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richierambles · 6 hours

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Cartman's system: headmate list 2.0

Been thinking thoughts idk

This list would be their alters when their body's 15yo (sorry it's long I might make a shorter one later-)

Thanks to @mischieviousmusic and @everythingwasnormalhere for standing my infodumping about this au XD

Littles:

Anne:

6 yo

She/her

Loves playing tea party (main fronter during it)

When it's the other littles playing, she mainly roleplays as the Polly Prissipants doll

Sometimes cofronts when they're at class, but isn't allowed to talk to their classmates

Almost always at cofront when Love's fronting

After they come out, she's closest to Stan and Butters

They're not out to Karen, but Anne's spent time with her too

Whenever she talks to Kenny she asks him how she's doing<3

Ginger in headspace (it felt important to mention this don't ask why)

Finn:

8yo

He/him

Main fronter almost all the time they're playing

Roleplays as most of the other toys when they're playing tea party though

Loves playing cowboys

Frienemies with Artemis, they'll either hate each other or be best friends all the time

After they come out, he's closest to Kenny (but will much rather hang out with his sysmates)

Looks and acts like a Typical White Boy™

Artemis:

5yo

He/they

Introjected from Artemis Clyde Frog (the stuffed animal), but lost almost all his connection to it since the day it died (and exclusively goes by Artemis, hates his other names)

Roleplays himself when playing with the other syskids, never a main fronter while playing

Spent a long while (2-3 years) dormant, only came back after they came out, one day when the system was hanging out with their friends

The gang were all like "wtf who's this idk this alter-" but finally figured it out (mainly Kyle did)

SUPER close to Kyle

Actually whenever Artemis fronts they'll text Kyle first thing no matter what

Also close-ish to Butters

Has dark skin in the innerworld, his iw appearance is human but he always wears a frog hat

Hosts:

Sam:

15yo

he/him

The meaner, stronger Cartman

Is also a protector besides a host

Split from Collins on the Kenny Dies episode

He's the one who used fetuses to built the pizza place because otherwise the guys would've thought he was weak (his thought process is fucking crazy)

One of the few alters who remembers Kenny's deaths

He also knows there's something weird going on in their brain, but has no idea what

Used to cleaning up after everyone else's messes (like acting as if Jenni was Mitch Conners and as if all the Henniffer Lopez thing was just a joke (which backfired so bad...))

After they come out, he hangs out with everyone the same way they always do

Insys, he's trying to get close to 8

^ completely idolatrizes Hitler

Huge on the antisemitism (and general bigotry tbh)

Collins:

14yo

he/him

Split from Sam on the Kenny dies episode

He did want to use the fetuses to save Kenny, and he does consider Kenny his best friend

But he switched out when they got the news Kenny was dead (he was unable to cope with that) and so that's why Sam did what he did

Acts much more like a normal kid than Sam

Actually he's pretty normal for South Park standards

After they come out, he's best friends with Kenny but still friends with the rest of the gang as usual

Not as bad as Sam but definitely not good either

Kyle doesn't hate him as much as he hates Sam (but he'd never say this)

Cartman-sonas (idk how else to call this category):

Irick:

120yo

he/him

Grand Wizard King

Gatekeeper

Fronts mainly while playing SoT (but not every time they do)

Definitely their most responsible alter

^ the others often ask him for advice and stuff

Mildly connected to source

The first time he fronted it was during a SoT game, he found all of it normal (his memories are of the SoT universe) but when they stopped playing he was so weirded out by everything since he's used to a fantasy world

"Cartman stop rping we finished 2 hours ago" "who trapped those guys inside that box 😰" (they were watching TV 💀)

Now (after they came out) they don't play SoT as much, so he only takes full control on special occasions or when Kenny is on a Princess shift (otherkin Kenny 💯)

Only actually close to Kenny because of that, doesn't talk much to anyone else

Grim:

18yo

it/raccoon neos/he

The Coon

Physical protector

Formed because of Cartman's hero persona, but that was long before they started going out as The Coon (they made the first concept for that sona when they were around 4-5yo)

But one day it fronted and decided why not go out fight crime

The others didn't know about this at first

They just knew they had a weird fixation on that "Coon" hero (which, they didn't know where they saw him either but wtv)

But one day Sam decided to go out as Coon (in a rp manner) and found he looked exactly like him

Grim fronted in the middle of it and yk Coon'd for a bit

And Sam did remember that time

So what made more sense is that he'd been The Coon since the beginning

(which wasn't exactly a lie-)

After their syscovery, they assumed Grim formed after they started going out as The Coon

Grim has never confirmed nor denied this

Every single time Kenny's in his Mysterion shift fur gets yeeted to front just so they can argue for a while 💀

Talks to pretty much all the gang but mainly Mysterion'd Kenny

Gets called a furry 24/7 by both his headmates and Kenny (and the rest of the gang sometimes, not as much tho). He fucking hates it.

Adrian:

16yo

he/him

S3xual protector

Metrosexual Cartman

But he's a full-on homosexual

Cartman's metrosexual phase lasted longer than anyone else's because "it's not a phase mom it's who I am 🙄💅"

It was a phase for everyone but Adrian

He's still in that phase

Has hooked up with half the system and even a couple guys out of it

Nothing serious though

Before they came out he respected Cartman's image and didn't flirt with their friends, but after they did there's not a conversation in which he's not telling them the gayest most explicit shit ever

The gang are between confidence boost and absolute utter cringe fucking kill me pls

Theodore:

17yo

he/him

Persecutor (misguided protector) + academic

Formed during Tsst, he's the nice submissive version of Cartman

Would let basically anyone boss him around

Good intentions all the time

Won't do anything bad on purpose

All his submissiveness has gotten them in trouble though

To the point the others try to avoid him fronting as much as they can

He switched in when they were going to kill Liane though, that's good

Goes exclusively by Theodore, some people have tried to call him Theo but he hates that

After they come out, the gang are kinda uncomfortable with him, but Butters warms up to him eventually

(the reason why they're uncomfortable is because Theodore has such a Not Cartman way to act, and also because he's kinda really fucking lame)

(also a bit because Sam has told them all about the times Theodore has messed up)

Sunny/Love

Ageless

love-related neos

Cupid Me

S3xual protector

Hypersexual

When heart's at front, heart'll flirt with Kyle so much it's insane

Is it because fluff's in love with him? Is it because fluff ships kyman? Is it because of a secret third reason? Who knows

Btw everyone else (/sys) was so confused about it at first, like, "...wdym I was acting weird yesterday? I was flirting with you?? And calling you Ky-boo??? Good one dude but quit the bullshit I never did that"

Then when they had the syscovery nobody associated that with some alter doing it

Until a few months after they came out Kyle connected the dots and almost instantly told Sam (who was so pissed off at Sunny 😭)

Love's mostly close to the girls (Nichole, Bebe, even Wendy), but a lot closer to Collins and Anne

Also 💘's never stopped flirting with Kyle, and will never stop (slay)

Introjects:

Eight/8/H:

56yo

he/him

Hitler factive, really connected to source

Protector + Prosecutor

Formed soon after they learnt about Hitler's existence

Fronts at times in which they have to act commanding, such as The Passion Of The Jew or Ginger Kids

Also fronted during some of Tsst, and was who planned (and tried) to kill Liane

After they came out, he didn't front much in front of their friends (he found them lame)

But one day something Bad happened when they woke up and he got triggered to front, so he had to go to school

When the gang noticed he was acting different, they asked who he was

Well, Kyle did, but Eight refused to answer

Stan asked again and H told them his name was Adolf Hitler

Kyle refused to even look at him the rest of that day (and rightfully so)

When someone else switched in, Kyle told them that if 8 didn't at least change his name he'd never talk to any of them ever again, so that's why he goes by Eight/8/H (that was the most he'd accept to change it)

When he's at front (not often) Kyle has to resist the urge to beat him up (he doesn't wanna hurt some of the others), but to find them both in the same room is practically imposible

Jenni:

25yo

she/her

Jenniffer Lopez fictive

Talks in spanish sometimes, it's horribly incorrect but she doesn't care

She's the one who does most of the drag

Also the other one (besides Adrian) who hooks up with random guys

She's mostly at cofront rather than full front (talking with the hand because it "looks less weird"), but she's been at full front sometimes too :3

Fucking hates Mitch

After they come out, she hangs out with Bebe sometimes (but not really too often, she'll much rather go with celebrities)

Mitch Conner:

31yo

they/he

Sam first made him up so he could "get rid of" Jenni without looking too insane

But then they actually split

Jenni and Mitch fucking hate each other, Jenni because he steals her identity and Mitch because he thinks she's annoying

Whenever they front they'll find out everything they can about the other alters (and everyone in general) just so they can get stuff from them later

Kyle is so annoyed by his existence for some reason

Other (idk where else to put her soo):

Mae:

21yo

she/her

Persecutor

Originally split when they were a little kid (3-5), to take care of them when Liane didn't (she was kinda neglectful back then)

Also to have them grow up in a hopefully healthier environment

But she started obsessing over growing up and maturing to the point she actually made them unsafe

Such as in 1%, when she mutilated their stuffed animals and almost killed them (by burning down their house) in the process

Now she almost never fronts, and only Irick knows where she is and is allowed to talk to her

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sluttyhaecceities · 8 months

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A woman is the image of God, just as a male St. Thomas Aquinas (Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11).

This is true actually the stuff about women being the rib of Adam is a mistranslation into greek of the Hebrew word tsela (צלע) which often was used figuratively to mean a side rather than what we would call a rib. This is the only place in the bible were tsela is translated so literally where 39 other places use it to mean and is translated as side.

Bible was so violently fucked in the council of nicaea, the more I hear of bible translation the more I understand that "Don't trust the council of Nicaea" graffiti

the council of nicea is the vanguard which canonised the Catholic order and determined which sects were heretical in order for the militarised forces of the Church to be able to start doing a counter revolutionary red terror against all Christian forces at the time which were against the seizure of the Roman state and centralisation of power

including putting down feminists and Christian sects explicitly stating that the kingdom of heaven can only be built via class struggle and the abolition of the classes and inciting slave rebellion

hence why the Catholic church since then crushed every "heresy" which dared to question the feudal and imperial orders and resulted in peasant rebellions as well as colonial uprisings

this however did not work in Latin America where too many Catholic priests became guilt ridden for their crimes against humanity and invented liberation theology in order to ease their colonial conscience leading to the last millenarian insurrection the world has seen in Brazil during the late 1800's.

first 300 years after Christ were theological anarchy prophecies were happening all over people formed communes and free federations and began to tear the Roman empire apart at the roots they just didn't call them by these modern terms

a similar revolutionary spring which formed a commune arose in Persia around zoroastrainism as the macedonian and empire began its conquests iirc

I think this all ties into augustinian theology, he went on a tirade against heresies such as gnosticism which did not seek to literally capture the Roman state and change all the liveries to Christian ones. Anything which did not preach a militant seizure of the class system in order to have it regulated by the Church (remember, only the pope could directly communicate with God…) was attacked

hence why Catholicism to this day preaches much charity. Its throwing crumbs to keep the class system going and unite all the classes under god, hence why the church supported every fascist government

look at that dumb eagle on your, money or presidential seals or whatever, shits all the same

the roman republic was about as democratic as the American republic in the sense that it absolutely fucking wasn't, and was backed with about just as much military up force pointed at everyone at all times

Law being the code unifying all power still being dictated in latin…

athens was probably the only remotely "democratic" state back then and even then it was democracy only for a certain class of male property owners who ere dominating the slaves, women and peasantry of the countryside and denying them any participation in social life

I was just thinking about the other day how the Romans made so many cultures and languages go extinct. Like white imperialism trial run, that was Alexander, that's why Greece is the ground of "the west". alexander the great was proto hitler

venice was a also democracy only in name tbh it was rabidly capitalistic nightmare and had multiple prole revolts lol

by capitalistic I mean like people kept trying to commodify land and create factory systems to shove proles in, same in florence

roman empire being empire had nothing to do with a monarch and everything to do with going on rabid conquest against every native tribe and culture and submitting them to the roman Legions

They rationalized most wars around the paranoia of eventually being attacked by its neighbours.

faggotry was born from roman/greek fascism as a way of big dudes claiming the little twinky weaklings and honestly every time I remember that I hate the cis fag assimilationists even more

#rome #catholicism #liberation theology #others ocs #greece

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crossthread · 3 years

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Jesus Christ I just had a thought like did j k rowling paint Voldermort after Hitler?? Like, first off, Hitlers father or smth was Jewish, and Hitler wasn't even German to begin with. Lots of blood purity anti Jew bullshit, very charming and shit in the beginning until people saw him to the madman he was. Razed the world and everything and brought on a huge ass war, although Voldy didn't actually have the means to step into the world platform he did do a number on Europe. Like damn how did I not realise this before I feel dumb af now.

#harry potter #hp #voldermort #tom marvolo riddle #Hitler #whats Hitler's first name tbh?#plus like voldy hitler is kinda super ugly with the mini mustache #like who even told him its a good idea #did hitler have kids?#damn theres a lot i dont know about this global catostraphy #but in my defense ive mostly stuck to researching the #holocaust #and the victims #and the badass women #and just what and how an entire society was corralled into deadly social constructs and mass genocide #instead of reaserching about the bag of dicks who possibly had daddy issues and feelings of inadequacy #that he went ahead and led a genoicde in a single generation whilst waging a goddamn world war #plus that fuckface was ugly af #honestly tho real talk when Olivander went all roadisde cryptic to harry and said 'the brother of this wand did great things #terrbile yes #but great'#id always think in the back of my mind like #ahh this reminds me of someone #but who #AND ITS HITLER #because if you think in terms of what Hitler did by himself within a single generation #its a pretty fucking impressive rap sheet #i mean he's def burning in hell and everything for all hes done #but as Olivander once said #he who must not be named did great things - terrible- but great

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hajime-isayama-official · 3 years

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One main arguments I’ve seen from non Jewish and poc snk Stan’s and that will have that one token Jewish person or friend who says they are not offended and snk isn’t anti Semitic or Nazi propaganda. Or say well isayama isn’t a anti Korean racist or Japanese imperialist that’s all been proven fake blah blah blah. Even if it’s fake the series is still problematic stop using that one Jewish person who isn’t offended they don’t speak for all Jewish people obviously-part 1

Part 2 he also named miksasa after a imperial Japanese battle ship and dot pixels is based off of a Nazi Japanese imperialist I think? Same for Erwin I might be wrong that’s what I looked up. I’m personally not comfortable supporting the series anymore for valid reasons but it’s honestly so hard to find blogs like you who criticize the series and author I’ve only found a small amount of blogs who acknowledge the problematic aspects in both manga and anime unfortunately :(

Oh Anon, you get me going here.

