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destinyc1020 · 2 years ago

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Idk about trusting Z, the record speaks for itself// I’m not just talking about romantic relationships I’m talking about her relationship with coworkers (Sam L), friends (Hunter), partners (Trevor&JE), Family. Most people that she surrounds herself with have either said or done horrible things and she still continuously praise and gives them flowers. At this point, it’s a choice, she isn’t dumb and young. And I’m sorry but I definitely question her in that regard.

Well, I've been saying this for a while, but I'll say it again....

Most ppl that have a working rlshp with someone def know that individual way better than we as fans do. We only see a small snippet of their personality, whereas they see SO much more because they've worked with them directly! They have a more well-rounded view of the person in other words.

So many ppl are so QUICK to cancel someone these days over any slight.... but yet won't use that same high moral compass for themselves 😏.... cuz I guarantee you, we ALL have said (and done) things in our lives that we weren't all that proud of also. 👀

Believe me, if Zendaya doesn't like someone, you WILL KNOW it lol. She will pay them DUST rofl 🤣 I trust her for the most part.... mainly coz she doesn't just give her friendship to everyone. Jmho

Z knows Hunter and all of the other ppl you mentioned in a much deeper way than the rest of us do, and I think we have to remember that ppl are not ALL BAD or evil, or all angelic. We ALL as individuals have good AND bad qualities to ourselves. That's just a fact of being an IMPERFECT human! 🤷🏾‍♀️

I will never pretend to know a celebrity as well as their peers do. I just can't. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I'm still not sure why Z seems to have such an obsessive bond with Sam 👀, but maybe their bond comes from the fact that he's been very crucial to her career and learning and growing in this industry. I just wish she would have latched on to someone else for that growth and longevity working rlshp. 🥴 👀

I also try to keep in mind that most ppl are multifaceted and complex. AndWhile you only saw the bad comment that person said in the media, meanwhile, maybe Z (and others who know them well) saw the sweet msgs they sent bts when they were feeling down, or the sweet gifts they gave, or they know what that person has had to endure in life etc.

Re: Trevor....

I think we should give her a break/pass for this. Wasn't she like 16 when she got with him? 🥴 How many of you made the BEST decisions when you were 16 lol? 😂 Plus, Trevor was probably a very sweet kid in his teens. People are not all villains like some cookie-cutter antagonist in a movie or smthg. He was probably a really nice guy at the outset, but then made mistakes and committed infidelities along the way in their rlshp. It wasn't right, but I doubt he was all bad towards her.

Re: JE....

Did it ever occur to anyone that MAYBE he was actually nice to her? I mean, aside from the fact that he was def a rebound and her judgment was already kinda clouded anyway lol, I think ppl need to keep in mind too that perhaps he was actually NICE to her on most occasions. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Keep in mind too that he was her costar, and they formed a friendship on set during season 1 of Euphoria, so of course she knew him in ways that we didn't know him. They probably also had a lot in common!

If the rumors/gossip is true, then he ended up being kind of a jerk towards the end, but I doubt he started off that way. I don't think that Z surrounds herself with JERKS, and I doubt she would have even agreed to date him in the first place if he had been so horrible towards her. Z could have practically ANY man in Hollywood lol.... she didn't need JE specifically in order to have a rebound. Shih.... are you kidding me lol? If she decided to date him, it's cuz she liked him, plain and simple. 🤷🏾‍♀️

I know we joke about Rat Tail and Big Foot all the time on here lol 😆, but I think ppl also need to keep in mind that we don't know these ppl personally, and more than likely, these individuals are not ALL evil. They do have some good qualities... otherwise ppl would never speak well of them at all lol.

I also feel like having a working rlshp with someone is more than likely what most costars are talking about when they speak highly of someone in the press.

I still think that Z (being the overthinking, high-moral Virgo that she is lol) has a pretty good read on ppl, and she keeps her circles VERY small... so if she's allowed someone into her circle, or seems to like them as a person, it's usually because they are pretty decent?🤷🏾‍♀️

Like I said before, if Z doesn't like someone, she won't even act like they exist rofl 🤣

Anyway, let me get off my soapbox lol 😆

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disdaidal · 4 years ago

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Fic Writer Questions

Nobody tagged me, I just stole this.

How many works do you have on AO3?

4 fics. I haven’t written a lot I know. But I have more ideas and I want to.

What’s your total AO3 wordcount?

12595.

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

On AO3, only Harringrove. On Livejournal (and other fanfiction sites), I wrote mainly jrock fanfiction (band rps, yes) and some KieferLou.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Well since I only have 4, I can’t do top 5. 😂

It’s Always Been You (drunk Billy, love confession, yay)

Count Harrington (my first fic on AO3, two dorks celebrating Halloween together)

I Want To See (All Of You) (Steve showing some love for Billy’s scars)

My Pain Brought You To Me (Bills with a migraine, Steve looking after, still a wip ughh)

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Yes. Haven’t got many of them and I love getting comments, so I always try to reply back.

What’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I don’t do angsty endings, sorry. I may be a cliché, but I want my boys to have a happy ending.

Do you write crossovers? If so what is the craziest one you’ve ever written?

I probably did a couple of crossovers back in the jrock fandom, but mostly just pairing members from different bands together. Gotta tell ya, I’m not a huge fan of crossovers in general.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

Given that English is not my first language, I did get some mean comments on my grammar back in the day. Even when I used beta readers lmao. I think the meanest comment I got was in my own language though. This person came to give me a long-ass comment, basically criticizing my characterization, their actions and well – pretty much everything that just happened to annoy them. I guess it made them feel better about themselves. :) I got so pissed off that I ended up deleting that fic in the end. Thus, I also stopped writing fanfiction for a long time, became overly critical of my stuff.

Do you write smut? If so what kind?

Yup, though none of my AO3 fics have any explicit stuff yet (I plan to write some for that wip though, hehe). But umm… I’ve rp’d Harringrove with another person for almost a year now and we’ve written a lot of smutty scenes together already, so. I guess I’m really into dirty talk. And the boys doing it in all kinds of places, not just the usual bedroom. And sex toys too.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

As if. xD Please.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Back when I still used Livejournal, somebody translated one of my ficlets into Italian. <3 I was so honored. I think I still have it saved somewhere.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No. I’ve only rp:d.

What’s your all time favorite ship?

Ahh man, I can’t answer this. I currently really love Harringrove, but I’ve had a long history in shipping in many different fandoms so I can’t possibly pick just one. They’ve all been important to me, more or less.

What’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Last year when Resident Evil 3 Remake came out, I actually started to write this one Carlos/Jill fic. I got as far as writing chapter two and I had it all planned (for once), and my original plan was making it 6 chapters long. But yeaaahh… who knows, maybe I’ll write it and even publish it some day. Haven’t wanted to put it up because no guarantees that I will ever finish it and don’t want to disappoint people.

What are your writing strengths?

I don’t know. I’d like to say I pay more attention to my grammar these days but that’s not entirely true, because my shit brain keeps malfunctioning and voila – there are missing words and other dumb stuff all across my writing. xD I guess I’m good at rambling and describing stuff? Cause I seem unable to keep things short. Dunno if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

What are your writing weaknesses?

The fact that I get such vivid ideas in my head, but my fingers can’t seem to type that all down, and I get overwhelmed by it. And I still ramble a lot.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

Umm… If there are a couple of lines there and there, I guess it’s okay. But if there’s a lot of it, I’ll lose my interest very quickly. This thing happened quite regularly in the jrock fandom (people mixing Japanese with English) and it became confusing to read, especially if you weren’t familiar with those words/phrases yourself. So I’d advise to keep it at minimum if you fic is going to be written mainly in English. But yeah, I mean that’s just my opinion (don’t kill me pls).

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for?

This is going to be a little embarrassing to admit but when I was 14/15, I was very much into this one band from my country and sort of wrote a self-insert story with them. xD But that’s all I’m gonna say about it rofl.

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Out of the ones that I’ve published on AO3… Probably My Pain Brought You To Me. I wrote it specifically for someone else, so I got very invested in it. I’ve also got most comments on it and some people actually subscribed it too. So, I really intend to finish it.

I’m tagging @gothyringwald, @lazybakerart and @wingedbears because your fics have given me so much life recently. ♥ But I welcome other writers to take this too and tag me into it, so I can read your responses. :3

#fic writer questions #fanfiction #tag games #writing #sorry i'm a little bit drunk right now

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glassesandkim · 5 years ago

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that’s why i’m still holding out hope even though the writers have continuously let us down. this storyline just doesn’t make SENSE. i think levi being hesitant about nico being “the one” is due to nico’s bizarre behavior, so i’m not confused about that, i’m confused about nico. it seems like just recently he started acting like he only wants sex (levi said “it’s becoming all we do” like it hasn’t *always* been all they do). something must have happened to cause nico to act so different

Okay, so I took this one line in your ask and wrote a whole thing. This line: “i think levi being hesitant about nico being “the one” is due to nico’s bizarre behavior, so i’m not confused about that.” which I agree with but also disagree on when it started and why that senseless train of events’ only purpose was to come to another senseless point.

Levi questioning Nico’s commitment to him started when Nico asked him, “We aren’t at the cohabiting step, right?” which Levi responded with, although unsure and most probably lying to himself, “Right?”. And after Nico asked him if he was tired of staying at his place where there’s no room for his stuff which ultimately lead to Nico saying that Levi would love his own place if he were to find one.

(I am very carefully avoiding words like pushing and telling when it comes to Nico talking to Levi about moving out. Why? Because I do not see Nico pushing Levi to move out or telling him to move out in this very specific scene. It might have happened off screen, who knows. Of course, it’s suggested and implied that Nico would prefer Levi to move out.)

And after that, Levi goes on to meet the Mary Sues of all couples and starts questioning his relationship with Nico and why him and Nico aren’t perfect dance partners like them.

Which makes me go ??????????? This is a good ask that describes how I feel about Levi’s questioning:

ITS JUST SO OOC THIS SEASON. Like, we just went through Nico “stage five clinger” Kim to where he wouldn’t let his boyfriend REACH OVER FOR A GLASS OF FCKING WATER, to where he’s avoiding every feeling and talking to bang his BF that he wants out of his apartment. Like, even that doesn’t fit. He doesn’t want to live together, but he wants to get snowed in together at the hospital and spend every waking second together to bang. NO SENSE IS BEING MADE.

It isn’t until 16x15 when we sort of understand what Levi wants from Nico: he wants Nico to talk to him. He also says he understands if Nico’s not ready to talk to Levi about his parents. Which is great. Which is good. I love that Levi says that and also tells Nico he loves him.

But then we hear these lines: But I want a relationship. Not an impersonation. And this doesn’t feel real.

Again, I am going ?????????????????????????? This is after Levi spends his day looking for Desmond who was impersonating a doctor.

There are dozens of asks talking about this and I felt the need to write out the events leading up to now for you all (I tried to be factual but lol). But I’m not going to talk about how none of that makes any fucking sense to me. Instead, I’m going to talk about Grey’s Anatomy and it’s way of storytelling that thrives on convenience, privilege, and dramatic parallels and how all of that is fucking stupid (but that’s just my opinion rofl).

Whenever a character is having an issue, the medical case of the week always conveniently provides a blueprint or parallel of said issue to the character. For Levi: the old couple showed Levi what a “perfect and in sync” relationship should look like. Demond’s story showed Levi that impersonation = bad.

When, in life, do cases like these drop so conveniently in your lap in order to help you solve or point out whatever problems you’re having in your own personal life? And how does one come to such definitive conclusions after only working on these cases for a day?

