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sarnai4 · 4 months

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Underrated Musical

A musical I think it criminally underrated is Death Note the Musical (spoilers ahead).

It's just so good. If we're considering the singers, they're amazing. Jeremy Jordan really makes Light sound like this young guy who could easily be a typical protagonist with his pleasant, youthful voice, but the power behind it and the edge he can use reminds you that he becomes the real villain. Jarrod Spector as L is so uniquely great for the character. His tone stands out just as L stands out from those around him and he can hit some nice high notes. Eric Anderson as Ryuk is awesome. He just breathes life into the character, filling the shinigami with the mischievous/almost menacing nature we know he has. Carrie Manolakos as Rem really sells the transition of being indifferent to humans, to not comprehending why someone would put so much on the line for unrequited love, and ending with sacrificing herself because of her newfound understanding of this. Adrienne Warren as Misa Misa is very believable as a pop singer because she sounds great and can bring the emotion of loving someone so much that she doesn't even care what happens to her. Finally, Michael Lanning (who I know from another great and underrated musical, Jekyll and Hyde) absolutely NAILS the role as a father who wants to see the best in his kid, but he's gradually coming to terms with that not being reality.

Then we come to the music itself. Here are my top five (in no particular order). They're Only Human. This sets up the entire story. It gives you Ryuk and Rem who at this point just want to have some fun and see what those odd mortals are up to. It's a look into their minds to show how they perceive mankind. They see people as living such meaningless lives that dropping down a death note is just a source of entertainment. it also sets up the shift in character for Rem later on. Hurricane. This is a solo for Light, giving us his ideas and laying the groundwork for how his heroism will quickly turn to self-righteousness. He is this storm that can kill anyone he chooses and leave immeasurable damage in his wake. His God complex is on full display here, but it's still early enough that he could be a hero if he gains humility soon. The Game Begins. This is an L solo and his intro to the audience. Something I love here is how it connects to a later song. This one sets him up as the antagonist for Kira and he's even happy that he can use the killer's first mistake against him. Later, Light is bragging about how he won't make any mistakes at all, but the audience already knows he has. The idea of using data also really fits with L's character and is a lot of fun to see how his sleuthing works. Mortals and Fools. This is such a fun song to hear because it shows how Rem doesn't really understand why Misa loves Kira, but she's also starting to fall in love too. There's this line being straddled where one half of her can't comprehend why Misa would do something so reckless for love whereas the other half is sad that the love is for Kira instead. Stalemate is the last one. The name implies it'll demonstrate a good rivalry between L and Light and it's not wrong at all. These two truly have a stalemate and are coming at each other with all they have. It's the core of this musical and amazing to hear.

There is another major reason that I love this musical. The ending. It. Is. Amazing! It's so much better than the anime. I think a general consensus with the show is that it began to decline in quality after L was killed. My issue was that he died, then it's his work that allows these dull characters to win. It doesn't feel earned when Near takes down Light because it's L who we saw fighting tooth and nail to stop him. It's L whose data is used, and it's L who we've grown an attachment to. Having the victory be snatched from him hurts. Here, that's not what happens. He still is killed, but it's after Light confesses in front of him. Their rivalry is being upheld. L wins because he gets Light to confess and knows he's been right this whole time. Light wins because he got Rem to put L in the death note and he dies. Light is killed by Ryuk who decides the game is over and writes his name in the book. This all happens in a warehouse where it seems like both people have killed each other. In a way, they have. By having his name written, Light kills L and by being such a threat that he had to die, L kills Light since his death removed that thrill/excitement that Ryuk has been wanting. With L gone, there's no reason to continue the game. So, it comes to its logical conclusion. Their lives have begun to revolve around each other so much that naturally, they have to end together too.

#Death note #death note musical #light yagami #Death note L #Jeremy Jordan #Gothic musicals #Why don't we get more of these #It almost sounds like a rock musical too

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mine-fujiko · 7 months

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About Lupin III, I grew up watching part 1 and still to this day it remains my favourite installation of the franchise, with only Lupin Zero as a very close second if not even on the same level. I just adore Yasuo Otsuka’s style for the characters design and to me that’s the way they look best (redhead Fujiko, cute tall and lanky Lupin and Jigen and Zenigata, first time we see Goemon he looks like an Utamaro’s painting!) and the animation is pretty good for a 1971 tv series. I love the “more violent” episodes by Osumi but also the more comedic later ones by Miyazaki/Takahata.

The series as a whole is incredibly original, it doesn’t follow the usual tropes but instead it gives us a terrific interaction between the main characters. It also doesn’t claim to do any big explanations but just presents the viewers with characters and situations that are just there to be interpreted as the viewers wish. Very interesting to see as both characters and situations develop in the course of the 23 episodes. I’m going to focus only on Lupin, Jigen and Fujiko because there are some episodes that are just “Lupin and Jigen vs Fujiko” that are absolute comedy jewels 😁

On to the characters.

Lupin: is an arrogant, egocentric, over confident arse. He’s convinced that Fujiko is his girlfriend but he is the only one who thinks that! He is very attached to Jigen. He also kills cops. In later eps he starts to see Fujiko as a rival, stops molesting her(!) and by the end of the series they’re more like friends/colleagues.

Jigen: is very loyal and very reliable, off the scale cool guy who saves Lupin’s life like every 5 minutes, he’s sarcastic, cynical but also fun loving and a bit mischievous too. Doesn’t trust Fujiko and he is right because (see below). In later eps he too starts to see Fujiko as a friend/colleague. Still doesn’t trust her, though!

Fujiko: is a wild psychopath. Literally trumps on everyone’s dead body to get what she wants. Nobody’s girlfriend but totally Lupin’s antagonist. Doesn’t give AF and does whatever is best for her. Backstabbing made perfect. In later eps she loses a lot of her sexy man-eater traits but that’s the Miyazaki effect.

I also want to add what really makes the series and thanks god the whole franchise for me, which is the great amount of humour (all characters can turn from extremely cool to goofballs in a sec) and the ability to mix drama, comedy, mystery, mad gags, etc.

As someone who loves the original manga I maintain that the series that did the best job about basically *anything* was part 1.

For reference, the “Lupin and Jigen vs Fujiko” episodes are:

… basically all of them? LOL! No, for real episode 6, 10, 12, 16, 17, 21 because Rie is mini-Fujiko!

To quote one resume it usually goes like this:

“Fujiko goads Lupin into stealing a large shipment of diamonds. Lupin takes the task despite Jigen's protest that Fujiko is playing them for fools. Of course, Jigen is right.”

#lupin iii #lupin the 3rd #lupin the third #jigen #fujiko #yasuo otsuka #masaaki osumi #hayao miyazaki #isao takahata #lupin iii part 1 #part 1 jigen #part 1 fujiko

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uncxntrxllable · 10 months

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A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE. Repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. if you fail to achieve some of the facts, add some other of your own!

NAME: Charlie

NICKNAME: Coyote

TITLE(S): she doesn't really have any titles

AGE: over 1000 years, but, appearance wise you can say she fits late 20s

SPECIES: spirit shaper

SEX: female

NATIONALITY: Ancient? I don't know. Was American a thing 1000+ years ago? I have no idea. But today she'd be considered American

INTERESTS: can stealing be an interest? reading, sight-seeing, hiking, camping, anything to do with being in nature, drawing or painting, fire, humans, animals, other supernaturals, running around as a coyote

PROFESSION: being a nuisance to society

BODY TYPE: tall ish, thin / slender, well-built

EYES: brown

HAIR: blonde

SKIN: more tanned, I'd say

FACE: Madelyn Cline

POSTURE: shoulders and head up, she's confident and it shows in the way she carries herself

HEIGHT: 5' ft 6

VOICE: I don't know how to describe voice tbh so 👍 watch outer banks I dunno

SIGNATURE OUTFIT: she doesn't have any signature outfits in most of her verses but I mean, in her Fallout verse she's always got a leather jacket with her gang symbol embroidered on the back of it. but in general she likes to dress casually with just a little style.

SIGNIFICANT OTHER: well in present day? nobody. but her best SO was Sonya

COMPANIONS: Fang, but he's not technically a companion. he's her soul so I mean, but he's still someone to talk to. you can consider him a companion.

ANTAGONISTS: she still holds a grudge against her own kind even though they are now basically extinct. if you are a spirit shaper, immediate hostility, high risk of death for simply existing as a spirit shaper in her presence.

STRENGTHS: confident, brave, loyal, very dedicated... her dedication extends to good things and bad things... affectionate / loving and compassionate, smart, protective

WEAKNESSES: an absolute bitch, a bit of a bully, egotistical, stubborn, prankster or mischievous oftentimes in the worst way.

