#plebian design

[rubiatinctorum]

Every now and then on the internet I see a new crowd of people talking about the traits in ocs they don't like and they can be sorted basically into the same categories as always.

the exact same physical traits people associated with the 2000s to early 2010s era zeitgeist of the 21st century "Mary Sue"

whatever's been a trendy motif for the last few years specifically

defining conflict in the character's backstory

Conversations like these will go in circles forever with people who care about characters as designs with bio sheets and not for storytelling, yet each new batch of people talks like they're having an unpopular or revolutionary thought for going "... hm if i can say, heterochromia and grief make bad characters actually." When really it's just that nobody involved is making much more than a bio sheet so nobody involved gets to see if these details would have been used well in an actual story.

[libraryofgage]

Been watching sooooo much say yes to the dress so.....

Steve and Robin are consultants and co-designers at Kleinsfeld. Robin especially loves designing and Steve really loves that moment brides find The Dress because they light up and he helped make that happen and it just makes him smile

Enter Eddie Munson, rockstar and definitely not in a relationship but at Kleinsfeld to find a dress he can wear for an upcoming music video that's a little corpse bride vibes re revenge and murder (dead bride raised by necromancer and given opportunity to get revenge on her killer ex)

Eddie shows up with the guys and Steve/Robin are their consultants (they can't be separated bad things happen like Robin knocking over a rack of dresses bc Steve isn't there to pull her back in time) and when Steve (knows who Eddie is, doesn't care that much, they get celebrities all the time) asks who the bride is neither blink at Eddie raising his hand with a shit eating grin

They just go right into the design/style/budget questions and Eddie is almost disappointed he didn't get to cause more of a scene lmao

Anyway Steve is the one helping in the dressing room and he's getting Eddie into this big dramatic ballgown when Eddie asks why he's a consultant

Steve inadvertently just rambles about helping brides and making them feel the center of attention and cared for and special during their appointments. He also talks about designing affordable but fashionable dresses with Robin since he has experience with high fashion and general design and she knows best about keeping costs down without making things ugly

Obviously Eddie Munson is immediately heart eyes listening to this guy describe all of this while expertly lacing a ballgown corset and getting clips in place so it fits right and before he knows it Steve is leading him to where Robin and the band are waiting

The guys are immediately all giving Looks (derogatory) but can't describe what's wrong until Robin looks at Eddie and asks if he's adverse to negative feedback

Eddie is like "???? No, I guess???"

And is just even more confused when Robin goes, "No. Really, think about it."

So when he says it's fine Robin pushes Steve forward and tells him to let loose. Eddie is surprised cuz Steve is so sweet? How could he possibly be mean? And then Steve just holds nothing back like "the color washes you out, that beading makes your chest look uneven, the ballgown is actually a horrible silhouette on you because you just look uncomfortable having so much dress hanging off you"

And he says it all with this little popped out hip and slightly pursed mouth and raised eyebrow and it's so so bitchy and Eddie is fucking in love okay, he's gone, he needs to make fun of other people with Steve immediately

But also he's a gremlin so he's like "can a guy even look good in a wedding dress tho, like, does it matter?"

And Robin immediately jumps in like "of course it does you plebian especially if you want the music video to be any good"

This leads to Eddie and the guys not believing them so Robin and Steve share A Look and they do love proving people wrong so they're both like "bet" and tell Eddie to wait there

Cue them grabbing a sample dress (click to see what I'm thinking literally this is such a pretty dress holy shit) from their collection, putting Steve in it, and then showing it off

Eddie is dead. Immediately. Steve's arms? His legs? His chest? His confident little smirk as he spins in front of them?? 4 braincells dead and 28 injured in Eddie’s head

Anyway he literally ends up on his knees begging Steve to be in the music video, Steve agrees cuz he thinks Eddie is hot and funny, and CC fans lose their shit over the bride and his dress in the music video, especially when he and Eddie kiss at the end after the revenge murdering

[justice-artblog]

Had a vivid thought

Prior to his current friends, Saiki's room is painstakingly bare. No pictures, Books of the most normal things including obscure stories, his bed is only made for comfort but no fun. His TV is standard, his desk having no noticeable scratches or morks or doodles.

And the first time any of his friends head up to his room, it's clocked in how bare bones everything is. As if the Saiki was ready to drop and move at a moments notice sort of deal.

And of course they go to remedy that.

Kaidou brings in old games for Saiki to play, lending him his consol time to time. It's also a perfect excuse to join him to play games. Saiki seems to know everything before even playing, but it's about the fun more than the story!

Nendou brings different books and manga's to Saiki's home, replacing some of the math and history books with books about random animal facts, one scary book, and a particularly raunchy one that Saiki immediately throws back in his bag.

Kuboyasu coming in with Plushies galore cause he has ZERO idea what to get his homie. But normies like these soft plushies, so clearly Saiki would adore them! Except he gets the weirdest ones, little guys that are very creepy but Kusuo has stashed up on the corner of his bed.

And slowly his room is filled with life that was sorely missing.

Teruhashi stashes cuter plushies alongside Kuboyasu, in order to not overwhelm Saiki with a lot, they have agreed to limit the amount they get and the size. They both pitch in to get a giant sitting pkushie on the floor that you could flop over

Chiyo and Mera tag team in pictures, decorating the frames and taking random pics of Siaki or their friends to hang up on the wall or placs on his desk. They get a pin board to pin up the photos.

Toritsuka absolutely hides magazines under Saiki's bed. The first time Saiki finds em he really wants to murder Reita, but it's actually one of the sweets magazines and none of his horndog ways. So he lets him live... For now.

Aiura stashes beads and Kandi everywhere, she has absolutely bedazzled Kusuo's lamp.

Akechi slips in movies of all kinds, detective ones where Kusuo needs to pay attention and purposefully thinking up of Random Babble so he doesnt accidentally spoil the psychic.

Saiko goes above and beyond and buys Siaki a new bed. He does check in with the other Plebians to make sure it... Ya know... Fits. It's so comfy and the new comforters are still plain in design

He does also buy a little cat house for Amp outdoors cause they all know that the cat is something Saiki secretely adores even if he doesnt outwardly show it.

Yuuta probably leaves Cyborg Cider man action figures scattered around the room every once in awhile, And Saiki has to meticulously clean them and display them so that Yuuta doesnt forget about them next times he's over.

Like i just want one moment where Saiki is there, laying down in bed, playing on the borrowed Switch with a plushie behind his head instead of a pillow and just the the realization that his room is not a room anymore. It's his room.

