#although they are also giving plot

[bearnuix]

✧ Undercover High School ༄ Ep05 ⸰ ｟ 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝘩𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝘩𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓... ｠

[deikshen]

Well, he (user: HeavenlyPillar666) is just a guy who only reads a webnovel out of boredom after his martial arts classes and finds himself unfortunately trapped- the plot is uninteresting in the first instance, the descriptions are long and absurd (SERIOUSLY, FIVE PARAGRAPHS TO DESCRIBE A DAMN PLANT? TEN PARAGRAPHS TO DESCRIBE A MONSTER? More action scenes than dialogue!? Who the hell is that IcedBlueBeast and why the hell does he insist on making everything SO DENSE AND SLOW?), but... one of his characters? DEFINITELY HIS FAVORITE CHARACTER IN THAT HORRIBLE WORLD. HIS MISUNDERSTOOD BLORBO. HIS BELOVED.

In a summary not summarized, a story about two twin brothers who were separated at birth, and both found their way to cultivation world in different ways. Reunited first like disciples and then Peak Lords of different peaks of the same sect, suddenly, the brother who remained with his wealthy family - Shen Yuan - was seen as something of a villain for having had kind and lovely parents, a home and an education, always portrayed as the spoiled rich kid who bought his way into the Sect, while the REAL SCUM VILLAIN ACCORDING TO HEAVENLYPILLAR666, that bitch Shen Jiu who was stolen from his family and raised as a slave and then on the streets, ended with basically a harem of peak lords, fanning himself with his fourth-rate victim role.

And the rest of that pathetic novel it's just... shit full of dramas, betrayal and eternal descriptions being an ode to finding the hundreds of ways in which Shen Yuan's inherent kindness was misinterpreted as manipulation, judged and accused of wanting to do something bad just because he comes from a rich and well-off background.

And how it should be fair after all that gaslighting and psychological torture, Shen Yuan finally agree with them!

Crack under the pressure and the mistreatment of everyone, he just decide that if everyone thought he was a villain, then he was one!!

Allying with the demons first as an informant spy and then rising to power among the court, he ended up being something like a emperor-demonic cultivator eager for revenge and proving that no matter where he came from, he would show them what he was capable of! If the Cang Qiong Mountain Sect believed that a powerful cultivator was only forged through hard work and suffering, look at him now!

So all that good revenge plot would go to shit with Shen Yuan start to fucking monsters in scenes that were almost fade to black despite the deep descriptions and CHEMISTRY between the passionate Shen Yuan and the mythical creatures to have more power for the revenge that never seemed to come... To end with a completely unsatisfying shitty ending in which Shen Yuan gave up his revenge for filial love and the power of forgiveness, giving his own life to save his fucking damnit brother's life!

Where was the cruel revenge?! The taking over of the world?! HeavenlyPillar666 is RAGING, more than anyone else in all those damn comments!! Dumbfuck author, dumbfuck novel!!!!!

...

Yea, the user HeavenlyPillar666 shouldn't have said that while choking on his damn glass of water. It's not that he thinks he could die by drowning in a glass of water, LITERALLY. That's ridiculous. It's the height of ridiculousness.

But now he is dead, and he has transmigrated into one of Shen Yuan's less filial disciples who would ultimately be the person who would hurt him the most when he turned his back on him, after having been practically raised and adored by Shen Yuan, this damn disciple who always treating his Shizun with contempt and disdain knowing his invented reputation, but despite that, he was so dear to Shen Yuan who more than once was capable of putting himself at risk for him...

No, nothing like that!! No more of that trash!!! Shen Yuan deserves MORE, and the one who now is Luo Binghe is going to make sure Shen Yuan has all of it. A happy ending, a filial disciple, someone to count on, someone to stand up for him when no one else will. Someone by his side when he decides to destroy the cultivation world, someone to HELP HIM DO IT AND GET REVENGE ON ALL THOSE ASSHOLES SONS OF A B-

If only that fucking System would stop yelling at him for being OOC. Luo Binghe already knows!!! Fuck you System!! He's not going to respond that rudely to his Shizun, he is a beautiful little sun, what's wrong with you!?

[girderednerve]

i forgot how intense the s2 finale is—i remembered miranda, i remembered flint sitting there silent on trial, i remembered vane signalling the guns—but the cuts between flint opening fire on charlestown & silver's leg coming off, each of them forced by his own choices into grim legend. yay 💖

[m4gp13]

catholic priest monster hunter Ethan au where Kronos (still workshopping) is the bishop of his diocese and the one who suggested to the church that Ethan should be granted the authority of a priest and go hunt monsters. But it was mostly a ploy so that he could have the church monster hunter under his jurisdiction so that he can subtly point Ethan towards doing his dirty work because he's secretly been working with a demon. This was entirely inspired by me listening to that one sam smith song. The demon I keep picturing in my head is just Drolta from Castlevania Nocturne (psspsspss kai c'mere).