Yes, Mikasa is named after a very successful battleship (it’s supposedly certain success if your manga has a character named after a battleship).

Pixis was inspired by a Japanese imperial general. He died before WW2 tho. Anyway that sparked huge controversy with the Japanese fans, leading to hate messages towards Yams for years.

German SNK Wiki claims Erwin was inspired by Erwin Rommel, a general in WW1 and WW2 who later turned against Hitler (it’s fine cause he wasn’t REALLY a Nazi, right? no.). Erwin’s Birthday is the death day of Erwin Rommel. However, since I can’t find a source I’d take that one with a grain of salt. The main Inspiration for Erwin as a character is Ozymandias from Watchmen. So only fictional mass murder for Erwin here lol

These points are already kinda icky, but can be ignored I guess. Of course SNK searches inspiration in military. It’s a series about literal Child Soldiers (which somehow is never a critic point on any anime/manga?!). However it’s also full of dogwhistles and even more uncomfortable references.

My main points are the portrayal of grey-morality on the case of genocide and the way Isayama clearly draws inspiration from Nazi Germany when he portrays Marley. The latter is not per say problematic. Fullmetal Alchemist is also inspired by The Third Reich and carries a strong anti-imperalist and anti-nazi message. SNK however falls short on that till now. I am not Jewish myself, so I can obviously not determine what is antisemitic and only point out the obvious. Plus my knowledge of things is obviously limited so feel free to correct or join in.

Isayama pretty much paints the Eldians as the Jews of this “mirror world” World War we witness since the time skip. This is clear by the imagery of the Ghettos he shows, the armbands the Eldians have to wear and much more (Short images search should do the job here). The coding of the Eldians as Jewish equivalent is complete with the Marleyan myth of Eldians ruling the world if no one does anything to hold them in control (aka every antisemitic conspiracy ever). But it doesn’t end there. We know from the manga that Paradis island is basically Madagaskar.

The Nazis planned to deport about 4 million Polish Jews to Madagaskar in the 1940′s. That plan was shortlived and obviously never put into action for various reasons. So in SNK we have the scenario that the Eldians fled to Paradis in order to get an advantage over the Marleyans. The Eldians who are not on Paradis live in Ghettos on the mainland. That’s a weird coincidence, considering how many islands our big blue planet has.

What I think is pretty bizarre is that Isayama distorts this by pairing this imo pretty obvious real live inspiration with references to Norse mythology. This is fucked up in so far that Norse mythology is so heavily appropriated by the Nazis that many runes are outlawed in Germany till today and showing interest in Norse mythology is still often associated with white supremacy (have a look at Neo-Nazi signs and see the pattern). Like, this combination of Norse and early 20th century German imagery isn’t even a dogwhistle anymore, it’s yelling “I SUCK NAZI DICK AND I LIKE IT”. The references he uses are especially Ymir and the paths, that can then be seen as the world tree Yggdrasil:

The tree connects the Eldians and the nine titans which share their number with the nine realms that Yggdrasil holds. There’s some more, tiny stuff, like Erwin being easily interpreted as a reference to the God Tyr (God of battle, who loses his right arm in the mouth of a beast) and Hanji to the God Odin (Losing an eye in a well in the pursuit of gaining knowledge and wisdom). Both of these Gods are probably the most appropriated by white supremacists. When Ymir first turns into a titan it is at castle Utgard. In Norse mythology Utgard is a place in Jotunheim, the realm of the Jotun who the giant Ymir is the first ancestor of.

In general the pairing of clear WW2 imagery and references to Norse mythology is a mixture that is VERY sketchy and should always make you suspicious. Especially since these two are not going together (as in Marley using references to Norse mythology), but against each other. So we have both sides (Marley and Eldia) associated with white supremacy. Another thing that I will never be over is that Zeke and Eren are obviously named in reference to the German words Sieg und Ehre (Victory and Honor) referencing white supremacist buzzwords.

Then we have the issue that the main conflict is not with the Marley people, who are basically our mirrorworld Nazis. The conflict is AMONG the Eldians. Liberating the Eldians form the Marleyans is not even a thing, because we’re busy keeping two Eldians from practicing genocide/euthanasia on their own kind. So in this aspect Eldians are painted basically just as bad as Marleyans (and we have that “everyone is wrong in a war” Issue again).

I think in the end Eren’s will to kill everyone will lead to Eldians and Marley people accepting their differences or whatever and leading to unision in the shared enemy (kind of already happens in the manga) and while I think that’s a possibly interesting way to go it’s imo not when one of those parties has been subjected to centuries of genocide by the other. Assistant says a good closure to the Norse Mythology theme would be the manga going for Ragnarök, so everyone, Marleyan and Eldian, dies, except for two people who start the world anew. After all anisemitism or in this case anti-eldian sentiment doesn’t just stop after a world war. I don’t really fuck with this bullshit we got in one of the recent chapters where this one Marley general was like “Oh no, they were only people after all”. Bro, your whole society is built on them not being people and all of that is gone in one day of crisis? *doubt.png*

There’s obviously more to it than that and especially my understanding of the manga might be a bit off, since I don’t read it as attentively as I used to anymore. At this point I’m so fucking suspicious of this manga tbh. I doubt that we can come out of this with an anti-imperialist or anti-fascist message.

This does of course not mean no one should read or watch the manga or anime. I read/watch it too as you see. But it’s always good to be critical of the media you consume and take concerns from others serious, when it comes to stuff like this.

#oof #long post #ppl are not gonna like this lol #Anon #nazi mention

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obeymehasinfluncedmythoughts · 3 years

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I’ve been silently reading for a bit now and love your posts. I was wondering if it was possible to do a poly MC, who had a facial deformities like facial tumors, and another demon making fun of them to the point of tears.

I've only known one person with something similar, and he's a very kind man. I imagine it's hard being stared, and even harder being made fun of for something you can't control and can't hide.

Hopefully I do this justice! It's mostly a comfort fic because tbh anything too specific makes it a bit harder, and insults are always specific. For instance, when I was in school I got called Hitler because my last name is extremely German. Teachers endorsed it, but I don't think anyone else could relate to that specific scenario. Thanks again babe 💞

Lucifer

He's extremely concerned when he finds you crying, tucked away in the corner of your room.

And when you explained what happened, he becomes extremely angry.

You see, before any of this happened, the two of you had talked over your concerns.

Human schools aren't always kinda to things they don't consider to be 'normal', and seeing as humans aren't inherently evil creatures, you were extremely worried about what demons could possibly say or do to make you feel less than.

He assured you that if anyone said anything, you needed to tell him, and he would deal with it.

He does.

Actually, they all do.

It's kinda like a cliche organized-hit on someone. Except, Lucifer is sentencing demons to ISS and making sure his brothers do everything in their power to scare the living hell out of them.

Word gets around and no one ever negatively comments about how you look, act, talk, ext. ever again.

Mammon

He witnesses it first hand, right at the entrance of the cafeteria.

You hadn't spotted him yet, no, you were too busy trying to move passed two demons leering over your form.

He could hear the harsh words coming from their mouths. Aggression and hatred he only though could exist in movies.

But, maybe it's a demon thing, a pure demon thing, because none of his brothers have ever been so cruel.

He immediately jumps into action, yelling and shaking his fist like some old fellow.

The demons are quick to scurry, but it's a bit too late by that point. You're already crying.

He comforts you with shakey, loving whispers and warm touches, promising you that you two can just skip the rest of school if you like. Lucifer won't mind after all. Not with everything that's happened.

You two can go to lunch else where or sit at home and binge TV until you feel better, yeah? Whatever you want babe as long as you promise you don't ever believe a word those guys say.

Leviathan

He sees read the minute he realize someone is picking in you.

Whether it's from fighting with people online or his repressed rage from being picked on himself, he isn't giving any mercy to the assholes who dared to make you cry

It really doesn't help the situation, for the most part.

In the moment it makes you stressed, you cry harder and a crowded gathers to watch one of your boyfriends beat up a demon for insulting you.

But later, it makes you feel proud. Like, you wish it wasn't so violent, but he defended you, and honestly, you're so happy to have that. Sometimes people wuss out, or don't see why words can be so hurtful, so having someone who does and is so ready to defend you is nice.

Satan

He's fuming when he finds you crying.

Satan doesn't even need to know why, he just knows he's pissed because you're upset and you shouldn't be. Not to this extent at least.

Like sure, silly tears resulting from a TV show are fine and what comes from grief is unavoidable, but these heavy drops of despair will not fly. You should never be upset to this extent.

When he discovers the exact reason as to why you're sad, he's set on getting revenge.

But first he comforts you, letting you know that you're beautiful and whilst it is hard to ignore the hurtful words of many, you must remember you have seven men waiting for you at home.

You're worth love, no matter what those asshole said.

(Then he proceeds to rip the lesser demons a new one. He handles it alone, thankfully, because if he hadn't the guy would be dead. They never bother you again.)

Asmodeus

Now, Asmodeus is a bit of an asshole himself.

He's known for picking apart people's appearances and style, but when it comes to you, you're the exception.

(Yes, he still makes the "I'm still prettier" comments, but that's honestly the biggest compliment you can get from Asmo at first. The longer your relationship goes on, the more you'll be put above him.)

When he comes across you sobbing on your phone, he's extremely quick to action.

He'll begin by tagging both the demons on his page, publically calling them out for their bullshit. (Which, may be controversial considering how old these demons would be as humans, but Asmo is like a beauty guru and doesn't care.)

He doesn't really have to lift another finger, but he does.

There's like five spammed post of you and the two of you together with long, loving descriptions.

They're so wonderful that it kinda overwhelms all the awful things that had been said about you.

Beelzebub

Baby boy is angry.

He's ready to tear apart the entire school

But he doesn't because he recognizes you need him now. You need his reassurance, and his strength, before he goes causing chaos.

He'll hug you, encasing you into a tight hold.

Once you calm down a little, he'll text the others to handle it, because he knows he can't really leave you at the moment.

Beel distracts you for the remainder of the night. Lots of snacks, lots of kisses to your face, and lots of cheesy movies he hopes will make you smile

He'll make sure everyone knows how much he loved you, and that includes EVERYTHING about you.

Belphegor

In any situation, he's very quick to get you to one of the others, because he's not going to be an extremely comforting presence.

He's enraged, and Belphie is not exactly known for being the best at controlling himself in these situations.

Someone is going to have to stop him, or calm him down at the very least. Rage is clouding his view, and everyone knows he's going to get himself hurt if he doesn't think.

Once he's settled down (or settled the matter, either works), he'll come home, rip you away from whoever is currently comforting you, and cuddle you to sleep.

It's like having a weighted blanket. You feel secure, and you'll fall asleep knowing you've got an amazing support system that knows you're absolutely beautiful.

#obey me #obey me!#obey me beelzebub #obey me asmodeus #obey me mammon #obey me leviathan #obey me lucifer #obey me belphegor #obey me satan #obey me x mc #obey me x reader

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kyokkou · 2 years

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the readmore busted idk

NAME. my online alias is hayato and that is all ur gettin :^) STAR SIGN. taurus HEIGHT. 5′9″ WHAT’S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? we do not discuss my legal name here but fun fact? my parents always used my middle name throughout my childhood and it caused a lot of problems when i had to start using my first name for things like licences and official documents. i had never answered to it for the first 17 years of my life. but i will never divulge my real name on the internet. PUT YOUR SPOTIFY ON SHUFFLE. WHAT ARE THE FIRST 6 SONGS THAT POPPED UP? 1. あの夢をなぞって - YOASOBI 2. Just You and I - Amuro Namie 3. 奏（かなで）- Sukima Switch 4. シュガーソングとビターステップ - UNISON SQUARE GARDEN 5. 陽のあたる場所へ - 平井大 6. 花に亡霊 - ヨルシカ

EVER HAD A POEM OR SONG WRITTEN ABOUT YOU? if i have, i don't know of it.

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PLAYED AIR GUITAR? idk as a child maybe? noooooo idea.

WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH? i don't like celebrities these days. but i do have it bad for chunichi dragons outfielder ryosuke hirata. :((((((

WHAT’S A SOUND YOU HATE; SOUND YOU LOVE? HATE: ugh i hate SO MANY NOISES i'm overly sensitive to them, but especially sudden loud noises or the scraping of a fork on porcelain, it drives me fucking nuts. LOVE: the way it sounds when it snows and no one is on the road but the wind carries the slightest sounds through the tops of trees and over the snowdrifts.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS? yeah!!! but i've never had any Experiences™ myself, i'm just inclined to believe in them because people i trust not to bullshit me have told me about their experiences.

HOW ABOUT ALIENS? jury's out.

DO YOU DRIVE? i got my license on october 25th, 2007 :))) i LOVE driving and i love my car more than myself. his name is teruki :)))))

IF SO, HAVE YOU EVER CRASHED? nope, all the cosmetic damage on that car was caused by my mom being careless or rust :((( but i've had some really close calls in the past, every time i look back on them i'm like HOLY SHIT I ALMOST LOST MY CAR and my life but whatever on that one--

WHAT WAS THE LAST BOOK YOU READ? i'm in the middle of reading "defying hitler" written by sebastian haffner. it's really good.