[flagellant]

i need to learn more about eastern religious sects. so that i can make educational memes on tumblr that are 6/10. the only way you plebians will ever learn about daoist internal alchemy is if i chew it up and regurgitate it into a soupy paste that i spread across my blog like suet. you are all going to be woodpeckers in my grand design of posting

[freakenomenon]

Just wanted you to know that every time I remember you exist I get uncontrollably possessed by the urge to draw more mouse Ellen but I've been thinking of looking for a specific mouse species for her first which I was supposed to do like last month but I kept falling asleep</3

Anyway infodump time because uhh why not???? I did come up with a mouse for AM a while back though and I have been considering putting more thought into my self-indulgent IHNMAIMSqueak AU that exists solely for combining my special interest (mice) and IHNMAIMS where he tries testing transferring his 'conscience'(???) (being???) (code???) to a mouse because he doesn't want to waste time trying to construct a whole ass body only for it to not work but it ends up working too well and now he's stuck as a mouse and in my mind it's a BALB/c scid mouse (thus the design being albino) because male BALB/c scid mice tend to be aggressive and scid specifically because they're bred to be immunocompromised and it felt pretty AM to me, although lab mice in general remind me of AM. I also considered NOD scid, NSG, and c57bl/6 but I think I'll stick with BALB/c scid. I also considered him being a texel (curly haired) mouse because they go through unethical breeding as well (poor things) but again, I think BABLB/c scid works nicely. ALSO!! A detail that I really like is that mouse AM doesn't have whiskers and this is because whiskers are very soo so important in a mouse's sensory experience and AM lacks that so I wanted that to be painfully obvious lol

I'm considering either having AM also turn the survivors into mice as well so he isn't alone in his squeakiness buuut I'm leaning more towards him not being able to do much in a mousey body I'm not a hundred percent sure

Okay ramble over mb runs away

I was going to drop a little rodent in here called a dormouse (which isn't actually a mouse but people just loooove giving random rodents the name mouse or rat for some reason???) but Tumblr is being a little shit right now so that's all enjoy your day Idk

I would help you on your journey with mouse ellen considering this should be an easy job for me. i am the Ellen guy. But there is one eensy weensy problem.

i know nothing about mice. and i am not about to embarrass myself with my surface level plebian mouse knowledge in front of the cool mouse mutual.

on the other hand , your au and your mention of lab mice ( cutest au name ever BTW ) actually reminded me of my IHNMAIMS au because it is incredibly vaguely based on the short story: Flowers for Algernon.

uhh if you, or anyone reading, is/are unaware. "Algernon" is the name of a lab mouse in the short story, who is meant to be a direct parallel to the main character Charlie ( Charles ) Gordon. a mentally disabled man born with a low IQ who undergoes the same experimental procedure as Algernon to artificially increase his intelligence. ive always thought of you ever since I read this story cause. mouse.

it's actually like a really good commentary on the dehumanization of mentally disabled people. and is just , all around a pretty good story. THATS BESIDES THE POINT.

uhh i don't know what else to say I kind of just yapped at you and wanted to tell you abt the thing i find cool. because i think you are cool

here is one of my favorite paragraphs from the story ( blurred out the derogatory term for personal comfort )

ok bye

[rocket-enjoyer]

Okay, I think we can all agree, despite all the very real problems behind this, Dreadnought Logistics did a fantastic job with the Stállu. Yes, it is just an upgunned, uparmored, upsensored version of all the M-300 mining mechs they had lying around and on the production lines. Yes, it is ultimately a result of all the stupid shit the Jovian Might party is doing. (btw im so sorry i voted for them, i didn't think theyd actually be this stupid i thought they were just fishing for votes...) Yes, I like it way more than it actually deserves. But I still think it has objective merit and I am going to argue for it being a good design.

The new hardpoints are well placed.

One under each arm gives the pilot fantastic close range capabilities while the ones on top of the chassis give full coverage and eliminate blind spots, along with proper point-defense capability. I know us plebian civvies don't know much about what's actually going on on Io, but I expect these mechs to be quite handy in the big empty areas and the cramped tunnels and inside areas. In fact, just the whole standardized hardpoint system was DL's idea and I think it is going to propel the JMR to the forefront of terrestrial war. (okay perhaps i am being a little too optimistic lol)

2. The sensors are good.

I mean come on, the new sensor suite is half of the beauty of this thing. (The other half is those sexy ungulatoid legs, of course.) The lidar sensors are well armored yet give unparalleled situational awareness. Good luck trying to sneak up on a Stállu when it quite literally has eyes on the back of its head. The old lower quality gyroscopes were left in to make it cheaper, but that is arguably good - the more of these on the battlefield, the better.

3. The nuclear reactor.

The M-300 was powered only by a measly fuel cell, but here its fuel and oxidizer tanks are replaced with its own nuclear reactor. Of course, that means more complexity and all that, but it is a god damn nuclear reactor. It has incredible amounts of power to work with. I'd bet they're able to quite literally catch up to a speeding train. Good Jove, what power and beauty. The hands, though remnants of the M-300 and not all that useful on a purely combat-focused mech, mean these can get into megajoule-level fistfights. SERIOUSLY. ISN'T THAT SO COOL?!

4. We are going to be able to sell it.

Yes. I know. I said I'm sorry for voting for Jovian Might. But damn it, at least they deliver on their promises and bring some fine profits to our military sector (which, while I am not a part of, I might as well be considered advertising for). We all know our beloved JMR is not a ground-bound force but rather the very opposite. If not for the Jovian Might party being so, so stupid this election cycle, we would not have gotten into a terrestrial war for a century. And considering their, um, severe drop in popularity, we probably will not end up in one for the following century after this one. Which means we will be able to sell this beautiful thing, at least after the mess going on on Io. That is very very good - these are very high quality and we will be able to sell them to whichever warlord of the week we are supporting on Venus, perhaps the Militocracy or Demarchy (assuming theyre willing to buy stuff from us lol) and probably Mars and hell, maybe even Earth. I dare to dream. (okay, perhaps a little too much. sue me.)

All in all, I like this thing too much and I should be put in jail.

[morningsofgold]

Idk if your still doing fic requests but maybe one where one of Vox’s/Val’s “top” workers are harassing her and catcalling her and she’s just been putting up with it because she knows it would be a Hassle to replace them. But when Vox and Val find out they get pissed and protective?

