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okay my post got More Than One Like so here is a megalovania i made for my oc in a couple of days, enjoy

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ive given up all sense of humanity ive gone full animal. ...ive been brought to bmy breaking point. no longer shall i be a servent to the humans.. AWWWWOOUUUUUUUUUUUUU... heh. im on a mystical mission. i go to the forest at midnight for a snack. a midnight snack, really. heh. i hunt for things of fish and the like i eat meat. call that carnivorus in the ""science"" world. load 'a BULL to me, if you ask me, really. but you know...? i sometimes like it. the information'o'plenty. maybe its human nature but heh... im no human. the moon is out baby and im and animal. I digress, something in the way someone from such a faction talks to one (suxh as myself) isnt really acceptable these days. heh. you know,. i just think things get a little out of hand... its one thing to the next... and then the next again. i guess you could say its all gounf according to the big plan... something like that. anyway. twilight sparkle is a big inspiration for me theres just some thinf abiut her... shes just, like, so strong. do you hear that? exactly. if it werent for her, all of aquestria would be in ruin! oh- ah sorry,,, roleplaying habbits. i get into character y'know? heh. anyway. thats about alll im up to trese days. that and grinding. what?! NO!!! get your mind out of the gutter- not *thats* kind of grinding! hah. i mean working really hard, y'know. lisyen i know its, well its a little lame sounding but i have this big micecfract world and its really... ah.. youthing its stuoid, right? well, heh, i made a world when i was fidteen and now im older. and it means a lot me me. ive made a huge world and city and... well, yiu get the picture. are you hungry? i have some ramen in the cabinet... sorry... hm? oh yeah i guess i do have a habit of apologizing... I-I'd apologize but, well, heh... i realy like that kind of music. its full of... enerygy. i dont really listen to msuco as such, but id like to. i think the voice actor for gollum shouldnt have been... well *him*. not only because of his pasr but well, theres just something off, isn't there? ever since he was young. i could always tell. couldnt you? ~grrrOWWWLL!!~ ah! my tummy is rumblinf! i must be hungry... you should uh, go. no, please, i cant explain i jusy need yiu to- TO...! AAAGHH!!!!!!!!! ITS HAPPENING!! YOU MUST LEAVE ME BE!!!! PLEASE...! please....grrrrrrrrrrrAAAAAAAAAAAGGHHHWWUUUUAUAAAUAUUAAAAGAGHAIAOAOAIAIAAHSHSHODIUUUUUUUOUU OUUUUOUUU OUUU OUUU OUUUIUAUAAUAAAAAAA AAWWWWOOWOWW AWWWUUOOAOAAAAAUAIAOAOAIUA AAA A AWWUIOIIOOIUHUUUUUUUUAAHAAUUWUWODOFOD AAWAUHGHHYAAAAAAHHHHHGGG ABAHAHA LLLGLPVOOVLVKEJNFWKD AAAAGRRRUUUUIOOOWWUIUUUYYUUPEPEEEEEEIUUUUUUSMmmKOIUUUUUUUUUU ALLAAAAHGGLLLLLLLLLLLYANNNJUUUULLAURURHJFJFNFNFNNLLLE LE eLUHH jUHSHENANANANMSKSJSJSNSI 4 JHEBWJEKKAAUAUWUAUAOAOAOISJFHBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR promise JARRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR scared by bhh H IYYTTYYTTYYUIAHGRGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR fucking p a schewpid colah ahahh ah ah ah!!!!... heh IAUAUUUU njlk UUAUAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAU.aAAUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAWWWUIOOWIWUWUPPPPPPPPTHRBREHHEHDJFJJDJDJDJFHSBEKFPVONWNADLCPOGURHRBWNWLDPDBOREDUKMNDBFJRNEUFHEJDNIMSOBOREDNSBFJEJFBNDDJJFJFIDONTLIKETHISNAYMOREJSBFBFNGJBKGKEJFBNRNRDOYIUHATEMEBFJENFNDJFKGKLVLGKRKGOOPPHPPHPUOOUPIPIPOPIPUPPUPUPPUPUPOUPPUOUPIEHGSFFFXXCCXVXVCXCXCXCXCXVXVXCCXCACSCSCSCAFTACATACAGDHFJKVKDJFJJGJFJFJDJKFIFOGOOGPOHOBJNFNNDUEEUHWHDHHVIVFKDDKNSHJDJDJSNABSVCECERBFJFJICIJFJDBSVVWGWYDUCIVOOVGPGPORJEJWBWBB hi IFJEJNFBFJKFGLVOOBGOOROEJBWUWHFHB ID GO L DW W BO CJJ OK E NO CJ S OH G SEE JEBSJHDJDJDJMJDBDGEJISOWOSOKSJDJFBBCBCBCB HDBDJCJDJDHBDIEIWOSOODUFHDHBFNFNKRKDKSIJSHSBXJCJIFJFHFHDHFHFHHHHHFHHFFFHHFFHBBFFBFBF hit the groundHFBSJJDJFJFJDJIIFIDIDIDIFUFJRIEOOWODKKXJDDNNNDJDJJJDJJJJDJJJJJJDJDJSKSSKKSKSKSOSOKSKSOWOOIDICJJFNDN Knokay

