#I’m allergic to being the main character

[venusveil]

Unpopular opinion

(about the zodiac placements)

[⚠️ Disclaimer: This post contains mature content. Viewer discretion advised.]

☃︎Virgo Moons aren't clean freaks — they’re just emotionally constipated with a label maker.

☃︎Scorpio Risings don’t intimidate people — they just look like they hate everyone (including themselves).

☃︎Someone said Leo Moon Needs attention like plants need sun. And I gasped dramatically. (a Leo Moon)

☃︎Pisces Rising doesn’t have “aesthetic” — they have main character delusions with a blurry filter.

☃︎Libra/Scorpio is loyal... but only when they feel like you’re giving them main character energy. If not? Bye.

☃︎Pisces Mercuries will lie to your face cry about it and then forget they even did it.

☃︎Sagittarius Venuses don’t fear commitment — they fear boredom. Yes, that includes you babe.

☃︎Venus in Aquarius has Detachment kink. Will have you in a situationship for 3 years and call it “energy exchange.” Wants to be your partner, best friend, cult leader, and FBI agent.

☃︎ A Mars in Leo partner Will f*ck you like it’s an Olympic sport and expect a 10/10 review. Gets angry if you don’t moan their name like a prayer.

☃︎I’ve got Sagittarius Mercury in the 3rd — anytime something bad, good, or nostalgic hits me, I write. Been journaling since I was 9, mostly about people and how I see them.

☃︎Gemini Suns are not two-faced — they just have 87 tabs open and one of them is definitely plotting.

☃︎Libra Risings don’t flirt they’re just trying to survive awkward social tension by being extra friendly.

☃︎Cancer Suns aren’t sweethearts — they’re passive-aggressive historians of every wrong ever done to them.

☃︎Mars in Gemini will talk you into a threesome, ghost you, then DM you a month later like nothing happened.

☃︎Cancer Mars is horny for emotional danger. If it doesn’t feel like a toxic situationship. they’re not turned on.

☃︎Venus in Leo gets off on jealousy. Flirting in front of their partner is foreplay not betrayal.

☃︎Virgo Venus is secretly into degradation kink but will judge your grammar mid-hookup.

☃︎Aries Mercury wants to argue just to get horny. “I hate you” = “Take your pants off.” hehe.

☃︎Aquarius Mars will ghost you mid-sex to “reconnect with their higher self.”

☃︎Libra Sun will pretend they’re innocent but their search history says otherwise. The first time I met my best friend (she's a libra) I literally thought she was the most innocent person ever. In reality she's far away from innocence.

☃︎Taurus Moon doesn’t care about your feelings unless you’re in their bed and brought snacks. Preferably both.

☃︎Capricorn Venus doesn’t fear love — they fear looking stupid for loving someone.

☃︎Libra Mercury isn’t a good communicator — they just know how to dodge accountability with charm.

☃︎I don’t hate Geminis — I actually love them.Except the ones with Pisces mixed in.Those are lying, manipulative chaos goblins. Sorry not sorry.

☃︎Sagittarius Moon isn’t deep — they just trauma-dump and leave.

☃︎Scorpio Mercury doesn’t keep secrets — they collect yours.

☃︎Aquarius Sun – Thinks they’re mysterious but just avoidant and allergic to real connection.

☃︎One thing about Aquarius: they’ll treat their friends like family, but stay emotionally detached from their actual family.

☃︎Libra Moon – Can’t process their own emotions, but gives everyone else therapy

☃︎Libra & Taurus placements do love beauty, but will still date the most questionable-looking people ever.

Libra/Taurus Venus or Mars, though? Nah. We need to be visually obsessed. I’m a Libra Venus & Mars — tried dating someone I wasn’t into ended up isolating myself.

☃︎Scorpio Sun + Leo Moon They will watch your story 5x, analyze your texts, and never admit it. These baddie falls first. But they’ll die before telling you. (I'll die single but never admit that I've crush on you.)

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[lonelyhobi]

The Seventh Precinct 01

summary. As a newly transferred Detective you join into the Seventh Precinct, Expecting professionalism, structure, and a chance to prove yourself. What you actually get instead is one scooter crash, a group of the most handsome detectives in the department , and Jeon Jungkook—tattooed, cocky, annoyingly hot, and apparently allergic to you.

pairing: jeon jungkook x f!reader

genre/warnings: coworkers x lovers ,slight rivals to lovers, budding romance, crack, slow burn, smut (eventual)

chapter warnings: Chaos, character intros, Jimin being a pain in Jungkook's ass, Jungkook being a pain in the ass in general, where's yoongi?

word count: 6.1 k

authors notes: hiiii! So I've been rewatching Brooklyn 99 and forgot how much I loved the show. I decided to make a Bts version and hope you guys enjoy. this is just chapter one and im really excited to share and let me know what you guys think xx

Episode One: New Badge, Who Dis?

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“Keep the change.” You say as you grab your coffee before you continue your way to your first day of work at a new precinct. Luck was definitely in your favor as you got signed to the 7th precinct. One of the best in the department. 

You smoothed down your jacket as you excitedly made your way to the building. There were so many great things about this team. There weren’t enough good things that could be said about Captain Kim Namjoon. He was one of the youngest in the police force to make such a high rank. You could not wait to learn from him and the other members of the tight ship he ran. 

As you take the elevator upstairs you have a moment of peace and quiet when you try to calm your nerves. Nothing could prepare you for what you were going to experience at the 7th, but you would do your best to prove yourself to the team and the Captain. 

Taking a step you immediately notice an oddly calm bullpen. About two steps in you’re stopped by a beautiful man in a grey button down shirt and a black slacks. His boots definitely cost more than your rent.

Before you can muster anything out he gives you a once over before breaking out into a mischievous smile, which could be a good or bad one you weren’t sure yet. 

“New blood?” he asks, seeming to already know. As you’re about to nod he speaks again.

“Well officer, I’m more than happy to show you the ropes. Let me guess. You got transferred here because your last precinct couldn't handle all this.” He says throwing in a wink which you hate is extremely attractive. 

Being in a male dominated profession was tough, especially as a cop. You had your fair share of creeps hitting on you in the workplace, but someone as hot as this guy you hadn’t experienced. 

Before you’re able to answer, a man comes over rolling his eyes at Detective Flirty. He was also extremely handsome and you were starting to think they purposely kept all the hot cops in one precinct given that the Captain himself was gorgeous too.

“Jimin, don’t scare the newbie. We need her to stay at least until lunch.” He says stepping in. 

“I was welcoming her, with a little flavor.” Detective Flirty who you now know as Jimin smirks.

“Well I think we need to unseason you” The nameless guy says rolling his eyes. As Jimin's own widened, turning.

“Captain! We need a new precinct orientation video. I suggest one starring me. Shirtless. For transparency of course.” He says playfully as he turns to shoot you another wink. 

From your point you can see the Captain pinching the bridge of his nose and shaking his head as he focuses back on the papers at his desk. 

“He loves me. That’s just how he flirts—with... boundaries.” he says to you as the other guy gives out his own sigh as Jimin walks over to his desk. 

“Sorry about him. Well actually about everyone. I’m Sergeant Jung Hoseok. I read your file. Very Impressive Detective L/N. We're extremely excited to have you joining us here at the seventh.” The Sergeant smiles brightly at you and you can’t help but feel a wave of calm enter you as you smile back.

“Thank you Sergeant I’m very honored to have been assigned here. I’ve heard such great things about your squad. I look forward to working with your team of dedicated proffesi-” as soon as you're about to finish your sentence you're cut off by a man riding a scooter into the room. Making both you and Hoseok jump. 

The man clutching a manilla folder through teeth as he yells "Coming through!” stopping skillfully at what you suppose is his desk.

“Jungkook, I already told you, no more racing Jin on scooters. Last time Namjoon tripped on it and flew into the file cabinet, remember?” Hoseok states, staring at the guy as you took a second to assess him. 

He was wearing jeans that seemed to hug him well, a black button up shirt that was rolled up at the sleeves exposing a tattooed arm, along with a lip and eyebrow piercing to match his unpredictable mode of transportation. You had to force yourself to look away as you thought to yourself. Great, he’s just my type.

The guy, Jungkook, you deduced stares at his Sergeant with wide eyes, looking more like a deer in headlights as he quickly speaks holding the folder “This is official precinct business. Very important. Definitely not racing Jin again"

As if on cue another scooter speeds in this one not stopping gracefully as another model like man flings off of it and into an already dented file cabinet. Hoseok and Jungkook flinch as the guy falls.

Jimin from this desk doesn’t even look up from his phone as he says “Hey watch out, file cabinet.”

“You guys are not making a good first impression.” Hoseok groans as he stares at the group, the man you assume is Jin standing up holding his back.

“Us? Yoongi’s asleep half the day and you never say anything!” Jungkook complains, his lips pouting.

It then that you all turn to the corner desk and realize that there was in fact a person there who was sleeping at their desk. 

“Yoongi’s a genius, Jungkook. You might have more solves than anyone in the precinct but he’s… scary” he mutters as Jungkook shakes his head.

“Yeah, well speak for them. I never make a bad impression, right newbie?” Jimin states from his smirking at you once again. 

At this Jungkook turns to finally take a look at you. Your eyes meet for a brief second before he’s addressing Jimin. “Seriously, Jimin? It’s 9:12 in the morning.”

“Oh, sorry. Didn’t realize flirting had business hours.” Jimin responds with a faux sweet tone. 

You hear what sounds like a windshield wiper slowly dying, and realize it’s the guy who just crashed—Jin, you’re guessing—groaning dramatically as he rises from behind the dented cabinet.

“I’m fine in case anyone was wondering!" he says, way too loudly. “I meant to do that. It was… tactical.”

Hoseok mutters something about filing an injury report.

Jin dusts off his pants, straightens up like he didn’t just eat laminate flooring, and turns to face you with a dazzling smile.

“Hi,” he says, offering a hand like he’s about to hand you a rose on The Bachelor. “I’m Kim Seokjin—lead forensic analyst, certified genius, and visual king of this precinct.”