Love this, anon! Jsyk I'm interpreting the "her" here as Velvette; I hope you like it! Blanket reminder that this is fiction and I don't condone the actions of the Vees or think that Vox and Val are secretly chivalrous, but I DO think that if anyone crossed Velvette it would be open season.

“Hey babe. Got a minute?”

Velvette’s shoulders tensed up around her ears. She was standing on one of Valentinos’ heavily perfumed and gaudily lit sets, outfitted to look like a 1980s high rise penthouse. The script was as rushed and thrown-together as any other of Valentino’s projects, but the storyline had something to do with a high powered businesswoman releasing a little after-work stress with one of her assistants. Something something “long, hard day in the office” something something “let’s get comfortable on the couch”, wash, rinse, repeat.

Velvette had only been half-paying attention to the plot, as she was on set to photograph the performers in action wearing some of her latest designs. Sure, she could make one of her employees do it, but why leave artistry to the plebians?

“Hey,” the voice cooed again. “I’m trying to have a conversation here.”

Velvette chewed on the inside of her cheek to keep from snapping at him.

Fucking Rio.

“Can I help you?” She asked, studiously flipping through the shots she had captured with her phone camera.

A black-clawed finger pushed the phone down impatiently. Velvette scowled up at her unwelcome guest. Rio was a tall, broad-shouldered succubus who was currently wearing little more than a collection of crisscrossing leather scraps and the pomade in his spiky hair. He was one of Valentino’s favorites, as he was infinitely flexible, indiscriminate when it came to picking sexual partners, and pretty much down for anything as long as the cameras were rolling. He made Valentino, and by extension the rest of the Vees, a metric ton of cash, so Velvette had thusfar played nice with him. But that didn’t mean she liked him.

“What did you think of the show?” Rio asked, smiling with all his sharp teeth. He had declined to put on a robe after his scene. He was convinced he was Satan’s gift to demonkind, and he was a bit of exhibitionist about it. Not that Velvette was judging. She just wasn’t interested.

“Riveting,” Velvette said flatly. “You’ll be up for an award.”

“Really?” Rio said, brightening.

“No,” Velvette said, returning to her phone.

“Come on babe,” he said, leaning on the wall she was standing against. Most of the other actors and crew members had already dispersed, and Velvette was suddenly aware that she was functionally alone with Rio. Something she generally avoided at all costs. “Don’t play hard to get.”

“You’re the only one playing games. Fuck off, Rio.”

“I love it when you act mean. Why don’t you come back to my dressing room with me and help me rehearse this next scene? I’m sure you’re a natural.”

Velvette just stared at him, trying to reduce him to ash with her gaze. The fact that Rio even had a dressing room was a testament to Valentino’s favoritism, and all the proof Velvette needed that she probably shouldn’t cause a scene over one of Val’s cash cows making a pass at her. Still, she seriously considered gutting Rio with the switchblade tucked down her boot. Just for the satisfaction of it.

“I’m sure you’ll manage fine on your own,” she said. “Your type would rather rehearse with their own reflection in the mirror anyway.”

“But things are always so much interesting with a scene partner,” Rio said, and would would have been bad enough, but then he actually took Velvette’s hand by the wrist and pressed it against the chiseled plane of his abs. “You sure you won’t change your mind?”

Velvette nearly blacked out from rage. She was so taken aback she didn’t even snatch her hand away, just stood there with Rio’s fingers around her wrist, agog at his sheer audacity. Then, like lightning, she came back to herself.

“If you don’t let me go in two seconds,” she hissed. “I swear on my own grave I’ll–”

“RIO!”

Rio jumped back, the smile dropping like a lead weight from his face. Valentino was staring him down from across the set, drawn up to his full imposing height. Valentino had a talent for slouching and lounging around in a way that made him look less threatening when it suited his ends, but he could also command a room at the drop of a dime.

“Valentino,” Rio babbled, putting six feet between himself and Velvette. “Hey man, I didn’t know you were still on set, I–”

“Bitch baby,” Velvette muttered under her breath. She had zero respect for people who couldn’t stand by their own bad behavior. If you were going to be a shit, you should commit to the bit.

“And you think that's the green light for feeling up on my business partner?” Valentino asked, crossing to Velvette’s side with long strides.

“No, Val, I mean, no sir! We were just having a friendly conversation, I didn’t–”

“You alright Velvette?” Valentino asked, holding up a hand to silence Rio.

Velvette rolled her eyes.

“I’ve got this handled," she said. "Don’t ruin your reputation by defending my honor.”

“It’s not about honor, babydoll, it’s about respect.” He took a long, thoughtful drag of his cigarette and draped one of his wings around Velvette’s shoulders. It was surprisingly heavy and warm. “You don’t respect Velvette, Rio?”

“Absolutely I do! I would never–”

Valentino leaned down until he was eye to eye with Rio, who was visibly shaking. Velvette scoffed. Amateur.

“Get the fuck out of my sight,” Valentino said.

Rio disappeared so fast he practically left a trail of smoke in his wake.

“That was unnecessary,” Velvette said, tapping away on her phone. "Get a little thrill from playing the hero for a change?"

“You sure you're alright?” Valentino asked, his expression softening slightly. Velvette knew damn well that Valentino only cared because Velvette was an intrinsic gear in the ever-turning machine that kept Valentino paid and supplied with new talent and copious amounts of drugs, but she also knew him well enough to know when he was faking it. He was genuinely pissed on her behalf.

“Fine, fine,” she said, shrugging off his wing. Valentino replaced it immediately, and Velvette gave up on fighting it. It wasn’t like there were many people around to see the display of affection anyway, otherwise Valentino wouldn’t be doing it.

Valentino pulled out his phone and switched it on to speaker, waiting impatiently for whoever was on the other end to pick up.

"I'm busy," Vox snapped through the phone. This was generally how he picked up.

"Not anymore you're not," Valentino replied. “Some dipshit put his hands on Velvette.”

"What?" Vox thundered. Velvette could practically see his screen short-circuiting through the phone.

"It was Rio."

"One of yours?"

"Not anymore he's not."

"Vox, I'm fine," Velvette said into the speakerphone. "He just got handsy and Valentino told him off."

"Can I kill him?" Valentino asked impatiently.

"Why are you asking me if he's one of yours?" Vox asked.

"Because he's the spokesman for one of your commercials, remember? Toothpaste or condoms or some shit, I can't keep track of it."

"Are you kidding? Pretty faces are a dime a dozen. String him up and send me someone else. And Velvette, take the rest of the day if you want to. Go take a bubble bath or make an intern cry or whatever it is that makes you happy."