FRUITS: any kind of berries but especially blackberries, and apples

DRINKS: water, tea or coffee, lemonade, anything carbonated

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: wine, but will say yes to literally anything

SMOKES: nope, she doesn't like it, never has and hates the smell

DRUGS: none

DRIVER'S LICENSE: she knows how to drive, but when cars were first invented she didn't need no driver's license and has never bothered to get one because then she'd have to explain why she never ages and who wants to do that just to get it renewed, she drives without a license if she does drive

tagged by: @caracarnn tagging: @coveitous (cross ofc) @fvrsaeken (judith but make it her famous au), @herbalwarlock @rocklandjbrin @rowan-revelry (valgrim), @ayakoito @cicero-the-assassin @escapedfromthevoiid (dani) @paleobird @wexarethewalkingxdead (sophia)

#THANK YOU FOR TAGGING ME GJNDKJH #charlie & fang study ; 𝑏𝑒𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑠

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annabtg · 1 year

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Greetings! I really like your writing. It is always well thought out and descriptively written. Do you have a specific head-canon for Lily and James that you think shines through in all of your fanfiction stories or does your idea of their character change?

Thank you anon, you're so sweet! I'm glad you enjoy my stories!

I have a few basic things that are usually part of my headcanons:

James being a little shit xD Especially in his younger years, I like to write him teasing Lily, pranking around etc.

Being smart, confident in his abilities, even arrogant, but nevertheless hopeless with regard to Lily - awkward, unsure, self-doubting, especially in his later years when he's already been rejected (at least) once by Lily and grown up enough to know he'd been an idiot. That all changes back when he realizes she likes him. xD I don't write them much after they get together but I feel that, once he knows Lily likes him, his faith in her love is unwavering.

Another thing he's not particularly confident about is being named Head Boy. Lily definitely has more faith in him about it than he does in himself.

My headcanon is also that he has been in love with Lily basically since forever (or at the very least, since he was old enough to be able to notice girls) and is a complete virgin who probably hasn't even kissed another girl. I can get behind different interpretations, and frankly I'd like to have the versatility to write him with someone else for the ~drama~ of it all, lol, but even if I write it at some point, my headcanon is that he's never been interested in anyone else (and never will be). In my head, I call him a Lilysexual. xD

I headcanon his relationship with Sirius being also full of banter and teasing. I see them like a real life brothers dynamic, with James being the younger brother - annoying, perhaps attention-seeking, but ultimately respects, admires and adores Sirius - whereas Sirius is the older brother, who is more serious, matures more quickly, pretends to be annoyed more often than he actually is, and loves James in a literally self-sacrificing way.

As for Lily - I see her as smart, snarky, mischievous in her own way. She's not a Hermione - I'd say she's closer to Ginny. She's diligent, yes - but not that much of a stickler for the rules. She's easier to anger and very likely to tease or snap back.

She's not athletic, but she likes swimming and dancing. Perhaps I'm drawing from myself on this one. xD

I like to write her as more flirty than James. My absolute headcanon is that she fell for James much earlier than she's willing to admit and never did anything with anyone else - but I can see her having flirted or even dated someone I've written her in a fully adult relationship with Sirius too so that should tell you something. And I very often (but not exclusively, now that I think about it) write her as the one to make the first move. She's smoother and can be very aware of her feminine wiles (which she uses on James exclusively). But the degree of her flirtiness varies from story to story.

She's stubborn and doesn't change her mind about people easily. Which tells a lot about her relationship with James - and Snape, too. I love showing her slowly figuring things out.

It's also my headcanon that nah, she didn't - it's more exasperation than actual hate. I think that's the age where you can say to someone "I hate you" and it means nothing the next day when the situation has cleared up. So I imagine James and Lily not being 100% on each other's throats, but more like antagonistic - he likes to tease, she likes to snap back - with the occasional epic fight in-between but some good moments too. Like, it was never the end of the world when they had to share a desk or do an assignment together. (Never mind that it makes for fun fics! ;) )

Overall I'd say that I have a decent grasp on their characters (decent enough that my beta, who's not a Jily fan, after having beta'ed several of my stories, has figured them out enough to call me out on things that feel OOC for them!) and the characteristics that fluctuate are the ones that define the dynamic between them - whether they're more reserved or confident about their feelings and experiences, which is a matter of circumstance too.

Thanks again for the ask! And sorry if you got more than you expected - I just love talking about them!!

#jily #jple #james potter #lily evans #jily headcanons #marauders headcanons #my headcanons #lovely anon!

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simons-twsted-children · 7 months

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Hihi! Here with some character dynamic!! ❤️♦️♣️♠️🌹 for Klaus please? Thank you!

My bunny boy!

So I’ve actually only really thought about his relationship with Riddle, and even that was through the lens of his friendship with Fiamma, so this will be an interesting series of dynamics to explore?

Feel like I should also say before all of this that Klaus has some pretty high walls before he considers someone a friend at this point, bc he’s been bullied pretty badly for quite a while. So if it seems like a lot of this is him being antagonistic or uncharitable, it’s more of a defense mechanism than anything?

Preemptively tagging @inmateofthemind because a good chunk of this will be pertinent to our musing with him and Fia? (Especially the last bit)

I feel like he probably has a rocky start with Ace, generally jumping off with the assumption that Ace’s brash nature means he tends towards bullying (something that Klaus has had to deal with for far too long and has 0 tolerance for). Which probably causes some unnecessary tension between the two of them until something corrects Klaus’ perception, and he realizes that Ace is a bro, actually, even if he is a bit of a loud slacker? (Which. To be fair. Klaus is the king of doing things last-minute, so—) I think they actually end up having a decent bit in common, especially the tendency to call out injustice where they see it and pick fights with mages far stronger than them, so they probably end up being decent friends by the end of the first exchange, at least?

Cater is an interesting one, because I wonder if Cater wouldn’t see Klaus as a cute magical opportunity, because of his bunny features? I don’t think he’d -mean- anything by it, or even suggest it in anything less than a friendly way, but I don’t think Klaus would react well to being approached for his cuteness alone. I think he’d probably generally steer clear from Cater, especially once the generally hands-off nature of Cater’s friendships becomes clearer? Klaus isn’t one to put in effort with someone who doesn’t reciprocate a friendship in kind, even if Cater REALLY needs someone to put in that effort, for his own sake as much as anything. (Lookin at you, @ramshacklerumble)

Klaus would probably initially write Trey off as a pushover, always doing damage control for Riddle and seeming to let the other students walk all over him. But once he realizes that Trey has a mischievous and prideful streak a mile long, Klaus’ respect for him would grow. I don’t think they’re friends, persay, but I think Klaus probably sees something kindred in Trey, not necessarily in how he -presents- himself, but in what he actually -does-? (Specifically referencing Trey’s dorm uniform vignette here, in the context of what would cause Klaus to change his opinion on Trey. The sort of, “you think you can do this better? Alright. I’d like to see you try.” And then him preparing a contingency plan in the background anyway bc he knows the freshmen are gonna totally fail, etc.)

I actually think Klaus probably warms up to Deuce faster than Ace? If only because he basically looks at this boy and goes “oh bless your heart, you’re trying.” Deuce might be a dumbass, but he makes a point of trying to be a good dude, whereas Ace just kinda speaks his mind constantly even if what he says isn’t always. Complementary? Basically I think he’d respect the obvious effort Deuce us putting in to be someone his mom can be proud of, even if Klaus generally doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him. (If this is incomprehensible I’m so sorry, I’m very sleepy but wanted to get this out before I forgot BEJEJCJDJF)

And Riddle! His best friend’s beau! I actually think Klaus probably VERY MUCH DOES NOT LIKE HIM, at first? Because I think Riddle probably gives him shit early on for “misusing his signature spell” (which is a time displacement sort of thing?) Klaus absolutely would not take kindly to even the threat of having his magic sealed, especially noting that it is also his main defense against Penny and Ruby, his and Fiamma’s major bullies. Also to note that Klaus would not have been around for Riddle’s Overblot, so he would have NO IDEA about his trauma or Why He’s Like That until he’s directly told by Riddle, Fia, or someone else. Once he finds out, and especially once Fia makes clear her interest in Riddle, his attitude towards him mellows out substantially, and he eventually grows to call Riddle one of his best friends as well, I think. (Even if he does still, lovingly, joke about how stuffy Riddle’s adherence to rules can be, it’s in a much more endearing tone than annoyed)

If you would like clarification on any of this, I’d be more than happy to give it btw!!!

#TWST #disney twst #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland #my ocs #twst oc #ask game

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starlight-phantom · 1 year

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Name: Kyoshi Fujiwara

Talent: Ultimate Thief

Gender: Male

Skin Tone: Tanned

Eyes: Pink

Hair Style and Colour: Deep purple, medium length, slightly messy but styled hair

Personality: Mischievous, cheeky, flirty, two-faced, determined, nonchalant, does care for everyone but shows it in unorthodox ways, very dramatic, cunning, strategic, street smart, distrustful

Biography:

Kyoshi was born into an extremely rich and successful family, however when it was revealed that his parents had actually earned their fortune through dubious and illegal means, they lost everything and ended up on the street. Kyoshi and his younger sister were taken into foster care, which Kyoshi didn't mind as it meant that they had a roof over their heads and he had immediately relinquished his parents due to being completely disgusted by their actions. They didn't have a lot of anything in the orphanage, so Kyoshi began picking pockets and shoplifting in order to make sure his sister and the rest of the kids were able to get treats they usually couldn't afford. Their caretakers caught onto his antics but they appreciated that he did it to raise everyone's spirits during tough times and covered for him. As he got older, Kyoshi's distaste for the rich grew and he became more ambitious with his targets until he eventually teamed up with some of his thieving friends and became phantom thieves, stealing priceless treasures from rich idiots and shipping them off back to where they belong. While the authorities hate their group, many people in the general public consider them to be modern day Robin Hoods.