When Ethan finds out it obviously causes some big moral issues because Kronos excuses his behaviour as performing a necessary evil for the greater good, and Ethan is technically doing the same thing by working with Luke to protect more people from monsters. Except Kronos' idea of 'the greater good' is extremely warped

The difference between them is that Ethan's demon actually likes him, whereas Kronos' demon knows he's spiralling and wants a front-row seat to his eventual but inevitable breakdown.

[eugenoid]

I just started watching The Terror and I find it extremely funny that the kind and attentive surgeon is called Mr Goodsir, the first guy to get mauled by the bear is called Lieutenant GORE, and the prominent gay character is called Mr. Hickey (I love him btw, as well as Henry Goodsir, they are my 2 faves)

Am I reaching or is this an intentional joke? I mean, come on.

[izartn]

So, about how I see Link Click's Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi relationship:

As it stands in canon? Queerplatonic partners. And it's convenient for the plot that they're like this.

Because of Chinese censorship it can't be explicitly romantic, yes I know it. Let me tell why it's queerplatonic for me. The way these two have intertwined their lives and futures together?!

Owning a business and living together, that hint in ep2 (comparing them to the subtextually older lesbian couple who also came across as queerplatonic bc censure) where Xiaoshi wonders/fears if years down the line he and Lu Guang will separate/break up implying their partnership is for life as far as he's concerned (the parallel can be taken as a subtext romance too but follow me we're talking text), the way they were already going also on vacancies together three years prev in canon, etc...

Without entering on their complimentary powers and the way the dives need both of them if they want security in not screwing the past, and the inmense trust and vulnerability the dives themselves require?

They're not simply best friends either.

Those aren't the actions of normal, totally not queer friends. Cheng Xiaoshi checks out women on the dives, sure, (and men too when the host is feeling it which I love bc they can't address it directly bc censorship and then it comes across as Xiaoshi being super confident in his own relationship to sexuality/gender) but I don't think he would ever date bc Lu Guang is already there, filling that place in his life minus sex and romance but all that same companionship and intensity of feeling.

These two meet in what, the last year/s of High School and then proceeded to latch onto each other with a commitment reserved for romantic partners.

And I know you want to say, "it's the censorship! they'd be romantic and canon if not for the censorship!"

Are you sure? Are you sure the story would work if there were explicit romance in it? (I mean, if they could I'm pretty sure they would have nailed it anyways but allow me my a-spec delusions) Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang feel so much like an already established pair, they work like one, and Link Click is not about them coming together like many other stories. Are you sure this would work as BL?

There's a distinct difference on the way they start the show already like six years at least since they're best friends and three or two since they live together. That's not usually how it goes. I'm talking not just romances but every buddy or nakama anime/show, where the protag has to learn to work with who will be his best friend or rival. These stories usually have the same kind of plot progression as a romance which is why they work so well when you make the subtext text.

But a story where the main romance is already established and we're following a plot that has nothing to do with it? Much more rare, even stranger to find them well done although there are some very good ones and with the friendships instead of romo they're more common. For example, Soul Eater, which is all about the trials of it and how they hace to truly come to understand each other. That's Link Click a bit, but not even then.

Link Click juggling a budding romance between Lu Guang and Cheng Xiaoshi with all the other stuff is going on?? Messier for sure. I don't know if people would have liked it as much or if the donghua would have been as well done.

As it is, Link Click has the exact level of emotional connection between our protags it needs to have incredibly high stakes emotionally and at the same time not need a detour by romantic scenes/fanservice that would derail the plot or the other charas importance. That it happens to be pretty queer anyways in a platonic way?

Nice for the aroace-spec folks watching the show xD

Btw, I'm pretty sure in season 3 we're going to get more of Lu Guang's PoV, the origins of their powers and the past between him and Xiaoshi. It'll probably dig more into the aspect of "testing their bond and coming stronger bc of it" which is were the romantic subtext usually comes through...

—unless you're very very good at writing like Arakawa in FMA, who nailed the brotherly relationship without tipping into incest subtext which I've seen more than a few writers fumble. or the latest D&D film for the platonic childrearing and partnership for a no familial example between a man and a woman also very very difficult to get right for writers dunno why—

... but until then, for now I'm incredibly satisfied by the canon.

The other read of course it that they're already a couple since well before the start of season 1, and to mentally edit what we saw in canon with that lens (it wouldn't be very difficult honestly) but reading only the text? Queerplatonic partners!