Of course, it’s all TV magic. It’s part of Grey’s formula. It’s a formula many shows adopt and do but Grey’s pushes it to a point of unbelievability. The cases are purely there to advance a character’s arc. IMO, grey’s has stopped making us care about the actual cases and patients but rather, molds them in a way so they perfectly tell the doctor what to do. And the patients have, in their own way, become all-knowing, prophets that resemble Mary Sues.

And that’s lazy and unrealistic. And if the counterpoint to that is: this is a tv show!!! Yes, I know it’s a tv show but just because your work is fiction, doesn’t mean it has to be so incredibly obvious on what it’s trying to do.

Then there’s the issue with privilege. And this isn’t entirely schmico related but the doctors on this show now? They are privileged. They have money, they have reputation, and they have connections. They are so far removed from the struggling, broke, and tired interns we saw 16 seasons ago that the decisions they make now blow my mind. No one, in their right mind, would buy a whole hospital just because they were having marital problems. Only people with power and privilege would be able to do that and I guarantee you, 99% of grey’s viewership is not capable of that sort of thing.

But we are now expected to believe these are rational, doable things that doctors do. The decisions these doctors are making in their own personal life AND professionally drip with privilege. And to me, it feels like the writer’s forgot what it means to be unprivileged.

Because being unprivileged is inconvenient.

You do not just up and take in a foster kid. You do not sign your name on insurance forms and skip court dates and continue to insert yourself in a hospital that fired you. You do not get to leave/get fired from a hospital only to be hired again by the same hospital. And you definitely do not and SHOULD not spend a whole day with your patient and then conveniently have a whole epiphany about your long term relationship with your boyfriend.

Wrap all that up with some dramatics, and you get grey’s. Grey’s who relies on cheap, temporary shockwaves in order to explain away and condone unrealistic behaviours and actions. Drama comes FIRST, then how quickly can we make these events happen, THEN coherency and story building makes an appearance.

The art of storytelling has been lost on grey’s. Instead we have this monstrous beast that throws its shit at us and we are told to open our mouths and consume it.

Now, I am not saying stop watching grey’s. I’m just telling you how shitty grey’s is becoming. I loved grey’s anatomy. I was proud to watch it and it was ~~~ground breaking~~~~ in its prime.

Now?

God, it’s like watching your grandma try to be hip but she’s decrepit and dementia has overtaken her mind.

Am I going to stop watching? No. But I’m not going to try too hard to make sense of the actions of these deformed, mutated caricatures we call characters in this show anymore. I will not hold faith in the writers to represent and portray a character that looks like me/acts like me accurately and with grace and care. The characters I used to love are reduced to their own stereotypes and tropes.

I will now expect bullshit because that’s what I’ve been given lately. I might as well be watching a soap opera where senseless, unrealistic dramatics is accepted and part of its charm.

#anyway here's my two cents on why grey's anatomy has lost it rofl #long post #schmico #grey's anatomy //#anonymous #gk asks #important

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boltxnbastard · 5 years ago

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2, 3, 14?

Munday Asks: Salt Edition

2. What are your unpopular opinion(s) of the fandom you’re rping in?

I think people need to get over the last season of GoT. 🤷🤷 I get that it didn’t end the way many people wanted, but like ?? I’m just in general tired of hearing the negativity. The last season doesn’t change the fact that this show had some of the best seasons and episodes in television history. Seasons 1-6 were phenomenal.

It doesn’t change that it has some of the best characters either. I really think it’s just negativity for negativity’s sake at this point and it’s still one of my favorite series. Nothing will ever change that. 🤷

3. What rp trends are you so over and can’t wait for it to die?

There are two, specifically, that I’m not a fan of. One is the icons that are like ?? 30 x 30 and smaller? I just don’t really understand the point of even using them when they’re that size. You can’t even see them? At least, I can’t.

The second one is: ‘when people type like this’ in their replies. It’s incredibly straining on the eyes and I don’t understand why it’s even a thing.

14. Ever knew someone that everyone loves but you can’t stand?

I assume this is specifically in regards to Tumblr ?? Oh, god, yes. The stories I could tell. Thankfully, most of them have gone from the fandom, and I thank the Lord every day for it ROFL. But yes. There are definitely a few of them.

#immortalled #✘ ' ᴼᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵀᵒʳᵗᵘʳᵉ ' ( ooc )

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sams-cupidfest · 6 years ago

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With the series finale, what’s your take on the new official ships, and the insinuated ships? CheesePie, SugarMacintosh, SandbarYona, and possibly AppleDash?

Oh, and FlutterCord?

Oh I’m sure I could go on and on about all the things I do and don’t dislike about the finale and everything they did with their characters and ships in the end.

Fortunately none of the shipping discourse is covered in my MLP Review video I’m currently working on, so I’m definitely free to go at them in length here!

Let’s just go in order as I think that’s the easiest way to handle this, and start with CheesePie.

CheesePie gets the 100% Sam Rose seal of approval! CheesePie is wholesome goodness that just makes absolute sense, and anyone who disagrees with these two making a happy couple honestly don’t really know what makes a good couple.

You can dislike it for several reasons, including having other ships you much prefer one or the other to be in, but to say anything along the lines of “They would be bad for each other” would just be straight up false and a gross misunderstanding of their characters.

I honestly don’t have much to say outside of that, they’re just absolutely solid. I’m glad Weird Al got to canonically steal a Waifu, its honestly perfect. If anyone deserved to get away with it, it was him for sure lol

Also Lil Cheese is adorable, though I wish she didn’t have Fluttershy’s colors straight up stolen. Like, just tweak the colors a bit and she’s honestly perfect. It wasn’t difficult lol

SugarMac.

I have mixed feelings about SugarMac. On one hand I think they’re mostly harmless? But at the same time the show never really did a good job of ‘selling’ them.

Like the only times we ever saw SugarMac was when they were having issues with their relationship, and they were really tropey relationship issues too. Love-Triangle battle to get the girl, and then miscommunication twice (I haven’t seen Big Mac Question but I was told it was awfully rehashy of Break Up, Break Down. Feel free to correct me if that’s not the case).

So not only did we never see them develop as a couple, see why they worked out aside from liking how each other looked, we never really had a reason to get invested in them.

I would’ve loved more background appearances of them, or maybe at least a full on explanation of how they’re doing as a couple outside of their super awkward get together and their issues before just, jumping to getting married.

A harmless ship in my mind, but I always got the feeling people would’ve preferred Mac to get with any number of other more well suited choices. And I can at least agree with that. I like Sugar Belle, but I’m not sure if SugarMac was the best ship for either of them.

SandbarYona

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I legitimately know nothing about these characters rofl

I’m sitting here trying to think back to the interactions they had in the episodes I saw, and I barely remember them at all. I know Sandbar gets talked about a lot as the ‘boring’ member of the young six, and he’s essentially there to be the token ‘pony’ of the group and that’s it.

I’ve heard people like Yona, that she’s a sweetheart and all, but I never really saw any character defining moments for her.

For context, I didn’t watch every episode of Season 8, and only the Opener for 9, so I missed like 90% of the character episodes for the Young Six.

Judging ships for them is extremely difficult because I don’t have any kind of a grasp of who they are as characters or their importance in the show. I really, REALLY wish they had either been the solid focus of the show, or not been included at all.

So as far as SandbarYona goes, without any reason to truly say no, why not? From what I can tell it’s not toxic, no one has complained about it, but no one has really praised it either.

So I’m gonna assume it’s okay!

AppleDash

I know they made them re-appear talking about chores as a hint that they might be a couple now, and then leave the rest up to fan interpretation, but honestly I’m not a big fan of them as a couple.

Maybe early show it would’ve been fine, but even back then I was never a big fan of “Rivals who become love interests” plots, not unless you really, REALLY showed the chemistry and how their ‘shared passion’ truly became something that is a solid bond of their relationship.

Applejack and Rainbow Dash always kind of took things in the opposite direction, showing why their passions made them clash, instead of why it brought them together. And that only got worse and worse as the seasons went on, especially as Dash got boiled down into being nothing but a cocky, egotistical stereotype.

I’m afraid that CANON AppleDash does not get the Sam Rose seal of approval. The way they’re portrayed in canon just comes off far too toxic for me. It’s perfectly fine to ship it I suppose, since in AUs and headcanons you can strip away the toxicity the show kind of laced their friendship with, but keep in mind that it requires quite a bit of fixing or retconing to make work.

FlutterCord

FlutterCord is… Weird. I can see WHY people would like it, or WHY they would end up together? Fluttershy is practically the only person in Discord’s life that he ever actually cares about, and has a passion and dedication for her that rivals no other, and I can easily see that being interpreted into an actual relationship.

But this is also Discord we’re talking about.

I’m not sure he’s a character who was ever meant to be in any kind of relationship. Or at the very least, it’d be a relationship that would end up as chaotic as he is.

That one episode where Discord tries to change himself to fit Fluttershy was probably their best episode on why their relationship would work, because the things they like about each other is why they’re friends in the first place, and changing that isn’t what either of them wants.

But Discord is a prankster troll who whines for attention and demands to be given things and opportunities he hasn’t earned or deserves, and makes a fuss and mess about all of it if not gotten his way.

I just have a hard time not sitting down and seeing down the road so many small issues piling up until there was this big break because Discord is TERRIBLE about dealing with his emotions, and it’d practically always be on Fluttershy to fix HIS issues for them to be a couple.

Who knows. Maybe they’d work better then I’m giving them credit for? Because I’ve also stated I can totally see why they’d end up a couple, and it makes sense.

But Discord is just a specific type of character that I hesitate to pull the trigger on their relationship, or give it a seal of approval.

I suppose this is another mixed bag ship. Harmless at the end of the day with how its portrayed, but it leaves a lot of unpleasant possibilities lying in the air that make me wary of it.

#Anonymous

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cielrouge · 7 years ago

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Voltron Legendary Defender NYCC 18' Panel Recap

Ahhh okay here’s the recap post I promised! It took a little while to transcribe all the individual videos I had (I think almost 11 in the end? lol). So, normally I’m not a morning person at all, but as soon as I saw NYCC announce the Hammerstein panel and realizing this might very well be the last VLD panel ever, you can betcha that I got up at the crack of dawn to get my ass down to Hammerstein this morning pfftt. I got there around 9ish, and while there was already a line it moved fairly quickly after a quick bag check. Since I was by myself, I managed to get a pretty decent seat, actually much than I anticipated, located in the early middle-ish of the ground floor seating.

The panel began with the moderator (I forgot his name, sorry mod! D:) with introducing the cast and crew: Joaquim Dos Santos & Lauren Montgomery (Executive Producers), Josh Hamilton (Story Editor), and the VA’s for Allura (Kimberly Brooks), Pidge (Bex Taylor-Klaus), Shiro (Josh Keaton), and Lance (Jeremy Shada). Keith’s VA (Steven Yeun) didn’t make it, but I’m assuming maybe this was because he had prior commitments to promote BURNING at the New York Film Festival this weekend?

Joaquim and Lauren started off the panel regarding the Shiro and Adam storyline in S7, and some “understandably hurt reactions to it." Joaquim stated that they emphasize with everyone’s reactions and "really do feel for you,” while Lauren added: “so we clearly can’t change what’s already happened, but this experience has stirred conversation about what meaningful representation is, and we hope that this leads to better representation in the future.”

VLD Show Retrospective & General Fan Appreciation

Lauren then changed gears to take a moment to say: "how proud we are of our crew who has worked so hard, and our amazing cast who has bought so much life to these characters over these past four years," and a "huge thank you to all of the fans who have just showered us with so much love and support."

Joaquin added that they wanted "our final New York Comic Con, really our final con of the entire series to be a celebration of everyone's hard work. And a really awesome look back at what came before this and an awesome look forward to our final season, of a show that we're so proud to be a part of, and had you guys along for the ride."

