martyn: "i talk about my fears to- so that i can face them! well, get rid of them at least"
jimmy: "you're gonna have to face it now! *laughs*
martyn: "well i'll tell you now, what i'll do, is once your build exceeds this build by one block in terms of height, i will come and slaughter you and push you down to third life and then, we'll just stop proceedings"
jimmy: "we're on- we're on new life. i don't- that was two years ago, martyn! get over it, it was two years ago! third life was two years ago!"
People are mostly not that interesting to you. They don't like you so much as they like what you can do. Maybe at some point you tried to really connect with someone, and it didn't go that well, so you didn't keep trying. Fighting mals though? You're good at that. It makes sense to you, unlike most of the things people do. It's rewarding -- intrinsically rewarding -- and people seem to be happy that you're doing it? Because they don't like doing it but it benefits them. So, basically no downside.
And you go off to school and it's full of mals, and people think you're great because you fight the mals, and you ignore them as best you can when you're not fighting mals for them. (You're polite, your mother always wanted you to be polite and you don't want people to be mad at you. But you don't do anything beyond being polite.) And people seem to think you're doing a good thing. So. It's ok. It's good enough. The world makes sense, more or less. This is what you're for.
And one day you see a soul eater go under another student's door, and you destroy it like you always do. Except this person is mad at you. Which makes no sense. No one's ever been mad at you before, not for fighting mals. So apparently you did something wrong even though you only did what you always do which has always been right before. But you guess you should probably make it up to her? So when she says she needs to go to the shop at dinner you offer to go with her, why not?
Except somehow she's mad at you again. So you have to make it up to her even more now, you guess?
(You don't like it when people are mad at you, but you know what to do when people are mad at you. You Make It Up To Them, usually by doing whatever they tell you to or fighting a mal or both, and then they stop being mad at you. You prefer to understand why they are mad at you, but most of the time it makes no sense, and you know what to do when it makes no sense to you why someone is mad at you.)
So you guard her door while she fixes it. Which takes her a weirdly long time. You've just taken down several mimics, you're bursting with mana, you'd give her some if she asked. Mana has never been a scarce resource for you; on some level it hasn't really occurred to you that it could be a scarce resource for anyone else. People aren't that interesting to you, you don't think about them much, except when someone tells you to, like your mother making you do flash cards of other kids' names. But she doesn't ask, and she doesn't cheat either, she does things the long and hard way, which makes a third thing all coming from the same person that doesn't mesh with your pre-existing worldview. She's fascinating.
And then she pulls on your mana like it's nothing and she's even more fascinating. How did she do that? Is she a malificer? (Is that why she keeps being so mean to you, when nobody is ever mean to you?) What's going on?
And you've never voluntarily fought alongside anyone else before, but she's good to fight with. She's annoying, but she does also point out things you missed or didn't know.
And she stands up for you, in a way that nobody has ever stood up for you before. She's not nice. She's the opposite of nice. But it's starting to dawn on you that being nice is not the same as something else that seems like it should go with being nice. And if El is not nice to you but is that other thing, maybe some other people who are nice to you are...not that other thing to you?
It's a lot to think about.
Anyways. You like her. You're not very interested in people. But you are interested in El.
And then you have the best day of your life, when you've gotten to take on more mals and scarier mals than you've ever taken on before, and you did it and you were good at it, and you kind of didn't want to leave but you were supposed to leave because that was how the Mission worked, and then you were about to die because you missed the bell and the cleansing fires had started and there was nowhere to go, but at least you were going to die next to El.
But she didn't think she was going to die, and she cast a wall of mortal flame (who does that?) and it worked as a firebreak and you didn't die and no one had ever saved you before. That wasn't how the world worked. Who was this person who kept breaking the rules of how the world worked like they didn't even apply to her?
(And then you look around and she isn't there and you kissed her earlier when you thought you were both going to die, and she, uh, didn't react well and oh no, what if you've ruined everything what if you like her but she doesn't like you like that what if she won't want to be around you any more? What if the one interesting person in the entire world doesn't think you are interesting?) (it'd be ok, right? It was ok before.) (it wouldn't be ok. So maybe it wasn't ok before either.)
I watched a part of today's Nintendo Direct and RAMONA FRIGGIN' FLOWERS FROM SCOTT PILGRIM IS GOING TO BE A PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN THE NEW FUNKO FUSION GAME LET'S GOOOOO!!
Bonus: SCOTT, STEPHEN AND GIDEON ARE GONNA BE HERE TOO AAAA I'M DYING OF HAPPINESS
Bonus 2: two more Scott Pilgrims (the original and the back of his head for no reason)
Bonus 3 (6/19/24): I JUST NOTICED THAT THE FRIGGIN' KATAYANAGI TWINS STAGE FROM THE MOVIE IS IN THE GAME TOO GAAHH HOW DID I MISS THAT?!
And big dragon too...There they are if you want proof :) You can just see part of the twins' heads for now...time to update my tags 😅 Can't wait to see what Funko!Scott's world looks like!!
Just wanted to share them all because AAA SO EXCITING!! 😄
Funny how I really have no choice in what my brain decides to fixate on. I made peace with the fact that I have a need to rewatch Over the garden wall in one way or another twice a year EVERY YEAR since 2014, bc it's a hella good show, but currently I'm considering going in for my 11th rewatch of Pacific rim and the thing is I thought that this movie was kinda shit the first time I saw it. I love it dearly but how the hell did that happen
Do you ever think about how there totally could have been an old classmate of Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth in the audience during like turnabout sister or turnabout samurai. Do you think they would realize? Like “hey, were those the guys in my class in like fourth grade? I kinda remember them. Wonder if they remember each other. But it was so long ago, I doubt they would even care.” Meanwhile Edgeworth and Phoenix are undergoing the most insane mental battles where both of them are going “I recognize my best friend across the courtroom and I desperately want to be close with them again.” And “god he is so god damn annoying I wish he would die already.”