He pauses. Blinks slowly. “You’re new. I would’ve remembered your face.”

“Detective Y/N L/N,” you reply, shaking his hand.

“Lovely name,” he says. “Do you model? If not… have you considered it? I happen to own a ring light.”

“Okay,” Hoseok cuts in, rubbing his temples. “Let’s maybe back off the office flirting for five minutes? She hasn’t even seen the breakroom yet let alone needs to write an HR report.”

“I’ll give her the tour,” Jin offers quickly.

“You say that every time someone remotely attractive transfers in,” Jungkook mutters under his breath.

Jin doesn’t miss a beat. “Jealousy doesn’t look good on you, Jeon.”

“Neither does the road rash on you Hyung,” Jungkook fires back, jerking his head toward the cabinet.

“These cheekbones soften any impact,” Jin replies, snapping an imaginary fan open.

Sergeant Hoseok claps once. Loudly. Like a preschool teacher trying to regain control after juice time.

“Okay! I think that’s enough chaos for one morning. No more scooters. No more flirting. No more file cabinet casualties.” Before he turns to you with an exhausted smile. “Sorry about the intro. Things aren’t usually this—”

As if on cue a door that seems to lead to a courtyard opens up with far too much enthusiasm.

Another man who is way too beautiful to be a detective walks in with a dog? 

A golden retriever follows him as he takes a seat at the desk next to Jimin.

Everyone freezes staring at the man.

Hoseok breaks the silence first. “I—Taehyung. Why is there a dog?”

“This is Justice,” Taehyung says, as if it explains everything. “She’s our new emotional support consultant.”

“We don’t have an emotional support dog program.”

“Not with that attitude.” He states before nodding over to you. “Who’s that?” He questions as Justice walks over to you sniffing your shoes before looking up.

You blink. Justice blinks back.

“She passed the vibe check,” Taehyung nods as he calls over Justice, Jimin happily squatting to pet her head.

Hoseok opens his mouth. Closes it. And then pinches the bridge of his nose.“Namjoon’s gonna have an aneurysm.” he groans. 

“Well I would apologize again but I think you would just get tired of me repeating that all day. So once again I’m Hoseok, Jimin, that’s Taehyung, thi-” 

“And Justice” Taehyung smiles at Hoseok brightly.

“And Justice” Hoseok sighs as he continues to point out the squad. “Jin, Yoongi, and Jungkook.”

You nod politely as Hoseok speaks up again. “Everyone this is Detective Y/N L/N. She comes highly recommended and I hope you are all welcoming but not too welcoming” he cuts himself off pointing to Jimin who holds his hands up in defence.

“Your desk is right here in front of Jungkook’s” He says pointing to the empty spot. “Funny enough Kook, Y/N here had the highest clearance rate at her old precinct like you here. Hopefully she keeps you on your toes!” He smiles tapping the desk. “Well I’m going to let you get settled” he says before disappearing away.

You're left seated at your desk as you feel Jungkook eyeing you suspiciously. You look up to see his gaze “Yes?” 

“Yes?” you ask, raising an eyebrow.

Jungkook leans back in his chair, spinning a pen between his fingers, eyes still locked on you.

“You just don’t look like someone with the highest clearance rate,” he says finally.

You blink. “What’s that supposed to mean?” You brace yourself hoping your hot desk mate isn’t a sexist asshole.

“I don’t know. I expected someone… older. Meaner. More jaded.” Thank God he didn’t say woman.

“I can be jaded,” you reply. “Give me a few hours.”

That earns you the tiniest curve of a smirk from him.

“Kinda weird that Hoseok put you right in front of me, though,” Jungkook adds. “Maybe he thinks we’ll become best friends.”

“Or maybe he just needed to keep you in line.”

“Please,” he scoffs. “I’m a model employee.”

“You literally crashed into a file cabinet five minutes ago.”

“Tactical maneuver,” he says smoothly, repeating Jin’s earlier excuse. “Besides, I didn’t crash. I landed. You should’ve seen the form.”

“Uh-huh.”

He’s watching you again, but it’s different now. Less sizing-you-up, more… curious. Maybe even impressed.

“Where’d you transfer from?” he asks.

“17th precinct. West side.”

“Oof. Isn’t that where that one detective got arrested for running an illegal llama ring?”

“Allegedly,” you say, deadpan. “And for the record, the llamas were rescued.”

He grins—finally—and you hate how cute it is.

“Okay,” he says. “Maybe this won’t be so bad.”

“Working with me?”

“No,” he says, eyes flicking to your desk. “Having someone to beat.”

You lean back in your chair, mirroring him. “Funny. I was thinking the same thing.”

As Jimin stares at the two of you raising an eyebrow as he looks around the room as if to say “is anyone seeing this?”

Jungkook holds your stare as you look at him confused.

“Just trying to figure you out.”

“You could try introducing yourself like a normal person instead.” You reason, trying not to get distracted at the way his muscles look bigger when his arms are crossed.

“You already know my name. Everyone yelled it when I landed.”

“True. But I like to hear people say it themselves.” You say raising an eyebrow at him.

He blinks. Then his lips form a smirk. “Jungkook.”

“Y/N.”

“Cute.”

“The name or me?” Immediately you kick yourself in the brain but school your features not willing to show him your embarrassment. You didn’t mean to say that out loud.

A pause that feels like eternity passes between the two of you. You regret everything. His eyes narrow slightly, mouth twitching into a half-smile.

“Wouldn’t you like to know,” he says, clearly enjoying himself.

“God,” a voice cuts in. “If the sexual tension gets any thicker, I’m gonna need goggles.”

You both glance to the side. As Jimin, still seated diagonally, chin in his hand, is watching you like it’s the best Netflix original he’s ever seen.

“Don’t mind me,” he adds, sipping from his cup. “I just live here.”

“Don’t you have paperwork?” Jungkook mutters.

“I do,” Jimin says, flipping open a file. “But your new little work crush is way more interesting.”

“There’s no crush,” you both say in unison.

“Sure. Tell that to the way you’re both mirroring each other’s body language.” At that you and Jungkook immediately uncross your arms and sit differently.

Jimin just sips louder.

You glance over at Jungkook—he’s looking down now, fiddling with his pen. For a split second, he looks almost… shy? But then—

“Don’t worry,” he says without looking up, “Jimin thinks anyone who breathes near someone is flirting.”

“No,” Jimin says. “I think you’re flirting. And I think she’s good at it.” He winks at you. “Don’t let him get away with acting cool. He’s a closet romantic.”

“Am not.”

“Are too. I saw the playlist labeled heartbreak gym mix.”

You barely stifle a laugh as Jungkook throws a paperclip at Jimin.

Just as you're about to retort, a familiar clunk sounds from the corner. You look up.

Namjoon’s blinds creak open like a dramatic soap opera scene. He opens his door with the energy of a man who planned this speech all weekend.

“Gather up, detectives,” Namjoon says, adjusting his tie. “It’s time for our Monday motivational address.”

Jimin whispers, “Oh god, here we go.” Jungkook mutters, “Brace yourself.”

You sit up straighter, smoothing your blouse and aligning your notebook like it’s an FBI interview. Jungkook watches this with mild amusement.

“Someone wants a gold star,” he whispers.

“I happen to admire structure and competent leadership,” you reply, beaming toward Namjoon like a golden retriever discovering God.

Jungkook rolls his eyes. “You’re like… a human syllabus.”

“And you’re a red flag with abs.”

“You noticed my abs?”

“You literally rolled in wearing a sleeve tattoo and a smirk. You were begging to be noticed.”

“Damn,” Jimin says under his breath. “This is gonna be fun.” 

Hoseok appears again standing next to your desk about to ask you something as the final member of the 7th walks out of his office. 

Namjoon stands at the front of the room, clasping his hands behind his back. The room falls quiet (mostly because Hoseok gave everyone the look).

“Team,” Namjoon begins. “This precinct, the Seventh, is more than just desks and badges. It’s a system. A living, breathing organism. Like… a river. A river of justice. Constantly flowing, cutting through stone, never backing down from erosion.”

Jungkook, next to you now, leans in and whispers out the corner of his mouth: “Did he just call us moist rocks?”

You shush him immediately, scribbling a note on your notepad with wide, focused eyes.

“A river…” Namjoon continues, stepping forward like he’s addressing the UN, “…needs structure. Banks to hold it in. A foundation. That’s you. That’s us. We are the riverbanks of this city.”

Namjoon, now holding a coffee cup like a philosophical prop: “If one of us breaks down, the whole system collapses. We are interlocked. We must be alert. Sharp. Aware of the emotional landscapes of our fellow officers. Because justice isn’t just about facts—it’s about feeling.” 

You can’t help but stare at your eloquent captain as if he put the stars in the sky unaware of the way Jungkook was staring at you as if you were deranged for enjoying these insane speeches.

“Okay now he’s just freestyling,” Jungkook says under his breath.

You turn and whisper toward Jungkook with a sweet, smug smile, and whisper “God, he’s so inspiring. I feel like I should go donate blood or something.”

“You have a crush on him,” Jungkook accuses, grinning.

“No I don’t,” you lie. “I just respect intellectual men with leadership presence and good forearm veins.”

“That’s the most specific way I’ve ever heard someone say ‘yes’ in my life.”

“You’re just intimidated because he uses metaphors and you use a scooter.”

“Yeah? Well, my scooter never put anyone to sleep.”

“Namjoon’s voice is soothing,” you say, crossing your arms. “Like an audiobook. For people who care about justice.”

“Oh my god,” Jungkook says, clearly trying not to laugh. “You’ve printed a whole narrative in your head.”

“Some of us like competent men. Sorry if that’s a foreign concept.”

He scoffs. “You like competent men who deliver justice monologues and alphabetize their snacks.”

Namjoon finishes with a bold declaration of “Let’s be the river, detectives,” and everyone claps out of respect and/or confusion.

You clap like it’s a Grammy speech. Jungkook side-eyes you with a smirk.

From the back, Jimin fake-wipes a tear and whispers, “I just love when the team comes together.”

