#(I love this show and characters sm and it has changed the trajectory of my life)

[glowinggreeneyes-e]

happy one year to the google doc for the longest ghosts/capvers fanfic (?)… its been through so much, all before its first birthday… it should’ve been at the club 😩

[lady-of-snails]

bae what are ur thoughts on the new bnha chapters and how the ending is looking so far!!! i've been a fan of your fics since the beginning (since "snail has bkdk brainrot" had three parts LOL) and i know you haven't posted fics in a while but would LOVE to here ur interpretation/perspective on the canon events/the trajectory of bkdk's relationship!! i love how you illustrate and characterize their relationship sm and thank u for all the joy you've brought me through ur work the past few years!!

omg an og snail reader hi!! ty for the love <3 and UGH my thoughts about the ending,,, i will put them under the cut to hide spoilers!

honestly? i'm a fan of bkdk's ending!! ik its not the canonization everyone dreamed of but i actually love that there were 0 canon ships by the end :') so often stories feel like shakespeare comedies where absolutely everyone has to get paired up in some way even if that doesn't make sense, and i'm really glad hori didn't do that!! esp with ochako and izuku - I HAVE SO MANY BIG FEELINS ABOUT OCHAKOS ENDING TOO BTW :')) I LOVE HER SO MUCH AND I LOVE THAT SHES CARRYING TOGA WITH HER AND ACTUALLY MAKING AN ACTIVE EFFORT TO CHANGE THE WORLD (even though i HATE that toga died and think that shouldn't have happened,,,).

ok, as for bkdk specifically - QUIRKLESS DEKU GETTING TO STILL BE A HERO??? KATSUKI CANONICALLY DEDICATING YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND MONEY TO MAKING DEKU'S "IMPOSSIBLE" DREAMS COME TRUE BC HE CANT STAND THE IDEA OF IZUKU NOT BEING A HERO BY HIS SIDE?? KATSUKI CANONICALLY DREAMING OF BEING A HERO WITH IZUKU FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE?? literally what more could i realistically ask for (except for a final hand holding panel,,, hori pls we were so close </3). in my mind that is canon bkdk they love each other so much they're best friends they get to be heroes together, AND we get to see that deku really CAN be a hero without a quirk :') i loved the bait n switch ending where u think it's just gonna be deku saying "at least i can still inspire people" (which is sweet but a lil cliche) and then NOPE,, ur gay ass boyfriend changed his entire belief system just bc of you <3

the development of katsuki throughout the whole thing just means SO much to me,,, he grew up so much and now hes an ADULT and he's so beautiful :')) and the devotion that he and izuku show each other throughout, whether or not it has any specific labels, means SO much to me too (esp as a person who doesn't always feel comfortable with labels of any kind). the fact that hori emphasized that it was KATSUKI who drove the fundraising efforts, but also that all of class 1-A worked together, is just lsdskldklsd izuku is so so loved :'))

and god. i love ochako so much. her moments in the last chapters were so dear to my heart, watching her break down while trying to hold it in behind a smile was so painful and so izuku-like of her and i was so happy when he came over the hill to comfort her because those two are so similar and they are so best friends and their relationships means SO MUCH TO MEEEE. ik im rambling im just,, full of love for these characters.

and they all love each other so much,,, in so many different ways. and that just really strikes a chord with me <33 and pro hero bkdk and support gear deku are CANON!!! lfg

[edskasbpraks]

8 shows to get to know me!!

thank you @sunshinereddie <3

(in no particular order)

1. GLEE: okay as embarrassing as this sounds i have watched this show +25 times and it made me into the person i am today like it forever changed the trajectory of my life in the most serious way possible😭 little 12 years old me didnt know what they were getting themselves into when she first clicked Play on that first ep…. shouldve known i would basically base my entire personality on this show and the characters for way too many years ….. so yeah this show will always have the most special place in my heart bc it has been the biggest part of my life for SOO long:)

2. GHOST WHISPERER: OKAYYY i adore this show i ADOOORE IT:) what makes it so special to me is that i’ve been watching it on tv with my mom since i was a kid and it’s just soooo!!! so great a little corny sometimes but it’s one of my biggest comfort show ever ever:)) jimelinda forever

3. STRANGER THINGS: sorry i’m basic but this show is just so so great ANND POPULAR FOR A REASON!!!!!! i’ve watched it when it first came out and i have never been the same ever since. last season is kinda shit but the characters are just sooo special to me<333

4. JULIE AND THE PHANTOMS: :(( so much wasted potential on this show!!!!!!!!! i’m so so sad it got cancelled because even if there’s only 9 eps its truly one of my favourite show!!!! i always rewatch it when im sad it never fails to make me feel better . also im always streaming the songs because they are just SO FREAKING GOOOOOD!!!!!

