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[anglerflsh]

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#for me some of the senarios presented were very circum stanchelso it's hard to give the all or nothing question they were looking for

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Did you mean my only original post this year, tumblr?

So I was sitting and thinking about the weird things we do and don’t consider child appropriate. And I was also wondering if I ever read anything as weird as Animorphs apparently was and yeah actually I think I did.

Do y’all remember “The Guardians of Ga’Hoole” by Kathryn Lasky? Those random owl books that were apparently popular enough to make into a movie? I read all 16 of those and they got wild. Spoilers btw

The series starts with our protagonist, Soren, who is a baby. He wants to practice flying, his parents tell him he’s still too young he doesn’t have the right feathers yet. They leave to go hunting and Soren sits at the edge of the nest, fantasizing, thinking about trying it anyway, before he decides he slips and falls to the ground. So he tries to hide and wait for his parents to come save him, but he gets kidnapped by a group of owls called St, Aggie’s Orphanage. Who take children and brainwash them. These kids are forced to be active and doing stuff during they day (they are owls) and then at night instead of sleeping their forced to march in circles in a special chamber until they get “moon sickness” Eventually, Soren and three other kids teach themselves how to fly and escape searching legendary Guardians of Ga’Hoole to help them take down the evil orphanage. And that’s literally just the first book.

speedrunning the rest of the books, Soren is reunited with his old house keeper, a blind snake named Mrs. Plithiver, who tells him his parents have been murdered by an owl eugenics cult and his older brother and younger sister are missing. I am not kidding when I say eugenics. They were called The Pure Ones. They had an entire cast system built around around the tyto owl genus, with barn owls being the most “pure” and every other speices being increasingly dehumanized (deowlfied?) and if you weren’t tyoto at all you basically had to die, So any way, Soren finds he didn’t fall, he was push by his brother as an intiatian into the pure ones and rises through the ranks to become their leader. The pure ones and the orphanage decide to team up, the Ga’hoole go undercover, and in book six both organizations are basically reduced to nothing. Also somewhere in there there is something about iron filament putting off enough magnetism to mess with how their brains work in it’s very not good. But finally Soren gets to retire to be a dad.

Book seven we get a new protagonist. Coryn, the kid who was being groomed to be the heir of the now defunct eugenics cult. Despite them being basically nothing anymore his Mom is still raising him like the pure one can make a come back (think Kovu from the lion king 2). But something happens that Coryn decides that this is not for him, and he runs away to find out what the world is actually like. Okay, so these next bits I had to read the wiki to figure out. Coryn has the ability to see the future when staring into fire, he decides he needs to catch a special kind of coal from an active volcano, which he does, and then he takes it to Ga’Hoole to become their king. Also he kills his mom by shoving her into the path of a rabid wolf. There’s a lot happening their the the wiki is not jogging my memory enough to put any of that into context.

books 9-11 are a prequal arc about how  coal catching became a thing, the developemnt of back smithing in owl society (those two things have been happening the entire i just haven’t felt the need to bring them up) and how  Ga’Hoole was founded to fight Hagsfied, magic demon owl/crow hybrids. And some  worldbuilding on how dire wolf society works, That has also been in the background the entire time. Note sure when it was introduced but was really important in Coryn’s section I guess

Back into the present Coryn and the original four owls we followed go looking for a magic book used by an Arch-hagsfied, Meanwhile back at Ga’Hoole, owls start worshiping the special ember Coryn caught like it’s a golden calf. They make  up increasingly elaborate rituals and they built a prison overnight for anyone who is blasphemous towards it. The Band + Coryn come home, are horrified tear everything down and the special coal is thrown into a pile of less cool coals but nobody seems to beable to tell the difference and grab it out.

Book 13 a secret owl kingdom is discovered. The band, Coryn, and another owl named Otulissa are guided there for a visit by a blue owl  called “The Striga”. Turns out all of the owls there are blue, but some of them have weird long feathers and can’t fly without the assistance of kites. The last remnants of the pure ones apparently stalked our protags to the new kingdom. Striga kills one of them which is a big no no, so he gets banished and our heroes take him home with them.

Ah, from there on out things become very, there is “no war in Ba Sing Se” As Striga gains influence over Coryn. The Band is banished and mass book burning are instituted. The Band tries to figure out how to fix this and discover the hagsfied are not gone, Striga is one of them. And the blue owls from the secret kingdom lived very specific lifestyles to keep the hags from remembering there were evil. It’s why to no bloodshed rule was important, it maybe woke his magic? IDK the wiki is really bad for this book, some of these discoveries were maybe made in the previuos one? And the next book in the wiki is hyper detailed and I tl:dr-ed it because it’s 1am.

Anyway, anything that comes from the secret kingdom is bad new. Coryn’s mother is actually not dead and teams up with them. I guess there’s another war. The Ga’Hoole recruit a bunch of other species to help them fight the combined forces of the hag owls and the pure ones, and some where in that Coryn drops the sacred ember back into the volcano they got he it from.

And the last book is a prequel about Ezylryb. A famous in universe blacksmith.

This post was not supposed to be this long. It was supposed to be a"wow adults let me read a 16 book war series about way eugenics is bad actually and it wasn’t considered to dark for children?” But I ended up summarizing the whole series ‘cause it’s even weirder than I remember. And now this post is too long and I don’t want to get started on the spin-off series “Wolves of the Beyond” which is a six book series about why ableism is bad actually. Wolf society in these books is very ableist even in the owl-centric books it comes up decently often.

So yeah, this was one of my favorite series when I was kid and I think I started reading them when I was seven. I eagerly awaited the next book coming out and I legitimately don’t think my Mom ever checked what they were about. They were just the owl books I liked.

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[goldenlaquer]

Hey ! Adding some Drifters content here : what kind of husbands/fathers do you think Toyohisa and Naoshi would be ? Btw, thank you for the quality content of your blog

Part 2! Part 1 with the husband headcanons can be found here: x  

Apologies for the late post! Real life got me a bit distracted. 

Drifters Father Headcanons: 

Butch Cassidy:

Wild. Bold. Insubordinate. Fine traits for an outlaw, but for a father? Many wouldn’t think so. But it’s Cassidy’s pleasure to prove all them bastards wrong.

Alright, so maybe you’re going to have to be the main disciplinarian in this household because he can’t help himself from jumping into his child’s fun (read: trouble), often helping them reach for another piece of sweets that you had said ‘no’ to by distracting you with kisses while the kid makes a run for it or taking them out for a ride with the horses and coming back all grimy and stinky and in dire need of a bath or two, but who are you to stay mad for long? Seeing your husband and your kid grinning and laughing, it’s going to be so hard to keep a stern, straight expression on your face, the corners of your mouth just threatening to twitch upwards.

Still, as much as Butch Cassidy likes being the fun parent and toeing the line, he never allows any behavior that seriously undermines your authority and respect as a parent, skillfully dissuading their mischievous attentions away from, say, dumping a pail of water over your sleeping head ( “C’mon, let your mama have her rest. Try Uncle Kid.”) or letting them break any promises that you had specifically made with them (“Nope. Nuh-uh. You promised your mama that you’d wash your hands after playing. And your mama trusts you to keep that promise. We don’t go back on our words, alright?”) 

And it’s not as if he doesn’t have any ground rules of his own. There aren’t many (he knows better than anyone about the struggles of being restricted), but he still has ‘em: one, don’t go near the horses without anyone present, and two, don’t touch the guns. The horses are well-trained to not spook in the worst situations, but still, it makes you and him breathe easier to be able to watch what your kid does around such large and powerful creatures. And as for the guns rule, Cassidy has seen too many boys and men alike blow off a toe or a finger or their life with careless handling. He’s a daredevil, but he ain’t going to ever stupidly risk his kid’s life like that. 

The sternest he’s ever been is when your kid ignores those rules. His sharp eyes immediately picking up the way they inch closer to his guns when they think he’s not looking, hands slowly reaching out for the grip sticking out of his holster. His own hands are quick snatching up his child before they can even blink, setting them down on the ground outside or a crate and looking them straight in the eye, angry, but his voice is low and calm. He speaks to them plainly. He’s disappointed in them. The rules were there for a reason and they had gone back on their promise to not break them. By the end of the lecture and once he’s sufficiently sure that they understand what they did was wrong, Cassidy’s back to being the fun parent, ruffling their hair playfully as they sniffle and wipe away the tears. 

Not bad for an outlaw, eh?

Kanno Naoshi:

By some miracle, Naoshi finds it in himself to have patience. 

Actually, he probably always had patience for children in general, not just when it comes to his own kids. It’s the adults who he doesn’t hold a single lick of tolerance for, the same adults who do dumb shit and should know and act better than a child. Those are the type of people he doesn’t mind beating some physical and verbal sense into. But kids are kids, and kids they will be. Naoshi, despite many opinions otherwise, understands this well. 

That’s not to say that he’s a perfect A+ parent, because sometimes children can get hella annoying and too hard to handle and there’s so much Naoshi’s patience can take before it breaks and his temper takes over. He’s usually good at nipping tantrums in the bud, but when the kid gets especially persistent, he can’t help but to snap out in frustration, which does nothing but make make the kid sob louder. He’ll give you a look, to let you know he needs a break to cool off, and you nod and give him a thumbs-up back to communicate to him to take his time. It’s a tag-team effort. You’re in the ring now, trying to calm down one child who is screaming on top of their lungs. 

Food. He’s strict when it comes to meal times. Maybe it’s from being in the military or just being from a time where frugality is necessary, but he doesn’t let his brat mess with their food. Eat your damn fruits and veggies and respect the nourishment it gives you. Don’t like something? Too bad, you gotta eat it anyways. There’s no way in hell he’s raising his kid to be picky eater. 

