#mostly phantom busters

[princess-jellyfisher]

New Fic Posted

Im not gonna make a new post everytime now since I'm supposed to be writing every day of the month, but I'll update this post with links to all my Febuwhump fics

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Prompt: 'Not trusting reality'

Fandom: Phantom Busters

Word count: ~2000

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62736709

[epickiya722]

Hold the heck on... IS THAT NEI?! THAT'S NEI!!

[bobur-the-berry-guy]

So uh these are for my friends mostly but also WHY IS THERE SO LITTLE PHANTOM BUSTERS CONTENT💔

Anyway

Mogari relationship hcs!

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So uh my condolences

Listen he's sweet but babe do you have enough patience? I hope so

He is so not playing about you

Just tell him if something or someone's bithering you and you won't have anything to bother you anymore

Spirits especially

He's protective but not possesive

He wants to have you safe and sound even if that means putting real work into it

Anyway

Even pre-relationship he's so painfully obvious

It's not like he's really trying to hide his fat crush but still damn

You might catch onto it even before he does

Give him anything to match with you and it becomes a part of his body I'm not even kidding

He will always have that on him be it bracelet, phone charm or whatever

He's finding the any excuse in the book to hang out with you and touch you

Will ask about help if it gets him the attention he wants

Be it something with school or general things he has yet to experience, he will ask you for help on it

Doesn't mean he relies on that strategy too much, it's actually the opposite

He's gonna pretend he's so cool and he knows exactly what's up and next thing you know he answered Leonaredo DiCarpio instead of Da Vinchi on a test

(would you believe me if i told u ts actually happened at my school these mfs make me less faithful in natural selection bc these are whole young adults bro)

And if he's going somewhere new he's definitely taking you with him even if you've been there before

Other than generally just wanting you to be there when it's his first time going wherever, he also wants to learn if you like that place and exactly what you like about it

I feel like he's big on affection

Do whatever you want with him, you won't hear a peep about it

Matter of fact he prefers you to be affectionate

He wants you all over him period

It makes him feel warm and wanted ok

And as for him

Not only has he been raised away from people and the modern societal norms but also he's just dense as to why can't he do that

He loves you so much, what do you mean he can't do that??

Sure, if you tell him to give you more space he will

He will probably sulk about it tho

Other than that, you'll have him constantly around you

Hugs, kisses, you name it

Will have an around around you whenever possible, be it around your shoulders or waist, he just wants to hold you close

He will be happy with you holding onto his arm too tho

Lowk has a sleeper build so i don't think you would rlly complain about it

He wants to kiss you constantly

It doesn't even have to be on the lips, he just wants to kiss you

You're too cute for existence in his eyes

You'll have to exprerience being attacked with kisses at least once a day soldier

He's a cuddle bug and I'm absolutely sure of it

You cannot escape the cuddling

He doesn't care about position or place, he just wants to cuddle

You're sitting there just scrolling trough your phone and he's gonna plot his head on your shiulder to watch whatever you're watching

Might even ask you about it if he doesn't know it

"Yo, what's that? It looks cool"

He's probably nuzzling his face into you a lot

Whatever spot he can get his nose into - cheek, neck, shoulder,, anything

He's like an oversized clingy cat

Has the appetite of one too

The biggest bigback istg

I don't think there's anything he doesn't eat??

Will certainly eat anything off your plate that you don't like

Will take a bite of what you like too

Always shares his food also

He's willing to try anything, maybe twice or thrice just to see if he really doesn't like the food or maybe it just wasn't cooked well

Also insistent on you feeding him a bite or two (or the whole damn thing)

Sure, he can put it in his mouth himself, but what's the fun in that?

Beware! He may bite your fingers every now and then

He doesn't go overboard with biting you when you feed tho, he doesn't want you to stop feeding him completely

Also he will just bite you in general

As in cuteness agression biting

Sometimes just showering you with kisses isn't enough he needs to bite you too

But at least he doesn't bite you too hard?

I mean, look at his teeth

Bro looks like he could punch holes trough a drywall with these bloodsucker ahh teeth, he's a bit dense but he knows to be mindful with going overboard

Could leave a mark but would never actually draw blood or hurt you (unless you ask for it you freak)

Along with the biting he's definitely licking your face

I KNOW IT SOUNDS WEIRD AF but what is he if not a lil weird

He'll just randomly lean in, lick your cheek and run away

He's always doing the weirdest shit anyway

Sometimes he knows just how absurd something is, but if it's gonna get a laugh out of you he's doing it

Will ask you to film him trying to do something and fuck up in every way possible even if he doesn't mean to

Imagine he wants you to film him tryna climb a tree and when he finally gets to a stronger branch he gets the bright idea to pretend to be a monkey and the branch just fucking snaps under his feet

He will fall face or ass first too

You can make a whole folder out of his ugly pics and him just doing fuckassery

He's very much a "my gf is mad at me i hope i die💔" type of bf

Also texting him and social media with him is definitely an experience

He's a sponge for stupidity

If he finds a meme funny enough you have a new nickname

You're now his princess with a disorder or his pookiebutt

He's def reposting some stuff like "damn i want her" or "hey(with the intention of {insert smth incredibly sappy here})" and thinks he's so slick