Much like Naoko, Kyoshi is not very popular with his classmates, due to treating the Killing Game as a game. He believes that it is similar to a tactical game and that following the rules and exploiting any loopholes they can find in them is what will lead to victory. Due to this viewset and his mischievous nature, many of the students view him as an antagonistic asshole. Despite this, Kyoshi is actually terrified of the Killing Game and desperately wants to win so he can see his sister and all of the kids from the orphanage again. He'll do anything to get out, including deluding himself into thinking of the situation as a fun high stakes game. He finds Setsuna frustrating because he sees his absolute trust as naïve and easily manipulated, so the two butt heads frequently over their ideologies, but Kyoshi finds Setsuna's strength and hope incredible and secretly develops a crush on him.

#oc - kyoshi fujiwara #rui's ocs

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violet-moonstone · 11 months

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more httyd OCs

ok so I've got more next-generation dragon riders for the fic im working on

but they're the kids of the antagonists - the warlords of the northern alliance (im probably gonna come up with a different name for them, idk)

their perspective on dragons is somewhat complicated because they grew up with their parents telling them how horrible the world was before they subjugated dragons and how they have to be harsh with them to keep them in line...but at the same time, they grew up as dragon riders who have pretty close relationships with their own dragons. So they kind of see dragons in general as a force that has to be put under the "right" kind of control (ie, subordination, not cooperation).

sooo here's my lil guys!

Oktai (16/17ish) is the younger son of Griselda the Grievous and Chaghatai Khan (yes, I put them together, it just made sense to me, idk). Oktai gets along much better with his dad, who is more easygoing and laid back, whereas mom is suuuper intense. Oktai's sort of the runt of the litter of the warlord kids. He's not a fighter at all - somewhat similar to Hiccup in HTTYD 1, but a lot more cynical and moody. He's extremely jealous of his older brother but also looks up to him. He excels at learning about dragons — specifically how to manipulate them. It upsets him but he tries not to think about it too much cause he's just trying to get by and not piss anyone off, especially his mother. Any time he feels a twinge of empathy he shoves it waaay down. Damn pesky conscience.

Appearance: Medium height and thin. Messy, black shoulder length hair, usually in a ponytail. Light brown, cat-like eyes. Pointed facial features.

Fun fact: Oktai is a Mongolian name that means "he who understands." Yes, this is important.

Oktai is the only one who does not ride a dragon.

Alaric (early 20s) is Oktai's older brother. He's handsome, tall, charismatic, honest, a great fighter, etc, etc. He's brave and a good leader—definitely next in line to lead the Warlords. He adheres strictly to the worldview his parents taught him—that dragons are a force that must be conquered. His father goes about this from more of a "greater good" perspective, whereas his mother wants to do away with any forces that stand in the way of her ability to exercise power. Either way, Alaric is not about questioning his worldview. Whereas Oktai avoids doing so out of fear, Alaric just doesn't understand why anyone would. He believes that they're the good guys. Not like those reckless anarchists on Berk...right?...Right?

Alaric doesn't really understand his baby brother but he looks out for him as best as he can.

Appearance: Tall, broad-shouldered. Long, dark brown hair in a braid. Light brown eyes. Rectangular features. Annoyingly handsome. And his teeth are just like...stupidly perfect. What a show-off.

Fights with a sword and rides a Typhoomerang...I think. Might change that later.

Bjorn (late teens/early 20s) is the older son of Ragnar the Rock. He's tall and beefy...like not muscular—BEEFY. He's kind of an asshole to Oktai but not when Alaric's around. He's very serious and easily-angered. His little sister annoys the hell out of him, but he's still protective of her.

Appearance: Tall, and as previously stated, beefed up. Covered in tattoos. Short, curly ginger hair shaved on the sides.

Fights with a mace and rides a Crimson Goregutter. He really likes the name.

Edda (about 15) You CANNOT stop her, she can only be contained. Younger daughter of Ragnar the Rock. She's mischievous, impulsive, and sneaky. Also tends to be mean to Oktai, but not always on purpose. She kind of just opens her mouth and stuff comes out. Who can keep track?

Appearance: Short with an athletic build. She has a cute baby face (but don't let that fool you. She will set your house on fire). Short, curly ginger hair. Absolutely covered in freckles.

Fights with knives and rides a Raincutter, whom she has secretly named Puddle (they're not supposed to name their dragons). She loved Puddle too much not to name him though.

#httyd #how to train your dragon #httyd ocs #httyd fanfiction #thw rewrite #httyd headcanons #httyd oc

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gemstone-golem · 1 year

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I've been chipping away at this idea for a Deltarune AU for a while now, unceremoniously dubbed "What if Deltarune and Undertale swapped?" as thats the best way to describe it. Here are the classic Three Heroes, but swapped with Undertale's own respective player character, semi-antagonist, and tutorial character!

(swap lore and character lore underneath the cut!)

This whole AU is a general swap of all the pacing, characters and story of Undertale with the gameplay and vibes of Deltarune, where an rpg party of up to three tackles the deep catacombs of the UNDERGROUND, a locale disrupted by the party's presence alone. they will end the era of this world, in one way or another. Such a depressed and sollemn world wreaked by the consequences of the denizens' mistakes, the three heroes are worlds different as they try and alter the twisted fate of it all.

Arc is generally a more open and and expressive swap of kris, generally taking the design features of frisk and chara that kris didn't. They're very physically emotive and expressive, at least when they're in control.

Arc serves as the party warlock, taken a pact with a greater force in order to even go on such a grand adventure through these caves to begin with. As they signed the contract, they thought, "What could even happen?" not realizing who would claim them.

Detel is a total reckless force, hijacking the story to come along on their own motives. as a spirit of the underground, they learned the ropes of this place long ago, but want to just mess around and see what ends out in the end. They can always just go back, right?

Detel is the party bard, a mischievous rebel at heart, they love just getting into people's skin and seeing what makes them tick. most of that comes through blaring music in unfitting instruments, which they think is just perfect,

Ydmmn (pronounced Y-dimn) has been tossed out, beaten up, and washed away far too many times to count. generally dismayed, he was reinvigorated with 1) a sudden beating to the head by a bleating petal's pummel, and 2) the desire to teach and learn these absolute newbies how the world REALLY works. through countless nights of training, they learned how to PARRY and DISARM, taking any foe's strengths and turning them against it. he seems a little too eager to show these skills off though.

Ydmmn is a monk of the party, training in hand-to-hand combat to get out of rough situations. he always thought that melee was too limiting, with poles and chains still giving not enough range, so obviously his psychically linked gauntlets are better than anything to him.

(also, Ydmmn is not supposed to be the MAD dummy, thats likely to come later, with how im planning this swap.)

#deltarune #deltarune au #undertale #undertale au

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august-anon · 3 years

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oh and no pressure here (full pressure on the others /j) but maybe “You won’t.” or “What kind of a question is that?” with friends-more-than-frienemies yennskier? s2 has made me very fond of them ~🌵💞

Absolutely of course dear heart!! S2 made me very fond of their new dynamic as well lol. Another person also asked for "You won't." with Yen and Jask, so I went with the other dialogue! Look at you, getting the best of both worlds lol

Also, lee!Jask special for you lol

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20 Questions

Fandom: The Witcher

Ship(s): Gen

Characters (lee/ler): Lee!Jaskier, Ler!Yennefer

Word Count: 825 words

Summary: If the bard was going to ask such silly questions, Yennefer would do it better.

[ao3 link]

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The bard was incessant. A few non-antagonistic words and suddenly he thought they were best friends. No wonder Geralt hadn’t been able to shake him, all those years. Because it absolutely did not become endearing after a time, and Yennefer absolutely did not share in the bard’s feelings of friendship.

Not at all.

Truthfully, it was nice to have company. She often locked herself away in one of the numerous abandoned rooms in the keep, sifting through the things mages had left behind. She would have her daily lessons with Ciri, but other than that, no one sought her out unless they needed her skillset. Things between her and the witchers, particularly Geralt, were still a little tense, and she could certainly understand their hesitation after what she nearly did.

But Jaskier seemed to have no preservation instinct, as always. She thought he’d be off on his mischievous and merry way once she checked over and healed his burned fingers, but he just kept coming back. Sometimes he’d sit and watch her sort through things in silence (though that was rare), sometimes he’d bring the lute he’d dug up from another abandoned room and write in her company, and quite often he would come in and find ways to goad and annoy her into conversation.

Such as today.

Jaskier had fooled her into joining in on some question game, and though she was loath to admit it, it was almost kind of fun. Not to mention, though they had known each other for years by this point, it was a little surprising to Yennefer how little she actually knew about the bard. Especially considering how much he talked.