He makes all the toys himself. He’s got the quite the crafty spirit, being able to make some very decent knick-knacks from the available wood and spare metal, some of which are modeled after various aircrafts. In his spare time, he squats down in the dirt and plays with them, barking out commands and obscure pilot lingo that your child easily understands and follows like a mini pro, the both of them roaring at each other and trying to smash each others plane down to the ground, aerodynamics be damned. 

AHH but just IMAGINE Naoshi settling your kid onto his lap up in the cockpit, engines turned off, letting them play with the controls and turn the yoke with their clumsy hands, as he grins proudly in response to his kid’s obvious joy being in the fighter jet (like father, like child). He’ll even plop his hat on their head, patting down the flaps to engulf their small ears AAAHHH

Okay, so about the cursing... he tries.  

“Fuck!” A small voice pipes up from beside you, and you turn to slowly look at your child, who innocently smiles at you with two missing front teeth. You immediately crane your neck to peer at the culprit, your husband. 

“Fuck,” Naoshi mutters, awkwardly coughing and pulling down his goggles to hide from your glare. 

Shimazu Toyohisa: 

our resident feral is actually? very good? with children?

He’s in tune with their emotions. And that’s GREAT for when they’re experiencing things for the first time and don’t know what to do with their new feelings or how to handle them. Toyohisa is gentle, yet firm as he guides them, his words simple and straightforward, but most importantly, Toyohisa speaks to them like they’re an adult, never belittling them or insulting their intelligence. He knows that children can understand more than what other adults give them credit for. 

He’s the type of parent to let his child learn their lesson the hard way. He knows that children get into trouble despite the warnings, and as long as they’re not in any real danger, he lets them figure it out themselves. Saves him the trouble of telling them multiple times, and besides, it wouldn’t do them any favors if he coddled them too much like those overprotective parents do. But if they start crying from fright, Toyohisa’s patting their head with his big palm, comforting them until the tears dry up. 

The rough play is insane. Like, Toyohisa is really out here throwing your kid 20 feet up in the air and catching them by the ankles, and he just grins and waves you away when you voice some actual concerns. He’s got it. He’d never let his kid fall. But despite his confidence and your trust in him, you can’t help your mini heart attacks every time your kid waves at you from the tree tops.

Nap time. Toyohisa never says no to naps and your kid inherited the same sentiment. You often find them napping together under the warm sunlight; kid tucked against his chest, drooling on his neck, and the man himself snoring and drooling at the mouth also. It’s so fucking adorable.

likes to carry them on his shoulder, listening to their giggles as he bounces them playfully up and down. and you too. you’re on the other shoulder. 

Toyohisa is strict in his values, and he’s strict in passing them down. He is unwavering in his teachings, just as his father had been with him. He tells them once and expects them to remember it forever. To him, it’s not just about morality, but a way of life, a guide to live and let live, a just and straight pathway to follow until the end and beyond. No matter where they are, his child is part of the Shimazu clan and will grow up upholding the Shimazu creed. 

Toyohisa want to be traditional in his child-rearing. He doesn’t value sons over daughters or anything like that, but he does staunchly believe that sons should be raised as warriors and daughters should be raised as household caretakers. It’s not something you can easily change his mind on. But if your child becomes an adult and really wants to become someone else than who they were raised to be, Toyohisa is surprisingly not so opposed to it then. By then, he has taught them everything he knows. Toyohisa trusts their judgement and ability to live their own life. 

How does writing launch me into baby fever???

[godlydolans]

Can you do a part 2 to the angst with Ethan please?!! Love your work btw 🥰

After you left the house that night, you didn't allow Ethan to see you. Yes he called and called and called. He left thousands of messages but you were adamant on ignore all of those attempts. You've had way too many fights because of that girl and now you can't deal with her or him.

"Gray I really have nothing to say to him." At 2 am one night, you find yourself explaining to Grayson why you can't talk to his brother. "He pretty much told me that she is more important to him. Had she been just his best friend, I would have had no problem with them hanging out-hell I would have joined them too- but she isn't just a friend, Gray. They have history together and she has consistently tried to break us up." Even talking about this makes your heart break. You love him so much, value him so much and he doesn't even care about you? "He's allowed her to meddle into our relationship for so long and now it doesn't even exist. He doesn't want me, Gray."

"He wouldn't be acting like the walking dead ever since you left if he didn't want you, Y/N." Grayson sighs, tugging at his hair in frustration as he tries to get you to atleast talk to Ethan and clear the air. He can't see his brother suffer like this, even though it was his fault that they broke up. "He isn't talking to anyone-"

"Where is Allana now when he needs someone with him?" You seethe, spitting her name out of your mouth like it's a curse. "Didn't she shoot her shot yet?"

"Y/N..." Grayson really doesn't know what to say anymore. He tried everything he could. You seem hell bent about your decision of not giving Ethan a chance.

Ethan was really down and depressed with you not around. Your clothes were gone from his closet, your favourite lipsticks whose backups you used to keep on his dresser not there anymore. The necklace that you took off is sat on his bed side table and he picks it up and stares at it now and again whenever he can't sleep. Which is most nights now. Your pillow that he cuddles to sleep has stopped smelling like you and he contemplates going out and buying the perfume you use and spraying the pillow, the bed sheet, some of his hoodies that you loved to wear, his whole room so he can still smell you in the air surrounding him.

He also goes to see Allana on one of the days where he absolutely needs to leave the house for some work. She has been calling him and requesting to meet up for the longest time and Ethan has been declining the request, saying that he doesn't feel like going out. But today, he decided to finally go visit her.

The meeting he had to attend today was close to the area she lives in so he decided to go. Meeting her would do him good, considering how she literally always knows the right things to say when he's feeling low. Some would say he shouldn't even be thinking about meeting her if he wants to mend things with his girl (he can't and he won't call her his ex) but Allana is the best freaking friend in the world! And he loves her just like he loves Cameron. Yeah, they had a brief thing way back in the day but that didn't last very long because Ethan quickly decided the love he had for Allana wasn't romantic. She had pretended to understand back then, but little does Ethan know she had cried about the break up for months on end.

Now she just hates the thought of her Ethan with someone else. In her twisted mind, if Ethan can't love her romantically, then he can't love anyone like that. She won't let him be anyone's if he can't be hers. Growing up an only child to wealthy parents, Allana didn't have to try hard for mostly anything. She was always very possessive about her dolls, never wanting to share them with her cousins and friends. Same was the case with her school supplies. She only ever shared her things with Ethan, the cute little boy that lived next door to her and was the son of the sweet lady who used to cut her hair every three months.

She didn't even realise when she became more possessive over Ethan than she ever was about anything else. Now that possessiveness is turning to borderline craziness and Ethan still doesn't see that.

"I don't understand why she hates me that much, E. What have I ever done to her? I just wanna be your friend, that's all! I've never wanted to take her place or whatever it is she believes to be true. I can't believe she broke up with you over something so silly. And you are sitting here shedding tears over that bitch? She doesn't deserve you, Ethan! Look how she hurt you?!" How dare she make her Ethan cry? How fuckinv dare she?!

"Don't call her names, Al." Ethan pleads through a blocked nose. His tears made his nose runny and a headache is slowly approaching as he sits on the carpet floor of Allana's penthouse. "She just had some misunderstanding and I just need to clear some things to her. If only she would talk to me."

Her eyes harden when he says he wants to make things right with her. "You shouldn't be the one to apologise! It was she would broke up with you, don't you dare go begging at her doorstep to take you back. You aren't at fault here!"

Ethan isn't even listening to her at this point. His head is starting to ache and he just wants to sleep. "Can I crash on your couch tonight?"

"Of course, E! Sleep in the guest room, I'll get you a spare blanket."

Sometime that night, when Ethan woke up to get a glass of water, he got the scare of his life when he found Allana's face just inches away from his with her lips almost about to touch his.

"What the fuck?!" Ethan exclaims, sitting up and getting away from her. His sudden movement combined with his voice startled her and she stumbled back.

"Ethan! I just came in to give you the blanket!" She points to the blanket that sits on the edge of the bed.

"Why were you trying to kiss me?!" He gets out of bed, suddenly feeling weird in this house alone with her. There is no way she wasn't just about to kiss him while he was unconscious and nothing she says will make him believe otherwise.

"What?! What are you talking about?! Why would I wanna kiss you?!" Her eyes are wide as she tries to defend herself.

"You tell me that!" Totally fuming now, Ethan looks around for his wallet and his car keys before he makes his way to the door. "Is this what you wanted all along? To get me away from my girlfriend so you could do that?! I thought you really cared for me!"

"I do care! I care about you more than I've ever cared about anyone! You think that bitch loves you more than me, Ethan?!" There she is, flawless facade stripped off. She can't fake it anymore, her truth is out. "No one can ever love you the way I do! I've dreamt of having you be mine since we were kids, E! I've known you longer than her, I've loved you all my life! I deserve you more that she does!"

Ethan shakes his head in disbelief at her words. She looks like a crazy woman, yelling at the top of her lungs. The wild look in her empty eyes makes his stomach churn. He doesn't feel safe in this house, alone with her at all.

"You're a sick person, Allana! Stay away from you from now on, alright?! I can't believe I lost the love of my fucking life because I was too much of a fool to believe you could ever do me wrong. I thought you were one of the only true friends I had. Thanks for finally making me see the truth though."

He walks out right then and there, leaving her a screaming, crying mess behind. He can't believe he was wrong about Allana. He fought with you over that girl and she turned out to be such a black heart.

"What have I done?!" He slams his hand against his steering wheel in frustration, gritting his teeth till his head hurts even more. He gotta make things right with you and he will, even if he has to get down on his knees before the whole world and beg you to come back.

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[ironcrwned-archive]

hi friends ! it’s me ur resident clown, bonnie, & i’m stoked to be in this rp with all of you ! i’m 20, located in the est, and i use she/her pronouns ! i’m currently procrastinating all my school work so ! there’s that. below the cut are my babies’ intros, so like this and i’ll hit u up for plotting ! i got out of hand and this is super long so if this is overwhelming, there’s a tl;dr at the bottom !