Namjoon sets down his metaphor-laden coffee cup on Jungkook’s desk and smooths the front of his cardigan like he just gave a TED Talk on leadership and river metaphors. Before he turns directly to you.

“And you must be Detective L/N,” he says warmly, extending a hand.

You freeze.

This is it. The moment. You knew he’d talk to you eventually, but not this soon. You were not prepared. Your palms are suddenly sweating like they’re in an interrogation room.

“Yes! Hi—Yes, sir! Captain. Namjoon. Captain Namjoon. Sir. Uh—Captain. Of course. That’s you. I know that.”

Standing you reach out to shake his hand but accidentally knock over your pen in the process. Then your notebook. Then your dignity.

Namjoon politely pretends not to notice. “It’s good to have you here,” he says. “I’ve heard great things from your former precinct.”

“I’ve heard great things from… yours too!” you say brightly. “Big fan. Of, uh. Leadership. Your… leadership. Big fan of leadership in general, really.” You can’t help but ramble in the presence of your new boss and your face flushes.

Jungkook—from his desk—is straight-up choking on a sip of water. He turns his chair so he can fully enjoy the crash and burn.

Namjoon, still endlessly patient, smiles like a proud dad watching a toddler struggle to walk in shoes three sizes too big. “Well, if there’s anything you need, don’t hesitate to ask.”

“Absolutely. Questions. Asking. That’s something I do. Not in a bad way. Like, smart questions. Okay.” You spit out not being able to stop the awkwardness and need to stop talking.

He gives you a nod and heads toward his office again, probably to pretend like he didn’t just experience the strangest introduction to a member of his team.

You stand there, blinking, trying not to internally combust and gather your thoughts before you’re interrupted.

“Big fan of leadership?” Jungkook snorts behind you, voice dripping with amusement.

You turn slowly, fixing him with a look. “Shut up.”

“You looked like you were about to salute him and cry at the same time.” Jungkook says as he smiles clearly enjoying your suffering.

“I panicked! He has a presence!” You say in defense.

“So do courtroom sketches, doesn’t mean you need to fall in love with them.”

You flop into your chair with a groan, your hands coming to cradle the sides of your head.

Jungkook leans forward on his desk, grinning. “Don’t worry. You nailed it. Super smooth. Extremely normal. I’m sure he didn’t notice the part where you said his name like five times.”

“You’re enjoying this too much.” You say, eyeing him from between your fingers.

“I mean, a little,” he shrugs, still smiling. “But also…” He pauses. His eyes scan you for just a second too long.

“It was kinda cute.”

You glance up at that but he’s already looking away. Just as Hoseok's cheery voice cuts through the questioning gaze you're giving Jungkook. “Alright, team! Back to work. Jin, can you give Detective L/N the grand tour?”

“With pleasure,” Jin says, already adjusting his collar like he’s about to show you Buckingham Palace.

But before Jin approaches, already extending his arm to guide you, Hoseok squints across the room.

“Wait… has anyone seen Yoongi?”

Everyone looks around. Yoongi’s chair is mysteriously empty. Again.

“He was just here,” Taehyung says, confused.

Jungkook shrugs. “He’s like a cat. He just… disappears.”

“Maybe he’s in the evidence room?” Hoseok offers.

“Or maybe he’s in a submarine under Seoul. Tracking black-market uranium with just a Nokia flip phone and a dream.” Jimin reasons as you stare in confusion. Jungkook takes in your expression before explaining. 

“At some point Yoongi just disappears to work on some secret project. We’re not really sure what it is so we kinda just make shit up until we figure it out.” he shrugs as you nod.

“He might be coding the next Google in a janitor’s closet. I heard typing sounds.” Taehyung says.

Jin turns to you, “Last time he vanished like this, we got a fax from Interpol. No explanation. Just a smiley face.”

Hoseok sighs like this is completely normal. “Okay. Well. If anyone sees him, tell him I still need the forensics report from Friday.”

“Good luck with that,” Jungkook mutters.

“You’re just mad he’s cooler than you,” Jimin adds.

“No one’s cooler than me,” Jungkook argues.

“The scooter says otherwise.”

You watch this all unfold with the kind of bewilderment that’s either mild shock or falling in love with your new job. Possibly both.

Jin claps once to bring you back to attention. “Anyway, ready for the tour? Not only am I the most senior detective here, I’m also the most handsome. That means you get the premium tour.” 

You glance at Jimin, who silently mouths, he’s serious.

Nodding you follow behind him as he leads the way.

Jin points to the only door across the bullpen, “Namjoon’s office is here—approach with caution, bring a notepad, and prepare to feel like you’re disappointing your parents even when he’s complimenting you.”

“Noted.” You say as you stare admirably at the Captain who seems to be fixing or ruining a Newton’s Cradle he has for some reason.

Jin walks you out of the bullpen towards some doors off to the side.

“This is the break room. We don’t talk about what happened with the microwave last month. Jimin’s banned from reheating seafood, Taehyung is banned from kombucha experiments, and Jungkook is banned from protein anything.”

“Did he cause an explosion?” You say cautiously.

“He caused… a situation.”

You eye him strangely, still not really knowing what to make of this crew considering they were supposed to be the most efficient squad in the department but really just seemed to be a bunch of kids at daycare. One detective in particular with the tattoos and the eyes you just couldn’t stop thinking back too.

Continuing the tour Jin points to a caged room “Evidence lock-up’s this way, but good luck getting the key. Yoongi keeps it in some kind of cursed vault that only opens for him and God.”

“So Yoongi’s like… always doing top secret stuff?”

“Either that or he’s just really committed to the bit. We still don’t know if he’s actually employed.” Jin shrugs as if that makes perfect sense. 

You pass a bulletin board where someone’s pinned a post-it that says “Who is Yoongi?” and under it, another that says “Deadass. Where does he go?” Jin laughs adding a simple “Jimin and Tae” as if that also just makes sense. And it kind of does.

As you make your way back walking past the bullpen you walk out into the courtyard door that Taehyung had entered through and see a staircase. Jin motions for you to follow with a nod of his head. 

“And this… is the roof. Where we come to scream into the void or pretend we don’t hear Hoseok yelling at us through the windows.”

The city skyline opens up in front of you. It’s weirdly peaceful.

“Pretty great view,” you admit.

“Yeah. It’s also the only place Tae’s allowed to test his theories about pigeons being secret government drones.”

“That’s not a joke, is it?” You ask, staring at him.

Jin smiles. “Wouldn’t you like to know.”

I take a deep breath as I grasp the railing closing my eyes for a second. I don’t see the way Jin’s eyes soften but I hear the kindness in his voice. “How are you feeling?” I crack open my eyes turning to face him. “Honestly? Scared.”

He nods as if telling you to continue.

“Well. Joining a team isn’t easy. Especially one like this one. You guys seem to have the perfect flow and logic to the madness, I guess you could say.” My hands come up to wiggle around in circles as I stare down the steps. 

Jin's snort breaks through the silence. “Look, I get it. It was all of our first day once. It’s nerve wrecking especially coming into such a close team. But there’s a reason you’re here and we really are excited for you to be a part of our family. You wouldn’t have been sent here if you weren’t a good detective. So just relax and enjoy. You seem like the very high strung type.” He says his arms resting on your shoulders. “Perfect for Namjoon.” He laughs. “And Jungkook,” he adds.

You roll your eyes slightly. “I am not high strung. And I also don't date cops. Or people who work two feet from me” Your statement causes Jin’s own eyebrows to raise. 

“So we weren’t just having a moment?” He asks, confused, making you giggle. “Moments over” You laugh walking towards the steps. 

“So it was a moment?” He calls out after you while you walk down the stairs and back to the bullpen.

Jungkook watches from his desk as Jin leads you away, one hand already gesturing wildly about something dramatic. You’re smiling. Listening. Laughing at one of his jokes.

Jungkook clicks his pen. Then clicks it again.

“You’re going to break that,” Jimin says without looking up from his phone.

“I’m not doing anything.”

“You’re definitely staring at her.”

“I was staring at Jin,” Jungkook deadpans. “I find him inspiring.”

Hoseok strolls over with a coffee. “Alright, what’s the early consensus, gentlemen? What do we think of the new detective?” Jungkook asks changing the subject but keeping it on you.

“Bright. Organized. Slightly terrified of Namjoon, which is the correct reaction,” Hoseok says, nodding.

“Great hair. Bold mouth. Totally has a crush on Jungkook.” Jimin smirks staring at the youngest detective.

“She does not,” Jungkook says too fast.

“Says the guy who had heart eyes when she nerded out over crime stats.” Jimin retorts as Hoseok hides his smile by taking a sip.

“I didn’t have heart eyes. I was blinking.”

“Aggressively. Like a Victorian man seeing an ankle for the first time,” Jimin adds.

Taehyung finally looks up from sketching Namjoon with a wizard hat. “She smells like lemon and productivity. She’s good for the energy.”

Jungkook groans. “You guys are literally making things up now.”

Hoseok sips. “We’re just saying, if you weren’t interested, you wouldn’t be acting like someone kicked your scooter every time she talks to someone else.”

“I’m not—”

“You are.”

Jimin smirks. “You’re threatened.”

Jungkook crosses his arms. “By Jin? Please.”

“By her. You’re threatened by how much you like her already.”

Jungkook doesn’t answer. He just clicks his pen again watching as you walk back into the room Jin hot on your trail. Jungkook was the best detective in the 7th. He was used to being the star of the show, everyone marveling at his solves and doting on him as the youngest and best. But since you got here this morning everyone’s been talking about how you’re soooo great and pretty. It was honestly starting to annoy him. Not because he was jealous but because Teahyung was just as pretty and everyone seemed to brush over that when you entered. He wasn’t gonna let you be a distraction no matter how cute you really were.

You walk back into the bullpen with Jin still mid-sentence about why your zodiac signs are probably compatible.

“Anyway, I’m a Sagittarius, but don’t hold that against me,” he finishes dramatically.

You laugh lightly as you reach your desk. “No promises.”

Jin gives you a double finger-gun and spins on his heel toward the break room.

As you sit, you look up—and of course, Jungkook’s already staring. Again.