He's so begging you to hop on roblox and you see he's playing some brainrot like escape hormy gojo or some shit

On calls he's screaming his head off at the horror games

You've seen these dumbasses on tiktok w the deep ass voices that scream like dog squeaky toys? Yea, that's Mogari

He's either yapping away or as quiet as a chruch mouse, no inbetween

Like he's mostly chatty and he's expressive and making sounds and generally just being noisy

And then there's some times he's just, quiet

Maybe he's a bit tired or sleepy or there really isn't any reason, he's just feeling it

And he's just gonna stare at you

Doesn't matter if you're talking to him, watching something, doing an activity or whatever else you could be doing, he's just staring

You can really see just how much he loves you by the look on his face right at these moments

Just squish him dude

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[elysianstarfall]

miscellaneous phantom busters hcs

(pre-dating or dating, i have no clue so read however you want)

summary: the title, basically—this is also a chapter on wattpad so check it out (same name as tumblr)

characters: shishikuno mogari, korekishi eugene, kanzaki kaoru, tamon kotaro

s. mogari

✧ randomly sends you the stupidest memes/insta reels/youtube shorts/tiktoks he can find

- he is DEEP into the brainrot (korekishi has no idea what he's talking about)

- considers it part of the "youth experience"

✧ begs you to try weird food combos with him

- "pickles... and nutella."

- "what the fuck?"

- "it's good, trust."

✧ lowkey has a sleeper build

- once you were bored in class and wanted to see his biceps (real)

- "mogari, can you flex—WHOAAA?!"

- he loves when you compliment him because it feeds his ego like crazy

✧ does the thing where he taps you on the shoulder and then looks away and pretends it wasn't him

- fails every time because he cannot keep a straight face

- "there is literally no one else around. who, besides you, could have possibly done that?"

- "...a ghost?"

✧ has, multiple times, handed you his phone and told you to record him doing something "really cool" only to eat shit or wipe out

- "first try!"

- "more like eighth. also, you scraped your knee. come here."

- at least you take care of him when he gets hurt (maybe that's his plan?!)

- when he actually succeeds he expects you to glaze him

- "THAT WAS SICK AS FUCK! RIGHT?!"

- "it was pretty cool, i guess."

- "YESSS!"

k. eugene

✧ stays up on call with you if you need help with schoolwork

- explains topics really well (chatgpt who?)

- is super patient and wants to make sure you understand everything

- somehow never oversleeps even if you both stay up really late

✧ randomly fixes your uniform for you

- adjusts your collar and stuff

- "what are you doing?"

- "making sure you don't get in trouble."

✧ has insanely pretty handwriting

- it actually looks printed

- "can i see your notes, korekishi?"

- "of course. but, i thought you took your own notes?"

- "yours look nicer..."

✧ lets you do whatever you want with his hair

- it's so silky and smooth

- sometimes you braid it during class and he just leaves it like that for the rest of the day

- he carries hair ties around and lets you use them

✧ knows there are dating rumors about you two but purposely doesn't correct people

- defends you with his life if anyone talks shit about you though

- "korekishi, why do people from class c think you're my boyfriend?"

- "blimey, i wonder why."

k. kaoru

✧ sends you out of context manga panels, and when you ask what's going on he just tells you to read the manga to find out

- "wait, that's so funny... what the hell is happening, though?"

- "here's the link. it's chapter 239."

- "fuck off."

- you still read all 239 chapters and beyond

- he's gotten you into like 15 new series this way

✧ sometimes you just watch anime while video calling

- he has to rewatch episodes by himself afterwards because he just zones out staring at you instead of watching with you

- infodumps randomly but makes sure you don't get spoiled

- straight up lies to you if you come across spoilers so you don't believe them

- "he DIES?!"

- "no, what are you talking about? someone totally made that up."

✧ has really long eyelashes and lets you stare into his eyes for however long you want

- you love having "staring contests" with him (totally not an excuse to look into his eyes)

- he definitely knows but just lets you do it so he can stare at you more

✧ talks about you to his sister way too much

- she's sick of hearing about you but still wants you to come over

- you make him happy, so why wouldn't she like you?

✧ lets you trace over his scars and draw on him

- still avoids getting touched by the other guys though

- comes to your classroom during break or lunch just to sit with you so you can use pens to draw stuff on his hands

- he likes how focused you look while drawing

t. kotaro

✧ texts you sometimes but mostly prefers voice calling since he likes how you sound

- occasionally tries to do video calls but starts tweaking after a while from the eye contact

- "y/n, please, please, please turn off your camera."

- "damn, am i that ugly?"

- "what—no!"

✧ speaking of calling, calls you late at night when he can't sleep

- you're literally his asmr

- you don't mind because his sleepy voice is so, so nice

- likes it when you ramble so he can just close his eyes and listen

✧ has a spotify blend with you

- listens to every single music rec you give him but is way too scared to recommend you anything

- made you a playlist, sent it to you, didn't check his phone for the next 12 hours in case you didn't like it

✧ most used apps are the weather and calculator apps

- uses them to look busy and get out of talking to people

- "we're literally outside, you do not need to check the weather right now."