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 : 𝒙𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒖𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒛𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕 –– THE ARTIST

alex fitzalan. twenty-three. cismale. he/him. one sib. ––– hey , there’s XAVIER FITZHERBERT from AURADON walking past the castle. they’re the OLDEST child of RAPUNZEL AND EUGENE ‘FLYNN’ FITZHERBERT , isn’t that cool ? talk says they can be pretty - NAIVE , but don’t let that worry you – they can be + BENEVOLENT too. say , don’t you think they remind you of DANCING WITH YOUR FRIENDS UNTIL YOU CAN’T BREATHE, WARM HUGS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT LOVE YOU, NOT WANTING TO GROW UP JUST YET & BOYISH SMILES, or is that just me ? 

𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 

the oldest child born to rapunzel & flynn, and it is obvious that he took after rapunzel with his temperament

a soft soul, his smiles always reach his eyes, dimples and cheekbones are his trademarks honestly

growing up, he was always outside, playing with his mother & father & sister ( though he is more of a momma’s boy tbh )

probably made ( and currently makes ) flower crowns for himself and friends

and his strong connection to rapunzel , it’s obvious young xavier got his artistic talent from her

he constantly has paint on his fingers and hands, a sketchbook in his bag with pastels and paints and oils from all over the place

most likely has drawn everyone he’s ever met in his sketchbook and then given it to them for their birthday and/or a holiday

his parents both loved him very very much growing up, and it’s obvious in how he acts. he never hesitated to come to them if there were problems or issues with anything in his life ( friends, relationships, schooling )

xavier is ~kind of~ a partier in the sense he is ALWAYS down to go out and have fun and dance with his friends , but he rarely ever gets out of control due to substances or anything

is currently having a Crisis about his sexuality because he’s really only ever been with females but now he’s just like ... seeing a cute guy and is like wait a min.. 

he hopes to become some type of royal painter or something one day because art is truly his passion 

𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 

okay so obviously, this boy is a big old softie 

he will ALWAYS drop everything he is doing to help someone out, it never matters with him

can be a little ( a lot ) on the awkward side & tries really really hard to not be but it really is just how he is and sometimes it’s endearing and sometimes it’s...like watching aladdin ( 2019 ) scene where aladdin meets jasmine the first time as prince ali .. it’s pretty bad

he is ESPECIALLY cringey when he is talking to someone attractive ( and they’re male/nb and he’s having a Crisis ) and they’re flirting with him...phew just kno that his ears ? are as red as merida’s hair

most likely will never know if someone’s taking advantage of him/using him

𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 

hi i just like making playlists for my characters so ppl know the Vibe™️

i. talk too much // coin – ii. supercut // lorde. – iii. boy’s dont cry // the cure. – iv. made of light // mikky ekko – v. chicago // sufjan stevens – vi. eyes shut // years & years

𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔

u can check out his tag right here ! so if u see anything u fancy, just lmk !!

but also!! friends!! probably people that he grew up around a lot bc of who his parents were

mayb someone who is the opposite of him ( maybe a villain kid ) who he tries to like ... encourage idk , i just rly like unlikely friendships !

someone who watches out for him , esp because he’s always taking care of others and most likely forgets to take care of himself ( taken by: giselle desroches )

maybe some exes?? most likely females for rn bc he’s discovering his sexuality but these were probably like ... friendly break ups

literally anything i’m pretty easy going !

okay now onto my trash child

𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆 : 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒔 –– THE SPITFIRE

olivia holt. twenty-two. cisfemale. she/her. two sibs. ––– hey , there’s CASSANDRA ‘CASSIE’ EVANS from THE ISLE walking past the castle. they’re the YOUNGEST child of CLAYTON , isn’t that cool ? talk says they can be pretty - MANIPULATIVE , but don’t let that worry you – they can be + RESOURCEFUL too. say , don’t you think they remind you of HAIR TIED INTO PONYTAILS WITH RIBBONS, KNOWING YOU CAN DO NO WRONG IN YOUR FATHER’S EYES, AN ARROGANT SMILE AFTER YOU GOT YOUR WAY, & THE FEELING OF BARE FEET IN THE SAND , or is that just me ?  

𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 

the youngest child of clayton ( the bad guy from tarzan )

and when i tell you she is SPOILED omg

growing up she knew she was cute , mostly because clayton was SURE to tell her that and spoil his little girl ( xavier is a momma’s boy & cassie is for sure daddy’s little girl yikes )

so from a young age, she had a little mischievous side to her. 

it started with lil pranks on her siblings and then her dad and most of them weren’t harmful , just annoying but eventually as she went to school at the isle...she became a monster

she knew she had the innocent face so her friends ( !! wanted plot btw ) would pull pranks on other students and even some teachers

and whenever the other students would try to tell the teachers, cassie would put on a little smile and flip the narrative so she looked good and the other person didn’t. i literally can’t stand her

now in auradon, u know she’s gonna be making sh*t hit the fan whenever she gets the chance

big big disaster Bi that flirts with everyone with NO shame

𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 

so obviously cassie is somewhat of a lil monster ( not somewhat, she is a big one )

can be pretty darn manipulative depending on the situation and whether or not she will benefit from it or not

but ! she does have some redeeming qualities ! 

she is super resourceful meaning that her mind is super quick to find the easiest and most time efficient solution to a problem 

and she’s a pretty good smooth talker in bad situations, she’s known to get her friends out of a lot of sticky situations before

very very flirty okay but hates commitment lol

is pretty adventurous as well, loves the outdoors and hiking and swimming especially

 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 

i. dead weight // pvris. – ii. bad memory // k. flay. – iii. simmer // hayley williams – iv. west coast // lana del rey – v. teach me how to pray // spelles. – vi. don’t hurt yourself // beyonce. 

𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒔

u can look in her tag right here ! same thing with xavier , if u see something u wanna do just let me know !!

girl squad !!! probably from the isle too and probably f*cked sh*t up over there and now? they’ll most likely do the same thing over in auradon 

probably has lotsssss of exes because she tends to self-sabotage and leave before things get serious. we love some angst in this household 

people that genuinely dislike her lmao 

people she probably flirts with on the daily basis lol 

𝚝𝚕 ; 𝚍𝚛 ( seriously i need to chill )

ik this was A LOT so i’m just gonna summarize them below lol

xavier fitzherbert : son of rapunzel & flynn, art heaux, discovering his sexuality, a whole awkward mess but just wants to help people!

cassandra ‘cassie’ evans : youngest daughter of clayton from tarzan, a little spitfire that manipulates mostly everyone, disaster bi afraid of commitment, and causes too much trouble all the time 

[teffyjeffy]

(Most of) JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Stardust Crusaders but almost everybody are kids having fun at recess.

Want a random JoJo post out of nowhere? No? Okay well here you go anyway!

A lot of the time when I was watching JJBA I felt like I was watching a very dramatic retelling of what was actually two kids playfighting.

“My guy punches super fast!” “Oh yeah? Well my guy can stop Time!” “Oh yeah?! Well, mine can too! I just discovered it!” “WELL MINE CAN DROP A ROADROLLER ON YOU” “THATS CHEATING”

Anyway, the idea started to snowball, so please enjoy my masterpost of (most of) JJBA Part 3 where the Stardust Crusaders are a group of 9 year old rascals who met up one day during recess. This is just for fun ^_^ also these are all copied and pasted from discord so the structure is a little jumbled. Enjoy!

Oh, and Spoilers are ahead.

“I can punch super fast!”

“Well I can use cameras and TVs as crystal balls, but I need to break them!”

“Mine can shoot flames, ooo ooo and-and I can control them at will!”

“Mine has a sword that can stab anything”

“MINE HAS AN ATTACK THAT IS UNBLOCKABLE AND ITS AREA EFFECT IS THE WHOLE PLAYGROUND-“

“No Kakyoin that’s not how we play. Youre not allowed to have an invincible attack”

Kakyoin’s introduction:

“I have an invincible attack”

“That’s not how it works Kakyoin but you’re cool, so you can keep playing with us”

The insect stand “Tower of Gray” was when the group was bothered by a fly on the school bus and they got a little too rowdy in their attempts to kill it, which pissed off the elderly bus driver. Thus the kids agreed that he was responsible for bringing the fly onto the bus in the first place. They got detention.

Jean Polnareff’s introduction:

“I have a sword that can pierce through anything!”

“Okay Jean, you can play with us, but you have to promise to stop pushing Avdol into the wood chips, he doesn’t like it.”

The stowaway girl is actually a 5 year old girl who wants to play with them and they hate it at first but they eventually warm up to her. The monkey with a ship stand was actually a retelling of the groups trip to the town’s public swimming pool. The boat was just an inflatable tube and the monkey was a chipmunk. And the original boat that blew up? That was the group’s original inflatable tube that got popped because the 5 year old wouldn’t stop gnawing at it

Later, the kids SOMEHOW convinced their parents to let them stay in the same hotel while the parents all hate business trips to go to. They “promised” not to pillow fight, then everyone except for Jean went to go get snacks while Jean went to explore the new room.  Unbeknownst to them, the previous guests of the room accidentally left their daughter’s doll behind. Jean HATES dolls. He accidentally stumbled upon Child’s Play when he was surfing channels way too late at night without his parents knowing. Fear turns into aggression and someone from the hotel staff goes to check on him. He finds Jean and realizes it’s the same kid who shot him with a water gun earlier. Jean is kicked out and the parents have to pick their kids up. Jotaro and everyone else weren’t happy. 

Rubber Soul is actually just that one bratty kid who thinks it’s sooooooooo funny to mimic other people while also making fun of the person they’re mimicking. It makes them feel “powerful.” Jotaro encounters Rubber Soul when the latter is mocking Kakyoin one day, while Jotaro is playing with the 5 year old; he then chases Rubber Soul all around the playground, and when he finally gets him, he busts his teeth in. They were only baby teeth though, they grew right back, which saved Jotaro from a brutal punishment. He was still forced to go without dessert for a month. He didn’t complain though because his mother was dealing with the flu at the time. He would give all his desserts to Kakyoin, which his how Jotaro discovered Kakyoin’s creepy habit of juggling maraschino cherries in his mouth.

