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here's the thing.

a young woman suddenly saddled with raising her younger sibling who ultimately has to accept that she isn't up to the task and it'd be better for her sibling to live in a stable and loving home with a family friend, leading to a bittersweet ending where the siblings remain in contact and still love each other, but must accept living apart at least for the time being, could be an interesting and compelling character.

but that character isn't nani pelekai.

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Frozen: After years of longing I am finally reunited with my sister whom I love.

Frozen II: Bye.

Wreck-It Ralph: After years of abuse and neglect I've made a friend who admires and respects me.

Ralph Breaks The Internet: Bye.

Lilo and Stitch: After years of struggle and trauma I've made friends who admire and respect me and I can stay united with my sister whom I love.

Lilo and Stitch (2025): Bye.

Disney, do you have something you need to talk about? Any issues? Anything at all?

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Scent recommendations for Edmund!

I know I’ve said this for almost every other character, but Mahogany Teakwood works even better for him than it does for the others. Super deep, musky wood scent, makes me think of old libraries and the heavy scent in the air from old, untouched rooms.

In the same vein as the above, pine and balsam (think Christmas trees). Fresh Balsam and Fresh Fall Morning are my favorites from BBW, but they’re seasonal: the best year-round would probably be their men’s Forest scent. Any of their mens’ scents with wood in them will have the right balance of musk and wood for Edmund, though.

Vanilla, but not the soft vanilla that most fragrances have in them, the really sharp scent of vanilla extract. Bonfire Bash is really close to this if you want to try that, but honestly there’s nothing that works quite as well as pure vanilla extract. Anything else that might remind you of old books works well too, but they always smell like vanilla to me.

Oranges, specifically mandarin, fit him perfectly. I’m not sure why, because most other citrus I would say works better for Peter or Lucy, but I associate mandarin super strongly with Edmund.

Requested by @ella-enchanted-42

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Edmund

Edmund smells like old books and forests: he’s soft and subtle and crisp.

He spends most of his time in the library, drinking in knowledge like a dying man, and the scent of old books seems to cling to him no matter how often he bathes.

He quickly becomes an expert at chess, surpassing everyone else in Narnia within months, and he’s good at connecting those theoretical tactics to the battlefield.

He’s hardly ever angry, and his reaction to being deceived is usually to laugh and give them credit for getting one over on him.

In fact, he volunteers to take over the responsibilities of ambassador to Archenland just so he can visit his friends and reminisce about Cor and Corin switching places on him. He’s constantly encouraging them to go get in trouble and Aravis thinks he’s hilarious.

He’s quiet around outsiders, though, and very few people ever truly know him. His smiles are rare and soft.

He grows his hair to his shoulders and keeps it like that, no matter how often Susan complains that it looks messy and disheveled, and he never brushes it.

His favorite food is oranges, although he can’t seem to place why: it’s because he always got them in his stocking at Christmastime, back in England.

He likes to wander the forests at night, even when he goes back to England: it’s easier for him to think when no one else is around, and he loves the scents of the different trees.

The woodsy smells cling as tightly to him as the books, and eventually Lucy starts making him soap with woodsy scents.

Peter worries about him alone at night, but the trees would never allow their gentle prince to come to harm or tell the secrets that he whispers to them.

He doesn’t go out much in the winter, though. He prefers to stay inside, by the fireplace and the crackling logs, preferably with his siblings by his side to distract him from the memories that flood his nightmares.

He never uses sleighs and he nearly has a breakdown when the Calormene ambassador comes in one with bells on it.

But when he wakes up screaming from his nightmares, at least one of his siblings is always there.

And they sit by the fire together with hot chocolate or cider until he’s ready to fall asleep again.

He’s incredibly competitive and he loves going to tournaments in Peter’s place to see the looks on the knights’ faces when a “lesser king” beats them without even breaking a sweat.

Edmund smells like books and bark and citrus and secrets.

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in honor of the upcoming knives out mystery

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im watching knives out for the first time and why did nobody tell me how silly this guy is????