- "...yes, i do."

- "and why are you putting random numbers into the calculator?!"

- "i just... really like math."

✧ has no idea how to start a conversation so he just sends you cat pictures

- wants you to say something so he can talk to you

- every time, it's a different cat... you have no idea where he gets all those pics from

- "tamon, you know you can just say 'hi' or 'hello'?"

- "my bad."

[hauntingmizi]

Phantom busters renders mostly zaki and tamon because i love them , f2u credit appreciated

[comirendezvous]

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⏾ hi, im Comini, or just Nimi .. !! (she/any, more info in bio!) i write watever i want .. w any schedule i want!! i'm js a 16 yo girl no pro writer … i rly js do it for fun, oopsie ! feel free to send requests or msgs through my inbox, theyre always open. though i cant guarantee a response, i try my best. it might be slow replies .. depending on the time. but regardless thank u for ur time !! yay woohoo ⋆˙⟡♡

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interests ill write › pjsk , genshin , hsr , bandori , milgram , stardew valley , phantom busters , tokyo debunker , blue lock , alien stage , might add more !

some favs of mine › saki tenma , minori hanasato , venti , lyney , mona , dainsleif , sparkle , march , castorice , arisa ichigaya , ako udagawa , tsukushi futaba , mutsumi wakaba , haruka sakurai , sam , abigail , mogari shishikuno , towa otonashi , lyca colt , yuri isami , kunigami rensuke , sua , luka , but ill write for everyone ! i js like to yap abt those i love .. !!

as for rules › i try n write anything .. i clearly wont write anything smutty … so i feel like that already blocks most of the weird stuff. ill prob mostly write fem or gn reader ! but for the cc, ill write any gender !

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[megumismyhusband]

Hey riu, um, hi... Big fan... heh.....

soooo this is gonna get a little crazy and this is my first ask and I'm kinda scared (having social anxiety ON social media is not for the weak) BUT I have a point to make with this little story (cuz it's basically all abt you... Duh.)

ANYWAY so I've been following you ... I think basically since I made this blog (in like November) or just since I downloaded Tumblr in general, so you and your content has been BIG on my feed for the past six months. BUT as of recent with some of your phantom busters posts, I kinda-sorta looked into the manga and thought, "huh! This seems pretty cewl. Maybe I'll get into it someday soon."

Obv that hasnt happened yet, but that's the important part😈

Literally like five minutes ago, I was scrolling on the the good ol' Tok and whaddya know! A video abt the phantom busters promotional video and their jp voice actors!

so I start watching it, and the video goes through the four silly little mc guys and then the va's names, including other characters they've voiced, and so on.

They show the first guy (the MC of the four MCs I believe, mogari) and his promo is okamoto nobuhiko. This video is already blessing me with THE GOAT HIMSELF (he's Bakugo from mha, uhhhh genya from demon slayer, etc. LOVE the man)

Then they get to the next guy. Ummm OH the cutie with green hair, kotaro. His va also voices Kirishima from mha AND porco from aot. I'm not that familiar with this voice actor, but cewl! I love Kirishima<3

But here's where it gets interesting and where the synchronicity comes in...

Side note, I am a SLUT for getting to know voice actors and their roles. You give me a name, dub or sub (mostly dub), and I can list at least five roles they've filled. Even from animes I haven't even seen.

But, like I just said, mostly dub. so I'm not as familiar with Japanese voice actors. Only a handful (since Im mostly a dub watcher DONT HATE ME)

So, when I tell you, riu...... As Im listening to the promo of kotaro and that voice actor, something popped up in my head as I prepare myself for the next and third promo va + character. Here's what I said in my little walnut brain...

"hm... I wonder if Rin Itoshi's Japanese va is in here..."

Mind you, I literally was just pondering that. It was just one of those "oh, it would be pretty funny if this happened!" kind of moments, yk?

So riu, you beautiful specimen you, I KID YOU NOT WHEN THE VIDEO GETS TO THE NEXT CHARACTER (rather lovely looking gentleman... Whoa...), KAORU, GUESS WHO THE FUCK IS SPEAKING.

KOKI.

FUCKING.

UCHIYAMA.

...

THE Rin Itoshi's voice actor.

Rin has taken over my brain ever since I binged the first season of the anime AND the manga in August (within, like, less than a week mind you. That's how obsessed I got with blue lock)

But I'm very spiritual in the aspect of divine timing, so for me to basically THINK IT INTO EXISTENCE BEFORE ITS EVEN HAPPENED IS WILD TO ME.