J. Geil was somebody who used to play games with Jean’s sister. When she found out he sucked at party cake and teased him for having “Two left hands”, J pushes her into the mud and never plays with her again. Jean has held a grudge ever since.

Hol Horse is Geil’s “New friend” which pisses off Jean. Hol Horse, being a member of the wrong crowd, beats up Avdol and J. Geil just goes along with it. Jean is all “Avdol why are you even here, you had nothing to do with this!” And Kakyoin’s like “Should we call 911?” And Jean responds “Not yet, I need to beat up these guys first!” And Kakyoin calls 911 anyway.

The Mirror stand is just J. Geil going “Made you look” and punching your shoulder.

And Hol Horse’s stand is just a nerf gun. The reason it hurts is because he likes to get right up in your face before firing it. It’s ineffective if you’re too far away from him, because the dart bullet loses momentum and hits the ground harmlessly.

Jean eventually gets back at J. Geil by chasing him into the middle of a group of kids, then pointing up at nothing, shouting “Made you look,” and poking J. Geil in the eyes, which causes him to cry like a baby. And later, Jean is like “Oh yeah, I totally stabbed him with my sword!” when Jotaro asks him what happened.

Then Hol horse runs away because he realized J. Geil was a total loser.

The Empress stand was just Joseph’s retelling of his parents taking him to the doctor’s office so they could deal with a wart on his arm. He hated how boring the actual process was, so he pretended that he bested the wart in a game of wits and tore it asunder. Jotaro was grossed out. 

(Btw in this AU Joseph is only a grade older than Jotaro, instead of being his grandpappy)

Wheel of Fortune is just the result of a very nasty game of tag with a brat who wouldn’t leave the group alone.

Enya is the crazy cat lady at the end of the street whose house the kids were forced to pass one day when they missed the school bus.

Steely Dan is the snobby “Cool Kid” of the playground, and a sore loser when the kids don’t play the way he wants them to. So Jotaro gives him a black eye.

The Sun is a kid who likes to fry ants with a magnifying glass. But Joseph likes bugs, and seeing this made him cry. So Jotaro, Kakyoin and Avdol plot to destroy the magnifying glass, which they thought was really funny. But at that point, the magnifying glass had to be returned to the science lab, so the kid was spared. 

Or, in another interpretation:

“Hey guys, I wanna play! My guy’s power is that he’s literally the sun!!! ” 

Joseph: “Wow, that’s pretty powerful-“ 

J,K,&A: “YOUR POWER IS STUPID, GET LOST”

Death Thirteen was the result of the kids being forced to deal with a baby who was throwing a tantrum while they all waited to get on the giant slide at the County Fair. Kakyoin was especially pissed. 

I have nothing for the Judgement stand.

I don’t have anything for High Priestess either.

And Iggy is still a dog, but I’m getting rid of his tendency to fart because I just HATE IT

N’Doul isn’t blind, he wears glasses and can’t see shit without them. And he has a water pistol. And he hoards the playground’s sandbox.

Oingo and Boingo are a 6 year old and his 1 year old brother and they’re just the cutest little demon spawns.

Anubis is a dog that snatched Jean’s toy sword in its mouth, and the sword’s power to transfer souls was just Jean fearing that the dog had rabies. Jotaro rolled his eyes but convinced Joseph to help him buy a new toy sword to shut Jean up.

Mariah... I dunno man, I didn’t really care for her arc and it definitely doesn’t fit the “kids playground” scenario I’m going for.

ALESSI IS WRITTEN OUT COMPLETELY. HE IS NOT ALLOWED ON THE PLAYGROUND.

The D’Arby brothers are known for being the cheaters of the playground. So Jotaro scares the eldest brother in a game of Go Fish, and it messes D’Arby up so much that it triggers his Asthma and he he has an Asthma attack. 

Pet Shop went down as the day when Iggy had a fight with a seagull and got pecked the ever loving SHIT out of. Jotaro tells the story at every Christmas party.

The younger D’Arby battle happened on a day when he and Jotaro were playing video games together. They accused each other of cheating, which resulted in Jotaro insulting him for liking dolls before pummeling him and consequently getting kicked out of the house. Joseph gave him a high five though, so it was worth it.

Vanilla Ice was the toddler who didn’t bother to move out of the way if you got in his path while he was driving his toy mini jeep. But if you asked Jean or Avdol, they’ll tell you that the toddler deliberately puts people in his path to run them over. And the occasional dog.

And finally, DIO.

DIO was a kid who got transferred to Jotaro’s school after being expelled because the principal of DIO’s previous school couldn’t get him to leave two of the students alone, by the names of Johnathan and Erina. He was pen pals with Johnathan, but that was the only connection DIO bothered to maintain.

Jotaro thought DIO didn’t even deserve the title of “School Bully.” He thought DIO was just a weird freaking kid. Despite that, most of the kids were scared of him, Jotaro’s friends included.

DIO loved to utilize the classic “Time Out!” whenever he played with the kids, and if they didn’t abide to the time out, they got a knuckle sandwich.

Jotaro was the first kid in a long time to just say “Nope.”

That’s when he learned that DIO was a kid who liked to screech like a banshee when things didn’t go his way. As well as throw a whole bunch of pencils (seemingly from out of nowhere) at any person that he upset with.

The road roller in this AU is the closest thing to a lethal heavy weapon that you can get on the playground: a frickin BIKE. 

And DIO is like “TIME OUT SO I CAN SLAM THIS BIKE ON YOU” And Jotaro goes “Nope, your time out is cancelled because you’re a freak and also you tried to bite Joseph which was just gross, anyway-“ and he punched DIO in the leg, pushed him to the ground, and kicked woodchips in his face.

They both got expelled.

A few years later, on his way to middle school, Jotaro bumps into a kid named Josuke...

<============ TO BE CONTINUED

BONUS JJBA BATTLE TENDENCY

The Pillar Men are a reflection of the infamous day when three highschool bullies showed up to the playground. One of them beat a kid named Ceasar in a Rock Paper Scissors match; in responce, Joseph (who at the time was only 4) went apeshit. He kicked the first highschooler off of the carousel at the County Fair. Then he located the second highschooler, tied up his shoelaces, then lit them with a match. Finally, during the school’s annual science fair, he tracked down the third highschooler, who had just finished rigging a student’s baking soda volcano to blow up in his face. Joseph threw a bunch of rocks that he found outside at the highschooler, and then proceeded to lock him up in the school’s astral observatory. The first two highschoolers fled town after that, but rumor has it that the third one is still stuck in the abandoned observatory.

[stargazing-enby]

I have a crush on a guy (same age), but he’s my third cousin twice removed. It’s against my family’s beliefs to date/marry someone you are related to (gene pool defects lead to this) and my distant great uncle and aunt was disowned over it. Should I confess my crush to him, or take it to my grave? I’ve liked him for 2 years, but never tried to do anything about it because I’m scared that stuff may happen to me or him. I’m Chinese and girl BTW, so like the males are Super strict with the females.

Wow, nonnie, that is a tough situation; I’m sorry you’ve been dealing with this for two years! 

Making a decision that will either compromise your safety or your happiness is always incredibly tough, because they condition each other. You can choose safety but be so unhappy that it puts you in danger emotionally and mentally, or you can choose happiness but end up suffering because you can’t be safe? I’m sorry, I know I’m rambling, I’ve been thinking about this since I saw your ask 😅

In your case, I think that if he doesn’t know yet and you’re not sure it’s reciprocated, and knowing all the risks, I would personally not tell him. But it also depends on your age, how attached you are to your family, if you’d have options if you had to make do without them… there’s just so many things to take into account when making a decision like this. And this sucks to say, because I usually do advise people to be open about their feelings for others, and I wish we could all live in a world where we could be free to make our own decisions as consenting adults without being shunned or judged. I also wish life could be like a movie, where if the world doesn’t understand you you can just rebel and end up winning. But because this is real life, I would say it’s all about whether risking it all now would make you happier or more miserable in the future. From what you said, and how strict your family sounds, I think it could make you more miserable, so that’s why I think I wouldn’t tell him if I was in your shoes. I also know from experience that crushes, even the strongest and most painful and heart-wrenching ones, can come and go, so I am assuming/hoping that if you focus on safety now, you won’t be giving up the chance of ever being happy or finding someone else.

That being said, while it’s understandable and important that you take the cultural aspect into account when you make the decision, I also wanted to tell you that you don’t need to worry a lot about the biological issue that you mentioned,. Or rather, my girlfriend wanted to tell you 😅 I usually check in with her before answering the more serious asks, and because she’s a Ravenclaw and also a biologist, as soon as she saw this ask she dug out some old class notes and did some math. Basically, if you have a child with a person you are not related to at all, the inbreeding coefficient of that child is of 0%. And if you have a kid with your third cousin second removed, that number rises to… 0.00097%. Additionally, the probability of a child having a genetic disease if the parents aren’t related is of 4% – if the parents are third cousins second removed, the percentage is 5.5%. (Edit: that last number is an extrapolated result, not study-proven). The conclusion is that there’s barely an increase in the probability with such a distant blood relationship. So if you do decide to confess to him and he does feel the same, and if you decide to be together, just know that gene pool diseases aren’t something you have to excessively worry about. And there are also genetic tests that you can take to see if you and him share any hereditary disease that you could pass onto a kid!

I hope my reply helps :) this was quite a hard question to answer, especially because I come from a very different culture and I know it’s easy to mess up. So if I unintentionally said anything disrespectful, please feel free to tell me! Same goes for if anyone reading this needs me to add/edit any of the tags of this post. 