DO YOU LIKE THE SMELL OF GASOLINE? DO I FUCKING EVER story time! teruki (MY CAR, IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN READING THOROUGHLY :P ♥♥ ) had a gas tank leak from like 2015 until 2020 like. just little drips after an initial patch job and always worse when it was full, but me + my mom could not afford to fix it (which is why i got it fully replaced in 2020 after starting a better paying job) and holy FUCKING SHIT DUDE my car always fucking smelled like gas. like i KNOW it's bad for me and my mom fucking hated it so much but i missed the gasoline smell after i got the tank replaced. my car smells normal again but now my mom's car has the same problem at the same age (15 years old) so now i'm like damn! i gotta leave my sweater in HER car now so it smells like sweet old car smell......

anyway I FUCKING LOVE gasoline smell :)

WHAT WAS THE LAST MOVIE YOU SAW? i think it was encanto, i don't watch many movies tbh

WHAT’S THE WORST INJURY YOU’VE EVER HAD? i tripped over driftwood when i was visiting friends in seattle and we went to the coast and i absolutely took my little toe out on that fucking hunk of driftwood, it bruised SO bad and i'm pretty sure i broke it or something because it hurt terribly and there was mild pain if i put pressure on it for several months after. it was fine after a while and never looked weird so idk but i sure as fuck was not gonna put myself in more medical debt to be told "haha we can't do shit for that sorry :) 1000 dollars please!"

DO YOU HAVE ANY OBSESSIONS RIGHT NOW? kiku "wife respecter" honda and the wife whomst he respects, as well as SEEC ESC-APE games (the prison boys....... my loves.....)

DO YOU TEND TO HOLD GRUDGES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONE YOU WRONG? i used to really bad but i'm working on it. i don't wish ill on anyone who has done wrong to me in the past though, i've grown past the need to be all that nasty and just kind of hope they've grown up too.

IN A RELATIONSHIP? nope. not cut out for that kind of thing in the slightest as i've found out. it's all about me!!

tagged by: stole it from @geroyam tagging: pants wearers

#✺ 「偽物は消えろ消えろ。」 || ooc;#[ A STOLEN MEME ]#[ i was inspired to fill this out i had fun :D ]#[ sorry for the ooc ]

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So this is a fucking press conference, and the second question (0:33), I cannot make this up:

Q: Hello Taika, this is Christian, from Austria. A small question also from the book, because-- Taika: Oh, here we go. Q: Yeah, yes, because the book plays in Austria, in Vienna, so does a little bit of this Oscar maybe belong to Vienna and our dark history? Taika: [pretends to remove a bit of his Oscar] Let me chip a piece off for you. Q: Congratulations. Taika: Thank you, thank you. Q: Does it belong a little bit to Austria and Vienna? Taika: No. [laughs] No. Q: Thank you. Taika: [laughs]

So listen, I’ll overlook the fact that this guy is obviously a fucking amateur because who rolls up to the Oscars press room as a journalist and introduces themselves by their first name without the publication who sent them, like they’re just there for shits and giggles. Fine. Whatever. But we need to talk about what a singularly European bullshit attitude this is. This guy thinks that Austria’s “dark history” is something that they deserve a consolation prize for because it’s embarrassing and it’s so hard for them now. This guy legit thinks that, because the book this film was based on was set in Vienna, the book, not even the film, that Austria and Vienna therefore deserve part of this award given to a brown Jew that is specifically for his writing and storytelling skills. He thinks that because Austria birthed Hitler and then jumped on his Holocaust bandwagon, that this entitles them to part of a brown Jew’s Holocaust movie screenwriting award, and is then aggressive and defensive about it when Taika even remotely calls out that he knows what this guy is about to ask. This guy watched a movie about how a humane relationship deprogrammed a boy indoctrinated in nazi hate, and when he had a chance to ask just one question of its writer, it was to make it about himself and how he can get a piece of it.

I need you guys, especially y’all in the U.S., to understand that this is the bullshit European Jews live with every day. The entitlement of people who still judge us, still other us, and who think that their perpetration of a genocide is more about how bad it makes them feel now than the irreparable destruction and intergenerational trauma they inflicted on an entire continent full of people. And the entitlement that makes them think that because they wrought that destruction and trauma, they should be rewarded by taking even more from us. In fact, there’s a widespread attitude in ex-Axis countries that it’s really the Jews’ fault for existing and being a reminder of how bad Europeans from these countries should feel.

I know that because of the U.S.’s own brand of racism there’s this idea that Jews are white because racism happens based on a pantone scale there - and tbh, American Jews experience plenty of anti-semitism, so please stop saying they’re white. But European Jews have a whole other mess of racist shit to contend with, because not only are we also on the receiving end of white European “we’re entitled to take what we want and also you aren’t one of us” attitude, they can spot us from a mile away and give zero fucks about the color of our skin. They know we’re Jewish and they still hold it against us.

So fuck Christian from Austria and whatever fucking publication sent him.

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The Devil Judge, Ep.1 Meta

(On the re-imagined justice process, imageries, parallels in South Korea and our world today)

As with all dystopian fiction, it is not exactly a far-fetched imagining of our world. Instead, it is a critique of our society which seeks to amplify the inequalities and suffering of society through some exaggeration.

The Devil Judge is that: it "re-imagines" South Korea today with a sprinkle of cyberpunk aesthetics (a little too much bluish green tint) and dystopian imagery (of homeless people, a very dirty subway and dingy backalleys on a rainy night).

I kept thinking it was a dystopian "future" but was wondering why they were using only Samsung Note 20 instead of some Samsung futuristic prototype phone. So, those phones do keep audiences grounded in the reality it is portraying -- this is the alternative South Korea of today.

We are barely halfway into the first episode and we've got this extremely charismatic, anti-hero male lead strutting red carpets and making verbose declarations like "I am the power. By the judicial authority delegated to me by the people of Korea, I will run this court. And it is the people who hold this power." (Not verbatim but that's the gist).

Then, meet associate judge Kim Ga-On who seems to be against how the system is running. He seems to be the outlier who rose to his ranks from the bottom class of society (which his colleague Oh Jin-joo says, he looks like he's from the shanty town of Seoul). We start off, barely into the drama at this point, with a dramatic scene of a kindergarten bus ramming down barricades and charging towards the Court building. A group of kindergarten children crossing the road there (I've just no clue what businses kids would have near the court building tbh). A little girl tripping as they were rushed across the road, Ga-On jumping to the rescue, and unable to pick her up in time, shields her with his own body. Kang Yo Han is just there, taking a heavy gun from the guard and unhesitantly opened fire at the bus driver who was flooring the pedal. He misses the driver's head and hits the headrest before firing again. The bus swerves and flips. The driver loses consciousness and Ga On (again!) jumps to the rescue. So, here the tone is set. We've got this "devil judge" who seems to be the ultimate modern day anti-hero who's given immense amount of power.

Much more interesting is that in this dystopian South Korea, we've got what seems like a publicly elected judiciary (or Kang Yo Han is perhaps the first?) and that has always been something that has been discussed in legal academic. Not the idea of electing the judiciary but that the argument of the judiciary not being publicly elected can be seen as slightly out of tune with democracy. (In legal academic, however, this is theoretically seen as being balanced by the separation of powers; ie. the executive branch (=government) and elected members of Parliament/Congress are supposed to be fully separated from the judiciary and should therefore never interfere with the judiciary. But, of course, these are all theoretical stuff. They look good on paper and when discussed in legal essays but in reality, it can often be different (if not, the exact opposite). This series takes things to yet another level by imagining the inception of a publicly televised and publicly voted trial.

This goes against the nature of trials in general because in our world today, the judiciary (wherever it may be) typically have mechanisms (ie. laws and codes) to prevent manipulation by media. The principle of fair trial requires that no external influence affects the process of adjudication (ie. the judgement by judges). There also tends to be avoidance of trial by public opinion because the way the law is interpreted and applied can be rather technical and different from what people may say or think about a certain trials, the decision delivered and also sentencing. Trial by jury is the nearest it gets but that too can be a fairly technical process which do also include considerations like avoiding a two-day trial to prevent influence by the media or other agents on a jury member's decision. (A recent drama mentioning this is Law School). The thing about this idea of trial by the public is that standards of morality can be very subjective and varies from person to person. Judgement by judges are not entirely free from the influence of morality, but the process is a litle more stable through the processes of interpretative practices, case precedents and legal theories. Previously in another Kdrama, Miss Hammurabi (2018), Judge Lim Ba-reun became slightly frustrated by his friend's comment that having a jury trial is like "true democracy" because the "people gets to decide" and he even thinks the judiciary should be elected too. Lim Ba-reun sarcastically said he must have loved every elected politican since they were elected by the public. He tells him grimly that no jury has ever found a policeman who had beaten up a Black man to be guilty. He also pointed out that Nazi, the Holocaust and Hitler were all supported by the public.

In this series, the premise allows all of these imaginings to be realised and played out. It is peak criticism, I think, when they portray the scenes of the TV producer being excited about the real-time ratings and viewer ratings. And also the scene of the broadcasting channel's chairman dancing in joy when he received realtime report of the ratings (vowing to treat his equally wealthy friends to a meal). Even when his other friend seemed appalled by the decision delivered by Judge Kang, the Chairman could not hide his joy in the skyrocketing viewership ratings. This really reminded me of the entire Produce 101 franchise which also heralded the shows for putting the decision in "The Nation's Producers" (ie. voters) and emphasised how it is the Nation Producers who put together ("produce") the National Kpop group that is bound for success and set to receive national love. All of this illusion collapsed (and the Korean franchise died along with it) when the court finds its producers guilty of voting manipulation. The Devil Judge seemed to have a similarly dramatic flair in its emphasis of TV production gimmicks, camera angles, cuts of a person's reaction, etc. The President of South Korea (who has a very light voice, a penchant for orotund speeches and a lack of concern for national policies) and all these top 1% of people tuned in were on the edge of their seats watching Judge Kang orchestrate this theatre of public trial. Kim Ga-On watched him closely and was sure that Judge Kang had something up his sleeves and was definitely up to no good, yet he couldn't tell. When he finally delivers a verdict (that yes, this was a case of professional negligence and not negligent homicide), Ga-On was crestfallen and frustrated because it carries a mere 5 year imprisonment maximum. But Kang turns the table and brings up the newly passed legislation which allows accumulative sentence which then resulted in 235 years of imprisonment.

This sounded very much like how some Korean netizens had previously wondered (online) why Korea couldn't have a sentencing system like the US where the years of imprisonment can go up to 100 years or 500 years. Again, this was like realising an alternative South Korea that many have perhaps tried imagining. Episode 1 ends with Judge Kang stepping down from his high seat when a victim's family member bowed deeply with her hands clasped, as though in prayer, and even kneeled to him. This corresponded well and tied perfectly into the religious/godlike imagery represented in the justice's robes which is reminiscent of the pope's robes and resembles a priest's robe, and the app they named DIKE or Diety of Justice (正義의 神). When Judge Kang hugs the old woman with a compassionate smile, teary eyed and full of empathy, he ends up yawning barely a minute into consoling the weeping woman. Ga-On witnesses this and realises, all of this must have been a gimmick after all. He had his hopes up when Judge Kang serves the sentence of 235 years. The episode ends.

I think this series is set to be a great one. (Just as Law School was amazing too!) It has tons of stuff to unpack, lots that goes into the cinematography and camerawork. While characters do seem a little more like caricatures rather than realistic people that are properly fleshed out in the narrative, there is still promise to push beyond these caricatures. I think there is also a lot in the imagery of dystopia and the constant bombardment of messages from the government (which is often the mainstay of dystopian fiction) which emphasises a certain narrative which they want the people to believe. For example, Kim Ga-On is travelling up the escalator when there were ads of the DIKE app, ads on electronic billboards on the justice system, paper posters plastered in the dark backalley where a high school girl is being dragged away by two men saying "The government will now create a safe South Korea". That last one is perhaps the most glaring one to me because when I was in Korea, it was repeated to me by different Korean individuals: "Your things are safe. No Korean will steal it. (Not sure about foreigners though!) You are safe. Crimes don't happen. I checked and there are no sexual offenders living in this neighbourhood." But... spycams can be anywhere. Men secretly follow women to their homes and try to break into them. Sexual harassment can happen anywhere. Robbery and theft can happen.

Personally, my paranoia and anxiety won't ever let me believe such words. No narrative, self-made or otherwise, can convince me enough to think that I am in a safe place. I would always have a nagging thought at the back of my mind telling me danger can be lurking just about anywhere. I think Koreans today do have high levels of confidence in their country. Most people do think it is safe to be walking around in the dead of night without any worry. (Again, I do not quite share the sentiment.) But this is a kind of self-made narrative because I also know my countrymen who travel to other countries like the UK and say "I feel absolutely safe walking the streets in the dead of night while I won't feel the same in my own country" when those are simply ideas they've planted into themselves through the mindset that [This country is better than my country and therefore safer.] There is absolutely no correlation between a "better" country and crime rates (or potential of becoming a victim of crime). Not to mention, being an Asian in a Western country sets you up as a likelier victim of hate crime...

So, I was saying.... This narrative of "safe Korea" is already existing in South Korea today. The need for mass surveillance or a spycam detecting task force in public toilets don't add up with a "safe country" image but the sentiment planted into the people seems to be strong despite all of this. However, Koreans do call South Korea "Hell Joseon". Youth unemployment can be a concern is a country like South Korea and a graying population, increasinly empty gray towns like the one mentioned in the series are all concerns which are ever-present in the public conscious. The mention of plauge and unemployment too must be a major concern now. In a rather similar vein, this narrative of DIKE or trial by the public through app voting creates a sentiment that people can take into their own hands and deliver justice. But what about the people at the margins of society who are homeless and do not own smartphones? What is this concept of democracy that places power in the hands of people? Is it a mere illusion or is power really in the hands of people?