So I know how crazy this sounds and ur prob like, "erm, excuse me follower, why are you telling me this?🤨"

1. Cuz it's a phantom busters video. phantom busters, a manga title I have ONLY EVER HEARD from YOUR lovely posts.

2. Koki Uchiyama. One of the handful of jp va's I know, who happens to voice the lovely football player BOTH of us love<3

And 3. ......... Okay I can't think of a number three BUT RIU PLS BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY ONLY YOU COULD HAVE BROUGHT ME THIS MAGICAL MOMENT. YOU, AND YOUR POSTS, HAVE WOVEN YOURSELVES INTO MY LIFE SO MUCH THAT IT HAS AFFECTED MY REALITY AND IS BASICALLY FORCING ME TO PICK UP THE MANGA NOW<3

Okay, rant officially over<3 PHEW that took a lot out of me (I'm scared of interacting w content creators I follow + look up to 💔)

Thank you for reading this tho, and idk if this is, like, customary to say, but I don't mind if you don't post this with a reply or not. I honestly just wanted to tell you this cuz it's crazy to me how much your posts and your blog alone have become so significant in my life<3 I look up to you a lot, especially as a writer with being a writer myself🩷

N-E-WAY HAVE A GOOD DAY/EVENING/NIGHT OR WHENEVER YOU'RE READING THIS!!

(here's the link to the tiktok if you want it, it's actually a rlly good video<3: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8j46osp/

WAIT NO WAY THIS JS SO COOL HELLO!?!? OMG EHAUAU STOP IM LIKE GIGGLING RN THATS AWESOME

also like ily tysm im so glad u like my work😋

BRO BRO BRO IT ACTUALLY MAKES SO MUCH SENSE LIKE RIN AND KAORU HEHSHS WTF THEYRE LOWK SO ODDLY ALIKE?? (call me crazy for this but wtv)

this is actually so cool! anyway i love phantom busters so so much!

TY FOR SENDING ME THIS!

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[thehollowprince]

The Actor Who Played Jar Jar Binks Is Proud of His ‘Star Wars’ Legacy

Ahmed Best recalls the painful backlash to the “Phantom Menace” character that was considered a racial stereotype at the time but is now embraced by fans.

Ahmed Best is a futurist, an educator, a martial artist, a writer-director, and the actor behind Jar Jar Binks, the most hated character in the “Star Wars” universe.

Long-eared Jar Jar is a bipedal amphibianlike creature with an ungainly walk and a winning attitude. The groundbreaking, computer-generated goofball debuted in the first installment of George Lucas’s prequel trilogy, “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace,” and instantly set off widespread criticism from both fans and the press.

“It took almost a mortal toll on me. It was too much,” Best recently recalled. “It was the first time in my life where I couldn’t see the future. I didn’t see any hope. Here I was at 26 years old, living my dream, and my dream was over.”

Now 50, Best is the picture of panache who could easily be mistaken for an off-duty rock star. He arrived at our interview, riding a motorcycle and wearing a blue denim jacket, black jeans, and stylish shades.

In the presence of Best’s self-assured demeanor, it’s even more shocking to learn that back in 1999, the vitriol fans flung at Jar Jar and, in turn, at him, ravaged his mental health. But he revisited these memories a few weeks before the movie’s return to theaters on Friday to commemorate the 25th anniversary of its release.

Two constellations, “Star Wars” and “Star Trek,” nurtured Best’s curiosity for both science and the arts as a child in the South Bronx. The 1977 “Star Wars” (Episode IV) was the first movie he ever saw in a cinema. Back then, being part of the intergalactic saga seemed unfathomable.

Twenty years later, Best was performing in “Stomp,” the theater show where performers communicate through rhythm and acrobatics, when Robin Gurland, the casting director on “Phantom Menace,” attended a performance in San Francisco. She had spent months conducting an exhaustive search for the actor who could embody Jar Jar’s physicality. That evening, she found him.

“There was just something so electrifying about his performance; it was natural and innovative,” Gurland said by phone. “I couldn’t take my eyes off of Ahmed.”

“What if you were from this other planet, totally different from anything we know? How would you move?” Gurland recalled asking Best during his audition at Skywalker Ranch. “He got it immediately and was able to just create this being out of thin air.”

Doug Chiang, the design director on “Phantom Menace,” remembered Lucas describing Jar Jar as a combination of the silent comedy stars Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Lucas ruled out a puppet for the alien creature, Chiang said, but still needed Jar Jar to appear grounded in reality to hold up against live actors onscreen.

“Even though this was a synthetic character, created out of ones and zeros, George wanted it to have a lot of expression,” Chiang said via video call. “The actor component was absolutely critical.”

Commonplace now, motion capture, the process of recording a person or object’s movement to serve as the basis for a digital entity, was mostly uncharted territory. Jar Jar became the first main character in a feature film created this way, though initially, the filmmakers didn’t know if it would work.

When Best landed the part as well as the separate assignment to voice the character — providing a playful take he often used with his younger cousins — he thought “it was surreal,” he recalled, adding with a laugh, “I was like, ‘Why me?’ I wanted it, of course, and I’m glad George believed in me, a 23-year-old kid from the streets of New York.”

In Chiang’s view, “Ahmed’s role in this was very understated, and it’s heartbreaking that he didn’t receive the attention and accolade because Jar Jar was a breakthrough character.”

Best spent the better part of two years working with Lucas and Industrial Light & Magic; his acting provided the physical element for the foundational software Lucasfilm created for performance capture. “I’m not Jar Jar. We are Jar Jar,” Best said, crediting the numerous artists involved at different stages of the character’s development.