"Thanks, Voxxy," Valentino said in that nauseatingly sweet voice. With that, he ended the call.

"What do you want in return for doing me the favor of getting rid of Rio?" Velvette asked suspiciously. Valentino grinned down at her, batting his lashes over the rim of his glasses.

"Can't I help out an old friend?"

"Cut the crap, Val."

Valentino sighed and turned to take Velvette's shoulders in his hands. His grip was light, not punishing. When he spoke, it was devoid of his usual flippancy.

"He's replaceable, Velvette. You're not. You, me, Vox, we're a perfect triangle. We all lean on each other. So I make sure you get what you need so I can get what I need, got it?"

"That might be the nicest thing you've ever said to me," Velvette said sarcastically, but there was a glimmer of truth in it.

"Don't start spreading nasty rumors about me," Valentino said. Then he straightened up and looked over his shoulder, murder in his eyes. "And now if you don't mind I'm going to go make that sack of shit wish he'd never been born."

"Can I come?" Velvette said, her mood brightening considerably. "It's been weeks since I tortured anyone."

"Of course, babydoll," Val said, bowing at the waist and sweeping his hand towards her. "Ladies first."

[bibliophile-in-training]

A Plebian's Review of the Last Voyage of the Demeter

I don't do reviews normally but I have many thoughts I wanted to share after recently watching this movie. In general, I did enjoy this movie and I thought it was a fun watch. As someone who read Dracula and enjoys most modern Dracula stories I would watch it again if it came on. (6/10)

Non-spoilers:

It took some liberties with the source material. Combine the recent Poirot movies with modern vampire lore and that's what you should expect, not something strictly adhering to the novel. Not necessarily a bad thing, but if you're enjoying dracula daily just know this isn't really that.

On that note, Dracula bibliophiles aside, it's a pretty good movie on its own. It's suited for modern audiences and won't confuse them with Stoker's vampire lore (ex. what can and can't kill a vampire, what powers Dracula has).

It had pretty gory moments that you may not be prepared for if slasher movies aren't something you watch. Also, check out doesthedogdie bc there are a lot of potential triggers.

The lighting for this movie was really good imo. There was a strong contrast between day and night which awesome, but you could also still actually see what was going on in the dark. There were a couple times when Dracula was in a shadow and you couldn't really see him but it was for effect as opposed to trying to be "realistic" (looking at you, GOT).

The design for Dracula was cool and they do play into him getting stronger and scarier as he continuously feeds.

The Captain is not the main character (in contrast to the source material's Captain's log). Here, it's Dr Clemens we follow and we get an occasional Caltain's narration from the log.

If you like Until Dawn and other titles from Supermassive Games, you'd probably enjoy it. Dracula's design, the kills, and character choices feel like you're watching a playthrough. Not to mention there are a lot of close-up shots of characters in the same way Supermassive Games does.

Spoilers under the cut:

The Good:

The cinematography was pretty good. I particularly liked shots that followed through the ship to the cargo hold where count bat boi was sleeping.

They also filmed the gory scenes really well, and one scene that stood out was when one person who's become a thrall bashes his head through a door and then slides his nose along the splintered panels as he looks up. Impactful to say the least. They didn't pan away and leave it up to our imaginations but went all in and I applaud it.

Things were recognizable from the novel (names, events, some vampire mythos). I was genuinely surprised that they marked Dracula's coffins with dragons and kept that he slept in dirt, since modern audiences probably wouldn't have known about these things. When we (modern audiences) hear "Dracula" we think it means "vampire" as opposed to "dragon", and we would likely expect Dracula's cargo to be velvet-lined coffins.

The opening scene (finding the ship at Whitby & the wagon train of the coffins) had me immediately invested and excited, and I was already looking forward to this movie (I chose it over Barbie lol).

The Captain's actor was phenomenal. He went all out when he was grieving Toby's death and he really didn't have to but I'm so glad he did. While the character itself wasn't consistent, the actor made it believable. He was strict and kind when he was sane, he was frantic and distraught when he was insane, and his moments of grief and hope were all palpable. Good choice.

"Oh my God it has wings" When I say I LAUGHED SO HARD

Honestly there were a lot of funny moments. Some were genuine to cut the tension and help build characters but being ND and desensitized to horror I don't know if I was supposed to laugh at some of them, like when the cook's dingy knocked against the side of the hull. And when vampire Toby jumped up.

The use of knocking was a cool addition. I enjoyed when they used it like when Toby was in trouble and when Dracula was messing with the two dudes on deck.

One of the key things of Dracula's personality is that yes - he can kill you in 10s - but he won't because he's a sadistic bastard that enjoys drawing it out and playing the wager to see if you'll die of fear before he can bite you. They absolutely captured it. Homie is purposeful in how he terrifies his victims before giving them a gruesome death.

I think the model ship they showed at the end was the original model ship for the Demeter in the 90's Dracula movie (or at least a nod to it), which is how this movie was started apparently. Nice touch.

The Grievances:

Dr Clemens was a mary sue. I'm sorry, there's no way around this. Man has bad main character syndrome. I can accept a black man fighting tooth and nail to graduate Cambridge top of his class and struggle in a world that won't see his abilities because they won't look past his skin color, but on top of that he's an astronomer, a sailer, a strategist, a detective, and everyone immediately falls in love with him? Hell, he cured Toby's [1] grief over losing his lifelong friend (Huck, the dog, who was MUTILATED) and [2] guilt for all the animals dying because it was his responsibility to take care of him, and [3] fear for whatever unknown thing did this, with a headpat and "sometimes shit happens and you can't do anything about it".

He took one look at Anna, Dracula's beef jerky ration, and immediately went "she has an infection, she needs a blood transfusion", then proceeded to give her repeated transfusions over several days and he was totally fine. Up running around and fighting vampires meanwhile in reality he would have been bedridden from lack of blood and possible complications from the procedures.

Also, why is he the only clean person? Everyone's covered in grime and blood and dude looks like he just walked out of a proactive commercial. Even when he's floating in the middle of the ocean for days with an open neck wound he looks like he was just in the shower. Compare it with the Captain's burns and the first thrall's face after banging the through a door and the dissonance just pulls me out of the movie.

Keeping him alive just to sequel bait. Just. Why. Hollywood, it's okay to kill your protagonist. 1912 did it really well. Plus, I personally wasn't invested enough in this character to want to see a sequel following his vendetta with Dracula. We already know about Jonathan and Van Helsing. You can make movies that stand alone. It's okay.