[wellthebardsdead]

Another emperors dragon?? ~Bambi

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Tai Lung: *arm still injured but free from the sling, practicing more magic after finding out he has control over the weather, now trying to form a tiny rain cloud in a glass* almost, almoooost-

Wu Long: *suddenly bursts in holding a pile of finely made clothes* Tai Lung! I have a delivery from the work house!

Tai Lung: *jumps making the smol cloud form a lightning bolt cracking the glass* Ah! *makes the cloud disappear before turning to face him* the work house?

Wu Long: mm, where most of the finery for the imperial court is made. *sits the clothes down* his highness saw you had an affinity for more revealing clothing so he demanded some be made. Though, *holds up a golden long sleeved qipao like crop top adorned with long sashes tipped with tassels* most of them are more fitting for dance than relaxing I think.

Tai Lung: good. The flashier the better.

Wu Long: I? Really?

Tai Lung: Im used to wearing dance attire, but the more flashy and revealing they are the more I can attract the emperor.

Wu Long: you want to seduce him into thinking you’re all his.

Tai Lung: Mhm, the more favour I can garner the closer I can get, and the closer I get-

Wu Long: the closer you’ll be to saving my mother…

Tai Lung: exactly. Here help me get dressed and get your pipa ready.

Wu Long: I? What?

Tai Lung: I’m going to dance in the garden, if I’m going to start this plan I’d better get it in motion as soon as possible.

Wu Long: *nods and bows* yes.

*A few minutes later*

Emperor Tengfei: *walking through the garden with the Empress* he’s been cooped up in his chambers for a few days now, I hope the banquet wasn’t too much for him.

Empress Xian: I’m sure he’s simply resting dear, he’s been through much in the few days he’s been here. I believe that violent storm we had yesterday was a result of his body finally demanding he let himself rest.

Emperor Tengfei: you believe the storm was his doing as well?

Empress Xian: of course, the sky’s were clear above yanxi palace all day and all of a sudden in a clap of lightning it was raining sideways. I spent hours helping the guards and maids dry off.

Emperor Tengfei: *smiles* even in a moment of chaos you’re still level headed and thoughtful of others. That’s why you’re my Empress.

Empress Xian: *smiles and nods politely behind her fan* you hardly need me to keep a level head when you yourself are mastered at it.

Emperor Tengfei: No need to flatter me my love. *kisses her hand* more than once you’ve pulled me in line, where would I be without yo- *pauses hearing music and laughter* what is that?

Empress Xian: it sounds like Wu Longs playing.

Emperor Tengfei: *hurries off towards the sound with her and their entourage in tow only to find several noble ladies gathered around watching Tai Lung dance about as wu long plays*

Tai Lung: *twirling about, feet literally carried by the wind as he launches into the air kicking up the plum blossoms from the trees making them swirl around himself before flying around the audience before him making them laugh and cheer as he drops down into a cartwheel then a flip before landing and suddenly feeling a stabbing in his neck making an inhuman roar erupt from his throat with a burst of fire setting a heavenly cedar tree on fire* AAAGHH!!!

Wu Long: *drops his pipa and immediately runs to his side* Tai lung?! Tai lung what’s wrong what’s wrong!

The noble ladies and their courtiers: *all panicking, some running away to get help, others running to Tai lungs aid*

Emperor Tengfei: *immediately snaps out of the trance the dragons dance held him in before approaching swiftly* What happened?!

The noble ladies and courtiers: *all drop to one knee* greetings to the emperor.

Wu Long: I don’t know h-he was fine he said he wanted to dance and he suddenly screamed in pain! Tai lung! Please please say something!

Tai Lung: *winces and pulls a long blood covered silver needle out of the collar of his shirt* Agh-

Everyone: *falls silent*

Emperor Tengfei: *takes the needle staring at it coldly*

Empress Xian: *rushes to Tai Lung holding her handkerchief to his neck to stop the bleeding* are you alright?