Yennefer had lost track of how long they were playing this question game, but it had to have been hours. She’d cataloged almost the entirety of the room’s magical artifacts, and through the filthy window she could see that the sun had sunk rather low in the sky. Dinner would be called for, soon. And good thing, too, considering it seemed they were both running out of questions. And Jaskier was certainly taking his sweet time coming up with his next one, groaning obnoxiously as he thought it through.

“Oh, I know!” He said at last. He pranced toward her with a leering grin. “Yennefer of Vengerberg. Are you… ticklish?”

Yennefer jerked back, furrowing her brows and looking at Jaskier like he was insane. “What kind of a question is that?”

“That’s not an answer,” he sang.

Yennefer crossed her arms over her chest, hoping the move didn’t look too defensive. “No,” she lied.

Jaskier raised an eyebrow. “I believe we had a no lying rule in place?”

“What makes you think I’m lying?”

“Everyone’s ticklish, Yennefer.”

Yennefer raised her own eyebrows. “Then what’s the point of asking if I am? Why not ask where, or how much?”

Jaskier rolled his eyes. “Fine, where–”

“Ah! Not so fast, bard. You already used your question.”

“Then answer it.”

Yennefer rolled her eyes. “Fine, yes, is that what you wanted?”

Jaskier gave her a smug smile. She returned it.

“Good luck finding where, though.”

Jaskier frowned. “Dammit.” He sighed. “Fine, your turn.”

Yennefer smirked at him. “Where are you ticklish, Jaskier?”

She watched in satisfaction as blood rushed to Jaskier’s face and he started awkwardly stammering out excuses.

“You can’t just–”

“Oh, but you can? Tell me, bard, what were you about to change your question to a moment ago.”

Jaskier pressed his lips together and scowled at her.

“No matter,” she continued. “If you cannot answer honestly, I’ll simply have to find out for myself.”

Jaskier’s face dropped in shock. “Wait, Yennefer–!”

Yennefer did not wait. And frankly, Jaskier was doing a poor job of defense. He just stood there, a grin tugging at his lips, as he held his arms out in front of him like that would stop her. Her fingers easily skirted past to deliver nibbling little pinches on his sides, slipping up to skitter at his ribs before moving back down once more.

Jaskier doubled over on top of her arms, laughing heartily and stumbling backwards until he hit a table. She stepped in front of him and started scritching at his hips through his ridiculously colored clothing and he positively howled.

“This does not bode well for you, bard,” she teased, an undeniably giddy grin tugging at her own lips. “It seems the answer to my question may just be everywhere.”

“Yenna– wait!”

“Wait for what? For the dinner bell to ring so you can make your escape? I think not. No, we’ll be staying right here until it’s time for us to go and eat.”

Jaskier yelped and giggled as she moved her wiggling fingers to his stomach. He finally seemed to gather his senses enough to clutch at her wrists, but he made no further moves to push her away. She smirked again.

“Not that you want to, as it seems.”

#tickle fic #my writing #the witcher tickling #lee!jaskier #ler!yennefer #ticklish!jaskier #the witcher #jaskier | dandelion #yennefer of vengerberg

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Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (so how to kill a franchise before it could fully unfold)

Ranking for people who really don't care: 3/10

The Peter Rabbit franchise is close to my heart and that's why I'm petty enough to write an actual analysis like this one. Actually, the first movie inspired me to finally start writing short stories for children. So it's important to me. And the original stories are sweet, adorable and timeless. However, Peter Rabbit 2 is a literal crime against cinema. It would be enough to say that around the 40th minute I was honestly considering turning this shit off, which has never happened before (I've managed to watch a lot of Marvel movies and didn't turn them off. It says something about my resistance to trash.) But PR2 reaches new levels of being a shameless cash grab with amount of effort and soul similar to "Ralph Breaks the Internet." Ok, characters in Ralph are still more interesting. PR2 single-handedly murdered everything the first movie managed to achieve, making sure that the stories about the mischievous bunny go to hell, shameful and forgotten. Even Domhnall Gleeson, amazing as always, couldn't save it.

Let me take you on a fucking trip through the depths of rubbish. And let it be a cautionary tale about the state of modern children's movie industry.

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is the summary of what's wrong with modern children's media. As I've mentioned before, it's just a shameless cash grab to make kids want to buy plushy Peters. I think that at some point there is also some product placement but I'm not British so I simply don't know that brand. Ah yes, the non-western immunity. This is not a production made to entertain children. No one thought about kids while making this trash. Ok, maybe the actors did. Hard to tell. But not the producers. This movie is a few centimeters away from being self-aware and realising that they are telling the story of their own production. Soulless rubbish that makes children pull on their parents' sleeves and yell "buy me! buy me!" until the tormented adult gives in, deep inside culturing the deep hatred towards that damned rabbit. I'm pretty sure that there will be no more continuations and that's good. As a fan of the franchise, I have to say that lack of continuation is the best thing that can happen to it, at least for now. The harm is done. A lot of people won't remember the original, old books. They are left with the utter trash the second movie is, ruining the positive impression left by the first one.

In both PR1 and PR2 there were two writers, one of them being also the director (Will Gluck.) And I don't know what happened in this man's life but the sequel feels as if it was written by someone completely else. Where's the decent pacing? Where's the interesting, gripping plot? Where the hell is basic consequence? Not here. Maybe it's because the second writes has changed – Rob Lieber in PR1 and Patrick Burleigh in PR2. Whatever it was, it led to the biggest problem of the movie – an absolute chaos.

The action starts rather not long after the end of the first movie. Thomas and Bea get married, Thomas is to stay and everything seems to go well. Animals got access to the farm again, except for Tom's tomato patch. Peter decides to change, become more responsible and stop being a total asshole. The thing is that he still doesn't get along with Tommy which leads to a few misunderstandings. Not very interesting plot premise, though it has some potential (not that the writers used it. Nope.)

Bea's career blooms as her book about adventures of rabbits gets accepted by a publisher, Nigel Basil-Jones from Gloucester. The audience immediately can tell that he's an antagonist – charming but very obviously manipulative, Nigel steals Bea's heart (and Tommy's too, tbh. Thomas is so fucking gay for him.) There is only one problem in form of publisher's vision of the future books about Peter and the rest. Peter is shown as "The bad seed", the guy who always ruins everything. Deserved but he doesn't like it. That's why he walks away, totally not bothering to express his displeasure in any constructive way.

On the street he meats Barnabas – an older rabbit, experienced and street smart. Together they do some typical for those movies damage and end up getting caught by the pet service. Barnabas recognises Peter's jacket and claims that Peter's father was his friend. While Bea signs the papers with Nigel, completely ignoring very obvious bad intentions of the publisher, Peter and Barnabas get adopted by a definition of a spoiled, rich brat. They go through some serious animal abuse but manage to escape from the cage when the humans aren't around. It turns out that it was all a part of Barnabas' plan – he gets into people's houses and steals the food. He also has a gang consisting of a rat (he's kinda funny) and two sibling cats that are such bleak character that I don't remember anything about them. I've seen that movie yesterday. The great escape is a painfully unfunny sequence of animals beating up the mother of the awful kids. She deserved it but still. It was just bad.

The gang is impressed with Peter – they were scared of the woman and almost abandoned their haul. Thanks to him they get everything. Barnabas asks Peter to bring his siblings. That idiot does it. Ok. Thomas and Bea find Peter and take him back to farm. Next day they roll down some hill or something like that. Thomas has a raging breeding kink (I will elaborate on that later.) The movie keeps beingboring. Peter and his siblings meet with the gang – it turns out that the fluffy criminals are planning to steal dried fruit from the farmers' market. Why? The movie explains that the dried fruit are easy to carry around, don't go bad that fast and are nutritious. Two of the gang members are cats that don't eat dried fruit. Remember when I said that the plot makes no sense? Yeah.

Tommy and Bea talk to Nigel again. The publisher plays that Disney game, [resenting them with more and more idiotic ideas on how to make the stories about the rabbits more profitable and easy to create the merchandise for. This movie is so close to being self-aware. Tommy is gay and jealous, confronts Nigel in a box gym about Nigel's manipulative influence over Bea and almost gets his ass beat. Nigel snitches to Bea and the freshly married couple argues (one of many signs of this relationship being dysfunctional.)

Rabbits get other animals to help with the farmers' market idiocy. Of course Barnabas is our second twist villain – he used them to get more food. Who would have guessed? Probably everyone who's perception is more developed than the one of people who enjoy Boss Baby. Peter realises he fucked up, rejoins Thomas and together they get back all Peter's friends that got sold to random people all around the world after getting caught by the pet service. Tommy jumps from a plane. No, I don't even care enough to elaborate. Wow, happy ending! The characters drive back home and speak out the moral of the movie in the most awful way possible. The end, finally.