If you want to sequel bait why don't you have him delirious from being lost at sea for several days and end up at the asylum with Dr Seward and Renfield? That would actually be cool and you could still have Dracula show up to taunt him.

Also, in regards to Anna, while I think it was a cool idea to use her for lore dumping and as a surprise for the audience, I was disappointed with her. She had the potential to provide a lot of info and help fight Dracula but instead she had to be the "strong independent woman". I don't hate this trope (think about Ripley in Alien, or any of the women in the original novel) but it wasn't done well here. While it's cool to see her gain confidence and wield a gun against count bat boi I was really hoping she would provide more info like his weaknesses. She says "he ran out of food in my country" but we know this isn't *literally* true because we see people at the beginning. It's the fact her people knew how to keep Dracula away that he ran out of food and he decided to try greener pastures. You could bring up HOW they did that (religious tokens, garlic, silver, etc.).

Also when she does try to give info about Dracula it's still vague and meant to be mysterious. Bruh, you are locked on a boat with this monster and you know your only hope for survival is to flee or work together to get rid of him. Why are you not giving as much info and details as possible? Because that's what the script said bc the writers wanted to make dracula look cool by relying on the characters to say it? Okay.

This movie relies on a lot of telling instead of showing. It's like they don't trust their audience to pay attention or understand what's going on. The only time I legit felt they showed and not told (lol) was when the Captain asked if what happened to the animals could be transmitted to humans and Dr Clemens lied and said no. You could see in the actor's face the inner monologue of telling the truth vs preventing chaos. It was nice and gave more info about the character than him actually yelling his life history at the first mate.

It also suffers from the writers trying to make every scene be memorable. There are too many times characters say things because it sounds cool or would be good in the trailer rather than because it makes sense for the character to say that.

Honestly all the characters fall flat for me (besides the captain who's character is treated like a pinball). They're all archetypes rather than people. The protagonist. The independent woman. The racist drunkard. The child. The religious guy. The guy that makes obscene jokes. The only names I know are Toby, Dr Clemens, and Anna. Bc they get said a lot as opposed to me actually caring about them.

On that note, I am definitely biased because I loved the Captain's log from the novel, but I wish that this was from the Captain's pov, culminating in him tying himself to the wheel and dying from shock or exposure like in the book. Then Whitby.

On that note, I am still upset that they used modern vampire mythos yet again for Dracula. In the book the Captain dies after being taunted for days by Dracula after tying himself to the wheel, only possible because the rosary in his hand protects him. It's a noble but horrific sacrifice made of fear and a duty to not let the evil on the ship reach land. In this movie, however, he reaches the wheel and dies because the rosary has no power over Dracula (it's also how Toby dies).

Oh, also the sun kills vampires. How do we know? Because occasionally some people turn into vampires, but only when it's convenient for the plot (looking at you, Anna). Why don't they use this against Dracula and dump the dirt box they know he's sleeping in during the day? Who knows. But they wasted a lot of potential to play on the audience's expectations (rather than giving into them) by using Dracula during the day. Y'know what's scarier than a vampire picking off your crew at night? A vampire picking off your crew at ANY time when you only expect it at night because SURPRISE sunlight just doesn't let him crawl in lizard fashion.

Are you seriously telling me Dracula sustained himself off of Anna for several weeks, and then decided to slaughter the crew mere days before the boat docked? Yes, he was weak bc of it but I don't think the director knows how blood works (see Dr Clemens's transfusion issue). Also, if that's the case, how did Anna not suffocate in her dirt box for hours on end for weeks? Just fill the other 48 crates with dead people and say Anna was the last caprisun in the box and it would make more sense.

Also, why have their last hurrah be the day before they reach Whitby? It made the movie seem too fast; it felt like it only took a week to get from Transylvania to England. Why not find Anna early on, then disperse the crew member deaths across a couple weeks like in the novel? It would help with the suspense and you could have the Captain tie himself to the wheel then let us experience the time passing after he dies so the audience has a moment to sit with the deaths and feel hopeless. Bc that's what the role of the Demeter is, story-wise. It's supposed to make us afraid of Dracula and feel hopeless in his presence. Not give us hope and make him into our rival we have the possibility to get revenge on. That's what our dear friend Jonathan is for.

Dracula never takes human form. Why do all adaptations refuse to give him his bushy mustache? COWARDS.

Okay, he *sort of* takes human form. But they really just put him in a waistcoat and top hat then expected us to believe that showed he was cunning. You literally said he's both man and beast then only show the beast. One of Dracula's main appeal is that he's clever and his sadistically human traits are the only thing preventing him from immediately ripping you to shreds. And he can pass as human, so he could be anyone. Yet we only see the beast part.

While this movie was fun to watch, it comes off more as a gruesome drama or action movie than a horror. I never really feel any suspense or dread. Compare it to Alien which had the same situation. Alien did such a good job of making you feel scared and claustrophobic when you're surrounded by the vastness of space (in this case, the ocean) and being hunted down by an intelligent monster. I was watching this to see how Dracula killed people rather than seeing how they struggled to survive.

I can believe this movie was in production hell not just because of the writing but some errors. In one scene, the Captain's burn is on the right side of his face but there's a close-up cut and suddenly it's on the left side like someone flipped the screen. And this is just one error out of a couple. No Starbucks cups tho.

It sounds like I don't like this movie because of all of my nit-picking grievances, but I really did like it. I think my issues are just because my expectations were too high going in. I was expecting a loyal expansion of an underappreciated segment of a classic novel, which is really rare these days. And a *suspenseful* horror.

I see why Guillermo del Toro and Stephen King suggested it. It's pretty similar to their stuff, just more fast-paced. So if you like that stuff and Until Dawn I think you'll really enjoy it.

[myrpgisbetterthanyourscosplay]

My Dark Goddess Althena cosplay from LunAr! Another one I've mostly rebuilt since it's first debut. Headress ("hat" is too plebian for the amount of work that went into it), shin-guards, arm-guards, Breast-plate (literally!) heart-plate, crotch-plate all made by me primarily from EVA foam, spraypaint, brass fasteners, and contact cement, also small ammounts of wonderflex, rhinstones, velcro, elastic bands, designs made with a sharpie, and tassles. The skirt was made from stretch knits and tassles, the attached white straps seen here were made from fake silk (they have since been replaced with elastic.) The shoulder cape was made from fake silk, black ribbon, and boning, and the earrings were made from clip-on earring bases, wonderflex, hot glue, metal wire, and spraypaint. The shoes were an old pair that I spraypainted purple, and decorated with a sharpie and spikes on the back (not visible here.) It's fun to be an evil and sexy Goddess, what can I say, lmao. I know I said in my Xenobia post that I ship Ghaleon x Xenobia (especially after the end of the Childhoods End manga) but I do find Ghaleon x Dark Althena *interesting* (in the Lunar remakes only.)