Good luck, friend! Whatever happens, feel free to keep me updated 💗

[aj-draws]

Sanders Sides-The Incredibles AU

bECAUSE I WATCHED THE INCREDIBLES 2 TWO DAYS AGO AND I’M SCREAMING-

(No spoilers in this btw, just general ideas! I’m not going to be writing this into an actual story, so please don’t ask to be put in a taglist. This was just a thing I thought of and I may make short oneshots if I want to continue it?? But not an entire story. If anyone else wants to write it, feel free to do so as long as I get credited and tagged :) Hope you like it!)

[Just a little warning for Sympathetic Deceit!]

[Characters]

-Patton is Mr. Incredible/Bob Parr

-Logan is Elastigirl/Helen Parr

-Roman is Dash Parr

-Virgil is Violet Parr

-Remy (Sleep) is Frozone

-Deceit is Edna Mode 

-Thomas is Jack-Jack Parr

[Plot]

-Instead of the four (Logan, Roman, Patton and Virgil) being blood related and different ages, I decided they could be really close childhood friends that grew up acting like a family. 

-Just being teenagers in highschool, the four knew about their powers, but didn’t have any experience yet. They’d separately deal with small crime around their neighborhood, but they’ve never dealt with anything too big. 

-On the weekends, they take turns hanging out and/or spending the night at each others’ houses.

-As the four were still in the process of learning and developing their powers, they’ve never told each other and keep it a secret.

-One day something really bad happens in the city they live in and they all end up trying to deal with it, but they get knocked out.

-Luckily they aren’t captured by the villain, and instead they wake up in a cozy, lavish apartment. The four are greeted by a man named Remy, who explains that he also has a superpower, and that he, ‘wasn’t going to leave such handsome people lying on the ground’. 

-After all of the introductions and the shock (after waking up and seeing each other in the same room), the four reluctantly tell each other the truth and explain their powers. 

-Remy walks in, saying that they can’t go out with clothes so battered and torn up, so he offers to take them to a friend he knows that designs clothes. 

-The four are taken to an extravagant mansion in a quieter, more open place nearby the city. They are introduced to Deceit, a talented, but unknown fashion designer that prefers isolation. He’s also joined by Emilie, a scientist/mechanic that has grown up admiring supers and likes to make gadgets that enhance/help different superheroes’ powers. Emilie doesn’t live with Deceit, but goes there often because he has a laboratory there (he lives in a small, regular apartment in the city and he can’t fit all of his machinery in there). Remy explains their situation and Deceit happily agrees to design costumes for them, with Emilie helping out. 

-They all explore their powers together, and take care of a lot of crime this way. One day, Logan is dealing with some of the wreckage after a villain incident and he finds an orphanage that got destroyed. He’s about to walk away when he hears distant crying. He searches through the rubble, and saves a crying toddler that got stuck in between some of the wreckage. He wonders how this child survived, but takes him in and shows him to the others anyway. 

-It turns out that Remy knows the toddler, whose name is Thomas, and he used to visit that orphanage all the time. He speculates that Thomas might have some sort of power, which would explain how he survived the incident. Logan, Patton, Virgil and Roman decide to adopt him and take turns bringing Thomas into their homes and taking care of him. 

[Details]

~Patton~

-Power is Superhuman Strength

-Doesn’t look physically fit from afar (in reality he’s actually really athletic and strong)

-The blue polo shirt he wears is loose (he prefers comfortable clothing) and his cardigan doesn’t help either (it covers some of his shoulders/arms), but his shoulders are broad and he’s really muscular (When Roman first clasped his biceps to congratulate him he did a double take and was like w h a t and Pat was just like (⌒▽⌒)☆)

-Dad jokes 24/7

-The best hugger e v e r (For some people he gives these really tight, secure kind of hugs and for others he’s more gentle and delicate and it’s great)

-Loves food but is awful at cooking it (baking is more of his strength). Has a high metabolism.

-Is very adventurous and wants to do his best to save the world all the time for the good of the city. Not that he minds sharing the spotlight, but he’s just afraid that people will forget all the good deeds he’s done and all of it will be for nothing. 

-In school he’s a decent student, but he’s actually very troublesome and gets into fights all of the time. He’s way more clever than people credit him for, resulting in him finding out who the bullies are, leading them into isolated areas and just kicking their butts.

-Puts on an innocent, idiotic facade because he has to visit the nurse’s office all the time to clean up bruises and cuts. 

-And whenever some kid he picked a fight with tells on him, none of the teachers ever believe it because he’s so short (coincidentally a lot of the bullies are taller than him) and Patton would never seem like the type of kid to inflict such brutal injuries. 

~Logan~

-Power is Elasticity

-Very flexible ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) and agile

-Doesn’t have much of a defining build, as he isn’t very athletic and strong

-Takes off his tie as soon as he gets out of school (if he runs into trouble and has to use his power, the tie inhibits the use of his abilities)

-Will step in and use his powers if crime appears near him (or the other three), but he wouldn’t go looking for it

-He does care a lot about peace and justice, but his academic life is important, too.  

-He’s incredibly observant. Sometimes he’d jot down notes and have notebooks containing details about people he knows.

-When he found out about his powers, he was afraid to use it out in public (because he’s scared he’ll be seen by someone from his school), so instead resorted to watching lots of superhero/villain movies. As he watched, he’d stop and pause to imagine how he’d defeat the villain with his own powers (which explains how he’s become so clever and quick-witted).

While he’s not extremely friendly and outgoing, there are a few groups of people (his debate team and some of the students in his advanced math and science classes) that he has befriended. He is well known and highly respected among his peers, and he’s aware of that, and very humble about it. He’s a little bit of a nerd/geek, but who cares? The guy is honest, selfless and resourceful.

-His debate team always teases him about ‘that one cute, bubbly guy that always walks in and gives you food’ 

~Roman~

-Power is Superhuman Speed. 

-He’s the literal king of distractions, and the master at taunting (and ultimately pissing off) villains. 

-Best at dealing with the public

-Gets decent grades. He has a bit of trouble focusing (and studying). His strength lies more in the creative department

-Flamboyant, theatrical and imaginative. He’s well known (because he also participates in the school play and also helps out with other major events around school), but actually doesn’t have many friends. He has a few close friends, and that’s all he needs. A lot people either are intimidated by him (even though he’s just a musical dork), or want to use him to become popular.

-Loves watching Broadway plays in the city

-Very active online, has tons of accounts on a bunch of different social media platforms

-Extremely ambitious. Attention and support is what fuels his creativity and productivity, so he tries to accomplish more and more to get the attention and support that he needs. 

-Energetic, and hardly ever tires

-Is a huge advocate for LGBT+ and women’s rights (so whenever he sees either getting bullied/taunted/harnessed he just zips and casually socks the rude person in the face)

-Has definitely described his power with the word, ‘nyoom’

~Virgil~

-Powers are Invisibility and Force-Field Generation.

-Likes music, art and being alone. 

-A top notch student in class. He’s basically terrified of failing/getting a bad grade (even if Patton constantly reassures him), so he studies a lot (sometimes has all nighters). 

-Has one or two social media platforms that he spends a majority of time on, has a lot of online friends

-The rate of his thoughts doesn’t go well with the rate of words he can say, resulting in a lot of stuttering and mess ups

-Is terrified when dealing with crime, but he will step in if it’s involving violence. (For example if someone’s robbing a bank, he could just turn invisible and retrieve all of the money back again, but if he hears a single gunshot, then it’s about to go down)

-Sometimes when he’s having an anxiety attack, using his powers calms him down. When he’s able to focus on something (that if he messes up, could destroy something nearby), it takes his mind off stress and intrusive thoughts. 

-He also meditates inside a force field because it blocks out outside noise. 

-Will fight/think better when he’s listening to music (when he’s out fighting crime with the others, he occasionally has one earbud stuck inside one ear). Upbeat, electronic music gives him an adrenaline rush. It also leaves less room for hesitation because he likes to perform an action at the same time as a beat drop.

~Logan, Virgil, Roman and Patton~

-Patton is the dad friend

-Logan is the mom friend

-Virgil and Roman act like siblings

-Patton and Logan act like an actual married couple. They bring each other food all the time, Patton reminds Logan to not overwork himself while Logan reminds Patton not to stay up too late binging cartoons, they casually call each other petnames/nicknames and sometimes they occasionally share goodbye kisses on the cheek/head.

-And yet, when asked about it, they’re both hella clueless and are like relationship?? What??

-Roman is Patton’s partner in crime. The two are the most impulsive, and as they are always trying to commit heroic, daring acts, sometimes it isn’t necessary and Logan and Virgil always have to keep them in check.

-Virgil and Logan have an unspoken, emotional bond between each other. Whenever Roman and/or Patton goes off to do something regrettable, they just exchange this exasperated look and reluctantly go off to find them.

-Patton is slightly more protective over Virgil than Roman (and not because he loves Virgil more, it’s because he knows Roman, in a physical sense, can take care of himself).

-Virgil is skinny and doesn’t eat much (just because he’s a little picky and has a small appetite), and Patton always worries that it’s somehow his fault and it’s bad for Virgil?? But Logan constantly reminds him that they can’t force Virgil to eat more, and even if he sometimes doesn’t like eating vegetables, he’s still physically fit and healthy.

-Roman, Patton and Logan would be hurt on way more occasions if Virgil wasn’t there. Him and his powers are extremely important to the three, and they remind him frequently. (He’s nicknamed ‘the protector’ for a reason) 

-Roman is the most protective over Virgil, even if they bicker constantly and pretend to hate each other. Talk bad about Patton? Go on ahead, he’ll literally slam you against a locker and not get in trouble for it. Talk about Logan? He’ll ignore you and walk away, but you’ll have a swarm of people that adore him on your back for the next few months. But...talk bad about Virgil? sQUARE UP AND FIGHT ME RIGHT NOW, YOU PUNK- (And it’s not that Virgil can’t take care of himself. Yeah, he’s a little on the skinny side, but he’s intelligent and can easily escape from a lot of nasty situations)

-It’s just that Virgil and Roman are both very competitive, always arguing among one another just to challenge each other. Roman helps put Virgil in the spotlight more (but not to the point where he’s too uncomfortable and stressed), while Virgil calms Roman down and teaches him the importance of self control. 