But during filming, Best had doubts about the role. He credits co-star Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi, with helping him embrace Jar Jar’s inherent silliness. Best was on set with the rest of the cast, performing while wearing a suit and headpiece that resembled Jar Jar’s final look

“In one of the first scenes we shot, I was having a hard time with the line ‘Weesa going home!’ because it didn’t feel right to me,” Best recalled. “And then Ewan said, ‘But how does it feel to Jar Jar?’ That’s when I thought, ‘I’m going to take my ego out of this.’”

When he saw the final rendering of Jar Jar onscreen, he was taken aback. “I was up there, and I wasn’t up there at the exact same time,” Best said. “Jar Jar moved like me, and that was just a very odd feeling.”

Unfortunately, Jar Jar was a pioneering character in more ways than one. Critics said the character was a collection of racial stereotypes, “a Rastafarian Stepin Fetchit,” as The Wall Street Journal described him. One complaint was Jar Jar’s accent, which some perceived as derived from Jamaican patois.

“Everybody talks about Jar Jar’s accent,” said Best, who is of West Indian descent. “I read exactly what George wrote. It wasn’t me. It wasn’t an accent.”

“Back in the day, Chewbacca was seen as the Black character,” he continued. “And then Yoda was ridiculed for being an Asian stereotype. Then, the Neimoidians were ridiculed for being an Asian stereotype. ‘Star Wars’ has had a history of being a lightning rod. That’s because it’s so successful.”

No matter the context, the onslaught of negative reactions in the nascent online forums of the late ’90s, as well as in traditional media, drove him to consider suicide, he said.

Looking back now, Best said Jar Jar “was probably also the first cyber-bullied pop culture character ever.” In his view there were other factors that contributed to the barrage, including racism among fans, something another “Star Wars” performer, Kelly Marie Tran, called out in 2018 when she endured online harassment. (He said he related to “Kelly Marie for sure. She’s a phenomenal actor” and the way she was treated was “completely unwarranted.”)

“There are a lot of people who want to see Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Darth Vader for the rest of their lives, and they don’t realize that ‘Star Wars’ is changing,” Best said. He noted that the “Star Wars” franchise had yet to have a movie centered on a Black protagonist and added with a laugh, “I’m available.”

But worse than the ceaseless public scrutiny was learning that his role had been dramatically reduced for the two sequels, “Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith.”

“As an artist, you want the respect from your peers, and I felt as if I was being scaled back because I didn’t do a good job,” he said. “It really hurt. Everybody was running away from me, including the people that I gave two years of my life to.”

Finding acting work post-“Star Wars” proved nearly impossible. The first hurdle was proving he had been in the movies: “When I’d tell people what I did as Jar Jar, they would be like, ‘That’s just animation. I don’t see your face, so how do I know it was you?’” Best recalled. “And I’d say, ‘No, it was me. I’m an actor; it’s called motion capture.”

He admitted that even all these years later he remained hesitant to talk with journalists about that time. “It’s such a cultural phenomenon, and there are few Black voices in ‘Star Wars,’ so I feel that I’m partially obliged to keep my voice out there,” he said.

Since those dark days, Best has diversified his ambitions. He’s an adjunct lecturer at the University of Southern California’s School of Dramatic Arts, where he teaches filmmaking for actors. At Stanford University’s d.school, he has taught a class revolving around Afrofuturism, a subject that informs his belief that an optimistic future is possible through the combination of narrative art and technology.

“Jar Jar represents the possibility that whatever you got in your head, creatively, we can invent a future where this thing exists,” he said. “Just because no one has done it before, doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”

Throughout the years, Jar Jar hasn’t entirely left Best’s life. The actor has voiced the character in video games and in animated shows like “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”

“It’s big, and it tends to overtake your life,” Best said. “The thoughts I’ve had were, ‘Who am I outside of this?’ Because as an artist, you don’t want to be locked into one thing.”

More recently, he’s rejoined the “Star Wars” universe in his own body, as the warrior teacher Kelleran Beq on the children’s show “Jedi Temple Challenge” and in an episode of “The Mandalorian.”

“This is going to sound really corny, please forgive me, but it felt like coming home,” Best said.

Despite the baggage, Best never stopped loving Jar Jar. When he meets fans — on the rare occasions that he agrees to appear at conventions — Best has noticed it’s usually young children, people with disabilities and those who have been ostracized who identify most with Jar Jar. “He’s misunderstood, but Jar Jar’s heart is so pure,” he said.

At the time of the backlash, Lucas assured Best that Jar Jar’s target audience — who were kids and for whom the character would become a fond childhood memory — would eventually come to his defense. “He was right,” Best said. “It’s a different story now.”

Witness the reception for Best in 2019 at “Star Wars” Celebration, an event dedicated to the franchise, when fans welcomed him with thunderous applause. “It really warmed my heart to see him get that,” Chiang recalled.

Heart comes up a lot when Best’s name is mentioned.