So, what's the problem? Fucking everything. There are more holes than matter in this cheese. Barnabas didn't need any help with stealing the dried fruit. The operation was painfully simple. I'm pretty sure he would've done it on his own. Nigel is not a good villain because he didn't get enough screen time – he's good and convincing, just forgotten in a movie where he's supposed to be quite important. The sequence of rescuing the animals at the end of the movie lasts like a minute and is a pathetic attempt to recreate the sequence from the first movie. Overall, the story feels hollow and messy. Too many characters that you don't care about because they aren't developed. Surprisingly borking movie full of action that's just stupid, especially compared to PR1. There the plot was simpler and this is literally why it works. Here? It feels like one of Nigel's stupid ideas on how to make the franchise worse. Oh, the irony.PR2 is boring and predictable in every single aspect.

2 – Characters

Peter

Thought he's a stupid cunt in the first movie? Rotted for the mad Thomas because he was at least hot? Well, then get ready for Peter getting even worse. The movie tries to tell you that he wants to change, that he finally understood what's wrong with him. That he went through a redemption arc. But guess what? HE DIDN'T. He didn't change at all. He's as unstable and annoying as always. Nothing about thus character makes me like him. In the books he's way nicer, like a real kid that is just curious about the world. The movie Peter, and especially the PR2 Pete, is one hell of a motherfucker that would be way more useful to the society as a meat pie.

I hate James Corden and can't wait for the movie industry to realise that he is a bad voice actor. Really. He is just bad. The movie has an attempt to be self-aware here, with Peter asking people if his voice is annoying, but it doesn't work because his voice isannoying in an unenjoyable way. Shitty job, that's it. I'm especially disappointed since in my native language the dubbing is amazing and adds a lot. Here? Hell. Just make a meat pie out of him, Thomas. It would be community service.

Thomas McGregor

Call him JFK because he got assassinated with a style! PR1 is a good move mostly because Thomas carries it. He's a rare case where an added character (not present in the original stories) literally saves everything. He was insane, he was pathetic, he was funny. And a little bit sexy, though that's just a side effect of employing Mr Gleeson. Magically, PR2 kills ALL of those traits. They made himnormal. He's just a pathetic loser without that doze of insanity that made him an incredibly catchy character. He used to be the perfect "crazy, hysterical, gay-coded guy to laugh at." Nothing from that is left. He's basically non-important. He doesn't even have that much screen time, and when he does he's just in the background. Even Domhnall Gleeson's great performance isn't enough because the script didn't let him do what he had to do. He's still the funniest element though.

He lost his sharp side, he lost his madness. Ok, he makes funny noises. Gleeson has great control over his voice and it shows – his screeches are hilarious, I admit. But it's not enough. And what's up with the freaking breeding kink? Like half of his lines are about how much he wants to reproduce with Bea as quickly as possible. Even though neither of them should ever have children. In PR2 Thomas could've been as well replaced by any other random guy. "Sorry, Tommy died, here's Bob." And it would be basically the same.

Pont 3 – Thomas and Bea have no chemistry. That was something that bothered me in the first movie too, but now I see that it was three heavens above PR2. I don't see a couple, I see strangers. He has 1000 times more chemistry with Nigel. Fuck, even with Peter. With literally anyone but Bea. I have no clue if Domhnall Gleeson and Rose Byrne like each other or not, however after this movie I'd say that they are at least a bit hostile. Their interactions are sometimes almost painful to watch.

Bea

Movie industry, please learn how to write women. Please. I'm begging on my knees. In both PR movies Bea is the most bleak, boring basic bitch possible. But PR2 adds something new – now she's also stupid. Congratulations, writers. Well done. She's always had problems with being naive enough to be manipulated by animals. Here she's just a painful idiot. Nothing else to say about her. I didn't like her much in the first movie, now I don't even want to think about her. Also, just as with Thomas – she has very limited screen time. And the writers decided to use like 90% of it to show us that she's stupid and naive. The only interesting thing she does is disagreeing with Nigel at the very end. But without that the story wouldn't have its moral so it was obvious from the beginning. Lord, give me patience.

Nigel

Somebody PLEASE get this man some screen time. David Oyelowo is really good in his role. Charming, attractive and convincing. The only problem is that his character is even less than two-dimensional. He didn't have a chance to show what he can do. Still, he used every damned scene he had. A waste of a decent potential. Nigel is a personification of this movie's very approach towards the franchise – never-mind the quality, we can get money of that.

Barnabas and the gang

Obviously antagonist from the beginning. Yeah, that's basically it. Barnabas' motivation makes no freaking sense. It is said that no one wanted him and so he grew old, unwanted in the pet store. Then he escaped and decided to do some damage. The thing is, we see him being adopted almost immediately in one of the scenes. One could argue that it was because of Peter's presence, however I don't really agree. The girl could've said "Mum, I don't want that ugly old one. Just the young one." Boom. Didn't happen. She took both. And Barnabas literally says that getting adopted and then robbing the house is his regular method of acting. He regularly gets adopted by people. His motivation makes no sense and it feels like the writers just didn't know how to explain his behaviour.

Other rabbits and the rest of the animals

Not much to say. They are exactly the same. I feel like the chubby bunny, the actually nice one, got even less content than in the first movie. No, the running joke about either Flopsy or Mopsy changing her name to Lavatory and being high on sugar isn't funny (I can't tell them apart. Oops.) Someone kill the fucking squirrel.

3 – Humour (or lack of thereof)

Not funny. The first movie was. It had a decent mixture of slapstick and good lines. Here isn't gone. Jokes got stupider and more vulgar. One of few actually cool one was ruined by the delivery (the one with deer and flashlight/torch.) Generally, the timing and delivery of jokes is extremely poor. They just don't land. Thomas is the funniest motherfucker but it's not enough. Mostly I was cringing. And yes, you could say – dude, you're an adult. This is a kid's movie. The thing is that I can tell a good joke from a bad one. Children deserve a good quality humour and PR2 doesn't deliver it. PR1 is fun both for kids and adults. If I went to the movie theatre with my kid, we would have a good time. If I went with my kid to see PR2, we would probably end up killing someone just to feel something. Or we'd go to a restaurant. PR1 was cool because it had some risky jokes, sometimes with darker themes. PR2 is the definition of sanitary shit that kid's movies became. Nothing darker, nothing risky, we need to sell the merch. Effect? No laughter. Cringe.

And, for Lord's sake, stop putting random famous songs in your movies. I got flashbacks from Shark Tale era of animation. Fortunately, the second half of PR2 kinda forgets about this and there are less songs. No, this shit won't make your film appear cooler to kids. It's bad, unfunny and awkward. Somebody please kill that fucking squirrel.

Conclusion

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway is the summary of what's wrong with modern children's media. As I've mentioned before, it's just a shameless cash grab to make kids want to buy plushy Peters. I think that at some point there is also some product placement but I'm not British so I simply don't know that brand. Ah yes, the non-western immunity. This is not a production made to entertain children. No one thought about kids while making this trash. Ok, maybe the actors did. Hard to tell. But not the producers. This movie is a few centimetres away from being self-aware and realising that they are telling the story of their own production. Soulless rubbish that makes children pull on their parents' sleeves and yell "buy me! buy me!" until the tormented adult gives in, deep inside culturing the deep hatred towards that damned rabbit. I'm pretty sure that there will be no more continuations and that's good. As a fan of the franchise, I have to say that lack of continuation is the best thing that can happen to it, at least for now. The harm is done. A lot of people won't remember the original, old books. They are left with the utter trash the second movie is, ruining the positive impression left by the first one.

What I find the most painful is that at this point the movies have nothing to do with the original stories. Those were made for children. They were made to make the audience happy and cheerful. This is what kids deserve – moving stories made with soul. I hope that the younger generation of content creators will bring back stories like The Tale of Peter Rabbit or Winnie The Pooh. Intelligent, bitter-sweet but filling the audience with hope and joy. If not, then our children will drown with ad-filled, sanitised hollowness that can't make anyone feel anything.

#abel reviews #peter rabbit 2 #peter rabbit #faceless #domhnall gleeson #rose byrne #movie review #film critique #david oyelowo

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5 days of spooktober~ #4: snare

day #4: incubus taehyung x reader x incubus jimin

word count: 1.4k

summ. it’s strange waking up in your car the morning after Halloween with no recollection of last night’s memories except for a foggy dream. But what if what happened in that dream was real?

warnings: smut, dubcon/noncon themes (mindbreak, cunnilingus, handjob, vmin giving each other the suck a couple paragraphs in), 18+, explicit language, alcohol, taehyung wwe-smackdowns you at some point

a/n: prr someone needs to stop me from rushing thru fics and not checking over my work. I ‘tis a woman on a time crunch so excuse any mistakes. Can y’all believe Halloween is in a couple of days AND we’re one fic away from the end of this fun lil’ holiday spree? Also, this drabble wasn’t very yandere-ish for some reason whoops. Thank you guys sm for 3.6k; I’m INFATUATED and somehow rly funny rn.

It seemed horrifically cheesy that you were out in the woods on Halloween on a night in which the moon was full and glinted a waxy blue. You had been drinking something bitter that burned on its way down your throat, and your head was spinning from the music of the party blaring around you.