[askgametime]

🐜 Recommend a fic that makes you laugh! A crack fic, or something that's just really funny!

okay, i actually generally don't answer asks on this blog, i create/reblog ask games to be used by others since i'm not really open for prompts right now and this blog isn't fandom specific. however, i guess i could provide a rec/recs, but since there's no fandom listed it will be random. and since i don't normally do these i'm going all out with a really detailed answer.

...alright, briefly traversed my bookmarks for fics i remembered being hilarious, and ironically, this is not at all indicative of the fandoms i spend the most time reading in, especially like, currently, but it's a small variety and they were all memorably hilarious so:

still alive but i’m bearly breathing by thessalonike (starblessed) / @julies-butterflies

Fandom: Julie and the Phantoms; Rating: T; Categories: Gen, M/M - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

So, Julie's got a possessed teddy bear. “It was just a flash of light, like a lava lamp exploded, and then, whoomph —“ Reggie mimes what, presumably, is a person getting sucked into a stuffed animal’s body. It involves a lot of flailing, a weird mermaid wiggle, and a moonwalk. “Alex was a bear.” CAN WE PLEASE STOP SAYING THAT, sings Alex — or Bearlex — into his plush microphone, with his tiny robotic voice. The sound box inside of the bear isn’t designed for speaking, only warbling… so every time Alex has something to say, he sounds like robot Freddie Mercury attempting karaoke. ALEX IS NOT A BEAR. ALEX IS INSIDE A BEAR. IT’S DIFFERENT. “Yeah, man, it sounds worse.”

Rec Notes: This one makes me cry laughing. Every single time. It's so funny. I believe after I watched JATP and binged a bunch of fics I read every single one of this person's works and they were all great. God, I need to rewatch that show, it's been a hot second.

Smoke Break by OrangeGaytor

Fandom: Disco Elysium; Rating: M; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

Shivers– Miles away, a young teenager takes his first ever hit of a joint. He inhales too deeply, and spit flies from his lips as he falls into a coughing fit. Pitifully, his friend pats him on the back, an embarrassed grimace on his face. Just as far away, a woman is locked to her couch, paralyzed by the 10 mg edible she took an hour and a half ago. The recommended dosage was half of a gummy, and yet, the chemicals overpower her, merging her into the cushions. Time passes as a dripping faucet, inconsistent, and runny. And here, in Martinese, a police officer has rolled the worst blunt known to all mankind. 

Rec Notes: Great grasp of game's format/feel, incredibly funny. I just love how it's worded. The summary is a great example--the pacing and punchline is just. chef's kiss.

No Speak, Only Batman by hitthedeck

Fandom: DC/Batman/Justice League; Rating: G; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1) (Part 5 of a series of oneshots)

Batman doesn't use words, those prehistoric, plebian things. Instead, he stares deeply into your eyes, waits for you to absorb his meaning, and leaves. Either that or he fights it out like a normal person. Or, in which Batman's unique communication style is spectacularly unhelpful.

Rec Notes: I don't even go here, but Batman produces so many excellent, excellent crack fics. This is one of the best. Honestly, this whole series is completely iconic. Please read them all.

Filet-O-Fish by moopyjoopy

Fandom: The Magnus Archives; Rating: T; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

Someone throws a Filet-O-Fish at Jon’s front door. Paranoia ensues. (rated teen for a few swears)

Rec Notes: Okay, I'm really not gonna have a lot to say for any of these other than "help please they're so fucking funny" but I cannot impress on you enough they truly are all so fucking funny. I don't even really go here, either and YET. Also, I just love this author. Master of humor, truly.

œuf ouch owie by miraculousunflower (ominousunflower)

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug; Rating: T; Category: F/M - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

Chat Noir enlists Rena Rouge's help to create an Aspik illusion. Absolutely nothing goes wrong. Ladybug smiles. “I wanted to drop by and welcome Aspik. I know it must be a little intimidating, being surrounded by so many veteran heroes…so, welcome! We’re glad to have you on board.” “I look like an egg!” Aspik announces, T-posing. Chat turns to Rena, feeling like he has been punched in the solar plexus. What the hell? he mouths. Rena grimaces, her eyes wide with panic. Stomach sinking, Chat remembers one of the first things he learned about the Fox Miraculous: that if Rena Rouge isn’t focused, her illusions go haywire. Oh, no.

Rec List: cannot emphasize enough this one makes me cry laughing every time. I don't know what it is, man. It's just so fucking funny. I haven't watched this show in years and still I go back and reread this when I remember it exists.

Sam Green and the Strange, Perplexing, Almost Bad, Very Confusing Night(s) by pukner

Fandom: Stranger Things; Rating: G; Category: Gen, M/M - No Archive Warnings Apply - WIP (1/2)

"'M I bein' kidnapped?" asked Harrington. "What," said Sam, alarmed, "No!" "Okay," said Harrington with terrifying agreeability, considering the words he was saying, "But like. If you were? It's cool, I've been kidnapped before." "Wh—" "It was, uh. A bunch of twelve-year-olds," said Harrington, sounding strangely pensive. Then, sadly, "They stole B'lly's car." Sam actually could not process anything being said right then. He started the car. "Hey, Harrington?" he said, voice strained. "Yeah?" "Let's stop talking for a while, yeah?" "'Kay." Or, in November 1984, Sam Green (or Freak, if he's at a gig) sees Steve Harrington stumbling home looking like roadkill. He drives him to the hospital, and never quite manages to get rid of him. In July 1985, Eddie Munson is very confused about this.

Rec Notes: Every work by this author is so, so good. I don't even go here--god, why is that a pattern on this list?--but I'm always excited to see them in my inbox. I only chose this particular one (a) by virtue of it being the most recent and therefore the one I remembered best and (b) Mall Goop.

The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Epistolary Bullying Campaign by viramine / @mvshortcut

Fandom: The Mysterious Benedict Society; Rating: T; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

"To LD Curtain (I refuse to believe you actually earned your doctorate): When I opened the newspaper over my nutritious breakfast this morning, I was greeted by the most terrible and disgusting sight in the world (your face). Now I am going to take several moments of your time to express my displeasure." Or, how did Curtain know they called themselves the Society, anyway?