Dave Filoni, the chief creative officer of Lucasfilm and a writer on “The Mandalorian,” described him as “a unique talent, and no one can replicate what he brings through his performance as Jar Jar. There is comedy, but also a lot of heart.”

And Best takes solace in the role he’s played behind the scenes as well. He noted that the software developed through his work as Jar Jar became central to the creation of future C.G.I. characters.

“I’m in there,” Best said. “You can’t have Gollum without Jar Jar. You can’t have the Na’vi in ‘Avatar’ without Jar Jar. You can’t have Thanos or the Hulk without Jar Jar. I was the signal for the rest of this art form, and I’m proud of Jar Jar for that, and I’m proud to be a part of that. I’m in there!”

[namaris-novels]

EEEEEE HIIIIIII this is (sort of) my first time here AND posting my writing on something public :D

Anyway, back to why you're here...

This is a self-insert OC x canon blog. To put it simply, I have an Original Character that I've created that I essentially see as "myself," or almost just like a persona that I write into different medias I like!

Her name is Namari Aria, and what I do with her character is I insert the essence of Namari into those medias! Most of them I ship her with someone from that media, but there are some strays that I just like the layout of the world building and she's in it for the ride<⁠(⁠￣⁠︶⁠￣⁠)>

If you want a more in-depth explanation on it, here's the link before I get to MY intro :D

Extra: About Me :3

Ummm, here are some of my fun facts/interests/hobbies!

Eye color: Brown (I used to cry when I was little wanting blue/green eyes💔)

Nationality: Mexican🇲🇽/American🇺🇸/Native American

Favorite color: Any shade of green, BUT MOSTLY JADE GREEN🙂‍↕️

Favorite animal(s): JERBOAS, cats, rats, mice, snakes, racoons, chinchillas

Random facts:

I'm a Leftie AND PROUD💪🏼

Double-jointed KIND of (I can move my elbows in ways that aren't "normal" I guess)

AuDHD (am autistic + have ADHD)

Have a short tongue/tongue tie (result of autism💔 I've wanted a long tongue my entire life😭)

Wasn't a bastard child, but my mother was the only one that wanted a kid💔 my dad only wanted me to get his green card (I cut him off like 2½ years ago... DESERVED😝)

My parents have only been married for a single year of my life (when I was born)

Have pretty intense family/sibling/daddy issues (that's how you know my oc lore is JUICY)

Shows I watch:

MHA and JJK are my favorite animes of all time<3 (yes I know they're not the best ones but favorite does NOT equal best) - read both mangas

Blue Lock (anime + manga)

Sakamoto Days (anime + manga)

Windbreaker (anime + manga)

Haikyuu! (Anime + manga)

Mashle (anime + manga)

Demon Slayer

Assassination Classroom

Wonder Egg Priority (need to rewatch again💔)

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

The next ones are irl shows

Scandal / HTGAWM (basically anything from Shondaland)

Go piss girl🩷

Manga I've read:

Favorite is a tie between Blue Lock and Sakamoto Days. Blue Lock would take the came for my favorite art style though, and Sakadays would be best action/shounen (that I've yet to read at least)

Three Days of Happiness

Phantom Busters

Favorite movies:

ANYTHING ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE UGHHH I EAT THAT SHIT FOR BREAKFAST PLS GIVE ME RECS IF YOU HAVE ANY

I LUV Zombie Land, Army of the Dead, I Am Legend (obv), 28 Days Later, and more I can't think of rn

Rio / Rio 2

Ratatouille

Cars 2

All 3 Sonic movies

Next Gen

The Book of Life / Coco / Encanto (favs in that order)

Books I've read:

My favorite book(s) of all time are probably Number The Stars by Louis Dowry OR the two Slayer/Chosen books by Kiersten White. Catcher in the Rye is up there, too

Red Queen series (ngl... I loved reading it... But looking back on it, it was kinda "dumb")

Shadow and Bone trilogy (IM HALFWAY THROUGH BOOK TWO AND IM INVESTEDDDD

Moon Fuentez and Sia Martinez books are TOP TIERRRR

Favorite games:

Detroit: Become Human is my favorite video game of all time. Not even just favorite choice story. My favorite. Game. Ever. (PLEASE play it oh my god it's so important to me that now more than ever for people to grow an opinion about the premise of the game since it's starting to become our reality)

Beyond: Two Souls (I just love Quantic Dream and story games)

Telltale: The Walking Dead (LOVEEEEE)

Both TLOU games

Little Inferno

Dead By Daylight

Unpacking

FNAF

The Visitor

THE HOUSE / THE HOUSE 2 (both are clicker horror games that are like 10 minutes long and both are so unknown I can't stand it)

Fnf (I only play funky Friday on Roblox)

Facade

Subnautica

Amanda The Adventurer

Life Eater

Favorite games THAT I PLAY/HAVE PLAYED:

Detroit: Become Human (I'm playing Machine Connor for the first time rn AND I CANT HANDLE IT💔)

Genshin Impact (since 1.3 baby)

Honkai: Star Rail (had it preordered and JUST GOT ANAXA ON 20 PITY AN HOUR AGO HELP)

Jujutsu Kaisen: Phantom Parade

Colorful Stage / Project Sekai (I love you, Toya.)

