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I don't know who the Butcher is

Here's Nina in a very specific AU

According to the color pencil her jacket is a shade of green, which it's supposed to be, though it looks rather blue here

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Well, it's not a superhero AU. But Nina is still the good person she always is, so hero? Don't want to give too many spoilers because I may actually finish writing it someday, but she does do some morally questionable things while under orders from Anubis and Osiris, but she doesn't have much if any choice about it

Here's Nina in a very specific AU

According to the color pencil her jacket is a shade of green, which it's supposed to be, though it looks rather blue here

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House of Anubis cared so much about making sure they weren't rushing certain aspects of the storytelling, they'd have up to three episodes about the same day, or even just the same evening.

Like, what other show out there has enough plot to last over numerous episodes?

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and the worst part is google doesn't even answer the questions that get you put on fbi watchlists anymore

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wikipedia no longer being anywhere near the top of search results when looking up anything feels eviscerating

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Have you seen any Kanen Rider/Tokusatsu before?

No, never heard of it, sorry

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Just a bit of Fabina brainrot about how they’re good for each other and stuff.

Let’s start with the easy and obvious, How supportive Fabian is of Nina. From the beginning, even before he really knows her, he reaches out and is kind when she needs it. He then spends the rest of the next two seasons, being there when she needs it.

He is the one who convinces her not to quit in season one. He doesn’t let her deal with Senkara alone (neither does Amber, but discussing how knowing Nina/being in Sibuna changed Fabian, Amber, Alfie, and Patricia for the better will probably be a entire post). He stands up for her against his friends (Patricia season one and Joy season two) in a way he struggles to do for himself.

Fabian is always there for Nina. He’s by her side, ready to catch her when she falls. He is her rock. And I could probably find countless more examples from the show, but I think this song that Brad Kavanagh wrote as Fabian for Nina, makes a good third example, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV9q5xVL1fY, and also I want to move on to Nina being good for Fabian.

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A lot of aphobes out there assume that Aromatics don't know what love is. I, an Aromatic would like to make it clear that I do in fact know what love is.

It's what makes a Subaru a Subaru.

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Me after a long car ride: I’m here! I’m queer! and I really need to use the bathroom!

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Hey, Canada, I know you're pissed about the 51st state thing, and I don't blame you, but sending your wildfire smoke to us, again, was unnecessary

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Want people to appreciate the mundane art around them. Not just the beauty of real life but one big fear I have with GenAI is the art people don’t largely think about very much or appreciate is sadly the likely thing to be effected first.

Arts and photography on greeting cards, calendars, patterns on a shirt, even just the simple designs on the display boxes for make up at the dollar store, that largely reaches the masses without credit of who made that art or took that photo that people often barely glance at even when they buy the product.

I want to hope and pray these corporations continue to pay for a clip art or photography subscription, willing to license an artists work or hire them for work to use on their product, and not switch to just generate muck.

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why does the "pour milk on your eyes for tear gas exposure" myth pop up like clockwork every time...please do not do that please only do eye flushes with water. please please please

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A while back I made a Fabina post where I mentioned off hand that I felt that all of the original British members of Sibuna were changed (for the better) for knowing Nina/being in Sibuna, but that I would be saving that for a later post. And well, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that everything I wanted to say about Fabian was covered in that post (TLDR he became braver and gained some much needed self confidence). I also realized that I only have a little to say about Patricia and Alfie, and more to say about Amber. So this post will be briefly covering Patricia and Alfie before I go off about Amber.

Also I remembered that my original thesis was not that this characters (Fabian, Amber, Patrica, Alfie) changed per say, but that they start the first season being presented as very common stereotypes, and then as the season goes on they prove to be so much more than those stereotypes/subverting those stereotypes/tropes.

Patricia:

In my opinion Patricia's main character arc happens in season two and three and it involves Eddie. What happens in season one as she interacts with Nina and joins Sibuna is that she goes from being seen by us the audience from being the stereotypical mean girl to being an incredibly loyal friend.

Alfie:

He starts season one off as the comic relief character, and Jerome's partner in crime. When he accidentally gets involved in Sibuna, it's his chance to become more than that, and he takes it. And even before then he has the very real and heart warming conversation with Patricia about dealing with trauma.

Sibuna (and Nina because without her there would be no Sibuna), gives him something serious to do. Something more than being a punchline, something more than being Jerome's lap dog. And he leaps at it. He tries so hard to be worthy of the trust and respect that Sibuna (mainly Amber) gives him, and he hurts so much when Jerome emotionally blackmails him into failing. And I just, season one Alfie gives me the feels, you know?

Amber:

Amber starts season one being the stereotypical dumb blond popular girl in the power couple with the jock. And I think she starts the show thinking that that is all she is, and all that she can be. And her arc with Nina and Sibuna across seasons one and two is her learning that she is so much more than that. That she is allowed to be more than that. And as much as I hated her leaving in season three, I think her chasing her dreams and going to fashion school may just be the culmination of her finally realizing that she can do what she wants, and he actually knowing what that is (also she was forced out by Victor and co, but shush).

You would expect someone like Amber to be mean, and for like 5 seconds in the first episode, when she says that Nina is in her seat, she almost is. But Amber is one of the kindest people ever (not counting the way she treated Alfie in season two). And there are so many times in season one that she could have been justifiably mean and vindictive when Mara stole Mick from her, and for the most part she wasn't. The closest she really got was running against Mara for class president, and when she had the opportunity to win when Mara thought it had been rigged in her favor, Amber did not hesitate to do the right thing when learning the vote hadn't been rigged. Also by the end of the season Amber is full on supporting Mick and Mara's relationship.

I think a lot of Amber being dumb is her thinking she is. When Nina called her a genius for coming up with the name Sibuna, with the way Amber reacts, I think that may well have been the first time anyone had ever told Amber that she wasn't stupid. Amber acts less stupid over the course of the show. And I think it's not just a case of her being smarter than anyone else gave her credit for, but also a case of her being smarter than she gave herself credit for. And that moment, and Nina, and Sibuna in general helped her realize that she isn't stupid.

Amber isn't stupid. She knows when to keep a secret when it matters. She has a high emotional intelligence, she's (for the most part), really good at figuring out people's relationships and what not. She comes up with the idea to record Sara's diary. She figures out the solution to a number of clues. She's the one who figures out how to get Trudy back. She's really good at fashion. And while she's not a straight A student, the school (according to the trailer) is Britain's premier boarding school, and at no point is it indicated that she's in danger of failing anything.

Amber is smart, but when the show starts, she thinks she is, and that she's supposed to be, but thanks to Nina and Sibuna, she learns that she isn't and that she doesn't have to be.

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Jonathan Joss being murdered in a hate crime and the cops saying there was ‘no evidence’ it was a homophobic hate crime despite the witness testimony from his husband who watched him be murdered is grotesque beyond words.

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Don't blaze your pride posts. Don't fucking give money to the tgirl harassment staff during fucking pride month.

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Victor: Where have you been all day? Nina: Oh, just dealing with things way beyond my maturity level.