The moderator asked what it's been like throughout the years to get to this specific part (season 8) and Joaquim said: "It's amazing for us. It's grown every single year, you guys [the crowd] is the best. It's been an absolute honor working on the show."

Josh H. (VLD's Story Editor) also noted: "It's weird being in the office alone, maybe five of us writers in one room," and they question what will or will not work story-wise, but "then you come to Comic Con and people start to cheer because they love a moment so much."

"It's so different when you're alone by yourself as a writer, and then when you're with an awesome crowd of people. It invigorates you."

Josh K. (Shiro's VA) added that it's been amazing for him to meet and work with the cast, but specifically highlighted his appreciation for seeing all the "incredible talent that's been peppered throughout the fandom.

Specifically emphasizing how the cast and crew "see so many amazing cosplay, so much incredible art, videos, everything. You guys [the fans] really dove into this show and we love it. We're just as much fans as all of you, and we love sharing the show with all of you. It's been a fantastic experience and I'm sad it's coming to an end."

Jeremy (Lance's VA) chimed in: "You don't to be part of many shows like Voltron in your career, so it's been a blessing to be a part of this show. Everybody here puts in so much hard work into their craft and what they do, but you never know what's going to do well or not, and this show DEFINITELY did very, very well." And this was because of the fans, particularly highlighting the passion and dedication, and how "it means the world to us."

Jeremy then pointed out this was a crowd where there actually seemed to be more cosplayers than non-cosplayers, prompting Josh K. to note: "I love going to these cons and looking at everyone cosplaying, and pretending in my head that Voltron is real and now I'm at Space Mall."

Bex (Pidge's VA) chimed in to say that she would make things a little more selfish since: "I've always wanted to play a cartoon character so this was very literally a dream come true for me." But not only to play a cartoon character, but to play a powerful female warrior."

Bex additionally noted how amazing how that's what's resonated most is "for young kids to see themselves in Pidge and Allura. It's just been the most heartwarming experience."

Kimberly (Allura's VA) then spoke to the experience among the cast and crew and how they've become good friends with one another, and how it's "bittersweet that this is our last convention, but it's been amazing."

Season 7 Retrospective (General Storytelling Approach & the VA's Favorite Moments)

Josh H. started off that: "S7 was meant to be putting our paladins at a disadvantage."

So the writers came up with the concept of a 3 year timeskip and "all these stories about going home, and Hunk with his family kind of sprung up naturally from that."

"There's also a story about Allura. It's kinda subtle, but Allura lost Altea, and now she has a chance to redeem herself and help save Earth."

"A lot of these personal moments start to pop up when we got this new angle, so starting off with this 3 year time gap really helped us."

Joaquim noted it was cool seeing the fan buildup with getting the paladins back home to their families, and "knowing for us, from a story perspective that it was coming down the line, and seeing everything get to that fever pitch point. It was a really great payoff to see it all play out."

Lauren switched gears to comment on the "insane logistics" of the whole big Galra attack at the end. They had some initial trouble figuring out how the Zaiforge cannons were supposed to work.

Josh H. chimed in to note that Joaquim kept coming to the writers room to say that something needed to be different about this Galra attack, so he and Mitch Iverson would kind of go on walks and try to figure out how the Zaiforge cannons worked.

While Lauren noted that the logistics was a "massive headache, they were still pretty happy with how it turned out since "it was pretty suspenseful, never a dull moment."

Josh H. added that plot-wise, he liked how the storytelling perspective got to stay on Earth. "We knew that there were going to be seven, Earth-centric episodes," so that gave a lot of time to "meet some new people and come up with MFE pilots."

The writers really enjoyed cracking who the MFE pilots were individually, particularly with the way that Leifsdottir thinks and speaks, so "having this time to stay in one place and time was really fun."

Jeremy noted that they were really happy to have AJ LoCascio (Lotor's VA) still stick around and voice James Griffin in S7.

Joaquim mentioned that for a show of this nature, with all the focus on action-adventure and big explosions and giant robots, it was unusual to "take two episodes and just focus on the logistics on what's going back on Earth while madness is happening. Essentially you had all these meetings going on for what's ostensibly a kid's show."

In terms of trying to find a fine balance between the Earth storyline and Paladin storyline, Lauren and Jaoquim did wonder whether they could spend that much time on Earth without "seeing Voltron punch something" (ROFL) but they knew it was the right decision as they were reading the scripts when they came in, and it just felt right, and "that's ultimately been a testament to the show. Just going with your gut."

Favorite, Standout Moments of Season 7

Bex noted that her favorite episodes of S7 were the Earth-centric ones where "we got to experience what was happening on Earth while we [the paladins] were gone. It was everything I got to see and nothing I got to see in the scripts since we weren't there."

Kimberly noted that the Hunk love was amazing, since he's so "lovable, and we got to see where he was inspired to cook and do all the things that he does, and why he's such a cool guy."

Josh K. added that Hunk really proved himself as the heart of the team.

Jeremy noted that the VA's knew that the Atlas was going to be a thing through the scripts, but they weren't aware of what it actually looked like beforehand.

Bex humorously chimed in to offer that "Atlas is thiccc. I needs that workout routine, okay?" (omfg)

Jeremy agreed that it has a "nice big booty. It's a thick robot." (And at that point, everyone in the audience started wheezing, shrieking, or cackling).

Josh K. added that the day the episode aired, there was a group chat among the VA's where someone just texted "Atlas is thiccc" and Bex admitted that she had this saved to her Tweetdeck for a longgg time.

Josh K. admitted that while he's probably biased, this was still his favorite episode, since Josh wanted Shiro to have everything that he deserves, and he loved how "everything was falling apart and everyone was looking for Shiro to lead."

And in terms of the words and the stage direction, Josh remembered just even reading the script just made him swell up with pride for Shiro and think: "This is amazing. Everybody that didn't believe him in the Garrison came back, those that strapped him to a gunnery, and didn't want to listen to him about Voltron is now looking at him to save them."

Bex added the part where Coran calls Shiro 'Captain' for the first time was one of those moments.

And when Shiro finally makes that connection and is able to transform the ship, Josh knew that while this moment was going to happen, he still had no idea how the Atlas transformation was going to look like beforehand.

Josh fondly recalled that he was hoping to see his wife's reaction to the Atlas transformation for the first time, but he missed her whole reaction since he himself couldn't take his eyes off the scene.

Entire Show Retrospective: Favorite Moments and Why

Jeremy’s Pick (Lance and Keith rescuing Shiro in ep 1): "It's special to me, because I think this may have been one of my audition scenes, but it was really one of the first scenes where you get to see Lance's personality and I love these little moments where he's just very kinda funny and such a goofball, but he still has this goal and is a loyal person. So, when we were recording this scene, I thought: 'Ok I get the character now and this sets the tone for what I wanna do with his character."

Bex’s Pick (Pidge confessing her true identity as a girl): "I love this part. This was something that was in the very beginning not in the audition side, but the character breakdown of Pidge's masquerade as a boy in order to find her family. And who doesn't want to play Mulan? So, it was something that I was waiting for and I remember going back and forth on whether this scene was going to happen in episode 4 or 7. It was really exciting when we got to that part of the script and how we were doing this, and I loved how easy it is."

Josh K's Pick (Shiro rescues Slav): "The thing we know about Shiro, at least in the beginning, is that it seems like there's nothing wrong with him. He seems perfect, he can do no wrong, he's a nice guy, and can kick butt. So sometimes you think, 'can he do no wrong? What's his deal?' and in S2, Shiro meets somebody named Slav and it's once meeting Slav, you start to see that Shiro is not completely perfect. Shiro can get upset, and there definitely is a crack in that paladin armor.”

Josh H's Pick (The 'Slipperies' Scene): "Tim Hendrick came up with the concept of the slipperies as Coran sweating too much and slipping everywhere. Everytime I watch this scene I still legitimately laugh even though the script went through several rewrites."

Kimberly's Pick (Allura and Coran and the milkshake origin): "I think the clip is self-explanatory in terms of our reaction to it."

Lauren’s Pick (When the Paladins hoot fun-sentry into space): "So my clip isn't any moment in the series, but a moment that embodies what our crew does when it comes together, and everybody brings their own thing to it, so it culminates into something so much more."

How Much of the VA's are like their Actual Characters

Josh K. noted that back in 2014, he had just become an actual dad, so he made that weird transition from "living for yourself to having a life were you hold someone else's life in your hands.

”So, he drew a lot of Shiro's "dedication to his team from that feeling. That's really where it all came from.”

While he confesses to generally being more like Lance in real life, still with age and parenting, Josh admits that he's become more of that "space dad type of guy, having to wrangle kids and all that."

Likewise, he's always liked telling bad dad jokes and now revels in still being able to tell them as an actual dad.

Bex admits that for her, she feels that "Pidge is so powerful in her own way and so confident, which is so rare for someone so young." So, while Bex isn't sure if she's entirely become the Pidge that she wants to be, but she's getting there.

Kimberly notes that she strives to be like Allura (Jeremy interrupted to say that Kimberly is a queen and has gotten the queenly wave down).

What Kimberly finds appealing about Allura is that she's a flawed character, but also beautiful, generous, smart, and strong - "these are all things I strive to be, and I feel like I'm becoming more and more like Allura as the show progresses."

Kimberly also added that Allura is her favorite character that she's ever had the pleasure to voice. Even after recording many, many sessions, Kimberly still had no idea what Allura physically looked like, so the first time she was shown the character concept artwork, Kimberly was "so choked up and blown away," since she had no idea what her skin tone was going to be and so on.

Jeremy confesses that he kind of leans into Lance's personality in real life, but in a joking manner since he likes making people laugh. He finds Lance to be such a goofball and that 'adorkable' type of person, and "that's definitely me in real life, but Lance also has all that sensitive loyal side to him which I have and relate to as well."

"He's fun to play, but while Lance tries hard to be very flirty at times, I'm not really like that way. Maybe with my girlfriend, I'll try to say flirty jokes and she'll just laugh and tell me to keep trying."

The Existence of the Voltron Scratch Reel

Lauren explained the concept of a scratch reel where in between the storyboarding, animating, and voice acting process, sometimes they realize that they might need some additional lines, maybe lines get condensed, change names, and so on.

But they don't always have time to get the actors back in, so "a lot of times, it falls upon one of us to put in some temporary dialogue and fill that space, they animate to it, and then we get the animation back and the actors replace the dialogue and it sounds great. But in the meantime, we get to watch some ridiculously horrible acting on behalf of the entire staff - editors, assistants, etc."

Bex noted: "It's always breaks my heart a little to dub over the scratch tracks, because it's so beautiful," while Josh added that he'd love to see an episode just entirely of scratch tracks."

Joaquim chimed in that they had two seasons of the 'Scratchy Awards,' where they handed out staff awards for the best scratch tracks produced (hahaha), where Mitch Iverson spraypainted a bunch of backscratchers with 'Scratchy' Awards' on it.

After they aired the scratch reel, Josh H. noted that there are still some times where scratch ends up being in-screen and it's an unexpected surprise when they're reviewing the editing process.

The most popular scratch reel choice among the VA's is Director Steve Ahn, who had a lot of the 'Ok, calm down' scratch scenes, and Steve Yeun once asked: "Could I get that as my ringtone?"

Jeremy said his favorite parts of the scratch reel were when half the scene were the actual VA lines, and then it was one non-VA word.

Benjamin Kaltenecker did all of the 'moo' sounds for Kaltenecker.

Josh K. noted that Joaquim voices a pretty decent Shiro, and "that's why you didn't see any scratch scenes of that because it's not bad."

Bex noted that she loved it when Lauren had to voice some of the Galra men for the scratch scenes.