Tai Lung: I am- it just really hurt.

Emperor Tengfei: *glances up from the needle at Wu Long and glares coldly at him* Did you dress him?…

Wu Long: *frantically drops into a kowtow* Your highness please forgive me! I didn’t inspect his clothing before dressing him! I never expected to find a needle left so carelessly! Forgive me! Forgive m-

Emperor Tengfei: *moves to hit him only to suddenly strike Tai Lung across the face hard as the dragon moves in the way* I-

Everyone: *falls silent in shock*

Tai Lung: *holding his cheek in surprise* … *kneels down and gently helps Wu Long to his feet holding him protectively behind himself* Your highness, I appreciate you and your kindness to me. But If you ever lay another hand on one of my servants. I will cut it off. For the sake of the prosperity of your empire, you will think wisely about how you’ve behaved in your anger today. The needle wasn’t Wu Longs fault. Accidents happen.

Emperor Tengfei: I- g-great dragon please forgive me I-

Tai Lung: *lifts Wu Long up with ease despite his arm and carry’s him away, his tail picking up his pipa as he leaves*

Empress Xian: *watches Tai lung leave before looking at the blood soaked handkerchief then at Tengfei* Your highness…

Emperor Tengfei: *looking mortified* I’ve cursed myself… I’ve cursed myself… Li Yu.

Chief Steward Li Yu: your highness?

Emperor Tengfei: Go to the workhouse. I want whoever prepared his garments found and caned 100 times then banished from my city!

Chief Steward Li Yu: yes your majesty… *hurries off not wanting to anger him any further*

Empress Xian: your highness, are you sure such action is wise? The heavenly dragon is already furious with you, he does not wish for vengeance over a needle.

Emperor Tengfei: if I don’t punish the one responsible for harming a heavenly body then whose to say they’ll target next! *holds out the needle* this isn’t a sewing needle! This isn’t even a pin! This was planted to harm him!

Empress Xian: *takes the needle examining it* a broken acupuncture needle?… *eyes widening* Ling Wei.

Ling Wei: *empress xians handmaid* Yes your highness?

Empress Xian: Summon the imperial physicians… Someone is missing part of their equipment.

Ling Wei: yes.

*Meanwhile*

Wu Long: *hugging onto Tai Lung as he carry’s him back to his chambers* I’m sorry, I’m so sorry tai lung forgive me please forgive me I ruined your plan I ruined everything-

Tai Lung: you didn’t ruin anything, if anything you made it better. Now he’s really fucked up, he knows he’ll have to try hard to win my favour again. Shh don’t cry, please. *gently dries his face with his bandaged hand*

Wu Long: but you got hurt because I failed to check your garments properly. Somebody tried to hurt you and succeeded because I failed to check.

Tai Lung: It’s not that bad, I’ve found worse things in my clothes. Accidents happen. I promise I’d feel much worse if that slap met your face rather than mine. *sets him down as they reach the stairs to the palace*

Wu Long: you’re too kind to me Tai Lung… thank you.

Tai Lung: don’t mention it- *pauses and turns around seeing guards suddenly run past towards the workhouse* what’s going on?

Wu Long: *points to a guard* you! What’s happening?

Guard: his highness has ordered a thorough investigation into the workhouse to find the culprit who harmed the heavenly body!

Tai Lung: culprit? And what does he intend to do to them?

Guard: *bows* addressing the great dragon, they’re to be caned and exiled, your heavenliness.

Tai Lung: like hell they are, Wu Long, take me there.

Wu Long: *nods and bows* yes.

[vaguely-concerned]

The Mandalorian Chapter 14 reactions: HOLY SHIT THAT WAS AWESOME BUT ALSO I’M CRYING edition

- the good good din characterization is back after all the weirdness last episode!!!! that soft way he says ‘no, no, I’m not mad at you’? THAT’S din djarin, he would not be fucking impatient with his son having just been informed and seen for himself that he is terrified, go away mr filoni I know you’ve got all of canon memorized but you don’t get this lol. this feels much more right in how din being conflicted and still thinking he should give the baby away for his own good plays out too  

honestly every line of dialogue for him in this one was perfect I was just whispering ‘I love this awkward clueless wonderful man just doing his best’ to myself any time he said anything. “...does this look Jedi to you?” sir I adore you more than words can describe