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(A side note on how the indicted chairman of the company responsible for mass poisoning of an entire town had brushed off concerns about a failing filtration system and the move of industrial plants to Southeast Asia. As a Southeast Asian, it is also something on my mind how South Korea has moved out of China and moved most of its plants to Southeast Asia for cheap labour. But what about the pollution here, the appallingly low wages they pay Southeast Asians (both white and blue collars!) in comparison to the few Korean expat managerial staff or engineers they station out here? I remember how I was at the hospital at 2 am and a small group of blue collar workers in their work uniform came in with their injured colleague; this can only mean they were at work past midnight due to some accident and we are still in the midst of the pandemic. What kinds of welfare and benefits are these blue collars provided with?)

#The Devil Judge #Park Jinyoung #Jisung #악마판사

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WOO lore time this is nerve wracking (everything below this line is c! not cc!)

why is he talking about withers..........

"who needs a shield when you can just STAAAAAB"

im so excited bro tubbo-techno lore is so good. animosity pogchamp

I am doing algebra while watching the stream in order to feel productive, do you feel me? do you feel the vibe?

"every where I go I see his face *insert fake crying* jk we're gonna avenge him today chat"

TUBBO!!!!!! MY LAD!!!!! MY BRO!!!! HE'S HERE BESTIE!!!

bro they're gonna go mess Eret up leave them alone they have michael 😭

"how are you fellow person with..... aligned goals"

CRYING HE WENT QUIET WHEN TCEHCNO SAID IT WAS RANBOO'S AXE IM GOING TO SCREEHC

imm losing it these mfs are laughing and im here going analysis mode and crying

TUBBO AND TECHNO AGREE THAT TUBBO HAS NOTHING AND HE LOST HIS CHILD ADN TUBBO IS IN DENIAL AND HES GONNA SPEEDRUN THE STAGES OF GRIEF AAHHAHAHAAAA

AWWW YISSSS HE'S GETTIN VENGENCE

"I feel like I owe you an apology" fuckin. hng. THEY DO NEED TO TURN OVER A NEW LEAF PLEASE PELS EPLEASE EASPLE

YES YES YES UNDERSNAD THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF REVENGE YESSSS

fuck character development Michael first priority

oh my god I am getting ANALYSIS material im so into this

EREt! TALK TO THEM!

why does Eret sound so ominous bruv. tubbo is, so desperate to get his son back

ERET WHAT THE HELL WHY DID YOU TRUST SAM IM GOING TO GRRRRR SO TRUE TUBBO.

HES HURTING MICHAEL WHAT THE FUCK. HAT WHAT DGERL FSGDSL MURDERE

tubbo is so angry go you tubbo <3. fuck sam tho no offense but like full offense. give me Michael back RN.

HE'S A PRISON WARDEN ERET. PLEASE.

mans just making up random coords love that for him

tubbo :(( making sure michael isnt scared of him :(((

STOOOOP "now we've got the epic team up of tubbo and everyone who murdered tubbo"

I was waiting for tubbo to start questioning them tbh. im so happy he doesnt trust them like this is good lore shit. good analysis material.

TECHNO IS APOLOGIZING :D!!!!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEE AND HE'S FORGIVEN

he's still mad at Eret- LMAO he's so mad this is kinda funny but Eret is apologizing <3

ayo where he comes from? they dont have multiple lives?

stop most of this vc is literally talking in bold or comic sans.

STOP STOP STOP STOP STOP "you get locked up a lot man" STOP I AM GOING TO HHNG.

SFLNSDFGNSDFSL

ayo eryn? sus.

that is a lot of liveblogging in one ask, but i'll try my best to respond to it all

1. he's talking about withers because withers deserve to be talked about

2. he's got a point y'know, a corpse can't kill you

3. i honestly enjoy people geeking out about stuff they love (unless it's hitler (ifykyk))

4. i do feel you. the vibe is being broadcast from the heart of russia to the pentagon with the force of at least 7 megatons of tnt

5. ranboo,,

6. WOOO THE BOI IS HERE!!!

7. everytime you do one of these liveblogs, i learn more names i don't know

8. that's kind of a weird way to describe murder. I think that's more how you would describe gout /ref

9. grieving still, i guess?

10. cope /s

11. hey, kind of how i did when i couldn't spell 'fingers'! :D

12. VENGENCE POGGG

13. how exactly did you manage to spell 'please' four different ways with only one of them being correct??

14. i'm having trouble 'undersnading' half the words you're saying right now

15. first priority in what exactly????

16. get that analysis bestie, you can never get enough!

17. I believe humans have been doing that since the fossil records, but go off, ig

18. 'bruv'. i think talking to me is slowly turning you british (remorseful)

19. i have no context for any of this, but i don't need it.

20. i cannot condone the murder of another human being, but the murder of pixels has no bearing on your criminal record, so take this knife and jab it into the aggressor's face

21. 'no offence but please die <3' is the energy i get from that

23. is he a good warden?

24. HOW TO GET YOUR FRIENDS LOST (NOT CLICKBAIT??(WORKING 2022!))

25. tubbo be a good boi :))

26. OOOF but lol

27. god this is reminding me of the fnaf fandom just tearing apart each game for even the tiniest little nugget of lore (no offence)

28. TECHNO HAS BEEN ACCEPTED!! POGCHAMP!

29. at least Eret tried?

30. wait, aren't they meant to have three lives each?

31. *first note of megalovania but in vibrato*

32. please, not on the carpet

33. how am i supposed to respond to a keysmash, exactly?

34. when the im- *gets nuked from orbit*

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I know we are all discussing the latest episode of Season 16, but I need to wrap up 11 for my own sanity (because there is a LOT to discuss in my Season 12 rewatch already), so without further ado - more rambling for you.

I’m not going to include 11x20: Don’t Call Me Shurley because I think I’d like to do an entire Chuck - arc - series. Rob Benedict is a gift; that dad mug kills; and I love that the fan theories about Chuck spinning around this fandom for years turned out to be correct after all (WEIRD HOW THAT HAPPENS WITH CHARACTERS EH). Moving on.

As you will recall, two recaps and many many many crackhead other posts from my corner of super hell ago, I ended the 11x18 recap with this image of Amara realizing...”something” after Dean said Cas’s name (just before she took Casifer with her), Dean/Amara unbreakable connection be damned. Speaking of unbreakable connection this post is partially the AMARA DISSERTATION. Buckle up.

FF to 11x21: All in the Family; the boys are shooting the shit with Chuck and in the meantime, Amara is torturing Casifer. Important to note that just recently the actual Cas was enlightened that Dean wants him to cast Lucifer out, so I presume he is a little more active at this point, and that strengthens the following hypothesis. Look how Amara is looking at Casifer here:

And here, right before she touches him on the chest.

It’s the same look she gave Dean. She’s trying to decipher something; trying to figure something out.

She appears to Dean in the VERY next scene, to show him how she is torturing Casifer. But the real point is, of course, to show him how its affecting the physical form of Cas, reminding him its not just Lucifer who is suffering. It works.

DEAN

Amara is – she's in my head. [Sam looks at him sharply] Hey, I didn't ask for it, okay? She just showed up. But she's showing me visions of – of Lucifer. By Lucifer, I mean Cas, and he looks like crap – like she's really doing a number on him.

***Note, yet again, despite the *connection* Amara/Dean supposedly share, all he can think about and talk about is Cas.

And Amara knows it. That’s the realization she has in 11x18. Dean loves Cas. Then, in 11x21 she realizes Cas loves Dean. So, she uses it to her own ends. Smart girl.

Enter Donatello (I love him), prophet of (not) the Lord. He, Metatron, and Sam set out to rescue Casifer while Dean distracts Amara. If we start with the presumption she now has the prior additional insight, the following snippets of dialogue hit a little different.

AMARA

This place, this world hasn't been especially easy for you. Why not at least consider my offer?

*********

DEAN

You're right. I am drawn to you. And it bothers the hell out of me, 'cause I can't control it.

AMARA

Then why fight it? What you're feeling is that I am the end of your struggle.

***AHEM, this was not the FACE CUPPING I requested.

What keeps Dean from having it all? What is his struggle? It’s not the monsters or the hunting. Dean’s repeatedly shown he loves this life; he doesn't want anything else (and the one time he did try it in Season 6, it was half-ass at best, and he left the minute Sam returned to go back to hunting). Dean’s KEY struggle in the show is internal. He represses his feelings, pushes his pain aside, resulting in a cycle of self-loathing and anger. That cycle keeps him from having it all - accepting he can be loved, allowing himself to give his heart to someone else. And at this point, Amara not only knows that someone else is Cas, she knows that Cas feels the same way. Girl, welcome to super hell. Take a damn seat by Sam.

11x22: We Happy Few

I’ll skim through this one so this post doesn’t completely make your eyes bleed due to the sheer length.

The splicing with the scenes of everyone assembling different factions to form the new “line-up” needed to trap Amara is excellent. I’ve already done a short post on the brilliance of Dean heading to get Crowley and the ex-boyfriend mood of it all (Dean, of all people, telling Crowley to sober up gives me an ENTIRE head canon of the Crowley/demon!Dean unseen dynamic in Season 10). And of COURSE Dean knows exactly what to say to convince Crowley to get on board. I also enjoy our future Sam-witch as the emissary to Rowena (”three’s a coven” would be a great tattoo, TBH).

BONUS:

I love her.

Big fight scene with Amara ensues, but this isn’t the finale so she cannot be beaten. However, right before she mortally wounds Chuck, she does this:

[Yelling, LUCIFER charges her from behind again, but AMARA flings him hard against a support pillar across the room.]

AMARA

Goodbye, nephew.

[She banishes LUCIFER. CASTIEL slumps unconscious to the floor.]

DEAN: Cas!

(He rushes AMARA, but she flings him away without effort.)

***She banishes Lucifer. She could have just killed him. Ended him entirely, and Cas along with him. But she BANISHES LUCIFER. Because of what she learned in the prior episode. Because of the pain she saw in both of those idiots.

She does this for Dean.

Anyway, thank you Casifer FOR YOUR SERVICE. I miss you already.

11x23: Alpha and Omega

There is nothing more precious than Dean sending his brother to check on GOD while he goes to check on his boyfriend:

DEAN: [Grunting]

Check on him.

SAM: [kneels next to Chuck]

Hey. Chuck?

[Dean kneels down next to Cas and puts a hand on his shoulder. Cas stirs and looks up at Dean]

CAS:

Dean.

DEAN:

Cas? Hey, is that you?

***All the heart eyes for the reunion!!

*********ALSO SHOULDERRRRRRRR

Chuck is dying, Rowena bonds with him. Crowley is gold in this finale. I MISS YOU MARK. This line is NOT in the transcript/script I used, and it potentially being ad libbed makes it even better.

Dean decides to deal with the end of the world by drinking ONE beer, then deciding there is “not enough” beer and grabbing Cas for a beer (and....*feelings*) run.

DEAN:

You know what? This isn't gonna be enough. I better make a run.

[Sighs]

No reason to die sober, huh?

[to Sam]

You want to?

SAM: [frustrated]

No!

*********************

DEAN:

Be right back.

SAM:

I'll stay here, find our Plan B.

DEAN:

Okay. Cas, come on.

Nothing makes me more pleased than the assumption that of COURSE Cas is coming with him. I mean, he just got him back. Also, Sam is frustrated because he is back in super hell, obvi ;)

***Now we have the little “you’re our brother” bit in the Impala beer run dialogue, but to me it’s because Dean doesn’t know how else to express what he’s feeling. Repression, people.

The look of literal PAIN on Cas’s face at the “brother” line makes me cackle. Misha Collins DESERVES AN EMMY; he is doing the Lord’s work with his Acting Choices here.

This little part before is what really gets me though, especially with all of the WORDS OF AFFIRMATION:

[Dean and Cas are driving in the Impala]

DEAN:

How you doing? You good?

I mean, you know, the whole Lucifer thing.

CAS:

I was just... so stupid.

DEAN:

No, no, no. It wasn't stupid.

You were right. You were right to let Lucifer ride shotgun.

Me and Sam wouldn't have done that.

CAS:

Well, it didn't work.

DEAN:

No, but it was our best shot, and you stepped up.

CAS:

I was just trying to help.

DEAN:

Well, and you do help, Cas.

***ITS JUST SO LOVELY. Dean asking Cas how he is doing (what Cas always asks Dean); telling Cas he wasn’t stupid (throwback to Cas telling Dean he was stupid “for the right reasons”); acknowledging that Cas does HELP. That he is important and appreciated. THIS IS SUCH GROWTH. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. Speak his love language, King.

Anyway, then Dean turns into a human bomb because martyr!dean gonna martyr and be “daddy’s (Chuck filling that role here) blunt little weapon” and we get -

THE DESTIEL GOODBYE. Tell me they didn’t actually go canon for the FIRST time here. I will fight you.

LOOK at Cas watching him in the background.

These fucking desolate eyes. I’m crying.

THEY JUST GOT EACH OTHER BACK -

(I recognize this .gif is meh quality but I love that he turns and walks to him and Cas just GRABS him in this crushing hug)

DEAN [accepts the hug good-naturedly but then looks sad]

Okay, okay.

***”good naturedly??? ok Jensen “Acting Choices” Ackles. That is not “good nature” that is BLISS.

AND THEN THIS -

SOBS IN ENOCHIAN.

***I literally had to remind myself that the reunion hug is coming; it’s just an episode away. I’ll make y’all feel better too; here it is - A PERFECT PARALLEL. Curse this show.

MORE OF THIS “GOOD NATURED” HUGGING PLEASE.

Anyways, back to depressing subtext.

DEAN:

Okay, look. I want a big funeral.

All right? I'm talking epic.

Okay? Open bar, choir, Sabbath cover band, and Gary Busey reading the eulogy.

*****This scene lives in my mind rent-free as PROOF 15x20 doesn’t exist.

I can’t skip over further growth in Dean’s goodbye to Sammy.

***He’s being serious. Seasons 1-3 Dean would never have admitted this. I was a blubbering mess at this point.

So, Dean heads to Amara, and the rest of the gang heads to the bar.