“So,” he says, leaning back in his chair with a little too much casual confidence. “How was the grand tour? Did Jin show you all his mirror selfies in chronological order?”

“No,” you say, pulling out your notepad. “Just the top 10. There was a slideshow.”

He snorts. “Sounds about right.”

You glance up. “Are you always this charming, or is it just me who gets the special treatment?”

“Oh, I’m super charming to everyone who tries to steal my thunder on their first day.”

You raise an eyebrow. “Ah. There it is. The Thunder.”

“I am the thunder,” he says, gesturing vaguely like that explains anything.

“Okay, Thor. Relax.”

He leans forward, resting his elbows on the desk between you. “Don’t get too comfortable. Hoseok might be impressed with your numbers, but this place isn’t just about solve rates. It’s about instincts. Experience. Vibes.”

You tilt your head. “Did you just say vibes like it’s a valid policing metric?”

“It absolutely is. Ask Tae.”

“Oh, I did. He told me my aura was yellow.”

Jungkook smiles, almost despite himself. “That sounds right.”

“You don’t even know what it means.”

“Doesn’t matter. It suits you.” He shrugs eyeing you from his desk across yours.

You pause, caught a little off guard. It’s the first thing he’s said all day that didn’t sound like a challenge. Before you can respond, he adds quickly:

“Yellow’s annoying, right? That’s probably why.”

You throw a pen at him. He dodges it. Barely.

“You’re lucky I don’t report assault on your first day,” he says with a grin.

“You’re lucky I haven’t quit already,” you fire back.

“Oh, please. You love it here.”

You look around the bullpen—Taehyung is humming to Justice, Jimin is flirting with himself in the reflective window, Hoseok is talking to a vending machine like it’s his therapist. You smile. “Yeah… I think I kind of do.”

Jungkook catches that smile and doesn’t say anything.

But he definitely clicks his pen again.

The day continues to flow with mild interruption. Surprisingly, everyone seems to have actually gotten to work. Jungkook typing away, while Taeyung set off to the interrogation room with Justice as his consultant, Jimin was also working on some files, and Jin was typing away. Yoongi, the only detective you hadn’t really met, was still nowhere to be found.

You sat at your desk completing the last of your first day paperwork that the Sergeant had left with you. As Namjoon steps out of his office with a clipboard in hand and a calm but commanding tone.

“I need someone to check in on a community tip—possible illegal vending operation on 8th and Garson. Shouldn’t be anything serious, just follow-up and documentation.”

You perk up immediately.

“I’ll take it!”

Namjoon smiles. “Thank you, Detective L/N.”

Jungkook mutters, just loud enough for the bullpen to hear: “Of course she volunteers. Teacher’s pet energy.”

“You’re just mad someone raised their hand faster than you.” Hoseok chuckles from his own desk.

Namjoon looks up. “Jungkook, accompany her. Make sure it’s not a repeat of the churro stand grenade incident.”

You blink. “Grenade incident?”

Jungkook groans. “It was one time and it was not a real grenade.”

“Still. Go.” Namjoon says in a no nonsense tone that has you staring at him with admiration and your crush fully showing.

Jungkook stands with a dramatic sigh. “Fine. Let’s go solve the case of the black-market mangoes. But I drive.” 

You glare at him as he steps past you already heading towards the elevators. Following you both head down to grab a car and head to the scene.

Sitting in the passengers you can’t help but feel excited as you take on your first job on the 7th. But Jungkook is sitting next to you puffing like a petulant child.

“You don’t have to act like I dragged you out of the building,” you say, glancing over.

“You kind of did.” 

“You’re the one who got smart and now we’re both here.” You say looking at his face making note of the little mole under his lip.

“I was making a valid observation about your excessive need for praise.” He snorts glancing sideways at you, feeling his neck heat up under your stare.

“Wow. It’s almost like I’m a functioning adult who respects her superior officer.”

“Namjoon isn’t God.”

“I heard you begged to join the 7th after you met him” I say, raising my eyebrow with a smirk.

Jungkook squints. “…I didn’t beg.”

You can’t help but laugh lightly, shaking your head. The rest of the ride was silent but you were still eager. You two pull up to the scene. It’s a harmless fruit cart. The vendor is apologetic. He didn’t know he needed a permit. You both take down the info, issue a warning. It’s all routine.

But somehow… fun.

Jungkook tosses you the clipboard as you walk back to the car. “Okay, not the most thrilling case, but I’ll give you this—you didn’t cry or beg me to do the paperwork, so that’s a win.”

“I’m not scared of you, Jungkook.” you roll your eyes as you stand by the car.

“You should be. I’m terrifying.” Jungkook says stopping in front of you.

“More like mildly annoying.”

He steps closer, smirking. “Think you could out-detective me?”

“Easily.” You laugh slightly as you cross your arms.

“Wanna bet?”

You pause. “Bet what?”

Jungkook leans forward, eyes glinting with mischief. “Solve race. End of the week. “Loser has to take the winner on the perfect date.” 

You blink. “Wait—so you want to take me on a date?”

“Oh, no no no,” he says quickly, grinning like a menace. “When I win, I’m planning the worst, most embarrassing date of your life. I’m talking matching outfits, a clown-themed restaurant, interpretive dance. And you have to pay for all of it.”

“You’re psychotic.” You marvel at him, your own eyes hiding your amusement.

“I’m inspired.”

You drop your arms, smirking. “You’re really that confident?”

“You should be asking if I’m that cruel.” He states standing almost too close to you.

You hold out your pinky. “You’re on.”

He links it. “Prepare to suffer.”

You smile. “You wish.” spinning on your heel and head toward the car, hips swaying just enough to make Jungkook blink.

Jungkook stands there for a second too long, watching you.

His smirk fades slightly.

Wait… what the hell did he just do?

He jogs to his side of the car before he can think about it too hard.

Or admit to himself that he’s actually hoping he loses.

The bullpen hums in the background—phones ringing, someone yelling about missing yogurt, and Tae loudly asking Justice if aliens are real.

You’re in the break room, dipping your tea bag into your mug slowly, almost hypnotically.

Your eyes drift toward Jungkook. He’s laughing at something Hoseok said, head thrown back, sleeves rolled up, dimples out and fully weaponized.

You don’t even realize you’re smiling.

“God, he’s cute,” you mutter softly.

“Huh. Figures.”

You jump, the mug nearly slipping from your hands.

“What the —” You turn around, heart racing.

A man stands just inside the doorway, casually biting into a rice cake. Dark hoodie, tousled hair, sleepy expression.

You squint at him. “Who the hell are you?”

He raises an eyebrow, clearly amused. “Yoongi.”

Your jaw drops slightly. “You speak?”

“Sometimes.” He takes another bite. “Usually when people admit out loud they think Jungkook’s cute.”

“I— You— That was—”

He turns to leave, already done with the conversation.

“Wait, where did you even come from?” you call after him.

Yoongi glances back with a lazy smirk.

“Around.”

And just like that, he disappears down the hall. No footsteps. No sound.

You stand frozen for a beat, clutching your tea like a lifeline.

Great.

You glance out at Jungkook one more time.

This time, you keep your mouth shut. But your heart? Loud as hell.

[aeth-eris]

★ 12th sun core ★

“me: i want to shine. also me: hides in the corner like a cryptid hoping someone notices anyway.”

“being both the spotlight and the stage curtain at the same time.”

“everyone: who are you? me: depends on the lighting, the dream realm, and whether or not you triggered my existential crisis.”

“half my life is lived in my head and the other half is me accidentally leaking it out in weird ways.”

“me explaining myself: ✨vibes✨”

“people say i’m mysterious but really i just dissociate in public like it’s a personality trait.”

“main character syndrome but the plot is a psychological thriller no one else can see.”

“me: wants to be seen. also me: literally allergic to being perceived.”

“wanting recognition but immediately cringing when i actually get it.”

“lowkey convinced i’m destined for greatness, highkey too tired to get out of bed.”

“half of my identity is just vibes i picked up in dreams.”

“me: i’ll stay in the background. also me: gets mad when no one notices the background is on fire.”

“i don’t tell people my plans because even i don’t know what version of me is running the show today.”

“me existing quietly and somehow still triggering people’s projections.”

“main character energy but filmed entirely in the blooper reel.”

“me existing like a plot twist no one saw coming, not even me.”

[stellar-collective]

//blood

buncha ghost designs i whipped up for a new au i’m working on (yes another one this is how i have fun)

it’s a ghost hunters au! Reginald and Phoenix both work at the Ghost Hunter Agency in a world where ghosts are like. a pretty common and established problem and they have to go in and investigate them Phasmophobia style! more details about them and the ghosts under the cut :3

cw for usual ghost/true crime stuff (gruesome murders/deaths and all that)

ok i have a whole story behind how these guys are all connected and why Reginald and Phoenix are visiting them all (basically Doctor Zor is a ghost so vengeful that they became a serial killer from the afterlife and they’re the victims that also became vengeful ghosts) but let’s focus on them individually first! they’re all from different eras and died in a variety of ways. in the actual story, most of them are invisible 90% of the time, so some of these designs are just for fun!

starting from the top left, the Fabricator was a fashion designer and one of Zor’s oldest recorded victims, dying around the 1910s. got shot by her own bear archer, L. she’s one of the most frightening ghosts to deal with because she’s fully aware of her surroundings and isn’t lashing out from confusion/fear, she just really loves scaring people to death. she haunts her old workshop and enjoys chasing people around with pins and scissors and setting up elaborate traps for them

below her is John Juniper, a 1940s starlet who was killed in a theater via electrical “accident” (Zor wrecked the wires) and happily haunted said theater for seventy years before Plot came along and riled him, prompting the GHA (Ghost Hunter Agency) to try and figure out why he was suddenly acting up. he’s normally fairly chill, but flies into a frenzy if you touch his masks or do classic bad luck theater things (whistling on stage, saying Macbeth, etc). he’s really scary when he’s hunting; dropping stage lights, making mirrors shatter, causing visual and auditory hallucinations, making spotlights go crazy, etc. Phoenix found this out the hard way lol

to his right is Commander Solaris, who died working on a project for the Space Race in the late 50s. the radioactive materials she was working with exploded, and now she haunts the remains of her lab. she is TERRIFYING to get near and extremely radioactive; the surest way of tracking her movements being a geiger counter. she fritzes out any electrical equipment nearby, glows in the dark, and has odd effects on the human body (shortness of breath, adrenaline spikes, plus the radiation). she’s the ghost that got the closest to killing Phoenix and probably took a few years off their lifespan.