Wuthering Waves ... Kinda (i have an acc but I haven't logged in cuz low storage</3)

Minecraft

Roblox

YouTubers I watch:

I grew up on Jacksepticeye and Markiplier so they're my GOATS

Ethan Nestor (rip Crankgumpl)

CyYu Vtuber

Flamingo (I have the biggest crush on him) + his friends

Venturian Tale + Guava Juice for nostalgia purposes

©Namari Aria, copyright namaris-novels 2025

[gdlavzo]

hi, i'm the biggest GLaDOS kinnie in the world Giorno Diego Lavzo (or Eva Lavzo)!

i enjoy drawing, writing, overthinking, symbolism, tarot, numerology, astrology, true crime documentaries, foreign languages and linguistics in general, talking talking TALKING (if you want to talk about the shared interests or just want a friend, you are welcome here ^^)

i am developing my fantasy story (Алазавирра), so if you're also a creator of a world setting with characters and storylines and want to share your world-building experience and/or work, please do so!!

if you learn russian / english / french and want to practice your language skills with someone, also do so!! i don't care if it's the shortest and the most basic interactions or lengthy conversations, i love languages and helping and teaching (i am, after all, going to graduate as a teacher of english and french as foreign languages)

more info and links on my carrd ♡

putting this for unsure people like me:

yes, it's ok to spam rb/like a lot of posts from my blog

yes, it's ok to rb my original content and posts

if there is a personal post i wouldn't like to be rb'd, i will state so in the post or in its tags

yes, it's ok to dm / send asks / tag me in posts and games

my never-ending (or so it seems) interests are:

Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Le Fantôme de l'Opéra

Portal (+ Half-Life lore-wise)

Genshin Impact (UID: 713621643)

Bayonetta

navigation:

#GDL's murmurs - whatever silly thoughts made their way out of my mind

#signed your suffering GDL - vent/neg/whatever tag

#GDL's babybeasts - my beasts <3

#GDL's arts - me draw :) (sometimes)

#Алазавирра - original content and characters. varies from original art and writing bits to just lengthy tags

#Alazavirra coded - collecting inspiration for my original content duh

fandom and misc tags under the cut

further navigation:

this is mostly for my own comfort in finding specific reblogs :)

#incoming 💌

#outgoing 💌

#quizzes

#tag games

#ask games

#posts to check later & refs

#creating & writing & drawing tag

#education & teaching & learning tag

#languages

#astrology

#tarot

#cervidae

#felines

↳#I am never not reblogging happier than a prince

#yeah sure i'll add this to my lexicon

#dashboard stop tempting me with this man challenge I do not have time to play a game

#get this man OFF my dash. NOW.

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#phantom of the opera

#strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde

#good omens

#genshin impact

#bayonetta

#zelda

#the elder scrolls

#dragon age

#portal

#metal gear solid

#animal crossing

#haibane renmei

#neon genesis evangelion

#arcane

#my little pony

#moomins

#jerma985

#buster keaton

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[princess-jellyfisher]

WIP i just started. Probably the longest I've actually worked on a drawing in multiple years. This idea actually came from a WIP fic I had that I lost all motivation to finish. Might work on it later but who knows.

(Took ~1 hr 47 min)

[epickiya722]

Thanks for the tag!! ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و 💜 @spinji

Rules: Answer and tag nine people you want to get to know better and catch up with!

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Favorite Color: PURPLE!!! Purple, my beloved! Followed by black and silver!

Last Song: Daisy 2.0 by Ashnikko featuring the icon Hatsune Miku

Currently Reading: Gokurakugai, Phantom Busters and Wind Breaker!

Currently Watching: Just MHA Season 7. When not that, I make my way to gameplays and bento videos.

Currently Craving: Those Hello Panda cookies, strawberry flavored mostly. If I don't get those in any time soon... folks, I gotta start ripping down wallpaper.

Coffee or Tea: Okay, both but I have mostly been drinking water. I have this holographic grayish black water bottle I use for it. Water is life!

Hobby to Try: I always thought archery was cool to try. And sewing, I need to get back into that. I like making little bows.

Current AU: I'm practically at a point of no return for my Star's Rebirth AU. When I wrote that first fic, I thought that would be it, but I was too intrigued by the idea of Yuji being Tengen's vessel. Why? I don't know! Also, the "if Miruko was a jujutsu sorcerer" fic I'm working on? Yeah, has me in a chokehold, too.

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TAGGING: @littleholmes @alonelystargazer @goatyuuji @galaxynajma @icy-spicy @linlovesjjk13 @quieteclipse @getosugurusbangs @cherryys @uriekukistan + anyone else since you know what? I want to know all of you. Of course, no pressure!!

[zade1ost]

Sugar, spice and everything nice. ♡

۶ৎ Hello! My name is Aemi, but I go by many names. You may also call me Yumei. I am an amateur writer who is in one too many fandoms. I write mostly for fun—and myself—with an x reader. Whether male or female, nonbinary or trans, I can work with various!