CROWLEY:

Your round, Moose.

***I would love an entire bottle episode of Crowley, Sam, Rowena, and Chuck at that bar TBH.

And then, Dean saves the day. BUT NOT by dying and sacrificing himself, letting himself be used as a weapon of mass destruction. No, he fixes the DAMN WORLD by connecting to Amara emotionally, and bringing her and Chuck back together, because he understands that not to be alone is what she really needs; that her own struggle is the same as his - letting in love instead of raging against it and fighting her own need for companionship. Because that’s where ELDEST SIBLING AMARA AND Dean Winchester CONNECT. Amara isn’t in love with Dean. She identifies with Dean. She sees her own feelings in him, her own pain, and that’s why she exorcises Lucifer and saves Cas - FOR Dean. Amara’s just a Dean girl, everyone. And we know Dean girls protect Cas at all costs.

Yup. Amara Dean Girl Darkness Heller.

That’s it. That’s the dissertation.

See you in Season 12, where I will attempt to figure out the reason behind the British Men of Letters, killing Hitler, the brain melt that is Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox, the comedy of errors that is Cas playing Dean hot and cold, and the Mary Winchester of it all.

#destiel #spn analysis #spn meta #supernatural #spn family #spn fandom #spn season 11 #amara #spn recap #dean winchester

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gifted-burnout-archive · 4 years

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Jim’s Best Friend

Part One - Scranton Sweet Scranton

Word Count: 2734

Author’s Note: Hi! This is Part One of a rather long story set in the office universe, so I hope you enjoy! That’s about all I have to say tbh... Go Jim!

Warning: None

February, 2005.

"Is this on? It is? Perfect." A young woman sat in the Dunder Mifflin Conference Room, a camera crew before her, and she took a moment to fix her blouse to sit neatly on her shoulders. "And just- my name, got it." She nodded, and faced the camera.

"Hi, I'm Y/N, and I've worked at Dunder Mifflin for... five, no, six years now." She introduced herself with a friendly smile, looking to the producer as he asked a question.

"I started working here when I was eighteen, yeah. First full time job, and the only one I ever needed." She joked, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, nervous.

"Compared to other employees? Well, I started before Jim and Pam even got here, and they've been here a while. I might have been one of the first people Michael ever hired." She nodded as she spoke, and it was clear she was fond of her boss. "I know he's a bit of a weirdo sometimes, and I won't deny he has flaws," she glanced out the window, and Michael marched around outside impersonating Hitler, "... but he's a sweetheart. Clueless," she shared a chuckle with the camera crew, "but a sweetheart... I swear."

"Oh, yeah. I'm just back from my vacation, saved up all my days for three years to go to Spain. It was really amazing, but I'm kind of glad to just be back in the office, see my colleagues. Got kind of lonely travelling alone." She shrugged, beginning to fidget with a bracelet around her wrist.

—

You settled down at your desk, sending a smile to Dwight and Jim as you sat yourself down, watching Michael out of the corner of your eye as he took the new temp around the office.

"You know, you've been here long enough to not arrive late, Y/N." Dwight spoke up, and you looked over with a sigh.

"My flight literally got in last night. I took the half day on leave, if anything..." You glanced up at the clock, "I got into the office early." You remarked, pulling a tight lipped smile that made Jim chuckle from the desk beside you, before he coughed and returned to his call with Mr Davis.

"Yeah, I'm here-" Jim started again, when suddenly his pencil holder clattered onto the desk, causing you to look up. Dwight wasn't in a good mood, and decided to start pushing Jim's paperwork around mid-call. "-Sure. Mr Davis, let me call you right back. Yeah, something just came up. Two minutes. Thank you very much." Jim hastily put the phone on the receiver. "Dwight, what are you doing?"

"What?"

"What are you doing?" Him repeated, the annoyance clear in his voice. You watched quietly, trying to finish up an order confirmation.

"Just clearing my desk, I can't concentrate." Dwight murmured, and Jim scoffed.

"It's not on your desk-"

"It's overlapping, it's all spillin-..." You rolled your eyes at the pair, used to these antics, and quickly finished up your order before getting up, heading over to Pam's desk while the two men bickered.

"You want a coffee?" You asked Pam, perhaps the person you were closest with in the office, besides Jim, and she nodded while giving you a look that just screamed 'help me'. You nodded, and headed towards the kitchen, squeezing Jim's shoulder in reassurance as he continued to squabble with Dwight. You had been in the same position more times than you could remember.

As you made Pam's coffee, making sure to add just the right amount of creamer and sugar, Dwight appeared, stealing the pot from you and pouring what was supposed to be your cup into his own mug.

"Honestly, Dwight?" You snapped, brewing a new pot while muttering to yourself. You were out of sorts, a mixture of jet lag and the new client stressing you out, but as Dwight rummaged in the fridge for his lunch box, he poked his head back up.

"Survival of the fittest, Y/N." He remarked, and you quickly poured the fresh coffee into your cup, lifting both mug carefully as you made your way out of the kitchen.

"I'll show you survival of the fittest Schrute..." You muttered, being careful not to slip any coffee as you hurried over to Pam, handing over her mug and receiving a grateful nod. After you had both taken a drink, she motioned for you to lean in.

"I thought you should know, Michael was in a meeting this morning with Jan from corporate. They're looking to downsize." She revealed the gossip as you took another sip of coffee, raising an eyebrow.

"Wait, seriously?" You sighed, running a hand through your hair, and Pam let out a sudden giggle. You turned your head, your worry dissipating as you watched Jim tape sharpened pencils to the edges of his desk, no doubt a response to Dwight's interruption of his phone call earlier.

"This'll be fun." Pam muttered, and you grabbed a sweet from her bowl, the pair of you watching as Dwight came back to his desk.

"You can't do that." Dwight announced quickly, placing his mug of coffee on the table as he sat down.

"Why not?" Jim asked.

"Safety violation. I could fall and pierce... an organ." Dwight said in an accusatory tone, to which Jim replied with a nod, crossing his fingers.

"We'll see." He smirked, and you and Pam laughed a little.

"Enjoy the coffee." You said, and Pam reached out to squeeze your hand, another quick thank you, before you sat down. Jim turned to the camera crew stationed nearby.

"This is why the downsizing thing doesn't bother me." Jim said with a shrug, Dwight using his phone to slam pencils that were wedges between the desk.

"Dwight, seriously?" You groaned, Dwight proceeding to make eye contact with you as he forced the last of the pencils onto the floor.

You spent the next hour or so working as, one by one, colleagues headed to the kitchen for lunch, and as Michael headed over to Pam's desk to grab some faxes and reminders, you called up a new client.

"Hi there, this is Y/N from Dunder Mifflin, I was hoping you might have a chance to discuss your company's paper stock today?" Jim, who ate a sandwich at your desk, raised an eyebrow as you spoke, interested. It had been a fairly slow day, and Michael's million dollar man impression was entertaining no-one. You listened to the phone a moment, and smiled. "Well yes sir, I do agree that Staples have been raising their prices far too much. That's why we here at Dunder Mifflin are ready to offer you better prices from a better company." You pitched, and Jim leaned in.

"What are you-" Dwight asked, and Jim shushed him.

"That is excellent, Mr Kidson. Would you be wanting the same shipment you previously received with your past supplier?" You started taking down notes, and waved over at Angela, who walked over with folded arms. You handed her the calculator, and she sighed, glancing down at what you wrote. "Of course, we would be happy to sort you out with additional product. What would you be looking for?" You asked again, Angela calculating by your side. You took a moment, pressing the receiver to your chest. "Manila is how much again?" You whispered.

"12.05 per box, but if he buys three, you could bump it down." Jim suggested, and you nodded.

"Yes sir, $12.05... Yes I know, we pride ourselves in being being cheaper long term than any other supplier, including Staples. I can assure you the quality is equal if not better... I see. Yes." You nodded, writing down a few more notes. "Well, I could definitely offer you free delivery with such a large order, as well as a 10% discount today, and 20% next quarter if you choose to keep us as your supplier?" You offered, a few heads around the office turning to look over at you now.

"Right... Very well then Mr Kidson. You have a great day now." You put down the phone, letting out a shaky breath.

"Well?" Jim asked, and you looked up, unable to contain your smile.

"Biggest sale I've made since Topaz." You shared in a quiet voice, and you received a quick clap from Phyllis and Jim. Topaz was your first regular, and it's a huge sale every quarter. And now with Mr Kidson and his company under your belt, you couldn't help but be happy.

"That's awesome Y/N!" Jim congratulated, and you glanced over to Pam, whose eyes were fixed on Michael's office .

"You all good Pam?" You asked, and she shook her head.

"How can you actively like Michael? Dude's talking about him needing a pay rise when downsizing is about to happen?" She questioned you, and you sighed. Of course Michael had to say something like that and put Pam in a bad mood.

About twenty minutes or so later, and after you had sent off the order confirmation, Angela checking your math over your shoulder to make sure you got it right, Michael reappeared from his office.

"Attention all Dunder Mifflin employees, please. We have a meeting in the conference room. A.S.A.P." Michael announces, hands pressed to the sides of his mouth. You walked in with Pam, taking a seat beside her in the front as the rest of the office shuffled their way in. The day had been long for you, and you got into the office around 12.15, you could only imagine how boring the morning must have been.

And then there it was. Downsizing, confirmed, and Michael's awful attempt to calm down a worried world force with slang he shouldn't be using and promises he couldn't keep.

You let the rest of the room leave, back to their desks, before catching Michael by the arm.

"Michael."

"Y/N."

"You gotta stop with the Hitler thing and trying to relate... Nobody appreciates it." You said quietly, shoving your hands into your trouser pockets, and Michael frowned.

"Y/N, do you think it's appropriate to talk to me like that?" He questioned, and you took a step back. Normally he would have agreed with you, apologised and tried to make up for his actions with cake for the office. He was clearly in a different mood today.

"I just wanted to let you know Michael... It's not like anyone else in the office is going to bring it up." You shrugged, leaving him in the conference room and sitting down. The clock read 4.01pm. Only an hour or so to go. Michael took a breath and left the conference room, walking over to Ryan's desk and beginning to take him round, introduce him to people.

After you waved a quick hello, and Jim and Ryan shook hands, Michael stopped on Dwight.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Watch out for this guy!" He said, grabbing onto Dwight's shoulders from behind. The seated man looked up from cleaning his glasses. "Dwight Schrute in the building. This is Ryan, the new temp." Michael introduced the pair, Dwight nodding.

"What's up?" He asked, returning to his glasses.

"Nice to meet you." Ryan responded, hesitantly holding out a hand. Michael watched for a second, and realising Dwight wouldn't do anything, he intervened, hands on his hips like a scolding father.

"Introduce yourself. Be polite." Michael encouraged, and Dwight hastily slipped his glasses back on, taking Ryan's hand in a firm shake.

"Dwight Schrute, Assistant Regional Manager."

"Assistant to the Regional Manager." Michael corrected, and you honestly just zoned it out, no longer bothered with paying attention anymore. The work day was almost over, you had a call scheduled for twenty minutes from now, and then you would be celebrating. In honour of your big sale, Meredith had suggested you go out to Poor Richards, and while you didn't want to fuel her alcoholism, others in the break room showed interest in coming along, and you did feel like treating yourself. Jim has asked Pam if she could make it on your behalf, and it was looking to be a good night.

You just had to get to 5.30, and then you could forget about work and enjoy an evening back in Scranton. Catch up on the past few weeks you were gone.

"Oh! Damn it!" Dwight yelled suddenly, and you looked up.

"Hold on, Judge is in session. What seems to be the problem here?" Michael asked before Dwight could claw out Jim's eyes.

"He put my stuff in Jell-O again!" Dwight whined, lifting a plate of Jell-O onto the table with his stapler inside, both you and Pam letting out laughs almost simultaneously. Your phone began to ring, and while you wanted to see the aftermath, especially as Jim sent a wink your way and opened up a Jell-O pot, you transferred the call to the conference room, and headed inside to take it.

"Hello there, this is Y/N at Dunder Miffli-" You spoke, but the caller on the other end interrupted you.

"Yeah babe, I know, sorry to call your work phone. You haven't been replying to me all day." Your boyfriend of four months spoke up on the other end of the line. Ever since you went on your vacation to Spain, he had been extra... Clingy.

"You know I turn my phone off at work, Brian. Look, I'm tired and I just got back from Spain, can we talk about this when I see you tomorrow?" You pleaded, pressing your fingers to your temple.

"I just don't get why you flew off to Spain right after we started dating, you didn't even invite me or anything." Brian got on the defensive, and you took a deep breath.

"I asked if you wanted to come, you didn't have the money, and it was a non-refundable trip Brian. I had been planning it for a year. I'm not going to apologise for it again." You spoke clearly, trying your best to keep calm.

"Whatever... If you actually loved me, you wouldn't have been such a bitch and left me here." He hung up, and you felt your lip tremble slightly. You hated fighting with him, you really did, but you didn't have the money to fly him out with you. And even then, if he wanted to come, shouldn't he have paid his own way?

You sighed, and your awaited business call came through. You did your best to press a smile on your face and into your voice as you answered the phone.

The end of the day came quickly, and with another confirmed sale, you tried your hardest to not focus on Brian and whatever argument the pair of you were currently in. You exited the conference room, the office packing up, and you see Roy and Pam from the corner of your eye leaving together, and Jim looking a little bummed out.

"Are they going to meet us at the bar?" You asked Jim, shuttling your computer down and lifting your handbag from the floor. Jim shook his head.

"Nah... Headed home. Do you think I could maybe take a rain check tonight? Head out with you guys some other time? I just remembered some errands I wanted to run and-" Jim began excusing himself, but you shook your head and smiled.

"Of course. I'll see you next week ok? Maybe we could finally get round to that group date, you and Pam and I." You suggested, and Jim smiled slightly at the thought, grabbing his things.

"Maybe." He said, stopping for a moment before turning to Michael's office, opening the door and lifting the sacred 'World's Best Boss' mug from his desk.