- we got din chuckling. asjdklfhsdkafghsdafsadhjkfsdahjkfh. fskahfksjad. side note: I can’t believe my joke post about din desperately trying to Force home school the kid with the one (1) jedi trick he knows about and the baby being delighted by it over and over anyway -- listen to his expectant excited laugh when din takes the ball and sets up the game!!!! -- was canon all along. and then the baby & mando music kicking in when he gently put the silver ball into the baby’s hands again and tells him he’s special (because he IS special. to din)? hmng. hmmmmnnnnn  

they opened on the height of softness so we would all crumple under the weight of the rest of the episode and that was very mean of them in a way I sincerely appreciate 

- nothing to see here... just a dad trying to walk through the literal manifestation of the unassailable underlying forces of the universe to get to his baby again and again........ the desperation in that, the love, the foolhardy devotion................... shit

- okay so I might be a dumbass, but I’d never noticed this before -- the silver ball has a blue spot on the top, like so: 

and in addition we get the room where the baby goes full darth grogu (I have to laugh so I don’t cry okay) on those storm troopers, and there’s a red light in there dominating the room (and it did even more in the concept art):

in star wars blue means light side and red means dark side (it’s very sophisticated that way), meaning the visual storytelling here is that there’s a battle for the baby’s soul and gideon and all his nonsense (and the trauma bb’s been through in the wider sense) is pulling towards the dark, while grogu and din’s connection leads him towards the light. just... the image of the baby looking at his own reflection in the symbolic representation of his relationship to din? the way children find their sense of self through being safely reflected and held by their caretakers? god help meeeeeee I will go in there and fistfight gideon myself for disrupting that in any way  

the smaller light seems to be blue too, like there’s still the presence of light even if it’s dimmed and small in that shitty horrible room, which is a change from the concept art!

- FENNEC SHAND SURVIVED BITCHES!!! I even called that she’d be back with new shiny robot parts back in season 1, could not happen to a cooler lady, I hope we get more backstory and interaction from her the next episodes -- sounds like she’s basically sworn herself to boba’s service in gratitude for saving her life, I wonder if that’s a cultural thing of whereever she comes from? does she live aboard slave 1 now too?? because that would be hilarious and amazing, it must be like two strange cats trying to get used to sharing the same space   

- everything I could ever hope for about boba fett in this series came true, they went down the much more interesting and nuanced route with jango and boba’s identities as mandalorians, he looked cool as fuck and made din as a character shine rather than overshadowing him... amazing beautiful yesss 

(I did 100% not anticipate just how ‘cool uncle boba here to help you fuck shit up’ he was going to be but I am delighted to get it anyway. uncle points deducted for getting someone to point a gun at the baby, but the main point still stands lol) 

the power and brutality of his hand to hand fighting too... a w e s o m e , I enjoyed the action scenes a lot in this one

- they even recanonized him actually wearing jango’s armour. what more could I ask for. I’ve had confused parent & child feels about these two since I was like eleven and here we fucking go again. and jango fighting in the mando civil wars too!

- so I’m grieving the razor crest (and I always will be, rip you magnificent jalopy, always in my heart) but also there’s the grim satisfaction that my reading on it was sort of true -- it is (...was. oh god it’s going to take a while to sink in huh) a symbol of din’s self and life, and at this point when they take the baby it tears everything else to pieces. the only thing that’s left in the ashes is the beskar and the thing that connects him to the baby. and there’s... a strange solace in seeing that that’s all he needs to keep going? he’s fucking obliterated from orbit but he still has his love for the baby and the beskar and that can keep him going until he finds something new, everything else can be replaced?????? weirdly healing, though he is probably going to have a solid breakdown at some point after they get the kid back (shut up they are getting the kid back) and the cold distant fog lifts 

also this scene/shot feels like it carries some Meaning, doesn’t it? I’m on record several times saying I never want din to be mand’alor and that’s still true, but there’s something about the framing of this and the way boba looks at him that’s like... hm. I’m not sure I have the words for it. there’s something heightened about it, anyway, for a moment he looks like something mythic there in the wreckage 

(something I would be much cooler with is our clan of two growing a little bit and those new people rallying behind him, actually, that might be neat. imagine if a force user does show up for the baby and gets adopted into the clan somehow??? so many possibilities.) 

- from the way he picks up the silver ball... din djarin is on his way to straight up murder some people huh

I think part of what reassures me about this scene is the music -- this mando flute is not distant, is not beaten, is not despondent, it’s clear and determined and strong.