You had only meant to step away from the party briefly, just to take a breath, but somehow you ended up deep in the woods. You stepped into something that made a squelch and wrinkled your nose in disgust.

God, you really didn’t want to end up as the first murdered side character of some half-assed horror movie thrown together on iMovie. And you even looked the part, with slightly smeared mascara and a short dress that you had to yank down so it wouldn’t expose an ass cheek to the unforgiving autumnal wind. You heard a noise, like the sound of a branch snapping underfoot, and your buzzed mind sobered as it quickly turned towards it.

“Fuck. Oh god, right there.’’

Wow, since when did the antagonist of a horror movie swear? They were always busy doing evil and ruining lives to swear. You blinked as the sound of skin against skin and ragged breathing filled your ears. Oh…oh. Yeah, you really had to get out of here.

You were about to gingerly step away when you heard the sounds shush, and you froze. Come on, come on, resume your activity, you pleaded in your head.

“Who’s there?’’

And you were running now, branches and twigs cracking underneath your frantic feet. No way were you going to meet face-to-face with two people getting it on in the middle of the woods. That would be an awkward confrontation to have.

You made it about another minute before something slammed into you and shoved you into the ground, knocking your breath right out of your chest and into the fall air.

“Literally, what’s your problem?’’ your voice mumbled out. You should have been terrified, and you were—the kind of scared that made you want to piss your pants. But you couldn’t show weakness; hell, if you didn’t die making the audience laugh then what was the point.

“Were you watching us?’’

You shook your head. Well, you tried to. Not much you could do when your face was in mud and your body was being pinned down.

“That’s not the kinky shit I’m into. I got a headache from the music and the sucky booze so I left for a breather. Didn’t mean to catch the two of you fucking, and if you want an apology, then I’ll give you one but only if you get the fuck off my back and apologize for body-slamming me. What are we? The fucking NFL?”

You were nervous sputtering now, and it must have shown because you heard his partner laugh, the voice light and soft and almost sweet if it didn’t sound so sensual.

“Come on, Taehyung. It was just a mistake. Besides, isn’t she funny…,’’ you felt this Taehyung get off your back, and you were being pulled up so you could face the two of them. The moonlight dappled through the leaves of the trees and sent waning droplets of pale light onto your dirtied face.

You could see the two you had interrupted…and wow, they were handsome to the point where it was almost otherworldly. If only one of them didn’t decide to WWE smackdown you into the forest floor.

You saw his partner smile impishly, a glint in his soft eyes, and he said with a lowered voice,” Hey, hey, Taehyung, isn’t she so pretty for a human? It’s been so long since I’ve had someone as cute as her.”

Okay, what the absolute fuck?

You laughed nervously. It was time for you to get out.

“Jimin, you’re right,’’ Taehyung’s lips stretched in an almost feral-like smile,” She is pretty.”

You saw a glint in their eyes, and suddenly, you were unable to move. You felt hot, tingling all over your body with a buzz that the alcohol had not given you, and your breaths were coming out in more rapid heated gusts.

You felt Jimin push you against the nearest tree, and his fingers toyed at the waistband of your jeans.

“May I?’’ his lips curved in a playful smirk, and when you nodded hesitantly, you saw his eyes darken as his soft pink tongue peeked out and pressed against his plush lips in a mischievous look. He was falling down to his knees, dragging your jeans and panties down with him.

You felt shame bloom in your gut but with it the heat intensified, and you were urging him to hurry by spreading your legs a little farther. You felt Taehyung press up closer to your side and the sound of a zipper echoed through the night air. He moved your hand to his throbbing cock, his voice hushed but breathy as you grasped it in your palm.

Jimin was pressing his tongue flat against your pussy, and you jolted, your eyes fluttering shut as he trailed his tongue up your slit and pressed it against your aching clit. He suckled on your clit, and you choked on a moan as he swirled his tongue around it. Your fingers trembled and tightened further around Taehyung’s cock, and you heard Taehyung groan.

Jimin’s movements against your pussy paralleled the intensity of your fist’s movement around Taehyung’s cock. He was savoring your taste, devouring you and playfully toying with you until every one of your nerves was alight. You were close, so close, and your head scraped against the trunk of the tree as your grip wavered around Taehyung’s cock.

“Please,’’ you begged, and your voice hitched on a loud incoherent keen as your legs trembled and quaked, and you felt yourself wet Jimin’s lips in a mixture of juices and cum. You heard Taehyung breath out a more ragged low moan, and something hot and sticky coated your palms and the fabric of your clothes.

You let go, almost sagging against the trunk of the tree, but you heard the two of them move, Taehyung taking Jimin’s place and firmly placing his arms underneath your ass to hoist you in align with his cock.

You tried to whimper, make a sound, but Taehyung leaned in closer—you caught a lustful glimpse of bright red in his eyes—and whispered softly in your ears, his cold breath brushing against the curve of your ear and leaving you trembling further.

“It’s my turn to devour you now, hm?’’

You felt lights in your eyes, forced to wake up in the back of your car.

“What?’’ you mumbled out as you heard someone banging on the window. It was dawn now, the sky a grayish-pink hue. You recognized the face of the friend you had gone with through your blurred vision and the throbbing ache of your head. You opened the car door and winced at the ache between your legs.

“I’ve been looking all over for you! Where were you?’’ your friend demanded.

You blinked once, then twice. You remembered taking a breather from the party and then…nothing. Well, not really nothing. You had a good wet dream, the kind that pinned you down and fucked you until you were a moaning whore of a mess. But that was but an alcohol-fueled dream.

Your friend sighed, shaking their head. “I guess whatever they spiked the drinks with did you wrong. Luckily, you’re safe. I heard that there was some kinda ghost in the woods. One of the drunk guys stumbled in and heard a ghost moaning, but he was wasted so it must’ve been a delusion.”

Your cheeks turned red as you felt something sticky on your pussy make a soft squelch as you made a move to try to get up. God, your hips were sore. That dream must’ve been something else. Unless?

“Are you okay? You look feverish.”

You blinked up at your friend for a moment and then shook your head, a silly smile on your face. You didn’t notice the eyes on you, the playful smile toying at the lips of the two beings hidden in the shadowy edges of the forest.

Yeah, one heck of a dream alright.

#yandere bts #yandere #bts x reader #yandere smut #bts smut #bts taehyung #bts jimin #yandere taehyung #yandere jimin #yandere taehyung x reader #yandere jimin x reader #vmin #taehyung x reader #jimin x reader #bts fic #yandere fic

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First Impressions and predictions based on the coven Leaders

After a full first season their fame adorning the banners and walls, who they are being hailed, yet they themselves being kept in the shadows we now get first looks (and throughout 2a will meet) the emperors top dogs: The coven leaders. I will not lie as a group... these guys dissappoint me. Making the majority of them very human in appearance for me is a big no. Compare this group to the many colorful and fantastical creatures that are shown teaching at hexside and the hexside teachers are far more creative, unique, and fun. Maybe the artists decided to make the coven leaders look more like normal people so the audience would have an easier time understanding their expressions and body language. Maybe the more humanoid whitches are a higher class and have a easier time climbing higher than the more beast and demon like residence.? We will have to wait and see.

Seperate this group into individuals (like how we will hopefully meet them) and most of them become far more interesting, So below lets take a look at each coven leader individually, where the artists may have taken inspriation, and what What kind of characters they could maybe turn out to be.

The Beast keeping coven Leader: One of the only two that are not humanoids. What type of animal is he? At first I was sure he was a hedgehog, but maybe he could also be like a chipmunk or a squirrel. I get the feeling he might be partially inspired by Sonic from Sega. I was really into Sonic back in middle school. I liked the cartoons and read through the archie’s old comic series. But I kinda out grew him since then. I know from helping to take care of kids though that he is still popular with the younger generation. That’s kinda how I thin the Beast Keeping Coven leader will be: less interesting for older viewers, but a real fun charcter for kids.

The Healing coven leader: Now this guy looks like fun villain all around. Is some kind of witch docotor? a Dark Priest? The size the purple Grin, he looks like the phantom boss from those horror films where you get trapped in nightmares. Tell me he has scary theme song music and talks in a very high pitched voice. I’ve heard some people wonder if he could be Selena (oracle girl from hexside)’s dad. I don’t thinks so, the macaroni crescent shape n his head looks more like a fancy cowl than part of his actual head. Also him having a daughter in Luz’s class could be used as a reason for him to change sides, I want this guy to stay as a villian/antagonist. We all know that with this size group some will stay with the emperor and some will defect to Luz’s side (possibility a couple will die, we haven’t seen yet just how dark Dana is willing to go). Personally my view with redemption arcs and if a character “deserves them” is it depends on what it will do for the story/character afterwards? IF redeeming them opens more doors for the characters and directions the story can take, do it. IF it closes doors leave them as they are. I absolutely hate when clever and well written bad guys get “redeemed” in to boring, plot useless, weebs. The only reason I could see having this guy change sides is for him to “cure” Eda and Lilith’s curse, and I would much rather see the two of them gain control over their forms than be “cured” of them.