"What are you doing, Halpert?" You asked, slipping on your jacket. He grinned back at you.

"Just thought I could surprise Michael on Monday with a grape Jell-O encased coffee mug." He shrugged innocently, slipping it into his bag as the two of you walked out of the office, turning of the lights as you left.

Once you got outside, Jim nodded over to something behind you, and you turned to see a few of your co-workers waiting on you, all of you looking desperate for a drink.

"I'll see you around Y/L/N." Jim bid his goodbye, heading over to his car as you and your colleagues headed for the bar, booze on your mind.

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moontheoretist · 4 years

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Snezhnayan people, Fatui and the Cryo Goddess Tsaritsa

Snezhnaya is based on Russia and I really hope it won’t end as this weird meta message such as “russians are just plain evil” in Genshin Impact, due to the fact that Fatui aren’t actually good organization, because it would be so friggin sad to not see a deeper look at the country of Snezhnaya due to stereotypes.

Happily, despite the initial “Fatui are evil” and Jean’s constant “Fatui are bad people” preaches, we technically can see that even Fatui aren’t exactly all that bad, some of them are just not even cut out to be Fatui in the first place and can be easily scared or intimidated, while others are through and through evil people, who may or may not have a good cause in mind, but go at it in all the wrong ways. Even though they aren’t the only ones with questionable morals *side-eyes Kaeya and Diluc and their gathering information tactics, which probably include beating it out* they are still kind of seen as evil all together and the reason for that are mostly Jean’s speeches and her attitude towards them (justified, mind you, if someone wanted to kill my holy dragon I also would be pissed) and the fact that Mondstadt evokes Germany, as well as Netherlands to some people, I am not really surprised that she doesn’t like them. I mean I wondered if current political situation affected it somehow, but you could as well say that Germany and Russia never were exactly all buddy, buddy etc.

When it comes to other countries though they also see Fatui as bad people, and they have a good reason for that. Fatui after all do not care what means they have to use to achieve their goals, they will just do it to get results and tbh I cannot say that it isn’t correct for their theme if we remember that they aren’t just a shady organization, but also a group of delegates, which means that they are political group led by a god and the people the god chose as their lieutenants.

When we look at it like that and remember the introduction to Snezhnaya from one of the trailers (namely the fact that Tsaritsa lost love for her people and vice versa) meta message becomes significantly better, because we can see a ripple between Tsaritsa as a god, her followers Fatui and actual people of Snezhnaya. I could even say that it evokes the fact that Russian government is shady and will do whatever it takes to achieve their goal, while regular people technically do not even have to support that and are unrelated to whatever their government decides to do in this or that matter. So when I think about it like that I cannot really say that Genshin Impact is trying to demonize Russians or slavic people in general, just because Fatui aren’t generally nice and have shady morals.

The only thing I can hope for is for the game to delve deeper into that fracture and not try to make people of Sneznaya into a monolith which agrees with what Tsaritsa and Fatui do, but just do not participate. I would rather see them being against what they do, to strengthen the theme of fracture between the goddess and her people. Some could be of course neutral, and some could probably even agree but generally I would wanna see the dissonance, the fracture, the very big and visible sign that Tsaritsa and Fatui are separate from the people.

The fact that Fatui basically means “fools” is a little mean, especially because I cannot see them naming themselves like that on purpose and know that this name was given to them by developers to give us more clues about what is going on in the world around us. And even though we don’t know yet what the hell Abyss Order tries to do and what Tsaritsa and Fatui try to do, and if they actually work together or are two separate entities, which may even be at odds with each other, the one is clear - the name given to the Fatui is supposed to evoke that whatever they believe and do is wrong, no matter if their cause is noble (like, maybe they collect Gnosis to give Tsaritsa enough power to stop something bad from happening? who knows?) or it is just a simple conquest. They are supposed to be wrong and try to achieve thins by wrong means. Who knows, maybe if they have a noble cause, they are doing the opposite of helping and aren’t even aware of it, hence the name given by the developers?

There is so many good stuff we do not know yet, so many interesting things, hinted here and there. The story about the Queen of Kingdom of Darkness, Abyss Order being led by one of the twins and trying to achieve something which endangers people of Teyvat for a cause which sounds strangely as getting back your own home, whether sibling is possessed, manipulated or controlled by Unknown God and was dispatched to destroy the world to “bring balance” to heavenly principles, as well as missing God of Time and finally what Tsaritsa is trying to achieve with her Gnosis collection and for what reason she isolated herself from the other gods, but then started collecting their power. This all is very interesting, it intrigues me and I already have some basic ideas of what may be going on in Teyvat. But I don’t wanna spoil even further so now I will just share with you a small piece of translated knowledge and I am off to go and rest.

Tsaritsa just like polish caryca is a feminine version of the word tsar/car which is a title of a ruler of Russia during their monarchy era. Tsaritsa (possibly a title of Cryo god, instead of a name, just like in the case of Geo god) means “wife or a widow of a tsar”, because that title is given to a spouse of a tsar.

Snezhnaya in the meantime means snowy, which evokes both Russia and thanks to the Cryo focus of the country it also evokes Siberia. And kind of technically explains why Snezhnaya has superior military power. They probably aren’t small country (probably proportional to or bigger than Liyue Harbor) and I bet they cannot be easily conquered just like Russia. The fact that Mondstadt is supposed to be germanic also reminds me that Hitler tried and failed to do that.

#genshin impact #genshin impact spoilers #genshin impact meta #snezhnaya #tsaritsa

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vanillabegonias · 3 years

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hey, sorry if this like, super annoying, but i really loved "the mysterious case of captain america" and i liked the formatting so much, i just wanted to ask how you did it, because i want to write a somewhat similar styled fic for a different fandom, and it's okay if you don't want to answer this lol i was just wondering because i think it's the nicest formatting i've ever seen in a fic and i'd really love to know how you did it, even if you don't answer this i hope you have a lovey day!

Hi anon! This wasn’t annoying at all, I’m so glad you liked it! I originally meant to post the skin but tbh I’m terrible at explaining things and have just been sitting on it incase anyone wanted it lol

I’ve included the workskin and a small explanation on how to use it but 1) Tumblr post formatting is beyond my ability to understand so it looks little janky and 2) there may be one or two mistakes that i’ve over looked but the workskin is directly pasted from Ao3 so I know that at least is functioning :)

Let me start by saying I have no idea what I'm doing and this is probably messy and overly complicated but here's the workskin I cobbled together for my fic.

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How to use:

**You'll notice the is everywhere, that's just a personal stylization choice and not mandatory.

Enclose EVERYTHING in these two <div class="bdy"> and <div class="buzz"> The entire story should begin with these -meaning place them where you want to start the formatting and at the end of the formatted area add </div></div>

<div class="info"> TEXT HERE </div> -will format the text, if you want to add the "ooo creepy and important" red text just enclose that part with (this can be used in the info section, transcript section and the quote section)

example:

During the Second World War a man only publicly known as CAPTAIN AMERICA was presented by the UNITED SERVICE ORGANIZATION or USO to the American public. Their hope was that his fictitious exploits and all-American look would appeal to Americans to enlist and purchase bonds for the war effort.

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12.06 - Celebrating the life of Asa Fox Episode Review/Recap

Honestly, I see a picture like this on a promo and I have no hesitation diving straight in. Okay, you all know I have a hurt!Sam fetish, complete with writhing on the floor padabooty, let’s not bang on about it.

Official episode summary: THREE WINCHESTERS ARE BETTER THAN ONE – When hunters gather together to celebrate the life and tragic death of one of their own, Sam (Jared Padalecki) Dean (Jensen Ackles) and Mary (guest star Samantha Smith) must take action when a demon starts picking off hunters one by one. John Bedham directed the episode written by Steven Yockey

My optimum number of Winchesters is two but yeah, I don’t mind a buy two get one extra free here and there.

Overall, I do really enjoy this episode, even after rewatch but putting under a cut to save space.

There’s a lot of things I don’t like about the Dabb era, and in terms of this episode, retconning Mary to be a hunter after parenthood is one of those things that niggles a little (I know she was a hunter before parenthood which also irks for different reasons) so there’s a lot I have to shake off from my mind in order to be able to enjoy an episode. And on rewatch, I had less issues than I did the first time (but given I’m coming at this straight from season 15, it could be a case of me just grasping onto absolutely anything that isn’t terrible).

Aside from the Mary thing, I love so much about this episode, not least because there isn’t a single mention of feathers who I am seriously going to struggle watching in any episode going forward thanks to 15.18 debacle.

Anyway moving swifly on…

First up is the intro and I love the introduction of Asa Fox as a character. We first meet him as a child, who Mary saves from a werewolf attack. And then we see him become interested in hunting (as Mary tells him she’s soon going to retire, and he’s worried that if she does: who’s gonna save people like me?)

Asa decides it’s going to be him and through a montage set to Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Roll On Down The Highway, we see Asa grow up to become a pretty awesome hunter. Throughout all this time, he writes postcards to Mary, but doesn’t send them (no address) so he has quite a collection by the end and I think it’s all his hunts.

I’m so caught up in how awesome Asa is and how much I like this new character, I’m completely jarred when he comes to a sudden and unexpected end via hanging which also brings the music to an abrubt halt.

Great intro, Asa said very few words but I’m already mourning not getting to know him more.

After the opening titles, we switch to Jody who is chilling out at home about to watch Netflix when there’s a knock at the door. Turns out it’s Sam and Dean who have just finished up a hunt and stopped by to visit. Unfortunately the cardboard cutout “just add water” instant girl hunters are at a concert. Jody offers to feed them, and Dean lets her know that he killed Hitler since the last time they saw her.

Sam: *huffs and walks away Jody: *blank stare “thank you?” Dean: You’re welcome

Love it.

They have pizza and watch Netflix and have a debate about rom coms. Sam says Dean is more of “an animated Japanese erotica chick.”

A little oversharing on your brother’s habits there Sammy, but Sam is not concerned in the least. In fact, I love how totally relaxed Sam is sitting here. He’s clearly comfortable at Jody’s slumped on her sofa.

The phone rings and Jody goes to answer it, Sam and Dean have a conversation about Sam oversharing which Dean’s uncomfortable with.

Sam: Dude, be proud of your hobbies. It makes you who you are.

Supportive Sam encouraging his brother!

Jody returns and walks past them, she’s clearly upset. The boys follow to watch her start packing. They ask what’s wrong and Jody says a friend of hers died – it’s poor Asa from the opener and I wasn’t expecting a link from Jody to Asa.

The name is familiar to Dean and he’s trying to figure it out when Sam says it’s the guy Ellen used to tell stories about at the Roadhouse. Asa apparently killed five wendigos in a single night and now I’m even more mourning his loss. Seems Jody met Asa when he came to town on a hunt, she caught him out when he tried to pretend to be an FBI agent by the name, Fox Mulder. He’s worse than the Winchesters! Anyway she helped him out on a ghoul hunt and they kept in touch.The boys decide to go with her to the wake, John didn’t let them go to hunter gatherings outside of bars as he always said they were trouble.

Turns out Asa lived in Manitoba, Dean says “oh Canada” when he gets out of the car on arrival. Sam is impressed with the house which yes, nice digs for a hunter.

We meet Asa’s mother, Lorraine and she knew her son was a hunter. She’s heavily in to the drink but she’s just lost her son, so I’m cutting her some slack as I can’t imagine anything worse.

Dean finds his way to the kitchen (and the beer) which has no label. He’s concerned but “Bucky” homebrewed it himself and it’s strong. Dean introduces himself which gets the attention of the several hunters in the room,

Randy: No freakin’ way. Aren’t you dead? Like, four times? Dean: Yeah. It, uh, didn't take.

Just wait till they hear about Mystery Spot where he died over a hundred times in a single day!

Sam fanboy hunter: Wait. Your brother here? Sam? Dean: Yeah, he's still alive, too. He's –

Fanboy doesn’t even wait for Dean to finish, he’s off to find Sam. Same fanboy (named Elvis), same tbh

While Dean’s making friend’s in the kitchen – and learning not to say the name ‘Wendigo’ which turns out to be a trigger word to take a drink - Sam’s homed in on hotboy Max and his equally hot sister Alicia. Turns out their mother is a good witch who taught Alicia how to hunt bad witches.

Sam (to Max): What did she teach you? Max: Uh, mostly how to seduce men. Alicia: She also taught him some magic, which is actually more useful. Max: Eh, mostly the men thing.

Max is definitely getting his flirt on, making sure Sam knows he’s into hot men, and we cannot deny, Sam is a hot man. Before Sam can flirt back, Elvis interrupts and introduces himself and then makes Sam feel awkward when he asks Sam about being possessed by the devil. Bad Elvis!

Max (and Alicia) are both pissed on Sam’s behalf,

Alicia: Dude, you don't just ask someone about something that messed up. Max: Seriously, back off.

Protective!Max alert, I’m going to need a few minutes with my new ship Samax, though to be honest, the way Max and Alicia are sitting together, it might need to be Samaxia, which no issue other than it sounds like a drug that gets advertised on television with all kinds of side effect warnings, like may cause death...)

Elvis makes Sam feel so awkward that he runs off to go find a beer. Elvis then tries to talk to Max and Alicia and they outright just tell him to go away. Love them.

Aww, Sam got his beer and then went off to find his big brother. In fairness, I think they’ve been separated five minutes at this point and in that time Sam was accosted by Elvis. Dean’s looking through Asa’s office and discovers he has a real angel blade. Sam asks if Dean knew people tell stories about them.

Dean: Yeah. Apparently, we’re a little bit legendary. Sam: Yeah, but, I mean, so was Asa. Then a hunt went bad, and he ended up hanging from a tree, alone in the woods. Dean: He died on the job. No better way to go. Sam: You really believe that? Dean: Yeah. What, you don’t? I mean, come on, Sam, it's not like we're in the “live till you're 90, die in your sleep” business. This? [Dean points at Asa’s hunting wall] This only ends one way.