5. OUR FLAG MEANS DEATH: my little baby my sweet angel i adore this show and the characters:) i don’t mention it a lot anymore sadly because the fandom went to shit SOOO fast and now i feel weird talking about it lol:( but yeah even tho this show came out last year it forever changed the trajectory of my life i can’t wait for season 2

6. FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS: ofmd brainrot lead to the fotc brainrot i fell in love with this show it’s sooo silly but sooo good and the songs are great😭😭 i love those silly little guys sm . once again a truly comforting show

7. BATES MOTEL: i haven’t watched this in so long but since the tag is « to get to know me » im adding it because you truly have to know this show to get to know me it made me insane it messed up my brain chemistry. once again a show i watched w my mom so it holds a special place in my heart:)

8. IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA: last but not least this crazy show . what makes it soo special to me is that it’s the reason i met so many of my now best friends because of it so i’ll always be grateful my sibling put me in front of the tv on day and said We are gonna watch this show .

OKAYY THATS ITTT not tagging anyone but whoever wants to do it goooooo!!!!:)

[dojae-huh]

In the three years you have observed jaedo and learned about jaedo, has there been any behavior that you least expect from them? For example, you think Jae might do something, but he didn't! Or is everything within your scope of speculation! By the way! Time flies! You like NCT for three years! What do you want to say or feel about NCT in the past three years @. @? Also want to know what you want to say to jaedo? Sorry, I have a lot of questions

Time flies... I lived in 4 different places, changed 3 jobs and am moving soon to a 5th location.

Doyoung blushing so hard when Jaehyun appeared in the comments during IG life. There are sides of neos we don't see and have little awareness of. Doyoung protects his personal life, so it's hard to know how romantic or mushy he really is, does his sentimentality affects his love life or not, what is important to him, etc. There is still no concensus on who is behind the couply look, who bought the couple hoodies (booze/snooze), for example. As an outsider I only see clearly his professional side.

Jaehyun having fun feeding vultures. It wasn't out of character, but it was a nice surprise to get to know how open minded he is. Very few people not interested in nature/biology are not disgusted with vultures. And Jae is not the member who regularly shows his love for animals (it's Taeyong and Taeil) to know how far his inquisitiveness goes.

I didn't expect NCT to become this big, to be honest. Granted, it's a new era of k-pop, when even female solo artists sell loads of albums, still, I didn't think the group will surpass Exo. Just shows how social platforms (vlive, YT, bubble) changed the game.

I'm dissapointed the vocal line is still not used how it should be. Sticker doesn't have songs like "No longer" or "Without you", where the vocals are very clear. Taeil showed us new hights, he really has full on flex moments, but his high notes are kind of lost on the tracks, not being focal points. Doyoung's "stay" doesn't have the same power as "Sorry that I walked away". Do has a cool line with a great delivery "3, 2, 1" in "Far", but the effect of it quickly fades away. In short, the voices are mixed in a way, that it's hard to see how strong the vocal line really is. My grievance with b-sides on "Sticker" is that I can imagine other groups sing it with autotune without a big loss to the result. I mean, it's been 5 years, "Without you" is still the best song from the vocal line. All the ballads we have are so-so.

Taeyong says that neos participate in deciding theit trajectory, but I don't believe it. I don't think it's a bad thing per se, but not all producers know how to work with NCT.

In short, I still think the potentional hasn't been fully realised (sans TaeMark, they get good tracks). Ironically, neos were weaker as singers during the first EPs, but in general they were recorded/showcased better.

Because NCT took a long time to become famous (in comparison to other SM groups), it was evident neos had a lot of fears and dissapointments. Finally, they can relax. It's nice to see everyone be so confident, energetic and hyped being million sellers. They have new freedom from doubts and insecurities.