moving upwards, we have Caliente and Hivemind, who died exactly how you’d expect: Hivemind was allergic to bees and simply supremely confident in his ability to keep them pacified (too bad Zor riled them up) and Caliente died in a welding “accident” that burned his house down. they both died in the 70s.

then we have Ollie (<3), who starved to death in a lighthouse in the 80s and, driven to madness by Zor, eternally guards something important to them. although he’s the least murderous of the bunch, he has one of the most visually frightening power sets; going absolutely ballistic with the howling and wailing and chains rattling and huge dark shapes slapping their tentacles against the windows and making the air go cold and the lights crazy if you even THINK about going to the top floor. but once Phoenix gives him an otter pop and snaps him to the present day, he calms right down.

there are a couple other ghost characters who i didn’t draw (like Anna Ulanova, who died in a train crash and fills the valley with haunting violin music on clear nights, and Daniel Sans, who fell to a chemical accident) but those are all the main ones i think! um, other important stuff— Roxana is still very much alive and kicking (she’s the same age as Reginald) but ends up catching Zor’s attention and almost becomes their latest victim before Phoenix and Reggie step in. i’ll probably draw the living characters later when i’ve properly visualized how i want the GHA uniforms to look. and yes, Phoenix has thrown themselves onto a pentagram and shouted “rock n roll, buckaroo!” because they do not feel fear. oki enough rambling for now :P

i feel like there HAS to be some absolutely genius title for this since it’s literally about ghosts and it’s the game I Expect You To Die but… i can’t think of anything. currently taking suggestions lol

[7weaslesinacoat]

y’all orgy starfire in the new 52 outlaws is absolutely foul work

it’s not like a profound thought or whatever but dc literally only uses her as a love interest or sex appeal 80% of the time, or a plot point for literally every other character around her and like- listen i haven’t read every starfire featuring comic (bc obv she doesn’t have her own comic. why would she? she’s only been a vital character since the 80s. which btw what’s up w that?? her story is fucking awesome??)

but like bro pops up sometimes for a main event, and then literally everything else she’s in features like twelve percent story and twenty bajillion percent tits and being romanced by literally everyone? and it’s like what the hell- like she is arguably more interesting then fifty percent of the dc lineup. bro i’m pretty sure snowflame is taken more seriously than her—

and yeah. sometimes she has her moments, or a story based on her… but even in those stories they’re mainly somewhat degrading of her, at least a little. it just seems that dc writers are allergic to genuinely respecting her

the most attention she gets is when put in a lineup with Dick or jason- which- like- what the holy freak is up with jason x kory? that’s weird.

and then it’s like polyamorous with roy???

like sort of canonically- what the hell? what sorta shitty fanfic is this???

((literally wrote all of this in the tone of the woke m&ms fox news guy))

though, though to be fair. i didn’t finish outlaws. at least not the new 52 ver. because it was insufferable IN MY OPINION ✋😬✋

and yeah. she gets some serious attention, but literally pages after she talks about how she wants to get with both roy and jason- like huh?and it’s like. roy is right there, if you wanna use anyone for sex appeal, use roy harper. we can incorporate female hero’s into comics without them being side characters mixed with badass sex appeal.

anyway

[thatguythatdrawsalot]

Tyrian - First Debut Design Critique.  

No way! It’s my favorite character from RWBY that I get to talk about which means it’s gonna hurt more when I say anything remotely negative about them- but surprisingly I wasn’t biased, I think.

After this critique I will either do Adam next or the redesigns I failed to make in some posts of mine along with the ones I’m not satisfied with such as Blake, Yang, and Neo.

RWBY Archives

Hm. Hm, Hm, Hmm. Interesting.

Tyrian is just a straight up scorpion with nothing compelling to note. They’re allergic to saying anything compelling.

I guess his role in the story and personality says more about his design, he’s got an attire that fits his combat style beautifully where nothing is dangling to his hip or boot to be flying around when HE flies around. His shirt with the smallest cuts to his collar tells me that it’s pretty tricky to land a hit on him… but the exposed chest to show his scars, showing he’s proudly survived worse than whatever his next opponent can do to him. I love it. I also gotta mention that Tyrian is a serial killer, and he very much gives the impression of being a hunter rather than a huntsman. When you’re running from Grimm and see this man, even with weapons, you’re not gonna get the impression that he’s a huntsman coming to save the day but instead the one who started the panic for Grimm to come in the first place.

Now uh… where’s the purple? 

Hair

His model is gorgeous- ahem! I mean his model is gorgeous! 

His braid isn’t modeled horribly like Weiss’ which thank the stars, but maybe it’s just too dark for me to properly see and judge but I’m gonna assume it looks good!

You can tell the animators have the easiest time animating Tyrian in combat as they don’t have to worry about animation limitations with the model. He doesn’t have large coattails like Yang and when he does, such as his brown coat that he wears occasionally, it doesn't seem to get in the way! It’s amazing they can animate Tyrian with a jacket so well but they can’t with Weiss’ dress or even Neo in a coat without it looking clunky.

Primary Color - Purple?

I LOVE the color purple, it’s the best color to ever exist and I will not hear any slander that it isn’t. Now why in everything that I love did they just go with BROWN??? Tyrian is suffering from a Yang problem, stuck in brown except Yang is better off given her hair/gauntlets at best, Tyrian just has his eyes… and it’s not even the correct shade of purple that he’s named after. 

The only time he’s ever touched tyrian purple is when he was in Salem’s castle and whale where the lighting was much fitting to the color. I don’t understand why they didn’t put the tiniest bit of purple like making his hair a super dark shade of it or a gradient or a small streak like Ren’s pink hair. I would’ve tolerated a random bandana slapped on his knee if it meant my man could wear the best color!

There’s “theories” that the purple is symbolic of his “true nature” where he’s actually hiding it deep within him which is why he doesn’t wear it for a surprise element- yeah no, he’s introduced as someone already unhinged, why are we gonna use his main color as a metaphor? Have the purple eat him up! Look, LOOK! PURPLE! I got him in purple and it did not kill me.

Negatives?

Here’s the part where the bias is just gone-ish, I tried guys, I really do.

This outfit is lovely for Mistral but why is it still kept when he gets to Atlas??? The coat he wears doesn’t even protect anyone from a harsh winter, at best it protects one from a windy walk in the woods. Why did everyone in Salem’s council get a new outfit but Tyrian doesn’t? This man is gonna freeze and maybe I can write it off as Tyrian not caring about what his body goes through. He’s proven that he’s willing to dislocate his thumb just to do Salem’s work.

So I guess the next point of issue is the bandages. I assume Tyrian has scars beneath the bandages and if that’s the case, why hide em? The scars on his chest weren't an effort to cover up? Now maybe it’s just a fashion choice like how Oscar and Cinder do it, or maybe the scars on his arms have an in-universe reason as to why they’re covered compared to his chest. I’ll just have to wait and see but it is pretty… odd? You know with the whole aura rules and the fact I just find bandages to not be a so stellar design choice in RWBY, especially when there’s no scars to begin with but I could be wrong!

Redesign

So due to the law of “No One Being Allowed To Scroll Down To My Old/Bad Art-” I did redesign Tyrian in the past with little to no change other than just wearing purple cause that was my only issue with the design at the time. This is also just a redesign for him in Mistral than in Atlas. Now it’s just somewhat a complete overhaul as I got him to be tanner to show he’s from Vacuo cause obviously why not? He’s from the desert. His accented color is black as it makes him a lot cooler and dangerous! It also got the purple to pop up way more than what the brown hues did. His eyes are also permanently purple because take a shot on how many faunus characters have yellow/golden eyes already. I do think the redesign is just not enough, his boots especially as his prior ones made him be more protected, but also I did say this was nearly a complete overhaul- if people really wanted to, don’t be afraid of genderswapping the members of Salem’s council. After all Salem needs the maiden powers so why surround herself with dudes than with maiden candidates? I kept Tyrian the way he is because I do try to stick to canon as much as possible. That’s just me- changing outfits but not the story as much as possible.

Conclusion

I love him, I really do, if his name was something like Taupe there’d be no issue but my man aint wearing the best color alive cause it seemed whoever designed him wasn’t given his name until afterwards where they slapped purple on him as a last minute decision to his eyes. It’s frustrating.

Other than that, his design still says a lot about him that I can adore. From the braid resembling a scorpion tail to the scars on his chest that scream “DANGER” to any of his next victims, it does carry him a lot. It just doesn’t carry him well when they get to Atlas, what a shame.

But of course it’s just my opinion. If you love this design or hate the design, please share your opinion. I’d love to hear it! 

[mooingwithmidnight]

I just came across the most pretentious review of death becomes her I’ve ever seen, and a few things.

1. It takes an incredible talent to be pretentious when you’re reviewing musicals on TUMBLR

2. The review mostly disparaged it for being a campy comedy- and I just-

Does this person know what death becomes her is?? I don’t even mean the musical, although they definitely dial up the camp- I mean the movie. The musical is absolutely thematically appropriate for the movie- they are both utterly ridiculous and silly and over the top.

3. This person was absolutely allergic to joy and whimsy- it’s one thing to see a musical and not like it, it’s a whole other thing to shit on other people for enjoying it. “The audience kept laughing at all the dumb jokes”- no shit!!

4. Their other notable critique was- basically- all of the main characters suck, especially Madeline.

Yes!!!!!

Like- am I supposed to disagree? Madeline isn’t written to be truly likable, she’s written to be begrudgingly sympathetic.