The Gabriel x Michelle and Lucifer x Michael were so good 😭😭
I'm stuck with you and your scenarios now 😠
You're welcome, dear~! I see my total eclipse of the brain bring some good after all. I hope I will be able to fulfill this request. Rafael is on the verge of being a character I dare write for, but let's try.
It was all your fault, that you make Raphael feel so special, then forget about it, and after all, you died. Lowly, pathetic human being. How dare you? Do you think he will forgive you for this? Tsk. Not only stupid, but naive, too. You are lucky that you chose to be reincarnated in heaven. Maybe there's still a chance for your pitiful soul.
And *maybe* you will repent if stop teasing him and start to suck.
Even though you were below him, licking his piercing and letting him tug at your hair, you knew who was boss. Poor, unaware angel. Blessing? Being the chosen one? Good joke. Only few strokes and his tip was already covered with whitish ooze. You raised an eyebrow and snickered.
“And who is the pathetic one?”
He grabbed your hair harder.
“Shut... up. Do your work.”
“Truly pathetic…” Your tongue stroked his trembling manhood. “Swayed so easily.”
“Enough!”
As you opened your lips once more, he thrusted deep inside your mouth. Smiled vindictively as you chocked. He wanted you to lose your breath, to finally be quiet, and obediently end the act of his ascension. As cruelly, as holy. New madness hitted his insides as you murmured with a trickle of saliva ran down your chin.
“Better…” Those full cheeks, clenched throat and murderous intent in your eyes make you both dirty and perfect. Perfect to be used. Clouded with pleasure, he thought that he found his new favorite toy.
All Raphael stans! Let me redirect you to @livelaughlovesubs and her wonderful fics - here you got first and second part. I assume you've already seen it, if not, check it out~ She can write and catch his personality way better than me
went looking deep in my drafts for my list of favorite french words to pronounce to see if facétieuse was on there and 1) it wasn't, so i had the pleasure of adding it to the list, and 2) i then read one of the words at random and said, aloud, "oh my god" and had to immediately read the rest of the list out loud. insane mouthfeel. i should memorize the list and say it to myself when i get sad. anyway in case you're curious here's the list which i have sort of sorted into categories but don't think about it too hard because several words fit into multiple categories and also i probably missed some possible subgroupings. happy pronouncing~
words that are fun because of repeated vowels
bonbon, ensemencement, manquement
cocotte
cumulus, pulluler
raplapla
tout fou (two words but one entry in the dictionary)
volcanologie
words that are especially fun for me personally because i can't tell the difference between two vowels
[ɔ̃] and [ɑ̃]: bombance, compensation, consciencieusement, contentement
[ɔ] and [o]: autochtone, octogonaux, rococo, saucissonner
words that are fun because of repeated consonants
sibilants: facétieuse, jaugeage, thésauriseuse
glides and nasals: millionième, napoléonienne
sibilants, glides, and nasal vowels: association, cessation, expiation, fascination, filialisation, glaciation, initiation, prononciation, scintillation, sensation, sentencieusement, vacillation
quelconque
traîtresse
words that are fun because they're the same thing twice with the last vowel changed
clopin-clopant
prêchi-prêcha
words that are fun because i love the symmetry of [eifje]
déifier
dragéifier
gazéifier
words that are fun because i really like combos of [ik] or [ki] with optional friends [l] and/or [t]
antiquité
antithétique
cliquetis
coquelicot
enquiquiner
équilibre
étiqueter
héroïcomique
kif-kif
mastication
pique-nique
quiconque
quiproquo
rhythmique
stoïque
ticket
words that are fun because [j] a syllable or two after [ɲ] fucks severely
champignonnière
désignation
ignominieux
indignation
words that are fun because they're long with a string of alternating vowels and consonants that trips off the tongue
antipathie
authenticité
habitabilité
hétérogénéité
infériorité
parallélépipède
territorialité
tous azimuts
words that start with fun [p] consonant clusters
pneu
psittacidés
psychédélique
psychique
words that just have a certain je ne sais quoi
architecture
au-delà
baby-foot
gentilhommière
houppe
loufoque
luxation
mnémonique
multimédia
préalablement
qualifier
rouflaquettes
saperlipopette
scout
schlinguer
tacheter
thérapeutique
trouillomètre
vrombir
i want to take this chance to thank everyone who has been along for this ride with me over the past year-and-a-bit. if you’ve followed me here, reblogged, engaged with or even just liked any my posts, i want you to know that i appreciate you so much for turning this little hobby of mine into something meaningful; it’s been so much fun putting my little brainworms out into the world for you all to enjoy.
that being said, being here lately has felt a lot like a chore and writing has become more stressful than stress-relieving. i haven’t been happy with anything i’ve written for a while, hence the lack of (new) posts. things have been a bit difficult lately. i just feel like my time on this part of the internet has run its course.
writing this kind of post feels very dramatic (it’s the pisces sun, sorry about it), i won’t lie to you. i toyed with whether i should even make this post or just quietly disappear but i just wanted to give a heads-up to the few friends i’ve made here, more than anything. the askbox on this blog is now closed, as are my messages. the notifications are off. you can find me at my main, @vcrnons , for gifs and visual content if you like, but i politely ask that you please don’t message me there about this blog.<3
thank you again for all the love.🩵
(and for one final time, even though i’m not here anymore, MINORS, DO NOT FUCKING INTERACT WITH THIS PAGE.)