#gdi-elaine

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

gdi Elaine now I'm gonna be giggling "m'noses!" to myself for the rest of the day XD

Why does Izzy hate it at Jackie'z? What colleagues ended up contributing to the nose jar? Are these two things related?

Also: why is "m'noses!" such an amazing line delivery?!

[mechanicalriddle]

Hi i want u to kno that ur tank looks amazing and i hope ur handsome son lives a long healthy life ✌🏼

eyy thanks man! i hope so too; i certainly plan to spoil the crap out of him his whole lil’ fishy life. 

[midnightroseprincess]

Your fandom is... TMNT! :D

Woot woot! A peep has sent me what was probs my first and most enduring fandom. Answers down below.

Be warned that though I’ve read so many of the comics and seen a lot of all the different incarnations, a lot of these answers are gonna be answered with examples from the 2003 series, the 1990 movies, the classic comics, and the IDW comics, since those are the ones I grew up with (and thus more attached to) and in the comics’ cases, more familiar with/knowledgable of.

Also please forgive any typos.

Give me a fandom and I’ll tell you…

Favorite Male Character

Leonardo Hamato has been and always will be my favorite. Even when I was little, I could sympathize with Leo because we both had fears of failing and were burdened by the pressure to be perfect. Seeing Leo overcome these things inspired me to stick it out and overcome them to an extent, too. 

He’s also just such a good character. An encouraging older brother who would do anything (within reason and his principles) to protect and guide his family. A level-headed and strategic leader who is one of the best ninja of his generation. A humble, honorable warrior who gives opportunities to former enemies to redeem themselves and get out of abusive situations. A dork who can drop his serious brooding to goof off with his brothers and friends. His benign, deadpan sense of humor. His so-proud-of-you-even-if-you-worried-me-into-frustration pride in his little brothers. His trust in April and Usagi to the point that he allows himself to be vulnerable around them. On that note, his moments of weakness that are so realistic. He’s such a multi-layered, engaging character and I adore him. 

Also his character development helped me grow as a person… more details on that below, under Saddest Moment. 

I’ll add that my favorite version of him is the 2k3 version. 

Favorite Female Character

April O’Neil, no contest. April is a freaking delight. A professional technological programmer and hacker with knowledge of antiquities to boot. No matter what incarnation of her you pick, she’s such a likeable, reassuring presence in the TMNT universe. She grounds the turtles in a reality they were previously alienated from (aka the human world). She’s their family, and has fought tooth and nail for them (15/10 would do it again). 

I adore her relationship with the Hamato Clan. She’s this mature presence that can sit with Splinter and just say “Kids” together with him at the turtles’ antics. She’s this bird of a feather with Donatello, who has an equal in intelligence to talk to and work with. She’s this amazing older sister to Michelangelo, who answers all his questions on the human world and doesn’t expect him to keep optimistic all the time. She’s this amazing confidant to Leonardo, who can’t pull the big-brother-card on her and is so thankful that he can’t because it means he can talk to her about anything. She’s this strange mix of sister and mother to Raphael because she doesn’t shy away from his struggles with his inner demons and helps him through them. Her romance with Casey, though different in every incarnation, manages to be heartwarming and hilarious.

My favorite version of her is also from the 2k3 series, since it let her keep her technology skills. IDW April is super precious though. 

Least Favorite Character

Hm… Hard to say. The villains and secondary characters come and go, and even the most annoying villains can have a really good, terrifying episode or comic issue dedicated to them. 

All that comes to my mind are the Ninja Tribunal (who were freaking jerks) or Cousin Sid from the 2k3 series and Walker from the third live-action movie. When I think of the comic characters, all the villains and secondary characters had pretty amazing arcs at one point, so I’m cool with them. 

Favorite Ship

Capril (April O’Neil/Casey Jones) in any incarnation, pretty much. As for the others… I’d say I lowkey ship Raphael/Mona Lisa. Leonardo and Usagi go back and forth between a brotp and an otp for me. 

The love interests from the comics, I’m neutral on, because the classic TMNT writers weren’t actually all that interested in exploring the turtles’ sexuality and romance. The only one I can think of is Radical (Leo’s love interest) and her characterization was… slightly problematic. In the IDW series, they have a character named Alopex and I do like the ship tease between her and Raphael, but I’m waiting to see where it goes. 