The Illusion coven leader: Another fun looking antagonist. My third favorite of these nine. If the healer guy is horror movie based. This guy is Disney based all around. Looks like one of those Vegas suave showmen styled character. Love it. I guarantee you he does not actually look that young or slicked back, but is using illusion magic to make himself more pretty. Not sure if he will stay with the emperor or not. Illusion is Gus’s track and I could see Dana having the leaders of Luz’s friends tracks be the ones to stand by them. If so I am fine with that (in the case of the abomination leader I will beg for it). Gaining the respect of someone as high up as a coven leader could be really great for Gus’s character. Just as long as I get plenty of laughs from Gus and this guy both along the way.

The Potion coven leader: My second favorite and in my opinion the most creative idea of the whole bunch. A mosquito that works in potions! Does he suck them up with his nose and carry them in.. whatever it is mosquitos store blood in. Also he looks angry. Like everyone else is either amused or board. This guy is fed up and ready to do something about it. Not sure if it is the Emperor, the other leaders, or the owl gang he is mad at, but it should be a worthwhile show down.

The Abomination coven leader: Yes this is my favorite design. Yes it is because he is such a beautiful man. Would never have expected someone who creates mucks (the pokemon) with legs would be so fine. Its more than that though. He looks the most kind. Their is no malice or guise in his smile and his green eyes are bright and relaxed. I wondered what the purpose of the Abomination track was and why it had “more opportunity” all last season. Well slight spoilers if you haven’t seen episode 2x02 it is the industrialist field. When you learn about Industrialization usually the idea is that it is done to help the human race reach its full potential, and it is up to each individual to decide what to do with that potential. Whether you call that the passion of a creative mind or the carelessness of a fool would also be up to you. But I really don’t want this guy to be all bad. If for no other reason that more spoilers for episode 2 * with the interest/caution the emperor is showing the blights I expect this guy to show up to their house, probably meet Amity, and we really do not need another not so nice adult in her life. She has had enough.

The Oracle coven leader: What is this? He’s got nails/caws at the ends of dread thingys like Kikimore, so is this her father? Does he have anything to do with her being in the Emporor’s coven? But this is my least favorite. Like what was the inspiration behind this guy? With so many legendary oracles in mythology and we get this guy who mostly looks saggy, washed out, tierd, and just Blah. Hope thier is more to him, but here is one who I am not holding my breath for an episode on.

The Plant coven leader: based on her banner I was expecting something like the Swamp Giant from ALTA. Instead they went in the direction of a very traditional witch desgine: An old women with a wrinkled face and really messy hair, who probably lives alone in the woods, with maybe the exception of a cat, and dances around a fire at night. Okay. She is definitely going to become an ally of the owl gang. This is the only female of the group,and it is neither in Dana’s message nor would it be popular with her target audience to make a villain or even an antagonist out of a women who managed to climb the later into a male dominated success level. I am actually looking forward to seeing her, because it will probably be in a Willow based episode, and after 2x02 (which I personally feel should not have been a luminaty episode but rather a Willow and Amity one finishing up their reconciliation arc), Willow deserves an episode with potential centered around her. An episode where she goes against the Plant track Leader would be that. This witches Grin isn’t exactly friendly, but its more mischievous than wicked. She gives off vibes as one of those people who like to test the mains, and if you pass her tests than you earn her respect. I have no doubt Willow could win at her little games, and doing so would be a huge boost the confidence she has spent the show building.

The Construction coven leader: Oh joy here’s the other one I am unimpressed with. Unlike with the Oracle guy I know where they got his design. To everyone saying that we first saw him at the convention, your not backing far enough up. If you have ever seen any cartoon ever where the main character wanders past or onto a construction sight you have seen this man. Every trio of workers sitting on a iron frame eating from a lunchbox. Every pig that makes a catcall at a disgusted women. Every exhausted worker who watches as your slapstick mains chase each other past at quitting time... they all looked EXACTLY like this guy. This is really the character leading the track Dana herself has said she would pick to join? They could have done a Golem made of brick an stone that resembles a palace. They could have done some kind of humanoid ant with super strength. They could have done a wizard with shapes and mathematics on his robe who carried a scroll everywhere that he compulsively scribbled blueprints onto. But instead we get Mr. Generic here.

The Bard coven Leader: This is R, Eda’s old friend from her hexside days. Did I save R for last because of this connection? Partially. I am also unsure what R’s pronouns are. To me R looks physically male. I have seen other posters use “she” when posting about R. One person posted that Dana had confirmed R uses “they” and if so awesome, I would really like to see that tweet. What ever R’s pronouns though their appearance in the show will be tied with Eda, er past, and what she had to give up in order to live free. I look forward to this new insight onto her character

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charged-wanderlust · 4 years

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can’t stand her | ruelle x piama x mc

oh yeah. nobody asked, but i fucking DELIVERED

“You’re joking. You’ve got to be joking!” Piama cries out, pinching the bridge of her nose in exasperation.

“What part of this makes it look like I’m joking, do tell-”

“-We’re not putting dead animals everywhere! This isn’t a funeral - and if it was, mind you, it’d still be awful decoration if not slightly more appropriate-”

“You’re acting like I’m suggesting corpses - Autumn celebrates death so skeletons are perfectly appropriate for an Autumn noble, because in case you forget, I am one!”

“So you’re telling me all of Autumn is just that tasteless?”

“Would the two of you just shut up?!”

Slamming your fists against the table, you give them your best glare, hoping it was harsh enough for them to feel a chill. “Ruelle, bring the skeletons, Piama, stuff them with flowers. We’re gonna make this work out or someone help me I’ll strangle you both.”

That effectively shuts them both up as they turn to gape at you incredulously; they’d never heard you speak to them like that, which clearly caught them off guard, but by now you’re far too sick of their bickering preventing anything from getting gone. You have a party to plan, dammit, and it might’ve slipped your mind that putting the only available friend from Autumn and the best party decorator in the same room might lead to a homicide.

“Skeletons stuffed with flowers...?” Ruelle echoes, blinking slowly until a tiny smile appears on her face. “You know, that actually could turn out nice. I think Xenia would appreciate that.”

Piama huffs, crossing her arms. “I suppose we could make that work-”

“-but you better include the dark and poisonous flowers because they’re her favourite-”

“Oh you are absolutely insufferable, Ruelle!”

“For the love of all things sacred, not again!” I love my friends, I love my friends, I love my friends- “That’s it. Enough decorating, you two need to blow off steam. I’m not letting either of you leave this room till you sort stuff out, because I’m not dealing with this anymore.”

While Ruelle practically rolls her eyes into the back of her head, Piama is absolutely gobsmacked. “What’s there to work out? You brought me here to decorate, and Ruelle’s preventing me from even doing that! Might as well get her to do it, if she knows everything!”

Said woman groans so hard, she’s clearly taking all of her willpower and sense of self-preservation not to knock anyone’s lights out. “That’s it, I’m done. You can’t keep me here, see ya.”

She dissipates into thin air, but you move even faster; she may have the ability to turn invisible but you know she’s entirely solid still. You jump, arms outstretched, and tackle her to the ground, forcing her back into view. With a triumphant smirk, you pin her underneath you, a short hit of adrenalin - or maybe just Ruelle’s proximity to your face - making your heart hammer wildly in your chest. Victory.

You want to memorise every detail of this moment and frame it in the great hall of your mind.

“What were you saying about not being able to keep you here?”

Piama scurries over just to see the look on Ruelle’s face, and is positively delighted at what she finds.

“Oh, stars. She’s blushing!”

“I’m not,” Ruelle hisses, eyeballing daggers her way, but her fair complexion makes it all too easy to see the tinge of colour on her cheeks. Vividly. “Get off me.”

You stumble off her, slightly stunned that Ruelle actually is, in fact, blushing, and can’t help but giggle. “I never thought I’d see the day...”

“Shut up!” She growls, but with her flushed cheeks her intimidation is comparable to that of an angry kitten. “Like you don’t blush whenever MC does so much as breathe in your direction.”

Piama gasps, fluffing up like a bird with ruffled feathers, “I so do not! MC, tell her I don’t!”

All of a sudden their bickering was more entertaining than grating, so being the shitstirrer you are, you only enable them further. After all, if they’re going to do your head in so much, you deserve to wreak a little havoc. As a treat.

“You do sometimes...”

“MC!”

“Ha!” Ruelle grins victoriously, backing Piama into a corner. “I bet I could make you blush right now.”

You crook a brow at her, sauntering over with your hands on your hips. “Well looks like someone’s deflecting...”

Peeling off Piama just before they crossed a platonic level of personal space, Ruelle stomps up to you, slamming a hand next to you against the wall, bringing your faces so close her breath fanned over your lips.

“Oh yeah? Let’s see how you like being pinned.”

Frost.

She already knows she’s won, daring to settle her other arm on your hip but only lightly, rubbing circles against your skin with her thumb. The fabric of your clothing is the only thing stopping her from feeling the gooseflesh erupting under her touch. “Not so haughty now, are we?”

“Gosh, get a room,” Piama mutters, only barely able to tear her eyes away. Getting the real hint, you beckon her to come closer with a curled finger.