As for JeeDo. They are doing the best they can. My only wish is for the time they can be open or, at least, free from the fear of their carrier being destroyed by antis/rumours to come sooner.

[beevean]

How about a top 5 (or 10 if you prefer) best and worst bosses in video games? :D

I’m not very well versed in videogames, but anyway...

WORST

10) Chaos 4 (Sonic Adventure): Not a big fan of bosses who waste so much time - ooh, look at that, trying to hit me with very slow, very telegraphed attacks, and taking more and more time to becomes vulnerable the more the fight progresses. Also not a big fan of Tactical Suicide Bosses (excuse me Chaos, why is your strategy “stay in the water for increasingly amounts of time and then decide to raise my head to breathe”? In this form you’re a fish!). Even less of a fan of bosses that you have to fight three times to complete the game.

9) Sonic and Diablon (Shadow the Hedgehog): They couldn’t have come up with a more boring boss if they tried. Shoot the shield, shoot the cannon, avoid the hand, run away when you hear the word “anti-matter”, kick Sonic in the head, slowly chip at the large energy bar, rinse and repeat. The G.U.N. Fortress version is particularly painful, too, as the arena only offers those piss poor pistols with 10 bullets and minimal damage. And much like Chaos 4, you have to fight this lovely boss three times to get to the Last Story, except you don’t even get a different character with different abilities. Also, poor Sonic, from protagonist of the series reduced to nothing more than a footstep.

8) Collision Chaos boss (Sonic CD): Try to play a boss that relies on wonky pinball physics, that shoots projectiles with the only purpose of changing your already precarious trajectory, in the Bad Future that adds slightly more bumpers to destroy, with the American music (I linked the extended version to properly depict the experience). Pain is real.

7) Egg Pinball (Sonic Advance 3): Surprise! I find this boss worse than the more famous Egg Chaser. Yes, the Egg Chaser is very anxiety-inducing with its bottomless pit and the ball chain sending you into it, but once you learn the pattern of the platforms and that Amy as a partner makes it a joke it’s not that bad. This one, though? Even with Amy/Sonic, which is the only team where your partner is useless but you aren’t, this boss relies too much on luck, expecially by the end when way too many balls are flying across the screen. It’s almost funny, in a “screw you” way, that this is one of the two bosses in the game that can’t be hit by Cheese, in the stage where you finally unlock Cream. Pinball and Sonic don’t mix as well as Sonic Team thinks, apparently.

6) Boost Guardian (Metroid Prime 2, Gamecube): This boss’ strategy isn’t even that bad, it’s just that it hits you like a truck in an environment that is already sipping you of health. If being hit was less punishing, guessing the correct timing to jump over it would be fun. Too overkill for its placement in the game.

5) Mother Brain (Metroid Zero Mission): MB in the original Metroid 1 was... there, with the difficulty of the final boss coming from those stupid Rinkas pushing you into the lava below. In the remake, which otherwise is much easier than the original game, you have to think about the Rinkas, the lava, and MB who shots you fireballs! And if you fall into the lava (and you will spend half of the time in the lava)? She closes her eye and protects her only weak spot, forcing you to wait at the mercy of the Rinkas hitting you all over again. Asshole.

4) Dark Gaia (Sonic Unleashed): Dark Gaia, as a whole, is a stain on an otherwise beautiful game. Setting aside his “character” for a while: this boss is way, WAY too long (the first time I clocked at 11 minutes, like hell I’m trying again), the Gaia Colossus phase is frustrating for how slow it is and for having a nigh-unavoidable attack, the running phase requires pitch-perfect timing otherwise say bye bye to your life, and the Super Sonic phase is essentially “slipping down the shield to run over a bunch of snakes, then QTE up your ass”. Riveting. At least it has some banging music...

3) Egg Saucer (Sonic Advance 2): The bosses in SAd2 are already questionable with their “wind pushing you backwards” physics, but this one flings you enough bullshit to make you ragequit. Whoisthisgit made an excellent video explaining everything that makes this boss such a miserable experience. I am so sorry, Knuckles, that you had to be associated with this tragedy.