Rec Notes: Iconic as fucking always. Top-tier author, top-tier comedy; have my hand in marriage, etc. Constance terrorizing Curtain is always wonderful but this is probably the best version of that. Great characterization, deeply hilarious and so so funny, always worth rereading over and over. The best, ♾️/10 stars

Geoffrey M'Benga: Vulcan (Love??) Guru by WerewolvesAreReal

Fandom: Star Trek (TOS); Rating: T; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

Post-Amok Time. “The only conclusion M'Benga can draw, based on all McCoy's questions about Vulcans, is that the man is enamored with Commander Spock. Someone should really tell him that pigtail-pulling stops being cute when you're eight.” Misunderstandings, genfic, humor.

Rec Note: Yet another author I always and without fail am absolutely thrilled to see in my inbox. And this fic? Regular reread. Absolutely incredible.

A dis-ass-ter by normal_thoughts_official / @normal-thoughts-official

Fandom: Shadowhunters; Rating: M; Category: F/F, M/M, Multi, Other - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

Simon and Maia find out what the Mark of Cain is in an... Alternate way. Namely, they can't get their spanking session on. The squad is called in to help.

Rec Notes: [announcer voice] FROM WRITING GENIUS NORMAL-THOUGHTS-OFFICIAL IT'S!!!! THE POLYCULE SPANKING ASS PORTAL FIC!!!! Truly so funny and from one of the best authors on this damn site, wonderful characterization, on point comedy, and impeccable taste as always. Blowing you a kiss. Tossing bouquets. Firing confetti cannons. Etc.

A Way Things Should Be by LullabyKnell / @lullabyknell

Fandom: The Hobbit (Movies); Rating: T; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (16/16)

In the Shire, hobbits say, "What lovely weather we've having." They also stir their teacups for four and a half clockwise rotations, place their left elbow seven-eighths down the way of the arm rest, and sniffled pointedly, which roughly translates to: "This tea is over-steeped and bland, your furniture is both uncomfortable and horrifically tasteless, and you're a twit of a host." And I think that's beautiful. ~ Hobbitish is a language of manners and etiquette, the dwarves don't even know that Hobbitish is a thing, and Bilbo is trying to keep a straight face and his peace of mind while the Company unintentionally keeps sexually propositioning him and challenging him to pie-eating contests to the death. ~ Actions speak so much louder than words.

Rec Notes: Truly a stunning fic. An absolute masterpiece. Hilarious, touching, perfectly paced. Incredibly long and well-thought out, great characterization, and again, I cannot stress this enough, hilarious. I once recommended this to a person out loud irl in real life on purpose. A person who had never heard of fanfiction. Admittedly I was a high-schooler at the time, so it's not like I had much sense (not that I have any now), but I still didn't normally do that. He thought it was hilarious, by the way. Read some excerpts out loud at lunch and had them howling. Wonderful fic, cannot recommend enough; so fucking funny and the premise is just. so good.

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And now, because I'm selfish, here's a few crack fics I wrote, because. why not, am I right? I'm already putting way too much time into this probably.

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Rupert Mannion Is Batman (He Isn't)

Fandom: Ted Lasso; Rating: M; Category: M/M - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (13/13)

A series of bizarre, loosely related events occur, all kicked off by Trent absently mentioning that he may or may not have once hooked up with Rupert Mannion.

Author Note: I had so much fun with this one. It's not my most popular crack fic--even my most popular Ted Lasso crack fic--but it amuses me.

dreams of falling

Fandom: House MD; Rating: M; Category: M/M - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

House and, among other things: green couches, being kissed by Wilson, lightning-fast overthinking, and talking to himself.

Author Note: My first time writing House, and entirely on an impulse. I really like some of the lines in here, like Chase's brief appearance.

gemini schmemini

Fandom: The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV); Rating: T; Category: Gen - No Archive Warnings Apply - Complete (1/1)

"You're his clone?" demanded Kate loudly, looking between Mr. Benedict and Curtain. His what. There were a lot of answers he could give to this. No, who in the world told you that, we're twins, being the main one, or perhaps he could just turn to his brother and say, did you seriously fucking tell people you cloned yourself instead of owning up to not being an only child?! But looking at his brother, who was keeping his face utterly blank, Nicholas made a split second decision. "No," he said, looking his brother directly in the eyes, "Actually, he's my clone."

Author Note: I had a harder time choosing between my MBS crack fics because I think they're all hilarious. No false modesty here, if there's one thing I am occasionally good at it is being funny as fuck. Not reliably, but, you know. Anyway, I asked my friends to choose between three random ones I think are the funniest and this was the unanimous (of the two people that responded on incredibly short notice) vote!

And now...

[thepunchingbag]

How interesting it would have been if Cazador Szarr was a Banite?

Not gonna lie, I really thought in Early Access they were going in this direction, given Astarion's description of a "man obsessed with power over people... the power to control them completely"

A man obsessed with power over people? And what would please the Black Hand, the literal Lord of Tyranny and Domination, more than a powerful devotee who can physically and mentally bend the willpower their spawn? To essentially destroy their willpower?

I can't think of a more "perfect" vision of Bane's portfolio than that.

Would have tied nicely into why the upper class of Baldurs Gate seems to have an undercurrent of Banite fanatics that has increased over the past few decades, including Gortash (a working-class plebian with delusions of grandeur-- btw, I'm sure Cazador would have HATED that and put him in direct opposition-- would have been interesting if the Absolute ploy was just another power play between the cult of Bane... and the other Dead Three... One follower wants to destroy individual will through vampirism, the other through the use of the Grand Design).

[pillow-boi]

Hello!! 🌻🌻🌷

I love your art style a ton, so I was browsing through your blog and came across your webtoon!!

Of course, the next step has been that I've binge read till the current release, and it's oh so good

I'd forgotten how good, how comforting webtoons can be

Your plot, character design and atmosphere creation is mesmerising

Every time I read it, it feels like I'm having iced tea on a summer afternoon

Thanks for all the effort you put into making it and sharing it with us plebians XD

Hope you're having a great day/night! Xoxoxoxo

Your message is so sweet, I can't find the words to express my thanks 🥺💕💕

I'm delighted you're enjoying my story and liking my characters, it's extremely fulfilling as an artist and it motivates me to share even more!