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I love this. I love when we get explicit baby POVs, it makes it feel so real and intimate and... like home. (I especially loved baby’s point of view inside the razor crest, which just made me tear up again. baby lost the closest thing he’s had to a home in a long long time on top of it all. everything is suffering)

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Emotionally Significant Thumb Grabbing tm; the show

- din djarin looking for the ‘on’ switch on a magic rock fhsdakjfhsadlfhsdjah I can’t breathe

 “Well, this is the seeing stone. Are you. Seeing anything?” fsafkdsajhfsa sdhfksjalhfkjsdahfkjsdhf

- the energy around the baby as he’s, in ahsoka’s words, ‘choosing his path’ is blue, and the force sort of works across time and space, right?? so there’s definitely still hope for our lil green bean to not have to come up with a really dumb unsubtle sith name for himself, as is regrettably yet delightfully tradition. darth babbu should never come to pass (I do like how they’re interrogating the normal dark/light side dichotomy in this series, seeing as this is a literal baby who can’t really be responsible for that stuff himself yet and has such capacity for both.)  

- listen. listen, the way din says ‘can you please hurry up’ with no sarcasm or real impatience whatsoever, more like a harried worry, to his force-meditating son as he jogs off to make sure no one’s trying to kill them. is hilarious and also YES this is what the character is!!! weirdly and incongruously polite under stress sometimes and with a slightly odd reaction pattern to things!!! he’s not just quiet and badass, he’s a little strange sometimes and it’s so good!  

- a friendly opening volley warning shot from boba there

also din uncertainly asking BOBA FETT if he’s a jedi... now this is the dramatic irony I’ve been looking for haha 

I guess neither shand nor boba actually know din’s name after this either. baby you gotta start introducing yourself at some point it gets real confusing when there are two mandos on screen 

oh the long weary sigh going through din’s frame when boba says he wants ‘the armour’ and he thinks it’s just someone trying to peel the beskar off his corpse again. sorry the galaxy’s so shitty dad   

- “But fate sometimes steps in to rescue the wretched” is a killer line well done mr favreau. I like that boba actually offers din a good deal as well and seems to intend to deliver on it from how things are going. 

- din using his beskar-covered bod to cover someone he’s fighting alongside!!! literal moving cover haha. also I love fennec’s costume design  

- I don’t know where din got more whistling birds from and I don’t care, it was really cool haha 

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wow haha um so anyway -- 

(cue all the ‘who wore it better’ with cobb vanth’s ‘spiderman’s first home made costume’ look on one side and ABSOLUTE UNIT DADDY boba fett on the other side posts lol)

- aaaghh the music almost like a stunned desperate fluttering heart beat as din watches the razor crest be destroyed 

- for someone who has willingly worked for them in the past boba sure sounds less than thrilled about having the empire back in any capacity 

- oof the deadness in din’s voice when he says “The child is gone”. ooooh no that got me  h e l p 

- guessing next episode is at least partly a ‘gathering old allies and preparing the assault’ step before the grand finale, then! they cannot go for the season ender cliffhanger with this, I will fucking riot. anything can be up in the air except baby and dad being separated, I will not allow it

it would be very funny if the force user baby called out to comes stumbling into the middle of all this like the troy entering the room with pizzas meme too 

- the music in the darth grogu scene is partially a dark mirror of the baby & mando music :’( is nothing in this world sacred

also from how he reaches out for it baby might have used a light saber before in the past with the jedi? ngl the idea of baby wielding the dark saber not when he’s all grown up but in like two episodes -- with all the chaos a toddler holding a laser sword would involve -- is all that is keeping me sane here 

‘liable to put an eye out with one of these’ well gideon you sure have doomed someone to lose an eye with that one, here’s to hoping it’s you, for full dramatic payoff 

he is a deliciously smug awful force with great musical cues tho, you have to give it to him

- okay so this

is obviously awful and horrible and it makes me so sad... but it is undeniably also very very very funny in how it’s framed. you know what? after all this bullshit baby grogu can have a little dark side tantrum, as a treat, we’ve all been there right

(forget finding a jedi, we need to go out there and find a child psychologist who can help him deal with this without adding the fear that he’s on the path to become a two foot tall evil space sorcerer to the mix Y_________Y) 

- rip the razor crest except for the second time :’’’( gone but never forgotten

- the last thing din tells the baby is “I’m gonna protect you; I’ll be back soon”. and I hope that stays with the kid somehow and that it actually comes true, that din will be back for him as soon as humanly possible and all this pain and fear can be repaired. ggggghhhhh my emotions are too big for my dumb human body