Lauren noted that most of the scratch scenes were recorded late at night and the cast & crew weren't really fighting to do a scratch scene, and "we're not usually fighting to voice a character, but it's more like 'who has to do it now? Who hasn't done it in awhile??’

“While we're in shame of our bad acting...poor Rhys [Coran's VA] had to sit through and be insulted since nobody can actually pull off Coran's accent.” Though, Joaquim pointed out that Jeremy does a decent Coran impression which he then demonstrated for the crowd.

Joaquim added: "The hardest thing to do is to record scratch in the booth and it's played back to the actual VA's and we can't hear them because their mics are off, but they're pantomiming the loudest laughter."

Kimberly reassured that the VA's loved hearing the crew's voices for the scratch reel.

Josh K. added that "it's like hearing your friends do an impression of you and makes ADR sessions fun, since they can be so technical at times. It's like getting to watch bloopers."

Getting Some of the Awesome Voltron Guest Stars & Fun VA Recording Moments

Joaquim & Lauren: "We bat around some ideas internally, and couldn't believe when the casting directors were on board with some of our ideas: like getting Vince Shlomi or the ShamWow guy to voice the knife store owner in the Space Mall."

The show's head of casting, Anya's eyes light up this suggestion, and it was kind of a celebrity moment when he came in to record.

Weird Al Yankovic was a fixture of Lauren's childhood, and it certainly helped having a voice director legend like Andrea Romano to fall back on.

At one point, they had Rhys Darby (Coran) and Paul Rubin sort of 'battling it out in the Space Mall haggling sequence' and it was like 'the Lake House of back-and-forth, like they were on two astral planes' but when it came together, it was 'magical.'

Since Nolan North voiced both Sam Holt and Commander Iverson, there were literally scenes where he was just literally talking to himself, and Lauren noted that "the guy's such a professional that he does things straight through instead."

Lauren also noted that Cree Summers is one of those VA's who will sideline an entire session, since she's such a hilarious, big personality.

Jeremy and the other VA's said that recording with the cast was always the highlight of his week. But one of the coolest things was when they had the entire, locked-in VA cast together for the first time, and they realized that they had picked the right people.

"I know I'm doing my job right in the recording booth when I'm making my cast mates laugh."

Sometimes the cast would get into fun side conversations catching up that Andrea (the voice director) had to interrupt and remind them that: 'We're literally in a take right now and you're having a full conversation. You can catch up later.'

Bex once freaked out Josh K. and AJ since they were in the middle of a conversation and they didn't hear the sound beeps, but Bex did and suddenly yelled 'GO!'

Season 8 Plot Teasers

Lauren: "Basically our paladins have freed Earth from Galra rule and all that's left to kind of finish the job and free all the universe."

Joaquim: "We do have this one character that you might have noticed in a clip that becomes pretty pivotal, and she's been gone for a bit..." (Which presumably was Hagger/Honerva since the S8 was then aired)

Fun Misc. Show Tidbits

Bex apparently came to Pidge's audition in a Batman onsie.

During the 'Slipperies scene', the little side panels of Coran's pants come apart and flap like little tails. This wasn't something that was originally in the design, but the animators added it.

The creators once had an original design where Coran had a tail, and Lauren noted "it was super cute."

Jeremy thought the whole Shiro clone saga was awesome, and he specifically loved the Black Paladins episode.

Lauren and Joaquim admitted that they were even shocked by that storyline since they had a very different storyline at first - "that's the interesting thing about the creative process, since you'll get notes and have to make some changes, but it then takes you to really unexpected places and make for some unique and interesting storylines."

There wasn't time for a Q&A portion, and the panel ended with the Season 8 teaser/first look. Though, I'd have to say that it was still definitely fun watching the teaser with such a large crowd of fans, and basically shrieking and gasping together at different intervals hahaha.

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author-a-holmes · 2 years ago

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Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals. 🎶🎧💜💙🤗

Is it sad that, despite being best friends, I read "send this to your favourite mutuals" and my instant reaction was:

*Pleading Face Emoji* I'm a favourite?!

Rofl!

ANYWAYS My defunct brain patterns aside, I fucking love sharing my playlists. I know you know this, so thank you for the ask <3

I've not gone with a Work In Progress Specific playlist, mainly because Changeling doesn't have one, and Darkling doesn't have enough songs on it yet, so instead I've chosen my general playlist for 2023. It includes all my current favourite songs, and any new music I find this year that I want to add to my playlist soup.

If I'm looking for a new song for the next chapter, this is the playlist I shove on shuffle.

So without futher ado, 5 songs beneath the cut...

Taylor Swift - Style

I don't know why, but ther way this one is sung just sounds super flirty, and gives old school, silver screen, holywood love story vibes.

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You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye And I got that red lip classic thing that you like And when we go crashing down, we come back every time 'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style You got that long hair, slicked back, white t-shirt And I got that good girl faith and a tight little skirt And when we go crashing down, we come back every time 'Cause we never go out of style, we never go out of style

2. Nickelback - Someday

One of my favourites of theirs. Which is saying a lot because there's not many Nickelback songs I DIS-like. But I love how the song lyrics make you think one thing, and then you watch the video and it's even more heartbreaking and tragic than it sounds. It really made my appreciate Chad Kroeger as a lyracist.

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Well, I'd hope that since we're here anyway We could end up saying Things we've always needed to say So we could end up staying Now the story's played out like this Just like a paperback novel Let's rewrite an ending that fits Instead of a Hollywood horror

3. Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

I cannot believe this one shuffled onto the list of over 350 songs I'm using. It's my THEME song for Reilly Mosswolf from my book, Stolen. When I need to get back into Reilly or Stella's headspace I'll listen to this song or Stella's Theme "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten.

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You make me glow But I cover up, won't let it show So I'm putting my defenses up 'Cause I don't wanna fall in love If I ever did that, I think I'd have a heart attack

4. Blake Shelton - Honey Bee

Bloody Hell. My love of cheesy country music is showing here. I'm a closet romantic and Country Music really touches on that romantic streak in my, particularly Blake Shelton's songs. Plus the music video is cute as fuck.

You'll be my sunny day I'll be your shady tree You'll be my honeysuckle I'll be your honey bee. Yeah, that came out a little country But every word was right on the money And I got you smilin' honey right back at me

5. Kelly Clarkson - Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)

You can't do much better for a power balland than Clarkson, and her lyrics are usually on the empowering side. This isn't one of my favourites from her, but it always manages to put me in a kickass kinda mood.

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Thanks to you I got a new thing started Thanks to you I'm not the broken hearted Thanks to you I'm finally thinkin' 'bout me You know in the end the day you left was just my beginning

I've got over 350 songs on this list, so for anyone additionally curious about my music tastes, I'll link the full playlist HERE.

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goforwardgreenwriter-blog · 7 years ago

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The Worm Reads: The Assassin’s Blade, Ch 5-6

*long, deep sigh*

Dinner with Sam was silent, and Rolfe appeared at eight to bring them both to the holding facility. Sam didn’t even ask where they were going. He just played along, as if he’d known the whole time.

I say, that’s my smart assassin boy! He never lets the enemy know they have the upper hand, I fucking love Sammy. Can this book be about him please?

Rolfe takes them to a warehouse full of slaves and Celery splooges over how bad she feels for them. Footage not found, bitch!

Aside from some occasional muffled weeping, the slaves were silent. Some of their eyes widened at the sight of her. She’d forgotten how she must appear—faceless, cloak waving behind her, striding past them like Death itself. Some of the slaves even sketched invisible marks in the air, warding off whatever evil they thought she was.

This might be cool if Celery was actually like, a bad ass assassin who deserves to be feared? I’m a thin ass weakling whose never been in a fight in her entire life and I could beat Celery with one fist tied behind my back.

Celaena’s heart pounded faster. Even after all these years, people still defied Adarlan’s conquest. But what right did Adarlan—or Rolfe, or anyone—have to treat them like this?

Funny how Celery acknowledges this but is completely fine with them being slaves for Rolfe........funny....

The men standing around the Eyllwe prisoner parted as Rolfe approached, bowing their heads. She recognized two of the men from dinner the previous night: the short, bald Captain Fairview and the one-eyed, hulking Captain Blackgold.

They sound way cooler than Celery. Can she drop dead and the book be about Sammy going on pirate adventures on the seas with these guys?

“I’d send him to the market in Bellhaven. Lots of rich men there needing strong hands to do their building. Or women needing strong hands for something else entirely.” [Captain Fairview] winked in Celaena’s direction.

Aaaand SJM ruined it. Great. Can I get one male character besides Sammy who thinks about something other than sex for five seconds? Pretty please?

They ask questions about the slaves and it’s just. Making me cringe so I’ll skip the details. The subject of brothels comes up and Sammy gets upset so Celery info dumps his backstory onto us.

His mother, sold at eight to a brothel, had spent her too-short twenty-eight years clawing her way up from an orphan to one of the most successful courtesans in Rifthold. She’d had Sam only six years before she’d died murdered by a jealous client. And though she’d amassed some money, it hadn’t been enough to liberate her from her brothel—or to provide for Sam. But she’d been a favorite of Arobynn’s, and when he’d learned that she wanted Sam to be trained by him, he’d taken the boy in.

Love this trend of YA mothers dying for their family to angst over. Fuck it, Sammy’s mother deserves better. She can join Darrow, Gav, Sammy, and Manon in a better series where she knits sweaters for all of them and her pet dogs. She deserves it.

Celery is like “death is better than slavery” which, okay I understand what she’s trying to say, but then she goes off about it like is she planning to kill these slave to free them?? This writing is off the wall tbh. Anyways she leaves after that and Sammy follows.

“Celaena, wait!” Sam called, panting as he walked after her.

Why is he panting if he’s just walking? He’s not even walking fast, he’s just out of breath keeping a moderate pace. Gg on the writing there, SJM.

So Celery walks down into the water and takes off her mask and cloak for some reason?

Bath-warm waves flooded past her, and she kicked up a spray of water as she kept walking. Before she could get deeper than her calves, Sam grabbed her arm. “What are you doing?” he demanded. She yanked on her arm, but he held firm.

So Sam is literally like “Uhhh it’s like super late, what are you doing?” and she starts to fucking wrestle him?? They’re wrestling in the water??? But why???

“I’m not going to let go until you promise to stop attacking me,” Sam said. His face was inches away, and she felt the breath of every one of his words on her mouth. She took an uneven breath, then another. She had no reason to attack Sam. Not when he’d kept her from gutting that pirate in the warehouse. Not when he’d gotten so riled about the slave children. Her legs trembled with pain.

Seriously what the fuck!!! Celery decides to pick a fight for him for literally no reason, then she splooges about how handsome he is, then she’s like “yeah we have no reason to fight” like what was the point of all this!!! Was this book not edited???

“I might do something as foolish as freeing the slaves,” she said. Sam went so still that he might have been turned into stone. “I knew you were thinking up something—but freeing them …”

So this was just so Sammy could find out her plans? But why?? Why don’t your characters function like regular human beings, SJM?

If I was writing this scene, I’d have Celery stomp off and Sam follow her, asking what’s wrong, and Celery knows Sammy is a good person so she tells him about her plans to free the slaves. There, cut out so much pointless bullshit.

“I have to try,” she said. “Why?” Sam stepped close enough that she needed to tilt her head back to see his face. “We’re assassins. We kill people. We destroy lives every day.”

In theory he’s not wrong, but assassin usually stick to killing corrupt political figures and dangerous people. Slavery is just stripping people of their rights and freedoms and enslaving them. Man, this book is really making me explain why slavery is wrong, isn’t it?

“We kill corrupt officials and adulterous spouses; we make it quick and clean. These are entire families being ripped apart. Every one of these people used to be somebody.”

See, even Celery understands this! Idk what SJM was smoking when she came up with this plot, but she gotta stop.