HE IS SUCH A GOOFY GOOBER I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I DIDNT EXPECT HIM TO BE THIS SILLY

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You don’t understand how GOOD it is to me that Benoit Blanc isn’t a hero. He isn’t a savior, he isn’t a vigilante. He is 100000% focus on the law and what is legal and just in the eyes of said law. That’s why it works SO WELL that the people he’s helping are women/ of color and he’s a white man. He just puts the pieces together - the women themselves are who save the day and get what they deserve. He only EVER helps them, and gives them the tools they need. He hates cruelty and selfishness (which of course always pin him against the rich, GOD) and I think it’s really beautiful that when Marta insists she’s being treated well and almost confesses, he stops her, but he doesn’t force her to keep the house. He doesn’t even get Ransom committed - Marta lying about Fran dying got him to confess, and Benoit had NOTHING to do with that. Marta succeeded because of her kindness and follow through and determination, and only almost failed because she was too trusting with the wrong people. The same thing with Helen. When it came down to them failing, Miles winning, the letter burned - he didn’t do anything. He just handed her some liquid courage and turned and LEFT. Everything else that happened was ENTIRELY UP TO HER and she succeeded entirely on her own. He gave her the truth, helped her gather the courage to take what she was owed, and watched her burn down Miles Bron with her own two hands. GOD these movies are so poetic and well done and layeredddddd every detail is so important I’m going to cry

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So many modern detectives have tried to emulate Sherlock Holmes, and none of them have even come CLOSE to touching Benoit Blanc. That man is Holmes' true spiritual successor. He's a silly little guy. He's gay. He's a drama queen. He has impeccable fashion sense. He loves music. He works with the cops but refuses to work for them. His voice is both goofy and incredibly fun to listen to. He sucks at playing Clue and Among Us. He mopes in the bathtub for weeks when he doesn't have a case. He loves hanging out with The Girls but gets incredibly uncomfortable when women flirt with him. The only reason he can afford his gorgeous downtown apartment is because his husband works a real job.* The only thing he hates more than Rich Assholes are Stupid Rich Assholes. He solved a double (attempted triple) homicide and the thing that made him most upset was plagiarism. He supports women's rights and women's wrongs. He refuses to break the law himself but actively encourages his client to commit arson.

And, most importantly, he and Holmes would fucking love each other. If most of the modern day detectives inspired by Holmes ever met him, he would probably want to kill them with hammers, but he and Blanc would probably end up being penpals and sending each other newspaper clippings about crime or some shit. And I can absolutely envision a teenage Blanc reading the Holmes stories and being like, "Wait, being a silly little gay private detective is a viable career option? Well, I guess I've finally found my calling in life."

Anyway I love the Benoit Blanc movies and I hope they make a million of them

*confirmed by Rian Johnson

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i want him

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crumb is babygirl <3

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I love how the costumes differ between Justine and Putrice, and Lucy and Rancilda, the messier hairstyles are obvious, but they also add corset belt things to keep the skin suits tight

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Ella: I wish you nothing but defeat

Stepmother: And I want nothing from you but da feet

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No yall don’t understand, Putrice and Rancilda didn’t have skin suits the entire time Ella knew them only for her to have one good day with her childhood friends and with people who don’t hate her, only for her stepsisters to wear their skin

Cinderellas castle is a horror musical if you think about the implications

Additional: the last thing Ella sees before she dies is her best friends corpses taunting her

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Capricorn can be a loyal caregiver, quietly empathetic, surprisingly tender, and has intense protective instincts.

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I'm sad. Ava got fired. She did it for the good thing. She made Abbott better. Please reinstate MY principal. I have to wait for ANOTHER week. 😭😭😭 It was a BAD day for avanine, too. The way Janine defended Ava, I mean all of Abbott, too. But Janine even went to Ava's office while she was packing. Why do they do this? I'm heartbroken right now. I need Ava being consoled by Janine. I can't do deal with this rn 😩