-Someone tried to steal Virgil’s sketchbook once and Roman snatched it away from them and beat them up with a ruler

-Once when Roman wouldn’t get the hint to stop talking, Virgil just manifested a bubble around himself and floats upward while looking down and flipping the bird at him

-Virgil saved Roman once and Roman gave him the nickname ‘angel’ (or guardian angel).

-Logan was using his power to get something from another room because he was too lazy to get up and Roman tripped on his arm (Patton and Virgil: tHE EMPIRE HAS FALLEN-)

-When the four found out about each other’s powers, they’d practice using their powers on one another.

-During a mock fight, Logan wrapped his arm around Roman’s neck and all Roman did was whisper, ‘Choke me harder daddy’ and Logan punched him

~Remy~

-Power is Snow/Ice Projection

-Wears a leather jacket (that’s water/ice proof) and takes it off and ties it around his waist when he’s going to use his powers

-When he was little and didn’t know about his powers yet, he was very sickly and always had a cold, so his parents would always keep him inside. As he grew up and ventured into the outside world, his eyes became sensitive to sunlight, causing him to resort to sunglasses that he wore all the time. Since he liked the sunglasses and he couldn’t outgrow the habit (even though the sunlight doesn’t bother him much anymore), he ended up wearing them all the time. 

-He’s also the best at interrogation (and at lying). Underneath his sunglasses, his eyes became terribly dull and empty from emotion. When he takes off his sunglasses, he’s told to have a glare that could cut through glass. 

-Random snowflakes always seem to get caught in his hair (not that he minds or anything)

-Loves city aesthetics

-Since his body is naturally really cold, he sleeps with several huge blankets and drinks lots of coffee to regulate his body temperature. 

-Likes to be extra™ with his ice powers and create more on a larger scale than what’s really necessary

-Is a bit careless with his powers and can go over the top at times

-”Why...is there a flurry in that area of the city?” “Why not?” “It’s the middle of July, Remy.” “Idk I just...thought we could, like, have a change in scenery of something. It was getting too hot.” *cue Logan facepalming*

-Children love him. Babies and toddlers giggle all the time because he’s really silly and playful, and teenagers love his sassy attitude. 

-He likes visiting orphanages because he loves children. During summer he also likes being their living air conditioner. 

-While everyone’s staying indoors during winter, he’s way more active during his favorite season. He does every winter sport/activity you can ever think of: snowball fights, sledding, ice skating, snow angels, skiing, snowboarding, etc. 

-Likes to perfect and practice his power as much as he can. When he was little and didn’t have control over his power, he’d accidentally shoot bursts of ice from his powers and he used to be so terrified of his power. 

~Deceit~

-Claims he doesn’t have a power, but he actually has prophetic dreams from time to time.

-His power doesn’t hurt him, or anyone else, and he doesn’t want to live a life as a superhero, so nobody knows (except Emilie). He prefers to use his dreams to help with designing clothes (he got a dream about the arrival of Logan, Virgil, Patton and Roman so over the past few months he’s been researching about superhero costumes and how to make light, flexible material that he can use for the design). 

-An actual makeup queen. He’s never seen without makeup, except when he goes to sleep. His makeup looks are usually animal inspired (his favorite being the snake one), but sometimes he just goes for a simple look.

-He likes putting on a mysterious, dark persona. He’s (almost) as extra as Remy and Roman, and loves theatrics. Scarily good at impressions/impersonations. 

-Patton and Roman were really spooked upon seeing him for the first time (because of the snake-like makeup he wore), but in reality he’s just a slightly weird, anti-social guy that likes designing clothes

-Uses Remy as a model for his clothes. (Remy likes to pose in the weirdest, most extravagant ways just to get Emilie and Deceit to laugh, which almost always works) 

-Also goes by Dee

-Deceit is his alias in the fashion industry, and he’s never told anyone his real name

-He is amazing with fashion, but he’s not good in social situations and he has peculiar interests that most people find bizarre and eccentric. 

-He’s so rich because he makes a lot of his income online, where he can sell the clothing he designs. However, since he’s never been interviewed, put in a magazine or been to a fashion show, he’s just not famous. 

[sethnakht]

tagged by the lovely @azalea-scroggs (forgive me for this incredibly late response)

Rules: choose any three fandoms (in random order) and answer the questions, then tag 10 people you want to know better

Three fandoms:

Star Wars

Coco

Harry Potter, if only because it lends itself to this meme

The first character you loved:

Luke (in childhood) - mostly, I think, for his moments of Extra, such as: a) the choice to take death-by-abyss over Vader’s offer, b) his black outfit, with its aura of faux-mystery (the product of brooding over Vader, it seemed), c) the fact that he Force-chokes his way into Jabba’s palace d) and that his solution to killing the Rancor is to send a barbed gate into its windpipe, e) the showiness of his flying kick on Jabba’s barge, f) how he reaches for Vader’s hand not long after having chopped one of them off

Mamá Coco - the beauty and dignity of great age, all of the implied little acts of resistance she’s hinted at having taken throughout her lifetime, strewn throughout the house

Harry - I think what instantly endeared me to him is his resilience, what one might even call spite - the way his hair grows back after Petunia cuts it shorter than he wants, for instance, and then the sheer nerve, the cheekiness of some of his responses to adults - the constant presence of repressed or unacknowledged wells of emotion beneath the calm surface. I learned a lot about what I like in a narrator from him, because he’s highly observant but completely unreliable, often coming to realizations with great belatedness

The character you never expected to love so much:

Leia - I remember seeing ESB in theaters as a child and being inexplicably drawn to the shot of her watching the blast doors close, to her eyes - feeling a sense of such longing it almost hurt. But I didn’t like her romantic subplot and totally lost interest after her bikini scene. It took far sharper eyes than my own to realize just how complex she can be, and years to recognize in her grief, in her struggles, in her determination, in her resistance just what it was that had sparked that initial response

Imelda - she reminds me almost uncannily of my real Dominican grandmother, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to think about her too closely at the beginning. But she’s emerged to me as That Kind of Character I love to write about - headstrong, resentful, masked, walled on the outside; she’s open to many metaphorical readings as well. Cheech, Victoria, and Elena have also grown on me to a surprising degree

one of the great joys of Potter is that nearly every character has a remarkably skewed perspective. I kind of love the cast as a whole - from weirdos like Aberforth and Filch and the Lovegoods to the worst-ever purebloods to Lily and the Marauders - and over time have found the adults especially fun to think through, not least because of how settled-in-their-ways and batshit some of them have become

The character you relate to the most:

I’m going to rephrase this as “the character perspective you find most rewarding to write”, because that’s how I relate to characters --

Vader - because anger! and a journey! because he’s a sad but hilarious murderbot! have explained the fascination a bit here

Héctor - he’s a trickster, immensely changeable and fluid, and yet also caught in something of a traumatic loop, one both of his own making and not. He's in some way the character who can cross every boundary but the one he wants to cross, or rather who has to cross all kinds of boundaries, who keeps crossing boundaries despite being denied passage to the one place he wants to be by an apparatus that regards him as an outsider. There’s lots one can also do with him to think about class relations, about the history of the twentieth century, about time more generally (time in music, time in poetry), about language (he’s a poet). And on a psychological level, he’s got all the baggage I love: guilt, shame, persistence in desperation, a particular form of good-natured obliviousness that has a way of getting in the way of clear communication on his end and also of setting him up for betrayal

Snape - he’s a miserably depressed, endlessly spiteful, hopelessly guilt-ridden young teacher who can’t keep his anger or his tongue in check, is ridiculously partial to the sort of rich prat who helped ruin his life in the first place, is obsessed to the most obsessive degree with Harry and his parents, is probably on a whole bucketload of potions to get through the day, is physically a total mess, and gets to wield some of the most cutting sarcasm in the books - of course his perspective is a riot

The character you’d slap:

other than Anakin? or Padmé? probably Obi-Wan pre-ROTS. Which is not to say that I don’t love him (love his sass especially); more that there are things he does in TPM and AOTC that remind me too much of real people - of bad teachers I know. Much could have been avoided without his grudge in TPM, with a franker acknowledgement of the fact that his charge looked up to him as a father and not as a brother and was vulnerable to predation from those who could see the disconnect. The difference a sharper ear for tone ( “I do my best, Master”) might have made . . . not unlike Snape, he’s a poster-boy for bad teaching, and in a very different way from Snape, he’s arrogant and fairly privileged at the same time. That he’s never called out on his behavior until it’s far too late is harrowingly realistic

Ernesto - boy becomes a media star and yet has never heard of communication, apparently. if he’d simply asked Héctor to write him songs from home, the entire mess might have been avoided

Snape deserves to be in this category, but I think the character I’d want to actually slap is Draco Malfoy - just - i mean

Three favorite characters (in order of preference):

Vader, Leia, Ahsoka or Aphra

Héctor, Imelda, Coco

Snape, Harry, pretty much everyone but Voldemort and Draco

A character you liked at first but don’t anymore:

I still love Luke, so this isn’t quite the response being asked for, but I also don’t seek him out, don’t want to write about him. As a kid, I devoured pretty much every Luke-Vader story out there; now, when encountering Luke-Vader, I confess I struggle to muster interest if Leia (or Ahsoka, or some other female character) isn’t present

this movie hasn’t been out long enough for that, I think . . . 