Anyways, Sammy is obviously not on board for this slavery thing and agrees to help out, only he doesn’t splooge about how that makes him a ~white savior~ or whatever so I’m actually rooting for him.

He groaned. “You already have a plan?” She grinned, then told him everything. When she finished, he only scratched his head. “Well,” he admitted, sitting on the sand, “I suppose that’d work. We’d have to time it right, but …”

Love how we don’t get to hear the plan so SJM can pull whatever she wants out of her ass and chalk it up to “Oh Celery told Sammy off screen so it was all planned lol”

Sammy implies Arobynn has more motives for sending them here than just getting him some slaves and Celery doesn’t believe him and I don’t care. Next chapter!

After yet another miserably hot and sleepless night, Celaena spent the following day with Sam, walking through the streets of Skull’s Bay.

Damn, I was lowkey hoping for a Sammy POV. I’‘d much rather be in his head than Celery’s.

From flirting with the harlots along the main street, Sam learned that every once in a while, Rolfe covered the tab for all the pirates in his service, and the revelry lasted for days.

Not for a lack of trying Sammy, but... what does this have to do with the slavery trade?

Oh, immediately after SJM is like “Lol the harlots have him some other pointers too hee hee” Great. Fuckin’ great. Never mind that he’s what, 17, and we don’t know how old those women are?

Rolfe ran a hand through his dark hair. “Don’t you two ever stop questioning? There’s no way of predicting how many slaves you’ll lose. Just keep them watered and fed.”

Rolfe is tired of this shit like me. Same hat, Rolfe, same hat.

They go to the group of slaves that’s for Arobynn and Celery asks if any of the slaves speak the Common tongue. Only one dude can.

What’s your name?” Celaena asked the slave. “Dia.” His long, frail fingers trembled slightly. “You’re fluent?” He nodded.

This guy is old and can’t be used for porn, so he’ll probably die for Celery’s angst. Ungh. Don’t know what would be worse, this or having a young hot slave speak Common so there can be a love triangle between him, Celery, and Sammy.

The scene ends and the next one starts up. If this had been written in current day, SJM would’ve added a chapter cliffhanger here.

Hours later, no one noticed—or if they did, they certainly didn’t care—when two cloaked figures slipped into two rowboats and headed toward the slave ships hovering several hundred yards offshore.

UHHHHHHHHHHHH I’M GONNA SAY THE FORMER BECAUSE????? Who wouldn’t think two cloaked people heading for the ship with slaves on it was suspicious??? Do all the pirates have mashed potatoes for brains????

It hadn’t taken long for word to get out that Arobynn Hamel’s assassins had opened a celebratory tab at the tavern, and even as they had strode to the docks, pirates were already streaming the other way toward the inn.

Even so, they still have guards on watch?? Rofle specifically said this earlier??? This fuckin’ book.

Celery and Sam make it to the ships and give each other a signal, ending the chapter. I’m ready for this snoozefeast to be over.

#the worm talks #the worm reads: tab #anti sjm #anti tab #anti tog

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michelles-garden-of-evil · 5 years ago

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Episode 14 Review: The Lady Doth Detest Too Much

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Another day has almost passed. Another day and another entry in this death diary. Oh Erica, my darling, still there is no way that you have come back to me.

Having grown bored(?) of recording his tape journal, Jean Paul has switched to writing a more traditional diary instead, which he stores in the crypt. I prefer the tape diary: Jean Paul’s tape recorder is retro and says “I am a wealthy eccentric” in a way that a store-bought blank book does not.

Alison comes to visit Jean Paul in the crypt and be a Debbie Downer, insisting that there is and will never be a way to revive Erica. If this were real life, she would probably be right--most scientists do not believe it possible to resurrect a cryogenically-preserved corpse--but this is Strange Paradise, a show with living and undead characters who are over 300 years old, portraits that appear and disappear at will, and a villain whose cause of death was a voodoo doll. Alison herself has called the island “evil” in previous episodes and blamed Jacques for her distress there, so she has no reason not to believe in the slight chance of Erica’s resurrection. I think that her disbelief is just wishful thinking, since, despite a few other glaring flaws (namely, the “on this island I am God” thing, a short temper, and a tendency to occasionally use too much self-tanner), he is a highly desirable catch. And, based on her reaction to her dream about Jacques, she desires him, too.

And now for Flaw #4: he’s passive-aggressive. Jean Paul, you know very well what she was implying, and it was *not* that you should commit suicide. She wants you to live, and for you to love her.

She tells Jean Paul, “you’re too young...to let Erica’s loss of life completely destroy yours,” and he responds, “Without her, I have no life.” I do think that he should take the advice that Jacques gave him episodes earlier and sleep with Alison--once they both get past the whole in-law thing, that is.

She enters the Great Hall and approaches Jacques’ portrait. “Why am I drawn to you, Jacques Eloi des Mondes?” she asks. “Or am I drawn to the man who resembles you so?” The portrait vanishes, she freaks out again over her crush on her brother-in-law, and, a moment later, Jacques enters through a doorway other than the one that leads to the crypt. (How exactly is Maljardin laid out? I thought the doors on stage right led outside, while the upstage ones led to the crypt.) Jacques comments about her being a “secret admirer” of him, and she denies it:

Alison: "Come now, Jean Paul! Just because I happen to find the picture magnetizing, that's not to say I would find the man."

Jacques: "Perhaps he would have been even more captivating in the flesh."

Alison: "With his reputation? Raxl says he was a murderer!"

Jacques: "History says he was a lover."

Alison: “A strange combination.”

Jacques: “Strange man. Attractive, repulsive, add it up. It’s almost like looking into a mirror.”

Yum!

Alison gets some dialogue paraphrased from earlier episodes about how Jean Paul acts like two different men, which Jacques handwaves: “I would be a poor imitation of a man to be dispensing sorrow and gloom all the time,” he says. “We have to have a little happiness to pop into our lives.” He pours some booze from the decanter and offers it to Alison, who refuses because she has a brain and that brain tells her that accepting drinks from unpredictable guys is a bad idea. So Jacques keeps the glass for himself and proceeds to gleefully poison Jean Paul’s liver.

“To a long stay on Maljardin,” he toasts.

Alison sighs. “Seems I have no choice about that.”

“No, Alison. You are completely the mistress of your own fate.”

“You said that you won’t allow me to leave!” she protests.

“Well, it’s simply because you’re a physician. Due to the unfortunate demise of Dr. Menkin,”--he makes a certain fake-innocent face as though he thinks that will make her not suspect him of murder--”I need you to advise and assist for Erica’s sake.”

She’s not buying it.

After some more recap, Alison remarks again about the changes in Jean Paul’s demeanor: “When I first met you and Erica first introduced us, your life was dedicated to spreading joy. Now you seem dedicated to just the opposite.”

I don’t know what this silly acting face is supposed to signify. That the buzz from his liquor just kicked in, maybe? That he’s fantasizing about shagging Alison on the couch in full view of Raxl? I’m going to guess both.

After the commercial break, Jacques passes in front of the camera specifically so we can see his ring. (Why did the directors and/or writer think that the audience needed to be constantly reminded when he's controlling Jean Paul?) “Alison, I have a secret which must remain a secret, and the people who are here all could possibly reveal it,” he explains.

“So, we’re all prisoners?” she asks. “Holly, Elizabeth, Tim Stanton?”

“And whoever else comes to this island. But ‘prisoners’ is such a harsh word, Alison, now. Actually, I prefer the technology ‘detained guests.’“

I love this line, probably because the "blackmail is such an ugly word" trope always amuses me. (Some other people call it a cliché, but "cliché" is too harsh a word. I prefer "trope," and not a discredited one, either.) Also, a line flub (which is perhaps also too harsh--I prefer "creative line interpretation"). I had to listen to it twice to determine whether it was really a line flub creative line interpretation or just YouTube misunderstanding Jacques’ Mid-Atlantic accent again (since obviously he means "terminology"), but he definitely says "technology."

So she, the Marshalls, and Tim are “detained guests,” whom Jacques is keeping there as a “precaution” until Erica is resurrected. She’s not convinced. His flimsy justification of his behavior complete, he re-focuses his energy on trying to seduce Alison, but she won’t have it. “I find you and everything you’ve done distasteful and revolting,” she insists, and he responds with the title of this review:

He’s making the same face as earlier, only it actually makes sense this time. Maybe the buzzed expression was actually supposed to be an evil smirk?

Oh, but just before that, he makes Bissits Face™. Lots of silly acting faces in this one!

Jacques starts talking about a doctor in Copenhagen who specialized in organ transplants, making me wonder how the hell Jacques knows about that. Are we missing part of the conversation during his meeting with the Cryonics Society in Episode 4 where Dr. Patton or one of his assistants told him about it? Did he read about it, perhaps while possessing Jean Paul? Did he spy on Jean Paul reading something about it? Or does he know because he’s supposedly the Devil and therefore knows everything? That would also explain how Jacques knows phrases like “jack you up by the bootstraps”* and why he references other modern things like merry-go-rounds** in later episodes. But wasn’t he trapped in his grave on Maljardin, unable to re-enter the world of the living until Jean Paul removed the silver pin from the conjure doll’s head? When he was trapped and presumably stuck in Hell, how did he learn about technological advances in the world above? So many unanswered questions and plot holes. I think I’ve spent way too much time analyzing this show.

Cut to a filler/recap scene with Matt and Vangie where he confirms what everyone surely already suspects about him:

He’s gone from full-time minister and part-time stalker to full-time stalker.

Meanwhile, Jacques has hijacked (hi-Jacqued?) Jean Paul’s tape journal and records a threatening message for him in a deliciously menacing voice:

Jacques: "Now hear this, Jean Paul. The next time you record your little message for your sweet darling Erica, you will make sure if you ever hope to see her again or that she will ever hear this message again that you do as I bid--which means with me in possession of your soul, you'll see to it that your guests follow my every request. And for you, that is a command!"

Back at the French Leave Café, Vangie tells Matt that, as a minister, he needs to travel to Maljardin “where [he] will eventually be” to fight the evil there. I forgot until I re-watched this episode that she said she was related to Raxl, which I’ll note in this entry because it only comes up once (that I remember). She also makes the baffling claim that Jacques is the Antichrist, which doesn’t make any sense. The plot of this show, both up until this point and after, has nothing to do with the Book of Revelation beyond both involving the Devil. I’m guessing that is another creative line interpretation and the actual line from the script is “the Devil walks on that island.”

I love her blouse. So much ruffly goodness!

She gives him a deck of tarot cards to take to Raxl, and he expresses some apprehension since he still considers Vangie’s divination witchcraft. Nevertheless, he reluctantly agrees, mostly because Holly is there and he claims he genuinely wants to help her. Perhaps he does genuinely care about her, but he will always be Reverend Stalker to me.

Meanwhile, back on Maljardin...

ROFL

Jacques lights a fire because it’s not hot enough for him on Maljardin and things need to be much hotter Oh, wait, it’s actually Jean Paul lighting the fire to “help cheer up the room a little bit.” Never mind. Maybe they should have included some in-your-face THIS IS JEAN PAUL shots to go with their THIS IS JACQUES ones. But it doesn’t matter. He isn’t wearing the ring anymore and he’s back to talking like Jean Paul and making normal facial expressions again. “You’ve changed again!” Alison exclaims. “He is possessing you! If I believed in witchcraft, I would believe Raxl.” It sounds like you already believe, Alison, but aren’t willing to admit it.

Jean Paul apologizes to her for imprisoning her and making her put up with all Raxl’s shouting about the Devil. She, however, says that she “no longer consider[s] [her]self a prisoner” and plans to stay, because she is concerned about him and his well-being, especially when Jacques possesses him. The next exchange is quite sweet, so I will transcribe the dialogue:

Jean Paul: “Perhaps things now will be different. You know, for the first time since Erica’s death, I feel almost like a human being. I think I can even sleep now.”