Leorai (Leonardo/Karai) is the classic, star-crossed ship, considering one is the dutiful son of Splinter and the other is the daughter of The Shredder. I did ship them when I was growing up with the 2k3 series, but then, well, Karai tried to kill Leonardo’s entire family while he was out of the country and very nearly succeeded and destroyed their home. Talk about a ship sinker. She eventually sort of redeemed herself at the end of 2k3 but like had a romance going with Chaplin, a scientist of hers. So… I don’t know where I stand on it right now. On one hand, their dynamic is still incredibly interesting and on the other, a situation where they’d work in a healthy way would have to be an AU or the like. So I’m neutral on it a majority of the time.   

Favorite Friendship

Gosh, any of the turtles’ friendships with April, as detailed above. Otherwise, any of the kindred-spirit friendships the turtles make are all equal in my eyes. Mikey with Leatherhead, Donatello with Professor Honeycutt, Leonardo with Usagi, or Raphael with Casey. All are amazing. 

Favorite Quote

“In this life, we only have each other. If one of us goes down, we all go down. So focus.” – Leonardo. It sums up their family extremely well. 

Worst Character Death (if any)

Oh man.

SAINW. Same As It Never Was. From the 2k3 series. Just… SAINW. Everyone except April died or is presumed dead in that alternate universe by the end of that episode. On a minor note, Nano. Both times. Poor robot baby.

From the classic comics, Splinter’s death is up there, along with the death of Klunk, Mikey’s pet cat.

From the IDW series, the turtles’ death in their previous (human) lives – getting executed via beheading by The Shredder in front of Splinter (Yoshi Hamato). 

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment

The moment in the 2k3 series in Return to New York Part 1, where Donnie can’t hack into the Foot Clan’s HQ because Baxter Stockman designed the security and April just: “Too bad you don’t know anybody who used to work for Stockman,“ with that raised eyebrow of hers. Donnie just smiles back and allows her the chair to sit at the computer, she cracks her knuckles, and then hacks it in under 5 minutes. Not many of the Aprils get to keep her classic comic-self’s computer skills and that moment was SO. GOOD. The turtles even mention in following ‘previously-on’ segments that they’d have never been able to get through the building without April’s skills.

Any time Mikey shows he’s not JUST the goof but is actually the MOST interpersonally AWARE and INSIGHTFUL of all of them. An example from the 2k3 series in which he sticks up for Leo: “I think all of you should just lay off the poor guy. I mean, it can’t be fun, being the responsible one. And we’re the ones who really benefit. Raph’s free not to think ‘cause Leo does all the thinking for him. Don’s free to dream, and I’m free to take it easy, all because Leo’s busy being responsible enough for all of us.” 

The moment in the 1990 live action movie where Mikey and April team up to take down a Foot Clan ninja and it’s cemented that she’s family to the turtles. “You’re a natural, Sis!” “Thanks.” Also the turtles reactions post-battle to the Big Damn Kiss between April and Casey in the same movie. “All right April!” (Raph) / “All right Casey!” (Mikey) / “9.95!” (Donnie) / “Yeah, that’s the way to go!” (Leo). The turtles ship them so hard, you guys. 

Saddest Moment

Gosh… from the 2k3 series… the moment during his solo training where Leonardo just breaks down from the aftermath of the Exodus episodes. “I’m sorry. I’m… I - I did the best I could. I DID THE BEST I COULD! There wasn’t any more I could have done!!” and the Ancient One asks, “Then why do you blame yourself so?” And it… clicks for Leo. And at that same moment, it clicked for me too. And I started to work to get healthier coping methods for my own anxiety. Sometimes you have to realize how low you are to start building yourself up. I learned that as Leo did. It’s weird how the timing ended up working but… it did. 

In the classic comics when Raphael is turned into a normal turtle and just… everyone’s reactions to it. Especially when they go off to battle and hopefully find a way to return Raph to normal and he can’t go with them. 

In the IDW comics when the turtles realize that not only was Casey (who they’ve recently taken in out of an abusive home) nearly killed by a gunshot at the ambush at the docks, but that in the commotion of escaping, Leo was captured by their worst enemies. 

