#(an ongoing saga)

[kateknowsdramas]

Choi Chi Yeol vs Decorative Greenery

[symphonic-scream]

I'm doing so much better this year in regards of making AU's every other second

So far it's been the parents one and uh. Actual Crime. But there's also so many that never made it to tumblr. Uhm. And rather than count them as new AU's, I just wanna talk about them

SO. ASK GAME. SEND ME AN EMOJI OR ANY ASK (JUST CLARIFY ITS FOR THIS GAME) AND ILL TELL YOU ABOUT ONE OF THEM AT RANDOM

As always shout out to Cap for always being the one to sit there as I scream random AU's at them. Thanks Cap

Anyways. Yeah. Let's find out what hides in my mind from last year

[letsby]

When she makes that noise I know exactly which cat is lurking outside my house

[saltycryptid]

bro is NOT listening to Gale's dissertation on the mechanics of the underdark tunnel system

[morganbritton132]

Eddie’s live-streaming in his studio when Robin asks if he wants the rest of her milkshake. He’s like ‘yeah’ and she says, “Woooow, look at that. Once again, Eddie Munson gets my sloppy seconds.”

Eddie, playing along: Hate to break it to you, Rob, but Steve was with me before he married you, and during, and after.

Robin: Yeah, but I put a ring on it first.

Eddie: Actually, you didn’t.

Robin: In the eyes of the law, I did.

Eddie: Well, I slept with him

Robin: Ew. He confessed his love to me first

Nancy, not even looking up from her laptop: I don’t know about that…

[thegreatyin]

a valuable part of fallen london progression is starting the game thinking the masters are all collectively playing evil mastermind organization-13-esque sixth dimensional chess and then by the endgame knowing they're just individually playing their own games of normal 3 dimensional chess just like the rest of us. and they're all playing against each other. and (this is the important part) none of them even know how chess works

[is-there-an-echo-in-here]

X

[pianokantzart]

Do you think Mario is the more socially adept of the brothers, or do you think he has his own brand of awkwardness/silliness?

It's complicated. I think that the bros are both equally weird in their roles as everymen, but as heroes Mario is definitely more socially adept sheerly by the power of self confidence.

While both brothers are kindhearted and want to make a positive difference in the world, Luigi is repeatedly referred to as "shy" or "nervous," with early games even poking fun at his inability to make a name for himself (though thankfully modern releases have pumped the breaks on this running joke.)

I think it boils down to the fact that Mario's oddness is more socially accepted than Luigi's oddness. Mario's never-say-die impulsiveness, and his enthusiasm are energizing and inspiring; it makes people around him feel safe and assured. Luigi is trying his best and has his moments of confidence, but his (often very rational) bouts of terror bring down the room. He's something of a square peg in a round hole– a worry-wart in the position of a hero, and that makes people that don't know him well enough to put their faith in him uncomfortable.

[hoofpeet]

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Burning a shapeshifter's skin

I came across this werewolf folktale from France, in which a man saves a strange woman from the werewolf curse by burning the skin she uses to transform:

A hunter from Montrond had returned to a cabin at a time when the people of the mountain had left their cabins. After a while he heard a loud noise; he hid in a corner and saw the door in the middle of the barn open, and a werewolf with a bear skin on its back came into the cabin. He shed his skin and a beautiful young girl emerged. She lit a fire in the hearth. She had beautiful big hair and she started combing and grooming herself. When he saw this, the man came out of his hiding place and grabbed the girl by the hair; she began to scream and struggle, but nothing helped: he held her with force and, with his other hand, he took her bearskin and set it on fire. When it was completely destroyed, she thanked him wholeheartedly for freeing her of that thing. (Collected from Philomène Sambuis by Joisten Charles in 1961)

Despite the presence of violence, the story frames this as an act of kindness. I'm rather glad it doesn't end with her marrying him, but it did make me wonder why I've never seen a folktale where the animal skin of a selkie or swan maiden is burned...

One the one hand it makes sense, because werewolves are generally seen as cursed humans while selkies and swan maidens are born shapeshifters. But on the other hand, while burning a werewolf's skin or belt is a common theme (Dutch examples), there are also tales about werewolves who scream and flee in rage or terror when their skins are burned (Het weerwolfsvel verbrand). And there are plenty of fairy tales who use this trope in various ways:

• In many variants of the Romanian tale "The Enchanted Pig" a prince is cursed to be a pig but can take his skin off at night to become a human. When his wife burns the skin he is furious and she has to redeem herself. Sometimes it is implied the curse would have lifted on its own if she had been patient, but in others he just seems angry she did it at all.

• The Russian tale "The Tsarevna Frog" is similar. The Tsarevitch who marries a cursed maiden burns her frog skin and has to suffer for it. Because instead of breaking her curse it turns her into a swan that flies away for him to rescue.

