the dynamics in those two ships were to die for honestly. vv enjoyable! but i also can’t wait to build up relationships with this character as well 💃

11. Do you follow any of those people (them whom ship themselves with your fictional lover)

well aside from those already tagged, no.

12. Are you friends with them?

i’d like to say yes, even though we don’t talk very much outside of Tumblr T-T. I do adore them though ^^ so hopefully we can talk more.

13. What do you think about the 'stans' ?

i’m only a part of a tiny corner of the fandom. but the people around here are cool, so.

14. Are you worried about plagiarism or copying of your oc(s) by others?

lol, NO sjjsnd. i doubt someone would even try to copy my characters, given how complex and messy they tend to be

15. How do you handle such a situation if it happens?

i have no idea. so we’ll cross that road when we get there.

16. Is your cp public or only between a particular circle of friends?

generally all of them are public. but a lot of the relationship building with @simpemone ‘s characters are done in private. we do post a lot about our ocs publicly though— but if you’re wondering why those dynamics are much more developed than others jsns.

17. Do you like a specific cp ship, whats the reason? (I dare you to tag them~!)

i like a lot of ships actually, both with my own ocs and some ships my mutuals have with their’s!! i don’t have the guts to tag any of them though so 💃

18. What kind of behaviors do you suppose is pretentious to you?

i hope i don’t have any pretentious behaviours?? if i do and just don’t notice feel free to scream at me!!

as for others? ig the behaviour i hate most is ‘claiming’ a character for yourself. getting insanely jealous when they interact with others, things like that.

19. What kind of comments do you dislike the most when it comes cp feedbacks of your oc(s)?

i’ll accept any feedback about my oc as long as it isn’t malicious or obviously not meant to help and instead to complain.

20. Have you receive hates about your oc(s) before?

i haven’t!

21. Do you have a complete love story of your cp?

i don’t. but i, hopefully if i can find the energy, in the future hope to write routes for virek/a diaboy and virek/yui. or if i end up feeling too ambitious, have virek get his own route with each boy. but those are just plans that i don’t plan on executing for a while!

22. Do you allow joint of alternate universe with the canon version of your cp story?

well virek doesn’t have a canon story atm but ofc!!

23. Are you okay with people shipping their oc(s) with yours?

yes yes yes!! i adore it when people wanna ship their ocs with mine T-T

24. Ever gone through a bad experience in the fandom?

i havent been here for very long so no.

25. The ocs that you admire in this fandom are? (Tag them~)

all of @princesscrownprince ‘s OCs. Ryuuto ( @fruit-of-infidelity ) Scarlett ( @kindan-no-kanojo ) Sumire ( @sumire-bride ) literally all of @simpemone ‘s OCs. ALL OF @cursed--requiem ‘s OCs. Irina ( @iricathel ) Amani ( @ayamexe ) Simone ( @smonie )

26. What is the moment that caused you to feel most disappointed or excited?

disappointed?? i dont really have any specific moment where i feel disappointed. but it is annoying that a chunk of this fandom will not hesitate to jump down someone’s throat, instead of having civilised discussions.

the most excited? literally any blog that could be considered ‘popular’ or ‘big’ popping up in my notifs. like ik a few of my mutuals have bigger blogs, but when i first saw y’all in my notifs i was like “?!?!”

it catches me off guard knowing that some of the more popular blogs took a peek at my tiny lil corner and went “this? i like this.” LIKE Y’ALL SEE ME?

27. The scariest era that you have come across in the fandom?

see #26

28. The most wonderful thing you have come across in this fandom?

all the love i’ve received since being here. i’ve been fortunate enough to interact and talk with lot of wonderful people, and i hope we can talk more in the future. :’) (when i say i wanna befriend all of y’all i mean it. 🤼‍♂️)

29. Say something towards those that support and admire your cp~

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. truly. its a blast knowing that even one person enjoys what i put out :’). so i really so appreciate everyone’s kinda words, the enthusiasm with your replies/comments. it’s a joy T-T

30. You've worked hard, keep up the good work! ★★★

AHHHH I FINALLY FINISHED IT. now i need a nap 😞 ALSO I AM SOOOOOOOOO SORRY FOR ALL OF THE RANDOM TAGS. FORGIVE ME 🏃

#diabolik lovers oc #dialovers oc #dl oc #dialovers #30 Questions

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