2) Antlion Mecha (Sonic 2, Game Gear): So let me get this straight devs, you take a boss that is already a little too had as the first boss in the game, you put it in a console with a much smaller screen, you screw up the slope physics making it just a little too easy to slide into the antlion’s jaws (and of course you don’t have any Rings), and on top of that you make the trajectory of the projectiles random when in the Master System they were consistent? Great game design there, guys :V

1) Spider Guardian (Metroid Prime 2, Gamecube): I was never as close as bestemmiare ogni santo e pure il padre eterno as I was when I was trying to beat this abomination. I love the Ing theme, but FUCK if I wasn’t hating every single sound of it while playing, OH MY GOD I envy the people who played it on the Wii so damn much

BEST

10) Robot Carnival/Storm (Sonic Heroes): Yes! Yes, I do like this boss! I’m probably the only one, I don’t care, I find these fights cathartic, especially with Team Chaotix <3

9) Jet Drill (Sonic 3 & Knuckles): The strategy may be simple, but I love the setup of Eggman destroying an ancient garden just to kill Sonic and I love how it emphasizes how much of a reliable bro Tails is. (let’s just ignore the fact that with Tails alone this boss is a pain...)

8) Doomsday Zone (Sonic 3 & Knuckles): The series had its fair share of Super Sonic bosses, but so far no one has beaten the original. It has excellent music, you can feel the tension as you smartly redirect Eggman’s missiles to him and as you chase him down through space, and Eggman in this game is really ready to do anything to win, I love it

7) Beta mk. II (Sonic Adventure): This is probably the best part of Gamma’s campaign. 90% of it is kindergarten-easy, and then Hot Shelter and the final boss are a sudden, but welcome spike in difficulty. Beta mk. II is a far cry from any other E-series robot you’ve faced, being almost completely invulnerable, hitting you with straight up nukes, and the time is still ticking in the corner. Then you add the context of having to kill your brother, and the deceptively upbeat theme, and it becomes a memorable experience.

6) Cykka (Metroid Prime 2): The first phase is fairly boring, but Adult Cykka is really fun to fight for some reason. Not only it has a cool design, but it’s a fast-paced battle (due to having to use the Grapple Beam to swing from platform to platform) where you have to go ham on the boss at certain points (when it becomes Dark Cykka), my two favorite styles for a boss.

5) Nightmare (Metroid Fusion): A name, a certainty. This boss looks, sounds and attacks in a way that makes you feel confused and powerless. Even at it becomes a game of “climb the stairs, shoot at its ungodly face, jump around to avoid it”, it’s still tense.

4) Ridley (Super Metroid): SM isn’t famous for having great bosses, but they put all of their effort into Ridley and it shows. There’s no strategy here, it’s simply “kill him before he kills you”. At this point you’re pretty much at the peak of your strength, you went through literal Hell to get The Baby back, you’re not going to be stopped by the asshole who killed your parents.

3) Shibusawa Keiji (Yakuza 0): What a beast of a final boss. The first Dragon of Dojima is the perfect foil to Kiryu, having all of his strength and style but none of his compassion, and beating him up to a bloody pulp, especially as you see him become sloppier and sloppier, is so, so cathartic. Also, Two Dragons, what more can I say?

2) Egg Dragoon (Sonic Unleashed): Best boss in the series? I don’t know but it’s surely in the top 10, and it’s ironic that you play as the hated Werehog. Not only it has some delicious music (that generations ruined), but it’s such a fun climax after the hell and a half that is Eggmanland! On one hand, Eggman sounds seriously angry and he is ready to kill Sonic (and if you take too much time, which admittedly is hard if you’re not doing it on purpose, he is positively gleeful while he sends you into a fiery death); on the other, Sonic just rips this giant robot apart like tissue paper, and even if it’s done through QTEs, it looks awesome.

1) Kuze Daisaku (Yakuza 0): I’ll let this say it all. If I had to pick a favorite version, the fifth one was my favorite to fight (by that point you have likely upgraded Kiryu’s abilities to the point of making him a juggernaut), but the second one is iconic for a reason... multiple, in fact. “DIE, YOU LITTLE SHIT!”

Special mention to Majima in Y1, YK and YK2 because he looks really fun, but I have never faced him myself so yeah.