Hermione is a character I adore still, but as with Luke, she’s no longer for me what she was as a child, when she was my role model - idk, I love a lot of the qualities in her that tend to be overlooked in fic, her brutality for instance, her more hidden impulses - how much she wants to belong, how much her marriage says about her structural needs and wants (love Ron, btw, another totally under-appreciated character). I think she’s super interesting, if not in her prescribed role as the know-it-all ex-machina. As the character used to always playing that role and under pressure to remain in that role, however, she’s fascinating

Three OTPs: 

Leia + Vader gen, of which there is not nearly enough in this world - Vader spends two films chasing / capturing her, Leia spends two films escaping / defying him, he doesn’t want her dead because she can lead him to things he wants, she absolutely wants him dead and is driven to lead by her hatred for him, they’re extreme versions of each other and understand each other extremely well as a result, possibly are even drawn to each other, if only to really hurt each other - you bet I want to see this dynamic further explored

Héctor/Imelda - guilt-fest, psychological drama ahoy, plus they’re musicians, connected through time and language

aside from the stuff I somehow avoid like the plague (H/G, Drarry, anything with Voldemort), I’d read pretty much anything with an interesting narrator. Rarepairs are where it’s at for me in Potter, tbh

I tag @glompcat, @marythegizka, @chancecraz, @songofthesstars, @force-scream, @cyberdyke-industries, @thewillowbends, @babycharmander, @lloronadeazulceleste, @pengychan

[elsa-of-arrendelle]

If Destiel shippers are allowed to post why they ship Destiel, I am allowed to say why I don’t.

I’ll point out that, yes, I’m religious. I’m a Christian of the LDS church and I believe that marriage and sexual relations should be between a man and a woman. But that’s not the big reason I don’t ship Destiel (Heck, I think Cecil and Carlos are *neat* and freaking adorable). 

I don’t ship Destiel because of what it cancels from the characters, the healthiness of the proposed relationship, and the effect it’s had on the fandom over the years.

Destiel is a ship that began as a fanon ship and still is. The biggest promotion is fans on tumblr, the lip-service and stories are written by fans, the scenes are either drawn by or edited from available sources by fans. The writers clearly have no intent of making it canon and the actors (mainly Jensen cause he’s tired of the constant peppering) have said that Destiel does not exist in the show.

The character-destroying reasons I don’t ship Destiel:

There is a canonically straight man who watches soap operas, cleans, cooks, has worn pink satin panties, drinks flavored water, listens to kids, show empathy, cries, is unafraid to show affection to his male friends and family, mother-hens his friends and family, and listens to his own moral code. It bashes so many stereotypes it makes me want to cry of happiness. Turning Dean Bi changes “breaking useless gender roles and stereotypes” to “Oh, well yeah, he’s gay so that makes sense now.” and degrades how revolutionary his character already is against mainstream media.

There’s also an angel who doesn’t care about sexuality more than a person’s actions (a slap to Westboro Baptists) with no personal reasons for it other than his conscience. He is sweet and kind but can also be awe-inspiring and ruthless against his enemies. Has immense power but tries to use it to help people, even in small acts of service which takes down the idea that abilities are only useful if they’re out beating up bad guys over doing what you can no matter how small.

And I refuse to ignore Sam because he is not going to be demoted to a cheerleader for Destiel. Sam is kind, passionate, and endures immense hardships and is just as valid as Dean or Cas. He is his own powerhouse and while I’m certain that he supports his brother being happy and healthy in any relationship that Dean might choose, he shouldn’t be ignored or downsized as a character to make way for a new romance plot which will inevitably happen because guys, this is tv land. It always happens.

Meg. Megstiel was actually canon. Yet, during the same time that people were still trying to make it Destiel. Meg was literally making out with Cas and it was not one-sided. I have seen more romance - proper, healthy romance, mind you - and positive character development between these two than between Dean and Cas. Castiel would compliment her poetically and she had her pet-name for him and would fuss over him and cared for him when Dean didn’t because the Winchesters had their own problems to deal with.

^^^ Related to this but Destiel shippers have actually stolen a lot from Megstiel which is just messed up. The Pizza Man was based on Megstiel. The idea of having a “unicorn” is from Megstiel. Could you please use your own cliche’s in your fanfics and headcanons??? You can’t think of any that you have on your own?? That’s messed up. If you can’t write a story without stealing a competing ship’s motifs to pass as your own, you probably shouldn’t be writing and should be researching your own dang ship instead.

Dean and Castiel’s relationship would be toxic, in case you didn’t notice. It very nearly is right now. Cas is not and never will be Dean’s top priority. He’s still a priority for sure, but he’s not Sam. A healthy relationship has either each other on equal standing whether their first priority is each other or God. Goals, real-time emotions, or anything else too changeable are easily toppled. The reason Dean and Lisa worked out for a year was because Sam was not an option for Dean to prioritize anymore but the second he came back, the relationship started (sadly) to fall apart and Dean lost that stability. Unless Sam is also Cas’ #1 priority, their relationship is going to capsize faster than the Titanic without interference from Balthazar.

Not to mention, when Dean is stressed about losing Sam/failing the world/problems, he dishes out on Castiel. Cas is a strange character in that he is so old and has so much knowledge but he’s simultaneously like a child for the first several seasons because he’s missing so much social development. Two emotionally unbalanced factors in a relationship either balance each other out perfectly or they go up like a nuclear reactor. Sometimes it’s immediate and other times it builds up, but Dean and Cas initially clash and still clash on many major decisions. They don’t balance each other, they make the other alarmed by their unpredictability and recklessness.

Dean does care about Cas, but he’s not used to him or expressing concern to anyone beyond Sam, John, and Bobby. He’s bad at expressing negative feelings in an okay way. I’m not going to be the anti-shipper who paints Dean as some kind of abusive monster cause I love Dean and they twist him out of context too, but Dean has said some hurtful things and failed on the supportive front for Cas several times because Cas is not his main priority. Similarly, Cas has shown no interest in becoming a human, he enjoys human interaction and helping humans. He’s not some Ariel out to be ‘part of our world’ and S12 had him taking up Joshua on the deal to allow him back into Heaven. They have their own goals and those goals do not align in a way that gives room for a relationship. In short, their relationship will hurt each other, not support each other.

The fact that other characters refer to them as a couple is obsolete. If anyone has ever referred to you and someone else you know as an item, you understand that other people’s feelings on your emotions do not create a relationship, your individual feelings do. So that is not ‘proof’.

Something I want to point out to the fandom:

These are like the 3 most aggresively sexualized moments that the fandom has to work with when it comes to hardcore shipping over fluff. Usually these images are followed by fics of making out passionately after these moments. Fans have turned these moments into ‘magical’ events that scream UST and drama.

But I need you to understand something so listen up.

In each of these moments... DEAN IS FREAKING TERRIFIED. 

#1 +2. Castiel warning Dean to show him respect... because he brought Dean out of Hell and could throw him back in and Dean at this point is most definitely not close to coping with the trauma of those 40 years. He’s threatening him with his biggest trigger right here.

How Romantic. Sparks are flying, guys.

#3. Castiel is literally beating up Dean in an alleyway while yelling at him that he’s being selfish and weak and ignoring Cas’ sacrifices. By the end of this, Dean believes that Cas is just going to kill him.    Awwwwww...

#4. The angels have just been exposed at villians and Dean has yelled at Cas to make a decision. Several hours later, Cas appears and slams Dean into the wall and Dean is completely lost and alarmed by this and is unaware of what side Cas has chosen until after a moment of waiting for something to happen.

All of these moments have Dean afraid and/or believing that he is probably going to die. STOP TRYING TO TURN FEAR INTO AROUSAL. That is some serious rape-culture logic and it is messed up. It’s not “kinky”, it’s not “sexy”, it’s fear. If you can’t tell the difference, go see a psychologist.

Okay. Moving past that, the fandom has a lot of issues to deal with when it comes to context and character intent. Most of the scenes ‘supporting’ Destiel are regular pictures taken at a moment with 0 context provided. Others are gifs where something else is actually going on but it looks flirty when there aren’t words so it goes. Most shippers will also confess to not being very big Destiel shippers before they got into the fanfic because it changes their perspective and makes them look for a notice things that aren’t meant to be that way. I read some Bela/Dean stories and found myself shipping them for a while when I used to be die-hard Lisa or Jo.

Also worth mentioning: The argument of Cas being a “multi-dimensional wavelength of celestial intent and therefore isn’t really gay so there’s not a problem” is a double-edged sword with the fact that Castiel has never been with anyone not female (or even human btw it was a reaper and almost Hannah and Meg), but you’re also backspacing over the idea that if it was canon it would be a gay ship so... there goes the side opting for LGBTQA representation...what is your goal with that?

I don’t ship it because I’m tired of great characters being simplified, of great relationships being ignored, of made-up images and quotes being spread as though they were true, of looking up Supernatural and being hit by a wave of Destiel headcanons, of people insulting my favorite actors for both refusing to approve of the relationship and for trying not to shut down the relationship, of the level of tin-hatting required to insist that a character is bi because of the color shirt that they wear, and for people tagging every post - no matter how unrelated - as “Destiel”, I’m sick of it all. 

Spamming is the biggest reasons for Anti-Destiel blogs. Tagging everything with your ship name makes anyone who doesn’t ship it want to scream and hate you. This is not how you gain support.

I’m personally just very sick of feeling like I’m not really a part of this fandom because I don’t ship Destiel. But a lot of fans don’t. A lot of fans aren’t on tumblr, they don’t read your fanfic, they don’t consider Cas and Dean to be a couple, they just watch and like the show. That’s kinda what being a fan is. Making everything on Supernatural about Destiel is how you lose support for the show and the fandom.

Shipping despite this is fine. You want to, go for it. It won’t change the show that I enjoy, but please remember that not everyone will ship what you ship and spamming them or harassing them is pointless and rude.

[candlewisps]

Will you write anything related to Bloodline? In the Metas, I mean. Because while I think that Kylo's fight with the dark voice in his head (aka Snoke) has apparently been longer than initially expected, I think the fact that he learnt about his connection to DV rather violently if Leia's ominous reaction tells us smtg, with learning that his family had been keeping smtg that important from him... Must have been hard. Any thoughts? (I love your meta)

Sooo many thoughts @luciemiddleford, but I’m almost positive my response isn’tgoing to answer your question in any kind of satisfactory manner whatsoever.