TLDR; I’m not a stranger to critiquing media I enjoy (doctor who count your days) but maybe not every moronic thought needs to be shared with the internet- invest in a journal

[bibibbon]

something that i can’t stand when it comes to this fandom is that basically no one can wrap their head around the fact that a victim can also be an abuser.

yes, rei was physically and emotionally abused by endeavor. yes, she was literally sold to him.

but she also just completely checked out and left fuyumi to pick up the slack.

yes, it’s not her fault that the abuse caused her to shut down, but as a result of that she neglected her children.

after she left fuyumi had to raise her brothers and become the woman of the house.

again, at the end of the day the root cause of the abuse is endeavor, but rei had checked out even before dabi's death.

it’s not victim blaming to point out the fact that rei neglected her kids. victim blaming would be saying that the abuse she suffered was her fault.

sometimes this fandom can be so fucking braindead. it’s always black and white, good or bad, hero or villain.

there is not a soul on this earth who is 100% a pure and good person.

all might, knowing full well what one for all contained and the massive responsibility that came with it. including an old wrinkly guy who will stop at nothing to take it, to a child and then proceed to not tell the aforementioned child what he was getting himself into. he with held crucial information because he knew that if he told izuku everything there was a chance he wouldn’t take it.

on the flip side, no one is 100% evil.

dabi cares deeply for the league, even though he doesn’t show it. shigaraki is literally the only person he will take orders from. some people may think he showed everyone hawks killing twice just for more ammo against the hero's. but thats not true at all. he cared about twice, and he wanted the world to know who he was. he wanted the hero’s to know that twice was human.

again i’m fucking rambling but i just hate how this fandom can be allergic to nuance and critical thinking.

I do think that many people do want a simple answer because at the end of the day it's easy to root for the good guys and boo the bad guys. There's also the fact that the narrative itself does sometimes struggle in creating a proper grey space morally.

Take for example the abuse victims in MHA. A lot of them are straight up innocent perfect heroes victims like izuku (who can never feel resentment in the narrative) and shoto while the others are straight up villains like Dabi and shigaraki. There's no in between with these characters and it's annoying. I remember talking with @mikeellee she has her saying of Shigaraki being the dark deku which honestly after that chapter where izuku comes into contact with a evil version of himself makes more sense.

I do agree with you in the sense that no one is 100% good or evil and in a way almost everyone is a victim to hero society. All might did willingly give a quirk that has a big responsibility to a naive quirkless child and all might is a bad mentor. However, at the same time all might is also a victim to a society he contributed to creating which is honestly so ironic and I wish horikoshi would explore these aspects of all mights character yet he doesn't and just gave us iron might (I dont like iron might tbh).

Also I love the fact that you brought up Rei himura and honestly Iam a big advocate for giving rei a redemption arc since it would of been more interesting and it would actually make sense to give her one than giving enji todoroki one. Rei was a victim and yes motherhood is difficult especially with the fact that she was abused and stripped of autonomy or agency but she also wasn't the best mother and that's something she does recognise in the narrative. My main problem however, is that the narrative doesn't allow her to fully engage with the family and she doesn't do much about it. Yes she apologises to both shoto and touya but what about her other children?!?! What about fuyumi who had to take on the role of a mother and shoulder a huge family burden? What about natsou who was also neglected?!?!. I say by giving rei himura a redemption arc the series can do so much that being actually involving the entire todoroki family into this, having more introduction to the hospital arc that may connect both touya and Rei and you can also have Rei make a connection with genten as @nyc3 suggested.

However, this also applies to the flip side. Characters like twice, shigaraki and Dabi aren't completely evil. Yes they have done bad things, yes they are bad people but they are also victims of the hero system and hero society. I do think that the leauge is a bit underdeveloped and I did definitely want more development between Dabi and shigaraki's while frenemies fiasco going on.

In the end I do think that almost every fandom may be allergic to nuance in one way or another. I do actually mean this because I remember seeing people try and say that Eren Yeager is completely good while some tried saying that he is completely evil but in reality he is complex and layered. You really can't put a definitive label on the aot characters because they all did their fair share of good and bad things and that's what makes them well written and enjoyable.

[pine-rhyme]

Pine I’m going insane please clear something up about tlt

I keep seeing art of two(?) v similar looking people, one with short hair and another with pigtails and I’ve seen both being referred to as Harrow or Nona or similar. I thought they were the same person (with Nona being a nickname of Harrowharks family name) but I saw some art that’d imply they’re two different people???

I always interpreted it as ‘Nona is what Harrow would be without the Horrors’ since she’s v cheerful. Like a sort of collective fandom oc. But now I think that’s wrong. Pls advise T^T

(Also hiiiiiiii hope you’re having a nice day ೕ(•̀ᴗ•́) )

OMG THANK YOU I AM SO GLAD I GET TO EXPLAIN THIS TO YOU BECAUSE THIS IS GENUIENLY MY FAVOURITE THING OUT OF THIS SERIES!!!!!

That and the wild contrast between Harrowhark and Nona makes me giggle maniacally every time.

Here is some sketchy art and rambling under the cut because I LOVE LOVE LOVE NONA!!!! And by extension the book she stars in!

Nona is a real character! But very well pointed that her name derives from Harrow's NONAgesimus! She is the narrator and main lady of the 3rd book (Nona the Ninth :DDD).

The thing about Harrow and Nona is that yes! They share the same body! Harrow is such a haunted character that it is already ridiculous how many other ghosts could take over her body if she falls unconscious (which already happened a few times and ngl it was very sexy).

But this time, in Nona's case it is unclear if it is one of her many ghosts piloting her body or if it is really Harrow whose trauma caught up with her and got her brain reset (you already know it wouldn't be her first rodeo given that she already has had the lobotomy experience :)) but the thing is, Nona can't remember a thing from before she got saved by Harrow's... friends? Acquaintances? People that owned her a favour?

The beautiful thing is that you have this vulnerable person, who doesn't know anything about herself is getting taken care of by these people that? Genuinely cared about the old Harrow? And are actively trying to figure out who Nona actually is. And how she can be helped. All we know is that Nona is uncharacteristically kind and sweet-natured for the tlt world :)))

She is deeply aware that she is unlikely to survive for much longer and experiences everything around her with a deep sense of wonder. She has only been alive for 6 months and it was a gift. The world is slowly crumbling around her and her body is slowly dying but she loves the people that take care of her nevertheless. She looks in the mirror and finds herself truly beautiful and she is openly grateful for the girl who let her borrow her body to experience this life. It is a bittersweet story and a very big tonal shift from the intense and alienating POV of the previous book (Harrow the Ninth), focusing more on the domesticity and closure nurtured in a wartorn refugee camp, between unlikely characters.

AND IT IS JUST HILLARIOUS to encounter characters with whom Harrow has been AT LEAST highly disagreeable, getting absolutely showered in affection by Nona. Nona herself being so full of love and admiration for everything and everyone she meets is just amazing when you remember that's HARROW'S body she's piloting. Harrow who is easily the most people-allergic character out of this whole series lmao. AND NONA IS WEARING HER HAIR LONG AND BRAIDED! AND PARADES AROUND IN THE MOST INSANE GRAPHIC T-SHIRTS. SHE WANTS TO DYE HER HAIR ELECTRIC BLUE LIKE HER CRUSH!

I absolutely love Nona she is my favourite character in this series. It is because of her that Harrow started to grow on me as well. It is just wonderful to find, after how distressed and alone Harrow is during the 2nd book, she has people that would go to such lengths to care for her, despite the fact that she lost her necromacy, genius and aptitudes, along with her memories and, in fact her body might be the only thing that remained out of her because, by the end, Nona might indeed be somebody else entirely.

More than that it is a story about a girl with no past and no future loving unconditionally and getting unconditionally loved in return by her friends and family. Even when it gets very complicated and twisted and at times you are forced to question what is everybody's hidden intentions or what is the meaning of it all. It is just as grim (and upsetting at times) as the rest of the series but having for once an optimistic pov (even tho it comes with her forcing herself to suppress her ugly feelings because her life is very short and she needs to enjoy everything while it lasts) feels almost like a fever dream.

"Life is too short and love is too long."

(This is Nona with Pyrrha! Pyrrha loves Nona so much it makes me sick to my stomach and I could talk for hours on end about them. )

Thank you so much for this ask and for indulging me in my madness!!!!!!! MMMMWAH!

[aspartameabuser69]

On the topic of the Seven Deadly Sins being color coded, something I think would be cool is the character having those colors to represent their sins.

Angel Dust or Nifty (or probably even both) being blue makes sense. Angel Dust could have dark blues to resemble how despite being a sex worker, he hates it because of Valentino’s abuse. While Nifty could have light blues to showcase that she’s actually extremely boy crazy and lustful (and unlike Angel Dust she has no regrets.)

Valkryie (I refuse to call her the name Vivziepop gave her) and Alastor could be red to resemble how wrathful they can be. Although Alastor could have subtle shades of purple to represent his Pride.

On the topic of purple, Lucifer and Charlie should’ve worn purple. It would make them stand out and it would make sense since their literally the main royalty in the Pride Ring + purple is a regal color in general.

Husk’s wings could be orange to represent his Gluttony. He's a bar tender who uses alcohol as a escape, so he definitely overindulges in it.

But to be fair, this requires thinking and research, which apparently Viv is allergic to.

Apologies if this was pretty long, it’s just disappointing how much wasted potential HH/HB have

the colour theory in Hazbin Hotel and Helluva boss are lacking to say the least.

I think Angel could have red/pink with blue clothes because he was part of a mob (maybe he was a sex worker in his life time? Never confirmed or denied) to show how his sex worker persona is only that, a persona.

Niffty would also look much better is she was blue to be honest. Blue Niffty truther.

And Alastor and V (that’s what I’m calling her now) would make much more sense to red and purple, they both have red in their design (well Alastor is hot pink actually) but close enough to red. But why they don’t have accent colours OTHER than red, white, and yellow baffles me.

I’m assuming Husk went to hell for gluttony so I think him being a calico looking cat would make much more sense thematically.

Lucifer being red is also so fucking funny, WHY RED? WHY? He doesn’t even look good. He could be purple and white, that would make sense. White means purity which would be a nod to his past in heaven and purple means pride. Charlie just being red, white, yellow, and black is also weird. Her and Lucifer being more like a goat would make much more sense to them.