Alison: “Just because I’ve said that I will stay here on Maljardin for a while?”

Jean Paul: “No. Because of what it means: that I’ll have a companion again.”

Awwww.

He leaves to go record a message on his tape recorder journal: Alison will stay, my darling. She said for a while, but her stay will be extended again and again as long as her presence lends even the tiniest margin of safety for you. Well, there’s many other things, too, about Alison: the fact that she volunteered...

*outro drums and flute*

During his recording, the ending theme cuts him off and we don't get to hear the rest of his message. WTF? I swear, the writers (especially in the last four weeks of the Maljardin arc) sometimes act like they hate the Jean Paul/Alison pairing.

Overall, a genuinely good episode. Not one of the most exciting, but still a nice one with some important character development for both Alison and Jean Paul. I just wish they wouldn’t have cut off his speech at the end.

I probably won’t be posting another review later this week unless I get really eager to write about the next episode. It’s another important one, featuring the elusive Conjure Man who so far has only been alluded to, and there’s some stuff in it that I find interesting. But I’ve been re-watching early Desmond Hall and privately taking the piss out of things like Ron Sproat’s blatant self-plagiarism and pretty much everything to do with Cort, so I’ve been a little distracted. I’ll see you sometime next week--probably.

Notes

* “Jack up” in the metaphorical sense dates from 1904, while “pull oneself up by the bootstraps” dates from just seventy years earlier and may have been loosely inspired by a legend about the Baron von Münchhausen. A man from the 17th century would not be familiar with either phrase.

** In the 16th and 17th centuries, the term carrousel already existed, but it referred to a kind of horse ballet and not to a ride. The ride gets its name from the carrousel.

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#strange paradise #gothic soap opera #week 3 #episode 14 #review #maljardin arc #ian martin #favorite episodes #bissits face #creative line interpretation #detained guests #jacques/alison #jean paul/alison #passive aggressive jean paul #tape recorder journal #what am i doing with my life

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im-no-jedi · 8 years ago

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here’s the second post of questions for my Voltron OCs! these are about my sweet boy, Tyzh:

1. What do they smell like? - he smells very clean like all the time, he’s the cleanest smelling Galra you’ll ever meet LOL

2. What is their voice like? - John Boyega

3. What is their biggest motivator? - fear tbh, he does everything out of fear

4. What is their most embarrassing memory? - too many to name LOL

5. How do they deal with/react to pain? - crying, sobbing, that sort of thing

6. What do they like to wear? - he wears his armor all the time, it’s the only clothes he has

7. Which of their relationships have impacted them most positively? - Thace, because he was the first person to ever be nice to Ty, and Fae because she gave him a second chance and gave him a new home away from the Galra army

8. What’s the weirdest thing they’ve ever eaten? - all Altean food is weird LOL

9. Describe the way that they sleep. - he struggles getting to sleep sometimes, and he will wake up at the drop of a hat. thunderstorms are the worst, he’ll stay awake through the whole storm, poor baby

10. What is their favorite food/kind of food? - he likes veggies and other foods like that, he’s not much of a meat eater

11. What do they feel most insecure about? - everything LOL

12. How do they like to dress? - after moving into the castle, he mostly wears his suit minus the armor, so it’s just a skin-tight bodysuit most of the time LOL

13. How do they react to feelings of guilt? - he’ll get very upset, probably start crying

14. How do they react to/deal with betrayal? - again, he’ll get upset and start crying

15. What is their greatest achievement? - despite how much he hates it, he’s actually a really good shot, like he hardly ever misses LOL

16. What are they like when they’ve gotten too little sleep? - he’s used to not getting a lot of sleep, so nothing too different

17. What are they like when they’re drunk? - very VERY hyper. he’d probably literally start bouncing off the walls LOL

18. What kind of music do they enjoy? - anything calm and relaxing, he’d probably listen to a lot of classical music on earth

19. Are they right or left handed? - right

20. Fears? - everything

21. Favorite kind of weather? - a nice, sunny day, maybe a gentle breeze, anything that’s relaxing

22. Favorite color? - he loves the color pink, idek why, he just thinks it’s a really pretty color. he would absolutely wear pink clothes on earth LOL

23. Do they collect anything? - no, but he’d probably start collecting books to read if given the chance

24. Do they prefer either hot or cold weather more? - neither, they both make him uncomfortable LOL

25. What is their eye color? - yellow

26. What is their race/ethnicity? - Galra

27. Hair color? - he’s purple all over, but has a white strip of hair that goes from his forehead all the way down to the bottom of his neck; he keeps it pulled into a tiny ponytail at the bottom of his neck all the time

28. Are they happy where they are currently? - oh yes, very happy, for the first time in his life *cries softly*

29. Are they a morning person? - he’s been conditioned to be so, but he sleeps in whenever he can

30. Sunrise or sunset? - sunset

31. Are they more messy or more organized? - organized, he doesn’t like clutter

32. Pet peeves? - when other people are making noise while he’s trying to get some peace and quiet

33. Do they own any objects of significant personal importance? - no, he doesn’t have anything except his armor and his gun

34. Least favorite food? - the frickin food goo LOL

35. Least favorite color? - black and purple... (this has no affect on his feelings about Shiro tho)

36. Least favorite smell? - whatever the food goo smells like :P

37. When was the last time they cried? - he cries like all the time idk

38. Were they with anybody the last time they cried? - again idk, maybe? Fae tries to comfort him when he cries about stuff

39. Tell us about one of the times they got injured? - he’s gotten slapped in the face for disobeying orders before...

40. Do they have any scars? - probably just a few small ones?

41. Do they struggle with any mental health issues? - maaaaaajor PTSD from all the crap he had to go through in the Galra army. especially in regards to all the people he’s had to kill...

42. Do they have any bad habits? - he tends to freak out over the smallest things, everything’s a big deal to him apparently LOL

43. Why might someone dislike them? - he could definitely come across as pathetic and weak to someone else

44. Why might someone love them? - he’s an absolute sweetheart and so gentle and kind, and you better believe he’d fight to protect his friends

45. Do they believe in ghosts? - unfortunately LOL

46. Is there anyone they would trust with their lives? - Fae and the paladins, Allura and Coran, and the Blade of Marmora

47. Are they romantically interested in anyone? - sort of? he has strong feelings for Fae, romantic or not

48. Are they dating/married to anyone? - if Fae didn’t get with Keith, she would probably end up with Ty instead

49. Do they like surprises? - N O

50. When is their birthday? - sometime in the fall, no exact date yet

51. How do they usually celebrate their birthday? - he’s never had his birthday celebrated before :c

52. Do they have any family? - nope, he doesn’t remember his real family at all. Fae and the paladins are the closest thing he has to family now

53. Are they close to their family? - he’s only really close to Fae

54. What is their MBTI type? - he came out as ISFJ! just like me! :D

55. What is their zodiac sign? - *shrugs*

56. What Hogwarts House would they be in? - probably Hufflepuff

57. What D&D alignment are they? - Lawful Neutral, definitely

58. Do they ever have nightmares? If so, what about? - his life is a friggin nightmare ROFL

59. What are their views on death? - terrible, awful, he hates it so much

60. What is something that they’re sure to laugh at? - he doesn’t really laugh too much; Fae tries to get him to laugh sometimes, and she’s the only one who can do it, no one else knows how to make him laugh

61. When bored, how do they pass time? - he’d probably listen to music and/or start humming or singing, he gets music stuck in his head all the time

62. Do they enjoy being outside? - nooooo too many scary things

63. Do they have an accent? - British, like John Boyega’s real voice

64. Upon seeing a slice of chocolate cake, what is their first reaction? - he has no idea wtf that thing is, it looks like feces, GET IT AWAY

65. If they knew they were going to die, what would they do/say? - he would just cry a lot and cling to whoever was closest to him

66. How do they feel about sex? - ok I guess? he’s never really had time to think about it, plus he doesn’t think anyone would ever wanna do it with him...

67. What is their sexuality? - hetero. but he miiiight be bi-romantic, I’m not sure...

68. Do they become squeamish at the sight of blood? - heck yeah, he gags at the sight of it

69. Is there anything that they find really gross? - too many things to name LOL

70. Which TV Trope(s) best describes them? - COWARDLY LION

71. Do they enjoy helping people? - yes, as long as nothing bad happens

72. Are they allergic to anything? - I don’t think so

73. Do they have a pet? - nope

74. Are they quick to anger? What are they like when they loose their temper? - he like, never gets angry, only kinda frustrated sometimes

75. How patient are they? - usually pretty patient, unless there’s something scary or threatening around, then GET HIM TF OUTTA THERE

76. Are they good at cooking? - probably not, he has no idea how to cook LOL

77. Favorite insult? Do they insult people often? - nope, he doesn’t wanna pick fights

78. How do they act when they’re particularly happy? - he giggles when he’s really happy, it’s adorable X3

79. What do they do when they learn about other people’s fears? - he tries to be encouraging and tell them at least they’re not scared of everything like he is LOL

80. Are they trustworthy? - yes, despite what you might think. if you need him, he’ll come through for you, absolutely

81. Do they try to hide their emotions? Are they good at it? - no he’s VERY open about his emotions and feelings

82. Do they exercise regularly? - he used to when he was in the army, but not so much on the castle, he’d rather chill all the time LOL

83. Are they comfortable with the way they look? - he’s never really thought about the way he looks before? so yeah I guess??

84. What are some physical features that they find attractive on people? - physical strength and just being able to protect him if he needed it haha

85. What kind of personalities do they find attractive? - supportive, friendly, and sympathetic

86. Do they like sweet foods? - yes, but he rarely gets to eat them until he moves into the castle

87. What is their age? - 21 human years

88. Are they tall or short or somewhere in between? - very tall, he’s one of the taller Galras actually

89. Do they wear glasses or contacts? - nope, but he would look SO cute in glasses OMG *3*

90. Do they consider themselves attractive? - *shrugs*

91. What is their sense of humor like? - he only finds specific people funny AKA just Fae LOL

92. What mood are they most often in? - P A N I C

93. What kinds of things anger them? - when someone he cares about gets hurt

94. Outlook on life? - everything is out to get me nowhere’s safe I’m probably gonna die tomorrow slkdjfguifdksjd

95. What kind of things make them sad/depressed? - when he feels like he’s let someone down... including himself...

96. What is their greatest weakness? - thinking he’s not as brave as he actually is and just not having confidence in himself at all

97. What is their greatest strength? - the fact that he IS really brave when he wants to be and that he’s super reliable in a pinch

98. Something that they regret? - being a part of the Galra army at all

99. Biggest accomplishment? - putting his skills to good use with the paladins instead of the Galra army

#MY SWEET BOY THAT I LOVE VERY MUCH #these helped me develop him better yay #found out some very interesting things about him because of this LOL #he's so great I love him so much #X3 #Voltrunz #OC: Ty #my OCs

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strongjooheon · 8 years ago

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im literally in bed doing nothing so i should do this while i can

tagged by @kihyuninq thanks hun <333

1. Nickname: Dawny

2. Gender: female

3. Star Sign: Pisces

4. Height: 5′5″ (168 cm)

5. Time: 10:49 pm

6. Birthday: March 4th

7. Favorite Bands/Groups: this is gonna be so long omg. Monsta X, KNK, VAV, Block B, SVT, iKON, NCT(all units), K.A.R.D, 2PM, SHINee, DAY6, Victon, VIXX, GOT7, SISTAR (i cri), CNBLUE, SF9, EXO, Bigbang, BTS, BTOB, B.A.P, etc. im just gonna stop here im sorry