Favorite Location

Tough one. I love their second lair in the 2k3 series that has the cool cone shaped interior with cool tech makin it up that leads to the garage upstairs. They have purified water along with a working plumbing system, a sweet television set-up, enough room for everyone to live and hone their skills… it’s one of the sweeter set-ups for a layer they’ve ever had in any incarnation, which is why it was such a shame to see it destroyed. The following Reservoir Station Lair was okay but not as cool. 

That said, I still really love the underground, abandoned, and antique subway station from the second live-action movies. I adore the idea of Splinter taking the ticket station as his room and the turtles picking from the carriages. I imagine that that center carriage car is like a guest-room/sitting-room for their human peeps but the other cars are like walking into a different world based on which turtle’s room it is. The stain glass windows and antique tech lying around, the cool stairway…. the place, once free of cobwebs, is an awesome lair. 

This got REALLY long, whoops. Kind of to be expected though given how many versions of the TMNT there are. Thankies for sending it though.

[fairyking]

Me: I like ban but he not my fav nnt character :/

Also me: *cries whenever someone mention him to me*

[thesoulbound]

who are some characters you ship your muse with?

do you tend to write more romantic ships, or more platonic and familial ships?

Shipping Meme. // @shieldofgod

9. who are some characters you ship your muse with?

At the moment I have two characters I ship with Sam. One is with Ruby. The other is Elain as written by @mesmusae​. 

10. do you tend to write more romantic ships, or more platonic and familial ships?

I tend to write far more platonic and familial relationships. I loved Supernatural because of the relationship between the brothers afterall. The fact that the main love story of the whole show was a platonic one is something I appreciated so much. The fact that soulmates as well was showcased as not just being for romantic relationships were always just AHH i love it!! Don’t underestimate the love you have for your family and friends gdi! XD

I do love a good romance story too though. The more unique the better!

[verifiefangirl]

GDI, all this talk about Elain going Fierce at Azriel’s brothers has me in some kind of way. But can you imagine... The first thing that strikes her when she sees the would-be princelings is the pale echo of Azriel’s beauty in their features. It made her angry. Heightened the fury that moved like a living thing in her veins. Would they have hated him, punished him all the more for it?

This is what happens when I don’t check my trash hole for months.

Elain was always considered having an calm, even mannered disposition but seeing Azriel’s scum of the earth brothers made her burn so much that she was surprised the world hadn’t caught on fire.

The way Azriel’s whole demeanour changed too just confirmed everything further. The way he retreated into himself and the shadows weaved closer to his neck and shoulders in a comforting caress.

Her stomach rolled. It was royally unfair that they were beautiful, worldly, delicate ears, high cheek bones and the rosiest of lips. It made her rage more because no amount of beauty could hide the ugliness inside of them. The lack of compassion and soul.

Cassian had warned her before to just ignore them. Azriel didn’t like causing a scene with his brothers he barely even acknowledge. She didn’t know how he did it. Ignored them so, let them live. Elain had never been a murderous person but if Azriel handed her his truth teller again she wouldn’t slash their throats, no that would be too quick and easy. She would slice inch by inch starting from their favourite appendage. Then she would burn their hands and make them suffer the way he had.

Love our ask box whispering 💖

[eventualeden]

ur so renegade by styx

this song is so 100% my thing god bless

[dinosaurdragon]

gdi-elaine replied to your post: guys there’s somethin i really gotta get off my...

somewhere, a post-top-surgery trans man is pissed he missed the chance to use this

i do my best to be as close to the top of my pun game as i can because puns are my life force

[tjhmnd-a]

....more tags gdi

fam jam:

{ ♪ } stay with me my blood you don’t need to run // douglas hammond

{ ♪ } we are the last people standing at the end of the night  // elaine barrish

{ ♪ } i will never end up like him // bud hammond

{ ♪ } you make me merry very happy // margaret barrish

[thxyx]

Top 5 favorite Tv show characters (can and can not be a main character) 💕💕

chAS IM COMING AFTER YOU HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO ChOOSE

uhhhh here goes

iris west, the flash - like, anyone who talks shit about this girl will have my fist in their face. she’s so strong and smart and i love her to bits. :>

kevin keller, riverdale - he’s a sqUISH NEED I SAY MORE (and he needs more screen time gdi)

justin russo, wizards of waverly place - s kiddie show, but dear god, a huge chunk of my childhood was spent having a crush on this boy, because i simply related. i am also the overly smart, awkward older sibling.

elaine benes, seinfeld - an old show, but i love this woman. her sass beats all.

caitlin snow, the flash - i love her. no other words. i just love her so much.