There are so many interesting possibilities in how Vivziepop represented her characters but instead they’re all red? In greed it’s slightly better but she still just makes everything one colour in a ring, it’s not even colour coordinated it’s just inaccessible. Seriously, it’s so hard for me to look at because I’m red green colour blind. Plus Vivziepop went to art school. She should know this.

[22ayla21]

From the author: This was a request from one user, but I lost his nickname... I'm sorry...

Headcanons with Kayden Break

● Kayden has a very specific personality. Becoming his girlfriend seems like luck is on your side, but it doesn’t seem to be the case. Knowing his ardent character, for Kayden the main thing in a partner is the opposite that could balance him, otherwise calling him violent is putting it mildly;

● The relationship with him could have started a very long time ago. You simply could have been childhood friends or simply opponents, after the battle, on the contrary, you became friends and began to further improve your abilities. It’s just that Kayden came to your house so often, slept with you, had dinner, trained with you that it became commonplace and you got used to this situation;

● Teasing, or making fun of Kayden is also allowed. No matter how much he needs the opposite of his character, he still wants excitement in a relationship. Most of the time he is the one who jokes and teases, but when you, too, are in the mood, he just burns inside from the thrill that you are insolent to him. And this usually ends with him simply dragging you to the bedroom for more adult matters;

● It will be important for Kayden to know that you can stand up for yourself, defend yourself when he is not around. Over all his years, he has made enough enemies for himself, and although the awakened world does not know about you as Kaidan’s girlfriend, there will be those who will find out the slightest information about him to use against him. It is important for Kaidan to know that you can defend yourself if something happens, he will always come to the rescue if his intervention requires it, but since you are his girlfriend, it means you must be on the same level as him;

● Being Kayden’s girlfriend means becoming an unexpected cat person and also becoming a mentor and practically the older sister of Ji Woo. Kayden in the body of a cat is an addition to your relationship, especially if you love cats and are not allergic to them. Plus a bonus in the form of your boyfriend’s kind and sweet student, who admires you so much that perhaps your and Kayden’s self-esteem has skyrocketed;

● Jealousy? Perhaps only to other cats and Ji Woo. A strange combination, of course, but it’s true. Kaidan gets jealous when you pay attention to other cats instead of him, or when you spend time with Ji Woo often, even if it's not training. At such moments, Kaiden thinks that his girlfriend was stolen by cats and his student, which in some cases is true, no matter how strange it may sound. In return, you compensate for this jealousy by spending quality time with my boyfriend;

● It’s not that Kayden doesn’t intend to marry you, it’s just that you already live as a married couple (though secretly, from the world of the awakened), so there’s simply no need to marry, and he’s unlikely to want to have a wedding, although he’ll think about buying a ring for your ring finger so other men know you're busy. There seems to be no need to talk about children. Yes, he gets along with Ji Woo, but if you give birth to a baby with abilities like Kaidan’s and his own character, it’s unlikely that the world of the awakened can stand it. They can barely tolerate Kayden alone, and then there is a daughter or son, who is his second copy, I’m afraid to imagine how the top 10 will react to such news. And Kayden himself said that he wouldn’t be very good at raising a child, so you don’t raise the topic of children. As a last resort, say that you will adopt Ji Woo.

[marjoriestotch]

Okay I love asking people, so fun. Do you have any Bebe headcanons ?

I’ve compiled some of my own (even naming her Bernadette) and just taking what we see in her bedroom. I did the same Nichole too, I’m interested to see your thoughts on her character !!! Like I swear Trey and Matt seem to be allergic to writing their female characters/hj 😔

I think you’re right, though. Trey Parker and Matt Stone seem to have an unwillingness, or at least a disconnect, when it comes to women and comedy. They struggle to imagine women in comedic scenarios that come as naturally to them when writing for their male inserts. I've been thinking lately a lot about the commentary for “Eat, Pray, Queef,” where Trey reveals that the actual underlying joke of the episode is that women couldn't possibly find queefs or farts funny. The idea of women enjoying potty humor is, to him, so ridiculous that it becomes a joke in itself. I don’t think I have to explain the inherent sexism in that, do I? And I think it's still an ongoing issue in Trey Parker’s writing: when women are deliberately highlighted again in the show, it revolves around shit.

I'm sorry for rambling about this at the start instead of answering your question, but I feel it’s relevant to what I want to say about Bebe, so please bear with me. I think Trey Parker only sees his female characters as relevant protagonists when they serve a critical or politically observational purpose. They are women - and the story is about how the world reacts to that fact. (You can definitely argue this point, especially considering how many episodes feature female celebrities solely to mock them, but again, bear with me.)

The most obvious example of this is Wendy. When is she a main character in an episode that is purely comedic or satirical? Maybe once? Bebe is another example of this. In her first major episode, “Bebe’s Boobs Destroy Society,” she isn’t delivering the comedy or is the object of the joke; she simply exists, and the humor stems from everyone else’s reaction to her existence. I think that’s worth highlighting, because it implies that when Bebe features, they are trying to say something.

To me, Bebe is an incredibly smart, charismatic, and sociable girl who’s burdened by the insecurity of how people perceive her as a beautiful blonde girl in a small American town, desired by all the boys in her class. I think that episode is a good starting point. Beyond the discussion we could have about her sexualization and objectification as a growing girl, what stands out to me is how it marks the beginning of Bebe’s deep concern over the perception of her as a person versus the objective reality. We see this again in her later appearance in “The List.”

I find it interesting that while Wendy is the student body president, Bebe shows no interest in that kind of position, even though she acts as a leader in the girl’s social society. She doesn’t care about authority or institutional power - she wants control over how she's perceived. Bebe is more concerned with the social hierarchy within her peer group and aims to be at the top of that pyramid. She wants shoes, Clyde can get her nice shoes, but dating Clyde could jeopardize her social standing because he's considered a social pariah. So, Bebe manipulates the situation to inflate his popularity just enough to maintain her own.

There’s an argument to be made that this makes her shallow - and perhaps she is, perhaps that’s part of what she struggles with. But I’d counter that if all Bebe wanted was luxury, she could’ve pursued Tolkien, who’s considered one of the cutest boys in their class. So…why Clyde? I think it’s because she actually liked him but couldn’t admit it, not even to herself. Because perfect blonde girls are supposed to like perfect boys, and Clyde is far from that. Instead of being open about it and unashamed, she tries to hide her shame.

Speaking of Clyde and her relationship with him, I think it’s safe to say that since they've presumably been together since “The List,” Bebe is actually quite monogamous, almost traditionally so. She’s clearly a romantic, and I imagine her fantasy is to marry her first boyfriend right after highschool, as so many Americana romance stories go. I’m not at all against fanon interpretations of Bebe being more promiscuous, having her experiment, explore, and be more sexually liberated. There’s room for that, especially considering her bold attraction to Kyle (with the joke being that a woman couldn’t possibly take on the role of pursuer in courtship but rather that they should be the pursued). But personally, I find it more interesting to imagine a fanon within the fanon: that Bebe is struggling with how others perceive her as a promiscuous, seductive vixen, which clashes with who she actually is: an awkward girl who's been in a long-term relationship for years.

I imagine that all these compounding internal struggles could predictably eventually overwhelm Bebe and push her to an extreme. All of her frustration bubbling over into violence. Bebe is no stranger to violence; she carries a gun! We see her snap and beat the hell out of Butters in “Worldwide Privacy Tour.” I don’t think Bebe goes around beating up anyone she disagrees with, but I do think she can be pushed to emotional extremes that others might not reach. She clearly has a fierce temper and she’s physically intimidating, which I think is a delightful contrast to her otherwise extremely feminine image.

As for what headcanons I have for Bebe…

What do we know about Bebe? One scene that comes to mind is when she's swoonfully telling Stan a way to win back Wendy's favor is to play a Peter Gabriel song. That leads me to believe Bebe loooves that kind of 80s contemporary pop; Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins (hehe), The Police, Talking Heads, Rush, Elton John, etc. She just loves fun pop music she can dance to, taking her back into a time where it was simpler and sillier.

Bebe clearly loves fashion and makeup, and I imagine it to be quite a fixation for her. She collects fashion magazines, follows beauty YouTubers and all their drama, and always begs her parents for that season’s coveted makeup collection. Her temper leads her into making anonymous accounts to argue over specific categories of fashion styles and makeup trends. She's incredibly passionate about the history and integrity of fashion.

Adding onto that, I like to imagine she loves taking Polaroids of her makeup and outfits and keeps it in a scrapbook so she could plan out her looks better. She’s very particular about her appearance, and I imagine it does upset her if she doesn't get a compliment for all her effort, though she would rationalize that she is just so effortlessly beautiful.

I do think Bebe gravitates toward being Wendy's friend not only because Wendy is so outspoken, but when Wendy does speak, she's eloquent. I like to think Bebe being so concerned over her image makes her worried about what she says and when she says it, probably regretting whenever she voices her more abrasive opinions. But Wendy agrees with her more often than not, and it's reassuring to have someone on her side that can express it well. I also just think it makes it more interesting when she does feel she can be open and blunt with how she feels.

We have seen Bebe abuses drugs, both at her party and also during the cough syrup craze of the elementary school, so while I don't think Bebe drinks or smokes tobacco, maybe she likes to smoke some Tegridy/Credigree she buys off of either Tolkien or Stan to just relieve the stress of her daily life.

Speaking of Stan, I think Bebe heavily dislikes him. Besides the tenuous relationship with Wendy, her best friend, Bebe has dared Stan to do some painful shit, and is incredibly irritated with him during the egg project, and so I think it's reasonable for her to hold a small grudge against him if his relationship with Wendy continues. On this point, I think Bebe gives generally bad boy advice. She can't convince Wendy to permanently leave Stan, she was among the girls to drive Heidi to go back to Cartman out of embarassment, and, well, she is still with Clyde. Again, quite monogamous. (Kind of interesting that most of the women Parker and Stone write stay with their men out of stubbornness. Hm.)