• In the some versions of "Hans my Hedgehog" burning the hedgehog skin is punished too, while in some it cures the shapeshifting (even while in some cases the hedgehog wasn't born to humans, but was an adopted animal, like in the Indian stories about a crab husband). But in the Grimm's version Hans specifically instructs to burn his animal skin so he can be human permanently.

• In the folktale "The Dog Bride" from the Santal Parganas in India a herdboy marries a dog after seeing it shed its dog skin and become a beautiful maiden. She only turns human when her husband is asleep, but one night he manages to catch her and burns her skin, leaving her permanently in her beautiful woman shape. The story does not say she was cursed.

• In the story "The Mouse Maiden" from Shri Lanka the princess does seem to have been cursed to shapeshift between a girl and a mouseling, but she weeps when her husband burns her mouse jacket at the advice of her mother.

• The girl in the Greek tale "The Goat Girl" seems just as upset. She is the goat child born to a woman, who can shapeshift at will, and tries to throw herself into the oven her groom burns her goatskin in. It isn't clear if this is a compulsion or an act of grief.

• And there's also the tale "The Little Donkey", collected by the Grimms, in which a queen gives birth to a donkey who is then married to a princess and only then starts to turn human at night. The father of the bride burns the donkey skin, but unlike the other shapeshifters on this list (except for the Mouse Maiden) the donkey prince does not even notice until the next morning. He is terrified and tries to flee, until the king begs him to stay.

All this to say, these folktales are very divided on whether burning a shapeshifter's animal skin is the right thing to do. And it does not always depend on whether you are dealing with a cursed human or a born shapeshifter either! So I really wonder if there really aren't any folktales about selkies or swan maidens that involve the (attempted) burning of their skin, or if I just haven't found them yet...

[moonpaw]

Fighting DEMONS rn trying not to get invested in one piece to figure out wtf you're posting about!!!!

come here cyber.... we have this thang

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[americankimchi]

god i wish they hadn't retconned maul's death. i get wanting to explore more of his character because he was, objectively, one of the coolest star wars characters to ever hit the big screen and didn't get much screentime prior to his death, but also his role was fulfilled perfectly within those constraints so i wasn't too upset by it.

but by retconning it and making it so he never died it's like. okay. what now? the whole point (well, to me, ymmv of course) of the theed generator fight was that it was the first ever fight between the jedi and the sith in thousands of years, and that in the end even though the jedi (obi-wan) won the fight, a jedi (qui-gon) and a sith (maul) still died. a master and an apprentice dying together to herald the start of a new age/the return of the sith. perfectly paralleling the way in rotj a master (palps) and an apprentice (anakin/vader) died together to herald the return of the jedi. in both instances, a father figure (qui-gon/vader) dies in the arms of their son (obi-wan/luke) as a sith (palps/maul) is cast down into the abyss to their deaths. (palps being alive in the ST and retconning his death in rotj is also annoying for this reason)

i mean i like maul. don't get me wrong. he's an incredibly compelling character and i enjoy seeing more of him... but there's always the thought hovering in my mind like "he should be dead though. he should 100% be dead. this wouldn't be happening if he was dead, but i honestly would rather it not if it meant that maul was dead."

like the tpm fight just doesn't hit the same knowing that canonically he's just. going to become a robot octopus at some point. (shoutout to palps becoming sith glados in the ST) it cheapens the moment for me. it was supposed to be a moment of triumph marred by the deep and soul-crushing loss of a loved one and it's just... not, anymore. or at least not to the same extent. AUGH i'm just. frustrated. wish star wars as a whole wasn't constantly reframing/retconning what's been established. just puts a bad taste in my mouth.

[monquu]

yeah, sure thing Jeff....

[tosahobi-if]

KANG JI IS A LESBIAN???? BIG DAY FOR DYKES

JSFJDJFJFJJDJSJDJ;;JHWJJD YEAH

[morganbritton132]

The day after Eddie accidentally implied that he was thinking about divorcing Steve on a live-stream, he’s live-streaming a little Q&A from his kitchen. A fan that’s either new or casual enough to not know about his marriage asks if Eddie has ever been in love.

Eddie, who interprets the question as ‘were you ever in love before Steve’ because he can’t fathom anybody not knowing that he’s in love with Steve, answers simply, “No.”

Meanwhile Steve, who is not privy to Eddie’s internal logic, is standing there with the coffee he made him like, “….Did I do something to upset you or are you just being mean to me for no reason?”

Eddie: They’re asking-

Steve: I heard the question. And for the record, I’ve been in love with you the whole time so like. Fuck me, I guess.

Eddie: Steve, that’s not…. *after Steve leaves* I’m gonna have to handle that.

Gareth, who is here and just trying to live his life: Maybe you should stop talking. Forever.