8. Favorite Solo Artists: HA. THIS ISNT GONNA BE SHORT EITHER Jay Park, Eddy Kim, Roy Kim, Sam Kim (all the kims), Zion T, Crush, Simon D, Loco, DEAN, Zico (he counts right?), I’M (not i.m, but you should look him up! as well as these next 2), Owol, Ovan, Heize, Brother SU, Mad Clown, Yoo Seung Woo, etc. there’s so many amazing artists holy and theyre all my faves

9. Song Stuck In My Head: Happy - WJSN -.-

10. Last Movie I Watched: lmao wtf are movies HA i only know video games i think i saw 5 minutes of Avatar in the hotel room from my road trip

11. Last Show I Watched: How I Met Your Mother (yet again in the hotel room)

12. When Did I Create My Blog: 8 months ago?? archive says December 14th 2016 o.o

13. What Do I Post: mostly mx (tbh jooheon and i.m with sprinkles of wonho and shownu + specks of hyunwon, minhyuk and kihyun rofl) but im 40% multifandom so chances are im reblogging basically anything concerning nct, exo, knk and svt + specifically namjoon or jin of bts

14. Last Thing I Googled: VAV Flower (you) lyrics

15. Do You Have Other Blogs: i have a theme testing blog that is really just an excuse to keep the first url i wanted

16. Do You Get Asks: not really tbh, only a few when i do ask games

17. Why Did You Choose Your URL: because of Jooheons song Stay Strong and how much i love my bby and want him to be strong and face anything and everything with as much strength as he can

18. Following: 316 (shit thats a lot, my multifandom ass is a hoe)

19. Followers: 98 :> and i love every single one of you

20. Favorite Colors: blue, purple and black

21. Average Hours of Sleep: lol what’s sleep? never heard of it maybe 5 sometimes 12

22. Lucky Number: 4 :D

23. Instruments: i used to play the trombone in junior high?? i tried the guitar but i gave up :>

24. What Am I Wearing: uuuh, a shirt with an owl on it and sports shorts

25. How Many Blankets I Sleep With: 1

26. Dream Job: anything with computers tbh, but specifically maybe IT in a big company

27. Dream Trip: around the world in 80 days 8D

28. Favorite Food: like, type? Chinese food, but i really love macaroni and mashed potatoes??

29. Nationality: Nicaraguan American??? (both my parents are from Nicaragua in central america but they moved to the u.s during the war, so i was born in the u.s. i know english mainly and spanish my mom taught at home)

30. Favorite Song Now: MIND CONTROL - TOPSECRET GUYS YOU GOTTA CHECK IT OUT, ITS SO CATCHY AND THE MV IS ADORABLY HILARIOUS

31. Name: Dawn on the internet rofl but my real name is Alexandra, i dont sue it online just cause it’s easier to use Dawn when that’s what i’ve used for the longest time

32. Orientation: straight as far as i know ;D

33. Relationship status: single af booooiiii that’s probably why holy

34. Biggest fear: not having a future :/

35. Fave movie: Anastasia

36. Fave fruit: peach

37. Fave season: spring baaaaabby

38. Fave flower: shit idk flowers, the classic rose it is

39. Fave scent: that brand new unopened album smell 8) jk i think its lavender or something

40. Fave animal: CATS <3333

41. Fave fictional character: The jooheon in my dreams probably the punisher

42. Favorite books: i dont read books any more but i sued to love the Maximum Ride series from James Patterson

43. Favorite beverage: Sprite or Boba

BTS themed asks: Would You Rather- Monsta X themed asks: Would You Rather - (i decided to change it lmao)

- build a snowman with Jooheon OR have a snowball fight with Minhyuk - get coffee with Wonho OR get ice-cream with Wonho - go to the cinema with Hyungwon OR the amusement park with Shownu - do a dance cover with Shownu OR sing a duet with kihyun - kiss Minhyuk OR cuddle Hyungwon - babysit with Kihyun OR dogsit with I.M - meet Minhyuk’s family OR have Wonho meet your family - film a commercial with Shownu OR film a sketch with Jooheon - hug Hyungwon OR hold hands with Kihyun - go to paris with Minhyuk OR London with I.M - Film a drama with Jooheon OR do a photo shoot with Wonho - attend an award show with Kihyun OR wear couple t-shirts at the airport with Hyungwon - spend a lazy day with Hyungwon OR explore a city with Jooheon - fall asleep next to Shownu OR wake up next to Wonho i legit just ruined myself - have a fun picnic with Minhyuk OR a fancy date with I.M - have Wonho serenade you OR have kihyun sing you to sleep - have a dance party with Jooheon OR sing karaoke with Hyungwon - go camping with Shownu and I.M OR go to the beach with Kihyun and Jooheon - have a sleep over with the hyung line OR a birthday party with the maknae line - celebrate Halloween with Jooheon, Minhyuk and Kihyun OR Christmas with Shownu, Wonho, I.M and Hyungwon

shit i made that so hard for myself

i tag: @floofta-x @icedwonho @wonhosflower @jooheonster @kittyminhyuk @sweetheartwonho @1changkyvn @shownx @sh0wnu @warmwonho

#tag games #mentions #i shoulda just changed it to bias/bias wrecker #but w.e

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resbang-bookclub · 8 years ago

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AMA Transcript: Pell Grant Matrimony

This weekend, @marshofsleep, @sojustifiable (known as Amanda on Discord), @adorabbey and @tilliquoi braved yesterday's Discordacolypse in order to chat about their 2016 Resbang, Pell Grant Matrimony! Here's some of what went down:

Q: Please, give us a rundown of how this was conceived.

sleepmarshes:

sleepmarshes: It's almost been an entire year. We've lived with this sin for 11 months. Right, so, like, there was that tumblr post going around about how a bro realized he could help another bro out since gay marriage became legal, and they could get a green card. So my thought was, of course, this is Soul and (somebody).

Amanda: I believe this was the tweet marsh referenced when she first described the initial idea to me before we were collabing on it:

sleepmarshes: So, the setup would be Maka meets Soul and of course they hit it off because this is why we came here. But it turns out Soul is married.

sleepmarshes: Then we decided B* would be the best choice. He would be ultra gung ho about PDA. THEN, Amanda started signing up for financial aid, and she was like hey, what if we do it like this instead of green card? And then BAM, COLLEGE AU. Then it became a game of how many tropes, cliches, and memes we could pile in.

Amanda: And then when I was signing up for financial aid I also saw this post and was like hey alternate motivation: http://zhuy-doodles.tumblr.com/post/144803762284. How we ended up collabing and doing it for real was that I was talking to marsh about how I wasn't sure if I was going to do resbang or not, and that if i was, I wanted to do something silly. And she was like, hey you should do that thing I told you about. And I was like I can't do that, it's your thing. And she was like oh we can collab and then we made a blood pact.

sleepmarshes: Now we are borg.

Adorabear: Amanda, marsh, and I did a minecraft FRAND ritual. Very legit.

Q: How did the collab work?

sleepmarshes: At the time, I was busy with house building stuff and other things, so I knew I wasn't going to be able to help a whole lot.

Amanda: I imagine it works differently for different people but ours was a Process. When we discussed collabing we pretty much decided I would do the bulk of the writing while marsh would act as helicopter mom with plotting and everything.

sleepmarshes: HELICOPTER MOM omg. It me.

Amanda: So we plotted together and marsh would be like hey I know this is a joke but we need actual character motivation and shiz and then I started cranking out words. And then marsh trailed behind me, editing and making parts funnier and more coherent and filling in the scenes I was really struggling with.

sleepmarshes: She trucked right on man, just huge chunks. Well, I also kept throwing stupid ideas at you.

Q: Who came up with my daughter snappy, and also, how do you feed an alligator on student budget?

sleepmarshes: We don't talk about the budget.

Amanda: So once upon a time, I sent marsh this meme:

sleepmarshes: How DID that happen? This is clearly America.

Amanda: Just as a joke, I was like haha look at this meme and she was like fake gay fic??

sleepmarshes: I don't remember this but I believe it 100%.

Amanda: And I was like, not my intention, but okay, I can roll with it, they have an alligator now. Gained through some vague but nefarious means.

sleepmarshes: Snappy*Star. I think we decided [she was] smuggled from Disney World? I regret not making the epilogue about [Black*Star's] TV show.

Amanda: Yeah there were some interesting epilogue plans for when Snappy got too big to keep in an apartment. Black*Star was gonna have a TV show with Snappy I think on exotic pet care or maybe like, exercising with your pet. Just picture like, 3 years from the end of the fic, Soul and Maka are hanging out and turn on the TV to see the two of them.

Q for the artists: What inspired your arting decisions?

Adorabear: So I knew I'd do drinks, and wanted to do nail art (after getting a lot of encouragment from the resbang discord). I did some trial runs of the nail art shortly after the Resbang matchmaking.

Q: What inspired Queen Wes?

Amanda: Queen Wes appeared out of nowhere when I was writing the last 15k in three days and was in a delirious state of confusion.

Q: How did you two like collabing? Did it work well?

Amanda: I had a blast and think the collabing probably went better than either of us could've expected.

sleepmarshes: Oh yeah def. I've been terrfied to collab for years.

Amanda: Like, it ended up being even more collaborative with merging our writing styles so we just got this monster of laughs out of it. Tbh I was surprised that marsh even suggested collabing cuz I didn't think she did collabs.

sleepmarshes: I DON'T do collabs, but I get along with you so well I figured well, if anything'll work, it'll probably be this. Actually, Amanda did a lot of work on the timeline.

Amanda: More like I did a lot of work harrassing Marsh about the timeline because I need things to be linear.

sleepmarshes: Yeah I'm definitely not that.

Amanda: Let me pull up some parts of the outline for posterity. These are the kinds of notes Marsh makes in the outline:

These are the kinds of notes I make which are about 5% more coherent:

Q: Why Harvar with Wes? I think it was hilarious.

sleepmarshes: Uhhh well we knew we wanted Wes to hit on DTK. Why DID we hook him up with Harv? Just because Harv has put up with his shit for so long and won't leave him?

Amanda: We hooked him up with Harv because you love Harv and love shipping everyone with everyone else.

sleepmarshes: Ok this is probably true.

Amanda: Other random add in about shipping cuz I forgot we had another pm chatlog and found where we were discussing possible ships and I have this quote from marsh's shipping habits:

sleepmarshes: Can confirm, this is my hobby.

Q: Was there a line or joke or meme that made either of you legit laugh out loud when you realized it fit/it ended up in there?

sleepmarshes: Probably every meme we came into contact with?

Adorabear: Amanda and Marsh are basically the people on the date shoving all the breadsticks in their purse, but the breadsticks are memes. And their purse is overflowing, and they're going into the Olive Garden kitchen to get more breadstick memes.

Amanda: I think there was a lot of coming up with ridiculous lines and then having the other be like "wtf is wrong with you that's hilarious."

sleepmarshes: Yes, exactly that. As for drummer DTK....

Amanda: That was another last minute thing. We knew he was a math metal head but then I was like lol what if he shows up as a guest in the music festival?

sleepmarshes: ROFL when you said that I thought well man, if you wanna write it go for it. And then when I caught up to it for edits even I was surprised. I was like FUCK YEA.

Q: Did you guys have a playlist?

sleepmarshes: I didn't have a fic-specific one, personally. I think I was mostly listening to the Macabre Records mix and maybe a Sufjan Stevens album.

Amanda: I also didn't have any specific writing music, being a musician also I find music pretty distracting so the only music I can write to is if it blends together well and is really cohesive and doesn't have any distracting vocals. Hey, I was listening to Sufjan too. Carrie and Lowell.

sleepmarshes: SAME HAT oh I had uhhh. A Sun Came.