Bebe’s father wears glasses, so I wonder if Bebe would also inherit his poor eyesight, but she refuses to wear glasses out of embarrassment.

Given that Bebe owns a gun and most of her roleplaying characters involve handheld shooting, I imagine her in total glam going down to the shooting range once in a while to also take out her frustration. I imagine her father taught her to shoot - mainly for her safety, but I imagine he wanted a boy but kept activities like going out hunting alive with Bebe nonetheless

I know that canonically Bebe grows up to be a beauty consultant, but my impression of her adult outfit was that of a flight attendant, and I just can't shake that idea. I imagine her being a stewardess that gets to travel the world and meet all kinds of people, but still tired at the end of the day and taking off her heels and earrings and laying on the couch to watch her favorite comedy talk show…

Bebe has a white cat named Thumper!! So naturally she is quite the cat person, and I imagine she was a big fan of Bambi growing up as well as the Aristocats, internally, subconsciously wanting to grow up to be a Duchess.

I guess I should say what ships I have for her like I did for Shelly, but it's honestly really just Jimbe, lol, though I do have a soft spot for Bendy, and as much as I clown on them, Clyde/Bebe isn't terrible either. But I'll always be a Jimbe girl first…

[olderthannetfic]

I’ve been a fandom nerd for many years, ever since I was a preteen and possibly even younger. I enjoy looking at the different fan works of the things I absolutely love, but recently I’ve found myself becoming very picky about the fandoms I actively engage with. A healthy amount of discourse is perfectly fine for me, but when it turns into outright toxicity is when I start to check out. I’ve always been allergic to fandom drama and as I’ve gotten older, I’ve become even more repulsed by it.

This has been a gradual thing, but I think one fandom in particular finally broke the camel’s back for me. This fandom is for a pretty niche (at least in the west, it’s more popular in its country of origin) visual novel game studio. I’ve been a part of this fandom for almost four years and while I’ve largely enjoyed my time there and sharing in the collective excitement for the stories produced by this studio, I’ve also been annoyed by this fandom one too many times to the point where I barely even touch the fandom spaces for this game, which is saying A LOT considering that I was a very active lurker in those spaces in the years that I’ve been there.

Our little fandom is no stranger to controversy and drama, but the thing that finally made me start to distance myself from the fandom pertains to the discourse surrounding the sexual content in some of the newer chapters from one of this studio’s most popular VNs. These chapters were released months ago and more chapters have been released since then, but I still see people complaining about it. Basically, the author decided to write a dubcon scene for one of the love interests, and as someone who’s romancing this character, I personally didn’t see this scene as a big deal. Based on the context of this scene, it seemed obvious to me that the author wrote this scene in this way to highlight the main character’s communication issues and her insecurities by having her distract her love interest through sex. The love interest protests a couple of times, not because he doesn’t want to have sex with her but because he can see through her ruse and that she’s trying to hide something, before the two of them basically start having affectionate, consensual sex with each other. Both of the characters enjoyed themselves and they cuddle, and in the very next chapter the main character comes clean to the LI about what she was hiding from him, and the LI comforts her and assures her that she doesn’t need to hide anything from him and that he’ll always support her. Yet again, I had no issue with this scene because I understood what the author was trying to convey, but the western side of the fandom interpreted this scene in the worst possible way. They accused the main character of being a rapist, that she’s an abuser and too toxic for the LI, and that his romance path is completely ruined now. The negative reaction was so overwhelming that people who had different opinions on the scene were rudely called out for “defending rape” and being an abuse apologist, even though their opinions were actually more in line with the actual authorial intent of the scene. Keep in mind that this scene was also COMPLETELY OPTIONAL! There was a content warning stating that the sex scene would feature dubcon and the player was given the option to take the scene or to skip it. Even months after the fact, you still have some people talking about how “disturbing” that scene was and calling for that scene to be removed (lmao if they genuinely thought that sex scene was disturbing they would literally combust into flames after looking at some of the full-on non-con kink stuff I like to read sometimes lol).

Anyways, long story short, nowadays I barely interact with the fandom after that shitshow, and I’ve found that I’m enjoying the media that I’m a fan of a great deal more without any of the potential negativity from fans coloring my perception of it. It does make me a bit sad, though. And I sometimes wonder if I’m overreacting a bit by being so picky and disengaging from a bunch of different fan groups out of annoyance. Especially since there are a bunch of people who are like me who weren’t offended by the scene, both within the western fandom and especially in the non-western fandom. The main issue is that the haters are so loud that those of us in the western fandom can’t even voice our opinions without these people going on and on about “problematic” this and “rape apologist” that.

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[bombpunk]

brooooo the way some be/nji shippers completely disregarded the importance of darius's character in favor of pushing their own ship was actually so infuriating. maybe if they only did it with the monorail scene it wouldn't bother me so much since kenji was shaken up by ben's "death" but no they did it with EVERYTHING. "kenji spent every day and night dreaming about ben" this and "kenji would have dragged ben back to the boat if he tried staying behind on the island" that. yeah you mean like darius??? you mean like the literal main character of the show??? ERGH it'll never not drive me up the wall

i am SO GLAD other people have noticed this 😭 me and my bestie have been bothered about dinotwt’s behavior for YEARS.

personally it’s the monorail scene itself being turned into a ben/ji moment that bothers me most. because darius is the only one who tried to save ben from falling. DARIUS. darius is the one who couldn’t save him. DARIUS. but noooo they focused on how… *checks notes* kenji fell to his knees during a quick shot instead.

i’m not sure how the shippers are on this site because all my interaction with the jwcc fandom was solely on twt, but i find it Very interesting how important moments in darius and ben’s relationship are taken from them and pushed onto ben and kenji instead. darius unable to keep hold of ben? let’s make it about kenji instead. darius having nightmares about ben? no, obviously that was kenji having those! if they weren’t so obsessed with claiming benrius is problematic, they’d clearly be fans of the ship. that’s why they take all its material and give it to be/nji 💀 it also feels weird to me that they were so intent on demonizing a queer ship that involved a black boy, but maybe i’m just reaching there. i dunno

putting shipping aside, it is just downright antiblack to take pivotal moments of the black mc’s development and make them entirely about a nonblack character. why are you so allergic to letting the black character have focus? when black people already have such small amounts of decent representation in media, especially as main characters? it angers me so much.

tldr darius (and benrius) deserved better from the fandom (and the show, but that’s a convo for another time).

[confession-of-the-heart]

it’s not that i don’t recognize how gay sora and riku’s interactions come off as, i’m just a realist. KH is a property belonging to both Disney and Square Enix. Never in a million years would the companies that own this series ever actually let them make the main character gay.

This isn’t to rain on anyone’s parade, but I just feel bad for the people who will be inevitably be shocked and disappointed and angry when the halfassed sora/kairi romance the series occasionally remembers is supposed to be canon (but mostly doesn’t touch on because these games are allergic to giving kairi any kind of agency or individual focus) ends up being endgame, and riku is probably given another female character, probably naminé, as a consolation prize.

maybe I’m a pessimist but i fully expect something on this level. i would rather not set my expectations high only to have those hopes crushed

In short, kingdom hearts is naruto. I will eat 17 pairs of socks if the creators actually have the balls to make anything on-screen gay happen without plausible deniability

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[canonmisogynyvictimstournament]

PROPAGANDA

ALEX DEWITT (DC COMICS)

1.) The term “fridging” is literally based on Alex and what happened to her. She was killed off violently by a bad guy trying to get at her boyfriend only a couple issues after she was introduced (making it obvious they only brought her in to kill her off for shock value). Her death did very little to the narrative other than hurt her boyfriend Kyle and was done in an exceedingly horrifying and violent way. (Bad guy came to the door with flowers and threatening note, broke in and attacked her, choking her to death, before [off panel] chopping her body up and sticking it in the refrigerator as a “surprise” for her boyfriend. This obviously is really fucked up and she deserves better and should win this actually (a vote for Alex is a vote for all fridging victims [in spirit])

2.) It doesn’t get much worse than being the character whose death originated the “fridging” trope. In Green Lantern Vol. 3 #54, Kyle Rayner comes home to find that Alexandra, his girlfriend, has been killed by the villain Major Force and stuffed into the refrigerator.

Alexandra DeWitt is the character whose misogynistic treatment coined the term where a character, usually female, is killed off purely to make the main character, usually male, feel bad. Even if there are other characters who have been subjected to similar levels of misogyny, Alexandra DeWitt’s treatment has been essentially immortalized.

3.) I know she’s not going to win but shout out to my home girl, literally the trope namer for women shoved in fridges. All anyone ever knows about her is that she was Kyle’s girlfriend and got murdered for his character development, even though she had plenty of potential to be her own character.

AMBER VOLAKIS (HOUSE MD)

1.) Holy shit thank you for reminding me about Amber. Her nickname that almost everyone calls her to her face every day is Cutthroat Bitch. When she & Wilson start dating there are so so so many jokes about her keeping his balls in her purse & having him whipped & etc etc just bc she’s assertive & confident. & then the whole two-part episode where they fridge her (which is. not quite house’s fault directly but he definitely contributed to it) they make it completely about house & wilson & maybe 2% about HER. I’m still mad forever

2.) After being fridged, she does show up in later seasons! As a hallucination. She shows back up to be the devil on House’s shoulder when he is hurtling towards a vicodin-induced breakdown. Literally only shows up to steer him into making bad decisions (including almost killing Chase (allergic to strawberries) by inviting him to a party where the stripper is wearing strawberry scented lotion that sends him into anaphylaxis)

3.) im so glad someone else submitted amber because she fits so well for this poll but i couldnt get my words out right but im going to try again anyway. i think an important aspect of how ambers character is treated and written for the audience has to do with if a man did what she did, hed be opportunistic and ambitious, if not a bit of an ass, but because shes doing it it makes her ‘bitchy’. “cutthroat bitch” “coldhearted bitch” etc is practically her canon alias at this point by how much she is referred to that way rather than her name. she is probably the most humanized out of wilson’s canon relationships and its mostly because theyre paralleling her to house. she deserved so much better she deserved the world and more