Really, what would I be without my adorable readers 🙇‍♀️

[scruffyssketchbook]

by the end of the comic will us plebians who don't keep up to date on the ask blogs and patreon exclusive info be able to understand everything because right now i am so so confused lol

The changes I am making are going to make things easier to understand lmao

WELL. Not exactly easier to understand.

There will be a lot of unanswered questions, but things starting from the changes will prioritize readers understanding what is going on. That is actually my top priority. All the Box31 info in Patreon right now are just previews of what is to come and character design updates

[whatsthetime-mrwolf]

The desire for Cool Dragons keeps ruining my worldbuilding

I wanted to take a swing at designing a fantasy world, but to do a spin on the fantastical creatures tropes. Because if a dragon is in a fantasy, it's Cool, right?

Dragons are always these super special and very powerful creatures because they're so fixed in the cultureal mindset in most myths.

But I wanted to make a world were dragons were... basically livestock? Sort of common. Like, asian style noodle dragons, but they basically replace dachsunds as 'small rodent/burrowing pest hunters', or dragons that are basically chickens: small, stupid, and kept for eggs or meat. Big flightless drakes that are strong, so they are like oxen/pack animals but have the benefit of being delicious and eat rubbish like pigs. Dragons having been bred into so many specialized niches that they just common- sure some people get enthused about them, same way some people love and keep backyard goats, but they're plebian.

And it's fun to design them but then I keep running into the problem of accidentally putting Too Much Cool into the design, or running into a wall on what I should replace them with as 'the big cool thing that legends are made from'.

Goddamnit, dragons. stop being cool.

[mamamittens]

As a distraction to Sad Thoughts™, yesterday I drew a concept design for Little Helper.

For context it's a shiny Chandelure for a pokemon story I'm crafting as a pick me up. Just scroll on if you aren't interested in me rambling about that and world building lol

Light and dark background for clarity. They're supposed to look like they have little fangs both above and below the lip... Thingy, but it didn't translate well in the end I suppose.

I like the overall design even though I'm not the biggest fan of shiny chandlure's color scheme. Went for 'expensive chandelier your grandmother paid a professional to clean instead of getting a Swiffer'. Don't get me wrong, I see what they were going for, but I think it could have been a bit more interesting. Like silver metal as well as the flame and body color? Idk, it IS better than Lucario's shiny though.

Why the hell they chose yellow I'll never understand. I'll die a hater for that one.

Anyway! I figured it would make sense that a professional breeder, breeding their own pokemon to assist in their business, would go out of their way to 'create' a stunning specimen. A sort of flex. And I liked the idea of stained glass. Might redraw this to lean more into that and maybe play with the colors more. But I wanted a basic design first, which I did! Hopefully it's cohesive before I start playing with the colors lol

Since I don't have such plebian concerns like budget or complicated pixel designs to translate into workable 3D art or whatever, I can just... Make it a Thing™ that Pokemon actually have some damn variety. I mean, we get that every so often in the anime, but it's a notable exception to the norm. And I get why, don't come at me, I promise I'm not bullying the 90s anime for not handcrafting hundreds of subtly unique designs for every instance of a species we ever see.

The point is that I don't have that problem. So if I want minccino to have different fur colors aside from Normal and Shiny, I can do that. Easily. Same with everything else. I doubt I'll go so deep into the weeds it's stuff like, this is a mixed breed Squirtle with lovedisc or magikarp in there. They'll generally still follow Pokemon logic of favoring a specific parent with maybe moves or abilities passed down if they're different species. Common, out in the wild Pokemon will look pretty typical usually. But once you get into domesticated Pokemon, they tend to look notably different. You can always tell if a pokemon was wild caught instead of carefully bred.

Just different color or fur/scale/claw shape. Minor adjustments depending on how bred they are for traits. IV bred pokemon will likely have unique traits that make it easy to spot deliberate breeding. Even if it's not that big of a difference. Like Sneasel having tufted ear... Feather things instead of a smooth leaf shape. Or spots in their fur. Stuff like that.

It seems like a fun detail.

Also decided where Edna, the main OC is from as well as some little details like being really used to having Pokemon groom her from a young age. Her parents have minccinos that are pair bonded and groomed her every morning. So Yolky, and eventually the rest of her team, tend to play with her hair.

Gets a little dangerous with Toxitricity, Danny (short for Cadenza), cause he puts down poison in her hair but she gets a bit immune after a while as well as the rest of the team lol. It was either poison braids or static frizz everywhere. Gotta compromise somehow!

It'll be fun to play around with established designs for a more unique look!

[vormov]

"the stars are projectors"

i felt this before over and over again i'll be better or how i can't and still featureless become, this our last days/ let their voices speak volumes, and this was our last time to speak, i'll never forget you.

we all meant forward lesser to told it so, like the winds with a spoken fierce companionship agaze like we were feral for a moment; lurches like seeing it, and again and again, we laugh at destined to become in circles famed less lie and inside this forever i'll die, make sure it counts; i sure as hell will.

this is where we flip the paradigm like a fish swimming against the current, we'll struggle like that forever only as long as you make it worth our while. and one day we'll lay down and die. i'm sure it'll be worth it

"And how all the stars are projectors, yeah Projectin' our lives down to this planet Earth"

don't forget where you came from or you'll regret the dispair you wrought, like a whisper of the winds had turned upon you; i'll see you blow away. again and again we go like aging winds favor me aloft like them you see above, i'll seek to see them eye to eye a glance heavenward lent more to my simping than the sun's overgrowth. "When the clock reads 21:13…"

gold pieces fell into us those bent towards these eyes of future, let them grow a pyre. i'll grow regardless of the sun's beseeching wrath a game you'd play too if you were upon these our last days i'd love to give you the benefit of the doubt, but this world is lost upon us the thoughts like we understood too much and were rent plebian.

i've felt a change become into our sky like a color changed in a feature film, a design left to become more specific as it goes lesser to me my eyes see it so clearly…

"I've been told that I'm no good Told to abandon what means the most to me"

i can't leave here so soon but im lost unevenly caved upon these lips of ashes crumble below me, akin to the skeletons as they dance for providence. and speak, let them, as the morning dawns into our sky you let them see this our beauty, and this our courage see it gone or aloft, but never let it go.

(02-23-24—3 songs quoted: First quote is the song The Stars are Projectors by Modest Mouse Second quote is the song 21:13 by Coheed and Cambria Third quote is the song The Price of Dreaming by Hollow Front Fourth song is Xavii by Russian Circles)\\