Amanda: And maybe some Seven Swans and some old Bon Iver and Iron and Wine sometimes. But basically I need a specific ambient music to write to as opposed to anything relevant.

sleepmarshes: There was a lot of dialogue in this fic, so I needed some chill stuff towards the end.

Q: Did you guys find any characters really challenging to write?

Amanda: I can't write DTK at all so I needed a lot of Marsh intervention in that camp.

sleepmarshes: DTK is uhhh very polite 'I care nothing about what you just said, let me do what i came here to do.' How happy do you expect goth burberry to be? Despite all that, he's got squishy innards [and] four smile muscles. I had Wes issues so his flamboyancy got a lot of help from Amanda.

Amanda: I turned Wes into a monster. Marsh did most of the bbq scene cuz I was quite stuck in the middle of it and wanted to keep steamrollering ahead.

sleepmarshes: We always knew Wes would be obnoxious but I was watching a lot of beauty gurus on YouTube at the time and like... stuff... happened.

Q: Does Tsubaki continue to be a badass pilates instructor after the story ends? Does B* continue to go to her classes? Q: DO THEY BECOME PARTNERS EVENTUALLY?

sleepmarshes: Maybe they can have a workout show together with Snappy the mascot.

Amanda: B* continues to be a big fan of her workout stuff and they're swolebuds.

Q: How goes Patti's Etsy?

sleepmarshes: She's always in business the more Snappy grows.

Amanda: I think we had another potential future ending in which Patti adopts Snappy and cares for her at a wildlife refuge when she gets too big. There were quite a few potential futures for the different people, especially as we were still playing shipping roulette.

Q: Is it really that easy to get divorced in America?

Amanda: Yes, at least as far as I'm aware. If it's not, then we're going with suspension of disbelief.

sleepmarshes: I mean, as long as both sides want it and no one raises a fuss, yeah no one cares.

Q: Why continue to call Kid 'Morty' instead of Kid?

sleepmarshes: Oh, man, idk, college AU with a guy named Death? I couldn't do it.

Amanda: Like, Kid isn't a name and if it's his stage name people wouldn't probably call him that all the time.

sleepmarshes: Bonus: Shinidaddy calling him Junior.

Amanda: Even with B* it's definitely a nickname, we just decided to go off the walls with his actual name. Like, what if instead of being Blake we call him something ridiculous?

Q: Does Blair ever give up the panty thieving?

sleepmarshes: Actually I had wanted that last sock Blair stole to actually belong to DTK, and he was going to find out at the festival, but I totally forgot. Disgruntled DTK with only one sock... chance missed.

Amanda: Just one of those things that slipped through the cracks in the last three days of screaming.

Q: How did Stein and Spirit move the car?

sleepmarshes: I don't know, I always figured Spirit just annoyed the heckie out of everyone in between parking spaces.

Amanda: I wanted to leave it ambiguous just to leave it like... how the fuck did they do that? Cuz they had to get the people to switch spots with them anyway, but then also had to get everyone to move to let them through too.

[a tilliquoi appears, there is much joy]

Same Q: What inspired your arting decisions?

tilliquoi: Hmmm well for Soul and Maka at the mailboxes, I liked it bc shark slippers and bc that was when they first met. And I drew Snappy and Wes just bc they're both fabulous and I couldnt resist.

Amanda: Both the showstealers of the fic.

Q: How did you make those pieces? What programs/materials did you use?

tilliquoi: They're all digital and done in photoshop. It's the only program i really use anymore.

Q: What made you go: Yes. That. This is the fic I want in the first place?

sleepmarshes: YEAH, I WANNA KNOW, TOO.

Adorabear: For me, I was looking for things that I knew I could make drinks for and uh, yeah, it looked fun af, and I like silly af shit.

tilliquoi: Well, last year I was an artist for another Marsh fic, coincidentally, and that one was a lot more serious. It was amazing but this year I wanted to go for something fun and ridiculous as a change of pace. When I read the summary for Pell Grant I was just thinking that I'd probably end up laughing the whole time, so I was like "that one. thats the fic I gotta art for."

sleepmarshes: When your claim came in I laughed SO HARD.

tilliquoi: Yeah it was pretty funny finding out you were one of the authors.

sleepmarshes: She had no idea I was involved.

Amanda: Marsh messaged me like "lol guess who claimed us" but wouldn't tell me until it was official.

Adorabear: Amanda and I were talking about my list, and she was in my Google doc watching me make my pics, watching me eliminate stuff.

Amanda: I was screaming inside because I couldn't let her know it was me.

sleepmarshes: We were both dying.

Adorabear: The joys of anon claiming, I guess.

Q: What are you guys' next projects?

Amanda: Uhhhh I should probably finish Strangers... but I've been focusing more on writing music lately and taking a break from fic, and then I have a couple back burner fics that I won't go into cuz I haven't decided if they'll be for a Resbang or not. Potential original fantasy story also, but I think working on more music is really gonna be the focus while I'm finishing school.

sleepmarshes: Strangers hype. I'm working on Quantum Entanglement, and intend on finishing Lodestar. Probably no Resbang ficcing for me this year, because I want to finish some fics and work on an original novel.

Adorabear: I'm not going to Reverb this year, but I think I'll Resbang art next year.

Q: Did you all ever have to reign each other in? Like were there moments you had to go whoa whoa whoa too much, too far, time to say when?

sleepmarshes: Uhm I think we were just a cycle of enabling, tbh.

Amanda: Confirmed: no reigning in nonsense, only enabling more and more batshit insanity.

Q: Anything not make the cut?

sleepmarshes: I think stuff that didn't make the cut were things we ran out of time for, since a large part of it was written in the last three days. Like I wanted Wes to have an obsession with cinnabon. I think there was more bean warfare.

Q: How did everyone, writers and artists, feel like they grew/changed/learned during the resbang season?

sleepmarshes: I think overall I learned there are more ways of collaborating in writing than I had thought. Like, I thought there was only some way with magical hand holding sentence by sentence and somehow no one committed murder. But like, we just delegated roles, she did the bulk of it, I did invasive betaing, and we talked in discord a lot about junk.

Amanda: I think my growth was just it being the first time I ever wrote that much in a short period of time. Like the last three days were crazy, but I didn't have any problems micromanaging cuz I was fine with just being like "yolo just make this better", for a murder free experience.

sleepmarshes: I was so worried at first about hurting your writing feelings. But then you were like JUST EDIT IT DON'T SUGGEST 200 THINGS.

Amanda: I don't have any writing feelings. JUST FIX IT MARSH MAKE IT BETTER. I'M WRITING AS FAST AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT ANYTHING I KNOW QUALITY IS SPOTTY.

sleepmarshes: After that it was just prancing through a field of yolo.

Amanda: I think both our collaboration and our friendship was helped severely by the fact that I don't have control issues or take anything personally, so invasive betaing was no sweat.

tilliquoi: I think if I learned anything or grew from this, it was in experimenting with coloring styles, particularly with that Wes drawing. That was pretty far out of my comfort zone in terms of how I usually color, but it made me a LOT less afraid to use excessive colors in places I wouldnt normally.

sleepmarshes: I had Wes open on all three monitors while I was editing. This is what it's like to have Wes on every channel:

Adorabear: I think for me, it was just a lot of confidence building in terms of my artwork, because I have been really nervous [about whether] my authors are going to like what I do, or [whether] they'll think I've done enough. I'm just a worrier.

sleepmarshes: Did you get ultra fast at cross stitch? Because that's certainly what it looked like.

Adorabear: I think I just motored through that one. I guess I have gotten faster. But I was like, in beast mode for that one. I am very pleased with it, though.

sleepmarshes: I love it.

Adorabear: Anyway, I think I feel more confident that the things I make are ~enough.~

sleepmarshes: THREE CHEERS FOR THE FAKE GAY FIC TEAM.

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Hacked Passwords Being Used In Blackmail Attempt — Expect More Of This

Last week I received the following email with my name and a very, very, very old password that I haven’t used in probably at least a decade in the subject line (even though I’m not longer using it, I’m editing it out of this because… it’s still weird):

I am aware, ********, is your pass word. You don’t know me and you’re probably wondering why you’re getting this mail, right?

In fact, I actually installed a malware on the adult videos (adult porn) site and there’s more, you visited this site to experience fun (you know what I mean). While you were watching videos, your internet browser initiated working as a RDP (Remote Desktop) having a key logger which provided me with access to your screen and cam. Immediately after that, my software collected all of your contacts from your Messenger, FB, and email.

What exactly did I do?

I created a double-screen video. First part displays the video you were watching (you have a nice taste rofl), and 2nd part shows the recording of your web cam.

exactly what should you do?

Well, I believe, $2900 is a reasonable price for our little secret. You’ll make the payment via Bitcoin (if you don’t know this, search “how to buy bitcoin” in Google).

BTC Address: [REDACTED] (It is cAsE sensitive, so copy and paste it)

Note: You have one day to make the payment. (I’ve a specific pixel in this e mail, and right now I know that you have read through this email). If I don’t receive the BitCoins, I will send your video recording to all of your contacts including members of your family, colleagues, and so forth. However, if I receive the payment, I will erase the video immidiately. If you really want evidence, reply with “Yes!” and I will send your video recording to your 9 friends. This is a non-negotiable offer, and thus do not waste my personal time and yours by responding to this message.

This was immediately obvious as a scam from a hacked database of passwords. Besides the fact that I haven’t used that particular password in ages (and even when I did, it was the password I used for “unimportant” sites), there are a whole bunch of other reasons why it was obvious that the email was fake and it would be literally impossible for the person to have whatever it was they claimed to have on me. I found it funny enough that I reached out to some other folks to see if this was getting around, and a few people told me they’d seen similar ones, noting that the final note about sending it to “9 friends” appeared to be an increase from the usual of “5” that they had seen before.

Indeed, Brian Krebs, who is always on top of these things, wrote a story about how a bunch of people got these emails last week. That one only asked for $1400, and also promised to send it to 5 friends. It has a few other slight differences to the one I received, but is pretty clearly sent by the same person/team of people with just a few modifications. Like the ones that Krebs reported on, mine appeared to come from an outlook.com email address. As Krebs notes, he expects that this particular scam is about to get a lot more popular, and will probably use a lot more recent set of passwords:

I suspect that as this scam gets refined even more, perpetrators will begin using more recent and relevant passwords — and perhaps other personal data that can be found online — to convince people that the hacking threat is real. That’s because there are a number of shady password lookup services online that index billions of usernames (i.e. email addresses) and passwords stolen in some of the biggest data breaches to date.

Alternatively, an industrious scammer could simply execute this scheme using a customer database from a freshly hacked Web site, emailing all users of that hacked site with a similar message and a current, working password. Tech support scammers also may begin latching onto this method as well.

And, at the very least, this scam appears to be working. It’s unclear just how many people are receiving these emails — and how many people are pointed to the same Bitcoin wallet address to pay — but the one that Krebs included in his post shows a single payment of approximately $2000. When I first got the email the Bitcoin wallet address in the email I received showed no transactions, but I just looked again and there are two transactions, both within a day of when I received the email (one for .23 Bitcoins or ~$1600 and another for 0.3 Bitcoins or ~$2,000).

Of course, this should be a warning for everyone on a variety of levels:

Use a password manager already, and stop saying they’re too difficult to use. They are not.

Use 2 factor authentication wherever possible

Cover your webcam with a sticker or tape or something when not in use

Don’t believe every stupid threat email you receive

Don’t randomly pay money to every stupid emailer who pretends to threaten you

Anyway, it will be worth watching how this particular scam evolves, but as Krebs notes, it’s likely we’ll be seeing it a lot more often as it seems to hit all the key points for a popular internet scam these days.

Hacked Passwords Being Used In Blackmail Attempt — Expect More Of This