It’s difficult watching this knowing the ultimate end as I know Sam’s never agreed with this, being the one to want to see an end to hunting at some point; but you can’t deny Dean has been consistent in how he thinks he’s going to go out and has always seemed at peace with that.

Sam says they should get back and Dean agrees but warns Sam not to say “wendigo” to anyone. I love that he warns Sam. Every time Dean is a good brother, it just reminds me how much of a bad sister I am as I would not have passed on the warning. Sam’s confused about why he can’t say it but seems to just accept it.

Only a few people are around by the end of the night, still telling stories of Asa’s epic hunts - mainly Bucky. Why show, why give us this amazing man and kill him off in the first five minutes?!.

Anyway, turns out that the “ghoul story” from earlier had more to it. Asa and Jody got together for some “sweet sweet time alone”. Jody plays it down, says it was more of a casual thing. Turns out Asa could beat Dean in the ladies game and I think even Alicia and Max mother was one of his conquests (we saw this in the opening montage as well, Asa kissing a different woman in his car in between hunts).

Randy asks if people want a beer and heads to the kitchen, and I fear Randy is not long for this world as he walks down the hallway alone. We stay on him as he returns and my anxiety is kicking in, even with expecting something, it’s sudden when his throat is slit and he’s dragged off down a side corridor by someone wearing black.

Alicia walks back into the living room carrying two beers – and we’re reminded she’s dressed all in black?! Alicia? Surely not.

We see someone enter the door and only see their boots as they walk, they stop just outside the living rom where everyone is talking. Loraine hears the footsteps stop and tells the stranger to come in and not hover.

Turns out it’s Mary. Awkward Winchester family reunion, given I think from memory Mary walked out an episode or so ago.

Sam, Dean, Jody and Mary go somewhere more quiet to talk.

Mary: What are you doing here? Dean: What are you doing here?

I love the reversed dynamic of Sam being go between Dean and Mary (where it was the reverse between Sam and John). Sam introduces Mary to Jody as their mother.

Jody: I thought– I thought you were... Mary: I was. Jody: [quietly] Wow. Wow! [She hugs Mary excitedly] It is so nice to meet you!

She belatedly sees the awkward tension and ships out to give them “some family time”

Dean asks where Mary’s been and she responds she’s been using John’s journal to work through a few things.

Dean: You could’ve just asked us, you know. Sam: Dean, come on. Dean: She could’ve. Mary: It’s okay. He’s right. But… This is something I needed to do alone. I… Listen, most of the people I knew are dead. And then I remembered Asa. He was so young when I met him, I thought he must still be around. And then… I saw an article about his death, and, uh… Dean: So you’ll text us once a week, maybe, but you’ll drive all the way to Canada to see some dead guy? Well, that’s awesome. I’m gonna get some air. Mary: Dean, wait...

Mary tries to go after Dean but Sam stops her. Sam knows his brother.

Jody on the other hand stops Dean at the door and pretty much says she’s here if Dean wants to talk about anything other than killing Hitler (which Dean spent the five hour drive telling her in excruciating detail.). She talks about giving anything to have her dead husband and son back but at the same time she would be worried it wouldn’t be the same which gives Dean some food for thought in regard to his complicated relationship with Mary.

Mary’s in the kitchen getting a beer, Lorraine introduces herself as Asa’s mother. Mary introduces herself as Mary Winchester, which Lorraine can’t believe as Mary should be her age. Mary: It’s a long story. She says she’s sorry. Lorraine says she should be, Mary’s the reason her son didn’t become an astronaut. She’s very bitter and hands Mary the box with the postcards Asa wrote to her. Mary defends herself and says she saved Asa’s life.

Lorraine: [scoffing] What am I supposed to say to that? After you, Asa got so… Hunting was his whole life. He never married. Never had a family, kids. And now… enjoy the wake.

I love this next scene between Sam and Mary. Sam finds Mary and asks if she’s all right. She thrusts the box of postcards at him and says she’s fine. She goes into Asa’s office and tells Sam she saved Asa when he was a kid, and this is all on her.

Sam: Well, no. Obviously, mom, he made his own decisions. And he helped a lot of people, you know?

Sam and free will and then we have Season 15 debacle. Pfff

Mary tells him that everywhere she goes and everything she does just feels wrong, but she’ll get used to it.Sam tells her he understands, she just needs space and so does Dean, (who we see outside drinking from his flask), He says Dean is just scared they are going to lose her again,

Sam: “that – that because we're (Sam and Dean) hunters, you're gonna walk away. But I know that’s not true. Even looking at these… [Sam holds out the box of Asa’s postcards to Mary] I mean, you saved Asa in 1980, um, after Dean was born. After everyone thought you quit hunting. Seems like you couldn’t stop then, and… I’m guessing you can’t stop now, either. This job, this life, is crazy and insane. But it’s in our blood. Come on. [Sam puts his arm around Mary] Mary: Where we going? Sam: To say goodbye to Asa.

I love that Sam understands more than anyone the desire to have normal/safe, pulling against the need to save people/hunt things so I love this scene between him and Mary and I like Mary a little bit more because of it. Damn you Jared! You even got me to like Claire once!

They go to say goodbye to Asa and I like when Mary undoes the cover over his face and we get blood dripping onto Asa’s forehead. It’s interesting to have both Sam and Mary in this scene in a callback to Sam’s nursery scene. They both look up and it’s Randy, tied to the rafters, dead and bleeding from his neck wound.

Back in the living room, Bucky is still telling stories about Asa. Sam and Mary rush in and Sam tells everyone they need to leave because Randy is dead. I like this, it’s like a murder mystery now. All of a sudden, water is shut off (this is new canon?), and the twins can smell Sulphur. Lights are flickering. Demon alert!

Bucky tells them it’s Jael, a crossroads demon who hangs people, which is his thing, snaps necks (Asa), slits throats (Randy). Turns out Asa exorcised the demon but now it’s back. Bucky tries to open the door, Elvis helps but it slams shut.

Max (trying to impress Sam): you’re wasting your time [he waves a hand in front of the door and we see red symbols] Max says the entire house has been warded.

Not sure if that impressed Sam or not but Max had me at “Seriously, back off” and now this? *Fans self

Anyway, it means they are trapped inside.

Back outside with Dean, he’s still drinking from his flask. He hears footsteps and doesn’t bother turning around, just tells the person to “go away”. I think he thinks it’s Mary, but turns out to be Billy saying “you’re not the boss of me.”

Dean: Billie. What’re you doing here? Billie: My job. [Dean chuckles] Well, I’m not dead yet. Billie: Shame. But actually, I just finished inside. I was reaping a fresh soul.

Wait, what? But Dean’s brother is in there! Dean’s pissed and marches to the door.

Inside, Bucky is telling the group more about the demon Jael. Asa exorcised the demon but not before it killed a first nations girl by tying a noose around her neck.

Outside Dean is rattling and banging on the door

Dean: Sam. Sammy! Hey! Billie: You can huff and puff, but that house is on supernatural lockdown. They can’t even hear you.

Bucky is still expositioning and Dean is still trying to get past that old Winchester nemesis “the door”, even throwing a solid statue at it, but nothing is happening.

Okay, we’ve now reached the only part of this episode I have an issue with. We’ve got a group of hunters standing around wondering who the demon is amongst them and not one of them can remember the tests for a demon. Sam come on! You knew Christo in season 1 and you performed a reverse exorcism in season 8.

Anyway Elvis accuses Alicia of not being in the room and Max says Dean wasn’t in the room either (uh Max buddy, accusing Sam’s brother isn’t going to win you any points in the whole wooing thing, just fyi - of course wooing Sam in the first place is pretty dangerous terratory)

Finally Alicia remembers about holy water but they are all out. Elvis says they can just make more but Mary reminds them the water is off. Uh? The toilet bowl?

Dean’s stopped attacking the door and turns to Billie and asks, What did you do? Billy says it wasn’t her, she’s just cleaning up the mess but “it’s always nice to see a Winchester who can’t get what he wants.”

Dean: You think this is funny? Huh? Hunters are dying in there. Billie: Everyone dies.

Dean is pretty much losing his shit and I’d like to remind people that at this point, he doesn’t know which hunter has died.

Back with the group, Sam finally remembers his brother is outside so all focus is on Alicia who starts coughing. I think she’s faking it to screw with her brother (totally what I would do) but no,

Alicia/Jael: Alicia’s not here right now. [Her eyes glow red] Leave a message. [she punches Max] Oh, you’re a fun group. We’re gonna have a good time tonight.

Jael leaves Alicia in a cloud of demon smoke and flies into the fireplace. Sam and Max get Alicia up (Samaxia forever – warning for side effects which may include internal bleeding and even death)

They now need to figure who in the house Jael has jumped into. Jody gives the orders (I’ll forgive this, she’s a cop) and they pair off to search the house (why not sweep room to room?), Anyway, Sam’s with Mary and Jody’s with Bucky.

Dean’s worked out that Billy got in to reap the soul so if she can get in, she can get Dean in.

Billie: I could, I suppose. But– Dean: Do it! Billie: But it’s a one-way ticket. And you’re gonna owe me one.

Billie, Sammy is in there, do you think Dean cares about “cosmic consequences” at a time like this? There is a door between them right now ffs! Sammy may even be dead and Dean does not want him decomposing before he can find a crossroads to make a deal!

Elvis who was supposed to be partnering with Lorraine, left her briefly to get her a double (vodka I presume?). Anyway Dean comes flying through the door like the overly dramatic bitch he is whenever Sam is in danger.

Dean (whipping out demon knife): Where’s my brother? [he’s already marching past them btw to go look]

THIS IS MY SHOW! What moron thought this show was going to end with DeanCas? Come on, don’t be shy, show yourselves so we can point and laugh because you are going to have an epic tantrum approximately 3 and a half years from this episode which could have been prevented if you’d watched the damn show, instead of wallpaper. By the way, in this episode, Castiel was played by the statue Dean threw at the door. [It represents the violent nature of the Destiel relationship – I have a 500 page meta on this if anyone is interested].

Lorraine accuses Dean of being the demon.

Dean: Demon? Lorraine: Kill him! Dean: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Easy, lady. Look, I’m not a demon, okay? I’m one of the good guys. Now stick with me, do what I say, and everybody’ll get out of here, okay? Everybody!

Elvis – making far too much use of his screentime matches Dean’s dramatics by pulling out his own knife and saying ominiously “well, not everybody” [complete with red flashing eyes].

In this episode, Dean is allowed to be a proper hunter and is able to fight. He taunts the demon, “You’re kinda slow for a demon, aren’t you?” which, he seriously is, no idea how this demon got my wonderful favourite side character “Asa” killed (if he’s not in the final watching Kansas play at the Road House along with all my other favourites, I will be pissed and have a full week meltdown on Twitter – just fyi) [*I won’t really because I’m not insane. Please don’t report me.]

Dean tells the demon to go to hell. The demon tells Dean that Hell is a “complete train wreck” (uh, no, what is a “complete train wreck” is most of season 12-15) Hell is much more pleasant. Dean repeats for the demon to go to hell and starts reciting an exorcism (finally, the smart brother is in the room). Love hearing Dean recite the exorcism. Demon says nuh uh though and snaps Elvis’ neck complete 180 which causes Lorraine to scream, the black smoke escapes from Elvis still standing body. Elvis collapses on the floor and Lorraine is wailing. And I can say “Elvis has left the bulding” which I’ve been waiting the entire episode to be able to say. I’m marginally disappointed Dean didn’t.

Dean helps Lorraine up while shouting “Sammeh!” which brings Sammeh running to the living room.

Mary: Dean. We thought you were outside. Dean: Yeah, I got back in. Sam: How? Dean: It was a one-time deal. Won’t happen again.

Thankfully, there’s no time for Sam to initiate the Spanish inquisition on THAT right now. They account for everyone – except Elvis obviously. The lights go out and everyone puts flashlights on (Max and Alicia have the phone torch on – me as a hunter!) but Dean pulls out the knife which Alicia and Max look at.

Alicia: Mm, impressive. Dean: Demon blade. Kills ‘em dead. Max and Alicia in unison: Nice.

While I try to work out a Sam/Max/Alicia/Dean ship name, Bucky suggests lighting candles, Dean says they need a devil’s trap. Sam says “on it” and Dean is right there with him “yep”. My boys working in sync!

Dean’s plan is for them all to stand in the devil’s trap. The person who won’t get in, is the demon. Clever plan. Mary is impressed and it’s nice for her to see how well one of her sons turned out as a hunter and the other is a cute dumbass – at least Sam had a flashlight.

Mary goes off on her own for some reason and goes to get the angel killing blade from Asa’s office.

Max tries flirting with Sam again, asking what kind of pentagram they are doing

Sam: Standard pentagram. Nothing fancy. Max: I like a Fifth Pentacle of Mars. It’s got more character.

Max bringing his A game to the flirting, I like it. Alicia doesn’t like all the flirting: “Because character is really what matters right now.” They are just like Sam and Dean! Spin off of codependent witch siblings right tf now. Please and thank you.

Jody sees Mary return and is suspicious she was off on her own. She whispers to Sam that she thinks Mary is possessed, she gets increasingly worried which draws the immediate attention of Dean who comes over and asks what is going on (demon knife drawn out and ready once again). Sam quietly tries to tell Dean that Jody thinks their mom is a demon, but Jody shouts, No, I don’t think, I know! I know she’s a demon. [points accusingly at Mary] which prompts Bucky to steps away from Mary and reaches for his knife.

Mary: Hey! Jody: Kill her! Use the knife! Kill her now! Sam: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait. Hold on a second, [turns to look at Jody] Jody, you… You don’t sound like yourself. Dean (not even looking around):That’s because she’s not herself. Are you?