[ ask me for my top 5 anything !! ]

[fairyking]

Drew these in class today, I think they came out okay

[bookofmirth]

Imagine that we're getting a book on Elain and Lucien and all the slow-burn romance,them getting to know each other and a sprinkle of kinky stuff. I'd be in heaven honestly ~

UGH it’s gonna take so long to get here but I NEED IT.

There’s so much stuff that happens between them in acowar and it’s all mediated by Feyre’s head and all her “I could have sworns” and I’m like gdi girl just make a clear-cut accurate observation please because you’re all I have!!!! What are Lucien and Elain thinking when they look at each other like that, WHAT. ARE. THEY. THINKING.

It’s like a gd Victorian romance where even a handshake is a declaration of love/scandalous af and I can’t take it but I love it.

[illyrian-enthusiasts]

Stuff Maas has yet to explain gdi *SPOILERS*

- WHY NESTA PUSHES EVERYONE AWAY BUT ELAIN (before the damn Ravens rudely interrupted)

- If Lucien will find out he’s not a Vanserra but a whatever-Helion’s-last-name-is (how he will react, if he’s the heir to the day court, if feyre just guessed wrong and lucien was just the black sheep of the family)

- SPEAKING OF LAST NAMES DOES RHYSAND HAVE ONE PLEASE TELL ME (i bet if he did it would be so sexy)

- What happens to the Treaty

- What happens to Queen Vassa

- How Mor will tell her friends about her sexuality, especially to Azriel (AND WHO SHE’LL END UP WITH !! And how they’ll react, though, if we’re being honest they’ll probs be supportive af)

- WHEN RHYS AND FEYRE WILL HAVE THAT BEAUTIFUL SON (pregnant feyre would be my new aesthetic btw) AND HIS NAME

- RHYS AND FEYRE’S ~official~ WEDDING (bc let’s be real we didnt get enough of the last one bc they did it secretly)

- TAMLIN ?¿? WHAT NOW

- IS LUCIEN GOING TO END UP AT THE NIGHT, SPRING OR DAY COURT (damn he a court jumper or)

- MORIEL? ELUCIEN? ELRIEL? HELLOOOO

- ok we all know nessian is endgame (if not i’ll throw a tantrum *cough* and a knife *cough*) but like what’s next are they gonna be back to their awk phase with thick ass sexual tension after he proclaimed his love for her with his ‘dying’ breath

- MY SMOL BAT CASS HIS WINGS HAVE HAD ENOUGH HE BETTER BE OKAY

- WHERE 👏🏼 IS 👏🏼 BRYAXIS 👏🏼

That’s all i can think of and feel free to add on !!

[propshophannah]

@sparkleywonderful GDI. Now I’m filled with feels all over again. 😩 (but also...Az wiping flour off Elain’s nose.....)

Elriel. Not really a spoiler cus I made this scene up but im tagging it with spoiler tags anyway 

ACOFAS gave me so many feeeeelss 

my shipper senses are tingling @propshophannah @sparkleywonderful @rhysanoodle help us 

[midnightroseprincess]

Happy Valentine’s Day 2017 to All of My Peeps! 

Valentines for all of my peeps, whom I adore and am very thankful to have in my life! 

Gonna tag all of you: @definitelynotrob, @aflamestillburning, @nasa-peepo, @justafork, @gdi-elaine, @patchworkcrows, and @shadyvaati.

May you all be blessed with affection and chocolate. ^_^

[elainerrs]

I get annoyed at people when they’re afraid to take risks but this whole year has been me being afraid of taking risks. Whether its in relationships or in a professional setting, I feel like I’ve really limited myself because I’ve been afraid of failure. I’ve been putting off getting my EMT license because I’m scared.

Sigh and i know that I’m really self critical of myself and it’s something that I’ve been actively working on but gdi its been hindering me so much lately.

elaine you are good enough stop doubting yourself.

elaine you passed the course stop doubting yourself.

Like I’ve defintely grown this year and am better and less self critical of myself compared to where i was earlier this year but I’m still pretty fucking self critical of myself

And lol it’s something that I’ve talked to my friends about and I’m so grateful for this support system i have.