My reaction to Bloodline, while mostly positive, is a bit ofmixed bag, and that’s due entirely to inconsistencies about The Family™ betweenthis book and the information we were given in TFA. Aaaaand how Bloodlinemesses with the timeline we more-or-less had previously established (more onthis later) and how this new set just feels wrongto me. In order for me to get across just how I feel in regards to him findingout about Vader in this manner, its necessary for me to discuss why I don’tfeel confident whatsoever about what little info we did get about the Organa-Solo Family Dynamic. Like, at all. I don’ttrust relying on the glimpses we got in Bloodline, including Ben finding outabout Vader in such a jarring manner.

I haven’t gone through the tags on here so idk if otherpeople have broken down some of the inconsistencies and issues with continuitythat Bloodline through into the mix, or if anyone has noticed them at all. Justto start off: I loved the novel. Fucking loved it. One of the best Star Warsnovels ever, in my opinion. I’m a sucker for politics/undercover/conspiracystories, so this was right up my ally. Basically everything related to Leia,the New Republic, the First Order already working within the Senate, anythingthat set up the political outlook for TFA had me overjoyed and I found itincredibly well-grounded in that regard.

It was just those few throwaway lines (I read the wholething twice and I think there are only like six or seven references) about Ben+ Luke that threw everything off. I was expecting this book to give us piecesof the puzzle to put together about HOW exactly everything went down, or atleast glimpses into how the Organa-Solo family life was pre-academy training.Instead it just made me scratch my head and question the canon-ocity of ClaudiaGray’s work. And there’s honestly good reason to question it??? Gray clearlystated that she had not seen/read the script for TFA prior to writing the book,she was clearly Surprised when she saw TFA and it didn’t outright contradictwhat she wrote in regards to the Fam, and beyond that any information shewould’ve been given about The Family™ in order to make Leia’s relationship tothem seem believable would’ve been pretty cut-and-dry (as in: they have a kid,here’s his name, he and Luke are busy doing ~something~). Rereading it justseems like they told her to name drop Ben and Luke a couple times just to makeit clear that she keeps them in her thoughts. They didn’t give her anymore towork with because obviously they’re saving that stuff for TLJ and didn’t wantto spoil it. When Gray was going through the details with Pablo Hidalgo andRian Johnson on what to center the novel around, the only information shereceived for how to make this a setup for TFA was concentrated solely aroundThe New Republic government, the Vader Scandal, hints of the First Order, andthe forming of the Resistance. Just another reason I don’t feel confident withany of the information that isn’t strictly political in nature. The familyaspect just feels like a fill-in-the-blank game (minus what we got with Han,that was all very believable).

Two of the prime problems I have, inconsistency/generalproblem-wise, are in regard to Ben’s age and in how he found out about Dear OldGranddad.

For starters, it was established pre-Bloodline that Ben leftfor training when he was 10 (still canon). It was also the prevailing andaccepted idea pre-Bloodline that Ben fell to Snoke and did-whatever-deed-he-didat the Jedi Academy when he was 15 (I believe I even saw a source at one pointthat confirmed everything went down at 15 but idk where it would be hiding,someone link me if you find one). Makes sense. HOWEVER. According to Gray’sbook, Ben is still with Luke at the age of 23 and hasn’t gone all Dark Sideyet. Here’s the inconsistency: according to the TFA script, when Kylo takes offhis helmet, “Han is JOLTED, seeing the face of his son for the first time as aman”. So Han hasn’t seen his kid since early adolescence, probably. That iscanon. Unfortunate and heartbreaking, but canon nonetheless. I imagine, butcan’t firmly say, it’s been the same amount of time for when Leia last saw Benas well.

This Bloodline continuity hogwash actually creates a majorproblem for Han and Leia’s characters. If we go pre-Bloodline assumption thathe turned at 15, then it means that, at most, Han/Leia went 5 years withoutseeing their son, in person or holo-vid (that assumption is pushing it btw, theystill could have visited him in early teens). We don’t know how busy they were,don’t know where Luke’s Academy was, don’t know if there were any rulesattempting to limit disturbances in the kids’ training. The only thing we canglean is that the Academy, wherever it was, was fairly isolated and hard toreach. So 5 years (again, pushing it) sucks, but is understandable under the rightconditions. BUT. If we adhere to Gray’s timeline, then it means that they went13 years without seeing their kid. It goes from sucky-but-understandable tofucked up in a big way. It is canonically established that Han hasn’t seen hisboy since he was an adolescent, but 23 is an adult. If Han hadn’t seen his kidin that many years, and was able to with him presumably just chilling with Lukeand not off doing dark deeds, then it makes Han and Leia look bad for notputting in any effort to see Ben (or Luke for that matter #rude). It reflectsbadly on Leia and Han. It was already canonically established that Han and Leiaweren’t there enough to guide him—this makes the setup for his upbringingunfortunate, heartbreaking, sorta-kinda understandable. But going 13 yearswithout seeing your kid when you have the means is not understandable andmakes one a shitty parent. This is why I don’t like it one bit. At the previouslyaccepted 15-year age mark, everything flowed together naturally and made sense.At the “new” 23-year age mark it just makes everyone seem like an asshole. It’sjust pushes things a little too far to be believable imo.

In addition to this, Leia states, “I never should’ve senthim away. That’s when I lost him”. This strongly implies that what happenedwith Ben happened relatively quickly (and that there was probably minimalcontact), as in FIVE years, not THIRTEEN. Thirteen years is a long time to sitback, think, and pinpoint exactly when you lost your son without actively doinganything about it. Which is not in Leia’s character. And Han says, “There wasnothing we could’ve done”, which also implies to me a relatively SHORT periodof time between when they actually had personal contact with him and when Bensplit for the Baddies™. Someone who has had repeated personal contact, evenfavorable/positive with their child (messages or otherwise) over a period ofthirteen years after training began would not be making such absolutiststatements. Again, five years makes a certain amount of sense, thirteen has mewtf-ing. Also??? Both Leia and Han’s statements sound like ones to familiar topeople who have had years upon years to come to term with things (as in, 15years ago, not a measly 6).

Onto my other major problem: how Ben found out about Vader.I have a really, reallllllllyyyyyy hard time imagining that Ben found out abouthim out of the blue. I can see where Gray is coming from, but actually thinkingabout it in terms of how Kylo is portrayed in TFA makes no sense with theBloodline timeline. Just for starters: as a descendant of the Chosen One, Benis ridiculously Force sensitive?? So despite the fact that Leia and Han keptthe Grandpa Bomb from him (I imagine Luke would’ve wanted to tell him the truthbut had to adhere to Ben’s actual parents), I don’t see how he would’ve gonehis entire upbringing not picking up on, at the very least, that they werekeeping something huge from. When Han says that there was too much Vader inhim, it implies there were many signs from him as a kid that made his parentsuncomfortable/nervous. For a Force-sensitive who can sense emotions and readthoughts, he would’ve at least picked up on that kind of ~vibe~ they sometimesgot around him and been curious about it. I even have a hard time believingthat, after a while, he might not have “pried” a little bit by trying to readthe thoughts of his “weaker” parent (Han) without detection. He wouldn’t havemeant anything inherently malicious about it, just a curiosity/desire foranswers for why some things made his parents ~share a look~ if you get mydrift. Kids pick up on things. Not to mention he might’ve picked up a vibe fromLuke himself. While I don’t doubt that Luke would’ve agreed to let Leia/Hanreveal things on their own terms, I still think it would’ve been difficult forhim to maintain the façade of “Vader was the enemy and I hate him to this day,glad I killed the bloke”. Ben would’ve been raised on stories of his family’saccomplishments, especially of Luke’s vanquishing of two Sith Lords, so I thinkhe would notice when they either tried to avoid discussing such things or thatmaybe his uncles retelling just didn’t feel right.

The other problem with the “he found out about Vader out ofthe blue” is the fact that that doesn’t organically coincide with hisdedication to Vaders cause that we see in TFA. For Ben to have gone 23 yearsclueless ala Bloodline, his unnerving conviction to finish what Vader startedfeels out of place. Six years is a little short to go from clueless to the “Iwill do everything in my power to finish what you started” idolization we havegoing on. FIFTEEN years on the other hand…well, you get my point. There’s alsothe issue of Snoke. Snoke was in this kids head from the beginning, so I can’timagine that he wouldn’t have used Vader’s identity as an additional tool toget Ben to mistrust his family as early as was feasible/useful. I already madethis whole post about how Vader’s identity/”ghost” was one of the integraltools Snoke was using to secure Ben’s loyalty, so there’s that as well.

While Bloodline is “technically” canon, it is still dubiouscanon at best, prone to changes and mistakes. There are only three “officialofficial” sources of canon (more or less indisputable), and those are the films,the scripts, and the official novelizations of said films. Any othernovels/comics/etc that doesn’t accompany one of the actual movies is canon only until/unless details within it areproven false or clash with Official Canon. And there’s enough weird informationin Bloodline regarding everyone’s favorite Family™, combined with the fact thatGray never even saw the script for TFA, that has me questioning just howin-universe I can take it.

It’s not that I have a problem reorienting myself intobelieving that he made his dark turn as an adult (I do actually), it is just afar less organic and natural string of events compared to him turning at 15. Samewith how he found out about Vader. Bloodline-timeline requires a suspension ofdisbelief. And it affects the narratives of other people around him as well, ina mostly negative way.

Maybe it’s just me that this really bothers. But theinformation Claudia Gray gave us (again, dubious canon at best) just fills liketrying to fit a square peg in a round hole and it throws me off thinking aboutit. I’m just gonna wait for TLJ to confirm/deny anything regarding the Family.