Oh my poor Sam Dumbchester, on rewatch, this episode did you dirty, I was sucked in by my love of Asa Fox and the whole door thing and the Sammeh! I’m so ashamed. Hands my bitter Sam girl platinum membership card back to the bitter Sam girl club in recognition I am no longer worthy of holding it Jody turning into the red eyed demon is in the running for worst “playing of a different character ever” but it’s up against stiff competition from Casifer, Empty!Castiel, Gestapo!Castiel and gayforpay!Castiel and is mercifully short. My main issue with this demon is there is no real consistency through the different bodies it inhabits. They should all have agreed how to play it imo and I do think Kim goes Disney villain OTT but not enough to cause embarrassment, just would have been better if the performance had been toned down some.

Demon Jody had hoped they would kill their mom “wouldn’t that be a riot?”

Dean (sarcastically): Yeah, super fun

Sam tries to attack Jody and is thrown. Big brother is pissed and tries to attack but is thrown too. Uh, how come the lame demon can fight now?

Anyway, Mary attacks and tries to kill Jody with the demon blade and manages to scratch her arm, but Sam says no and pulls Mary away. .

Mary: What are you doing?! She’s a demon. We kill demons. Sam: No, but she’s Jody.

I like this that Mary doesn’t know you don’t just go around killing people, you try to save them first.

The demon is bored and claps her hands, and everyone collapses onto the ground and cannot move (where was this kickass power earlier?). The demon says she’s heard so many stories about the Winchesters, she stands over sam and says, “The idea that he left a meatsuit alive is just so deliciously weak.” Sam gives his “bite me” face.

As for the rest, she’s been inside their heads and starts spilling out secrets – the twins are Asa’s children (I forgot about this detail), Lorraine apparently tried to sabotage Asa’s truck to stop him going out hunting (which is a nice call back to him trying to fix the truck in the episode earlier). She says Jody fantasized about a life with Asa. Bucky manages to get up to attack but Jody grabs him and holds him on his knees.

Jody/Jael: And you. Bucky. Brave, brave Bucky. I was there that night. Tell these nice, stupid people what you did. Tell them what you took from me. Asa was mine.

I like this next scene, Sam manages to stand up and start the exorcism before he’s thrown across the room again. Dean picks up where Sam left off, until he’s thrown through a glass door, the twins are next and get pinned to the wall.

Bucky finally confesses that he killed Asa [and the way he’s dramatically thrown to the floor would never have made it into a scene in seasons 1 to 5]. Oh show, weeps for the quality that once was. Season 12 (heavy sigh).

Mary stands up and finishes the exorcism which sends the demon back to hell.

Sam rushes over to help Jody who says, “That… sucked”

[Try re-watching your performance Kim!]

Lorraine: Bucky, what did you do?

They all turn and look at Bucky.

Bucky says they were hunting in the woods for Jael and he wanted to go back and get the angel blade. Asa wanted to keep hunting but Bucky pushed him and Asa fell and cracked his head and died, which I feel kind of sorry for, not like he did it deliberately and he lost his best friend [and lets be real, it’s not the worst thing a supposed “best friend” has done on this show]. It’s a very tragic end for a great hunter (don’t fast forward to 15.20)

Bucky asks what they are going to do to him.

Alicia: Tell everyone, every hunter we meet. They’re gonna know your name, Bucky. Know what you did. Max: You like stories. This is the story everyone’s gonna tell about you. Forever

I guess I get Max and Alicia’s anger, Asa being their dad and all. It’s just tragic all round because I do feel it was an unlucky accident and Bucky clearly misses his best friend.

I like the setup of the funeral pyre, now 3 hunter bodies being burned, Jody, Lorraine and Mary are standing in front of the pyre. Alicia and Max are resting against their car and Dean and Sam are doing the same against baby.

Lorraine tells Mary she was wrong, “Asa did have a family. He even had kids. I’ve got grandchildren. Suppose I should go meet them.” She walks over to hug Alicia and Max.

Jody and Mary are left at the pyre,

Jody: I don’t know what’s going on between you and your boys, but I gotta tell you, mom to mom, they are good men. Best I’ve ever met. Mary: I know. They’re not the problem.

Jody walks away and leaves Mary on her own, which is Dean’s opportunity, he taps Sam and they both go over to Mary. They ask if she’s okay but Billy appears and says, “She’s really not.” Mary asks who she is and Dean says she’s a reaper that got him back inside.

I would like to have much preferred to have seen Sam’s reaction as well as Mary’s but we don’t get this and it’s a bad choice of angle for me. Billie says Dean owes her one and looks at Mary, “This one. This one right here.”

Billie is still on her “what’s dead should stay dead” kick. She’s a stickler for the laws on that (and never really changes tbh, I don’t really get Billie’s overall arc.)

Mary says she didn’t ask to come back, Billie agrees but says the dead man’s look in Mary’s eyes says she hates it, that she feels she doesn’t fit, like she’s all alone.

Dean: Well, she’s not alone.

Billie (still looking at Mary): Tell me I’m wrong. [Sam and Dean turn to look at Mary and kudos to Jared once again for saying so much with no words as to how he looks at Mary here]

Billy says she’s not here to hurt Mary, “I’m here to offer you mercy. A one-way ticket upstairs, away from all of this.” [Again poor choice of camera for this scene as we see Dean but not Sam]. Mary asks how it would work.

Sam: Mom. [My poor boys!] Mary: You just kill me again? Billie: Reapers don’t kill people. Rules. Mary: Well… then… [she looks up at Sam and Dean] Me: Don’t you dare break my boys fragile hearts! Mary: Then I guess you’re just gonna have to wait. Billie: Winchesters… Me: Same tbh Billie Billie: …if you change your mind– if any of you change your minds– you know my name. [she disappears]

Sam asks if this means Mary is coming home. Mary says yeah, but follows up with: Not quite yet. I just need a little more time.

Sam looks disappointed ☹ but he understands

Dean: Can we buy you breakfast at least? Mary: Bacon? Dean: All the bacon. Mary: I would love that.

I love that Dean and Mary can find a common bond through food. Sam hugs Mary as they walk together towards the Impala

Despite a couple of wobbly bits sprinkled here and there and my poor Dumbchester Sammeh, I still really love this episode overall, the good far outweighs the issues I have and I’ll happily re-watch it as a stand-alone MOTW. I loved the introduction of the witch twins and wish we’d got to see a lot more of them *coughs* and a lot less of other “fan favourite” characters.

It will be interesting where this one will ultimately fall in my definitive list.

#spn rewatch #12.06 #celebrating the life of asa fox #episode review #episode recap #Dabb era actually has some quite good episodes to enjoy #if you ignore being repeatedly punched in the face with Cass is best friend/brother

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BoB live blog ep 2!

Aw yis episode 2 pls

Episode 2: Day of days.

And now for some shameless self-promotion: I named the restaurant in my BoB restaurant!au fanfic Jour des Jours, which according to google translate is French for day of days. It was a French restaurant. See what I did? I’m so smart. Any way it’s on AO3 if you wanna read it – Speirton have sex in a wine cellar. That’s the only thing I remember because tbh what else matters?

Anyway

On to the ep!

02:25 Once again I am an emotional wreck after just the credits. THE. MUSIC.

02:26 THEN THIS SHOW HAS THE AUDACITY TO HIT ME WITH IRL DICK WINTERS. NO. NO I CANNOT. I CANNOT COPE YOU GUYS I AM WEAK I LOVE YOU IRL DICK WINTERS!

04:02 OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD NO DON’T CRY IRL BABY, DON’T CRY I CAN’T HANDLE IT

04:58 RICH. I feel better now. Is it the best idea to be smoking at this point, Rich?

05:12 LOL at Dick staring, and his little smile. Kinda creepy there, Dick.

06:00 This is getting stressful. I am getting stressed.

06:15 Dick I really wish you would move away from the fucking door, I am having a hard enough time as it is

06:40 RICH.

06:45 Oh, nervous boys

06:56 Rich be careful, don’t break the clicky thing

07:27 OH GOD

08:08 OH SHIT

08:20 OH GOD NO. I AM STRESSED.

08:57 OH NO

09:05 OH NOOOOO

09:17 OH NO, OH GOD, FUCK

09:30 GUYS. STRESS.

10:20 JESUS SHIT

10:21 THAT WAS A MESS

11:05 I’m still so scared ahhhh Dick :s

11:08 Oh what did he lose? All his gear?? It’s karma for stressing me out so much.

11:14 That looked like it hurt

11:24 Aw baby. Hey Moriarty.

11:37 Dick coached the basketball team? Cute

11:57 LMFAO at their little crab walks

12:00 Nope. Not that way. Abort abort

12:24 Aw Moriarty looks so scared. It’s OK Moriarty you’re safe with Dad Winters.

13:01 OHHH his little shuddery breath <3 It’s OK! Dick will protect you!

13:33 Dick is just the sweetest, calming him down and cheering him up. And he’s so chill and natural about it.

13:40 “We’re not lost, private, we’re in Normandy.” LOL DICK ILY

14:31 That’s so cute, they’re so desperate to get to Dad <3

14:52 DAFUQ.

14:53 Ohhhh. Still weird. Smart but weird.

16:16 Everyone’s so happy to see Dick <3

16:25 “Who the hell is Hall?” Sorry I snorted lmao

16:55 Dad to the rescue

17:35 DAMMIT BILL. THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS.

17:47 NOT THE HORSE! COME ON, BILL, DAFUQ

18:00 I do not like this. At all.

18:04 STOP.

18:17 DAD IS ANGRY. AND SO AM I.

18:20 Are you trying to step into the vacant punk bitch role, now that Ross is gone, Bill? ILY but come on, man.

18:23 Thank you Joe/Charlie

18:34 BILL. DO NOT.

18:37 Moriarty, baby, it’s OK

18:44 LMAO

19:11 Ew mosquitoes

19:25 Joe/Charlie is the best <3 “What was he gonna do, shout at them?” <3

19:42 Oh dear

20:10 The cows are like lol fuck off, this is our bombed out little field, get your own

20:14 Oh no

20:54 Malark, honey, no

21:24 Dick’s like ohhhhhh

21:44 Malark! Come on, leave him alone

21:50 The biggest plot twist

21:55 Fella’s hot

22:08 Same as you, Malark

22:18 I wouldn’t mind fraternizing with that particular enemy tbh

22:29 Ah. Poor horses </3 The boys had to make do I guess…

22:50 Lieb <3

23:01 Buck’s here too, thank God

23:14 Lord, thank you for his eyes

23:15 Look I feel like the most important issue has not been addressed WHERE THE FUCK IS RICH?

23:26 Dick’s like oh fuck I hope not. Except Dick Winters would never swear

23:32 Speirs! His smile is so creepy.

23:36 Speirs is like I don’t know, and I don’t care, it’s fine. I’m a one-man platoon, everyone else would just slow me down.

23:43 DON’T GIVE THEM TO HIM BUCK

24:03 No baby, you won’t.

24:10 Hot guy knows it, too

24:18 Speirs makes slogging through that mud look so easy lol

24:40 *Sigh*

25:15 Is Joe/Charlie still fixated on getting to Berlin to shank Hitler? Probably

25:58 Lol Speirs is so nosy

27:00 Aw but he bonded with you! Aw baby </3

27:15 Mood, tbh. Lip is literally the only Easy boy I would trust with TNT.

28:05 I don’t know why but this makes me lol. Stop playing hide and seek in the car, Dick

29:57 That’s my aesthetic. Lip and blossoms.

30:13 Speirs, your boy needs you!

31:04 There’s so much happening so fast, I can’t keep up. Which is probably on purpose.

31:21 OK I’M SO SORRY BUT THE “FUCK! MY ASS!” SUBTITLE STAYED ON MY SCREEN FOR THE LONGEST TIME AND I LOST MY SHIT LAUGHING

31:39 Aw, Pop, baby

32:12 So stressful. Again.

32:29 Buck’s like oh cool that’s sick, lemme see

33:05 BUCK! Be careful!

33:18 Joe/Charlie is not having a good time right now. You know what would make things better for him? IF RICH WAS THERE. WHERE. IS. RICH.

34:13 He got his brass knuckles at last, so there’s that.

35:00 Malark!!

35:10 YOU IDIOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING

35:30 Lip’s busy being mum, give him a sec

35:55 Love you Moriarty

37:02 I just. The camera. Like shaking and mirroring his running and you can just feel the desperation and the frantic emotions and you can’t tell what’s happening because HE can’t tell what’s happening and it’s all just so rushed and scary and such a scramble and I.

37:38 Noooo

38:02 NOOOOOOOOOO

38:06 Not your fault Dick

38:26 I gasped

38:42 Ohhhh lookey here

38:55 Aw Lip

39:04 JFC. SPEIRS. MY DUDE. ISTG. He just springs up out of nowhere with a pile of ammo. (Also his fingers? JFC Lord have mercy). I feel like he is just SO. EXCITED. TO. KILL. So terrifying.

39:47 LMAO ohhh Lip <3 Your BF is here now, it’s fine.

41:09 I wish my husband would roll in on a tank. Actually no. No I don’t. I would be very concerned and would tell him to put it back where he found it.

41:12 FLIRTING. AGAIN. It’s almost cute enough to distract me from the fact that I HAVEN’T SEEN RICH IN A LONG TIME I AM NOT CONTENT. I do feel like it’s key that that is legit the first thing Nix does upon seeing Dick alive and well <3

42:25 Aw boys. I loved this whole scene.

43:22 Aw lol Dick

43:41 LMFAO GET WRECKED BILL

43:56 Dick your husband is calling you, pay attention

44:11 “Don’t ever get a cat” LMAO. Let your husband open the can, Dick. Aw I love that Nix knows already something is wrong and Dick is upset.

44:47 NIX GO TO HIM

44:55 You will save more people, Dick </3

46:00 Baby

46:30 DESERVED

Guys I would like to file an official complaint about the lack of Rich.

But God.

This episode. Play time and training time and running around Taccoa and Pottery barn in England with Ross the douchebag, that’s all in the past. Now it’s all real </3

#band of brothers #liveblog #WHERE IS RICH #the winnix in this god #ignore my shameless selfrec at the start

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