Ruelle smirks, and it shouldn’t be that hot but it is. “Oh sorry princess, jealous you’re missing out on all the action?”

“I- You-!” As if pulled by an invisible string, she shuffles closer, face flushing ever-so-slightly. “Y-You’re truly incorrigible, you know that?”

Her words fell flat, as by the time they left her lips she was face to face with Ruelle, barely a foot’s width apart. If she wasn’t before, she was definitely blushing now - and the fire in their eyes made you realise their antagonistic relationship might not be so bad after all... in the right context, anyway.

Egging them on, you hum, “Ruelle did say she could make you blush, and your cheeks are looking pretty dark now, Piama~”

“I’ll show you who’s blushing!” Piama curses, grabbing you by the shoulders and pulling you into the nearest chair and forcing you to sit - only followed by her climbing into your lap and grabbing your chin, staring at you intently for any signs of a blush while her free hand trailed down your neck.

Your breath hitched. Guess Ruelle wasn’t the only winner today, but you refused to let her just have that. No, you’re going to claim that after everything these two impossible princesses put you though - you deserve that much, at least. You lean in impossibly closer, lips ghosting over hers ever so slightly as you challenge - “Go on, then. Do it.”

Well, she obviously can’t back down now.

Her kiss is tentative, at first. Then it’s needy. Then she’s gasping against your lips for more, and you’re on cloud nine. She only pulls apart to inhale shakily, and only then do you notice Ruelle leaning over your both, her hands sliding down Piama’s hips squeezing at her thighs, and she shivers in your lap.

Ruelle’s voice is low and husky in your ear. “Can I have a taste, too, Your Majesty?”

The way she says your name is not so much mocking as it is teasing - but by now you’ve surrendered. By now, whatever little competition was going on has melted away into desire. You nod, and Piama slips out of the chair for Ruelle to take her place and pin you to it - she licks her lips, taking you in, then closes the distance.

Her kiss is fervent, her lips almost cold - it’s a direct contrast to Piama’s, but you welcome it. You welcome both of their touches, their words, their personalities, no matter how much they clash, because when they come together like this? It’s powerful enough to break open the sky.

Piama is determined to try and break Ruelle’s composure, pulling her hood down from behind her and brushing her hair over her shoulder so she could lean down and kiss her neck, slowly, tantalizingly so; and then she bites, making Ruelle jolt slightly, so you take the chance to pull her bottom lip between your teeth. She gasps and it’s beautiful, so you kiss her again, and again, and again, all the while Piama mischievously riles you both up beyond control-

Click.

The second you all hear the sound of someone touching the door handle, the chair is knocked over in your haste to look presentable - all of a sudden you’re very fascinated about the windows, while Piama and Ruelle start shoving skulls and flowers together.

Lyris strolls in, looking around at the large room, then stops. “You haven’t got much done here, have you?”

“W-We- We were-!”

“I guess that time would’ve been spent getting those two to work together, mm? Why, look at that! The bones and blooms look lovely together, what do you know.” With a flourish of his silks, he turns around to leave, clearly just checking up on the place, and you all let out synchronized sighs of relief when the door shuts behind him.

Only for it to open again, Lyris’s head peeking through with a cheeky wink as he added;

“By the way Ruelle, you have a bite mark on your neck.”

#HEHEHEHEHE #this fic probably couldve gotten longer if i didnt get distracted #reigning passions #piama of the spring #ruelle of the autumn #piama x ruelle #piama x mc #mc x ruelle #reigning passions mc #lyris of the spring #piama x ruelle x mc #can you tell i love enemies to lovers?#lovestruck voltage #lovestruck fanfic

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cybernaght · 3 years

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We have dubbed it at home as “the trauma drama”

Here’s my review of sorts of To Dear Myself/亲爱的自己

This one is a 2020 contemporary slice of life series about thirty-somethings living in Shanghai: struggling with money, trying to negotiate with their families, getting betrayed by their friends, getting their hearts broken by their lovers, failing in their professional ventures, encountering day to day hardships as they try to find themselves in the big city. It’s low-key anxiety inducing and not at all escapist, and I somehow got drawn into it still. Watching it was at times was a bit like pulling teeth: there is only so much pain you can take, only so many little drawbacks and injustices, only so many long shots of people breaking apart before you need to have a breather.

The story centres around three women. The protagonist, Li Siyu (Liu Shishi) is a career woman, daily taking high risks hoping for high rewards. She is also balancing her high intensity life with a relationship with her down on his luck boyfriend, who is wonderful in many ways but fails to understand how being self-sufficient is part of her identity, taking it as a personal affront. Watching their relationship was a little bit like watching a train speeding towards a cliff in slow motion. The most beautiful thing about it was that you can see both of their perspectives: in his eyes, she is impulsive, reckless, and needs to be stopped for her own good; in her eyes, he is envying her success and wants her to be a housewife. Both of them are wrong. Both of them are right.

Li Siyu’s half-sister Gu Xiaoling (Cheng Miqi) just wants to find a wealthy Mr Right to look after her, as she is constantly hiding her mischievous, vulnerable self behind a mask of superficiality. She sees her own beauty as her only asset. She likes pretty things, but she is also incredibly lonely. Her partner on screen is a man with a massive crush on her, whom she does absolutely not want to date: partly because he is not rich; partly because his sense of entitlement to a relationship with her is grating as all hell.

Their cousin Zhang Zhizhi (Hang Qingzi) is a married woman, working, raising a daughter, desperately trying to elevate her social status in the eyes of others, all while trying to breach the gaping void stretching between herself and her terrible husband. None of the men in this show are particularly endearing, but between claiming that he is his wife’s career and blaming her for his unfaithfulness and violence, he has to do a lot of work to deserve the viewer’s grace.

It’s just like this - the story of three women, and their romantic interests, living their lives. Nothing more, but also, nothing less. The script is written by a woman as well - and it shows. Admittedly, my cdrama watching experience so far mostly consisted of BL series and loud, dumb, action-y type things, but this is the first time I have seen a text which could be said to have an explicitly feminist reading. It tells you in no uncertain terms that no, you don’t need to get married, and no, you don’t need to have another child, and yes, you can actually just settle on living your own goddamn life.

To Dear Myself is well plotted for most of its 45 episode run, with a sense of push and pull between all the various little storylines. Ups and down of every characters’ lives are woven together in a way which resembles a dance, it’s harmonious and satisfying, and the pace of the show sits between leisurely and achingly tense. Unfortunately, in the last ten episodes the rhythm of the show falters somewhat: the plotting becomes contrived, and the narrative steamrolls ungracefully to a barely satisfying conclusion. It’s truly bizarre, how something that has been so soft and so meticulous for so long gracelessly falls on its back in the last couple of episodes.

Some of it has to do with the antagonist, such as there is. She is not a villain, but she is the originator of a lot of the misfortunes for the majority of the characters. You wait, and you wait, and you wait for her crimes to come out and for her to get her just deserts, but her last actual scene is the one of comfort. We are told in the narration that something bad happens to this person, we are neither witnessing it, nor the aftermath of it.

On one hand this tracks with the fact that this is a feminist text: said antagonist is just a woman whose agenda clashes with the characters we care about. On the other hand, she has been set-up to be a manipulative, cunning person for the entirety of this show. The audience has been told not to trust her in the way she is framed; the audience has been told that she is trouble in no uncertain terms. I don’t quite understand why the show would frame someone as a villain and then refuse to give them a resolution the villain would get. That’s just not satisfying.

As for Zhu Yilong - this is probably my favourite role of his so far.

After a pretty terrible year I have found myself connecting with his character, who spent the first half of the show show unemployed, lonely, and scraping to find some kind of dignity as he suffocates in the city which is sucking him dry. Watching his journey was a little bit frustrating - especially in the second half - because apparently one dysfunctional relationship was not enough for this man, but it was still exhilarating. Besides, after seeing this actor in a whole bunch of roles where his characters would do their absolute best to hide their hearts and use a selection of masks to keep people at arms length, it’s delightful to see his Chen Yiming wear his heart on his sleeve. It’s wonderful to witness him insecure, scared, giddy with joy, butterflies-in-the-stomach in love, achingly tender, utterly devastated. He is still a brilliant actor, and, once again, the camera does love him quite a lot.

The visual aspect of the show is great: it’s high budget and incredibly pretty. The costuming and makeup are wonderful. I have never been to Shanghai, but it’s framed so lovingly I want to go now.

So, is this one worth watching? I… honestly can’t tell. It is for the cast - and I’m not just talking about Zhu Yilong, all of the cast have done a tremendous job here, very impressive acting all around. It’s worth for genuinely well written story of self-discovery as a thirty-something struggling with a mass of pressures. But, not going to lie, it’s not an easy watch, and the final couple of episodes left me kind of feeling dead inside.

P.S. The narratively significant product placements were cracking me up lots. There were.. a lot of important thermoses is what I’m saying. Also, the amount of alcohol the cast consumed on set was quite alarming.

#to dear myself #亲爱的自己 #Zhu Yilong #review of sorts

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