I also use writing as a way to cope, but I’m not the best with angst. I have been trying to improve my writing, so please do tell me if you see a mistake or anything that falls under that category! I use websites, apps and books to make best of your reading experience.

Some of the fandoms I’m currently in are:

Blue lock

Lookism

Gachiakuta

Gokurakugai

MHA

Demon slayer

Sakamoto Days

Dandadan

Phantom Busters

JJK

Alien Stage

Mob100

And more! But you may always ask if I know a show/movie/anime of your liking

MASTERLIST /// REQUEST HERE

[kyrodo]

So once again someone completely calms and starts to fall asleep to my phantom touch in vr. Petting slowly. As I have with Beastner. As I have with Shine and Lupy. As I have with Browniiie or even Buster for a short time in furality. And some people who only met a few times but added me because of how I put them to sleep. I have the real life, or rather virtual life equivalent of the magic touch, it's almost comical how consistent it is how it works even on people I just met. And I'm not perfect, I can feel the muscles in my weaker arm on the left start to shake, I can even see my controller shake a few times in vr, but people don't seem to mind that. People have developed newly discovered phantom sense around me. So it's not even just on people who usually experience phantom sense. And I'm sure the cute meows and purrs help too. I'm a living support cat.

Now Red, seems on the same level as Ops, younger gen, lots of references and banter I can't even begin to follow up on and frankly don't really care to. I just accept that I'm out of date. I let my cool/cute avatars and high skill in making cat noises to speak for me instead. And certain things, memes especially, haven't been a strong part of my personal culture even from my own generation. I'm not going to worry about my weak points. Ref and Ops, I was mostly there for Lupy, but enjoyed the fluffy dragon that joined us, who I also put to sleep with my phantom touch. The KC guy was also saying something about phantom sense while I was petting him before falling asleep. KC Ref and Ops I feel work really well together in a dynamic. I don't. I like that Ops enjoys visiting us the few times he has. I like how KC and especially Ref are completely enamored with my phantom touch. The three of them were joking around making all these gay jokes and such and being funny being memey being hard to follow and comedic in ways I typically don't.

I kinda have my own thing with Red and Choskey going, but it's got a different atmosphere to it. But I'm sure you already have a clue about that. But the moment I start petting Ref he instantly melted and quieted down and started crooning and moaning. I remember making even Icy fall asleep before. I remember making Mana feel phantom sense for the first time. That is really cool. I'm proud of that. That gives me a strong feeling of holy shit I'm good at this, and it's a wholesome skill at that. And this is real. I mean it is the virtual world but the skill is real. I got my own flavor of avatar customization that looks really nice. I'm really really cute and my cat sounds are unmatched by many. And I got this magical touch that absolutely melts people that enjoy being petted. While also having a comfortable aura for many.

Who would I be without vrchat? Where would my confidence be? Where would I find friends? How bad would my talking skills still be with friends or otherwise. I would have been doing the same old play steam games until I sleep routine every day and die unhappy while never making friends or becoming anything. But here I am. And with my unity skills and the cute mannerisms I learned around Red, it's like I was made for this. I have so much social and creative power here, and people see me as a benefactor instead of public enemy #1. I am this cute artistic kitty everyone loves that melts hearts and the closest thing to a cure for depression where as around you I'm on the fucking dart board and I'm being told not to worry about it while you're actively throwing darts at my face right in front of me. Explain that to me please. Who am I and how the actual fuck does it line up with what you think of me? I am casually shitting on you here all the time, when I already do that just by being alive and doing all this.

I wish the next person who tries to attack my character and rehash it the best of luck. Cause I'm gonna give them a really hard fucking time. I know I shouldn't surrender myself to spite, but all this overwhelming approval for me gets to my head sometimes. And if I'm going to touch on meme cultures that I don't particularly fit in at least it'll be with people that directly interact with me, and not the people who are telling me the sky is fucking purple or something with a straight face. It is tragic and hilarious the kinds of tropes you embody. If that's how you want to be your whole life I'm not gonna fucking stop you. I'll just be over here winning the support of absolutely everybody except you, so every time they catch one sentence about you, they wonder how anyone could treat me like absolute ass like you did. And then you could tell them. Tell them how you couldn't even get my fucking allergies right let alone everything else. Tell them why you harassed me for a whole month constantly 24/7 behind Red's back after I said I was going to leave you guys alone. Cause I'm sure everyone would love to know.

[swrkn]

𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐘 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆 !

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐞

Im currently in my 20s, and im also in med school, so im sorry if i take time to do your requests, but i see all of them !

I usally write what im dreaming of

English is not my first language, french is, so please tell me if you see any mistakes !

I mostly write sfw, but i write all genre !

𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦

Windbreaker manhwa ; windbreaker manga ; lookism ; blue lock ; sakamoto days ; killer peter ; reality quest ; viral hit ; cookie run kingdom ; dandadan ; kaiju n.08 ; precure ; red blue ; juvenile offender ; haikyuu ; jujutsu kaisen ; the climber ; bungo stray dogs ; fire force ; phantom busters ; tokyo revengers ; tougen anki ; red blue

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

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