There also how Xiaoshi and Lu Guang don't have that anxiety/insecurity of their bond that makes it so easy to read the want for something, like a romance for shipping purposes. Despite the disagreements on the Dives or the trials of season 2 or Lu Guang keeping secret Cheng Xiaoshi future/past death they read very steady which is fun. I love some good established relationship, you can go to deeper places when the base is already secure and the risk is higher for the characters. Plus I love domesticity! Yes, I do my angsty/Gothic leanings notwithstanding. Don't you know you need a home for the Gothic to be effective?

[meowdei]

guys i think if i really put my patootie to work i can post the first chapter of mydei sequel by next friday

[trashogram]

I kinda like the idea of Hazbin’s God having the persona of the Sultan from Aladdin: a well-meaning but short-sighted jolly old man that loves playing with his toys.

The biggest problem is his toys can think and feel and have their entire lives jeopardized bc of God’s constant “do it for the plot” mentality.

[riveroverthesky]

if i had a nickel for every time a company cancelled their top rated lesbian cartoon and the animators had exactly one season to wrap up what was clearly meant to be a five season storyline, I'd have two nickels...

[arttsuka]

post oc lore king/queen !!

😭 I don't really have lore tbh, mostly vibes. Everything is too underdeveloped for lore

I have vague ideas of what I want my ocs to be.

For example, I want to put these guys in a 'time travel' kinda situation, where a murder takes place (that phone guy, who was the only one who knew how to help them get back in their time).

The only thing worse than their designs are the names

[084392]

"oh no!!!! one piece has a huuuuuuge plot hole!!!!!!!!!!!" one piece has over a 1000+ chapters/episodes. If a story That long did not have a single "plot hole" or anything. that would be nothing short of a miracle and could be categorized as a supernatural phenomenon.

[unparalleledtrash]

GIVE JIWOO A DAMN BREAK!!

[whatever-letmebe]

Here's what is revealed about Nant in episode 7 of Playboyy

Playboyy came back from its break and hit us with so much plot development!

Timestamps: 3:19 - 4:10; 8:48 - 10:10 (Captain & Keen); 13:32 - 13:55 (Nuth); 19:59 - 20:28 (Nuth's flashback); 23:37 - 27:15 (Prom & Nont); 39:53 - 40:17; 47:09 -

Captain asks Keen about the masked party again. Keen says that it took place in a hotel room, that Nuth was the host (we already knew that) and that Nuth took video clips but didn't post them anywhere. He describes Nuth as polite, well-mannered and mature (older). According to Keen, everybody at the party was into S&M and it wasn't really his thing.

Nuth's wholesome couple time with Phop is interrupted by text messages from Keen reading: "Did you cause any trouble? Someone asked about you. About the masked party two months ago. Probably about his friend Nant."

After Phop falls down and gets hurt, Nuth has a flashback of Nant with bruises on his face

Prom tells Nont that he doesn't know anything about Nuth and that they should let the police handle it instead of getting involved themselves. But Nont wants revenge and is ready to kill for Nant. Prom hears that and decides it's a good idea to hand Nont a gun.

Earlier in the episode, Zouey & Teena ran into Nuth & Phop (or rather, Phop literally ran into them). Zouey took a picture of them and tells his friends about the encounter. So now Nont knows that Phop is Nuth's boyfriend.

Armed with that knowledge as well as the gun Prom gave him, Nont arrives in front of the apartment complex where Nuth lives, ready to confront him about Nant. He is alone even though the boys offered to go with him. He sees Phop walking towards the building, follows him and forces himself into Nuth's apartment by threatening Phop with the gun. Once inside, he ties up Phop and Nuth and demands answers from Nuth. Nuth says that Nant ruined his life. "I have nothing left. No money, no job. My life is ruined because of you. Just because I couldn't date you. You beat me up. You manipulated me. And I had to see a therapist." He also thinks that Nant committed suicide. "You called me saying you were going to kill yourself to escape the creditors." Nont threatens to shoot Phop if Nuth doesn't tell him everything. The episode ends with the sound of a gun shot and Nuth screaming Phop's name.

Sooo, that's it. Can we believe Nuth? Did somebody get shot? Why the fuck did Prom think it was okay to hand Nont a gun??? And what is the connection between Nuth and Keen?

[danielnelsen]

i wouldnt go so far as to call the calling a good book necessarily, but it's so much better than the stolen throne and it's actually got an interesting plot & lore, it's very refreshing when im reading them in order

[anotheruntitledsong]

i did like the hidden palace but (SPOILER if anyone hasn't read it?) i'm genuinely so annoyed at how Arbeely is handled like... I wish i could be sad but i'm just fucking irritated. I was overly invested in him and that's def why but i just feel like they did him dirty

[tsubasaclones]

mostly i'm just wondering what last minute bullshit clear card will pull as its last hurrah